US10267277B2
An in tank depth media fuel filter assembly includes a closed body having an interior and an exterior. The closed body has a first composite panel of filtration media and a second composite panel of filtration media. Each of the composite panels includes and outer support layer and at least three inner layers of filtration material including at least two spunbonded layers of synthetic filaments and at least one layer of wetlaid synthetic fibers. An opening is provided in the body for providing fluid communication with the interior thereof.
US10267270B2
A gas turbine system includes a turbine combustor, a turbine, an exhaust gas compressor, an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, a carbon black recovery system, and a carbon black production controller. The carbon black production controller monitors data corresponding to a parameter of the carbon black. The carbon black production controller is also configured to adjust, based on the data, the fuel provided to the turbine combustor while maintaining a ratio of the fuel to the oxidant within a predetermined range to adjust the parameter of the carbon black.
US10267266B2
An attachment structure for a solenoid valve which can be stably attached to and removed from a carburetor unit with a single movement and without increasing the number of parts. A rod-like supporting portion is disposed a predetermined distance away from a surface of a carburetor unit and extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to a direction of and installed near an opening in the surface of the carburetor unit. A cylindrical engaging portion extends from a circumferential face of a cylindrical body fitted on the solenoid valve substantially perpendicular to an axial line of the rod-like supporting portion, and forms a groove-like engagement portion which is narrower in diameter than the rod-like supporting portion, whereby the engaging portion, via the groove-like engagement portion, is coupled to and supported by rod-like supporting portion when an insertion portion of the solenoid valve is inserted into the opening.
US10267253B2
A booster circuit installed in a fuel injection device of an internal combustion engine, wherein malfunctions and characteristic changes of the booster circuit are detected, among which the detection distinguishes between decreases in capacity caused by deterioration or broken wires in a booster capacitor, and failures of a current monitor circuit, coil, externally connected fuel injection valve, and other components. The range of decrease in boost voltage when the fuel injection valve is opened is monitored, as is the range of increase per switch performed in order to restore the boost voltage. This makes it possible to detect malfunctions and characteristic changes of the booster circuit.
US10267246B2
An internal-combustion engine has an electronically-controlled one of a turbocharger and an exhaust-driven turbo supercharger coupled to an exhaust duct of the engine, and the engine is controlled during a shift event of a transmission coupled to an output shaft of the engine by determining a target engine speed at the end of the shift event, and controlling electrical energy supplied to an electric machine, rotatably coupled to a rotatable shaft that is rotatably coupled to the electronically-controlled turbocharger or exhaust-driven turbo supercharger, to control rotation of the rotatable shaft coupled to the turbocharger or exhaust-driven turbo supercharger to attain the target engine speed.
US10267243B2
Methods and systems are provided for learning a transport delay for individual cylinders that is associated with maldistribution of water among cylinders during a water injection event. Differences in knock intensity between individual cylinders, following a water injection, are used to identify water maldistribution. Differences in the amount and timing of an engine dilution effect following a manifold water injection are learned via an intake oxygen sensor and used to reduce cylinder-to-cylinder imbalance in water delivery.
US10267242B2
A combination control assembly of dual fuel internal combustion engine comprises a dial (2) that can be rotated to manipulate operation of a dual fuel internal combustion engine; a turntable (3) includes a disk body (301) and a shift lever (302), characterized in that the shift lever (302) is settled on the disk body (301); a first rotating part (4) that can be rotated by cooperating with the shift lever (302); a second rotating part (9) that can be rotated by cooperating with the shift lever (302); a first fuel valve (6) opened by the first rotating part (4), a second fuel valve (11) opened by the second rotating part (9). The combination control assembly controls the first fuel valve (6) and the second fuel valve (11), simplifying the manual operation and keeping the engine runs stable.
US10267240B2
Methods and systems are provided for a variable displacement engine. In one example, a method may include flowing charge air from a deactivated cylinder to an adjacent firing cylinder.
US10267228B2
A gas turbine engine includes a fan section and a compressor section. The compressor section includes both a first compressor section and a second compressor section. A turbine section includes at least one turbine and driving the second compressor section and a fan drive turbine driving at least a gear arrangement to drive the fan section. A power ratio is provided by the combination of the first compressor section and the second compressor section, with the power ratio being provided by a first power input to the first compressor section and a second power input to the second compressor section, the power ratio being equal to, or greater than, about 1.0 and less than, or equal to, about 1.4.
US10267217B2
An internal combustion engine includes first and second common rails each having a metering or pressure regulating valve, with the valves settable at different pressure values from one another. Rotors are each sealingly and rotationally received within a respective cavity to define at least one combustion chamber of variable volume. The engine includes first and second fuel injectors for each of the rotors. Each first fuel injector is in fluid communication with the first common rail and each second fuel injector is in fluid communication with the second common rail. A method of feeding fuel in an internal combustion engine is also provided.
US10267210B2
Methods and systems are provided for preventing overheating of a power steering system. In one example, a method includes operating an engine cooling fan based on a steering wheel angle and an engine speed. The cooling fan may be operated for a duration based on the steering wheel angle and engine speed, thus eliminating the need for a dedicated power steering coolant temperature sensor.
US10267208B2
A cooling structure of an engine includes a cylinder head and a coolant temperature sensor. The cylinder head gas a first water jacket for cooling a combustion chamber and a second water jacket for cooling an exhaust manifold. The cylinder head includes a joining portion where coolants from the first water jacket and the second water jacket join together. The joining portion has a first coolant passage. A second coolant passage is disposed downstream of the joining portion. The temperature sensing portion is disposed in the second coolant passage. A coolant outlet of the second water jacket is defined in the first coolant passage, and is located at a position on the cylinder head cover attachment surface side in the first coolant passage. The temperature sensing portion is located at a position on the cylinder block attachment surface side in the second coolant passage.
US10267201B2
In one embodiment, an exhaust waste heat recovery system includes a first exhaust waste heat recovery assembly including a central exhaust channel configured to allow passage of exhaust along an exhaust axis, and a first plurality of thermoelectric (TE) legs, each of the first plurality of TE legs including a hot end in thermal communication with the exhaust channel, and a cold end opposite to the hot end, and an electrical coupler in electrical communication with each of the first plurality of TE legs, the electrical coupler configured to receive electricity from the first plurality of TE legs.
US10267192B2
An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust treatment catalyst (13) arranged in an engine exhaust passage and a heat and hydrogen generation device (50) able to feed only heat or heat and hydrogen to the exhaust treatment catalyst (13). When the warm-up operation of the heat and hydrogen generation device (50) is completed and a reforming action by a reformer catalyst (54) becomes possible, if the temperature of the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) is a preset activation temperature or more, a partial oxidation reaction is performed at the heat and hydrogen generation device (50) and the generated heat and hydrogen are fed to the exhaust treatment catalyst (50). At this time, if the temperature of the exhaust treatment catalyst (13) is less than the preset activation temperature, a complete oxidation reaction by a lean air-fuel ratio is continued and a heat is fed to the exhaust treatment catalyst (13).
US10267188B2
Rotor for a hydraulic camshaft adjuster and manufacturing method for a rotor for a camshaft adjuster
A rotor for a hydraulic camshaft adjuster. The rotor includes a first rotor element and a second rotor element. At least one of the rotor elements has oil channels separated from each other by radially arranged elevations. Each elevation of the first rotor element has a first joining profile and the second rotor element forms a complementary-shaped second joining profile corresponding to the position of each first joining profile, wherein the first and the second joining profile engage with each other in the assembled rotor. The first joining profile of the first rotor element has a notch and an elevation and the second joining profile of the second rotor element has a notch and an elevation formed in such a way that prior to the joining of the two rotor elements, a height of the elevation of the second joining profile, which engages in a notch of the first joining profile, is less than a height of the notch of the first joining profile, and a height of the elevation of the first joining profile, which engages in a notch-of the second joining profile, is less than a height of the notch of the second joining profile.
US10267186B2
A camshaft adjuster (1) including a stator (2) and a rotor (4), a spring (6) tenses the rotor (4) rotationally counter to the stator (2). According to the invention, the spring is a coil spring (6), the stator (2) includes a first recess (8) of a first free end (10) of the coil spring (6) and the rotor (4) includes a second recess (12) for a second free end (14) of the coil spring (6).
US10267177B2
A rotor system lock for a gas turbine engine is described which blocks movement of rotating wheel assemblies relative to static vane assemblies in a gas turbine engine in order to block unintended rotation (or windmilling) of the gas turbine engine when it is exposed to high winds while at rest or to ram air during pre-launch flight and thereby avoid damage to components of the engine.
US10267174B2
A blade outer airseal has a body comprising: an inner diameter (ID) surface; an outer diameter (OD) surface; a leading end; and a trailing end. The airseal body has a metallic substrate and a coating system atop the substrate along at least a portion of the inner diameter surface. At least over a first area of the inner diameter surface, the coating system comprises an abradable layer comprising a metallic matrix and a solid lubricant; and the metallic matrix comprises, by weight, ≥35% nickel, 12.0-20.0% cobalt, 5.0-15.0% aluminum, and 5.0-15.0% chromium.
US10267173B2
A turbine shroud of a turbine of a gas turbine engine and methods of making the turbine shroud are disclosed. The turbine shroud is configured to direct products of a combustion reaction in a combustor of the gas turbine engine toward a plurality of rotatable turbine blades of the turbine to cause the plurality of turbine blades to rotate.
US10267170B2
A turbine stator vane assembly comprises a plurality of circumferentially arranged struts and a plurality of circumferentially arranged stator vanes. Each stator vane has a leading edge, a trailing edge and a chord length. Each strut has a leading edge, a trailing edge, a chord length, a pressure surface and a suction surface. The chord length of the struts is greater than the chord length of the stator vanes. The stator vanes are arranged in groups between adjacent pairs of struts and each group of stator vanes comprises a plurality of stator vanes. The circumferential spacing between adjacent struts is substantially the same and each stator vane in a group of stator vanes has a different chord length to the other stator vanes in that group of stator vanes.
US10267167B2
Disclosed is a blade element of a turbomachine, in particular of a gas turbine, which comprises a fastening element (10) with which the blade element is arranged in a receptacle (11) of the turbomachine. in the region of the fastening element, the blade element has a core region (18) and an envelope region (19) which at least partially envelops the core region. The core region is formed from a blade base material which is more brittle than the envelope material of the envelope region, and the envelope region is formed by a coating. The envelope material is a blade base material which has been modified to achieve a higher ductility or is a pseudoelastic or superelastic material.
US10267161B2
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine can have an exterior wall and an interior wall, with each wall having a thickness. The walls can intersect to define a corner at the intersection. A cooling passage can be defined by the walls at or near the corner to provide fluid communication between the interior and exterior of the airfoil. A film hole can be disposed in the walls and can have a length and diameter to define a ratio of length to diameter, L/D. An arcuate fillet can be located in the corner to define an effective radius for the fillet. The effective radius can be at least 1.5 times larger than the thicknesses of the walls to provide for an increased length to diameter ratio for the film hole.
US10267159B2
A turbofan engine has a fan portion in fluid communication with a core stream and a bypass stream of air separated by splitters disposed both upstream and downstream of the fan portion. A fluid passage is defined between the splitters. The turbofan engine has a plurality of surface interruptions on a core side surface of the upstream splitter and a plurality of vortices originating from the surface interruptions, thereby restricting the migration of the core stream into the bypass stream through the fluid passage.
US10267155B2
The present invention relates to a method (100) for intentionally mistuning a turbine blade of a turbomachine (10), by providing raised portions (31) or slots (32), the position of which is calculated on the basis of a vibration analysis of the disk (steps a) to d)).
US10267152B2
The present application relates generally to a piloted nut. The piloted nut may be used on a tie-shaft to apply an axial load to a rotor. A piloting feature on an exterior surface of the nut provides radial piloting to the rotor. The piloted nut may be used in a gas turbine engine to apply an axial load to a rotor.
US10267146B2
The present invention relates to a self-propelled construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, a recycler or a surface miner, comprising a machine frame 1 supported by a chassis 2 which comprises front and rear running gear 3, 4. A working device 5 is arranged on the machine frame 1 and comprises a working roller 17 for working the ground. Lifting devices 15, 16 are associated with the individual running gears 3, 4 and can each be retracted or extended for raising or lowering the running gears with respect to the machine frame. In addition, the construction machine comprises a control unit 20 for actuating the lifting devices 15, 16, which control unit comprises a lifting position measuring device 22 for detecting the lifting position of the lifting devices and a tilt detection device 23 for detecting the tilt of the machine frame 1 transversely to the working direction A of the construction machine. The control unit 20 provides a first mode of operation for working the ground and a second mode of operation for moving the construction machine, and is characterized in that, in the second mode of operation, the lifting devices 15, 16 associated with the individual running gears 3, 4 or wheel are actuated in such a way that the machine frame 1 is substantially leveled transversely to the working direction A of the construction machine, the ground clearance b preferably being at a maximum or the distance not falling below a minimum distance.
US10267141B2
A system includes an optical fiber and an interrogator to provide source light to the optical fiber. The system also includes a receiver coupled to the optical fiber. The receiver includes at least one fiber optic coupler that receives backscattered light and that produces one or more optical interferometry signals from the backscattered light. The receiver also includes photo-detectors that produce an electrical signal for each of the one or more optical interferometry signals. The system also includes at least one digitizer that digitizes each electrical signal. The system also includes at least one processing unit that processes each digitized electrical signal to obtain a distributed sensing signal and related energy spectrum information. The energy spectrum information corresponds to energy calculated for each of a limited number of frequency subbands by segmenting the distributed sensing signal into blocks having a predetermined block length and by applying a filter having a filter length that is smaller than the predetermined block length.
US10267140B2
Fracture imaging modules having one or more 3-component sensors, are incorporated into a tool comprising two or more of the modules for detecting microseismic events in a formation from the same wellbore as is being stimulated. The modules are locked together in a compact mode to permit injection into the wellbore through a conventional lubricator which has a fixed length. Once injected into the wellbore, the modules are spaced from one another in an extended mode to form an axially spaced sensor array which increases the measurement window in the wellbore compared to sensor arrays conventionally injected through a fixed length lubricator. Following the operation, the modules are actuated to return to the compact mode for pulling out of the hole through the lubricator.
US10267130B2
A method for increasing efficiency in emulsion production for a steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) oil well system includes generating a model of the SAGD oil well system and training the model of the SAGD oil well system utilizing historical time series data relating to one or more SAGD oil wells at one or more SAGD production sites of the SAGD oil well system. The historical time series data is obtained from a plurality of sensors in the SAGD oil well system. The method also includes determining an uncertainty of the model as a function of a control space of the model and utilizing the model to determine values for control variables associated with one or more of the SAGD production sites of the SAGD oil well system which reduce the model uncertainty while meeting one or more objectives subject to one or more constraints. The method further includes adjusting a set of controls of the SAGD oil well system based on the determined values for the control variables.
US10267129B1
The present invention relates to the field of marine hydrate reserve recovery technology, and discloses a homocentric squares-shaped well structure for marine hydrate reserve recovery utilizing geothermal heat and a method thereof. The present invention employs a homocentric squares-shaped well structure and utilizes heat-carrying fluid to transfer the energy in a geothermal reservoir to a hydrate reservoir to promote dissociation of natural gas hydrates. The homocentric squares-shaped well structure can realize cyclic utilization of the heat-carrying fluid while improving heat conduction efficiency, and has advantages including high recovery rate, low recovery cost, low energy loss, and high heat utilization efficiency, etc.
US10267123B2
A method for estimating an upscaled directional permeability of a formation includes: receiving a discrete fracture network (DFN), aligning the DFN in a desired direction; cropping the DFN to a desired size having boundaries. The method further includes identifying a fracture plane or fracture planes that are connected with each other and establish a path between the boundaries of the cropped DFN and creating a pipe model of the identified fracture plane or planes that includes one or more conduits connecting one boundary to another boundary. The method further includes creating a system of equations representing flows through the conduits, applying boundary conditions to the system of equations; solving the system of equations for steady-state flow to estimate the upscaled directional permeability of the formation. The method steps can be iterated for another desired direction if the upscaled directional permeability is wanted for the another desired direction.
US10267120B1
Provided is an oil/gas service tool assembly. The oil/gas service tool assembly, in this example, may include a washpipe apparatus, the washpipe apparatus including an uphole washpipe portion, and a downhole washpipe portion having washpipe perforations therein, wherein the uphole washpipe portion and downhole washpipe portion are telescopingly coupled to one another. The oil/gas service tool assembly, in this example, includes a washpipe check valve coupled downhole of the downhole washpipe portion.
US10267116B2
This disclosure includes manifolds, subsea valve modules, and related methods. Some manifolds and/or subsea valve modules include one or more inlets, each configured to receive hydraulic fluid from a fluid source, one or more outlets, each in selective fluid communication with at least one of the inlets, and one or more subsea valve assemblies, each configured to selectively control hydraulic fluid communication from at least one of the inlets to at least one of the outlets, where at least one of the outlets is configured to be in fluid communication with an actuation port of the hydraulically actuated device.
US10267114B2
A jarring tool used to dislodge a stuck tubular string or bottom hole assembly within an underground wellbore. Tubular strings with which the tool may be used may be formed from drill pipe, jointed pipe, or coiled tubing. A funnel element is placed underground either within, or as part of, a tubular string. A deformable ball may be seated within the funnel element to block fluid from passing within the tubular string. Hydraulic pressure may build within the tubular string until it exceeds the pressure the ball can withstand. This will cause the ball to deform and be expelled through the funnel element. With no ball to block its flow, fluid will be rapidly released through the funnel element. The rapid release of fluid will cause a powerful jarring or jolting to the tubular string or bottom hole assembly.
US10267109B2
An agitator tool (1) for introducing forward and backward axial movement in a downhole tool of a drill string, where the agitator tool has a first axially moveable element (5) coupled to a second laterally moveable element (9) arranged inside a housing (2) via mechanical coupling. The mechanical coupling may be a pin and groove arrangement where the groove forms a modified or unmodified sinus shaped guiding loop that allows the first element (5) to oscillate within the housing (2). The second element (9) is driven by a turbine unit which may have flow regulating means. This provides an agitator tool comprising with very few moving and wearable parts. The shape of the groove sections allows an accelerated and/or de-accelerated forward and backward movement of the first element (5) that allows it to be used for various applications in a bore hole.
US10267101B2
Various methods of hardbanding an apparatus are described. In one aspect of the invention an improved method of re-applying a hardbanding alloy to worn tool joints of a previously hardbanded drill pipe results in preservation of the metallurgical properties of the drill pipe and preservation of the internal polymer coating that lines the drill pipe. A method for applying hardbanding includes arc welding a consumable metal welding wire to a tool joint having a surface temperature that ranges from about 50° F. to about 170° F. and the arc welding power supply utilizes DC current. The method herein produces a hardbanded tool joint comprising a heat affected zone (HAZ) of a based metal having a Rockwell hardness of 40 Rc or less.
US10267089B2
A coupling may be used to couple a top drive to a traveling block in a drilling rig. The coupling comprises a beam that is movable between a retracted configuration in which a becket or bail may be passed behind the beam to a closed configuration in which the beam is linked behind the becket or bail. The beam may include a compound curvature contact area that mates with a corresponding contact area of the becket or bail. The coupling may be remotely actuated.
US10267088B2
An adjustable gate is provided. The adjustable gate includes a body having an upper horizontal element and a lower horizontal element. The body also includes a first vertical side member, and a second vertical side member, with the upper and the lower horizontal elements moveably coupled to the first and second vertical side members. A hinge post has a first elongated member having a hinge and an adjustable hinge post mounting tab. A latch post has a second elongated member having a latch apparatus and an adjustable latch post mounting tab. The adjustable hinge post and latch post mounting tabs are structured to couple to a mounting surface, and the hinge is structured to couple to either the first or second vertical side members and the latch apparatus is structured to removeably couple to either the first or second vertical side members.
US10267084B2
In a method of supplying an element for covering a non-vision area in a curtain wall on an architectural structure, a plurality of shadow boxes is prefabricated at a location remote from both a unitized curtain wall assembly shop and the architectural structure. The shadow boxes are prefabricated by sealing an interior spacer between a vision glass panel and a back structure. The back structure includes an insulating material surrounded by a rigid envelope. The vision glass panel, the back structure and the interior spacer define a hermetically sealed void therein. A structural seal is applied about the interior spacer and is affixed to the peripheral edge of the vision glass, the interior spacer and the back structure. The plurality of shadow boxes is then delivered to a selected one of the unitized curtain wall assembly shop and the architectural site.
US10267077B2
This rotation mechanism is provided with: a first member; a second member which is rotatably coupled to the first member by a pivot; and a torsion coil spring which applies force such that one from among the first member and the second member is rotated relative to the other. Any one of the first member and the second member is provided with a torsion coil spring-accommodating part in which a pair of protrusions facing each other in the axial direction of the pivot is provided. The pair of protrusions are configured so as to hold, around the axes of the protrusions, the two end portions of the coil shape of the torsion coil spring, and so as to protrude while being displaced in the radial direction of the coil shapes forming the two ends, with respect to the axial direction of the pivot.
US10267076B2
A connecting device, in particular for installing at least one opening stay on a window leaf has a rail, which can be guided as far as possible in the direction of the first longitudinal axis thereof into a groove of the connecting device. The groove engages at least in sections behind the rail. The blocking of the longitudinal displaceability of the rail in the groove is guaranteed at least counter to the first longitudinal direction by a projection connected to the rail, which projection engages in a recess in the region of the groove. The projection is held in the installed position of the connecting device by a spring element in the recess. A spring element is arranged on the rail preferably in a limited movable manner. Alternatively or in addition, the connecting device can comprise a cap which holds the projection in the installed position of the connecting device indirectly and/or directly at least partially in the recess.
US10267075B2
A self-contained hinge mechanism is provided including a hinge movement control assembly. The hinge movement control assembly includes a number of stacked alternating friction rings and pressure disks providing a tunable pivoting resistance. As the hinge mechanism is actuated, an internal shaft and a set of friction rings rotationally-locked to the internal shaft and door moves relative to a set of pressure disks rotationally-locked to a fixed hinge mechanism housing and mount frame. A resistance to the pivoting of the hinge mechanism elements is provided by the clamping force of multiple force members moving the pressure disks along axial translation guides of the housing closer to one another and sandwiching the friction rings closer together.
US10267069B2
A door latch actuator comprises a reversible motor, a rotating object, a drive portion and an actuating member. The drive portion comprises two locking/unlocking drive projections and stopping projections. The actuating member comprises a pair of driven portions. When the drive portion is rotated in one direction, one of the locking/unlocking drive projections comes in contact with one of the driven portions to move the actuating member to a lock position. When the actuating member is moved to the lock position, the locking/unlocking drive projection leaves a recess, and the stopping projection comes in contact with the actuating member to stop rotation of the drive portion. When the drive portion rotates in an opposite direction, the other locking/unlocking drive projection comes in contact with the other driven portion, so that the actuating member is moved toward an unlock position. When the actuating member is moved to the unlock position, the other locking/unlocking drive projection leaves the recess, and the stopping projection comes in contact with the actuating member thereby stopping rotation of the drive portion.
US10267065B2
Receptacle locking devices are disclosed. A receptacle locking device having a contact arm and a pivoting feature can be pivoted from a first, unlocked position to a second, locked position, wherein the contact arm prevents opening of the receptacle door when the locking device is in the second, locked position.
US10267061B2
A locking system and method for a movable freight container comprises an electronic module with a shaft that goes into a cavity in a mechanical lock module. The shaft is securely retained in the cavity by a lock mechanism in the mechanical lock module by moving the lock mechanism to a locked position. A plurality of magnetic field sensors in the shaft are used to read the position of the shaft in the cavity by sensing or not sensing one or more magnets in the lock mechanism to confirm continuous time insertion of the shaft in the cavity. A wireless communication component in the electronic module wirelessly transmits an alarm signal if the magnetic field sensors detect an unexpected interruption in at least one of the continuous time shaft position magnetic sensor readings.
US10267052B1
A retractable canopy for use with a portable spa hot tub is provided. The retractable canopy includes a U-shaped bow having a pair of end members pivotably mounted to the spa hot tub, each end member of the U-shaped bow having a gear mechanism, a pair of spring-loaded levers coupled to the spa hot tub, each spring-loaded lever having a protrusion that communicates with the gear mechanism of one of the end members of the U-shaped bow, and a fabric member coupled to the U-shaped bow and spa hot tub. The U-shaped bow pivotably adjusts to one of a plurality of locking positions to expand or collapse the fabric member and may include lighting along the bow perimeter.
US10267051B2
Formwork tube consisting of a first portion with a first conical end, and a second portion with a second conical end. The first portion and the second portion are coupled to each other, so that the tube can be completely extracted from the formwork after use. The first portion is extracted from one of the sides of the formwork while the second portion is extracted from the other side of the formwork. The formwork tube is suitable for housing therein a transverse tie rod.
US10267047B2
Load distribution structures are provided for a raised floor tile(s) of a raised floor data center. The load distribution structure, which resides adjacent to an opening in the raised floor tile(s), such as a cutout in the raised floor tile(s), to facilitate supporting a frame load, includes a frame load distributor and an edging bracket. The frame load distributor resides on the raised floor tile adjacent to the opening in the raised floor tile(s), and distributes, at least in part, the frame load on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket couples to the frame load distributor to, at least in part, hold the frame load distributor in fixed position on the raised floor tile(s). The edging bracket extends, at least in part, into the opening in the raised floor tile to secure the frame load distributor in fixed position relative to the opening in the raised floor tile(s).
US10267039B2
A ceiling system in one embodiment includes an overhead support grid comprised of a plurality of intersecting grid support members and a ceiling tile mountable to the grid. Retaining clips support the ceiling tile from the grid which may be concealed from view. The retaining clips each include a cavity that receives a grid support member and a pair of resilient mounting elements configured to lockingly engage a support member. The mounting elements are laterally movable in response to inserting the support member into the cavity of the retaining clip. In one embodiment, the movable elements include locking tabs which create a snap-fit interlock with the grid support member for securing the ceiling tile to the grid.
US10267037B2
The insulating concrete form system includes longitudinal and corner block assemblies each having a pair of side panels configured with tie receivers interacting with panel spacing ties to hold the side panels in an opposing manner and leading edges with an alternating arrangement of projections and recesses for interlocking with neighboring block assemblies. Each panel spacing tie includes a mid-support section interposing in between and connecting to a pair of end sections by a living hinge with each end section being configured with a flange member for placement within an opposing spatial wedge of the tie receiver, whereby the living hinge possesses the capability of allowing the side panels to move inwardly toward one another in a racked position to yield compactness of the longitudinal block assembly for economical transport. The corner block assembly also includes corner panel spacing ties to supplementally reinforce its structure to withstand hydrostatic blowout caused by poured concrete.
US10267033B2
A universal barrier system includes universal barrier components that may be assembled together to shield floors and walls from moisture and provide a thermal break in an operational area of the universal barrier component. A lap zone of the universal barrier component may allow universal barrier components to be assembled and installed to protect floors, walls, ceilings, footings and the like from moisture and heat gain or loss by minimizing the need for tapes and other joining methods. The universal barrier system may also act as a sound deadening material. The operational area and lap zone of the universal barrier component may be disposed on a vapor block layer to provide some rigidity. The operational area of the universal barrier component may include a thermal break disposed upon the vapor block layer. The thermal break may include an outer protective layer.
US10267022B2
An electronic faucet assembly includes a mixing valve and a user interface in communication with a controller. Input to the user interface illustratively causes the controller to operate in a flow control mode or a temperature control mode. In the flow control mode the mixing valve provides flow control of water at a constant temperature, while in the temperature control mode the mixing valve provides temperature control of water at a constant flow. A memory device may be secured to a faucet component to store identification data related thereto.
US10267017B2
A floor-plate side opening part (17B) through which each lever part (24, 26) of a traveling lever pedal (21) is inserted is provided on a front side of a floor plate (18). A mat-side opening part (19C) corresponding to the floor-plate side opening part (17B) is provided on a floor mat (19). A cover member (32) formed of a flat plate part (33) covering the mat-side opening part (19C) and having a slit (33A, 33B) allowing tilting of each lever part (24, 26) and a cylindrical part (34) extending from the flat plate part (33) is provided on the mat-side opening part (19C). An entire-circumferential lip part (19D) is provided on the mat-side opening part 19C. An entire-circumferential stepped part (35) for sealing a space from the entire-circumferential lip part (19D) is provided on the flat plate part (33). An entire-circumferential engaging protrusion part (17C) is provided on the floor-plate side opening part (17B), and an entire-circumferential recessed groove (36) engaged with the entire-circumferential engaging protrusion part (17C) is provided on the cylindrical part (34).
US10267009B2
A method of forming a mudline cellar includes positioning a mudline cellar forming member on a seafloor surface. The mudline cellar forming member includes an outer surface and an inner surface that defines an inner cavity. The method further includes driving the mudline cellar forming member into the seafloor surface, and excavating the inner cavity of the mudline forming member to establish the mudline cellar.
US10267004B2
A flood protection system including a tube plate assembly including a plurality of orifices arranged in a predetermined pattern and density. A tube attachment subsystem is associated with each of the plurality of orifices and is configured to secure an open ended independent barrier tube thereto. A plurality of spaced walls are configured to support the tube plate assembly above the ground such that each barrier tube extends vertically downward from the tube plate to the ground. Filling each barrier tube with the fluid provides outward hydrostatic pressure at each tube-to-tube interface such that friction loss of a flow of flood water along each barrier tube-to-tube interface pathway stops the ingress of the flood water from a flood area to a protected area.
US10266998B2
A connector for connecting a panel of a bridge platform or other scaffolding to an underlying cable for supporting the panel. First and second plates are hingedly joined. A member is attached to and extends from the first plate to a free end portion, wherein the member is adapted to be passed downwardly through a panel and cradle a cable passing below the panel then to be passed upwardly back through the opening then through an aperture in the second plate. A wedge is slidably receivable between ledges on the free end portion and the second plate for wedgedly retaining the member in the aperture. A member is attached to the second plate in a position such that it retains the wedge inseparable from the plates. The plates and wedge are inseparable from each other in each of latched and unlatched states.
US10266993B2
A bearing pad for receiving and retaining the substantially vertically oriented structural members of a module for use in constructing a pathway and supporting the pathway module on a ground surface can include a main body member having a lower ground engaging surface and a first slot defined by a first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member. The first slot can be planar and disposed transversely to the lower ground engaging surface of the main body member. The vertically oriented structural member that can be received and retained in the first slot by the first cross support member engaging portion of the main body member.
US10266990B2
The present invention discloses a highly conducting polyethylenedioxythiphene (PEDOT) flexible paper with a very low sheet resistance and high conductivity and process for preparation thereof, by inducing the polymerization at the interface of two immiscible liquids on a cellulose paper to trigger PEDOT growth along the fibers of the cellulose paper. The present invention discloses the use of the said conducting paper for the preparation of flexible supercapacitor and for the preparation of counter electrode in Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC).
US10266989B2
A process for producing cellulosic fiber with a high curl index is disclosed. The process can include mechanically treating and chemically crosslinking kraft pulp. The mechanical treatment of the pulp can include convolving and mechanically treating a pulp at in a plug screw and steam tube at temperatures above 100° C. and pressures above 3 bar. The mechanically treated pulp can be crosslinked with a crosslinking agent. The product fiber can exhibit a curl index of greater than 0.35, and can be at least 50% higher than the initial curl of the starting pulp material.
US10266981B2
A method of treating laundry in a laundry treating appliance having a treating chamber for receiving the laundry for treatment according to an automatic cycle of operation implemented by a controller of the laundry treating appliance includes receiving by the controller an input indicative of the laundry comprising at least one new laundry item.
US10266978B2
A laundry treating appliance includes a rotatable basket defining a treating chamber for receiving a load of laundry items for treatment, and two annular balance rings coupled with the basket for rotation therewith. Each balance ring includes a sump for holding balancing fluid when the rotational speed of the basket is below a critical speed.
US10266968B2
A fine cellulose fiber composite containing fine cellulose fibers having a carboxy group and an amine having an ethylene oxide/propylene oxide (EO/PO) copolymer moiety, the fine cellulose fibers being bound with the amine at the carboxy group to form a salt, wherein the fine cellulose fibers have a carboxy group content of 0.1 mmol/g or more, and wherein the molecular weight of the EO/PO copolymer moiety is from 700 to 10,000, and wherein a PO content ratio in the EO/PO copolymer moiety is from 1 to 70% by mol. The fine cellulose fiber composite of the present invention has high dispersibility in the resin and can exhibit an effect of increasing strength, so that the fine cellulose fiber composite is suitably as various fillers, and the like.
US10266966B2
A method of bonding a nanofiber web of nanofibers having diameters of between about 50 nanometers and about 2,000 nanometers onto a surface of a woven or nonwoven polymeric media having media fiber diameters of between about 700 nanometers and about 50,000 nanometers utilizes exposing the topmost layer of nanofibers and media fibers to a jet of heated air for a time and at a distance such that substantially only the topmost layer of fibers are bonded. The jet of heated air exits through a nozzle slot having a length of less than about 2 inches in the nanofiber web travel direction. The temperature of the heated air ranges from about 2 to about 10 times the nanofiber melting temperature, and heat air has a nozzle slot velocity of greater than about 500 feet/minute. An adhesive may bond the nanofibers, to a media, which may be bi-component fiber fibers.
US10266964B2
In the present invention, as a bag to store polycrystalline silicon ingots, there is used a bag in which the concentration of paraffinic hydrocarbons in a concentrate of solvent-soluble components obtained by Soxhlet extraction using acetone as a solvent is lower than 300 ppmw as a value measured by GC-MS method; the concentration of antioxidants, lower than 10 ppmw; the concentration of ultraviolet absorbents, lower than 5 ppmw; and the concentration of antistatic agents and surfactants, lower than 50 ppmw. Then, when the polycrystalline silicon ingots are packed, preferably, the polycrystalline silicon ingots are put in the storage bag; thereafter, the storage bag is sealed; further, the storage bag is put and sealed in a linear low-density polyethylene bag containing an antistatic agent or a surfactant added in the bag material.
US10266961B2
Buckling of a vitreous silica crucible or fall of a sidewall into the crucible is effectively suppressed. Furthermore, dislocations in a silicon single crystal are suppressed to enhance the yield of the single crystal. The vitreous silica crucible is used to pull single-crystal silicon and includes the cylindrical sidewall having an upward-opening rim, a mortar-shaped bottom including a curve, and a round portion connecting the sidewall and the bottom. The round portion is provided in such a manner that the curvature of the inner surface thereof is gradually increased from the sidewall toward the bottom in a section passing through the rotation axis of the vitreous silica crucible.
US10266958B2
A coated article (22) comprises a substrate (100) and a coating system (102) atop the substrate. The coating system has a nickel-based first layer (104) and a chromium-based second layer (108) atop the first layer.
US10266954B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems that relate to electrochemically oxidizing metal halide with a metal ion in a lower oxidation state to a higher oxidation state; halogenating an unsaturated hydrocarbon or a saturated hydrocarbon with the metal halide with the metal ion in the higher oxidation state; and oxyhalogenating the metal halide with the metal ion from a lower oxidation state to a higher oxidation state in presence of an oxidant. In some embodiments, the oxyhalogenation is in series with the electrochemical oxidation, the electrochemical oxidation is in series with the oxyhalogenation, the oxyhalogenation is parallel to the electrochemical oxidation, and/or the oxyhalogenation is simultaneous with the halogenation.
US10266953B1
The invention relates to the manufacture of cosmetic solutions for use on human hair using the effects of UV light and electrolysis. In particular, a specialized cross-linking of Hydrochloride protected thiols to form protected Thiazolidines is disclosed. The process uses both UV light and electrolysis to form stable cosmetic solutions that have a variety of uses.
US10266936B2
A method of making a piezoelectric device comprising providing a deposition chamber, the deposition chamber having reduced pressure therein; loading a substrate into the deposition chamber; sputter depositing hexagonal 001 oriented titanium on the substrate; providing an oxygen anneal to convert 001 oriented titanium into 100 oriented rutile TiO2; sputter depositing a 111 or 100 oriented textured conducting material for use as an electrode; sputter depositing a hexagonal 001 oriented titanium and providing an oxygen anneal in a lead oxide environment to convert 001 oriented titanium into 100 oriented rutile TiO2 or PbxTi1-xO3; sputter depositing textured lead zirconate titanate PbZrxTi1-xO3 having an 001 orientation as a piezoelectric layer, and sputter depositing a textured electrode on top of the textured lead zirconate titanate; whereby processing of the layers within the deposition chamber provides minimized exposure to ambient contamination and improved texturing in the resulting films.
US10266935B2
A mask assembly for thin film deposition and a method of manufacturing the same. The mask assembly includes a glass mask having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, a first metal layer patterned above the first surface of the glass mask, and a second metal layer patterned below the second surface of the glass mask. A plurality of deposition areas are arranged on the glass mask, and a plurality of deposition pattern portions each having a plurality of slits are patterned in the plurality of deposition areas.
US10266929B2
Provided is an ultrahigh-strength gas metal arc welded joint having a high degree of impact toughness. The ultrahigh-strength gas metal arc welded joint comprises, by wt %, carbon (C): 0.05% to 0.1%, silicon (Si): 0.2% to 0.7%, manganese (Mn): 1.5% to 2.5%, nickel (Ni): 2.0% to 3.5%, chromium (Cr): 0.3% to 0.9%, copper (Cu): 0.1% to 0.3%, molybdenum (Mo): 0.5% to 0.8%, titanium (Ti): 0.02% to 0.04%, boron (B): 0.002% to 0.005%, aluminum (Al): 0.001% to 0.03%, nitrogen (N): 0.002% to 0.007%, phosphorus (P): 0.03% or less, sulfur (S): 0.03% or less, oxygen (O): 0.02% to 0.05%, and a balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities, satisfying 0.4≤Ti/O≤1.2., 2.8≤Ti/N≤9.0, 10≤(2Ti+5B)/N≤20, and 3.5≤Mn+2Cr+3Mo+3Cu≤7.5.
US10266926B2
A cast nickel-base superalloy that includes iron added substitutionally for nickel. The cast nickel base superalloy comprises, in weight percent about 1-6% iron, about 7.5-19.1% cobalt, about 7-22.5% chromium, about 1.2-6.2% aluminum, optionally up to about 5% titanium, optionally up to about 6.5% tantalum, optionally up to about 1% Nb, about 2-6% W, optionally up to about 3% Re, optionally up to about 4% Mo, about 0.05-0.18% C, optionally up to about 0.15% Hf, about 0.004-0.015 B, optionally up to about 0.1% Zr, and the balance Ni and incidental impurities. The superalloy is characterized by a γ′ solvus temperature that is within 5% of the γ′ solvus temperature of the superalloy that does not include 1-6% Fe and a mole fraction of γ′ that is within 15% of the mole fraction of the superalloy that does not include 1-6% Fe.
US10266919B2
A nickel-base superalloy that includes 6.55% to 7.15% aluminum, 3.3% to 3.7% titanium, 1.2% to 1.7% tantalum, and 0.8% to 1.0% niobium, such that a combined atomic percentage of the aluminum, the titanium, the tantalum and the niobium is between 12.65% and 13.15% to provide substantially 51% to 53% by volume of gamma prime precipitates.
US10266918B2
There is provided a Ni-based alloy excellent in hot forgeability, high-temperature oxidation resistance, and high-temperature halogen gas corrosion resistance that is suitable as constituent materials, such as a baking tray for chip capacitor, a baking tray for lithium battery cathode material, a CVD apparatus member, a PVD apparatus member, an LCD apparatus member, and a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus member. The Ni-based alloy contains, by weight, 2.0 to 5.0% Al, 0.1 to 2.5% Si, 0.1 to 1.5% Mn, 0.001 to 0.01% B, 0.001 to 0.1% of Zr, and the balance of Ni with inevitable impurities and excels in hot forgeability, high-temperature oxidation resistance, and high-temperature halogen gas corrosion resistance. The Ni-based alloy may further contain 0.8 to 4.0% Cr.
US10266909B2
There is provided an austenitic stainless steel for high-pressure hydrogen gas consisting, by mass percent, of C: 0.10% or less, Si: 1.0% or less, Mn: 3% or more to less than 7%, Cr: 15 to 30%, Ni: 10% or more to less than 17%, Al: 0.10% or less, N: 0.10 to 0.50%, and at least one kind of V: 0.01 to 1.0% and Nb: 0.01 to 0.50%, the balance being Fe and impurities, wherein in the impurities, the P content is 0.050% or less and the S content is 0.050% or less, the tensile strength is 800 MPa or higher, the grain size number (ASTM E112) is No. 8 or higher, and alloy carbo-nitrides having a maximum diameter of 50 to 1000 nm are contained in the number of 0.4/μm2 or larger in cross section observation.
US10266905B2
Example methods and apparatus for hardening a component or any semi-finished product formed from a steel workpiece that has been shaped in a shaping tool may involve introducing the component into a receiving region of a hardening tool. The hardening tool may then be closed around the component in a form-fitting manner so as to surround the component and maintain a substantially constant distance between the component and at least one induction coil integrated into the hardening tool. The induction coil of the hardening tool may then be used to heat the component. The component may then be cooled within the receiving region or by removing the component from the receiving region and exposing the component to air external to the receiving region.
US10266902B2
The invention relates to prognostic markers and prognostic signatures, and compositions and methods for determining the prognosis of cancer in a patient, particularly for melanoma. Specifically, the invention relates to the use of genetic and protein markers for the prediction of the risk of progression of a cancer, such as melanoma, based on markers and signatures of markers. In various aspects, the invention provides methods, compositions, kits, and devices based on prognostic cancer markers, specifically melanoma prognostic markers, to aid in the prognosis and treatment of cancer.
US10266900B2
The present invention relates to the novel use of syndecan-2 (SDC2) gene as a CpG methylation biomarker for detecting precancerous lesions, and more particularly, to the use of the SDC2 gene as a biomarker to early diagnose colorectal precancerous lesions by measuring the degree of methylation of the SDC2 gene. The present invention provides a method of providing information for diagnosis of precancerous lesions by detecting methylation of the CpG islands of the SDC2 gene. In addition, the use of the methylation detection and kit according to the present invention makes it possible to diagnose colorectal precancerous lesions at an early transformation stage, thus enabling the early diagnosis of colorectal precancerous lesions. Furthermore, the methylation detection method and kit of the present invention enables colorectal precancerous lesions to be effectively diagnosed in an accurate and rapid manner compared to conventional methods.
US10266888B2
Methods of volumetric imaging of a three-dimensional matrix of nucleic acids within a cell is provided. An automated apparatus for sequencing and volumetric imaging of a three-dimensional matrix of nucleic acids is provided.
US10266886B2
The embodiments disclosed herein utilized RNA targeting effectors to provide a robust CRISPR-based diagnostic with attomolar sensitivity. Embodiments disclosed herein can detect broth DNA and RNA with comparable levels of sensitivity and can differentiate targets from non-targets based on single base pair differences. Moreover, the embodiments disclosed herein can be prepared in freeze-dried format for convenient distribution and point-of-care (POC) applications. Such embodiments are useful in multiple scenarios in human health including, for example, viral detection, bacterial strain typing, sensitive genotyping, and detection of disease-associated cell free DNA.
US10266885B2
The invention relates to mutant forms of Msp. The invention also relates to polynucleotide characterization using Msp.
US10266881B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions, kits, systems and apparatus that are useful for multiplex PCR of one or more nucleic acids present in a sample. In particular, various target-specific primers are provided that allow for the selective amplification of one or more target sequences. In one aspect, the invention relates to target-specific primers useful for the selective amplification of one or more target sequences associated with cancer or inherited disease. In some aspects, amplified target sequences obtained using the disclosed methods, kits, systems and apparatuses can be used in various downstream processes including nucleic acid sequencing and used to detect the presence of genetic variants.
US10266864B2
The present invention relates to thermostable pullulanases useful for industrial and scientific purposes. The present invention provides methods for producing the modified pullulanase, enzymatic compositions comprising the modified pullulanase, and methods for use of the enzymatic compositions.
US10266861B2
Disclosed herein are aqueous compositions comprising fructose and methods of production thereof. A method for producing an aqueous composition comprising fructose can comprise, for example, conducting an enzymatic reaction by contacting water, sucrose, and a glucosyltransferase enzyme that synthesizes poly alpha-1,3-glucan having at least 30% alpha-1,3-linkages. A soluble fraction produced by such a reaction comprises at least about 55% fructose on a dry weight basis, and can be separated from insoluble poly alpha-1,3-glucan product(s), thereby providing an aqueous composition comprising fructose.
US10266857B2
The present invention provides a method for producing Nε-dodecanoyl-L-lysine using an enzyme having properties suitable for the industrial production of Nε-dodecanoyl-L-lysine. More specifically, the present invention provides a method for producing Nε-acyl-L-lysine including reacting a carboxylic acid or a salt thereof and L-lysine or a salt thereof in the presence of a protein having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; a protein having an amino acid sequence in which one or several amino acid residues are inserted, added, deleted, or substituted in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having Nε-acyl-L-lysine-specific aminoacylase activity; and a protein which has 90% or higher homology with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and having Nε-acyl-L-lysine-specific aminoacylase activity.
US10266847B2
Methods and compositions are provided for delivery of a polynucleotide encoding a gene of interest, typically an antigen, to a dendritic cell (DC). The virus envelope comprises a DC-SIGN specific targeting molecule. The methods and related compositions can be used to treat patients suffering from a wide range of conditions, including infection, such as HIV/AIDS, and various types of cancers.
US10266837B2
The present invention relates to the field of plant molecular biology. More particularly, the present invention relates to the isolation of nucleic acids encoding terpene synthases (TPSs), including a novel, multifunctional TPS identified herein as CoTPS2.
US10266832B2
Described are compositions and methods relating variant filamentous fungi having altered growth characteristics. Such variants are well-suited for growth in submerged cultures, e.g., for the large-scale production of enzymes and other proteins for commercial applications.
US10266815B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating celiac sprue.
US10266812B2
The present invention provides a novel method for improving microbial laccase production, which relates to the field of microbial fermentation. The present invention is to add β-carotene and other types of carotenoids, or microorganisms that produce carotenoids, or mixtures comprising carotenoids into a fermentation system during fermentation of Pleurotus ferulae and other higher fungi. The present invention can improve the laccase production 12 times more than before, with the advantages of a simple process and high yield.
US10266807B2
Provided herein are methods for the in vitro differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells, which have been expanded and/or maintained under defined conditions, into endodermal precursor cells (EPCs) that are capable of producing mono-hormonal beta cells.
US10266795B2
The invention relates to cleaning compositions comprising polyalkanolamine polymers. The present invention further relates to methods of cleaning dishware and hard surfaces using such cleaning compositions.
US10266793B2
Provided among other things is a cleaning composition comprising: a carrier fluid; and Minute Fibrils suspended in the carrier fluid, wherein the composition is protein cleaning effective.
US10266791B2
Detergent compositions with improved sudsing profile, which are particularly suitable for hand-washing fabrics and dishware.
US10266784B2
This patent relates to a lubricating oil with added decorated graphene nanoparticles, which is called nanolubricant. This nanolubricant has automotive and industrial applications and offers as major benefits, simultaneous improvements in the thermal, rheological and tribological properties of the lubricant used as base fluid. Additionally, this nanolubricant offers a rheopectic behavior from a specific concentration, the same behavior that gives it the ability to increase its viscosity over time provided it is subjected to a constant cutting rate. Finally, the decorated graphene may include metallic, ceramic or polymeric nanoparticles, in a concentration range of 0.5% weight/weight to 2% w/w without changing the newtonian fluid behavior of the base lubricant, whereas for concentrations greater than 2% weight/weight and up to 3% weight/weight, the aforementioned rheopectic behavior will be observed.
US10266776B2
A catalyst including between 50.0 and 99.8 percent by weight of iron, between 0 and 5.0 percent by weight of a first additive, between 0 and 10 percent by weight of a second additive, and a carrier. The first additive is ruthenium, platinum, copper, cobalt, zinc, or a metal oxide thereof. The second additive is lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide, silicon dioxide, potassium oxide, manganese oxide, or zirconium oxide.
US10266772B2
A flame-retardant vanillin-derived monomer, a process for forming a flame-retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains flame-retardant vanillin-derived monomer are disclosed. The flame-retardant vanillin-derived monomer can be synthesized from vanillin obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety with phenyl, allyl, epoxide, or propylene carbonate substituents. The process for forming the flame-retardant polymer can include reacting a vanillin derivative and a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame-retardant vanillin-derived monomer, and then polymerizing the flame-retardant vanillin-derived monomer. The material in the article of manufacture can be flame-retardant, and contain the flame-retardant vanillin-derived monomer. Examples of materials that can be in the article of manufacture can include resins, plastics, adhesives, polymers, etc.
US10266771B2
A flame-retardant vanillin-derived molecule, a process for forming a flame-retardant resin, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains the flame-retardant vanillin-derived molecule are disclosed. The flame-retardant vanillin-derived molecule can be synthesized from vanillin obtained from a bio-based source, and can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety with phenyl, allyl, epoxide, propylene carbonate, or thioether substituents. The process for forming the flame-retardant resin can include reacting a vanillin derivative and a flame-retardant phosphorus-based molecule to form the flame-retardant vanillin-derived molecule, and binding the flame-retardant vanillin-derived molecule to a resin. The flame-retardant vanillin-derived molecules can also be bound to polymers. The material in the article of manufacture can be flame-retardant, and contain the flame-retardant vanillin-derived molecules. Examples of materials that can be in the article of manufacture can include resins, plastics, adhesives, polymers, etc.
US10266766B2
Provided is a Li-solid-solubilized α-SiAlON phosphor containing Li+ as solid solubilized for stabilization of the structure that is higher in luminous efficiency than before and a light-emitting element and a lighting device comprising the same.The (Li and Eu)-containing α-SiAlON crystal has a Li content of 1.8 to 3 mass %, an Eu content of 0.1 to 1.5 mass % and an average particle diameter, as determined by laser diffraction/scattering method, of 7 to 35 μm. The phosphor is used in the light-emitting element and the lighting device.
US10266755B2
Methods and apparatus for forming proppant particles which include providing an aqueous slurry of ceramic forming raw materials, flowing the slurry through a perforated membrane, which may be energized, to form slurry bodies, receiving the slurry bodies in a collecting hopper, and drying the slurry bodies to form particles. In some aspects, the slurry is energized as it flows through the perforated membrane.
US10266754B2
Methods including preparing a treatment fluid comprising a base fluid, degradable reticulated foam particulates, and non-degradable proppant particulates; introducing the treatment fluid into a subterranean formation comprising at least one fracture therein; placing the degradable reticulated foam particulates and the non-degradable proppant particulates into the at least one fracture, so as to form a stabilized proppant pack therein; and degrading the degradable reticulated foam particulates, thereby forming a high porosity propped fracture.
US10266753B1
The present invention provides a modified nano-graphite particle three-phase foam profile control and flooding system, which comprises a liquid phase and a gas phase, wherein the liquid phase comprises 0.15%-0.35% foaming agent, 0.04-0.1% foam stabilizer, and water that accounts for the remaining content, the sum of weight percentages of above components is 100%; a gas-liquid ratio of the gas phase to the liquid phase is (1-3):1. The foaming agent is selected from one of alkylsulfopropyl betaine and alkylamidopropyl betaine or a combination of them. The foam stabilizer is modified nano-graphite particles in 80-150 nm particle diameter. The present invention further provides a preparation method of the modified nano-graphite particle and a preparation method of the three-phase foam profile control and flooding system. The nano-graphite particle three-phase foam profile control and flooding system provided in the present invention can greatly improve the stability of generated foams, has excellent fluidity control capability, is low in cost, simple to prepare, and convenient for large-scale field construction.
US10266748B2
A subterranean formation sealant includes a mixture of an aqueous colloidal dispersion including silica nanoparticles and a C6-C12 fatty acid. Heating the sealant above 70° C. initiates gelation of the sealant. Sealing an opening in a water or gas producing zone in a subterranean formation includes providing a sealant including a mixture of a colloidal dispersion including silica nanoparticles and a C6-C12 fatty acid to the water or gas producing zone, initiating gelation of the sealant in situ, and solidifying the sealant in the water or gas producing zone to yield a set gel, thereby sealing the opening in the water or gas producing zone.
US10266734B2
The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A), a component (B), a component (C), and a component (D), the curable composition comprising the component (A) and the component (B) in a mass ratio (component (A):component (B)) of 100:0.3 to 100:20, the component (A) being a silane compound (co)polymer that is represented by a formula (a-1) or a formula (a-2), (CHR1X0-D-SiO3/2)m(R2SiO3/2)n(CHR1X0-D-SiZ1O2/2)o(R2SiZ2O2/2)p(CHR1X0-D-SiZ32O1/2)q(R2SiZ42O1/2)r (a-1) (R3SiO3/2)s(R3SiZ5O2/2)t(R3SiZ52O1/2)u (a-2) the component (B) being fine particles having an average primary particle size of more than 0.04 μm and 8 μm or less, the component (C) being a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule, and the component (D) being a silane coupling agent that comprises an acid anhydride structure in its molecule, and an optical element-securing composition, and a cured product, and an optical element-securing material, and a method for using the curable composition, and an optical device.
US10266733B2
Hot melt adhesives with pressure sensitive adhesive properties for electronic devices are described. The hot melt adhesive comprises a styrenic block copolymer with fully hydrogenated and saturated soft blocks, a liquid diluent or a tackifier, a (meth)acrylate monomer or an oligomer having at least two (meth)acrylic functionalities per oligomer chain, and an initiator. The hot melt adhesive is also a reworkable UV curable optically clear adhesive film. The adhesive and film are suitable as a laminating PSA film or encapsulant for LCD display, LED display, touch screen, and flexible thin film photovoltaic module.
US10266729B2
Conventional electroconductive adhesives had difficulty to have simultaneously storage stability and low temperature curability, and to have at the same time exhibition of adhesion strength and electric conductivity for poorly-adhesive metal adherends such as gold and nickel. The present invention accordingly provides an isotropic electroconductive adhesive that has low temperature curability in an atmosphere of 80 to 130° C. A thermocurable electroconductive adhesive containing component (A) to component (E) such that the component (E) is contained at 100 parts by mass or more and 1000 parts by mass or less relative to 100 parts by mass of the total of the component (A) and component (B); component (A): a urethane modified oligomer having a (meth)acrylic group component (B): a monomer having one (meth)acrylic group in the molecule component (C): an organic peroxide having specific structure component (D): a phosphoric acid ester compound component (E): electroconductive particles that are surface-treated with stearic acid.
US10266726B2
A method for treating substrates, including applying a composition, which includes at least one latent alkyl borane and is substantially free of decomplexing agents for the latent alkyl borane, to a substrate (1) that has a material having unsaturated units, applying a radically curable substance to the substrate (1) pretreated with the latent alkyl borane, and allowing the radically curable substance to cure in order to form a composite structure. The method is suitable in particular for applying paints, coatings, or sealing materials/filling materials to substrates, such as EPDM, NBR, and SBR, and for adhesively bonding such substrates. Composite materials adhesively bonded accordingly are distinguished by especially firm adhesion of the adhesive to the substrate, wherein conventional adhesives can be used, which have optimized properties with regard to the storage stability, open time, and cure time thereof.
US10266722B2
The present disclosure relates to bearing and seal assemblies comprising a composite structure which includes a substrate and a layer disposed on the substrate. The layer disposed on the substrate includes a polyimide matrix and a filler dispersed within the polyimide matrix. The filler can be a thermoplastic polymer, such as PTFE, and/or an organic filler. The bearing assembly can exhibit a synergistic improvement in wear resistance and coefficient of friction.
US10266715B2
A liquid composition, including a solvent, for printing with a binary deflected continuous jet printing technique, wherein upon printing the liquid composition form drops that are each: not charged by an electric field, have a zero electric charge, form a dipole under the effect of an electric field, and are then deflected by the electric field. The liquid composition has all the following characteristics: a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 μS/cm, still preferably a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 500 μS/cm, the value of 500 μS/cm being excluded, better a conductivity at 20° C. from 5 to 400 μS/cm, still better a conductivity at 20° C. from 30 to 400 μS/cm, for example from 30 to 200 μS/cm; a dynamic viscosity at 20° C. from 1 to 25 cPs, preferably from 6 to 25 cPs; and a density from 0.8 to 2.5 g/cm3, preferably from 1.2 to 2.5 g/cm3.
US10266714B2
An aqueous ink used in an ink jet recording method that uses thermal energy to eject an ink from a recording head includes a copper phthalocyanine pigment and a urethane resin. The urethane resin has a unit derived from a polyisocyanate, a unit derived from a polyether polyol having no acid group, a unit derived from a polyol having an acid group and a unit derived from a polyamine; in the urethane resin, the proportion of the urethane bond relative to the total amount of the urethane bond and the urea bond derived from the polyamine is 90.0% by mole or more to 99.0% by mole or less; and the urethane resin has a weight-average molecular weight of 20,000 or less and an acid value of 50 mg KOH/g or more to 110 mg KOH/g or less.
US10266708B2
Presented are compositions that can be used as protective coatings for agricultural (e.g., food) substrates. The compositions can comprise a compound of Formula I: and an additive, wherein the variables m, n, q, r, Ra, Rb, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and R13 are defined herein. The protective coatings formed from the compositions can be used to prevent food spoilage due to, for instance, moisture loss, oxidation, or infection by a foreign pathogen.
US10266707B2
A coating composition and method of making a scratch resistant UV blocking glass coating is described. The composition can include an aqueous colloidal silica. a bifunctional silanol coupling agent, tetraethylorthosilicate (TEOS), a UV absorber, and a water miscible solvent selected from glycol ethers, alkanols, keto alcohols, and combinations thereof. The molar ratio of the bi-functional silanol to TEOS is selected to provide scratch resistance coupled with water resistance.
US10266692B2
The present invention relates to an automobile-use thermoplastic resin composition, and an automobile-use molded product manufactured therefrom. The automobile-use thermoplastic resin composition comprises an aliphatic polyamide resin; a first chelating agent comprising an amino group and at least one of carboxylic acid and a salt thereof; a second chelating agent comprising a C1 to C10 (not including carboxyl group carbon) aliphatic polyvalent carboxylic acid having two to four carboxyl groups; and a filler.
US10266685B2
The present invention relates to a bimodal polypropylene composition comprising a blend of a HMW polypropylene component and a LMW polypropylene component, where the high molecular weight (HMW) component of the bimodal composition has a z-average molecular weight Mz of more than 400,000 g/mole, and a process to make such composition. The composition is suitable for thermoformed articles and injection molded articles.
US10266670B2
VDF-co-(TFE or TrFE) polymers having a molecular weight of at least about 1,000,000 g/mol and a melt temperature less than about 240° C. The VDF copolymer contains at least about 50 mol % VDF monomer and may include an amount of at least one other monomer. The VDF copolymer may be used to form a membrane that has a node and fibril structure. The membrane has a percent porosity of at least 25%. A VDF-co-(TFE or TrFE) polymer membrane may be formed by lubricating the VDF copolymer, subjecting the lubricated polymer to pressure at a temperature below the melting point of the VDF copolymer to form a preform material, and expanding the preform material at a temperature below the melting temperature of the VDF copolymer. Dense VDF copolymer articles, filled VDF copolymer membranes, and VDF copolymer fibers are also provided.
US10266660B2
A method for manufacturing a wet rubber masterbatch that will serve as raw material for vulcanized rubber having excellent tensile strength and tear strength and that will permit wet rubber masterbatch to be molded in a short time. A method comprising an operation in which a collection of granules comprising a plurality of granular coagula are obtained from a liquid mixture comprising filler and rubber latex solution, and an operation in which the collection of granules is compressed under conditions satisfying Formula I; 3≤P×Da≤500 (P indicates pressure (kgf/cm2) applied to the collection of granules. Da indicates granule diameter (mm) of the granular coagula), making it possible to cause a wet rubber masterbatch capable of serving as raw material for vulcanized rubber having excellent tensile strength and tear strength to be molded in a short time.
US10266658B2
Crosslinked aminosiloxanes obtainable by reaction of identical or different aminosiloxanes with identical or different epoxide components which are water-soluble hydrocarbons, the hydrocarbons comprising oxygen as well as carbon, and optionally further elements selected from nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorus, the hydrocarbon having on average more than one terminal epoxy group, the epoxy group being a carbooxirane radical, and, further, not more than 50% of all the amino groups having undergone reaction with an epoxide group.
US10266655B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising water and a mixture of [3-(2,3-dihydroxyprop-1-oxy)propyl]silanol oligomers and ethers thereof, wherein the proportion of epoxy groups bound within Si compounds which may be present in the composition is not more than 0.05 mol of epoxy groups per mole of Si in the composition.The invention further relates to a particular process for preparing a composition according to the invention and to the use thereof.
US10266646B2
The present invention relates to bio-copolyester of polyethylene terephthalate composition prepared from raw materials which are derived from biomass. The bio-composition comprises: 1) about 92 to about 99 mole % of bioPET, prepared from bioMEG and bioPTA, 2) about 1 to about 8 mole % bio-based acids, bio-based diols and/or bio-based branching agents. Bio-based acids include bio-aliphatic diacids or bio-aromatic diacids, or their corresponding bio-esters, or a mixture thereof. Bio-based diols include bio-aliphatic diol comprising 3 to 20 carbon atoms, bio-cycloaliphatic diol of 6 to 20 carbon atoms, or bio-aromatic diol comprising 6 to 14 carbon atoms, or a mixture thereof. Bio-based branching agents include bio-aliphatic compounds having more than two functionalities such as bio-trimellitic anhydride, bio-trimethylol propane, or bio-pentaerythritol, or a blend thereof.
US10266643B2
The invention relates to the use of aryliodonium and/or arylsulfonium salts of the tetrakis(perfluoro-t-butyloxy)aluminate anion of the following formula (I): as cationic initiators cleavable by light and/or free radicals for polymerizing cationically polymerizable monomers.
US10266640B2
An advanced epoxy resin including a reaction product of (A) at least one epoxy resin; (B) at least one cashew nutshell liquid; and (C) at least one multifunctional carboxylic acid; a curable epoxy resin composition prepared using the above advanced epoxy resin; and the use of the above curable epoxy resin composition to prepare a coating.
US10266636B2
A process for producing an episulfide compound for an optical material of the present invention includes a step of chlorinating glycerin to obtain dichloropropanol; a step of epoxidizing the dichloropropanol to obtain epichlorohydrin; a step of reacting the epichlorohydrin with a sulfating agent to obtain a bis(chlorohydrin) (di)sulfide compound thought a thiol compound; a step of epoxidizing the bis(chlorohydrin) (di)sulfide compound under basic conditions to obtain an epoxy compound; and a step of reacting the epoxy compound with a sulfating agent to obtain an episulfide compound represented by following General Formula (1): wherein, in the formula, n represents 0 or 1.
US10266627B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of preparing a heat-resistant SAN resin. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a method of preparing a heat-resistant SAN resin enabling provision of superior productivity and improved heat resistance and fluidity without generation of odor during processing, and a heat-resistant SAN resin composition prepared by the method.
US10266622B2
A catalyst system comprising a combination of: 1) one or more catalyst compounds having at least one nitrogen linkage and at least one oxygen linkage to a transition metal; 2) a support comprising an organosilica material, which is a mesoporous organosilica material; and 3) an optional activator. Useful catalysts include ONNO-type transition metal catalysts, ONYO-Type transition metal catalysts, and/or oxadiazole transition metal catalysts. The organosilica material is a polymer of at least one monomer of Formula [z′OZ2 SiCH2]3(l), where Z1 represents a hydrogen atom, a C1-C4alkyl group, or a bond to a silicon atom of another monomer and Z2 represents a hydroxyl group, a C1-C4alkoxy group, a C1-C6alkyl group, or an oxygen atom bonded to a silicon atom of another monomer. This invention further relates to processes to polymerize olefins comprising contacting one or more olefins with the above catalyst system.
US10266614B2
Disclosed are a modified conjugated diene-based polymer represented by Chemical Formula 2a or 2b defined herein and a method of preparing the same.
US10266613B2
A conjugated diene polymer represented by the following formula (1) or the following formula (2): (wherein, in the formula (1) and in the formula (2), the “polymer” represents a polymer chain containing conjugated diene monomer units, X1 and X2 represent a functional group selected from a hydrocarbyloxy group, halogen group, and hydroxyl group, R1 and R4 represent a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, R2 and R3 and R5 and R6 respectively represent a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, R2 and R3 or R5 and R6 may bond with each other to form a ring structure. In the formula (1), “n” is an integer of 1 to 3, “m” is an integer of 0 to 2, “p” is an integer of 0 to 2, and n+m+p=3. Further, in the formula (2), “s” is 1 or 2, “t” is 0 or 1, “u” is 0 or 1, and s+t+u=2).
US10266605B2
The present invention relates to therapeutic ADCs comprising SN-38 attached to an anti-Trop-2 antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment, more particularly sacituzumab govitecan. The ADC is administered to a subject with a Trop-2 positive cancer that is resistant to or relapsed from prior treatment with a checkpoint inhibitor. The therapy is effective to treat cancers that are resistant to checkpoint inhibitors.
US10266598B2
This disclosure relates to antagonistic dual receptor antigen-binding proteins, e.g. antibodies and methods of using the dual receptor antibodies for treatment of pathological diseases. The dual receptor antibodies may comprise an antibody to ActRII receptors and may be used to treat pathological condition. The pathological conditions can comprise muscle wasting diseases or any disease that requires stimulation of muscle growth.
US10266590B2
The present invention relates to the characterization and production of biologics.
US10266588B2
Methods are disclosed for treating osteoarthritis in a human subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-human NGF antibody, or antigen-binding fragment thereof, wherein at least one symptom associated with osteoarthritis is prevented, ameliorated or improved.
US10266587B2
The present invention is directed to methods of inhibiting or preventing photophobia in subjects in need thereof using anti-CGRP antibodies or antibody fragments that inhibit photophobia, especially CGRP-associated photophobia. These antibodies and fragments are useful in treating different disorders associated with photophobia such as migraine, cluster headaches and the like.The present invention also provides assays using transgenic Nestin/Ramp1 rodents, utilizing a CGRP model light aversive behavior model for identifying therapeutically effective anti-CGRP antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP which inhibit or prevent photophobia in subjects in need thereof. The present invention is specifically directed to methods for identifying therapeutically effective antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for CGRP that may be used to treat CGRP associated disorders such as migraine. Specifically, this invention relates to assays and therapies using the antibodies described herein to inhibit or prevent photophobia, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them.
US10266569B2
The invention related to isolated peptides including a binding domain of the viral phosphoprotein (P) subunit to the viral RNA free nucleoprotein (N0) which has the property to inhibit the replication of viruses from the subfamily Paramyxovirinae (like Henipavirus, Rubulavirus or Morbillivirus). These isolated peptides may be used for the prevention or the treatment of Paramyxovirinae infection.
US10266558B2
Nucleosides and nucleotides (nucleos(t)ides) have been in clinical use for almost 50 years and have become cornerstones of treatment for patients with viral infections or cancer. The approval of several additional drugs over the past decade demonstrates that this family still possesses strong potential. Therefore nucleos(t)ide are of great interest as promising chemotherapeutic agents, including: 2′-deoxy-L-uridine (CAS 31501-19-6), 2′-deoxy-D-uridine (CAS 951-78-0), telbivudine (CAS 3424-98-4), zidovudine (AZT, CAS 30516-87-1), trifluridine (CAS 70-00-8), clevudine (CAS 163252-36-6), PSI-6206 (CAS 863329-66-2), 2′-(S)-2′-chloro-2′-deoxy-2′-fluorouridine (CAS 1673560-41-2), ND06954 (CAS 114248-23-6), stavudine (CAS 3056-17-5), 5-ethynyltavudine (Festinavir, CAS 634907-30-5), torcitabine (CAS 40093-94-5), (−)-beta-D-(2R,4R)-dioxolane-thymine (DOT, 1-((2R,4R)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)-5-methyl-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione, CAS No. 127658-07-5), 2-(6-amino-purin-9-yl)-ethanol (CAS 707-99-3), 2′-C-methylcytidine (CAS 20724-73-6), PSI-6130 (CAS 817204-33-4), gemcitabine (CAS 95058-81-4), 2′-chloro-2′-deoxy-2′-fluorocytidine (CAS 1786426-19-4), 2′,2′-dichloro-2′-deoxycytidine (CAS 1703785-65-2), 2′-C-methylcytidine (CAS 20724-73-6), PSI-6130 (CAS 817204-33-4), lamivudine (3TC, CAS 134678-17-4), emtricitabine (CAS 143491-57-0), 2′-deoxyadenosine (CAS 958-09-8), 2′-deoxy-β-L-adenosine (CAS 14365-45-8), 2′-deoxy-4′-C-ethynyl-2-fluoroadenosine (CAS 865363-93-5), didanosine (CAS 69655-05-6), entecavir (CAS 209216-23-9), FMCA (CAS 1307273-70-6), dioxolane-G (DOG, CAS 145514-01-8), β-D-2′-deoxy-2′-(R)-fluoro-2′-β-C-methylguanosine (CAS No 817204-45-8), abacavir (ABC, CAS 136470-78-5), dioxolane-A (DOA, CAS #145514-02-9), [(2R,4R)-4-(6-cyclopropylamino-purin-9-yl)-[1,3]dioxolan-2-yl]-methanol (CAS 1446751-04-7), amdoxovir (AMDX, CAS 145514-04-1), (R)-1-(6-amino-purin-9-yl)-propan-2-ol (CAS 14047-28-0), and [(2S,5R)-5-(6-amino-purin-9-yl)-4-fluoro-2,5-dihydro-furan-2-yl]-methanol.Macroheterocyclic nucleoside derivative and its analog of the general formula 1 or general formula 2, a stereoisomer, isotope-enriched analog, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or crystalline or polymorphic form thereof, wherein: Ar is aryl or hetaryl; R1 and R2 are not necessarily the same substituents selected from H, F, Cl, CH3, OH; R3 is H or CH3; X is oxygen or ethanediyl-1,1 (C═CH2); Y is CH(R4)(CH2)k, CH(R4)(CH2)mC(O)O(CH2)n; R4 is H or CH3; k has a value from zero to six; m has a value from zero to two; n has a value of one to four; Q is a radical selected from Q1-Q4; wherein: R5 is the substituent selected from H, F, Cl, CH3, OH; the arrow (→) indicates the location, joined by Q1-Q4.
US10266556B2
Disclosed herein are multidentate dinuclear cyclometallated complexes. The complexes are suitable as emitting materials or host materials in OLED devices, the materials having one of the following structures:
US10266551B2
Provide herein are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions suitable as modulators of hemoglobin, methods and intermediates for their preparation, and methods for their use in treating disorders mediated by hemoglobin and disorders that would benefit from tissue and/or cellular oxygenation.
US10266543B2
This invention relates to macrocyclic deaza-purinones derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in treating viral infections.
US10266542B2
The present invention relates to compounds that inhibit EZH2 activity. In particular, the present invention relates to compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use, such as methods of treating cancer using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention.
US10266539B2
Polymorphs of a bis-mesylate salt of a compound of Formula I: or a hydrate thereof, are provided. The bis-mesylate salt may also be depicted as a compound of Formula IA: Provided herein are also compositions thereof, methods for their preparation and methods for such polymorphs.
US10266535B2
Provided in the present invention is a novel inhibitor of FLT3 kinase, comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, isomer, ester, acid, metabolite or prodrug thereof. Also provided in the present invention are a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I) and a use and method for preventing or treating cell proliferative conditions and/or FLT3-related conditions, in particular for conditions responding to the inhibition of FLT3 kinase (especially FLT3/ITD mutant kinases).
US10266528B2
The present invention relates to imidazo pyridine compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as BTK inhibitors.
US10266525B2
The present invention provides novel processes for preparing compounds of formula (IV) and salts thereof novel intermediates, and a novel salt and polymorph thereof.
US10266521B2
The present invention provides novel heteroaryl compounds, pharmaceutical acceptable salts and formulations thereof. They are useful in preventing, managing, treating or lessening the severity of a protein kinase-mediated disease. The invention also provides pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising such compounds and methods of using the compositions in the treatment of protein kinase-mediated disease.
US10266506B2
This invention relates to novel compounds suitable for labelling or already labelled by 18F, methods of preparing such a compound, compositions comprising such compounds, kits comprising such compounds or compositions and uses of such compounds, compositions or kits for diagnostic imaging by positron emission tomography (PET).
US10266503B1
The enantioselective synthesis of isochroman motifs has been accomplished via Pd(II)-catalyzed allylic C—H oxidation from terminal olefin precursors. Critical to the success of this goal was the development and utilization of a novel chiral aryl sulfoxide-oxazoline (ArSOX) ligand. The allylic C—H oxidation reaction proceeds with the broadest scope and highest levels asymmetric induction reported to date (avg. 92% ee, 13 examples ≥90% ee). Additionally, C(sp3)-N fragment coupling reaction between abundant terminal olefins and N-triflyl protected aliphatic and aromatic amines via Pd(II)/sulfoxide (SOX) catalyzed intermolecular allylic C—H amination is disclosed. A range of 52 allylic amines are furnished in good yields (avg. 76%) and excellent regio- and stereoselectivity (avg. >20:1 linear:branched, >20:1 E:Z). For the first time, a variety of singly activated aromatic and aliphatic nitrogen nucleophiles, including ones with stereochemical elements, can be used in fragment coupling stiochiometries for intermolecular C—H amination reactions.
US10266502B2
The present invention relates to a cycloaddition process comprising the step of reacting a halogenated aliphatic 1,3-dipole compound with a (hetero)cycloalkyne according to Formula (1): Preferably, the (hetero)cycloalkyne according to Formula (1) is a (hetero)cyclooctyne. The invention also relates to the cycloaddition products obtainable by the process according to the invention. The invention further relates to halogenated aliphatic 1,3-dipole compounds, in particular to halogenated aliphatic 1,3-dipole compounds comprising N-acetylgalactosamine-UDP (GalNAc-UDP), and to halogenated 1,3-dipole compounds comprising (peracylated) N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc), N-acetylmannosamine (ManNAc) and N-acetyl neuraminic acid (NeuNAc).
US10266497B2
Provided herein are pyrazole compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful as modulators of monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL). Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of pain.
US10266489B2
The present invention discloses a pyrrolic amide compound shown as a formula I, or crystal forms thereof, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates or solvates, wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, cyano, halogen, carboxyl, C1-C6 alkyl and the like; R2 is selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, cyano, halogen and the like; R3 is selected from hydroxyl and the like; X is selected from group, m is equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3, and n is equal to 0, 1 or 2. The novel compound shown as the formular I provided by the present invention has high deacetylase inhibitory viability; and meanwhile, a method for preparing the novel compound in the present invention has the advantages of fewer steps, simple and convenient operation, safety, environment friendliness, high yield and the like and is very suitable for industrial application.
US10266488B2
Human lipoxygenases (LOXs) are a family of iron-containing enzymes involved in catalyzing the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids to provide the corresponding bioactive hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE) metabolites. These eicosanoid signaling molecules are involved in a number of physiologic responses such as platelet aggregation, inflammation, and cell proliferation. Platelet-type 12-(S)-LOX (12-LOX) is of particular interest because of its demonstrated role in skin diseases, diabetes, platelet hemostasis, thrombosis, and cancer. Disclosed herein is the identification and medicinal chemistry optimization of a 4-((2-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzyl)amino)benzenesulfonamide-based scaffold. The compounds display nM potency against 12-LOX and excellent selectivity over related lipoxygenases and cyclooxygenases. In addition to possessing favorable ADME properties, the compounds also inhibit PAR-4 induced aggregation and calcium mobilization in human platelets, and reduce 12-HETE in mouse/human beta cells. The compounds can also be used in methods for treating or preventing a 12-lipoxygenase mediated disease or disorder.
US10266481B2
The present invention relates to a short enantioselective synthesis of 1-amino aryl tetraline compounds of Formula 1 via nucleophilic enamine catalysis using organocatalyst such as proline. wherein R1 and R2 represent independent of each other hydrogen, (un)substituted or substituted amine; R3 and R4 represent independent of each other hydrogen or halogen.
US10266476B2
The present invention provides a (meth)acrylate manufacturing method characterized in that when manufacturing a (meth)acrylate by an ester exchange reaction between an alcohol and a monofunctional (meth)acrylate using catalyst A and catalyst B together, contact treatment of the ester exchange reaction product with adsorbent C is performed. Catalyst A: One or more kinds of compounds selected from a group consisting of cyclic tertiary amines with an azabicyclo structure and salts or complexes thereof, amidine and salts or complexes thereof, compounds with a pyridine ring and salts or complexes thereof, phosphines and salts or complexes thereof, and compounds with a tertiary diamine structure and salts or complexes thereof. Catalyst B: One or more kinds of compounds selected from a group consisting of compounds comprising zinc. Adsorbent C: One or more kinds of compounds selected from a group consisting of oxides and hydroxides comprising at least one of magnesium, aluminum and silicon.
US10266473B2
Provided is a method for producing acetic acid, which suppresses catalyst precipitation and accumulation in an evaporator, can efficiently recycle catalysts to a reaction vessel, and can contribute to maintenance and improvement in acetic acid productivity and securing of safety operation. In the method, the evaporator has a catalyst precipitation and accumulation prevention structure: (a) structure where inclination angle θ of inside wall surface of an inverted truncated conical cylindrical connection portion is 5° to 85°; and/or (b) structure where a vortex breaker comprising a plate-like vortex breaker main body and a leg is disposed such that the vortex breaker main body covers right above the connection portion of an evaporator bottom part to a residual liquid stream recycle line, and linear velocity r of the residual liquid stream passing through a gap between the vortex breaker main body and the evaporator bottom part is larger than 10 m/h.
US10266469B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing terpinene-4-ol from limonene-4-ol via a hydrogenation reaction in the presence of a nickel catalyst.
US10266465B2
An azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and one or more (hydro)halogen-carbon compounds including between 1 and 3 carbon atoms. Also, a preferred azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition comprising hydrogen fluoride, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and one or more compounds selected from among 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloropropene, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene, trifluoropropyne, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene and 2-chloro, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane.
US10266460B2
Processes and apparatuses for enhanced heat recover}/in a paraxylene manufacturing plant use a side condenser to recover high quality heat. By placing the side condenser below the location of a feed stream comprising low molecular weight gases, the heat recovered is free of such non-condensable gases. Such gases are undesirable when using the condensed vapor in other applications.
US10266459B2
A process and apparatus for catalytic cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock employing circulating fluidized bed reactor-regenerator configuration for maximizing the yield of propylene (C3 olefin) is disclosed. The apparatus comprises two reaction zones operating under different temperature and weight hourly space velocity (WHSV), one primary zone for cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock and other as secondary zone for cracking of C4 fraction produced from the cracking of hydrocarbon feedstock in the primary reaction zone, optionally admixed with C4 stream from external source. Two dedicated conduits equipped with valves for control of catalyst flow rate are provided to supply the hot catalyst from a common catalyst regeneration zone wherein the catalyst flowing though conduit connected to the secondary reaction zone is cooled employing a heat exchanging device. The lower temperature achieved in secondary reaction zone on account of exchange of heat along with lower weight hourly space velocity (WHSV) selectively promotes oligomerization of C4 fraction before being cracked to produce C3 olefin in the subsequent portion of the reaction zone (primary).
US10266457B2
A growing medium comprising fibrous tree bark and fibrous wood components, wherein the fibers of the growing medium have an average length to width ratio, such that the growing medium has a dry bulk density of about 60 kg/m3 or lower and wet bulk density of about 120 kg/m3 or lower.
US10266454B2
A surface treatment composition including polymeric complex nanoparticles used in a hydrophobic agent and siloxane complex nanoparticles used in a suspending agent thereof. The composition of the present invention is a solution comprising a plurality of components. The primary components are an acid mixture and a base mixture that are combined together in a manner to be described herein to produce a two-part liquid solution. The two parts, are combined together prior to application to a surface and allowed to cure on the surface.
US10266438B2
Provided is a method for reducing COD of wastewater with improved utilization efficiency of ozone. The method achieves an objective by adding agents for removing hydroxyl radical scavengers produced by base-catalyzed ozone advanced oxidation to wastewater. The addition of calcium ion, barium ion, etc. to a base-catalyzed ozonation system makes the hydroxyl radical scavengers form precipitates, separated from water and lose the capability of scavenging hydroxyl radicals, thereby enhancing ozone utilization efficiency. Furthermore, calcium ion, barium ion, etc. form precipitates with partial organic acids yielded in the wastewater ozonation and are separated from water, hence diminishing ozone consumption and indirectly improving the ozone utilization efficiency in the wastewater treatment. The present invention can not only significantly enhance the reaction rate and utilization efficiency of ozone, saving reaction time and costs, but also enable complete mineralization of the organic compounds, significantly reducing COD and total phosphorus of wastewater.
US10266434B2
Compositions and methods for remediation of contaminated materials, such as contaminated water, are provided. The composition may include at least one fermentable compound and at least one metal or metal containing compound to promote conversion of the contaminants into non-toxic substances through abiotic and/or biotic processes. The composition may further include sulfur or a sulfur containing compound, and/or microorganisms or derivative thereof.
US10266432B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for treating ballast water, and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a ballast water treatment apparatus including: a tank; a spray nozzle which supplies ballast water in the form of droplets into the tank; and a gas circulation unit which supplies inert gas to the spray nozzle, and sucks inert gas that is not dissolved in the ballast water in the tank.
US10266431B2
Disclosed is a water treatment apparatus including a pipe. Elements disposed in the pipe are respectively made of lead-free brass and nontoxic ultra high molecular weight polyethylene instead of brass and plastic polyethylene that are conventionally used materials. Therefore, when the elements come into contact with water, neither heavy metals, such as lead (Pb), nor organic and inorganic substances harmful to the human body are produced.
US10266425B2
A liquid treatment module (2), configured for ultraviolet (UV)-light treatment of a liquid (4) flowing through a first treatment chamber (6) defined as a first elongated circumferential hollow cavity (8) between an outer surface (10) of a first translucent inner sleeve (12) and an inner surface (16) of a first outer sleeve (18′) configured to enclose said first translucent sleeve (12). The inner sleeve (12) is arranged to protect and include a UV-light treatment lamp (14). The module comprises a module inlet connection (20) configured to receive liquid to be treated and a module outlet connection (22) configured to expel liquid treated by the liquid treatment module. The module comprises: —first liquid flow guiding members (24′) configured to guide and direct a liquid flow (26) from said module inlet connection (20) into said first treatment chamber (6), —second liquid flow guiding members (28′) configured to guide and direct a liquid flow (30) from said first treatment chamber (6) into a second treatment chamber (32′), and —third liquid flowing guiding members (34′) configured to guide and direct a liquid recirculation flow (36) from said second treatment chamber (32′) back into the first treatment chamber (6) again.
US10266417B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of a zeolitic material comprising the steps of: (1) providing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2 and one or more alkenyltrialkylammonium cation R1R2R3R4N+-containing compounds as structure directing agent; and (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1) to obtain a zeolitic material; wherein Y is a tetravalent element, and wherein R1, R2, and R3 independently from one another stand for alkyl; and R4 stands for alkenyl, as well as to zeolitic materials which may be obtained according to the inventive process and to their use.
US10266415B2
A method for producing silica aerogel according to the present invention includes: a solation step of generating a sol by adding monoalkyltrialkoxysilane to an acidic aqueous solution containing silicic acid; and a gelation step of generating a wet gel by gelating the sol. Moreover, the production method includes a drying step of removing a solvent, which is contained in the wet gel, from the wet gel by drying the wet gel at less than a critical temperature of the solvent and at less than a critical pressure of the solvent. Then, the monoalkyltrialkoxysilane is added to the acidic aqueous solution so that an amount of silicon in the monoalkyltrialkoxysilane becomes 1 mol part or more with respect to 1 mol part of an amount of silicon in the acidic aqueous solution containing the silicic acid.
US10266414B2
A susceptor arrangement for a reactor includes a heater element configured to heat a process gas to be used in the reactor. Also included is an inner susceptor portion located radially inwardly of the heater element and configured to route the process gas therein along a radially inner process gas path. Further included is an outer susceptor portion located radially outwardly of the heater element and configured to route the process gas therein along a radially outer process gas path, wherein the radially inner process gas path and the radially outer process gas path are fluidly coupled and substantially fluidly isolated from the heater element.
US10266402B2
Electrically conductive columns of intertwined carbon nanotubes embedded in a mass of material flexible, resilient electrically insulating material can be used as electrically conductive contact probes. The columns can extend between opposing sides of the mass of material. Terminals of a wiring substrate can extend into the columns and be electrically connected to an electrical interface to a tester that controls testing of a device under test. A pair of physically interlocked structures can coupling the mass of material to the wiring substrate. The pair can include a receptacle and a protrusion.
US10266399B2
A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided. A first substrate is bonded with a second substrate. The second substrate is recessed to form a first sidewall and a first cavity laterally defined by the first sidewall. The second substrate is recessed to form a second sidewall and a second cavity laterally defined by the second sidewall. The second substrate is bonded with a third substrate at a first barometric pressure thereby forming the first cavity and the second cavity. The first sidewall is recessed to form a channel from the first cavity to an outer surface of the first sidewall. The third substrate is recessed and the first cavity is exposed to a second barometric pressure different from the first barometric pressure.
US10266386B1
A dispenser for delivering a liquid from an inverted supply bottle. The dispenser has a base. A top portion of the dispenser base is where the inverted supply bottle is supported. A side opening is formed in a sidewall of the dispenser base. A foot is formed at a bottom portion of the dispenser base. A reservoir container rests upon dispenser base. The reservoir container is detached from the inverted supply bottle. A bottle collar engages a top portion of the dispenser base. The bottle collar is adapted to engage the inverted supply bottle. The bottle collar has a center aperture in a bottle seat where a mouth of the inverted supply bottle extends through. The liquid from the inverted supply bottle is delivered from the mouth of the inverted supply bottle into the reservoir container and through the side opening in the dispenser base.
US10266382B2
A beverage nozzle for mixing at least a first beverage ingredient and a second beverage ingredient into a homogeneous mixture is disclosed herein. The beverage nozzle may include a housing having a first portion and a second portion. A first inlet may be in fluid communication with the housing. The first inlet may be configured to provide the first beverage ingredient to the housing. A second inlet may be in fluid communication with the housing. The second inlet may be configured to provide the second beverage ingredient to the housing. The beverage nozzle also may include a mixing core disposed within the housing. The mixing core may be configured to mix the first beverage ingredient and the second beverage ingredient into the homogeneous mixture. An outlet may be disposed about the housing. The homogeneous mixture may exit the housing by way of the outlet.
US10266381B2
A water dispenser is provided. The water dispenser may include a water tank to store water, a cooling module provided in the water tank to circulate cooling water to cool the water to make cold water, a drain valve that connects to the water tank and protrudes from the water tank to discharge the cooling water in the water tank, and a foam insulator that covers an outer circumferential surface of the water tank and contacts the drain valve to prevent the drain valve from being exposed to air.
US10266377B2
According to some embodiments, a winch tightening apparatus comprises a mounting plate; a first moment arm coupled to the mounting plate and configured to provide leverage for rotating the mounting plate; and a pawl comprising a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotally coupled to the mounting plate such that the second end pivots to engage a ratchet gear when the mounting plate is rotated in a first direction and pivots to disengage the ratchet gear when the mounting plate is rotated in a second direction opposite the first direction. Some embodiments include a second moment arm coupled to the mounting plate and configured to provide leverage for rotating the mounting plate. Some embodiments include a counterweight coupled to the mounting plate and positioned to rotate the mounting plate in the second direction.
US10266376B2
A lifting apparatus and method. The lifting apparatus comprising a lower bar assembly, an upper frame assembly, and a plurality of straps. The lower bar assembly comprises a first bar and a second bar. The upper frame assembly comprises a first upper frame bar, a second upper frame bar substantially parallel to the first upper frame bar, and a cross piece connecting the first upper frame bar to the second upper frame bar and substantially perpendicular to the first upper frame bar and the second upper frame bar. The plurality of straps are fixedly attached to the lower bar assembly and slidably attached to the upper frame assembly.
US10266374B2
The disclosure relates to a lift installation having a lift car which can be moved along a guide rail. The lift installation here comprises at least a first pair of rollers and a second pair of rollers. The guide rail runs between the two rollers of the first pair of rollers and between the two rollers of the second pair of rollers. The lift installation also has an apparatus for subjecting the lift car to a retaining force, wherein there is a horizontal offset between the point at which the retaining force takes effect and the center of gravity of the lift car, and therefore the lift car is subjected to a first torque.
US10266372B2
A building settling detection system having at least one sensor configured between a guide rail track of an elevator system and a pit of the elevator system and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor, the controller configured to monitor an output of the at least one sensor and transmit a notification to a remote location when the output of the at least one sensor meets or exceeds a predetermined threshold indicating that the predetermined threshold is met or exceeded.
US10266367B2
Transformable cable reels, related assemblies and methods are disclosed. The transformable cable reels may be provided in a first reel configuration for spooling on cable to the transformable cable reel and to pay out the spooled cable from the transformable cable reel. Cable spooled on the transformable cable reel may be payed out during cable installations. The transformable cable reel may also be configured in a second reel configuration for storage of any excess cable after cable payout. As one non-limiting example, the volume of the cable reel may be less in the second reel configuration than in the first reel configuration so that less volume is required to store the transformable cable reel. Providing the transformable cable reel in the second reel configuration may make it more feasible to store the transformable cable reel in fiber optic equipment, and/or avoid storing excess cable removed from a cable reel.
US10266365B2
The invention concerns an improved yarn package and a method winding a package of high Young's modulus yarn. The package has a low normalized standard deviation in unwinding tension and hence is very suitable for converting into a range of yarn constructions and particularly medical products.
US10266363B2
The invention relates to a microduct-tube winder (5) for winding up extruded empty plastics microduct tubes having an outside diameter of about 2 to about 20 mm, having a reel (8) which is rotatable about a rotation axis (16) and has a core (9) arranged between two radially projecting flanges (10), the tube being windable on said core (9), and having a tube guiding device (6), via which the tube is fed to the reel (8), wherein a first transfer point is provided on the tube guiding device (6), the tube losing contact with the tube guiding device (6) at said first transfer point in the operating state of the microduct-tube winder (5), and wherein provision is made of a second transfer point, assigned to the reel, the tube coming into contact with the core (9) or a tube layer wound onto the latter at said second transfer point, wherein the tube guiding device (6); is movable in a transverse plane of the reel (8) and the reel (8) is movable in the direction of its rotation axis (16) such that in the operating state the winding angle (a) at the second transfer point always remains the same. The invention also relates to a double station winder (1) having two such microduct-tube winders (5), to a processing system having a microduct-tube winder (5), to a manufacturing system having an extrusion apparatus and a processing system and to a method for winding up an empty plastics tube.
US10266360B2
The present disclosure is a conveyor device which feeds a thin workpiece from an unwinding roll and conveys the thin workpiece on a conveyance path. The conveyor device includes first movable holding members, fixed holding members, a cutting device, second movable holding members, a first position sensor, and a first correction mechanism.
US10266357B2
A sheet conveying device includes a sheet cassette including a first housing, a pressing plate, a raising plate, a first resilient member, and a second resilient member. The sheet conveying device further includes a second housing, a sheet-cassette accommodating portion, a first electrode, a second electrode, a sheet conveyor, a driver, a first signal output device, and a second signal output device. When controlling the driver to move the raising plate to move the pressing plate upward, the controller detects a state change in the first signal output device from not outputting a conduction signal to outputting the conduction signal; upon this detection, starts counting the number of pulse signals; and determines an amount of upward movement of the pressing plate based on the counted number.
US10266344B2
Separating system for separating a support and a product arranged on the support. According to one embodiment the system includes conveying means adapted for receiving the product arranged on its support and for conveying the products in a first conveyance direction. The conveying means includes two product support elements separated from one another in at least one point by a width less than a width of the product (the width of the product being transverse to the first conveyance direction) and greater than the width of its support (with the width of the support being transverse to the first conveyance direction), such that the product is supported by, and conveyed on, the product support elements of the conveying means, and the support is separated from the product upon the product being supported on the product support elements.
US10266333B1
A delivery system having a telescoping spring is used to drive a plunger. The telescoping spring includes a nested inner spring that uses the unused volume on the inside of an outer spring. The telescoping spring has a staged release of each spring. The inner spring is connected to a non-anchored end of the outer spring, and rides within a container located within an inner dimension of the outer spring. The spring constant K of each spring can be the same or different. The delivery system can be fully mechanical or implemented as a smart delivery system under electronic control.
US10266331B2
A method and apparatus for dispensing an adhesive having a base component and a hardener component that when mixed produce a curable adhesive is disclosed. The apparatus includes a compliant exterior wall enclosing a first volume for containing the base component and a second volume for containing the hardener component, the first and second volumes being separated by a membrane within the exterior wall. The apparatus also includes a frangible region formed in the exterior wall and being operable to rupture to provide at least one outlet in response to an increase in pressure caused by a force applied to the exterior wall, the at least one outlet permitting respective portions of the base component and the hardener component to be expelled to facilitate mixing of the curable adhesive.
US10266325B2
A process of forming a polymer with a blue light absorber chemically bonded to a polymeric backbone of the polymer includes mixing one or more olefin monomers with one or more functionalized p-vinylstyrylanthracene monomers to form a mixture of reactants. The mixture includes less than 10 percent by weight of the one or more functionalized p-vinylstyrylanthracene monomers. The process also includes polymerizing the mixture to produce a polymer with one or more blue light absorption characteristics.
US10266324B2
There is provided an adjustable fastening device configured to engage a support to provide a tether for the attachment of a tensioned line. The adjustable fastening device includes a plate, and an adjustable collar configured to extend around the support and securely engage with the plate in operation. There is also provided a tensioning mechanism configured to seat against the support and extend in length to drive the support and the plate apart in operation when the plate is securely engaged with the collar. In this way the plate is moved away from the support to thereby securely engage the collar against the support on an opposed side of the support from the tensioning mechanism. The tensioning mechanism includes a rigidly connected foot. The foot includes a surface configured for engaging with the support in operation and preventing the tensioning mechanism being unseated from the support by tension in the collar acting in a direction perpendicularly to the direction of elongation of the tensioning mechanism.
US10266320B2
A hair color retouch kit, components of the kit, and methods of use and doing business. The kit can include one or more mixing containers. In one embodiment, a mixing container provides a colorant compartment for sealingly or separately containing a custom hair coloring formulation and peroxide compartment for sealingly or separately containing peroxide. The mixing container(s) can be used by a professional hair colorist to provide a hair coloring client with custom hair coloring formulation and peroxide that can be mixed and applied by or for the client to hair regrowth that occurs after a hair coloring session with the professional. The kit can provide other components as desired, such as a mixing spatula, an applicator brush, and instructions for example. The kit can be packaged in attractive and efficient packaging, include indicia identifying the source of the kit, and be customized to promote the colorist, salon, or other entity.
US10266318B2
A solar jar lid having a solar unit and having a support housing that supports the solar unit, and wherein the solar unit has a light emitting diode. The support housing has an internal thread such that it can be threaded to ajar and defines an opening for receiving a straw. The support housing is capable of being threaded to a jar. When the light emitting diode is turned on a beverage in the jar is illuminated. In another embodiment the support housing is replaced with a tabbed support housing, and in another embodiment the support housing is replaced with a clamp arm support housing. The solar unit includes a solar panel and rechargeable battery and may include an on and off switch. The user fills the jar with a beverage and the light emitting diode illuminates the beverage as the user drinks the beverage through the straw.
US10266314B2
A construction material tube strap cap includes a base comprising a first and second tab that defines a respective first and second aperture, where the base is dimensioned to fit over a nozzle of a construction material tube. An upper section attached to the base. The upper section comprises a top surface and a bottom surface and is dimensioned to provide a seal around the nozzle with a predetermined volume surrounding the nozzle. An elastic strap is positioned through the first and second apertures defined in the first and second tabs in the base. The elastic strap has a length and an elasticity that cause the first and second tabs to flex inward toward the nozzle.
US10266306B2
A hand-held vessel has a bottom wall, a sidewall and a supportive strap attached to the bottom wall and the sidewall. The bottom wall and sidewall have an inner and outer surface. The sidewall extends from the bottom wall, whereby the inner surfaces of the bottom wall and sidewall define a cavity for holding fluids or loose materials therein. The strap has a first end and a second end, whereby the first end is fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end is selectively secured to the bottom wall. The strap is adaptable to accept a user's hand disposed between the strap and the outer surface of the sidewall. The strap urges the hand against the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand.
US10266295B1
A device is provided for removing product items contained in a blister package having raised protrusions containing the product items and a protective membrane holding the items in the protrusions having a holder. The holder has a first and second end. The device has a first and second heating band post, at least one heating band, a power element, a power switch for supplying a power source to the power element, and electronic control circuitry for controlling current to the heating band.
US10266294B2
A pallet wrapping device includes an elongated shaft having a fixed handle along a first end, and a diameter for slidingly receiving the hollow central channel of a roll of stretch film. A stopper is positioned along the second end of the elongated shaft, and includes a dimension that is greater than the dimension of the central channel of the roll of stretch film. A sliding handle unit having a first handle segment, a second handle segment and a hollow interior channel is slidingly positioned along the elongated shaft, and functions as a guide for dispensing the stretch film. A ring shaped member having a high friction material along one surface is disposed between the handle segments, and each handle segment includes an outside dimension that is positionable within the central channel of the roll of stretch film.
US10266289B2
A knotter assembly for use in a wire-tieing system, and method for removing and replacing a twist-module sub-assembly in a knotter assembly on a material baling apparatus. Embodiments of the knotter assembly include a slidably removable twist module assembly, a ratcheted cover arm assembly, and a torque tube assembly having two operating arms that carry all of the operating components for activating various elements of the knotter assembly.
US10266288B2
Certain implementations provide a form-fill-seal machine that can efficiently seal a packaging material. The transverse sealing unit may have first members to sandwich the packaging material and sealing the packaging material in a transverse direction, and second members for squeezing the packaging material while sandwiching the packaging material with a prescribed gap left therebetween. The control unit may cause the packaging material to be squeezed by the second members by causing the transverse sealing unit located at a reference position to descend faster than the packaging material being conveyed downward. The control unit may cause the transverse sealing unit to ascend while the packaging material is being sealed by the first members. The control unit may cause the transverse sealing unit to move such that the first members are separated from the packaging material.
US10266287B2
Processes for the manufacture of dispensers for an agent, for example, a therapeutic agent, for example a particulate therapeutic agent or a particulate foodstuff or snuff. The processes comprise the steps of continuously advancing, longitudinally, a flow of longitudinally extending dispensers and wrapping these dispensers by a common product wrapper. The dispensers comprise at least a base element (72), a cylindrical tubular element (73) with a cavity (74), a capping element (76) and a common outer wrapper (77).
US10266286B2
A product package can have a tray and a combination flexible/rigid lid design. The design can include a rigid or semi-rigid frame and a flexible film that is transparent or translucent. The film can be fixedly attached to the frame and releasably attached to the package tray. The product package can (a) maintain a seal until opened by a consumer, (b) enable a consumer to view the product through the lid, (c) be opened with a single step, and/or (d) be resealed and reused.
US10266281B2
A method of operating an aircraft headlight system of an aircraft, the aircraft headlight system having at least one headlight, includes the steps of operating the aircraft headlight system in a landing light mode during a descent of the aircraft, with the at least one headlight emitting a landing light output in the landing light mode; operating the aircraft headlight system in a taxi light mode during taxiing of the aircraft, with the at least one headlight emitting a taxi light output in the taxi light mode; and transforming the landing light output into the taxi light output after touch-down of the aircraft by operating the aircraft headlight system in at least one intermediate lighting mode between operating the aircraft headlight system in the landing light mode and operating the aircraft headlight system in the taxi light mode.
US10266280B2
A method of performing a cooperative safe landing area determination includes receiving perception sensor data indicative of conditions at a plurality of potential landing areas. A processing subsystem of a vehicle updates a local safe landing area map based on the perception sensor data. The local safe landing area map defines safe landing area classifications and classification confidences associated with the potential landing areas. One or more remotely-generated safe landing area maps are received from one or more remote data sources. The one or more remotely-generated safe landing area maps correspond to one or more additional potential landing areas and non-landing areas. The local safe landing area map and the remotely-generated safe landing area maps are aggregated to form a fused safe landing area map. The fused safe landing area map is used to make a final safe landing area determination.
US10266276B2
A system for an aircraft includes a compressor for a vapor cycle cooling system (VCCS) for providing cabin air conditioning; an APU for mechanically driving the VCCS compressor; and a starter-generator-motor (SGM) apparatus operable in any of a starter mode, a generator mode, or a motor mode. The SGM apparatus includes: (i) a first coupling element for coupling the SGM apparatus to the APU such that, in the starter mode, the SGM apparatus is used in driving and starting the APU, (ii) a second coupling element for coupling the SGM apparatus to the VCCS compressor such that, in the motor mode, the SGM apparatus mechanically drives the VCCS compressor, and (iii) a set of electrical power terminals at which, in the generator mode, the SGM apparatus provides electrical output power for powering the aircraft electrical system (including the VCCS condenser fan and VCCS evaporator fans) and, in the starter mode and motor mode, the SGM apparatus receives electrical input power from an external electrical power source.
US10266275B1
An aircraft has an outer skin defining a contour and an air intake assembly including an air cleaning assembly. The air cleaning assembly includes an exterior surface that conforms to the contour of the aircraft, and a lip secured to the outer skin. The air intake assembly includes a pressure recovery device including a flange secured to the lip of the air cleaning assembly, and also includes an outer wall spaced from the exterior surface of the air cleaning assembly.
US10266272B2
A method is disclosed for removing ozone from a gas. According to this method, the gas is contacted with an adsorbent that includes a transition metal oxide or metal organic framework to form a treated gas. The treated gas is contacted with a noble metal catalyst to catalytically decompose ozone in the treated gas, thereby forming an ozone-depleted treated gas.
US10266265B2
Systems and methods can determine a liquid flow in a spraying system. An amount of liquid that is output from the spraying system during a pump cycle is determined. A number of pump cycles that occur within a given amount of time are measured. The number of pump cycles are measured using an electronic speed controller (ESC). Additionally, the ESC indicates the number of pump cycles within a given amount of time within a threshold of precision. The amount of liquid flow in the spraying system is calculated based on the measured number of pump cycles and the determined amount of liquid that is output from the spraying system.
US10266261B2
An electricity generating apparatus capable of efficiently and safely charging a storage battery in an unmanned aerial vehicle during its flight and an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with such apparatus. The apparatus is mounted in the vehicle, including a fuel tank which is a container body to reserve fuel, an electric generator unit connected to the fuel tank, tilt measurement means capable of measuring a tilt of the fuel tank, and electricity generation control means for controlling operation of generating electricity by the electric generator unit, wherein the electric generator unit is capable of charging a storage battery in the vehicle during flight, and the electricity generation control means drives the electric generator unit when a tilt angle of the fuel tank indicated by the tilt measurement means is within a safe angle which is a predetermined threshold angle, as well as an unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with such apparatus.
US10266247B2
A device for protecting an airfoil element made of a complex comprising a polymer film, a metal strip deposited on a part of the polymer film and an adhesive element to attach the polymer film on the airfoil element. The polymer film forms a protection against sand abrasion. The metal strip forms a protection against water abrasion of the airfoil element on which the complex is attached.
US10266244B2
A control device for controlling an electric motor. The control device includes a twist grip that is rotatably mounted on a carrier such that the twist grip is user-twistable in a first direction from a neutral position to a first operating position, and in a second direction from the neutral position to a second operating position. The control device further includes a force element for producing a return force. The force element operatively couples to the twist grip via a force transmission element and at least one deflection element such that the force element applies the return force to the twist grip thereby twisting the twist grip to the neutral position.
US10266236B2
A floating body includes a main body having first and second surfaces opposite to each other and a first side surface connecting the first and second surfaces and first and second joining parts located on the first side surface to be opposite to each other in a first direction parallel to a ridge line defined by the first surface and the first side surface. The first and second joining parts each include a first portion located on the first side surface and a second portion connected to the first portion to face the first side surface. End portions of the first and second joining parts face each other. A minimum distance between the end portions is greater than twice a width of the second portion in the first direction, and is smaller than a minimum distance between the first portions of the first and second joining parts.
US10266234B2
A system for transporting people and/or freight includes a shuttle having, at an upper side thereof, a lock to detachably secure a hoisting cable for use in hoisting the shuttle and, on a lower side thereof with a first catch member. A shuttle landing station has a second catch member, the two catch members being at least partly complementary to each other and able to be coupled to each other. Activable stabilizers on the shuttle maintain the position of the shuttle on the landing station after the coupling of the catch members. The first catch member on the lower side of the shuttle is a cavity which tapers off to the top. The second catch member on the landing station is a convex cone detachably secured to the landing station by at least one detachable attachment element, wherein the convex cone tapers toward the first catch member when the first catch member and the second catch member are coupled. to each other.
US10266232B1
The collapsible water vessel is deployed as either a kayak or a canoe. The collapsible water vessel is portable and is stored as or in a backpack. The collapsible water vessel deploys with a bottom configuration selected from the group consisting of a normal bottom, a deep V bottom, and a flat bottom. The collapsible water vessel comprises an outer frame, one or more ribs, one or more seats, an outer shell, a flooring bladder, and a plurality of elastic cords. The outer shell provides a barrier between the interior of the collapsible water vessel and the water within which the collapsible water vessel is placed. The outer frame, the one or more ribs, the one or more seats, the flooring bladder, and the plurality of elastic cords form the physical structure upon which the outer shell attaches.
US10266227B2
An operating member is movably coupled to a base member. A hydraulic unit comprises a cylinder bore and a piston movably provided in the cylinder bore. The piston is coupled to the operating member to generate a hydraulic pressure in response to a movement of the operating member relative to the base member. A reservoir tank comprises a lid opening having a maximum width and a reservoir bore extending from the lid opening and having a maximum depth. The maximum depth is larger than the maximum width. The reservoir bore is connected to the cylinder bore and disposed above the cylinder bore in a mounting state where the bicycle operating device is mounted to the bicycle body. At least one of the cylinder bore and the reservoir tank is integrally provided with the base member.
US10266222B2
A cycle rack comprises a seat attachment assembly configured for attachment of the rack to rails of a seat. A seat post interface is configured to abut a seat post. A frame has a bag interfacing portion adapted to support a bag, a front end portion connected to the seat post interface, and a pair of elongated frame members extending from the front end portion to the bag interfacing portion. A pair of sliders are connected to the seat attachment assembly, each of the sliders forming a channel for each individually receiving therein a respective one of the elongated frame members so as to allow sliding movement of the elongated frame members relative to the sliders.
US10266215B2
Track systems for traction of an off-road vehicle, such as an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), a snowmobile, etc. The track systems may have various features to enhance their traction and/or other aspects of their use and/or performance, such as, for example, to better adapt to a suspension of the off-road vehicle (e.g., by compensating for and/or otherwise adapting to alignment settings, namely camber, caster and/or toe), to improve ride quality (e.g., by better absorbing impacts or vibrations within the track systems), and/or to facilitate their installation and/or adjustment on the off-road vehicle.
US10266207B2
A bumper support beam for a vehicle is provided. The bumper support beam includes an outer and an inner periphery each having six walls. The beam may include a plurality of ribs that may be disposed between the inner and outer periphery of the beam. The ribs may be arranged to define a plurality of triangular cells that increase the compressive strength of the beam.
US10266204B2
A lane-maintaining control device detects a lane width (H1) of a traveling lane (21) through a camera (4) and performs lane-maintaining control without a deviation from the lane width (H1). When detecting, through the camera (4), that the traveling lane (21) gradually increases (H2>H1 where the increasing lane width is (H2)), the lane-maintaining control device continues the lane-maintaining control on a condition that a turn signal is not operated.
US10266199B2
Disclosed is an electric vehicle, comprising a chassis (1), a vehicle body and a power battery (71), wherein the chassis (1) comprises a frame system (2), a steering motor damping system (13) mounted on the frame system (2), a wheel system (12) connected to the steering motor damping system (13), a steering system (3) mounted on the frame system (2), and a braking system (4) mounted on the frame system (2); and the wheel system (12) comprises a left front wheel (121) using a hub motor, a left rear wheel (123) using a hub motor, a right front wheel (122) using a hub motor, and a right rear wheel (124) using a hub motor. Driving the wheels (121, 122, 123, 124) with the hub motors can omit a traditional mechanical transmission system, so as to simplify the structure of the chassis (1) and reduce the weight of the chassis (1). Compared with a traditional electric vehicle, the electrical vehicle has a lighter weight, smaller volume, reduced mechanical transmission loss, and improved electrical energy utilization rate.
US10266195B2
Described is a shopping cart bagging station that couples to a shopping cart. Customers can use the shopping cart bagging station to bag their purchases as they shop. The disclosed shopping cart bagging station includes a bag dispenser portion and a first and a second mounting clip. The bag dispenser portion holds a plurality of shopping bags, and dispenses the shopping bags one at a time as products are placed in the shopping bag. The first and the second mounting clip are coupled to the bag dispenser portion and couple the shopping cart bagging station to a shopping cart. The shopping cart bagging station can be mounted in various locations on a shopping cart, making it easy and convenient for a customer to carry and load a plurality of shopping bags as they shop.
US10266177B2
A vehicle warning system includes a warning tripod and a portable electronic device able to communicate with the warning tripod. Based on a location of a stationary vehicle or other road obstacle, the portable electronic device controls the warning tripod to automatically move to a position to warn other vehicles, and after the warning function is carried out, the portable electronic device controls the warning tripod to automatically move back to the stationary vehicle.
US10266169B2
A powertrain system for a vehicle includes an electric power source having a first motor configured to provide a first amount of torque to the vehicle and a second motor configured to provide a second amount of torque to the vehicle different from the first amount of torque. The system further includes one or more attachable electric power gear assemblies configured to couple the two or more motors to a propeller shaft for providing the torque to the vehicle. The system includes an electronic control unit coupled to the electric power source and configured to dynamically activate or deactivate each of the first or second motors based on one or more operating conditions of the vehicle. The first and second motors comprises at least one of a same number of poles or a same number of phases.
US10266162B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling the braking of an aircraft equipped with a landing gear bearing braked wheels, the aircraft being propelled by jet engines and equipped with a thrust reversal system, the method involving the steps of estimating the grip/adhesion of the braked wheels and activating the thrust-reversal system or modulating the reverse-thrust generated by the thrust-reversal system if this system is already activated, based on the estimated grip/adhesion.
US10266160B2
Disclosed is a master cylinder for a vehicle brake. The master cylinder includes a cylinder body provided with a hollow bore, a primary piston configured to perform a reciprocating motion in the hollow bore in linkage with a pedal, a secondary piston configured to move in linkage with the motion of the primary piston, and a Brake Light Stop (BLS) sensor module comprising a magnet provided at the primary piston and provided in a ring shape, and a hall sensor installed at an outer side of the cylinder body to correspond to the magnet and configured to control on/off operations of a brake lamp by sensing a magnetic flux density according to the reciprocating motion of the primary piston, wherein the magnet has both sides thereof supported by the primary piston and a return spring that is provided between the primary piston and the secondary piston, respectively.
US10266159B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle braking arrangement for a vehicle with wheels contacting the ground during normal running. The vehicle braking arrangement includes an emergency brake control unit, a first emergency braking system including non-reversible braking means arranged to operate independently of the vehicle wheels, at least one acceleration detector, and a wheel brake anti-locking system. The emergency brake control unit is arranged to input acceleration data (a) when the wheel brake anti-locking system is active, and to calculate the coefficient of friction (μ) between the wheels and the ground. The emergency brake control unit is arranged to determine if the first emergency braking system should be activated in dependence of a first plurality of parameters, where one of these parameters is the coefficient of friction (μ).
US10266155B2
A method of controlling wash equipment in an automated vehicle wash system having a conveyor includes, measuring one or more contours of a vehicle as the vehicle moves thorough an entry area of the automated vehicle wash system on the conveyor; tracking the distance a fixed point relative to the conveyor moves; associating the one or more contours of the vehicle with the position of the fixed point; determining, based on the one or more contours of the vehicle and the position of the fixed point, commands for operating the wash equipment; delivering the commands to the wash equipment; and operating the wash equipment in accordance with the commands.
US10266148B2
A method for checking an authorization of a mobile communication device for operating a vehicle engine of a vehicle which includes determining a position of a mobile communication device. The position of the mobile communication device is inside or outside the vehicle. The method also includes receiving a digital key value from the mobile communication device and checking the authorization of the mobile communication device for operating the vehicle engine, based on the position of the mobile communication device and based on the digital key value.
US10266147B2
Provided are a pretensioner, a retractor, and a seat belt device that can achieve weight reduction of a device by improving slidability of a power transmission member used for the pretensioner. A pretensioner includes a drive wheel for rotating the spool, and a power transmission unit for transmitting power to the drive wheel in an emergency. The power transmission unit includes a power transmission member for rotating the drive wheel, a pipe that contains the power transmission member, a gas generator for supplying a working gas into the pipe, and a housing that defines a passage for the power transmission member on an outer periphery of the drive wheel. The housing has a sliding member that is disposed at an outlet part of the pipe and that reduces frictional force between the housing and the power transmission member.
US10266138B2
A fascia protection assembly comprising a fascia protection sheet member and a plurality of fasteners to couple the fascia protection sheet member to a vehicle. The fascia protection sheet member may be formed from a roll of material wherein a quantity of the roll is unrolled and cut to form an initial fascia protection sheet member. The cut portion can the further be trimmed to form a custom sized fascia protection sheet member. The fascia protection sheet member can be attached to the vehicle through fasteners of different types.
US10266136B2
A vehicle substructure includes a panel in which an accommodating recessed portion is disposed, a battery holder attached to a bottom surface of the accommodating recessed portion, and a battery attached to the battery holder. The battery includes a first flange portion and a second flange portion. The battery holder includes a carrier on which the battery is mounted, a first clamp portion having the first flange portion interposed between the carrier and the first clamp portion, and a second clamp portion having the second flange portion interposed between the carrier and the second clamp portion. A spacer filled in a space between the first side surface and an inner wall surface of the accommodating recessed portion is disposed between the first side surface and the inner wall surface of the accommodating recessed portion and above the first clamp portion.
US10266135B2
A system for controlling a dark current of a vehicle includes: a storage device storing address information of a customer; a navigation device acquiring current location information of a vehicle; a start detection device detecting a start of the vehicle to acquire start information; and a dark current controller determining whether to switch an initially set operation mode based on the address information, the current location information, and the start information. A method for controlling a dark current of the vehicle includes: storing the address information; acquiring the current location information; acquiring the start information; and determining whether to switch an initially set operation mode based on the address information, the current location information, and the start information.
US10266133B2
An electrical connector is provided for both power and data transmission. The electrical connector comprises an electrical plug (100) having a plurality of pins (131˜138) and an electrical socket (200) having a plurality of passageways (220) which are arranged corresponding to the plurality of pins (131˜138). The pins (131˜138) of the plug comprise at least one signal pin (131, 136), two or more positive power pins (133, 134) and two or more negative power pins (132, 135). The pins (131˜138) of the plug can be disposed such that the positive power pins (133, 134) and the at least one signal pin (131, 136) are positioned on opposite sides of the negative power pins (132, 135).
US10266131B2
A control system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes a Universal Serial Bus Type-C (USB) port configured to receive a plug of a wired connection to an external system for the transfer of at least one of power or data. The system further includes a processor coupled to the USB port and configured to at least facilitate the transfer of the at least one of power or data between the vehicle and the external system via the USB port.
US10266125B2
A camera device comprises: a camera section which includes a camera base and a camera case disposed on the camera base and housing a pickup lens therein; and an attaching device which includes a magnetic attraction box and a fixing device formed integrally with the magnetic attraction box and fixable to an automobile, wherein one of a front surface of the magnetic attraction box and a back surface of the camera base is provided with a magnet capable of attracting an iron family metal and the other of the front surface and the back surface has properties of an iron family metal attractable by the magnet, and the fixing device is a fixing device having a grooved rail, double bar drag hooks and a spring, the magnetic attraction box being formed integrally with the grooved rail.
US10266107B2
An adjuster mechanism that includes an adjustment gear, a housing with a radial lip, and a ball stud having stud teeth and a threaded portion threadingly engaged with the lip to retract and extend the ball stud relative to the lip during rotation of the ball stud. The gear having a gear body situated at least partially inside the housing and having splines for engaging the stud teeth to rotate the ball stud during rotation of the gear. Recessed inward relative to a gear body outer surface is a clutch tab that extends from a recessed side wall to form a side hinge. A stop wall on the clutch tab is engageable with the stud teeth when rotating the gear body in a first direction or second direction and disengageable from the stud teeth when rotating the gear body in the other of the first direction or second direction.
US10266086B2
Provided is a seat frame including a resin material and able to secure high rigidity. The present disclosure relates to a seat frame that forms a framework of a vehicle seat on which an occupant sits, and that is formed of resin and to have a closed hollow cross-sectional shape. A resin material that forms at least a portion of the seat frame contains at least a unidirectional material which is a carbon fiber resin having a fiber orientation where fibers run in one direction, and the one direction in which the fibers of the unidirectional material run is a direction in which a tensile force is applied.
US10266084B2
A vehicle seat including a seat back, the seat back including: a back frame serving as a framework; a top plate main seat pad that is a covered cushion member attached to the back frame and serving as a support structure at the center in a seat width direction; a top plate side seat pad that is a covered cushion member attached to the back frame and serving as support structures on both sides in the seat width direction; and a headrest, wherein the top plate main seat pad includes, at its upper portion, an annular portion having an opening portion in which the headrest is inserted and placed, and an open annular base member, which is harder than the top plate main seat pad and whose front surface portion is opened, is disposed on a surface of the annular portion at an inner side of the seat.
US10266083B2
A cover material, in particular a seat cover material, having an upper side and a lower side and at least one seam that runs over at least a part of the cover material and that is visible on the upper side. An electrically conductive element that generates an electric field is arranged on the lower side in the region where the seam runs.
US10266070B2
A vehicle motor control system and method. The vehicle motor control system includes a measurement unit configured to measure a motor speed of a vehicle and a pressure applied to an accelerator pedal, a determination unit configured to compare the measured motor speed with a predetermined reference speed to determine whether the vehicle is running at low or high speed and compare the pressure applied to the accelerator pedal with a predetermined reference pressure to determine whether the pressure applied to the accelerator pedal is greater than or equal to the predetermined reference pressure, and a control unit configured to control a change in the number of coil-winding turns by changing a connection mode between the motor and an inverter according to a result of the determination of the determination unit.
US10266066B2
In an electric vehicle, two or more batteries are able to be independently mountable on and demountable from the vehicle body. Power received from a first charger via an inlet is supplied to the two batteries via a power line. Each of the two batteries includes a connector for connection to a second charger when the batteries are demounted from the vehicle body, and a controller that controls charging of the battery by the second charger such that it is possible to facilitate charging of a battery when the battery is demounted from the vehicle body and when the battery is mounted on the vehicle body.
US10266064B2
A voltage detecting apparatus includes: an assembled battery made of plural cells, a self-diagnostic circuit, and a measuring part for measuring the plural cells or measuring a diagnostic voltage generated by the self-diagnostic circuit. Electric power is supplied to the self-diagnostic circuit by a charge pump circuit. The self-diagnostic circuit includes plural circuit elements connected in series, and a current path connected to the measuring part and formed in correspondence with each of the plural circuit elements, and the measuring part includes a multiplexer for switching a state of connection between each of the current paths and the circuit network. The measuring part determines whether or not the circuit network is normal based on a voltage dividing ratio by the circuit element corresponding to the current path switched by the multiplexer.
US10266052B2
A shift gate assembly includes a detent plate having a shift gate pattern. The shift gate pattern is provided with a first detent, a second detent, and a plurality of intermediate sides that extend between the first detent and the second detent. A side of the first detent that faces towards another side of the second detent is disposed in a non-parallel relationship with another side of the second detent.
US10266047B2
A valve protection structure for a vehicle includes: side members; a hydrogen tank disposed between the side members; and a valve member installed to project from a vehicle-widthwise end face of the hydrogen tank. The side member has a convex member projecting inward in the vehicle widthwise direction from an inner wall part, the convex member is placed at a position offset with respect to the valve member and opposite the hydrogen tank in the vehicle widthwise direction, and a vehicle-widthwise distance between a tip part of the convex member and a portion of the hydrogen tank opposite the tip part of the convex member in the vehicle widthwise direction is set shorter than a vehicle-widthwise distance between a tip part of the valve member and a portion of the side member opposite the tip part of the valve member in the vehicle widthwise direction.
US10266046B2
A power transmitting apparatus may include: an electric supplementary drive unit; a torque converting device having first, second, and third rotation elements, wherein the first rotation element is connected to the electric supplementary drive unit, the second rotation element is connected to an engine, and the third rotation element is operated as an output element; a first input shaft directly connected to the second rotation element, and a second input shaft directly connected to the third rotation element; a direct coupling device selectively connecting two rotation elements among the first, second, and third rotation elements, a first speed output unit having first and second synchronizer modules, and a second speed output unit having third and fourth synchronizer modules; and a reverse speed device having an idle gear and engaging to any one input gear on the first and second input shafts.
US10266038B2
A side window visor designed to attach to a vehicle window channel. The side window visor can be arranged and configured to extend over a portion of a window area for preventing inclement weather from entering the passenger cabin with the window slightly opened. A full length tab is reduced to form a plurality of tabs along the tab area of a side window visor. The plurality of tabs located on the side window visor allows the auto-up window feature to be used without causing large resistance and retraction of the window.
US10266030B2
An air conditioning case in an air conditioning unit for a vehicle forms a first air passage, a second air passage bypassing the first air passage, and a mixing space connected to a first blowing port and a second blowing port through which air is blown out into a vehicle interior. A cooling heat exchanger cools and allows air to flow into the first air passage and the second air passage. A heating heat exchanger is disposed in the first air passage. A tunnel forming portion provides a tunnel passage into which a part of air from the first air passage flows. The tunnel forming portion includes a first outflow portion connected to the first blowing port, and a second outflow portion connected to the second blowing port, and separates the air flowing in the tunnel passage from the air flowing from the second air passage.
US10266024B2
The current invention is a Hitch Switch trailer accessory (switch adapter cap). It is a trailer/camper electrical connection adapter/cap with luminescent features that can be used to switch/power on and off the marker lights on the trailer/camper. The switch adapter cap attaches to electrical pin or blade connectors on standard trailers and campers. It fits over the male connector attached to the trailer/camper. The switch adapter cap has internal components that make connection with the pins or blades on the trailer/camper connector. The switch adapter cap has a novel light-up feature (either around the switch or the switch itself) that enables the switch adapter cap to be visible in low-light settings. The cap will have a wireless communication means that can connect to a computer application on a computing device.
US10266022B2
A fifth wheel hitch assembly is provided. The assembly includes at least one mounting bracket adapted to support a hitch plate and a vehicle frame rail having a vertical portion and at least one horizontal portion, wherein the at least one mounting bracket is disposed on the at least one horizontal portion. Also included is a support bracket having a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein the lower portion is releasably secured to the vertical portion of the vehicle frame rail and the upper portion is releasably secured to the at least one mounting bracket.
US10266020B2
A tire rim of a motor vehicle includes a substantially cylindrical body for holding a tire, and a hub connected to the body through radial members, and has an outer face facing, in use, the outside of the vehicle, and an opposite inner face. At least one elongate flexible element associated with the rim can reach a resting configuration within the rim, and a working configuration, extended with respect to the resting configuration, of such a length as to allow the tire to be surrounded, in which each flexible element is wound around the tire to form a snow chain. The rim includes at least one retaining member at a zone of its inner face, to be engaged by a portion of a flexible element in its working configuration.
US10266014B2
A tire includes a tread having a first plurality of tread blocks on a first side of an equatorial plane and a second plurality of tread blocks on the second side. Each of the first plurality of tread blocks has a first leading lug wall, a first trailing lug wall, a first leading sipe proximate to the first leading lug wall, and a first trailing sipe proximate to the first trailing lug wall. Each of the second plurality of tread blocks has a second leading lug wall, a second trailing lug wall, a second leading sipe proximate to the second leading lug wall, and a second trailing sipe proximate to the second trailing lug wall. The first leading sipes have a depth greater that of the first trailing sipes. The second leading sipes have a depth less than that of the second trailing sipes.
US10266012B2
A pneumatic tire 1 is provided in the tread portion 2 with crown blocks 21 each circumferentially divided into two block pieces 28, and shoulder blocks 9 each circumferentially partially divided into two block pieces 15. The block pieces 28 of the crown block 21 are a first block piece 28A having an axially outer crown chamfer 30 abutting on a shoulder main groove 3, and a second block piece 28B having no chamfer abutting on the shoulder main groove 3. The block pieces 15 of the shoulder block 9 are a first block piece 15A having an axially inner shoulder chamfer 16 abutting on the shoulder main groove 3, and a second block piece 15B having no chamfer abutting on the shoulder main groove 3. On both sides of the shoulder main groove 3, the axially inner shoulder chamfers 16 are partially circumferentially overlapped with the axially outer crown chamfers 30.
US10266003B2
Provided is a wheel which is inexpensive, light, and sufficiently rigid. A wheel 6a includes an annular rim 60 to which a tire 6b is externally fitted, a hub 61 which is arranged at a center portion of the rim 60 and to which an axle is connected, and a disk 62 which is attached with the rim 60 at a periphery portion and which covers one side of the wheel 6a. The disk 62 includes a planar portion 62a and a first rib 62b provided at a surface of one side of the planar portion 62a and extending in the radial direction. The planar portion 62a is provided with a first groove 62d at a surface of the other side at a position corresponding to the first rib 62b.
US10265977B2
A tape cartridge, to be installed in a tape printing apparatus having a cartridge installation portion, includes a tape-shaped member having a plurality of label portions provided along a length direction of the tape-shaped member and a plurality of detection target portions provided along the length direction of the tape-shaped member so as to correspond to the plurality of label portions on one side thereof in a tape width direction projecting in the tape width direction. The tape cartridge further includes a cartridge case in which the tape-shaped member is accommodated so as to be capable of being paid out. The cartridge case has a slit-shaped delivery port. A detection target passage of the tape delivery port, through which the respective detection target portions pass, has a chamfering portion at a corner on an inner surface side of the cartridge case of an edge thereof.
US10265972B2
There are provided an ink jet printing apparatus that can appropriately set drying intensity and a drying intensity setting method thereof. An ink jet printing apparatus includes a printing section that prints an image on a sheet with aqueous ink by an ink jet method, an ink drying section that dries the ink by heating the sheet having been subjected to printing, and a varnish coating section that coats the sheet of which the ink has been dried with UV varnish. The drying intensity of the ink drying section is set so that temperature where the sheet reaches is in a prescribed range. Regions corresponding to the same drawing conditions are extracted from an image to be printed, and drying intensity is set on the basis of a drawing condition corresponding to the maximum occupied area among the regions.
US10265967B2
Method of controlling a laser marking matrix system, the matrix system comprising an N×M matrix of lasers to produce the laser marking, the method comprising the sequential transformation of at least two images to be marked into a series of marking commands according to an N×M matrix of dots, which comprises the following phases: division of a first image into a fixed portion and a variable portion, transformation of the fixed portion into a fixed matrix and the variable portion into a variable matrix, combination of said fixed and variable matrices, laser marking of the first image, processing of a second image, obtaining a new variable matrix which is added to the previous fixed matrix, producing a complete new matrix, laser marking of the second image.
US10265964B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank, a recording head, an ink sensor, a monitor, an operation panel, and a controller configured to control operation thereof. The controller receives a completion signal indicating completion of ink injection, and receives a first signal or a second signal from the ink sensor based on whether a predetermined amount of ink is sensed in the ink chamber. Based on the completion signal and receipt of the first signal, inquiry information is displayed on the monitor regarding whether ink injection into the ink chamber is completed. Based on the completion signal and receipt of the second signal, a notification is displayed on the monitor that is based on the ink sensor not sensing the predetermined amount of ink.
US10265955B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head including a head module provided with a discharge section configured to be driven by a drive signal and discharge a liquid and a supply section configured to supply the drive signal to the discharge section in accordance with a designation signal for designating an operation in the discharge section, and a state signal output section configured to output a state signal, and a wire section including a first wire to which the state signal is supplied, a second wire configured to supply the designation signal, and a third wire configured to supply the drive signal. The first wire includes a first shielding layer containing a conductive material, a second shielding layer containing a conductive material, and a first conductor provided between the first shielding layer and the second shielding layer, the first conductor being configured to transmit the state signal.
US10265953B2
In an inkjet printer capable of performing an overprint process by feeding only in a first direction while reducing clogging of nozzles, a controller includes first, second and third controllers. The third controller instructs the first controller to perform a first image-printing scan, a first minute feed and a second image-printing scan without discharging an image ink from a first nozzle at an end portion of a first nozzle row in a first direction along a secondary scan direction; then performs a second minute feed of feeding a recording medium in the first direction along the secondary scan direction relative to a discharge head; and then instructs the second controller to perform a first base-printing scan, a first minute feed and a second base-printing scan without discharging a base ink from a second nozzle at an end portion of a second nozzle row in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, along the secondary scan direction.
US10265948B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes an ejecting unit that includes a piezoelectric element which is displaced by a drive signal; a differential amplifier that outputs a control signal based on a source drive signal which is a source signal of the drive signal and a signal based on the drive signal; a pair of transistors that include a high-side transistor and a low-side transistor which are controlled based on the control signal and outputs the drive signal from an output terminal; a selector that selects one of the high-side transistor and the low-side transistor and supplies the control signal to the selected transistor; a first resistance element for pulling up the output terminal; and a second resistance element for pulling down the output terminal. The first resistance element or the second resistance element has a variable resistance value.
US10265942B2
A method of forming a transparent 3D object and a transparent 3D object formed by the method are provided. A transparent 3D object may be formed as follows. An internal structure of a 3D object is printed using a 3D printer based on a 3D image file having information about an internal region of the 3D object, and a mold, designed to form the 3D object and divided into at least two regions, is printed using the 3D printer based on the 3D image file. Then, the internal structure is combined with an inner region of the mold, and a transparent material is supplied to the mold. After the transparent material hardens, a transparent 3D object is obtained by removing the mold.
US10265932B2
Multi-layer protective sheets of the invention are extensible. They are useful in a range of indoor and outdoor applications in, for example, the transportation, architectural and sporting goods industries. The protective sheets can advantageously be applied to at least a portion of a surface of any article where protection is desired. Methods of the invention include those for forming protective sheets of the invention and applying them to articles.
US10265917B2
The sheet-like rubber forming device has a die body which has an opening having a predetermined cross sectional shape, and a variable die lip which is arranged in a front side of the die body and can change the height of the opening. The variable die lip is constructed by a first movable body and a second movable body. The die lip control unit controls the variable die lip so as to drive the first movable body in an opening direction from a state in which the first movable body and the second movable body are closed when the forming is started, hold the positions of the first movable body and the second movable body after reaching a predetermined height, and drive the second movable body in a closing direction when the forming is finished.
US10265911B1
The present disclosure describes apparatuses and techniques for using an image-based monitoring and feedback system for three-dimensional printing. In some aspects, a camera captures images of objects being printed and an image-processing system compares the images with benchmark images to detect and correct differences between the object and the benchmark. The correction can be in real time or applied to subsequent printing. Other aspects include a calibration system that prints predefined test objects and compares them to benchmarks to ensure that the printer operating parameters are properly set. The comparison can be manually performed by a user or automated as a part of the image-processing system.
US10265901B2
The invention relates to a die for manufacturing a film by extrusion, comprising two blocks (100, 200) that define a flow duct (110) between one another, at least one (200) of the two blocks comprising a body (210) that has a deformable portion (220) for modifying the outlet opening of the die, characterized in that means (300) for subjecting the deformable portion to a force comprise at least one bearing part (310) that extends in a general direction (V) perpendicular to the direction (L) of flow at the die outlet and comprises a first end (312) bearing against the deformable portion (220), adjusting means (350, 380) in contact with the bearing part (310) modifying the position of this part.
US10265900B2
Methods for manufacturing fabric-reinforced weatherstrip include incorporating a fabric application step into a process for making coated substrates. In one embodiment, a strip of the fabric from a roll of material may be applied directly onto a coating after it has been applied in a coat die to a foam profile, while the coating is still in the molten state. Alternatively, a fabric application plate may be attached to an upstream side of coating die with a fabric feed channel cut into the plate. The fabric follows the channel to contact and mate with the foam profile. The fabric applicator plate may be configured so as to exert pressure on only the part of the product where the fabric is being applied. Ultrasonic welding techniques may also be employed.
US10265897B2
Cap (1) for closing a container comprising a neck delimiting an opening, said cap (1) extending along a central axis (A) and comprising: a body part (2) molded from a thermoplastic material and including a top wall (5) and a skirt (15), a grip part (30) overmolded at least partly around the central axis (A), onto a part of the body part (2), from a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) which is softer than the thermoplastic material of the body part (2), wherein the grip part (30) is overmolded only onto a part of an outer surface (18) of the skirt (15), the grip portion being delimited along the central axis (A) by a top edge (32) arranged at a distance from the top wall (5), and a bottom edge (31) spaced apart from the top edge (32) towards a free end (16) of the skirt (15).
US10265895B2
The decorative sheet for three-dimensional molding includes a thin metal film layer, a surface protection layer, and a base film, at least the thin metal film layer and the surface protection layer being disposed on the base film in this order, in which the surface protection layer consists of a cured material of an ionizing radiation curable resin composition containing a polycarbonate(meth)acrylate and/or an acrylic silicone (meth)acrylate. The decorative sheet for three-dimensional molding, which has excellent moldability, provides a decorative molded article with a metallic style in excellent design and with excellent abrasion resistance.
US10265890B2
A method of manufacturing a fiber reinforced composite material lid for an utility vault including mixing an unsaturated polyester thermosetting matrix in to a resin paste, compounding the resin paste into a fiber reinforced composite material, maturing the compounded fiber reinforced composite material, cutting the matured compound into a charge pattern, molding the charge pattern in a mold cavity of a heated mold under low pressure to form the lid and cooling and machining the lid. The mold includes a cavity die and a core die having a shear angle for interfacing the core die within the cavity die and a steam pot for heating the cavity die and the core die, wherein the lid is molded between the cavity die and the core die and removed from the mold by a lid ejection mechanism.
US10265885B2
A fiber composite having one or more layers of reinforcing fibers or filaments, that contains one or more layers of ribbon yarns brought into contact with it, as well as a method for its production.
US10265880B2
A hand saw machine with environment control device includes a motor assembly, a cutting tool for cutting a work piece and driven to rotate by the motor assembly, and an environment control device connected to the motor assembly, wherein the environment control device includes an air intake hood sheltering the motor assembly from residual particles ejected by the work piece during cutting, wherein the hand saw machine further has an air passage formed by the environment control device and the motor assembly.
US10265876B2
The present invention comprises a surface on which to place the insulation that is almost flush with the floor minimizing vertical displacement of the fiberglass. A hinged design allows a top member to compress the insulation. A machined slit provides a location for a cutting implement to be inserted and the insulation cut. Extending past the machined slit, the top portion provides a location where the user can rest his knee. Thus, an efficient cutting angle can be easily achieved and if needed more force can be used to further compress the insulation. A flange positioned at the end of the cutting slit protects the user's knee from the blade as well as any airborne insulation particles. It is also smaller than most other proposed solutions and so more easily stored and transported by a home owner or a professional from job site to job site.
US10265862B1
In one embodiment, a robotic end effector configured to mount to a robotic manipulator includes gripping elements configured to grasp objects, a drive mechanism configured to open and close the gripping elements, and a central controller configured to control operation of the drive mechanism and the gripper elements, the central controller hosting a control program that enables control of the end effector independent of the robotic manipulator.
US10265858B2
A cleaning robot that performs cleaning while travelling a space to be cleaned, the cleaning robot including: a travelling unit that moves the cleaning robot; a cleaning unit that cleans the space to be cleaned; an image capturing unit that captures an image viewed from the cleaning robot; a voice input unit to which a user's voice instructions are input; and a controller obtaining the user's motion instructions through the image capturing unit and determining a restricted area in which entry of the cleaning robot is prohibited and/or a focused cleaning area to be intensely cleaned by the cleaning robot based on the user's motion instructions or the user's voice instructions when the user's voice instructions are input through the voice input unit. The restricted area and the focused cleaning area may be input to the cleaning robot through the user's voice and motion.
US10265840B2
An adjustable fastener-driving tool support system. The support system supports the fastener-driving tool on a top surface of a flooring element to repeatably drive fasteners at a consistent position and angle into either a tongue side or a groove side of the flooring element. A support system includes an elongate channel member, a base and a holder mechanism. A guide member secured with respect to the channel member may also be provided. The base is configured to rest on the top surface of the flooring element to support the channel member at a downward angle with a driving end fastener outlet extending below a bottom surface of the base. Movement of the base along the channel raises or lowers the driving end fastener outlet and guide member so that the guide member can contact the flooring element during fastener driving to support the tool and so that the driving end fastener outlet is positioned relative to the flooring element for fastener driving. The holder mechanism holds the base against the channel member at any one of a plurality of axial positions along the channel member to provide for the repeatable driving of the fasteners at a consistent position and angle.
US10265836B2
A transport, driving or pressing belt, comprising at least one belt material having a lower and an upper face limited by two longitudinal edges and two transverse edges running obliquely with respect to the main extension direction of the belt, the belt material being closed and the longitudinal edges being folded down, and a method for manufacturing a transport, driving or pressing belt. To ensure high tensile strength over the complete belt length and avoid an edge tearing of the first belt material at the longitudinal edges, the transverse edges of a first belt material lie against each other in abutting relationship, and a second belt material is arranged centrically on the first belt material at least in the region of the transverse edges. The second belt material here nearly covers a width of 50% of the first belt material and is centrically glued with the first belt material.
US10265833B2
A method of cavitation peening may include coupling a moveable water source to a portable nozzle, through a flexible conduit. The method may include positioning the nozzle adjacent a treatment surface and discharging a first and second stream of fluid through a first and second channel of the nozzle, with the second channel concentrically positioned around the first channel. The first stream may have a first pressure, and the second stream may have a second pressure, the first pressure being greater than the second pressure and the two streams combining to generate a cloud of cavitation bubbles.
US10265821B2
An automatic component loading system is disclosed. The automatic component loading system has a loading device, a conveying device having a plurality of first pin receiving slots and a plurality of first component receiving trays positioned around a circumference of the conveying device, and a position correcting device having at least one pin that corresponds with the plurality of first pin receiving slots.
US10265817B2
A turbine power unit for a power tool having a turbine housing with an interior space configured to receive therein a fluid powered turbine supported for rotation on a bearing within the turbine housing. A service opening through the turbine housing into the interior space thereof, the service opening configured to permit installation and removal of a bearing into and out of the interior space of the turbine housing. A removable cover releasably securable to the turbine housing over the service opening and transitionable between an open configuration in which a bearing can be installed into and removed from the interior space of the turbine housing through the service opening and a closed configuration in which an installed bearing within the interior space is secured for operation in the turbine housing.
US10265816B2
A tool exchange assembly and related method configured to swap change tool assemblies with a nutrunner constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes a nest. The nest has a lower jaw portion and an upper jaw portion. The lower jaw portion has first and second lower fingers that cooperate to define a lower slot. The upper jaw portion has first and second upper fingers that cooperate to define an upper slot. The nest is configured to receive a change tool assembly. Relative movement of the change tool assembly and the nest urges a sleeve on the change tool assembly to move between a locked position and an unlocked position.
US10265810B2
In one aspect, a method for performing in situ repairs of internal components of a gas turbine engine may generally include inserting a repair tool through an access port of the gas turbine engine such that the repair tool includes a tip end positioned within the gas turbine engine and a material supply end positioned outside the gas turbine engine. The method may also include positioning the tip end of the repair tool adjacent to a defect of an internal component of the gas turbine engine, wherein the defect defines a fillable volume along a portion of the internal component. In addition, the method may include supplying a filler material to the tip end of the repair tool and expelling the filler material from the tip end of the repair tool such that the fillable volume is at least partially filled with the filler material.
US10265809B2
A method of joining workpieces includes locating first ends of two first workpieces in a moveable part coupling portion. The lengths of the first workpieces are measured. Any difference in length between the first workpieces is determined. Two additional workpieces are located adjacent the first ends of the first workpieces based on the determined difference in length. The first workpieces are connected to the second workpieces.
US10265807B2
Provided is a solder alloy having a composition suitable for soldering a module obtained by joining an aluminum substrate to a component wherein a main body, in which the area of an electrode on a side surface is not more than 30% of the total area of the side surface, is comprised of a ceramic. The solder alloy has an alloy composition comprising, in terms of mass %, 3-10% of Sb, 0-4% of Ag and 0.3-1.2% of Cu, with the remainder consisting of Sn. Furthermore, the alloy composition may contain, in terms of mass %, a total of 0.15% or less of one or more elements selected from among Ni and Co and/or a total of 0.02% or less of one or more elements selected from among P and Ge.
US10265803B2
An electro-optic element is provided that includes a first substrate having a first surface, and a second surface having a first electrically conductive portion disposed thereon. The element also includes a second substrate having a third surface, a fourth surface, and a second electrically conductive portion disposed on at least the third surface. A primary seal is between the second and third surfaces, wherein the seal and the second and third surfaces define a cavity. An electro-optic medium disposed in the cavity. In addition, the second surface further includes at least one indicia disposed thereon between the electro-optic medium and the second surface.
US10265799B2
The present application relates to a device for cutting hair comprising a skin contacting face (3) that is placed against a surface of the skin (6) of a user during use. The device also has an optical system configured to direct a cutting laser beam (8) across a cutting zone (5) parallel to and spaced from said skin contacting face to cut hairs extending into the cutting zone. Also provided is a laser positioning mechanism which is arranged so that, during use of the device, the distance (H1) between said cutting laser beam and said skin contacting face is changed to maintain a predetermined distance between the cutting laser beam and the surface of the skin of a user.
US10265798B2
A composite engine component comprises a body having an outer circumferential surface and an inner circumferential surface. The body of the engine component is of unitary, integral, one-piece construction and comprises a radially inner section and a radially outer section having different material compositions. The radially inner section and the radially outer section of the body are welded together using a magnetic pulse welding process in which a metallurgical bond is formed along a bonding interface between the inner and outer sections of the body.
US10265787B2
A power saw includes a bevel member and a cutting assembly pivotably connected to the bevel member. The cutting assembly includes a blade, a blade guard at least partially covering the blade, and at least one machined cutting assembly surface. A laser alignment device is connected to the cutting assembly. The laser alignment device includes a laser body fixed to a slideable carriage having a machined carriage surface that directly engages the machined cutting assembly surface. The slideable carriage is configured to move relative to the machined cutting assembly surface with substantially only one degree of freedom defined by an axis of translation.
US10265784B2
[Object] To provide a ball end mill in which it is possible to improve wear resistance in the vicinity of the central axis at the tip of a ball-nosed end cutting edge and to suppress vibration of a tool body during machining.[Solution] A ball end mill 10 includes: a tool body 1 that rotates about a central axis O; and an arc-shaped ball-nosed end cutting edge 2 in a side view which is provided to start from the central axis O side on a tip side of the tool body 1 toward a rear side thereof. The ball-nosed end cutting edge 2 has a radius of curvature r that becomes gradually smaller from the central axis O side toward a periphery Q side.
US10265781B2
The invention relates to a single-lip deep hole drill comprising a drill head, wherein the drill head has a drill diameter, a blade and a channel for chip removal, wherein the blade extends outwards from a rotational axis up to the perimeter of the drill head, wherein the blade has a cutting surface and wherein the channel is bordered by a chip forming surface, wherein the chip forming surface has two sections such that a first section of the chip forming surface extends in the radial direction from the rotational axis up to a first diameter, a second section of the chip forming surface connects to the first section in the radial direction, the first section is positioned above the cutting surface, and the second section is positioned nearer to the cutting surface than the first section.
US10265776B2
A cutting tool has a substrate. A surface of the substrate for the cutting tool is covered with a hard film. In the cutting tool, the hard film has a root-mean-square slope RΔq in a surface of the hard film of 0.060° or less.
US10265772B2
Uninteruppted filtering system for selective laser melting powder bed additive manufacturing process
A solid freeform manufacturing system includes a manufacturing chamber containing a powder based additive manufacturing device. The manufacturing chamber is connected to an environmental control chamber. The environmental control chamber contains environmental control devices including fans, filters, and an inert gas source. An interconnection between the environmental control chamber and manufacturing chamber allows an inert, contaminant free manufacturing environment.
US10265771B2
A method of additive manufacturing includes depositing a layer of absorptive material onto a workpiece, depositing a layer of additive manufacturing stock powder onto the workpiece, and fusing the stock powder to the workpiece using a focused energy source at a wavelength wherein the absorptive material has a higher absorptivity at the wavelength of the focused energy source than the absorptivity of the stock powder at that wavelength. The focused energy source can be a laser, e.g., with a 1064 nm wavelength, for example.
US10265756B2
A punch assembly for a turret-type punch press includes an outer guide sleeve having an inner bore in which a punch shank fits for reciprocating but not rotating movement. The punch shank has a concentric, downward opening formed in a lower end in which is received a head portion of an insert that has a punch point formed on it. Built into the shank is a latching mechanism for releasably wedging and thereby securing the insert to the lower end of the shank.
US10265750B2
A press die apparatus includes a die block and a punch. The die block includes a first shaping face, which is constituted by first die segments. The punch includes a second shaping face, which is constituted by second die segments. Any two first die segments that are adjacent to each other contact each other at first contacting surfaces. Any two second die segments that are adjacent to each other contact each other at second contacting surfaces. The first contacting surface of each of two first die segments that contact each other has a first communicating groove, which communicates with the first shaping face. The second contacting surface of each of two second die segments that contact each other has a second communicating groove, which communicates with the second shaping face.
US10265748B2
The invention relates to a production device (1) and to a method of operating said device, comprising a bending press (2) for producing workpieces shaped by bending between bending tools (13) of a stationary bench beam (8) and a press beam (9) that is adjustable in relation thereto. The production device (1) further comprises a tool magazine (4) and a handling device (3) with a gripping device (17) for the bending tools (13) and a stop device (23) which has at least one adjustable stop finger (28), and also a control and monitoring device (24). The stop device (23) is connected to a comparator circuit of the control and monitoring device (24) and has a measuring sensor system and at least one measuring means for determining reference position data of the bending tool (13).
US10265747B2
The present invention discloses a rotary extrusion producing mold for producing an inner ring rib with a large aspect ratio formed of a hollow billet, which consists of a concave die, a left half convex die, a right half convex die, a mandrel, a lower core support and an elastic supporting mechanism, the left and right half convex dies are fixed onto an upper template connected with a slider and a horizontal hydraulic cylinder, a left drive hydraulic cylinder and a right drive hydraulic cylinder are mounted at both ends of the upper template, respectively, the lower core support passes through a middle of the concave die, the elastic supporting mechanism is mounted at a bottom of the lower core support, a drive gear is mounted on a side face of the concave die, and the mandrel is disposed between the left and right half convex dies.
US10265744B2
A hot rolling device, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a cast part supply portion for producing a cast part; a hot roller, linked to the cast part supply portion, for receiving and hot-rolling the cast part; and a heating unit, arranged between the cast part supply portion and the hot roller, for reheating an outer surface portion in the widthwise direction of the cast part while latent heat is maintained in the center portion of the widthwise direction of the cast part from preheating.
US10265740B2
A method of cleaning solder from the jaws of a solder ball test device including the steps of heating a gas to a temperature above the melting temperature of the solder and directing the heated has over the jaws of a solder ball test device to remove solder from the jaws, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.
US10265739B2
The application describes several methods and an apparatus for treatment of at least partial areas of a substrate. In said methods, at least one liquid is applied to at least one partial area of the substrate and electromagnetic radiation is introduced into this liquid, in order to achieve a desired effect in accordance with the respective method. In one method, radicals are generated in the liquid by means of UV radiation prior to application of the liquid, wherein generation of the radicals occurs directly before applying the liquid to the substrate, such that at least a portion of the radicals reaches the substrate. In one method, in which ions are removed from at least partial areas of the surface of a substrate and near surface layers of said substrate, a liquid, which is heated above ambient temperature is applied to the substrate, in order to form a liquid film on at least a partial area of said substrate, wherein electromagnetic radiation is introduced into said liquid film such that at least a portion of the radiation reaches the substrate surface. In another method for changing the surface characteristics of a substrate having an at least partially hydrophobic substrate surface such that at least a portion of said hydrophobic surface gets a hydrophilic surface characteristic, a liquid is applied to at least the partial area of the surface of the substrate, whose surface characteristic is to be changed, and UV radiation of a predetermined range of wavelength is guided through said liquid onto at least the partial area of the surface of said substrate, whose surface characteristic is to be changed. The methods may be performed in a common apparatus in any desired order in series and/or in parallel.
US10265731B2
A screen system for improving a vibrating shaker apparatus for separating drilling fluid and drill cuttings is described. The screen system comprises a dual screen having a coarse mesh upper screen attached to a finer mesh lower screen with a channel between the two screens. One or both of the screens may be wedge shaped to affect the flow rate of drilling fluid and drill cuttings across the screen. The screen systems can be installed in existing shaker apparatuses using various attachment systems, such as wedge clamping systems, hydraulic or air pressure clamping systems, or hook screen systems.
US10265721B2
A dispenser and related methods of dispensing material, in particular viscous materials, from a container and through a nozzle. The dispenser includes a body portion for holding the container in a fixed relationship with the body portion, a plunger movable to advance with respect to the container to urge material from the container through the nozzle, a motor arranged to move the plunger and a controller arranged to control the motor. The motor is controlled according to a distance traveled by the plunger, for example a dispensing distance or a distance the plunger is retracted away from the nozzle, or the motor is controlled according to a speed of the plunger.
US10265720B2
A device for coating material with resin and subsequently laying the material saturated with the resin onto a surface, the device comprising a vessel for retaining the resin, the vessel having a slot sized and configured so that the material is passable through the slot after being coated with resin retained in the vessel, and a first and a second roller being arranged on either side of the slot or behind the slot.
US10265719B2
An improved system for applying a coating to a sheet is disclosed. The system allows precise control of the actuation of the valves and movement of the nozzle to create a plurality of coating profiles. The system includes a controller, which is used to actuate the valves to begin and terminate the flow of material onto the sheet through a nozzle. In addition, the controller may move the nozzle from its operative position to an inoperative position away from the sheet. In some embodiments, a fluid displacement mechanism is used. The controller is also able to coat the opposite side of the sheet. Registration of the coating can be programmed to be in exact alignment, or advanced or delayed by a specific amount.
US10265714B2
The invention relates to methods and to a device for providing a composition containing hyaluronic acid, in particular for cosmetic or medical purposes. This disclosure teaches that hyaluronic acid can be stored in a dose-metering device and that potable water from a potable water network can be mixed with hyaluronic acid using the dose-metering device such that a composition containing hyaluronic acid is formed.
US10265709B2
An inductive shower head, comprising an outer shell which is provided with a water inlet and multiple groups of water outlet holes; a third water outlet cavity and a first water outlet cavity which are independent of each other inside the outer shell can be communicated with the corresponding groups of the water outlet holes respectively, a third water inlet cavity is arranged between the first water inlet cavity and the third water outlet cavity; the first water inlet cavity is communicated with the third water inlet cavity; the position where the third water inlet cavity is communicated with the third water outlet cavity is correspondingly provided with a control assembly which uses an electromagnet to control the two cavities to communicate with or block from each other; the shower head also comprises a first inductor and a power supply unit which is used for supplying power to the electromagnet.
US10265708B2
A flexible dispensing apparatus for coupling to pressurized fluid containers is described. It includes a flexible tube and a handle assembly. The handle assembly houses a second end of the tube. The handle assembly has a first side connected to a second side, a slide trigger, a roller coupled to the bottom of the slide trigger with a dowel pin, a spray nozzle assembly, a magnet reservoir, and a magnet. The first side has an inclined ramp that runs along a length of the first side and extends into the second side above and beyond a seam that is formed by the connection of the two sides. The tube is within a channel in the handle assembly formed between the inclined ramp and the roller. When the roller is rolled toward the end of the ramp it pinches the flexible tube near the top of the inclined ramp.
US10265703B2
An airborne particle collection system includes an airflow directing unit, register units, a fan unit, and a control system. The airflow directing unit includes a plurality of separately controlled air distribution segments. Each register unit includes a motorized damper and filter. The fan unit is connected to the airflow directing unit and to the register units through piping. The fan unit injects air into the airflow directing unit, and generates a vacuum force that causes exhaust air with airborne particles to be pulled into the register units and filtered by the filters within the register units. The control system selectively controls the air distribution segments of the airflow directing unit and the motorized dampers of the register units to generate alterable airflow patterns between the airflow directing unit and the register units in different zones within a room in which the airflow directing unit and the register units are disposed.
US10265702B2
The present invention provides a dry method heavy medium separator adopting a dry method heavy medium separation bed and a separation device. According to the dry method heavy medium separator, a floating material end medium drum screen and a sediment end medium drum screen are arranged below a floating material discharge end and a sediment discharge end of the dry method heavy medium separator and used for separating products from media; a bag-type dust collector is used for collecting dust, a dust collector pipeline is arranged at the top of the dry method heavy medium separator, the air draft volume is larger than the air supply volume during working of the dry method heavy medium separator, the inside of the separator is in a negative pressure state, and therefore dust in the dry method heavy medium separator cannot escape; and the whole system is in a fully closed working state. According to the dry method heavy medium separator adopting the dry method heavy medium separation bed and the separation device, the problems that the fluidization density is instable, the air flow distribution is not uniform in a fluidization process, the medium separation efficiency of an existing medium separation screen for fine materials is low, the magnetic medium content of the fine materials subjected to medium separation is high, and the like are solved, and the medium separation efficiency for fine materials can be improved remarkably.
US10265699B2
A fluid sampler includes: a sample cell that includes: a substrate comprising: a first port; a second port in fluid communication with the first port; a viewing reservoir in fluid communication with the first port and the second port and that receives the fluid from the first port and communicates the fluid to the second port, the viewing reservoir including: a first view membrane; a second view membrane; and a pillar interposed between the first view membrane and second view membrane, the pillar separating the first view membrane from the second view membrane at a substantially constant separation distance such that a volume of the viewing reservoir is substantially constant and invariable with respect to a temperature and invariable with respect to a pressure to which the sample cell is subjected.
US10265696B2
A nucleic acid amplification disk apparatus using a temperature sensitive polymer synthesis and the analysis method using the same, and more specifically, and the nucleic acid amplification device, and the analysis method using the nucleic acid amplification disk unit and the nucleic acid amplification disk for amplifying the Bacterial DNA or RNA, and the driving control section for controlling the nucleic acid amplification disk.
US10265690B2
A catalyst composition including: (a) a chromium compound; (b) a ligand of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—NR5R6 or (A) R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)R8 or R1R2P—N(R3)—P(XR7)2, with X═O or S, (B) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7 and R8 are independently C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl, C3-C10-cycloalkyl, aralkyl, alkylaryl, or trialkylsilyl, or any cyclic derivatives of (A) and (B), wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN-unit or PNP-unit is a member of the ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of structures (A) or (B) by substitution; and (c) an activator or co-catalyst; and a process for tri- and/or tetramerization.
US10265684B2
Coated gasoline particulate filters (cGPFs) that are produced according to varied material compositions and catalyst configurations are disclosed. The cGPFs include Fe—Ce (rich)-activated Rh compositions that provide greater catalytic functionality. These cGPFs are incorporated within engine systems as components of TWC systems for controlling and reducing engine exhaust emissions. The conversion performance of these TWC systems is assessed and compared employing worldwide harmonized light duty test cycle (WLTC) protocol within a gasoline fueled internal combustion engine. These TWC systems exhibit a significant catalytic performance when compared with the catalytic performance of a PGM-based Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) catalyst employed in TWC applications. Further, TWC catalysts are produced including Fe-activated Rh layers comprising dopant elements. The catalytic performance of the TWC catalysts is evaluated by performing light-off and standard isothermal oxygen storage capacity oscillating tests. The TWC catalysts exhibit improved catalytic performance and significant oxygen storage capacity.
US10265681B2
An activated carbon monolith catalyst comprising a finished self-supporting activated carbon monolith having at least one passage therethrough, and comprising a supporting matrix and substantially discontinuous activated carbon particles dispersed throughout the supporting matrix and at least one catalyst precursor on the finished self-supporting activated carbon monolith. A method for making, and a method for use, of such an activated carbon monolith catalyst in catalytic chemical reactions are also disclosed.
US10265672B2
A method for the production of a microcapsule, in particular a microcapsule of spherical shape having a hollow capsule space therein, includes the steps of: a) preparing of a suspension of particulate cementitious material in a solvent b) preparing a dispersion by mixing the suspension of step a) with an immiscible fluid so that (i) the suspension is present as a dispersed phase in the fluid as a dispersion medium or that (ii) the fluid is present as the dispersed phase in the suspension as the dispersion medium, such that the particulate material of the suspension adsorbs at least partially at a phase boundary between the fluid and the suspension, and c) allowing the particulate material adsorbed at the phase boundary to hydrate with the formation of a microcapsule.
US10265660B2
Zeolite membrane sheets for separation of mixtures containing water are provided, as well as methods for making the same. Thin, but robust, zeolite membrane sheets having an inter-grown zeolite crystal film directly on a thin, less than 200 micron thick, porous support sheet free of any surface pores with a size above 10 microns. The zeolite membrane film thickness is less than about 10 microns above the support surface and less than about 5 microns below the support surface. Methods of preparing the membrane are disclosed which include coating of the support sheet surface with a seed coating solution containing the parent zeolite crystals with mean particle sizes from about 0.5 to 2.0 microns at loading of 0.05-0.5 mg/cm2 and subsequent growth of the seeded sheet in a growth reactor loaded with a growth solution over a temperature range of about 45° C. to about 120° C.
US10265657B2
A vehicle exhaust system is provided and comprises a catalyst positioned in an exhaust passage of a vehicle. The catalyst is in the form of a washcoat supported on a substrate. The system includes a phase change material located adjacent to the catalyst to maintain the temperature of the catalyst between engine shut-down and subsequent start-up as well as to regulate the temperature during engine operation. In some embodiments, the phase change material comprises particles of a metal or metal alloy encapsulated in a ceramic material. The metal or metal alloy is adapted to have a phase change that occurs within a temperature range wherein the catalyst is active.
US10265656B2
A moisture absorbing material (i) having has (a) a first state in which the moisture absorbing material is capable of absorbing moisture, and (b) a second state in which the moisture absorbing material releases the moisture absorbed in the first state, and (ii) has a property of changing from the first state to the second state in response to an external stimulus and returning from the second state to the first state when the external stimulus disappears, the moisture absorbing material includes: first through fourth moisture absorbing bodies which have respective different stimulus response levels and are provided in order of stimulus response level so as to be in contact with one another.
US10265647B2
Disclosed is a centrifugal microfluidic device comprising a piezoelectric substrate; a rotatable platform device on the substrate; and at least one transducer on the substrate, the transducer being configured to generate a surface acoustic wave that propagates on the surface of the substrate and contacts the rotatable platform device asymmetrically to transfer energy thereto with a lateral distribution to cause rotation of the rotatable platform device. The device may be a microfluidic valve, a microfluidic mixer or a microfluidic particle concentrator.
US10265645B2
Provided is a method for producing an electrode paste capable of readily and reliably removing bubbles from the produced electrode paste. A method includes a step for performing vacuum-defoaming of bubbles present in an electrode paste (8) by vacuuming the inside of a defoaming tank (6) while introducing the electrode paste (8) to the defoaming tank (6). In the step for performing vacuum-defoaming of bubbles present in an electrode paste (8), a rising velocity (fluid surface rising velocity VL) of the fluid surface of the electrode paste (8) in the defoaming tank (6) is made smaller than a rising velocity (reference bubble rising velocity VGa) of the bubbles in the electrode paste (8) by adjusting a flow rate (supply flow rate Q) of the electrode paste (8) introduced to the defoaming tank (6).
US10265640B2
The duty of internal heat exchange can be flexibly adjusted without impairing energy saving performance of a HIDiC. A method of adjusting the duty of heat exchange in a heat exchange structure of a HIDiC includes totally condensing a portion of the vapor fed to a heat exchange structure in a heat exchange structure; and providing a liquid control valve downstream of the heat exchange structure on the first line, without providing a control valve on a vapor-flowing part of first and second lines of the HIDiC, and adjusting a flow rate of a portion of the compressor outlet vapor flowing into the heat exchange structure by using the control valve, while compensating for a pressure loss needed for the control valve by using a liquid head of a condensate, and/or by using pressurization by a pump.
US10265639B2
A process for separating or removing permanganate reducing compounds (PRC's) from a first mixture containing at least one PRC, methyl iodide, and water comprises the steps of: feeding the first mixture to a feed port of a distillation column, and distilling and separating the first mixture into an upper stream and a lower stream, wherein the distillation of the first mixture forms a second mixture at an upper position than the feed port, and the process further comprises the steps of: withdrawing the second mixture as the upper stream, and withdrawing the lower stream from a lower position than the feed port.
US10265638B2
A spherical construction toy includes six segments consisting of a single outer convex surface and four inner concave surfaces, twelve segments consisting of a single outer convex surface, two inner convex surfaces, and two inner concave surfaces; and eight segments consisting of a single, outer convex surface and three inner convex surfaces. The segments are defined by the intersection of spherical surfaces having identical radius and disposed along Cartesian coordinate axes with the surface at the common center. The segments, when assembled in a base configuration with the outer surfaces disposed away from the common center, form a spherical assembly.
US10265630B2
In one example, a panel includes a series of hollow ribs arranged generally parallel to each other, and the hollow ribs define part of a first side of the panel. A flexible web is disposed between each two successive ribs of the plurality of ribs. The panel is made of plastic and is in the form of a unified single-piece structure in which the flexible webs are integral with the plurality of ribs.
US10265625B2
A system, a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method to provide efficient game access is described. A request to access a first game using a first primary identifier is received. An internal identifier and a game identifier associated with the first primary identifier are accessed. A request to access a second game using a second primary identifier is received. An internal identifier and a game identifier associated with the second primary identifier are accessed. A determination that the first and second primary identifiers are associated with a particular player is made. An association between the internal identifiers is stored.
US10265623B2
A video game processing program product causes a user terminal to realize functions to control progress of a video game in response to an operation of a user. The functions include: an updating function configured to update a position of a character on a virtual space on the basis of a moving operation by a user; a first displaying function configured to display a normal screen corresponding to the user on the basis of an update result; a second displaying function configured to display a photographing screen, on which an object other than a user character carries out a photographing action when the photographing operation is carried out, on the basis of a photographing operation; and a storing function configured to store at least a part of the photographing screen in a predetermined storage region on the basis of a storing operation.
US10265617B2
A life and death judgment system for a go game played with a computer comprising an input reception unit that receives an input by a player, a life and death judgment processing unit that judges whether judgment subject stones or target stones are alive, and an output processing unit that outputs the result of the life and death judgment is provided. The life and death judgment processing unit tentatively determines the priority of a move at each point when implementing the judgment in a judgment realm, judges a point of a move with a high possibility and/or a move with a low possibility of a result of the judgment, changes the priority of the point of the move with a high possibility with respect to each priority of the tentatively determined point, and undertakes the move of each stone based on the priority after such change, thereby implement the judgment.
US10265609B2
Apparatuses and methods for intelligent game systems for putting intelligence into board and tabletop games including miniatures are disclosed. An intelligent game system comprises one or more sensors, a controller, and a projector, the sensors each having an identifier. The sensors obtain object information from intelligent game piece objects and transfer the object information to a controller where it is associated with a sensor identifier and the sensor identifier is associated with a corresponding portion of an image. The controller interacts with the intelligent game piece objects, for managing game play, and for preparing and transferring a changing image to a projector. Intelligent game piece object features are disclosed, as well as methods of initializing a system for use with the intelligent game piece objects.
US10265600B2
A pull cord safety system, primarily for use with an exercise device such as, but not limited to, a treadmill, that provides for a captive cord which is fixed to the exercise device via a trip mechanism housing. This provides for the benefits of a pull cord safety shutoff where the treadmill shuts off if sufficient force is applied to pull the cord, but keeps the system from being a separable key system. Thus, it eliminates misplacing the key and provides for a system which can more easily be triggered regardless of the angle of fall or instability.
US10265592B2
An EI value at a point P16 separated by 16 inches from a tip end Tp is defined as E16, a shaft wall thickness at the point P16 is defined as T16, an EI value at a point P6 separated by 6 inches from the tip end Tp is defined as E6, and a shaft wall thickness at the point P6 is defined as T6. In a shaft 6, E16 is 2.4 (kgf·m2) or more, E6 is 2.7 (kgf·m2) or less, and E16/E6 is 0.95 or more but 1.50 or less, E6/T6 is 1.9 or less, and E16/T16 is 3.0 or more. A high-elasticity partial reinforcement layer including a fiber having a tensile elastic modulus of 30 (t/mm2) or more but 40 (t/mm2) or less is disposed in at least a part of a region falling within a range of ±4 inches from the point P16.
US10265590B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion with a toe portion, a top portion, a sole portion, and a back portion. The back portion may be include a back wall portion. The golf club head may also include a face portion, an interior cavity, at least one weight portion, and at least one port. The interior cavity may be partially or entirely filled with a polymer material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10265588B2
The golf club set according to the present invention is a golf club set constituted by a plurality of numbered golf clubs with different loft angles. In each of the golf, a crown portion has a main body portion that connects to the sole portion and a raised portion that rises to form a step from the main body portion and extends in a toe-heel direction along a boundary with the face portion. In at least one pair of a lower numbered golf club and a higher numbered golf club, among the plurality of golf clubs included in the golf club set, a length of the step in a face-back direction along a perpendicular plane that passes through a sweet spot and a center of gravity of the golf club head is longer in the lower numbered golf club than in the higher numbered golf club.
US10265584B2
Swimming goggles comprise a lens frame having an inner circumference surface and an outer circumference surface; a decorative frame assembled with the lens frame and located on a side of the outer circumference surface; and head strap devices at least comprising a head strap being of the buoyancy in water, and brackets made for perforation and orientation of the head strap, and further, the head strap having a first linking element and a second linking element capable of being connected or separated each other; wherein the swimming goggles have no sharp corners on their contour causing the injury, could not be disassembled again after assembled to prevent children from mistakenly swallowing their fallen components, provide the buoyancy in water when accidentally fell into water for ease of pickup for children's safety, and have the decorative frame that could simulate images of cartoon characters to bring out nifty and happy feelings.
US10265578B2
A variable-resistance exercise machine with wireless communication for smart device control and interactive software applications, comprising a wireless network interface that receives input from a user device and provides output to a user device; a plurality of moving surfaces that each provide an independent degree of resistance to movement based on received input and that detect movement and provide output to a user device based on the movement; and a plurality of rigid rails that provide a rigid support for a human user to grasp, and that provide attachment points for a user to affix a variety of devices.
US10265556B1
The roof top kit for extinguishing fire embers is a fire resistant structure that is adapted for use with buildings. The roof top kit for extinguishing fire embers is adapted to mount on the roof of the building. The roof top kit for extinguishing fire embers comprises a passive barrier and an active suppression system. The passive barrier is a fire resistant barrier that is mounted on the building such that there is space between the passive barrier and the structure. The passive barrier provides a physical barrier that prevents embers from wild fires from falling directly upon the roof of the structure. The active suppression system saturates the passive barrier in water. The water extinguishes ignitions that may occur from the embers that have landed on the passive barrier.
US10265544B2
A system and method for perfusion imaging includes an imaging device (122) configured to collect perfusion information from a target area. A processing module (110) is configured to determine perfusion levels of the target area based on the perfusion information. A planning module (114) is configured to provide a treatment plan for the target area by correlating the perfusion levels with treatment activities for the target area, wherein the treatment activities are adjusted based upon characteristics of the perfusion levels in the target area.
US10265538B2
The present invention relates to a composite compact-type fat decomposition device, which is characterized in that fat in the epidermis of the skin is decomposed by a beam radiated from LEDs (310), fat in the dermis of the skin is decomposed by a beam radiated from a laser tube (100), and fat in the hypodermis of the skin is decomposed by a high frequency generated by an RF plate. The present invention includes: a handle (200) having a laser tube (100) therein and providing a grip; a rubber tab (230) coupled to a first end of the handle and protecting a power line; a ring-shaped LED PCB (300) coupled to a second end of the handle and equipped with LEDs (310); an RF plate support (400) having the LED PCB (300) on a first side and an RF plate (410) on a second side; the RF plate (410) decomposing fat by generating a high frequency; and a controller (500) controlling operations of the LEDs (310), the laser tube (100), and the RF plate (410), in which a beam radiated from the LEDs (310) decomposes fat in the epidermis of the skin, a beam radiated from the laser tube decomposes fat in the dermis of the skin, and the high frequency generated by the RF plate (410) decomposes fat in the hypodermis of the skin.
US10265532B2
A system and method for selecting leadwire stimulation parameters includes a processor iteratively performing, for each of a plurality of values for a particular stimulation parameter, each value corresponding to a respective current field: (a) shifting the current field longitudinally and/or rotationally to a respective plurality of locations about the leadwire; and (b) for each of the respective plurality of locations, obtaining clinical effect information regarding a respective stimulation of the patient tissue produced by the respective current field at the respective location; and displaying a graph plotting the clinical effect information against values for the particular stimulation parameter and locations about the leadwire, and/or based on the obtained clinical effect information, identifying an optimal combination of a selected value for the particular stimulation parameter and selected location about the leadwire at which to perform a stimulation using the selected value.
US10265528B2
A computer implemented system and method facilitates a cycle of generation, sharing, and refinement of volumes related to stimulation of anatomical tissue, such as brain or spinal cord stimulation. Such volumes can include target stimulation volumes, side effect volumes, and volumes of estimated activation. A computer system and method also facilitates analysis of groups of volumes, including analysis of differences and/or commonalities between different groups of volumes.
US10265525B2
The present invention provides a closed-loop system for real-time control of epidural and/or subdural electrical stimulation comprising: means for applying to a subject neuromodulation with adjustable stimulation parameters, said means being operatively connected with a real-time monitoring component comprising sensors continuously acquiring feedback signals from said subject, said signals being neural signals and/or signals providing features of motion of said subject, said system being operatively connected with a signal processing device receiving said feedback signals and operating real-time automatic control algorithms, said signal processing device being operatively connected with said means and providing said means with new stimulation parameters, with minimum delay. The system of the invention improves consistency of walking in a subject with a neuromotor impairment. A Real Time Automatic Control Algorithm is used, comprising a feedforward component employing a single input-single output model (SISO), or a multiple input-single output (MISO) model.
US10265516B2
The present disclosure describes a closely spaced array of penetrating electrodes. In some implementations, the electrodes of the array are spaced less than 50 μm apart. The present disclosure also describes methods for manufacturing the closely spaced array of penetrating electrodes. In some implementations, each row of electrode of the array is manufactured in-plane and then coupled to other rows of electrodes to form an array.
US10265511B2
Embodiments of the present application provide microneedle patches and systems, and methods for use of such patches and systems. In one aspect, a microneedle patch is provided including a tab portion for handling the microneedle patch. In another aspect, a system is provided including a microneedle patch and a tray for housing the microneedle patch. In still another aspect, various indicators providing for providing feedback prior to, during, and after administration of the microneedle patch are provided. Advantageously, the described microneedle patches and systems provide improved handling and ease of application of the microneedle patches to skin for the delivery of therapeutic agents.
US10265510B2
The present invention provides a method for activating a pro-drug in vivo comprising the steps of: (a) administering a pro-drag to a subject; (b) locating a target site which has been at least partially dosed with the pro-drug at a predetermined concentration; and (d) exposing the target site to X-ray radiation. The step of exposing the target site to X-ray radiation is characterized by providing a converging X-ray of a controllable waist, substantially uniform at the target site, sufficient to convert the pro-drug to an active drug, while the X-ray photon dosage at the target site is higher than the X-ray photon dosage at an adjacent non target site.
US10265508B2
The invention relates to an intravenous catheter apparatus comprising a catheter hub arranged at a proximal end of a catheter tube, the catheter hub having an inner surface defining a chamber; a needle having a needle tip at its distal end and extending through the chamber and the catheter tube when in a ready position; and a needle guard slidably arranged on the needle and received in the chamber when the needle is in its ready position, wherein the needle guard is configured to guard the needle tip upon withdrawal of the needle from the catheter hub.
US10265502B2
The present invention relates to a catheter that has adjustable stiffness that enables a user to select the stiffness of at least one region of the catheter during insertion and navigation through a body lumen. A preferred embodiment of the invention works in combination with a guidewire to enable placement of the catheter at a position within the vascular system, for example, to enable treatment of a variety of medical conditions. The catheter can include segments that undergo relative movement in response to actuation by the user to adjust the flexibility of the at least one region, preferably located at or near the distal end of the catheter.
US10265500B2
A compact packaged intermittent urinary catheter having a longitudinally elongated intermittent urinary catheter retained within a longitudinally compacted elastic package. A method of using the catheter wherein at least a portion of the package is used as a drainage tube for the catheter. A package for an intermittent urinary catheter including a longitudinally compacted elastic package having a longitudinally extending receiving chamber containing a lubricating medium. The package having two longitudinal ends that may be removed to open the package and enable conversion of the package from a compacted state to an extended state. A method of using the package as a clean handling sleeve through which an intermittent urinary catheter may be passed to coat it with a lubricating medium.
US10265493B2
A respiratory assembly is provided. The assembly includes at least one post having a nasal engaging portion on about a first end thereof for delivering treatment gases to the nasal cavity of a patient. A pair of tubes capable of receiving gas from a hose or fluid source are selectively engaged with the pair of posts for delivering treatment gases from the inlet through the receptacle and into the nasal cavity of the patient. A splitter may be positioned between the hose or fluid source and the pair of tubes. Ball and socket joints may provide enhanced flexibility of the assembly while in use.
US10265479B2
The invention relates to a reusable drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament. The device comprises a housing, a cartridge holder for retaining a cartridge containing the medicament, a piston rod displaceable relative to the cartridge holder, a driver coupled to the piston rod, a display member for indicating a set dose and being coupled to the housing and to the driver, and a button coupled to the display member and to the driver.
US10265472B2
An injector includes a syringe unit including a syringe that encapsulates an injection objective substance, an ignition device, and a piston, and an activating unit that activates the syringe unit. The syringe unit includes a cylindrical housing, in which the ignition device and the piston are incorporated, and can be installed in a housing space formed in the housing through an opening section provided in a side surface of the housing. The syringe includes a nozzle and a plunger that forms a sealed space for encapsulating the injection objective substance and that is capable of being propelled toward the nozzle by the piston. When the syringe is installed in the housing, the syringe is fixed to dispose the plunger of the syringe in a position opposed to the piston incorporated in the housing.
US10265470B2
There is provided a device for automatic synchronized injection and aspiration of fluids comprising: a first linear actuator; a second linear actuator; a first coupling mechanism attached at a distal end portion of the first linear actuator, the first coupling mechanism arranged for detachable coupling to a first plunger of a first syringe; a second coupling mechanism attached at a distal end portion of the second linear actuator, the second coupling mechanism arranged for detachable coupling to a second plunger of a second syringe; and a synchronization mechanism mechanically coupled to the first and second linear actuators, the mechanism arranged so that insertion of the first plunger further into a first barrel of the first syringe is synchronized with extraction of the second plunger from a second barrel of the second syringe, thereby injection from the first syringe is synchronized with aspiration into the second syringe.
US10265454B2
A dialysis system includes a dialysis machine with a variable fluid demand including at least a lower demand and a higher demand. A fluid source is in fluid communication with the dialysis machine and provides fluid to the dialysis machine at a fluid flow rate. A flow regulation device includes a fluid inlet in fluid communication with the fluid source and a fluid outlet in fluid communication with the dialysis machine. The flow regulation device is operable to expand and contract to provide a variable internal volume. The flow regulation device expands when the dialysis machine has the lower demand and contracts when the dialysis machine has the higher demand.
US10265451B2
A fluid handling cassette, such as that useable with an automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) cycler device or other infusion apparatus, may include a generally planar body having at least one pump chamber formed as a depression in a first side of the body and a plurality of flowpaths for a fluid that includes a channel. A patient line port may be arranged for connection to a patient line and be in fluid communication with the at least one pump chamber via at least a first one of said flowpaths, and an optional membrane may be attached to the first side of the body over the at least one pump chamber. In one embodiment, the membrane may have a pump chamber portion with an unstressed shape that generally conforms to the depression of the at least one pump chamber in the body and is arranged to be movable for movement of the fluid in a useable space of the at least one pump chamber. One or more spacers may be provided in the at least one pump chamber to prevent the membrane from contacting an inner wall of the at least one pump chamber. The patient line, a drain line, and/or a heater bag line may be positioned to be separately occludable in relation to one or more solution lines that are connectable to the cassette.
US10265443B2
A surgical cassette arrangement is provided. The arrangement includes a flow selector valve configured to operate with a handpiece to selectively irrigate and aspirate fluid with respect to an ocular region. The flow selector valve includes at least three ports, with one port fluidly connectable to the handpiece. The arrangement further includes a reservoir fluidly connected to a second port of the flow selector valve via a first flow segment and configured to receive fluid from the flow selector valve, and a collector fluidly connected to a third port of the flow selector valve via a second flow segment and configured to receive fluid from the flow selector valve and from the reservoir. The flow selector valve selectively controls irrigation and aspiration flow to the handpiece and ocular region.
US10265440B2
The present invention relates to polymeric materials including a glycosaminoglycan networked with a polyolefin-containing polymer. The present invention also relates to hydrogels containing the polymeric materials. The present invention further relates to methods of synthesizing the polymeric materials and hydrogels of the present invention.
US10265434B2
The present invention relates to absorbent articles comprising species of glyceride copolymers that provide unexpectedly improved softening performance and formulability.
US10265427B2
An electron beam irradiation device which can uniformly project electron beams to the entire outer surface of a container by using a small-sized low-energy electron accelerator. When each of the side surface portions of the container is irradiated with the electron beams by supporting a bottom surface portion of the container, a position of the container is moved by the supporting portion so that a distance between each of the side surface portions of the container and an irradiation window of the electron accelerator is made substantially equal. Subsequently, when an upper surface portion and a bottom surface portion of the container are irradiated with the electron beams by holding the side surface portion of the container, the position of the container is moved by the holding portion so that the distances between the upper surface portion and the bottom surface portion of the container and the irradiation windows of the electron accelerators become substantially equal.
US10265419B2
The invention provides methods for intraoperatively determining the location of nerves by use of fluorescent dyes. The methods are particularly useful for locating the cavernous nerves innervating the penis.
US10265411B2
The invention relates to (among other things) N-optionally substituted aryl-2-oligomer-3-alkoxypropionamides and compositions comprising the same. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits one or more advantages over corresponding compounds lacking the oligomer.
US10265401B2
The present invention relates generally to stable formulations comprising CTLA4Ig molecules, including lyophilized, and liquid formulations for administration via various routes including, for example, routes such as intravenous (IV) and subcutaneous (SC) for treating immune system diseases and tolerance induction.
US10265392B2
The present invention pertains to a vaccine comprising non live Lawsonia intracellularis antigen and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier for use in a method to reduce in a pig the shedding of Lawsonia intracellularis bacteria associated with subclinical infection with Lawsonia intracellularis, by systemic administration of the vaccine to the pig.
US10265380B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating or preventing cell death-related sensory cell loss in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an effective amount of one or more neuroprotective peptides to the subject. Also disclosed are methods of treating or preventing drug-induced ototoxicity in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising administering an effective amount of one or more neuroprotective peptides to the subject.
US10265365B2
The use of plant material from the Prosopis glandulosa tree (commonly known as Honey mesquite) is described for aiding sporting ability, and in particular for preventing and/or treating muscle injury and enhancing muscle strength. The plant material is typically the dried and ground pods from the tree, but could also be from other parts of the tree, such as the leaves, bark or roots.
US10265363B2
The present invention provides formulations that support an individual's body during routine vaccination and adaptive immune response. The individuals who can benefit front these formulations are infants, children and adults. The formulations comprise ingredients that can be administered prior to, concurrent with or subsequent to the vaccination. The formulations of the present invention preferably act by targeting enzymatic reactions an individual's various metabolic pathways, maintaining balance between oxidative stress and methylation, maintaining balance between Th1 and Th2 responses, or a combination thereof during vaccination and adaptive immune response.
US10265362B2
Films that are mucosally dissolvable, and containing a matrix and one or more active agents from hemp or cannabis within the matrix, are provided. The disclosure also provides methods for preparing such a film for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.
US10265361B2
A feed additive for swine consists of following ingredients measured by weight: 20-50 sour jujubes, 10-18 radix bupleuri, 6-20 codonopsis pilosula, 10-20 honeysuckles, 10-20 isatis roots, 4-8 anemarrhena asphodeloides, 3-6 liquorice, 10-20 myrica rubra and 30-60 cactuses. The disclosure further provides a feed composition for swine with the above feed additive. The above-mentioned feed additive for swine is effective in preventing hog cholera, convenient in use, no toxicity, side effects or medical residue, which benefits human health.
US10265357B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to compositions and methods for producing recombinant VSV viruses. In accordance with these embodiments, viral vectors can include a glycoprotein GP of the lymphocyte choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) instead of the G protein of the VSV. Other embodiments relate to cells for producing a LCMV-GP-pseudotyped VSV vectors. Embodiments also relate to the use of the vectors and cells as part of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of solid tumors.
US10265352B2
Lactic acid bacteria having high natural immunity activation ability and infection preventative/therapeutic containing said lactic acid bacteria or elements derived from said lactic acid bacteria, and a food/beverage containing these are provided. Lactic acid bacteria belonging to the genus Lactobacillus that are accession number NITE BP-02005 of the NITE NPMD, lactic acid bacteria having natural immunity activation ability that are these lactic acid bacteria or naturally or artificially mutated lactic acid bacteria thereof, lactic acid bacteria having a base sequence of the 16S rDNA region shown by SEQ ID NO: 1, a natural immunity-activating agent having as an active ingredient these lactic acid bacteria, dead cells of these lactic acid bacteria, or a treatment product of these lactic acid bacteria, an infection preventative/therapeutic containing as an active ingredient a peptide glycan of these lactic acid bacteria, and a food/beverage containing these are disclosed.
US10265351B2
Provided is a bacterial composition which comprises from 104 to 1012 cfu/g of Pediococcus pentosaceus cells which have the ability to induce the production of interleukin-10 to reduce inflammation in the intestinal tract among other features and is useful in the amelioration of excessive crying in infants.
US10265347B2
Disclosed is a novel process for producing a Muse cell-like cell or a novel method for extending the replicative life span of a cell population. Provided is a process for producing a Muse cell-like cell, comprising the step of inhibiting the expression or function of ELAVL2, TEAD1, or GATAD2B. At this time, siRNA or shRNA may be used to inhibit the expression or function of ELAVL2, TEAD1, or GATAD2B.
US10265346B2
A mammalian cell suspension prevents pulmonary embolism formation during administration of mammalian cells, such as mammalian stem cells, through a blood vessel, and a preventive agent against pulmonary embolism formation during administration of mammalian cells through a blood vessel. suspending mammalian cells, such as mammalian stem cells, are suspended in a physiological aqueous solution containing trehalose or its derivative, or a salt thereof as an active ingredient to prepare a mammalian cell suspension for preventing pulmonary embolism formation during administration of the mammalian cells through a blood vessel, including the mammalian cells and trehalose or its derivative, or a salt thereof as active ingredients. Examples of the mammalian cells can include pancreatic islet cells, dendritic cells, natural killer cells, alpha/beta T cells, gamma/delta T cells, and cytotoxic T lymphocytes in addition to mammalian stem cells. Preferred mammalian stem cells can include mammalian mesenchymal stem cells and mammalian pluripotent stem cells.
US10265342B2
A sustained-release composition is provided in the present disclosure for producing a therapeutic gas, such as hydrogen sulfide or hydrogen. The sustained-release composition includes a precursor and a carrier. The precursor is diallyl trisulfide or magnesium, and the carrier includes a poly lactic-co-glycolic acid copolymer for carrying the precursor with an efficient amount.
US10265324B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a drug such as a triptan (e.g. rizatriptan) and/or an NSAID (e.g. meloxicam) in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the drug for the treatment of conditions such as pain.
US10265323B2
Compounds of formula (I): wherein A1, A2, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, R3, R4, R5 and T are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating pathologies involving a deficit in apoptosis, such as cancer, auto-immune diseases, and diseases of the immune system.
US10265316B2
The invention provides compounds of formula (I): Said compounds being inhibitors of Kv3 channels and of use in the prophylaxis or treatment of related disorders.
US10265313B2
The invention provides methods of treating or preventing malaria comprising administering to an animal an effective amount of a compound of formula I: Q-Y—R1—R2 (I), wherein Q, Y, R1, and R2 are as described herein. Methods of inhibiting a plasmodial surface anion channel of a parasite in an animal are also provided. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound represented by formula I in combination with any one or more compounds represented by formulas II, V, and VI. Use of the pharmaceutical compositions for treating or preventing malaria or for inhibiting a plasmodial surface anion channel in animals including humans are also provided. Also provided by the invention are clag3 amino acid sequences and related nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, populations of cells, antibodies, and pharmaceutical compositions.
US10265311B2
Methods for the treatment of CNS disorders using combinations of muscarinic activators and inhibitors, and medicaments comprising muscarinic activators and inhibitors.
US10265303B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) as defined in the specification for use as pharmacological chaperones having a stabilizing effect on phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) for the treatment of hyperphenylalaninemia (HPA), in particular phenylketonuria (PKU). The compounds include trimethoprim and analogues and derivatives thereof.
US10265301B2
The disclosure provides for improved pharmaceutical compositions containing deferasirox (DFX) and methods of manufacturing the same. In particular, the compositions are prepared using thermokinetic compounding and provide improved properties as well as more efficient methods of manufacture.
US10265300B2
Methods of treating a seizure disorder with a maxi-K channel opener or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are provided. In embodiments, suitable maxi-K channel openers are be fluoro-oxindole or chloro-oxindole compounds. In some embodiments, the maxi-K channel opener may be (3S)-(+)-(5-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-1,3-dihydro-3-fluoro-6 -(trifluoromethyl)-2H-indole-2-one or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The methods provide therapeutic compositions that may be used to improve one or more symptoms of a seizure disorder.
US10265291B2
The present invention relates to novel disulfur bridge linkers containing hydrazine used for the specific conjugation of compounds/cytotoxic agents to a cell-binding molecule, through bridge linking a pair of thiols on the cell-binding molecule. The invention also relates to methods of making such linkers, and of using such linkers in making homogeneous conjugates, as well as of application of the conjugates in treatment of cancers, infections and autoimmune disorders.
US10265283B2
The described invention provides a topical delivery system comprising a pharmaceutical composition for application directly to a skin of a subject in need thereof comprising (a) an effective therapeutic amount of an active therapeutic agent; (b) chemical drivers comprising an amino benzoate local anesthetic, ethoxydiglycol and methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) that in combination are effective to synergistically deliver the therapeutic agent; and (c) a depot component for keeping the pharmaceutical composition in the skin. Methods for delivering an active therapeutic agent into skin, for keeping it in the skin, for reducing systemic side effects attributable to entry of the active agent into the blood stream, and a method for treating a condition, disease or disorder of skin topically also are described in accordance with the embodiments of the described invention.
US10265281B2
A method for the treatment or prevention of a cardiovascular event in a subject with atherosclerotic vascular disease comprising the step of: b) administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I), a known colchicine derivative and/or a salt thereof wherein: R1, R2, R3, R4, R9, R10, R11 and R12 independently represent hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, halogen, C1-4 haloalkyl, nitro, amino, C2-4 acylamino, C1-4 alkyl or dialkylamino, hydroxyl, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, a group of the formula —SO2N(Rx)2 or SO2Rx where Rx is C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 acyloxy, or optionally substituted phenyl, optionally substituted phenoxy; R7 and R8 independently represent hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 acyl; and R5′, R5″, R6′ and R6″ independently represent hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C2-4 alkenyl, C3-6 cycloalkyl, halogen, C1-4 haloalkyl, nitro, amino, C2-4 acylamino, hydroxyl, C1-4 alkoxy or C1-4 alkylthio a group of the formula —SO2N(Rx)2 or SO2Rx where Rx is C1-4 alkyl, C1-4 acyloxy, or optionally substituted phenyl.
US10265272B2
A dry-granulation method for producing a tablet comprising (a) pharmaceutical active ingredient in an amount 50-90% w/w and (b) one or more excipients in an amount 10-50% w/w including at least a binder which comprises (i) preparing granules from a powder comprising a binder, a pharmaceutically active ingredient and optionally one or more other excipients or pharmaceutical active ingredients by a process characterized in that a compaction force is applied to the powder to produce a compacted mass comprising a mixture of fine particles and granules and separating and removing fine particles and/or small granules from the granules by entraining the fine particles and/or small granules in a gas stream in which the compacted mass flows, wherein the direction of the flow of the gas stream has a component which is contrary to that of the direction of flow of the compacted mass, and collecting the accepted granules (ii) blending the accepted granules with other components of the tablet in granular or fine powder form wherein in step (ii) at least one other component of the tablet formulation is in granular form and is prepared from a powder comprising said other component by a process characterized in that a compaction force is applied to the powder to produce a compacted mass comprising a mixture of fine particles and granules and separating and removing fine particles and/or small granules from the granules by entraining the fine particles and/or small granules in a gas stream in which the compacted mass flows, wherein the direction of the flow of the gas stream has a component which is contrary to that of the direction of flow of the compacted mass; and (iii) compressing the resultant blend to form a tablet; with the proviso that the tablet does not comprise (a) paracetamol, maize starch and microcrystalline cellulose in a ratio of 60:20:20 w/w, (b) acebutolol HCl and starch in a ratio of 90:10 w/w, (c) sodium valproate, hypromellose and maize starch in a ratio of 90:5:5 w/w, (d) ketoprofen and maize starch in a ratio of 50:50 w/w or (e) metformin HCl, microcrystalline cellulose and maize starch in a ratio of 80:14:6 w/w.
US10265265B2
A composition suitable for topical application comprising a continuous phase and at least one discontinuous phase, said composition comprising at least one polyaphron dispersion, at least one vitamin D or vitamin D analog and at least one corticosteroid.
US10265255B2
A method of treating the hair including providing a concentrated hair care composition in a mechanical foam dispenser. The concentrated hair care composition includes one or more oils, from about 1% to about 5% perfume, and has 0% high melting point fatty compounds. The method also includes dispensing the concentrated hair care composition from the mechanical foam dispenser as a dosage of foam; applying the foam to the hair; and rinsing the foam from the hair. The foam has a density of from about 0.025 g/cm3 to about 0.3 g/cm3 when dispensed from the mechanical foam dispenser.
US10265253B2
The invention relates to a clear composition which contains at least one anionic surfactant, a betaine surfactant, an N-methyl-N-acylglucamine, a triglyceride oil, a solvent and optionally an additive. The invention also relates to a method for producing the composition. The invention further relates to the use of the composition for the treatment or care of skin or hair, or for use as a shampoo, face cleaner, liquid cleaner or shower gel.
US10265252B2
The aim of the present disclosure was to provide an improved oxidizing agent preparation for oxidative color modifying agents, which are present as soap based gels and contain ammonia as the alkalizing agent and optionally at least one oxidation dye precursor, and have a pH in the range of from 8 to 11.5, measured at 20° C., with which homogeneous and viscosity-stable application mixtures can be produced that release less ammonia during the entire leave-in time. It was surprisingly found that aqueous hydrogen peroxide preparations which contain selected 1-alkanols, glyceryl fatty acid esters, ethoxylated fatty alcohols, polyols and oils, achieve said aim in a very satisfactory manner.
US10265239B2
An acoustic foetal stimulation device includes a capsule enclosing an element for emitting acoustic stimulation signals, manufactured in a biocompatible (hygienic) maternal and with a size and shape suitable for removable insertion in the vagina, in a position adjacent to the foetus, and an extraction cord for removing the device. The element for emitting the acoustic signals includes a playback system for a predetermined acoustic stimulation signal, complete with control software and a speaker, and an element for wireless communication with the exterior using a remote control to give instructions to the playback system via an RF wireless signal.
US10265238B2
A therapeutic, fitness, and sports enhancement device which includes a cylindrically shaped body having a predetermined density and predetermined diameter, the body including a plurality of projections of a predetermined shape. One or more of the predetermined density and the predetermined diameter in combination with the predetermined shape of the projections optimize mobilization of soft tissue structures of the human body.
US10265234B1
Arrangements described herein relate to systems, apparatuses, and methods for a head cradle pad configured to be affixed to a head cradle of a medical device, the head cradle pad includes a first section corresponding to a shape of a top portion of the head cradle, a second section corresponding to a shape of a bottom portion of the head cradle, and a center connection portion connecting the first section and the second section. The first section and the second section are shaped to form spatial gaps when the head cradle pad is in a flat state when the head cradle pad is un-affixed to the head cradle. The first section and the second section are shaped to eliminate the spatial gaps when the head cradle pad is affixed to the concave surface of the head cradle.
US10265225B2
This invention claims a disposable article including at least two bonded regions, one of the regions has elastic properties; the other region is different from the first.
US10265211B2
An implant that has a tubular interior section for implantation into a patient, an exterior section connected to the interior section and an ingrowth member that includes a three-dimensional porous structure. The three-dimensional porous structure is typically located at the inner circumference of the interior section and has desirable properties to facilitate ingrowth of tissue.
US10265207B2
A stent delivery system can include a core member, a stent, and a stent engagement member. The engagement member can be positioned along a distal segment of the core member and be coupled to the core member. The engagement member can have an outer surface. The stent can extending along the core member distal segment such that the outer surface of the engagement member engages an inner surface of the stent along at least a portion of only a distal half of the stent for transmitting an axial force from the core member to only the stent distal half of the stent.
US10265204B2
Provided is a synthetic resin stent that has resistance to pressure externally applied from the radial direction while in an enlarged diameter state even when the synthetic resin fibers are thin. The synthetic resin stent comprises: a stent main section that is formed by synthetic resin fibers into a cylinder and that can deform from a reduced diameter state to an enlarged diameter state; and a restricting mechanism that keeps the stent main section in the enlarged diameter state by restricting the stent main section from reducing in diameter when in the enlarged diameter state. The synthetic resin stent preferably further comprises a diameter enlarging mechanism that is connected to the stent main section and that deforms the stent main section from a reduced diameter state to an enlarged diameter state.
US10265202B2
The present disclosure relates to an endoluminal prosthesis, such as a stent graft that includes one or more fenestrations to accommodate endovascular disease, such as an aneurysm in cases where one or more side branches is involved. In one aspect, the prosthesis includes fenestrations that are pivotable to accommodate the dynamic geometry of the aortic branches. In another aspect, the pivotable fenestrations include a first perimeter, a band of flexible material attached and surrounding the first perimeter, a second perimeter attached to and surrounding the band of flexible material and a support frame disposed about a surface of the band of flexible material. The first perimeter, band of flexible material, and second perimeter have a geometric shape. The support frame includes a plurality of support units having curved segments. The curved segments of the support units may be concave with respect to an exterior surface of the prosthesis.
US10265199B2
The method for manufacturing a made-to-measure prosthetic sleeve from a thermoformable preform includes: providing a reduced positive mold corresponding to the copy of the shape of the stump of the residual limb reduced by 3 to 5% of all of the circumferences of the shape of the stump; providing a preform made from a thermoformable elastomer base, the preform presenting an open proximal end, a closed distal end, a uniform wall thickness and a hardness of more than 40 Shore A; placing the preform on the reduced positive mold to form a preform/mold assembly; shaping the preform by heating the preform/mold assembly to a temperature between 60° C. and 150° C.
US10265195B2
The present invention is directed to an autonomous exoskeleton device that includes one or more actuators, one or more controllers, one or more sensors with one or more unidirectional transmissions. The present invention provides a mechanical joint in parallel with a biological joint. The exoskeleton device preferably includes and electric motor and winch, chain, belt, cam transmission or other mechanism for providing unidirectional force to assist rotation about the biologic joint. Moreover, a controller, a motor angle sensor, joint angle sensor and/or force sensor may be used for additional control and monitoring of the device. The motor may be any type of motor, but is preferably brushless in configuration where its diameter is larger than its length to provide a compact and lightweight exoskeleton device.
US10265189B2
A spinal fusion implant includes a leading end, an opposite trailing end, an upper portion extending between the leading and trailing ends, a lower portion extending between the leading and trailing ends, and opposed first and second side portions extending between the leading and trailing ends. The upper portion includes at least two rails extending between the leading and trailing ends, the at least two rails including a first rail and a second rail spaced apart from one another, the first rail of the upper portion including a bone-contacting surface being at least partially smoothened. The lower portion includes at least two rails extending between the leading and trailing ends, the at least two rails including a first rail and a second rail spaced apart from one another, the first rail of the lower portion including a bone-contacting surface being at least partially smoothened.
US10265186B2
An implant (30) for a mammalian bone joint (3) for spacing a first bone (2) of the joint from a second bone (1) of the joint while allowing translational movement of the second bone in relation to the first bone is described. The implant comprises (a) a distal part (31) configured for intramedullary engagement with an end of the second bone, (b) a proximal part (34) having a platform (15) configured for non-engaging abutment of an end of the first bone and translational movement thereon, and (c) an articulating coupling (10, 16) provided between the distal and proximal ends allowing controlled articulation of the first and second bones. The bone-abutting platform is shaped to conform to and translate upon the end of the first bone. A kit for assembly to form the implant of the invention, and the use of the implant to treat osteoarthritis in a bone joint, are also described.
US10265185B2
Arthroplasty components include an articular surface and a bone-facing surface. The bone-facing surface includes a concave arrangement of planar surfaces which converge as they approach a middle portion of the articular surface. Instruments and implantation methods are also disclosed.
US10265184B2
A reverse shoulder orthopaedic implant includes a glenosphere component having a lateral bearing surface configured to articulate with a humeral cup of a humeral prosthesis. A metaglene component includes a platform configured to receive glenosphere component.
US10265183B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument system for use during a surgical procedure to implant an orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial base trial component adapted to be positioned on a surgically-prepared proximal end of a patient's tibia and an insert component shaped to be received in an opening defined in the tibial base trial component. The insert component has a base plate and a central post extending upwardly from a superior surface of the base plate. A superior surface of the central post has a ramp surface defined therein, with the ramp surface inclining superiorly in the anterior-to-posterior direction.
US10265178B2
Systems, devices, and methods for providing orthopedic augments having recessed pockets that receive a fixation material. The orthopedic augments include an outer surface that interfaces with a patient's tissue or bone, and an inner surface that interfaces with an implant, the inner surface defining a recessed pocket configured to receive a fixation material, a rim around at least a portion of the recessed pocket, and a port in the rim, wherein the recessed pocket extends along the inner surface in at least a direction laterally from the port.
US10265171B2
An annuloplasty repair segment for heart valve annulus repair. In one embodiment a multi-stranded cable replaces solid core wire for both the tricuspid and mitral valves. Cable allows for greater deployment flexibility for minimally-invasive surgical (MIS) implant, while still maintaining the required strength and similar tensile properties of solid-core wire. Stranded cable provides a MIS annuloplasty ring with sufficient flexibility in the x-y plane to allow a surgeon to squeeze the ring into a small incision, such as being able to pass through an 18 Fr or smaller catheter, while maintaining structural rigidity under forces exerted on the implanted ring by the cardiac cycle. The particular shape of the annuloplasty ring is fixed using a heat setting process.
US10265170B2
A method is provided including introducing into a heart atrium, an annuloplasty structure having a sleeve with an elongated tubular side wall, anchoring a first section of the sleeve by deploying a first tissue anchor through the first section and into a first portion of annulus tissue, and anchoring a second section of the sleeve by deploying a second tissue anchor through the second section and into a second portion of annulus tissue. A longitudinal portion of the tubular side wall is disposed between the first and second tissue anchors and has first and second lateral parts. The first lateral part is closer to the annulus than the second lateral part is to the annulus, and the second lateral part is opposite the first lateral part and has a larger degree of tension than a degree of tension of the first lateral part.
US10265164B2
This intraocular lens (IOL) injector cartridge has a proximal opening in a main body for receiving an IOL. The main body has a lumen that extends longitudinally to a distal end having an opening smaller than the IOL. Passage through the lumen compresses or rolls the IOL so that when the distal end is inserted through a small incision in the eye the IOL can be expelled into the capsular bag. The distal end of the cartridge is beveled with a leading tip in front of a trailing heel. The characteristics of the beveled end are such that damage to the IOL is reduced. The bevel may be straight or curved and includes a distal face defined by the thickness of the distal end between the lumen and an exterior surface. The distal face may be flush with the bevel or chamfered. An inner corner angle between the distal face and the lumen is ≥60° to reduce the chance of scratching the IOL as it passes out of the distal opening.
US10265158B2
A ligament assembly comprising a first ligament anchor (9) connected to a second ligament anchor (14) by a ligament (18) a resilient element (40) being associated with the first ligament anchor (9) and a ligament tension adjuster (44, 50) being associated with the second ligament anchor (14). The resilient element (40) may be disposed within the first ligament anchor (9) and the ligament tension adjuster (44, 50) may be disposed within the second ligament anchor (14).
US10265154B2
A blood vessel implant to influence the flow of blood in the area of arteriovenous malformations. The implant has a wall of individual filaments forming a tubular braiding extending axially from the proximal to the distal end, the individual filaments crossing and forming points of intersection. The implant is deformable so that in an insertion catheter it is shaped so that its diameter is reduced and can be expanded at the implantation site adapting to the diameter of the blood vessel. The filament ends at the proximal and/or distal end of the braiding are each brought together at least in pairs and connected with each other permanently. The filament ends connect with each other and are shaped so as to be atraumatic The filaments cross at the points of intersection distally from the filament ends and are connected with each other at the proximal end of the implant.
US10265153B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate methods and synthetic scaffolds for regenerating gastrointestinal tissue (e.g., esophageal tissue).
US10265152B2
Various embodiments of a mesh or implant sizing system are provided. An implant can include a gauging portion included with a support portion of the implant, to assist a surgeon in determining what size implant to insert into the pocket created in a tissue plane of the patient.
US10265150B2
A system for fabricating a dental restoration to restore a plurality of teeth in a dentition of a patient is described. The dentition includes a restoration dental arch and an opposing dental arch. The restoration dental arch includes a restoration site and the opposing dental arch is opposite the restoration dental arch. The system includes an impression apparatus, a motion capture apparatus, an interference model generation system, and a restoration design system. The impression apparatus is configured to capture an impression of the dentition of the patient. The motion capture apparatus is configured to capture a plurality of location data points that represent the locations of the opposing dental arch relative to the restoration dental arch. The interference model generation system is configured to generate an interference model for the restoration site. The restoration design system is for designing a restoration using the interference model.
US10265147B2
A housing interlock (90) for a power toothbrush (10) configured to improve the durability of the toothbrush and to simplify the assembly process. The housing interlock (90) provides for tolerance mitigation and shock protection, and also provides housing interlock tabs (95) such that the housing interlock can secure the components within the housing.
US10265141B2
The present invention relates to orthodontic positioning appliances that represent teeth in desired positions and related systems and methods. An appliance can include teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth. An appliance can include an outer component having a surface representing teeth in desired positions. An outer component can be integral with an appliance. An outer component can be separate and configured to couple with an appliance main body.
US10265129B2
Disclosed is a mechanical teleoperated device comprising i) a handle (30) placed in a proximal part of the device, having a plurality of handle links interconnected by respective handle joints, ii) an end effector (31) placed in a distal part of the device, having a plurality of end-effector links interconnected by respective end-effector joints, iii) a transmission system arranged to kinematically connect the end effector to the handle such that movements of the end effector correspond to movements of the handle, comprising at least one arrangement of a plurality of rotatable elements (41a-d) coaxially mounted together about an axis and arranged to rotate independently from each other, b) first transmission means comprising driving elements (62a-c) which are arranged to actuate in rotation of the plurality of rotatable elements (41a-d) based upon movements of the handle, c) second transmission means comprising driven elements (63a-c) which are arranged to be driven by rotation of the plurality of rotatable elements resulting in movement of the end effector links, wherein the transmission system is configured for removably coupling together the first and second transmission means wherein each driven element is removably coupled to one corresponding rotatable element.
US10265124B2
A catheter carries a position sensor in a distal, on-axis position in an irrigated ablation tip electrode. The tip electrode has a shell wall that defines a cavity through which fluid flows and exits via fluid ports formed in the shell wall. The cavity is sealed by an internal member extends into the cavity with a baffle portion and a distal portion. The distal portion safely houses the position sensor and the baffle portion diffuses and disperses fluid entering the tip electrode for a more uniform flow through the cavity. The distal portion is configured to provide an annular region that runs along the length of the tip electrode to better feed fluid to the more distal fluid ports on the tip electrode for more uniform cooling at all locations on the tip electrode.
US10265122B2
An ablation device is provided for forming one or more lesions on a wall of an artery, such as a renal artery. The device can include an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end. The device may also include a handle disposed at the proximal end, a distal tip including an electrode disposed at the distal end, and one or a plurality of independently expandable splines proximate the distal end.
US10265120B2
A surgical instrument is provided for controlling control circuits for an independent energy delivery over segmented sections. The surgical instrument comprises an end effector comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, a first set of electrodes and a second set of electrodes and a slot defined between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes. A cutting member configured to reciprocate within the slot. A control circuit is configured to receive information about impedance of tissue located between the first jaw and the second jaw of the end effector, provide electrosurgical energy to the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes and repeatedly alternate the electrosurgical energy between the first set of electrodes and the second set of electrodes at a predetermined time interval, and advance the cutting member.
US10265119B2
An electrosurgical forceps is provided. The electrosurgical forceps includes an end effector including first and second jaw members. One of the first and second jaw members is movable from an open configuration for positioning tissue between the first and second jaw members to a closed configuration for grasping tissue for subsequent electrosurgical treatment thereof. One or more cutting electrodes are positioned on the first and/or second jaw members. The cutting electrode(s) includes one or more piezo-elements that are configured to oscillate at a predetermined frequency when the cutting electrode(s) is energized to sever tissue.
US10265112B2
A reference guide tool for conforming a bone plate can include a series of bone templates, each having a distinct three-dimensional shape that replicates portions of various clavicles. Each bone template of the series of bone templates can have a plate engaging surface that is configured to engage a bone plate and provide a reference for the bone plates during structural modification of the bone plate.
US10265109B2
A spine plate implant utilizes cam lock setscrews to retain bone screws in the plate once implanted. A cam lock setscrew is received in a setscrew pocket adjacent a configured bone screw bore of the plate and is configured to allow a bone screw to be received in the plate when in an unlocked rotational position, and to retain the received bone screw when in a locked rotational position. The bone screw includes a tang that allows engagement with external teeth of the cam lock setscrew when the cam lock setscrew is rotated into the locked position. Once the cam lock setscrew is in the locked position, the bone screw is inhibited from backing out of the bone screw bore. When the cam lock setscrew is in the unlocked position, a flat of the cam lock setscrew is adjacent the bone screw tang so the bone screw may be removed.
US10265108B2
A bone plate is formed with a throughgoing hole formed with a radially inwardly open outer groove. A screw fastener has a shaft engageable coaxially through the hole and a head of larger diameter than the shaft and adapted to bear axially on the plate around the hole. The shaft is formed offset from the head with a radially outwardly projecting ridge defining a radially outwardly open inner groove aligned radially with the outer groove when the fastener is fitted through the hole with the head bearing on the plate. An elastically deformable ring of a diameter generally equal to that of the hole at the outer groove is formed with at least one radially inwardly directed projection that, when the ring is fitted to the outer groove and the fastener is seated in the hole, projects radially inward into the inner groove of the fastener.
US10265105B2
The surgical assembly includes: a bone anchorage screw having an anchorage portion for anchoring in a vertebral column, and a head in the form of a socket; and an extension device adapted to fit over the socket of the bone anchorage screw for forming a longitudinal extension thereto. The extension device includes a first tubular element referred to as an “inner tube”, of inside diameter greater than or equal to the inside diameter of the socket of the bone anchorage screw, and extended longitudinally by two diametrically opposite branches, forming jaws for clamping onto the outside surface of the socket so as to lock onto the socket, and a second tubular element referred to as an “outer tube”, mounted to slide along said inner tube. The outer tube is extended longitudinally by two diametrically opposite branches having their free ends in register with the free ends of the two branches of the inner tube, and being provided with retaining means for co-operating with complementary retaining means arranged on the socket to prevent the branches from moving apart from each.
US10265099B2
System and methods are shown having a tube-within-tube assembly with a deployable curved deflectable tube or cannula that deploys from a straight cannula or trocar. The curved cannula has pre-curved distal end to create an angular range of 0° to 180° when fully deployed from the straight trocar. The curve is configured such that the flexible element carrying a treatment device can navigate through the angular range of deployment of the curved cannula. The curved cannula allows the flexible element to navigate through a curve within bone without veering off towards an unintended direction.
US10265095B2
A trocar comprising an alignment channel and an instrument seal comprising a bending portion and a base portion. The bending and base portions of the instrument seal are spaced relative the alignment channel such that when a surgical instrument is retracted the bending portion inverts and the lip does not enter the alignment channel.
US10265093B2
An endoscopic surgical device comprising a slotted clear cannula, a blade and a housing, wherein the cannula is attached to the housing, and wherein the blade is enclosed in the housing and is slidable into the cannula is disclosed. The blade is enclosed within the housing and cannula, and has a horizontally-oriented pushing component and a vertically-oriented cutting component that protrudes through the slot of the cannula. A method for a performing an operative procedure on a target tissue in a subject using the endoscopic surgical device is also described.
US10265090B2
An electromechanical surgical system is provided and includes a hand-held surgical device. The surgical device includes a device housing defining a connecting portion for selectively connecting with an adapter assembly, the housing being configured to removably receive a battery therein; at least one drive motor supported in the device housing and being configured to rotate a drive shaft; and a circuit board disposed within the housing for controlling power delivered from a battery to the motor. The system includes a battery configured for disposition in the device housing, the battery being capable of powering the at least one drive motor, the battery including at least one display. The device housing is configured such that the at least one display of the battery is visible therethrough.
US10265086B2
A system for removing obstructions from a blood vessel comprises a clot retrieval device and a catheter. The clot retrieval device comprises a clot engaging element attached to the distal end of an elongate shaft. The elongate shaft has a shaft proximal section, a shaft distal section and a shaft intermediate section between the shaft distal and proximal sections. The catheter has a catheter proximal section, a catheter distal section, and a catheter intermediate section between the proximal and distal sections. The maximum diameter of a shaft proximal section is greater than an inner distal lumen of the catheter distal section.
US10265085B2
A system for removing a thrombus from a blood vessel includes a stent retriever, a catheter configured to receive the stent retriever in a collapsed configuration, wherein the stent retriever is movable relative to the catheter, a sheath having a tubular body and defining a distal opening and a proximal opening, and a wire coupled to the stent retriever for positioning the stent retriever. The wire extends through the proximal opening and the distal opening of the sheath. The stent retriever is moveable relative to the sheath, and the distal opening of the sheath is sized to allow the stent retriever to be withdrawn into the sheath without substantially compressing the stent retriever.
US10265078B2
Delivery systems for liquid embolics and methods of using them are disclosed. The devices generally include a catheter and one or more retention elements to limit migration of the liquid embolic to non-target sites.
US10265077B2
A catheter with one or more heated or detachable sections is described. The catheter may be useful for liquid embolic delivery, where the heated or detachable sections may help free the catheter when stuck to liquid embolic during delivery. An instrumented catheter is also described.
US10265062B2
A suture manipulating instrument for passing and retrieving suture through a tissue includes a handle mechanism, an elongate shaft extending from the handle, and a working distal end. The working distal end includes a needle body, a lumen defined by the needle body, a tissue penetrating distal tip, and a lateral slot. A preformed inner member is movably disposed within the lumen of the needle. The handle mechanism is used to extend the wire from the lateral slot of the needle, and to retract the wire into the lateral slot, allowing the working end of the instrument to grasp and manipulate suture by pinning and/or trapping the suture against the needle. In embodiments the inner member is further retracted within the needle lumen, drawing a length of suture into the needle lumen. The suture is subsequently ejected from the needle lumen to form a suture loop.
US10265061B2
An anchor that secures to a connector as part of an anchor assembly is disclosed. The proximal anchor includes a pair of spaced apart prongs which join together at a slot inception. The prongs are shaped and sized of a configuration to define a catch or latching structure. The prongs are configured to capture and deform the suture between the protrusions and prevent the suture from disengaging from the slotted anchor device once engaged.
US10265056B2
This invention is directed to a medical device having an elongate shaft having a distal end and a controller coupled to the shaft. A control member can extend through at least part of the elongate shaft and at least part of the controller, wherein the control member in a tensioned configuration can be moveable by the controller to control the distal end of the shaft and the control member can be slack in an untensioned configuration. A tensioning mechanism can be configured to move relative to at least one of the elongate shaft and the controller to tension the control member and automatically lock the control member in the tensioned configuration.
US10265037B2
Disclosed is a shielding system for customized shielding of a patient or an operator from X-rays generated across a patient-supporting table. The shielding system includes a foundational block which is mounted via a clamping mechanism on the patient-supporting table. The shielding system has a rail with proximal and distal sections. The proximal section of the rail is twistable within an aperture of the foundational block and is arcuately movable in relation to patient-supporting table. One or more protective curtains are suspended from the rail.
US10265033B2
Disclosed is a dental X-ray CT photographic device. In order to resolve this issue, the CT photographic device according to the present invention comprises: a column; a first facing part which is disposed oriented towards an object to be examined on one side of the column, and comprises one or other of an X-ray generator and an X-ray sensor; a rotational arm coupled in such a way as to be able to rotate through at least a predetermined angular range with respect to the column; and a second facing part which is disposed on the rotating arm, on the far side from the column, facing the first facing part with the object to be examined placed in between, and which comprises the other of an X-ray generator and an X-ray sensor.
US10265026B2
There is described a technique using apparatus for recording and analyzing a surface electrocardiogram (ECG) for distinguishing a physiological signal from noise. The technique involves aligning and averaging multiple surface electrogram records taken for repeated pacing sequence with the same interval between pacing stimuli.
US10265024B2
Technology is described for a wearable sensor system including an accelerometer and a PPG optical sensor having light processing elements including at least one photodetector in at least one linear configuration sharing an axis of orientation with the accelerometer. Heart rate measurements determined from reflected light detected by a photodetector of the light processing elements in a linear configuration are co-sampled with accelerometer measurements for one of its axes sharing its orientation with the linear configuration, thus providing per axis measurements which provide more precise data points for more easily compensating for motion artifacts in heart rate data. A wrist wearable biometric monitoring device is also described which embodies the wearable sensor system and performs active motion artifact compensation.
US10265023B2
Provided are a laser speckle contrast imaging method, a laser speckle contrast imaging system, and an apparatus which includes the laser speckle contrast imaging system. The laser speckle contrast imaging system includes a laser light source configured to irradiate laser beams toward a subject, the laser beams having a plurality of wavelength bands and different surface transmittances with respect to the subject. An imaging unit is configured to acquire speckle images by capturing images of speckles by using an image sensor, the speckles being formed when the irradiated laser beams are scattered from the subject. A signal processor is configured to convert the acquired speckle images into speckle contrast images and to acquire a compensated speckle contrast image by compensating for a change caused by a movement of the subject.
US10265021B2
A biological information processing device includes: a pulse wave sensor which measures a pulse wave of a user; a body motion sensor which detects a body motion of the user; and a processing unit which performs estimation processing for pulse wave information of the user. The processing unit performs the estimation processing based on body motion information acquired using a signal from the body motion sensor, even if the pulse wave sensor is off.
US10265019B2
A headwear assembly is provided that measures physiological changes, e.g., oxygen saturation, pulse, blood pressure, and body temperature of a user during physical exercise, to include athletic activities and other situations. The headwear assembly can provide integrated functionality with an external device such as a smart phone. The headwear assembly can be embodied in various configurations, e.g., stand-alone headband, cap, visor, or a helmet.
US10265013B2
A system and method for sleep disorder diagnosis and treatment are disclosed. A particular embodiment is configured to: establish a wireless data communication interface between a networked data processor and a sleep metering system, the sleep metering system being worn by a user and including a sensor array, wireless transceiver, and a processor; activate the sleep metering system to begin collection of sensor data from the user based on data signals from the sensor array of the sleep metering system; and detect a sleep-related condition in the user by use of the sleep metering system, the detection of the sleep-related condition including detecting anomalies in breathing patterns of the user by wirelessly receiving a plurality of sets of breathing pattern data from the sleep metering system at a plurality of pre-defined time intervals within a single sleep period, the breathing pattern data corresponding to variations in the degree of the user's chest cavity movement in a series of breaths over a given time interval, the detection of the sleep-related condition further including using the plurality of sets of breathing pattern data to score any detected respiratory effort reduction or exaggeration condition for a level of severity over the plurality of pre-defined time intervals.
US10265012B2
A method for diagnosing an impending multisystem failure in a patient, comprising steps of obtaining data of recorded speech of the patient, calculating an intensity function of the data across a plurality of frequencies, and determining the number of vibrations in the range of an octave in the recorded speech. A number of vibrations larger than four are indicative of an impending multisystem failure in the patient.
US10265010B2
Sensor-based systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for monitoring for an aortocaval compression condition in a pregnant woman. A sensor device may be secured directly or indirectly to the woman, which may collect various sensor data related to the woman and/or the fetus. The device may determine a physical orientation of the woman (e.g., upright and/or lateral tilt angles of the woman) and/or biometric parameter(s) of the woman and/or fetus based on the collected sensor data, identify an aortocaval compression condition based on the determined orientation of the woman and/or biometric parameter(s) of the woman and/or fetus, and generate a repositioning alert via an alert mechanism. The disclosed concepts may be implemented, for example, as a personal home-use device, or as a broader system in a hospital or other medical facility, e.g., for monitoring and displaying aortocaval compression related information for multiple patients and/or facilitating patient turn protocols.
US10265008B2
Computer based systems and methods for estimating a user state are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods comprise inputting a first input at an intermittent interval and a second input at a frequent interval into a user state estimation model to estimate the user state. In some embodiments, the first inputs are enhanced by injecting a noise input to create a plurality of enhanced first inputs whereby the plurality of enhance first inputs correspond to the plurality of second inputs at the frequent interval. In some embodiments, the first input comprises a self-reported input and the second inputs comprise a physiological input, a performance input or a situational input. In some embodiments, a machine learning algorithm creates the state estimation model. In some embodiments, the state estimation model estimates a future user state. In some embodiments, a computer based system for estimating a user state is provided.
US10264996B2
A method for determining a rate of repetitive bodily motion of an individual with negligible contact with the individual begins by one or more computing devices transmitting a signal for reflection off of the individual, receiving a reflected signal, and down-converting the reflected signal to a baseband signal. The method continues with one or more computing device applying a frequency estimation algorithm to the baseband signal to produce an estimated spectral density, and applying a repetitive bodily motion pattern search function to the estimated spectral density to estimate the rate of the repetitive bodily motion of the individual.
US10264994B2
A method for performing free breathing pixel-wise myocardial T1 parameter mapping includes performing a free-breathing scan of a cardiac region at a plurality of varying saturation recovery times to acquire a k-space dataset; generating an image dataset based on the k-space dataset; and performing a respiratory motion correction process on the image dataset. The respiratory motion correction process comprises selecting a target image from the image dataset, co-registering each image in the image dataset to the target image to determine a spatial alignment measurement for each image, and identifying a subset of the image dataset comprising images with the spatial alignment measurement above a predetermined value. Following the respiratory motion correction process, a pixel-wise fitting is performed on the image dataset to estimate T1 relaxation time values for the cardiac region. Then, a pixel-map of the cardiac region is produced depicting the T1 relaxation time values.
US10264991B2
A device used to establish a contact between a subject and a measuring device using measurement technology, wherein the subject can be a patient. The device has at least one measuring device for connecting to the subject and at least one line to which the measuring device is secured. The line is designed such that the measured variables detected by the measuring device can be conducted to a measuring unit. A mat is connected to the at least one line so as to at least partly form an internal line section.
US10264989B2
New and alternative approaches to the monitoring of cardiac signal quality for external and/or implantable cardiac devices. In one example, signal quality is monitored continuously or in response to a triggering event or condition and, upon identification of a reduction in signal quality, a device may reconfigure its sensing state. In another example, one or more trends of signal quality are monitored by a device, either continuously or in response to a triggering event or condition, and sensing reconfiguration may be performed in response to identified trends and events. In yet another example, a device may use a looping data capture mode to track sensing data in multiple vectors while primarily relying on less than all sensing vectors to make decisions and, in response to a triggering event or condition, the looped data can be analyzed automatically, without waiting for additional data capture to reconfigure sensing upon identification of the triggering event or condition. In another example a device calculates a composite cardiac cycle by overlaying signal morphology for a number of cardiac cycles and analyzes the composite cardiac cycle to calculate signal quality metrics.
US10264965B2
In one aspect, disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for assessing human health states based on non-shadow imaging of sclera, or whites, of one or both eyes. In one aspect, the device is an on-body device. In one aspect, the system comprises a positioning aperture, an illuminating apparatus, an imaging apparatus, and/or a processing apparatus. In one aspect, the process only takes a short period of time to take images of the sclera without any operation of splicing multiple images. In one aspect, the device or system improves the quality of images by avoiding the formation of reflection of the illuminating apparatus on the images of the sclera. In a further aspect, the system can utilize the sclera images to obtain information of eye diseases and to predict the physiological and pathological changes in the health status of subject or diagnostic results, which can provide helpful information for medical diagnosis.
US10264962B2
A pupillometer system includes a computer, a camera, and a testing compartment provided in the form of a substantially hemispheric bowl, where the substantially hemispheric bowl includes a plurality of chromatic beam emitters arranged about a visual field forming a plurality of visual field testing points. The plurality of chromatic beam emitters generate a first chromatic stimulus that stimulates a first anatomical structure of an eye and a second chromatic stimulus that stimulates a second anatomical structure of the eye where the first anatomical structure is different than the second anatomical structure. The camera records a pupil response of one or more eyes. The computer generates quantitative pupillary light reflex (PLR) measurements of the PLR in response to the stimuli, determines at least one PLR response ratio, and determines a state of health of the one or more eyes utilizing the at least one PLR response ratio.
US10264960B2
An information processing apparatus includes: an image acquiring unit configured to acquire a plurality of types of images of an eye, including a confocal image and a non-confocal image of the eye; an analyzing unit configured to analyze the confocal image and the non-confocal image; a deciding unit configured to decide, based on analysis results of one of the confocal image and the non-confocal image, whether or not to analyze the other; and a display control unit configured to display analysis results of the confocal image and the non-confocal image on a display unit, in a case of deciding to analyze the other.
US10264958B2
A sensor-equipped laryngoscope may be used in a system and method for quantifying intubation performance. The level of experience of health care professionals (HCPs) plays a role in the application of force and torque applied to the laryngoscope during endotracheal intubation on an airway simulator, such as a manikin or animal model (e.g., a ferret). A sensor-equipped laryngoscope may provide data that differentiates the mechanics applied by subject matter experts (SMEs) (e.g., neonatologists) from those by novices or trainees during intubation, particularly on infant or neonatal airway simulators. A laryngoscope may be equipped with one or more sensors (e.g., force/torque sensors, accelerometers, and gyroscopes) to record force, torque, and/or three-dimensional motion during endotracheal intubation. The sensor-equipped laryngoscope may then be used to record intubation mechanics (e.g., during an infant airway simulated intubation) for both SMEs and trainees.
US10264944B2
A dishwasher can include a chassis, a tub, and a dishrack moveable into and out of the tub. A rail assembly mounting the dishrack to the tub can include a slidable rail and at least one support housing secured to the tub for supporting the slidable rail. The dishwasher can also include at least one light source for illuminating a portion of the tub.
US10264941B2
Embodiments of the invention provide an apparatus for preparing a surface that includes an elongated handle and a head portion removably securable to the elongated handle via a pivot joint, the head portion being adapted to receive a surface preparation material and being capable of pivotal movement relative to the elongated handle. The apparatus is configured to allow the elongated handle to remain substantially perpendicular to the head portion without any external support.
US10264936B2
The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner filter bag made of a thermally weldable filter material which forms the sealed internal space of the vacuum cleaner filter bag. The internal space is thereby closed at least on one side by means of a weld seam configured according to the invention, in the case of which at least two layers of the filter material are welded together. The weld seam configured according to the present invention is distinguished by a far higher tearing strength, compared with weld seams as are known from the state of the art. The invention relates in addition to a method for the production of the vacuum cleaner filter bag, to a tool for the production of the high-strength weld seam and also to an ultrasonic welding unit in which this tool is integrated.
US10264935B2
The present specification relates to an automatic cleaner. The automatic cleaner, according to one aspect, comprises: a casing having an inlet port; a suction device which is installed inside the casing and sucks external foreign substances through the inlet port; a moving device for moving the casing; and a side brush assembly movably installed at the casing, wherein the side brush assembly comprises: a movable member which is provided so as to be movable in the casing and protrudes outside of the casing; a side brush provided so as to be rotatable at the movable member; a hinge shaft for enabling the rotation of the movable member; and an elastic member for supporting the hinge shaft or the movable member.
US10264923B2
The invention relates to a blender (200) comprising a base part (201), and a container (202) arranged on the base part (201). The container (202) comprises a detachable bottom part (203). The blender 200 also comprises a sealing gasket (204) arranged between the detachable bottom part (203) and the container (202). The sealing gasket (204) comprises at least one rib (205) extending upwards inside the container (202). By having the ribs directly part of the sealing gasket, the container does not need any ribs on its inside surface.
US10264922B2
A deep fryer system includes a deep fryer that includes a fuel tank, a burner and a hose that is fluidly coupled between the fuel tank and the burner. The burner produces a flame thereby facilitating the burner to heat a container filled with a fluid. A cart is provided and each of the fuel tank, the hose and the burner is removably positioned on the cart. A box is provided and the box is positioned on the cart. The burner is positioned within the box and the container is positioned within the box. The box inhibits the fluid in the container from escaping the box thereby reducing a fire hazard with respect to the fluid when the fluid is heated.
US10264919B2
According to one embodiment, a food support grate includes a plurality of slats. Each of the slats has an upper cooking surface having an upper apex; a lower cooking surface having a lower apex; a rear side; and a front side. The food support grate further includes a plurality of bridges that each couple two or more adjacent slats to each other. The upper apexes define an upper plane and the lower apexes define a lower plane. The rear sides and the front sides each have a portion positioned at an oblique angle with respect to one of the upper and lower planes. The upper apex of each of the slats has a first radius of curvature, and the lower apex of each of the slats has a second radius of curvature. The first radius of curvature is smaller than the second radius of curvature.
US10264915B2
The invention relates to a cooking utensil comprising a hollow bowl with a base and a side wall rising from the base, and including at least one fragile area. The bowl has a concave inner surface for receiving food, as well as a convex outer surface. The utensil is coated successively, from the bowl, with a hard base and a nonstick coating, which covers the hard base and includes at least one layer containing at least one fluorocarbon resin. The hard base has a layer that is at least broken at the fragile area. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a utensil.
US10264903B2
A shaker top for dispensing products in a container, including a top unit having a peelable protective cover affixed upon a dispensing liner having at least one perforation, the top unit affixed to a mouth of a container. A method of manufacturing a shaker top with a peelable protective cover, including the steps of affixing a peelable protective cover upon a dispensing liner, assembling a top unit including the peelable protective cover and the dispensing liner, affixing the top unit to a mouth of a container, and covering the container with a cap. A shaker top with a peelable protective cover attached to a container, manufactured by the method of manufacture. A method of using a container having a shaker top with a freshness seal.
US10264902B2
A removable lid for a drinking cup is described. The removable lid has a top side with an ellipsoidal recession having a bottom opening. A baffle wall extends from the perimeter of the bottom opening, and is configured to prevent a beverage from passing through the bottom opening upon sudden movement of the beverage. The ellipsoidal recession may be designed so that a hot beverage being consumed through the removable lid is exposed to more outside air for cooling purposes. The same ellipsoidal recession may be designed to funnel added ingredients into a beverage. The removable lid may have a stirrer opening so that stirrers may be inserted and taken out without lid removal. For additional strength, the surface of the removable lid may be textured to increase its moment of inertia. The bottom opening of the removable lid may be closed using a fitted blocking plug.
US10264901B2
A damage resistant glassware apparatus which includes a fluid container having a rim at a top end and a base at a bottom end, the fluid container constructed of a glass material, the rim to define an opening to a storage cavity within the fluid container, a first protective insert coupled to and integrally formed with the rim, and a second protective insert coupled to and integrally formed with the bottom end, wherein the first and second protective inserts are constructed of a non-glass material.
US10264899B2
A neck pillow includes a supporting body comprising a foot, a shoulder contact surface and a negative inclination starting from the foot, a supporting surface comprising a convex-shaped cervical support area and a concave-shaped head support area, a rigid portion comprising a rigid portion hardness and a bottom curve which comprises a highest point, and a soft portion arranged on an upper side of the rigid portion, the soft portion comprising a soft portion hardness which is less than the rigid portion hardness. The supporting body is configured so that each of a head and a cervical spine of a person rests on the soft portion. The highest point is arranged in an area of the fifth and sixth cervical of the person. The shoulder contact surface migrates with an average radius of curvature of less than 2 cm in a support area of the sixth cervical of the person.
US10264887B2
Folding chair with armrests, type S, articulated by transversal axes to the armrests. It has a seat; a back; a horizontal base that is set on the ground; two front legs that join the front part of said seat with the horizontal base that is set to the ground; an attachment mechanism in the application position; two joining bars that articulate the armrests with the middle part of the seat and with the horizontal base that is set to the ground.
US10264882B1
An aluminum alloy cabinet board is revealed. A plurality of cabinet boards can be assembled into a cabinet assembly. The cabinet board includes a central plate, two lateral base plates and a plurality of cover plates. A hollow part is penetrating through the lateral base plate and a reinforcement tube is mounted into the hollow part. A plurality of pressing bolts is passed through the central plate and the two lateral base plates for fastening and positioning firmly. Thereby the structural strength of the whole cabinet board is improved. The design of the cabinet board also prevents insects from getting therein so that the cabinet board is insect resistant.
US10264878B1
A hanger stand with a storage device contains: a base including two horizontal connection rods, two holders, two adjustable columns, two rotatable connectors, and a horizontal hanging rod. A distance is defined between the two horizontal connection rods which have at least two pairs of orifices for screwing with at least two pairs of bolts individually, such that at least one accommodation assembly is fixed. Each of the at least one accommodation assembly includes two U-shaped frames, and each accommodation assembly includes multiple pairs of slide rails fixed inside the two U-shaped frames individually, wherein front and rear ends of the multiple pairs of slide rails do not extend beyond front and rear rims of the two U-shaped frames respectively, a covering plate is mounted on a top of each accommodation assembly, and any two opposite slide rails are fitted with a storage basket (box).
US10264872B2
A wearable device is disclosed. A wearable device according to an embodiment relates to a mechanism, including: a wearing unit configured to be mounted on any one of a human, an animal, and a mechanical device; a housing configured to be coupled to the wearing unit and to accommodate a tool having a predetermined function; and a power transmission unit configured such that one end thereof is coupled to a part of the wearing unit and the other end thereof comes into contact with the tool, thereby moving in conjunction with movement of the human, animal or mechanical device and transmitting force to the tool; wherein when a part of the human, animal, or mechanical device moves, the tool receives force from the power transmission unit and projects out of the housing, and to the utilization of the mechanism.
US10264870B2
A makeup assisting apparatus includes a makeup collector that collects, from each of a plurality of people, an applied makeup information item indicating makeup selected by the person as makeup to be applied in a makeup application, a makeup analyzer that estimates fashionable makeup by analyzing the collected applied makeup information items and determines a selection criterion in such a way that the estimated fashionable makeup is selected, and a makeup presenter that selects makeup based on the determined selection criterion and presents proposed makeup information indicating the selected makeup and cosmetics information of cosmetics required for applying the makeup to the user.
US10264865B2
Luggage as well as systems, devices, methodologies, and software for use with such luggage are disclosed. The luggage may include one or more compartments and lids that can be locked. The luggage may also include an identification device for obtaining information identifying a user and a computing device, such as a microcontroller or processor. The computing device may be configured to compare identification information with reference identification information to determine whether a user is authorized to access an interior of the luggage. Based on results of the comparison, the computing device may control a locking mechanism to unlock one or more of lids of the luggage to allow a user access to the interior of the luggage. The luggage may also include a GPS transceiver for tracking the luggage, a sensor for weighing the luggage, or a coupling mechanism to couple the luggage to another piece of luggage.
US10264861B2
An umbrella includes a shaft, a top cap and a runner. Multiple rib units and multiple stretchers are pivotably connected to the top cap and the runner. The rib units each have a first rib, a second rib and a third rib. The first, second and third ribs are pivotably connected in sequence. A canopy is mounted to the rib units. The second ribs each have a first connection portion on one end thereof, and the first connection portion has a seat which is connected to a link unit. The link unit has a joint which is connected to the third rib. The third rib has a positioning member to position the joint. The third rib and the joint are connected with each other to bear wind force applied to the second rib and the third rib, such that the second and third ribs do not deform.
US10264859B2
The Liquid Dispenser that can be worn as jewelry of the present invention includes a dispenser having a bladder assembly and an outer shell. The outer shell opens to receive the bladder assembly, which includes a flexible bladder, neck and valve. The outer shell has an opening, exposing the enclosed flexible bladder to enable a user to apply pressure directly on the flexible bladder through the opening. When a user applies pressure to the flexible bladder, liquid passes through the valve for use. In an alternative embodiment, a flexible bladder is contained within a watch base. The watch base includes a flexible watch face that when pressed by a user, applies pressure to the flexible bladder. In yet another embodiment, a pump/valve device in combination with hollow tubes that store liquid enables a user to press a flexible dome on the device to release fluid stored in the hollow tubes.
US10264858B2
A waterproof zipper is provided with two halves, each including a half tape member and a row of protruding teeth along an inner edge of the half tape member; and a waterproof layer is secured to an inner surface of the halves. A process of manufacturing the waterproof zipper is also provided, including the steps of: (a) guiding the waterproof layer to a position above the two halves on a continuous flow production line, each half having a half tape member and a row of protruding teeth along an inner edge of the half tape member; (b) coating a waterproof layer on a releasing layer; (c) drying both the waterproof layer and the releasing layer in an oven.
US10264855B1
A belt clip is provided for retaining an excess amount of belt material about a waist of a user. The disclosed belt clip generally includes a preferably U-shaped body portion having an elongate, preferably straight first portion, a preferably curved middle portion and an elongate second portion. The first and second portions define a channel therebetween for receipt of a length of belt material. An arcuate spring member is provided and has a first end, a middle portion and a second end. The first end of the spring member is attached to a free, first end of the second portion and the middle portion of the spring member has a concave surface and a convex surface. The belt clip can additionally include a plate extending from the first portion for display of indicia or images.
US10264849B2
An item of footwear including a sole assembly that comprises at least an outsole and an insole, and further comprising one or more shear force-reducing coupling elements (30) disposed between the insole and the ground. The coupling elements (30) are adapted to permit limited displacement, in a plane parallel, in use, to the ground, of overlying components of the item of footwear. The coupling elements (30) provide less resistance to displacement of overlying components of the item of footwear in a first direction than in a second, reverse direction.
US10264847B2
A high heeled shoe and shoe sole insert are provided that are configured to provide relief from the forces on the foot created by walking in high heels. The shoe comprises a layered sole having an outsole, a midsole, and an insole. The midsole of the shoe comprises a cutout that is positioned over the metatarsal pressure point of the user's foot when positioned within the shoe. The cutout is filled with a shock absorbing material, such as Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foam, and includes a layer of paperboard for further cushioning. The shoe sole insert similarly includes a metatarsal padded region and a medial longitudinal arch pad to provide a layer of cushioning above the midsole of a user's footwear. The present invention provides relief while wearing high heels by cushioning the user's foot in high pressure zones, thereby relieving the pressure and reducing injuries or soreness.
US10264835B2
A tightening system and method for operating the same in an article for a wearer includes first and second members arranged for being connected at first ends, and separated by a distance at second ends. A tension element connects the first and second members. A tensioning mechanism is mounted on the first member and coupled to the tension element. The tensioning mechanism includes a housing and a retractable and extendable line arranged to be extended from the housing and automatically retract to the housing upon release of the line to permit one-way incremental winding of the tension element to thereby draw the first and second members closer to one another by reducing the distance therebetween.
US10264830B2
An air-conditioning clothing is disclosed. The clothing includes a cloth portion covering an upper part and an arm portion of the body and guiding air in a space between the cloth portion and the body or an underwear along a surface of the body or the underwear. An air blower takes in air from outside and forcedly generates a flow of the air in the space. An air discharge is provided on a collar of the cloth portion and discharges the air to the outside. An air-leakage preventer is provided on a lower sleeve edge of the cloth portion and prevents leakage of the air flowing in the space to the outside through the lower sleeve edge. A sheet-shaped air discharger is provided at a predetermined portion in the vicinity of the lower sleeve edge of the cloth portion and discharges the air flowing in the space to the outside.
US10264829B2
A wet sportswear takeoff helping device for the upper sportswear that is worn extremely tight to the wearer's skin; where the takeoff helping device includes one or more guides for guiding the corresponding drawstrings and a handgrip used for activation. The guides are made on the back part of the upper sportswear, each guide begins close to the hemline and propagates to the upper part of the sportswear in a continuous way, or having one or more interruptions formed along the guide. Pulling of the handgrip by the wearer's hand causes lifting of the sportswear's hemline towards the wearer's neck to facilitate removal. The invention is applicable to an ordinary T-shirt takeoff device for helping elderly or disabled people to take off the upper garment.
US10264826B1
A sectional bra system and accessories includes bra and related jewelry components that can be interconnected in various ways. Jewelry items, such as bra straps, back bands, bridge, and other items, may be formed at least in part from alternating flexible chain segments and rigid connector segments with fasteners configured to attach to standard bra loops. Bra cups for sectional bras include various arrangements of standard bra loops allowing attachment of one or more bra straps, one or more back bands, a bridge, and alternatively other decorative items. Such bra cups may include standard bra loops along all edges. Coordinating jewelry may be made out of the same or similar types of components.
US10264821B2
An electronic vaping device includes a housing, a planar heater, a heater support, a tank, and a wick. The housing extends in a longitudinal direction and has a tip end and a mouth-end. The tip end is closed and the mouth-end has an opening therein. The heater support supports the planar heater. The tank contains a pre-vapor formulation and is configured to slide into and out of the opening of the mouth-end of the housing. The wick extends from the tank and is configured to be in contact with the planar heater when the tank is inserted in the housing.
US10264819B2
An electronic smoking article includes a first section containing a liquid supply reservoir including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, and a wick in communication with the liquid material and operable to deliver the liquid material to the heater, and a second section containing a power supply. The first section is connected to the second section with a connection including a first connector piece and a second connector piece.
US10264810B2
An object of the present invention is to remove or reduce iodine contained in a marine natural product extract, while maintaining the original flavor, taste, appearance, etc. of the marine natural product extract before processing. A first anion exchange membrane (5) and a second anion exchange membrane (6) are sequentially arranged from the anode (3) side. Between the anion exchange membranes (5, 6), an extract receiving compartment (9) is formed and fed with a marine natural product extract (21). An iodine recovery compartment (8) is formed on the anode side of the first anion exchange membrane (5). A replenisher receiving compartment (10) is formed on the cathode side of the second anion exchange membrane (6) and fed with a replenisher containing chlorine ions (24). During electrodialysis, the iodine ions contained in the marine natural product extract (21) pass through the first anion exchange membrane (5) and migrate into the iodine recovery compartment (8), while the chlorine ions contained in the replenisher (24) pass through the second anion exchange membrane (6) and replenish the extract receiving compartment (9).
US10264809B2
The present invention relates to microalgal food products with acceptable sensory characteristics and methods of producing the food products. The flour can be produced by cultivating microalgal cells of a strain of Chlorella protothecoides under conditions of acceptable pH and dissolved oxygen to produce a desired amount of lipid. The microalgal cells can be lysed, heat-treated, washed and dried to produce a microalgal flour that can be incorporated into a variety of products.
US10264799B2
The invention provides a sensor-guided, automated system that is capable of intelligently cutting crustaceans, such as crab and lobster, into a plurality of portions, as directed. More particularly, the present system is capable of effectively butchering each individual crustacean in response to how the system's sensor(s) assess the physical characteristics of each crustacean as it arrives via a conveyor belt. The system generally comprises: an intake apparatus for receiving a crustacean; a sensor-guided positioning (“SGP”) system for determining the presence, location, orientation and size of the crustacean on the intake apparatus, coupling the crustacean, and placing the crustacean into a holding system for butchering; a holding system for retaining the crustacean in an optimal fixed position for butchering; a sensor-guided butchering (“SGB”) system for determining the locations on a crustacean body to be cut based on the desired output of crustacean portions, and cutting the crustacean at the chosen locations to produce optimal crustacean products; and an outlet apparatus which discharges the butchered crustacean from the system for subsequent packaging.
US10264797B2
A device for preparing extrudable food products includes a working chamber configured to house ingredients in operation of the device, an extrusion die, a rotation shaft configured to stir the ingredients and extrude the food products through the extrusion die, and a driving system by which the rotation shaft is driven. The driving system is configured to separate the extrusion by at least one time period during which the rotation shaft rotates in a first direction which is opposite to a second direction in which the rotation shaft rotates to extrude the food products. Therefore, build-ups inside the working chamber can be removed by the sticky dough hit and/or lifted by the stirring bars on the rotation shaft when the rotation shaft rotates reversely.
US10264794B2
Disclosed is a wood preservative composition comprising creosote and/or pentachlorophenol (PCP) and one or more unsaturated fatty esters. The composition is useful for reducing insect and microbial decay in wood. Further disclosed are methods of making and using such a composition and wood treated with such a composition.
US10264791B2
Microparticles comprising (a) a water-soluble solid organothiophosphate, (b) one or more odor-absorbing components, and (c) one or more odor-masking components are disclosed, as well as a method of making the microparticles, and odor-reduced insecticidal formulations comprising the microparticles. The microparticles and formulations can also contain other crop protection agents. Odor-reduced insecticidal formulations comprising (a) a pyrethroid, (b) an organothiophosphate, (c) one or more odor-absorbing components, and (d) one or more odor-masking components are also disclosed. Additionally disclosed is a method of reducing the odor of an organothiophosphate-containing formulation by incorporating one or more odor-absorbing components and one or more odor-masking components.
US10264789B2
Provided are a repellent having a superior repellent activity for Rodentia animal and a repellent method for Rodentia animal. A Rodentia animal repellent containing, as an active ingredient, a compound represented by the formula (1) wherein Z1 is a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group, Z2 is a hydrogen atom, or Z1 and Z2 are joined to form a bond, R1 is a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group optionally having fluorine atom(s), R2 is a halogen atom or a C1-C4 hydrocarbon group, and n is an integer of 0 to 4.
US10264780B1
A system for catching mice includes an improved mousetrap system. The improved mousetrap system includes an unstable platform configured to rest upon a flat surface and extend over an edge of the flat surface and bait situated at an end of the unstable platform. Instability in the unstable platform is configured to cause a mouse to fall and be trapped. In one embodiment, the system includes an unstable platform configured to rest upon a tabletop surface and extend over an edge of the tabletop surface, bait upon an end of the unstable platform, and a mouse catching receptacle located below the unstable platform.
US10264777B2
An ant bait station is formed as a stick pack having multiple compartments, wherein each of the compartments contain a bait for a target ant species, and includes a plurality of apertures to the respective compartments. Some or all of the baits may contain a pesticide, for example a borate. In at least one of the compartments containing a pesticide, the apertures are large enough to permit the target ants to enter and exit. In some embodiment a compartment contains a bait without a pesticide. This may improve performance if the non-pesticidal bait attracts ants to the trap, and the lack of pesticidal component extends the life of the attractant. The compartment containing the bait without a pesticide may have apertures that are too small to permit the ants from entering and exiting.
US10264776B2
One nonlimiting variation of a detection arrangement includes one or more sensors each structured to detect at least one biochemical substance indicative of biochemistry of one or more target insect species and provide a corresponding sensor signal, a controller responsive to the sensor signal of each of the one or more sensors to determine if the one or more insect species are present and generate a corresponding output signal, and an indicator responsive to the output signal to indicate the presence of the one or more insect species.
US10264767B2
Provided is a multi-level apartment type three-dimensional water tank, partitioned in front, rear, left and right directions in a multi-level structure and provided with a water tank sill support having an open top surface to accommodate the lower part of modular glass water tanks. The present multi-level apartment type three-dimensional water tank solves a problem such that the modular glass water tank made from glass or synthetic resin such as acryl can break due to slipping, which is caused by weak frictional force between the modular glass water tank and a bottom surface on which the modular glass water tank is provided, and facilitates the installation and separation of the three dimensional water tank and each modular glass water tank. The present water tank also makes it possible to recycle into nutritional contents needed for the growth of plants, organic and inorganic substances present as sources of pollution.
US10264760B1
A soybean cultivar designated 79380729 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 79380729, to the plants of soybean cultivar 79380729, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 79380729, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 79380729. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 79380729. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 79380729, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 79380729 with another soybean cultivar.
US10264757B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PLTU29 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PLTU29, cells from soybean variety 5PLTU29, plants of soybean 5PLTU29, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PLTU29. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PLTU29 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PLTU29, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PLTU29, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PLTU29. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PLTU29 are further provided.
US10264754B1
A novel maize variety designated X13M624 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13M624 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13M624 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13M624, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13M624 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13M624 and methods of using maize variety X13M624 are disclosed.
US10264739B2
A handheld blower includes a housing having an air inlet and a duct assembly mounted in front of the air inlet, the duct assembly including a duct connected with the housing, a motor and a fan mounted in the duct, a battery, and a blowpipe connected to the housing by the duct assembly, the blowpipe defining a central axis in the length direction, and a handle arranged above the housing and the battery. The handle includes a gripping portion arranged on opposite sides of a plane in which the gravity center of the blower is located, and the plane is parallel to a central axis of the blowpipe and substantially perpendicular to a working ground. The gravity center of the handheld blower is adjacent to the gripping portion which enhances the handling comfort and reduces operator fatigue during long times of operation.
US10264736B2
A coupler including an annular body having an annular body outer surface and an annular body inner surface connecting opposed annular body first and second faces, the annular body inner surface bounding an internal opening communicating between the opposed annular body first and second faces; the annular body having opposed annular body first and second ends which connect the annular body outer and inner surfaces and the annular body first and second faces to define a radial slot which communicates with the internal opening; the annular body sufficiently resiliently flexible to provide an adjustable radial slot width of the radial slot; and a plurality of spaced apart teeth radially inwardly projecting from the annular body inner surface.
US10264732B2
In a continuous roll of wrapping material for crops such as cotton or hay, the individual wrapping segments are arranged so that a permanent adhesive is protected until the point when this adhesive is to be exposed for securing a wrapping segment to itself, encircling a subject bale located in and harvested from a field, wherein the contiguous wrapping segments separate from each other either at a point of weakness associated with perforations and the like, or as overlaid segments that slidably come apart.
US10264731B2
Bale handling apparatus and associated methods are described. According to one aspect, a bale handling apparatus includes a primary chassis frame, wheels coupled with the primary chassis frame, a grapple system supported by the primary chassis frame, wherein the grapple system includes a plurality of grapples which move between open and closed positions, a hoist assembly supported by the primary chassis frame, wherein the hoist assembly comprises a load bed, and a lift device configured to move the load bed between a first position and a second position, wherein the grapples are configured to move from the open position to the closed position to engage a bale of a vertically arranged stack which is adjacent to the load bed positioned in the second position, and wherein the lift device moves the load bed from the second position to the first position with the grapples engaged with the bale.
US10264730B2
An agricultural tool including an elongated frame, ground engaging wheels for supporting the frame, and at least two rotors carried by a respective arm. Each respective arm is moveable into a working position in which the rotors are carried on opposing sides of the frame at a distance away from the frame. Each rotor includes a hub provided with tines and each hub is supported above the ground by at least one support wheel. The tool further includes a control system which detects when the tool is moving around a bend and identifies which of the rotors is an inner rotor moving on the inside of the bend and raises the inner rotor to compensate for the downward force exerted on the inner rotor during the turn.
US10264728B2
A harvester head may include a frame, a roller configured to support a draper belt and at least one tracking correction arm. The roller has a rotational axis and is pivotably supported by the frame about at least one pivot axis nonparallel to the rotational axis. The at least one tracking correction arm is coupled to the roller and may include a first belt bump stop and a second belt bump stop. The first and second belt bump stops contact portions of the draper belt such that mistracking of the draper belt relative to the roller pivots the roller about the pivot axis until the draper belt is automatically moved back into a tracking relationship with the roller.
US10264725B2
A grass trimmer includes a trimming head, a driving device for driving the trimming head to rotate so as to cut vegetation and an operating device for a user to operate so as to control the driving device. The trimming head includes a spool and a line holding element, the spool is used to wind a trimming line, and the line holding element is formed with a line holding structure. The driving device includes a motor. The grass trimmer has an auto-winding mode. In the auto-winding mode, the motor drives at least one of the spool or the line holding element to make the spool and the line holding element rotate relatively so that the trimming line is wound on the spool automatically.
US10264723B2
A method is proposed for calculation of optimized filling amounts for containers of a machine for application of an agricultural material, in which a path plan is created and a constant or site-specific variable amount of the agricultural material to be applied along the paths for each container provided in the path plan for the individual containers is added up for calculation and output of the amounts to be filled in each case. In addition, an optimized path plan can be calculated for the machine in terms of a balancing of the amounts of agricultural material to be removed from the individual containers.
US10271461B2
Modular network switches and other computer systems are described herein. A modular network switch can include a latching device for installing and removing computer modules (e.g., line cards) from an associated cabinet or enclosure. The network switch can also include interconnected computer modules (e.g., line cards, fabric cards, control modules, etc.) that include circuit boards oriented parallel to the flow of cooling air through the cabinet in the absence of a backplane or midplane oriented perpendicular to the air flow. The absence of such backplanes and/or midplanes provides a more direct air flow path through the cabinet, thereby enabling a more efficient flow of cooling air and lower operating temperatures. Additionally, the network switch can include an orthogonal arrangement of data planes, control planes, and/or power planes that can be efficiently interconnected to increase operational speed and further facilitate the flow of cooling air through the computer cabinet.
US10271457B2
A heat dissipation controller is connected to a sensor and a water pump such that the controller correspondingly adjusts the water pump according to the current pressure difference and a preset pressure difference, to control a flow capacity of coolant flowing into a branch water pipe, until an absolute value of a difference between the current pressure difference and the preset pressure difference is less than or equal to a preset error amount. The controller can adjust the flow capacity of the coolant flowing into the branch water pipe to effectively ensure that flow capacities of coolant in all branch water pipes are distributed evenly, and to effectively improve stability of the heat dissipation apparatus.
US10271451B2
A mounting assembly is provided for supporting card readers in an electronic equipment rack, where the rack is configured to house therein the card readers and electronic equipment in communication with the card readers. The mounting assembly generally includes a bracket configured to couple to a frame of the rack, and at least one mount configured to couple to a card reader. The at least one mount is further configured to releasably couple to the bracket while the bracket is coupled to the frame of the rack to thereby position the card reader, when coupled to the at least one mount, in the rack. What's more, the bracket may be free of arms extending away from the bracket when the at least one mount is uncoupled from the bracket.
US10271440B2
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention a multi-chamber GFCI housing apparatus is provided. The multi-chamber GFCI housing includes a printed circuit board (PCB) chamber and an isolated cable chamber; each chamber is independently accessible and water resistant. In addition, the relative volumes, of each independent chamber permit sufficient housing volume to allow for sufficient spacing between electrical GFCI components and electrical PCB traces to prevent the risk of arcing between the components while also adhering to constrained dimensions according to electrical codes and standards.
US10271437B2
A system for controlled motion of circuit components to create reconfigurable circuits comprising: a support; a substrate operatively associated with the support; actuators operatively associated with the support configured to physically move circuit components and to move the circuit components into physical and electrical contact with the substrate; the substrate comprising at least one conductive segment arranged to electrically connect circuit components when electrical contacts of circuit components are placed in contact with at least one conductive segment; and control circuitry configured to control the first and second actuators to thereby position the circuit components relative to the substrate; whereby circuit function is determined by the selection of circuit components and the location and orientation of circuit components relative to the substrate and conductive segments to create a reconfigurable circuit.
