US10301489B2
Embodiments described herein provide a dispersant for ink and pigmented coatings. The dispersant is a polyurethane having oxamide diol groups. The dispersant may be used to prepare a wide variety of inks and coatings having high pigment loading and existing within a conventionally-useful viscosity range.
US10301485B2
A coating composition comprising inorganic oxide fine particles containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Sn and Sb, a hydrolysable group-containing organic silicon compound, and (C1) a surfactant having an HLB value of 8 or less and (C2) a surfactant having an HLB value of more than 8, for forming a coat layer having little white turbidity, a good appearance and excellent scratch resistance, chemical resistance, hot water resistance and weather resistance on the surface of a plastic optical substrate.
US10301484B2
Provided is a varnish for the formation of a charge-transporting thin film, said varnish including an organic solvent, a charge-transporting substance, and a 2,2,6,6-tetraalkylpiperidine-N-oxyl derivative represented by formula (T1) (in the formula, each RA independently represents a C1-20 alkyl group, and RB represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an amino group, a carboxyl group, a cyano group, an oxo group, an isocyanato group, a C1-20 alkoxy group, a C2-20 alkylcarbonyloxy group, a C7-20 arylcarbonyloxy group, a C2-20 alkylcarbonylamino group or a C7-20 arylcarbonylamino group).
US10301466B2
Disclosed is a resin composition including: a resin mixture (a) containing a polyphenylene ether resin and atactic homopolystyrene in an amount of above 50 mass % and below 94 mass %; a hydrogenated block copolymer (b) obtained by hydrogenating at least part of a block copolymer containing polymer blocks A and B in an amount of 1 to 20 mass %; a functional group-containing compound (c) having a specific functional group in an amount of 0.01 to 0.5 mass %; and a surface-treated inorganic filler (d) in an amount of 5 mass % or more and less than 30 mass %, in which the resin composition does not substantially contain a polymer having a hydrogenation ratio of less than 98% in a conjugated diene compound portion, the component (a-1) has a weight average molecular weight of less than 70,000, and the component (b) has a number average molecular weight of 150,000 to 300,000.
US10301462B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising: a homopolymer polyvinylidene fluoride; a copolymer of vinylidene fluoride and of at least one other fluorinated comonomer copolymerizable with vinylidene fluoride (VDF), the weight proportion of the copolymer in the composition being between 10 to 35%; and a plasticizer, the weight proportion of the plasticizer in the composition being between 1 and 5%. The invention also relates to a method for producing the composition and the use thereof for producing various items.
US10301460B2
Polymer composition comprising a polypropylene, a nucleating agent being a sorbitol derivative and zinc stearate.
US10301455B2
A tire comprises a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler, a specific polyfunctional acrylate derivative, silica as predominant reinforcing filler, a guanidine derivative and a peroxide, the contents of polyfunctional acrylate derivative and of peroxide being such that the ratio of the content of polyfunctional acrylate derivative to the content of peroxide is greater than or equal to 6.
US10301453B2
Provided is a novel modified isobutylene-isoprene rubber (IIR).
US10301452B2
The present invention relates to the use of a mono-azide compound for cross-linking polymer strands, wherein said mono-azide compound has a structure of the formula (I): (I), wherein Q1 and Q2 are each independently from another a halogen and wherein R1, R2 and R3 are each independently from another any not comprising an azido moiety. Further, the present invention relates to a method for cross-linking polymer stands and to a cross-linked polymer composition obtainable from said method and an electronic device comprising such composition.
US10301451B2
The invention provides a chain-extended polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker which comprises (1) a polymer chain comprising at least two polydiorganosiloxane segments and one hydrophilized linker between each pair of polydiorganosiloxane segements, wherein each polydiorganosiloxane comprises at least 5 dimethylsiloxane units in a consecutive sequence, wherein the hydrophilized linker is a divalent radical having at least two (meth)acrylamide moieties; (2) two terminal (meth)acryloyl groups, wherein the chain-extended polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker has an average molecular weight of at least about 1500 Daltons. The present invention is also related to a silicone hydrogel contact lens, which comprises repeating units derived from a chain-extended polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker of the invention. In addition, the invention provides a method for making silicone hydrogel contact lenses using a lens-forming formulation comprising a chain-extended polydiorganosiloxane vinylic crosslinker of the invention.
US10301450B2
A tire comprising a tire frame that is formed of a resinous material and has a circular form, the resinous material including a thermoplastic polyamide-based elastomer, silica, and a silane coupling agent that has a functional group, the functional group including at least one selected from the group consisting of a nitrogen atom, a carboxyl group, an acid anhydride, and a ureido group.
US10301449B2
A thermoplastic resin composition that can have high reflectance and light efficiency and excellent discoloration resistance even at high temperature and high humidity conditions over a long period of time includes (A) a polyester resin; (B) a white pigment; and (C) a sodium phosphate salt.
US10301444B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a fibrous composite material using at least one epoxy resin and at least one initiator comprising one or more cationic metal olefin complexes. The invention further relates to a fiber-containing agent and to a fiber-containing composite material as such.
US10301441B2
Process for enhancing the melt strength of polypropylene by heat treating said polypropylene at a temperature between 150° C. and 300° C. in the presence of 0.3-3 wt %, based on the weight of the polypropylene, of a dialkyl peroxydicarbonate having alkyl groups with 12-20 carbon atoms, wherein a hydrophilic silica with a silanol group concentration of at least 1.0 mmol Si—OH groups/g, as measured by LiAlH4 titration, is added to said polypropylene before, during, or after said heat treatment, in a mole ratio Si—OH/dialkyl peroxydicarbonate of more than 0.5.
US10301439B2
Methods to make a silica elastomer composite with a destabilized dispersion of a never-dried, or as-produced, precipitated silica are described, along with silica elastomer composites made from the methods. The advantages achieved with the methods are further described.
US10301438B2
A dispersion liquid including a fiber material which is capable of forming a porous film having high porosity; a porous film formed using the dispersion liquid; a power storage element including the porous film; and a method for producing a porous film using the dispersion liquid. In the dispersion liquid including the fiber material and an organic solvent, which is used for forming a porous film by applying and drying, the fiber material contains a predetermined amount of a modified cellulose fiber including a carboxy group or a metal salt thereof, and the amount of water in the dispersion liquid is 5% by mass or less.
US10301436B2
A flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived cross-linker, a process for forming a flame-retardant resin, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived cross-linker are disclosed. The flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived cross-linker can have at least two phosphoryl or phosphonyl moieties with allyl functional groups, epoxy functional groups, propylene carbonate functional group, or functionalized thioether substituents. The process for forming the flame-retardant polymer can include forming an aconitic acid derivative, forming a phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule, and reacting the aconitic acid derivative with the phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule to form a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived cross-linker, and binding the cross-linker to a polymer. The aconitic acid derivative can be synthesized from aconitic acid obtained from a bio-based source. Examples of aconitic acid derivatives include carboxysuccinic acid, 2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,4-butenediol, and 2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,4-butanediol. The article of manufacture can further comprise an electronic component.
US10301419B2
Random poly(propylene oxide-co-ethylene oxide) polymers are made by polymerizing a mixture of propylene oxide and a small amount of ethylene oxide in the presence of a starter and a double metal cyanide catalyst complex, and then feeding in a mixture of propylene oxide and ethylene oxide while increasing the ethylene oxide concentration in the mixture to at least 90%. This produces a polyol suitable for making high resiliency polyurethane foam without need for adding an ethylene oxide cap.
US10301413B2
Nonfouling copolymers and hydrogels comprising positively charged repeating units or latent positively charged repeating units and negatively charged units or latent positively charged units.
US10301411B2
Catalyst system for producing ethylene copolymers in a high temperature solution process, the catalyst system comprising (i) a metallocene complex of formula (I) wherein M is Hf X is a sigma ligand, L is a bridge of the formula —SiR82—, wherein each R8 is independently a C1-C20-hydrocarbyl, tri(C1-C20-alkyl)silyl, C6-C20-aryl, C7-C20-arylalkyl or C7-C20-alkylaryl n is 0, 1 or 2 R1 and R1′ are the same or can be different and can be a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group, R2 and R2′ are the same or are different and are a CH2—R9 group, with R9 being H or linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group R5 and R5′ are the same or are different and can be H or a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group or a OR group, wherein R is a C1-C6-alkyl group R6 and R6′ are the same or are different and can be H or a C(R10)3 group, with R10 being the same or different and R10 can be H or a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group or R5 and R6 and/or R5′ and R6′ taken together form an unsubstituted 4-7 membered ring condensed to the benzene ring of the indenyl moiety, and R7 and R7′ can be the same or are different and can be H or a linear or branched C1-C6-alkyl group (ii) an aluminoxane cocatalyst and/or (iii) a boron containing cocatalyst and (iv) optionally an aluminum alkyl compound.
US10301409B2
An object of the invention is to provide an ethylene-based polymer excellent in moldability and durability, and also excellent in the balance of stiffness and durability, and to provide a molded product of hollow plastic using the ethylene-based polymer. The ethylene-based polymer according to the invention is an ethylene-based polymer having specific characteristics and manufactured by a homopolymerization of ethylene or a copolymerization of ethylene and α-olefin using a chromium catalyst.
US10301406B2
A flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer, a process for forming a flame-retardant polymer, and an article of manufacture comprising a material that contains a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer are disclosed. The flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer can have at least one phosphoryl or phosphonyl moiety with functional groups that can participate in a polymerization reaction, such as allyl, epoxy, or propylene carbonate functional groups. The process for forming the flame-retardant polymer can include forming an aconitic acid derivative, forming a phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule, and reacting the aconitic acid derivative with the phosphorus-based flame-retardant molecule to form a flame-retardant aconitic acid-derived monomer, which is then polymerized. The aconitic acid derivative can be synthesized from aconitic acid obtained from a bio-based source. The material in the article of manufacture can be a resin or adhesive, and the article of manufacture can further comprise an electronic component.
US10301398B2
A method according to the present invention for producing water absorbent resin powder is a method for producing water absorbent resin having a surface cross-linked structure, and includes: a polymerization step in which an unsaturated monomer aqueous solution is polymerized; a drying step in which a hydrogel cross-linked polymer obtained in the polymerization step is dried; a surface treatment step in which the hydrogel cross-linked polymer or a dried hydrogel cross-linked polymer is subjected to a surface treatment; and a sorting step, carried out after the drying step, in which a foreign matter included in a water absorbent resin is color-sorted from the water absorbent resin entirely or partially. As a result, it is possible to obtain a water absorbent resin which has high properties and is less likely to be colored. In this way, there is provided the water absorbent resin powder production method in which the color sorting technique is used to remove foreign matters from the water absorbent resin.
US10301391B2
The present invention provides bispecific antibody constructs of a specific Fc modality characterized by comprising a first domain binding to BCMA, a second domain binding to an extracellular epitope of the human and/or the Macaca CD3ε chain and a third domain, which is the specific Fc modality. Moreover, the invention provides a polynucleotide, encoding the antibody construct, a vector comprising this polynucleotide, host cells, expressing the construct and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.
US10301389B2
Antigen binding constructs that bind to CD3, for example antibodies, including antibody fragments (such as minibodies and cys-diabodies) that bind to CD3, are described herein. Methods of use are described herein.
US10301387B2
Methods are provided for treating a subject with a therapeutic dose of anti-CD47 agent by administering a primer agent prior to administering a therapeutically effective dose of an anti-CD47 agent to the subject.
US10301379B2
The disclosure relates to antibodies and antigen-binding fragments that specifically bind to microtubule-associated protein tau. The disclosure also relates to diagnostic, prophylactic and therapeutic methods using anti-tau antibodies.
US10301376B2
Provided are combinations, compositions and kits containing a immune globulin (IG) composition and a soluble hyaluronidase composition formulated for subcutaneous administration. Such products can be used in methods of treating IG-treatable diseases or conditions. Also provided are methods for subcutaneous administration of immune globulin whereby the dosing regimen is substantially the same as for intravenous administration of the same dosage for treatment of the same IG-treatable disease or condition.
US10301375B2
The present invention relates to a fusion protein comprising a protein transduction domain capable of introducing the fusion protein into a mammalian cell and an anti-apoptotic protein comprising the amino acid of the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 or an anti-apoptotically active variant or fragment thereof. The invention also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a fusion protein, in particular for blocking apoptosis in a patient in need thereof. The invention also provides a polynucleotide encoding such a fusion protein, an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide and a host cell comprising the expression vector. In a further aspect, the invention relates to the use of any of theses materials for the preparation of a medicament for blocking apoptosis in a patient in need thereof.
US10301371B2
The invention relates to C to N cyclized (C-N cyclic) monomer and dimer peptide molecules, as well as peptide dimers which are connected by linker moieties at the N terminus and the C terminus of each peptide subunit, which inhibit binding of α4β7 to the mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule (MAdCAM) in vivo, and show high selectivity against α4β1 binding.
US10301358B2
Compounds and methods for imaging and/or assessing collagen are described. The compounds can include collagen binding peptides.
US10301350B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I) and related methods, wherein R1, R2, Y, R4 and R5 are as defined herein. The compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of synthetic bile acids with pharmacological activity. The invention futher provides intermediated in the systhesis of obeticholic acid and its analogues. The invention also provides methods related to the synthesizing of these intermediates and methods of preparing obeticholic acid and obeticholic acid analogues from the compound of the invention.
US10301347B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I: including any possible stereoisomers thereof, wherein R9 has the meaning as defined herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing said compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use, alone or in combination with other HCV inhibitors, in HCV therapy.
US10301343B2
According to the present invention, it is possible to efficiently remove 13-dihydroepi-daunorubicin and 4′-epi-feudomycin, which are typical impurities possibly contained in 4′-epi-daunorubicin as a starting material, by using an organic acid salt of 4′-epi-daunorubicin or a hydrate or solvate thereof as a novel production intermediate, thus making it possible to produce high-purity epirubicin.
US10301328B2
The invention provides organoboron precursors and facile photoirradiation and/or heating methods of making corresponding elimination products. Some elimination products are polycyclic aromatic molecules wherein a number of aromatic C—C moieties have been replaced by a B—N moiety to form azaborine compounds with interesting properties such as electronic, photophysical, luminescent, as well as chemical properties. Examples of polymer films that were doped with such compounds are shown wherein irradiated portions of the polymer film luminesce. The invention further provides methods of producing photoluminescence and electroluminescence, and uses of the compounds of the invention in luminescent probes, sensors, electroluminescent devices, hydrogen storage materials, optoelectronic materials, and bioactive molecules.
US10301324B2
The disclosure is directed to compounds and compositions that inhibit Ataxia Telengiectasia And Rad3-Related (ATR) Protein Kinase and methods of their use.
US10301322B2
The present invention provides processes for the preparation of Edoxaban (1) and salts thereof, as well as intermediates thereof. In particular, intermediate compounds and/or salts of the Formulae (3), (4), (6-A), (7-A), (8-A), (9-A) and (10-AS) are provided.
US10301321B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of dolutegravir and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof using novel intermediates.
US10301319B2
The invention provides novel cytotoxic compounds and cytotoxic conjugates comprising these cytotoxic compounds and cell-binding agents. More specifically, this invention relates to novel thailanstatin A analogs, useful as cytotoxic small molecule toxins in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). The present invention further relates to compositions including these cytotoxic compounds and ADCs, and methods for using these toxins and ADCs to treat pathological conditions including cancer.
US10301309B2
The present invention relates to azaindole acetic acid derivatives of formula (I), wherein R1 and R2 are as described in the description, and their use as prostaglandin receptor modulators, most particularly as prostaglandin D2 receptor modulators, in the treatment of various prostaglandin-mediated diseases and disorders, to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and to processes for their preparation.
US10301307B2
The present invention relates to fluorinated compounds of formula I and methods of synthesizing these compounds. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing the fluorinated compounds of the invention, and methods of treating fibrosis, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy (DR), macular edema, diabetic macular edema (DME), and macular edema following retinal vein occlusion (RVO), by administering these compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US10301305B2
The invention relates to the compounds (I) and their acids and bases salts: wherein: Formula (I) the dotted line indicates a double bond; X is N or C—R1 and Y is N or C—R2, X and Y not being simultaneously N; A is selected from the group consisting of phenyl, naphthyl and (5-11) membered monocyclic or bicyclic unsaturated cycle or heterocycle possibly substituted as defined in the application, and A can also comprise either a further (4-7) membered heterocycle, said heterocycle being a monocycle, fused, saturated or unsaturated, the polycyclic system then comprising up to 14 members and up to 5 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S; B is selected from the group of substituents as defined in the application, or B is a 4 or (6-10) membered mono or bicyclic saturated or unsaturated heterocycle containing 1-3 heteroatoms selected from N, O and S, linked by a carbon atom, and possibly substituted as defined in the application; R1 is Hydrogen or a substituent as defined in the application; R2 is Hydrogen or Halogen; their preparation, their use in the antibacterial prevention and therapy, alone or in association with antibacterials, antivirulence agents or drugs reinforcing the host innate immunity, and pharmaceutical compositions and associations containing them.
US10301297B2
Compounds of Formula I, as shown below and defined herein: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, syntheses, intermediates, formulations, and methods of treating diseases including cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune disease mediated at least in part by Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK).
US10301290B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising inhibitors of human histone methyltransferase EZH2 and one or more other therapeutic agents, particularly anticancer agents such as prednisone, and methods of combination therapy for administering to subjects in need thereof for the treatment of cancer.
US10301289B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing 1-[6-(morpholin-4-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl]-4-(1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-1H-pyrazol-5-ol (I—enol form) or 2-[6-(morpholin-4-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl]-4-(1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-1,2-dihydro-3H-pyrazol-3-one (I—keto form) and sodium 1-[6-(morpholin-4-yl)pyrimidin-4-yl]-4-(1H-1,2,3-triazol-1-yl)-1H-pyrazol-5-olate (II) from 1,2,3-triazole (III), methyl bromoacetate (IV-Me-Br) or ethyl bromoacetate (IV-Et-Br), 4,6-dichloropyrimidine (VIII), morpholine (IX) and hydrazine (XII).
US10301280B2
Compounds active on c-kit protein kinases or mutant c-kit protein kinases having any mutations are described, as well as methods of making and using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of the c-kit protein kinases and/or mutant c-kit protein kinases.
US10301278B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: in which Y1, Y2, Y3, R1, R2a, R2b, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5a, R5b are defined in the Summary of the Invention; capable of inhibiting the activity of SHP2. The invention further provides a process for the preparation of compounds of the invention, pharmaceutical preparations comprising such compounds and methods of using such compounds and compositions in the management of diseases or disorders associated with the aberrant activity of SHP2.
US10301276B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of producing furan carboxylates from aldaric acids in the presence of a solid heterogeneous catalyst and a solvent with short reaction time. The feedstock for the production is a stable compound, which allows industrial scaling of the process. Solid acid catalyst and sustainable solvent provide considerable reduction of toxic waste compared to traditional methods, and recyclability.
US10301275B2
Sweet taste modulators for enhancing sweetness of an oral consumer product having a sweetener are described. The sweet taste modulators include 5-ethoxymethyl-2-furaldehyde, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,6-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzoic acid, 2,4,6-trihydroxybenzoic acid and 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid, syringic aldehyde, sinapic aldehyde, ester of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and vanillic acid, 4-hydrozybenzaldehyde, and 5-methoxymethylfurfural. A method of making 5-ethoxymethyl-2-furaldehyde and a method of making an oral consumer product are also described.
US10301264B2
Anti-angiogenic treatments, treatments of hyperpermeability disorders, treatments of neuropathic and neurodegenerative disorders, pain treatments, methods of reducing the risk of pre-eclampsia and compounds for use in such methods are described.
US10301260B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I): or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a polymorph, or a solvate thereof, wherein all of the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are GPR40 G protein-coupled receptor modulators which may be used as medicaments.
US10301255B2
The present invention discloses compounds of Formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, or prodrugs thereof: X-A1-Y-A2-Z-L-R (I) which inhibit the protein(s) encoded by hepatitis B virus (HBV) or interfere with the function of the HBV life cycle of the hepatitis B virus and are also useful as antiviral agents. The present invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aforementioned compounds for administration to a subject suffering from HBV infection. The invention also relates to methods of treating an HBV infection in a subject by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compounds of the present invention.
US10301250B2
A method of producing an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, preferably an α, β ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester. The method includes contacting formaldehyde or a suitable source thereof with a carboxylic acid or ester in the presence of a catalyst and optionally in the presence of an alcohol. The catalyst includes a nitrided metal oxide having at least two types of metal cations, M1 and M2, wherein M1 is selected from the metals of group 2, 3, 4, 13 (called also IIIA) or 14 (called also IVA) of the periodic table and M2 is selected from the metals of groups 5 or 15 (called also VA) of the periodic table.
US10301248B2
The present technology relates to synthesis of resveratrol compositions, in particular to methods of synthesizing resveratrol salicylates such as those formed through the activation of resveratrol and salicylic acid, and cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.
US10301246B2
Processes for the catalytic dehydration of hydroxypropionic acid, hydroxypropionic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof to acrylic acid, acrylic acid derivatives, or mixtures thereof with high yield and selectivity and without significant conversion to undesired side products, such as, acetaldehyde, propanoic acid, and acetic acid, are provided. The processes can be carried out either in a gas phase or in a liquid phase.
US10301241B2
The present invention generally relates to processes for preparation of higher alcohols such as n-butanol from lower alcohols such as ethanol by Guerbet condensation. In some aspects, the present invention relates to improvements in n-butanol yield and selectivity by the selection of process reaction conditions such as, but not limited to, mole ratio of hydrogen to ethanol, mole ratio of acetaldehyde to ethanol, mole ratio of ethyl acetate to ethanol and/or mole ratio of carbon monoxide to ethanol.
US10301238B2
This invention provides a process for producing 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, comprising: reacting anhydrous hydrogen fluoride with at least one chlorine-containing compound selected from the group consisting of chloropropanes and chloropropenes represented by specific formulas in a gas phase in the presence of a chromium atom-containing fluorination catalyst while heating, the reaction being carried out in the presence of molecular chlorine or with a water content in the reaction system of 300 ppm or less. This invention enables suppression of catalyst deterioration and efficient production of 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene in a simple and economically advantageous manner on an industrial scale.
US10301236B2
The disclosure relates to a method for hydrofluorination of an olefin of the formula: RCX=CYZ to produce a hydrofluoroalkane of formula RCXFCHYZ or RCHXCFYZ, wherein X, Y, and Z are independently the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of H, F, Cl, Br, and C1-C6 alkyl which is partially or fully substituted with chloro or fluoro or bromo; and R is a C1-C6 alkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with chloro or fluoro or bromo, comprising reacting the olefin with HF in the liquid-phase, in the presence of SbF5, at a temperature ranging from about −30° C. to about 65° C.
US10301234B2
Integrated systems are provided for the production of higher hydrocarbon compositions, for example liquid hydrocarbon compositions, from methane using an oxidative coupling of methane system to convert methane to ethylene, followed by conversion of ethylene to selectable higher hydrocarbon products. Integrated systems and processes are provided that process methane through to these higher hydrocarbon products.
US10301233B2
We provide a process, comprising:a. dehydrogenating natural gas liquid to produce a mixture comprising olefins and unconverted paraffins;b. without further purification or modification other than mixing with an isoparaffin, sending the mixture to a single alkylation reactor;c. alkylating the olefins with the isoparaffin, using an ionic liquid catalyst, to produce one or more alkylate products; andd. distilling the one or more alkylate products and collecting a bottoms distillation fraction that is a middle distillate blending component having a sulfur level of 50 wppm or less and a Bromine number less than 1.
US10301230B2
The present invention relates to improving the efficacy of man-made and/or natural organic-based animal manure fertilizers by administration of an organic solvent formula containing polyorganic acids and/or their salts. The formulation liberates nutrient(s) that are normally bound in the soil as insoluble salts and complexes. These delivery formulations also provide an environmentally sound and inherently safe solvating system that improves diffusion of polyorganic acids to the granule fertilizer. These delivery formulations enable safe storage, transport and subsequent application or blending with solid or liquid fertilizers. The combined formulation and fertilizer can be applied to soil to provide improved efficacy of fertilizer by liberating nutrients bound in the soil for uptake by plant life.
US10301226B2
A process for production of anaerobic digestate based organic fertilizer includes combining anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products to create a combination of anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products. The combination of anaerobic digestate and one or more grain by-products is processed to yield the pH adjusted anaerobic digestate based organic fertilizer product.
US10301209B2
The present invention relates to a method of fabricating an improved lithium silicate glass ceramic and to that material for the manufacture of blocks for dental appliances using a CAD/CAM process and hot pressing system. The lithium silicate material has a chemical composition that is different from those reported in the prior art with 1 to 10% of germanium dioxide in final composition. The softening points are close to the crystallization final temperature of 800° C. indicating that the samples will support the temperature process without shape deformation.
US10301202B2
An air infusion aeration system includes a submersible downdraft tube that carries fluid from its inlet opening to the outlet opening vertically above the inlet opening. The system includes an impeller coupled to the outlet opening and configured to: draw fluid into the inlet opening and provide the drawn fluid into a discharge pressure manifold (DPM) as a fluid stream. The system includes a turbo blower that injects air into the DPM, and the DPM, which includes a center portion and a smaller diameter end portion at opposite ends of the center portion. The DPM is configured to: reduce pressure of the fluid stream at a center of the DPM; within the end portions, receive the air injection into the pressure-reduced fluid stream thereby infusing the injected air into the fluid steam; and forcibly discharge the air-infused fluid stream down toward the body of fluid.
US10301201B2
Provided are a deionization composite electrode, a method of manufacturing the deionization composite electrode, and a deionization apparatus using the same. The deionization composite electrode includes: a porous substrate having fine pores; an ion exchange membrane that is formed by electrospraying an ion exchange solution on one surface of the porous substrate; and a conductive film that is formed on the other surface of the porous substrate.
US10301199B2
A method for electrochemically selectively removing ions using a composite electrode is provided. The composite electrode includes a composite having a carbon support and an inorganic material immobilized on the carbon support.
US10301192B2
Techniques for reduction of copper from aqueous streams using an iron promoted activated alumina are disclosed. An adsorbent media composition that reduces copper levels in an aqueous feed stream includes an iron containing activated alumina. A process for reducing copper levels in an aqueous fluid using an iron promoted activated alumina sorption media includes contacting the aqueous fluid containing a copper contaminant with the iron promoted activated alumina to achieve reductions in copper from the aqueous fluid.
US10301190B2
A method to remove oil from an oily water stream includes the step of pressure controlling a release of dissolved gases from the stream as the stream passes through two or more stages of gas flotation treatment. The operating pressure of the first stage of flotation treatment is purposefully reduced relative to that of an upstream unit so that a certain controlled percent volume of dissolved gases is released. The operating pressure of the second stage of flotation treatment is then purposefully reduced relative to that of the first stage so that another controlled percent volume of dissolved gases is released. Any subsequent flotation treatment stage is at a lower operating pressure than that of the previous stage so that the subsequent treatment stage releases a controlled percent volume of dissolved gases. By controlling the operating pressure in this way, overall separation performance is improved.
US10301170B2
A valve is provided with a tubular structure having an outer tube and an inner tube, and a diaphragm member having a thin film disposed to cover one end of the inner tube and an anchor part which encircles a peripheral edge of the thin film and comes into close contact with an inner wall of the outer tube and an outer wall of the inner tube.
US10301167B2
An automated liquid inventory monitoring and inventory reconciliation system. The system uses a liquid densitometer to precisely measure the density of liquid being dispensed. This allows the system to account for the significant temperature-induced volume variations existing in common liquids such as gasoline. In the preferred embodiments, a fuel inventory processor tracks the quantity of fuel loaded into the tank and the quantity of fuel dispensed to maintain an ongoing computation of the quantity of fuel that should be present in the tank. An accurate tank depth measurement device is also employed. The processor compares the tank depth measurement to the computed quantity of fuel in the tank and uses the values to create an updated tank strapping chart.
US10301163B2
Devices and methods for extraction of a beverage from a beverage bottle, such as a wine bottle, using an extraction device. A clamp of the extraction device may include a container engagement surface arranged to disengage the clamp from the container neck when the clamp is pulled upwardly relative to the container neck. The container engagement surface may include a surface that slopes upwardly and outwardly relative to the container neck and that moves the clamp radially outwardly and away from the container neck as the clamp is moved vertically upwardly relative to the container neck.
US10301154B2
The present invention relates generally to rope drives working with high-strength fiber ropes such as crane hoists, boom adjustment gear, trolley traveling gear, etc. The invention in this respect in particular applies to hoist drums for the rope hoist winch of such a fiber rope drive having a drum jacket body which is provided with grooving at the peripheral side and having two guard plates adjacent to the drum jacket body at the end sides. The invention further relates to a rope pulley for such a fiber rope drive having a rotatably supported pulley body whose jacket surface has at least one rope groove. In accordance with the invention, the rope grooves have a flat-pressed, round groove contour which differs from the circular and which has a larger radius of curvature in the region of the groove base than in the region of the groove flanks adjacent thereto.
US10301153B2
A mobile gantry for transporting heavy loads includes first, second, and third booms which are supported on the ground by respective wheel sets. The booms are spaced from one another so to present a generally triangular configuration when viewed from above. First, second, and third lift legs telescope to extend and retract the booms, and the lift legs are interconnected to one another and can raise and lower a load. The load can be maintained level by individually adjusting the length of each boom by extending and retracting the lift legs. A pivot axle, attached to each one of the wheel sets, allows each of the wheel sets to pivot about an axis that is at least generally parallel to the ground, thus maintaining a uniform load while the mobile gantry encounters changes in slope or other surface irregularities.
US10301121B1
In one embodiment, a system has a carousel that has a guiderail that forms a loop that has a loading position and an unloading position. The carousel also has a plurality of buckets, each having an upper end and a lower end. The lower end includes at least one bottom wall that is moveable between (i) a transporting configuration where the at least one bottom wall substantially closes the lower end of the bucket and (ii) a discharge configuration where the at least one bottom wall is moved so as to define an opening in the lower end of the bucket. The buckets are supported by the guiderail such that the buckets can be driven from the loading position towards the unloading position in the transporting configuration. The buckets can be transitioned to the discharge configuration so as to unload inventory items at the unloading position into a packaging material.
US10301109B2
A filling ramp for attachment to and filling of a receptacle is described. The filling ramp includes: an attachment end for attachment to a receptacle, the attachment end including connectors configured to interface with the rim of the receptacle; a sheet extending from the attachment end at a proximal end to terminate at a distal end and forming a slide between the distal and proximal ends, the distal end forming a substantially linear edge having a thickness that facilitates movement of material from a surface in contact with the distal end onto the filling ramp.
US10301086B2
A package includes a vessel and a closure. The vessel is formed to include a product-storage chamber and a mouth opening into the product-storage chamber. The closure is configured to mount on the vessel to assume an installed position closing the mouth formed in the vessel when rotated relative to the vessel about a vertical axis of rotation in a closure-installation direction.
US10301084B2
The invention relates to a pourer (1) of a container comprising a pouring nozzle (2) which forms a pouring channel and on the external thread (3) of which a covering cap (4) is screwed. A sealing stopper (6) which closes the pouring channel is guided non-rotatably and is vertically displaceable in the pouring channel of the pouring nozzle. The sealing stopper (6) is retained on the cap which is rotatable relative thereto, such that a screwing on of the cap leads to a lifting of the sealing stopper (6) in the pouring channel. The cap (4) has an upper opening in which the sealing stopper (6) lies with the upper end thereof. The upper end of the sealing stopper (6) has at least one tamper-evident part (7) which breaks off or breaks up when the cap is unscrewed relative to the non-rotatably retained sealing stopper.
US10301080B2
The present invention is directed to containers and packaging that incorporate novel tamper evident features that make prominent the evidence of tamper. In particular, the novel tamper prominent containers of the present invention comprise newly designed tamper prominent images, i.e., prominent continuity control (PCC) images. Additionally, the present invention provides novel methods of increasing prominence of the evidence of tamper with a container, e.g., of consumer goods, by incorporating prominent continuity control (PCC) images integrated with a button locking assembly that must be removed to open a locked container making prominent the evidence of tamper through clear visualization in the PCC image, e.g., prominently displaying an image of a broken lock after full fracture and removal of the button locking assembly.
US10301075B2
A sealing patch for a polymeric bag includes a carrier, a pressure sensitive adhesive on the carrier and a heat-activated material on the pressure sensitive adhesive. A high-strength polymeric bag is formed from woven tapes and is coated with a polymer material. The sealing patch is positioned on the bag for sealing the bag. A method for sealing a high-strength polymeric bag with a sealing patch and a device for sealing a polymeric bag with a sealing patch are disclosed.
US10301069B2
[Problem] To provide containers stronger than conventional containers with respect to a lateral load when stacked. [Solution] The containers according to the present invention are configured so that a corner engaging projection and a corner engaging recess are engaged at the four corners on the bottom face and the top face of a top and a bottom container when stacked, thereby allowing such containers to hold up against the lateral load received when stacked by dispersing the lateral load more widely than conventional containers. Thus, the present invention achieves a higher strength with respect to the lateral load when stacked than conventional containers and prevents incidents where a first sidewall and second sidewall would be separated from each other due to the first sidewall or second sidewall being pushed and bent outwards.
US10301062B2
A carton for containing at least one article. The carton comprises at least one panel that can form an interior of the carton. The carton comprises at least one protection feature for protecting the articles from breakage. The article protection feature can comprise at least one feature in end flaps of the carton. The article protection feature can comprise an article protection flap foldably connected to the at least one panel. The article protection flap can be moveable between a first position and a second position wherein the article protection flap is folded relative to the at least one panel.
US10301056B2
A container includes a body including a primary support surface, a sidewall including at least one secondary support surface at an angle to the primary support surface and to a longitudinal axis of the container, and a finish extending from the body coaxially with the longitudinal axis. The container may be tilted from the primary support surface to the secondary support surface to facilitate access to product carried in the container.
US10301054B2
A drink container has multiple integrated storage compartments removably secured below an openable chamber configured to receive contents for consumption by a user of the drink container. A top assembly covers the chamber and includes a removable top member, an openable cap and a clip. The drink container also includes a first retaining member and a displaceable base with a second retaining member and an internal storage compartment. In an assembled state, the first and second retaining members secure the storage compartment in an intermediate cavity below the chamber. The storage compartment is separated from the cavity by applying a radially outward disconnection force on the compartment. Once disconnected, the integrated storage compartments can be filled within contents, or the contents of the integrated storage compartments can be added to the chamber for consumption by the user or directly consumed by the user.
US10301050B2
There is described a shutter for a valve for controlling an air flow; shutter is selectively rotatable about an axis and adapted to be housed inside a body of valve, and comprises a surface disposed about axis; surface comprises at least one first curved portion shaped eccentrically relative to axis so as to define, in use and together with body, at least one first passage for the air flow.
US10301032B2
An aircraft fuel system includes one or more fuel cells adapted to contain fuel, a fuel cell receiving assembly having an inner surface adapted to receive the one or more fuel cells and a fuel cell cushion disposed between the inner surface of the fuel cell receiving assembly and the one or more fuel cells. The fuel cell cushion is machined from a foam substrate to form a shaped foam substrate that is substantially covered with a cushion coating. The cushion coating is sprayable onto the shaped foam substrate such that the fuel cell cushion is substantially nonabsorbent of fuel. The fuel cell cushion is interposable between the inner surface of the fuel cell receiving assembly and the one or more fuel cells to cushion the one or more fuel cells from damage.
US10301028B2
An aircraft tray table assembly includes a recessed storage compartment covered by a pivoting lid which becomes an integral part of the tray table surface upon closing. A mirror may be fixedly attached to the inside of the lid. A passenger may be provided a mirror surface by flipping open the pivoting lid when positioned in a passenger seat within an aircraft. A retractor may be configured to closing of the pivoting lid when a passenger manually translates the tray table into a stowed position, thereby avoiding contact of the deployed lid with aircraft fixture surfaces proximate the stowed position of the tray table.
US10301024B1
An example package is disclosed for carrying a load external to a UAV. The package may be generated by folding a sheet of material and include a cavity formed by a top surface section, a bottom surface section, a first side surface section, a second side surface section, a leading edge section, and a trailing edge section of the sheet. The top surface section may include an attachment feature for attaching the package to the UAV. The leading edge section may include leading edge surfaces formed from folds along creases of the sheet to define a front end of the cavity and deflect airflow over a top surface and under a bottom surface of the package. The trailing edge section may include upper and lower surfaces formed from folds along creases and extend from the top and bottom surfaces to intersect and define a back end of the cavity.
US10301017B2
The present application discloses an apparatus capable of walking and flight. This apparatus includes a central section supported by a plurality of limbs, wherein a distal end of each of the plurality of limbs defines a contact surface. These limbs are configured to generate a walking-type motion in which the contact surfaces of the limbs cooperate with an environmental surface in a manner sufficient to propel the central section relative the environmental surface. The apparatus further includes a motor operably coupled to at least one limb of the plurality of limbs, wherein the motor is drivingly coupled to a propeller, and wherein the motor and propeller are configured to propel the central section in flight.
US10301004B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a collapsible workstation assembly to be used in a temporarily-mounted control system of an aircraft. The collapsible workstation assembly is mounted to a floor of the aircraft via one or more mounting plates and one or more adaptive floor plates. The collapsible workstation assembly includes a number of modules for display and user controls. Each of the modules are connected via hinges and hinge locks to be moved between a deployed position for use and a stowed position when not in use. The collapsible workstation assembly is further connected to an observer chair assembly and a temporary door plug.
US10301003B2
This pertains to a method for connecting fiber-reinforced structural components. In a first step of the method, a first fiber-reinforced structural component and a second fiber-reinforced structural component are supplied. In another step, the first fiber-reinforced structural component and the second fiber-reinforced structural component are heated by means of a heating device. A penetration through the first fiber-reinforced structural component and the second fiber-reinforced structural component is produced in another step by means of a fastening device. In another step, the first fiber-reinforced structural component is connected to the second fiber-reinforced structural component by means of the fastening device. This furthermore pertains to a structural aircraft element.
US10300994B2
Embodiments include a retrofit pontoon system including a pontoon, the pontoon having a pontoon body defining a first cavity, a retrofit assembly, the retrofit assembly including a tube, wherein the tube is sized to pass through a first aperture formed in the pontoon body and a selectively fillable container, where the tube is operably coupled with the selectively fillable container, and a pump, the pump being coupled with the tube such that operation of the pump selectively fills and drains water from the selectively fillable container, where filling the selectively fillable container lowers the profile of the pontoon in the water and emptying the selectively fillable container raises the profile of the pontoon in the water.
US10300993B2
A buoyant structure has a hull having a main deck, a lower inwardly-tapering frustoconical side section that extends from the main deck, a lower generally round section extending from the lower inwardly-tapering frustroconical side section, a keel having an n-polytope shape, a plurality of separate tunnels between columns extending from the keel having an n-polytope shape and a fin-shaped appendage is secured to a lower and an outer portion of the hull. The at least one tunnel contains water at operational depth of the buoyant structure.
US10300991B2
A variable trimaran that uses natural power has an outer hull, which is capable of ensuring stability with respect to a center hull in the middle thereof. The variable trimaran can be selectively expanded and contracted in the horizontal and vertical directions thereof. The variable trimaran includes a sail unit, which uses wind power, and a solar power generation unit so as to enable efficient long-term sailing without the use of fossil fuel. To this end, a horizontal and vertical adjustment units are provided for adjusting the position of the outer hull, and the solar power generation unit and the wind power sailing unit are used such that the position of the outer hull can be freely adjusted with respect to the center hull and efficient long-term sailing is enabled without the supply of an oil energy source due to the use of sunlight and wind power as power sources.
US10300986B2
A bicycle transmission apparatus comprises a base member, a first transmission member, a second transmission member, a first coupling member, a first guide structure, a switching device, and a transmission controller. The switching device is configured to switch a position of the first transmission member relative to the base member in an axial direction between a first axial position and a second axial position. The transmission controller is configured to control the switching device and the first guide structure so as not to change a first engagement state of the first coupling member from one cogwheel to another adjacent cogwheel among first cogwheels when the first transmission member moves relative to the base member in association with a movement of the first guide structure relative to the base member to change a second engagement state of the first coupling member from one cogwheel to another adjacent cogwheel among second cogwheels.
US10300979B2
A trailing link multi-bar suspension assembly for a bicycle having improved stability includes a first arm having a first arm fixed pivot and a first arm shock pivot. A shock link has a shock link fixed pivot and a shock link floating pivot. A shock absorber has a first shock mount and a second shock mount. A wheel carrier has a wheel carrier first pivot and a wheel carrier second pivot spaced apart from one another, and a wheel mount that is adapted to be connected to a wheel. A control link has a control link floating pivot and a control link fixed pivot, the control link floating pivot being pivotably connected to the wheel carrier second pivot, and the control link fixed pivot being pivotably connected to the first arm control pivot.
US10300977B1
A wheeled vehicle with a ball hoop apparatus has a main body, multiple wheels, a pushing pole, and a hoop. The main body has an assembling mount. The multiple wheels are rotatably assembled to the main body. The pushing pole is detachably assembled to the main body. The pushing pole is able to be assembled to the assembling mount and has a top end. The hoop is assembled to the main body and is able to be assembled to the top end of the pushing pole. The pushing pole may be erectly assembled to the assembling mount. The hoop may be assembled to the top end of the pushing pole. The wheeled vehicle with a ball hoop apparatus provides a shooting ball function.
US10300976B2
A three wheeled scooter comprises a chassis having forward and aft ends with a front wheel non-pivotally mounted to the forward end and a pair of rear wheels coaxially mounted to the aft end. The chassis defines a longitudinal axis and includes a support assembly and a handle assembly extending upwardly from the support assembly. The rear wheels are configured to be angularly yawable relative to the longitudinal axis between a neutral position and a yawed position. Steering of the scooter is thereby effectuated by angular yawing of the rear wheels relative to the longitudinal axis such as by asymmetric loading of one of opposing sides of the support assembly.
US10300975B2
The present invention relates to a protective garment (10, 110) provided with an inflatable protective device. The inflatable protective device comprises: at least one inflatable bag (12), suitable for moving between a rest condition, wherein it is in a deflated status, and an operating condition, wherein it is in an inflated status; an inflator device (14) coupled to the at least one inflatable bag (12) and designed for inflating the at least one inflatable bag (12), once the inflator device (14) is triggered; at least one acceleration sensor (16) suitable for detecting the acceleration undergone by the garment (10, 110) and a control unit (18) designed for processing the acceleration data detected by the at least one acceleration sensor (16) and for sending a triggering signal to the inflator device (14), when a crash situation is identified. The protective garment is characterized by further comprising a transmitting unit (20), (120) designed for sending an activation signal (15) outside the protective garment (10, 110) when the triggering signal is generated by the control unit 18 and a receiving unit (21, 121) suitable for receiving a signal (15) from outside the protective garment (10, 110) and generating the triggering signal of the inflator device (14) when the received signal (15) is recognized as an activation signal. The present invention also relates to a method for inflating an inflatable protective device of a protective garment.
US10300973B2
A taillight assembly including a support member, a right light assembly, a right lens assembly, left light assembly, and a left lens assembly. The right and left light assemblies are mounted to a light supporting portion of the support member. The right assembly includes a first light source oriented to direct a first beam of light in a rearward direction and a second light source oriented to direct a second beam of light in a rightward direction. The left light assembly includes third light source oriented to direct a third beam of light in rearward direction and a fourth light source oriented to direct a fourth beam of light in a leftward direction. The right and left lens assemblies are mounted to the light supporting portion to house the right and left light assemblies, respectively, and cooperate to disperse the first, second, third, and fourth beams of light 270 degrees horizontally.
US10300972B2
A bicycle seat includes a deformation space that corresponds to a pressure deformation of a bicycle rider. Wherein, a plurality of filler particles is filled in the deformation space. Therefore, the plurality of filler particles in the deformation space is sliding and rolling under pressure, and the bicycle seat can average support the body of the rider and bring lower friction.
US10300970B2
A self-propelled trailer is provided and includes a frame, a pair of rear drive wheels, a steerable wheel, a drive system, a platform, and a lifting device. The pair of rear drive wheels are positioned under the frame along one end thereof, while the steerable wheel is positioned under the frame along an opposite end thereof with respect to the pair of rear drive wheels. The drive system includes a power system connected to the pair of rear drive wheels and a control system connected to the steerable wheel. The platform is positioned above the frame, while the lifting device is positioned between the steerable wheels and the pair of rear wheels. The platform includes a crane extending upward from the frame.
US10300966B2
Disclosed herein is a variable rear spoiler apparatus of a rear bumper for a vehicle. The variable rear spoiler apparatus includes a linkage mechanism configured to be installed on a bumper back beam and having a length varying in a vertical direction when the linkage mechanism undergoes a rotation. A spoiler is connected to the linkage mechanism and is able to move up and down by the rotation of the linkage mechanism. A first driving mechanism, installed at the bumper back beam, is provided with a first rotation shaft connected to the linkage mechanism to transfer a torque. The spoiler is moved up and down by the rotation of the linkage mechanism by a rotation of the first rotation shaft. A second driving mechanism is connected to the first rotation shaft. The spoiler is tilted by a length varying operation of the second driving mechanism.
US10300965B2
An aerodynamic drag reduction device for use on an over-the-road cargo vehicle. The vehicle has a prismatically shaped cargo area, which includes a rear face of the cargo area substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel. The device comprises a plurality of resilient prongs arranged along a rear edge of the vehicle body, extending from a respective fixed end secured to the vehicle body rearward in a flow-wise direction beyond the rear edge of the vehicle body to a respective free end. Each prong is separated from an adjacent prong in the plurality, and each is flexible to permit deflection, under the influence of airflow over the vehicle at a predetermined speed, above and below a first plane defined by the surface of the vehicle to which the plurality of prongs is secured. Each prong is further resistant to deflecting in a direction parallel to the first plane.
US10300957B2
A vehicle may include a pair of roof side rails that extend in a vehicle longitudinal direction, a front header that includes opposite outboard ends that span between the pair of roof side rails, and a front header extension coupled to and extending from one of the outboard ends of the front header. The front header extension may include a center emboss structure that extends outwardly from a base at a pair of center emboss ridgelines and the center emboss structure may be connected to one of the pair of roof side rails.
US10300954B2
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include a first A-pillar, spanning between a roof rail and shotgun, and a frame assembly. The first A-pillar may carry a windshield. The frame assembly may include a second A-pillar, spanning between the roof rail and a hinge pillar, and a C-pillar. The frame assembly may define a side ingress/egress opening of a cabin having a rearward-facing front seat. The opening may span between the second A-pillar and C-pillar without a B-pillar.
US10300949B2
The present invention is directed to a wheelchair conversion vehicle and a modified rear suspension K-frame that provides an increase in the overall wheelchair accessible area in the conversion vehicle without compromising ride quality or vehicle control. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing such a wheelchair conversion vehicle.
US10300937B2
A decorative piece of a vehicle steering wheel decoration arranged to be mounted on a steering wheel of the vehicle includes a decorative core made from a decorative material, such as wood. A protective portion of the decorative core made from a transparent or translucent material covering at least part of a surface of the decorative core is arranged to be visible by a user. A fastening portion is arranged to fasten the decorative part on the steering wheel. The fastening portion is made from the same transparent or translucent material as the protective portion.
US10300932B2
A chassis for a rail vehicle includes a chassis frame supported on at least first and second wheelsets and one A-frame linkage per wheelset on both sides of the chassis for horizontal axle guidance of the wheelset. Each A-frame linkage is connected in an articulated manner to one of two axle bearings of a wheelset by a wheelset-side bearing and to the chassis frame by two frame-side bearings. At least one of the bearings per A-frame linkage has a hydraulic bushing with variable longitudinal rigidity. The hydraulic bushing has at least one fluid chamber fillable with hydraulic fluid so that in the fluid chamber a hydraulic pressure can form for adjusting longitudinal rigidity. An acceleration sensor per axle bearing measures wheelset acceleration and an adjustment device adjusts hydraulic pressure in at least one of the fluid chambers depending on the measured wheelset acceleration.
US10300929B2
Systems and methods are described for an adaptive user interface system for a vehicle with an automatic vehicle system. The adaptive user interface system includes a display and an electronic controller. The controller is configured to generate a graphical user interface indicative of operation of the automatic vehicle system, output the graphical user interface on the display, monitor an indicia of a driver's comfort level, and determine, based on the monitored indicia, when the driver is not comfortable with the operation of the automatic vehicle system. In response to determining that the driver is not comfortable with the operation of the automatic vehicle system, the electronic controller modifies the graphical user interface to provide an increased level of detail.
US10300923B2
In a method for storing data in a motor vehicle: an application software executed on a control device of the motor vehicle connects, via a communication network of the motor vehicle, to a data storage device of the motor vehicle; the application software logically connects the connected data storage device to the control device; the application software accesses the connected data storage device via the communication network, and the application software optionally releases the connected data storage device.
US10300916B2
Autonomous driving assistance systems, methods, and programs obtain road information that specifies line types of lane markings and connection types of lanes and specify, when a vehicle travels with autonomous driving assistance, a planned route to be taken by the vehicle based on the road information. The systems, methods, and programs execute the autonomous driving assistance for the vehicle according to the specified planned route.
US10300909B2
An apparatus for controlling a startup of an engine includes an engine, an engine controller configured to check whether the startup of the engine is prepared to generate information on whether the startup is prepared when an ignition is turned on, a hybrid controller configured to check whether communication with the engine controller is normal and to generate information on whether the hybrid controller is normal, the hybrid controller causing a vehicle to be driven only in an EV mode or generating a start control signal for the startup of the engine, according to whether the EV mode is engaged when a start signal is input from a driver, and a starter driver configured to start the engine in response to the start control signal.
US10300903B2
Support structures for electrohydraulic apparatuses in particular of electrical and hydraulic apparatuses of irrigation systems are disclosed. The support structure is configured to be applied to a buriable well for housing and protecting such electrohydraulic apparatuses. On predetermined portions of the support structure a plurality of holes are formed, and are adapted for receiving a corresponding plurality of support means configured to hold, preferably in a releasable manner, one or more electrohydraulic apparatuses. Also described is a buriable well for housing and protecting electrohydraulic apparatuses comprising at least one such support structure of electrohydraulic apparatuses.
US10300893B2
A brake boosting device wherein a vibration control member is provided to an end part of a return coil spring that is arranged inside a vehicle chamber and that is interposed between a booster body and an input rod. The vibration control member has provided thereto: a seat part that suppresses the vibration of the return coil spring and that is between the end part of the return coil spring and a support part that supports the end part; and a guide part that is provided integrally with the seat part and that fits with the inner periphery of the end part of the return coil spring at a prescribed radial tightening allowance.
US10300890B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for detecting and mitigating unauthorized vehicle license plate removal. An example vehicle includes a detection circuit having an insulator configured to slide along an axis based on a rotation of a screw holding a license plate, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine, based on a position of the insulator, that the screw has been removed while the vehicle is locked, and responsively activate a camera directed toward the license plate.
US10300886B2
A keyless entry and start system for a vehicle includes a vehicle subsystem configured to control at least one of access to an interior compartment of the vehicle and starting of the vehicle. The system further includes an actuator movable between first and second positions and a switch coupled to the actuator. The switch assumes a first state when the actuator is in the first position and a second state when the actuator is in the second position. The system further includes a controller coupled to the switch and configured to detect an actuation sequence of the actuator, the actuation sequence corresponding to an access code. The controller is further configured to compare the access code to an authorization code and generate a control signal configured to cause the vehicle subsystem to switch states when the entry code corresponds to the authorization code.
US10300881B2
A side airbag for protection for vehicle occupants includes an interior wall separating the airbag into upstream and downstream chambers and defining an opening between two chambers adjacent a lower end of the airbag. A flow deflector between the opening and an exterior vent combines with the wall to define a channel therebetween. The channel directs inflation gasses exiting the opening into an upper end of the airbag, after which the gasses must flow around an upper end of the deflector (adjacent an outlet end of the channel) before reaching the exterior vent. The resulting S-shaped flow path serves to maintain the airbag in the inflated state for a longer time and urges an outboard arm of an occupant in a forward an upward direction to reduce the likelihood that that arm may be trapped between the inflating airbag and the occupant's thorax.
US10300872B2
A bumper beam formed of fiber reinforced resin containing continuous fibers oriented at least in the vehicle width direction sufficiently absorbs the collision energy of a high-speed collision in the fiber reinforced resin. The bumper beam also has a center portion positioned in the center in the vehicle width direction and protruding outward in the front-back direction, and right and left outer portions inclined from the respective ends of the center portion seen in the vehicle width direction toward the inner side in the front-back direction. The outer portions each have a resin foam member protruding outward in front-back direction. Thus, at the time of a low speed collision, the resin foam member is crushed to absorb part of the collision energy so that the energy is absorbed and distributed over the center and outer portions, protecting the car body frame from deformation.
US10300865B2
A fork mount upright bicycle carrier may include an elongate base having a pair of parallel rails and a fork mount device. A rear wheel receiver may be adjustably coupled in sliding engagement with a first slot in each of the rails, and a rear crossbar clamp may be adjustably coupled in a second slot in each of the rails, such that the receiver and the clamp are capable of overlapping adjustment ranges. The fork mount device may include a fixed jaw and a pivoting jaw for clamping onto a transverse member of a bicycle fork.
US10300863B1
A vehicle overhead console is provided herein. The vehicle overhead console includes a housing having a locator and a retainer tower extending vertically above the housing. The retainer tower has a rib. A bracket is configured to couple to a vehicle headliner and defines a channel. The channel includes a central channel and a plurality of transverse slots and the tower is disposed within the central channel and the rib is disposed within the transverse channel.
US10300855B2
A method for assisting a driver of a vehicle towing a trailer includes providing a plurality of cameras and processing image data captured by the cameras while the vehicle is towing the trailer. Responsive to processing of captured image data, images are generated for display at a video display screen to provide a top view of the vehicle towing the trailer to the driver to assist maneuvering the vehicle towing the trailer. A dynamic vehicle and trailer icon is generated and displayed at the video display screen along with display of the top view of the vehicle towing the trailer. The dynamic vehicle and trailer icon comprises a top view representation of the vehicle and the trailer with at least one projected path for the vehicle towing the trailer so the driver can readily determine where the trailer will travel when the driver turns a steering wheel of the vehicle.
US10300853B2
Sign information of a traffic sign or a road marking ahead of a vehicle is detected. When two or more kinds of sign information having overlapping effective sections are detected or when the sign information contains textural information including a predetermined or more number of characters, simplified information obtained by simplifying the sign information is displayed on an MID in the vehicle.
US10300851B1
A method for warning a vehicle of a risk of lane change is provided. The method includes steps of: (a) an alarm device, if at least one rear image captured by a running vehicle is acquired, segmenting the rear image by using a learned convolutional neural network (CNN) to thereby obtain a segmentation image corresponding to the rear image; (b) the alarm device checking at least one free space ratio in at least one blind spot by referring to the segmentation image, wherein the free space ratio is determined as a ratio of a road area without an object in the blind spot to a whole area of the blind spot; and (c) the alarm device, if the free space ratio is less than or equal to at least one predetermined threshold value, warning a driver of the vehicle of the risk of lane change.
US10300848B2
An indicator assembly is disclosed having a first light source and a second light source positioned relative to a surface. An overlap region may be formed between the first light source and second light source depending upon the relative intensity of the light sources, which may be used to convey information to a user and/or to provide an alternative visual indicator of a gauge.
US10300847B2
A lighting glazing includes a first sheet of transparent glass or plastic with a first main face, a second main face and a rim; a flat waveguide with a first main face, a second main face, an injection rim and a beveled rim, opposite the injection rim; a light source positioned facing the injection rim of the flat waveguide, the flat waveguide being fixed via the second main face to the first main face of the first sheet of glass.
US10300836B2
In the present invention, there is provided a lighting device including: a light source module including at least one light source and a light guide member that buries the light source; a shielding module accommodating the light source module therein, the shielding module having an opening region and a shielding region, which are provided above the light guide member; and a diffusion member disposed in the light guide member.
US10300835B2
Provided is a vehicle lamp including: a light source; and a light guide extending in a predetermined extension direction and configured to guide therethrough a light from the light source such that the light is incident from a rear surface and emitted from a front surface. The light guide includes a guide element including a front incident surface formed in a portion of the rear surface facing the light source; a side incident surface formed on a side of the front incident surface on the rear surface, and a reflecting surface formed on a side of the side incident surface on the rear surface and configured to totally reflect the light incident from the side incident surface toward the front surface. A joint portion between the front incident surface and the side incident surface is formed as a curved surface.
US10300826B2
The present disclosure relates to a child restraint including a seat shell and an armrest coupled to the seat shell. The child restraint also includes a cupholder coupled to the armrest.
US10300823B2
A method for controlling and selecting massage functions of a motor vehicle seat and include the steps of: switching the system to a selection mode and starting the selection mode; scrolling through massage functions that are organized in a block-by-block manner, wherein the massage functions that are organized in a block-by-block manner include a specific massage zone per block; confirming a selection of the massage block by way of a user selection; and terminating the selection mode.
US10300819B2
A vehicle seat including a panel frame including a fixed area which is one area of the panel frame partitioned by a line segment connecting a first fixed point and a second fixed point and includes a third fixed point at which the panel frame is fixed to a vehicle main body at a position different from positions of the first and second fixed point, an overhang area which is another area of the panel frame partitioned by the line segment; and a bead including a first and second bead pieces which respectively extend across the overhang area and the fixed area, and one of the first and second bead pieces has an extended portion which extends into an orthogonal area which is an area orthogonal to a portion of the line segment running between the first and second bead pieces.
US10300816B2
A seat backrest includes right and left side frame segments, a pressure receiving member disposed between the side frame segments movably in a front-back direction, and a cushion pad covering the front of the side frame segments and pressure receiving member. The pressure receiving member includes a main body part, and extending parts extending laterally from both sides of the main body part. The cushion pad includes a back receiving part covering the front of the main body part, and bank parts disposed on both sides of the back receiving part, protruding forward from both sides, and covering the front of the extending parts and side frame segments. A recess is formed at an area, facing a corresponding extending part of the extending parts, of a rear surface of each bank part.
US10300809B2
A control system includes a bicycle includes a crank, a motor and a battery which provides power to the motor. An acceleration detector is connected to the bicycle and detects the riding acceleration of the bicycle. A torque detector is connected to the bicycle and consistently detects treading of the crank and generates multiple instant treading torque values. A controller is connected to the bicycle and electrically connected to the motor, the battery, the acceleration detector and the torque detector, and receives the riding acceleration, the treading acceleration and the instant treading torque values so as to control output of the motor and the battery instantly.
US10300808B2
Systems of an autonomous vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. During travel of an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle can determine a charge is needed. Within the planned path of travel, the autonomous vehicle can determine when the autonomous vehicle may arrive at a charging station, what destinations are planned after reaching the charging station, the current temperature of the battery (and the temperature of the surroundings), the weather conditions at the charging station, etc. Based on these determinations and/or calculations, the autonomous vehicle can precondition the battery before the autonomous vehicle arrives at the charging station, for example, the autonomous vehicle starts cooling the battery at a quicker than normal rate so that the autonomous vehicle arrives at the charging station with the battery at the coldest possible temperature. The preconditioning allows the autonomous vehicle to charge at higher rate compared to charging without preconditioning.
US10300800B2
A wireless power system for powering a television includes a source resonator, configured to generate an oscillating magnetic field, and at least one television component attached to at least one device resonator, wherein the at least one device resonator is configured to wirelessly receive power from the source resonator via the oscillating magnetic field when the distance between the source resonator and the at least one device resonator is more than 5 cm, and wherein at least one television component draws at least 10 Watts of power.
US10300776B2
A weather strip includes an installation base member and a seal member. The installation base member is configured to operably couple to a peripheral edge of a panel. The seal member is integrally molded with the installation base member and configured to make elastic contact with a peripheral edge of an opening in a body of an automobile when the panel is in a closed position. The seal member includes sponge material which has a specific gravity that falls within a range of 0.35 to 0.65 and a loss elastic modulus of not more than 0.25 MPa. More preferably, the sponge material has a loss elastic modulus of not more than 0.20 MPa.
US10300775B2
A mounting assembly comprising: (I) a retainer connected to one or more side rails of a cargo box of a vehicle, the retainer having: (i) a receiving portion having an axis; and (ii) a supporting portion extending away from the receiving portion and positioned substantially perpendicular to the axis of the receiving portion; and (II) a rotary member having: (i) a rotary portion rotatably engaged to the receiving portion to rotate about the axis of the receiving portion; (ii) a lever extending away from the rotary portion and positioned substantially perpendicular to the axis of the receiving portion; and (iii) a cover seal connected to the rotary member, the cover seal configured to compressibly engage a tonneau section to create a seal between the rotary member and the tonneau section.
US10300774B2
An element to be integrated in a guide rail for a sliding roof of a motor vehicle, having a vertical wall and a flange surface which protrudes from the vertical wall and is configured to be screwed to a guide rail and to a frame part of the motor vehicle, wherein in an operationally mounted state, the flange surface points in the direction of an outer side of the vehicle, and the flange surface tapers in the direction of the vertical wall with respect to a main direction of extent of the vertical wall. According to other embodiments, a roof arrangement and a motor vehicle are provided.
US10300769B2
A visor for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The visor comprises a pivot rod and a carrier arranged over the pivot rod. The visor also comprises a first and second shell being engagable to form a visor body and a vanity arranged therein. The visor also comprises a light base secured to the second shell and a circuit board engaging the light base. The visor also comprises a light emitting diode secured to a surface of the circuit board.
US10300764B2
The present disclosure generally relates to a method for monitoring the performance of a blower motor for a blower unit positioned in a vehicle. The method may include: diagnosing the motor based on predefined criteria and one or more physical parameters sensed by one or more sensors; identifying a performance mode from among a plurality of modes based on the diagnosis, where the plurality of modes are predefined; determining a mode message based on a signal code protocol, where the mode message is indicative of the performance mode identified and the signal code protocol associates each of the plurality of modes with a different coded signal; and transmitting a diagnostic signal that includes the mode message to a climate control module located in the vehicle separate from the motor.
US10300760B1
Some embodiments provide a fully-actuated suspension system which can provide adjustable displacement of a sprung mass from a neutral suspension position over an unsprung mass. The system includes a variable pressure air spring which can adjust the neutral suspension position and execute low-frequency displacements and a hydraulically-driven piston which can execute high-frequency displacements. The system can communicate information to a driver, via haptic feedback provided via actuator displacements, which can augment the driver's situational awareness. The system can provide augmented vehicle braking via displacing the unsprung mass of the vehicle towards the surface upon which the vehicle rests to increase the normal force and contact area of the unsprung mass on the surface, unload torsion of the wheel induced by applied braking pressure to the wheel, etc. The system can compensate for vehicle oscillations at frequencies below the primary ride frequency, thereby mitigating the risk of occupant motion sickness.
US10300746B2
A pneumatic tire includes center lug grooves disposed at intervals in a tire circumferential direction that extend crossing a tire equator line and include a first groove turning portion and a second groove turning portion; shoulder lug grooves disposed in the intervals between the center lug grooves in the tire circumferential direction extending outward in the tire width direction, an inner end in the tire width direction being disposed outward of an end of the center lug groove in the tire width direction; a pair of circumferential main grooves to which the ends of the center lug grooves and the inner ends of the shoulder lug grooves in the tire width direction alternately connect; and a circumferential secondary groove disposed around the entire circumference of the pneumatic tire that intersects the center lug grooves between the first groove turning portion and the second groove turning portion.
US10300744B2
A tire comprises a tread portion 2 comprising blocks 20. At least one of the blocks has a first block wall (25a), a second block wall (25b), and a first region (26a) and a second region (26b) divided by a crossing sipe 30. In a plan view, the first and second block walls (25a) and (25b) are each formed in a convex V-shape so as to have an apex portion 27 protruding toward the outside of the block. The crossing sipe 30 has a first end (28a) positioned on a first side of the apex portion 27 of the first block wall (25a) and a second end (28b) positioned on a second side of the apex portion 27 of the second block wall (25b) in the tire circumferential direction. The first and second regions (26a) and (26b) each have a closed sipe 38 having both ends terminating within the region.
US10300741B2
An apparatus is for locking a caster wheel in a steering position about a steering axis. The apparatus comprises a base member; a lever arm; and an engagement member. The lever arm is movable with respect to the base member into and between an engaged position in which the engagement member locks the caster wheel in the steering position and a disengaged position in which the caster is steerable out of the steering position.
US10300732B2
The anti-counterfeiting structure includes an allochroic layer including an allochroic part having a characteristic of changing from a first material to a second material in response to laser irradiation, a first layer transmissible to a laser beam, a second layer transmissible to the laser beam, at least a part of the second layer being located between the allochroic layer and the first layer, and a coating layer transmissible to the laser beam and covering at least the first layer. The coating layer and the first layer are bonded together more weakly than the first layer and the second layer are. One of the first layer and the second layer is a foamable layer having a characteristic of changing from an unfoamed state to a foamed state in response to laser irradiation, while the other of the first layer and the second layer is an optical device.
US10300724B2
A printer includes a detection unit configured to detect an error, a storage unit configured to store in itself error information corresponding to the error, a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, a printing unit configured to perform printing on a printing medium, and a control unit.
US10300718B2
A printer includes a media feeder to feeding media in a feed direction, a print head to eject droplets of ink onto the media, heaters to heat the media, and a controller to perform a printing operation corresponding to received print data by causing the media feeder to feed the media heated by the heaters and causing the print head to eject the droplets of ink onto the media based on the print data, the controller being configured or programmed to move the media and/or the heaters during the print idle time before performing the printing operation.
US10300716B2
An apparatus and a printing method for lottery or betting terminals are disclosed, wherein a printed document is separated from a continuous strip of paper and then moved sideways to a document stacking zone according to a direction that is transverse to the document, which, by passing above two lateral protrusions, undergoes the folding of two lateral edges that, after passing over the protrusions, return to a normal position owing to the elasticity of the paper.
US10300714B2
A first pattern P1 is formed with a first material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a first surface BS of a print medium M including an expansion layer M2 that expands by heating. A second pattern P2 for expanding the expansion layer M2 to complement expansion of the expansion layer M2 by the first pattern P1 is formed with a second material for converting electromagnetic wave energy into heat energy, on a second surface FS which is an opposite surface of the print medium M to the first surface BS and is closer to the expansion layer M2 than the first surface BS. The first material forming the first pattern P1 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the first surface BS. The second material forming the second pattern P2 is irradiated with electromagnetic waves from the second surface FS.
US10300710B2
A system for forming a structure on a print medium 1 includes: a print unit (print device) 10 for printing an electromagnetic wave-heat conversion layer for converting electromagnetic waves into heat, on a medium including an expansion layer that expands by heating; an expansion unit (expansion device) 20 aligned laterally with the print unit 10, for expanding the expansion layer by irradiating the medium with electromagnetic waves; and a top plate 30 covering the print unit 10 and the expansion unit 20 from above.
US10300705B2
Ink consumption accompanying purging bubbles from the buffer tank is suppressed. An inkjet printer has a buffer tank disposed to an ink path that supplies ink to a printhead. A first channel connects to the buffer tank at the bottom of the ink chamber, and a second channel connects to the top of the ink chamber. To print, the first valve and second valve are open, and ink is supplied from the first channel, into which bubbles do not easily flow. To purge bubbles, the first valve closes and the maintenance unit is driven in a cleaning operation, discharging bubbles with ink from the second channel. The second valve then closes, the maintenance unit is driven to create negative pressure downstream from the second valve, and the second valve then opens in a choke cleaning operation that discharges ink with entrained bubbles at once.
US10300682B2
An interlayer structure having a cellulose ester layer for use in structural laminates is described herein. The cellulose ester layer provides rigidity and support to multilayer interlayers comprising an array of different layers. Due to the diverse properties of the cellulose ester layers, the present interlayers can be useful in producing structural laminates having high stiffness and which possess good optical clarity for a variety of applications, including outdoor structural applications.
US10300679B2
The disclosure relates to a touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate having a surface, a metal nanowire film, at least one electrode, and a conductive trace. The metal nanowire film includes a metal nanowire film. The metal nanowire film includes a number of first metal nanowire bundles parallel with and spaced from each other. Each of the number of first metal nanowire bundles includes a number of first metal nanowires parallel with each other. The first distance between adjacent two of the number of first metal nanowires is less than the second distance between adjacent two of the number of first metal nanowire bundles.
US10300670B2
Technical problems of this invention is to create an injection molding device and an injection molding process for a test tube shaped preform, that can laminate a colored layer at certain positions of a wall of the reform with a certain thickness in a manner of a high degree of accuracy.A feature associated with the injection molding device to solve these problem comprising a nozzle section, in which a molten main resin and a molten second resin are join together to form a joined resin mass, the nozzle section comprising: an outer flow channel through which the main resin flows, an inner flow channel through which the second resin flows, a cylindrical column-shaped joined flow channel where the second resin from the inner flow channel joins the main resin from the outer flow channel, a first confluence disposed at a point where the main resin from the outer flow channel flows into the joined flow channel, a second confluence disposed at a point where the second resin flows into the joined flow channel wherein the first confluence is located downstream of the second confluence with a predetermined space left in between, and a cylindrical shutoff pin inserted slidably in the joined flow channel, wherein this shutoff pin is capable of shutting off or opening either or both of the first confluence and/or the second confluence, depending on the sliding position.
US10300660B2
A method of treating at least part of a surface (110) of an article (100) in which an article (100) is treated, at least part of a surface (110, 111) of the article having been produced by an additive manufacturing method from a construction material, and the construction material provides a temperature TG′ at which the storage modulus G′ of the construction material (determined by dynamic-mechanical analysis according to ISO 6721 at a shear rate of 1/s) is 10 MPa. The article is preferably placed into an evacuable volume and the volume is evacuated. By heating and exerting pressure, the surface is plastically deformed and can be smoothed thereby.
US10300658B2
Electronic device housing structures and other structures may be formed from molded plastic. Plastic structures such as injection molding housing structures and other structures may be provided with openings. An opening may have sidewall surfaces. Machining operations and other techniques may be used in forming the openings. Openings may be processed to enhance resistance to stress-induced cracking of the plastic structures along the sidewall surfaces. Cracking resistance may be obtained by activating the surface using heat or laser treatment and by electroplating the activated surface to form a metal liner structure. Surface treatments using applied liquid chemicals or heat may form a treated layer on the surface of an opening with enhanced cracking resistance. A plastic sleeve or other insert may form a liner structure in an opening that resists cracking. Liner structures may also be formed by applying heat or light to a coating in an opening.
US10300649B2
Methods and apparatus for enhancing the flatness of a die by applying adhesive to a shim having a selected flatness, rotating the shim to spread the adhesive to a layer having a uniform thickness, evacuating a chamber to create a vacuum; manipulating a die onto the adhesive layer in the chamber; and reducing a level of the vacuum to pressure the die onto the adhesive layer such that the bow in the die is reduced as the die conforms to the shim.
US10300635B2
The present invention relates to a fiber production system (1) and production method which enables heat treatment applied during fiber production to be performed as applying laser on the fiber. The objective of the present invention is to provide a fiber production system (1) and production method which enables to perform momentary heat treatment on the filament (F) via laser beam (L) and which eliminates defected points in the filament structure by heating fast and drawing in fiber production.
US10300629B2
A method for controlling a wall system when creating a separating cut in a workpiece between a first and a second end point is disclosed. The wall saw system includes a wall saw having a saw head, a pivotable saw arm, a saw blade and a blade guard. The separating cut is carried out in a plurality of main cuts. The pivoting movement of the saw arm in a main cutting angle is carried out in at least two steps with at least one intermediate angle, where a free cut of the saw blade is carried out in the respective intermediate angle between the pivoting movements of the saw arm.
US10300628B2
A machine (12) for working slabs of natural stone, agglomerate or ceramic material comprises: a work bench (14) adapted to receive a slab to be machined; a machining head (16) comprising a spindle (18); and movement means (20) for moving the machining head (16) above the work bench (14). The spindle (18) comprises coupling means (40) which allow a diamond chain tool (42) to be operatively fixed.
US10300619B2
The present invention provides for a shaving device and more specifically, to a portable shaving apparatus designed to look like a cosmetic container.
US10300614B2
A device is for identifying glove-port positions to be mounted on a panel supported by a glovebox structure which defines a closed chamber enabling an operator to perform handling operations while being isolated from the chamber. The device includes a base, structure for attaching this base to the glovebox structure, and at least one template supported by this base while being movable with respect to this base, in order to be able to occupy different positions with respect to this base. Each template includes an opening which can receive a glove port. The device also includes structure for locking each template in position with respect to the base.
US10300613B2
A shock-absorbing device for a humanoid robot, comprises a rigid structure linked to the humanoid robot, a deformable outer shell, and a shock-absorber; the shock-absorber consisting of a flexible cellular structure comprising a set of cells emerging in a main direction, and being secured to the rigid structure at a first end in the main direction, and linked to the deformable outer shell at a second end opposite the first in the main direction. Advantageously, the outer shell is also linked directly to the rigid structure by means of at least one absorbent fixing of silent block type. The invention relates also to a humanoid robot, and in particular the head of a humanoid robot, comprising such a shock-absorbing device.
US10300606B2
Technologies pertaining to human-robot interaction are described herein. The robot includes a computer-readable memory that comprises a model that, with respect to successful completions of a task, is fit to observed data, where at least some of such observed data pertains to a condition that is controllable by the robot, such as position of the robot or distance between the robot and a human. A task that is desirably performed by the robot is to cause the human to engage with the robot. The model is updated while the robot is online, such that behavior of the robot adapts over time to increase the likelihood that the robot will successfully complete the task.
US10300600B2
A robot control system includes an operation control unit, a learning control processing unit and a storage unit. Whenever the operation control unit performs a single learning control, the learning control processing unit stores the number of learning controls, which indicates how many learning controls have been performed, and obtained time-series vibration data in correspondence with each other in the storage unit. The learning control processing unit calculates a convergence determination value to determine whether or not a vibration of a certain portion of a robot converges based on the time-series vibration data at each number of learning controls stored in the storage unit, and determines the number of learning controls having a minimum convergence determination value, out of the calculated convergence determination values, as the optimal number of learning controls.
US10300598B2
A robot includes a motor drive power source for converting a voltage supplied from a power source to a motor drive unit-grade voltage and outputting it, a motor drive unit for converting a motor drive unit-grade voltage output from the motor drive power source to a motor drive voltage and outputting it, a motor driven to be rotated by a motor drive voltage output by the motor drive unit, a robot arm on which the motor drive unit and the motor are arranged, and a robot controller which is provided independently of the robot arm and on which the motor drive power source is arranged.
US10300597B2
A robot includes a base, a body connected to the base, a pair of articulated arms rotatably connected to the body, and a moving mechanism adapted to move the body toward or away from the base. Further, a relative positional relationship with a workbench is detected by moving the body with respect to the base using the moving mechanism while keeping the articulated arms in predetermined postures while facing the workbench, and then making the articulated arms contact the workbench.
US10300596B2
A moving robot includes a main body, a drive assembly moving the main body, and a cleaner head performing cleaning on a cleaning area in which the main body is positioned, wherein the drive assembly includes a plurality of pulleys, a motor connected to any one of the plurality of pulleys and generating a driving force, a belt rotated in contact with the plurality of pulleys, and a support shaft connected to some of the plurality of pulleys and changing a position of the pulley such that an area in which the belt is in contact with a ground or an obstacle is maintained to be equal to or greater than a reference area.
US10300593B2
A paint brush and a clamping and locating device used in the same are provided. The clamping and locating device comprises a base, a handle and a lock button. The base includes a mounting surface, a handle-retaining cavity and at least one boss. The handle has a head portion being held in the handle-retaining cavity. The head portion includes at least one mounting hole, a button-receiving recess and a sliding groove. The button-receiving recess is divided into a first position and a second position. The mounting hole and the boss are axially mated together to make the handle be pivotally mounted in the handle-retaining cavity. The lock button is mounted in the button-receiving recess, and can be switched between the first position and the second position, so the handle is capable of being positioned on the first position and the second position.
US10300592B2
An ergonometric utility handle having a main body portion having an end that fits in a cupped palm and concavities emanating from the end that lengthwise substantially conformingly receive palm sides of a thumb and at least one finger. The concavities are widely dish shaped or bound and defined by gently sloped surfaces disposed in laterally outwardly spaced relation to the utility object or a mounting element therefor and against which the thumb and finger or fingers can be positioned and pressed to control and exert useful mechanical advantage. Additional features include a cantilever element against which a finger can be pressed to enhance control and mechanical advantage, an ability to remove and reorient a utility object, such as to reverse the diagonal cut of a brush tip, and an ability to attach an extension in one or more ways.
US10300591B2
A hand tool module having an interconnection device, which has an interface. The interconnection device has, in addition to the interface, at least one auxiliary interface, which is provided to bidirectionally exchange at least power at least with one additional hand tool module and/or a hand tool.
US10300590B2
A hand-held power tool which includes a shiftable transmission that is shiftable at least between a first gear and a second gear via a shifting member, in which the shifting member is coupled to a spring element, which for the gear shifting is indirectly or directly actuatable at least via a first and a second shifting element. A coupling element which is coupleable to the spring element is associated with the first shifting element, and the coupling element is configured for allowing gear shifting by actuating the first shifting element only for the case that the second shifting element is in a predefined gear shift position.
US10300589B2
A fastening tool assembly has a magazine body in a sleeve to convey fasteners to a housing outlet. Pivoting a lever relative to the housing, translates a knife to a loaded position, thereby disengaging from the knife, permitting a spring to return the knife to an unloaded position to drive a fastener through the outlet. A handle is pivotally connected to the housing. A roller is directly connected to the lever and the handle for permitting translation of the lever relative to the handle as the lever and the handle are pivoted relative to the housing. A spring-loaded bracket is operably connected to the magazine body for translation and rotation relative to the body. A latch is mounted to the housing to engage the bracket and maintain the magazine body in a retracted position, and is movable to a disengaged position wherein the bracket extends from the magazine body.
US10300587B2
Tools for installing a clip having a depressible engagement member are disclosed. In one embodiment, the tool includes a pin and a head both configured to engage the depressible engagement member. A trigger assembly is mechanically coupled to both the pin and the head. The pin is configured to actuate the trigger assembly so as to release the hear, wherein the head may actuate a counting unit so as to register a count when the pin engages the depressible engagement member, informing the installer when a clip is properly installed.
US10300575B2
The invention has a turnback roll which can transfer and guide a polishing tap in a tangential direction of a pressure contacting roll, a vertical oscillation mechanism which linearly oscillates the pressure contacting roll in a tangential direction of a ball groove while being orthogonal to a rotating axis line, and a horizontal oscillation mechanism which linearly oscillates the pressure contacting roll in a direction of a rotating axis line toward both inner side surfaces of the ball groove. The ball groove can be securely polished by the polishing tape on the basis of the continuous or intermittent transfer of the polishing tape and the linear oscillating motion of the ball groove. It is possible to improve a polishing precision, it is possible to improve a surface roughness of the ball groove and it is possible to improve a polishing workability of the ball groove.
US10300574B2
A skate blade sharpening system used to sharpen the blades of ice skates. The skate sharpener can include a housing that includes an elongated slot for receiving the blade of an ice skate for sharpening, and clamp jaws for retaining the skate. The housing can include at least one slot cover to engage the skate blade. Engagement of the skate blade can be sensed by a controller to enable sharpening operations to proceed. The skate blade sharpening system can automatically operate a grinding wheel and move the rotating grinding wheel back and forth along the lower face of the skate blade a desired number of times to sharpen the skate blade.
US10300572B2
In a workpiece loader device, a loader mechanism is configured to move a loader hand directly held by operator's hands to a desired position. A loader mechanism control part stores position coordinates as workpiece receiving position coordinates when the loader hand is moved by operator's hands to the workpiece receiving position and a completion of moving is confirmed.
US10300568B2
Disclosed generally is a face plate for a vise that is capable of gripping multiple work-pieces of different sizes at the same time. In one embodiment, the disclosed subject matter may be a vise face plate comprising: a base with an upper compensation structure and a lower compensation structure; and, wherein the upper and lower compensation structures define two sets of working surfaces. In use, the plate may be secured to a movable jaw so that the working surfaces may be employed to clamp a plurality of work pieces between the working surfaces and a fixed jaw.
US10300566B2
Internal clamping of a weld-neck fitting to a pipe in preparation for precision tack welding of the fitting to the pipe is established by a pair of alignment and clamping wedge members, each having alignment and gripping members and angulated reaction surfaces which are positioned within the pipe and weld-neck fitting with the angulated reaction surfaces in relatively moveable engagement. One of the alignment and clamping wedge members is moved linearly, causing the angulated reaction surfaces to translate the linear movement to lateral movement, forcing the alignment and gripping members laterally against the internal surfaces of the pipe and fitting and supporting the fitting in precision aligned relation with the pipe to facilitate tack welding. A gauge member confirms precision alignment of the fitting with the pipe before and after applying the tack welds, then the alignment and clamping apparatus is loosened by opposite linear movement of the wedge members which are removed to permit final weld connection of the fitting to the pipe.
US10300563B2
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet exhibits excellent brazability by effectively weakening an oxide film formed on the surface of a filler metal. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet includes a core material and a filler metal, and is used to braze aluminum in an inert gas atmosphere or in vacuum, the core material including aluminum or an aluminum alloy, the filler metal including 6 to 13 mass % of Si, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities, and one side or each side of the core material being clad with the filler metal, wherein the core material is clad with the filler metal in a state in which a sheet material is interposed between the core material and the filler metal, the sheet material including one element, or two or more elements, among 0.05 mass % or more of Li, 0.05 mass % or more of Be, 0.05 mass % or more of Ba, and 0.05 mass % or more of Ca, with the balance being Al and unavoidable impurities.
US10300559B2
A laser drilling method is a laser drilling method for performing drilling on a workpiece by use of a laser beam. The laser drilling method includes, after machining a through hole by radiating the laser beam to the workpiece (S100), scanning with the laser beam centered around the through hole toward a radial direction while changing a radiation output of the laser beam (S200).
US10300553B2
A laser processing machine includes a machine main body that has a laser processing head, a processing table on which a workpiece to be processed is laid; and a light-shielding cover that is provided above the processing table, and covers an upper surface of the processing table. The cover is transformable between a deployed state and retracted state, and can adjust an area covering the upper surface of the processing table. According to the laser processing machine, it is possible to cover only a necessary area for laser processing by its compact cover without inhibiting workability for carrying in/out the workpiece.
US10300548B2
A powder build unit for a device for the additive manufacture of components, includes at least one electric lead and having at least one power source that is connected to the electric lead. The electric lead functions as a powder distributor and as a heating element. In addition, a device that contains this powder build unit, as well as a corresponding method of using the powder build unit, is disclosed.
US10300546B2
A fixture includes a base with a bottom and a rim, a clamp with an exterior in a shape of a portion of a clamp sphere and a component space that is wholly within the clamp sphere, wherein the clamp is positioned such that the clamp exterior is in contact with the rim.
US10300544B2
An electromachining system includes at least one steerable electrode. The steerable electrode includes an electrode positioning mechanism configured to facilitate six degrees of freedom referenced to a pitch axis, a yaw axis, and a roll axis. The three axes are substantially perpendicular to each other. The electrode positioning mechanism includes a first end and a rotatable electrode tip coupled to the first end.
US10300534B2
Provided is a drill having a flat-shaped drill tip and excellent in cutting edge strength and chip removability. The drill includes: a cutting edge extending in a direction at an angle α of not less than 85° and not more than 90° with respect to a drill axis (line O-O); a flank face contiguous to the cutting edge and having a clearance angle β of not less than 5° and not more than 10° with respect to the drill axis (line O-O); and a rake face located opposite to the flank face across the cutting edge, the cutting edge includes a recess receding in a direction parallel to the drill axis (line O-O), and the rake face includes a front clearance formed at a side of an outer periphery of the drill.
US10300530B2
This disclosure provides systems and tooling for cooling components during additive manufacturing. A build plate supports layers of powdered materials as they are positioned and selectively fused to create the component. The build plate defines a build surface and the build surface retracts in a working direction opposite a build direction for the component. At least one vertical cooling structure is provided perpendicular to the build plate and protruding from the build plate as the build surface retracts. The vertical cooling structure cools at least a portion of the component through unfused powdered materials between the vertical cooling structure and the component.
US10300529B2
A mold clamping apparatus of the type including a mold opening/closing actuator and a mold clamping cylinder, wherein rails for guiding a movable platen are disposed on a base, and the mold clamping cylinder has a left leg and a right leg each disposed between one pair of left and right rails of the rails. The rails provided for guiding the movable platen is used also as a side guide for the mold clamping cylinder. This arrangement can obviate the need for a separate guide member.
US10300524B2
A casting component, in particular for a combustion engine of a motor vehicle, having at least one cavity formed by a lost casting core, where a porous metal body molded in the cavity is formed by the casting core, is disclosed. Furthermore, the casting core for such a casting component is formed by casting a metal, in particular an aluminum alloy, together with a salt. Finally, a method for the production of such a casting component or of such a casting core is also disclosed.
US10300521B2
An apparatus for forming a curl on an article includes a first forming tooling having a first set of rollers mounted on a common head. The first set of rollers has a respective groove having a first groove radius. The apparatus further includes a first rotating turret configured to load the article into the first forming tooling. The apparatus further includes a second forming tooling having a second set of rollers mounted on a common head. The second set of rollers has a respective groove having a second groove radius. The second groove radius is larger than the first groove radius. The apparatus further includes a second rotating turret configured to load the article into the second forming tooling. The apparatus further includes a first transfer star wheel configured to transfer the article from the first rotating turret to the second rotating turret.
US10300518B2
Tool holder designs are described. In some cases, the tool holder has a clamp assembly that can be used with tools having different tang styles. The tool holder in some cases has at least two differing tolerance areas provided therein, wherein the tolerance areas provide complementary tolerance to the design. In some cases, the tool holder can have a mechanically actuatable mechanism that functions with one or more internal components that limit adjustment of the mechanism to prevent damage to one or more of tool and the tool holder when securing the tool therein.
US10300516B2
A process for producing a multilayer pipe by expansion is disclosed, with or without heating, in which a multilayer pipe (1) comprises at least one outer pipe of metallic material (10) and an inner pipe of metallic material (20), the inner pipe of metallic material (20) having a yield strength lower than the yield strength of the outer pipe (23) and an external diameter smaller than the internal diameter of the outer pipe. The process for producing the multilayer pipe comprises a mounting step (34) between the pipes (10, 20), wherein the inner pipe is inserted inside the outer pipe, and at least one mechanical expansion step (36), comprising moving a mandrel (2) longitudinally and internally in the inner pipe (20) while the outer pipe and the inner pipe are held at a fixed position, wherein at least part of the mandrel (2) has a greater external diameter than the internal diameter of the inner pipe. When the pipes are subjected to a process of cold expansion, a “lined pipe” is obtained, which is characterized by mechanical bonding between the pipes. When the pipes are subjected to a process of hot expansion, a “clad pipe” is obtained, which is characterized by metallurgical bonding between the pipes.
US10300514B2
Rolling station intended to couple with a respective rolling cartridge or stand provided with two rolling cylinders, wherein the rolling station has a supporting frame of the transmissions suitable for housing a pair of transmission devices of which a first transmission device is intended to couple with a first rolling cylinder and a second transmission device is intended to couple with a second rolling cylinder, the first rolling cylinder being put in rotation by a first motor via the first transmission device and the second rolling cylinder being put in rotation by a second motor via the second transmission device.
US10300505B2
A jetting device and/or fluid module include a module body defining a passageway extending through the module body and also partially defining a fluid chamber, a nozzle supported by the module body, a valve element at least partially within the fluid chamber, a biasing element contacting the valve element and also contacting the module body, and a sealing member contacting the periphery of the valve element and configured to partially define the fluid chamber. The nozzle defines a fluid outlet that is in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. The valve element has an upper portion outside of the fluid chamber that is adapted for contact with the drive pin, and the biasing element is configured to apply a spring force to the valve element. The valve element is configured to cause a droplet of the fluid to be jetted from the fluid outlet when the valve element is moved in the direction toward the nozzle.
US10300501B2
A polymer activation assembly is provided for separating monomer from the oil in which it is suspended in a polymer forming suspension and mixing the monomer with water supplied from another stream. The supply water is supplied through a primary fluid channel extending through the activation assembly and which transitions to a relatively wide rectangular activation channel. A secondary fluid inlet is formed in a side of the activation assembly for injection of the polymer forming suspension therein. A nozzle section of the secondary fluid inlet is formed between an initial section of the inlet and the activation channel. The nozzle section is generally rectangular in cross section and relatively shallow. The distal end of the nozzle section has a width that approximates the width of the activation channel. The nozzle section angles at an acute angle toward the outlet.
US10300491B2
An improved hammer mill hammer constructed by forming a groove in an edge of the grinding end of a hammer for receiving hard facing material and placing hard facing in the groove.
US10300487B2
A holder for a pipette having a bulb is disclosed. In use, the bulb of the pipette is inserted into the holder and the user can hold the holder rather than the bulb to use the pipette. In this way, the holder enables the pipette to be held without any application of force from the user directly on the bulb. This enables the user to accurately draw a desired amount of liquid into the pipette. The holder comprises an aperture through which the bulb is accessible. The user can dispense liquid from the pipette by actuating the bulb through the aperture.
US10300467B2
A method to make a phosphorus modified zeolite can include providing a zeolite including at least one ten member ring in the structure, steaming the zeolite, mixing the zeolite with one or more binders and shaping additives, and then shaping the mixture. The method can include making a ion-exchange. The shaped mixture can be steamed. Phosphorous can be introduced on the catalyst to introduce at least 0.1 wt % of phosphorus, such as be dry impregnation or chemical vapor deposition. A metal, such as calcium, can be introduced. The catalyst can be washed, calcinated, and then steamed. The steaming severity (X) can be at least about 2. The catalyst can be steamed at a temperature above 625° C., such as a temperature ranging from 700 to 800° C. The catalyst can be used in alcohol dehydration, olefin cracking, MTO processes, and alkylation of aromatics by alcohols with olefins and/or alcohols.
US10300464B2
Disclosed is a method for producing, among others, alkenes and/or saturated or unsaturated oxygenates and, which include at least one of an aldehyde and an acid, comprising subjecting the corresponding C3 to C5 aliphatic alcohols that are derivable from biomass, to a vapor phase process over the catalytic system in the presence of a gas mixture of oxygen, air or nitrogen and/or other suitable diluting gas. The catalyst system comprises multi-catalytic zones, in each of which the composition of the co-feed and other reaction parameter can be independently controlled.
US10300459B2
A process includes reacting a feed stream containing ethanol and optionally acetaldehyde in a dehydration reactor in the presence of a dehydration catalyst system having a Group 4 or Group 5 metal oxide and a support. The process includes obtaining a product stream containing butadiene from the dehydration reactor. Another process includes reacting a feed stream containing ethanol and optionally acetaldehyde in a dehydration reactor in the presence of a dehydration catalyst system containing a tungsten oxide supported on a zeolite or a tantalum oxide supported on a zeolite. The process includes obtaining a product stream containing butadiene from the dehydration reactor.
US10300455B2
The present invention relates to a zeolite material in the form of FAU zeolite nanocrystal aggregates, to the method for preparing said material, to the zeolite agglomerates prepared from said material with a binder, and to the uses of said material and agglomerate as adsorbents for gas-phase or liquid-phase separation operations, and particularly in methods for separating gas or liquid flows.
US10300454B2
A system includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an ultraviolet light source and a microwave source. The first chamber includes an inlet. The second chamber is adjacent the first chamber and includes an outlet and a waveguide. The ultraviolet light source resides within the waveguide of the second chamber. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10300444B2
The hollow reactor housing contains a catalytic plate positioned within the reactor housing. The plate is constructed of alloys of at least two of Grafen®, other carbon alloys, steel, platinum, and titanium. Lids tightly close both ends of the housing. The plate has at least two electrodes attached thereto that protrude through one of the lids. The housing includes deionized water. An electronic high-power pulse generator is connected to the two electrodes feeding pulses in the frequency region of nanometer to the catalytic plate.
US10300443B2
The process comprises delivering a spray solution comprising an active agent and a matrix material in an organic solvent to a spray-drying apparatus, atomizing the spray solution into droplets within the spray-drying apparatus to remove at least a portion of the organic solvent from the droplets to form a plurality of particles, and collecting the particles. The spray solution may be formed by forming a feed suspension comprising the active agent, the matrix material, and the organic solvent, wherein the feed suspension is at a temperature T1, and directing the feed suspension to a heat exchanger, thereby increasing the temperature of the feed suspension to a temperature T2, wherein T2 is greater than T1, and the spray solution is at a pressure greater than the vapor pressure of the organic solvent at T2, such that the active agent and matrix material are soluble in the organic solvent at T2.
US10300440B2
A beverage container may comprise a beverage container lid assembly comprising at least one concentrate well to hold a concentrate vessel, a concentrate vessel retainer for each concentrate well to secure the concentrate vessel in the concentrate well, a feed line for each concentrate well comprising a feed line needle to puncture the concentrate vessel in the at least one concentrate well, a Venturi mixer in fluid communication with each feed line, a mixing valve in fluid communication with each feed line, wherein fluid flows from the concentrate vessel to the Venturi mixer when the mixing valve is open and the concentrate vessel is punctured by the feed line needle. Methods of using the beverage container and beverage container lid assembly are also described.
US10300439B2
A method for controlling the saturation level of gas in a liquid discharge includes obtaining temperature and pressure measurements of a solvent in a mixing vessel and obtaining a pressure measurement of a source feedstock in a feedstock tank, correlating the temperature and pressure measurements of the solvent to baseline data to generate a theoretical uptake rate for the source feedstock into the solvent and a theoretical flow rate of the source feedstock into the mixing vessel, and determining a required opening setting for a feedstock valve in the feedstock input line in order to achieve a desired liquid displacement in the mixing vessel. The method includes determining an uptake duration and achieving an uptake displacement equivalent to the reverse of the desired liquid displacement. The method includes generating a valve operating control law for how the feedstock valve should function in a cycle.
US10300433B2
The present invention relates to a vacuum pumping and abatement system for evacuating processing gas from a process chamber and removing noxious substances from the processing gas. The present invention also relates to a method of purging a vacuum pumping arrangement. The present invention seeks to reduce the cost of ownership and operation and carbon footprint of such systems, by providing a vacuum pumping and abatement system for evacuating processing gas from a process chamber and removing noxious substances from the processing gas, comprising a vacuum pumping arrangement for evacuating processing gas from a process chamber; a source of compressed air for purging the vacuum pumping arrangement during evacuation; and a burner for receiving processing gas and compressed air from the vacuum pumping arrangement and removing noxious substances therefrom by burning the processing gas in oxygen wherein at least some of the oxygen that supports combustion is derived from the compressed air.
US10300429B2
A method for decontaminating a contaminated fluid stream, comprising receiving the contaminated fluid stream, distributing the contaminated fluid stream substantially equally across a plurality of separation units sharing a unitary pressure boundary, receiving a solvent stream, and co-currently contacting the contaminated fluid stream with the solvent stream in the plurality of separation units.
US10300420B2
A method of filtering air using a composite filter substrate having a mixture of fiber shapes and sizes layer is disclosed. The method provides improved particle cleaning efficiency.
US10300416B2
A liquid mist separation device for separating liquid from a gas flow may include a nozzle plate including at least one nozzle which is open at least in part and at least one baffle plate. The device may also include at least one valve element which, together with the nozzle plate, forms at least one variable nozzle. The at least one variable nozzle may be arranged fluidically parallel to the at least one nozzle. The nozzle plate and the at least one valve element may be arranged axially displaceable relative to each other. The nozzle plate and the at least one baffle plate may be disposed at a fixed distance with respect to one another. Opposite the at least one nozzle and the at least one variable nozzle a baffle plate may be arranged, which deflects the gas flow emerging from the respective nozzle and on which liquid droplets precipitate.
US10300409B2
Initial liquid containing fine bubbles is produced by mixing water and air (step S11). Fine bubbles have diameters of less than 1 μm. The density of bubbles in the initial liquid is measured (step S13), and when the measured density is less than a target density (step S14), the initial liquid is heated and reduced in pressure so that the liquid is vaporized (step S15). As a volume of the liquid decreases, the density of fine bubbles increases, and high-density fine bubble-containing liquid is easily obtained. Alternatively, by increasing the density of fine bubbles in the initial liquid with using a filter that does not pass all fine bubbles, high-density fine bubble-containing liquid is easily acquired (step S15). When the density of bubbles in the initial liquid is greater than the target density, the initial liquid is diluted (step S16).
US10300401B2
Separation of chlorosilane mixtures containing boron, arsenic, and/or phosphorus impurities is facilitated by a distillative separation using at least one divided column, with recycle streams to a first column being passed through an external absorbent for the impurities.
US10300400B2
The present invention relates to a wet evaporation-based cold concentration system, which is mainly applied to the technical field of air conditioners, and particularly applied to the technical field of heat-source tower heat-pump air conditioners. By utilizing a wet evaporation theory, a low-temperature low-concentration anti-freezing solution is enabled to contact low-temperature air in a wet evaporator to perform the heat and mass transfer, and water in the anti-freezing solution is vaporized at a low temperature into the air, thereby obtaining the high-concentration anti-freezing solution. By reasonably utilizing the concentration pool and the storage pool, the low-concentration anti-freezing solution is separated from the high-concentration anti-freezing solution, thereby achieving a purpose of simultaneously concentrating and storing the anti-freezing solution
US10300388B2
The present invention provides systems for and methods of playing a video game that includes providing a game character having a virtual appearance characteristic, receiving an input signal indicative of a user exercise performance level, and altering the virtual appearance characteristic in response to receiving the input signal. Numerous other aspects are disclosed.
US10300386B1
Techniques for wait time based scaling of content item instances are described herein. In some examples, a customer of a computing service provider may select a wait time threshold for joining one or more of the customer's content items that are hosted by the computing service provider. When a joining user logs-in and requests to join a content item, a calculation may be made regarding an estimated wait time for the user to join one or more existing content item instances. The estimated wait time may then be compared to the wait time threshold. A determination may then be made regarding whether or not to launch a new content item instance in response to the user's join request. In some examples, this determination may be based, at least in part, on the comparison of the estimated wait time to the wait time threshold.
US10300380B2
A video server is configured to provide streaming video to players of computer games over a computing network. The video server can provided video of different games to different players simultaneously. This is accomplished by rendering several video streams in parallel using a single GPU and shared memory. The output of the GPU is provided to graphics processing pipelines that are each associated with a specific client/player and are dynamically allocated as needed. A client qualifier may be used to assure that only clients capable of presenting the streaming video to a player at a minimum level of quality receive the video stream.
US10300377B2
A method of providing virtual items based on location-based action is disclosed. An indication is received of a performance of a location-based action by a player of a computer-implemented game. A virtual item is provided based on the receiving of the indication of the performance of the location-based action by the player of the computer-implemented game. The virtual item may be usable within the computer-implemented game.
US10300372B2
Embodiments provide techniques for automating control of electronic device. A first interactive game playing within the physical environment using one or more electronic devices is detected. Embodiments collect electromyogram data from one or more electromyography sensors within the physical environment and analyze the electromyogram data collected to determine muscle activations made by the user. Upon determining that the determined muscle activations made by the user match a predefined pattern of electromyography data, embodiments determine a gameplay action corresponding to the predefined pattern of electromyography data and transmit an instruction, to at least one of the one or more electronic devices within the physical environment, instructing the electronic device to perform the determined gameplay action.
US10300369B2
A gaming headset receives a plurality of audio channels during play of a particular game. The audio channels comprises game audio channels that convey audio for the game, and a chat audio channel that conveys chat audio. The gaming headset includes an integrated analog voiceband modem that modulates data for communication over the chat audio channel, and transmits the modulated data on the chat audio channel that conveys the chat audio. The modulated data may be communicated, via the chat audio channel, to one or more devices associated with one or more other gamers that are engaged in the play of the particular game. The modulated data includes one or more dual tone multi-frequency tones. The gaming headset may also receive data, via the chat audio channel, from one or more devices associated with one or more other gamers that are engaged in the play of the particular game.
US10300367B1
A game set for a randomizable table game includes a game board and a plurality of game pieces. The game board holds a number of magnetic tiles, each said tile containing a predetermined number of coin magnets with the coin magnets serving as play spaces on the game board. The game pieces each include a transparent hollow body that has opposite generally flat faces and can be set onto a selected magnet or space on the game board. A coin magnet in the transparent hollow body can invert or be held in its original position depending on whether the polarities of the playing piece and tile magnets match. Players may attempt to achieve a row of three game pieces with indicia on the magnets being all X or all O.
US10300364B2
A method of driving a manned vehicle includes following steps of: acquiring correspondingly initial weight values of a plurality of weight sensors, each weight sensor is corresponding to a direction; acquiring correspondingly weight measurement values by the weight sensors; calculating correspondingly a weight ratio of each weight sensor according to the initial weight value and the weight measurement value of each weight sensor; producing a control command according to the direction corresponding to the weight sensor when the weight ratio of any one of the weight sensors is greater than a first threshold value; and driving the manned vehicle to move according to the control command. Accordingly, it is to effectively reduce the size and weight of the manned vehicle and reduce the difficulty of controlling the manned vehicle by intuitively controlling moving directions of the manned vehicle according to variations of the center of gravity of a user.
US10300361B2
A method for ball game training, the method comprising steps executed by at least one computer, the steps comprising: receiving image data of a player and a ball, the image data being captured using at least two cameras, using the received image data, tracking motion of the player and motion of the ball in three dimensions, based on the tracked motions, predicting a position of the player and a trajectory of the ball, and based on the predicted position and trajectory, generating a control command for at least one ball throwing machine.
US10300359B1
Provided is an adjustable putter grip. The adjustable putter grip includes a first grip member coupled adjacent a first end of a putter shaft. A putter head is coupled to a second end of the putter shaft. The adjustable putter grip also includes a second grip member coupled to the putter shaft between the first grip member and the second end of the putter shaft. The first grip member and the second grip member are rotatable with respect to each other to adjust grip position, the second grip member is rotatable with respect to the first grip member to adjust grip position, or the first grip member is rotatable with respect to the second grip member to adjust grip position. A method of forming a custom grip or custom fitting of a golfer is also disclosed.
US10300356B2
Described are embodiments of golf club heads having an internal cavity and features that cause the golf club head to have an improved acoustic performance when striking a golf ball. Some embodiments include one or more weight tracks and/or weight ports formed in the sole for receiving adjustable weights. The golf club heads can include one or more internal ribs, thickened wall regions, and/or posts positioned within the cavity that increase the rigidity of the club head and improve the acoustic performance of the club head when striking a ball.
US10300351B2
Aspects of the invention are directed to golf club having a crown a sole and a face and a primary alignment feature including a paint or masking line which delineates the transition between at least a first portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with the shade or color of the face. In some embodiments the golf club has a primary alignment feature comprising a paint or masking line which delineates the transition between at least a first portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color and the area of shade or color of the face and the club head also includes a secondary alignment feature including a paint or masking line which delineates the transition between the first portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with the shade or color of the face; and a second portion of the crown having an area of contrasting shade or color with the shade or color of the first portion.
US10300348B2
Various embodiments of a golf putter having a putter head attached to an elongated shaft with the putter head defining a retention cavity configured to engage and retain a golf ball therein are disclosed. The retention cavity is formed along the back region of the putter head and is configured to have a diameter that is slightly less than the diameter of a regulation sized golf ball such that the golf ball is retained therein when urged into the confines of the retention cavity by the putter head. The putter head further includes an alignment aid that cooperates with the retention cavity to assist in aligning the golf putter during a putting stroke.
US10300345B2
Multi-layered golf balls having a core made of a foamed composition, preferably polyurethane foam, are provided. The ball includes a dual-layered core having a foam inner core (center) and surrounding outer core layer. The outer core layer may be made from a non-foamed thermoset material such as polybutadiene rubber. The ball further includes an inner cover, preferably made from an ionomer composition comprising an O/X-type acid copolymer, wherein O is α-olefin, and X is a C3-C8 α,β-ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid. The outer cover may be made from a non-foamed thermoset or thermoplastic material such as polyurethane. Preferably, the specific gravity of the inner cover is greater than the specific gravity of the outer core, which is greater than the specific gravity of the inner core. The finished ball has good distance and low-spin properties.
US10300339B2
A compressible core with an RFID tag is described. The compressible core comprises an RFID integrated circuit, and an inlay material sandwiched between a top hemisphere and a bottom hemisphere. The RFID integrated circuit includes a memory that stores a unique identifier. The inlay material includes an RFID antenna electrically coupled to the RFID integrated circuit. The top hemisphere of the compressible core is separated from the bottom hemisphere of the compressible core. The inlay with the RFID antenna and the RFID integrated circuit placed between the top and bottom hemispheres. The top hemisphere, the inlay and the bottom hemisphere are joined together forming a compressible core. Additionally, the molded shell encapsulates the compressible core.
US10300335B2
Articles of clothing or pieces of athletic equipment include modules, e.g., for sensing physical and/or physiological characteristics associated with use of the clothing or athletic equipment or for performing other functions. Such systems and methods may use physical or other interaction(s) between the module and the article of clothing or piece of athletic equipment for activating and/or deactivating the module and/or sensing devices included with the module, for confirming whether the module and clothing or piece of athletic equipment are authorized for use with one another, and/or for automatic data algorithm selection methods. Additionally, such systems and methods also may use the activation and/or authentication systems for data input to the module. Some examples of such systems and methods may utilize magnets and magnetic sensing systems and/or light (or other radiation) sources and sensing systems for activation, authentication, data input, and/or algorithm selection.
US10300324B1
A weighted suit includes a sleeveless suit being composed of a neoprene material and to fit around a torso area of a user, the sleeveless suit having two leg compartments to extend to above a knee of the user; a first pair of weights integrated into a chest portion of the sleeveless suit, each of the first pair of weights having a rubber pouch forming an interior cavity; and a pre-determined amount of iron sand permanently secured within the interior cavity of the rubber pouch, the pre-determined amount of iron sand providing weight; the rubber pouch flexes with movement of the user; a second pair of weights integrated into an upper back portion of the sleeveless suit; a third pair of weights integrated into thigh regions of the two leg compartments; each of the third pair of weights is positioned to wrap from a front of the user's leg to a back of the user's leg; and each weight of the first, second, and third pair of weights is permanently sewn into the sleeveless suit to be completely enclosed by the neoprene material, thereby being permanently incorporated into the sleeveless suit.
US10300323B2
A tire exercise system has a tire having an interior portion covered with an inner tire cover. At least four shoulder strap attachment points are attached to the tire and configured to secure a right and left shoulder strap. At least two handles are attached to the tire and configured to accommodate human hands. At least two anchors are attached to the tire and configured to accommodate a rope system. A waist harness includes a waist belt. An anchor is attached to the waist belt. A rope system is attached to the tire and the waist harness. The rope system includes a first carabineer attached to a bungee cord, which can then be attached to the tire. A ring is attached to the bungee cord. A rope is attached to the ring. A second carabineer is attached to the rope, which can then be attached to the waist harness.
US10300317B2
The invention includes components and methodology for fixed and semi-fixed systems for extinguishing fire in large industrial flammable liquid storage tanks, including aerated foam projecting nozzles discharging substantially focused streams together with aeration chambers and risers and the formation of wand heads and wands. Specifically, the invention includes a nozzle having a tip portion, the tip portion having a stream shaper, and the stream shaper having at least four fins with a longitudinal dimension in the tip portion greater than a radial dimension in the tip portion.
US10300308B2
A method for delivering ultrasound can include positioning at least a focal zone of a transducer of an ultrasound probe proximate to targeted tissue of a patient. The method can include supplying power to the transducer to deliver ultrasound energy from the transducer to a first portion of the targeted tissue for a predetermined amount of time to create a first focal lesion in the targeted tissue. The method can include at least temporarily ceasing power to the transducer so as to at least temporarily cease delivery of ultrasound energy from the transducer to the targeted tissue. The method can include supplying power to the transducer to deliver ultrasound energy from the transducer to the targeted tissue at least substantially continuously and along a predefined treatment path.
US10300305B2
An adaptive therapy delivery system can receive imaging information including a volumetric image comprising a target such as a tumor or one or more other structures, and can receive imaging information corresponding to one or more imaging slices comprising different portions of the target, such as imaging slices acquired at different times after acquisition of the volumetric image. The system can spatially register information from an earlier-acquired image with a portion of the target included in a later-acquired one of the imaging slices. The system can then determine an updated location of the target indicated by the spatially-registered information. Using the updated location, the system can generate an updated therapy protocol to control delivery of a therapy beam.
US10300304B2
An assembly for preventing an overdose of a charged particle beam during therapy to a patient includes a pixelated detector apparatus and a controller. The controller includes, for each pixel: a current integrator circuit that converts the local measured current into a total local detected charge integrated from a start time, the integrator circuit outputting an integrator voltage that corresponds to the total local detected charge; and a discriminator circuit that compares the integrator voltage with a reference voltage, the reference voltage corresponding to a maximum acceptable dose for the patient. A logic circuit generates an overdose fault signal if, at any of the pixels, the integrator voltage is higher than the reference voltage.
US10300303B2
An image-guided therapy delivery system includes a therapy generator configured to generate a therapy beam directed to a time-varying therapy locus within a therapy recipient, an imaging input configured to receive imaging information about a time-varying target locus within the therapy recipient, and a therapy controller. The therapy generator includes a therapy output configured to direct the therapy beam according to a therapy protocol. The therapy controller is configured to automatically generate a predicted target locus using information indicative of an earlier target locus extracted from the imaging information, a cyclic motion model, and a specified latency, and automatically generate an updated therapy protocol to align the time-varying therapy locus with the predicted target locus.
US10300298B2
Phototherapy systems comprising a therapeutic lamp platform for radiant lamps such as LEDs disposed in an assembly including a reflective surface facing towards a patient and a plurality of light apertures substantially aligned with the LEDs for communicating lamp radiation from the lamps to a user. The lamps and associated circuitry are disposed so that the reflective surface is relatively smooth and seamless towards the patient. The walls have a malleable rigidity for flexible adjustability relative to the user, and the device is mounted to the user with a frame.
US10300295B2
A liquid light conducting device used in intervention, comprising a catheter, wherein the inside of the catheter is a cavity, one end of the catheter is provided with a tail sheath, and the other end of the catheter is provided with a liquid-laser coupler which can inject a liquid medium and conduct laser; the tail sheath is provided with an outlet; an inner wall of the catheter is plated with a metal reflecting layer, the liquid medium can be transmitted in the catheter, and laser can be transmitted in the liquid which is coated by the metal reflecting layer and emitted via the tail sheath.
US10300286B2
A tool has an outer assembly, which includes a deployment tube, extending around, and moveable with respect to an inner assembly of the tool; the inner assembly includes a single pull wire and a distal member configured to engage an end of an implantable medical device. The deployment tube includes an articulating segment located just proximal to an enlarged distal-most portion, which contains the device and the distal member. Relatively soft and stiff sections of a composite sidewall define the articulating segment and extend alongside one another, such that, when the pull wire is actuated, the composite sidewall causes bending of the segment in two directions. A handle assembly of the tool includes a control member for the pull wire, and may further include a flushing subassembly that has a connector port located at an end of the handle assembly that is opposite a proximal port of the handle.
US10300284B2
Systems and methods are provided for delivering neurostimulation therapies to patients for treating chronic heart failure. A neural fulcrum zone is identified and ongoing neurostimulation therapy is delivered within the neural fulcrum zone. This neural fulcrum zone corresponds to a combination of stimulation parameters at which autonomic engagement is achieved, while the tachycardia-inducing stimulation effects are offset by the bradycardia-inducing effects, thereby minimizing side effects such as significant heart rate changes while providing a therapeutic level of stimulation.
US10300281B2
This document provides methods and materials for modulating afferent nerve signals to treat medical conditions such as CHF, CHF respiration, dyspnea, peripheral vascular disease (e.g., peripheral arterial disease or venous insufficiency), hypertension (e.g., age-associated hypertension, resistant hypertension, or chronic refractory hypertension), COPD, sleep apnea, and chronic forms of lung disease where muscle dysfunction is a part of the disease pathophysiology. For example, methods and materials involved in using electrical and/or chemical techniques to block or reduce afferent nerve signals (e.g., nerve signals of group III and/or IV afferents coming from skeletal muscle and/or the kidneys) are provided.
US10300275B2
Apparatus and methods for installing a magnet into a cochlear implant.
US10300257B2
A dilation assembly includes a shaft and a dilator coupled with the distal end of the shaft. The dilator includes a proximal end, a distal end, and a center portion positioned between the proximal end and the distal end. The center portion dilates from a first configuration to a second configuration. The center portion has a larger diameter than the proximal end and the distal end when the center portion is in the second configuration. At least one gripping feature is positioned on at least a portion of the exterior surface of the center portion. The gripping feature provides friction between the center portion and a bodily lumen when the center portion is in the second configuration.
US10300256B2
In some embodiments, a medical device for recanalizing a vessel having a blockage and restoring blood flow through an obstructed blood vessel includes an expandable member coupled to a core wire and a hypotube that are movable relative to each other to manipulate the expandable member between various configurations. The expandable member having a capture structure in an expanded configuration. The expandable member can include multiple interstices formed by woven mesh filaments or braided strands through which the material blocking the vessel can pass. The capture structure can include a shape on its external surface that facilitates dislodgement and capture of the material within capture spaces created by the expandable member. Some embodiments include a capture sack or cap for capturing material and preventing material from migrating down stream of the blockage. Superoxygenated blood can be infused distal to the blockage to minimize loss of function during an ischemic event.
US10300247B2
An apparatus includes a catheter, an introducer, and an actuator. A distal end portion of the introducer is configured to be coupled to a peripheral intravenous line. The introducer defines an inner volume having a first portion that defines an axis parallel to and offset from an axis defined by a second portion. A first portion of the actuator is movably disposed in the first portion of the inner volume. A second portion of the actuator is movably disposed in the second portion of the inner volume and coupled to the catheter movably disposed in the second portion of the inner volume. The actuator moves the catheter between a first position, in which the catheter is disposed within the introducer, and a second position, in which at least a portion of the catheter is disposed within the peripheral intravenous line.
US10300246B2
A method and system for placing a device enabled for endovascular navigation, specifically a PICC catheter, and more broadly any device which is manipulated in over the wire or monorail fashion. Variants of the system comprise a guidewire for navigating through a patient's vasculature, having an electromagnetic (EM) based tracking components at or near the a leading end of the guidewire; an EM positioning field generator configured on a reference gantry; a computer and display configured to output position information of the guidewire leading end; and a servomotor delivery system actuator, mechanically coupled to the guidewire and configured for controlling the position of the guidewire.
US10300245B2
The present application relates to applicators and methods for administering therapeutic agents to cancerous tissue. The applicators can be used to deliver radiation and additional therapeutic agents to cancerous tissue located in a subject.
US10300241B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling a temperature adjustment device using a sensing device are provided. The method includes setting a test temperature, transmitting a temperature adjustment instruction corresponding to the test temperature to a temperature adjustment device, calculating a sleep score based on bio information received from the sensor, when applying the test temperature, and determining a sleep optimal temperature based on the calculated sleep score.
US10300233B2
To solve the problem of providing a tracheostoma plaster that has a good sealing effect in the area of skin directly bordering a tracheostoma, a tracheostoma plaster (10) is proposed, having a proximal and a distal side (12, 14), having an adhesive strip (16) arranged on the distal side, having a receptacle (36) for a tracheostoma aid and having an annular bead (20), which is arranged on the proximal side of the plaster on a portion of the same, wherein the receptacle is surrounded by the annular bead.
US10300232B2
A ventilator device delivers ventilatory support to a patient in a back up timed mode when patient respiration is not detected or a spontaneous mode when patient respiration is detected. The timing threshold governing the back-up mode is chosen to deviate from normal expected respiration time for the patient to promote patient initiated ventilation in the spontaneous mode but permit back-up ventilation in the event of apnea. Automated adjustments to the timing threshold during the timed mode are made from the less vigilant timing threshold to a more vigilant threshold at or near a timing of normal expected breathing of the patient. Such adjustments may be made from a minimum to a maximum vigilance timing settings or incrementally there between as a function of time in the timed mode which is preferably the number of delivered machine breaths.
US10300223B2
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, and systems useful for detecting leaks in pleural tissue. Also disclosed are methods of detecting and sealing such leaks. Indicator dye or stain is aerosolized and delivered to the lung via anesthetic equipment, oxygen tube, endoscope, or other suitable equipment, the dye is allowed to travel through the lung along the path or paths of least resistance emerging at the surface of the lung, staining the tissue indicative of a leak. Some embodiments include introducing one part of a two part sealant with the dye, and applying the second part of the sealant to the stain identified leak locations.
US10300206B2
A dose setting mechanism for a medicament delivery device is presented having a tubular member, a dose drum, coaxial with the tubular member, and being axially and rotationally movable relative to the tubular member, a stop member, coaxial with the tubular member, and axially movable but rotationally locked relative to the tubular member, and further being axially jointly movable with the dose drum, wherein the stop member has a first stop element and in that the dose drum has a second stop element, and wherein the first stop element and the second stop element are configured to interact with each other to limit rotation of the dose drum to a predetermined angular interval.
US10300200B2
A automatic injection device including a housing, a firing mechanism, a near-field communication (NFC) assembly, a syringe, and a plunger. The firing mechanism is disposed within the second end of the housing and includes an activation button moveable relative to the firing body between an initial position and an actuated position. The activation button is configured to deploy the plunger when actuated. The firing mechanism includes a piercing element extending from at least the firing body or the activation button. The NFC assembly includes a film disposed proximate the piercing element and configured to be pierced by the piercing element upon actuation of the activation button. The NFC circuit is configured to indicate a film status including at least an unpierced film status before the film is pierced and a pierced film status after the film is pierced. A method of using the automatic injection device is also disclosed.
US10300196B2
A fluid medicament delivery device includes a patient attachment unit and a separate indicator unit. The patient attachment unit includes a housing and a fluid channel located therein, wherein at least a portion of the fluid channel includes a flexible member substantially coterminous with the housing. The separate indicator unit is adapted to be detachably coupled to the housing of the patient attachment unit and includes a first sensing element for contacting the flexible member when the indicator unit is coupled to the housing to sense a flexure of the flexible member.
US10300188B2
An Autologous fibrin is prepared extemporaneously from either a full blood sample or a prepared sample of poor platelet plasma wherein the latter is subjected to a dedicated treatment and combined isolation process performed by a removable single-use device wherein blood or plasma components are separated and subsequently treated individually to be eventually combined by the user outside the system. The system includes a platform and a removable single-use device both being designed to cooperate mechanically.
US10300173B2
The invention relates to compounds, compositions and methods for biofilm disruption and prevention. In particular, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for the disruption of biofilm and prevention of biofilm in patients. The invention also relates to anti-biofouling compositions for the disruption of biofilm and prevention of biofilm on surfaces. The invention also relates to the removal of biological material from surfaces. The compositions of the invention include microbial deoxyribonucleases.
US10300160B2
A plasma liquid generating device includes a tube, a plasma generating module, a flow limiting unit, and a position limiting member. The tube has at least an air inlet and a flow channel outlet. The plasma generating module is disposed adjacent to the air inlet and configured to generate plasma. The flow limiting unit is detachably disposed in the tube, and a distance between the flow limiting unit and the flow channel outlet is greater than a distance between the air inlet and the flow channel outlet. The position limiting member is detachably disposed at the flow channel outlet to limit the position of the flow limiting unit.
US10300159B2
A method for deactivating preferably odor-relevant molecules that is distinguished by the following steps is proposed: generating a plasma; deactivating preferably odor-relevant molecules by the effect of hot electrons of the plasma on the molecules to be deactivated.
US10300155B2
The present invention generally relates to various compounds that are useful as α-synuclein ligands. The invention further relates to methods of using these compounds and their radiolabeled analogs for the detection of synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's disease (PD).
US10300149B2
Compositions and methods for enhancing delivery of molecules, e.g. biological agents, into cells are described. The composition is a conjugate of the biological agent, preferably a nucleic acid analog having a substantially uncharged backbone, covalently linked to a peptide transporter moiety as described. Conjugation of the peptide transporter to a substantially uncharged nucleic acid analog, such as a morpholino oligomer, is also shown to enhance binding of the oligomer to its target sequence and enhance antisense activity.
US10300146B2
The invention in some aspects relates to isolated nucleic acids, compositions, and kits useful for identifying adeno-associated viruses in cells. In some aspects, the invention provides kits and methods for producing somatic transgenic animal models using recombinant AAV (rAAV) to an animal having at least one transgene that expresses a small interfering nucleic acid or at least one binding site for a miRNA.
US10300140B2
Embodiments concern constructs comprising surrogate light chain sequences. In particular, embodiments concern constructs that can bind to ErbB3 and aspects relating to such constructs.
US10300136B2
Emulsion-based and micromolded (“MM”) or three dimensional printed (“3DP”) polymeric formulations for single injection of antigen, preferably releasing at two or more time periods, have been developed. Formulations are preferably formed of biocompatible, biodegradable polymers. Discrete regions encapsulating antigen, alone or in combination with other antigens, adjuvants, stabilizers, and release modifiers, are present in the formulations. Antigen is preferably present in excipient at the time of administration, or on the surface of the formulation, for immediate release, and incorporated within the formulation for release at ten to 45 days after initial release of antigen, optionally at ten to 90 day intervals for release of antigen in one or more additional time periods. Antigen may be stabilized through the use of stabilizing agents such as trehalose glass. In a preferred embodiment for immunization against polio, antigen is released at the time of administration, and two, four and six months thereafter.
US10300133B2
The invention relates to novel compositions and methods for diagnosing or treating food allergies. The invention particularly discloses new approaches for delivering food allergens to allergic patients by oral administration of formulations which dissolve and release proteins in the stomach. The invention allows the treatment of food allergies by delivering food allergens to the gut immune system with controlled exposure of the esophagus or oral cavity. The invention also allows to perform food challenges to assess the threshold of clinical reactivity without exposing the esophagus and oral cavity. The invention may be used in any subject, particularly human subjects, and is applicable to any food allergen.
US10300122B2
The present invention relates to Neisseria ORF2086 proteins, crossreactive immunogenic proteins which can be isolated from nesserial strains or prepared recombinantly, including immunogenic portions thereof, biological equivalents thereof, antibodies that immunospecifically bind to the foregoing and nucleic acid sequences encoding each of the foregoing, as well as the use of same in immunogenic compositions that are effective against infection by Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B.
US10300116B2
The present disclosure provides novel compositions and methods for treating infection by a viral pathogen, e.g., a BK or JC polyomavirus, using agents having sialidase activity. In particular, the present disclosure provides methods that entail administering agents having an anchoring domain that anchors the compound to the surface of a target cell, and a sialidase domain that can act extracellularly to inhibit infection of a target cell by a pathogen.
US10300114B2
The present invention relates to sustained release drug delivery systems, medical devices incorporating said systems, and methods of use and manufacture thereof. The inventive systems feature bioerodible drug delivery devices that include biocompatible solid and biocompatible fluid compositions to achieve desired sustained release drug delivery.
US10300113B2
Targeted therapeutics that localize to a specific subcellular compartment such as the lysosome are provided. The targeted therapeutics include a therapeutic agent and a targeting moiety that binds a receptor on an exterior surface of the cell, permitting proper subcellular localization of the targeted therapeutic upon internalization of the receptor. Nucleic acids, cells, and methods relating to the practice of the invention are also provided.
US10300109B2
Disclosed are peptidomimetic macrocycles comprising a helix, such as an alpha helix, and methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of disease such as cancer. In other aspects, the peptidomimetic macrocycle comprises an α,α-disubstituted amino acid, or may comprise a crosslinker linking the α-positions of at least two amino acids or at least one of said two amino acids may be an α,α-disubstituted amino acid. Further included is the targeting of components of the Wnt signaling pathway such as the Tcf4-/3-catenin complex.
US10300108B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide methods and compositions for protection of subjects from acute kidney injury by treating the subject with compounds that modulate the cell cycle. Modulating the cell cycle can comprise inducing G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, and/or inducing cell cycle progression. As demonstrated below, even a single administration of a compound which induces G0/G1 cell cycle arrest can protect subjects from AKI, and may be used prophylactically in advance of, or as a treatment following, various treatments or conditions that are known to be injurious to the kidney, followed optionally by release of the arrest. Once AKI is established, cell cycle progression can be induced to increase replacement of lost and damaged cells.
US10300106B2
An autophagy-inducing compound comprises an autophagy-inducing peptide comprising Beclin 1 peptides immediately N- and C-terminally flanked by moieties R1 and R2, respectively, wherein up to six of said peptide residues may be substituted, R1 and R2 do not naturally flank the Beclin 1 residues, and F270 and F274 are optionally substituted and optionally linked. The compounds may be used to induce autophagy.
US10300105B2
The present invention relates to particulate forms of anamorelin monohydrochloride or a composition comprising anamorelin monohydrochloride having controlled chloride content, preferably isolated in an amorphous and/or fine particulate state, processes for making the particulate forms, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the particulate forms.
US10300100B1
The extract of Vicia faba beans is prepared by soaking beans in distilled water overnight and then boiling in a water bath to reduce the volume of aqueous extract, which is then homogenized and filtered. The filtrate is concentrated to a smaller volume, lyophilized, and powdered. The lyophilized powder is extracted with hexane to remove oils and lipids. The oil-free lyophilized powder is dissolved in ethanol solvent and extracted for eight hours under reflux, and filtered. The volume of ethanol is reduced by a rotary evaporator, and a first off-white precipitate (sample A-1) is collected, washed with ethanol, and dried at 80° C. Mass spectrometry shows a molecular weight of 200.16447 g mol−1, and an empirical formula of C9H16N2O3 is assigned. Intraperitoneal injection of mice with 50 mg/kg of A-1 twenty minutes prior to injection with strychnine protected the mice from strychnine-induced convulsions to the same extent as phenobarbitone (phenobarbital).
US10300099B2
A pharmaceutical composition or dietary supplement is described that is effective in the treatment and prevention of urinary tract infections, comprising a combination of D-mannose, proanthocyanidins, hydroquinone derivatives and zinc.
US10300098B2
A Chinese medicine composition for treating leukemia bone marrow transplant failure complicated by brain stem stroke after chemotherapy, wherein the composition is prepared by the following steps: (A) providing a mixture; (B) mixing the mixture with water and heating the mixture to obtain a crude extract; and (C) filtering the crude extract to remove a residue and obtain a liquid extract; wherein the mixture comprises Fructus corni, Rehmannia glutinosa, Rhizoma dioscoreae, Angelica sinensis, Cortex eucommiae, Semen cuscutae, Fructus lycii, Cinnamomum cassia, Radix aconiti lateralis preparata, Rhizoma zingiberis, Poria, Cortex phellodendri, Radix achyranthis bidentatae, and Atractylodes lancea.
US10300077B2
The present disclosure is directed to methods, compositions, and kits for treating dementia.
US10300072B2
The present invention relates to novel compounds having β2 adrenergic agonist and M3 muscarinic antagonist dual activity, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them, to the process for their preparation and to their use in respiratory therapies.
US10300052B2
The present disclosure provides compounds effective in increasing mucociliary clearance in a subject. In one embodiment, the compounds are of the general formula I. The present disclosure further shows that such compounds are effective in increasing activation of the CFTR, thereby increasing mucociliary clearance in the subject. The present disclosure further shows that such compounds are effective in increasing the depth of ASL, thereby increasing mucociliary clearance in the subject. In one embodiment of each of the foregoing, the subject is free from congenital or genetic defect in the cellular mucociliary clearance apparatus and/or acquired abnormality in the cellular mucociliary clearance apparatus.
US10300041B2
Aqueous suspensions for oral administration are disclosed that include simvastatin having a d90 of simvastatin particles of less than about 100 μm as the active agent. The aqueous suspension also includes simvastatin as about 20 mg to about 80 mg per 5 ml of the aqueous suspension, a suspending agent as about 20 mg to about 50 mg of the aqueous suspension, a wetting agent, an antimicrobial preservative, an antifoaming agent, water, and a buffering system providing the aqueous suspension with a pH of about 6.4 to about 7. Methods of making such a suspension and methods of treatments in orally administering the same are also disclosed.
US10300027B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating warts and other human papilloma virus (HPV) skin infections. The present invention relates to compositions and methods of treating skin cancer.
US10300019B2
This invention is directed to a biodegradable, semi-crystalline, phase separated thermoplastic multi-block copolymer, a process for preparing said multi-block copolymer, a composition for the delivery of at least one biological active compound, and to a method for delivering a biologically active compound to a subject in need thereof.A multi-block copolymer of the invention is characterized in that: a) it comprises at least one hydrolysable pre-polymer (A) segment and at least one hydrolysable pre-polymer (B) segment, b) said multi-block copolymer having a Tg of 37° C. or less and a Tm of 110-250° C. under physiological conditions; c) the segments are linked by a multifunctional chain-extender; d) the segments are randomly distributed over the polymer chain; e) at least part of the pre-polymer (A) segment is derived from a water-soluble polymer.
US10300008B2
The present invention relates to a water-based cosmetic wherein a hydrophobic powder is directly dispersed in the water phase of the water-based cosmetic, the water-based cosmetic having the excellent smoothness, water resistance and cosmetic durability characteristic of hydrophobic powders, while maintaining the refreshing sensation of use that is inherent in water-based cosmetics.The invented water-based cosmetic is characterized by comprising: (A) 0.1 to 5 mass % of a polyether-modified silicone having an HLB (Si) of 5 to 14; (B) one or more hydrophilic thickeners; (C) a polyol and/or an ethyl alcohol; and (D) one or more hydrophobic powders chosen from among metal oxides hydrophobically treated without using a metal soap, hydrophobic organic powders and silicone powders; wherein the (D) hydrophobic powder is dispersed in the water phase.
US10300001B2
Techniques for implementing organic materials in sunscreen applications are provided herein. A method includes selecting a combination of multiple organic materials to incorporate into a sunscreen composition, wherein said selecting is based on (i) a desired absorption spectrum of the sunscreen composition, (ii) the absorption spectrum of each of the multiple organic materials, and (iii) a particle size limitation for each of the multiple organic materials, and incorporating the selected combination of organic materials into the sunscreen composition to generate the desired absorption spectrum. A composition includes a combination of multiple organic materials incorporated into a sunscreen composition, wherein the combination of organic materials is selected based on (i) a desired absorption spectrum of the sunscreen composition, (ii) the absorption spectrum of each of the multiple organic materials, and (iii) a particle size limitation for each of the multiple organic materials.
US10299999B2
The invention relates to flavor compositions comprising a mixture of coolant compounds comprising menthol and a menthane carboxamide selected from N-(4-cyanomethylphenyl) p-menthanecarboxamide, 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-N-(2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide, or a mixture of N-(4-cyanomethylphenyl) p-menthanecarboxamide and 2-isopropyl-5-methyl-N-(2-(pyridin-4-yl)ethyl)cyclohexanecarboxamide, wherein the total amount of menthane carboxamide is about 0.1 to 10%.
US10299997B2
Particularly storage-stable and thixotropically stable prophylaxis paste for professional dental use
The invention relates to a particularly storage-stable and thixotropically stable dental prophylaxis paste for professional tooth cleaning which is very easy to use and thoroughly cleans and polishes the teeth of the patient and causes little abrasion of natural tooth substance. Such a dental prophylaxis paste may comprise: a.) a base component comprising water and humectant, b.) a cleaning body comprising a compound based on calcium phosphate in combination with pumice, c.) a buffer component, d.) a component for controlling the rheology, e.) an additive component selected from the group consisting of stabilizers, dyes, pigments and fluoridation agents, and, as wetting agent, f.) has exclusively one or more amphoteric surfactant(s), where the buffer component c.) is based on hydrogen phosphate and keeps the pH of the prophylaxis paste, measured in a 10% suspension (w/w) of the paste in water against a pH electrode, between 7 and 8.
US10299987B2
An exemplary method includes generating, by an electroacupuncture device implanted beneath a skin surface of a patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and applying, by the electroacupuncture device in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to a location within the patient. A primary battery located within the electroacupuncture device and having an internal impedance greater than 5 ohms is configured to provide operating power to pulse generation circuitry within the electroacupuncture device.
US10299986B2
An exemplary method treating a cardiovascular disease in a patient includes 1) generating, by an electroacupuncture device implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and 2) applying, by the electroacupuncture device in accordance with the duty cycle, the stimulation sessions to a median nerve of the patient by way of an electrode array located within the patient at an acupoint corresponding to the median nerve.
US10299984B2
A system includes a processor configured to generate stimulation control signals in response to a detection of a respiratory disorder. The system further includes at least one kinesthetic effector with a vibrating electromechanical transducer applied to a site on a patient's skin for delivering a kinesthetic stimulation energy determined by the control signals. The processor is further configured to determine the effectiveness of a stimulation by detecting a cessation of the respiratory disorder. The processor is further configured to extend the stimulation control signals for a determined duration following the cessation of the respiratory disorder.
US10299971B2
A lifesaving kit is disclosed. The kit includes a body that can be attached to a cellular phone. A compartment is disposed on the body and contains an article of medical paraphernalia. The compartment has a closed condition and an open condition. An electronics system is configured to provide instructions on how to utilize the medical paraphernalia. A method of using the lifesaving kit is also disclosed.
US10299969B2
A diaper includes a medical pad including a piece of substrate with a major surface and an electric circuit on the major surface, a sensor connected with the electric circuit for measuring the electrical resistance of the electric circuit, and a wireless data transceiver or a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag electrically connected with the sensor for receiving results of the measuring from the sensor for subsequent transmission. The system carries out real time self-calibration to adaptively monitor the condition of the medical pad even in the face of changing environment and changing material properties.
US10299965B1
A device for protecting against microbial infection includes a cover having a concave interior surface and a convex exterior surface. The device further includes an adhesive flange for affixing the cover to a patient's skin. A membrane extends across at least a portion of the interior surface of the cover for retaining an antimicrobial compound between the membrane and the interior surface of the cover. The membrane is permeable to the antimicrobial compound so that the antimicrobial compound is released through the membrane over time.
US10299962B1
An earmuffs system for noise reduction including an external microphone used in combination with active noise cancellation technology for the reduction of wind or other noises typically experienced while riding a vehicle such as a motorcycle, snow machine or ATV, the earmuffs system including a first earmuff including a first speaker and a first microphone therein; a second earmuff electrically coupled to the first ear muff, the second ear muff including a second speaker and a second microphone therein; noise cancellation circuitry for receiving first sounds from the first microphone and the second microphone and processing the first sounds by in part canceling the first sounds to form a first sound output that is provided from the first speaker and the second speaker; and a third microphone placed external to the first earmuff and to the second earmuff, the third microphone supplying second sounds for the first speaker and the second speaker to output as a second sound output without the second sounds undergoing noise cancellation processing.
US10299954B2
The therapeutic pants include at least one cushion that orients the user's leg(s), hip(s), or lower back in a particular alignment. For example, the cushion may be positioned between the user's legs to align the hips or behind the user's leg to elevate the knee or ankle. The therapeutic pants may include one or more retaining pockets configured to retain one or more cushions. In some embodiments, the cushions are removable from the retaining pockets. In some embodiments, at least one retaining pocket and at least one cushion are positioned along the medial (i.e., inner) side of each pant leg. The pant material that extends vertically along one or both lateral sides of each leg can be detachably secured, allowing the therapeutic pants to be readily and repeatedly equipped and removed.
US10299949B2
A release device for releasing a medical implant from an insertion device, in which the implant can be released by a relative movement between a first and a second insertion element, wherein the insertion device has a proximal end, which faces the user during use, and a distal end, which is distanced from the user during use. Between the proximal and the distal end, a shortening region is provided, in which, when generating a targeted relative movement between the first and the second insertion element of the insertion device, a length of at least one of the insertion elements between the proximal end and the distal end can be shortened.
US10299943B2
Certain embodiments of the invention relate to increasing the functionality of a transfemoral prosthetic device. In one embodiment, the transfemoral prosthetic device is configured such that the prosthetic knee maintains a load consistent with a healthy knee walking on level ground, while the prosthetic ankle adjusts for the incline or decline. In certain embodiments, adjustments, such as a toe lift function, are automatically performed after about three strides of the transfemoral prosthetic device user and/or when each of the strides has a stride speed of at least about 0.55 meters/second.
US10299942B2
A prosthetic foot insert with upper attachment member, a roof spring extending forwards from the upper attachment means, and a base spring coupled to the roof spring at least two points. A rear coupling element is provided for supporting the base spring, and a free space is formed between the coupling element, the roof spring and the base spring. The base spring, in the heel area, protrudes rearwards as a free lever beyond the rear coupling element.
US10299935B2
An expanding implant (10, 10′, 10″) includes a base (12) having a contact surface (14) for contacting a first region of tissue and a displaceable portion. (24) having a contact surface (26) for contacting a second region of tissue. The base (12) has a proximal portion (16) in sliding engagement with, a distal portion (18) so as to define an arcuate path of relative motion between the proximal and distal portions. The base assumes an initial state with a first arcuate extent and is adjustable towards a second State by changing an: extent of overlap between the proximal and distal portions to vary an. arcuate extent of the base. First and second rigid linking segments (20, 22) are in articulating connection with the distal and proximal portions of the base, and with the displaceable portion such that adjustment of the base from the initial state towards the second state causes an increase in a distance between the contact surfaces of the base and the displaceable portion.
US10299932B2
The present invention concerns an elbow prosthesis, including: at least one ulnar section, including a stem portion extending along a substantially longitudinal axis (x-x) between a proximal end and a distal end; at least one humeral section, including a stem portion extending along a substantially longitudinal axis (y-y) between a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the humeral section delimiting an engagement seat with the proximal end of the ulnar section; articulation pin between the distal end of the humeral section and the proximal end of the ulnar section, available along an axis (z-z) perpendicular with respect to the substantially longitudinal axis (y-y) of the humeral section. The proximal end of the ulnar section is engageable in the housing seat.
US10299927B2
Devices and methods for implantation at a native mitral valve having a non-circular annulus and leaflets. One embodiment of the device includes a valve support having a first region configured to be attached to a prosthetic valve with a plurality of prosthetic leaflets and a second region. The device can further include an anchoring member having a longitudinal dimension and including a first portion configured to contact tissue at the non-circular annulus, a second portion configured to be attached to the valve support, and a lateral portion between the first portion and the second portion. The second portion of the anchoring member is attached to the second region of the valve support while in a low-profile configuration in which the anchoring member and the valve support are configured to pass through vasculature of a human. The lateral portion is transverse to the longitudinal dimension. The anchoring member and the valve support are configured to move from the low-profile configuration to an expanded configuration in which the first portion of the anchoring member at least partially adapts to the non-circular annulus of the native mitral valve and the first region of the valve support is spaced inwardly from the first portion of the anchoring member relative to the longitudinal dimension of the anchoring member such that a shape of the first region of the valve support is at least partially independent of a shape of the first portion of the anchoring member.
US10299918B2
Apparatus and method are described including identifying a subject as suffering from a condition that causes the subject to have elevated central venous pressure. In response thereto, a device is placed inside the subject's vena cava such that an upstream end of the device is placed at a location upstream of junctions of the vena cava with all of the subject's renal veins. The device defines a passage through the device, at least a portion of the passage converging in a direction from an upstream end of the device to downstream end of the device. Other applications are also described.
US10299913B2
Accommodating intraocular lenses and methods of use. The accommodating intraocular lenses include peripheral regions that are adapted to be more responsive to certain types of forces than to other types of forces. For example, the accommodating intraocular lenses can include haptics that are stiffer in an anterior-to-posterior direction than in a radial direction.
US10299911B2
A multifocal intraocular lens has an anterior lens surface which includes a first optic of a first radius and a second optic of a different radius. The posterior surface of the lens include an aspheric surface.
US10299908B2
A reinforced graft construct for repairing a tendon or ligament formed by inserting a piece of material, such as suture, through the graft lengthwise. The material may be inserted along only a portion of the graft or along the entire graft. The material may be a reinforcement (reinforcing) material such as suture, tape, weave, or mesh passed lengthwise through the graft (for example, along the center of the graft). The ends of the graft may be whipstiched to provide additional fixation when implanted. The material may be bioabsorbable such that it will resorb away after a period of time in the body.
US10299906B2
A blood filter delivery system for delivering a filter into a vein from either a femoral or jugular access. The preferred system includes an introducer and a push-rod with a spline member disposed along the push-rod and a pusher member disposed on a distal end. The spline member has a main body, first and second boss portions spaced apart along the longitudinal axis to provide a gap for retaining anchor members of the filter during delivery via the introducer. In an alternative embodiment, a preferred filter includes first and second filter structures diverging in opposite directions. A link is connected to portions of each of the first and second filter structures so that each filter structure can be independently collapsed into a generally cylindrical shape.
US10299904B2
A health device for male urinary incontinence includes a strap suited to be wrapped and closed as a ring around the penis and provided with at least one projection that is directed towards the inside of the ring formed by the closed strap, the projection being suited to be positioned at the level of the urethral canal.
US10299896B2
This invention designs and builds multiple layers (two layers or more) of various dental devices, specifically denture base or denture, where printed multiple layered denture base with teeth cavities to receive artificial denture tooth materials to form final dental devices, such as partial and full dentures. It can also print denture teeth. This invention also designs and prints multiple layers (two layers or more) of denture base with artificial denture teeth to form final dental devices, such as partial and full dentures. A method for manufacturing a layered denture is provided. The invention provides a multiple layered denture base materials for printing a denture base. The invention also provides a multiple layered denture tooth materials for printing artificial denture teeth. Highly shape adjustable or shape memory polymer layer(s) may be used in these multiple layered denture base forms. Different layer of material has different mechanical and physical properties to meet different need, which provide added benefits to the patients, dental professional and dental laboratory.
US10299892B2
An orthodontic/orthognathic device for correcting and changing tooth placements and bone structure, and a method of using orthodontic/orthognathic device for tooth movement, correcting syndromic conditions of the mouth and osteogenetic correction. The device may be used for maxillary distraction and expansion as well as mandibular separation and expansion. The device can be controlled by computer to direct tooth and bone placement.
US10299887B2
The provision of dental restorations can be improved by generating a cold atmospheric plasma inside the mouth of the patient and then applying that cold atmospheric plasma onto a dental restoration site. The dental restoration site can be composed of either or both of dentin and enamel. Further, the provision of dental restorations can also be improved by introducing a dental adhesive onto a dental restoration site and treating it with a cold atmospheric plasma.
US10299880B2
A stereoscopic visualization camera and platform are disclosed. An example stereoscopic visualization camera includes a first plurality of lenses positioned along a first optical path and a first image sensor to record a first image stream of a target site from light in the first optical path. The stereoscopic visualization camera also includes a second plurality of lenses positioned along a second optical path, parallel to the first optical path, and a second image sensor to record a second image stream of the target site from light in the second optical path. The stereoscopic visualization camera also includes a processor configured to reduce spurious parallax between the first and second images streams by selecting pixel sets of pixel grids of the first and second image sensors such that zoom repeat points (“ZRP”) are located at a center of the respective pixel grids.
US10299877B2
A package including at least one bumper having an elliptical shape that extends from a first end to a second end along a first plane and having a protrusion that extends from a first front along a second plane; and a first tray having a first cavity that extends from a second front along the second plane, wherein the first cavity includes at least one groove configured and dimensioned to receive the at least one bumper is disclosed.
US10299874B2
Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for guiding, supporting, and/or housing instruments. One exemplary system includes a guide tube having a manipulation section and mated with rails carrying instrument control members. Moving the rails with respect to the guide tube, or another point of reference, can control movement of the manipulation section.
US10299870B2
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques for compensating for insertion of an instrument into a working channel of another instrument in a surgical system. According to one embodiment, a method of compensation includes: detecting insertion of an insertable instrument into a working channel of a flexible instrument; detecting, based on a data signal from at least one sensor, a position change of a distal portion of the flexible instrument from an initial position: generating a control signal based on the detected position change; and adjusting a tensioning of a pull wire based on the control signal to return the distal portion to the initial position.
US10299864B1
A surgical assistive device, which handles co-localization of an internal organ of interest and a neighboring organ based on images obtained during surgery, selects a test video frame from a sequence of video frames and generates first localization likelihood values and second localization likelihood values for the internal organ of interest and the neighboring organ, respectively. The surgical assistive device determines extent of anatomical adjacency boundary between the internal organ of interest and the neighboring organ, based on the first localization likelihood values and the second localization likelihood values. The surgical assistive device segments the test video frame into a plurality of regions and generates a first region based on integration of a first set of regions from the plurality of regions. The surgical assistive device further localizes the internal organ of interest based on first region, in accordance with the extent of anatomical adjacency boundary.
US10299857B2
Methods, systems and devices for treating a patient include providing a tissue treatment element constructed and arranged to deliver energy to tissue and treating tissue of the gastrointestinal tract by causing the tissue treatment element to deliver energy to an energy delivery zone. Treatment results in a reduction in the luminal surface area of at least a portion of the gastrointestinal tract. In particular embodiments, the methods, systems and devices are used to treat diabetes.
US10299848B2
A cryotreatment catheter for treating tissue. The catheter may include an outer elongate body, a balloon treatment element coupled to the distal portion of the elongate body with a plurality of balloon lobes radially arranged around the outer elongate body, an inner elongate body rotatably movable within the lumen of the outer elongate body, and a fluid delivery lumen located within the lumen of the outer elongate body and at least partially within the lumen of the inner elongate body. The fluid delivery lumen may be branched at a distal portion into a plurality of linear segments, each linear segment being in fluid communication with one of the plurality of balloon lobes. Each of the balloon lobes may be inflated independently of each other by the linear segments of the fluid delivery lumen.
US10299843B2
The present invention generally relates to connectors that connect bone screws with fusion rods for use in stabilizing surgery such as spinal fusion surgery, and to bone screw systems comprising such connectors. In particular, the present invention relates to poly axial screw systems configured to provide a stable but adjustable angular placement. Furthermore, embodiments of the present invention relate to tulip connectors which have a head and a collet, that are configured to rotatably and pivotably lock onto the ball head of a poly axial screw shaft into a manually adjustable locked position, to methods achieving this locked position with or without using a tulip assembly tool, and to the tulip assembly tool that has outer hooks to grab the tulip head and a center dowel to push the collet down into the locked position.
US10299841B2
A TPLO plate configured to accommodate flexible strands (flexible loops) attached to tissue to be attached to bone. The TPLO plate has one or more suture eyelets, to allow the user (surgeon) to pass a flexible strand through the eyelets and attach/reattach the tissue to the plate at the anatomical location, and to improve the rotational stability of the joint or bone. The eyelets may have various shapes, forms and configurations and may be provided on or within a surface of the TPLO bone plate in any number, depending on the characteristics of the fractured bone or bone segments, or of the plate design. The eyelets preferably receive one or more flexible strands.
US10299829B2
An apparatus for repairing an anatomical tear, such as a tear in the meniscus of a human knee. The apparatus includes a guide cannula directing a penetrating shaft through the meniscal tear and through the outer skin layer of the knee. The penetrating shaft pulls a line to the outside of the skin layer of the knee where it is used to pull or kedge a repair implant into position across the meniscal tear.
US10299828B2
A system for incisionless transvaginal sacrospinous ligament fixation, the system including an anchoring unit configured to affix a vaginal wall to a sacrospinous ligament; and a piercing tip configured to: pierce said vaginal wall, pierce said sacrospinous ligament, and deploy a first portion of said anchoring unit though said pierced vaginal wall and said pierced sacrospinous ligament, thereby disposing said first portion at said sacrospinous ligament.
US10299827B2
An arthroscopy cannula according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a cannula body that extends along a longitudinal axis between a proximal end and a distal end and a first inflatable component attached to the cannula body and configured to move via fluid pressure between a compressed position and an expanded position.
US10299823B2
A scoring balloon catheter includes a scoring balloon, a distal control balloon positioned distal of the scoring balloon, a proximal control balloon positioned proximal of the scoring balloon, and a scoring element coupled to the proximal and distal control balloons. The scoring balloon is configured to expand radially and contact the scoring element.
US10299817B2
In various embodiments, a fastening assembly comprising a first jaw, a second jaw, a closure member, a rotatable drive shaft, a firing member, an electric motor, a sensing device, and a control system is disclosed. The second jaw is movable between an open position and a closed position relative to the first jaw. The closure member is movable between a first position and a second position. The second jaw is in the closed position when the closure member is in the second position. The electric motor is operable to rotate the rotatable drive shaft and advance the firing member through a firing stroke. The sensing device is configured to sense when the closure member is in the second position. The control system is configured to prevent advancement of the firing member through the firing stroke until after the second jaw is in the closed position.
US10299813B2
A surgical apparatus is provided for performing turbinate lateralization including a pair of levers connected at a fulcrum, each lever including a handle connected to a bend portion, a pair of shafts, each shaft connected to the bend portion of each of the levers on first side of the fulcrum, where each shaft is dilated laterally with a substantially parallel displacement along a shaft length in response to the pair of levers being brought together on a second side of the fulcrum; a limiter connected to the pair of levers and configured to limit a dilation of the pair of levers in response to the pair of levers being brought together on the second side of the fulcrum; and a limiting bridge configured to attach between the shafts at a predetermined distance from the distal end of each shaft and press against a columella of the patient.
US10299811B2
A clot retrieval device (9501) for removing clot from a blood vessel comprises an inner elongate body (9503) and an outer elongate body (9504) at least partially overlying the inner elongate body (9503). The device also comprises an elongate member or shaft (9502) having a proximal end which extends exterior of a patient so that a user can retrieve the stent-basket device and captured clot by retracting the shaft (9502). The outer elongate body (9504) and the inner elongate body (9503) are connected to the distal end of the shaft (9502) and are expandable relative to the shaft (9502) from a collapsed delivery configuration to an expanded deployed configuration. The outer elongate body (9504) is expandable relative to the inner elongate body (9503) to a radial extent which is greater than the radial extent of the inner body (9503) in the deployed configuration.
US10299807B2
An instrument for establishing orientation of a pelvic prosthesis comprises a tripod having an angularly adjustable guide rod on it. The tips of the legs define a plane, and the guide rod is set by the surgeon to a defined orientation with respect to this plane on the basis of preoperative studies. In use, two of the legs of the instrument are positioned by the surgeon at defined anatomical locations on the pelvis (e.g., a point in the region of the posterior/inferior acetabulum and a point on the anterior superior iliac spine). The third leg then lands on the pelvis at a point determined by the position of the first two points, as well as by the separations between the third leg and the other two legs. The position of the guide rod then defines with respect to the actual pelvis the direction for insertion of a prosthesis.
US10299803B2
Systems and methods herein are associated with a handpiece, a drive hub, a drive coupler, and an instrument comprising an elongate shaft and resection member telescoped within the elongate shaft, the resection member coupled to the drive hub. The drive hub comprises an interior surface and an exterior surface, the interior surface defines a cross-sectional shape, and the drive hub is coupled to a drive shaft of a motor of the handpiece. The drive coupler comprises a first lobe extending radially from a central axis of the drive coupler, the drive coupler is telescoped at least partially within the drive hub such that the first lobe that engages with a portion of the cross-sectional shape.
US10299797B2
An occlusion device for occluding a body vessel and methods of using the device are disclosed.
US10299796B2
Described herein are endoscopic plicators passed transorally into the stomach and used to plicate stomach tissue by engaging tissue from inside of the stomach and drawing it inwardly. In the disclosed embodiments, the tissue is drawn inwardly into a vacuum chamber, causing sections of serosal tissue on the exterior of the stomach to be positioned facing one another. The disclosed plicators allow the opposed sections of tissue to be moved into contact with one another, and preferably deliver sutures, staples or other means for maintaining contact between the tissue sections at least until serosal bonds form between them. Each of these steps may be performed wholly from the inside of the stomach and thus can eliminate the need for any surgical or laparoscopic intervention. After one or more plications is formed, medical devices may be coupled to the plication(s) for retention within the stomach.
US10299792B2
A fastener cartridge can comprise fastener cavities arranged in longitudinal rows. A first fastener having a first configuration and a second fastener having a second configuration can be stored within a longitudinal row. First fasteners having a first configuration can be stored within a first longitudinal row and second fasteners having a second configuration can be stored within a second longitudinal row. Each first fastener can have a proximal leg, or leg portion, extending at a first proximal angle and a distal leg, or leg portion, extending at a first distal angle and each second fastener can have a proximal leg, or leg portion, extending at a second proximal angle and a distal leg, or leg portion, extending at a second distal angle. The first proximal angle can be different than the second proximal angle and/or the first distal angle can be different than the second distal angle.
US10299791B2
Method and apparatus for implanting radially expandable prostheses in the body lumens rely on tacking or anchoring of the prostheses with separately introduced fasteners. The prostheses may be self-expanding or balloon expandable. After initial placement, a fastener applier system is introduced within the expanded prostheses to deploy a plurality of fasteners at least one prosthesis end, usually as each end of the prosthesis. The fasteners are usually helical fasteners which are delivered from a helical track in the fastener applier by rotation with a rotator wire. The fasteners will be applied singly, typically in circumferentially spaced-apart patterns about the interior of each end of the prosthesis.
US10299783B2
A system and method for securing a medical implant within a patient. The method includes disposing an anchor element around the implant, the anchor element including a pair of tabs each including an eyelet, and a flexible intermediate portion between the tabs, wherein disposing the anchor element around the implant includes positioning the implant within the intermediate portion and folding the anchor element such that the tabs contact one another and the eyelets aligned. The anchor element is positioned at a desired implantation position with the tabs positioned proximate soft tissue of the patient. The method further includes inserting a distal tip of a fixation element delivery tool through the eyelets and into the soft tissue, the fixation element including at least one tissue anchor and an adjustable suture arrangement coupled to the tissue anchor. The at least one tissue anchor is deployed from the delivery tool and into the soft tissue of the patient. The delivery tool is withdrawn from the soft tissue and the eyelets of the anchor element, and the adjustable suture arrangement is tightened to secure the anchor element against the soft tissue.
US10299772B2
An electromechanical surgical device includes an end effector configured to perform at least one function, the end effector including an input drive axle projecting therefrom; and a shaft assembly. The shaft assembly includes a rotatable drive shaft; a proximal neck housing supported at a distal end of an outer tube; a distal neck housing pivotally connected to the proximal neck housing; a pivot pin interconnecting the proximal neck housing and the distal neck housing; and a gear train supported in the proximal neck housing, on the pivot pin, and in the distal neck housing. The gear train includes a proximal gear; an intermediate gear; a distal gear; and a pair of output gears, wherein each output gear defines a coupling socket each configured to selectively receive the drive axle of the end effector.
US10299770B2
Components for an endoscopic vessel harvesting system include a vessel dissector and a vessel harvester. In this case, a vessel dissector is provided that is used in conjunction with an endoscope, and comprises: an elongated cannula including a lumen therein for receiving the endoscope; a blunt dissecting tip provided on a distal end of the elongated cannula that permits an operator of the vessel dissector to dissect tissue while viewing internal body structures via an objective lens of the endoscope; and a vessel severing tool extending through at least a portion of the elongated cannula, wherein the vessel severing tool is capable of translating longitudinally relative to the elongated cannula, and wherein the vessel severing tool comprises an electrode-carrying member that is capable of translating circumferentially within an arcuate slot extending through an outer surface of the vessel dissector.
US10299768B2
A biopsy sampler comprising a penetration zone for receiving a part of an organism, a ram actuated to move along a path between a withdrawn position and an advanced position, a sample collector that cuts a biopsy sample from tissue in the penetration zone, and a container that receives the sample collector, the sample collector and the container being initially located on opposite sides of the penetration zone, a disposable shield initially located between the ram in the withdrawn position and the penetration zone, advance action of the ram to the advanced position bringing together the sample collector and container, and bringing the disposable shield into the penetration zone, withdrawal action of the ram to the withdrawn position withdrawing the disposable shield, leaving the tissue free to leave the penetration zone, such that in use in collecting a sample the shield contacts tissue surfaces and while the ram does not.
US10299756B1
A system and related methods for performing nerve detection during surgical access using ultrasound testing during surgery.
US10299755B2
A system and method for quickly detaching an implant and for locating the detachment zone of a detachable implant. A sensor determines a sudden change in the local environment as the sensor passes from within a microcatheter to being exposed to the vasculature. The sensor may be a temperature sensor, ultrasonic sensor, pressure sensor or the like. If the detachable implant assembly uses a heater coil to detach the implant, the heater coil may be used as a sensor. Additionally, the implant itself may be used as a sensor if a change in electrical resistance is detectable as the implant exits the microcatheter and changes shape.
US10299749B2
An irradiation condition setting section 52 sets irradiation conditions corresponding to the emission angle of radiation emitted from a radiation source 26. The radiation source 26 emits radiation to a breast at a plurality of different emission angles based on the set irradiation conditions. A radiation detector 36 generates a plurality of projection images corresponding to the plurality of emission angles. An image correction section 56 corrects each projection image such that a difference between at least either contrasts or density values in the plurality of projection images is reduced. A reconstruction unit 58 reconstructs a tomographic image based on the plurality of corrected projection images.
US10299746B2
A radiation imaging apparatus provided with a detector capable of improving correction accuracy at a high counting rate. The present invention is provided with: grids that remove scattered beams that emanate from an object; and a plurality of detector sub-pixels arranged so as to divide the gap between the grids into three or more segments, wherein the area of each of the detector sub-pixels located below the wall surface of the grids is larger than that of each of the other detector sub-pixels in a planar view. The size of each of the detector sub-pixels not located below the wall surface of the grids is expressed as (Pg−Tg−Lsplit×2)/N, where Pg represents the pitch between the grids, Tg represents the thickness of each of the grids, and N represents the number of segments formed by the detector sub-pixels between the grids.
US10299742B2
Methods and systems are described for operating an imaging system that includes an intra-oral imaging sensor, an image sensing component, a multi-dimensional sensor, and an electronic processor. The intra-oral imaging sensor includes a housing and the image sensor component and the multi-dimensional sensor are at least partially housed within the housing. The multi-dimensional sensor includes a three-dimensional accelerometer, a three-dimensional gyroscope, and a three-dimensional magnetometer. The electronic processor is configured to execute one or more error condition check routines to determine whether an error condition is present based on an output received from the multi-dimensional sensor.
US10299739B2
A medical monitoring apparatus that monitors a status of a patient according to biological information of the patient includes a reliability evaluator 510 configured to obtain first biological information measured by a bedside monitor 200 and second biological information measured by a wearable sensor 300, and to evaluate a reliability of the second biological information according to a correlation between the first biological information and the second biological information, the first biological information and the second biological information belonging to an identical measurement item, and an alert determinator 600 configured to determine, using the first biological information and the second biological information, whether to issue an alert about an abnormality under a condition that depends on the reliability.
US10299735B2
A front-end system collects diagnostically relevant information or data, including pulse waveform information, and optionally timing information, symptom information, and/or diagnostic information. One or more sensors or transducers detect pulse waveforms in a consistent manner, across various subjects and practitioners. A back-end system stores diagnostically relevant information and diagnostic information, typically for a large population of subjects and practitioners. The back-end system generates system generated diagnoses and/or suggested remedial actions based on submitted inquiries or requests. The back-end system can advantageously employ machine learning techniques to identify correlations between defining characteristics or features of pulse waveforms and diagnoses, over a large number of samples submitted by a substantial number of practitioners, for instance of traditional Chinese medicine. The back-end system can also employ primary and/or secondary symptoms in identifying correlations.
US10299734B2
A system may include a photoplethysmograph (PPG) sensor configured to be secured to a patient and to generate a PPG signal for the patient. The system may also include a motion sensor configured to generate a motion signal indicative of motion of the patient. Further, the system may include a controller configured to receive the PPG signal from the PPG sensor and the motion signal from the motion sensor, to analyze the motion signal to detect motion of the patient, and to deactivate the at least one emitter of the PPG sensor based on the analysis of the motion signal when motion of the patient is detected.
US10299731B2
An object pose measurement system based on MEMS IMU includes: an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a gyroscope, an object vector information calculation unit, and a rotation compensation unit; wherein the object vector information calculation unit is connected respectively to the accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope to receive respective measurement data and calculate object vector information; the rotation compensation unit is connected to the object vector information calculation unit to receive the object vector information, compute and output rotation compensated object vector information; wherein the rotation compensation unit performs quaternion rotation compensation computation and outputs the rotation compensated quaternion as the rotation compensated object vector information.
US10299730B2
There is provided a physiological detection system including a physiological detection device and a host. The physiological detection device is configured to transmit a physiological data series to the host according to a local oscillation frequency. The host is configured to calculate a physiological value according to the physiological data series and determine a correction parameter according to a receiving data parameter and a reference data parameter, wherein the correction parameter is configured to correct the physiological value, process the physiological data series or adjust the local oscillation frequency of the physiological detection device.
US10299727B2
The present invention provides a coronary sinus inspiration catheter comprising a catheter head section and an extension tube, which are hollow tubular structures, the catheter head section and a distal section of the extension tube are substantially arc-shaped, the catheter head section comprises an arc section and a bend section, and its length is about 4-10 cm, the distal end is small (3-6 F) and the tube diameter of the catheter head section increase gradually toward the proximal end (6-12 F), the catheter head section is bent at a 15-45° angle at the position which has a distance of 0.5-1.5 cm from the distal end, the bend section is a straight or slightly arc-shaped structure. The catheter head section is provided with an end hole and a plurality of side holes, and is equidistantly provided with radiopaque markers from the distal end to the proximal end.
US10299720B2
The present invention generally relates to compositions comprising anesthesia-reversing agents which facilitate or increase the time of awakening or reverse the effects of general anesthesia-induced unconsciousness. In some embodiments, the anesthesia reversing agent can be selected from any or a combination of methylphenidate (MPH), amphetamine, modafinil, amantadine, caffeine, or analogs or derivatives thereof. In some embodiments, compositions comprising at least one or more anesthesia-reversing agents can be used to facilitate awakening from anesthesia without or decreasing occurrence of delirium, and can be used in methods to treat or prevent the symptoms associated with emergence delirium, as well as treat a subject oversedated with general an esthesia. The invention also relates to methods for administering these compositions comprising anesthesia-reversing agents to subjects and for use.
US10299716B2
Apparatus, systems, and/or methods may provide a mental state determination. For example, a data collector may collect image data for a side of a face of a user from an image capture device on the user (e.g., a wearable device). The image data may include two or more perspectives of a feature on the side of the face of the user. In addition, a state determiner may determine a mental state of the user based on the image data. In one example, fields of view may be combined to determine a total region and/or a total overlap region. Changing the position that one or more image capture devices point may modulate the total region and/or the total overlap region. In addition, one or more sensors may be utilized to further improve mental data determinations.
US10299709B2
The present disclosure describes the derivation and measurement of a fractional oxygen saturation measurement. In one embodiment, a system includes an optical sensor and a processor. The optical sensor can emit light of multiple wavelengths directed at a measurement site of tissue of a patient, detect the light after attenuation by the tissue, and produce a signal representative of the detected light after attenuation. The processor can receive the signal representative of the detected light after attenuation and determine, using the signal, a fractional oxygen saturation measurement based on two or more different measures of fractional oxygen saturation.
US10299706B2
A method and apparatus for non-invasive blood glucose measurement are disclosed. The methods and apparatus utilize exposing a biological object supplied with blood and capable of transmitting infrared radiation therethrough, to an incident beam of polarized infrared radiation with a given angular position of a polarization plane, determining an angular position of a polarization plane of the radiation transmitted through the biological object with a polarizer-analyzer, and measuring an angle shift between said angular positions of the polarization planes of the incident and transmitted radiation, and calculating a glucose concentration C. The methods and apparatus further utilize measuring the length and oscillations of a whisker connected to the polarizer-analyzer and to a rigid support so as to calculate the instantaneous positions of the polarizer-analyzer.
US10299700B2
A system for supplying energy to a medical device implanted in a mammal patient. The system comprises an external energy source adapted to be externally arranged to the patient's body and configured to wirelessly transmit energy for powering the medical device. The system further comprises an internal energy receiver adapted to be implanted in the patient's body and configured to receive energy, transmitted from the external energy source, for supplying energy or control signals to the medical device, and a control unit configured to control the amount of energy received by the internal energy receiver, wherein said control unit is configured to control based on a parameter indicating a characteristic of the medical device or a characteristic of the patient's condition.
US10299695B2
Methods and systems for evaluating a subject's response to a task related to a stimulus include a brain activity sensor, such as an EEG sensor, for measuring neural data generated by the subject in response to the visual stimulus. One or more neural discriminators can be calculated based on the neural data. In order to generate one or more neural discriminators, two or more task conditions can be selected for discrimination. The subject's performance can be evaluated based on the one or more neural discriminators. Feedback can be provided to the subject to assist in achieving better performance.
US10299691B2
The present disclosure relates to a wearable monitor device and methods and systems for using such a device. In certain embodiments, the wearable monitor records cardiac data from a mammal and extracts particular features of interest. These features are then transmitted and used to provide health-related information about the mammal.
US10299688B2
Methods and devices for combining multiple signals from multiple sensing vectors for use in wearable or implantable cardiac devices. Signals from multiple vectors may be combined using weighting factors and/or by conversion to different coordinate systems than the original inputs, which may or may not be normalized to patient anatomy. Signals from multiple sensing vectors may be combined prior to or after several analytical steps or processes including before or after filtering, and before or after cardiac cycle detection. Cardiac cycle detection information may be combined across multiple sensing vectors before or after analysis of individual vectors for noise or overdetection. Cardiac cycle detection information may also be combined across multiple sensing vectors to identify noise and/or overdetection.
US10299687B2
Systems, devices and methods described herein can be used to monitor and treat cardiovascular disease, and more specifically, can be used to determine heart rate (HR), determine respiration rate (RR) and classify cardiac rhythms based on atrial intracardiac electrogram (IEGM) and atrial pressure (AP) signals. The atrial IEGM and AP signals are subject to spectrum transforms to obtain an atrial IEGM frequency spectrum and an AP frequency spectrum. Based on peaks in the atrial IEGM and AP frequency spectrums measures of HR and RR are determined, and arrhythmias are detected and/or arrhythmia discrimination is performed.
US10299685B2
Photoacoustic probes include reflective surfaces situated to redirect scattered or reflected optical radiation from a specimen surface back to the specimen. A reflective coating can reflect probe radiation while transmitting visible radiation so that a technician can view the specimen. One or more optical fibers and acoustic transducers can be secured to a lens or other substrate on which the reflective surface is defined. The light collector is configured to block scattered light so that an operator and a subject are not exposed to the scattered light.
US10299684B2
A system and method to support exploring the interior of an object. The system 100, 200 includes a graphical user interface generator (GG) to generate a graphical user interface (GUI). The graphical user interface (GUI) includes an indicator (NC) of a current position of an interventional tool (IT) inside an object (OB). There is also an exploratory indictor (PC) to indicate material composition and/or type that surrounds the tool's tip (TP) at a current position in the object (OB). The exploratory indicator (PC) includes a pointer element for a current reading against a dial element for a range of possible values.
US10299680B2
An eavesdropping arrangement for acquiring a measured physiological variable of an individual includes a receiver and a communication interface in a housing separate from the receiver. The communication interface is positioned along a communication link between a first sensor, which is configured to measure aortic blood pressure and to provide a signal representing measured aortic blood pressure, and a central monitoring device configured to monitor the measured aortic blood pressure. The communication interface includes a connection to the communication link that permits the communication interface to eavesdrop on the signal representing measured aortic blood pressure such that information representing measured aortic blood pressure is sent to the receiver while allowing the central monitoring device to receive and use the signal representing measured aortic blood pressure.
US10299675B2
An image processing apparatus converts an intensity distribution of at least one of a plurality of regions of a tomographic image of an eye by using an amount of conversion which is greater than an amount of conversion used to convert an intensity distribution of another one of the plurality of regions, the tomographic image being obtained by performing tomographic imaging on the eye by using optical interference.
US10299671B2
A Slit-lamp-or-Microscope-Integrated-OCT-Refractometer system includes an eye-visualization system, configured to provide a visual image of an imaged region in an eye; an Optical Coherence Tomographic (OCT) imaging system, configured to generate an OCT image of the imaged region; a refractometer, configured to generate a refractive mapping of the imaged region; and an analyzer, configured to determine refractive characteristics of the eye based on the OCT image and the refractive mapping, wherein the refractometer and the OCT imaging system are integrated into the eye visualization system.
US10299654B2
A fluid suction device includes an elongate handle having a suction head at its distal end. The suction head extends in opposing directions substantially perpendicularly to the handle. The suction head includes an elongate longitudinal aperture in its outer wall in fluid communication with a suction pump. An absorbent panel covers the longitudinal aperture. When the suction head is applied to a spilled fluid, the wicking action of the absorbent panel and the negative air pressure from the suction pump allows rapid and efficient cleaning of an area affected by a fluid spill. The device also allows for safe and efficient removal of potentially dangerous objects such as broken glass. The device collects fluid in a waste reservoir so that it is easily disposed of.
US10299651B2
A cleaner holder includes: a first body having a first charging port configured to charge a cleaner; a second body protruding from the first body to support the cleaner; and a battery accommodating space recessed in one surface of the second body and configured to accommodate a battery detachably mounted to the cleaner, wherein a second charging port configured to charge the battery is provided in the second body.
US10299649B2
A surface cleaning apparatus comprises a first flexible electrified air flow conduit having an air inlet end that is electrified.
US10299638B2
A rolled media dispenser is disclosed. In one example, the dispenser includes a transfer bar for automatically transferring paper from a completely depleted stub roll to a primary roll. In one example, the transfer bar includes a lift member that prevents transfer of the paper from the stub roll to the primary roll when paper in the stub roll is present and includes a cam lift member that prevents the transfer of paper from the stub roll to the primary roll as long as paper from the stub roll is present beneath the cam lift member.
US10299637B2
A holder (10) for at least two toilet-paper rolls (12, 14) which are arranged one above the other and consist of a paper web (56) wound up on a sleeve (52, 54) or a shaft, having a first and a second wall (28, 30) which are arranged at a distance parallel to each other, wherein each of the walls (28, 30) has a guide (40, 42) for receiving one end each of the shaft or of a shaft journal, which can be received in an opening in the sleeve, wherein the guide (40, 42) has a substantially vertically running supply portion (40b) for supplying a toilet-paper roll (12, 14), the supply portion merging into an unrolling portion (40c) running at an inclination with respect to the vertical in the direction of at least one first tear-off element (60, 62) or a stop (72).
US10299627B2
A mechanical arm and an operation system to perform a stir-frying action in cooking. The mechanical arm has motors and a plurality of links connecting with a pan. The links length and the binding angle are limited according to the pan action and the chefs' wrist through sum of sine function. In the other hands, weight and viscosity are different between different food materials. The operation system further controls the parameters, which include the velocity, the speed ratio of forward and backward, the rising time, the angel region of motor and the initial angle offset of pan, to adjust the action of mechanical arm performing the stir-flying action. It is suitable to decrease the time of food cooking and the hand burden. Therefore, the chefs can have more time to produce pre-treatment or post-production.
US10299624B2
Provided is a cooking device, in particular a kitchen item or an electrical cooking appliance, said cooking device comprising an inner and/or upper face that can receive food and an outer and/or lower face that is coated with a non-stick coating forming a cooking surface. The non-stick coating comprises at least one continuous thin film of non-oxide or at least partially non-oxide polymer-derived ceramic, said thin film forming the cooking surface. A method for producing such a cooking device is also provided.
US10299621B1
A turkey cooking apparatus provides a pot and a specially configured insert (e.g., basket) that rests upon the pot bottom. A lower funnel shaped section and upper tube shaped section are provided inside the pot. The insert (e.g., basket) sits upon funnel shaped portion. The insert has a central opening that is receptive of the tubed portion. Both the insert and the tube section can have openings that enable steam to travel upwardly to cook the turkey carcass.
US10299619B1
Uprights and base plates provide adjustable, temporary support for drapery used to define event and theater space. An upright tube and a connected angled back support offer stabilized support to drapery lines. The upright tube extends from a support plate within a framed base plate. A hinge connector in the base plate attaches to the angled back support, which extends to a clamped connection with the upright tube. Alternative arrangements of the support plates and hinge connectors within the base plate offer multiple drapery support configurations.
US10299616B1
A zipper assistant device that provides consumers with an accessory to help conveniently zip-up their zippers which are often located on the back of clothing. The zipper assistant device includes an on and off switch having a casing, an ON button and an OFF button, the casing having a front facing and contains a battery to power the on and off switch, an elongated handle having a first end and a second end, the on and off switch attached to the first end of the elongated handle, a handle base attached to the second end of the elongated handle and a bulb-shaped magnetic field element attached to the handle base opposite the elongated handle.
US10299600B2
A portable memory foam seat cushion has a seat portion and a back portion and can be rolled up into a rolled-up configuration for ease of portability. Straps secure the seat cushion in the rolled-up configuration. The seat cushion also has handle straps and a shoulder strap for carrying the seat cushion while it is in the rolled-up configuration.
US10299599B2
A chair including a swivel assembly. The chair can include three or more arms pivotally connected to the swivel assembly and selectively moveable between an open position and closed position. The chair can also an arm lock disposed on top of the swivel assembly, where the arm lock is selectively moveable between a locked position and unlocked position. The chair can also include a seat removably connected to a distal end of each arm.
US10299598B2
The invention relates to a hub construction for a rotatable chair, whereby an uncomplicated and robust plain bearing design is provided. The plain bearing parts are manufactured of metal in such a way that the bearing surface on the underlying pin is softer than that of the overlying sleeve. A plain bearing according to the invention may be provided with an adjustable device for obtaining higher friction and thus an increased rotational resistance. In the upper part of the pin is arranged a horizontal bore, into which is fitted a plug shaped body, the ends of which extend outside the mouths of the bore in the bearing surface as an adjusting screw in the upper end of the pin is tightened against the middle section of the plug-shaped body.
US10299595B2
A chair having an articulating backrest that deforms when reclined to support an occupant's head or shoulders. A backrest assembly includes a mesh insert secured to a frame, which includes an upper frame section and a lower frame section interconnected by a pair of articulated joints. A push arm pivotally connects to the chair's seat assembly and to the backrest's upper frame section. As the chair reclines, the push arm restricts the angular movement of the upper frame section relative to a floor. The lower frame section moves forward relative to the upper frame section. Consequently, an angle formed between the lower frame section and the upper frame section decreases during recline, thereby supporting the chair occupant's head or shoulders. Optionally, a tensioning member may connect the mesh insert to the push arm to offset any loss of tension caused by the deformation of the frame during reclined.
US10299590B2
A shelf frame assembly is provided. The shelf frame assembly can include a beam connector, a length beam, and an end beam. The beam connector can have a first flexible protrusion and a second flexible protrusion. The first flexible protrusion may be an interior beam indexing feature. The length beam can be configured to receive the first flexible protrusion. The end beam can be configured to receive the second flexible protrusion.
US10299584B2
A desk has a base that rests on an underlying floor surface, a work surface that is supported by the base, and a seat that is rotatably connected to the base for rotation between a first position, located in a conventional position behind the desk so a person may sit at the desk, and a second position, located to one side of the desk so that a person may instead stand at the desk. The seat is adjustable radially relative to its axis of rotation, vertically up and down relative to the floor surface, and angularly toward its axis of rotation.
US10299563B2
A rotary airless compact including facing concentric arcuate inner and annular outer walls which are manually rotatable relative to each other, and a flexible tube extending between the walls and secured to the inner wall. The outer wall has radial ribs projecting inwardly to crimp the tube at spaced locations against the inner wall, providing successive seals between which the tube has internally open regions for holding fluid product. As the outer wall rotates relative to the inner wall in a direction from a first to a second end of the tube, product is drawn from a supply pouch at the first end into successive open regions of the tube in discrete quantities separated by the seals, and the ribs advance the seals and open regions to the second end, where a nozzle or other dispensing element discharges the quantities of product into a pan area of the compact.
US10299562B2
An applicator that causes a liquid applying material accumulated inside, for example, a cosmetic tool, such as an eye liner and an eyebrow pencil, or a gray-hair partially dyeing tool for hair, an eyebrow, or a similar part, to infiltrate into an application portion to use this liquid applying material for application or drawing from a distal end application portion.
US10299551B1
An expandable luggage includes a first case member, a second case member, and a flexible member with opposite ends connected to the first and the second case members to form a chamber. The expandable luggage further includes a controller, which has a first member fixed to the first case member, a second member fixed to the second case member. The first member is movably connected to the second member to be moved between a first position and a second position. The first member is engaged with the second member when the first member is moved to the first position. The chamber is narrowed when the first case member is moved toward the second case member, and the controller is locked automatically. The controller further includes an unlocking device to be operated to disengage first member with the second member if the chamber is expanded.
US10299549B1
A jewelry snap setting for supporting a jewel and that includes a one-piece support member having a base portion having multiple sides and a plurality of elongated prongs with one extending from each respective side of the base portion. Each elongated prong includes contiguous respective proximal biasing and distal retaining portions. Each proximal biasing portion extends integrally from a respective side of the base portion, and at least said proximal biasing portion has an arcuate cross-section in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal axis of the proximal biasing portion.
US10299546B2
A band adapted for holding implements and tools when the band is secured around a user's arm. The band includes a body delimited by oppositely-disposed longitudinal ends configured to be secured together and by edges that are laterally spaced apart from each other. The edges each have arcuate portions and, upon fastening the longitudinal ends together, the body acquires a circular shape having one axial end that is larger than the other. The band further includes sleeves located on an outer surface of the body and arranged side-by-side so that each sleeve extends laterally across the outer surface, and straps secured to the body and sized to accommodate and secure implements or tools of different sizes. At least some of the straps span one or more of the sleeves, and the straps are disposed at different angles so as not to be parallel to each other.
US10299540B2
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.
US10299537B2
Embodiments provide a support structure for an article of footwear, which may include upper and lower support elements, upper and lower members, a compression element disposed between the upper and lower members, and a torsion element. A vertical force applied to the upper support element compresses the compression element, rotationally displaces in a first direction the upper member relative to the lower member, rotationally displaces in the first direction a second portion of the torsion element relative to a first portion of the torsion element, deflects a torsion loading portion of the torsion element, and moves the upper member vertically toward the lower member. Upon release of the force, the torsion loading portion rotationally displaces in a second direction opposite to the first direction the second portion of the torsion element relative to the first portion. Embodiments of methods of manufacturing a support structure are also disclosed.
US10299530B2
In one aspect, a headgear for engaging and supporting protective headwear on a wearer's head is provided. The headgear may include a first side member on a first side of the headgear, a second side member on a second side of the headgear, and a forehead strap pivotally coupled to and extending between the first and second side members. The forehead strap may be configured to engage a wearer's forehead with the headgear worn by a wearer. The headgear may also include a second strap coupled to and extending between the first and second side members.
US10299529B2
Described herein are helmets comprising at least one surface reinforcing component. In some embodiments the surface reinforcing component comprises at least one anchoring feature embedded in a structural feature of the helmet, such as a force absorbing element. In other embodiments, the surface reinforcing component comprises fasteners configured to mate with a respective fastener on a shell of the helmet.
US10299526B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, the article or piece of clothing includes a hat having a crown and a bill extending outwardly from the crown. A wrap-around shoulder-length sun shade or sun screen is releasably coupled, by separating zippers, to the crown and bill of the hat. If the separating zippers are closed, the wrap-around shade or wrap around screen is connected to the crown and bill. If the separating zippers are open, the wrap-around sun shade or sun screen can be detached from the crown and/or the bill.
US10299520B1
A fabric-based item may adapt to and adjust the biometric state of an individual that is wearing or touching the fabric-based item. The fabric-based item may be a cover for a seat in a vehicle, an article of clothing, a wrist band, or other suitable fabric-based item. The fabric-based item may include one or more sensors that gather biometric information about the individual and one or more environmental control devices that adjust or maintain the environment around the individual based on the biometric information. The sensors may include temperature sensors, humidity sensors, pressure sensors, heart rate sensors, or other sensors that gather biometric information about the user. The environmental control elements may be used to control the temperature, humidity, airflow or other aspect of the environment around the individual based on the biometric state of the individual.
US10299514B2
An electrically operated aerosol-generating system may be configured to detect adverse conditions (e.g., a dry heater). The system may comprise an electric heater comprising at least one heating element for heating an aerosol-forming substrate, a power supply, and electric circuitry connected to the electric heater and to the power supply and comprising a memory. The electric circuitry may be configured to measure an initial electrical resistance (R1) of the electric heater; measure a subsequent electrical resistance of the electric heater after the measurement of the initial electrical resistance; determine the difference (ΔR) between the initial electrical resistance and the subsequent electrical resistance; determine that an adverse condition is present if the difference is greater than a maximum threshold value (ΔRmax) or less than a minimum threshold value (ΔRmin) stored in the memory; and control a power to the electric heater and/or provide an indication if the adverse condition is present.
US10299508B2
A filter strip is provided for rolling sheets to construct custom cigars and/or cigarettes. The filter strip may be made of a deformable material which can be positioned on one end of the rolling sheet. The filter strip can be folded in a zig zag or spiral filter section with open section located longitudinally below to form a filter tip. The filter tip can assist the user in rolling by hand a substantially cylindrical or conical cigar or cigarette. The filter tip prevents tobacco filler material from being drawn through the cigar or cigarette and into a user's mouth, and permits the entire amount of tobacco filler to be consumed/smoked without risking burned hands and/or lips.
US10299505B2
A method of steam cleaning a roaster bowl, such as one used in a roasting/glazing apparatus, in which an electronic technique is employed to determine, during cleaning, whether water is boiling within the roaster bowl. The method entails adding water into a roaster bowl having sugar adhered thereto and placing a cover on top of the roaster bowl. A steam vent is formed between the cover and the roaster bowl. The method further comprises heating the roaster bowl and then electronically determining whether the water within the roaster bowl has reached a boiling point (i.e., is boiling). After electronically determining that the water is boiling, the water remains boiling for an amount of time sufficient to cause the internal surface of the roaster bowl and the cover to be properly steam cleaned. The water in the roaster bowl (with sugar dissolved therein) is then poured out.
US10299504B2
A removable bin for a dryer comprises a substantially circular floor portion and a wall portion. The wall portion comprises an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion comprises a plurality of zones arranged along a height of the lower portion and extending along a perimeter of the lower portion. Each zone defines a respective area of the lower portion. Each of the zones comprises a number of openings for drainage, and each zone has a respective density of openings. Each of the openings is defined by one or more circumferential edges, with the circumferential edges being molded. The respective density of openings in each of the zones increases towards the bottom of the bin.
US10299494B2
The present disclosure relates to a flowable edible product dispensing apparatus, comprising: a programmable controller; a touchscreen interface including an indicator of at least one edible item for selection, the operator interface in communication with the programmable controller a dispensing system in communication the operator interface; the programmable controller, being wirelessly connected to the internet, and being operable to associate the at least one edible item with the least one flowable edible and/or inedible product; and the dispensing system dispenses an amount of the at least one flowable edible and/or inedible product associated with the selected edible item when the at least one edible and/or inedible item is selected.
US10299493B2
A method of making dietary supplement compositions includes generating an aqueous phase (A1) having one or more dietary supplement nutrients (DSN1), generating an oil phase (O1), performing a first homogenizing step by mixing A1 and O1 thereby forming A1/O1 composition, performing a second homogenizing step by mixing the A1/O1 composition and the further added DSN2, performing a third homogenizing step by mixing the A1/O1/DSN2 composition and a first flavor (F1), performing a fourth homogenizing step by mixing the A1/O1/DSN2/F1 composition and a gum dispersed with glycerin (GG), and performing a fifth homogenizing step by mixing the A1/O1/DSN2/F1/GG composition and the second flavor (F2) thereby forming dietary composition A1/O1/DSN2/F1/GG/F2. The A1/O1/DSN2/F1/GG/F2 composition is dispersion in which actives are incorporated in liposomal vesicles which may have a barrier coating of a polymer. A method of making gummies includes surrounding A1/O1/DSN2/F1/GG/F2 composition (inner portion) with an outer portion formed of shell syrup.
US10299484B2
The present invention relates to a liquid composition comprising at least one biological control agent wherein said biological control agent is spores of a spore forming fungus, a polyether-modified trisiloxane and fumed silica or precipitated silica, wherein said composition is essentially free of water, said composition being useful in plant protection.
US10299469B2
A cushioned horseshoe for use with a hoofed animal including a hoof contacting shoe with a top surface in contact with the hoof and a bottom surface comprising an integrally formed raised portion; and a plurality of nail holes extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the hoof contacting shoe to receive nails; and a ground contacting shoe including a top surface comprising a recessed portion for receiving the raised portion of the hoof contacting shoe, a bottom surface for contact with a ground surface, and a through slot extending from the top surface to the bottom surface of the ground contacting shoe. Between the ground contacting shoe and the hoof contacting shoe is a pad between the bottom surface of the hoof contacting shoe and the top surface of the ground contact shoe, bonded to the bottom surface and the top surface with a rubber-tearing bond.
US10299468B2
A method for forming a system for securing items such as fishing hooks is disclosed. The method may include molding an elastomeric material to include a slit therein. Once formed, the elastomeric material may be compressed across the slit in order to reduce the width of the slit. While held in a compressed state, an item such as a fishing hook may be inserted into the slit. The compression may enable the slit to securely grip the item.
US10299458B2
The present invention includes broccoli plants with curds having detached florets and methods for obtaining such broccoli plants. The present invention also provides reagents that can be used in methods for obtaining such broccoli plants.
US10299451B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SV4483TD and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SV4483TD 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.
US10299446B2
An assembly of fluid conduit parts is disclosed along with a method of assembling, a method of manufacturing and an apparatus for manufacturing the one of the fluid conduit parts. The assembly includes a blow molded part having a first portion. A second part includes a tapered section and a sealing flange extends from the first portion towards a central axis of the first portion at a distance, an end of the sealing flange defines an opening. The second part inserts into the opening and at least part of the tapered section is of a size larger than the opening. The sealing flange flexes upon insertion of the second part into the opening to define a contact surface between the tapered section and the sealing flange that extends around a perimeter of the tapered section where the sealing flange contacts the tapered section.
US10299443B1
A sod harvester for cutting a sod slab from a sod field and directing an unspoiled sod slab into a first carrier and a spoiled sod slab into a scrap sod carrier through pivoting an articulated conveyor from an inline condition to an offline condition or vice versa.
US10299427B2
Adjustable gauge wheels are provided on a row unit planter adjacent the opening disc. The wheels are adjustable laterally for proper spacing adjacent the discs. The camber of the gauge wheels relative to discs is also adjustable. The lateral adjustment is accomplished via a wear bushing and pivot bushing extending into the wear bushing for each gauge wheel. A grease zerk is provided on the end of each pivot bushing to supply grease to the inside of the adjustment wear bushing. The camber adjustment is accomplished via a slot in the row planter frame and bolts extending into arms on a pivotal member.
US10299426B2
A particulate material delivery system for an agricultural implement including, an inductor box configured to receive particulate material from a tank, the inductor box including, an inductor segment comprising a particulate material supply chamber configured to guide the particulate material toward a fluidization chamber, and an air supply chamber configured to receive airflow from an airflow supply, wherein the inductor box is configured to direct the airflow from the air supply chamber to the particulate material supply chamber through a first airflow path and through a second airflow path remote from the first air path.
US10299425B2
A seed meter for an agricultural planter in which the seed disc is rotatably mounted within a seed meter housing. As the seed disc rotates, the apertures in the disc rotate along a seed aperture path through a horizontally adjacent seed pool area. The seed disc includes cavities disposed along the seed aperture path to agitate the seeds in the seed pool area. A singulator having multiple co-planar singulator surfaces is biased against the seed side surface of the seed disc.
US10299422B2
A data processor can estimate a series of center points between the first row and the second row based on targeting substantial symmetry in the first sensor signal response and the second sensor signal response. A nozzle is associated with the sprayer implement. The nozzle has a nozzle position with respect to a corresponding center point between the rows of plants. An offset module is adapted to shift laterally the nozzle position from or with respect to each center point to a corresponding offset lateral position such that a spray pattern of the nozzle is directed toward target strip of soil or ground around or containing a plant stem, or root zone, of the plants in the row.
US10306815B1
Disclosed is an electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket capable of reliably shielding an electronic component accommodated therein from electromagnetic waves. The EMI gasket includes an elastic core which includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction and a through hole passing through the first and second surfaces and an electroconductive cover which adheres to the first surface with an adhesive interposed therebetween. Here, parts of the cover which face the through hole are incised to integrally form a plurality of blocking parts, and the blocking parts cover and adhere to sidewalls of the through hole.
US10306811B2
A data center system includes an infrastructure unit including a public area and a bridge area and at least one computer room. The computer room is disposed along an extending direction of the bridge area, and a length of the bridge area is matched with a length of computer rooms arranged along the bridge area, so that a number of computer rooms may be increased according to the needs. The computer room includes a plurality of layers of data centers stacked on each other. Cold passage areas and hot passage areas of two neighboring layers of data centers form a cold air passage and a hot air passage so that cold air produced by a cooling module may be directed to each data center, and hot air in each data center may be directed to the cooling module to enable devices in each data center to operate under appropriate temperature.
US10306808B2
A rack housing includes, for example, a frame, a door attachable to a front of said frame, a plurality of movable supports for supporting a plurality of electronic devices in the frame, and an actuator for moving said plurality of movable supports to define an adjustable air volume in the rack housing for receiving cooling air from a raised floor of a data center. Computer-implemented methods, computer program products, and systems are also disclose.
US10306807B2
Enhanced cooling for electronic components within a computing device is provided. Blowers are preferably leveraged as air movers, and an airflow deflection surface (preferably configured as a ramp) is disposed within a plenum to guide airflow under an electronic component (such as a hard disk drive or solid state drive), the electronic component being placed in an inverted alignment whereby a surface having a higher heat transfer rate is facing down (toward the blower), and then into an intake of the blower. Air output from the blower may then pass into a downstream plenum formed at least in part by the blower, an inverted downstream electronic component, and a support member thereof, thus providing serial cooling of the downstream component. Anti-recirculation flaps are preferably disposed at the air output of the blower.
US10306806B2
A transceiver assembly includes a cage and a heatsink. The cage includes first and second spaced apart walls and a third wall that spans the first and second walls. The third wall defines an opening, and the third wall includes two spring arms that each extend into the opening. The heatsink includes a heatsink body including a first surface and a protrusion that extends from the first surface of the heatsink body and a pair of spring-arm receivers positioned on the first surface of the heatsink body. Each of the pair of spring-arm engagement portions is configured to engage with a corresponding one of the two spring arms of the cage when the heatsink is attached to the cage.
US10306803B2
A water-cooling radiator unit and a water-cooling module using same are disclosed. The water-cooling radiator unit includes a main body divided into a first section, a second section and a transit zone, which are fluidly communicable with one another. The first section has a first flow passage system and an inlet formed thereon, the second section has a second flow passage system and an outlet formed thereon. The main body is internally filled with a cooling fluid, and the transit zone has a pump mounted therein. The water-cooling radiator unit can be fluidly connected to a water block via two tubes to form a water-cooling module. The pump drives the cooling fluid to circulate in the main body and between the water-cooling radiator unit and the water block, enabling the water-cooling module to provide upgraded heat-dissipation performance while the water block has a reduced volume.
US10306802B1
A heat sink for cooling an integrated circuit device includes a body having a first side and a second side. A fluid inlet opening is formed in the second side of the body for receiving pressurized fluid from a fluid source. A plurality of impingement openings are formed in the first side of the body. At least one fluid delivery channel is provided and configured to deliver pressurized fluid from the fluid inlet opening to the plurality of impingement openings for generating a plurality of fluid streams expelled from the plurality of impingement openings. A plurality of fluid diverters are formed on the first side of the body and arranged generally between each of the plurality of impingement openings for diverting a flow of fluid around each of the plurality of impingement openings.
US10306795B2
The present invention reduces an area in which an attachment frame for storing equipment on which a device is mounted is arranged.An equipment securing device is equipped with a panel mounted on the front surface of the equipment, a securing member provided on a first end part of the panel such that the tip end protrudes from the first end part of the panel; a handle, having a shaft at a second end part on the side opposite the first end part, and attached to the panel so as to be capable of rotating around the shaft, between a closed position which is a position along the extension direction of the panel, and an open position which is a position in a direction intersecting the panel; andan operating point member, the orientation of which changes in response to the rotation of the handle, and which is provided on the second end part of the handle such that the tip end protrudes from the second end part.
US10306772B2
An adhesive film including a substrate film and an adhesive agent layer formed thereon is adhered to the back surface side of a mounting region of a flexible substrate, and an electronic component is mounted on the front surface side. An adhesive agent in the adhesive agent layer contains silica fine particles having a primary particle diameter of less than 100 nm, and the adhesive agent layer has a shear storage elastic modulus at 160° C. of 0.15 MPa or more. When the anisotropic conductive film is disposed on the mounting region and the electronic component is mounted on the anisotropic conductive film by heating and pressing, the adhesive agent is not pushed out to a large extent, and conductive particles sandwiched between a bump on the electronic component and the electrode are pressed and squashed, improving an electrical connection between the electronic component and the electrode.
US10306767B2
A manufacturing method of a substrate structure including vias includes the following steps. A substrate is provided, wherein a material of the substrate includes polyimide. An etching stop layer is formed on the substrate, wherein the etching stop layer covers two opposite surfaces of the substrate. A patterned process is performed on the etching stop layer to form a plurality of openings exposing a part of the substrate. An etching process is performed on the substrate to remove the part of the substrate exposed by the openings and form a plurality of vias.
US10306756B2
A catalytic resin is formed by mixing a resin and either homogeneous or heterogeneous catalytic particles, the resin infused into a woven glass fabric to form an A-stage pre-preg, the A-stage pre-preg cured into a B-stage pre-preg, thereafter held in a vacuum and between pressure plates at a gel point temperature for a duration of time sufficient for the catalytic particles to migrate away from the resin rich surfaces of the pre-preg, thereby forming a C-stage pre-preg after cooling. The C-stage pre-preg subsequently has trenches formed by removing the resin rich surface, the trenches extending into the depth of the catalytic particles, optionally including drilled holes to form vias, and the C-stage pre-preg with trenches and holes placed in an electroless bath, whereby traces form in the trenches and holes where the surface of the cured pre-preg has been removed.
US10306753B1
Tamper-respondent assemblies and fabrication methods are provided which incorporate enclosure-to-circuit board protection. The tamper-respondent assemblies include a circuit board, and an enclosure mounted to the circuit board along an enclosure-to-board interface. The enclosure facilitates enclosing at least one electronic component coupled to the circuit board within a secure volume. A tamper-respondent electronic circuit structure facilitates defining the secure volume, and includes one or more tamper-detect circuits including at least one conductive trace disposed, at least in part, within the enclosure-to-board interface. The conductive trace(s) includes stress rise regions to facilitate tamper-detection at the enclosure-to-board interface. An adhesive is provided to secure the enclosure to the circuit board. The adhesive contacts, at least in part, the conductive trace(s) of the tamper-detect circuit(s) at the enclosure-to-board interface, including at the stress rise regions of the conductive trace(s).
US10306750B2
A circuit board and a method of manufacturing a circuit board or two circuit boards are illustrated and described. The circuit board includes (a) a dielectric layer with a planar extension in parallel with respect to an xy-plane which is spanned by an x-axis and a y-axis perpendicular thereto and a layer thickness along a z-direction which is perpendicular with respect to the x-axis and to the y-axis; (b) a metallic layer which is attached to the dielectric layer in a planar manner; and (c) a component which is embedded in the dielectric layer and/or in a dielectric core-layer of the circuit board. The dielectric layer includes a dielectric material which has (i) an elastic modulus E in a range between 1 and 20 GPa and (ii) a coefficient of thermal expansion in a range between 0 and 17 ppm/K along the x-axis and along the y-axis.
US10306745B2
An accelerator 4 includes a circular vacuum container including circular return yokes 5A, 5B. An injection electrode 18 is disposed closer to an inlet of a beam extraction path 20 in the return yoke 5B than a central axis C of the vacuum container. Magnetic poles 7A to 7F are radially disposed from the injection electrode 18 at the periphery of the injection electrode 18 in the return yoke 5B. Recessions 29A to 29F are disposed alternately with the magnetic poles 7A to 7F in the circumferential direction of the return yoke 5B. In the vacuum container, a concentric trajectory region, in which multiple beam turning trajectories centered around the injection electrode 18 are present, is formed, and an eccentric trajectory region, in which multiple beam turning trajectories eccentric from the injection electrode 18 are present, is formed around the region.
US10306725B2
Provided is a light source drive device including: a current supply device; and a light source device including a light emitting element that emits light by receiving drive current supplied from the current supply device, a temperature sensor that performs temperature detection at a position closer to the light emitting element than the current supply device, and a signal generation unit that outputs a control signal for controlling the drive current depending on a detected value of the temperature sensor to the current supply device. The signal generation unit generates a control signal for reducing the drive current depending on a temperature when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a predetermined temperature.
US10306719B2
A first LED is connected to a power line to emit a first light in a first color toward a screen when applied with a power-line voltage of the power line. A second LED is connected to the power line to emit a second light in a second color toward the screen when applied with the power-line voltage. The first color is complementary to the second color.
US10306716B1
A control signal switching system generates a light emitting module control signal for controlling a light emitting module, and the control signal switching system has a switching module and a transmission module. The switching module receives a switching control signal, a first control signal and a second control signal and output one control signal selected from the first control signal and the second control signal according to the switching control signal. The transmission module is connected to the switching module for receiving the one control signal selected from the first control signal and the second control signal and generates the light emitting module control signal for transmitting to the light emitting module. Therefore, the light emitting module is in operation according to the light emitting module control signal.
US10306715B2
The invention relates to an assembly which consists of control gear for lamps and an electric circuit, said control gear comprising at least one energy transmission element, for example a transformer. The electric circuit has an inductive coupling element arranged in a stray magnetic field of the energy transmission element. The electric circuit comprises a voltage supply unit designed to produce a supply voltage for the electric circuit from energy absorbed from the stray magnetic or electromagnetic field of the energy transmission element.
US10306710B2
A cooking tool is disclosed, which comprises a fastening portion detachably provided in a cooking vessel provided above or inside a kitchen appliance to cook food; a sensor sensing a temperature of food which is cooked in the cooking vessel; a transmitter transmitting temperature information sensed by the sensor to the kitchen appliance as an electric signal; and a controller controlling the transmitter to transmit the temperature information sensed by the sensor as an electric signal.
US10306708B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to a reflector for use in a thermal processing chamber. In one embodiment, the thermal processing chamber generally includes an upper dome, a lower dome opposing the upper dome, the upper dome and the lower dome defining an internal volume of the processing chamber, a substrate support disposed within the internal volume, and a reflector positioned above and proximate to the upper dome, wherein the reflector has a heat absorptive coating layer deposited on a side of the reflector facing the substrate support.
US10306707B2
A heater for heating an aerosol-forming substrate includes a plurality of elongate heating elements arranged in an elongate array. The elongate array has a support end with a first dimension, a heating end with a second dimension and a middle portion with a third dimension. The array is arranged to heat the substrate to form an aerosol. The third dimension is greater than the first dimension and greater than the second dimension. An electrically heated aerosol generating system can include the heater.
US10306702B2
The embodiments herein relate to a network device, a network node, a mobile device and respective method. The network device is configured to receive from a network node of each network provider information including a percentage of network utilization and based on that information determine a list including information on network providers to which mobile devices may connect to in the event of an emergency. The network providers being comprised in a given geographical area and connected to the network device.
US10306696B2
A method and apparatus for handling radio access network (RAN) assistance information in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) discards first broadcast RAN assistance information when a radio link failure (RLF) occurs, and applies second broadcast RAN assistance information after a specific time. That is, upon RLF, until when received broadcast RAN assistance information is not applied is defined.
US10306694B2
The invention relates to a method in a user equipment and a user equipment (700) for controlling connection re-establishment between said user equipment and a network. The method comprises the steps of—receiving (501) a configuration message from the network defining at least one condition;—upon detection of connectivity problems (503) towards the first cell, evaluating said at least one condition (504);—if said at least one condition is fulfilled for a neighboring cell (B), applying at least one special criterion for initiating connection re-establishment to said neighboring cell (505), said at least one special criterion being different from at least one criterion that is applied if said at least one condition is not fulfilled. The invention furthermore relates to a method and an arrangement in a network node (800) for controlling connection re-establishment between the network and a user equipment (700).
US10306689B2
Systems and methods allow for devices, such as sensory systems and mixed reality content consuming systems installed within a vehicle, to discover each other, share multidimensional realities, inherit context for mixed reality content, and/or coordinate whilst providing a mixed reality user experience. A discovery service can receive information from multiple devices and correlate digital and physical characteristics thereof to enable devices to discover each other. Characteristics of a device that may be used for pairing may include its orientation physically, the observable reality of a device, the state-machine of the device, the intentions of the device whilst operating autonomously or with external assistance, the location of a device, the temporal/spatial information describing the device's movement over time in a multi-dimensional reality or any unique identifiers contained within or generated by the device.
US10306688B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for performing a multimedia telephony (MMTEL) service in a machine type communication (MTC) device. The method can comprise the steps of: receiving, from an upper layer, an indication in which a mobile orienting (MO) MMTEL service is initiated; setting a special call type for the MMTEL service in a call type field within a request message for performing the MMTEL service; and transmitting the request message to a lower layer, wherein, when the request message is transmitted to the lower layer, if the MMTEL service is initiated, the MTC device does not transmit an extended access barring (EAB) application indication to the lower layer or can transmit, to the lower layer, an indication commanding the EAB to be skipped, even if the EAB is set.
US10306687B2
Systems and methods for locating a wireless device in a “noisy environment” is provided. Embodiments relate to locating and wirelessly transmitting signals to a fitness device located proximate to other electronic devices is disclosed. In one embodiment, advertisement tokens and RSSI can be used for signal strength indication and then transmit a specific signal to the device. Examples include imprinting the fitness device to have a unique wireless identifier.
US10306680B2
A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may transmit a preamble using a physical random access channel (PRACH) and determine a location of a random access response (RAR) based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is transmitted. The RAR may be received at the location. A device may receive a preamble using a PRACH associated with a coverage enhancement (CE) level and/or a CE mode of a WTRU. The device may determine a location of an RAR based on a parameter of the PRACH. The location may include a subframe and/or a frequency resource on which the RAR is to be transmitted. The device may determine a number of repetitions of the RAR to transmit based on the CE level or CE mode. The RAR may be transmitted at the location with the determined number of repetitions.
US10306677B2
A method and an apparatus is provided for terminating an enhanced random access channel (E-RACH) message in an E-RACH transmission. Triggers for terminating the E-RACH message are provided. The actions upon termination of the E-RACH messages are provided to release enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resources while in cell forward access channel (CELL_FACH) state or transition to cell dedicated channel (CELL_DCH) state.
US10306671B2
Current approaches to transmitting uplink data in a network often require resources to be granted. In an example, a node or apparatus may configure a plurality of devices to operate in a grant-less mode in accordance with a respective grant-less access allocation. Grant-less operations may be managed, for example, to meet the reliability and latency requirements and battery life requirements for different types of devices. For example, the state transition between grant-less and grant based may be managed.
US10306664B2
The present invention relates to a deterministic scheduling method oriented to an industrial wireless WIA-PA network, and belongs to the technical field of industrial wireless network communication. According to the deterministic scheduling method, in middle and small scale WIA-PA networks, a scheduling solution can be obtained using an optimal deterministic scheduling method based on a backtracking method by establishing a solution space tree for data stream scheduling after part or all of the solution space tree is searched, and an optimal success rate of the scheduling can be obtained; and in a large scale WIA-PA network, the time margin of each time slot is calculated for each data stream using a suboptimal deterministic scheduling method based on least slack first, the scheduling is prioritized according to the time margin, and a scheduling solution can be obtained in a short time at a higher success rate. With the deterministic scheduling method provided by the present invention, both time slots and channel resources can be reasonably distributed for the transmission of respective data streams within the whole network, thereby avoiding the conflict of communication links and solving the deterministic problem of end-to-end data stream transmission across the WIA-PA network.
US10306660B2
Wireless devices in a wireless network may use multiple communication modes to perform device-to-device (D2D) communication in a mesh wide area network (WAN). For instance, one communication mode may be contention-based, while the other communication mode may be scheduled (e.g., by a relay). To facilitate co-existence between these communication modes, a wireless device may identify a set of resources set aside for D2D communications and may select and reserve a transmission time interval (e.g., a slot) of the D2D resources. Other wireless devices may determine the transmission time interval is reserved and refrain from transmitting during that transmission time interval. In another example, a base station may assign a D2D communication mode to certain sets of D2D resources.
US10306651B2
A method (20) of scheduling performed by a network node (3) is disclosed. The network node (3) comprises a distributed local oscillator architecture in which elements (181, . . . , 18i, . . . , 18N) of an antenna array (14) have at least partly uncorrelated local oscillator signals, and the network node (3) has wireless connectivity to at least two transmitter nodes (2a, 2b). The method (20) comprises calculating (21) a phase noise value between one or more layers received in each element (181, . . . , 18i, . . . , 18N) from a first transmitter node (2a) and one or more layers received in each element (181, . . . , 18i, . . . , 18N) from a second transmitter node (2b), and determining (22) a scheduling allocation for the at least two transmitter nodes (2a, 2b), taking the calculated phase noise value into account. A network node (3), computer program and computer program product are also provided.
US10306643B2
A system and method is disclosed that includes receiving connectivity information from a plurality of client devices connect to a network associated with a plurality of base stations; storing the connectivity information in one or more memories; determining a first location of a first device that desires to connect to a base station associated with the network; identifying a set of candidate bands and channels for connection to the base station based on the first location and the connectivity information; and transmitting the set of candidate bands and channels to the first device.
US10306634B2
According to an example, a communication device is described comprising a receiver configured to receive a signal, a divider configured to divide the signal into signal components, an estimator configured to estimate, for each signal component, an expected processing error which is made when, instead of a first processing scheme, a second processing scheme is used to process the signal component, wherein the first has a higher processing effort than the second, a determiner configured to determine, for each signal component, whether to process the signal component by the first or by the second processing scheme based on the expected processing errors.
US10306629B2
According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device is one of a plurality of wireless communication devices constituting a wireless communication system. The device includes one or more processors configured to have a network topology construction mode and a time-division wireless communication mode. A first cycle as a communication cycle in the network topology construction mode is shorter than a second cycle as a communication cycle in the time-division wireless communication mode.
US10306628B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for determining a control channel search space. The method includes: determining numbers of at least two physical resource sets; determining, according to the numbers, location offsets of search spaces corresponding to the at least two physical resource sets, wherein the determined location offsets of the search spaces comprises at least two different location offsets of the search spaces; and determining, according to the location offsets of the search spaces corresponding to the at least two physical sets, the search spaces corresponding to the at least two physical resource sets. By grouping and numbering resources, and determining different location offsets for different search spaces, a probability of control channel search space conflict can be reduced. Thereby, resources of control channels can be maximized in a case of multiple users, and communication efficiency can be improved.
US10306618B2
The disclosure of the present specification provides a method for receiving a downlink control channel, which is repeated on a plurality of downlink subframes, by a wireless device in a wireless communication system. The method may comprise the steps of: attempting, by the wireless device, blind decoding of the downlink control channel, using one or more of multiple scrambling codes; when the blind decoding is successful, determining, by the wireless device, a repetition level for the downlink control channel on the basis of a scrambling code by which the wireless device has been successful in the blind decoding; and determining, by the wireless device, the number of repetitions of the downlink control channel according to the repetition level.
US10306615B2
Various methods of control-less data transmission for NB-IoT/NR devices have been proposed to improve efficiency and system capacity in cellular networks. In a first embodiment, a PDCCH-less operation is performed between eNB and UE. UE will blindly decode some PDSCH subframes according to the parameters configured by higher layer. In a second embodiment, a PDCCH-lite operation is performed between eNB and UE. UE may use one PDCCH to schedule more than one subsequent PDSCH resources. In a third embodiment, an extremely compact DCI (E-DCI) format is used between eNB and UE. When the same assignment parameters are used by the eNB for the UE, DCI overhead may be reduced by E-DCI. In a fourth embodiment, direct data transmission in PDCCH is performed between eNB and UE. Data transmission is directly transmitted by PDCCH with a new DCI format.
US10306602B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method and apparatus. The data transmission method includes: receiving, by a third site, a first transmit frame transmitted by a first site to a second site, and acquiring a transmission end moment of the first transmit frame; transmitting, by the third site, a second transmit frame to a fourth site, and instructing the fourth site to delay returning a response frame; and receiving, by the third site after at least one preset time length after transmission of the second transmit frame ends, the response frame transmitted by the fourth site; where a transmission end moment of the second transmit frame is not later than the transmission end moment of the first transmit frame. The embodiments of the present invention implement that the third site can also transmit data when the first site transmits data, which improves system transmission efficiency.
US10306596B2
A method and system for uplink-downlink transmission of data packets in a wireless cellular network, during idle state of User Equipment (UE) using connectionless transmission is disclosed. The method establishes S1 common bearer between a Radio Access Network (RAN) node and Serving Gateway (SGW) and S5 common bearer between the SGW and Packet Data Network Gateway (PGW). The method defines a modified Uu interface between the UE and the RAN node. The method appends data packets with UE Identifier (ID) and routing information as packet header information to independently route data packets through wireless cellular network in a self-sustainable manner using the established common bearers and the modified Uu interface. The method secures data packets by providing integrity and ciphering protection. The method eliminates cost of dedicated bearer set up and reduces signaling overhead on the Uu interface thereby improving network efficiency and battery life of the UE.
US10306595B2
A method of selecting hopping target channels by a device except a wireless local area network device includes: selecting candidate channels having a received signal strength less than a set threshold signal strength from among channels included in an available frequency band; classifying the candidate channels into frequency regions based on a channel frequency of each of the candidate channels; and for each of the frequency regions, selecting at least one candidate channel included in a frequency region as a hopping target channel for the frequency region.
US10306593B1
In wireless communications systems, a client terminal performs cell search procedure to find a suitable cell and camp on it to receive service from the network. In 3GPP LTE wireless communication system, the initial cell search involves the decoding of the Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) which may take a long time to decode which affects the time it takes to camp on an appropriate cell. One of the reasons for this is that conventional methods perform PBCH decoding sequentially to find a suitable cell. A method and apparatus are disclosed that perform the PBCH decoding in parallel for multiple cells. This method enables the client terminal to camp on a cell and receive service faster than conventional methods.
US10306589B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for hybrid reference signal transmission in wireless communication. In some embodiments, an apparatus may include assignment logic to assign indices to a first set and a second set; identification logic to identify resource elements for a hybrid reference signal in accordance with a first rule for each index in the first set and in accordance with a second rule for each index in the second set, the second rule different from the first rule; and transmission logic to provide the hybrid reference signal for wireless transmission using a common transmission mode in the identified resource elements. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10306587B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a base station, a host node, and a communication method in order to address one or more of the above-described problems. A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system including: a base station (10) and a host node (40) that communicates with the base station (10). The base station (10) included in the communication system transmits to the host node (40) setting information indicating whether or not a paging message transmitted from the host node (40) can be transmitted to other base stations, and the host node (40) receives the setting information from the base station (10).
US10306586B2
A device may broadcast an indication of an activity level of the device. The device may also receive a notification of an incoming message and receive at least one broadcast from at least one additional device also receiving the notification of the incoming message including an indication of at least one activity level of the at least one additional device. The device may compare its own activity level with the received at least one activity level. In response to determining that the activity level of the device is equal to or greater than a highest received at least one activity level, the device may display the notification of the incoming message.
US10306584B2
User Equipment (UE), computer readable medium, and method to determine a mobility of the UE are disclosed. The UE may include circuitry configured to determine a plurality of signals from a serving cell. The each signal of the plurality of signals may be one or more of: a reference signal receive power (RSRP), a reference signal receive quality (RSRQ), a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), a signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR), and a CQI. The circuitry may be configured to determine a measure for each of a window size of the plurality of signals. Each measure may be a variance of the plurality of signals, a standard deviation of the plurality of signals, a percent confidence interval (CI) of a mean of the measure, and a linear combination of measures. The circuitry may determine whether the UE is stationary based on one or more measures.
US10306581B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A reception method for an electronic device of the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving, from a transmission device, first location information including information on the coverage area of the transmission device; generating second location information using the first location information and location information of the electronic device; and determining location information of the transmission device using the second location information and information on the coverage area of the electronic device.
US10306576B2
This closure relates to narrowband communication supporting an Internet of Things (IoT) service in a next-generation wireless communication system and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving narrowband synchronization signals. A base station repeats a Zadoff-Chu sequence on each of multiple OFDM symbols; multiplies each component of a cover sequence, having a length corresponding to a number of the multiple OFDM symbols, to all the components of the Zadoff-Chu sequence on each of the multiple OFDM symbols. Then, the base station transmits the NB PSS by using the Zadoff-Chu sequence multiplied by the cover sequence to the one or more UEs.
US10306573B2
A method for device-to-device (D2D) communications includes generating, by a synchronization source, a primary device-to-device synchronization signal that is different from a primary synchronization signal (PSS) sent by an Evolved NodeB (eNodeB) and an existing uplink (UL) signal sent by device-to-device communications devices, and transmitting, by the synchronization source, the primary device-to-device synchronization signal in a single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) waveform.
US10306569B2
Provided are systems and processes for adjusting signal strength for medical appointment progress tracking. According to various examples, a method is provided which comprises transmitting, via an antenna of a transceiver, a wireless signal within a medical examination room such that a location within the medical examination room is within a coverage area of the wireless signal. A plurality of checkpoints are identified within the medical examination room, and the strength of the wireless signal is measured at each checkpoint. An amount to adjust the gain of an amplifier coupled to the antenna is determined. The amount may be determined based on the strength of the wireless signal measured at each checkpoint. The strength of the wireless signal is adjusted based on the determined amount such that the coverage area includes a desired wireless signal strength.
US10306564B2
There is provided a communication device including: a communication unit that receives a beacon for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service; and a control unit that controls a transmission power to be used for transmission of a radio signal of the second communication service from the communication unit based on location data included in the beacon and indicating a location of a transmission source node of the beacon and a location of an interfered node interfered by the second communication service.
US10306560B2
In order to reduce the power consumption of a receiving electronic device, received advertising beacons may be filtered so that the receiving electronic device selectively transitions from a power-saving mode to a normal operating mode. For example, the receiving electronic device may receive a beacon with advertising information for a transmitting electronic device. If the advertising information is changed relative to a previous version of the advertising information for the transmitting electronic device, the receiving electronic device may transition from the power-saving mode to the normal operating mode. In this way, the receiving electronic device may ‘wake up’ if it receives an advertisement that it wants to act on, such as advertisements for: file sharing, wireless streaming of information, proximity pairing and/or continuity of a user experience with an application when the user transitions from the transmitting electronic device to the receiving electronic device.
US10306556B2
An access point device comprising a transceiver configured to receive and send messages on a communication channel, and a controller configured to cause the transceiver to transmit beacon messages regularly on the communication channel is disclosed. The beacon messages include a first indication that data, for one or more stations arranged to communicate with the access point device over the communication channel, is buffered in a buffer associated with the access point device when data is buffered in the buffer. The transceiver is arranged to transmit at least one utility message, transmitted over the communication channel between transmissions of the beacon messages, wherein the at least one utility message comprises a second indication for at least one of the one or more stations as to whether an upcoming beacon message comprises the first indication that data for the at least one of the one or more stations is buffered in the buffer. The station is arranged to communicate over the communication channel with the access point device, and arranged to apply a power save mode including a Doze state and an Awake state, wherein, when the station is in the Doze state, the station occasionally enters the Awake state for determining whether data for the station is buffered in the buffer and then re-enters the Doze state if no data for the station is indicated to be buffered in the buffer. The station is arranged to perform the re-entering to the Doze state at the first found one of the first indication and the second indication that indicates that no data for the station is buffered in the buffer. Methods and computer programs for the station and the access point device are also disclosed.
US10306550B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) setting of a User Equipment (UE). For example, a UE may include a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) transceiver to communicate with a WLAN; a cellular transceiver to communicate with a cellular network; a user interface to provide a user with a plurality of WLAN setting options and to receive an indication of a selected WLAN setting from the plurality of WLAN setting options; and a connection manager to cause the WLAN transceiver to operate according to the selected WLAN setting.
US10306547B2
The methods described herein are configured to collect profile data on a device, scan for access points based on the profile data, and update a machine learning (ML) component based on feedback from the scan. Profile data is collected on a device as input to the ML component and a scan pattern is generated by the ML component based on the collected profile data, the scan pattern including a scan frequency, a scan iteration count, and a channel hint. A scan for access points is run in accordance with the generated scan pattern and the ML component receives feedback including a scanning result based on the scan for access points. ML component is then updated based on the scanning result, the scan pattern, and the profile data. Improving the ML component and thereby, the scanning efficiency of the device provides consistent network connection and improved battery performance.
US10306543B2
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for discovery and association, by a mobile station, of a femto base station from a plurality of base stations. The mobile station may select a base station for consideration for association by decoding a physical layer identifier to determine that the base station is a macro base station and select a different base station based on other considerations. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10306541B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for interworking. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include receiving interworking information, wherein the interworking information comprises at least one rule associated with network access; and receiving information from a network, wherein the information describes how to use the at least one rule associated with network access. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US10306539B2
An access point that implements operating modes in which beacons may be selectively disabled. Beacons may be disabled when no device is actively associated through the access point. Beacons may be enabled in response to one or more triggers, which may include events such as a client forming an association through the access point following a probe request message identifying the access point. In addition, active beaconing may be triggered by user input or may occur during periodic brief intervals that allow client devices to discover the network identifier for the access point. Selective control of beaconing may lead to more effective wireless communication, particularly in areas where users congregate with computers implementing soft APs for personal networks.
US10306524B2
Antenna nodes are controlled to maintain a respective radio cell, each cell having one and the same physical cell identity. The antenna nodes are further controlled to maintain the respective radio cell in a single direction substantially along a path such that each wireless communication device, during movement in a movement direction along the path, can connect either to consecutive antenna nodes towards which the wireless communication device is moving or connect to consecutive antenna nodes away from which the wireless communication device is moving.
US10306522B2
The present invention relates to a method in a network node for handling neighbor cell relations in a cellular communications network, the network node serving user equipments in a first cell, wherein the network node, upon reception of an indication from a user equipment that a second cell is a potential handover candidate cell for said user equipment based on radio condition criteria, is configured to add said second cell to a neighbor cell relation list. The method comprises applying at least one additional criterion for determining if said second cell should be added to the neighbor cell relation list; and if said at least one additional criteria is not met, then rejecting the addition of said second cell to the neighbor cell relation list even if radio condition criteria for addition of the second cell to the neighbor cell relation list are fulfilled.
US10306513B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to an orchestrator and arbitrator in an Internet of Things (IoT) platform. In one example, a method of servicing a plurality of data flows of a plurality of wireless devices using a plurality of protocols includes: monitoring one or more interfaces that communicate using the plurality of protocols, activating a first interface upon detecting a demand to exchange data thereon, wherein a connectivity manager performs the monitoring, and activating, extracting, by a packet analyzer, packet metadata from one or more of the plurality of data flows, determining latency encountered and bandwidth utilized by the one or more data flows based on the packet metadata, applying, by an adaptive connectivity manager (ACM), a latency reduction strategy to attempt to comply with latency criteria, and applying, by a bandwidth utilization manager (BUM), a bandwidth reduction strategy to attempt to comply with bandwidth criteria.
US10306505B2
A transmitter reports channel quality information by partitioning channel quality values, based on a channel quality information reporting parameter, into at least two partitions, each partition corresponding to a frequency bandwidth associated with the communications system. A channel quality value of the channel quality values of at least one of the at least two partitions is encoded to obtain signaling information on channel quality, including at least one of first channel quality information and second channel quality information, based on the channel quality information reporting parameter, wherein the second channel quality information is different from the first channel quality information. The transmitter transmits the signaling information on the channel quality by reporting the first channel quality information or the second channel quality information at different reporting frequencies depending on the channel quality information reporting parameter.
US10306501B2
A method for aperiodically reporting channel status in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: sending, to a base station, terminal performance information containing information about the computing capability of maximum aperiodic channel state information (CSI); receiving an aperiodic CSI reporting request from the base station; and computing an aperiodic CSI corresponding to the aperiodic CSI reporting request on the basis of the computing or reporting capability of the maximum aperiodic CSI, and sending the aperiodic CSI to the base station, wherein information about the computing or reporting capability of the maximum aperiodic CSI can include the number N of CSI processes which the terminal can compute simultaneously, N being an integer equal to or greater than 1.
US10306497B2
A method for determining stability of a wireless signal includes transmitting a plurality of transmitted testing signals periodically during a time interval, receiving the plurality of transmitted testing signals and identifying at least one received testing signal from the plurality of transmitted testing signals, and generating a signal stability indicator according to a time weighting of each received testing signal of the at least one received testing signal.
US10306496B2
To reduce the signal processing performance degradation of a network node and/or to enhance the stability of the network node based on an appropriate estimate of equipment quantity in relation to communication traffic, a control device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first means for collecting, from a network node that processes traffic, traffic data that is information about the traffic and a second means for extracting, from the collected traffic data, a traffic feature value including the degree of the variation of the traffic. On the basis of the extracted traffic feature value, the second means calculates the amount of resources necessary for the network node to process the traffic.
US10306495B2
Methods, apparatuses and computer readable media are described that determine a connection state between a mobile wireless device and a wireless network upon detection of an interruption of a connection between the mobile wireless device and the wireless network. The mobile wireless device transmits an uplink resource allocation message to the wireless network, and when receiving no response to the uplink resource allocation message, transmits a random access message to the wireless network. When receiving no response from the wireless network to the random access message, the mobile wireless device executes a radio link failure procedure. In an embodiment, the uplink resource allocation message includes a unique identifier for an existing radio resource control connection between the mobile wireless device and the wireless network.
US10306488B2
A method of a controller node arranged to act with or within a cellular radio access network, RAN, is disclosed. The method comprises determining mobility data for UEs in active mode in at least a part of the RAN, estimating mobility data for UEs in idle mode in the at least the part of the RAN and determining reliability of the mobility data estimates, causing the RAN to page, when reliability of mobility data estimates of a set of the idle UEs is below a threshold, the set of the idle UEs and receive updated position information for the mobility data estimates, and determining a mobility situation within the at least the part of the RAN from the determined mobility data for the active UEs and the estimated mobility data for the idle UEs. The method further comprises comparing the determined mobility situation with one or more stored mobility situation data, and taking one or more control actions for the RAN when a change or anomaly is discovered in the determined mobility situation and based on the comparison. Such a controller node and a computer program therefor are also disclosed.
US10306468B2
The techniques described herein are configured to map a new security association to an active Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) session subsequent to the occurrence of a connectivity interruption. In various examples, the connectivity interruption occurs in an access network that supports an IMS network. The new security association is established using an updated IP address that is configured for (e.g., assigned to) a mobile device after the connectivity interruption to the IMS session occurs. The techniques described herein improve network performance because less resources are spent to establish new IMS session in response to the interruption. Rather, in accordance with the examples provided herein, network components can determine that a new security association is associated with an active IMS session, and the network components can map the new security association to the active IMS session (e.g., one for which the IMS has not released the IMS bearer).
US10306462B2
This disclosure is directed to establishing data access for a mobile device in a foreign mobile network. An exemplary method comprises executing a first attach operation (e.g., an IMSI attach operation) for a mobile device, the first attach operation resulting in a successful first attachment for the mobile device; determining, for a particular period, non-execution of a second attach operation (e.g., a GPRS operation) for a second attachment for the mobile device; classifying, based on the successful first attachment and the non-execution of the second attach operation for the particular period, the mobile device as a silent roamer; and determining whether the mobile device is associated with a data package for establishing a first quota of data access.
US10306456B2
Processing of preferred roaming lists is disclosed. Usage data about wireless communication networks as utilized by a plurality of mobile apparatuses each associated with a set of subscriber identity modules performing subscriber identification and authentication in the wireless communication networks is gathered. Subscriber identity module-specific preferred roaming lists are updated on the basis of the usage data. The updated preferred roaming lists are distributed for use by the sets of the subscriber identity modules in the plurality of the mobile apparatuses.
US10306455B2
A communication apparatus capable of communication by a predetermined wireless connection method, decides which of the communication apparatus and a communication partner apparatus operates as an access point and which operates as a client, connects to the communication partner apparatus by the predetermined wireless connection method, based on the decision, determines whether a connection to the communication partner apparatus is disconnected, performs reactivation processing for causing the communication apparatus to enter a state in which communication by the predetermined wireless connection method is possible. The communication apparatus, if it is decided that the communication apparatus operates as the client and it is determined that the connection is disconnected, performs the reactivation processing.
US10306452B2
Resource allocation techniques for device-to-device (D2D) discovery are described. In one embodiment, for example, user equipment (UE) may comprise at least one radio frequency (RF) transceiver to receive device-to-device (D2D) configuration information comprising a D2D discovery period index value for a first D2D discovery period and logic, at least a portion of which is in hardware, the logic to determine a D2D discovery period index value for a second D2D discovery period based on the D2D discovery period index value for the first D2D discovery period and determine a set of D2D discovery resource allocation parameters for the second D2D discovery period based on a set of D2D discovery resource allocation parameters for the first D2D discovery period and the D2D discovery period index value for the second D2D discovery period. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10306451B2
A communication system as an example of an exemplary embodiment includes two mobile terminals and two BLE terminals. The mobile terminals establish connections with the BLE terminals. Specifically, one of the mobile terminals and one of the BLE terminals are connected together such that the mobile terminal is a central and the BLE terminal is a peripheral. In the state of being connected to the mobile terminal, the BLE terminal communicates with the other BLE terminal in the state of being connected to the other mobile terminal. The BLE terminals may establish a connection with each other and communicate with each other, or may communicate with each other without establishing a connection with each other.
US10306448B2
The present invention provides a method for requesting location-based assistance executed on a mobile device of an assistance requester, and a method and system for providing location-based assistance executed on a server of a joint assistance service provider. The present invention integrates mobile positioning and telecommunications technologies to provide assistance provision information. In the present invention, an assistance request module of the mobile device is activated for execution to locate the assistance requester; assistance request information containing the assistance requester's location information is transmitted to the server of the joint assistance service provider. Then, the mobile device is connected to a social networking website or an assistance provider via the server of the joint assistance service provider to receive real-time assistance provision information. The present invention improves conventional assistance request methods as well as assistance provision timings. Also, the assistance request information, containing the assistance requester's location information, is analyzed to provide more accurate assistance-related data to the assistance provider. Therefore, the present invention allows the efficiency of providing assistance to be improved.
US10306435B2
Apparatus is provided having a smart communication device having a processor configured to: receive signaling containing information about sensed data from a multiplicity of data collectors each associated with a respective piece of equipment and configured to collect the sensed data related to the respective piece of equipment when the smart communication device is moved within a predefined proximity to automatically connect with each data collector to receive the signaling during movement of the smart communication device on a programmed route having multiple pieces of equipment; and determine corresponding signaling containing information about prioritized sensed data related to each of the multiplicity of data collectors for operating an app in the processor, based upon the signaling received. The smart communication device includes an iPad, a smart phone, a laptop or a subsystem of a vehicle/robot. The apparatus may include the vehicle/robot having the subsystem.
US10306432B2
The present invention pertains to a method and apparatus for setting a mobile communication terminal. A method for setting a mobile communication terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, an information provision request message to an information provision entity; and receiving, by the mobile communication terminal, information for access to the mobile communication terminal, which is generated by the information provision entity, from the information provision entity. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a user can directly set a service provider during initial use of a terminal or efficiently change the service provider.
US10306427B2
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for initiating actions based on mobile device location of a user. The method includes one or more processors determining that a user is within a defined proximity to a zone within a venue, based on monitoring a computing device of the user moving through the venue. The method further includes one or more processors identifying an action associated with the zone, where the action includes performing a function of the computing device of the user. The method further includes one or more processors initiating the identified action associated with the zone on the computing device of the user.
US10306425B2
A method includes, with a first bearer node of a telecommunication component, utilizing network connections between the first bearer node and a first plurality of control nodes of the telecommunication component, the bearer node configured to process media data being transmitted between endpoints over a network. The method further includes, with a second bearer node of the telecommunication component, utilizing network connections between the second bearer node and a second plurality of control nodes of the telecommunication component, the second plurality of control nodes having at least one control node in common with the first plurality of control nodes and at least one control node not common with the first plurality of control nodes.
US10306423B2
A user equipment (UE) may periodically check for multicast updates from a wireless telecommunications network based on a particular interval (e.g., a “content check interval”). For example, when the UE is powered on, the UE may periodically check for multicast updates based on a default content check interval. The UE may monitor internal and/or external conditions, such as a status of an external device (e.g., a vehicle, an electronic billboard, etc.), a power source of the UE (e.g., an electrical outlet, a battery, etc.), a mode of operation of the UE (e.g., a sleep mode, an active mode, etc.), and an activity level of the UE (e.g., an level of processor activity, an amount of memory being used, etc.). The UE may determine a new content check interval based on the monitored conditions, and the UE may check for multicast updates based on the new content check interval.
US10306420B2
Embodiments of self-locating computing devices, systems, and methods are described. In some embodiments, a computing device may include a Wireless Credential Exchange Module (WCEM) to detect one or more location tags and a management engine, coupled to the WCEM, to retrieve information of the one or more location tags from the WCEM, and to provide an asset management server with an identifier of the computing device and the information of the one or more location tags or location information of the computing device. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10306417B2
A wireless communication method executed by a processor included in an information processing apparatus, the wireless communication method includes determining, based on a moving speed of a moving object and an amount of downloading time for specific information that is provided to a terminal device within a given range relative to the moving object, a transmission area into which the specific information is to be transmitted; and transmitting the specific information to the terminal device present in the determined transmission area.
US10306416B2
An electronic converter including: an information receiver configured to receive transaction information from outside through a network; a memory that is configured to store computer-readable instructions, a conversion rule, and a reverse conversion rule; an error detector that is configured to detect a detection error, a reverse-conversion error, and an output error; and a processor configured to execute the computer-readable instructions so as to: convert the transaction information into the vibration generation signal according to the conversion rule; generate vibration corresponding to the vibration generation signal; reverse-convert the vibration detection signal into the reverse-converted transaction information according to the reverse conversion rule; output the reverse-converted transaction information; and output code display promotion transaction information when the processor detects at least one of the detection error, the reverse-conversion error, or the output error. The code display promotion transaction information is alternate information of the reverse-converted transaction information.
US10306413B2
Devices and methods of estimating the AoD of a STA are generally described. The STA receives comparison symbols from a first AP antenna. The comparison symbols are received prior to and after switching of transmitter chains from a first set of antennas to a second set of antennas. AoD symbols are received immediately after the comparison symbols. A phase and amplitude correction is determined based on a phase and amplitude change between the comparison symbols and the second AoD symbol corrected based thereon. The AoD is subsequently estimated based on the symbol measurements.
US10306408B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a positioning method, a positioning server, and a positioning system. The positioning method includes: separately obtaining, by a positioning server, location coordinates of M positioning nodes; separately obtaining, by the positioning server, a reference signal time difference RSTD between an ith positioning node and an (i+1)th positioning node in the M positioning nodes and a jth mobile terminal in two mobile terminals; determining, by the positioning server, a relative RSTD according to the RSTD; and determining, by the positioning server, location coordinates of the two mobile terminals according to the relative RSTD and the location coordinates of the M positioning nodes.
US10306406B2
An electronic device and a method of the electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a location measurement module configured to measure a location; a memory configured to store an application program; and a processor electrically connected to the location measurement module and the memory, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to store location information obtained by the location measurement module in the memory, process a request from the application program to obtain location information, and, in response to the request to obtain location information, provide the stored location information to the application program based on at least part of the location information stored in the memory.
US10306405B2
Determining the geographic location of a portable electronic device (100) in a radio communications network, by transmitting radio signals from a plurality of first network transmitters (200, 300, 400); receiving, in the network, a measurement signal from the portable electronic device, which measurement signal comprises, for each transmitted radio signal, a plurality of data samples obtained in the electronic device from the respective transmitted signal at different time points during a measurement period with movement of the portable electronic device (100), and local position data associated to each data sample obtained from a local positioning unit in the electronic device, so as to form a synthetic antenna array; obtaining, a direction measurement between the electronic device and the first network transmitter from the synthetic antenna array; obtaining geographic location data for the first network transmitter; and identifying geographic location data of the portable electronic device based on the direction measurement and the geographic location data for the first network transmitter.
US10306404B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for updating a sequence of services. The systems may perform the methods to establish a network communication with the user terminal; obtain, from the user terminal, an identification associated with a user account registered with the system; obtain a current sequence of the plurality of services associated with the identification; determine whether a condition for updating the current sequence is satisfied, when the condition for updating the current sequence is not satisfied, send the current sequence of the plurality of services to the user terminal; and when the condition for updating the current sequence is satisfied, determine an updated sequence of the plurality of services displayed on the display of the user terminal.
US10306403B2
A dynamic integrated security system having a user interface with a display connected to the processor. A plurality of security devices may be situated in a geographical area. A security perimeter may be placed around a high profile entity initiated by a threat level having a predetermined magnitude. The security perimeter may be a geo-fence that encompasses a geo area around the high profile entity. The geo area may encompass one or more security devices. The one or more security devices in the geo area may be connected to the processor. The geo area may move and stay with the high profile entity upon a change of geographic position of the high profile entity. The one or more security devices within the geo area may be monitored and controlled for reducing or preventing effects of the threat level against the high profile entity.
US10306400B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for verifying that a device is using its Wi-Fi circuitry in compliance with the regulations governing the location in which the device is located. Embodiments discussed herein can verify the location using location verification tools that evaluate locally ascertainable factors that contribute to a probability determination of the device's location. Locally ascertainable factors include information that be gleaned from the surroundings of the device. The surroundings or environment in which the device resides may provide clues as to whether the device is located in a particular regulatory domain.
US10306389B2
Systems and methods are described to extract desired audio from an apparatus that is worn on a user's head. The apparatus includes a head wearable device. A first microphone is positioned on the head wearable device to receive a voice signal from the user A first signal from the first microphone is input as a main channel to a noise cancellation unit. A second microphone is coupled to the head wearable device. A first acoustic distance between the first microphone and the user's mouth is less than a second acoustic distance between the second microphone and the user's mouth when the head wearable device is on the user's head. A second signal from the second microphone is input as a reference channel to the noise cancellation unit. A first signal-to-noise ratio of the first signal is larger than a second signal-to-noise ratio of the second signal.
US10306387B2
A device (10) for connection to an audio accessory (20) comprising: a jack socket (14) for connection to a jack plug (25) of the audio accessory (20), a ground connection to a first socket contact (428) which is positioned to mate with a ground return pole of the plug (25). The jack socket (14) comprises a second contact (432) also positioned to mate with the ground return pole of the plug (25). Driver amplifiers (416, 418) comprise an input coupled to the second contact (432) and are configured to superimpose a signal present at the second contact (432) onto received speaker signal. It may achieve reducing the crosstalk which could distort or blur the stereo image.
US10306378B2
A method for operating a hearing device, in particular a hearing aid device, in which a first analog signal is provided. A second analog signal is generated by a preamplifier based on the first analog signal, and a first digital signal is generated by an A/D converter based on the second analog signal. A second digital signal is generated by an amplifier based on the first digital signal, and a third digital signal, in which a noise is reduced in comparison with the second digital signal, is generated by a noise suppression unit based on a second digital signal. The preamplifier, amplifier, and noise suppression unit are set using a value characterizing the first digital signal.
US10306361B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally include a method and apparatus for receiving and separating unwanted external noise from an audible input received from an audible source using an audible signal processing system that contains a plurality of audible signal sensing devices that are arranged and configured to detect an audible signal that is received from any position or angle within three dimensional space. The audible signal processing system is configured to analyze the received audible signals using a first signal processing technique that is able to separate unwanted low frequency range noise from the received audible signal and a second signal processing technique that is able to separate unwanted higher frequency range noise from the received audible signal. The audible signal processing system can then combine the signals processed by the first and second signal processing techniques to form a desired audible signal that has a high signal-to-noise ratio throughout the full speech range.
US10306357B2
A loudspeaker system (50) has a front loudspeaker enclosure (10) having at least one front loudspeaker (20) and a rear loudspeaker enclosure (30) having at least one second loudspeaker (40). The front loudspeaker enclosure (10) is in the form of a horn-loaded enclosure. The rear loudspeaker enclosure (30) is in the form of a vented high-pass enclosure.
US10306348B2
Techniques for mute pattern injection for a pulse-density modulation microphone are described. In one or more implementations, a pulse-density modulation (PDM) microphone includes a transducer that receives a pressure wave and produces an analog signal that represents the pressure wave, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that receives the analog signal from the transducer and converts the analog signal into a digital PDM signal. The PDM microphone also includes a pattern generator that generates a digital mute signal, a controller that outputs control signals, and a multiplexer that receives the control signals, the digital mute signal, and the digital PDM signal. The multiplexer transmits the digital mute signal or the digital PDM signal, responsive to the control signals.
US10306343B2
A field device with a housing, a sensor, and an electronic unit arranged in the housing, with the field device comprising a radio module that can be connected to the electronic unit and removed therefrom.
US10306339B2
It is necessary to increase the scale of a sensor network to achieve high resource exploration efficiency. On the other hand, since there are increasing needs to extend the area of an exploration region and to detect deeper geological stratum and crust structures more accurately, the large-scale sensor network needs to be operated for a long period of several weeks or longer. In order to solve the problem, a sensor unit needs to be turned on always to perform measurement always. However, an auxiliary measurement unit is activated intermittently since the auxiliary measurement unit needs to acquire data at necessary timings only. On the other hand, during collection and transmission of data and charging of a battery, a sensor terminal detects whether power is supplied from a data collection and charging device and automatically turns off the sensor unit and the auxiliary measurement unit to activate a data transmission unit. In this way, it is possible to ensure a long-term operation by reducing the power consumption during acquisition of vibration data, improve operation efficiency by automatically switching an operation mode, and accelerate data transmission.
