US10301740B2
A two piece electroplating frame or electroplating frame is disclosed that is suitable for holding multiple solar cells during an electroplating operation. The electroplating frame can be formed from or at least covered with non-conductive material to reduce the collection of plating material on the electroplating frame. The two pieces of the electroplating frame can be coupled together around the solar cells by magnets distributed throughout the electroplating frame. The electroplating frame can include alignment features for self-aligning the assembly of the two pieces without requiring precise pre-alignment.
US10301734B2
The present invention provides a non-cyanide based Au—Sn alloy plating solution capable of performing a Au—Sn alloy plating treatment by a plating solution composition that is neutral and does not contain cyanide. In the present invention, a non-cyanide soluble gold salt, a Sn compound composed of tetravalent Sn, and a thiocarboxylic acid-based compound are contained. The non-cyanide based Au—Sn alloy plating solution of the present invention can further contain sugar alcohols, and, in addition, can further contain a dithioalkyl compound.
US10301725B2
An electrochemical cell has four volumes. A porous anode is provided between a first volume and a second volume. A ground electrode is provided between the second volume (2) and the third volume. A porous cathode is provided between the third volume and the fourth volume.
US10301724B2
An electrochemical reaction device of an embodiment includes: an electrolytic solution tank; a first electrode in the first room; a second electrode in the second room; and a generator. The electrolytic solution tank includes a first room and a second room. The first room is capable of storing a first electrolytic solution containing a first substance including carbon dioxide. The second room is capable of storing a second electrolytic solution containing a second substance. The first electrode reduces the first substance. The second electrode oxidizes the second substance. The generator is electrically connected to the first and second electrodes. The first electrode includes a conductor having a flow path penetrating through the conductor.
US10301723B2
A turbine engine part includes at least a substrate, and present on the substrate, a ceramic coating for protection against calcium and magnesium aluminosilicates, the ceramic coating including Al2O3 at a molar content lying in the range 33% to 49%, Y3Al5O12 at a molar content lying in the range 21% to 53%, and yttria-stabilized zirconia at a molar content lying in the range 13% to 31%.
US10301715B2
A mask for deposition and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed in aspects of the present disclosure. The disclosed mask for deposition and the manufacturing method thereof include: a deposition part including a plurality of deposition patterns; a peripheral part configured to surround the outside of the deposition part; and at least one extending part provided at the boundary between the deposition part and the peripheral part, wherein the extending part has a thickness smaller than that of the peripheral part. Accordingly, it is possible to enhance the strength of the boundary portion between the peripheral part and the deposition part of the mask for deposition.
US10301710B2
An aluminum alloy that is not sensitive to quenching, for the production of high-strength forged pieces that are low in inherent tension, and high-strength extruded and rolled products, consisting of: 7.0-10.5 wt. % zinc, 1.0-2.5 wt. % magnesium, 0.1-1.15 wt. % copper, 0.06-0.25 wt. % zirconium, 0.02-0.15 wt. % titanium, at most 0.5 wt. % manganese, at most 0.6 wt. % silver, at most 0.10 wt. % silicon, at most 0.10 wt. % iron, at most 0.04 wt. % chrome, and at least one element selected from the group consisting of: hafnium, scandium, strontium and/or vanadium with a summary content of at most 1.0 wt. %. The alloy can also contain contaminants at proportions of at most 0.05 wt. % per element and a total proportion of at most 0.15 wt. %, wherein the remaining component includes aluminum.
US10301703B2
Disclosed is a high-strength welded steel pipe for airbag inflators that has high toughness and workability. A base material portion of the steel pipe has a composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.02 to 0.08%, Si: 0.001 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.1 to 2.0%, P: 0.1% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.1%, N: 0.01% or less, Ti: 0.01 to 0.20%, and V: 0.01 to 0.50%, with the balance being Fe and incidental impurities. The base material portion has a structure that includes a ferrite phase having an average grain size of 10 μm or less at an area fraction of 90% or more and a Ti, V-based carbide having an average grain size of 10 nm or less and dispersed in the ferrite phase. The welded steel pipe has a high tensile strength TS of 780 MPa or more and a strength-elongation balance TS×El of 15,000 MPa % or more. The difference ΔHV in Vickers hardness between the base material portion and the welded portion is 60 points or less. In a softened portion having Vickers hardness different from the Vickers hardness of the base material portion by at least 30 points, a softened width Ws in a circumferential direction is 0.05 mm or less.
US10301701B2
Disclosed is a high-strength hot-dip galvanized steel sheet produced from a steel sheet containing Si and Mn as a base material and a method for producing the same. The method using the following conditions for a heating process for annealing: (1) The rate of temperature rise when the temperature inside an annealing furnace is in a temperature range of from 450° C. to A° C. inclusive (where A is an arbitrary value selected in a range of 500≤A) is 7° C./sec. or more; (2) The maximum steel sheet temperature reached during the annealing is 600° C. or higher and 750° C. or lower; (3) When the temperature of the steel sheet is in a temperature range of from 600° C. to 750° C. inclusive during the annealing, the transit time of the steel sheet is 30 seconds or longer and 10 minutes or shorter, and the dew point of an atmosphere is −45° C. or lower.
US10301692B2
Object of the present invention is to provide a welding method prevented the fracture at the spot welding zone by recovering the strength of a spot welding zone, namely, the ductility and the toughness in the spot welding zone, and a weld structure manufactured by the method. In the welding method, a spot welding zone provided with a weld nugget 13a is formed by conducting spot welding on the heat treated steel sheets in a stack; the spot welding zone is tempering treated by the high-frequency electrical current application to make the weld nugget have a hardness of 150% or less of the hardness of the heat treated steel sheets, and the heat affected zone surrounding the weld nugget is made to have a hardness of 30% to 90% of the hardness at the weld nugget before the tempering treatment by the high-frequency electrical current application.
US10301691B2
A method for tanning an animal substrate comprising the steps: i) agitating the animal substrate with a chromium-free tanning agent; and ii) agitating the animal substrate with a tanning agent having an oxazolidine group; wherein at least some of the agitation is performed in the presence of a solid particulate material having an average particle size of from 1 to 500 mm.
US10301681B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of biomarker analysis, particularly determining gene expression signatures from urine samples. The disclosure provides compositions, kits and methods for diagnosing a prostate disorder such as prostate cancer in a male subject.
US10301680B2
Provided herein is technology relating to detecting neoplasia and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods, compositions, and related uses for detecting premalignant and malignant neoplasms such as colorectal cancer.
US10301675B2
In one aspect, compositions and methods for reducing reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibition in RT-PCR are provided. In some embodiments, the RT inhibition reducer is a phosphorothioate oligodeoxycytosine (SdC), phosphorothioate oligodeoxyadenine (SdA), phosphorothioate oligodeoxythymine (SdT), or phosphorothioate oligodeoxyguanosine (SdG).
US10301674B2
This specification generally relates to non-radioactive methods of detecting nucleic acid polymerase activity and methods of detecting compounds that modulate nucleic acid polymerase activity. The activity may be measured in real-time using a real-time PCR instrument.
US10301659B2
The present invention relates to the cell-based production of bacterial nonulosonates and their biosynthetic precursors. Specifically, the present invention provides recombinant cells for the production of pseudaminic acid, legionaminic acid, UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-β-L-altropyranose, and UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy-α-D-glucopyranose. Methods for producing the sugars are also provided.
US10301658B2
The present invention relates to a method for in vivo production of glycosaminoglycans (GAG), by metabolic engineering in a genetically modified cell. In a method according to the invention, said cell is genetically modified in order to express the genes coding for the enzymes that are suitable for synthesizing GAG from an exogenous precursor, preferably internalized by the cell. According to one specific feature, the present invention relates to a method for producing chondroitin or heparosan in a genetically modified bacterial cell, from an exogenous beta-galactoside precursor, preferably internalized by the cell. According to another specific feature, the present invention relates to the use of an Escherichia coli cell comprising at least the genes glcA-T, kfoC, kfiD and wbpP for the production of chondroitin. According to yet another specific feature, the present invention relates to the use of an Escherichia coli cell comprising at least the genes glcA-T, kfiA, kfiB, kfiC and kfiD for the production of heparosan. The present invention also relates to the use of the obtained glycosaminoglycans by implementing a method according to the invention in order to prepare a drug, a food composition or a cosmetic product.
US10301651B2
The present disclosure provides a DNA-targeting RNA that comprises a targeting sequence and, together with a modifying polypeptide, provides for site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure further provides site-specific modifying polypeptides. The present disclosure further provides methods of site-specific modification of a target DNA and/or a polypeptide associated with the target DNA. The present disclosure provides methods of modulating transcription of a target nucleic acid in a target cell, generally involving contacting the target nucleic acid with an enzymatically inactive Cas9 polypeptide and a DNA-targeting RNA. Kits and compositions for carrying out the methods are also provided. The present disclosure provides genetically modified cells that produce Cas9; and Cas9 transgenic non-human multicellular organisms.
US10301641B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a maize plant or maize plant part having increased yield under non-drought conditions, increased yield stability under drought conditions, and/or increased drought tolerance. A maize plant or maize plant part, including any progeny and/or seeds derived from a maize plant or germplasm identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided.
US10301616B2
The present invention relates to the field of protein display libraries and library screening. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a three component system for display comprising a cell surface molecule, an adapter molecule and a display molecule.
US10301610B2
The present invention relates to methods for constructing a filamentous fungal strain for production of multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity. The present invention also relates to methods for producing multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity in a filamentous fungal strain. The present invention also relates to filamentous fungal strains expressing multiple recombinant polypeptides having biological activity.
US10301603B2
The disclosure relates to variant carboxylic acid reductase (CAR) enzymes for the improved production of fatty alcohols in recombinant host cells.
US10301602B2
Production of virus occlusion bodies that occlude virions comprising genomes of different species of baculoviruses that can be used to combat insect pests. A method is presented for the production of occlusion derived virions (ODVs) that simultaneously comprise genomes of different baculovirus species, occluded in a viral occlusion body (OB) with the structural and morphological features characteristic of baculoviruses. Mixed genome ODVs and OBs can be produced by co-infecting insect cells or insect hosts using two or more different baculoviruses species. Co-infection may be achieved by simultaneous inoculation of the different baculoviruses or with a time interval between inoculations, which results in different proportions of each species' genomes in the ODVs and OBs that are produced. The produced OBs can be used either directly for preparing an insecticide, or to infect susceptible insects to produce larger quantities of mixed genome ODVs and OBs, also useful for combating pest insects.
US10301597B2
The present invention relates to the production of cell cultures and tissues from undifferentiated pluripotent stem cells using three-dimensional biomimetic materials. The resultant cell cultures or tissues can be used in any of a number of protocols including testing chemicals, compounds, and drugs. Further, the methods and compositions of the present invention further provide viable cell sources and novel cell delivery platforms that allow for replacement of diseased tissue and engraftment of new cardiomyocytes from a readily available in vitro source. The present invention includes novel methods required for the successful production of cell cultures and tissues, systems and components used for the same, and methods of using the resultant cell and tissue compositions.
US10301592B2
Described is the efficient and robust generation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) and oligodendrocytes from pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). The protocols provided recapitulate the major steps of oligodendrocyte differentiation, from neural stem cells to OLIG2+progenitors, and then to 04+ OPCs, in a significantly shorter time than the 120-150 days required by previous protocols. Furthermore, 04+ OPCs are able to differentiate into MBP+mature oligodendrocytes in vitro, and to myelinate axons in vivo when injected into immuno-compromised Shiverer mice, providing proof of concept that transplantation of PSC-derived cells for remyelination is technically feasible.
US10301572B1
A process which can extract a fatty acid from a triglyceride oil includes (a) contacting a triglyceride oil T1 made of a fatty acid with an aqueous solution W1 made of a quaternary ammonium salt and an aliphatic diol having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, where a triglyceride oil phase T2 and an aqueous phase W2 are obtained, where T2 has a reduced content of fatty acids compared to T1 and W2 has an increased content of fatty acids compared to W1; and (b) separating the triglyceride oil phase T2 from the aqueous phase W2. The quaternary ammonium salt includes a quaternary ammonium cation and a basic anion selected among hydroxide, alkoxide, alkyl carbonate, hydrogen carbonate, carbonate, serinate, prolinate, histidinate, threoninate, valinate, aspartate, taurinate, and lysinate.
US10301570B2
Provided are a lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engine, containing a lubricating base oil containing a mineral oil and/or a synthetic oil, (A) an overbased calcium salicylate, (B) an overbased magnesium detergent, (C) a binuclear and/or trinuclear organic molybdenum compound, (D) a phenol-based antioxidant, and (E) an amine-based antioxidant, wherein the component (C), the component (D), and the component (E) are contained in specified contents on the basis of the whole amount of the lubricating oil composition; a method for producing the lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engine; and a lubrication method including using the lubricating oil composition for internal combustion engine.
US10301568B2
[Technical Problem]An object is to provide a sliding system which can achieve both the reduced friction and the enhanced wear resistance by means of a novel combination of a sliding film and a lubricant oil.[Solution to Problem]The sliding system of the present invention comprises: a pair of sliding members having sliding surfaces that can relatively move while facing each other; and a lubricant oil interposed between the sliding surfaces facing each other. At least one of the sliding surfaces comprises a coating surface of a crystalline chromium carbide film. The lubricant oil contains an oil-soluble molybdenum compound that has a chemical structure of a trinuclear of Mo. When the chromium carbide film as a whole is 100 at %, the chromium carbide film contains 40-75 at % of Cr. The chromium carbide film in contact with the lubricant oil containing a Mo-trinuclear appears to react with the Mo-trinuclear adsorbed during the sliding to generate a layered structural body (boundary film) similar to MoS2 on the surface, thereby developing a considerably low friction property.
US10301564B2
A system for processing carbonaceous in-feed material has a pyrolyzer kiln for pyrolysis the carbonaceous in-feed material, the kiln operating in a slow pyrolysis process in which the in-feed material is pyrolyzed in the kiln for a period of minutes in order to produce primarily a gaseous output fraction; a steam reformer positioned downstream of the kiln to which combustion gasses from the pyrolyzer kiln are fed; a water scrubber positioned gas flow-wise downstream of the steam reformer; a methanation stage; a CO2 scrubbing stage. The system includes means for splitting the gas and directing a portion of the split gas back to the pyrolyzer kiln.
US10301562B2
An apparatus has a surface exposable to a byproduct carbonaceous material formation environment and comprising a perovskite material having an ABO3 perovskite structure and being of formula AaBbO3-δ, wherein 0.9
US10301561B2
A process for converting hydrocarbons into olefins and BTX based on a combination of hydrocracking, thermal and catalytic dehydrogenation.
US10301556B2
According to an embodiment disclosed, a feedstock hydrocarbon may be processed by a method which may include separating the feedstock hydrocarbon into a lesser boiling point hydrocarbon fraction and a greater boiling point hydrocarbon fraction, cracking the greater boiling point hydrocarbon fraction in a high-severity fluid catalytic cracking reactor unit to form a catalytically cracked effluent, cracking the lesser boiling point hydrocarbon fraction in a steam cracker unit to form a steam cracked effluent, and separating one or both of the catalytically cracked effluent or the steam cracked effluent to form two or more petrochemical products. In one or more embodiments, the feedstock hydrocarbon may include crude oil and one of the petrochemical products may include light olefins.
US10301553B2
Uses of aryl sulfonium salts for lowering sulfide concentrations and for preventing growth of microbes in a water injection system, a hydrocarbon extraction system, or a hydrocarbon production system are disclosed. Treating oilfield injection and produced fluids containing high levels of microbes with aryl sulfonium salts can significantly decrease the amount of hydrogen sulfide produced, which can be used to measure sulfidogenesis. The treatment can also decrease the number of active microbes in the injection and produced fluids. Thus, these aryl sulfonium salts can be effectively used as inhibitors of hydrogen sulfide generation and as biocides in oilfield fluids.
US10301550B2
Methods are provided for producing Group II base stocks having high viscosity and also having one or more properties indicative of a high quality base stock. The resulting Group II base stocks can have a viscosity at 100° C. and/or a viscosity at 40° C. that is greater than the corresponding viscosity for a conventional Group II base stock. Additionally, the resulting Group II base stocks can have one or more properties that are indicative of a high quality base stock.
US10301549B2
A method of depolymerizing coal includes preparing a high temperature depolymerizing medium consisting of heavy hydrocarbon oils and mixing it with coal to form a mixture, performing an optional first distillation at a temperature below 250° C. to recover naphthalene, heating the mixture to a temperature between 350° C. and 450° C. to create a digested coal, centrifuging the digested coal to remove ash and obtain a centrate, and distillation of the centrate into separate fractions. The high temperature depolymerizing medium may be a heavy hydrocarbon with a hydrogen to carbon (H/C) ratio higher than 7.0% and may include liquids chosen from the group consisting of: coal tar distillate, decant oil, anthracene oil, and heavy aromatic oils. The high temperature depolymerizing medium may be blended with an oil, preferably with H/C ratio higher than 10.0%, such as soybean oil, other biomass derived oil, lignin, petroleum oil, pyrolysis oil such that the overall hydrogen-to-carbon mass ratio in a digestion reactor is over 7.0% for the mixture of depolymerizing medium and coal. The depolymerized coal is an aromatic liquid that can itself be, either wholly or in part, a depolymerizing medium so that the process can be repeated.
US10301547B2
The present invention relates to a flame retardant composition, including: at least one phosphorus compound represented by the following general formula (1) or (2); a cationic surfactant; and a nonionic surfactant: in the formula (1), A represents a divalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, n represents a number of from 1 to 10, and R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; in the formula (2), R9 to R14 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, and r1, r2, and r3 each independently represent a number of 1 or 0.
US10301538B2
The present invention provides a phosphor composition and light emitting device using the same. The phosphor composition includes a first phosphor and a second phosphor, the second phosphor includes Phellodendron extract, Phellodendron extract emits lights with wavelength from 450 nm to 750 nm as it is excited by lights with wavelength from 300 nm to 480 nm. The LED device using the phosphor composition could emit warm white lights with wavelength from 400 nm to 800 nm.
US10301537B2
A method for recovering hydrocarbon material from a subterranean formation includes introducing a treatment fluid into the subterranean formation. One treatment fluid includes at least one organometallic material having a metal or metalloid from Group III of the Periodic Table or a transition metal. An optional second fluid having an organophosphorous material can also be introduced. Another treatment fluid includes the reaction product of a transition metal compound and a silicon-containing material.
US10301535B2
Relatively low strength and/or relatively low density, but ductile materials may be folded or crumpled and finely divided to give proppants for introduction into hydraulic fractures, where the folded or crumpled structure of the proppants gives relatively increased strength relative to the relatively low strength and/or relatively low density of the materials. Materials not previously considered suitable for proppants may be considered when structure or configured in this manner. Similarly to the case where crumpled paper within a cardboard box keeps it from collapsing, the folded or crumpled material spontaneously develops structural rigidity at relatively low volume fractions without a specific externally imposed design. The folded or crumpled proppants may also be used alone or together with conventional proppants for sand control in gravel packs or frac packs.
US10301531B2
An anti-accretion drilling fluid additive comprising at least one of a hydrophobically modified natural polysaccharide and hydrophobically modified and chemically derivatized polysaccharide; and whereby said additive acts as a bitumen encapsulant to provide a barrier against bitumen accretion during drilling in steam assisted gravity drainage (SAG) operations.
US10301529B2
Portland cement clinker LCMs that include Portland cement clinker to mitigate or prevent lost circulation in a well are provided. A Portland cement clinker LCM may include Portland cement clinker, Portland cement, a carrier fluid, and an inorganic consolidation activator. Another Portland cement clinker LCM may include Portland cement clinker and a crosslinked fluid, such as a polyuronide crosslinked via calcium ions or a polysaccharide crosslinked via divinyl sulfone. Yet another Portland cement clinker LCM may include Portland cement clinker and polymer fibers or particulate glass. Methods of lost circulation control using a Portland cement clinker LCM are also provided.
US10301526B2
Epoxy-based zonal isolation compositions are capable of being adjusted by varying the epoxy-based compositions for isolating zones in borehole of oil and gas wells under high-temperature, mid-temperature and low-temperature conditions.
US10301520B2
The present invention relates to solvent/cleaner and heat transfer fluid compositions comprising at least one hydrochlorofluoroolefin (HCFO), 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd), particularly the trans-isomer. The HCFO of the present invention can be used in combination with co-agents including, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs), hydrocarbons, ethers including hydrofluoroethers (HFEs), esters, ketones, alcohols, 1,2-transdichloroethylene and mixtures thereof.
US10301515B2
An easily dismantlable adhesive composition containing: an acrylic block polymer having a poly(meth)acrylate chain (A) formed of a carboxyl precursor group-containing (meth)acrylate monomer (a) and a poly(meth)acrylate chain (B) that contains, as monomer components, a (meth)acrylate (b) having an alkyl group having 1 to 14 carbon atoms and a polar group-containing monomer (c); and either an acid catalyst or an acid generator, makes it possible to achieve favorable adhesiveness and dismantlability and suppress stick-slip at the time of dismantlement.
US10301508B2
The invention provides a chemical-mechanical polishing composition comprising (a) wet-process ceria, (b) a water-soluble cationic polymer or copolymer, (c) an aromatic carboxylic acid or heteroaromatic carboxylic acid, and (d) water, wherein the polishing composition has a pH of about 3 to about 6. The invention further provides a method of chemically-mechanically polishing a substrate with the inventive chemical-mechanical polishing composition. Typically, the substrate contains silicon oxide.
US10301506B2
A process for preparing polymer. An embodiment of a method includes generating a resin solution including a first reaction solvent and a polymer resin dissolved therein; deploying the resin solution into a precipitation solvent contained in a chamber of a reaction vessel, wherein deploying the resin solution includes generating droplets of the resin solution; disturbing a resulting mixture of the resin solution and the precipitation solvent, wherein the mixture produces a precipitate; and generating a polymer powder from the mixture, including isolating the precipitate from a remaining portion of the mixture, and drying the isolated precipitate.
US10301505B2
A coated textile substrate containing a textile substrate having an inner side and an outer side and a continuous coating on at least the one side of the textile substrate. The continuous coating comprises a mixture of polyester polyurethane and polycarbonate polyurethane.
US10301499B2
A method of applying a PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) solution includes a dispersion step of dispersing a diamond powder in an organic solvent using bead milling to manufacture a dispersion solution, a mixing step of mixing a silane solution with the dispersion solution to manufacture a mixture solution, an addition step of adding the PTFE solution including PTFE particles having a size of 0.1 to 6 μm to the mixture solution to manufacture a coating solution, a coating step of applying the manufactured coating solution on a surface of a piston skirt to form a coated layer including a plurality of dimples distributed thereon, and a curing step of drying and heat-treating the coated layer.
US10301494B2
A water-based inkjet ink composition for printing on nonabsorbent base material contains alkali-soluble resin-coated pigment, basic compound, water-soluble organic solvent, surface-active agent A, and surface-active agent B. Surface-active agent A is an acetylene diol compound represented by the following formula: Surface-active agent B is a compound with an HLB value of 4 to 9 obtained by adding an ethylene oxide to an acetylene diol compound. The content of surface-active agent A in the water-based inkjet ink composition is 0.1 to 1 percent by mass, and the content of surface-active agent B in the water-based inkjet ink composition is 0.4 to 2.5 percent by mass. The static surface tension of the ink composition is 27 to 32 mN/m.
US10301481B2
Syntactic polyurethane elastomers are made using a non-mercury catalyst. The elastomer is made from a reaction mixture containing a polyether polyol having a low amount of terminal unsaturation, a chain extender, a polyisocyanate and microspheres. The elastomer adheres well to itself, which makes it very useful as thermal insulation for pipelines and other structures that have a complex geometry.
US10301478B2
An aqueous primer coating composition to a substrate comprises an aqueous cationic polyurethane and an aqueous polymer of oxazoline or N-vinylpyrrolidone. Also disclosed is a method applying the coating composition to the substrate and an electrophotographical printing medium coated with the coating composition.
US10301473B2
This flame-retardant polyorganosiloxane includes (A) a straight-chain polyorganosiloxane having two or more alkenyl groups in one molecule and whose viscosity (25° C.) is 10,000 to 1,000,000 mPa·s; (B) 30 to 80 mass % of a resinoid polyorganosiloxane which includes Q unit and has 1.5 or more alkenyl groups on average, and in which a molar ratio of alkoxy groups to alkyl groups is 0.030 or less; (C) an amount of a polyorganohydrogensiloxane, whose average degree of polymerization is 10 or more, and in which a Si—H content is 5.0 mmol/g or more, in which Si—H/(a total of alkenyl groups) is 1.0 to 3.0 mol; and (D) a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst. A flame-retardant polyorganosiloxane composition capable of reducing an amount of a platinum-based metal compound is provided.
US10301471B2
The present invention provides a curable resin composition having excellent fluidity and giving a cured product having excellent physical properties such as heat resistance, moisture resistance/solder resistance, flame retardance, and dielectric characteristics. The curable resin composition contains a resin (A) which has a benzoxazine structure represented by structural formula (A1) below and an epoxy resin (B) at such a ratio that when the total number of moles of the benzoxazine structure of the structural formula (A1) is α, and the number of moles of epoxy groups in the epoxy resin (B) is β, a ratio [β/α] is 0.1 to 0.5.
US10301470B2
Bio-based and biodegradable polymer of the type used in the manufacture of films and injected or molded products, for example, for applications of containers, bags, healthcare products and films for agriculture or other applications in which the biodegrading characteristic is of interest, has a biodegradable polymer, thermoplastic starch in the co-continuous or continuous phase and at least one polymer that comes from a stable dispersion of the polymer in water or latex. This increases the thermoplastic starch content and thus decreases the biodegradable polymer and obtains films of a greater width by blow extrusion, with similar tensile properties. This provides the added advantage of a lower cost in raw materials, less impact on the environment and greater production.
US10301469B2
The present invention provides polyamide compositions comprising (a) at least one polyamide mixture; (b) at least one reinforcing filler; (c) at least one heat stabilizer; and (d) at least one ionic lubricant, wherein the (a) at least one polyamide mixture is formed from (i) a polyamide 6,6, the amount of AEG being greater than the amount of CEG, and (ii) a blend of a first high chain-length polyamide having viscosity number (VN) of X1 and a second high chain-length polyamide having VN of X2, X1 being greater than X2. The polyamide composition can be advantageously used to produce articles exhibiting enhanced chemical resistance, notably CaCl2 salt crack resistance, such as radiator end tank in an automobile.
US10301465B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one stable, near-monodisperse, non-reactive hydrophilic polymer comprising in said polymer's backbone, a hydrophilic segment having a degree of polymerization of about 10 to about 1000, and a linear silicone segment at at least one terminal end of said non-reactive hydrophilic polymer, wherein said silicone segment comprises between about 6 and about 200 siloxy units, and said non-reactive hydrophilic polymer is associated, via the linear silicone block with a silicone hydrogel. The non-reactive hydrophilic polymers may be incorporated into the formulation from which the silicone hydrogel is made or may be contacted with the silicone hydrogel post formation.
US10301445B2
Porous three-dimensional networks of polyurea and porous three-dimensional networks of carbon and methods of their manufacture are described. In an example, polyurea aerogels are prepared by mixing an triisocyanate with water and a triethylamine to form a sol-gel material and supercritically drying the sol-gel material to form the polyurea aerogel. Subjecting the polyurea aerogel to a step of pyrolysis may result in a three dimensional network having a carbon skeleton, yielding a carbon aerogel. The density and morphology of polyurea aerogels can be controlled by varying the amount of isocyanate monomer in the initial reaction mixture. A lower density in the aerogel gives rise to a fibrous morphology, whereas a greater density in the aerogel results in a particulate morphology. Polyurea aerogels described herein may also exhibit a reduced flammability.
US10301433B2
Artificial stone having excellent mechanical and weatherability properties is prepared from a highly filled crosslinkable organosilicon composition where the filler comprises at least 20 weight percent of coarse fillers, the organosilicon component contains silicon-bonded alkoxy and or hydroxyl groups, with a catalyst containing a metal compound and an amidine or guanidine.
US10301432B2
A process for the manufacturing of a poly(arylether sulfone)polymer comprising reacting in a solvent mixture comprising a polar aprotic solvent and in the presence of an alkali metal carbonate, a monomer mixture which contains: at least one 1,4:3,6-dianhydrohexitol selected from the group consisting of isosorbide (1), isomannide (2) and isoidide (3); at least one dihaloaryl compound of formula (S): X—Ar1—SO2—[Ar2—(T-Ar3)n—SO2]m—Ar4—X formula (S) wherein n and m, equal to or different from each other, are independently zero or an integer of 1 to 5; X and X′, equal to or different from each other, are halogens selected from F, Cl, Br, I; each of Ar1, Ar2, Ar3 and Ar4 equal to or different from each other and at each occurrence, is an aromatic moiety, T is a bond or a divalent group optionally comprising one or more than one heteroatom; optionally, at least one dihydroxyl compound different from the diol (AA); optionally, at least one dihaloaryl compound different from the dihalo (BB); and optionally, at least one hydroxyl-halo compound [hydro-halo (A′B′)]; being understood that the overall amount of halo-groups and hydroxyl-groups of the monomers of the monomer mixture is substantially equimolecular, so as to obtain a polymer (b-PAES), wherein the reaction is carried out at a total % monomer mixture concentration equal to or more 10% and less than 70% with respect to the combined weight of monomer mixture and solvent mixture.
US10301421B2
Sulfur containing, hydroxyl-telechelic PIBs, hydrolytically and oxidatively resistant, biocompatible and biostable polyurethanes (PUs) made therefrom, and methods for making both are disclosed. Well-defined hydroxyl telechelic PIBs are synthesized by a thiol-ene click photochemical reaction between PIBs carrying unsaturated end groups and 2-mercaptoethanol (HS—CH2CH2—OH). This regioselective process affords HO—CH2CH2—S-PIB-S—CH2CH2—OH (abbreviated herein as HO—S-PIB-S—OH) in high yield. In some embodiments, these HO—S-PIB-S—OH polymers may be reacted with diisocyanates and a chain extender to form sulfur containing PIB-based PUs. These sulfur containing PIB-based PUs have been found to have properties and chemical stability that are very similar to that of PUs made from di-hydroxyl terminated PIBs (OH-PIB-OHs) without sulfur, but have surprisingly increased creep resistance and are easier and less expensive to make.
US10301414B2
Disclosed herein are silicon containing polymers and compositions containing the same able to flocculate suspended solids in the Bayer or Sinter process stream.
US10301412B2
The invention provides a molecular transition metal complex selected from Formula 1, as described herein; an ethylene-based polymer; and a process to form the ethylene-based polymer, said process comprising polymerizing ethylene in the presence of at least one molecular transition metal complex selected from Formula 1, as described herein, and wherein either Z1 or Z2 is dative covalent (coordinate) to the metal (M).
US10301402B2
Provided is a dispersion stabilizer which exhibits an excellent polymerization stability when used in suspension polymerization for a vinyl chloride-based resin, and gives a vinyl chloride-based resin having few coarse particles, few fish eyes after resin molding, an excellent plasticizer absorption, and an excellent hue. Also provided is a high-quality vinyl chloride-based resin produced using the dispersion stabilizer. The present invention is a dispersion stabilizer for suspension polymerization containing a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer (B) which has a double bond in a side chain and which is obtainable by acetalization of a polyvinyl alcohol-based polymer (A) with a monoaldehyde having an olefinic unsaturated double bond.
US10301401B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a novel catalyst for olefin (co)polymer production, which has high activity without using a large amount of a cocatalyst and is aimed for obtaining a particulate olefin (co)polymer. The invention relates to an olefin polymerization catalyst which comprises: a solid carrier (1) that has been brought into contact with a specific compound; and a metal catalyst component (2) that contains a transition metal compound (C) containing a transition metal M belonging to Group 9, 10, or 11 of the periodic table and has a reactive group Ra.
US10301394B2
Provided herein are antibodies specific for TIM3 that can be used to detect cancer cells, in particular, cancer stem cells. The antibodies can also be used in therapeutic compositions for treating cancer and reducing inflammation.
US10301393B2
Compositions and methods are provided for treating diseases associated with CD20, including lymphomas, autoimmune diseases, and transplant rejections. Compositions include anti-CD20 antibodies capable of binding to a human CD20 antigen located on the surface of a human CD20-expressing cell, wherein the antibody has increased complement-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (CDC) that is achieved by having at least one optimized CDR engineered within the variable region of the antibody. Compositions also include antigen-binding fragments, variants, and derivatives of the monoclonal antibodies, cell lines producing these antibody compositions, and isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the amino acid sequences of the antibodies. The invention further includes pharmaceutical compositions comprising the anti-CD20 antibodies of the invention, or antigen-binding fragments, variants, or derivatives thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and methods of use of these anti-CD20 antibodies.
US10301392B2
Human antibodies immunospecific for human CD27 are capable of blocking CD27 binding to its ligand CD70 and neutralizing bioactivity of CD27 including, but not limited to, CD27 intracellular signaling, T-cell proliferation and activation, B-cell proliferation and differentiation, plasmablast formation and alleviation of antibody responses, stimulation of tumor cells by CD70, and the production of soluble mediators from T and B-cells. The antibodies are useful in diagnosing or treating CD27 activity associated diseases and conditions.
US10301386B2
There is disclosed compositions and methods relating to or derived from anti-CD147 antibodies. More specifically, there is disclosed fully human antibodies that bind CD147, CD147-binding fragments and derivatives of such antibodies, and CD147-binding polypeptides comprising such fragments. Further still, there is disclosed nucleic acids encoding such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, cells comprising such polynucleotides, methods of making such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, and methods of using such antibodies, antibody fragments and derivatives and polypeptides, including methods of treating or diagnosing subjects having CD147 related disorders or conditions. There is also disclosed a method for treating CD147-expressing tumors, including hepatocellular carcinomas and squamous carcinomas, and non-oncology diseases selected from the group consisting of rheumatoid arthritis, experimental lung injury, atherosclerosis, chronic liver disease induced by hepatitis C virus, ischemic myocardial injury and heart failure.
US10301370B2
The invention includes compositions comprising at least one chimeric autoantibody receptor (CAAR) specific for an autoantibody, vectors comprising the same, compositions comprising CAAR vectors packaged in viral particles, and recombinant T cells comprising the CAAR. The invention also includes methods of making a genetically modified T cell expressing a CAAR (CAART) wherein the expressed CAAR comprises a desmoglein extracellular domain.
US10301369B2
The present invention relates in general to therapeutic fusion proteins useful to treat lysosomal storage diseases and methods for treating such diseases. Exemplary therapeutic fusion proteins comprise a lysosomal enzyme, a lysosomal targeting moiety, e.g., an IGF-II peptide, and a spacer peptide. Also provided are compositions and methods for treating Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIB (Sanfilippo B Syndrome), comprising a targeted therapeutic fusion protein comprising alpha-N-acetylglucosaminidase (Naglu), a lysosomal targeting moiety, e.g., an IGF-II peptide, and a spacer peptide.
US10301368B2
The present invention relates to cytokine fusion proteins and to nucleic acid molecules encoding such cytokine fusion proteins. The present invention further relates to cells, non-human organisms. pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising the cytokine fusion proteins or the nucleic acid molecules encoding them, as well as to their use as medicaments.
US10301367B2
The present invention features modified human transcription factors capable of increasing utrophin expression, recombinant adeno-associated vectors for delivery of the modified human transcription factors, and methods of treating muscle diseases, including Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.
US10301359B2
The present invention provides, among other things, technologies and methodologies for detection, treatment, and/or prevention of influenza transmission and/or infection. The present invention also provides technologies for monitoring influenza variants for their potential to present a pandemic risk to humans.
US10301353B2
Aspects of the present application relates to co-crystal of carfilzomib with maleic acid, process for the preparation of co-crystal of carfilzomib with maleic acid, process for the preparation of pure carfilzomib from co-crystal of carfilzomib with maleic acid and process for the preparation of amorphous carfilzomib.
US10301351B2
The present invention provides inventive stitched polypeptides, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of making and using inventive stitched polypeptides.
US10301346B2
The present invention provides methods, compositions, mixtures and kits utilizing deoxynucleoside triphosphates comprising a 3′-O position capped by a group comprising methylenedisulfide as a cleavable protecting group and a detectable label reversibly connected to the nucleobase of said deoxynucleoside. Such compounds provide new possibilities for future sequencing technologies, including but not limited to Sequencing by Synthesis.
US10301344B2
Provided are an L-proline complex of a sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor, and a monohydrate and a crystal of the L-proline complex. Specifically, provided are 1,6-dehydrated-1-C{4-chloro-3-[(3-fluoro-4-ethoxyphenyl)methyl]phenyl}-5-C-(hydroxymethyl)-β-L-idopyranose L-proline (a compound of formula (I)), a monohydrate and a type A crystal thereof, and a preparation method therefor. The obtained type A crystal of the compound of formula (I) has good chemical stability and crystal stability, and the crystallization solvent used has low toxicity and low residue, so the type A crystal can be better used in clinical treatment.
US10301341B2
The present invention discloses a process for preparing high-purity raffinose from defatted wheat germ comprising the steps of percolate extraction of raffinose from defatted wheat germ, decoloration by extraction from the abstraction liquid, electrodialysis desalination, impurity removal by simulated moving bed, concentration and crystallization, with the absolute purity of raffinose as high as 98% and the recovery up to 75%. The process is not only reliable and easy to operate, but also easy to realize industrial production and control the parameters.
US10301336B2
Compounds, methods of use, and processes for making inhibitors of complement factor D comprising Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or composition thereof wherein R12 or R13 on the A group is a phosphonate (R32) are provided. The inhibitors described herein target factor D and inhibit or regulate the complement cascade at an early and essential point in the alternative complement pathway, and reduce factor D's ability to modulate the classical and lectin complement pathways. The inhibitors of factor D described herein are capable of reducing the excessive activation of complement, which has been linked to certain autoimmune, inflammatory, and neurodegenerative diseases, as well as ischemia-reperfusion injury and cancer.
US10301335B2
Gold(I) complex with mixed ligands as an anticancer agent. The gold(I) ion is coordinated to a dithiocarbamate ligand and a phosphorus-containing ligand (e.g. phosphines). Also described are a pharmaceutical composition incorporating the gold(I) complex, a methods of synthesizing the gold(I) complex, and a method for treating cancer.
US10301330B2
The present invention relates to novel full-color tunable light emitter based on N,C-chelate four-coordinate organoborons having excellent Quantum yield, stokes shift and solvate chromism of Formula (I);
US10301327B2
A method for preparing an anionic polymerization initiator, a device for manufacturing the same, and an anionic polymerization initiator prepared therefrom is provided. And the method for preparing an anionic polymerization initiator according to the present invention is characterized in that in a continuous reactor an amine compound of Formula 1 and/or Formula 2; an organometallic compound; and/or a conjugated diene compound are introduced in the form of a solution and reacted.
US10301323B2
This invention relates to generally inhibiting histone deacetylase (“HDAC”) enzymes (e.g., HDAC1, HDAC2, and HDAC3).
US10301318B2
The invention described herein relates generally to neuroactive compounds and compositions for the treatment psychotic disorders, methods for treating psychosis using these neuroactive compounds, and methods for screening for novel neuroactive compounds. Certain aspects are directed to a family of compounds called “finazines.” Certain aspects are directed to in vivo screening methods using high-through-put behavioral assays in zebrafish.
US10301316B2
New amorphous solid phases of sitagliptin with derivatives of hydroxybenzoic acids, dihydroxybenzoic acids and trihydroxybenzoic acids as coformers; the obtained new solid phases possess enhanced pharmaceutical properties such as enhanced solubility and higher dissolution rate, as compared to the sitagliptin phosphate monohydrate, and they are also stable under ambient conditions.
US10301311B2
The present invention provides novel neuromodulatory compounds and compositions thereof. The invention also relates to methods of treating various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; as well as intermediates for the preparation compounds.
US10301303B2
The invention provides various novel compositions of berberine in combination with pharmacologically active organic acids, and related methods of their use in treating various diseases or disorders. The invention further provides various novel compounds prepared from berberine and pharmacologically active organic acids and prepared from ursodeoxycholic acid and pharmacologically active organic bases, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of their preparation and therapeutic use in treating and/or preventing various diseases or disorders. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions of the invention can be utilized to treat various diseases or disorders, such as diabetes, diabetic complications, dyslipidemia, hyperlipidemia, obesity, metabolic syndromes, pre-diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, sarcopenia, muscle atrophy, inflammation, cancer and liver diseases and conditions such as fatty liver, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, cholestatic liver diseases or graft-versus-host disease of the liver. The compounds of this invention are also useful in improving liver functions in chronic viral associated liver diseases and alcohol-related liver diseases.
US10301295B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula (I) wherein: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11 and G are as defined herein; and wherein the compound of formula (I) is optionally present as an agrochemically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds are thought to be suitable for use as herbicides. The invention therefore also relates to a method of controlling weeds, especially grassy monocotyledonous weeds, in crops of useful plants, comprising applying a compound of formula (I), or a herbicidal composition comprising such a compound, to the plants or to the locus thereof.
US10301292B2
Provided is a bicyclic compound having an acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitory action. A compound represented by the formula: wherein each symbol is as described in the DESCRIPTION, or a salt thereof has an acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitory action, is useful for the prophylaxis or treatment of cancer, inflammatory diseases and the like, and has superior efficacy.
US10301286B2
To provide a compound which can be used as an MC4 receptor agonist.The present inventors have investigated MC4 receptor agonists, and have found that a piperazine derivative has an action related to the agonists, thereby completing the present invention. That is, the piperazine derivative of the present invention has an MC4 receptor agonistic action, and can be used as an agent for preventing or treating bladder and/or urinary tract diseases, in particular, underactive bladder, hypotonic bladder, acontractile bladder, detrusor underactivity, neurogenic bladder, urethral relaxation failure, detrusor-external urethral sphincter dyssynergia, and voiding dysfunctions in benign prostatic hyperplasia.
US10301285B2
The present invention relates to a compound of formula XXII and a compound of formula 17ya, which are defined as anywhere in the specification, to a composition comprising the same, and to a method of using thereof in the treatment of various forms of cancer.
US10301282B2
The present invention relates to a novel polymorph of nilotinib hydrochloride (Form X), to processes for its preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and to its use in medicine.
US10301273B2
This document provides compounds, compositions, and methods for treating cancers including renal cancer (e.g., renal cell carcinoma) as well as ovarian, breast, prostate, colon, pancreatic, bladder, liver, lung, and thyroid cancers and melanoma. For example, compounds, compositions, and methods for using one or more inhibitors of SCD1 to treat renal cell carcinoma (e.g., clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC)), thyroid cancer, or liver cancer; or to increase the efficacy of treatment for the same.
US10301270B2
The present disclosure features a strain-promoted [2+2+2] reaction that can be carried out under physiological conditions. In general, the reaction involves reacting a pi-electrophile with a low lying LUMO with a quadricyclane on a biomolecule, generating a covalently modified biomolecule. The selectivity of the reaction and its compatibility with aqueous environments provides for its application in vivo and in vitro. The reaction is compatible with modification of living cells. In certain embodiments, the pi-electrophile can comprise a molecule of interest that is desired for delivery to a quadricyclane-containing biomolecule via [2+2+2] reaction.
US10301269B2
The present invention relates to imidazole derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals as modulators of the N-formyl peptide receptor.
US10301267B2
There is provided a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. There are also provided processes for the manufacture of a compound of Formula 1, and the use of a compound of Formula 1 as a medicament and in the treatment of cancer.
US10301263B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical uses of compounds of formula (II). Particular aspects of the invention relate to the use of those compounds in treating, preventing or ameliorating a seizure-related disorder, bipolar disorder, mania, migraine, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease or stroke.
US10301262B2
The present invention relates to, inter alia, a novel crystalline free-plate habit or morphology, processes for preparing the crystalline free-plate habit, and uses of the crystalline free-plate habit of the L-arginine salt of (R)-2-(7-(4-cyclopentyl-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrocyclo-penta[b]indol-3-yl)acetic acid (Compound 1) in the treatment of S1P1 receptor-associated disorders, for example, diseases and disorders mediated by lymphocytes, transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases and disorders, inflammatory diseases and disorders (e.g., acute and chronic inflammatory conditions), cancer, and conditions characterized by an underlying defect in the vascular integrity or that are associated with angiogenesis such as may be pathologic (e.g., as may occur in inflammation, tumor development, and atherosclerosis).
US10301256B2
The present invention provides compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for treating neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
US10301249B2
Methods and systems for producing alkyl hydroxyalkanoates from hydroxycarboxylic acid recovery bottoms. The methods generally comprise the steps of obtaining a hydroxycarboxylic acid recovery bottom, adding a mono-alcohol to the hydroxycarboxylic acid recovery bottom to obtain a first mixture, heating the first mixture, optionally in the presence of a catalyst to form a reaction product, distilling the reaction product, and recovering an alkyl hydroxyalkanoate fraction.
US10301235B1
Systems and methods for recycling waste plastics are provided, including a system for recovering styrene monomer from waste polystyrene. The system includes a mixing, heating and compacting apparatus to receive a supply of waste polystyrene and to output a densified polystyrene containing melt; a pyrolysis reactor configured to receive the densified polystyrene containing melt and a supply of recycled oligomers, pyrolyze the densified polystyrene containing melt and the recycled oligomers, and output a hydrocarbon gas stream and a solids residue stream; a quenching apparatus configured to receive the hydrocarbon gas stream output from the pyrolysis reactor and condense out oligomers for routing upstream to the pyrolysis reactor to be combined as the supply of recycled oligomers with the densified polystyrene containing melt, and to discharge an altered hydrocarbon gas stream for further processing; and a condenser configured to receive the altered hydrocarbon gas stream from the quenching apparatus and condense out styrene to form a styrene monomer oil product.
US10301223B2
Beneficial use structures are disclosed that include coal combustion residuals (“CCR”) mixed with water and a binder to form a structural material, and adapted to be compacted for use in the formation of the beneficial use structure. Various structures having beneficial uses are described, including compressed air storage facilities and a pumped hydroelectric facility, including such a facility adapted for use with a lock system of a waterway.
US10301219B2
Burning and cooling carbonate rock in cocurrent regenerative lime kilns may involve alternately operating two shafts such that a first shaft operates as a burning shaft and a second shaft operates as a regenerative shaft during a first period and such that the first shaft operates as the regenerative shaft and the second shaft operates as the burning shaft during a second period. Carbonate rock introduced to upper regions of the shafts may be preheated and calcined. The carbonate rock may then be cooled in lower regions of the shafts before being discharged through discharge devices. The cooling of the carbonate rock may comprise introducing cooling air into the shafts partially through central displacement bodies in the shafts and partially through the discharge devices. Amounts of air entering through the central displacement bodies compared to the discharge devices may vary widely from the burning shaft to the regenerative shaft.
US10301210B2
There is provided an apparatus for molding a glass substrate, the apparatus including a pre-heating unit, a molding unit, and a cooling unit sequentially arranged, wherein the pre-heating unit includes a pre-heating body and a glass substrate holder, wherein the molding unit includes: a molding body having a vacuum port, a molding support on the molding body, the molding support being configured to support an edge of a glass substrate, and a heating element configured to heat the molding body, and wherein the cooling unit includes a cooling body and a cooling plate.
US10301206B2
A desalination system (100) having an intake unit (110) providing seawater to a pre-treatment unit (120) connected to a reverse osmosis (RO) desalination unit (130) and a post treatment unit (150). The desalination system (100) is configured to operate without any external addition of chemicals to simplify logistics and regulation concerns. The units of the system are configured to prevent biofouling, scaling and corrosion by mechanical and biological means including high flow speeds, biological flocculation of colloids, and making the water entering the RO units inhospitable to bacteria and other organisms that cause biofouling, hence preventing their settlement and removing them with the brine. Recovery rate is lowered and energy is recovered to increase the energetic efficiency and minerals that are added to the product water are taken from the brine.
US10301198B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods in which multivalent ions are selectively retained in an aqueous stream. According to certain embodiments, multiple separations may be used to process an aqueous feed stream containing solubilized monovalent ions and solubilized multivalent ions to produce a stream enriched in the solubilized multivalent ions. The separations may be arranged, according to certain embodiments, to enhance the overall separation process such that the product stream contains—relative to the initial aqueous feed stream—a high amount of solubilized multivalent ions, a high amount of water from the aqueous feed stream, and/or a high ratio of solubilized multivalent ions to solubilized monovalent ions.
US10301194B2
A method, device, and system for treating water solutions is disclosed for the purpose of preventing the formation of deposits on the inner surface of pipelines, boilers and other equipment. The method is based on the use of radio waves which are sent in batches of four pulses, either of equal amplitude or with larger amplitude of the first pulse and smaller the last. Different hatches have different interval between pulses. The water treatment system disclosed which is based on the method; it significantly improves a water solution's properties without extensive usage of chemicals.
US10301191B2
A filtration system and method are provided for removing suspended solids and other affiliated pollutants from stormwater runoff and any other contaminated water. The filtration system and method utilize a filtration medium including steel slag. By improving or replacing a conventional filtration media, such as a sand filtration system, with a filtration medium including steel slag, the removal efficiency of suspended solids and affiliated pollutants is improved and the lifespan of the filtration system is lengthened.
US10301180B2
An activated carbon regeneration method of the present invention is for eluting gold from activated carbon on which the gold has been adsorbed and thereafter recycling, in adsorption of the gold, the used activated carbon from which the gold has been eluted, the method including: washing the used activated carbon with an acidic washing liquid, alkaline washing liquid or neutral washing liquid; and when the used activated carbon is washed with the acidic washing liquid, keeping the acidic washing liquid after the washing in an acidic region, or when the used activated carbon is washed with the alkaline washing liquid or neutral washing liquid, keeping the alkaline washing liquid or neutral washing liquid after the washing in an alkaline region or neutral region.
US10301179B2
An apparatus includes: an electrolyte membrane; a cathode catalyst layer provided to one main surface of the electrolyte membrane; an anode catalyst layer provided to the other main surface of the electrolyte membrane; a cathode gas diffusion layer provided on a main surface of the cathode catalyst layer not facing the electrolyte membrane; a separator including a recess through which cathode gas flows; an anode gas diffusion layer provided on a main surface of the anode catalyst layer not facing the electrolyte membrane; a voltage applicator applying a voltage between the cathode catalyst layer and the anode catalyst layer; and a fastener fastening a laminated body. The cathode gas diffusion layer is accommodated in the recess, projects from the recess in a thickness direction before fastening of the laminated body, and includes an elastic member between side surfaces of the cathode gas diffusion layer and of the recess.
US10301173B2
The present invention generally relates to an RF MEMS DVC and a method for manufacture thereof. To ensure that undesired grain growth does not occur and contribute to an uneven RF electrode, a multilayer stack comprising an AlCu layer and a layer containing titanium may be used. The titanium diffuses into the AlCu layer at higher temperatures such that the grain growth of the AlCu will be inhibited and the switching element can be fabricated with a consistent structure, which leads to a consistent, predictable capacitance during operation.
US10301172B2
To provide a contact point structure of an electronic device capable of maintaining stable impact resistance. There is provided a contact point structure including: a base portion that is a semiconductor substrate; a movable contact point portion that is supported by the base portion and is a part of a movable member capable of being driven in a predetermined direction; and a fixed contact point portion that faces the movable contact point portion. The fixed contact point portion includes a fixed portion that is supported by the base portion and an extending member that extends from the fixed portion and is capable of being displaced relative to the fixed portion.
US10301171B1
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device is disclosed. The MEMS device includes a device substrate with a top device surface and a bottom device surface having a MEMS component in a device region. A top device bond ring is disposed on the top device surface surrounding the device region and a bottom device bond ring is disposed on the bottom device surface surrounding the device region. A top cap with a top cap bond ring is bonded to the top device bond ring by a top eutectic bond and a bottom cap with a bottom cap bond ring is bonded to the bottom device bond ring by a bottom eutectic bond. The eutectic bonds encapsulate the MEMS device.
US10301155B2
A materials handling vehicle includes a power unit; a load handling assembly coupled to the power unit; at least one obstacle detector mounted to the power unit; and a controller. The at least one obstacle detector detects object located along a path of travel of the power unit, and generate a distance signal upon detecting an object corresponding to a distance between the detected object and the power unit. The controller receives the distance signal and generates a corresponding vehicle stop or predetermined maximum allowable speed signal based on the distance signal, wherein if a sensed object is located within a speed zone associated with a predetermined maximum allowable travel speed comprising a fixed speed greater than zero (0) miles per hour, as determined by the distance signal, the vehicle speed is reduced to the predetermined maximum allowable vehicle speed.
US10301151B2
A traction sheave for an elevator system includes an outer sheave surface having a distance from a sheave axis that varies along a width of the traction sheave. The outer sheave surface includes a first portion having a first coefficient of friction and one or more second portions having a second coefficient of friction less than the first coefficient of friction. An elevator system includes an elevator car, a motor and a traction sheave operably connected to the motor to drive rotation of the traction sheave. The traction sheave includes an outer sheave surface having a distance from a sheave axis that varies along a width of the traction sheave. The outer surface includes a first portion having a first coefficient of friction and one or more second portions having a second coefficient of friction less than the first coefficient of friction.
US10301149B2
A system includes a frame and a first pair of rollers coupled to a first side of the frame. The first pair of rollers is configured to support a first end of a pipe reel. The system also includes a first cradle disposed longitudinally between the first pair of rollers and a second pair of rollers coupled to a second side of the frame. The second pair of rollers is configured to support a second end of a pipe reel. The system also includes a second cradle disposed longitudinally between the second pair of rollers, a pipe guide coupled to a third side of the frame between the first and second sides, a pipe brake coupled to the frame, and a pipe re-spooler coupled to the frame.
US10301147B2
The present invention achieves a separator core that is easy to clean and that will have no or few remaining foreign substances and a separator roll obtained by winding a separator around the separator core. Provided is a separator core around which a separator is wound or is to be wound, in which at least one of (i) a connection between a surface of a support part and the inner peripheral surface of the outer cylindrical part and (ii) a connection between the surface of the support part and the outer peripheral surface of the inner cylindrical part is made smoothly by a curved face.
US10301146B2
Systems and methods are provided for a rotational wire transport. In certain examples, the rotational wire transport may be a part of a wire processing system. The rotational wire transport may include a winding spool, a linear actuator, a cam, and a gripping tab. The rotational wire transport may be configured to wind wire into a coil and move between a plurality of different stations within the wire processing system.
US10301144B2
The present invention provides a wire electrode supply apparatus for suppressing wire electrode driving vibration for wire electrodes having a wide range of diameters and formed of various materials, thereby improving processed surface roughness. The wire electrode supply apparatus includes a back tension adjustment unit that adjusts a back tension of the wire electrode drawn from a source bobbin, a tension applying unit, and a constant pressure ejecting unit that ejects the wire electrode with constant pressure and rate after the transference via the tension applying unit and an electrical discharge machining unit. The tension applying unit includes a low tension applying unit that applies a tension to the wire electrode, and a high tension applying unit that can supply a higher tension. After the high tension applying unit supplies a tension, the low tension applying unit supplies a tension. Otherwise, only the low tension applying unit supplies a tension.
US10301137B2
A post-processing apparatus for an image forming apparatus includes a processing tray on which a sheet bundle is placed for discharging onto a discharge tray, a detector configured to detect presence or absence of the sheet bundle on the processing tray, and a controller. The controller is configured to control driving of the processing tray to discharge the sheet bundle onto the discharge tray and to determine whether or not to output an error if a detection result of the detector after the processing tray has been driven to discharge the sheet bundle onto the discharge tray indicates presence of the sheet bundle. The controller outputs the error if the sheet bundle is not a last sheet bundle of a post-processing job and does not output the error if the sheet bundle is the last sheet bundle of the post-processing job.
US10301129B2
The present disclosure discloses print-medium buffering systems that have a set of print-medium-buffer flags (25) which, in one position, maintain a print medium in a guided path (G) as it passes through a print-medium buffer zone. A drive mechanism (30) is provided to move the set of print-medium-buffer flags away from the guided path, to a second position.
US10301122B2
A device for feeding items to a sorting machine, including: a conveyor plane (26) for feeding items or parcels along an advancement direction (A1); an optical detection device (18), to allow the acquisition, while the items are in motion on the conveyor plane (26) of the three-dimensional coordinates of a determined number of points on the surface of the items and to organize them into coordinate vectors; a manipulator (19) provided to pick the items from the conveyor plane (26) and to place the items picked in a desired position; a control system, provided to process, for each item in motion on the conveyor plane (26), the coordinate vectors in order to obtain a three-dimensional representation of the item, including the information based on which the control system handles the manipulator for picking and placing the items.The invention also relates to a sorting machine and a method for feeding items to a sorting machine aimed at increasing production capacity and accuracy thereof.
US10301120B2
A device for increasing the safety of amusement rides, in particular carousels, roller coasters or the like, and comprising at least one mechatronic system, characterized in that the mechatronic system comprises means for taking over completely or at least partially the function, in particular the support function, of a mechanic component in the event of a defect thereof and to detect said taking over and to provide an error signal.
US10301117B2
The control belt has an endless web and a drive drum which drives the web and is arranged within the web silhouette perpendicular to the web running direction. Its shaft is mounted in bearings on both sides of the belt. The shaft bearings can be moved vertically and are connected to a drive for moving them vertically.
US10301116B2
A conveyor belt is provided that includes a series of linked elongated support members, which extend transverse to the conveyor belt and are arranged one behind the other in a longitudinal direction of the conveyor belt. The conveyor belt includes a first and a second support member, which are adjacent and partially inserted into each other. The first support member includes a first part and a second support member includes two second parts, wherein the first part is inserted between the two second parts. The first part includes a through-opening that extends transverse to the conveyor belt. At least one of the second parts includes a pin which extends transverse to the conveyor belt, and which is arranged in the through-opening. The pin is integrally formed with the second support member. The adjacent support members have been manufactured in a coupled state, preferably using an additive manufacturing process.
US10301110B2
A trash container with a shade closure includes a trash can base including an internal cavity and track grooves located internally along sides of an opening of the cavity and the shade closure including a flexible material and a pin connected to an end of the material, with ends of the pin projecting from sides of the shade and with the ends being configured to fit within the track grooves. The container further includes a shade spool portion located along a back edge of the opening and attached to the shade closure comprising a rotational spring configured to rotate the shade closure around the shade spool portion into a spooled configuration and a latch device located along a front edge of the opening and configured to releasably lock the shade into a planar configuration when the pin of the shade closure is pulled out away from the shade spool portion.
US10301108B2
Granular material flows out through the discharge opening of a silo and through a sealed housing to a target location. A vent opening in a top portion of the silo has a vent cover operative to selectively open and close the vent opening. When the vent cover is closed, air movement into an upper portion of the silo is prevented. A gate is operative to control a flow of granular material through the discharge opening. A vacuum conduit has a lower input end thereof connected to an interior of the housing, and an upper output end thereof located in an upper portion of an interior of the silo. Material flowing out of the silo creates a vacuum drawing dust from the housing up the vacuum conduit into the silo.
US10301106B2
A material storage unit including a bin having a bottom end, a top end, and a sidewall extending therebetween and defining an interior configured to hold particulates, where a portion of the sidewall defines an angular air flow vent having a top air inlet and a bottom air inlet. The material storage unit further includes a fill line inlet extending through one or both of the bottom end of the bin or the sidewall of the bin and in fluid communication with the interior, a venting outlet extending through one or both of the top end of the bin or the sidewall of the bin and in fluid communication with the interior, and a discharge outlet extending through the bottom end of the bin and in fluid communication with the interior.
US10301092B2
A flexible carrier for carrying a plurality of containers within a plurality of corresponding container receiving apertures formed in longitudinal rows and transverse ranks and a handle extending parallel to the rows of container receiving apertures. The handle is connected at attachment points along the carrier and corresponding thickened sections are included along the bands opposite the connection points.
US10301076B2
A slider for a closure assembly of a bag. The slider has a top wall and a pair of wings extending from the top wall. A first wing of the pair of wings includes a first finger pad and a surrounding lip, and a second wing of the pair of wings includes a second finger pad and a surrounding lip. The first and second finger pads each have a major axis dimension that is larger than a minor axis dimension to provide a slider with an improved ergonomic feel.
US10301070B2
Provided is a bottle with a handle including a bottle in which a mouth portion, a body portion, and a bottom portion are continuously provided in this order along a direction of a bottle axis, and a handle disposed in a rear part of the bottle, wherein a first circumferential groove extending in a circumferential direction along the bottle axis is formed in a lower body portion of the body portion located between the handle and the bottom portion along the direction of the bottle axis, and the first circumferential groove is disposed over the entire region in the circumferential direction in a portion of the bottle along the circumferential direction in which the handle is located.
US10301064B2
The invention relates to a reaction container and a method for producing the reaction container, and provides a low-cost reaction container which is capable of consistently, quickly, and efficiently performing a process that includes a reaction such as extraction or amplification of a nucleic acid, while saving user's trouble without increasing the scale of the device.The reaction container is configured to comprise: one or two or more housing parts for reactions comprising: a narrow-mouthed piping part in which a reaction reagent or a portion thereof is housed or is housable; a wide-mouthed piping part that is communicated with the narrow-mouthed piping part and provided on an upper side of the narrow-mouthed piping part, and has an aperture that is wider than an aperture of the narrow-mouthed piping part; and a punchable film provided such that it partitions an interval between the wide-mouthed piping part and the narrow-mouthed piping part.
US10301063B2
Package material comprises one or more layers of plastic laminate, a first side, a second side and an penetration area (40). Two weakening lines (30, 30b) extend from the penetration area (40) creating a space in between and thus forming an opening ( ) in the package material. The package material comprises a plastic opening device ( ), with a first and second portion ( ) attached to the first and second side, respectively and a material bridge ( ) penetrating through the penetration area (40). The second portion covers at least partly the penetration area and comprises a guiding portion ( ) extending from the penetration area (40) onto the space adjacent and to the weakening lines (30, 30b) as to facilitate rupturing substantially along the at least one weakening line.
US10301058B2
A locking receiving portion is defined by a first inclined line extending toward a third panel side on a first panel from a branching point on a fold line between the first panel and a second panel, a second inclined line extending toward the third panel side on the second panel from the branching point, and a cut portion extending between a distal end of the first inclined line and a distal end of the second inclined line. The locking receiving portion extends in an inclined manner between the first panel and the second panel in an assembled state. A locking portion is formed on the third panel, and configured to be locked to a cut portion side of the locking receiving portion in an assembled state.
US10301053B2
The present disclosure provides an automatic labeling apparatus and method, as well as an assembly jig and method, the automatic labeling apparatus includes an attachment platform provided with an attachment surface, an attachment unit provided with a label receiving surface, and a separation unit, wherein the separation unit is configured to separate a label from a label base paper to the label receiving surface with a glue surface of the label away from the label receiving surface, the label receiving surface being configured to make the glue surface of the label higher than the attachment surface when the label is on the label receiving surface.
US10301039B2
The present application relates to a static discharger and an aircraft including the static discharger. According to an aspect of the present application, a static discharger is provided which includes: a basement; and a discharger body adapted to be installed to the basement. The static discharger further includes a first fixing mechanism adapted to fix the discharger body to the basement. A pivoting mechanism is provided between the basement and the discharger body, the pivoting mechanism allowing the discharger body to pivot with respect to the basement so as to adjust an installation orientation of the discharger body with respect to the basement during an on-site-installation of the static discharger. According to the present application, for example, installation adaptation and universality of the static discharger can be improved.
US10301033B2
A fuel tank system comprising a fuel tank, a number of fasteners, and a number of covers. The number of fasteners has a number of ends extending into an interior of the fuel tank. The number of covers is configured to cover the number of ends of the number of fasteners. A cover in the number of covers comprises a housing configured to cover an end of a fastener in the number of ends, a deformable material associated with an interior side of the cover, and cells that are present within the deformable material. The deformable material is configured to contain energy within the cover in which the energy is caused by an electromagnetic event.
US10301026B2
A plurality of personal units for aircraft passengers is provided. Each personal unit is arranged to define a longitudinal axis. The personal units are arranged to form first and second columns along a floor to define respective first and second column axes, the personal units in each column being arranged side-by-side in a longitudinally offset relationship at an acute angle to the respective column axis. Each personal unit is arranged to define a personal space for accommodating a person in a seated position and accommodating the person in a recumbent position. At least some of the personal units are arranged such that a portion of the personal space of the respective personal unit is arranged in a stacked relationship, in a direction perpendicular to the floor, with respect to a portion of the personal space of a personal unit in the respective other column.
US10301025B2
A modular lavatory monument assembly configured to be positioned in the interior of an aircraft. The modular lavatory monument assembly includes first, second, third and fourth walls that cooperate to form an outer shell that defines a lavatory interior. The fourth wall includes an alcove extending outwardly therefrom. The assembly also includes a sink module positioned in the alcove, a mirror module positioned above the sink module in the alcove, and a door positioned on one of the second or third walls.
US10301016B1
This invention discloses an aerial device (AD) for manned or unmanned flight, comprising a fuselage main body coupled with two or more aerodynamic units via bearings. Each aerodynamic unit is independently moveable and controllable, and thus able to create their own unique aerodynamic vectors, all of which are combined in varying manners to control the flight of the AD. Each unit comprises a structural part, a thruster with a propeller, and a servo wing positioned behind the propeller. More aerodynamic units may be combined with the main body in order to create more control. The units may be programmed or controlled manually to offset or otherwise account for varying environmental conditions such as slope, wind, and turbulence. The apparatus may further be coupled with a PID controller with a multidimensional field of input and output parameters.
US10301014B2
A monolithic blade of a rotorcraft rotor, the blade comprising at least locally an airfoil zone having a pressure side face and a suction side face. The invention is remarkable in that the blade has a root zone including a finger with a spherical bearing surface arranged at a root end of the blade, a recess suitable for receiving a laminated spherical bearing, and a flexible portion having a preferred direction of deformation in bending about a flapping axis of the blade, the flexible portion being arranged between the finger and the recess.
US10301012B2
A rotor hub assembly for a rotary-winged aircraft includes a spool portion and a plurality of hub arms extending radially outwardly from the spool portion. A rotor blade is connectable to each hub arm. Each hub arm includes a spine portion and at least two leg portions extending from the spine portion. The spine portion and the at least two leg portions defining an I-shaped cross-section of each hub arm. A rotor assembly includes a rotor hub assembly including a spool portion and a plurality of hub arms extending radially outwardly from the spool portion. Each hub arm includes a spine portion and at least two leg portions extending from the spine portion. The spine portion and the at least two leg portions define an I-shaped cross-section of each hub arm. A rotor blade is secured to each hub arm.
US10301005B2
A vehicle door unit comprises a rotating lever supported rotatably about a first shaft at a first end, a door mounting coupled rotatably about a second shaft to a second end of the rotating lever, a door attached to the door mounting and being configured to cover an opening in a vehicle and to close off a vehicle interior, and a drive unit configured to rotate the rotating lever about the first shaft between a closed position and an open position. The rotating lever is configured to move the second shaft, on a movement from the closed position to the open position, on a circular path, due to which the door mounting is first moved into the vehicle interior and, on further rotation of the rotating lever, out of the vehicle interior.
US10301001B2
The invention relates to a pump device for operating vacuum drainage systems and for pumping sewage, in particular on watercrafts. This pump device comprises a drive device having a drive shaft that comprises a first shaft end and a second shaft end and can be rotated by means of the drive device. The pump device further comprises a centrifugal pump which has at least one impeller that is connected in a torque-proof manner to the drive shaft in the region of the first shaft end.
US10300999B2
A vessel power supply system for a vessel including a propulsion device that includes an engine and a generator driven by the engine to generate electricity, includes a first battery that supplies power to the propulsion device, a second battery that supplies power to accessories of the vessel, a first open circuit voltage sensor that detects an open circuit voltage of the first battery, a second open circuit voltage sensor that detects an open circuit voltage of the second battery, and a switch that is turned on/off to open and close a current path between the first battery and the second battery.
US10300990B2
A snowmobile frame includes a tunnel, an engine cradle, a front suspension, a forward support and a fuel tank having a lower and an upper wall connected together 5 to enclose a volume. The volume fluidly communicates with the engine and has a portion extending upwardly and forwardly from the tunnel to the forward support. The fuel tank is removably connected to the tunnel and the forward support by the upper wall which has a left and a right lower end portion respectively connected to the tunnel on a left and right side of the longitudinal centerplane, and an upper end 10 portion connected to the forward support. The lower wall is connected to the upper wall above lower end portions and below the upper end portion. A force transmitted between the forward support and the tunnel, via the fuel tank, is transmitted through the upper wall without passing through the lower wall.
US10300989B2
A snowmobile has a frame having a motor module. The motor module has a front portion defining a cross member and further defining an aperture below the cross member. The frame further has a tunnel, a suspension module, a motor, a handlebar, front left and right skis both operatively connected to the handlebar and front left and right suspension assemblies operatively connecting the front left and right skis respectively to the suspension module and to the motor module. Each one of the front left and right suspension assemblies have a respective support arm having a proximal end positioned longitudinally forward of the motor module and a proximal fastener pivotally connecting the proximal end to the front portion of the motor module about a pivot axis. A line extending from a left pivot axis to a right pivot axis is contained in the cross member.
US10300978B2
In order to provide a foldable bicycle frame which can be folded to form a very small packing size on the one hand and also satisfies high stability requirements on the other hand, a foldable bicycle frame is provided in accordance with the invention, comprising a seat tube (1) for accommodating a seat post (2), an upper tube (3), a head tube (4), a lower tube (5), two chain stays (6) and two seat stays (7), wherein a first releasable locking mechanism is provided in order to connect, in an unfolded state of the bicycle frame, the seat post (2), the seat tube (1), the upper tube (3) and the seat stays (7) in a rigid and detachable manner to each other and to fix the position to each other.
US10300971B2
A three-wheeled vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle frame supported by front ground engaging members and a single rear ground engaging member. The vehicle includes an engine positioned forward of an operator area and a swing arm coupled to the single rear ground engagement member. The operator area of the vehicle may include seating for a driver and a passenger.
US10300968B2
A track tension device and a track moving device are provided. The track tension device includes an upper transmission belt, a lower transmission belt, an upper tension portion, a lower compression portion and a resilient support portion. The track moving device includes the track tension device.
US10300956B2
A frame for an automobile windshield and side windows with improved visibility is formed by a plurality of hollow quadrangular prisms. Each hollow quadrangular prism includes four rigid right triangular prisms laid symmetrically in a V-like shape, two on each side of the V. Each rigid right triangular prism has a base triangle which is an obtuse and scalene triangle, and front and rear lateral faces which are covered with a reflective material of visible light. The front and rear lateral faces of the four right triangular prisms face each other forming a channel between them, which is filled with a transparent material. The hollow quadrangular prism reflects incident light in sequence by the reflective lateral faces of right triangular prisms. Many hollow invisible quadrangular prisms are stacked up to form a pillar for an automobile.
US10300951B2
A vehicle floor assembly may include a frame and a floor panel attached to the frame via a plurality of mount fasteners, a plurality of string attachments, each welded to the frame and the floor panel to further attach the frame and the floor panel in addition to the mount fasteners and to provide additional resistance to buckling of the floor panel or the frame during a collision.
US10300948B2
A webbing device for a vehicle underbody can comprise a plurality of rows of ribs and members that extend between the ribs to provide rigidity and force load distribution. The webbing device can comprise channels to receive a variety of structural components of the underbody and can accommodate underbodies of various sizes without altering its rigidity and force load distribution.
US10300946B2
An apparatus for adjusting a joint of a connecting rod is provided. The joint couples a first segment of the rod to a second segment of the rod. The apparatus includes a body and a first leg having a first distal end for engaging the first rod segment to inhibit rotational movement of the first rod segment while permitting axial movement of the first rod segment relative to the first leg. The apparatus also includes a second leg for engaging the second rod segment. The second leg has a second distal end for inhibiting rotational movement of the second rod segment relative to the second leg. The apparatus further includes a clamp for selectively inhibiting axial movement of the second rod segment relative to the second leg.
US10300933B2
A convertible cargo case for a wagon is provided. The cargo case has a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall opposing the first side wall, a third side wall joining the first side wall and the second side wall, a fourth side wall opposing the third side wall and joining the first side wall and the second side wall, and a bottom wall joining a bottom end of the first side wall, second side wall, third side wall and fourth side wall to define a cavity. A connector extends from the cavity. The connector has a receiver for removably securing the housing to the wagon, wherein the housing is convertible between three configurations: an open cargo configuration, a closed cargo configuration, and a wagon storage configuration.
US10300927B2
A method for a vehicle control procedure, wherein in the case of this vehicle control procedure a closed loop control of the vehicle velocity is performed on the basis of a predetermined desired value, may comprise the following steps: determining on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion whether in the case of the closed loop control the vehicle velocity leaves a value range that is defined by at least one velocity threshold value while taking into consideration a tolerance range that defines predetermined, permitted deviations from this value range; and implementing a corresponding measure while modifying the vehicle control procedure in dependence upon the result of this determination procedure, wherein the determination procedure is performed on the basis of a signal analysis of at least one measurement signal that describes the movement status of the vehicle.
US10300926B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate switching between autonomous and manual driving modes. In order to do so, the vehicle's computer may conduct a series of environmental, system, and driver checks to identify certain conditions. The computer may correct some of these conditions and also provide a driver with a checklist of tasks for completion. Once the tasks have been completed and the conditions are changed, the computer may allow the driver to switch from the manual to the autonomous driving mode. The computer may also make a determination, under certain conditions, that it would be detrimental to the driver's safety or comfort to make a switch from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode.
US10300925B2
A method selects a target state of a vehicle driveline connecting at least a combustion engine and/or an electric machine to the wheels of the vehicle by a transmission, from a set of states present on the transmission, which are defined by various combinations of couplers and reduction gears thereof in order to transfer torque from the combustion engine and/or from the electric machine to the wheels over one or more gear ratios. The method includes filtering to determine, from a list of available states, state consecutive eligible sets as a function of combined driveability constraints.
US10300919B2
A desired change of a time derivative of dynamic torque (Tqfw), provided to an output shaft from an engine in a vehicle, from a current value to a new desired value is determined. A current rotational speed difference (Δωpres) is determined between a first end of the powertrain in a vehicle, which rotates with a first rotational speed (ω1), and a second end of the powertrain, which rotates with a second rotational speed. The first rotational speed (ω1) is then controlled on the basis of the desired value of the time derivative for the dynamic torque (Tqfw), a spring constant (k) related to a torsional compliance in the powertrain, and the determined current rotational speed difference {Δωpres). Through control of the first rotational speed, the current value for the time derivative for the dynamic torque is also indirectly controlled towards the desired value.
US10300914B2
An AWD-vehicle control device includes a transfer clutch that adjusts a driving force, a detector that detects a steering angle of a steering wheel, a detector that detects an accelerator pedal opening, a detector that detects a vehicle speed, a detector that detects an engine revolution speed, a detector that detects a turbine revolution speed of a torque converter, and a transfer clutch controller that adjusts hydraulic pressure supplied to the transfer clutch and controls a coupling force of the transfer clutch. If a predetermined period has passed from the accelerator pedal opening becoming less than a predetermined opening, the vehicle speed is within a predetermined range, a deviation between the engine and turbine revolution speeds is less than a predetermined speed, and the steering angle is equal to a first predetermined angle or greater, the transfer clutch controller controls the hydraulic pressure to reduce the coupling force.
US10300912B2
A collision avoidance apparatus includes an obstacle detection section for detecting an obstacle, a collision avoidance section which performs collision avoidance assist control, and an avoidance processing start section for causing the collision avoidance section to start the collision avoidance assist control. In the case where the obstacle is a continuous obstacle, the timing of starting the collision avoidance assist control is delayed as compared with the case where the obstacle is not a continuous obstacle. Further, the greater the degree of gentleness of the inclination of the continuous obstacle, the greater the amount by which the timing of starting the collision avoidance assist control is delayed.
US10300907B2
Systems and methods provide power to augment that of an electric motor in a hybrid electric vehicle to control deceleration of the hybrid electric vehicle. When a hybrid electric vehicle is going to encounter some road condition that may require deceleration, e.g., a downgrade, the hybrid electric vehicle may turn off the engine to take advantage of the regenerative braking properties of the hybrid electric vehicle while traversing the downgrade. However, in situations where the electric motor is unable to provide sufficient negative motor torque to control deceleration, the engine can be connected to the drivetrain in a fuel-cut off mode allowing the engine to generate negative engine torque that can augment the negative motor torque.
US10300902B2
A vehicle braking system including a brake pedal in communication with a wheel brake, a brake actuation system, a braking system controller, an on-board driver communication system, and a controller is described. Parameters associated with a braking request, a brake actuation command and vehicle operation are monitored during each braking event, and segmented the into parameters associated with a static portion of the braking event and parameters associated with a dynamic portion of each braking event, evaluate the parameters associated with the static portion of the braking event and evaluate the parameters associated with the dynamic portion of the braking event, and assess a state of health of the braking system based upon the evaluation of the parameters. The assessment of the state of health of the braking system is communicated to a vehicle driver via the on-board driver communication system.
US10300899B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for adjustment of maximum brake pump speed based on rate of change of target deceleration. An example vehicle includes a brake pump having a maximum pump speed. The example vehicle also includes a vehicle decelerator to determine a target deceleration for autonomous deceleration and send a signal to the brake pump to decelerate the vehicle at the target deceleration. The example vehicle also includes a maximum speed regulator to determine a rate of change of the target deceleration and adjust the maximum pump speed based on the rate of change.
US10300897B2
A method for controlling brakes may comprise receiving, by a controller, a yaw rate from an inertial sensor, calculating, by the controller, a force correction, calculating, by the controller, a pressure correction, and adjusting, by the controller, a pressure command for a brake control device.
US10300894B2
The present disclosure provides an auto-braking system which includes a braking device, a receiver, and a controller. The controller includes a determining portion, a verifying portion and an executing portion. The determining portion determines whether a vehicle will violate a red signal of the traffic light based on the traffic light state information. The verifying portion verifies the traffic light state information is valid by comparing the traffic light state information with the image of the traffic light captured by the sensor. The executing portion executes a first braking control to slow the vehicle at a first deceleration rate when the determining portion determines that the vehicle will violate a red signal. The executing portion executes a second braking control to slow the vehicle at a second deceleration rate to stop at a specified position when the verifying portion verifies that the traffic light state information is valid.
US10300877B2
A window net door attachment is provided for coupling with a vehicle door to provide protection to occupants within the vehicle during travel over rough terrain or during rolling over of the vehicle. Framed portions of the window net door attachment surround an open area between a top of the vehicle door, a roof, and a windshield area of the vehicle. A window net within a boundary support is attached to the frame portions and to the top of the vehicle door, such that the window net is disposed throughout the open area. Attachments along the boundary support retain the window net in an extended disposition within the open area. Vertical supports may be interwoven with the window net so as to impart relatively greater strength to the window net.
US10300871B2
A vehicle includes a chassis, an engine coupled to the chassis, a primary electrical system, and an auxiliary electrical system. The primary electrical system is configured to power one or more electrical loads associated with operation of the vehicle when the engine is running. The primary electrical system includes a primary alternator and a primary battery. The auxiliary electrical system includes an auxiliary alternator configured to generate electrical power, a battery system electrically coupled to the auxiliary alternator and configured to store at least a portion of the electrical power generated by the auxiliary alternator, and an inverter coupled to the battery system. The inverter is configured to at least one of (a) charge the battery system, (b) power a direct current load, and (c) power an alternating current load.
US10300868B2
A grommet includes: a tapered tube portion that is to be inserted, with an electric wire group W passed therethrough, into a flange from a cabin-outside and attached thereto; and a panel fitting portion that is formed in an outer face portion on a base end side of the tapered tube portion, and is to be fitted to the flange. The fitting portion includes: a ring-shaped groove portion that accommodates a portion on the leading end face side of the flange; an arcuate rib that is formed continuously with a tapered tube outer face portion; a ring-shaped flat face portion that is formed continuously with the arcuate rib; and an auxiliary seal portion that is formed continuously with the ring-shaped flat face portion, and protrudes toward the cabin-inside relative to the ring-shaped flat face portion.
US10300867B2
A wire harness includes: a trunk line section obtained by bundling a plurality of power supply lines serving as wiring bodies wired in a vehicle; a trunk line middle distributor to which a power storage device that is mounted on the vehicle and accumulates electric power is connected, the trunk line middle distributor being interposed between both ends of the trunk line section; and a pair of trunk line end distributors each of which is connected to a corresponding one of both ends of the trunk line section and distributes electric power from the power storage device to each appliance to be connected.
US10300866B2
A method for assembling a camera for a vehicle includes providing a camera housing portion, disposing an imaging sensor at a base portion of the camera housing portion, and disposing a lens system at a first portion of the camera housing portion. A first circuit board is provided that includes circuitry associated with the imaging sensor, which is disposed at a second circuit board that is in board-to-board electrical connection with the first circuit board. The camera housing portion and a connector portion are joined together to encase the first and second circuit boards. The connector portion includes a multi-pin connector having terminals that include (i) a first terminal portion for electrically connecting with a connector of the vehicle and (ii) a second terminal portion that electrically connects with circuitry disposed at the first circuit board when the camera housing portion and the connector portion are joined together.
US10300857B2
An interior minor for a motor vehicle, including a housing and a minor element held within it, can be tipped between a day position and a night position by means of at least one actuation element, where a direction of actuation of the at least one actuation element corresponds to a transverse direction of the interior minor in a central installation position.
US10300845B2
A deployable safety zone system includes at least a first arm mounted on a support member and being movable between stored and operating positions relative to the support member. The support member and first arm define a safety zone between then when the first arm is in the operating position. The safety system may include reflective mechanisms, light sources, and an alarming system. The alarming system may include a transmitter positioned on one part of the safety system, a receiver positioned on another part of the safety system and an alarm mechanism. A signal may be sent between the transmitter and receiver and if that signal is interrupted, a visual or audible alarm may be generated. Alternatively, the deployable safety zone system may comprise a sensor assembly disposed adjacent the support member The alarmed safety zone is defined between the support member and the sensor assembly.
US10300844B2
A device for indicating lock status of a motor vehicle door includes a door lock status indicator carried on a window of the motor vehicle door. A device for indicating a turn signal of a motor vehicle includes a turn signal indicator carried on a window of the motor vehicle. These devices may be combined into a single lighting module.
US10300843B2
A vehicle side marker is provided herein. The side marker may include a translucent lens having a texture thereon. A substrate may be attached to the lens. A first photoluminescent structure and a second photoluminescent structure are disposed between an exterior surface of the lens and the substrate. The first and second photoluminescent structures are configured to luminesce in response to excitation by a light source. The first photoluminescent structure may include a long persistent photoluminescent material therein.
US10300842B2
An illumination assembly configured to emit diffuse light through an indicator is disclosed. The assembly comprises a substrate having an applique disposed thereon. The applique forms an opening configured to transmit light through the substrate. The assembly further comprises a light source in connection with a circuit and configured to emit light through the shape. A diffusing layer is applied to a surface of the assembly between the circuit and the substrate. The diffusing layer comprises a resin material configured to cure in response to exposure to ultraviolet light or heat. The diffusing layer further comprises a filler material comprising a plurality of beaded structures configured to diffuse light from the light source.
US10300837B2
A front structure of a vehicle is provided with a vehicle front lamp disposed at each end portion of a vehicle front portion in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle front lamp includes a headlight, a cover member, and a lighting accessory. The cover member is disposed above the headlight. The lighting accessory is disposed above a rear portion of the headlight and below the cover member. The vehicle front lamp is provided with a ventilation path that is formed outward or inward of the headlight in the vehicle width direction below the cover member and that allows traveling wind from a vehicle front side to pass toward a vehicle rear side.
US10300830B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a method and system for blending multi-component granular compositions such as proppant used in hydraulic fracturing in well drilling. The system includes the control and management of an on-site storage system for each of the components, regulating the delivery of specified quantities of each component to a blender, and coordinating the flow of materials into and out of the blender.
US10300824B2
A vehicle seat having a seating surface which has a front edge and a rear edge, and a backrest arranged at the rear edge and situated at an angle to the seating surface. The seating surface is divided into a main part and at least one front part. The main part and the at least one front part can be moved relative to one another by means of an adjusting device to enable a distance between the front edge and the rear edge of the seating surface to be adjusted dynamically. At least two inflatable chambers are arranged between the main part and the at least one front part, which chambers can be inflated and emptied in accordance with the distance of the front edge from the rear edge.
US10300821B2
A cushion pan includes a front and rear support part that extends from the front end to the rear end of a seat cushion and faces the lower face of the femoral region of an occupant and side support parts that extend obliquely upward from both right and left side edges of the front and rear support part and face side faces of the buttocks of the occupant. In addition, the front and rear support part and the side support parts may be integrally formed to reduce the number of components and assembling steps.
US10300812B2
An adjusting device for adjusting two vehicle parts relative to each other is provided. The adjusting device comprising a first guide rail, which is longitudinally extended along a longitudinal axis and which is formed by a base and lateral legs connected to the base, a second guide rail, which is movably arranged on the first guide rail and which is longitudinally extended along the longitudinal axis, an adjusting mechanism, which is arranged between the legs on the first guide rail and which comprises a spindle nut, which can be rotated about the longitudinal axis in order to drive the adjusting device, a spindle, which is arranged in a rotationally fixed manner on the second guide rail and which is longitudinally extended along the longitudinal axis and which engages with the spindle nut in such a way that, when the spinal nut is rotated, the first guide rail is moved along the longitudinal axis relative to the second guide rail, and a fastening device for fastening the adjusting mechanism to the first guide rail.
US10300811B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back coupled to the seat bottom to extend upwardly away from the seat bottom and move relative to the seat bottom. The vehicle seat is coupled to a vehicle floor for movement relative to the vehicle floor between a use arrangement and a storage arrangement.
US10300802B2
A charging system 1 including a charging apparatus 10 and a data base 20, the charging apparatus 10 including a power supply unit 11, a control unit 12, and a plurality of charging connectors 13-1 to 13-3 compliant with different charging standards. When authentication of identification information succeeds, the control unit 12 determines a charging standard on the basis of vehicle information of the data base 20 and when the authentication of the identification information fails, determines a charging standard on the basis of vehicle information input by a user. Further, the control unit 12 unlocks a charging connector compliant with the determined charging standard and notifies of unlocking.
US10300798B2
A method and apparatus for measuring battery cell DC impedance by controlling charging of the battery cell. The method includes real-time characterization of a battery, (a) measuring periodically a DC impedance of the battery to determine a measured DC impedance; (b) ratioing the measured DC impedance to a reference DC impedance for the battery to establish an impedance degradation factor; (c) obtaining, during use of the battery and responsive to a set of attributes of the battery, an operational reference impedance for the battery; and (d) applying the impedance degradation factor to the operational reference impedance to obtain a real-time effective impedance for the battery.
US10300797B2
A system and method for controlling a start of a fuel cell vehicle are provided. The method includes providing hydrogen and air to a fuel cell and operating a converter to maintain a voltage of a high voltage bus constant. The converter is disposed between a high-voltage battery and the high voltage bus to which an output stage of the fuel cell is connected, and the voltage of the high voltage bus becomes a preset lowest control voltage. A charge current of the high-voltage battery is set as a charge limit current and an air supply amount is adjusted and the converter is operated to provide a current corresponding to an amplitude of the charge limit current to the high-voltage battery. The charge limit current is changed based on comparing a sensed charge current, obtained by sensing a current input to the high-voltage battery, with the charge limit current.
US10300796B2
A drive device includes a first energy storage, a second energy storage, a voltage converter, a driver, and circuitry. The first energy storage has a first power weight density and a first energy weight density. The second energy storage has a second power weight density higher than the first power weight density and a second energy weight density lower than the first weight density. The voltage converter converts a voltage output from the second energy storage. The driver is driven with power supplied from at least one of the first energy storage and the second energy storage. The circuitry is configured to interrupt current from the driver or from the second energy storage to the first energy storage. The circuitry is configured to control the voltage converter.
US10300789B2
A display system for a vehicle. The display system includes a display engine that displays an image visible to a driver of the vehicle. In a first configuration, the display engine projects vehicle operating information directly in front of the driver. In a second configuration, the display engine projects an augmented reality image of an environment ahead of the vehicle directly in front of the driver. In a third configuration, the display engine projects entertainment images at a center of a dashboard of the vehicle between a driver's seat and a front passenger seat.
US10300786B2
A utility vehicle includes a plurality of ground-engaging members, a frame supported by the ground-engaging members, and a powertrain assembly. The powertrain assembly includes an engine, a shiftable transmission, a continuously variable transmission, and a charger. Additionally, the utility vehicle may include a cooling assembly fluidly coupled to at least the engine and the charger.
US10300770B2
A door beam for a vehicle may include a beam portion having a rod shape which extends along a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body, a front mounting portion disposed at a front end portion of the beam portion to mount the front end portion of the beam portion to the door, and a rear mounting portion disposed at a rear end portion of the beam portion to mount the rear end portion of the beam portion to the door.
US10300762B2
Disclosed is a method to form arbitrarily shaped, uniform, lightweight, thermally insulating and acoustically absorptive automotive components with controllable density, thickness, porosity, and surface integrity. The method is based on natural cellulosic fibers such as those found in cardboard and paper and uses a thermoplastic fiber and particle slurry to form fusible components. The method produces components having the benefit of commercially available thermoformed fiber mats or open-cell extruded foam components with excellent acoustical properties, enhanced thermal insulation, and are light weight, which limits engine inefficiency, and the high cost of such products so as to allow large scale implementation.
US10300753B2
A vehicle drive unit and land vehicle comprising the drive unit are disclosed. Each drive unit comprises a pair of longitudinally spaced apart rotatable drive structures. The land vehicle comprises a pair of drive units on opposite sides thereof. The drive units comprise an electric motor for powering the rotatable drive structures and a gear drive assembly comprising structure for disengaging the electric motor. The drive units may be remotely controllable, may be water-tight and may be floatable. The vehicle comprising the drive unit may be amphibious.
US10300751B2
A vehicle mounted storage device for the ball mount and spring/torsion bar component of a trailer weight distribution system when the equipment is not in use. The storage device is comprised of a horizontal channel where the spring bars can be inserted, a vertical channel, where the ball mount can be inserted, and a horizontal tongue separating the two channels. When the spring bars are inserted into the horizontal channel with the heads of the spring bars resting on the tongue area and the ball mount is inserted into the vertical channel with the hitch ball directly above the spring bar heads, the spring bars are securely confined to the device. Once a locking device has been affixed to the ball mount, the device deters theft of the spring bars and ball mount.
US10300747B2
A self-sealing tire for vehicle wheels includes: a carcass structure, a tread band applied in a radially external position to the carcass structure at least in a crown area of the tire, a liner applied in a radially inner position to the carcass structure, and a layer of sealing material applied in a radially inner position to the carcass structure and which extends axially at least in all the crown area of the tire in which the sealing material includes a partially chemically crosslinked composition including an unsaturated styrene thermoplastic elastomer.
US10300743B2
A non-pneumatic tire (1) of the present invention includes an attachment body (11) attached to an axle, a ring-shaped body (13) which surrounds the attachment body (11) from the outside in a tire radial direction, and coupling members (15) which displaceably couple the attachment body (11) to the ring-shaped body (13), wherein a plurality of coupling members (15) are arranged in a tire circumferential direction and include elastic coupling plates (21 and 22) whose opposite ends are respectively coupled to the attachment body (11) and the ring-shaped body (13), and a bending rigidity EI1 of the elastic coupling plates (21 and 22) represented by E1×W1×t13/12 when the average thickness in the tire circumferential direction is t1 (mm), the average width in a tire width direction H is W1 (mm), and the Young's modulus is E1 (MPa) is smaller than the bending rigidity EI2 of the ring-shaped body (13) represented by E2×W2×t23/12 when the average thickness in the tire radial direction is t2 (mm), the average width in the tire width direction H is W2 (mm), and the Young's modulus is E2 (MPa).
US10300740B2
In some examples, an aircraft wheel assembly includes an axle, a bearing assembly, and a hub defining a bearing bore. The bearing bore may be configured such that the dynamic radial and axial thrust bearing reactions between the axle and the hub results in a first reaction force FR applied to the hub, the first reaction force FR having a radial component, and a second reaction force FN applied to the hub, the second reaction force FN having both a radial and an axial component.
US10300730B2
A method of manufacturing an image element array includes: providing a production tool having a surface pattern of ink-receptive elements spaced by areas which are not, the ink-receptive elements defining the array image elements; applying a multi-colored first image formed of a inks to only the ink-receptive elements; and transferring only the portions of the multi-colored first image corresponding to the image elements from the production tool to a substrate. An image element array is formed on the substrate. The production tool surface pattern is configured such that when viewing and image element arrays overlap, each viewing element within an image element array first region directs light from a respective image element or from a respective gap. The viewing angle in the first region directs light from either the array or the gaps.
US10300729B2
A color shifting security device has a Fabry-Perot type structure wherein a dielectric layer is disposed between a reflector and an absorbing layer. The absorber and reflector layers may be conforming and the dielectric layer therebetween is non-conforming, filling the regions in the micro structured adjacent absorbing or reflecting layer, at least one of which has a microstructure therein or thereon. By having the dielectric layer not conform to the microstructure it is next to, its thickness varies in cross section, which allows for different colors to be seen where the thickness varies.
US10300728B2
A heat roller 18 includes a roller body 25 and a halogen lamp 26, the roller body 25 is a hollow cylinder constituted of aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and a thermal conversion efficiency of light from the halogen lamp 26 is not less than 70%. A printing apparatus includes the heat roller 18 disposed at a downstream side in a conveyance direction of a conveyance path for a printing medium than a printing unit.
US10300727B2
The print medium includes an ink receiving layer that is formed on a substrate and to which a pigment ink containing a pigment and a solvent is applied. The ink receiving layer includes a pigment permeation layer through which the solvent and the pigment are enabled to infiltrate, and a solvent absorption layer through which the pigment is inhibited from infiltrating and the solvent is enabled to infiltrate, and the pigment permeation layer and the solvent absorption layer are laminated in this order from the substrate side. The resin layer includes pieces of thermoplastic resin discretely provided on a front surface of the pigment permeation layer so as to leave an exposed portion from which the front surface of the pigment permeation layer is exposed.
US10300715B2
In one example, a media support includes a platen and multiple suctions cups embedded in or an integral part of the platen. Some of the suction cups are arranged in a first part having a first density and some of the suction cups arrange in a second part having a second density less than the first density.
US10300708B2
A non-aqueous ink jet composition includes a surface-treated metal powder, wherein a dissolved oxygen reduction rate is 2.0 kPa/h or more and 20.0 kPa/h or less in an environment of 25° C. and 1.0 atm.
US10300706B2
An inkjet printing device includes an ink containing a silver particle and water; and an ink discharging head including multiple nozzles to discharge the ink, individual liquid chambers communicating with the multiple nozzles, a common liquid chamber to supply the ink to the individual liquid chambers, a circulating flow path communicating with the individual liquid chambers, a common circulating liquid chamber communicating with the circulating flow path, and a pressure generator to apply a pressure to the ink in the individual liquid chambers, wherein the proportion of the silver particle to the ink is from 1 to 15 percent by mass.
US10300703B2
Provided is a printer wherein ink can be easily injected and filled into a tank. A printer including: a printing head; a housing; a body cover shiftable between a closed state of closing an opening of the housing and an open state of exposing the opening; a tank including an ink container and an ink inlet port receiving the ink injection into the ink container; and a tank cover shiftable between a closed state of closing the ink inlet port and an open state of exposing the ink inlet port. The body cover in the closed state covers a portion of the tank cover, and the ink inlet port is located outside a region of the body cover. The tank cover changes from the closed state to the open state, triggered by the body cover changing from the closed state to the open state.
US10300700B2
An inkjet printhead includes: a rigid elongate carrier having an ink supply channel and a lower surface having a plurality of printhead chips mounted thereon; a rigid PCB attached to the lower surface of the carrier, the PCB extending a length of the carrier and projecting laterally beyond a sidewall of the carrier; a lead retainer attached to the sidewall of the carrier; and a plurality of leads extending upwardly from contact pads positioned along a longitudinal edge portion of the PCB, each lead being secured to the sidewall of the carrier via the lead retainer. The PCB supplies power and data to the printhead chips via electrical connections between the PCB and the printhead chips.
US10300699B2
A liquid discharge head includes a recording element substrate having first to fourth discharge port groups, each of which includes a plurality of discharge ports for discharging liquid, first flow path connecting a first liquid tank to the first discharge port group, a second flow path connecting a second liquid tank to the second discharge port group, and a third flow path connecting a third liquid tank to the third discharge port group and the fourth discharge port group, wherein a flow resistance in the first flow path is smaller than a flow resistance in the second flow path and larger than a flow resistance in the third flow path, and wherein a ratio of the flow resistance in the second flow path to the flow resistance in the third flow path is 4 or less.
US10300694B2
A printing apparatus includes a time-division driving unit configured to divide a plurality of printing elements into a plurality of blocks, and between a target reference signal and the next reference signal, and to drive the plurality of printing elements at a time interval for each of the blocks on a basis of the target reference signal to thereby perform one column of printing. In a case where, in a first column, a time, which is after the target reference signal is acquired and until the next reference signal is acquired, is shorter than a time required for one column of printing, the time-division driving unit drives the plurality of printing elements so that a time required for printing the second column, in which the next printing is performed, becomes shorter than a time required for one column of printing in the first column.
US10300693B2
In some examples, a printhead drop detector comprises a plurality of drop detection units. Each drop detection unit may comprise a radiation source and radiation detector and may be to detect a drop passing through a sampling volume between the radiation source and the radiation detector. A radiation detector of a first drop detection unit and a radiation source of a second drop detection unit is arranged on a first side of the sampling volume; and a radiation source of the first drop detection unit and a radiation detector of the second drop detection unit is arranged on the second side of the sampling volume.
US10300688B2
An encapsulation method and an encapsulation device are provided. The encapsulation method comprises: forming a binding agent in an encapsulation region of a display substrate; forming an organic thin film on the binding agent; exerting a pressure on the organic thin film and the binding agent by using a pressure exerting device, wherein the organic thin film is not bound to the pressure exerting device; removing the organic thin film; and providing a cover plate on the binding agent and binding the cover plate with the display substrate by the binding agent.
US10300686B2
A multi-layer structure comprising: a) at least one layer comprising a polyolefin component comprising i) 60 to 94 weight percent of a first component selected from the group consisting of ethylene homopolymer, ethylene copolymer, polypropylene homopolymer, polypropylene copolymer, and combinations thereof ii) 0-35 weight percent of a functional polymer component, and iii) 1-35 weight percent of a compatibilizer component comprising an anhydride and/or carboxylic acid functionalized ethylene/alpha-olefin interpolymer having a melt viscosity (177° C.) less than, or equal to, 200,000 cP and a density from 0.855 to 0.94 g/cc; b) at least one tie layer comprising maleic-anhydride grafted polymer with a melt index of less than 50 dg/min, wherein the tie layer does not contain the compatibilizer component; and c) at least one polar layer comprising a polar polymer, is disclosed.
US10300681B2
The present invention aims to provide an interlayer film for a laminated glass which enables production of a laminated glass with suppressed occurrence of optical distortion, a method for producing the interlayer film for a laminated glass, and a laminated glass produced using the interlayer film for a laminated glass. The present invention relates to an interlayer film for a laminated glass produced by an extrusion lip embossing method utilizing melt fracture, the interlayer film for a laminated glass including a laminate that includes two or more resin layers in a stack and having a large number of protrusions and recesses on at least one surface, a maximum height Ry (μm) and an average interval Sm (μm) of the protrusions and recesses measured in conformity with JIS B 0601 (1994) on the surface with protrusions and recesses satisfying a formula (1): (Ry×Sm)/2≤3,500 (1).
US10300680B2
A laminated vehicle windshield containing internal luminous information includes a first glazing, a lamination interlayer, and a second glazing with a face bearing a first curved organic-light-emitting-diode device that is configured to illuminate the first sign.
US10300672B2
A dunnage system for processing material into dunnage is herein described. A converting station of the system can include a drum having a drum surface first and second axial sides and guides protruding adjacent the drum surface on the first and second axial sides associated with the drum to rotate with the drum surface. A supply gripping member can be provided to grip a supply roll, and can include a rotatable base. A pivotal blade can be used to cut the dunnage.
US10300661B2
The invention is a computer-implemented method for defining a supporting structure (2) for a three-dimensional object (1) to be produced through a stereolithography process, comprising the following operations: defining a first surface (3) to be supported of the three-dimensional object (1) and a second surface (4) facing the first surface (3); defining elongated supporting elements (5) between the surfaces (3, 4); defining pairs of supporting elements (5); for each pair of supporting elements (5), defining an elongated reinforcing element (6) connecting the two supporting elements (5) of the pair. The definition of the pairs of supporting elements (5) comprises the following operations: defining a reference point (7) of each supporting element (5); defining a connected acyclic graph (8) having as vertices the reference points (7); for each edge (9) of the graph, defining one pair of supporting elements comprising the two supporting elements (5) corresponding to the ends of the edge (9). The definition of the pairs of supporting elements (5) comprises the further operation of defining an additional pair of supporting elements for each vertex having order 1 of the connected acyclic graph (8), the additional pair comprising a first supporting element (5) corresponding to the vertex having order 1 and a second supporting element (5) not connected to the first supporting element (5) through any edge (9).
US10300653B2
A method and apparatus is presented. A portion is cut from a thermoplastic sheet of a first thermoplastic material based on a three dimensional model. The portion is secured to a mold. The portion and the mold are heated under vacuum to form a structure. The structure may take the form of a protective covering. In some illustrative examples, the mold may be formed of a second thermoplastic material based on the three dimensional model using additive manufacturing.
US10300638B2
The invention is directed to a process for the manufacture of composite wood structures, which provides for increased production rates and machinability. More particularly, the process comprises combining wood particles with a composition comprising an aqueous protein and diluent dispersion.
US10300632B2
A method of producing a preform, having a step for preparing a sheet-shaped prepreg and a preform mold having a forming surface and a separable portion constituting at least a portion of the forming surface, forming the prepreg using the preform mold, and then removing the preform together with the separable portion from the preform mold.
US10300630B1
An apparatus including a controller, and at least two cutting head assemblies. The controller typically includes a computer processor, and a computer memory, having a computer program stored therein. The controller automatically controls the current load of a cutting motor of each of the at least two cutting head assemblies via current sensors, in response to monitoring real time current loads. The controller may also control feed mechanism speed. The feed mechanism may include a conveyor belt. The controller may also be programmed to control a position or height of each of the at least two cutting head assemblies with respect to the feed mechanism. The two or more cutting head assemblies may be attached to a frame, and the controller may control the movement of the frame perpendicular to the direction of movement of feeding mechanism. Cutting head pads may be monitored for wear and replaced if necessary.
US10300624B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods and resins for additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method for additive manufacturing of a ceramic structure includes providing a resin including a preceramic polymer and inorganic ceramic filler particles dispersed in the preceramic polymer. The preceramic polymer is configured to convert to a ceramic phase. The method includes functionalizing inorganic ceramic filler particles with a reactive group and applying an energy source to the resin to create at least one layer of the ceramic phase from the resin.
US10300617B2
A cutting tool includes first and second blades attached to each other by a joint, and first and second handles. A first inlay having a protruding end protrudes into a hole in the first blade. A shaft has a first end joined to the protruding end of the first inlay, and has a second end with at least one transverse shoulder. A second inlay has a protruding end protruding into a hole in the second blade and a hole receives the second end of the shaft, and an engaging surface engages with the shoulder of the shaft. The hole of the second inlay has a shape and width allowing the second end of the shaft with the shoulder to pass into the hole in a release position, but prevents the shaft and shoulder from passing through the hole when the shaft and second inlay are not in the release position.
US10300615B2
The present utility knife provides a uniquely improved safety mechanism that increases safety, reliability, and reduces the cost of manufacturing. A shield is locked over the blade by a strut braced between the shield and a stop within the housing. The strut is biased to the locked position by an integrally molded sinuous spring that is designed to force the strut into engagement with the stop and to force the shield to cover the blade, allowing just one cut per actuator pull. The stop structure checks the motion of the strut when locked and closely guides the movement of the strut when unlocked through use of an L-shaped channel. These features reduce the complexity of the safety knife and increase the reliability of the safety mechanism under rough conditions.
US10300608B2
A robot operating apparatus includes a force sensor mounted on the distal end part of an arm unit and a handle supporting unit mounted on the distal end part of the arm unit via the force sensor. The handle supporting unit supports two handles, and a handle structure including the two handles has two force points where forces are applied while being gripped with both hands. The force sensor detects a resultant force of forces acting on the two force points, and transmits the same to a robot control apparatus, so that the distal end part of the arm unit moves in accordance with a direction and a magnitude of the resultant force detected by the force sensor.
US10300585B2
A ratchet type power wrench includes a housing, a pressure medium powered actuator, a ratchet mechanism included in the housing and coupled to the actuator, an open ended output socket with a constant cross sectional dimension throughout a length thereof, which is rotatably supported in the housing and engaged by the ratchet mechanism, and an angle encoder provided to indicate angular displacements of the output socket. The angle encoder has a form of a separate unit included in a casing, the casing being attachable to either side of the housing for connecting the angle encoder to either end of the output socket. The angle encoder includes a rotatable signal initiating part and a movement sensor rigidly mounted in the casing, the rotatable signal initiating part being provided with at least one coupling dog adapted to engage cavities located at both ends of the output socket.
US10300571B2
An intellectual automatic tool changer (ATC) speed moderating system, which is disposed between a tool magazine and a tool exchanging arm, includes an image capture device for capturing the image of tools, and a processing device connected with the image capturing device. The processing device includes a receiving module for receiving the images of tools, a calculating module for calculating an assessment value of a tool according to the image of the tool, and a signal transmitting module connected with a controller of the tool exchanging arm for transmitting the assessment value of the tool to the controller. Therefore, the tool changing speed of the tool changing arm is controlled and moderated.
US10300565B2
This disclosure relates generally to Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW) and, more specifically, to Metal-cored Arc Welding (MCAW) of mill scaled steel workpieces. A metal-cored welding wire, including a sheath and a core, capable of welding mill scaled workpieces without prior descaling is disclosed. The metal-cored welding wire has a sulfur source that occupies between approximately 0.04% and approximately 0.18% of the weight of the metal-cored welding wire, and has a cellulose source that occupies between approximately 0.09% and approximately 0.54% of the weight of the metal-cored welding wire.
US10300557B2
A hybrid laser modulation and acid etch process for the creation of a patterned substrate. According to some embodiments, a hole is formed in a glass substrate by first modulating a portion of the substrate in the desired shape. A mask is coated on the glass substrate and is patterned to expose the modulated portion. The glass substrate is then acid etched to remove the modulated portion. Once the modulated portion has been etched, the desired shape may be removed from the glass substrate and the mask may be stripped.
US10300550B2
A universal conduit assembly for a welding torch is provided that includes a conduit liner defining a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, a conduit tip secured to the proximal end portion of the conduit liner, and an interchangeable conduit stop removably secured to the conduit tip. The interchangeable conduit stop is adapted for connection to a specific OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) power connector.
US10300547B2
A torch cutting machine comprising a longitudinal travel way, a main carriage that travels along the travel way, and a boom assembly extending from the main carriage perpendicular to the travel way, the boom assembly comprising at least one cutting torch extending from a main boom. The boom assembly is rotatable with respect to the main carriage. Also, a method of cutting metal material where a boom of a torch cutting machine having a cutting torch extending therefrom, is placed over metal material in a first cutting bed, which is cut by moving the cutting torch. The boom is rotated 180° and positioned over material in a second cutting bed, which is cut in the same manner. Cut material is removed from the first cutting bed and new material is placed in the first cutting bed while the cutting of the material in the second cutting bed is being performed.
US10300541B2
A power tool includes a housing, a motor, and a drive mechanism. The drive mechanism includes a driven gear that is rotated by the motor. The driven gear is vertically-oriented within the housing and has an upper portion and a lower portion. The drive mechanism also includes a connecting rod coupled to the driven gear to translate rotary motion of the driven gear into reciprocating motion, and an output shaft coupled to the connecting rod to reciprocate relative to the housing through a cutting stroke and a return stroke. The drive mechanism further includes a counterweight coupled to the driven gear for rotation with the driven gear. The counterweight moves through the upper portion of the driven gear during the cutting stroke of the output shaft, and moves through the lower portion of the driven gear during a return stroke of the output shaft.
US10300537B2
A cutting insert (20) for a milling cutter (10) is described, wherein the cutting insert (20) comprises a first main surface (22) for abutment against a stop surface (24) oriented substantially perpendicular to the direction of rotation of the milling cutter (10), a second main surface (26) which is opposite to the first main surface (22), which comprises the cutting surface, and a lateral surface (28) which connects the first main surface (22) with the second main surface (26) and which comprises the free surface. The lateral surface (28) has at least one clamping section (38) by which the cutting insert (20) is clamped in a recess (18) in a tool body (12) by means of a clamping element (40), in particular wherein the cutting insert (20) is a turning cutting insert. Furthermore, a milling cutter (10) is described.
US10300526B2
A core assembly for a casting system according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a core that includes a body and at least one hole formed through the body and a spacer that extends through the at least one hole. The spacer includes a stud portion and a chaplet portion configured to abut a surface of the body that circumscribes the at least one hole.
US10300525B2
This filtration device 10 has a can body 20 having a reservoir 3 that connects to an opening 9 at the top, and a filtration unit 40 which is detachably installed in the reservoir. The filtration unit has a support plate 42, and filtration tubes 41 of bottomed cylindrical shape fastened to the support plate. The side wall 22 of the can body 20 has a protruding locking part 30 for installation of the filtration unit so that the filtration tubes are suspended from the support plate 42, with the openings 43 thereof facing upward. With the support plate 42 locked into the locking part 30, pressing members 70 for pressing the support plate 42 downward from the upper surface side in sections thereof lying towards the peripheral edge S in relation to the fastening locations of the filtration tubes 41 are deployed, making it possible for the support plate 42 to be fastened in clamped fashion by the locking part 30 and the pressing members 70.
US10300513B2
A piercing plug includes a plug main body, and a sprayed coating which is formed on a surface of the plug main body and includes iron and iron oxide. A chemical composition of the sprayed coating includes, in addition to the iron and the iron oxide, by mass %, C: 0.015% to 0.6%, Si: 0.05% to 0.5%, Mn: 0.1% to 1.0%, and Cu: 0 to 0.3%.
US10300508B2
A screening machine includes a rotary trommel screen having an overall length. The rotary trommel screen has an inlet and an outlet end. The screening machine includes a first collection area proximate to the inlet end and under the rotary trommel screen. The first collection area corresponds to at least 65 percent of the overall length of the trommel screen. The screening machine includes a second collection area proximate to the outlet end and under the rotary trommel screen. The second collection area corresponds to the remainder of the overall length of the trommel screen not corresponding to the first collection area. The first and second collection areas are configured to separate a first and second product respectively. Sections of the trommel screen corresponding to the first and second collection areas are configured such that a size of the first product is different than a size of the second product.
US10300504B2
A method for a system having a plurality of primary fluid sources and a fluid output with a common pump includes halting pumping of a first fluid, isolating the common pump from the fluid output and the primary fluid sources, connecting an inlet of the common pump to a solvent source and a compressed air source, and an outlet of the common pump to a waste fluid dump, filling the common pump with a first purge volume of solvent, cycling the common pump in a flush mode, operating the common pump in a timed flow mode, and connecting an inlet of the common pump to a second primary fluid source, and an outlet of the common pump to the output line, and starting pumping of a second fluid from the second primary fluid source through the output line.
US10300488B2
Provided herein are anti-static pipette trays that reduce the amount of static charge accumulated on or in pipette tips and allow for discharge of any accumulated static charge.
US10300486B2
A microfluidic system is presented that includes a cartridge and a container. The cartridge includes a plurality of microfluidic channels coupled to one or more chambers. The container holds dry chemicals and includes a housing with a first opening and a second opening smaller than the first opening. The container is designed to be inserted into an opening of the cartridge, such that the container is independently secured within the opening. The insertion of the container allows for the container to be fluidically coupled with a microfluidic channel of the plurality of microfluidic channels via the second opening.
US10300485B2
Methods and apparatuses for performing a nanoarray-in-microarray assay is provided, which can be used to estimate a protein concentration in a sample solution. A plurality of nanodots are fabricated on a surface having at least one affinity binder. One or more microspots are superimposed over the nanodots on predetermined regions of the surface, each of the microspots comprising at least one antibody. An assay process is performed on the surface, and the surface is imaged to acquire optical images of the nanodots within each microspot. Image analysis algorithms are the performed on the optical images to identify bindings on individual ones of the plurality of nanodots.
US10300475B2
A circumferential coating material which is coated on a circumferential surface of a honeycomb structure monolithically formed by extrusion, to form a circumferential coating layer, the circumferential coating material containing fused silica in a range of 20 to 75 mass %, containing a color developing agent in a range of 5 to 50 mass %, containing colloidal silica in a range of 5 to 30 mass %, and further containing a silicon based water repellent agent in a range of 1 to 10 mass % to a total mass of the fused silica, the color developing agent, and the colloidal silica.
US10300466B2
The present invention relates to a process for modifying the physical and chemical properties of Faujasite Y-type zeolites (FAU), mainly used as a base material of catalyst used in the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) process, for the interest of the oil refining industry, in which the conversion of oil heavy fractions into lighter fractions, with a higher commercial value, is carried out. The process produces a modified Faujasite Y-type zeolite, with lower sodium content, as low as 75%, than that of the starting Faujasite Y-type zeolite. A mesoporous material associated with the modified Faujasite Y-type zeolite has an average pore size ranging from 2 to 100 nm, having a bimodal or multimodal pore size distribution. The proportion of modified Faujasite Y-type zeolite with respect to the meso-porous material associated to the Faujasite Y type Zeolite can be regulated through the process operation conditions.
US10300462B2
A silver impregnation solution comprising: (i) silver ions, (ii) a silver concentration enhancer selected from at least one ammonium salt having an anionic component that is thermally decomposable; or at least one amino acid, or a combination thereof, (iii) at least one organic amine; and (iv) water; wherein said components (i)-(iii) are dissolved in said impregnation solution, and oxalic acid may or may not be included. The silver impregnation solution can achieve significantly higher silver concentrations, including at least or above 33, 34, or 35 wt %. Methods for producing a silver catalyst by silver impregnation of a refractory support followed by calcination are also described. The resulting silver catalysts possess high silver loadings of typically at least 17, 18, or 19 wt %.
US10300450B2
The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, and methods involving a spotter for depositing a substance on a submerged surface. The spotter comprises an outlet cavity defined at least in part by a spotting orifice, a first opening, and a second opening. The spotter also comprises a first conduit fluidly coupled to the first opening and a second conduit fluidly coupled to the second opening. The spotter is adapted so that fluid flowing through the first conduit and the second conduit is communicated among the first opening, the second opening, and a submerged deposition surface when the sealing orifice is sealed against the submerged deposition surface to form a deposition spot on the submerged deposition surface. The submerged deposition surface is within a liquid such that the liquid covers the deposition spot upon removal of the orifice from the deposition surface.
US10300434B2
A reactive composition comprising between 60% and 98% by weight of sodium bicarbonate, between 1% and 40% by weight of sodium carbonate and between 0.02% and 2.0% by weight of ammonia, expressed in the form of ammonium ions NH4+, and comprising from 0.01 to 5% by weight of a compound selected from the group consisting of hydrocarbons, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, and fatty acid salts.
US10300423B2
A sealed honeycomb structure may include porous walls dividedly forming inlet cells and outlet cells extending from an end surface of an inlet side to an end surface of an outlet side, an outlet side sealing portion, and an inlet side sealing portion, wherein at least one outlet cell is a reinforced cell, where a reinforced part for reinforcing the outlet cell is formed at at least one corner portion at which the walls on a cross-section vertical to an extending direction of the cell cross each other, and wherein the inlet cell is a non-reinforced cell where the reinforced part is not formed at all the corner portions at which the walls on the cross-section vertical to the extending direction of the cell cross each other.
US10300412B2
A pool cleaner that may include a drive mechanism for moving the pool cleaner; a housing that has a first fluid opening and a second fluid opening; a filtering unit that comprises a filter enclosure, a cleaning element and a filtering element; and a rotating mechanism that is configured to introduce a relative rotation between the cleaning element and the filtering element thereby causing the cleaning element to clean the filtering element.
US10300408B2
A process train for a floating production storage and offloading installation includes a crude oil storage tank that is equipped with at least one electrostatic separator configured to subject the produced stream that enters the tank to an electric field. The electrostatic separator may include two inclined vessels containing electrostatic internals and in fluid communication with one another. Employing electrostatic separators within the tank can permit an allowable inlet water content into the tank of up to 80%, significantly reducing the required topside processing equipment.
US10300405B2
An improved water-oil separation apparatus with a separation vessel and associated water leg having internal inlet piping that feeds fluids to an engineered degassing boot, having an engineered degassing boot that is more effective in removing entrained gases from the incoming fluid stream, having an umbrella shaped upper baffle instead of an inverted umbrella shaped upper baffle, having an improved oil collection bucket or weir, having a much improved inlet water spiral distribution apparatus, having an improved water leg design, and having a water leg with a functional height that is externally adjustable to make it easier to regulate the oil-water interface level within the separation vessel.
US10300398B2
The present invention provides for a protective enclosure comprising a base comprising a first continuous mating surface and at least one conveyance aperture, a cover comprising a second continuous mating surface, wherein the second continuous mating surface is configured to form a seal with the first continuous mating surface, and a clamp, wherein at least a portion of the clamp is coupleable to the base, wherein a mouth of the clamp is configured to be offset from the aperture when the clamp is coupled to the base, wherein the clamp comprises a first sealing layer, and wherein the clamp is configured to seal the aperture against contaminants. The protective enclosure may be configured for use in a remotely controllable model vehicle to protect a control module.
US10300397B2
Described herein is an assembly and methods of use thereof for controlling or governing the relative speed of motion between the assembly parts via eddy current formation. The assembly and methods also may minimize the number of parts required and may minimize the number of moving parts thereby increasing the mechanical durability of the assembly compared to art designs that may have more moving parts and greater part complexity.
US10300395B1
Systems and methods for filtering communication within a location-based game are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of filtering communication for a location-based game is disclosed. The method includes receiving, at a computing device, communication data for a plurality of players associated with the location based-game. The method further includes filtering the communication data for each player based on one or more signals associated with the respective player.
US10300393B2
A video game includes a plurality of components providing for opportunities for increased social interaction of users playing the video game. The video game may be a music-based video game, and a server may provide content of the video game to game devices for play at predefined times.
US10300391B2
A management device includes: a controller configured to control an invitation processing for introducing a first application from a first terminal of a first user to a second terminal of a second user. The first application and a second application have been executed in the first terminal. The first and second users are inter-related with respect to the second application. The controller further includes: an invitation request receiver configured to receive, from the first terminal of the first user, an invitation request information for inviting the second user to the first application; and an invitation notifier configured to transmit, to the second terminal of the second user, an invitation notification information that is based on the invitation request information for inviting the second user that has been received by the invitation request receiver.
US10300381B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods may leverage technology that identifies sensor data, automatically determines a change in an affective state of one or more individuals based at least in part on the sensor data and conducts an update to a game score based on the change in the affective state. In one example, the game score is associated with a player and the one or more individuals are individuals other than the player.
US10300379B1
A system and method for facilitating contextual game notifications and smart action options for one or more online games. Occurrence information regarding occurrences in the virtual space in which an online game takes place may be received. Notifications for presentation on a client computing platform may be generated in response to a determination that a given user is not participating in the online game through any client game application. One or more action options for presentation in association with the notification may be determined. A user may accept one or more action options without launching the client game application. In response to a user accepting the one or more action options, corresponding action requests for executing actions within the virtual space may be received and executed within the virtual space without launching the client game application.
US10300375B2
The present invention generally relates to an interchangeable gaming layout powered by a display element that shows the background graphics and table layouts of a gaming table. Specifically, embodiments of the present invention are configured to provide the background graphics and table layout for a gaming table that is presented by a full color display element and is conveniently reconfigurable between games without requiring the entire gaming table and/or layout to be resurfaced. Further embodiments of the present invention are configured to allow for the gaming table and/or layout to provide content (e.g., multimedia content) during downtime or other intermission periods in game-play. Additionally, some embodiments of the present invention are configured with player interface elements that allow players to control a game-play decision or select a supplemental command.
US10300371B2
A system for providing a more personalized virtual environment for a user, the system including one or more sensing devices that detect one or more physical, physiological, or biological parameters of the user and transmit the same to a game console or virtual reality controller that produces the virtual environment. The game console or virtual reality controller can analyze the sensor data and adjust one or more aspects of the virtual environment as a function of the sensor data. For example, the difficulty level or scariness level of a game can be decreased if the heart rate of the user exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10300366B2
A positioning system for bowling pins includes: a support frame; levers, each independently rotatably associated to the frame, according to an oscillating axis oscillating between rest and perturbed positions; cables, each having first and second ends, fixed to a respective lever; a carriage slidably associated to the support frame; first guides connected to the carriage, each configured to contact a respective cable between the respective lever and pin; a positioning template, provided with accommodating openings of the pins, in which a portion of a corresponding cable is inserted; brakes, each connected to the support frame, associated to a respective cable and actuatable between a blocking position and an unblocking position; an electric motor to actuate the carriage between first and second positions; sensors, each of which is associated to a corresponding lever and is configured the lever position; a control, which detects lever positions and manages the motor and brakes.
US10300362B2
Virtual and augmented reality sports training environments are disclosed. A user interacts with virtual players in a simulated environment of a virtual reality sporting event. In some embodiments, the user's actions and decisions are monitored by the simulated environment. The environment evaluates the user's performance, and provides quantitative scoring based on the user's decisions and timing. Coaches and other users may design customized scenarios or plays to train and test users, and the resultant scores may be reviewed by the coach. In one application, real life pitchers and their pitching data are tracked and replicated in a simulated pitching environment. A team of users may practice against a simulation of a pitcher they are about to compete against, swinging at pitches that they would see in a real game. Such environments may maximize effective practice time for users, and help develop better players with improved decision-making skills.
US10300358B2
A golf club head includes a first portion that is rigidly adhered to a second portion to at least partially define an interior club head volume. The first portion is formed from a metallic material and includes a face, and the second portion is formed from a polymeric material and defines a bore that is configured to receive and to selectively retain an elongate weight.
US10300354B2
A golf club head includes a metallic front body coupled with a rear body to define a substantially hollow structure. The metallic front body includes a strike face and a surrounding frame that extends rearward from a perimeter of the strike face. The rear body includes a crown member and a sole member coupled to the crown member. The sole member comprises a structural layer formed from a filled thermoplastic material and a fiber reinforced composite resilient layer bonded to an external surface of the structural layer. The structural layer includes a plurality of apertures extending through a thickness of the structural layer, and the resilient layer extends across each of the plurality of apertures. The structural layer and the resilient layer each include a common thermoplastic resin component, and are directly bonded to each other without an intermediate adhesive.
US10300343B2
The present invention is directed to golf balls consisting of a multi-layer core and a cover. The multi-layer core includes at least one layer formed from a relatively soft or low modulus HNP composition and at least one layer formed from a relatively hard or high modulus HNP composition.
US10300341B2
Multi-layered golf balls containing a two or three-layered cover assembly are provided. In one embodiment, the cover assembly includes a relatively hard inner cover and relatively soft outer cover. Alternatively, the cover assembly may include a relatively soft inner cover with a relatively hard outer cover. Three-layered covers comprising an inner cover, intermediate cover, and outer cover layer also may be prepared. Preferably, at least one of the layers is formed from a thermoplastic composition that preferably comprises: a) ethylene acid copolymer, b) plasticizer, and c) cation source. A fatty acid ester such as ethyl oleate is preferably used as the plasticizer. The cover assembly has good impact durability and helps provide the ball with relatively high resiliency at given compressions.
US10300340B2
Golf balls according to the present invention achieve flight symmetry and overall satisfactory flight performance due to a dimple surface volume ratio that is equivalent between opposing hemispheres despite the use of different dimple geometries, different dimple arrangements, and/or different dimple counts on the opposing hemispheres.
US10300334B1
Methods and apparatuses for athletic training optimization are disclosed. In one example, a fitness level change is identified. In one example, a current training intensity is updated to reflect an updated user fitness level.
US10300333B2
A shoe pod includes a positioning component and an altimeter. The positioning component determines geodetic locations of the shoe, whereas the altimeter determines elevations of the shoe. A golf club pod is disposed at the golf club and includes a golf club parameter detector operable to be detachably fastened to the golf club, to detect a golf club head striking surface position and to transmit the detected club parameter signal based on the detected golf club parameter.
US10300330B2
A stair stepping apparatus comprising: a plurality of stairs forming a treadmill or endless belt on which a user steps, wherein each stair comprises: a first link comprised of a major step portion joined to a minor riser portion by a rigid elbow, and a second link comprised of major riser portion joined to a minor step portion by a rigid elbow.
US10300327B2
An apparatus and method for exercising with a child attached to the legs is disclosed. An example embodiment includes: a child wrap portion having ends that can be wrapped around and secure a child; a leg wrap portion having ends that can be wrapped around attached to the legs of a user; and a connecting portion integrated between the child wrap portion and the leg wrap portion.
US10300320B2
An aqua resistance dumbbell comprises a tubular wall that provides a bore for receiving a user's hand from each end of the bell. A rod is located within the bore and extending laterally across the bore to be gripped by a user with one or both hands from one or both ends of the bore. The dumbbell has a plurality of longitudinal fins extend along the tubular wall on an outer side of the tubular wall, and at least one lateral fin that extends laterally at least part way around the tubular wall. An aqua resistance fin assembly comprises two fin components and at least one fastening member for fitting the fin components to a user's limb in a side-by-side configuration around the limb. Each fin component comprises a base adapted to fit against a user's limb and adapted to be secured to the user's limb by the fastening member, and at least two longitudinal fins and at least one lateral fin on an outer side of the base.
US10300297B2
A light-emitting device (100) is disclosed. The light-emitting device (100) comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements (135) or light sources and a power module (120) adapted to selectively convey, supply or provide electrical power to the light-emitting elements (135). The power module (120) may be dimensioned such as to be able to power only a proper subset of the light-emitting elements (135) of the light-emitting device (100) at a given time, the subset having a maximum number of light-emitting elements (135) included therein with respect to the number of light-emitting elements (135) included in the all subsets of the light-emitting elements (135) of the light-emitting device (100). The plurality of sets of light-emitting elements (135) maybe arranged so as to emit light over a light emission area, and the plurality of sets of light-emitting elements (135) may be arranged relatively to each other such that different sets of light-emitting elements (135) emit light over different portions of the light emission area.
US10300293B2
This document describes an automated external defibrillator comprising a control configured to switch between a pediatric operating mode and an adult operating mode, wherein each operating mode comprises a mode-specific energy configuration and a mode-specific user configuration; an indicator configured to provide an indication of the operating mode in use during a resuscitation process; one or more processors configured to switch to the mode-specific energy configuration and the mode-specific user configuration upon a change of operating mode between the pediatric operating mode and the adult operating mode such that the automated external defibrillator delivers a defibrillating shock to a patient based on the mode-specific energy configuration; and an interface of the automated external defibrillator provides resuscitation instructions to a user based on the mode-specific user configuration.
US10300287B2
A delivery system for an implantable medical device includes a tool and a tethering member extending side-by-side within an inner shaft thereof; the tool extends within a first lumen, being in sliding engagement therein, and includes a distal end coupling feature that protrudes from a distal end of the inner shaft; and the tethering member has a first segment extending within a second lumen, and a second segment extending from the first segment and distally from the distal end of the inner shaft to an end of the tethering member, which is configured to engage with a holding member of the device, and with which the coupling feature of the tool is configured to couple. A retainer may be joined to another end of the tethering member that protrudes from a proximal port of the system.
US10300283B2
A device determines values for one or more metrics that indicate the quality of a patient's sleep based on sensed physiological parameter values. Sleep efficiency, sleep latency, and time spent in deeper sleep states are example sleep quality metrics for which values may be determined. The sleep quality metric values may be used, for example, to evaluate the effectiveness of a therapy delivered to the patient by a medical device. In some embodiments, determined sleep quality metric values are automatically associated with the therapy parameter sets according to which the medical device delivered the therapy when the physiological parameter values were sensed, and used to evaluate the effectiveness of the various therapy parameter sets. The medical device may deliver the therapy to treat a non-respiratory neurological disorder, such as epilepsy, a movement disorder, or a psychological disorder. The therapy may be, for example, deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy.
US10300282B2
Electrical stimulation therapy is provided to a patient in order to induce a patient sensation. The patient sensation may be selected from a number of patient sensations. A set of therapy parameter values are associated with each of the number of patient sensations. A user interface allows a user to adjust one or more characteristics of the patient sensation.
US10300278B2
A method of operating an implantable neuromodulator includes calculating an index for each of a plurality of modulation parameter sets, wherein each modulation parameter set includes a respective plurality of modulation parameters from which the respective index is calculated, serially conveying electrical modulation energy to a patient in accordance with each of the plurality of modulation parameter sets, causing the patient to perceive paresthesia in response to the conveyance of the electrical modulation energy to the tissue in accordance with one of the plurality of modulation parameter sets, identifying the calculated index for that one modulation parameter set as a perception threshold index based on the perceived paresthesia, and storing the identified perception threshold index. The method may also include determining a new modulation parameter set based on the identified perception threshold index, and conveying electrical modulation energy to the tissue in accordance with the new modulation parameter set.
US10300276B2
A cochlear implant is disclosed including a cochlear lead, an antenna, a stimulation processor, a magnet apparatus, associated with the antenna, including a case, a divider, and a plurality of magnetic material particles that are movable relative to one another within sub-volumes defined by the divider.
US10300272B2
A system and method are presented that electrically stimulates the phrenic nerve whereby said stimulation results in muscle activation of the diaphragm as observed by a measurement of work or power of breathing associated with the inspiratory portion of a stimulated breath.
US10300270B2
The present invention is related to an implantable medical device for treating breathing disorders and cardiac disorders by delivering stimulation energy to the phrenic nerve, hypoglossal nerves and cardiac muscle tissues.
US10300269B2
A system for neuromodulation device coding for stimulation of a patient includes a neural code library comprising digital representations of neural responses of neural units of at least one normal functioning animal, each digital representation corresponding to one of digital representations of stimulus; a sensory device configured to detect a sensory signal; an analyzer configured to identify one of the digital representations of stimulus in the neural code library in response to receipt of the sensory signal; a processing device configured, for each identified sensory signal, to retrieve the digital representations of neural responses of neural units corresponding to the identified sensory signal from the neural code library, and select one or more neural units of a patient to be stimulated by a neuromodulation device associated with the patient; and a transmitting device configured to stimulate the selected one or more neural units of the patient.
US10300266B2
An electrode system includes a gel deployment receptacle configured to release a conductive gel onto a body of a subject and a fluid pump in fluid communication with the gel deployment receptacle.
US10300261B2
A method for producing a needle-shaped body having needles on a first surface of a substrate made of a thermoplastic resin, the method including the steps of: forming the needle-shaped body by filling the thermoplastic resin into a duplication plate having recesses that correspond to shapes of the needles; providing a support member made of a material different from a material for the needle-shaped body on a second surface of the substrate which is opposite to the first surface; and removing the needle-shaped body and the support member which are integrally formed from the duplication plate.
US10300260B2
An applicator and method for applying a microneedle device to skin. The applicator can include a microneedle device and a housing configured to house the microneedle device. The housing can have a first surface configured to be positioned toward the skin. The applicator can include (i) an unactuated state in which the microneedle device is located within the housing and does not extend beyond the first surface of the housing, and (ii) an actuated state in which at least a portion of the microneedle device extends beyond the first surface of the housing. The applicator can further include a locking mechanism configured to lock the applicator in the actuated state. The method can include positioning the first surface of the housing of the applicator adjacent the skin; actuating the applicator to cause the applicator to change to the actuated state; and locking the applicator in the actuated state.
US10300248B2
The invention is directed towards a retaining device for retaining at least one medical line. The retaining device includes a flexible body having a top and bottom surface with at least one slot formed in the top surface. The at least one slot extends to a depth greater than the largest medical line the retaining device is destined to be used with. An attachment mechanism is coupled to the flexible body for securing the flexible body to a supportive surface.
US10300238B2
A CPAP apparatus is configured to deliver a flow of pressurized, humidified breathable gas to a patient's airways. The CPAP apparatus includes a blower, a humidification unit and a dehumidification unit. The blower is configured to generate a flow of breathable gas pressurized within a predetermined pressure range. The humidification unit is configured to humidify the pressurized breathable gas discharged from the blower. The dehumidification unit is configured to draw condensation from ambient air and operate at the same time as the humidification unit. An air outlet of the CPAP apparatus is sealingly attachable to an air delivery tube and patient interface assembly.
US10300231B2
A blower assembly is configured to deliver a flow of breathable gas at a continuously positive pressure with respect to ambient air pressure to a patient interface in communication with an entrance to a patient's airways including at least an entrance of the patient's nares, while the patient is sleeping, to ameliorate sleep disordered breathing. The blower assembly includes a motor having a shaft that extends from opposite sides of the motor. The blower assembly also includes an impeller and a circuit board. The impeller is attached to the shaft on a first side of the motor and is structured to rotate in close proximity to a volute wall. The circuit board is configured to control power supplied to the motor and is configured to disable the motor when the impeller is closer than a predetermined distance from the volute wall.
US10300225B2
A personal vapor inhaling unit is disclosed. An electronic flameless vapor inhaler unit that may simulate a cigarette has a cavity that receives a cartridge in the distal end of the inhaler unit. The cartridge brings a substance to be vaporized in contact with a wick. When the unit is activated, and the user provides suction, the substance to be vaporized is drawn out of the cartridge, through the wick, and is atomized by the wick into a cavity containing a heating element. The heating element vaporizes the atomized substance. The vapors then continue to be pulled by the user through a mouthpiece and mouthpiece cover where they may be inhaled.
US10300222B2
A medical spraying device and method for irrigating a wound, in particular lavage system, having a liquid reservoir for a medical irrigation liquid or a connection for such a liquid reservoir, and a compressed gas reservoir. The compressed gas reservoir is connected or connectable via a pressure line to the liquid reservoir, such that the irrigation liquid can be pushed by the gas pressure of the compressed gas reservoir acting on the irrigation liquid through a nozzle in order to produce a spray cone. A pressure reduction valve is arranged in the pressure line and limits the gas pressure acting in the liquid reservoir on the irrigation liquid. The device and method produce a spray cone of a medical irrigation liquid in which a gas pressure is limited using a pressure reduction valve, wherein the gas pressure limited by the pressure reduction valve is conveyed through a pressure line to a liquid reservoir of the medical irrigation liquid. The irrigation liquid is pushed out from the liquid reservoir through a nozzle by means of the gas pressure, wherein the spray cone is produced in that the irrigation liquid flows through the nozzle.
US10300218B2
A safety assembly for a medicament delivery device is presented that prevents premature activation or firing of the device during shipping or handling. The disclosed safety assembly uses a tubular cover partially contained inside of the housing of the delivery device that is axially slidable relative to the housing from a first position to a second position and then to a third position, the tubular cover having a housing nib and a cap nib, where each of the cap nib and housing nib protrudes radially outward from an outer surface of the tubular cover and are located at a proximal end of the tubular cover. In the first position the housing nib and cap nib are located outside of the housing with the housing nib abutting the terminal proximal face of the housing to prevent axial movement of tubular cover relative the housing.
US10300217B2
One embodiment is directed to a system for injecting, comprising a syringe body defining an interior medicine chamber; a stopper member configured to be inserted into the interior medicine chamber to contain medicine within the medicine chamber; a plunger member configured to be manually manipulated to insert the stopper member relative to the syringe body; a needle having proximal and distal ends, the proximal end comprising an anchoring geometry configured to be at least partially penetrated into the stopper member such that upon retraction of the stopper member, the needle is pulled proximally along with the stopper to be at least partially contained within the interior medicine chamber; and an energy-storing member operatively coupled between the stopper member and the syringe body, the energy-storing member configured to facilitate retraction of the stopper member relative to the syringe body.
US10300212B2
A medicament dispensing mechanism is disclosed that is configured to eject successive doses of the medicament from a medicament chamber. An embodiment of the dispensing mechanism includes a housing and a plunger rod configured for ejecting the doses of medicament from the chamber. The dispensing mechanism further includes an actuation mechanism that comprises a trigger associated with the housing and having a ready and a fired position with respect thereto. The trigger is configured for manipulation by a user for successive movement in a generally axial dosing motion from the ready position to the fired position in which the trigger is associated with the plunger rod to cause the plunger rod to eject one of the doses of a predetermined volume and a resetting motion from the fired position to the ready position that comprises axial rotation, wherein the trigger is uncoupled from the plunger rod during the resetting motion.
US10300201B2
A low retraction activation force plunger sub-assembly for an automatic injector includes: a plunger outer having one or more engagement prongs, a plunger inner having a shoulder, and a plunger biasing member retained in a first energized state between said plunger outer and plunger inner when the engagement prongs of the plunger outer are releasably engaged with the shoulder of the plunger inner. An automatic injector includes a housing, an activation mechanism, an actuation mechanism, and a syringe cartridge having the plunger sub-assembly and a needle assembly, wherein the actuation mechanism includes comprises an actuation biasing member residing in an initial energized state substantially within an upper portion of an actuation pill. A method of assembling the automatic injector includes the steps of: assembling the plunger sub-assembly and inserting the plunger sub-assembly into the housing such that a proximal end of the plunger sub-assembly contacts the actuation pill.
US10300198B2
A portable auto-injector configured to store a dry medication separately from a liquid component, wherein removal of a cap opens a rotary valve allowing for the initiation of a mixing step prior to injection. An extendable needle guard is provided over the delivery assembly which prevents premature injection as well as inadvertent sticks or other cross contamination of a needle. The needle guard can also form part of a secondary trigger mechanism which injects the reconstituted drug after the mixing stage is complete.
US10300195B2
A method of operating an infusion device that includes the steps of actuating a fluid transfer device, which is configured to deliver a predetermined volume during each actuation, in accordance with a delivery profile that includes a plurality of fluid transfer device actuations, determining, based on sensed pressure, whether an actual volume delivered during a fluid transfer device actuation is the predetermined volume, and adjusting the number of actuations in the delivery profile in response to the actual volume delivered differing from the predetermined volume.
US10300190B2
Methods and extracorporeal blood treatment systems reposition a diaphragm of a pressure measurement apparatus (e.g., a pressure pod apparatus of an extracorporeal blood set) by, for example, controlling an air pump apparatus to move the diaphragm toward a target measuring position based on a calculated target air volume (e.g., wherein the calculated target air volume is representative of the air volume necessary to move the diaphragm to the target measuring position based at least on a monitored air pressure). For example, after the diaphragm is bottomed out or topped out, as air is added to or removed from the transducer side cavity of a pressure pod apparatus, the target air volume may be iteratively calculated until it is determined that the diaphragm is repositioned in the target measuring position.
US10300181B2
Manifold structures, systems, and methods are disclosed that include using longitudinal members and one or more shaped projections to cause microstrain at a tissue site. In one instance a manifold structure includes a plurality of spaced longitudinal members and at least one shaped projection coupled to at least one of the plurality of longitudinal members for creating a microstrain at a tissue site. The at least one shaped projection includes a columnar member having a distal end and includes an enlarged member positioned at the distal end of the columnar member. The columnar member has a first outer diameter (D1) and the enlarged member has a second outer diameter (D2). The second outer diameter of the enlarged member is greater than the first outer diameter of the columnar member (D2>D1). Other systems, methods, and structures are presented.
US10300180B1
A wound-care system includes a first pump fluidly coupled to an oxygen source. An oxygen concentrator is fluidly coupled to the first pump. A humidification system is fluidly coupled to the oxygen concentrator. A wound dressing is fluidly coupled to the humidification system and to an exudate chamber. A negative-pressure tube fluidly is coupled to the exudate chamber. A first valve is disposed between the first pump and the oxygen concentrator. A second valve is disposed between the oxygen concentrator and the wound dressing. A third valve is disposed in the negative-pressure tube. Selective activation of the first pump, the first valve, the second valve, and the third valve facilitates delivery of at least one of individual, sequential, or simultaneous negative-pressure treatment and oxygen-rich fluid treatment to the wound via the wound dressing.
US10300179B2
A medical device for draining a fluid from the body of a patient includes a tubular member having an open distal end that resides interiorly of the body of a patient and a proximal end that extends exteriorly of the body of the patient. The tubular member has an inner surface extending between the distal end and the proximal end, wherein the inner surface defines a lumen. An interior member is disposed in the lumen and extends along a length of the inner surface. The interior member is engaged with the inner surface such that a chamber is defined therebetween. A conduit is engaged with the tubular member for transmission of an inflation fluid to selectively vary a dimension of the chamber for freeing clogged debris in the lumen.
US10300178B2
A method for providing a negative pressure wherein a pump is cycled on and off to achieve a target negative pressure, which is set slightly lower than the therapeutic negative pressure. A device determines the actual pressure by averaging samples which may occur at a different rate than the pump cycle.
US10300175B2
A plasma-activated coating (PAC) process covalently binds enzymes in their bioactive state, has low thrombogenicity and can be robustly applied to medical devices, resisting delamination when deployed in vivo. Applying this process to attachment of proteins such as enzymes that inhibit thrombosis and anticoagulants such as heparin or heparin fragments, one can produce medical devices and other materials for use in vascular applications having a number of benefits including covalent attachment, not requiring intermediate linkers or chemistry; substrate independent—works on polymers, metals, ceramics, 3D shapes like stents, valves, etc.; bioactivity is retained; surface may retain greater bioactivity over time in vivo; Simultaneously supports endothelialization; can be stored for long periods, following freeze drying, and retains effectiveness when rehydrated and; surface is able to bind many fibrinolytic enzymes such as streptokinase, urokinase, tPA, plasmin).
US10300174B2
There is disclosed a substrate with an electron donating surface, characterized in having metal particles on said surface, said metal particles comprising palladium and at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, ruthenium, rhodium, osmium, iridium, and platinum, wherein the amount of said metal particles is from about 0.001 to about 8 μg/cm2. Examples of coated objects include contact lenses, pacemakers, pacemaker electrodes, stents, dental implants, rupture nets, rupture mesh, blood centrifuge equipment, surgical instruments, gloves, blood bags, artificial heart valves, central venous catheters, peripheral venous catheters, vascular ports, haemodialysis equipment, peritoneal dialysis equipment, plasmapheresis devices, inhalation drug delivery devices, vascular grafts, arterial grafts, cardiac assist devices, wound dressings, intermittent catheters, ECG electrodes, peripheral stents, bone replacing implants, orthopedic implants, orthopedic devices, tissue replacing implants, intraocular lenses, sutures, needles, drug delivery devices, endotracheal tubes, shunts, drains, suction devices, hearing aid devices, urethral medical devices, and artificial blood vessels.
US10300169B2
Hydrogels comprising a macromolecular matrix and water may be used to augment soft tissue of a human being, promote or support cell or tissue viability or proliferation, create space in tissue, and for other purposes. A macromolecular matrix may comprise a hyaluronic acid component crosslinked to a silk fibroin component.
US10300164B2
Disposable absorbent articles assembled from a collection of components using an adhesive comprising an amorphous polyolefin composition and a heterophase polyolefin composition comprising amorphous character and crystalline blocks.
US10300158B2
A code reader may include a housing configured to be adjustably oriented. The housing may include at least one orientation corresponding with a cleaning function. A scanner may be disposed within the housing, and be configured to scan a machine-readable indicia in a target area. An illumination source may be configured to emit an anti-microbial illumination. A processing unit may be in communication with the scanner and illumination source, and be configured to select the cleaning function to cause the illumination source to emit the anti-microbial illumination toward the target area to disinfect surfaces in the target area.
US10300151B2
Methods and systems for evaluating renal function of a live subject. The method includes intravenously administering nanoparticles of a noble metal to the kidney of the live subject, followed by illuminating the kidney with a near infrared excitation wavelength such that the nanoparticles in the kidney fluoresce, and finally detecting presence or absence of nanoparticle fluorescence in the kidney. Detecting presence or absence of nanoparticle fluorescence includes obtaining at least one image of the kidney through the subject's skin.
US10300150B2
The invention relates to methods for producing papilloma-derived nanosphere particles that contain therapeutic, diagnostic, or other agents. The invention also provides nanosphere particle preparations that are useful for selectively delivering therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or other agents to cancer cells of subjects without eliciting a serotype-specific immunogenic response in the subjects.
US10300138B2
The invention relates to methods of modulating immune cells in a patient by altering microbiota of the patient. The invention also relates to methods of modulating treatments or therapies in a subject organism by altering microbiota of the subject. The invention also relates to cell populations, systems, arrays, cells, RNA, kits and other means for effecting this. In an example, advantageously selective targeting of a particular species in a human gut microbiota using guided nucleic acid modification is carried out to effect the alteration.
US10300135B2
The present invention refers to new conjugate antigens expressing built-in multiple epitopes and to polyvalent glycoconjugate vaccines and formulations containing the same. In addition, the present invention concerns the use of these vaccines in particular for the protection of the human population, and in particular for the protection of the paediatric population from pulmonary and systemic infections due to S. pneumoniae, N. meningitidis, H. influenzae, K. pneumoniae, M. tuberculosis, S. aureus, or from intestinal infections due to S. typhi, V. cholerae and E. coli. The present invention additionally refers to new polyvalent glycoconjugate vaccines for the protection from C. albicans and E. coli systemic and genitourinary infections or for the protection from M. bovis infections in veterinary medicine.
US10300134B1
A veterinary vaccine composition may include a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, a biocompatible polymer; and inactive rattlesnake venom. Embodiments may also relate to methods of triggering an immune response in an animal by administering a vaccine composition (containing inactive rattlesnake venom) to the animal and/or methods of formulating a vaccine composition.
US10300132B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least two peptides of from 15 to 60 amino acids in length, selected from peptides comprising a sequence of at least 15 contiguous amino acids of one of the sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4 or of a sequence having at least 80% identity to one of the sequences shown in SEQ ID NOs: to 4, wherein each peptide comprises at least one CD8+ T-cell epitope and/or at least one CD4+ T-cell epitope and wherein each peptide elicits a response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from at least one chronically infected HBV individual in an 10 in vitroassay.
US10300123B2
A peptide-based marker vaccine against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) and a set of immunodiagnostic tests for the prevention, monitoring and control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) are disclosed. Vaccine formulations according to various embodiments of the invention contain a mixture of peptides derived from PRRSV GP2, GP3, GP4, or GP5 proteins; each peptide individually contains a B cell PRRSV neutralizing/receptor binding epitope which is individually linked to an artificial T helper epitope for enhancement of the respective peptide's immunogenicity; and which can be supplemented with a mixture of peptides representing the T helper epitopes derived from the PRRSV GP4, GP5, M and Nucleocapsid proteins to provide cell mediated immunity. Such viral peptide compositions are prepared in an acceptable delivery system as vaccine formulations and can provide cross protection of PRRSV antibody free pigs from infection upon PRRSV challenge.
US10300120B2
The invention provides a vaccine including an isolated Als protein family member having cell adhesion activity, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, with an adjuvant in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium. The invention also provides a method of treating or preventing hematogenously disseminated or mucocutaneous candidiasis. The method includes administering an immunogenic amount of a vaccine an isolated Als protein family member having cell adhesion activity, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium. A method of treating or preventing disseminated candidiasis also is provided that includes administering an effective amount of an isolated Als protein family member having cell adhesion activity, or an functional fragment thereof, to inhibit the binding or invasion of Candida to a host cell or tissue. The Als protein family member can be derived from a Candida strain selected from the group consisting of Candida albicans, Candida krusei, Candida tropicalis, Candida glabrata and Candida parapsilosis and the Als protein family member includes Als1p, Als3p, Als5p, Als6p, Als7p or Als9p. Also provided is a method of treating or preventing Staphylococcus aureus infections. The method includes administering an immunogenic amount of a vaccine an isolated Als protein family member having cell adhesion activity, or an immunogenic fragment thereof, in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium.
US10300119B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating damage inflicted by use of a cardio-pulmonary bypass (CPB) machine, particularly excessive bleeding and multi organ failure, by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT).
US10300103B2
A lactic acid bacterium-containing composition including a lactic acid bacterium having a human papillomavirus (HPV) E7 protein-derived polypeptide on a surface thereof, wherein the HPV E7 protein-derived polypeptide is included in an amount of 0.03 μg to 1.0 μg per 1×108 lactic acid bacteria; a therapeutic oral pharmaceutical composition for at least one of an HPV infectious disease and an HPV-associated tumor which includes the lactic acid bacterium-containing composition; and a mucosal immunity-inducing agent which includes the lactic acid bacterium-containing composition.
US10300093B2
Provided are methods and compositions for inhibiting or reducing fungal growth in or on a subject. The methods comprise exposing the subject to a composition comprising one or more enzymes, one or more bacteria, and/or an enzymatic extract, wherein the one or more enzymes, one or more bacteria, and/or the enzymatic extract isolated from one or more bacteria are exposed to the subject in a quantity sufficient to inhibit or reduce fungal growth.
US10300090B2
The present disclosure provides distinct therapeutic populations of cells that form a pharmaceutical composition useful in hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell transplant. For example, the present disclosure provides a therapeutic population of cells, comprising an enriched population of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells, memory T cells, regulatory T cells, and wherein the population of cells is depleted of naïve conventional αβ-T cells. The present disclosure further provides methods of treatment using the therapeutic population of cells. In other embodiments, the present disclosure provides methods of producing a therapeutic population of cells.
US10300089B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods relating to the expansion of memory NK cells.
US10300087B2
The present invention relates to zirconium silicate compositions having a lead content that is below 0.6 ppm and methods of manufacturing zirconium silicate at reactor volumes exceeding 200-L with a lead content below 1.1 ppm. The lead content of the zirconium silicate of this invention are within the levels that are considered acceptable for extended use given the dose requirements for zirconium silicate.
US10300076B2
Methods are directed to the treatment of subjects with prostate cancer, in particular those with castration resistant prostate cancer, with glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. The prostate cancer may be one that has become resistant to androgen deprivation therapy, for example, by increase in glucocorticoid receptor expression and/or activity.
US10300074B2
Provided herein is the use of compounds that modulate the activity of inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAPs), alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Described herein is the use of IAP antagonists in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in a mammal, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents used in HIV therapy. In one aspect, provided herein is a method of treating human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in an individual in need thereof comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one inhibitor of apoptosis proteins (IAP) antagonist.
US10300067B2
A method for inhibiting androgen activity, including administering an effective amount of a tetrahydropyridopyrimidine compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof, and a method for treating tumor, including administering an effective amount of a tetrahydropyridopyrimidine compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a subject in need thereof
US10300047B2
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of 3-[5-(2-fluorophenyl)-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl]-benzoic acid, pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms comprising the crystalline forms, methods of making the crystalline forms and methods for their use for the treatment, prevention or management of diseases ameliorated by modulation of premature translation termination or nonsense-mediated mRNA decay.
US10300043B2
This document provides materials and methods related to bacterial compositions containing at least one bacterial organism having tryptophan decarboxylase activity. For example, bacterial compositions containing at least one bacterial organism having tryptophan decarboxylase activity and methods for using such bacterial compositions to improve gastrointestinal epithelial function and/or to treat gastrointestinal disorders are provided.
US10300039B2
Disclosed herein are ferric citrate-containing tablets. In various embodiments, the tablets include ferric citrate formulations that meet certain dissolution, tableting and disintegration standards. In various aspects, the tablet formulations can include ferric citrate as the active ingredient and a binder. The formulations also can include a lubricant and/or a disintegrant (which, in some embodiments, can be the same as the binder).
US10300033B2
The invention features a pharmaceutical suspension containing drug particles, a drug delivery device anchored in the mouth for continuously administering the pharmaceutical suspension, and methods of their use.
US10300031B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of neuropathic pain. In certain embodiments, compositions comprising an dextromethorphan (or other N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist), tramadol, and gabapentin can synergistically act to reduce pain in a human patient. Pharmaceutical compositions may also comprise a capsaicinoid, an esterified capsaicinoid, and/or a tricyclic antidepressant.
US10300028B2
The invention relates to a composition for enhancing wound healing and/or for reducing pain and inflammation, comprising a first active ingredient and a second active ingredient, wherein the first active ingredient comprises an antiseptic and the second active ingredient comprises an admixture of at least one vitamin, at least one mineral and at least one amino acid, and to use of the composition for enhancing wound healing.
US10300023B1
A non-covalently assembled hydrogel or organo-gel composition with serum stability is described. Low molecular weight (<2,500 Da), generally regarded as safe (GRAS), materials assemble in the presence of a stabilizing agent at an appropriate molar percentage, forming hydrogel or organo-gel with nanostructures that resist disassembly or destabilization in serum for an extended period of time. The composition is used to deliver one or more therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic agents, allowing for controlled release in response to biological stimuli such as enzymes and a greatly improved dosing efficacy.
US10300020B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical calcium acetate formulation and a process for making the same. In particular, the present invention relates to a calcium acetate capsule formulation comprising granules comprising calcium acetate along with other formulation adjuvants contained within a pharmaceutically acceptable capsule.
US10300018B2
This invention provides compositions for making a solid lyophile of one or more nucleic acid active agents, which can be reconstituted as a drug product. The composition can include an aqueous suspension of lipid nanoparticles in a pharmaceutically acceptable solution, wherein the lipid nanoparticles encapsulate one or more nucleic acid active agents, a dextrin compound, and a saccharide compound. The nucleic acid active agents can be RNAi molecules capable of mediating RNA interference, as well as other RNAs and oligonucleotides.
US10300014B2
An implant for insertion through a punctum and into a canalicular lumen of a patient. The implant includes a matrix of material, a therapeutic agent dispersed in the matrix of material, a sheath disposed over a portion of the matrix of material and configured to inhibit the therapeutic agent from being released from the matrix of material into the canalicular lumen and to allow the therapeutic agent to be released from a surface of the matrix of material to a tear film, and a retention structure configured to retain the implant within the canalicular lumen.
US10300007B2
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising a) at least one oxidation dye precursor, b) at least one anionic associative polymer i), c) at least one anionic non associative polymer ii), and d) at least one anionic surfactant. The composition optionally contains alkaline agent.
US10300002B2
A cosmetic composition for dyeing keratinous fibers is provided herein. The cosmetic composition includes water and from about 6 to about 12 wt % organic solvent relative to the weight of the composition. The organic solvent includes from about 80 to about 100 wt % propylene carbonate and from about 0 to about 20 wt % benzyl alcohol. The cosmetic composition has a pH value in the range from about 1.0 to about 5.5 and at least one acid directly absorbed dye.
US10299995B2
Disclosed herein is a method for producing hydrogel particles including the steps of: solidifying an aqueous solution in which a gel agent forming a non-crosslinked hydrogel is dissolved and which has a gel point of 30° C. or more by putting the aqueous solution into a liquid phase having a temperature of equal to or lower than the gel point; and crushing a solidified product obtained by solidifying the aqueous solution in which the gel agent is dissolved.
US10299994B2
Disclosed is a method for reducing the appearance of cellulite or improving the texture of skin in a target region of skin that has cellulite or rough skin texture, the method comprising topically applying a composition to the target region that includes an effective amount of a mixture of caffeine, escin, and an aqueous-alcoholic extract from Ascophyllum nodosum, wherein topical application of the composition reduces the appearance of cellulite or improves the texture of the skin.
US10299988B2
An acupressure walking machine for applying pressure to foot reflex zones is disclosed. The present invention relates to an acupressure walking machine for applying pressure to foot reflex zones, the walking machine additionally providing an embossing belt, which is made from an elastic material and circulating in a caterpillar form, to the lower side of a running belt circulating in a caterpillar form so as to restrain acupressure stones from rapidly gathering at a curved turning section, such that the uniform dispersion of the acupressure stones is induced, thereby uniformly distributing the acupressure stones placed on the running belt.
US10299985B1
Systems, apparatus and methods for providing air and water to hot tub jets. The present teachings include jet assemblies, manifold assemblies, and related components, as well as methods of assembling hot tubs involving these components. In some cases, the present teachings describe the use of dual extrusion tubing to route air and water through adjacent, connected fluid conduits. In some cases, the present teachings describe a “press-and-click” method of connecting various components.
US10299982B2
A method, performed by a mobile device, for assisting blind or visually impaired users navigate a room or a new and unfamiliar environment. The method includes blind user acquiring one or more images using a mobile device and invoking processing algorithms. Processing algorithms include one of Multi View Stereo and Structure from Motion, whereby algorithms construct a 3D representation of the environment being imaged. Further algorithms are applied to identify and assign attributes to objects in the imaged environment. The 3D representation is responsive to mobile device orientation. The environment is presented to the user via a touch screen, enabling the user to virtually explore the environment using touch, whereby objects being touched are identified, and associated with dimensional and other attributes.
US10299976B2
An electric bed includes a basic unit and a lift unit. The basic unit includes a base, a sliding frame supported on the base, a backrest frame pivotally connected to the sliding frame, a headrest frame pivotally connected to the backrest frame, and a restraint including an end pivotally connected to the base and another end pivotally connected to the backrest frame. The backrest frame includes a lug that includes a slot. The lift unit includes a power element pivotally connected to the sliding frame, a rod operatively connected to the power element, a backrest driver pivotally connected to the rod, a headrest driver pivotally connected to the backrest driver, a backrest lever for pivotally connecting the backrest driver to the backrest frame, a roller supported on the backrest lever, and a threaded bolt inserted in the backrest driver and the slot of the lug of the backrest frame.
US10299975B2
A system includes an adapter and a lock. The adapter includes a flexible collar and an attachment structure. The flexible collar is configured to at least partially surround a portion of the wheelchair such that the flexible collar engages the portion of the wheelchair and aids in preventing rotation of the adapter relative to the portion of the wheelchair. The attachment structure has a first arm attached to and extending from the flexible collar and a second arm attached to and extending from the flexible collar. The lock includes a body and a mounting platform attached thereto. The body of the lock is configured to engage the attachment structure to aid in maintaining the flexible collar in a closed position. The mounting platform has one or more coupling mechanisms attached thereto for use in removably mounting one or more accessories to the system.
US10299973B2
A motorized wheelchair for disabled or elderly users has a frame, a seat for the disabled driver, a handlebar, a motor provided with an acceleration apparatus, a wheel assembly and a braking apparatus of the wheels. The wheelchair has a dual-action control device that is capable of being interfaced with the acceleration apparatus of the motor and with the braking apparatus of the wheels.
US10299972B2
A drive mechanism for a wheelchair may include a hand grip having a continuous track that moves over a drive rotator. The hand grip may have a flat, top surface that extends ventrally from the wheelchair. The drive mechanism may include a drivetrain connected to the drive rotator, such that movement of the hand grip in a dorsal or a ventral direction causes the drive rotator to rotate, and such rotation actuates the drivetrain. The drive mechanism may further comprise a switch. When the switch is in a first position, actuation of the drivetrain drives the wheels of the wheelchair. When the switch is in a second position, actuation of the drivetrain drives a mechanism that lifts the wheelchair into a standing position.
US10299952B2
A support for an area of a body having a hinge joint includes: a flexible, elastically stretchable framework configured to extend across the hinge joint of the area of the body; and a hinge mechanism affixed to the framework. The hinge mechanism includes a strut component and a first arm component connected to the strut component such that the first arm component is rotatable relative to the strut component only about a first pivot axis. A second arm component is connected to the strut component such that the second arm component is rotatable relative to the strut component only about a second pivot axis. The strut component is configured to extend with the framework across the hinge joint such that the first pivot axis is located on a first side of the hinge joint and the second pivot axis is located on a second, opposite side of the hinge joint.
US10299950B2
A stent delivery system is provided that includes an inner elongate shaft with a lumen and an outer elongate shaft with a lumen, where the inner elongate shaft coaxially extends at least partially within the lumen of the outer elongate shaft. The stent delivery system also a pull member movably disposed along the the inner elongate shaft and first and second restraining members removably secured to the pull member. The stent delivery system also includes a self-expanding stent having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, where the first restraining member is secured to a first portion of the self-expanding stent and the second restraining member is secured to a second portion of the self-expanding stent, thereby securing the self-expanding stent about the outer elongate shaft. Movement of the inner and elongate shafts relative to each other in a first direction applies a tension to the first and second restraining members to move the self-expanding stent to the collapsed configuration.
US10299940B2
A method for producing a three-dimensional, multi-cell object, in which polymerized structures are produced in layers by the irradiation of light radiation. To this end, use is made of photopolymerizable liquids which at least partly comprise biological cells. The invention also relates to a device for carrying out such a method and to the use of this device for producing an artificial organ.
US10299934B2
A joint spacer therapeutically maintains separation of bones of a joint. A carriage is slideably retained within the frame and has at least one ramped surface. An actuator screw is threadably engaged with the frame, and rotatably connected to the carriage, to cause the carriage to slideably move within the frame when the actuator screw is rotated. First and second endplates engage the bones of the joint, and each has at least one ramped surface that is mateable with the ramped surface of the carriage, whereby when the carriage is slideably moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates ramped surface slides against the carriage ramped surface to cause the endplates to move along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the frame, to increase the height of the spacer. Piercing elements are connected to the carriage to pierce bone of the joint when the carriage is moved.
US10299929B2
A bone void forming assembly includes a support member having a head portion and an elongate portion extending therefrom. A guide member is connected to the support member and has a guide body including a channel extending therethrough. The channel defines an axis offset and obliquely angled relative to an axis of the elongate portion. The assembly also includes reamer having a cutting head and a stop member. A bushing is slidably connected to the reamer between the stop member and cutting head and is slidably connectable to the guide body via the channel.
US10299925B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable support frame extending between an inflow end and an outflow end and a plurality of commissures, wherein each commissure is formed with an elongate opening. A plurality of leaflets are supported inside the support structure and operative for allowing flow in a first direction from the inflow end to the outflow end and to substantially block flow in an opposite direction from the outflow end to the inflow end. Each of the plurality of leaflets includes tabs. The prosthetic heart valve includes at least a first panel of fabric covering the opening of a first commissure. The first panel of fabric is attached to a first tab of a first leaflet via a suture extending orthogonal to the first panel of fabric, wherein the first panel of fabric is positioned radially outwardly of the first tab.
US10299919B2
A prosthetic heart valve includes a stent having an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration, the stent in the expanded configuration having a longitudinal axis, an inflow end, an outflow end, a first portion adjacent the inflow end and a second portion adjacent the outflow end. The first portion includes a plurality of collapsible cells each having a perimeter and an open center; and the second portion includes a plurality of struts spaced from one another in an annular direction of the stent, the second portion of the stent being devoid of structure between annularly adjacent ones of the struts, whereby the annularly adjacent ones of the struts are not directly connected to one another. A valve assembly is supported by the stent.
US10299914B2
A method of maintaining a hydrophilic intraocular lens in a foldable state without immersing the intraocular lens in liquid water includes the step of storing the foldable intraocular lens within a substantially airtight package containing a water reservoir not in direct contact with the lens.
US10299912B2
Systems and methods involving an intraocular implant with input and/or output electronics are described. In some embodiments, the system includes an intraocular lens having at least one optic operably coupled to a haptic, one or more input electronics on the haptic and/or the optic; and one or more output electronics on the haptic and/or the optic for receiving and/or transmitting data.
US10299909B2
An optical device comprising an optical hydrogel with select regions that have been irradiated with laser light having a pulse energy from 0.01 nJ to 50 nJ and a wavelength from 600 nm to 900 nm. The irradiated regions are characterized by a positive change in refractive index of from 0.01 to 0.06, and exhibit little or no scattering loss. The optical hydrogel is prepared with a hydrophilic monomer.
US10299907B2
The present invention features systems for orthopedic repair of, for example, a joint. The present systems deviate from conventional systems by virtue of combining a finer prosthetic ligament with a robust anchor. The relationship between these components and their various features are described herein and result in joint reconstruction in human and veterinary settings that is less likely to fail over time.
US10299899B2
A dental model and related systems and methods, including a first component representing a portion of a patient's jaw and a second component that is demountably attachable to the first component, and a second component representing a dental structure of interest, such as the remaining portion of a tooth or a dental implant.
US10299876B2
Packaging and kit for urological procedures. For example, the packaging 100 may secure one or more urological devices 212, 240 that may be used during a urological procedure. Furthermore, the packaging and the devices included therein may, collectively, form a urological kit.
US10299860B2
The present invention relates to treatment method using multiple energy sources. The treatment method using multiple energy sources, includes: applying a first energy into an inside of an annulus fibrosus; and applying a second energy different from the first energy to an outside of the annulus fibrosus.
US10299858B2
An electrosurgical snare may include a conductive distal loop that includes an uninsulated thinner portion and an uninsulated thicker portion. Respective current densities over the outer surfaces of the thinner and thicker portions may cause the uninsulated thinner portion to immediately begin cutting tissue, while the uninsulated thicker portion may initially begin coagulating the tissue.
US10299855B2
A medical coagulation instrument having a shaft as well as at least one electrode tip that extends beyond the distal end of the shaft. To create a coagulation instrument whose electrodes are of simple structure and ensure an atraumatic and safe handling, at least one electrode tip should be widened or be configured as widening in the distal direction.
US10299852B2
A connection mechanism and manufacturing method for a surgical instrument includes an inner shaft member that extends at least partially through an elongated shaft member of the instrument and defines proximal and distal ends and is selectively movable in a longitudinal direction with respect to the elongated shaft member and includes at least one aperture that extends partially along the longitudinal direction and disposed distally from the proximal end. The inner shaft member enables a drive collar member to slide on the inner shaft member and reciprocate along the longitudinal direction. A drive collar stop member slides on the inner shaft member and moves along the longitudinal direction. The drive collar stop member then moves in a direction relative to the longitudinal axis to engage the aperture and limit further longitudinal motion of the drive collar member. An inner shaft stop member limits movement of the inner shaft.
US10299844B2
The invention concerns an osteosynthesis screw (1) formed from a core (2) externally provided with a helical thread (3), said screw comprising a distal penetration portion and a proximal portion forming the head of the screw (6) and having a conical longitudinal section characterized in that the proximal portion comprises annular notches which are formed in the thickness of the core (2) and in the gaps between the threads of said proximal portion in such a way as to reduce the radial pressure during screwing.—Surgical device.
US10299838B2
A method of providing access to an intervertebral disc has been developed that involves using the patient's bony pedicle as an anchoring spot for a pedicle screw that temporarily attaches to the access port. One key element of the method is an assembly comprising: a) a screw extension comprising a shaft having a distal end portion comprising a receiver adapted for receiving a screw and a proximal end portion comprising a pivoting feature, b) a port comprising: i) a tubular wall defining a central passageway, ii) a longitudinal slot in the wall defining opposed ends of the wall, iii) opposed flanges extending radially from each end of the wall, and iv) a mating feature disposed in each opposed flanges adapted to pivotally mate with the pivoting feature of the screw extension, wherein the mating feature of the tube pivotally mates with the pivoting feature of the screw extension.
US10299833B2
Open implant closure structures include a helically wound guide and advancement flange form having splay control surfaces. Multi-start closures and closures with inner set screws have splay control contours for interlocking with cooperating flange forms of bone anchor receivers. Flange form heights, thicknesses and other geometry, such as splay control ramp angle may be varied.
US10299822B1
An apparatus for creating minimal skin incisions and soft tissue tunnels, particularly useful in the insertion of transverse or oblique screws through a bone and the holes in a locking nail embedded within the intra-medullary cavity of the bone. A unique surgical tool, as described herein, is used in conjunction with a targeting guide and targeting guide tunnel to create skin and soft-tissue tunnels that are precise, of minimal size, and minimally traumatic for the patient, and very quick and easy for the surgeon to create and to repair.
US10299821B2
A surgical instrument comprises a shaft assembly comprising a shaft and an end effector coupled to a distal end of the shaft; a handle assembly coupled to a proximal end of the shaft; a battery assembly coupled to the handle assembly; a driver configured to drive movement of at least one component of the surgical instrument; a motor powered by the battery assembly and configured to actuate the driver using an output of the motor; and a controller for the motor, configured to perform a first limiting operation to the output of the motor when a first limiting condition is met, wherein the first limiting condition defines a maximum control variable profile of the motor over a range of the movement of the at least one component.
US10299819B2
Reciprocating rotary surgical cutting device and system for tissue resecting, and method for its use
An endoscopic tissue resecting system that includes a reciprocating rotary surgical instrument for cutting tissue that includes a planetary gear assembly to vary rotational speed. A method of cutting and detaching tissue includes positioning an outer member such that tissue is located within a window in the outer member, engaging the tissue with an inner member, and simultaneously rotating at an increased speed relative to a rotary driver and translating the inner member to cut the tissue. A tangential cutting force is applied to the tissue with the inner member to mechanically cut and detach the tissue.
US10299809B2
A two phase method for reducing the formation of biofilm includes an evacuation of ambient air from a region about the surgical or treatment site, to extract airborne or aerosolized bacteria ejected from the site by the treatment. The extracted bacteria are prevented from settling back onto the cleansed tissue surface, thus at least reducing colonial bacteriological growth and concomitantly exuded biofilm material. A second phase involves the attachment of one or more ultrasonic transducers to the patient over or near a surgical treatment site after the surgery is terminated. Each applied ultrasonic transducer is used to vibrate the patient's tissues at the treatment site to disrupt biofilm formation.
US10299800B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of alignment for resection of tissue including obtaining a surgical device comprising an alignment guide, a first guide structure and a second guide structure; securing the alignment guide to a bone, the alignment guide including a positioning block; placing the first guide structure onto the positioning block of the alignment guide; viewing a target location of a first resection plane on the bone using the first guide structure; adjusting the target location of the first resection plane by adjusting a position of the first guide structure; attaching the second guide structure to the first guide structure; viewing a target location of a second resection plane on the bone using the second guide structure; and adjusting the target location of the second resection plane by adjusting a position of the second guide structure.
US10299798B2
An occlusion device formed of a microcoil having a three-dimensional relaxed state employing open looped portions interposed between closed loop portions. Planes defined by sequentially formed open looped and closed loop portions are neither coincident nor parallel to one another.
US10299782B2
Meniscal repair devices, systems, and methods are provided.
US10299778B2
A surgical access device includes a seal assembly having a seal housing and a gimbal mount disposed within the seal housing, the seal housing defining a central longitudinal axis and having a longitudinal passage for receiving at least one surgical object therethrough and the gimbal mount adapted for angular movement relative to the central longitudinal axis. The surgical access device also includes a bellows configured to engage at least a portion of the gimbal mount, the bellows dimensioned and adapted to establish a biasing relationship with the gimbal mount, such that the bellows overcomes a frictional relationship between the gimbal mount and the seal housing, thereby moving the gimbal mount towards a position in which the passage of the gimbal mount is aligned with the central longitudinal axis. The bellows is configured to be attached to a side wall of the seal housing.
US10299774B2
A dual functioning instrument set, comprising a needle and guide, has not only the capabilities to enter and insufflate the abdominal cavity but also the ability of a suture passer to carry and retrieve suture for closure of the incision sites at the end of the procedure. The needle contains a deployable snare that is used to pass and retrieve suture. The guide is used to repeatedly locate the needle relative to the inner abdominal wall allowing for consistent placement of sutures. For insufflation purposes, obturator tips having different distal structures are provided for shielding the sharp needle tip after insertion through a body wall.
US10299773B2
The present invention provides a surgical controlling system, comprising: a. a surgical tool; b. a location estimating means configured to real-time locate the 3D spatial position of said at least one surgical tool at any given time t; c. a movement detection means communicable with a movement's database and with said location estimating means; said movement's database is configured to store said 3D spatial position of said at least one surgical tool at time tf and at time t0, where tf>t0; said movement detection means is configured to detect movement of said at least one surgical tool if the 3D spatial position of said at least one surgical tool at time tf is different than said 3D spatial position of said at least one surgical tool at time t0; and, d. a controller configured to control the spatial position of said at least one surgical tool.
US10299764B2
Method and system for enhanced visualization of moving structures with cross-plane ultrasound images
An ultrasound probe may continuously acquire a first cross-plane image and a second cross-plane image. The second cross-plane image may intersect the first cross-plane image at a cross-plane intersection line of the first-cross plane image. A processor may receive a selection of a reference position in the first cross-plane image along the cross-plane intersection line of the first cross-plane image. The reference position may correspond with at least a portion of a structure in the first cross-plane image. The processor may track movement of the selected reference position in the first cross-plane image over time. The processor may update an image acquisition position parameter of the second cross-plane image based on the tracked reference position such that the second cross-plane image intersects the first cross-plane image at the tracked reference position. A display system may continuously and simultaneously present the acquired first cross-plane image and the acquired second-cross plane image.
US10299759B2
The control panel and display of a cart-borne ultrasound system are support by a lift which can be controlled to allow the control panel and display to be raised, lowered, and rotated. The lift has a first pivot elbow mounted to the ultrasound system cart and a second pivot elbow on which the control panel and display are mounted. A four-bar linkage is coupled between the pivot elbows which enables to control panel and display to be raised and lowered while maintaining the inclination of the control panel. The pivot elbows allow the control panel and display to be turned and rotated. A pair of hydraulic struts are mounted to the four-bar linkage to support the weight of the control panel and display. When a control button on the handle of the control panel is depressed the control panel and display can be freely raised, lowered and rotated. When the control button is released the pivot elbows and four-bar linkages are locked in their current positions.
US10299758B2
An ultrasound diagnostic device includes: a probe including plural elements that generate and transmit ultrasound waves and receive ultrasound waves reflected from an inspection target; a transmission unit that transmits ultrasound waves from the plural elements so as to transmit an ultrasound beam by forming a transmission focus in a first direction set in advance; and a second reception focusing unit that performs reception focusing for each reception signal received by each element of the probe according to reflection on a path in a second direction other than the first direction, among transmission wave paths of the ultrasound beam transmitted into the inspection target by the transmission unit.
US10299753B2
A method for imaging an anatomical structure on a display, including acquiring an initial spatial representation of the anatomical structure and positioning an instrument in proximity to the anatomical structure. The method further includes determining a location of the instrument, and generating, in response to the location, an image of a part of the anatomical structure. The method includes appending the image to the initial spatial representation to display a combined spatial representation.
US10299747B2
The disclosure provides a device having a C-arm, the C-arm including a main body of which the cross-sectional profile is formed as a double H, an outer wall, an inner wall and two side walls of the main body forming a rectangular cavity. The device also includes running wires arranged on the main body and running rollers, on which the C-arm is movably mounted, rolling on the running wires. The running wires and the running rollers are arranged in such a way that at least 50 percent of the mounting forces acting on the running wires due to the running rollers is introduced into the side walls of the main body. The disclosure also provides an x-ray imager having such a device. The disclosure offers the advantage that undesired oscillations of the C-arm are avoided.
US10299745B2
A traceable device and procedure suitable for investigating gastrointestinal motility disorders by measuring transit time of the device as it is passed through the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The device includes a core material configured to be imaged with a gamma imaging process and optionally also an x-ray imaging process, and a sealing material substantially insoluble in gastrointestinal fluids and fully encapsulating the core material.
US10299741B2
Methods and systems are described for operating an imaging sensor, the imaging sensor including a multi-dimensional sensor. An electronic processor receives an output from the multi-dimensional sensor and transitions the imaging sensor from the low-power state into a ready state in response to a determination by the electronic processor, based on the output from the multi-dimensional sensor, that a first state transition criteria is satisfied and transitions the imaging sensor from the ready state into an armed state in response to a determination that a second state transition criteria is satisfied. In some implementations, the electronic processor operates the imaging sensor to capture image data only when operating in the armed state and prevents the imaging system from transitioning from the low-power state directly into the armed state.
US10299740B2
Various methods and systems are provided for collision avoidance in cone-beam computed tomography (CT) systems. In one embodiment, a method for an imaging apparatus comprises calculating a likelihood of a collision between the imaging apparatus and a subject and/or its support based on a model of the subject, performing a scan of the subject responsive to the likelihood below a threshold, and not performing the scan otherwise. In this way, collisions between the patient and the imaging apparatus can be avoided.
US10299738B2
Treatment of neurological injury through motor relearning. A game-based sensorimotor rehabilitator that enables individuals to interact with the functional objects using the appropriate amount of force, tilt, finger movement, and muscle activity to regain lost skill due to injury.
US10299725B2
Wearable devices are described herein including at least two photodetectors and a mount configured to mount the at least two photodetectors to an external surface of a wearer. The at least two photodetectors are configured to detect alignment between the wearable device and a target on or in the body of the wearer (e.g., to detect the location of vasculature within the body of the wearer relative to the at least two photodetectors). Alignment of the at least two photodetectors relative to the target could enable detection of one or more physiological properties of the wearer. For example, the wearable device could include a sensor configured to detect a property of the target when the sensor is above the target, and alignment of the target relative to the at least two photodetectors could include the sensor being located above the target.
US10299722B1
A footwear having a sole customized to a wearer's anatomy, the sole formed by receiving a 3D model of a sole having a volume, generating a structural lattice inside the volume of the sole, updating the structural lattice to provide strength while using reduced material, optimizing the structural lattice to maximize energy absorption by the sole, and 3D fabricating the sole with the optimized structural lattice; and sensors coupled to the sole to detect foot pressure and movement data. In one embodiment, the footwear communicates with a network to monitor the wearer's health, the network having computer code to: saving the weight and movement data from the footwear into a health data repository separate from the clinical data repository; mining the clinical data repository and health data repository for patients sharing similarity with the wearer, including one or more similar biomarkers associated with health conditions; identifying at least one similar health conditions and identifying one or more corrective actions recorded in the repository and the result of each action for the one or more health conditions; presenting the corrective action and result to the wearer and recommending an action to reduce risk from the predicted health condition; and monitoring the health condition using updates in the clinical data repository and health data repository.
US10299721B2
The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head. The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DBM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the practitioner in pinpointing a vein for an intravenous drip, blood test, and the like. The Miniature projection head may have a cavity for a power source or it may have a power source located in a body portion of the Miniature Vein Enhancer. The Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to one of several improved needle protectors, or the Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to a body similar to a flashlight for hand held use. The Miniature Vein Enhancer of the present invention may also be attached to a magnifying glass, a flat panel display, and the like.
US10299713B2
The present invention is directed to the parenteral procurement of bodily-fluid samples. The present invention is also directed to systems and methods for parenterally procuring bodily-fluid samples with reduced contamination from dermally-residing microbes. In some embodiments, a bodily-fluid withdrawing system is used to withdraw bodily fluid from a patient for incubation in culture media in one or more sample vessels. Prior to withdrawing bodily fluid into the one or more sample vessels for incubation, an initial volume of withdrawn bodily fluid is placed in one or more pre-sample reservoirs and is not used for the incubation in culture media.
US10299704B2
A method for monitoring activity of a subject in an environment, comprising providing at least one sensing assembly in the environment of the subject; providing a server communicating with at least one of: i) the subject and ii) the at least one sensing assembly; generating property vectors from data collected by the at least one sensing assembly; characterizing activity of the subject from the property vectors; and having a result of said characterizing step accessible to the server.
US10299703B2
The present disclosure relates to various methods for determining a neuromuscular blockade status and systems suitable for performing such methods. The present disclosure further relates to electro-stimulation electrodes for stimulating a muscle of a patient, optionally in the context of at least some of the mentioned methods. The present disclosure still further relates to hybrid air-signal connectors for use in an electro-stimulation cuff which can be used in the context of at least some of the cited methods. The present disclosure also relates to electro-stimulation circuits comprising an electrode portion and a track portion suitable for pressure cuffs for electro-stimulation, and to pressure cuffs configured to be arranged around a limb of a patient and comprising an active electro-stimulation electrode and a passive electro-stimulation electrode. These electro-stimulation circuits and pressure cuffs may also be used in the context of at least some of the mentioned methods.
US10299699B2
Methods, apparatuses and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving, from an imaging system operating in an image coordinate system, a three-dimensional image of a body cavity including open space and body tissue, and receiving, from a medical probe having a location sensor and inserted into the body cavity, a signal indicating a location of a distal tip of the medical probe in a sensor coordinate system. The image coordinate system is registered with the sensor coordinate system so as to identify one or more voxels in the three-dimensional image at the indicated location, and when the identified voxels have density values in the received three-dimensional image that do not correspond to the open space, the density values of the identified voxels are updated to correspond to the open space.
US10299698B2
A method comprises identifying connected anatomical structures in stored images of a patient anatomy and generating a first three-dimensional model of anatomic passageways including a set of anatomical centerlines of the anatomic passageways, and generating a second three-dimensional model of the anatomic passageways including a plurality of linkage elements each including two base points defining a linkage element centerline spanning a shortest distance between the two base points. The method also comprises receiving tracking data corresponding to a point on an instrument positioned within the connected anatomical structures, matching the point on the instrument to one of the plurality of linkage elements representing one of the connected anatomical structures to locate the instrument relative to the connected anatomical structures in the stored images of the patient anatomy, and updating the matching of the point on the instrument to one of the plurality of linkage elements.
US10299696B2
A method of evaluating the effectiveness of an auditory prosthesis comprises transmitting a stimulus via an auditory prosthesis, thereby delivering an auditory stimulus to the auditory nervous system of a person fitted with said auditory prosthesis, picking up the neurophysiological signals transmitted by said auditory nervous system in response to the auditory stimulus by means of an electro- or magneto-encephalography system, and processing the received signals. The method also includes transmitting a stimulus made up of at least one pair of linguistic units selected from a phonetic confusion matrix, picking up a neurophysiological signal in response separately for each linguistic unit, and comparing the signals in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the prosthesis.
US10299693B2
Techniques for using multiple physiological parameters to provide an early warning for worsening heart failure are described. A medical device monitors a primary diagnostic parameter that is indicative of worsening heart failure, such as intrathoracic impedance or pressure, and one or more secondary diagnostic parameters. The medical device detects worsening heart failure in the patient based on the primary diagnostic parameter when an index that is changed over time based on the primary diagnostic parameter value is outside a range of values, termed the threshold zone. When the index is within the threshold zone, the medical device detects worsening heart failure in the patient based on the one or more secondary diagnostic parameters. Upon detecting worsening heart failure, the medical device may, for example, provide an alert that enables the patient to seek medical attention before experiencing a heart failure event.
US10299681B2
The invention relates to an implantable medical device system comprising an active medical device having or connected to at least one electrode and circuitry connected to the electrode. The active medical device comprises a telemetry unit. The circuitry connected to the electrode comprises at least one single conductor that provides a radio frequency antenna for the telemetry unit. The implantable medical device system further comprises at least one electronic filter that is arranged between the single conductor of circuitry connected to the electrode and the telemetry unit. The least one electronic filter comprises at least one inductor having a core that comprises a ferromagnetic material with saturating behavior when exposed to an external magnetic field.
US10299679B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a system for wirelessly and passively measuring temperature and devices forming the system. The method includes: receiving an energy feedback radio frequency (RF) signal by a temperature measuring end; converting the energy feedback RF signal into electric energy and storing the electric energy; and starting the temperature measuring end after obtaining the electric energy, and transmitting a RF signal under the current temperature to a terminal, and calculating the current temperature through the terminal. The method, the system and the devices forming the system provided in the present disclosure are capable of activating the crystal oscillator or the ceramic oscillator wirelessly and passively, therefore, the method, the system and the devices can be used to wirelessly and passively measure temperature, which is convenient.
US10299678B2
An apparatus for detecting conductance parameter of high protein body fluid sample is provided. The apparatus includes at least one liquid collection element, and at least two electrodes horizontally aligned in the liquid collection element. Also provided are methods for detecting dehydration in a subject, comprising the steps of measuring the conductance parameter of the saliva of the subject.
US10299676B2
A system for detecting position data of an element in the front region of an eye. A first system component continuously detects position changes of the vertex of the cornea of the eye. A second system component directs electromagnetic radiation at topographical structures of the cornea to be ascertained or modified. A control unit includes a processor and memory. Alignment of the first system component with respect to the alignment of the second system component is defined, and the second system component is continuously guided to the respective target position thereof, by the control unit based on the position changes detected by the first system component. Light sources, which illuminate the cornea, are symmetrically disposed around the main axis of the system so that a pattern of reflection points is created on the cornea. The processor determines the current position of the vertex as the center of the reflection points.
US10299674B2
The invention relates to mobile computer devices, front-mounted optical systems and computer program products allowing perimetry measurement.
US10299673B2
A method and a system of enhancing ganglion cell function using a gaming environment corresponding to a physical activity. The method and system may be used to implement one or more processes to improve a person's visual processing profile. In particular, the method and system may be used to improve a player's skill in the corresponding physical activity.
US10299664B2
The solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor layer, an electrode, a wiring layer, a plurality of filters, an input terminal, and a voltage generation circuit. The voltage generation circuit generates a first voltage and a second voltage. The plurality of filters include a first filter and a second filter. The light transmittance of the first filter has a peak in a wavelength range corresponding to blue. The light transmittance of the second filter has a peak at a wavelength of 450 nm or more, and in the second filter, the transmittance of light having a wavelength of 450 nm or less is greater than the minimum value of the transmission of light having a wavelength longer than 450 nm. The first voltage and the second voltage are selectively applied to the electrode.
US10299663B2
A wide-angle illumination device includes a base, a first light guiding module and two second light guiding modules. The base includes a central region and two lateral regions, and the two lateral regions are respectively located on opposite positions of the central region. A first light emitting module is disposed on the central region, and two second light emitting modules are disposed on the two lateral regions. The first light guiding module is disposed on the central region and matched with the first light emitting module, to guide a first optical signal of the first light emitting module toward a front of the base. The two second light guiding modules are disposed on the lateral regions and matched with the second light emitting modules, to guide a second optical signal of the second light emitting module out of an end of the base.
US10299648B2
A vacuum cleaner including a cyclonic separating unit that includes a cyclonic separator having a separator axis and an end wall which is openable for the removal of dirt from the cyclonic separator, a screen disposed within the cyclonic separator such that it extends in the longitudinal direction of the cyclonic separator, wherein the cyclonic separator is movable relative to the screen between a first position and a second position in the longitudinal direction of the cyclonic separator; a catch arranged to secure the openable end wall in a closed position; and an actuator which is actuated to release the catch when the cyclonic separator is moved into the second position. In an alternative embodiment, there is provided a vacuum cleaner apparatus in which the actuator is enabled for subsequent release of the catch when the cyclonic separator is moved into the second position.
US10299647B2
A vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body; and a dust collector provided in the cleaner body, wherein the dust collector includes a first cyclone provided within an outer case to filter foreign matter and dust from air introduced into the dust collector; a second cyclone accommodated within the first cyclone to separate fine dust from the air introduced into the first cyclone; and a rotatable shell provided at a lower side of and surrounding the first cyclone so as to define a first storage section configured to collect foreign matter and dust filtered by the first cyclone between the rotatable shell and the outer case, wherein the rotatable shell includes a skirt having a plurality of steps arranged along a circumference of the rotatable shell.
US10299643B2
A hand vacuum cleaner has a cyclone assembly comprising a first stage cyclone and a second stage cyclone. The cyclone assembly has an openable end moveable between a closed position and an open position, the openable end comprising a portion of the second stage dirt collection chamber. When the openable end is in the open position, the second stage dirt collection chamber is opened and when the openable end is the closed positon, the openable end contacts a sidewall of the second stage cyclone chamber and the second stage dirt collection region is closed.
US10299642B2
A blower includes a frame, a surface engaging wheel attached to the frame and a power source attached to the frame. An impeller housing is also attached to the frame, and the impeller housing defines an intake opening. The impeller housing surrounds an impeller that is rotatably connected to the power source. An exhaust chute is attached to the impeller housing. A selectively closeable aperture structure is attached to the intake opening. In further examples, the selectively closeable aperture is a pair of rotatable plates both including radial slots or an iris blade assembly. In other examples, the exhaust chute is rotatable or the impeller housing is rotatable.
US10299640B2
A sanitary washing apparatus according to an embodiment includes a base plate and a body part. The base plate has a pair of mounting holes that corresponds to a pair of through-holes formed on an upper surface of a toilet bowl and is mounted on the upper surface of the toilet bowl by inserting fastening members mounted on the pair of mounting holes through the pair of through-holes. The body part incorporates a functional component that includes a washing nozzle, and is mounted on the toilet bowl via the base plate. Furthermore, a mounting part for the body part is formed only between the pair of mounting holes on the base plate.
US10299632B2
A system includes a container platform configured to receive a container, a blade assembly and a blade actuator for rotating blades of the blade assembly, a blade platform, and a platform actuator for moving the blade platform between a blade engagement position and a container engagement position. A processor is configured to cause the platform actuator to move the blade platform, prior to a first actuation of the blade actuator, from the container engagement position to the blade engagement position, to cause the first actuation, to cause the platform actuator to move the blade platform towards the container engagement position, to cause the blade platform to return to the blade engagement position, to cause a second actuation of the blade actuator, and to cause the platform actuator to return the blade platform to the container engagement position subsequent to the second actuation.
US10299630B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a vacuum blender configured to enhance convenience by integrating a vacuum device into the main body of the blender and to separate/store food while maintaining a storage container in a vacuum state by dualizing the vacuum space, and a method for operating the same. The object of the present invention can be achieved by providing a vacuum blender comprising: a mechanical operator 200 comprising a main body 210 provided with an internal space, a vacuum pump 230 and a rotary motor 240, the vacuum pump 230 and the rotary motor 240 being installed in the internal space of the main body 210; a supporter 300 configured to allow a vacuum tube 320 connected with the vacuum pump 230 to pass therethrough, the supporter 300 being formed to rise to a certain height from the mechanical operator 200; a vacuum depressurizer 400 arranged at an upper portion of the supporter 300 and provided therein with a first vacuum chamber 450 connected with the vacuum tube 320, the first vacuum chamber 450 being configured such that upper and lower portions thereof communicate with an outside, and the upper portion of the first vacuum chamber 450 is a selectively opened and closed by a first vacuum plug 430; and a vacuum chopper 500 comprising a storage container 510 seated on the mechanical operator 200 and provided with a second vacuum chamber 580 formed therein and a blender blade 515 mounted thereto and connected with the rotary motor 240, and a seal cover 530 sealably placed on the storage container 510 and provided with a second vacuum plug 540 installed at a portion of the seal cover 530 sealably connected with a lower portion of the first vacuum chamber 450 of the vacuum depressurizer 400 such that the second vacuum plug 540 is selectively opened and closed.
US10299623B2
A coffee dispensing apparatus includes a base and an at least one nozzle. Further, base and nozzle are arranged such that the dispensed coffee flows via inner upstanding wall of a standard sized coffee container.
US10299617B1
An expandable large package receiver that is placed on a vertical support outside of a business or residence. The expandable large package receiver has a vertical support. A vertical 4-sided frame is mounted on the vertical support. A pair of 4-sided mounts insert within the vertical 4-sided frame. A scissor connector connects the 4-sided mounts to each other when placed within the vertical 4-sided frame. A pair of 4-sided doors, each door attaches to each 4-sided mount. A pair of expandable domed structures, each domed structure attaches to each 4-sided mount via a set of pivots. And, a pair of handles, each handle attaches to each pivot, and each handle moves each pivot in a manner that opens and closes each domed structure.
US10299612B2
An article for extracting a viscous fluid from a vessel comprising a plurality of concentric annular ring portions; said ring portions connected in a stack with a series of grooves located in between them; said stack connected to a shaft; and an annular lid portion connected to said shaft.
US10299609B2
An infant carrier includes a carrying handle having a coupling shell pivotally connected with a coupling portion of a seat body, and a latch assembled in the coupling shell. The carrying handle is adjustable to multiple angular positions, which include a carry position for facilitating transport of the infant carrier with the carrying handle, and a recline position inclined relative to the carry position. The latch can engage with the coupling portion for locking the carrying handle in position, or disengage from the coupling portion for allowing rotation of the carrying handle. A safety mechanism is disposed in an inner cavity defined at least partially by the coupling shell and the coupling portion, and can interact with the latch for forcing the carrying handle to stop in an intermediate safety position during adjustment of the carrying handle from the carry position toward the recline position.
US10299592B2
A mechanical framework (168, 187) is formed with a basic tube nut (1, 63) and channel tube (124, 137) geometry. A threaded faster (170) is used to attach the elements. Orthogonal elements can be strengthened by an angle bracket (163) and nut plate (168). The edges (126) of the channel tube (124) are scalloped by a series of indentations (129, 130) which engage the fastener (170) and resist rotation of the tube nut (1, 63) within the channel tube (124, 137). Additional tube nuts (82, 100) provide an additional single flange (87) and pair of flanges (101, 102) respectively. The tube nut (1, 63) includes a turret (2) that fits between guide rails (152, 153) so as to form a continuous planar surface when mounted within the channel tube (124, 137).
US10299589B1
A frame hooking and connecting structure includes a column, each side of which is formed with a first through hole, and a parallel second through hole. A first support rod is provided to hook the column. The two ends of the first support rod are extended with a fastening part, and the free end of the fastening part is connected with a first hook, which is hooked and positioned to the bottom edge of the first through hole, and the fastening part is attached to a corresponding end surface of the column. A second support rod is provided to hook the column. The ends of the second support rod are respectively extended with a second hook, and the free end of the second hook penetrates through the hollow portion and the second through hole into the column, and is locked to the bottom edge of the second through hole.
US10299588B1
A modular frame with a U-shaped hook member includes multiple upright columns each having at least two faces of each of the multiple upright columns have multiple couples of first through hole and second through hole defined therein. Multiple horizontal columns are respectively connected to a corresponding one of the at least two faces of a corresponding one of the multiple upright columns. Two connecting blocks respectively mounted into a corresponding one of two opposite ends of the tube. Two U-shaped hook members are respectively mounted into a corresponding one of the two connecting blocks. Each U-shaped hook member includes a first hook and a second hook extending therefrom and respectively engaged to a lower portion of a corresponding on of the first through holes and the second through holes.
US10299582B2
In the specification and drawings an accessory cart is described and shown with a base, a housing element that is connected to the base and extends upward from the base, and a platform, which is connected to the housing element with the height of the platform being automatically adjustable.
US10299576B2
A strap for releasably retaining one or more articles. The strap includes a flexible elongate body and a buckle coupled to the first end. The body has a first region adjacent a first end of the body, a second region adjacent a second end of the body, and a central region positioned between the first and second regions. The central region of the body defines a plurality of spaced apart fastening holes. The first region defines a strap opening for receiving the second end of the strap and releasably engaging a portion of the body. The buckle includes a frame including a proximal region coupled to the first end of the body, a distal region, and first and second side regions between the proximal and distal region. The second side region includes a gateway for releasably receiving any region of the body.
US10299572B2
Holstering retractor devices or systems for securing a device or instrument when not in use, such that the instrument does not have to be held or slid into a pocket. The systems are coupled with a retracting device, integrated into the holster, such that if said instrument or device pops out of holster, or is dropped while in use, it is not lost or damaged. The present invention is also directed to systems utilizing the holster retractors, such as vest system having the holster retractor mounted to the vests.
US10299568B2
A makeup assisting apparatus includes an image acquirer that acquires a captured image of a face to which makeup is applied, an applied makeup acquirer that acquires applied makeup from the image, the applied makeup being a way of applying the makeup, a makeup evaluator that evaluates the applied makeup by comparing the applied makeup with a reference makeup which is makeup to be used as a reference by a user having applied the makeup to the face; an evaluation presenter that presents a result of the evaluation to the user, and an advice information indictor that indicates how to correct the applied makeup so as to make it closer to the reference makeup.
US10299561B2
To provide a makeup tool that is excellent in design and can perform stable application of a cosmetic, the makeup tool includes a barrel cylinder storing the cosmetic; and an application part attached to one end of the barrel cylinder, in which the application part includes an applying element capable of feeding the cosmetic from the barrel cylinder to apply the cosmetic, and a retainer that holds the applying element, and the retainer is formed of a hard material presenting visibility.
US10299560B1
A battery operated hair dryer includes a battery management and control module to control how to efficiently dry a user's hair while maintaining the health and charge of the battery.
US10299548B1
An adjustable finger ring apparatus and associated method are described for forming at least a portion of a finger ring. A shank includes a thickness that extends between an opposing pair of side surfaces such that the thickness defines a cavity including a through opening for receiving the support member for movement in opposing directions to increase and decrease the size of a finger aperture. At least one of the side surfaces defines an access opening to adjoin the through opening for access to the support member for at least one of moving the support member and maintaining a selected position of the support member.
US10299541B2
Strap systems for securing feet into articles of footwear or other foot-receiving devices include one or more strap members formed or engaged together in a continuous path along an upper for an article of footwear or other foot-receiving device. One or more structures for applying a force to the strap member(s) is provided so as to shorten a length of the continuous path and thereby apply tension to the strap member(s). Such strap systems can be arranged so that the strap tightens during plantar flexion or dorsiflexion. Additional aspects of this invention relate to bootie members for supporting such strap systems, upper members or bootie members including such strap systems, and articles of footwear and other foot-receiving devices including such strap systems.
US10299535B2
A sole structure may include multiple macrolayers. Each of those macrolayers may include a spring plate and a layer of damping material. Macrolayers may be bonded or otherwise fixed relative to one another and provide constrained layer damping in response to impact forces occurring as a result of activity of a wearer of an article of footwear incorporating the sole structure.
US10299527B2
Headwear having an opening and a size adjustment device that are formed in a head receiving portion is provided, wherein the size adjustment device includes a first size adjustment unit that is disposed at a lower part of the opening and that can adjust a minute size, and a second size adjustment unit that is connected to the first size adjustment unit to adjust a size to a constant gap. Thereby, headwear that can adjust a minute size and that can satisfy various head sizes without an oppressive feeling can be provided.
US10299523B2
Disclosed is a glove that alleviates the biasing force associated with opening or closing the hand and fingers. In some aspects the glove may have preformed angled portions at one or more joints or locations on the hand to enable the hand to flex between the open and closed position.
US10299517B2
An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a vapor precursor compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the vapor precursor compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.
US10299506B2
A method is proposed for inspecting cylinder-shaped elongated elements for smoking articles that provides projecting from a first half-space a first stripe of light onto an external face of a first elongated element and projecting from a second half-space onto the first elongated element a second stripe of light. The method reconstructs, by means of a first identified curved line and a second identified curved line respectively in a first acquired view and in a second acquired view of the first elongated element, a first closed curved section profile of the first elongated element and identifies possible deformations of the reconstructed first closed curved profile with respect to an ideal section profile. The method further includes the step of arranging an ideal elongated element alongside the first elongated element, respectively in a reference position and in a first position, inspecting simultaneously the first elongated element and the ideal elongated element by the first stripe of light and the second stripe of light; reconstructing, by a first identified curved line and a second identified curved line respectively in the first view and in the second view a first closed curved section profile of the ideal elongated element; monitoring the reconstructed closed curved profile of the ideal elongated element generating a warning if the reconstructed closed curved profile of the ideal elongated element is different from an ideal section profile, for example circular.
US10299500B2
Granules of protein-rich microalgal biomass flour having: a particle size distribution, measured on an LS laser granulometer of the COULTER® brand, with a Dmode of 60 to 300 μm and a D4.3 of 70 to 420 μm; an aerated density, measured on a HOSOKAWA Powder Characteristics Tester, of 0.60 to 0.70 g/mL, and a compressibility, measured on a HOSOKAWA Powder Characteristics Tester, of 15 to 25%.
US10299499B2
A self-contained popcorn popper has an open side provided with an air-flow curtain extending at least partially across the open side and directed inwardly. Effluent from popping flows upwardly into a “U”-shaped vent, through an effluent filter and flows into said air flow curtains to reduce particulate-bearing effluent emitted from the popper cabinet. Heated air is recirculated in a lower warming bin to maintain heat in popped corn dumped from a popping kettle and that air is recirculated in the bin, also to reduce emission of particulars into the environment surrounding the popper.
US10299498B2
A method for washing fish flesh to remove water soluble sarcoplasmic proteins includes producing a mixture by combining wash water with fish flesh having sarcoplasmic and myofibrillar proteins, wherein the wash water removes some of the sarcoplasmic protein from the fish flesh; depositing the mixture on a screen separator. The wash water having sarcoplasmic proteins is separated from the mixture while a speed of the screen separator and a speed of the mixture at the interface with the screen separator remains about equal and reducing or eliminating shear forces at the interface between the screen separator and the fish flesh. Thus, washed fish flesh fish flesh with an increase in a percent of myofibrillar protein retained in the fish flesh is produced. In order to have a speed of the screen separator belt be equal with a speed of the mixture at the interface, the perforated screen separator is stationary, vibrating only in the up and down direction, advancing slowly or fast, or advancing only intermittently, while the wash water is allowed to percolate through the fish flesh and exit the perforated screen.
US10299491B2
A method of producing tea syrup comprises contacting a plant material and/or plant extract with hot water to produce a tea. The method comprises filtering the tea to produce a tea filtrate, adding sugar to the tea filtrate, and then reducing the pH of either the tea or the tea filtrate, and thereby producing a tea syrup.
US10299487B2
A fish feed-in device (1) for feeding fish (9) to a fish processing device (7) comprises a delivery conveying means (3) which is equipped with a controllable positioning drive (35) and a controllable conveying drive (36). The delivery conveying means (3) can be moved by the controllable positioning drive (35) into a first state (301) released by the fish (9) in a deposit space (11), into a second state (302) for grasping, centered holding and conveying of the fish (9) accessing said fish in the deposit space (11) and, in cooperation with the controllable conveying drive (36), into a third state (303) which releases the fish (9) after conveying at a fish delivery point (42) which is defined by a controlled delivery time with associated controlled fish delivery speed.
US10299481B2
Methods for treating arthropods comprising depositing at least one drop of a liquid formulation containing at least one surfactant on a solid surface of an arthropod at a contact angle sufficient to cause rapid and enhanced knockdown (KD) of the arthropod. The contact angle comprises an angle formed between a resting drop of the liquid formulation and the solid surface on which the drop rests measured, after a period of about 80 milliseconds (ms) or more from the time that a drop of the liquid formulation is deposited on the solid surface, at a contact point between a tangent line drawn on a liquid/vapor interface surface of the resting drop in contact with the solid surface and a tangent to the solid surface on which the drop rests.
US10299475B2
To provide a compound highly active against pests, a pesticide using the compound, and a method for controlling pests by applying the compound.A phenoxyalkylbenzamide compound represented by the formula (I) or its salt; a pesticide containing it as an active ingredient, and a controlling method, which comprises applying an effective amount of the compound: wherein R1, Y and R3 are a hydrogen atom or the like, and Ar is as follows: wherein R4 and R7 are halogen or the like, R5 and R6 are a hydrogen atom or the like, m is from 0 to 5, and n is from 0 to 3.
US10299472B2
The invention relates to an antimicrobial and preferably non-cytotoxic coating material and to use of said coating material.
US10299470B2
This invention relates to fly traps and specifically a window mounted fly trap which allows flies to enter from below or above and which has an internal barrier to prevent passage upward or downward through the trap. A window mounted fly trap comprising: (a) a frame for mounting to a window surface by detachable window mounting means; (b) a resilient cover having a non-adhesive first surface facing to the exterior of the frame and an adhesive second fly capture surface within the interior of the frame; said frame and cover defining therein a fly capture chamber; (c) the capture chamber having at least one ingress slot for permitting flies to enter the chamber; (d) wherein the flies walking on the surface of said window are permitted to enter the capture chamber and whereby the flies, when attempting to fly, contact the fly capture adhesive and are captured by said capture surface.
US10299466B2
An electrically-controlled water flow regulator for use with a poultry watering system receives potable water at a first, high flow rate and reduces the water flow rate of the water provided to watering valves that dispense water to the flock within a poultry house. A variable control valve uses a needle-shaped cone to engage a mating port inside the housing of the regulator. A motor controls the linear movement of the control valve in incremental steps to adjust the water flow rate provided to the flock. A feedback component enables the variable control valve to maintain the water flow rate at a desired set point for the flock. The desired set point for the flock is controlled or automated to match the growth of the flock over their growth cycle. An electrical controller and suitable cabling enable multiple regulators to be controlled efficiently and cost-effectively.
US10299464B2
A therapeutic toy device for an animal user. The device comprises an internal spine simulator comprising a plurality of weighted vertebra simulators, all coupled together in a manner intended to somewhat resemble the spine of a prey animal. The toy device is configured so that when the animal user plays with the toy, the act mimics the sensation of tackling an actual prey animal. This satisfies the animal's predator instincts, and thus gives the animal a more meaningful and satisfying sensory motor experience, thus improving well-being. The device, preferably produced from synthetic materials, will be surrounded by a synthetic covering, and optionally configured with other elements such as limb simulators, internal stuffing, and other features. The toy device will be offered in varying weights and configurations based on the size, weight and play-drive of an animal user.
US10299461B2
Provided is a water absorbent sheet retaining mat which can retain a water absorbent sheet easily and surely. A water absorbent sheet retaining mat for retaining a water absorbent sheet having a first polygonal contour, includes: a mat member having a second polygonal contour defined by mutually opposing a first main plane and a second main plane; and at least one retaining member having a slit member including at least one slit formed in a top surface at a predetermined height from the first main plane for accepting a part of perimeter of the water absorbent sheet being inserted therein, wherein the water absorbent sheet is laid on the first main plane, and then the above purpose is accomplished.
US10299457B1
An inbred corn line, designated 7HHSS2120, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line 7HHSS2120, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line 7HHSS2120 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 7HHSS2120 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 7HHSS2120, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 7HHSS2120 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US10299456B1
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated LIJ7292, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line LIJ7292 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line LIJ7292, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line LIJ7292, and plants produced according to these methods.
US10299452B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV8516TM and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV8516TM and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10299447B2
A system includes a plurality of optical sensors located along at least one pipe segment of a rotating arm that pivots around an irrigation area of a field, the plurality of optical sensors continuously monitors soil and vegetation conditions and transmits sensed data to a central computer, and a plurality of in-ground sensors scattered in the irrigation area of the field, the plurality of in-ground sensors continuously monitors soil conditions and transmits sensed data to a plurality of gateway devices located in the rotating arm, the plurality of gateway devices transmits data from the plurality of in-ground sensors to the central computer where data from the plurality of optical sensors and the plurality of in-ground sensors is integrated with external data to determine water and fertilizer needs based on which an irrigation schedule is created.
US10299442B2
A rotary plant growing apparatus is disclosed having a light emitting source operable to emit light. The apparatus also has at least one retaining component and a support operable to support the at least one retaining component in spaced relation to the light emitting source. A rotation mechanism is operable to rotate the at least one retaining component in a path around the light emitting source. A position adjustment mechanism is operable to move the at least one retaining component along a path extending between the at least one retaining component and the light emitting source so to adjust the distance between the at least one retaining component and the light emitting source.
US10299439B2
A wrapping mechanism is described that comprises at least two material support cylinders, a mechanism support cylinder, and a first and a second support plate, which are all rotatable about a support axis. The wrapping mechanism can comprise a pair of frame plates, a drive mechanism, a brake system, a lock mechanism, at least one feed roller and a feed plate. The wrapping mechanism can be integrated into an agricultural harvester such as a baler or combine.
US10299435B2
An agricultural vehicle including a chassis, a feeder housing supported by the chassis, and an attachment. The attachment includes a header coupled to the feeder housing. The header has a top support beam and a pair of lateral ends. The attachment also includes an auger that has an axis of rotation and is configured to rotate about the axis of rotation. The auger is pivotally connected to the header and is pivotable about a pivot axis. The auger is selectively pivotable between a stored position and an operating position such that in the stored position the auger does not obstruct a line of sight of an operator.
US10299434B2
A float arm support system may include a float arm supporting an active member, the float arm being pivotable about a first axis, a skid shoe to bear against and follow local ground contours of the underlying terrain while supporting the active member of the float arm above the underlying terrain and a powered actuator. The skid shoe may be coupled to the float arm between the first axis and the active member. The powered actuator may be operably coupled to the skid shoe to vertically move the skid shoe to adjust a spacing at which the skid shoe supports the active member of the float arm relative to the underlying terrain.
US10299430B2
An adjustable guard assembly is connected to a head assembly of a string trimmer. The adjustable guard assembly includes a housing. The housing includes a mounting portion, which connects to a motor case. The housing further includes a deck portion, which extends from the mounting portion. The deck portion has a proximal end and a distal end. A first skirt member extends along and downward from the distal end of the deck portion in a generally radially outward direction. A first blade assembly includes a first blade member, provided in the interior of the first skirt member, to engage a rotating string member.
US10299421B2
A harrow implement comprises a tool bar and harrow sections extending rearward therefrom. Each of a plurality of hydraulic cylinders is connected between the tool bar and a corresponding harrow section. A hydraulic control is operative to supply pressurized hydraulic fluid such that the hydraulic cylinders exert a substantially constant selected bias force on the harrow sections. The hydraulic control is operative to direct pressurized hydraulic fluid into a first port on each hydraulic cylinder to exert a downward bias force on the plurality of harrow sections, and operative to direct pressurized hydraulic fluid into a second port on each hydraulic cylinder to exert an upward bias force on the plurality of harrow sections. The hydraulic cylinder can be configured to raise the harrow sections to an idle position above the ground, and to a transport position extending up from the tool bar.
US10306819B2
A shielded electrical cable includes a conductor set and two generally parallel shielding films disposed around the conductor set. The conductor set includes one or more substantially parallel longitudinal insulated conductors. The shielding films include a parallel portion wherein the shielding films are substantially parallel. The parallel portion is configured to electrically isolate the conductor set.
US10306791B2
A device configured to be coupled to a flash drive is described. The flash drive has a first attachment element coupled to the flash drive. The device comprises a housing having a recess configured to receive the flash drive. The recess has a plurality of contacts configured to interface with a plurality of standard contacts of the flash drive. The device also comprises a second attachment element configured to be magnetically attracted to the first attachment element of the flash drive. The first attachment element and the second attachment element have magnetic properties. The first attachment element and the second attachment element are capable of seating the flash drive in the recess.
US10306788B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible bottom shell, where the flexible bottom shell includes a first half shell, a second half shell, and a bendable part connected the first half shell and the second half shell, where the bendable part includes a plurality of connection plates, the plurality of the connection plates are successively bonded and are successively hinged together. Hinge pieces include a fixed plate, a fixed axle, and a pin axle. The fixed axle and the pin axle are perpendicular to a surface of the fixed plate. The fixed axle is connected to the fixed plate, and the pin axle is connected to the adjacent connection plates.
US10306787B2
A display device including a first supporter; a second supporter located opposite the first supporter; a display panel extending between the first supporter and the second supporter and extending to side parts of the first supporter and the second supporter; a third supporter; a fourth supporter located opposite to the third supporter; and a first pivotable strut bar pivotally connected to the first supporter and the second supporter.
US10306786B2
The invention relates to a mobile terminal comprising a lid unit arranged to substantially block an opening in a mobile terminal housing in an assembled state of the mobile terminal and arranged to allow access through the opening into the interior of the mobile terminal when removed from the opening, wherein the mobile terminal lid unit comprises at least one key device for controlling at least one function on the mobile terminal.
US10306784B2
An electronic device may have a display mounted in a housing. The display may have layers such as polarizer layers, a color filter layer, and a thin-film transistor layer. Display layers such as color filter layers and thin-film-transistor layers may have glass substrates. Notches or other openings may be formed in the layers of a display. For example, a notch with a curved chamfered edge may be formed in a lower end of a thin-film-transistor layer. A component such as a button may overlap the notch. Structures such as sensors, cameras, acoustic components, and other electronic components, buttons, communications path structures such as flexible printed circuit cables and wire bonding wires, and housing structures may be received within a display layer notch.
US10306783B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first housing including a first surface and a second surface, a second housing including a third surface and a fourth side, a folding portion, a flexible display disposed on the first surface and the third surface across the folding portion, and a hinge including a first planar portion disposed on the second surface, a second planar portion disposed on the fourth side, and a hinge center portion, wherein a first configuration where the folding portion is unfolded and the first housing and the second housing are parallel, and wherein a second configuration where the folding portion is folded and the first planar portion is at least partially inserted into the first housing and the second planar portion is at least partially inserted into the second housing and the first housing and the second housing are parallel.
US10306781B2
There is disclosed a control unit and a display device comprising the same. The control unit of this invention may comprise a bottom case having an accommodation space; a top case positioned above the bottom case, the top case covering the accommodation space; a stand installed in the accommodation space, the stand positioned between the bottom case and the top case; a first electronic component positioned between the bottom case and the stand; a second electronic component positioned between the stand and the top case; and an air fan positioned between the stand and the top case, the air fan located adjacent to at least one of the first and second electronic components.
US10306780B2
A display device of the present disclosure includes a transparent plate, a first display panel disposed at on a first surface of the transparent plate, a first transparent frame disposed at on the first surface of the transparent plate and adjacent to a side of the first display panel, a first receiving portion formed on at the transparent plate and positioned between the transparent plate and the first display panel, a slot formed at at least one of the transparent plate or the first transparent frame, a first member layer connected to a first side of the first display panel, a first PCB connected to the first member layer and positioned at the first receiving portion, and a first cable extended extending from the first PCB and inserted into the slot.
US10306778B2
A printed circuit board includes a first substrate including a first insulation layer and a first circuit layer including a bonding pad, the bonding pad disposed on the first insulation layer, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate and having a cavity exposing the bonding pad to an outside, and a dam disposed between the bonding pad and an inner wall of the cavity.
US10306774B2
A laminate structure of metal coating is laminated on a base material, and includes a primer layer, a catalyst layer and a plating deposited layer. The primer layer is a resin layer with a glass transition temperature (Tg) of 40 to 430° C. The catalyst layer is a metal nanoparticle group arranged in a plane on the primer layer, wherein the metal nanoparticle group is a metal in Group 11 or Groups 8, 9 and 10 in a periodic table, and the metal nanoparticles are surrounded by the primer layer. Ends of the metal nanoparticles are attached to the plating deposited layer.
US10306771B2
An anisotropic conductive film including conductive particles arranged uniformly in a single layer and capable of supporting fine-pitch connection is produced by: drying a coating film of a particle dispersion in which conductive particles are dispersed in a dilute solution of a thermoplastic resin that forms a coating after drying, whereby a conductive particle-containing layer is formed in which the coated conductive particles coated with the dried coating of the dilute solution of the thermoplastic resin and arranged in a single layer stick to the dried coating film; and laminating an insulating resin layer onto the conductive particle-containing layer.
US10306763B2
Provided is an electronic component including a pad region including a plurality of pads extending along corresponding extension lines and arranged in a first direction, and a signal wire configured to receive a driving signal from the pad region, wherein the plurality of pads include a plurality of first pads arranged continuously and a plurality of second pads arranged continuously, and extension lines of the plurality of first pads substantially converge into a first point and extension lines of the plurality of second pads substantially converge into a second point different from the first point.
US10306760B2
A method of fabricating a substrate core structure comprises: providing first and second patterned conductive layers defining openings therein on each side of a starting insulating layer; providing a first and a second supplemental insulating layers onto respective ones of a first and a second patterned conductive layer; laser drilling a set of via openings extending through at least some of the conductive layer openings of the first and second patterned conductive layers; filling the set of via openings with a conductive material to provide a set of conductive vias; and providing a first and a second supplemental patterned conductive layer onto respective ones of the first and the second supplemental insulating layers, the set of conductive vias contacting the first supplemental patterned conductive layer at one side thereof, and the second supplemental patterned conductive layer at another side thereof.
US10306759B2
A wiring substrate includes a pad, an insulation layer that covers the pad, and a via wiring extending through the insulation layer and connected to the pad. The via wiring includes a first via portion, which has a diameter that is decreased from an upper surface of the insulation layer toward the pad, and a second via portion, which has a diameter that is increased from a lower end of the first via portion toward the pad. The diameter of the second via portion at an upper surface of the pad is larger than the diameter of the first via portion at the upper surface of the insulation layer.
US10306755B2
A stretchable board includes: a base material having stretchability; first and second electronic components mounted on the base material; a wire arranged on the base material; and first and second connectors for connecting the first and second electronic components and the wire to each other. At least a portion of the first electronic component and at least a portion of the second electronic component face each other in a planned stretching direction in which the base material includes: a facing zone interposed between the first and second electronic components in a planned stretching direction and a non-facing zone other than the facing zone on the base material, in which at least a portion of the first connector or at least a portion of the second connector are arranged in the non-facing zone, and in which at least one of the wires is arranged in the non-facing zone.
US10306752B2
According to one embodiment, a transparent conductor includes a transparent substrate; a metal nanowire layer disposed on the transparent substrate and including a plurality of metal nanowires; a graphene oxide layer covering the metal nanowire layer; and an electrical insulating resin layer disposed in contact with the graphene oxide layer.
US10306744B2
A plasma generation apparatus includes a chamber, a high-frequency power source, a magnetic field generator and a parallel capacitor. The chamber has an inner, toroidal-shaped electric discharge space. The high-frequency power source outputs a high-frequency current to the magnetic field generator, which generates a high-frequency magnetic field upon flowing of the high-frequency current therethrough. The parallel capacitor is connected in parallel to the magnetic field generator.
US10306743B1
A system includes a chamber, a laser beam apparatus configured to generate a laser beam to be introduced into the chamber, a laser controller for the laser beam apparatus to control at least a beam intensity and an output timing of the laser beam, and a target supply unit configured to supply a target material into the chamber, the target material being irradiated with the laser beam for generating extreme ultraviolet light.
US10306742B2
The invention relates to a droplet dispensing device (4) comprising a reservoir (9) for containing a liquid medium (10), an outlet (11) for dispensing droplets of said liquid medium (10) from said reservoir (9), an actuation means (12) for generating and transmitting a mechanical oscillation at an excitation frequency, and a resonant structure comprising a piston (15) coupled to said actuation means (12) for transmitting said mechanical oscillation to the liquid medium (10) contained in said reservoir (9) such that droplets are formed from said liquid medium (10), wherein a resonance frequency of said resonant structure is sufficiently close to said excitation frequency, such that resonance occurs.The invention further relates to a UV or X-ray light source, comprising a droplet dispensing device (4) according to the invention, and a method for providing a stream, in particular a monodisperse stream, of droplets by means of the droplet dispensing device (4).
US10306741B2
An illumination system includes: an illumination device; a time setter that sets a target time; and a controller that controls a color temperature of light emitted by the illumination device. The controller determines a target color temperature according to the target time, and causes the color temperature of the light emitted by the illumination device to be the target color temperature at the target time.
US10306739B2
Aspects of the present invention further include a lighting system comprising a lighting source, a connector in electrical communication with the lighting source and an external power source, an energy storage device, an input device, and a controller. The controller may be configured to identify the presence of a load indicator signal received via the input device, determine whether the load indicator signal indicates a load-reducing state, and when the load indicator signal indicates the load-reducing state, discharge the energy storage device to maintain an intensity of the lighting source.
US10306738B2
A frame is obtained from an image sensor. The frame may include a number of zones, each of which in turn includes a number of pixels. Each one of the pixels may be associated with a pixel value. A pixel change value for each one of the pixels in the frame may be determined based on an average pixel value of the pixel over a number of frames. The pixel change value for each pixel may then be normalized based on an average zone change value for the zone in which the pixel is located. The average zone change value may be based on the pixel change value for each one of the pixels in the zone. By using the average zone change value to normalize the pixel change value, an image frame may be analyzed in an efficient and fast manner.
US10306736B1
A lighting adjusting method applied to a light-emitting electronic device includes a distance sensor includes obtaining distance data to objects or human beings being present or not present. Once a first lighting power level is determined for at least one lighting device according to the distance data and associated power level required, the at least one lighting device is controlled to adjust the level of lighting as circumstances change.
US10306735B2
An emergency lighting system includes an input, a charging circuit, an auxiliary power supply, a plurality of lights, a driver, and a controller. The input is configured to receive a line voltage. The charging circuit is configured to receive the line voltage and output a charging voltage. The auxiliary power supply is configured to receive the charging voltage. The plurality of lights include a first group of lights and a second group of lights. The driver is configured to provide power to the plurality of lights. The controller is configured to monitor the line voltage, compare the line voltage to a threshold, control the driver to provide power to the first group of lights and the second group of lights when the input voltage is above the threshold, and provide power to the second group of lights when the input voltage is below the threshold.
US10306728B2
A lighting system and method features full gamut color and white color correlated temperature (CCT) control of independently controlled zones. Each zone may be tuned to any color and/or white CCT. The result is a lighting system and method with a light-emitting face having zones of different colors and intensities that may be independently controlled in real time. The lighting system and method enables improved lighting effects for film, television, and still photography as compared to traditional panel lights that are uniform in color over the entire emission surface.
US10306727B2
A lighting apparatus and a mobile terminal controlling the same are disclosed. The lighting apparatus comprises a light source module generating light; and an electrochromic module varying a wavelength of light incident from the light source module, wherein the electrochromic module absorbs light of a specific one among wavelength ranges of the light incident from the light source module, in accordance with a lighting mode which is input. The mobile terminal controlling a lighting apparatus, which includes a light source module and an electrochromic module, comprises an input module receiving a user input; a communication module transmitting a lighting control signal to the lighting apparatus; a display module displaying a setup window for setting a lighting mode of the lighting apparatus; and a controller controlling the input module, the communication module and the display module.
US10306726B2
An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole system secured to the upper. The sole system includes a bladder member with an illumination device. The bladder member is formed from at least a partially transparent or colored outer polymer layer that encloses a fluid. The illumination device is located within the sole system. Light from the illumination device may pass out the sole system by passing through the bladder member, thereby imparting the configuration of an illuminable fluid-filled bladder member.
US10306724B2
System for determining periodic values of phase angle Φ of waveform power input including voltage detector for detecting periodic values of average voltage of waveform power input and detecting corresponding periodic values of peak voltage of waveform power input. System also includes phase angle Φ detector in signal communication for receiving periodic values of average voltage and peak voltage from voltage detector. Phase angle Φ detector also detects periodic values each being ratio of one of periodic values of average voltage divided by corresponding periodic value of peak voltage, or being ratio of peak voltage divided by average voltage; and determines periodic values of phase angle Φ of waveform power input corresponding to periodic values of ratio. Lighting systems.
US10306709B2
An electrical heat blanket includes an array of individual resistive heating element circuits that are spaced apart from each other. The heat blanket is trimmed to a desired size and/or shape by severing the blanket along cut lines between the circuits.
US10306706B2
The present invention relates to an SDN-based WIA-PA field network/IPv6 backhaul network joint scheduling method, which belongs to the technical field of industrial networks. Specific to the currently existing problems on data interaction among multiple WIA-PA networks and between the WIA-PA network and an IPv6 network, the method implements a scheduling function for a WIA-PA data stream in the IPv6 backhaul network and adds a joint control function for supporting a WIA-PA network manager in an SDN controller based on the IPv6 backhaul network according to the self-characteristics and application requirements of the WIA-PA network. The present invention not only implements the joint scheduling of a cross-network data stream for the IPv6 backhaul network and the WIA-PA network, but also enables the fine-grain recognition specific to the WIA-PA network data stream to implement the bandwidth guarantee for the end-to-end cross-network data stream.
US10306700B2
A disclosed example method to setup a Groupcast with Retries service for use with wireless communications involves sending an association response from an access point to a wireless station, the association response being responsive to a General Link capability of the wireless station received in an association request at the access point from the wireless station; and operating the access point to concurrently establish a General Link and the Groupcast with Retries service between the access point and the wireless station based on the association request indicating that the wireless station supports the Groupcast with Retries service.
US10306699B2
Techniques are disclosed for implementing efficient transmission of uplink packets when the uplink transmission direction is changed in a split bearer. One aspect of the present invention relates to user equipment, comprising: a transmission and reception unit configured to communicate with a master base station and a secondary base station simultaneously in dual connectivity; an RLC (Radio Link Control) layer processing unit configured to have an RLC layer for the master base station and an RLC layer for the secondary base station; and a PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) layer processing unit configured to have a PDCP layer transmitting and receiving data to/from the RLC layer for the master base station and the RLC layer for the secondary base station, wherein when a transmission direction of uplink data packets is changed in the split bearer configured for the master base station and the secondary base station, the RLC layer processing unit performs re-establishment on the RLC layer for the master base station and the RLC layer for the secondary base station, and the PDCP layer processing unit performs re-establishment on the PDCP layer.
US10306697B2
An apparatus, computer program, and method are provided for utilizing a particular radio access technology to connect to a telecommunication network before an expiration of a timer. A wireless communication device is provided including at least one hardware processor configured for sending a first request from the wireless communication device for connecting to a telecommunication network via a first base station for a first area. Such first base station implements a first radio access technology that has a first priority and a first data rate. In response to detecting a failure of the first request, a second radio access technology is utilized to connect to the telecommunication network before an expiration of a timer. Such second radio access technology has a second priority that is lower than the first priority and a second data rate that is lower than the first data rate. Further, in response to detecting that the wireless communication device has moved to a second area associated with a second base station before the expiration of the timer, a second request is sent via the second base station that implements the first radio access technology for utilizing the first radio access technology to connect to the telecommunication network before the expiration of the timer.
US10306695B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide procedures for managing secondary eNB (SeNB) radio link failure (S-RLF) in dual connectivity scenarios. A user equipment (UE) may establish communication with a Master Evolved Node B (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB). The UE may detect a Radio Link Failure (RLF) of a connection with the SeNB and may transmit an indication of the RLF to the MeNB, in response to the detection. The MeNB may take at least one action to manage the RLF, in response to receiving the indication of the RLF, for example, including transmitting a reconfiguration command to the UE. The SeNB may also detect the RLF and transmit an indication of the RLF to the MeNB over a backhaul connection, in response to the detection.
US10306691B2
The present document is for a wireless communication using multiple antenna units based on new virtual user equipment (virtual UE) concept. A user equipment (UE), according to the present invention, receives service from a network in a wireless communication system by registering multiple antenna units of the UE as two or more virtual UEs with a first network entity of the network, wherein the first network entity is a network node for physical radio link control; and receiving the service from the network by the two or more virtual UEs. The two or more virtual UEs of the UE are recognized as one UE by network entities of the network other than the first network entity.
US10306684B2
Provided are an operation method of a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message; receiving an RRC connection setup message in response to the RRC connection request message; and transmitting an RRC connection setup complete message in response to the RRC connection setup message, wherein the RRC connection request message uses the same RRC connection establishment cause value for a first call and a second call, and the RRC connection setup message comprises an indicator which can distinguish the first call from the second call.
US10306683B2
Scheduling of transmission opportunities to prevent collisions is contemplated. The transmission opportunities may be scheduled for terminal units where transmissions of one terminal unit may collide or otherwise interfere with transmissions of another terminal unit. The transmission opportunities may be scheduled according to a time-frequency grid to prevent collisions in a time domain and/or a frequency domain.
US10306682B2
Base Station (BS) and User Equipment (UE) apparatuses for configuring a Random Access CHannel (RACH), and methods thereof, are provided. The method for a BS to configure a RACH includes generating configuration information on RACH resources, transmitting the configuration information on the RACH resources to a UE, receiving a random access preamble multiplexed on a plurality of continuous RACH resources from the UE, extracting the random access preamble multiplexed on the plurality of continuous RACH resources, and detecting the extracted random access preamble. The method for a UE to configure a RACH includes receiving configuration information on RACH resources from a BS, selecting occupied RACH resources among a plurality of continuous RACH resources, generating a random access preamble, multiplexing the generated random access preamble on the selected RACH resources, and transmitting the random access preamble on the selected RACH resources to the BS.
US10306672B2
A method includes sending, from a first transmitter to a first receiver, a request to send (RTS) message associated with a first transmit opportunity (TXOP). The RTS message requests the first receiver to indicate whether reuse of the first TXOP is permitted. The method further includes receiving, at the first transmitter from the first receiver, a clear to send (CTS) message responsive to the RTS message.
US10306669B2
Systems and methods for determining an uplink control channel resource to use for transmitting uplink control information to a network node are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device comprises receiving a first downlink control channel message that schedules a first downlink shared channel transmission, receiving a second downlink control channel message that schedules a second downlink shared channel transmission, and determining an uplink control channel resource to use for transmitting uplink control information to a network node. The uplink control information comprises Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) feedback for both the first downlink transmission and the second downlink transmission, and determining the uplink control channel resources for transmitting the uplink control information comprises determining the uplink control channel resources based on: (a) signaling received from the network node and (b) resource determination performed by the wireless device based on a latest received one of the first downlink control channel message and the second downlink control channel message. The method further comprises transmitting the uplink control information using the determined uplink control channel resource.
US10306667B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting an acknowledgement signal in response to downlink data by a station (STA) in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system. To this end, the STA receives a downlink physical protocol data unit (PPDU) including a control information subfield for uplink scheduling information and downlink data from an access point (AP) and transmits, to the AP, an uplink PPDU including an acknowledgement signal in response to the downlink data according to the uplink scheduling information. In this case, the control information subfield may include length information of the uplink PPDU, resource unit (RU) allocation information for the uplink PPDU, modulation and coding scheme (MCS) information for the uplink PPDU, transmit power of the AP, and target receive signal strength indicator (RSSI) information of the AP.
US10306662B2
The present invention relates to, in a wireless access system supporting an unlicensed band, methods for configuring and scheduling a partial subframe (pSF) and devices for supporting same. A method for receiving data through a cell (U cell) configured in an unlicensed band in a wireless access system for supporting an unlicensed band comprises the steps of: a terminal receiving control information from a base station through a primary cell (P cell) which is configured in a licensed band; and the terminal receiving, on the basis of the control information, downlink data from the base station through an unlicensed band cell (U cell) which is configured in an unlicensed band, wherein, if cross-carrier scheduling is configured in the terminal, the terminal not anticipating, as the subframe for receiving the downlink data, a partial subframe (pSF) which is transmitted in a state of having the first part of symbol emptied, wherein the pSF is configured to be smaller than one subframe.
US10306661B2
A method for uplink allocation of radio resources in a cellular network including a network node and, associated therewith, at least one user equipment supporting data reception from a global navigation satellite system. The method includes, for each of the at least one user equipment: if uplink data transmission from the user equipment to the network node is based on aggregation of carriers and if data reception from the global navigation satellite system is enabled, determining a reception time interval, with respect to a framing system of the cellular network, during which data reception from the global navigation satellite system takes place, the determining based on timing information concerning data reception by the user equipment from the global navigation satellite system; if uplink data transmission potentially takes place at least partially within the reception time interval, limiting allocation of radio resources for the uplink data transmission from the user equipment.
US10306657B2
Various aspects described herein relate to managing ultra low latency (ULL) communications over a plurality of component carriers (CC). A configuration for aggregating a set of CCs can be received, wherein the set of CCs includes at least a primary cell and a secondary cell. Based on the received configuration, at least the primary cell can be communicated with for legacy communications, wherein the legacy communications are based on a first transmission time interval (TTI) having a first duration. Based on the received configuration, the primary cell and the secondary cell can be communicated with for ULL communications, wherein the ULL communications are based on a second TTI having a second duration that is less than the first duration.
US10306655B2
A method for determining an uplink (UL) channel quality by a base station (BS) includes obtaining a coverage class (CC) value of a user equipment (UE), receiving a random access (RA) signal from the UE, determining an UL channel quality of a band in which the RA signal is transmitted, based on the CC value and the RA signal, and generating UL resource allocation information based on the UL channel quality and transmitting the UL resource allocation information to the UE. The BS includes a transceiver configured to obtain a CC value of a UE and to receive a RA signal from the UE, and a controller configured to determine an UL channel quality of a band in which the RA signal is transmitted, based on the CC value and the RA signal. A UE includes determines a CC value of the UE based on a DL signal.
US10306650B2
An apparatus, a method and a computer program for characterizing antenna units in a predefined space. The antenna units provide coverage with radio services for a mobile transceiver in the space. An antenna unit is operated in two modes of operation, sending and receiving. At least one first antenna unit has multiple radiation characteristics. The method includes operating the first antenna unit in a first mode of operation and operating a second antenna unit in the second mode of operation and varying the radiation characteristics of the first antenna unit and capturing information about transmission properties between the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit for the radiation characteristics. The method also includes characterizing the antenna units based on the information about the transmission properties.
US10306648B2
A method of transmitting/receiving data between a communications device and a mobile communications network including a wireless access interface providing communications resources within a system bandwidth and in time divided units allocated to communications devices of first and second types having different capabilities. The method generates, at the communications device, a random access message, by selecting a sequence from a predetermined set of sequences, which have been allocated to the communications devices of the second type and transmitting the random access message from the communications device to the wireless communications network, and in response to the random access message, receives a random access response at the communications device transmitted according to the capability of the communications device of second type, the random access message being recognized as from a communications device of second type from the selected one of the predetermined sequences allocated to the communications devices of second type.
US10306647B2
An apparatus for assigning a plurality of access nodes of a wireless communication network to control areas includes a processing apparatus. The processing apparatus is configured to assign each access node in the plurality of access nodes to a control area of a plurality of control areas and to determine a first control phase. The first control phase is a period of time during which the assignment of access nodes to control areas remains constant. The processing apparatus is configured to, when changing from the first control phase to a following second control phase, reassign at least a subset of access nodes which were assigned during the first control phase to a first control area to a second control area and reassign at least a subset of access nodes which were assigned during the first control phase to a third control area to the first control area.
US10306641B2
A control message prospectively indicates a need of a communication device sending a data packet of a first class of data employing radio resources. The radio resources are reserved at least for the first class of data.
US10306640B2
A basic bandwidth wireless local area network (WLAN) device or station (STA) is assigned to a secondary channel. The basic bandwidth STA may be a 20 MHz STA. On the secondary channel, the basic bandwidth STA operates in a wideband mode recovering received data transmitted from an access point (AP) as part of a high bandwidth physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU). The STA and the AP can be members of a basic service set (BSS). The high bandwidth PPDU may be, for example, a 40 MHz, 60 MHz, or 80 MHz PPDU. Once on the secondary channel, the STA relies on the AP to perform channel sensing and scheduling activities, thus reducing power consumption at the STA and increasing the efficiency of the BSS. Several signaling formats are provided for indicating the secondary channel that the STA is assigned to or requests to move to.
US10306633B2
A method for operating a resource in a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system supporting multi-carrier is disclosed. The method includes acquiring reference information related to at least one resource block (RB) to be allocated to a user equipment (UE), determining a RB type to be used in the at least one RB based on the reference information, and transmitting, to the UE, information related to the RB type to be used in the at least one RB. The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT), which may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology.
US10306624B2
A method of an access point device is disclosed. A first indication message is sent to a terminal. The first indication message is used to indicate that the terminal is allowed to access a current channel or to indicate that the terminal has downlink data on the access point device or to indicate that the terminal is allowed to send uplink data. A second indication message is sent by the terminal according to the first indication message. The second indication message is used to indicate that the terminal is to send uplink data. After receiving the second indication message, a third indication message is sent to the terminal. The third indication message carries channel use time information. The channel use time information is used to indicate time for using the channel to send the uplink data by the terminal.
US10306621B2
In a transmitting device, each of the plurality of mapping candidates that make up the search space is configured from the same number of control channel elements as an aggregation level value, the control channel elements are obtained by dividing each physical resource block into a predetermined number, and the quantity of resource elements contained in each of the predetermined number of control channel elements in each physical resource block adopts at least two types of values. A search space setting unit sets a search space of which the aggregation level value is 2 or more so that, between a plurality of mapping candidates, variation in the total quantity of resource elements contained in the control channel elements that make up the mapping candidates is as small as possible.
US10306617B2
Provided is a terminal device communicating with an EUTRAN. The terminal device simultaneously receives, in the same subframe, a PBCH, a PDCCH, and a PDSCH in a downlink in a serving cell, a PBCH, a PDCCH, and a PDSCH in the downlink in a non-serving cell, and a physical channel in the non-serving cell in a sidelink, and monitors the PDCCH in a common search space in the downlink of the non-serving cell upon being configured to decode the physical channel in the sidelink in the non-serving cell.
