US10316101B2
The present invention relates to Chimeric Antigen Receptors (CAR) that are recombinant chimeric proteins able to redirect immune cell specificity and reactivity toward selected membrane antigens, and more particularly in which extracellular ligand binding is a scFV derived from a BCMA monoclonal antibody, conferring specific immunity against BCMA positive cells. The engineered immune cells endowed with such CARs are particularly suited for treating lymphomas, multiple myeloma and leukemia.
US10316100B2
Provided herein are methods of treating a subject with cancer comprising administering to the subject a death receptor agonist. Also provided herein are methods of screening a breast cancer cell for responsiveness to a DR5 agonist. Further provided herein are antibodies that selectively bind an N-terminal CARD of DDX3, a DDX3 lacking an N-terminal CARD, and an 80 kDa baculovirus TAP repeat (BIR).
US10316092B2
The present invention relates to antibodies and their antigen-binding fragments and to other molecules that are capable of immunospecifically binding to the B7-H5 ligand of the B7-H5:CD28H pathway, and to the uses of such molecules in the treatment and diagnosis of autoimmune disease, transplant rejection and other inflammatory diseases.
US10316089B2
The present invention relates to antibodies that bind human programmed cell death 1 (PD-1), and may be useful for treating cancer alone and in combination with chemotherapy and other cancer therapeutics.
US10316085B2
The present invention relates in part to the discovery of genes that are deregulated in cancer stem cells (e.g., melanoma stem cells). In some aspects, methods for treating individuals having melanoma are provided; the methods involve modulating (e.g., inducing, inhibiting, etc.) the activity of the cancer stem cell associated genes. In other aspects, cell surface genes that are upregulated in melanoma stem cells are targeted for the selective isolation, detection, and killing of cancer stem cells in melanoma. Other aspects of the invention relate to reagents, arrays, compositions, and kits that are useful for diagnosing and treating melanoma.
US10316082B2
The invention provides anti-human alpha-synuclein antibodies and methods of using the same.
US10316080B2
A polymeric scaffold useful for conjugating with a protein based recognition-molecule (PBRM) to form a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate is described herein. The scaffold includes one or more terminal maleimido groups. Also disclosed is a PBRM-polymer-drug conjugate prepared from the scaffold. Compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of their preparation, and methods of treating various disorders with the conjugates or their compositions are also described.
US10316074B2
The present invention relates to an interleukin-2 expression construct for yeast, comprising a methanol oxidase (MOX) promoter; a human serum albumin gene or a fragment thereof; and an interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene, and to a yeast comprising the expression construct. The interleukin-2 expression construct for yeast according to the present invention makes it possible to produce an expressed and secreted fusion protein of human serum albumin (HSA) and interleukin-2 at low costs and easily separate recombinant interleukin-2 from the fusion protein. Thus, the interleukin-2 expression construct for yeast may be effectively used to produce a large amount of recombinant interleukin-2 with high purity.
US10316072B2
A recombinant Flagrp170 protein and pharmaceutical compositions comprising a Flagrp170 protein and related molecules encoding same, and cells presenting such a protein are provided. The Flagrp170 protein comprises an NF-κB-activating domain of Flagellin and an ATP-binding domain truncated Grp170. The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention can be used for the treatment or prevention of cancer or infectious disease.
US10316068B2
This disclosure provides methods and compositions related to microbial gene expression. In one aspect, a synthetic polypeptide having a xylose import activity.
US10316067B2
Disclosed herein are isolated and purified Staphylococcus aureus bi-component leukocidin, referred to herein as LukAB, and its components LukA and LukB, antibodies specific to LukA, antibodies specific to LukB, therapeutic compositions containing LukA and/or LukB, or anti-LukA and/or anti-LukB antibodies, uses of the compositions to treat acute inflammatory conditions or S. aureus infection, methods for identifying inhibitors of LukAB-mediated cytotoxicity of human phagocytes, and methods for using LukAB as a marker to predict severity of S. aureus infection.
US10316065B2
The invention is related to an oncolytic adenovirus that comprises a sequence encoding a hyaluronidase enzyme inserted in its genome. This adenovirus spreads more efficiently in the tumour mass and therefore the oncolytic effect is increased. Injecting the oncolytic adenovirus of the invention endovenously results in tumour volume regressions. Therefore, the oncolytic adenovirus of the present invention is useful for the treatment of a cancer or a pre-malignant state of cancer.
US10316061B2
A novel cell penetrating peptide that transports proteins into cells and/or into nuclei and a pharmaceutical containing the peptide is described.
US10316060B2
Nanostructures comprising Π-conjugated peptides for energy migration in aqueous environments are disclosed. Conductive material comprising these nanostructures, and supramolecular assemblies comprising covalently-bound electron donor-acceptor chromophores for photoinduced electron transfer also are disclosed.
US10316057B2
The invention provides tandem facial amphiphiles for biochemical manipulations and characterization of membrane proteins, such as intrinsic membrane proteins. Members of this new family display favorable behavior with several membrane proteins. These amphiphiles can form relatively small micelles, and small changes in amphiphile chemical structures can result in large changes in their physical properties. The tandem facial amphiphiles can be used to aid the solubilization, isolation, purification, stabilization, crystallization, and/or structural determination of membrane proteins.
US10316053B2
The present disclosure provides a compound of the following formula, racemates, enantiomers, prodrugs and salts thereof: Also provided is the use of these compounds for the treatment of ischemia and reperfusion injuries. Further applications include the treatment of diseases caused by cell apoptosis and/or cell necrosis.
US10316046B2
An object of the invention is to provide a method for efficiently producing an acyloxysilane which is useful as a functional chemical, an acyloxysilane obtained thereby, and the use thereof. The present invention provides: a method for producing an acyloxysilane, including a reaction step of reacting an alkoxysilane with a carboxylic anhydride in the presence of a catalyst, wherein the alkoxysilane is a specified alkoxysilane represented by General Formula (I), the carboxylic anhydride is a specified carboxylic acid represented by General Formula (IIA) or (IIB), the catalyst is an acid catalyst, and an acyloxysilane obtained in the reaction step is a specified acyloxysilane represented by General Formula (IIIA) or (IIIB); and the use of the acyloxysilane as a surface treatment agent or the like.
US10316041B2
Disclosed are compounds having enhanced potency in the modulation of NMDA receptor activity. Such compounds are contemplated for use in the treatment of conditions such as depression and related disorders. Orally available formulations and other pharmaceutically acceptable delivery forms of the compounds, including intravenous formulations, are also disclosed.
US10316039B2
The present application provides novel compounds and methods for preparing and using these compounds. In one embodiment, the compounds are of the structure of formula (I), wherein R1-R4 are defined herein. In a further embodiment, these compounds are useful in method for regulating one or both of the P2X3 or P2X2/3 receptors. In another embodiment, these compounds are useful for treating pain in patients by administering one or more of the compounds to a patient.
US10316038B2
Disclosed herein are arylpyridinone compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of ITK mediated diseases, such as inflammation, having the structure of Formula (I): wherein R1, R2, and X are as defined in the detailed description. Methods of inhibition of ITK activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.
US10316027B2
Disclosed are 1-(arylmethyl)quinazoline-2,4(1H,3H)-diones represented by the Formula (I): wherein Ar, R1-R6, are defined herein. Compounds having Formula (I) are PARP inhibitors. Therefore, compounds of the invention may be used to treat clinical conditions that are responsive to the inhibition of PARP activity.
US10316023B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating PCAF mediated disorders using a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein R1, R3-R6, X, and each Re have any of the values defined in the specification. Also included are novel compounds of formula (I) and salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10316019B2
A method for preparing the anhydrous crystalline form of isoniazid-derived hydrazone (8-hydroxyquinoline-2-carboxaldehyde isonicotinoyl hydrazone), to the thus produced polymorph and to the use thereof for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and parkinsonism, inter alia, and to a pharmaceutical composition.
US10316002B2
The invention relates to compounds and their use in the treatment of disease. Novel irreversible inhibitors of wild-type and mutant forms of EGFR, FGFR, ALK, ROS, JAK, BTK, BLK, ITK, TEC, and/or TXK and their use for the treatment of cell proliferation disorders are described.
US10315999B2
The present application provides processes for making pesticidal compounds and compounds useful both as pesticides and in the making of pesticidal compounds.
US10315995B2
Methods for deposition of elemental metal films on surfaces using metal coordination complexes comprising nitrogen-containing ligands are provided. Also provided are nitrogen-containing ligands useful in the methods of the invention and metal coordination complexes comprising these ligands.
US10315994B2
The present invention describes compounds and uses thereof in applications relating to absorption of electromagnetic energy. Preferred compounds are double bond-containing cyclic compounds capable of absorbing electromagnetic radiation energy and having improved photostability due to the presence and location of one or more fluorine groups in relation to the double bond of the ring.
US10315992B2
The present invention is directed to a compound represented by Structural Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The variables for Structural Formula (I) are defined herein. Also described is a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound of Structural Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and its therapeutic use.
US10315990B2
The present invention provides an isothiocyanate compound and its application. The compound is an aryl-substituted isothiocyanate compound that has a structure of the general formula I. The isothiocyanate compound of the present invention has very good solubility in water, far better inhibitory activity for XPO1 protein than other non-aryl substituted congeneric compounds, little side effects, and good biological safety and bioavailability, and is quite suitable for clinical application. Therefore, the isothiocyanate compound would have tremendous potential market space and economic benefits.
US10315980B2
The present disclosure relates to a catalyst used in the preparation of acrylic acid and acrylic acid preparation method using the same, and more specifically, discloses a catalyst capable of enhancing selectivity of acrylic acid and a production yield of acrylic acid when preparing acrylic acid from allyl alcohol using a heterogeneous catalyst including bimetallic alloy catalyst particles of gold and another metal, and an acrylic acid preparation method using the same.
US10315965B2
Systems and methods are presented that reduce energy and water consumption in processes for producing fuel from renewable alcohol-containing feedstreams. Alcohol content is converted directly to hydrocarbon transport fuels in a catalytic process, with heat transferred between intermediate process streams to reduce heat energy consumption. Overall water consumption is reduced by recovery of water from the catalytic process and reduction of water temperature to reduce evaporative losses.
US10315955B2
The present invention provides for a compressible grout mix for filling an annular gap between a tunnel rock wall surface and a tunnel liner of a tunnel in a rock formation subject to time dependent deformation after excavation and a method of filling the annular gap between a tunnel rock wall surface and a tunnel liner of a tunnel in a rock formation subject to time dependent deformation after excavation utilizing the compressible grout mix for resilient absorption of forces in the hardened state of the compressible grout mix exerted by the time dependent deformation of the rock wall surface into the tunnel opening. The method includes: a. providing the compressible grout mix comprising hydraulic binding agent, bentonite clay, polymer foam particles, water-reducing admixture, water and air, b. placing the compressible grout mix in the annular gap between the tunnel wall rock surface and the tunnel liner, and c. allowing the compressible grout mix to set, wherein the compressible grout mix in the hardened state has a compressible ratio greater than the anticipated time dependent deformation.
US10315952B2
A solid component activator for use in a geopolymer cement containing a silico-aluminate material comprising a mixture of sodium silicate and sodium carbonate for activating the geopolymer cement by increasing reactivity of the silico-aluminate material in the geopolymer cement when forming geopolymer concrete.
US10315942B2
This invention relates to a resource-recycling type method and apparatus for treating industrial wastewater using an oxidizing agent produced from wastewater, wherein, in the treatment of industrial wastewater containing nitrogen compounds and refractory COD-causing pollutants, an oxidizing agent is autonomously produced using ammonia gas stripped from wastewater and is then added back to the wastewater, thus economically treating the wastewater without the need to purchase an expensive oxidizing agent. This wastewater treatment method, suitable for use in decreasing amounts of nitrogen pollutants (T-N), including ethanolamine compounds and ammonia nitrogen (NH3—N), and refractory COD-causing pollutants in industrial wastewater, includes: stripping ammonia from raw wastewater, producing an oxidizing agent via addition of sulfuric acid to the stripped ammonia, electrolysis and addition of sodium hydroxide, and performing chemical treatment by adding the produced oxidizing agent back to the raw wastewater from which ammonia was stripped, thus removing the nitrogen pollutants (T-N) and the refractory COD-causing pollutants, and the apparatus used to perform the wastewater treatment method is also provided.
US10315936B2
Separation processes using engineered osmosis are disclosed generally involving the extraction of solvent from a first solution to concentrate solute by using a second concentrated solution to draw the solvent from the first solution across a semi-permeable membrane. Enhanced efficiency may result from using low grade waste heat from industrial or commercial sources.
US10315933B1
A structure for efficient water desalination, where as the evaporation chamber is at low pressure, and the condensation chamber is at high pressure. The evaporation chamber is connected to the condensation via a pump to pump the water vapor from evaporation chamber to condensation chamber.
US10315929B2
High-quality non-stoichiometric NiOx nanoparticles are synthesized by a facile chemical precipitation method. The NiOx film can function as an effective p-type semiconductor or hole transport layer (HTL) without any post-treatments, while offering wide temperature applicability from room-temperature to 150° C. For demonstrating the potential applications, high efficiency is achieved in organic solar cells using NiOx HTL. Better performance in NiOx based organic light emitting diodes is obtained as compared to devices using PEDOT:PSS. The solution-processed NiOx semiconductors at room temperature can favor a wide-range of applications of large-area and flexible optoelectronics.
US10315928B2
A method for producing a barium titanate-based powder that includes mixing a titanium compound and a barium compound together with water and chlorine to prepare a slurry, and temporarily firing the mixture of the titanium compound and the barium compound which is contained in the slurry to provide a barium titanate-based powder. The chlorine in the slurry is in the form of chlorine ions in a ratio of 230 to 1100 wt ppm based on the amount of the barium titanate-based powder to be synthesized.
US10315926B2
Embodiments relate to methods, systems And apparatus tor generating lithium from brine. The brine is heated in a first vessel to greater than 260° C. and CO2 gas is injected mixing with the brine such that the CO2/P is greater than 18 g/atm. The brine is held at greater than 18 g/atm for longer than 20 minutes so that any impurities precipitate as solids leaving only lithium ions and chlorine ions. The brine is moved to a second vessel screening out solid precipitates leaving a brine containing only chlorine and lithium. CO2 gas is injected and mixed with the brine at 260° C. so that the CO2/P is greater than 200 g/atm. The brine is held at greater than 200 g/atm for longer than 20 minutes suppressing the chlorine as dissolved ions while lithium precipitates out as lithium carbonate. The lithium carbonate precipitate is removed from the brine solution.
US10315920B2
A method of synthesizing soluble polyphosphides by conversion of red phosphorous using alkali metal compounds and organic solvents is presented. A reaction between an alkali metal alkoxy compound or alkali metal alkyl thiolate compound, such as potassium ethoxide, and shelf stable red phosphorus generated soluble polyphosphides in a variety of organic solvents with the 31P NMR spectrum being used to detect the species of polyphosphides produced.
US10315910B2
A nozzle for a dispensing spout provides physically separate conduits, through which a liquid and air pass between a reservoir containing a liquid to be dispensed and a container into which the liquid is to be dispensed. The fluid and air conduits, as well as their respective opposing ends, are sized and shaped to provide an unobstructed air conduit which can carry ambient air into the reservoir at a rate that is at least equal to the rate at which liquid can flow out of the reservoir at a gravitational flow rate.
US10315909B2
A signaling apparatus paces a free pour count and choreographs a movement to stop pouring. The apparatus emits a first signal after an approximately 200-ms time interval and a series of subsequent signals every approximately 400-ms thereafter. The first time interval approximates a first time, measured from a moment the sensor detects the start of the pour, needed to dispense a first unit of beverage through the pour spout, minus a second time needed to react to a signal and stop the pour. The 400-ms time interval approximates the time required to dispense each subsequent unit of beverage through the pour spout. In one embodiment, the signaling apparatus emits sequential pulses according to the pattern Y-Y-Y-Y-G-Y-Y-R, wherein Y is yellow, G is green, and R is red, wherein each pulse represents a quarter-ounce increment, the green pulse represents a standard pour, and the red pulse represents a full pour.
US10315908B2
A method of operating an automated beverage generating system. The method comprises receiving one or more electrical signals representative of an order for a specified beverage. The method further comprises translating the order into one or more steps required to generate the specified beverage. The method still further comprises entering at least one of the required steps into a dynamic sequence corresponding to a module of the system configured to perform that particular step, the dynamic sequence representing an order in which one or more steps in the dynamic sequence will be performed by the module for one or more beverages to be generated by the system.
US10315900B2
A wheel assembly includes a constant force mechanism and a wheel coupled to the constant force mechanism. The wheel is displaceable in at least one dimension, and the constant force mechanism imparts a substantially constant force on the wheel in the dimension. In one aspect, the wheel is displaceable in a first regime and a second regime. For a wheel displacement in the first regime, the constant force mechanism imparts a substantially constant force on the wheel, and for a wheel displacement in the second regime, the constant force mechanism imparts a variable force on the wheel. The variable force can be linear or non-linear to the magnitude of the displacement in the second regime and is equal to or greater than the substantially constant force.
US10315897B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining item availability are provided. A computer implemented method for determining item availability in a shopping space comprising: receiving a request for an item for purchase from a customer, querying an inventory database to determine whether the item for purchase is in stock, in an event that the item for purchase is not in stock according to the inventory database: determining an out of stock response to present to the customer, in an event that the item for purchase is in stock according the inventory database: instructing a motorized transport unit to travel to a display space in the shopping space corresponding to the item for the purchase, determining whether the item is available in the display space based on information captured by one or more sensors of the motorized transport unit, and in an event that the item for purchase is not available in the display space: determining an item unavailable response to present to the customer.
US10315892B2
Embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to davits for raising, lowering, and transporting loads. In general, davits described herein are portable and are capable of attaching to various mounting locations. The portable davit 100 includes a base mount 102 and an intermediate mount 104 for mounting the portable davit 100 to a mounting location. The base mount 102 and the intermediate mount 104 are couplable to a mast 106 for supporting the portable davit 100 when generally carrying a load L. The portable davit 100 also includes a jib 108 hingedly coupled to the mast 106 through a coupling 118. The jib 108 is configured to rotate about the coupling 118 such that the jib 108 is positionable at a lifting angle 120.
US10315891B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, systems, and methods for releasably connecting a first beam to a second beam. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may include a locking pin arranged on the first beam and configured to actuate between an unlocked position and a locked position and an arm coupled to the locking pin and extending parallel therewith. The apparatuses, systems, and methods may also include a sleeve arranged on the second beam and configured to receive the locking pin in the locked position to releasably secure the first beam to the second beam.
US10315890B2
An arrangement for damping oscillation of a loading member in a crane including a trolley, a hoisting mechanism located in the trolley, a hoisting rope suspended from the hoisting mechanism, a loading member fastened to the hoisting rope, the arrangement for damping oscillation of a loading member including a vertical guide projection arranged in an upper part of the loading member, a guide tube fastened to the trolley for receiving the guide projection, damping members arranged in the guide tube and including elastic guide roll structures engaging around the guide projection, each guide roll structure including a roll frame and a guide roll installed therein. Each roll frame is installed on an outer surface of the guide tube, a wall of the guide tube is at each guide roll provided with an opening from which the guide roll penetrates into the guide tube, and elasticity is arranged between the roll frame and the guide tube.
US10315889B2
A lifting device for a motor vehicle subassembly has a load-bearing unit with at least one support arm that can be pivoted around a longitudinal axis of the load-bearing unit and a coupling unit that is arranged on the support arm for releasably connecting the support arm to the motor vehicle subassembly. The coupling unit is mounted on the support arm such that it is longitudinally displaceable, and the load-bearing unit is configured to connect with a crane unit, such as a crane hook adapter. The lifting device is especially compact in construction in that it offers the possibility of being combined with lifting units for the disassembly of motor vehicle subassemblies from the ground. The load-bearing unit is releasably connected with a connecting body of a support unit. The connecting body is tiltable on the support unit.
US10315888B2
The application discloses an end cover (30,40) of an anti-clamping device for an apron board, which includes a body (32,42) made of a transparent material or a translucent material; one or multiple LED lighting lamp(s) (36) is(are) provided in the interior of the body; and a coupling member formed on at least a part of the body (32,42), which cooperates with at least a part of the anti-clamping device to form a detachable connection between the body and the anti-clamping device, and the size from a first end of the body (32,42) to a second end thereof is gradually reduced so as to form a smooth transition between the apron board and the anti-clamping device. Providing the end cover reduces the clearance between a step and the apron board, provides enhanced lighting effect in the vicinity of a boundary from a comb to the step, reduces the cost of installation and maintenance, and does not reduce the strength of the apron board.
US10315876B2
The roller-to-roller conveyance control apparatus includes an amplitude target setting unit that sets an amplitude target value of the tension deviation; an adjustment execution command generation unit that provides a command to adjust the control gain; an adjustment manipulated-variable output unit that outputs an adjustment manipulated variable; a manipulated-variable amplitude determination unit that increases the amplitude of the adjustment manipulated variable until the amplitude of the tension deviation becomes larger than the amplitude target value; and a control-gain calculation device that calculates the control gain from the amplitude and the vibration period of the tension deviation. A tension-shaft speed controller controls a tension-control-shaft motor on the basis of the line speed reference and the adjustment manipulated variable during the adjustment of the control gain.
US10315874B2
A web break apparatus is disclosed for cutting and severing a web. The web break apparatus includes a first rotating device that rotates generally at the same speed as a moving web. Positioned on the circumference of the first rotating device is a web engaging device and a straining element. When a web break is desired, the web engaging device and straining element are brought into contact with the web. The web engaging device engages the web, while the straining element causes a web break. The web break apparatus may be used in any suitable winding system. For instance, the winding system may be for winding a web to produce rolled products.
US10315869B2
A sheet feeding device includes: a feeding unit that is provided to be movable in a forward-backward direction to move forward or backward relative to a sheet placing unit on which a sheet is placed, and feeds the sheet; a moving unit that moves the feeding unit in the forward-backward direction; a contact unit that is provided to be movable, with which the sheet placed on the sheet placing unit is brought into contact; a limitation unit that limits movement of the contact unit; and a releasing unit that, when the moving unit moves the feeding unit in a direction away from the sheet placing unit, with the movement of the feeding unit, releases limitation on the movement of the contact unit by the limitation unit.
US10315861B2
The present invention provides a pick-and-place apparatus for display panels and a pick-and-place method thereof. The pick-and-place apparatus for display panels comprises: an air injection unit for injecting air; and a supporting unit for extending under the display panel to support the display panel, which has a top side for supporting the display panel and an inserting side for firstly extending under the display panel, and comprises a plurality of first openings disposed at the inserting side and being communicated with the air injection unit, and a plurality of second openings disposed at the top side and being communicated with the air injection unit. With the pick-and-place apparatus for display panels of the invention, the problem of damages on display panels in the prior technology of picking and placing display panels would be solved.
US10315847B2
A conveyor belt system that provides a continuous flat support surface for a food item that grips the food item when compressed against a reactive surface. The conveyor belt system comprises a conveyor belt and a reactive surface, the conveyor belt having a top side and a bottom side, the top side being parallel to the reactive surface and facing the reactive surface. The conveyor belt further comprises a plurality of spaced rods and a plurality of flat metal slats, each slat having a leading edge and a trailing edge relative to a direction of conveyance travel of the conveyor belt, the leading edge of the slat coupled to one of the plurality of rods to provide a hinged joint at the leading edge of the slat.
US10315844B2
An automated storing and picking system for packaged goods is provided. The system includes storage shelves with storage areas, at least one storage and retrieval apparatus, and at least one conveyor belt. At least one blocking device having a barrier is arranged downstream of a receiving section of the conveyor belt. A control device controls the storage and retrieval apparatus and the conveyor belt such that the packaged goods belonging to a first pack are transported to a first dispensing location and the packaged goods belonging to a subsequent pack are transported to a second dispensing location and/or are subsequently transported to the first dispensing location, such that the first pack lies downstream of the subsequent pack on the conveyor belt. The control device controls the blocking device to accumulate the first pack behind the barrier, release the first pack for transport, and to then accumulate the subsequent pack behind the barrier.
US10315843B2
The order picker (1) comprising a vehicle (2, 25, 30); a robot device (3) on the vehicle (2, 25, 30), which is configured to manipulate objects within a working range (R_R); a pick-up device (4) on the vehicle for picking up a selection pallet (21) within the working range (R_R); a carrying device (5) on the vehicle for carrying an order pallet (16) within the working range (R_R); and a control unit, which is configured to activate the robot device (3) to convey load units (59) from a selection pallet (21) positioned in the working range (R_R) onto an order pallet (16) carried in the working range (R_R). The invention furthermore relates to a corresponding method for order picking an order pallet (16) comprising load units (59) from a goods warehouse having selection pallets (20) arranged in rows and/or racks (23) using a vehicle (2, 25, 30) and a robot device (3) arranged thereon having a working range (R_R).
US10315841B2
A powered, waste container lifting and tilting device is provided with a plurality of braces that can be universally attached to any receiving container, a retractable loading spike and strap that can be universally attached to any trash can, and a drive mechanism that can lift and tilt a trash can to easily transfer contents from the lifted trash can to the receiving container.
US10315839B2
A shipping container includes: a bottom plate onto which cargo is to be placed, columns vertically extending from the bottom plate, and top plates detachably supported by the columns. Since the top plates are detachable from the columns, it is possible to smoothly load long objects into the shipping container from above the container, by removing the top plates in advance. When the loading is completed, the top plates are attached back to the columns again to reinforce the columns, thereby ensuring the strength of the shipping container as a whole. A plurality of these shipping containers can therefore be stacked one on another in a container ship, in the same manner as ordinary shipping containers.
US10315835B2
A spray cap system is described that can enable a user to more consistently and accurately dispense and work with the contents of a spray can. The system includes a spray cap, spray button, spray nozzle, implement holder, and an implement (such as a brush, a foam pad applicator, or a sponge). By using the spray cap system, a user may achieve a more optimal discharge pattern of the contents of the can with a more efficient and optimal coverage of a surface. In addition, the user may utilize the implement while it is attached to the spray cap or remove the implement to use the implement independently. The spray cap system provides versatility to a user by enabling the user to spray the contents of the spray can regardless of whether the implement is attached to the spray cap.
US10315834B2
A device that can hold at least two cans of spray paint or chalk, thus enabling marking with different colors using a single device. The device comprises a staff, a can holster, a grip, a trigger and a selector. The selector comprises a selector rod moveable in or alongside the staff. At one end of the selector rod is a selector knob and at the other is an engagement mechanism that engages the spray valve of each can, one can at a time. The engagement mechanism comprises a cam and a rocker arm with two opposing fingers, one to engage each spray can when selected. Optionally one or more flag holders may be attached to the staff for holding marker flags.
US10315821B2
One example discloses a component carrier, including: a cavity; wherein the cavity includes a set of cavity registration features configured to engage with a set of component registration features on a component; and wherein the cavity registration features are within the cavity.
US10315820B2
A package is configured to hold an information carrying card. The package includes a first panel connected to a second panel via a first fold line. The first panel includes a first opening. A third panel is connected to the second panel via a second fold line, the third panel includes a second opening. In a state where the first panel has been folded to overlap the second panel via the first fold line and the second panel has been folded to overlap the third panel via the second fold line, the first opening at least partially overlaps the second opening. The package may include a card on which data is stored. The data is exposed through the first and second opening to an environment outside the package.
US10315812B1
A time programmable container that includes a base, a reversible lid, and a spacer positioned intermediate the lid and the base. The spacer is positionable in a select one of a plurality of positions on the base. The spacer and the base contain time indicia such that each of the plurality of positions that the spacer can be placed upon the base corresponds to a different of time indication. The reversible lid includes a cavity on the bottom surface of a lip which mates with a tab on the spacer, such that when the spacer is placed upon the base and the lid is threaded onto the base, the tab secures prevents the removal of the lid from the base without first removing the tab from the cavity, and when the lid is reversed, the tab does not inhibit the removal of the lid from the base.
US10315811B2
A lid assembly for attachment to a drinking vessel is provided having a camming lever rotatably attached to an upper portion of a lid main body, and a sealing member rotatably attached to a lower portion of lid main body. Rotation of the camming lever between a forward and rearward position in an elongated recess of the lid main body selectively seals and unseals a drinking aperture in the lid main body. A locking member is operable to selectively secure the rotational position of the camming lever when the sealing member is in a sealing position sealing the drinking aperture. A cam axle of the camming lever is removably attachable to an attachment element of the sealing member to transition the lid assembly between a use configuration for drinking and a cleaning configuration in which the lid assembly may be thoroughly cleaned.
US10315810B2
A box (1) is provided including a lower part (3), acting as a container, and a lid (5). A plate (23) which can be moved with play is inserted into the lid (5). This plate (23) is resiliently supported on the inner side of the lid (5). When closing the box (1), the plate (23) moves into contact with the upper edge (13) of the lower part (3) and seals the inside of lower part (3) with respect to the surroundings.
US10315805B1
A dunnage bag and load strap hanger apparatus includes a dunnage bag and load strap hanger and a handle mounted applicator block operative to support and affix the dunnage bag and load strap hanger. The dunnage bag and load strap hanger is fabricated from three distinct and separate parts: a generally planar support substrate and two release papers covering adhesive patches or regions on the support substrate. The support substrate in one embodiment is a sheet that is further divided into two contact members separated by a resilient coupler. Each contact member preferably has a contact body, a hanging loop distal to the resilient coupler, and in alternative embodiments an adhesive coating or other fasteners and affixers. In one alternative embodiment there is one affixing surface, and a fastener to couple two contact members together to support a load strap.
US10315803B2
Provided is a manufacturing method for a double container that allows easy manufacturing with a molding device not significantly different from conventional devices and that can, at a lower cost than the processing cost of conventional technology, very easily and reliably form, in a comparatively rigid outer container and in a double container that allows, inside the outer container, capacity to be varied with respect to the amount of content, an opening for allowing external air to enter. When a pair of partial molds are brought near each other in order to form a split mold, at least part of the mating faces of the pair of partial molds forms a projection by sandwiching a small outer diameter portion of a parison, a gap that passes between the double container is created by cutting off the projection, and the gap is opened and expanded by screwing on a cap.
US10315786B2
A machine for processing containers is disclosed. The machine has a conveying device and at least one processing unit coupled to the conveying device to be carried along a processing path. The processing unit is provided with: a winding element, having an outer lateral surface designed to receive, and cause winding of, a portion of labelling material in a tubular configuration with opposite ends overlapped, and a top surface designed to support a bottom portion of a container to be processed; a sealing device including a sealing element having a functional surface adapted to cooperate with said portion wound about said winding body for performing a welding process of the overlapped ends, as the processing unit is carried along the path, to form a sleeve label; and a displacement device, operable to cause a relative displacement between the sleeve label and the container.
US10315779B2
In an embodiment, a rotorcraft includes: tail rotor blades; a tail rotor actuator coupled to the tail rotor blades such that the pitch of the tail rotor blades varies according to a current extension of the tail rotor actuator; pilot flight controls electrically coupled to the tail rotor actuator; and a flight control computer electrically coupled to the tail rotor actuator and the pilot flight controls, the flight control computer configured to: determine the current extension of the tail rotor actuator; determine whether the current extension of the tail rotor actuator is within a margin of a maximum extension of the tail rotor actuator; and indicate a first warning to a pilot in response to the current extension of the tail rotor actuator being within the margin of the maximum extension of the tail rotor actuator.
US10315775B2
An aircraft duct structure includes a first duct through which exhaust air from a front-side equipment compartment flows, and a second duct through which exhaust air from a rear-side equipment compartment flows. The first duct has a terminal end part where the exhaust air inside the second duct flows into the exhaust air inside the first duct at a substantially right angle, and a flow straightening plate located inside the terminal end part. The terminal end part has a jet opening which faces, across a clearance, an air pressure regulating port where an air pressure regulating valve is disposed. The inside of the terminal end part is divided by the flow straightening plate into an upper region and a lower region. The exhaust air inside the first duct and the exhaust air inside the second duct merge together in the upper region.
US10315774B2
A vehicle seat comprising a stand and a bucket having a seat pan and a seat back. Said stand serves to fasten said bucket to a floor of said vehicle and to absorb deformation of said floor while limiting the mechanical stresses that are transmitted to said bucket. Said pan is connected to said bucket via a revolute joint for pivoting about a transverse direction and by energy absorber devices. The stand has two first legs forming a fork and connecting the front of said bucket to said floor via ball joint connections. The bucket is connected to said floor at the rear of the seat via two ball joint connections. The stand is thus connected to said bucket via three points and to said floor via four points making it possible to avoid twisting said bucket as a result of deformation of said floor.
US10315764B2
Described herein are apparatuses for passively releasing a payload of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). An example apparatus may include, among other features, (i) a housing; (ii) a swing arm coupled to the housing, wherein the swing arm is operable to toggle between an open position and a closed position; (iii) a spring mechanism adapted to exert a force on the swing arm from the open position toward the closed position; (iv) a receiving system of a UAV adapted to receive the housing, wherein the receiving system causes the swing arm to be arranged in the open position; and (v) a spool operable to unwind and wind a tether coupled to the housing, wherein unwinding the tether causes a descent of the housing from the receiving system, and wherein winding the tether causes an ascent of the housing to the receiving system.
US10315757B2
A propeller blade comprises a blade root coupled to a rotor hub and a blade tip. The propeller blade is composed of airfoil cross-sections, each cross-section a distance away from the rotor hub. Each airfoil is designed with particular structural characteristics that improve the overall amount of thrust generated on the quadcopter. Namely, each airfoil possesses a β angle and chord length whose values depend on the distance of that airfoil from the rotor hub. For example, the relationship between an airfoil's β angle and its distance from the rotor hub is described by a power law. Additionally, the relationship between an airfoil's chord length and its distance from the rotor hub is described using a polynomial regression. Compared to current, off the shelf propeller blades, the current propeller blade embodiment achieves the same thrust at a lower RPM, thereby yielding benefits in reduced acoustic noise and improved response time.
US10315755B2
A landing gear assembly is also provided. The landing gear assembly may include a thin-skin support member defining a cavity and a cylindrical cavity. A cylinder may extend from the cylindrical cavity with an axle extending from the cylinder. A torsion link may be coupled to the axle and a torsion interface of the thin-skin support member.
US10315754B2
Fluid systems are described herein. An example embodiment of a fluid system has a lengthwise axis, a chord length, a first body portion, a second body portion, a spacer, and a fluid pressurizer. The first body portion and the second body portion cooperatively define an injection opening, a suction opening, and a channel that extends from the injection opening to the suction opening. The fluid pressurizer is disposed within the channel cooperatively defined by the first body portion and the second body portion. The first body portion defines a cavity that is sized and configured to filter debris that enters the channel during use and provide a mechanism for removing the debris from the system.
US10315752B2
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to validate an aircraft control system command are disclosed. An example apparatus disclosed herein includes a detection module to determine a status of a component of a folding wingtip assembly operatively coupled to a wing of an aircraft and determine a flight stage of the aircraft. The example apparatus further includes a sequence and control module to generate a command to control a movement of the folding wingtip assembly, and a gatekeeper module to validate the command based on the status and the flight stage.
US10315746B2
A float (1) suitable for use as a buoy or as a component for a wave-powered vehicle. The float (1) includes an upper member (12) whose height can be changed and/or which remained substantially vertical even when the float is in wave-bearing water. A low drag cable (2) suitable for use as a tether in a wave-powered vehicle has a streamlined cross-section and includes a tensile member (21) near the front of the cross-section, at least one non-load-bearing member (22) behind the tensile member, and a polymeric jacket (23). Wave-powered vehicles having a float (1), a submerged swimmer (3) and a tether (2) connecting the float and the swimmer, include a means for determining whether the tether is twisted; or a means (91) for untwisting the tether; or a pressure-sensitive connection (71, 72, 73) which can disconnect the tether when the vehicle is dragged downwards by entanglement with a whale; or a 2-axis universal joint securing the tether to the float or to the swimmer; or elastic elements which absorb snap loads created by the tether; or two or more of these.
US10315742B2
A marine propeller is disclosed having two blades. The shape of the propeller blades remains constant through the radial position of the propeller blades. The blade length of the propeller blades changes as a function of the radial position of the propeller blade. The twist angle of each blade starts at approximately 63 degrees at the propeller hub (proximal end) and decreases to about 15 degrees at the blade tip (distal end).
US10315734B2
An offshore drilling vessel includes a floating hull having a moonpool, a drilling tower positioned on the hull at or near the moonpool, a tubular string main hoisting device including a main hoisting winch and main cable connected to the main hoisting winch, a crown block mounted on the drilling tower, a travelling block suspended from the crown block in a multiple fall arrangement of the main cable, a mobile working deck and an integrated heave compensation system including a main cable heave compensation sheave in a path of the main cable between the main hoisting winch and the travelling block, a hydraulic sheave compensator connected to the main cable heave compensation sheave to provide a heave compensated motion of the travelling block, and a hydraulic deck compensator connected to the hull and to the mobile working deck to provide a heave compensated motion of the working deck relative to the hull within the heave compensation motion range.
US10315733B2
The invention relates to a monohull drillship (1), comprising an elongated hull (2) extending in the length direction (3) of the drillship. Said hull (2) is provided with at least one open moon pool (4) arranged to be located at the waterline (5) during use of the drillship. The drillship (1) is arranged for multiple-activity operations, e.g. simultaneous drilling and casing handling, in such a manner that drilling equipment can be passed through said at least one moon pool (4) at at least two locations (7, 8), i.e. at at least two so-called well centers, which are spaced apart from each other in at least a direction (6) substantially transverse to the length direction (3) of the hull of the drillship.
US10315724B2
A composite bicycle component includes a first member made of a metallic material. The first member has a surface with a first dimple. The first dimple includes a second dimple that is formed on the first dimple. Preferably, the composite bicycle component further includes a second member attached to the first member so that a part of the second member extends into the first and second dimples.
US10315712B2
A support device for an air guiding means of a vehicle includes a basic body and at least one adjustment device fastened to the basic body, the adjustment device configured to adjust the air guiding means in a Z direction. The at least one adjustment device has at least one adjustment element which is mounted displaceably in a guide device of the adjustment device. The at least one adjustment element has an adjuster for displacing the adjustment element from a first Z position into a second Z position. The at least one adjustment element has a fastening interface for fastening to a drive unit for moving the air guiding means.
US10315710B2
Disclosed are self-calibrating load sensor systems for active aerodynamics devices, methods for making or using such load sensor systems, and motor vehicles equipped with a self-calibrating load sensor system to govern operation of the vehicle's active aero device(s). An active aero sensing system includes a load sensor that mounts to the vehicle body, and detects downforces on the vehicle. A memory device stores mapped vehicle downforce data calibrated to the motor vehicle. A vehicle controller receives downforce signals generated by the load sensor, and calculates an average downforce value from these signals. The controller determines if the average downforce differs from a calibrated downforce value retrieved from the memory device. If so, the controller responsively applies an offset value to subsequent downforce signals received from the load sensor, and dynamically controls operation of the active aero device based, at least in part, on these signals modified by the offset value.
US10315708B2
The invention relates to a dashboard support for holding an attachment by means of a connecting element, which has a fastening leg, in a motor vehicle, having: at least one tubular crossmember having a tube wall, in which a plateau-shaped bulge is formed, wherein the plateau-shaped bulge comprises a mounting section for mounting the connecting element, wherein an aperture for receiving the fastening leg is formed in the tube wall adjacent to the mounting section.
US10315704B2
A rear frame, a roof side rail, a rear wheelhouse, a C pillar, and a rear suspension housing reinforcement which interconnects the C pillar and the rear wheelhouse are provided. Herein, the rear suspension housing reinforcement has a cutout portion which is configured to extend obliquely rearward and upward at a rear lower end portion thereof, the cutout portion being not connected to the rear wheelhouse.
US10315695B2
A pivot bearing, especially for a double wishbone axle for steerable wheels, especially front wheels, of a motor vehicle, in one embodiment is made as a one-piece cast part with a seat or recess for accommodation of a wheel bearing and seats or recesses for fastening of the same on the pivot bearing, two seats or recesses for linking of a brake caliper which are disposed substantially vertically with distance from one another, a seat or recess for linking of a track rod, a seat or recess for linking of a lower wishbone, a seat or recess for linking of a connecting rod, which substantially absorbs the longitudinal forces of the wheel, and a seat or recess for linking of an upper wishbone which is connected with the seat or recess for accommodation of the wheel bearing via a neck-like portion starting from same.
US10315694B2
The disclosure relates to a torque sensor module comprising: a rotor (including a rotor holder and a first magnet); and a stator formed by a plurality of unit stators to be divided. Each of the unit stators separately includes a head part and a tooth that extends in a bent direction from the corresponding head part.
US10315686B2
A brushless motor that is smaller in appearance configuration, lighter, and easy to manufacture, and has a terminal connecting mechanism with an integral structure including mounting of a motor bus bar and an ECU terminal, and an electric power steering apparatus and a vehicle equipped therewith. The brushless motor includes a nut-integrated terminal connecting mechanism for inserting a motor bus bar terminal and an ECU terminal for connecting with a bolt and nut.
US10315683B1
One steering column assembly includes an outer jacket having a first end, a cavity defined by an inner surface extending from the first end, and protrusions extending from the inner surface into the cavity. Each protrusion includes a front end at or adjacent the first end, a rear end, and a curved contact surface telescopically supporting an inner jacket. The front end has first and second endpoints, the rear end has third and fourth endpoints, and one side connects the first and third endpoints while another side connects the second and fourth endpoints. Each protrusion is configured such that, when the front and rear ends and the sides are projected onto a flat surface and an angle is measured between one straight line passing through the first and third endpoints and another straight line passing through the second and fourth endpoints, the measurement is from one to fifteen degrees.
US10315677B2
A cart includes a chassis and attached wheels; an upper basket attached to the chassis; and a lower basket attached to the chassis. In some embodiments, the cart includes no widthwise push bar in a rear of the cart such that access is unobstructed to the upper and lower baskets from the rear of the cart by a person. In some embodiments, the chassis defines on each lateral side of the cart a pair of vertically spaced handles, each handle surrounding and defining an opening. The handles preferably include handle bars shaped in an oval. On each cart side a curved elongate member extends between and connects the handles, and the curved elongate members represent the rearmost part of the cart. The rear area of the upper basket defines a seat for an infant, and a rear ledge of the lower basket defines a seat for a toddler.
US10315676B1
Disclosed is a canoe transport dolly having a main truck, a front truck, and a rod connecting the main truck to the front truck. The main truck and the front truck each have a gantry assembly comprising one or more axles in communication with one or more tires, a powerhead assembly, a plurality of threaded rods interconnecting the gantry assembly to the powerhead assembly. A plurality of arms are in rotational communication with the powerhead assembly, each arm having a hooked end extending away from the powerhead assembly. A canopy assembly positioned above the belt assembly for engaging a canoe gunwale, wherein the canopy assembly releasably engages the arms' hooked ends; and a return asset assembly in communication with the arm assembly, the return asset assembly.
US10315675B2
A modular carriage for recording magnetic terrain data, notably for the non-invasive inspection of pipelines, electric cables or the like. The carriage includes an articulated chassis mounted on wheels including means for accommodating a device for recording the magnetic field coupled to sensors, a rear frame allowing the carriage to be handled by an operator, at least two positioning bars equipped with housings for securing the sensors along a first and a second axis respectively, the positioning bars forming a detection plane P substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the carriage.
US10315673B2
A positive train control may comprise a plurality of different sensors coupled to a processor that determines whether there is an anomaly of a track way, and if there is, provides an alert and/or a train control action. The plural sensors may include a visual imager, an infrared imager, a radar, a doppler radar, a laser sensor, a laser ranging device, an acoustic sensor, and/or an acoustic ranging device. Data from the plural sensors is geo-tagged and time tagged. Some embodiments of the train control employ track monitors, switch monitors and/or wayside monitors, and some employ locating devices such as GPS and inertial devices.
US10315672B2
A method for providing a diagnostic message associated with at least one process in a rail vehicle, includes using at least one device of the vehicle to carry out the process, using a diagnostic device of the vehicle associated with the process to produce at least one diagnostic report, and using a data acquisition device to acquire at least one environment dataset. In order to keep the time required for the preprocessing of the information content short despite high data volume, the data acquisition device includes at least one image and/or sound-recording unit. Image and/or sound data being recorded by the image and/or sound-recording unit, the environment dataset containing image and/or sound data, the diagnostic report and the environment dataset are combined by an aggregation unit of the vehicle to produce the diagnostic message. A rail vehicle having an apparatus providing a diagnostic message is also provided.
US10315654B2
Provided is a vehicle control device including an operation amount obtaining unit, a first setting unit, a second setting unit, and a third setting unit. The operation amount obtaining unit obtains a driver's driving operation amount. The first setting unit sets a first target value for vehicle travel control based on the driving operation amount obtained by the operation amount obtaining unit. The second setting unit sets a second target value for controlling the vehicle travel by automated control. The third setting unit sets a third target value for actually controlling the vehicle travel by synthesizing the first target value and the second target value based on the driving operation amount or the first target value.
US10315642B2
A method is provided for moving off of a vehicle with a hybrid drive line, comprising a combustion engine; a gearbox with input shaft connected to the combustion engine and output shaft; a first planetary gear, which is connected to the input shaft, a first main shaft; a second planetary gear connected to the first planetary gear and a second main shaft; a first and second electrical machines respectively connected to the first and second planetary gears; a gear pair connected with the first main shaft; and a gear pair connected with the second main shaft. The method comprises: a) ensuring that the rotatable components of the first and second planetary gears are respectively disconnected from each other, b) ensuring that the corresponding gear pairs are engaged, and c) activating the first and second electrical machines so that a torque is generated in the output shaft.
US10315638B2
An air braking system for a vehicle can include an air compressor, a reservoir, a first air line, a brake hub, a second air line, a control valve, a release valve, and a third fluid line. The first line can place an outlet of the compressor in fluid communication with an inlet of the reservoir. The brake hub can have a chamber in fluid communication with the outlet of the reservoir via the second line. The control valve can selectively open and close the second air line. The release valve can be in fluid communication with the chamber and having an outlet. The third line can place the outlet of the release valve in fluid communication with an inlet of the compressor.
US10315631B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a motor vehicle brake system that comprises at least one electronic parking brake having at least one actuator, wherein in the presence of a first switching signal at a switching signal input the actuator is controlled so as to activate the parking brake. It is provided that the switching signal input in a normal operating mode is released so as to apply optional switching signals and in a safety operating mode is set to a second switching signal that is different from the first switching signal so that the process of controlling the actuator so as to activating the parking brake is prevented. The disclosure further relates to a control device for a motor vehicle brake system.
US10315629B2
A driving system includes: a left electric motor which drives a left wheel of a vehicle; a first parking gear which is provided on a left power transmission path between the left electric motor and the left wheel; a right electric motor which drives a right wheel of the vehicle; a second parking gear which is provided on a right power transmission path between the right electric motor and the right wheel; and a rotation regulation unit that engages with both of the first parking gear and the second parking gear. The first parking gear and the second parking gear have different tooth tip diameters.
US10315609B2
An airbag assembly of the present disclosure includes a forward cushion portion, a left side cushion portion, and a right side cushion portion. The forward cushion portion is configured to be disposed in front of an occupant of a vehicle. The left and right side cushion portions are connected to and in fluid communication with the forward cushion portion, are configured to be disposed on left and right sides of the occupant, respectively, and are configured to be mounted to a roof of the vehicle. The left side cushion portion, the right side cushion portion, and the forward cushion portion define at least one opening disposed above a lower region of the forward cushion portion and between the left and right side cushion portions. The at least one opening allows at least a portion of the lower region to move forward relative to the left and right side cushion portions.
US10315606B2
An occupant protection device includes a multidirectional airbag that inflates and deploys from a state housed in a headrest on receipt of supplied gas. The multidirectional airbag is configured as an integral bag body to surround a head of a seated occupant with a front deployment section and a pair of left and right lateral deployment sections. The front deployment section includes a front inflating portion that deploys to a seat forward direction of the head of the seated occupant and of at least one of a shoulder or chest of the seated occupant. Each of the pair of left and right lateral deployment sections includes a lateral inflating portion that is connected to the front deployment section and inflates and deploys alongside the head of the seated occupant.
US10315594B2
A slide wiring apparatus configured to electrically connect a vehicle body and a sliding member that is provided in the vehicle body. The slide wiring apparatus includes a support rail, a slider configured to slidably support the sliding member, a wire harness that is disposed inside the support rail and is drawn out of the support rail from an opening portion of the support rail, a guide portion configured to fold, toward the support rail, an extra length portion of the wire harness that is drawn out from the opening portion of the support rail, an accommodation portion for accommodating the extra length portion of the wire harness in a state in which the extra length portion is folded in a U-shape, and an external member that is bendable in only one direction.
US10315592B2
A wire harness includes a power trunk line, a power branch line, a communication trunk line, and a communication branch line. The power trunk line is connected to a power source mounted on a vehicle and extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The power branch line branches off from the power trunk lines and extends in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction. The communication trunk line is arranged along the power trunk lines or also serves as the power trunk lines. The communication branch line branches off from the communication trunk line and extends in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction.
US10315585B2
Adjustable portable device holders are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an adjustable portable device holder includes an adjustable clamping element and a rotatable mounting element attached to the adjustable clamping element for removably securing a portable device to the adjustable portable device holder.
US10315581B2
An example flexible cargo cover may be made of a foldable material; the example cargo cover may comprise: a first edge that is substantially straight; a second edge on an opposite side of the first edge; a third edge having a first concave; a fourth edge on an opposite side of the first edge and having a second concave; and a plurality of connectors. A first set of connectors in the plurality of connectors are installed on the third edge and a second set of connectors in the plurality of connectors are installed on the fourth edge.
US10315576B1
An apparatus includes a camera, a sensor and a processor. The camera may generate a video signal based on a targeted view of a driver. The sensor may generate a proximity signal in response to detecting an object within a predetermined radius. The processor may determine a location of the object with respect to the vehicle, determine a current location of eyes of the driver, determine a field of view of the driver at a time when the proximity signal is received based on the current location of the eyes, determine whether the object is within the field of view using the current location of the eyes, and generate a control signal. The distance may be determined based on a comparison of reference pixels of a vehicle component in a reference video frame to current pixels of the vehicle component in the video frames.
US10315574B2
A system for controlling movement of an outside rear view mirror of a vehicle having a plurality of outside rear view mirrors, each mirror including a housing and at least one motor configured to control mirror tilt, and one motor to control an inward/outward fold of the housing. An electronic control unit processes movement commands in response to one or more switches. Each motor is connected to a shared driveline, and each motor is further connected to an associated driveline.
US10315572B2
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of cameras mounted at the vehicle and having respective fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The cameras include a video output for transmitting a stream of video to a control via a serial data bus linking the respective camera to the control. The control includes a serial data interface for communication with at least one electronic device of the vehicle. The control sends instructions to the cameras via the respective serial data bus linking the camera to the control. The control activates one of the cameras and deactivates at least one other of the cameras responsive to (i) a user input and/or (ii) a driving condition. Video images derived at least in part from image data captured by the activated camera are displayed at a video display screen of the vehicle for viewing by a driver of the vehicle.
US10315552B1
A debris retainment assembly for a vehicle includes a pair of rods, a first cord, a second cord, and a mesh. The first cord, the second cord, and the mesh are resilient. The first cord and the second cord are coupled to and extend between the rods. The mesh is coupled to and extends between the first cord, the second cord, and the rods. A plurality of first couplers is coupled to the first cord. Each of a plurality of second couplers is coupled to a respective rod. The first couplers and the second couplers are configured to couple to a tailgate and opposing sides of the vehicle, respectively, to position the mesh over a gap in the vehicle. The mesh is configured to allow air to pass through the mesh and to retain debris in the vehicle.
US10315538B2
A child safety seat includes a seat shell, an extension member and a foot. The seat shell has a bottom surface capable of resting stably on a vehicle seat. The extension member is connected with the seat shell, and is configurable between a first position where a forward end of the extension member extends forward from a front end of the seat shell, and a second position where the extension member is retracted toward the seat shell. The foot is connected with the seat shell and is disposed adjacent to the bottom surface of the seat shell, the foot being movably linked to the extension member. The foot and the seat shell are movable relative to each other to adjust the seat shell between at least a first and a second angular position, the second angular position being reclined rearward relative to the first angular position.
US10315523B2
A conductor arrangement structure for a wireless power supply system which is equipped with a ground-side device (3) that is installed on a ground side and has a power-feeding coil (L1) and a vehicle-side device (2) that is installed on a vehicle (1) and has a power-receiving coil (L2) and in which electric power is supplied from the ground-side device (3) to the vehicle-side device (2) without contact, wherein grounding wires (23) are arranged between the power-feeding coil (L1) and the power-receiving coil (L2) so as to extend over a high-potential portion and a low-potential portion of an electric field that is generated when the power-feeding coil (L1) is excited.
US10315522B2
A charge/discharge system includes a controller to control an electric power converter placed between a capacitor and a secondary battery connected in parallel. The controller includes: a request power calculation unit configured to calculate request input/output power for the electric motor generator based on current and voltage of the capacitor and input output current of the electric power converter; a capacitor discharging bias factor map configured to specify a ratio of electric power to be supplied from the capacitor to the electric motor generator to the request input power of the electric motor generator; a capacitor charging bias factor map configured to specify a ratio of electric power to be stored in the capacitor from the electric motor generator to the request output power of the electric motor generator; and a subtraction unit configured to calculate charge/discharge power of the secondary battery by subtracting, from the request input/output power, the charge/discharge power of the capacitor.
US10315513B2
Wheelchair drive boost apparatuses, drive assisted wheelchairs, and wheelchair drive boost systems are disclosed. A wheelchair drive boost apparatus includes a housing, a drive wheel including a drive axis that is movable with respect to the housing, a drive lever that engages with the drive wheel to cause the drive wheel to rotate, a transmission that couples the drive lever to the drive wheel, and an engager having a first position and a second position. The engager is configured to move the drive axis with respect to the housing.
US10315506B2
A method of operating a vehicle having a continuously variable transmission to simulate a step-ratio transmission. The method includes increasing an output torque based on a modified accelerator pedal position in response to a corresponding virtual gear selection. An initial virtual gear is determined or selected from a predetermined finite number of available virtual gears based on an accelerator pedal position, a vehicle speed, and whether an upshift or downshift has been requested. The engine speed and engine torque are controlled to meet driver expectations of increased or decreased engine speed or vehicle output torque.
US10315491B2
A foam molded body has a cylindrical shape, is produced by foaming a resin, and has a mass per unit area of 0.090 g/cm2 or less and an expansion ratio of from 3.4 to 40 times. A duct for an air conditioner and a duct for a vehicle air conditioner include a foam molded body that has a cylindrical shape, is produced by foaming a resin, and has a mass per unit area of 0.090 g/cm2 and an expansion ratio of from 3.4 to 40 times.
US10315489B2
A work vehicle that facilitates attachment of an air conditioner main body, the work vehicle including an air conditioner main body arrangement part for arranging therein an air conditioner main body. The air conditioner main body arrangement part is provided in a ceiling part of a cabin covering a driver unit of the work vehicle so that the air conditioner main body arrangement part protrudes rearward from a pair of left and right rear strut pieces of the cabin. The air conditioner main body arrangement part includes a main body support member protruding rearward, which is provided to an upper rear beam piece laterally bridged between upper end portions of the pair of left and right rear strut pieces. The main body support member has support rigidity to support the air conditioner main body from below so that the air conditioner main body is mounted thereon from above.
US10315487B2
A solid-state cooling apparatus for a galley installed in an aircraft that includes at least one storage enclosure for containing chilled beverage and/or foods for storage and a solid-state air-to-air thermoelectric device having a hot side and a cold side mounted in the galley and having at least one fan for circulating chilled air in proximity to the storage enclosure. A waste heat capture device is provided and includes a hot air outlet for discharging waste heat from the hot side of the cooling thermoelectric devices into the aircraft exterior to the galley.
US10315485B2
In a vehicle air conditioner device of a heat pump system, control of an air mix damper is appropriately performed in each operation mode, thereby achieving efficient vehicle interior air conditioning. The vehicle air conditioner device includes an air mix damper 28 to adjust a ratio at which air in an air flow passage 3 passed through a heat absorber 9 is to be passed through a radiator 4. In a cooling mode, a controller controls the air mix damper 28 to adjust the ratio at which the air is to be passed through the radiator 4 on the basis of one, any combination, or all of a target outlet temperature, a temperature of the radiator and a temperature of the heat absorber, and in a heating mode, the controller controls the air mix damper 28 to pass all the air in the air flow passage 3 through the radiator 4.
US10315476B2
A replacement ball joint assembly (10) adapted to be pressed into a previously used and possibly distorted receiving hole (26) in a suspension component such as a control arm (28). A socket housing (12) of the assembly (10) includes a plurality of generally annular, concentric knurls (36) each having a respective crest portion (38) and separated one from another by intervening relief grooves (40). The crest portions (38) of the knurls (36) may be tapered so as to provide a lead-in feature to minimize misalignment during a press-in installation operation. The knurls (36) are preferably softer than the control arm material so that they yield during press-in rather than further disfiguring or enlarging the receiving hole (26). Displaced material from the crest portions (38) of the knurls (36) flows into the relief grooves (40).
US10315462B2
This disclosure relates to a polymer film including: a base film including polyamide-based resin including two or more different kinds of repeat units; and a copolymer including polyamide-based segments and polyether-based segments.
US10315460B1
A propulsion apparatus and corresponding methods are provided. The apparatus employs weights within a spherical assembly that can rotate within the spherical assembly. Gravity, acting on the weights, causes a moment of a gravitational force to be applied to the spherical assembly, which can cause the spherical assembly to propel. The spherical assembly may also include one or more motors to rotate the weights within the spherical assembly. In some embodiments, the weights include magnetic cores and conductors. The apparatus can include magnetic windings that provide a magnetic flux through which the weights may rotate. The apparatus can also provide an electrical current to the conductors. As the weights with the magnetic cores rotate through the magnetic flux, the apparatus applies a current to the conductors. As such, a magnetic force is applied to the weights, which can propel the spherical assembly.
US10315458B2
This invention aims at providing a decorated-part of which a design of three-dimensional effect is drawn onto the decorative-surface of a part material, thus improving design-quality. A design (4), consisting of a plurality of the same fine regularly arranged basic-pattern (5), is drawn onto the decorative-surface (3a) of the automobile interior-part (1) of this invention. The fine basic-pattern (5) consists of the first-graphic (8) drawn including the first laser-processed groove (6a) and of the second-graphic (9) located in the region surrounded by the first laser-processed groove (6a) and drawn including the second laser-processed groove (6b). The inner-surface roughness (Ra1) of the first laser-processed groove (6a) is greater than the decorative-surface roughness (Ra3) where the fine basic-pattern (5) does not exist on said decorative-surface (3a) (Ra1>Ra3). The inner-surface roughness (Ra2) of the second laser-processed groove (6b) is greater than the inner-surface roughness (Ra1) of the first laser-processed groove (6a) (Ra2>Ra1).
US10315457B2
A method for opening an envelope for insertion of a collation in an envelope inserting machine. The envelope is fed into an inserting station with its flap in an open position. The insertion station has vacuum belts to hold the envelope in position, and to move the envelope in an upstream or downstream direction. A suction cup is positioned above the envelope in the insertion station. The suction cup is moved downward to engage a top surface of the envelope near an upstream edge of the top surface. The suction cup then lifts the top surface of the envelope to open a throat of the envelope to facilitate insertion of a collation. The envelope on the vacuum belt is then moved in the upstream direction by a small amount so that the top surface of the envelope forms a more open angle for receiving the collation.
US10315454B2
A method for producing an authenticity information item of a security element, which serves for checking the correct combination of carrier parts. The security element comprises at least one first partial element having a first partial information item and a second partial element having a second partial information item. The two partial elements are movable into a check position, in which the two partial elements overlay one another. The information items in the check position represent the information item. In an alignment step, the two partial elements are provided with at least one processing means, with which waves the first partial information item and the second partial information item are produced. One of the two partial elements is processed with the waves directly, and the other of the two partial elements is processed through the one partial element.
US10315451B2
An anti-counterfeiting method, system, and non-transitory computer readable medium including a transfer circuit configured to transfer a Directed Self-Assembly (DSA) pattern including a unique and randomized pattern onto a strip, an embedding circuit configured to embed the strip on a document, and a verification circuit configured to verify that the unique and randomized pattern embedded on the document corresponds to the document.
US10315448B2
The present disclosure provides a method for transferring an image to a substrate that includes providing a transfer medium having at least one registration mark; printing an image on the transfer medium; covering the image with a backing layer, the backing layer not covering the registration mark; covering the backing layer with an adhesive layer; penetrating the adhesive layer and the backing layer with a cutting device at locations around the image, the penetrating of the adhesive layer and backing layer not penetrating the transfer medium; removing portions of the adhesive layer and backing layer from the locations around the image; and transferring the image to the substrate.
US10315446B2
A recording apparatus including a housing, an apparatus main body that constitutes an inside of the housing, the apparatus main body including a recording member that performs recording, a feed roller that feeds a medium, the medium being set at an inclined position, towards the recording member, an opening/closing body that opens/closes a portion above an area in which the recording member is disposed, and a damper that applies damping force to the opening/closing body when the opening/closing body is closed. The opening/closing body and the damper are attached to the apparatus main body through an attaching member disposed at an area above the feed roller.
US10315444B2
A printing device includes a main body including a printing unit for printing on a material, and a winding unit for winding a printed material; and a moving device provided in the main body and configured to allow the winding unit to reciprocate between an outlet space of the printing unit and an inlet space thereof.
US10315439B2
In an example, a transmission may include a driven gear attached to a module housing of the imaging module. Further, the transmission may include a retention nose fixed or attached to the module housing. The retention nose may engage with a retention shelf of a drive housing and may retain the module housing to the drive housing such that the driven gear is operably engaged with a drive gear attached to the drive housing.
US10315438B2
An example disclosed print head includes memory to store data associated with the print head; and a controller to encrypt a communication including the data stored in the memory, wherein the communication is to be transmitted from the print head to a device.
US10315436B2
A control device for controlling a printer includes a conveyer and a print head. The control device performs: acquiring first image data representing a first image and second image data representing a second image; determining, based on the first image, a plurality of head positions of the print head relative to the first image; and determining a relative position of the second image relative to the first image such that, when the number of partial printings for printing the first image and the second image is increased from the number of partial printings for printing the first image, the relative position can minimize the increment.
US10315434B2
An imaging apparatus includes a print engine having a printhead that generates ink drops, and a printhead carrier that carries the printhead in a first direction and in a second direction. A controller determines an initial print direction based on ink drop information obtained by printing patches in the first direction and in the second direction. The controller is operatively coupled to the print engine to print an image based on the initial print direction.
US10315433B2
An embodiment of an inkjet may include a plurality of nozzles to eject ink, a pressure chamber individually communicated with each nozzle and filled with ink, a pressure generator to eject ink by applying pressure to the pressure chamber, an inlet including a narrow portion with a flow path narrower than the pressure chamber and structured to supply ink to the pressure chamber, and a circulation flow path structured to discharge ink in the pressure chamber from near the nozzle. Viscosity resistance of the circulation flow path may be smaller than viscosity resistance of the nozzle, and impedance of the circulation flow path may be equal to or more than 0.5 times of the impedance of the inlet.
US10315431B2
A printing fluid circulation system is described. The system comprises first and second reservoirs, an outlet to supply printing fluid to a fluid inlet of a printhead, an inlet to receive printing fluid from a fluid outlet of the printhead, and a supply system. The supply system is to operate in a first mode to concurrently supply printing fluid from the first reservoir to the outlet and from the inlet to the second reservoir, and in a second mode to concurrently supply printing fluid from the second reservoir to the outlet and from the inlet to the first reservoir.
US10315420B2
A printing apparatus includes an ink treatment chamber having an inlet for receiving ink into the chamber. The ink is received in a non-gaseous statement. Heating elements heat the ink in the ink treatment chamber. After being heated, a nozzle ejects the heated ink. The heating of the ink may cause the ink to be changed to a gaseous ink and the gaseous ink may be ejected by the nozzle.
US10315419B2
A production system such as an inkjet printer system includes a plurality of communication distribution devices connected in a daisy chain arrangement. A plurality of secondary devices, such as printhead electronics boards for inkjet printheads, is connected to each of the communication distribution devices. A first communication distribution device which is connected to a system controller assigns a communication address to itself from a first set of communication address and assigns communication addresses to its connected secondary devices from a second set of communication addresses. It then communicates information to the next communication distribution device specifying the next available communication addresses. This process continues down the chain of communication distribution devices. The assigned communication addresses are then transmitted to the system controller. The assigned communication addresses enable the system controller to determine the relative physical locations of the communication distribution devices and secondary devices.
US10315412B2
A method for registering a printing press, said printing press including a plurality of printing stations each for printing a respective color-image on a web, each said printing stations being associated with a respective different color, at least two pairs of said printing stations being un-registered, the method includes the procedures of identifying at least two regions-of-interest in the image to be printed, each including a respective different pair of two partially overlapping color-images, acquiring an image of the common area on the web, for each region-of-interest, chromatically separating the acquired image to determine two monochrome images respective of each region-of-interest, for each region-of-interest registering the two monochrome images respective thereof, registering a monochrome image respective of one region-of-interest with a monochrome image respective of another region-of-interest and determining a registration correction for each printing station according to the registration between the monochrome images.
US10315405B2
An applicator die for creating undivided ribbons of polymeric film and a method of using the die to apply an emulsified polymeric material in ribbons to a fully or partially finished surface of an automobile body. In one application, the ribbon is applied as a peelable film to an automobile body and in another application, a ribbon is applied to a rocker panel as an anti-chip coating. For both applications, the applicator die has an internal gallery and an outlet slot with flared edge surfaces to emit a laminarized ribbon of polymer-based material at a distance from the target surface where the opposite edges of the ribbon have become essentially parallel.
US10315403B2
A silicon substrate 12 has a main face in a (100) plane, whereby a fracture 17 generated from a molten processed region 13 acting as a start point extends in a cleavage direction of the silicon substrate 12 (a direction orthogonal to the main face of the silicon substrate 12). Here, a rear face 1b of an object to be processed 1A and a front face 10a of an object to be processed for separation 10A are bonded to each other by anode bonding, whereby the fracture 17 reaches a front face 1a of the object 1A continuously without substantially changing its direction. When generating a stress in the object for separation 10A, the fracture 17 has reached a rear face 10b of the object for separation 10A and thus easily extends toward the object 1A.
US10315402B2
A conductive transfer for application to a surface is described. The conductive transfer comprises first and second non-conductive ink layers and an electrically conductive layer positioned between the first and second non-conductive ink layers. The conductive transfer also includes an adhesive layer for adhering the conductive transfer to the surface of an article.
US10315401B2
The present invention relates to a transferring method of graphene using a self-adhesive film.
US10315400B2
A laminating apparatus and method are disclosed. The laminating device includes a first jig, a second jig facing the first jig, an auxiliary film fixing unit and a driving unit. A partially curved cover window is seated on the first jig. An auxiliary film and a panel member are seated on the second jig so as to be flat. The driving unit linearly moves at least one of the first and second jigs.
US10315394B2
The substrate for surface protective sheet of the present invention is a substrate for surface protective sheet including a support film and an antistatic layer provided on one face of the support film, wherein a stress relaxation rate of the substrate for surface protective sheet is 60% or more; the antistatic layer is one formed by curing an antistatic layer-forming composition containing a curing component and a metal filler; and the content of a metal filler is 55 mass % or more relative to the total mass of the curing component and the metal filler, and the curing component includes a urethane acrylate oligomer.
US10315384B2
The disclosure discloses an adhesive tape cartridge including an adhesive tape roll that is disposed in a housing and winds a double-faced adhesive tape. The double-faced adhesive tape comprises a base material layer, a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, and a separation material layer. The first adhesive layer is disposed on one side of the base material layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive with a first pigment. The second adhesive layer is disposed on the other side of the base material layer and comprises an adhesive with a second pigment. The separation material layer is disposed on the other side of the second adhesive layer. An average particle diameter of the first pigment in the first adhesive layer and an average particle diameter of the second pigment in the second adhesive layer is different from each other.
US10315381B2
A two layer and/or a three-layer device is disclosed that allows samples therein to remain at a warmer or a colder temperature than would be ordinarily possible without the use of the two or three-layer device. The two-layer device contains an interior layer that comprises the sample, and a middle or intermediate layer that comprises chemical species that undergoes an exothermic or endothermic reaction. The three layer device further has an outer layer that contains an insulating layer. When the three layer device is used for samples, the temperature of the sample can remain at a temperature around 11° C. or less for at least about 5.5 to 6 hours.
US10315379B2
A wrappable textile sleeve and method of construction thereof is provided. The sleeve includes a woven wall having opposite inner and outer edges extending in a lengthwise direction along a central longitudinal axis of the sleeve between opposite ends. The opposite inner and outer edges are wrappable into overlapping relation with one another to form an inner tubular cavity. The wall has an innermost woven layer and an outermost woven layer woven in attached relation with one another at one of the opposite inner and outer edges. A reflective layer is sandwiched between the innermost woven layer and the outermost woven layer, such that the outermost woven layer protects the underlying reflective layer against abrasion.
US10315377B2
A method, a shaping tool and a machine for assembling a tubular cardboard body (1) and a flat sealing structure (6), forming a security membrane, surrounded by a peripheral strip, able to be folded down, that is sufficient to suitably assemble the sealing structure with the inner lateral wall of the tubular body, with a grippable tongue (7) folded down toward the central part of the sealing structure, on the face not designed for sealing, inserting the sealing structure in a shaping tool and shaping it in the form of a basin, the peripheral strip becoming orthogonal to said central part, inserting the structure in the tubular body using said shaping tool, configured for sealing said strip with the exception of an unsealed part thereof, extending over the circumference of said strip.
US10315361B2
A method for forming a knockout on a raceway includes removing a knockout from the raceway to form an opening, positioning the knockout within the opening, and thereafter attaching the knockout to the raceway by welding the knockout and the raceway together.
US10315360B2
A manufacturing method of structures formed co-bonding second structural components to a first structural component. The method comprises the following steps: a) preparing for each second structural component an ensemble wherein a preform of the second structural component, surrounded by a band of a suitable material to form a vacuum bag, is disposed between curing tools which are thus in contact with the bag and not with the preform; b) positioning the ensembles on the first structural component and forming the vacuum bag for the complete structure joining the bands and complementary pieces; c) applying to the resulting assembly an autoclave cycle.
US10315345B2
A method for the manufacture of a component for a motor-vehicle interior with an associated film in which an electronic circuit is integrated with at least one proximity sensor includes the step of thermoforming the film on a mold element and the step of injection of plastic material in a mold cavity in such a way as to obtain a component for interior of motor-vehicle comprising a body of substantially transparent plastic material associated to the film. The component includes one or more proximity sensors for activating a functional component of the motor-vehicle.
US10315342B2
A method for the production of a molded part made of plastic by rotational molding includes providing an insert element made of at least one of an absorbent and saturable material in a rotational melt mold. The rotational melt mold has at least one of a constriction and a wall that projects, in an area of an inner radius, into an interior of the rotational melt mold. A plastic precursor of the plastic intended for the plastic molded part is provided in the rotational melt mold. The plastic precursor is present as a melt in the rotational melt mold. The rotational melt mold is rotated so that the melt polymerizes and is simultaneously shaped, so that part of the melt is picked up by the insert element, and so that a wall thickness of the molded part in a finished form is increased in an area where the insert element is arranged.
US10315328B2
A centrifugal water pump system provided to a chainsaw comprises a water pump head with a suction pipe and a discharge pipe, a coupling device configured to operably connect the chainsaw bar to the water pump head, and chainsaw accessories including stabilizer spikes, and a throttle control.
US10315326B2
A cold cuts cutting machine for cutting food, such as sausage, cheese or meat, for example, into slices, in particular for simultaneously slicing at least two pieces of stick-shaped food by means of a cutting blade. A minimization or a cancellation, respectively, of adhesive and frictional forces or the production of a noncutting pass, respectively, is to be make possible thereby and the supply of the food, which is to be sliced, is to be improved further. The cold cuts cutting machine includes a lower and an upper traction belt, between which the product bar can be guided such that the lower traction belt can carry out a relative movement, which is substantially vertical to the conveying direction of the product bar, with respect to a cutting latch.
US10315324B2
A razor handle includes an elongated body extending in a longitudinal direction. The elongated body has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface and the lower surface define an outer surface of the elongated body. The upper surface and the lower surface include at least one hole. The at least one hole extends between the upper surface and the lower surface to define at least one through-hole. The at least one through-hole includes at least one insert. The at least one insert is partially encapsulated within the at least one through-hole.
US10315319B2
The invention discloses isostatic-pressing (IP) applied to polymer (e.g., PTFE) coated razor blade edges to produce thin, dense, and uniform blade edges which in turn exhibit low initial cutting forces correlating with a more comfortable shaves. The isostatic press utilized may be a hot isostatic press (HIP) or cold isostatic press (CIP) or any other isostatic press process. The HIP conditions may include an environment of elevated temperatures and pressures in an inert atmosphere. The HIP conditions may be applied to non-sintered coatings or sintered coatings or before or after a FLUTEC® process is applied to coatings. CIP conditions may include room temperature and elevated pressure. The polymeric material may be a fluoropolymer or a non-fluoropolymer material or any composite thereof. It may be deposited initially by any method, including but not limited to, dipping, spin coating, sputtering, or thermal Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD).
US10315312B2
A robotic system that includes a mobile robot linked to a plurality of remote stations. One of the remote stations includes an arbitrator that controls access to the robot. Each remote station may be assigned a priority that is used by the arbitrator to determine which station has access to the robot. The arbitrator may include notification and call back mechanisms for sending messages relating to an access request and a granting of access for a remote station.
US10315295B2
A fastener installation tool and related method are provided for installing fasteners in boards. The tool can include a feed mechanism that automatically and sequentially feeds collated fasteners to a nose assembly. The nose assembly can include a guide having an alignment projection extending downwardly from the guide, and configured to engage a board corner and/or side surface, so as to align an angled bore through which fasteners are guided with the board corner and or side surface. The nose assembly can include a magnetic element located adjacent a path on which the collated fasteners are advanced. The magnetic element can exert a magnetic force on an individual fastener, aligning it for precise entry into the angled bore. The nose assembly can include a guide pocket to positively constrain a fastener as it rotates to ensure a desired advancement trajectory. A related method of installation is provided.
US10315288B2
In an embodiment, a polycrystalline diamond compact includes a substrate and a preformed polycrystalline diamond table bonded to the substrate. The table includes bonded diamond grains defining interstitial regions. The table includes an upper surface, a back surface bonded to the substrate, and at least one lateral surface extending therebetween. The table includes a first region extending inwardly from the upper surface and the lateral surface. The first region exhibits a first interstitial region concentration and includes at least one interstitial constituent disposed therein, which may be present in at least a residual amount and includes at least one metal carbonate and/or at least one metal oxide. The table includes a second bonding region adjacent to the substrate that extends inwardly from the back surface. The second bonding region exhibits a second interstitial region concentration that is greater than the first interstitial region concentration and includes a metallic infiltrant therein.
US10315287B2
A vertical motion impeller-type shot peening device performs a second shot peening to a coil spring including first shot peening indentations. The vertical motion impeller-type shot peening device includes a workpiece holding mechanism including a lower end turn support and an upper end turn support, a stress applying mechanism which compresses the coil spring, a rotation mechanism, and a projection mechanism which includes a pair of vertically movable impeller units. A first rough surface including first shot peening indentations is formed on a part of end turn portions of the coil spring. A second rough surface including second shot peening indentations is formed on the entire surface of wire except for the first rough surface.
US10315279B2
A method (300) of using hot isostatic pressing to join metallic members that form a component in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The method (300) may include applying (306) a surface treatment to the outer surfaces (14, 15, 16, 20, 22, 24) of first and second metallic members (12, 18) based on whether a mechanical or metallurgical joint for the component is desired. Additionally, the method (300) may include aligning (310) the outer surfaces (14, 15, 16, 20, 22, 24) of the first and second metallic members (12, 18) to create a sealed cavity, which encompasses the joint, between the first and second metallic members (12, 18). Once the outer surfaces (14, 15, 16, 20, 22, 24) are aligned, the method (300) may include subjecting (314) the members (12, 18) to hot isostatic pressing such that material from the first metallic member (12) flows into a recess (26) within the second metallic member (18) so as to join the first and second metallic members (12, 18) to form a consolidated component (10). The consolidated component (10) may then be machined and finished (316) for use in a turbine engine.
US10315278B2
An adjustable clamp used for a marine deck welding test includes a supporting device, a guiding and positioning device and a clamping device; the guiding and positioning device comprises a plurality of guiding shafts, a plurality of guiding plates and a plurality of positioning rods, the guiding shafts located at the two sides of a working platform are detachably connected with supporting blocks, the guiding shafts penetrate through the guiding plates, the guiding plates can slide horizontally along the guiding shafts, at least one column of through-holes are formed in each guiding plate in the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction, the through-holes located at the central part are guiding plate bolt holes, the through-holes located at the two sides are guiding plate positioning holes, the positioning rods are placed in the guiding plate positioning holes, and the upper ends of the positioning rods are higher than the guiding plates; the clamping device comprises a plurality of pressing plates located on the upper parts of the guiding plates and provided with pressing plate bolt holes corresponding to the guiding plate bolt holes, and the pressing plates are connected with the guiding plates via bolts. The clamp provided in the present invention has advantages including simple structure, easy operation, low cost, accurate positioning, and the positioning points and the clamping force can be adjusted at will.
US10315277B2
Provided is an aluminum alloy laminated plate having a sacrificial material cladded to at least one side surface of a core material, wherein the core material contains specified amounts of Mn, Si, Cu, Mg, Fe, and Ti, the balance is Al and inevitable impurities, the number density of dispersed particles having a particle size of 0.01-0.5 μm is 10-100/μm3, and [(the total solid solution amount of Mg, Mn, Si, and Cu)/(the total added amount of Mg, Mn, Si, and Cu)] is 0.10 or more.
US10315276B2
A method is provided for producing a glass ceramic element with a patterned coating is provided. The method includes: providing a glass ceramic element with a coating which is at least partially light-blocking and preferably opaque in the visible spectral range; irradiating the glass ceramic element with a pulsed laser beam on the face provided with the coating so that the coating is removed by ablation; during irradiating the laser beam is directed over the surface of the glass ceramic element so that a portion of the coating is removed which has a greater lateral extent than the diameter of the laser beam; and once the coating has been removed, irradiating the glass ceramic with the laser in the region where the coating has been removed, thereby optically modifying the glass ceramic in the irradiated region.
US10315274B2
A laser marking method and system, and laser marked object are disclosed. The method includes directing a pulsed laser beam towards an object such that an interface between an oxidized layer and non-oxidized substrate is in a mark zone of the pulsed laser beam, and scanning the pulsed laser beam across the object in a predetermined pattern to create a mark having an L value of less than 40 and a surface roughness that is substantially unchanged compared to adjacent unmarked areas. The system includes a fiber laser generating amplified pulses that are directed towards a galvo-scanner and focusing optic, while the object includes an oxidized surface layer, an underlying non-oxidized substrate, and a mark having an L value of less than 40 with substantially unchanged roughness features.
US10315265B2
A worktable for a soldering iron a base plate with two fixed plates perpendicularly extending from the top thereof. At least one of the two fixed plates has a first locking member and a first notch. A movable plate is movably located between the two fixed plates for securing a larger part. The movable plate has a second notch for securing small part. An adjustment member rotatably extends through the two fixed plates and the movable plate to adjust a fitting distance for the solder parts. An axle is connected across the two fixed plates and carries a soldering wire roll thereto. A soldering iron seat is located beside one of the two fixed plates for receiving the soldering iron therein.
US10315261B2
A wire electrical discharge machine includes: a supporting member for relatively moving a wire electrode relative to a measurement target; servomotors for moving the supporting member; a setting changer for changing the setting of a directive speed; and a motor controller that controls the servomotors in performing move-and-contact detection for detecting contact between the wire electrode and the measurement target by moving the two relative to each other, so that the wire electrode is moved relative to the measurement target based on the directive speed changed and specified by the setting changer.
US10315259B2
A continuous strip of T-Nuts formed on a common strip of metal. Each T-Nut of the strip of T-Nuts is integrally connected to the next adjacent T-Nut by carry tabs. The carry tabs can be frangible themselves or contain a frangible portion. Each T-Nut includes a cylindrical bore therein and a threaded interior. A mechanism feeds and severs the endmost T-Nut in endwise fashion. The mechanism to feed and sever the endmost T-Nut includes a cutting blade positioned vertically below the frangible portion of the carry tab. A shearing ram having a guide positioned axially in line with the cylindrical bore in the endmost T-Nut is adapted to move vertically from an upper to a lower position to engage the cutting blade with the frangible portion and sever the endmost T-Nut.
US10315258B2
A cutting insert has an upper surface (21), a lower surface (91) and a side surface (61) that connects the two surfaces. A cutting edge is formed at an intersecting edge between the upper surface (21) and the side surface (61). The cutting edge includes at least a major cutting edge (33), a corner edge (34) connected to the major cutting edge (33), and a curved wiper edge (35) located on the opposite side of the major cutting edge (33) across the corner edge (34). A first angle θ made by the major cutting edge (33) and the chord of the wiper edge (35) is 155°≤θ<180°, and a positive land is formed in the wiper edge (35). The cutting edge may further include an inner cutting edge (36) located on an opposite side of the corner edge (34) across the wiper edge (35).
US10315248B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods and apparatuses for forming cast parts having cast in features aligned with a casting core. The part is cast around a casting core within a casting shell. The casting core has a first feature that creates a corresponding second feature of the cast part. The casting core includes a third alignment feature that creates a corresponding fourth feature of the cast part spaced apart from the second feature of the cast part. A machining tool is aligned with the second feature of the cast part based on the fourth feature of the cast part. The machining tool machines the cast part to create the at least one passageway aligned with the second feature.
US10315234B2
A method for conditioning the circulatory system (1) of a power plant is especially suited for a nuclear power plant. An amine, which is a film-forming agent, is metered into the working medium circulating in the circulatory system. The film-forming agent forms a hydrophobic film on the surfaces of the circulatory system. During the process, the concentration of the film-forming agent is monitored in at least one measuring point by way of measurement, and metering of the film-forming agent is stopped once its concentration in the working medium has reached a value of 1 ppm to 2 ppm in at least one measuring point M1.
US10315233B2
A flexible substrate treatment device comprising at least one tank that accommodates treatment liquid, winding rollers including a main roller and a driven roller located above the treatment liquid, a positioning roller located in the treating liquid in each tank, a detecting unit configured to detect radius or diameter of at least one of the winding rollers, and a movable discharge member fixed to a side wall of each tank, including a movable discharge port configured to discharge the treatment liquid and a discharge port position controlling mechanism, wherein the movable discharge port can be moved in a direction X perpendicular to a bottom wall of the tank.
US10315215B2
An apparatus for applying a viscous material to a surface of a workpiece is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a channel comprising an inlet and an outlet. The channel has a width CW that increases from the inlet to the outlet. The apparatus also comprises dividers inside the channel. The channel further comprises subdivisions formed by the dividers. The subdivisions of the channel are in communication with the inlet and the outlet of the channel. At least one of the subdivisions of the channel has a width SW that increases from the inlet of the channel to the outlet of the channel.
US10315198B2
This disclosure provides a thermocycler system for performing polymerase chain reaction. The thermocycler system can comprise a plurality of bus bars, a microplate, a clamp and a current application device in electrical communication with the bus bars. The clamp is suitable for forming a low resistance electrical connection between the microplate and an individual bus bar of the plurality of bus bars. In some instances, the clamp includes a spring-loaded pivot and a ram. Operation of the clamp forces the microplate into contact with the bus bar, or vice versa, to provide an electrical contact between the microplate and the bus bar. The microplate can comprise a substrate having a metallic material for heating samples, and a barrier layer disposed adjacent to the substrate.
US10315186B2
The invention relates to a CO oxidation promoter additive and a method of its preparation. The CO oxidation promoter additive is having improved apparent bulk density and attrition properties for use in hydrocarbon conversion during fluid catalytic cracking. The CO oxidation promoter additive has a better CO to CO2 conversion.
US10315166B2
The present disclosure provides an etching mask, a method for manufacturing the same, a method for manufacturing a porous membrane using the same, a porous membrane, a fine dust blocking mask including the same, and a method for manufacturing a surface enhanced Raman scattering active substrate. In this connection, the etching mask includes an organic film; and a pattern layer disposed on the organic film, wherein the pattern layer has openings defined therein having a uniform size, wherein each of the openings includes a micro-scale or nano-scale hole.
US10315155B2
Membranes are provided for filtering a gas, in some cases air. Membranes using a highly porous cellulose nano fibrous barrier layer with a highly porous (surface-charged) substrate can exhibit high flux, high retention, and low pressure drop in air filtration of toxic aromatic gases, fumes, bacteria, viruses, dusts, and particulate matters.
US10315146B2
Filter medium, comprising at least one acid-functionalized layer, characterized in that the acid-functionalized layer has a first acid with a pks 1 value of 0 to 7 and a C8 to C18 fatty acid as the second acid.
US10315138B2
A filtering apparatus includes a filtering screen removably positioned within an inner cavity of a screen chamber. The screen includes a frame portion at a first end and a screen portion extending from the frame portion to a second end. The frame portion includes an end block and frame members extending from the end block to the screen portion, with the frame members defining an aperture. The screen portion includes an outer wall extending from a fluid inlet to an end cap at the second end. The outer wall includes a plurality of openings therethrough. The screen chamber includes a removable end cover with a key configured to engage a notch of the screen to rotationally lock the screen and the end cover. A screen manifold may include a first fluid path including the screen chamber, and further including a bypass fluid path having a bypass valve.
US10315127B2
A pot distillation system, in particular for whiskey, includes a distillation bubble with a base equipped to heat an alcoholic liquid, and a top removing alcohol vapors. The alcoholic liquid in the base is heated by a heating unit having a heat exchanger which is in thermal contact with the alcoholic liquid and heated by water vapor. A condenser having a cooling water circuit recirculating cooling water across the condenser condenses the alcohol vapor supplied from the top. The cooling water circuit includes a separator which removes water vapor from the cooling water circuit. The water vapor removed by the separator is pre-compressed in a mechanical compressor and supplied to an intake port of a steam jet pump which is driven by water vapor from a water vapor source and which further compresses the pre-compressed water vapor, and the steam jet pump supplying the further compressed water vapor to the heat exchanger for heating same.
US10315126B2
A system for molecular targeting and separating includes a microwave energy source; a vapor source; a column configured and positioned to receive microwave energy from the microwave energy source and vapor from the vapor source; and a condenser, the condenser in communication with the column, the condenser configured to condense the vapor after the vapor receives the microwave energy.
US10315125B2
The present invention relates to a motion chair included in a 4D theater and a motion chair control system for controlling a plurality of the motion chairs. More specifically, the present invention relates to a motion chair, including a control unit configured to receive control data from an operating server and selectively control some or all of effect device control units, the effect device control units configured to correspond to one or more effect devices and to independently control corresponding effect devices under the control of the control unit, and the effect devices for implementing special effects, and a system for controlling the motion chairs.
US10315119B2
A video game includes a peripheral device that senses the presence and identity of toys near or on the peripheral. Each of the toys includes an identification device such as an RFID tag. Each of the toys is also associated with a corresponding game character or object. A toy stores information about the status of the corresponding character or object in the game, for example, a character name, a score, and an owner of the toy may be stored in a character toy. The information about the toy is updated during game play. The toys may be sensed, read, and written concurrently.
US10315115B2
Systems and methods to track users' progression through an activity simulation, which may resemble related sporting events, are provided. One or more performance levels with respect to one or more measurable parameters may be monitored during the same or different times. Physical activity may be monitored. Exceeding a first performance level may provide an option to join a sponsoring organization and exceeding a second threshold (for the same or different parameter of interest) may result in transmitting a redemption code to a contact point for an option to obtain a physical item. The physical item may mimic equipment used in a simulated activity.
US10315113B2
A system and method is provided that simulates gameplay of non-player characters (NPCs) distributed across networked end user devices. The system may identify end user devices that are connected to the system through a network and are available to participate in a simulation in which each participating end user device is provided with one or more NPCs to be executed. An end user device may be available to participate when it has sufficient computing capacity, such as when in an idle or standby state. As such, the system may leverage spare computing capacity of networked end user devices to execute NPCs at networked end user devices during a simulation. In this manner, the behavior of an NPC may be tested using real-world conditions that may affect gameplay, such as a network connection quality, user-to-user game engine coordination and data exchanges, and/or other real-world conditions associated with networked end user devices.
US10315112B2
An apparatus for controlling an object may include a communicator configured to communicate with a first user terminal and a second user terminal, and a processor configured to control a first object corresponding to a first user in a virtual world to be displayed, configured to control the first object to move in the virtual world in response to a movement control of the first user, configured to randomly select at least one candidate object in response to a morphing control of the first user, and configured to change the first object to a second object when the first user selects the second object from the at least one candidate object. Methods for controlling an object are also provided.
US10315104B2
A game apparatus can cast various attacks only by pressing a same operating button without performing any complex operation. Attack methods are each provided with a priority, and also may be provided with a positional condition regarding a positional relationship between a player character and an enemy character, for executing an attack on the enemy character by the player character. For example, the positional condition is “less than 3 m from player character” and the attack method is “close attack with ax.” Since the positional condition “less than 3 m from player character” is given priority over an attack according to the positional condition “3 m or more and less than 10 m from player character,” when an attack operation instruction is received, the player character does an attack with an ax on the enemy character present at a distance of less than 3 m.
US10315102B2
Methods and apparatus for playing an instant win gaming ticket. An instant win gaming ticket has multiple instant win games which can be played by the player. The amount won per game is dependent on the results of at least one previous game on the same ticket. The player plays the games on a single ticket and the amount the player wins for each game depends on whether previously played games on the same ticket were won or lost.
US10315091B1
A wearable baseball tee having a tee device for holding a ball at a position away from the body of the user. The wearable baseball tee is configured to be worn on the body of a user and allows the user to swing a bat at the ball held away from the body of the user. The process of using the wearable baseball tee is also described.
US10315087B2
A method is provided to operate a computer to interoperate with a portable media player. The method includes processing signals provided from the portable media player to the computer that are indicative of whether an accessory has been connected to the portable media player, to determine whether the accessory has been connected to the portable media player. Based on a determination that the accessory has been connected to the portable media player, physiologic data of a user that was provided to the portable media player from a wireless physiologic data gathering device, is received from the portable media player, into the computer, via the accessory.
US10315057B2
A connector system for connecting a cable having a length to an item includes a base operatively connectible to the item, the base including a channel to seat at least a portion of the cable, the channel being in operative connection with the item upon connection of the base to the item, and a rotatable member which is rotatable relative to the base. The cable is in operative connection with the rotatable member so that, as the rotating member rotates relative to the base, a bend in the cable is formed at different locations in the length of the cable such that the different locations define different lengths of the cable. The different lengths of the cable become positioned within the channel as the rotating member rotates relative to the base.
US10315056B2
A belay device may include a front plate with a first lobe and a back plate with a second lobe. The belay device may be engageable and disengageable such that the first lobe is separated from the second lobe at a first distance and a second distance, respectively. The belay device may maintain ability to operate when the belay device is disengaged. The belay device may include a handle and cam pin that cooperate to create a mechanical advantage for controlling separation distance between the first and second lobe. The handle may prevent rotation in a first direction via a lockout protrusion. The handle may prevent rotation in a second direction via a handle stop and/or a retaining rib. The belay device may include an ergonomic feature to accommodate a user's hand placement and/or shroud rotation of the front plate.
US10315053B2
A portal imaging device is used to determine an amount of radiation that is delivered to at least one point while administering a radiation treatment therapy to a patient. Upon detecting that the amount of radiation that is delivered to that at least one point exceeds a predetermined amount of radiation (for example, a planned amount of radiation per the radiation treatment plan), administration of radiation treatment therapy to the patient can be automatically halted.
US10315047B2
An optimization method for ion based radiotherapy includes inverse planning based on optimization variables related to the particle energy, a range modulator or ridge filter, a block and/or a range compensator. This enables automatic optimization of complex cases.
US10315046B2
Featured is a robot and a needle delivery apparatus. Such a robot comprises a plurality of actuators coupled to control locating any of number of intervention specific medical devices such as intervention specific needle injectors. Such a robot is usable with image guided interventions using any of a number of types of medical imaging devices or apparatuses including MRI. The end-effector can include an automated low needle delivery apparatus that is configured for dose radiation seed brachytherapy injection. Also featured is an automated seed magazine for delivering seeds to such an needle delivery apparatus adapted for brachytherapy seed injection.
US10315045B2
Method and apparatus for using a designated patient structure as an area to be masked from radiation
A control circuit provides a user with an opportunity to designate one or more patient structures for a particular patient that are to be protected from radiation. When optimizing a radiation-treatment plan for that patient, then, the control circuit uses the designated patient structure(s) as an area to be masked from radiation during administration of the radiation-treatment plan. By one approach the aforementioned opportunity to designate patient structures as being designated patient structures comprises providing the user with an opportunity to so designate patient structures via a display. The aforementioned masking can be accomplished as desired including by appropriate use of a multi-leaf collimator.
US10315034B2
The present disclosure provides a spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system. The system includes at least one SCS lead including a lead body, at least one distal electrode located at a distal end of the lead body, the at least one distal electrode configured to apply electrical stimulation to a stimulation target of a patient, and a pain reduction assembly coupled to the lead body and configured to reduce post-operation pain at an incision site associated with implantation of the at least one SCS lead. The system further includes a pulse generator coupled to the at least one SCS lead and configured to control electrical stimulation delivered to the patient via the at least one SCS lead.
US10315032B2
Some embodiments include a system with a sensor with electrodes including an active electrode and a receiving electrode that is in physical contact with skin of a patient forming an electrical circuit with control electronics of a controller that can measure an electrical parameter using an active electrode and a receiving electrode within a closed loop electrical muscle stimulation system. A sense electrical pulse can be applied to the tissue using the sensor, an electrical parameter measured from the tissue, and a stimulation pulse applied to the tissue based at least in part on the measured electrical parameter. The stimulation is adjustably controlled by the controller to maintain a constant power output to the tissue based on the electrical parameter. A good is coupled to a computer readable medium configured to store usage data, the usage data relating to the patient's use of the good.
US10315029B2
Provided herein are methods and devices useful for inhibiting or treating urological conditions, such as overactive bladder (OAB) symptoms including bladder overactivity, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary incontinence, interstitial cystitis (IC), urinary retention, and pelvic pain; gastrointestinal conditions, such as fecal incontinence, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and constipation; and sexual conditions, such as premature ejaculation, erectile disorder, and female sexual arousal disorder by non-invasive transcutaneous electrical stimulation of the foot.
US10315024B1
A closure assembly includes torque limit capabilities facilitating the attachment thereof to a medical connector with sufficient tightness to establish a flow stopping or sealing relation with the medical connector. A housing includes a stop member fixed on the interior thereof and rotatable there with into interruptive engagement with a movement restrictor connected to and movable with a closure cap which includes a flow restrictor. Application of a tightening force to the housing will cause rotation of the stop member into interruptive engagement with the movement restrictor and connected flow restrictor causing forced rotation of the flow restrictor onto attachment with the medical connector, while establishing a predetermined tightness. Over-tightening is prevented by disengagement of the stop member from will the movement restrictor or disconnection of the flow restrictor from the corresponding movement restrictor once the predetermined tightness has been established and upon a continuing tightening force being applied to the housing.
US10315022B2
An object is to provide a co-injection member which can smoothly collect a liquid of an internal flow route, which can smoothly inject a liquid into the internal flow route, and which can reliably prevent congestion of the liquid in the internal flow route. A co-injection member includes a main body that can be connected to a blood circuit through which blood is circulated, an internal flow route that is formed inside the main body, and that can circulate the liquid of the blood circuit, an inlet flow route that is formed inside the main body, and that introduces the blood into the internal flow route, an outlet flow route that is formed inside the main body, and that can discharge the blood of the internal flow route, and a rubber member that is attached to an opening formed in the main body, and that separates the inside and the outside of the internal flow route from each other. The co-injection member can collect the blood of the internal flow route and can inject the other liquid into the internal flow route via the rubber member. The inlet flow route extends while a diameter thereof gradually decreases toward a position shifted from a center of the internal flow route.
US10315021B2
A microneedle patch includes a base, at least one collapsible side wall extending from the base, and a lip disposed along the at least one collapsible sidewall and opposite the base. An adhesive is disposed along the base, and a microneedle array is affixed to the base.
US10315019B2
Implantable drug delivery devices include a housing having a closed drug reservoir lumen bounded by a first wall structure and a hydrophilic second wall structure, and a drug contained in the drug reservoir lumen, wherein the first wall structure is impermeable to the drug and the second wall structure is permeable to the drug. Methods of providing controlled release of drug to a patient include deploying a drug delivery device in the patient releasing a drug from the drug reservoir lumen via diffusion through the second wall structure.
US10315018B2
Disclosed is a balloon catheter that can comprise an elongate support member, an inflation tube, a guidewire tube and a balloon. The guidewire tube can define a guidewire port at its proximal end, and can extend from the port through an opening in a wall of the elongate support member and distally through a first lumen of the elongate support member, in some cases to the distal end of the catheter. The inflation tube can be disposed over a distal portion of the elongate support member, a portion of the guidewire tube, a portion of the inner assembly, or any combination thereof, forming a second lumen. The distal end of the balloon can be attached to the guidewire tube and the proximal end of the balloon can be attached to the inflation tube. The inside of the balloon can be in fluid communication with the first lumen and with the second lumen, allowing the balloon to be inflated and/or deflated. The elongate support member can also have cuts in it. For example, the elongate support member can have apertures formed in it, or apertures and spiral cuts.
US10315016B2
Microvascular obstruction is treated by introducing injectate into blood vessels affected by microvascular obstruction at precise flow rates, while blocking retrograde flow, such that the natural pumping of the heart aids in forcing the injectate into the affected microvessels. Monitoring pressure distal of an occlusion balloon is used to determine treatment effectiveness and heart health.
US10315012B2
Ti—Nb—Hf/Zr—(Cr) alloy shape-memory wires are provided which are suitable for use in medical devices and actuators, and methods for manufacturing such wires are provided. The present shape-memory Ti—Nb—Hf/Zr—(Cr) alloy is a superelastic wire material particularly suited for in vivo applications. For example, the present Ti—Nb—Hf/Zr—(Cr) alloy wire is radiopaque, thereby enabling surgical use of a monolithic, shape-memory alloy wire while preserving the ability to monitor the in vivo location of the wire through X-ray or other radiation-based imaging systems. In addition, the present Ti—Nb—Hf/Zr—(Cr) alloy can be manufactured to exhibit shape-memory alloy material properties without the use of nickel as an alloy constituent, thereby accommodating nickel-sensitive patients. The present Ti—Nb—Hf/Zr—(Cr) alloy can also be processed to exhibit a martensite/austenite transformation temperature near body-temperature, i.e., 37° C., so that shape-memory effects can be utilized to accomplish work in vivo.
US10315002B2
A method of providing a breath to a human patient. The patient has a patient connection connected, by a patient circuit, to a ventilator having a first ventilator connection and a different second ventilator connection. Each of the first and second ventilator connections are in fluid communication with the patient circuit. The method includes identifying, with the ventilator, initiation of an inspiratory phase of the breath, delivering a bolus of oxygen to the first ventilator connection before or during the inspiratory phase, and delivering breathing gases comprising air to the second ventilator connection during the inspiratory phase. The ventilator isolates the bolus of oxygen delivered to the first ventilator connection from the breathing gases delivered to the second ventilator connection.
US10314997B2
A mask system for providing respiratory therapy to the airways of a patient includes a frame, a sealing arrangement adapted to form a seal with the patient's nose and/or mouth, an elbow, and headgear to maintain the mask system in position on the patient's face. The frame has a main body and a forehead support extending from a top end of the main body. The forehead support includes an upper headgear connector, and the main body includes a lower headgear connector. The sealing arrangement is structured to interface with the frame. The sealing arrangement comprises a cushion having a face-contacting side and a non face-contacting side.
US10314993B2
A laryngeal mask (1) comprising an air-way tube (2) and a mask portion (6) with an inflatable cuff (8) which is arranged around the airway tube (2) at the distal end thereof. A gastric tube (12) which extends at least partially along the outer surface of the airway tube (2), penetrates through the wall of said inflatable cuff (8) at a first location, extends through said inflatable cuff (8), and ends in a connection to an opening (12) in the wall of the cuff at a second location at the tip part of the laryngeal mask, so as to provide a passage through said circumferential cuff. With respect to a central mirror symmetry plane said gastric tube extends along the outer surface of the airway tube (2) in an asymmetrical manner, through said inflatable cuff (8) at the first location arranged asymmetrically with respect to said central plane, through said inflatable cuff (8), and ends in the connection to the wall of the cuff (8) at the second location at the tip part.
US10314989B2
Described here are positive airway pressure (PAP) systems and methods with various mechanisms for altering the air pressure based in part on the head position of the user. This can be achieved actively or passively. Passively, pressure is altered when head position is altered, as gravity acts to open or close venting elements. Actively, head position information can then be communicated to a controller of the system which may be disposed within the housing having the position sensor or within a separate housing. The controller varies the output pressure of the pressure source, e.g. a rotary compressor, based, at least in part, on the head position information provided.
US10314987B2
A medicament delivery device includes a housing adapted to receive a medicament container; an actuation member movable from a first position to a second position, such that the medicament is allowed to be expelled through the delivery member; and an interlock member movable between a locking position and a releasing position. The device has an indicator to show that it has been used provided by the actuation member's being retained in its second position. The actuation member includes at least one latching projection, and the drive mechanism includes corresponding latching surfaces, against which the latching projections latch when the actuation member is in its second position.
US10314983B2
A syringe assembly includes a syringe having a body with a proximal end and a distal end and a discharge outlet formed at the distal end of the syringe. The syringe assembly further includes a closure element having a body configured for removable engagement with at least a portion of the discharge outlet. The body of the closure element is porous to define a tortuous internal path through the body to allow venting of excess pressure within the syringe while preventing pathogens from entering the syringe. The discharge outlet is configured as a luer connector and the closure element has at least one engagement feature for engaging the luer connector.
US10314982B2
A drive assembly for a drug delivery device includes a housing; a number sleeve threadedly engaged with the housing; a dial link rotatably fixed with the number sleeve in a first axial arrangement relative to each other, the number sleeve being rotatable relative to the dial link in a second axial arrangement; a clutch component connected to an inner proximal section of the number sleeve through multiple flexible assembly fingers. The clutch component can engage the number sleeve with the dial link in the first axial arrangement and disengage the number sleeve from the dial link in the second axial arrangement. The drive assembly includes means for preventing an access to the flexible assembly fingers from the outer proximal section of the number sleeve and/or the flexible assembly fingers from flexing inwardly and disengaging from the connection with the inner proximal section.
US10314976B2
An injector may include a container having a wall with an interior surface and a seal assembly with an interior surface, the interior surfaces of the wall and the seal assembly defining a closed sterile reservoir filled with a drug product. The injector may also include a fluid delivery system comprising a clean, unsheathed, rigid container needle having a point disposed only partially through the seal assembly in a storage state, and disposed through the interior surface of the seal assembly into the sterile reservoir in a delivery state. Further, the injection may include an actuator that is adapted to move the container needle from the storage state to the delivery state.
US10314972B2
A drip chamber for an infusion tube, including: a first end including a drip tube; a second end including an exit port; and a wall connecting the first and second ends and including an interior surface with a hydrophobic portion. The drip chamber includes a space enclosed by the interior wall and the first and second ends. The hydrophobic portion of the interior surface repels liquid contacting the hydrophobic coating. The hydrophobic portion of the interior surface enables light to refract through the hydrophobic portion and the wall in the same manner as is the case when the hydrophobic portion is not present on the interior surface.
US10314971B2
A method for detecting an occlusion in an infusion line (3) connected to an infusion device (1) comprises: measuring a force (F) applied to a piston (21) by a pusher device (12) of an infusion device (1) for moving the piston (21) along a movement direction (X) into a cylindrical tube (20) in order to deliver a medical fluid from the cylindrical tube (21) towards an infusion line (3) connected to the cylindrical tube (20); calculating, from the measured force (F), a value indicative of a pressure (P) in the cylindrical tube (20), wherein for calculating said value indicative of said pressure (P) a frictional force value (F0) indicative of a friction of the piston (21) relative to the cylindrical tube (20) is taken into account; and comparing said value indicative of said pressure (P) to a threshold value to determine whether an occlusion is present in the infusion line (3). Herein, the frictional force value (F0) is determined using a mathematical model modelling the friction of the piston (21) relative to the cylindrical tube (20) in dependence on the position of the piston (21) relative to the cylindrical tube (20) along the movement direction (X) and in dependence on the velocity by which the piston (21) is moved relative to the cylindrical tube (3). In this way a method for reliably detecting an occlusion in an infusion line during an infusion process is provided.
US10314968B2
This invention relates to an injection device for delivering a medicament to the human or animal body, in particular, but not exclusively, to a device having a replaceable medicament cartridge, including an auto-injector, wherein the injector device comprises: a housing; a piston rod for driving a bung of a medicament container; a drive mechanism including a motor for providing an output drive to the piston rod for delivering the medicament; and control means for controlling operation of the device.
US10314960B2
A blood treatment cassette having a cassette body embodied as a hard part and, optionally, a film which is connected to the hard part and at least partially covers the hard part, wherein the hard part comprises at least one sterilization opening, and wherein the sterilization opening comprises a closure device. The invention also relates to a blood treatment apparatus for using the blood treatment cassette.
US10314956B2
A mounting element defining a bore, the mounting element being configured to mount to an exterior surface of an organ of a patient. A one way valve sized to be received and retained within the bore of the mounting element is included, the one way valve having an open position and a closed position. The one way valve substantially occludes the bore when the valve is in the closed position. The one way valve is biased in the closed position. A plug having a lumen extending there through is included, the plug being configured to be releasably inserted through at least a portion of the one way valve. The plug is configured to transition the one way valve from the closed position to the open position and to maintain the one way valve in the open position when the plug is inserted within the bore.
US10314952B2
Method and device for simultaneously documenting and treating tension pneumothorax and/or hemothorax
A method and device are provided for simultaneously or near-simultaneously diagnosing and treating tension pneumothorax and/or hemothoraxA Veress-type needle portion includes a hollow needle for puncturing the chest wall over a blunt hollow probe biased by one or more springs to extend distally into the pleural cavity. Openings in the blunt hollow probe connect via a pathway to an automatic check valve, which permits the flow of air and/or fluid only in a proximal direction. Pressure from within the pleural cavity is transmitted to the interior surface of a pressure documenter. If pressure greater than atmospheric pressure is present in the pleural cavity, the pressure documenter will be automatically urged proximally to simultaneously allow air and/or fluid to escape from the pleural space through the device, thus treating the tension pneumothorax and/or hemothorax, as well as providing a stable indicator to positively document the diagnosis of increased pressure.
US10314951B2
A kit includes a mesh substrate and a polymer that is fixed to the mesh substrate. The polymer includes an active agent that is configured to elute over time. The kit further includes a hemostatic agent. The hemostatic agent is separate from the mesh substrate and the polymer. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US10314943B2
Apparatus and process for the preparation of a biomimetic tissue prosthesis of the tympanic membrane
The present invention refers to a process, and to the related apparatus, for the in vitro preparation of a biomimetic tissue prostheses of the tympanic membrane from mesenchymal stem cells; such prostheses are used for repairing or reconstructing the injured tympanic membrane in patients needing it, for example as a consequence of various trauma or pathologies.
US10314942B2
The present invention relates to the manufacture of shaped biomaterial-based implants via three-dimensional printing technology.
US10314934B2
A fluid dispensing method, the method comprising steps of: providing a drop on demand apparatus comprising a plurality of nozzles in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir; selecting a subset of the plurality; dispensing fluid via the selected subset of the plurality; pausing all dispensing of fluid; selecting a second subset of the plurality; dispensing fluid via the second selected subset of the plurality.
US10314933B2
A fragrance dispensing system includes a fragrance dispensing mechanism, a network interface, and a control module. The control module receives a control signal from an input device via the network interface and controls the fragrance dispensing mechanism based on the control signal. The control signal corresponds to settings of the fragrance dispensing mechanism. The fragrance dispensing mechanism may include a fan, a light source, a power save switch, or a combination thereof. A method for controlling a fragrance dispensing system includes generating an interface at an input device, receiving input via the interface, generating a control signal based on the input, and remotely transmitting the control signal to the fragrance dispensing system. The input indicates settings of the fragrance dispensing system. The interface may include a selectable timer option, a selectable power mode, a fan control, a light control, or a combination thereof. The interface may include a fragrance indicator.
US10314932B2
Portable ozone generators and methods of use. For example, a hand-held portable ozone generator has: a housing defining an air inlet, an air outlet, and an air channel communicating between the air inlet and the air outlet; a battery; an ozone generator configured to output, during operation, ozone into the air channel at a non-zero rate that is equal to or below 50 mg/hour; and a controller connected to send control signals to the ozone generator in response to user input. In other cases, a plank or slab shaped portable ozone generator is disclosed, with an air inlet and an air outlet located in respective opposed face plates. In one case the unit has no defined base, and every face and side wall of the device forms a ground engaging base, and the unit functions properly regardless of what face or side wall the unit contacts the ground or a horizontal ground surface with.
US10314927B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparation of formulations of gadolinium metal complexes of the macrocyclic chelator DOTA, which further comprise a small excess of free DOTA. The method uses controlled conditions such that excess gadolinium is present as a precipitate of gadolinium oxide, with filtration to remove the excess, prior to the addition of a defined excess of DOTA chelator. Also provided is a method of preparation of MRI contrast agents based on Gd-DOTA.
US10314926B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating, ameliorating or preventing a disease or disorder in a subject by introducing into cells of the subject a therapeutic gene switch construct that controls expression of one or more therapeutic products.
US10314919B2
The present disclosure provides conjugate structures (e.g., polypeptide conjugates) and hydrazinyl-indole compounds used to produce these conjugates. The disclosure also provides methods of production of such conjugates, as well as methods of using the same.
US10314918B2
The disclosure describes jasmonate conjugates and nanocarried and/or microcarried jasmonate conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, as well as use thereof for treating or preventing angiogenesis-related or NF-κB-related disorders. Also disclosed are methods of making the conjugates.
US10314913B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods relating to polylactides which may be used for drug delivery (e.g., parenteral delivery), wherein an organic solvent is not required.
US10314911B2
The present system is directed in several embodiments to a method of administration of a therapeutic composition for protection of the brain of a subject at risk of injury leading to traumatic brain injury (TBI) and/or treatment of injury to the brain resulting from TBI. The method includes administering one or more therapeutic compositions comprising an effective amount of insulin directly to the subject patient's CNS, with no to minimal systemic exposure. Preferably, this method comprises administration of an effective amount of insulin to the upper third of a patient's nasal cavity, thereby bypassing the patient's blood-brain barrier and delivering the therapeutic composition directly to the patient's central nervous system.
US10314902B2
The disclosure relates to outer membrane vesicles from Francisella and Piscirickettsia, and their use in vaccine compositions. In particular, the present disclosure relates to compositions and methods useful in inducing protective immunity against francisellosis or salmon rickettsial septicaemia (SRS) in fish.
US10314896B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10314895B2
The present invention includes the complete genome sequence for the methanogen, Methanobrevibacter ruminantium, including polynucleotides which encode M. ruminantium polypeptides or peptides, as well as polynucleotides from non-coding regions. Also included are the encoded M. ruminantium polypeptides and peptides, and antibodies directed to these peptides or polypeptides, in addition to expression vectors and host cells for producing these peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, and antibodies. The invention further includes methods and compositions for detecting, targeting, and inhibiting microbial cells, especially methanogen cells such as M. ruminantium cells, using one or more of the disclosed peptides, polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibodies, expression vectors, and host cells.
US10314893B2
Emerging evidence indicates that diminished activity of the vasoprotective axis of the renin-angiotensin system, constituting angiotensin converting enzyme2 (ACE2) and its enzymatic product, angiotensin-(1-7) [Ang-(1-7)] contribute to pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, clinical success for long-term delivery of ACE2 or Ang-(1-7) would require stability and ease of administration to increase patient compliance. Chloroplast expression of therapeutic proteins enables their bioencapsulation within plant cells to protect from acids and gastric enzymes; fusion to a transmucosal carrier facilitates effective systemic absorption. Oral feeding of rats with bioencapsulated ACE2 or Ang-(1-7) attenuated monocrotaline (MCT)-induced increase in right ventricular systolic pressure, decreased pulmonary vessel wall thickness and improved right heart function in both prevention and reversal protocols. Furthermore, combination of ACE2 and Ang-(1-7) augmented the beneficial effects against cardio-pulmonary pathophysiology induced by MCT administration.Experiments have also been performed which indicate that this approach is also suitable for the treatment or inhibition of experimental uveitis and autoimmune uveoretinitis These studies provide proof-of-concept for a novel low-cost oral ACE2 or Ang-(1-7) delivery system using transplastomic technology for pulmonary and ocular disease therapeutics.
US10314888B2
The invention relates to therapeutic and cosmetic uses of calreticulin including reducing or eliminating wrinkles and/or fine lines, tissue repair and reconstruction, repairing damaged bone and/or cartilage, stimulating regeneration of an epidermal appendage, enhancing phagocytosis of bacteria by phagocytes within a wound, treating a wound in a patient suffering from delayed wound healing, treating a corneal wound, and treating or preventing a surgical adhesion.
US10314873B2
A method for treating a disease comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective dosage of an extract of a plant of the genus Hoodia, wherein the disease is selected from the group consisting of immune-mediated disorders, immune-associated disorders, inflammatory diseases, coronary disease, insulin resistance and liver-related diseases. In a preferred embodiment, the Hoodia is Hoodia parviflora. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition for treating the above diseases comprising an effective dosage of an extract of a plant of the genus Hoodia.
US10314867B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising Bifidobacterium bacteria for use for reducing intestinal gas production in an individual.
US10314864B2
A media supplement for culturing anaerobic bacteria is provided which comprises a filtrate of eilluent from a chemostat vessel in which a target bacterial ecosystem has been culnn-ed. Methods of using the supplement for culturing or isolating anaerobic microbial strains or communities, particularly anaerobic bacteria from the human gut, are also provided.
US10314855B2
The methods and assays described herein relate to detection, diagnosis, and treatment of lung cancer, e.g., by detecting the level of expression of certain miRNAs described herein and/or by therapeutically increasing the level of those miRNAs.
US10314847B2
The present invention discloses scalarane sesterterpenoids represented by formula (I) and meroditerpenoid represented by formula (II), which are extracted from Carteriospongia sp. sponge: where R1 is —CH3 or —C2H5. The compounds of formula (I) can be used to be an anticancer, act as an inhibitor targeting to topoisomerase II and hsp90 and a pharmaceutical composition for anticancer.
US10314844B2
Inhibitors for Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK) are disclosed as are compositions thereof, methods for their preparation, and methods for their use.
US10314837B2
The present disclosure provides polymer conjugates comprising a polymer and an agent, the agent linked to the polymer via a linking group containing a hydrolyzable moiety.
US10314825B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), in which containing a therapeutically effective amount of (R)-2-[3-[[N-(benzoxazol-2-yl)-N-3-(4-methoxyphenoxy)propyl]aminomethyl]phenoxy] butyric acid, a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.
US10314824B2
The present invention is directed to methods of treating, preventing, and/or ameliorating fibrosis syndrome, and in particular cardiac fibrosis, by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of ifetroban, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10314823B2
The invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula I wherein M is one of the groups MA, MB and MC represented below wherein R1, MA, MB and MC are as defined in the specification; and to salts thereof.
US10314819B2
Disclosed are solid state forms of Eluxadoline, processes for their preparations, compositions comprising them and their medical use. The present invention also encompasses solid state forms of Eluxadoline for use in the preparation of other solid state forms of Eluxadoline, particularly form alpha.
US10314817B2
EHT extract including a mixture of late eluting tryptamides and early eluting tryptamides in a weight ratio of at least about 7:1 late eluting tryptamides:early eluting tryptamides, wherein the EHT extract includes at least 30% eicosanoyl-5-hydroxytryptamide, based on the total weight of the tryptamides in the EHT extract.
US10314816B2
Described herein are antimicrobial compounds identified via a high-throughput inhibitor screen of the in vitro activity of MipZ, which is an ATPase that regulates division site placement in Caulobacter crescentus. The compounds and their analogs are active against bacterial membranes and thus represent a novel class of antimicrobial compounds. The antimicrobial compounds are effective against both actively growing bacterial cells as well as bacterial cells in the stationary phase. The antimicrobial compounds are also effective against bacteria in biofilms.
US10314812B2
The present invention is directed to compositions comprising physiologically active phenolic compounds and methods for making and using the same. In particular embodiments, the compositions described herein include suspension formulations including a physiologically active phenolic compound provided as a nanoparticulate material and dispersed within an edible lipid.
US10314808B2
The present disclosure provides a compound represented by Formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt which are effective as a dopamine reuptake inhibitor and a method of using the compound: wherein X is independently halo, alkyl, alkoxy or nitro; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are independently H— or alkyl; R3 is H—, alkyl or aralkyl; and R4 is H— or aryl.
US10314802B2
Among other things, the present invention provides novel isoprenyl compounds capable of effectively modulating inflammatory responses and pharmaceutical, cosmetic, cosmeceutical and topical compositions comprising these isoprenyl compounds. Anti-inflammatory compounds of the present invention are useful in treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with inflammation. Proinflammatory compounds of the present invention are useful in treating or preventing diseases or conditions associated with suppression of inflammatory responses. Thus, the present invention also provides methods useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or conditions associated with inflammation as well as methods useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases or conditions associated with suppression of inflammatory responses.
US10314801B2
The invention provides coated particles with a taste-masked drug substance. The particles comprise a core with the agglomerated active ingredient and a coating comprising a triglyceride and a surfactant. The particles exhibit rapid drug release and a stable release profile. Moreover, the invention provides a hot-melt coating method for manufacturing such particles, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the particles. The method allows the coating of core particles at moderate temperatures, thereby preventing the degradation of the thermolabile active ingredient.
US10314796B2
Disclosed herein are α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) analogs and compositions thereof, methods of activating invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells using said analogs, methods of treating diseases by activating iNKT cells using said analogs, and combination therapy of said analogs.
US10314788B2
An oral pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients in a monolithic dosage form, wherein the dosage form is configured such that when the dosage form is divided into more than one piece and at least one of the pieces is administered to a subject the Cmax, AUC, and/or rate of drug released after administration is substantially the same or lower and the Tmax is higher than the Cmax, AUC, rate of drug released, and/or Tmax after administration of: (1) a comparable composition in intact dosage form of equal drug dosage of the administered at least one piece; (2) a bioequivalent drug composition in an intact dosage form of equal drug dosage to the administered at least one piece; and (3) a divided piece of a bioequivalent drug composition, wherein the divided piece comprises a drug dosage equal to the dosage of the administered piece of the oral composition. Methods of making the same and methods of using the same are also provided.
US10314787B2
A controlled release delivery device for controlled release of an active ingredient comprising: (i) a core particle comprising the active ingredient homogenously dispersed or dissolved therein; and (ii) an organosol polymeric coat comprising a homogenous mixture of, (a) a water soluble gel forming polymer and a water insoluble organosoluble polymer in a dry weight ratio of from about 20:80 to about 50:50, (b) an organosolvent, and (c) an anti-tacking agent; the organosol polymeric coat being applied directly to and substantially enveloping the core particle.
US10314784B2
A process for preparing dry powder formulations of a glycopyrronium salt for inhalation that have good stability. The process involves (a) micronising a glycopyrronium salt together with an anti-adherent agent, and (b) admixing carrier particles to form the dry powder formulation.
US10314783B2
The present invention relates to articles and methods of treating vascular conditions with a thixotropic, turbid, bioactive agent-containing gel material capable of being essentially removed from an implantation site upon re-establishment of fluid flow at the implantation site.
US10314780B2
The invention refers to a drippable ophthalmic gel, said gel having composition comprising bimatoprost in an amount of 0.003 to 0.03% by weight, polyacrylate in an amount of >0.2% by weight, povidone (PVP), dextrane, polyethylene glycols (PEG), carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) or poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) in an amount of 0.2 to 10% by weight, an isotonizing agent in an amount to produce an osmolality of 200 to 400 mosml/kg, a salt for adjusting the viscosity in an amount of 0.05 to 0.4% by weight, a base in an amount to adjust the pH to 6 to 8 and excipients normally used in ophthalmic gels, having a viscosity in the range of 200 to 2000 mPa·s.
US10314776B2
The present invention relates to the field of dental care, in particular, to a dental care product such as toothpaste (dentifrice), prophylactic paste, tooth powder, tooth polish, tooth gel, chewing gum, candy, lozenge, mouthwash, whitening strip, coated dental floss, coated toothbrush, paint-on gel, varnish, veneer, and tube, syringe or dental tray comprising a gel or paste, mouthwash, whitening strips and trays for whitening teeth, wherein the product comprises mineral particles such as crystals and a compound, preferably, a protein capable of forming a matrix which is a hydrogel, wherein the product comprises a fluorophore. The mineral particles may comprise, e.g., calcium phosphate, preferably, hydroxyapatite, preferably, in crystalline form. The protein matrix may comprise, e.g., a self-assembling peptide. The product also comprises a fluorophore, which may be a fluorescent amino acid residue of the protein matrix. The invention also relates to cosmetic use of the dental care product for whitening teeth or for use in treatment of a sensitive tooth or sensitive teeth and/or in prevention or treatment of caries, as well as a related method for tooth whitening.
US10314774B2
Sun-care products are described that protect from UV radiation and do not turn white when applied to wet skin. The sun-care product may comprise (A) a cosmetically-acceptable, substantially non-aqueous vehicle, and (B) a UV active, wherein said non-aqueous vehicle comprises alcohol in an amount of 50% (w/w) or less based on the weight of the sun-care product and an ester wherein said non-aqueous vehicle comprises at least 10%>by weight esters based on the total weight of the non-aqueous vehicle and said sun-care product is substantially non-whitening upon application to wet skin.
US10314767B2
There are provided a dispensing inspection device, a dispensing inspection method, a program, and a recording medium capable of inspecting whether dispensing is appropriately performed with high reliability. By obtaining a first image captured by imaging a rear surface of a medicine sheet and a second image obtained by imaging a lateral side thereof, and a third image obtained by irradiating a front surface of a fractional medicine with light from an inclined lower side, detecting a medicine name using OCR and/or code recognition from the first image, detecting the number of medicine sheets from the second image, detecting the number of fractional medicines from the third image, detecting a total number of medicines from the number of the medicine sheets and the number of the fractional medicines, and determining whether a medicine name and the number of medicines in prescription information and the detected medicine name and the detected total number of medicines match each other.
US10314766B2
A medicament dispensing container includes a first wall connected with a second wall and defines a cavity therebetween. The walls are movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. At least one member is disposable in the cavity and defines at least one dose receptacle configured for disposal of at least one dose of at least one medication. At least one fixation member connects the at least one member to at least one of the walls such that the at least one member is movable relative to the wall. Systems and methods of use are disclosed.
US10314760B1
A crutch air cushion device, including an inflatable housing that slides on top of a crutch, where the inflatable housing includes an upper chamber and at least one side chamber, and a valve for air inlet and outlet. The device further includes an upper chamber has an outer surface on the outside of the inflatable housing and an inner surface on the inside of the inflatable housing, and the valve positioned on the inner surface of the upper chamber. A crutch air cushion device, including an inflatable housing with a plurality of air chambers, and a valve positioned on the inner surface of the inflatable housing that contact the upper surface of a crutch. A method of pressurizing a crutch air cushion device, including sliding an inflatable housing on a crutch, inserting air into the inflatable housing through a valve located on an inner surface of the inflatable housing, and filling an upper chamber and at least one side chamber of the inflatable housing with the air. A method further including removing the inflatable housing, modifying the amount of air pressure within the inflatable housing by opening and closing the valve to the user defined comfort level, and reapplying the inflatable air cushion on the crutch.
US10314755B2
A user-incontinence cleaning kit including at least one of a scent blocker and a facial mask, a plurality of gloves sized configured to be worn by the user in an overlapping relationship with respect to each other and corresponding to a select order of use for cleaning a patient, and a plurality of incontinence pads sized and shaped to be interposed between a backside of a patient and a top of a patient support structure.
US10314736B2
A method for treating obstructive sleep apnea is described herein. The method includes the step of providing a tethering device having an elastic filament having a distal end and a proximal end and a flexible memory head mounted to the distal end of the elastic filament. The method further includes the steps of advancing the tethering device through the tongue of a patient so that the flexible memory head of the tethering device is disposed against the back of the tongue and the elastic filament of the tethering device extends through the tongue and securing the proximal end of the elastic filament to the mandible of the patient under tension, whereby to restrain rearward movement of the tongue while the patient is sleeping.
US10314721B2
Medical devices suitable for implantation in spaces between bones are described. An example medical device suitable for use as an intervertebral spacer includes a main body having an exterior proximal wall, an exterior distal wall, a first exterior lateral wall, a second exterior lateral wall, an upper surface, a lower surface, an interior proximal wall, an interior distal wall, a first interior lateral wall, a second interior lateral wall, and a longitudinal axis. The interior proximal wall, the interior distal wall, the first interior lateral wall, and the second interior lateral wall cooperatively define an interior cavity. The first and second exterior lateral walls are outwardly directed at an angle from the lower surface to the upper surface relative to the longitudinal axis.
US10314719B2
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being inserted between adjacent vertebrae to facilitate the fusion process. A method of installing an expandable fusion device may comprise introducing the expandable fusion device into an intervertebral space, wherein the expandable fusion device comprises a proximal end, a distal end, an anterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, and a posterior side connecting the proximal end and the distal end, wherein the expandable fusion device has an anterior height on the anterior side and a posterior height on the posterior side. The method may further comprise adjusting the anterior height of the expandable fusion device independently from adjustment of the posterior height. The method may further comprise adjusting the posterior height of the expandable fusion device.
US10314717B2
The present invention relates to an expandable prosthetic implant device for engagement between vertebrae generally comprising an inner member, outer member, gear member and a locking assembly positioned coaxial with respect to each other such that the inner and outer members are moveable relative to each other along an axis. The gear member is axially fixed to the outer member and freely rotatable with respect to the outer member and the gear member threadedly engages a threaded portion of the inner member to translate inner member along the axis. The implant is configured to engage the vertebrae in a predetermined alignment and the gear member includes gear teeth exposed to the exterior and configured to be accessible by a tool member at a plurality of angular positions around the perimeter of the implant device.
US10314716B2
The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The intervertebral prosthetic discs are provided with connections for facilitating implantation and removal and features which enhance primary and secondary stability over time.
US10314711B2
An acetabular hip implant and method includes an acetabular shell component having a first feature and a first insert having a second feature that cooperates with the first feature of the acetabular shell component and further includes a third feature. The implant further includes a second insert having a fourth feature that cooperates with the third feature of the first insert and further includes a fifth feature. A femoral head component includes a sixth feature that cooperates with the fifth feature. Interaction between the first and second features, between the third and fourth features, and between the fifth and sixth features mechanically constrains the acetabular hip implant to prevent dislocation of the femoral head during rotation.
US10314709B2
Disclosed is a bone regeneration device which forms an electric field on a scaffold inserted into a bone damage site. The present bone regeneration device comprises: a battery; a first electric conductor to be connected to a first electrode of the battery and inserted into a bone located on one side of the scaffold; and a second electric conductor to be connected to a second electrode of the battery and inserted into a bone located on the other side of the scaffold, wherein the battery forms an electric field on the scaffold by applying voltage to the first electric conductor and the second electric conductor.
US10314705B2
A device for loading a prosthesis onto a delivery system includes a first housing having a central bore. One or more actuators on the first housing may be actuated radially inward to selectively compress a discrete portion of the prosthesis disposed in the central bore.
US10314699B2
A therapeutic device includes a prosthetic heart valve including a collapsible and expandable stent having an aortic section and an annulus section, and a valve assembly disposed within the annulus section of the stent, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets; and a graft coupled to the aortic section of the stent. The graft has a body and at least one lining disposed on the body and defining a lumen therethrough.
US10314695B2
The present invention provides an apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes an expandable anchor supporting a replacement valve, the anchor and replacement valve being adapted for percutaneous delivery and deployment to replace the patient's heart valve, the anchor having a braid having atraumatic grasping elements adapted to grasp tissue in a vicinity of the patient's heart valve.
US10314691B2
An intra-ocular device includes an electronic lens that can be controlled to control the overall optical power of the device. The device can be installed within a flexible polymeric material shaped to conform to the inside surface of a lens capsule of an eye. Accommodation forces applied to the device and/or polymeric material via the lens capsule can cause a change in the optical power of the device and/or polymeric material. Further, such accommodation forces can be detected by an accommodation sensor of the device and the optical power of the electronic lens can be controlled based on the detected accommodation forces. Operated in this way, the device and polymeric material can restore a degree of accommodation to the eye that is related to existing mechanisms for controlling such accommodation, i.e., forces exerted by the eye via the lens capsule.
US10314687B2
A stent-graft suitable for chimney grafting comprising a sheath and a tubular framework defining a lumen. The stent-graft comprises, at one end of the sheath, at least one bucket formed at the end so as to form a depression in the sheath able to mate with a collateral stent. The stent-graft is applicable to the treatment of vascular pathologies, in particular to treat aneurysms. More particularly, the stent-graft is an endoprosthesis designed to be placed in parallel with at least one other endoprosthesis.
US10314685B2
An anti-reflux valve having a mesh scaffolding and a valve extending from the mesh scaffolding, the valve supported by a loop. The loop can be formed by a filament extending from the mesh scaffolding or by a loop filament separate from the filament(s) forming the mesh scaffolding.
US10314678B2
A cleaning device for cleaning a removable dental appliance is described. The device includes a rotatable upper cleaning brush having a plurality of downwardly protruding bristles for cleaning an upper surface of a removable dental appliance. The device also includes a lower dental appliance holder for holding the dental appliance and which is used in connection with the rotatable upper cleaning brush to limit movement of the dental appliance relative to the rotatable upper cleaning brush wherein, in use, a cleaning action can be applied to the dental appliance by rotating the rotatable upper cleaning brush relative to the dental appliance. The cleaning device further includes a casing connector for temporarily rotatably interconnecting the rotatable upper cleaning brush and the lower dental appliance holder so as to form a single integrated unit when assembled.
US10314664B2
A tissue-removing catheter includes a tissue-removing element operably connected to a drive shaft for rotation of the tissue-removing element about an axis of rotation in a cutting direction. The tissue-removing element includes a cutting edge that extends around the axis of rotation and a depth stop that extends around the axis of rotation radially inward of the cutting edge relative to the axis of rotation. The depth stop defines an engagement surface adapted to engage a hard object and thereby limit the depth at which the cutting edge cuts into the hard object. In use, when the cutting edge cuts into a hard object, the depth stop engages the hard object to limit the cutting depth.
US10314659B2
An electromechanical surgical device includes a motor system configured to drive drive-shafts and a steering cable arrangement. A control system may be provided for controlling the motor system. A remote control unit may also be provided for controlling the motor system via the control system. Optical or Hall-effect devices, may be provided for determining the position of the elements of the surgical instrument based on the detected rotation of the drive-shafts. A memory unit stores a plurality of operating programs or algorithms, each corresponding to a type of surgical instrument attachable to the electro-mechanical surgical device. The control system reads or selects from the plurality of operating programs or algorithms, the operating program or algorithm corresponding to the type of surgical instrument attached to the electromechanical surgical device.
US10314651B2
Systems and methods for monitoring and performing tissue modulation are disclosed. An example system may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region and a proximal end and having at least one modulation element and one sensing electrode disposed adjacent to the distal end region. The sensing electrode may be used to determine and monitor changes in tissue adjacent to the modulation element.
US10314650B2
A method for tissue assessment includes ablating tissue at a site within a body of a living subject using an invasive probe applied to the site. At a first stage in ablation of the tissue, first measurements are made of scattered light intensities from the site at a plurality of different wavelengths. At a second stage in the ablation of the tissue, subsequent to the first stage, second measurements are made of the scattered light intensities from the site at the plurality of different wavelengths. Progress of the ablation is assessed by computing different, respective measures of change in the scattered light intensities at the different wavelengths occurring between the first and second measurements, and comparing the respective measures.
US10314649B2
A surgical instrument, such as an electrical ablation device, includes an elongate member having therealong disposed a first electrode extending along an axis. A first expandable portion extends along the axis and defines a first perimeter of the first electrode and has an associated first diameter with respect to the axis. The first expandable portion includes a first framework selectively expandable to transition the first expandable portion from a contracted state to an expanded state. The first framework is selectively contractible to transition the first expandable portion from the expanded state to the contracted state. When the first framework is expanded, the first diameter is expanded and the first expandable portion is transitioned from the contracted state to the expanded state. When the first framework is contracted, the first diameter is contracted and the first expandable portion is transitioned from the expanded state to the contracted state.
US10314647B2
An electrosurgical device having a tubular outer shaft and an inner shaft is disclosed. The tubular outer shaft includes an axis and a distal end region. The distal end region includes a distal-most tip and a cutting edge defining a window in the outer shaft proximal along the axis to the distal-most tip. The inner shaft inner shaft coaxially maintained within the outer shaft such that the inner shaft is movable about the axis with respect to the outer shaft and wherein a portion of the inner shaft is exposed in the window of the outer shaft. A first electrode is disposed on the outer shaft in a region proximal along the axis to the window, and a second electrode is electrically isolated from the first electrode and disposed on the inner shaft. The second electrode is exposed in the window of the outer shaft.
US10314643B2
A surgical instrument 10 suitable for sealing tissue includes a tool 15 with at least one branch 16 comprising an electrode unit 35, which consists of a sheet metal part 35. The part 35 is anchored in a positive manner in a plastic body 34. Strip sections 40, 41 of the metal part 35 extend into the plastic body 34, encompassing openings 42, 42 or slits 43, 43a, through which the plastic body 34 extends. A positive anchoring of the sheet metal part 35 in the plastic body 34 and minimizing of the heat introduction into the plastic body 34 is thus attained. The thermal capacity of the sheet metal part 35 and the thermal conductivity of the plastic body 34 are low, so that consistently positive coagulation results are reached even after repeated use in short succession, regardless of the initial temperature of the tissue contact surfaces 36.
US10314632B2
A surgical system is provided that includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis. A first member is rotatably positioned within the body and includes a first threaded surface. A second member is positioned within the body and includes a second threaded surface that engages the first threaded surface. The second member is non-rotatable relative to the body. A third member is positioned within the first member. An inflatable bone tamp includes an outer shaft coupled to the body, a balloon coupled to the outer shaft and an inner shaft coupled to the third member and the balloon. The first member is rotatable relative to the body to translate the third member along the longitudinal axis to move the balloon from a first length to a second length. Kits and methods are disclosed.
US10314628B2
A method for providing a fractured bone with a bone cerclage according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes wrapping suture around bone a first time using a suture passer, wrapping the suture around bone a second time using a shuttling suture, and securing the suture to the bone.
US10314627B2
A cervical spine plate attachment system includes a bracket and an alignment guide. The bracket is configured to mount to a cervical spine plate. The alignment guide includes a first connector proximate to a first end of the alignment guide, wherein the first connector is configured to attach to a first pin inserted into a first vertebra. The alignment guide also includes a second connector proximate to a second end of the alignment guide, wherein the second connector is configured to attach to a second pin inserted into a second vertebra. The alignment guide further includes a fastener configured to secure the alignment guide to the bracket such that the alignment guide is secured to the cervical spine plate.
US10314621B2
Laminoplasty plates are engageable to at least one portion of a divided lamina to maintain a desired spacing relative to the spinal canal. The laminoplasty plates include a spacer portion having a first end and a second end that spans a gap formed by at least one of a divided lamina portion. The laminoplasty plates can include a lamina engagement portion at one end for engagement with the divided lamina portion.
US10314618B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a fracture fixation device and method for treatment of a bone fracture. The fracture fixation device includes a main body having a recess formed therein, and a compression element is configured to be received in the recess. The compression element has a passage dimensioned to receive a fracture fixation pin. A compressive force is generated across the bone fracture upon the compression element receiving the fracture fixation pin to promote healing of the bone fracture. The fracture fixation device is an external fixator that provides adjustable aspects of compression, rotation, and length in a simple design that facilitates bone healing by compression.
US10314616B2
The present invention relates to egg chambers for use in collection, inspection and selection of eggs for in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures. The egg chamber, in use, provides an effectively closed and fluid filled system which minimizes the environmental changes that a harvested egg is exposed to, thus maximizing viability. The egg chamber comprises a vessel which can be made airtight, comprising at least one side wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, at least a portion of the upper wall being transparent and at least a portion of the lower wall being light permeable; a first inlet with a sealable port; a first outlet with a sealable port; a filter with a pore size appropriate for egg collection disposed within the vessel between the first inlet and the first outlet and configured to separate the vessel into a first internal chamber and a second internal chamber.
US10314615B2
Methods and devices for separating an implanted object, such as a pacemaker lead, from tissue surrounding such object in a patient's vasculature system. Specifically, the surgical device includes a handle, an elongate sheath and a circular cutting blade that extends from the distal end of the sheath upon actuating the handle. The circular cutting blade is configured to engage the tissue surrounding an implanted lead and cut such tissue in a coring fashion as the surgical device translates along the length of the lead, thereby allowing the lead, as well as any tissue remaining attached to the lead, to enter the device's elongate shaft. The surgical device has a barrel cam cylinder in the handle assembly that imparts rotation of the blade and a separate cam mechanism in the tip of outer sheath assembly that imparts and controls the extension and retraction of the blade. The barrel cam cylinder and cam mechanism cooperate to cause the blade to rotate in a first direction and extend from and retract in the outer sheath due to a first actuation of the handle and to rotate in a second direction and extend and retract in the outer sheath due to a second actuation of the handle.
US10314614B2
An introducer for a medical lead, the introducer having an arcuate component for creating an arcuate path in a patient. When used to percutaneously implant a medical device such as a medical lead with electrodes, the implanted lead has an arcuate configuration. The implanted lead can be used to at least partially encircle or bracket a region of chronic pain and provide therapeutic electrical signals to the region.
US10314592B2
A surgical instrument that comprises a receiving portion for removably receiving therein an interchangeable part, wherein the receiving portion has a communication connection, a handle having a controller electrically connected to the communication connection, and an interchangeable part removably connected to the receiving portion and having an encryption device electrically removably connected to the communication connection when at the receiving portion, wherein the encryption device is programmed to authenticate the interchangeable part upon an exchange with the controller when the interchangeable part is at the receiving portion and, after at least a partial use of the interchangeable part, store a used status of the interchangeable part.
US10314585B2
A clamp having at least first and second elongate clamping portions adapted to be placed on opposite sides of the hollow anatomical structure. The first and second elongate clamping portions respectively include ends coupled together with respective resilient urging members configured to urge at least one of the first and second elongate clamping portions toward the other of the first and second elongate clamping portions from an open position into a clamping position to occlude the hollow anatomical structure. The clamp includes tissue ingrowth structure on the clamping portions.
US10314584B2
A dissecting tip is provided for use with a surgical stapler or instrument. In one embodiment, the dissecting tip is secured to the end effector of the surgical instrument, e.g., to the cartridge assembly. The dissecting tip extends distally from the end effector and is configured to dissect or separate target tissue from certain tissue, e.g., adherent, connective, joined or other tissue.
US10314577B2
A surgical instrument comprises a body, shaft, and end effector. The shaft couples the end effector and body together. The end effector comprises an anvil and lower jaw configured to receive a surgical staple cartridge. The anvil is configured to pivot toward and away from the staple cartridge and lower jaw. The shaft assembly comprises a knife member configured to longitudinally translate to thereby substantially simultaneously cut clamped tissue and staple the severed tissue. The end effector may comprise lockout features configure to prevent longitudinal translation of the knife member. The end effector or staple cartridge may comprise lockout bypass features configured to prevent lockout of the knife member.
US10314570B2
Various surgical tissue anchor retention mechanisms, systems and methods are provided. The mechanisms, systems and methods can include a delivery tool or needle having a flex joint, a snap-fit, a cam and follower, a rotating tip, an expandable lock, a coil, an inverted collet, a tab, a buckling tube, an inflation element or like anchor retention or securement features.
US10314569B2
The present invention provides an operation field-securing device that secures an operation field by being deployed within the body cavity. The operation field-securing device includes at least three elongated parts extending radially in a deployed state; and curved parts, the number of which is the same as that of the elongated parts. Each pair of the two adjacent elongated parts is connected at their one ends by the curved part. Each of the curved parts is convex toward a side opposite to the elongated part. In the deployed state, the curved parts are arranged circumferentially. By deforming the curved parts, the operation field-securing device is capable of being brought into either one of a contracted state where a distance between the adjacent elongated parts is shortened by making the elongated parts close to each other and the deployed state where the distance between the elongated parts is expanded.
US10314566B2
The invention encompasses devices and methods used to provide wound closure based on rings positioned within the tissue layers of the wound opening (with the rings regionally separate the wound depth tissue layers into 2 compartments), followed by suture transport through the rings and full-thickness tissue layers of both compartments. Upon suture transport via synchronous or asynchronous manner and device removal, wound closure is achieved by tying the 2 ends of the suture without incorporating tissue above the level of the rings such as skin. When the device is applied to abdominal or chest wall wound opening, all tissue layers except the skin are incorporated in the suture closure of the wound. The closure process can be performed in a simple, reliable, and expeditious manner.
US10314562B2
Provided are an ultrasonic probe and a method of manufacturing the same. The ultrasonic probe includes: a matching layer; a piezoelectric layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the matching layer and generates ultrasonic waves; and a backing layer that is disposed on a bottom surface of the piezoelectric layer and includes plate-shaped carbon allotropes and a backing material provided between the plate-shaped carbon allotropes.
US10314544B2
According to one aspect there is provided a method comprising: loading, with an application, a webpage comprising an embedded activity recognition module; causing collection of activity sensor data from at least one sensor of a mobile device with a sensor polling module; causing transmission of the activity sensor data to the embedded activity recognition module; causing processing of the collected sensor data with the embedded activity recognition module to form processed activity sensor data; and receiving the processed activity sensor data from the activity recognition module.
US10314538B2
A method for measuring body movement with a wearable device. The method includes receiving, from a magnetic sensor of the wearable device, first signal data indicative of a magnetic field of a wearable magnet, wherein the wearable device is placed on a first body segment and the wearable magnet is placed on a second body segment; determining, by a computing device based on the first signal data, a distance metric indicative of a relative distance between the wearable magnet and the wearable device, and an orientation metric indicative of an orientation relative to the wearable magnet; and determining a biomechanical model based on the type of body segment for the first body segment and the second body segment, wherein the biomechanical model includes a relationship constraint between the distance metric and the orientation metric.
US10314536B2
A method and system to deliver biomechanical feedback utilizes three major elements: (1) multiple hardware data capture devices, including optical motion capture, inertial measurement units, infrared scanning devices, and two-dimensional RGB consecutive image capture devices, (2) a cross-platform compatible physics engine compatible with optical motion capture, inertial measurement units, infrared scanning devices, and two-dimensional RGB consecutive image capture devices, and (3) interactive platforms and user-interfaces to deliver real-time feedback to motions of human subjects and any objects in their possession and proximity.
US10314532B2
Non-invasive monitoring of cardiovascular health is performed by monitoring changes in the volume of blood in the venous side of the vascular system. The blood volume changes are determined from measurements of bioimpedance of limbs or neck, in particular changes in bioimpedance in response to blood modulating events performed on the limbs or neck, where bioimpedance is measured and compared before and after such events.
US10314528B2
A support pad, including a first cushion layer, a second cushion layer, and a sensing device, is provided. The sensing device is positioned between the first and second cushion layers. The sensing device includes a plurality of sensing elements and a substrate. The substrate includes a plurality of tab portions and a plurality of expandable portions. The sensing elements are respectively mounted to the tab portions. The expandable portions are moveable between contracted and expanded positions in response to pressure applied thereto.
US10314526B2
A biosensor including light emitting elements and a light receiving element disposed on a principal surface of a wiring board; a light shielding portion disposed between a light-emitting-element sealing portion and a light-receiving-element sealing portion; a base medium having light transmitting properties, disposed in parallel with the wiring board with the light shielding portion therebetween; an adhesion layer having light transmitting properties that bonds the base medium with the light-emitting-element sealing portion, the light-receiving-element sealing portion, and the light shielding portion; and a first electrocardiograph electrode attached to a principal surface of the base medium. Both end portions of the adhesion layer and both end portions of the base medium are disposed such that they overlap neither of the light-receiving-element sealing portion nor the light-emitting-element sealing portion when viewed from a direction normal to the principal surface of the wiring board.
US10314525B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US10314524B2
The invention relates to a device for detecting analytes. In order to supply a need in alternative prenatal diagnostic methods which do not include the risks known in the state of art, the present invention provides a device for detecting analytes, including a polymer fiber and capturing molecules, wherein the capturing molecules bind to an analyte and/or a linker molecule.
US10314515B2
There is provided a method for dynamically determining a breath related parameter, which includes averaging a breath related parameter over a first period of time, calculating a breath related value over a second period of time and adapting the duration of the first period of time according to the calculated breath related value.
US10314512B2
In a magnetic resonance method and apparatus for determining an item of deformation information of an examination object that exhibits a cyclical movement within an examination subject, a spatial magnetization pattern is generated in an MR scanner, and MR signals are acquired from the subject during at least two cycles of the cyclical movement, with the spatial magnetization exhibiting differences in a subsequent cycle of the movement compared to an earlier cycle. Segmented subsequent MR images are acquired in a subsequent cycle and the examination object is localized therein. This localization of the examination object is then used to localize the examination object in segmented earlier MR images from the earlier cycle, and the item of deformation information is determined in a spatial direction from the segmented earlier MR images.
US10314511B2
A method is provided for identifying a muscle abnormality. The method may include acquiring image data associated with a plurality of muscles in an area of interest of a living subject and generating a data model for the plurality of muscles based on the image data. The method further includes calculating the volume and/or length of one of the plurality of muscles based on the data model, and determining if the volume and/or length for the muscle, as calculated, deviates from volume and/or length associated with a healthy muscle. If it is determined that the volume and/or length for the muscle deviates from the volume and/or length associated with a healthy muscle, a muscle abnormality can be identified based on the deviation.
US10314483B2
The present invention provides for very fast detection of gaze direction using retro-reflected light from the ocular fundus that is cost-efficient, small, and portable. These eye trackers are useful in many areas of science and technology, including but not limited to remote control, space, defense, medical and psycho-physiological applications, to identify for example subtle neurologic deficits that occur with cerebellar or vestibular disorders, Parkinson's disease, strokes, traumatic brain injury, possible concussions during sports matches, some forms of reading disability, or simply fatigue or inebriation. In ophthalmology, with two such devices operating simultaneously, the variability of relative eye alignment over time can be measured, without requiring individual calibration, and without requiring fixation on a specified target, ideal for use with small children. Such instruments have widespread application as noninvasive screening devices in infants and young children or patients of any age for defects of binocular function such as strabismus and amblyopia.
US10314470B2
A body cavity illumination apparatus has a position-controlling trocar and an intra-corporeal light element. The position-controlling trocar has a sticker, a positioning device, a trocar tube, and a trocar connector. The sticker has a through hole. The positioning device is deposited on the sticker. The trocar tube is connected to the positioning device, extends through the sticker, and has an inner end and an outer end. The trocar connector is connected to the outer end of the trocar tube. The intra-corporeal light element is detachably mounted in the position-controlling trocar and has a shaft, a shaft connector, a cable connector, and a light cable. The positioning-controlling trocar may provide a holding effect to the intra-corporeal light element without manual holding to keep the position. In use, the intra-corporeal light element may provide an intra-corporeal illumination effect at multi-angles.
US10314467B2
An endoscope includes a flexible tube having a curved part at a tip and an endoscope main body part operating a curving operation on the curved part for work, the endoscope having a treatment tool insertion part for inserting a treatment tool projecting from the endoscope main body part and for use in a treatment of a subject into a treatment tool insertion tube arranged in the curved part along an axial direction, wherein the treatment tool insertion part includes an attachment and removal part having an insertion tube and a body, the insertion tube having one end inserted in the endoscope main body part to be arranged to communicate to the treatment tool insertion tube and another end placed outside the endoscope main body part, and the body holding and fixing the insertion tube to the endoscope main body part.
US10314464B2
An insertion apparatus includes an insertion section, a rotational housing, a motor, and a controller. The motor rotates the rotational housing. The controller designates a rotational direction of the motor. The controller limits the rotational direction of the motor to allow the insertion section to move only in a removal direction when inspection control for inspecting an operation relative to an insertion direction of the insertion section is initiated.
US10314460B2
A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation and including a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber, at least one sprayer configured to emit a corresponding spray of liquid into the treating chamber, at least one liquid circuit supplying liquid to the at least one sprayer, a pump having a pump inlet fluidly coupled to the treating chamber and a pump outlet, and a diverter valve controlling a flow of liquid from the pump to the at least one sprayer.
US10314457B2
A liquid filtering system for a dishwasher, having a housing defining a filter chamber and configured to be fluidly coupled to a recirculation flow path of the dishwasher, a filter located within the filter chamber and having a first end axially spaced from a second end and defining a filter there between that has a first surface and a second surface, the filter being positioned within the recirculation flow path to filter soils from liquid flowing through the recirculation flow path as the liquid passes through the filter and a flow diverter to aid in cleaning the filter.
US10314456B2
A dishwashing appliance, including methods of operation, is provided. The dishwashing appliance may define a vertical direction and include a tub, a base conductivity sensor mounted at a first level within the tub, and an elevated conductivity sensor mounted at a second level within the tub, the second level being higher along the vertical direction than the first level.
US10314455B2
Provided is a vacuum cleaner including a cleaner body; a suction hose connected to the cleaner body and configured to suction dust; a moving wheel installed at the cleaner body; a main motor provided inside the cleaner body and configured to generate a suction force for suctioning the dust; a base frame provided inside the cleaner body and configured to form a space partitioned from the main motor; a battery unit provided inside the base frame and configured to supply electric power; a rear opening formed at a rear surface of the cleaner body and opened for entering the battery unit; a rear cover configured to open and close the rear opening; and a battery guide formed at both side surfaces of the base frame to extend toward the rear opening and configured to guide entering and withdrawing of the battery unit.
US10314454B2
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 main wheel, a motor generating a driving force, a gear box connected to the main wheel and the motor and transferring the driving force from the motor to the main wheel, and a leg member disposed on a shaft connecting the main wheel and the gear box and providing thrust independently of the main wheel.
US10314440B2
A bathtub comprising a tub having an enclosure defined by at least one sidewall for holding a water capacity, a doorway on the sidewall for providing access to the tub, a door mountable onto the doorway for holding at least two water levels in the tub; an actuator allowing a user to move the door between at least three positions; a mechanical drain for emptying the tub, a double reservoir for receiving water from the tub through the drain and the door drip, a control interface, door position sensors, water level detection sensors, a pressure sensor, and a controller configured to receive input controls signals from the control interface, receive input door lock position signals, receive input water detection signals, receive input pressure signals, send control signals to control a sealing valve of the door, and send control signals for operating a drain valve.
US10314434B1
A foot-operated grill cover lifting apparatus including a rectangular hollow base unit, a slot vertically disposed on a front side of the base unit, and an aperture disposed on a top side of the base unit. A lever rod has a top end attached to a left side of a cover of a grill and a bottom end disposed through the aperture. A coupling lever arm is disposed within the base unit, with the coupling lever arm having a front end and a back end rotatably attached to the bottom end of the lever rod. A spring-loaded foot pedal has a front foot portion and a rearwardly extended support rod disposed through the slot and rotatably attached to the front end of the coupling lever arm.
US10314431B2
An infusion cooking assembly for infusing flavor into items during cooking includes a housing that has a top, which is open. A set of holes is positioned through a bottom of the housing. A set of cups is positionable in an internal space of the housing. Each of set of rods is coupled to and extends bidirectionally from a lower surface of a respective cup. The rods are complementary to the holes. A lid is reversibly couplable to the housing to cover the top. A tube is coupled to the lid and is fluidically coupled to interior spaces of the cups. The tube is configured for placement of an item to be cooked and flavored, such as a chicken. The cups are configured to insert flavoring items into the interior spaces. The flavoring items are heated and infused into the item to be cooked as the item is cooked.
US10314428B2
A heating appliance includes a translucent cooktop and a burner in communication with the cooktop. The burner is operable between deactive and active states. The upper surface of the cooktop defines a cooldown state after the burner is moved from the active to the deactive state. A light module includes a light source and is in an illuminated state when the burner is in the active state and when the cooktop is in the cooldown state. A light guide extends from the light module and around a portion of the burner. The light guide is positioned such that the light source directs light through the light guide. The outer surface of the light guide includes a formed surface that directs light upward and through the cooktop, wherein the light guide is visible through the cooktop when the light module is in the illuminated state.
US10314417B2
A fitted bottom sheet (which may be comprised of low-friction material if desired) can include at least one tube-receiving hole formed therethrough. By one approach the corners of the fitted bottom sheet can include a strap to help retain the fitted bottom sheet on a mattress. By one approach the aforementioned tube-receiving hole can be formed at each corner of the fitted bottom sheet. A strapless repositioning sheet can have a low-friction mattress-facing side in combination with webbing disposed along and attached to at least two side edges of the strapless repositioning sheet to thereby form a plurality of handhold openings and a plurality of strap-connection openings.
US10314413B1
A method and apparatus for convention pouring and holding of candy foods are presented. The invention includes a first body panel with an inner section and an outer section, with the inner section of the first body panel having one or more first body panel members of a support structure. The invention further includes a second body panel with an inner section and an outer section, with inner section of said second body panel having one or more second body panel members of the support structure. The inner section of the first body panel and the inner section of said second body panel are coupled together such that the one or more first body panel members of the support structure and the one or more second body panel members of the support structure combine to form the one or more support structures for holding light foods.
US10314411B2
A refrigerated merchandiser includes a case having a lower wall, an upper wall, a rear wall, and a rear panel. A product support area is at least partially defined by the lower wall, the upper wall, and the rear panel. A first air passageway is formed in the case for supplying refrigerated air to the product support area. A fan is positioned in the first air passageway for creating airflow. An evaporator coil is disposed in the air passageway to condition the airflow. A duct is coupled to the rear panel to create a second air passageway.
US10314403B2
The invention provides a combination chair and bean bag game comprising a horizontally disposed frame having a first end, second end, and medially facing surface; a vertically disposed frame having a first end, second end, and medially facing surface, wherein the first end of the vertically disposed frame extends from the first end of the horizontally disposed frame; a webbing, or webbings overlaying the medially facing surfaces of the horizontally and vertically disposed frames; legs to keep the frame above the ground and support the weight of a person seated on the fabric cover overlaying the frame; an aperture extending through a portion of the webbing overlaying the horizontally disposed frame and positioned between the first and second ends of the horizontally disposed frame.
US10314397B2
A device for fixing a push element, in particular a drawer box to a rail of a pull-out guide, the device comprising a clamping mechanism with a receptacle, into which a web-shaped holding part can be inserted, wherein a self-locking clamping element is provided at the receptacle, by means of which the holding part is secured in a clamping manner against being pulled out. As a result, a particularly stable fixation of the drawer box to a pull-out guide can be achieved.
US10314393B2
A refrigerator appliance and variable shelf assembly are generally provided herein. The variable shelf assembly may be mounted within the refrigerator appliance and include a stationary support screw extending along a movement axis, a mated screw, a shelving bracket, and a bi-directional ratchet gear. The mated screw may include an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface may be rototranslatably mounted on the stationary support screw to rotate about the movement axis during translation therealong. The mated screw may be coaxial with the stationary support screw. The shelving bracket may be coupled to the mated screw. The shelving bracket may be rotationally fixed to translate along the movement axis. The bi-directional ratchet gear may be operably coupled to the mated screw to motivate rototranslation of the mated screw.
US10314385B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for detachably engaging wireless headsets (100), and more particularly to detachably engage with individual wireless earpiece modules. Accordingly, the apparatus includes: a) a neck-band or neck-loop module (110) with at least one battery pack (112); b) at least one earpiece holders (116); wherein the at least one earpiece holder (116) is adapted to be detachably engaged with at least one wireless earpiece module (120); and wherein the at least one battery pack (112) of the neck-band or neck-loop module (110) is configured to supply power to the at least one wireless earpiece module (120) via the at least one earpiece holder (116).
US10314373B2
A storage assembly with pockets allows a person to organize and readily access various items. The assembly includes a flexible panel having a first side, a second side and a perimeter edge extending around and between the first side and the second side. The panel is positionable in an extended position and a folded position. A plurality of pockets is coupled to the first side of the panel. Each of the pockets has a respective first end being open to provide access to an interior of an associated one of the pockets. The pockets are vertically stacked relative to each other when the panel is in the folded position. A plurality of supports is coupled to the panel. Each of the supports is positioned between associated ones of the pockets to provide rigidity between the associated pockets and facilitate retaining the panel in the folded position.
US10314369B2
The present disclosure is directed to an article of footwear including an upper configured to receive a foot and a sole component fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the upper. The sole component may include a baseplate having a bottom surface and at least a first ground engaging member extending substantially downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate and a first elongate support member extending substantially downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate, abutting the first ground engaging member at a side portion, and extending horizontally from the side portion of the first ground engaging member. The first support member may extend horizontally away from the first ground engaging member in a direction toward a region of the sole component adjacent to a gap in the sole component.
US10314367B2
An article of footwear has a sole structure with an extension portion that maintains contact with the ground during a forward stride, extending the time period for deceleration of loads applied to the sole structure. The article of footwear comprises an upper and a sole structure. The upper has a forefoot region with a foremost extent. The sole structure has a forefoot portion underlying the forefoot region, and an extension portion extending forward from the forefoot portion. The extension portion extends forward of the foremost extent of the upper from a forward edge of the forefoot portion to a distal end. A top side of the extension portion is spaced apart from the upper between the forward edge and the distal end. The extension portion establishes a propulsion surface beyond the foremost extent of the upper during a forward stride.
US10314366B2
Described herein is a flexible but resilient material comprising a soft outside shell and an internal flexible but resilient support core, as well as a method for constructing such a flexible but resilient material that can have multiple applications, including being used to manufacture an improved shoelace to help young children, individuals who are physically challenged, and/or who have a limiting physical disability.
US10314364B2
Disclosed herein are articles of manufacture, methods of manufacturing articles, and methods of using articles of manufacture, having an open-cell foam material and a mesh component present on at least parts of an external surface of the article. The open-cell foam material and the mesh component can cooperate to effectively reduce soil accumulation on the external surface of the article when the external surface of the article comes into direct contact with wet soil.
US10314357B2
Systems and methods for anatomy shading and the garments that result therefrom are provided herein. More specifically, anatomy shading is any deliberate manipulation or addition of shading (a brightness gradient) to a garment in order to change the perceived shape of a wearer of the garment toward a desired appearance.
US10314354B2
The invention is an apparatus and method used to ergonomically remove and manage perspiration on the human body during exercise, manual labor, or any activity that requires the removal of perspiration. The apparatus is constructed from moisture absorbing, wicking and elastic materials fashioned as a sleeve or wrap and positioned on the body at locations that the wearer would remove sweat through natural body movement.
US10314337B2
An aerosol-forming member comprising a sheet of material configured to wick and to heat a solution. The sheet of material has a first section and a second section. The first section extends at an angle relative to the second section, wherein the first section is configured to be heated relative to the second section.
US10314336B2
An exemplary atomizer includes a housing, a liquid chamber defined in the housing, a heating part in the housing, an air passage, and two electrodes. The liquid chamber is configured for storing tobacco liquid. The heating part includes a liquid conductor and a heater. The liquid conductor is configured for absorbing the tobacco liquid from the liquid chamber. The heater is in contact with the liquid conductor. The heater is configured for heating the tobacco liquid to form aerosol. The air passage allows the aerosol to flow out of the atomizer. The two electrodes are arranged at one end of the housing, and electrically connected to two opposite ends of the heater. The atomizer further includes a temperature sensor configured for sensing a temperature of the heating part.
US10314329B2
An oral tobacco composition in which sensations to the throat and esophagus that are characteristic of raw tobacco are selectively removed, and a production method thereof are provided. Provided is an oral tobacco composition in which the ratio of total content of one or more of citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, acetic acid and formic acid to the nicotine content (A/N) is 1.30 or less.
US10314327B2
An Avocado De-seeder and De-skinner and Method is disclosed. The cutting, deseeding and pulping sequences is conducted by three separate stations along a conveyor system. At a first station, the incoming avocados (including the seeds) are cut into two halves. At a second station, the seed-halves are plucked cleanly from the avocado half without damaging the pulp. At a third station, the skin is removed cleanly from the pulp and discarded. In order to insure that the skin is easily removed and that the pulp is left undamaged, the skin side of the (seeded) avocado halves is heated enough to release the skin, but not so much as to damage the pulp. This heating step is conducted as the de-seeded avocado halves are being conveyed from the de-seeder to the de-skinner.
US10314325B2
This document relates to food products containing highly conjugated heterocyclic rings complexed to an iron ion and one or more flavor precursors, and using such food products to modulate the flavor and/or aroma profile of other foods. The food products described herein can be prepared in various ways and can be formulated to be free of animal products.
US10314324B2
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a novel technique for producing aqueous chlorous acid. The present invention provides a method for producing chlorous acid, which comprises a step of adding chlorine dioxide (ClO2) to one or more components independently selected from an inorganic acid, an inorganic acid salt, an organic acid and an organic acid salt or a combination of two or more of the aforementioned components. In the method, chlorine dioxide (ClO2) is provided in the form of a gas. The method also comprises, subsequent to the above-mentioned addition step, a step of further adding one or more components independently selected from an inorganic acid, an inorganic acid salt, an organic acid and an organic acid salt or a combination of two or more of the aforementioned components.
US10314320B2
Systems for and methods of controlled liquid food or beverage product creation are provided. A method of producing a liquid product from a receptacle containing frozen liquid contents includes receiving the receptacle containing a frozen liquid contents in a dispenser, identifying a characteristic of the receptacle, the contents, and/or a desired product, melting at least a portion of the contents to generate the product by selectively heating the receptacle and/or the contents without adding liquid to the interior of the receptacle and/or supplying a liquid to the interior of the receptacle, wherein the selectively heating without adding liquid to the interior of the receptacle and/or suppling the liquid is based on the identified characteristic. The method also includes perforating the receptacle and dispensing the product from the receptacle.
US10314318B2
Compositions comprising: (i) from 25% to 90% by weight of an edible oil; (ii) one or more sugar alcohols; and (iii) one or more reducing sugars; wherein the oil comprises at least 20% by weight of one or more carboxylic acids containing at least 18 carbon atoms and at least 2 carbon-carbon double bonds, or an ester thereof, and the weight ratio of (ii) to (iii) is from 2:1 to 1:40, exhibit good stability and other advantages and can be used in food products.
US10314311B2
The present invention relates to a modified surface capable of having bacteriostatic and bactericidal activity when it is light irradiated, thus converting the surface of the substrate into a bacteriostatic and a bactericidal surface as many times as it is desired, and for a long time. According to the invention, the modified surface upon light irradiation avoids the attachment of a microorganism to this surface, inhibits the formation of a biofilm on this surface and destroys an already formed biofilm on this surface. These effects can be achieved as many times as it is desired, and for indefinite time.
US10314298B2
Genetically modified non-human animals comprising a human or humanized interleukin-7 (IL-7) gene. Cells, embryos, and non-human animals comprising a human or humanized IL-7 gene. Rodents that express human or humanized IL-7 protein. Genetically modified mice that comprise a human or humanized IL-7-encoding gene in their germline, wherein the human or humanized IL-7-encoding gene is under control of endogenous mouse IL-7 regulatory sequences.
US10314295B2
Provided is a non-human animal that is highly practical as a hyperuricenia model, the non-human animal being the following: (a) a non-human animal obtained by producing a primary chimeric non-human animal by transplantation of human hepatocytes to an immunodeficient non-human animal with liver dysfunction; and subsequently administering a purine base-containing substance to the primary chimeric non-human animal, or (b) a non-human animal obtained by producing a serially transplanted chimeric non-human animal via two steps, a first step being a step of producing a primary chimeric non-human animal by transplantation of human hepatocytes to an immunodeficient non-human animal with liver dysfunction, a second step being a step of transplanting the human hepatocytes grown in the body of the primary chimeric non-human animal to an immunodeficient non-human animal with liver dysfunction, the second step being performed one or more times; and subsequently administering a purine base-containing substance to the serially transplanted chimeric non-human animal.
US10314292B2
The invention relates to device for soothing and calming an animal. In one embodiment, the device comprises a toy-shaped structure filled with soft stuffing material for an animal to lie against, the filler stuffing material at least partially defining a pouch within a central opening in the toy adapted to removably receive a modular simulator. The modular simulator generating rhythmic soothing acoustic sounds that simulate the actual breathing of the animal's mother and to communicate said breathing sound to the animal when lying against the toy structure. In another embodiment, the sound simulator is disposed in a pouch provided on a harness, the pouch being in proximity to the heart of the animal.
US10314289B1
A gravity-operated wildlife feeder with realistic tree stump appearance is disclosed. The body and its feed delivery compartments or chutes are molded from a composite material as a single piece to reduce cost and improve durability. The shape of the delivery chutes makes it so there are no pockets or other areas where feed can collect and not be discharged from the feed openings. The feed openings are located at the ends of root-shaped protrusions.
US10314287B2
Provided are animal containment systems and components, including single-use animal containment cages and modular rack units. Also provided are methods for assembling and using components of the animal containment systems.
US10314283B2
A curtain machine has a sealed control enclosure. The control enclosure, disposed in a machine interior of a machine housing, forms an enclosure interior and is configured to form a moisture impermeable seal separating the environment of the control enclosure from the environment of the machine interior and the external environment of the curtain machine. A motorized threaded member is configured to move a load block within the machine interior, for example to actuate a cable-based curtain mechanism, with both the load block and threaded member disposed outside the enclosure interior. The enclosure interior of the control enclosure includes a control circuit configured to operate the motor, and a mechanical limit switch configured to be mechanically actuated by the load block to stop the motor responsive to the load block moving along the threaded member beyond a predetermined threshold.
US10314278B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064635. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064635. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064635 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064635 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10314275B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064238. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064238. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064238 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064238 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10314274B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068109. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068109. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068109 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068109 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10314268B2
Provided is a method for cultivating low potassium leafy vegetables at high yield without causing growth failure due to potassium deficiency in hydroponics. Cultivation is performed using a hydroponic solution containing a very small amount of potassium in the late cultivation period of low potassium leafy vegetables, thereby keeping the potassium content low at the time of harvest and also allowing the leafy vegetables to be stably harvested at high yield without causing potassium deficiency.
US10314266B1
A novel maize variety designated X90M130 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X90M130 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X90M130 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X90M130, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X90M130 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X90M130 and methods of using maize variety X90M130 are disclosed.
US10314260B2
Hybrid tomato variety ‘H1651’ is described. The tomato variety is a ground-culture hybrid tomato variety suitable for machine harvest, and is adaptable to the climactic conditions of regions such as California (USA), Ontario (Canada), Australia, Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
US10314252B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line PSQ9Z14-9102. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ9Z14-9102, 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.
US10314248B2
Bottomless in-ground plant containers with watering-wells that are open at both ends that are both functional and decorative. The above-ground portions, the watering-well bowls, of these present embodiments have faux decorative pavers that add support in keeping the watering-wells above ground-level. The bottom, below-ground portions, the well barrels, have two attached horizontal flanges permanently attached to their bases to help prevent upward and downward movement, as-well-as adding extra stability in keeping the watering-well bowls above ground-level. These non-organic watering-well bowls replace the organic soil watering-wells; and these in-ground plant-containers with watering-wells are for conserving water and the localized containment of water contaminated by pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers.
US10314246B2
Method of manufacturing a plant receptacle wherein the following steps are performed: a) a PLA thread is co-extruded with a flexible aliphatic polyester, said flexible aliphatic polyester comprising 10 wt % to 30 wt % bamboo material, such that the flexible aliphatic polyester covers the PLA thread, thereby creating a weldable biodegradable thread; b) using said weldable biodegradable thread in a woven or non-woven process, making a permeable sheet material; c) continuously forming said sheet material into a continuous receptacle, by bringing the side edges of said sheet material into contact and welding said side edges together; d) cutting said continuous receptacle in predetermined lengths thereby creating separate plant receptacles.
US10314241B1
An airborne vegetation cutting assembly aerially suspended by an aircraft to simultaneously grapple and trim vegetation across a cutting plane that can be rotated and pivoted at multiple cutting angles. The assembly comprises a housing that contains the hydraulic mechanism and a power portion for operating the components. A tube extends from the aircraft to the housing. A knuckle detachably attaches the housing to the tube. Upper and lower grappling devices extend from the housing in a coplanar, spaced-apart relationship. The grappling devices grapple and release the vegetation independently of each other. A blade is coplanar with the grappling devices. The blade cuts a cross section of the vegetation along a cutting plane after the grappling devices grapple the vegetation. A connective knuckle rotates and pivots to enable rotational and pivotal control of the grappling devices and the blade, so as to change the orientation of the cutting plane.
US10314236B2
An agricultural grain cleaner includes an inlet chute having an inlet end and an outlet end positioned below the inlet end. A crop distribution member is positioned adjacent the outlet end of the inlet chute. The crop distribution member includes a distribution disc rotatable relative to the inlet chute about a vertical central axis to impart a horizontal trajectory, away from the central axis, to crop material supplied to the distribution disc from the inlet chute. A fan is operable to generate an air stream from below the crop distribution member, across the horizontal trajectory, to an air-chaff outlet. A grain collection chute has an inlet to receive grain that is cleaned of chaff by the air stream. A tailings collection chute is positioned adjacent to the grain collection chute on a radially inner side thereof.
US10314235B2
A method of loading bales into a bale processing chamber of a bale processor. The bale processing chamber is mounted on a chamber frame mounted on wheels for travel on a ground surface in a forward operating travel direction. A bale fork is pivotally mounted on the chamber frame such that in a lowered position the bale fork is oriented substantially horizontally and rests on the ground surface. The chamber frame is moved rearward such that the bale fork slides under a bale resting on the ground surface with a bale axis oriented substantially horizontally in a first direction substantially perpendicular to the operating travel direction. The bale fork and the bale supported thereon are raised above the ground surface. The bale fork is turned such that the bale axis turns to a second direction substantially parallel to the operating travel direction while maintaining the bale rearward of the bale processing chamber. The bale fork is raised to a raised position where the bale falls into the bale processing chamber with the bale axis oriented in the second direction.
US10314231B2
An agricultural combine including a residue spreading system adapted for spreading residue onto a field. The residue spreading system includes a seed container and a seed dispensing system adapted to dispense seeds from the seed container into the residue so that, in operation, the dispensed seeds are spread onto the field together with the residue.
US10321619B2
A feeder provided with: a feeder main body, on a rear section of which is formed a tape insertion section for inserting carrier tape that stores multiple components; a tape feeding path for feeding the carrier tape from rear to front, the tape feeding path being provided on the feeder main body so as to connect to the tape insertion section; and an insertion guiding member in which is formed a guiding groove capable of guiding the carrier tape to the tape insertion section when the carrier tape is inserted to the tape insertion section.
US10321615B2
Described herein is a display module for an electronic device having a thermal management structure integrated on a backside of the display module. Also described herein are techniques for manufacturing a display module with an integrated thermal management structure. By integrating the thermal management structure on the backside of the display module, the display module itself becomes a passive thermal management solution for an electronic device. Accordingly, the thermal management structure described herein can be considered a part of the display component stack.
US10321601B2
An apparatus is disclosed for restricting air flow through an electronics enclosure. The apparatus may include a panel having at least one edge adapted to be secured to a surface of the electronics enclosure to thus place the panel in a path of a cooling air flow flowing through a cardcage portion of the enclosure. The panel may have a footprint that at least substantially fills an opening through which said cooling air flow flows through said cardcage portion of the enclosure. The panel may have a plurality of openings so that the panel reduces a volume of a cooling air flow flowing through the panel by a predetermined desired degree, and thus reduces a volume of the air flow through the cardcage to a desired volume.
US10321596B2
A job-site electric apparatus in one aspect the present disclosure includes a housing, an operation device, a terminal, a separator, a coupling device, and a sealing portion. The separator is configured to separate the housing into a first area and a second area, and includes a through hole that allows communication between the first area and the second area. The first area includes the operation device. The second area includes the terminal. The coupling device passes through the through hole and electrically couple the terminal to the operation device. The sealing portion seals the through hole through which the coupling device passes.
US10321591B2
A wireless communication casing is an apparatus that conceals wireless communication equipment while maintaining the signal communication between wireless communication equipment and corresponding wireless communication devices. The apparatus includes an upper capsule, a lower shroud, a tubular housing, a stopper, a mounting pole, a support post, and a pulley assembly. The upper capsule covers the tubular housing which surrounds the mounting pole. The lower shroud upholds and encloses the tubular housing. The stopper upholds the mounting pole above the support post. The mounting pole serves as a platform to mount wireless communication equipment. The support post elevates the mounting pole and consequently the wireless communication equipment above the ground. The pulley assembly raises and lowers the tubular housing and the lower shroud along the support post. The pulley assembly facilitates the accessibility of the wireless communication equipment.
US10321589B2
Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include an enclosure, a tamper-detect sensor, a monitor, and a sensor connection adapter. The enclosure encloses, at least in part, one or more electronic components to be protected, and the tamper-detect sensor is disposed over an inner surface of the enclosure to facilitate defining a secure volume about the electronic component(s). The tamper-detect sensor includes sensor lines disposed over the inner surface of the enclosure, and the monitor monitors the tamper-detect sensor for a tamper event. The sensor connection adapter is coupled to the inner surface of the enclosure, and is disposed over the tamper-detect sensor within the secure volume. The sensor connection adapter facilitates electrically connecting the monitor to the sensor lines of the tamper-detect sensor.
US10321588B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for a flexible battery. The systems, methods, and computer-readable media described herein may improve user experiences and prolong the battery's life. In an example embodiment described herein, a flexible battery may comprise a first battery portion positioned in a grip portion and having a first thickness, and a second battery portion positioned in a second portion having a second thickness that is less than the first thickness, wherein the second battery portion is bendable in the at least one direction, and the first battery portion is rigid.
US10321584B2
An exemplary embodiment provides a display device including: a display panel configured to include a first area, and a second area and a third area respectively disposed at opposite sides of the first area in a first direction; a first roller unit configured to wind the second area thereon; and a second roller unit configured to wind the third area of the display panel in an opposite direction to that of the first roller unit, wherein a distance between the first roller unit and the second roller unit which are separated from each other in the first direction can be adjusted.
US10321580B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an integrated circuit (IC) package assembly. The IC package assembly includes a base printed circuit board (PCB), and a set of IC packages. Each of the IC packages includes at least one IC chip, mounted on or partly in a support component, which mechanically supports and electrically connects to the IC chip. In addition, each of the IC packages is laterally soldered to the base PCB (e.g., a motherboard PCB) and arranged transversally to the base PCB and forms an angle α therewith. As a result, a slanted stack of IC packages is obtained, wherein the IC packages are essentially parallel to each other. Further embodiments are directed to related devices, including the above assembly, and to related fabrication methods.
US10321577B2
A wafer-level manufacturing method for embedding a passive element in a glass substrate is disclosed. A highly-doped silicon wafer is dry etched to form a highly-doped silicon mold wafer, containing highly-doped silicon passive component structures mold seated in cavity arrays; a glass wafer is anodically bonded to the highly-doped silicon mold wafer in vacuum pressure to seal the cavity arrays; the bonded wafers are heated so that the glass melts and fills gaps in the cavity arrays, annealing and cooling are performed, and a reflowed wafer is formed; the upper glass substrate of the reflowed wafer is grinded and polished to expose the highly-doped silicon passives; the passive component structure mold embedded in the glass substrate is fully etched; the blind holes formed in the glass substrates after the passive component structure mold has been etched is filled with copper by electroplating; the highly-doped silicon substrate and unetched silicon between the cavity arrays are etched, and several glass substrates embedded with a passive element are obtained; to form electrodes for the passives, a metal adhesion layer is deposited, and a metal conductive layer is electroplated. The process is simple, costs are low, and the prepared passive elements have superior performance.
US10321576B2
A curved display device includes a display panel including a terminal part configured to receive a driving signal, a driving circuit film including a base film and a driving chip on the base film, and a spacer disposed between the base film and the display panel. The driving chip is configured to generate the driving signal, the driving circuit film is configured to apply the driving signal to the display panel, and the driving circuit film is coupled to the terminal part and bent toward a lower surface of the display panel. The display panel and a surface of the spacer are curved along a first direction.
US10321569B1
Electronic module with all-sided electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding and methods of making same. The electronic module includes an encapsulated circuit board between a top plate and a conductive bottom plate, electrical leads extending from the circuit board through the bottom plate, and a continuous conductive coating substantially covering the entire electronic module except for a bottom surface of the bottom plate. The conductive coating forms direct, independent connections at least to the circuit board and the bottom plate. The conductive coating provides EMI shielding across the top and sides of the electronic module. The conductive bottom plate provides EMI shielding across the bottom of the electronic module. Methods of manufacturing include encapsulating a circuit board between a top plate and bottom plate, separating materials from the encapsulated circuit board to expose conductive traces on the circuit board and bottom plate, and coating the sawed device with a conductive coating.
US10321564B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) and PCB assembly. The PCB is formed of a laminate substrate of at least two layers of a non-conductive material forming at least one peripheral end face (PEF) surface separating top and bottom PCB surfaces. Embedded conductive wiring at one or more multiple layers carry energy to or from PCB surface mounted devices. The conductive wiring provides multiple conductive wire ends exposed at multiple locations along the PEF. A conductive contact structure is formed at the PEF surface to connect with one or more of the exposed conductive wire ends. One or more conductive pins are attached to the conductive contact at the PEF and are configured to mount the PCB on, and in a vertical and perpendicular orientation or a coplanar orientation relative to, a surface of a second PCB surface. The conductive pins provide one or more of: an electrical, thermal and/or mechanical contact.
US10321556B2
According to an example, an air dielectric printed circuit board (PCB) may include a first PCB layer including a first substrate and a first conductive layer formed of a first conductive material, and a second PCB layer including a second substrate and a second conductive layer formed of a second conductive material. The second conductive layer may be disposed in a directly facing configuration relative to the first conductive layer, and at a predetermined distance away from the first conductive layer to provide an air dielectric gap between the first and second conductive layers. The air dielectric PCB may further include a standoff that includes a first end and a second end that is opposite to the first end. The standoff may be attached to the first and second PCB layers respectively at the first and second ends thereof, and may include a predetermined length to maintain the predetermined distance.
US10321551B2
A consumable cartridge for a plasma arc torch is provided. The consumable cartridge includes an outer component defining a substantially hollow body, an inner component disposed substantially within the hollow body of the outer component, and a hollow region between the rear portion of the inner component and the outer component. The inner component includes a forward portion configured to axially secure and rotatatably engage the outer component to the inner component and a rear portion substantially suspended within the hollow body of the outer component. The rear portion is axially secured and rotatably engaged with the outer component via the forward portion. The hollow region is configured to receive a torch head to enable mating between the rear portion of the inner component and a cathode of the torch head.
US10321549B2
The exemplary embodiments herein provide a method for controlling the luminance of an electronic display, including the steps of determining the sunset and sunrise times for the day and determining whether the present time is between sunrise and sunset or between sunset and sunrise. The backlight may be driven at a daytime level if the present time is between sunrise and sunset, while the backlight may be driven at a nighttime level if the present time is between sunset and sunrise. In some embodiments, artificial ambient sensor (AAS) data is used to determine the desired backlight or display luminance. The AAS data may be adjusted for a sunset or sunrise transition time, as well as for an approximate percentage of cloud cover in the sky.
US10321547B1
A modular coordinated lighting system comprising one or more wireless lighting devices that can communicate over a network and coordinate their operation to provide illumination to an area is provided. Wireless control present in one wireless lighting device can be used to propagate the wireless control of that wireless lighting device to an entire of group of lights in a lighting system. In this manner, a user can easily install wireless lighting devices that work in coordination to illuminate an area as if they are one lighting device. A networked wireless lighting device may also be configured through the user input method to operate different groups of wireless lighting modules such that lighting groups may be created. Multiple lighting groups allow a user to configure lighting provided by the modular coordinated lighting system based on their preference.
US10321546B2
A system for controlling a group of lighting units, the system including a narrow-beam infrared remote control unit configured for communicating a first control signal to a first lighting unit of the group of lighting units via an infrared frequency communication link, wherein the first lighting unit is configured to: (a) perform an operational mode in response to the received first control signal; and (b) communicate a second control signal from the first lighting unit to at least a second lighting unit of the group of lighting units via a first radio frequency communication link whereby said second lighting unit is configured to perform an operational mode in response to the received second control signal.
US10321536B2
A method of controlling a correlated color temperature for light output by a lighting device including a dim-to-warm circuit having a first light channel and a second light channel. The method including determining a light control value based on the measured current value. The method further including using the light control value, determining a first current value for applying a first current to the first light channel and determining a second current value for applying a second current to the second light channel; and providing the first current to the first light channel and providing the second current to the second light channel.
US10321531B2
In one aspect, the present disclosure related to a method for modifying a beacon light source for use in a light-based positioning system. In some embodiments, the method includes selecting a modulation scheme for the light source, determining a duty cycle for the light source based on the modulation scheme, the duty cycle having a proportion of time the light source is in an on state and a corresponding proportion of time the light source is in an off state, the proportion of time the light source is in an off state resulting in reduced luminosity of the light source, and supplying additional power to the light source to compensate for the reduced luminosity of the light source by the duty cycle.
US10321528B2
This invention describes a system and method to provide a service to advertisers and businesses that enables adaptation of advertising priorities using information collected by a lighting infrastructure. The system uses outdoor lighting networks to manage/control data sensors connected to a network, e.g. hosted at lighting units. This invention enables new business scenarios where operators and/or owners of the city's lighting infrastructure can provide a value added service or generate revenue from ad providers and local businesses by leveraging the data acquired through the lighting and adjacent infrastructure (e.g. sensors) to help the businesses to increase their advertising performance/targets; particularly, with respect to Location Based Services (LBS).
US10321512B2
A service control method, a terminal, and a network device. The method includes measuring, by a terminal, a service status of interaction between the terminal and a network and/or a moving speed of the terminal, and reporting, by the terminal, measured service status information and/or speed information to a network device such that the network device configures a network parameter of the terminal according to the service status information and/or the speed information. Therefore, a network throughput is improved, and terminal energy consumption is reduced.
US10321511B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for radio resource control (RRC) signaling in wireless communication networks with data offload are provided. The radio configuration messages from a small cell to a dual connection UE may be sent by an overlay macro E-UTRAN node-B (eNB). The small cell may send the RRC messages to the macro-eNB first via a backhaul link, and the macro-eNB then transmits the messages to the UE. In some implementations, the radio configuration messages from a small cell to a dual connection UE may be sent directly from the small cell. In some other implementations, some of the RRC messages may be sent selectively to/from either the macro-cell or the small cell, or to/from both the macro-cell and the small cell. The type of RRC messages sent over the small cell and/or the macro-cell may be preconfigured or predetermined.
US10321510B2
Methods and user equipment devices (UEs) are disclosed for performing keep alive interval fallback. During an active connection with a remote network, a UE may operate in a steady state configuration wherein keep alive message are periodically sent to the remote network. The UE may determine that a keep alive message has failed to receive an acknowledgement (ACK) response. Based on the determination that the keep alive message has failed, the UE may trigger keep alive interval fallback, wherein the UE sends keep alive messages at a shorter duration for a predetermined period of time.
US10321509B2
A plurality of networking nodes provides a wireless network fabric that serves at least two devices. Each networking node stores global communication topology information for the wireless network fabric. One of the networking nodes performs global fabric management functions to maintain a communication channel among the at least two devices, and is responsive to a triggering event to identify a next global fabric manager from the other networking nodes. Upon detection of an attack, the global fabric management responsibilities migrate from the networking node to the next global fabric manager while maintaining connectivity between the at least two devices.
US10321508B2
A mobile communication system and a method of establishing short range wireless communication (SRWC) between a vehicle and a mobile device. The method includes: establishing a first short range wireless communication (SRWC) link between the vehicle and a first mobile device; receiving at the vehicle a request to establish a second SRWC link from a second mobile device; and disconnecting the first SRWC link between the vehicle and the first mobile device and, in response to the request, establishing the second SRWC link between the vehicle and the second mobile device.
US10321507B2
A method is provided for transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a connection request message in a wireless communication system. The UE receives a configuration of a specific value of a configurable establishment cause from a network, initiates a service whose type corresponds to the specific value, sets the configurable establishment cause to the specific value, transmits a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message including the configurable establishment cause which is set to the specific value to the network, and receives an RRC connection setup message from the network. The RRC connection setup message is determined to be transmitted, by the network, based on the configurable establishment cause set to the specific value, which indicates the type of the service, by the UE.
US10321496B2
A method is disclosed for providing IP access across packet data network gateways (PGWs), comprising: receiving, from a UE, at a coordinating node, an attach request; sending a request to create a first new session to a first PGW; sending a request to create a second new session to a second PGW; receiving, from the first PGW and at the coordinating node, a first request for policies for the UE; receiving, from the second PGW and at the coordinating node, a second request for policies for the UE; opening a first data tunnel from the coordinating node to the first PGW; opening a second data tunnel from the coordinating node to the second PGW without closing the first data tunnel; and opening a data tunnel between the UE and the coordinating node for providing IP access to both the first PGW and the second PGW.
US10321493B2
A method for establishing a connection by a terminal, an apparatus, and a system, where the method includes acquiring, by a first wireless terminal, a first media access control (MAC) address of a second wireless terminal, sending, by the first wireless terminal, a first message carrying identifier information such that the second wireless terminal receives the first message carrying the identifier information and verifies the identifier information, where the identifier information is obtained by the first wireless terminal according to at least the first MAC address, receiving, by the first wireless terminal, a first response message that is sent by the second wireless terminal and that carries a second MAC address of the second wireless terminal, and establishing, by the first wireless terminal, a connection to the second wireless terminal according to the second MAC address.
US10321488B2
The present invention concerns a method for a communication device to transmit a data packet in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: determining a first set of transmission parameters comprising a first central transmission frequency and a first spectral bandwidth; transmitting a first data packet by applying the first set of transmission parameters; determining whether or not the first data packet collided with a second data packet from a second communication device; determining a second set of transmission parameters, which in case of collision comprises a second central transmission frequency, different from the first central transmission frequency, and a second spectral bandwidth, which is different from the first spectral bandwidth with a first, non-zero probability and the same as the first spectral bandwidth with a second probability; and transmitting a second data packet by applying the second set of transmission parameters.
US10321487B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatus for performing communications using a bonded channel across multiple channels.
US10321483B1
A transmitting device may perform mid-packet detection (MPD) in a wireless channel by receiving a signal from the wireless channel, detecting first symbols having a first symbol duration in the signal during a first detection window, and detecting second symbols having a second symbol duration in the signal during a second detection window. The first and second symbol durations, excluding CPs, may be 3.2 and 12.8 microseconds respectively. A transmitting device may perform MPD in a wireless channel by receiving a signal from the channel, performing an MPD of symbols in the signal, producing first and second comparison result by comparing an output of the MDP to respective first and second thresholds, and determine whether to transmit a frame using the first comparison result and the second comparison result.
US10321479B2
Provided are systems and methods for a network station receiving a communication schedule announced by a first wireless network station, determining that the first wireless network station has a right to generate an adjusted communication schedule, and transmitting an availability window schedule to the first wireless network station. The availability window schedule indicates one or more time slots during which communication with the wireless network station is inhibited.
US10321458B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for allocating, by a first OFDM system and a second OFDM system, frequency resources, which are multiplexed in a frequency region, in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the sizes of the frequency resources of the first OFDM system, which corresponds to an existing OFDM, and the second OFDM system, which corresponds to a UF-OFDM, are determined. Adjacent subcarriers are instructed to allocate any one of a guard carrier and a subcarrier to which null data is allocated, while performing frequency resource allocation between the first and second OFDM systems in accordance with the determined sizes of the frequency resources. The information regarding the frequency resource allocation, which comprises information indicative of either the guard carrier or the subcarrier, is transmitted.
US10321453B2
A method for operating an access point includes broadcasting reservation information for a periodic group resource, assigning a resource in the periodic resource to a first station and transmitting information about the resource in the periodic group resource allocated to the first station to the first station, wherein the transmitting occurs during one of an association procedure with the first station and a reconfiguration of a resource assignment for the first station. The method also includes exchanging data with the first station during the resource in the periodic group resource allocated to the first station.
US10321451B2
Systems, methods, and devices for transmitting data are described herein. In some aspects, a method comprises generating a first message. The first message may comprise an allocation of a first station to a first frequency channel and a second station to a second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting the first message over the first frequency channel and the second frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a second message to the first station using the first frequency channel. The method further comprises transmitting, after transmission of the first message, a third message to the second station using the second frequency channel.
US10321447B2
In eMTC, channels may be bundled, using repetitions in multiple subframes. SPS and DRX for eMTC may not accommodate such repetitions, because repetitions for a bundled channel may fall only partially within a DRX ON duration. An apparatus addresses this problem by determining a DRX ON duration, determining a set of subframes carrying a bundled M-PDCCH candidate and determining that the DRX ON duration at least partially overlaps with the set of subframes of the bundled M-PDCCH. The apparatus then refrains from decoding the first bundled M-PDCCH candidate, decodes the first bundled M-PDCCH candidate, or extends the DRX ON duration to include the set of subframes entirely and decoding the first bundled M-PDCCH candidate carried in the set of subframes in the extended DRX ON duration. The apparatus may also determine DRX configuration parameters based on parameters of bundled channels, and handle invalid subframes for an SPS grant.
US10321443B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing PUCCH transmission in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: receiving an indicator for configuring on a first Secondary Cell (SCell) with Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource; deactivating the first SCell; and transmitting PUCCH signal on the first SCell configured with the PUCCH resource while the first SCell is in a deactivated status.
US10321442B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for configuring an activated SCell with PUCCH resource in a carrier aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring with a Secondary Cell (SCell); receiving a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling indicating that Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource is configured for the SCell; configuring the PUCCH resource with the SCell according to the RRC signaling; and disabling a SCell deactivation timer associated with the SCell if the SCell deactivation timer associated with the SCell is running when the RRC signaling is received.
US10321440B2
To effectively and efficiently provide control information, a broadcast pointer channel (BPCH) may be used to identify the type and perhaps relative location of control information that is being provided in a given frame structure, such as a sub-frame, frame, or superframe. A sub-frame (or like framing entity, such a frame or superframe) may have a BPCH and a corresponding system control information segment in which control information may reside. The system control information segment may have any number of control information blocks, wherein each control information block that is present may correspond to a particular type of control information. The BPCH is used to identify the type of control information that is present in a corresponding system control information segment, and if needed or desired, the relative locations of the various control information.
US10321438B2
A method of transmitting data packets over a plurality of dynamically allocated resource blocks in at least one or a combination of a time, code or frequency domain on a shared channel of a wireless communication system, comprising the steps of selecting a number of resource block candidates for potential transmission of data packets destined for a receiver and transmitting the data packet to the receiver using at least one allocated resource block from the selected resource block candidates. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of decoding data packets, a transmitter, receiver and communication system.
US10321437B2
In a radio system which allocates resources using as units resource blocks which are formed by frequency components and time components, control information for mobile station devices, and identification information which is used to identify a format for a control information transmission channel which transmits the control information is transmitted from the base station device to the mobile station devices by means of the control information transmission channel.
US10321436B2
Methods, devices and systems for a wireless communication system using multiple-serving nodes are provided. In one embodiment, a method of wireless communication comprises sending from a wireless device an uplink control signal to a first node via a second node using a second communication link; receiving by said wireless device a downlink control signal from said first node using a first communication link; sending from said wireless device another uplink control signal to said second node using said second communication link; and receiving by said wireless device another downlink control signal from said second node via said first node using said first communication link.
US10321429B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and a method for controlling the same, the mobile terminal including a location information module configured to acquire location information related to the mobile terminal based on one of a first positioning method that is configured to detect access points (APs) adjacent to the mobile terminal, receive location information related to the detected APs, and acquire the location information on the mobile terminal based on the received location information related to the APs, and a second positioning method that is configured to receive location information related to the detected APs and other APs located within a predetermined area where the detected APs are located, and acquire the location information on the mobile terminal based on the received location information related to the APs, a communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with a first positioning server providing first AP information including the location information related to the detected APs or a second positioning server providing second AP information including the location information related to the detected APs and the other APs located within the predetermined area where the detected APs are located, a memory configured to store the first AP information or the second AP information, and a controller configured to perform a process of acquiring the location information on the mobile terminal according to the second positioning method for a preset time when the APs located adjacent to the mobile terminal are detected, and acquire the location information on the mobile terminal according to the first positioning method when the location information on the mobile terminal is not acquired for the preset time.
US10321428B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a mobile terminal positioning method, apparatus, device, and server. When being applicable to a mobile terminal, the method includes: obtaining auxiliary positioning information, where the auxiliary positioning information includes network identifiers of different wireless networks found by the mobile terminal; reporting the auxiliary positioning information to a server, so that the server obtains current location information of the mobile terminal according to the auxiliary positioning information; and receiving the current location information delivered by the server. Therefore, the server may obtain more available information from the mobile terminal, and a coverage area relationship between multiple wireless networks in a same area may be used to narrow a positioning range, so as to obtain a more accurate location of the mobile terminal. This resolves a technical problem that positioning precision of a mobile terminal is not high in a base station positioning service.
US10321424B2
A method and nodes for wireless timing synchronization of a target node and a source node. In some embodiments, a request is sent to a source node for time synchronizing the target node with the source node. A first time, T1, indicative of time of transmission of a first radio signal from the source node to the target node is determined. A second time, T2, indicative of time of receipt of the first radio signal at the target node is determined. A third time, T3, indicative of time of transmission of a second radio signal from the target node to the source node is determined. A fourth time, T4, indicative of time of receipt of the second radio signal at the source node is determined. A clock offset based on T1, T2, T3 and T4 for use in time synchronizing the target node with the source node is determined.
US10321423B2
In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for a wireless station to discover a neighboring peer wireless station, e.g., via peer-to-peer Wi-Fi communications, receive a synchronization beacon(s) from the neighboring peer wireless station, and synchronize timing with the neighboring peer wireless station based at least in part on the synchronization beacon(s). In addition, the wireless station may transmit, e.g., via Wi-Fi peer-to-peer communications, a data beacon to one or more neighboring wireless devices stations, wherein the one or more neighboring wireless stations are configured to synchronize timing with the wireless station based on the data beacon.
US10321419B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting data using a multi-carrier in a mobile communication system. The method of transmitting data in user equipment of a wireless communication system using a carrier aggregation technique according to an embodiment of the present invention includes setting secondary cells included in an S-TAG (Secondary-Timing Advance Group) configured of only secondary cells (SCells), deactivating a downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG; determining whether other activated secondary cells exist besides the deactivated downlink timing reference cell in the S-TAG, and when the other activated secondary cells exist in the S-TAG, setting one of the other activated secondary cells as a new downlink timing reference cell. According to the present invention, uplink transmission speed can be increased in the user equipment and user QoS can be improved by transmitting data using one or more uplink carriers in the terminal.
US10321410B2
A method of an apparatus controls transmit power of uplink channels in a wireless communication system. The method includes configuring, for a UE, a primary serving cell on which a first uplink control channel is transmitted from the UE, configuring, for the UE, a secondary serving cell on which a second uplink control channel is transmitted from the UE, configuring a first TPC command and a second TPC command in a single TPC command group, the first TPC command being associated with transmit power of the uplink control information of the primary serving cell, the second TPC command being associated with transmit power of the uplink control information of the secondary serving cell, scrambling downlink control information based on an identifier associated with a TPC, the downlink control information comprising the single TPC command group; transmitting, to the UE, a downlink control channel comprising the scrambled downlink control information.
US10321402B2
A wireless communication system and method. The system includes processing circuitry, and a transceiver coupled to the processing circuitry. The processing circuitry includes logic to generate a wake-up packet addressed to another wireless communication system and including a legacy preamble portion and a wake-up portion, the legacy preamble portion modulated according to a first modulation rate. The wake-up portion is modulated according to a second modulation rate lower than the first modulation rate and includes information to wake-up the other wireless communication system. The transceiver system is to transmit the legacy preamble using a first transmit power level, and to transmit the wake-up portion using a second transmit power level higher than the first transmit power level by a predetermined amount such that an average received power of the wake-up portion is equal to an average received power of the legacy portion at the third-party station.
US10321401B2
A first device may configure a second device, such as a sidelink receiver, so that an interference protection zone surrounding the second device may be dynamically adjusted in size based, for example, on various objectives and/or use cases recognized by the first device. The interference protection zone may be, for example, an area surrounding the second device, within which neighboring devices may be silenced. Changes to the interference protection zone may be achieved by providing a dynamic clear-to-send (CTS) transmit power scaling parameter, that is different from a pre-assigned constant parameter for CTS power control stored at the second device, to the second device from the first device. The second device may calculate CTS channel power using at least the dynamic CTS transmit power scaling parameter and the received RTS channel power. The second device may send a CTS message in a CTS channel at the calculated CTS channel power.
US10321394B2
An information processing apparatus of this invention directed to a process for adjusting a switching interval which defines an interval between two switching operations that change the activation state of the base band units. The apparatus comprises a traffic history storage unit that stores traffic history data, and a control unit that determines the switching interval based on the traffic history data stored in the traffic history storage.
US10321387B2
Provided are a method for receiving an on-demand system information (OSI) block by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a network, an on-demand system information (OSI) configuration including information on mapping between the OSI block and information on a system information request (SIR) preamble; determining an OSI block of interest; selecting an SIR preamble corresponding to the OSI block of interest on the basis of the OSI configuration; transmitting the selected SIR preamble to a serving cell so as to request the determined OSI block of interest; and receiving the requested OSI block of interest.
US10321381B2
The present invention relates to a system, a device, and a method for customizing a user-defined network. The system includes a gateway and a mobile network element. The gateway is configured to receive a user-defined network request, request, according to the user-defined network request, an invocation of a communications service corresponding to the mobile network element to establish or modify the user-defined network, and return an invocation result. The user-defined network request includes definition information of an MBB communications service resource required by the MBB application service. The mobile network element is configured to implement invocation of the corresponding communications service. Therefore, the MBB communications service resources required by an MBB application are customized as required, and an invocation of the MBB communications service resources is associated with a requirement of the MBB application, thereby implementing reasonable utilization of the MBB communications service resources.
US10321378B2
A system that determines a cell density and cell type in an area corresponding to a location of a user equipment; determines a mobility state of the user equipment based on the determined cell density and the determined cell type; and controls cell reselection for the user equipment based on the determined mobility state of the user equipment.
US10321372B2
A system and method of regulating attachment between a cellular wireless device and a wireless carrier system includes: attaching a vehicle telematics unit to a cellular base station using a long-term evolution (LTE) cellular protocol; detecting that the vehicle telematics unit is able to carry out voice communications but unable to send short message service (SMS) messages using the attached cellular base station; ending cellular communications between the vehicle telematics unit and the selected base station in response; and beginning cellular communications with a different cellular base station that permits circuit-switched SMS messaging.
US10321369B2
The method provided in this embodiment improves the capabilities of automatic driving and ADAS of electric vehicles. The method can be applied to vehicle networking, such as V2X, LTE-V, V2X, etc. The method includes receiving, from the mobile device, an indication of a requirement for transmission resources, comprising at least an indication that the resources are required with a periodicity, transmitting, to the mobile device, an assignment of a first scheduling configuration for the device-to-device connection, transmitting, to the mobile device, an indication to begin use of periodically recurring radio resources, and handing over responsibility for providing radio resources for the device-to-device connection from the network node to a target network node such that the availability of radio resources with the periodicity is substantially maintained.
US10321358B2
A method for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system, and a device therefor are disclosed. Particularly, a method for transmitting downlink data in a packet data network gateway (P-GW) in a wireless communication system can comprise the steps of: receiving, from an application server, downlink data in which an Internet protocol (IP) header including an IP address of a terminal is encapsulated; removing the IP header from the downlink data; and transmitting, to a serving gateway (S-GW), the downlink data from which the IP header is removed through a bearer identified by the IP address of the terminal, so as to transmit, to the terminal, the downlink data from which the IP header is removed.
US10321357B1
Methods and apparatus for reducing and/or canceling signal interference between receiver and transmitter components of a wireless communications device are described. The methods and apparatus are well suited for use in a wide range of devices including user equipment devices such as cell phones as well as in network equipment such a base stations. Opto-mechanical devices are used in some embodiments as part of an apparatus which performs interference cancelation on RF (Radio Frequency) signals.
US10321346B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for controlling measurements and, in particular, a type of load-sensitive measurement, such as received signal, received quality (RSRQ), performed by a user equipment. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US10321340B2
A telecommunications system includes a network device that detects a communication failure associated with a first communication network and generates a failure command for a remote device to transmit a failure signal over a second communication network. The failure signal represents the communication failure. A method includes detecting a communication failure associated with a first communication network, generating a failure command for a remote device to transmit a failure signal over a second communication network, and transmitting the failure command to the remote device. The network device may take a corrective action in response to receiving a recovery signal from the remote device.
US10321338B2
A method and an apparatus for cancelling interference in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes acquiring interference signal information on a reception signal received from a base station based on a preconfigured constellation set, and cancelling an interference signal from the reception signal by using the acquired interference signal information. Accordingly, reception performance in a cell edge can be improved by acquiring dominant interference signal information.
US10321335B2
A method and user equipment (UE) are provided for switching to dual connectivity in carrier aggregation. The UE applies configuration information to a second cell which is configured by a first cell for a carrier aggregation, and receives, from a base station, a message including a request for switching the second cell from the carrier aggregation to dual connectivity. The UE performs a procedure for the switching of the second cell from the carrier aggregation to the dual connectivity. The second cell becomes a primary secondary cell or a secondary cell of a secondary cell group (SCG). The UE transmits a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) to the primary secondary cell or the secondary cell of the SCG after the switching of the second cell from the carrier aggregation to the dual connectivity.
US10321330B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to supplement network coverage with a fleet of autonomous drones are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include configuring a first drone with information specifying a size and a target location associated with the coverage area. Disclosed example methods also include, when the first drone reaches the target location, monitoring for communication signals to determine whether a first coverage zone provided by the first drone and a second coverage zone provided by a second drone in a fleet of drones overlap. Disclosed example methods further include autonomously adjusting a position of the first drone to maintain overlapping of the first coverage zone provided by the first drone with the coverage area, but to reduce an amount of overlap of the first coverage zone with the second coverage zone.
US10321329B2
Methods and systems are provided for managing communication networks. In a communication network that includes a plurality of cells, one or more antennas in a first cell from the plurality of cells may be configured to support operations in a second cell from the plurality of cells. The configuring may include arranging or causing the arrangement of the one or more antennas of the first cell to be directed towards the second cell, and configuring the one or more antennas of the first cell to use at least one same channel resource as used by antennas of the second cell, for communicating of signals of the second cell. The same channel resource may include a common channel. In some instances, the second cell may be configured to communicate with at least one communication device located within the second cell without use of any antenna of the second cell.
US10321323B2
Mobile communication systems and radio resource control methods are provided, by which interference between two or more base stations can be suppressed and an inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources for each of the two or more base stations can be simplified in a mobile communication system including two or more base stations, at least a part of each cell of the base stations being mutually overlapped. Two or more cell layers are configured by grouping the two or more base station. An inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources (for example, at least one of a synchronization control of time slots and an allocation control of time slots) between the two or more cell layers is performed. An inter-cell adjusting control of radio resources between two or more base stations included in the cell layer (for example, at least one of a synchronization control of time slots and an allocation control of time slots) for each of the cell layers is also performed.
US10321320B2
A network server system maintains secure Internet data message links with respective device link agents on each of many wireless end-user devices. Through a network interface, the server system receives messages from network elements, for which delivery is requested to specific software components on specific ones of the devices. A message buffer system buffers such messages for delivery, and logic determines whether one of several potential triggers has happened to cause the system to deliver buffered messages to a particular one of the devices. For at least some messages, receiving the message at the buffer will not trigger delivery. At least one trigger identifies a time-critical message, however, which can cause all buffered messages for a particular device to be delivered. Such a system balances wireless network efficiency and opportunistic delivery with a potential for fast message delivery, when needed.
US10321312B2
A communication apparatus includes a search unit that searches for wireless networks which use a first frequency band and wireless networks which use a second frequency band, an association unit which associates a first wireless network which uses the first frequency band with a second wireless network which uses the second frequency band, the first wireless network and the second wireless network being formed by the same device, a selection unit which selects, a wireless network to connect to, and an authentication unit which performs authentication processing for connecting to the selected wireless network. In a case where the first wireless network is selected, the authentication unit performs control so as to perform authentication processing for connecting to the selected first wireless network before connecting to the selected first wireless network and perform authentication processing for connecting to the second wireless network associated with the first wireless network.
US10321308B2
The invention provides a method of refreshing a key in a user plane architecture 1A based dual connectivity situation. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method, in a secondary eNB in a dual connectivity communication scenario, of refreshing a key, is provided, wherein a user equipment, a master eNB and a secondary eNB form dual connectivity, a user plane architecture 1A is applied for the dual connectivity, and the master eNB uses a master eNB key, the secondary eNB uses a secondary eNB key, the method comprises following steps: —receiving a new secondary eNB key from the master eNB; —receiving a key fresh complete from the master eNB, which indicates the user equipment has refreshed the secondary eNB key; —implementing a random access procedure with the user equipment; and —refreshing the secondary eNB key with the new secondary eNB key, and implementing data transmission with the user equipment with the new secondary eNB key.
US10321306B2
Techniques for selectively synchronizing network devices to authenticate wireless device to access a network using a key. A system utilizing such techniques can include a unique pre-shared key assignment system and a network device selective synchronization system. A method utilizing such techniques can include unique pre-shared key assignment and selective synchronization management.
US10321297B2
Systems and methods for reducing connection latency are described herein. More particularly, this specification relates to shortening connection latency between devices operating according to a Bluetooth protocol. Connection latency can be reduced by using the receipt of a wireless packet as a trigger for selectively accelerating a transmission rate of advertising packets. By selectively accelerating the transmission rate advertising packets, a connection interval between two devices can be shortened.
US10321293B2
A low power method of wirelessly transmitting sensor data between devices is disclosed in which a data connection is not required to be established between the devices in order to transfer the sensor data. The method comprises providing a first device (550) having sensor data therein received from at least one sensor. The first device (550) is operated in an advertising state so as to periodically and wirelessly broadcast data packets, wherein each data packet includes an identifier for identifying the first device and also includes said data from the at least one sensor (561, 562). A second device (552) is operated in a scanning state in which the second device (552) scans for data packets broadcast by other devices. The second device (552) receives (563) a data packet from the first device (550), determines the identity of the first device from said identifier, extracts the sensor data (564), and provides an output that indicates the identity of the first device and the sensor data associated with the first device (550).
US10321285B2
Methods and apparatus for supporting customer charging in 5G networks are provided. Monitoring functions are instantiated at selected network locations for tracking access to network services. The monitoring functions provide charging information for use in customer billing. A customer can enter a service level agreement with a particular customized method of charging for service usage, and the monitoring functions can be customized to provide charging information according to the service level agreement. Charging can vary based on factors such as time of day, network congestion, service traffic characteristics, and geographic location.
US10321283B2
In one embodiment, a computing system accesses current usage information of a mobile device associated with a user. The computing system then determine a future user state of the user based on multiple predictor functions. The multiple predictor functions calculate a probability of the future user state based on multiple weights and multiple decay factors. The multiple decay factors are determined from past user states. The computing system further sends instructions to the mobile device for adapting the operation of the mobile device corresponding to the determined future user state.
US10321282B2
A method and system are described for servicing a second line service (“SLS”) based communication request originating from a subscriber's telecommunications device (“TD”) even if the call signal does not include sufficient information to identify the phone number from which the subscriber initiated the call. The method involves associating the SLS phone number of the subscriber, the primary number of the subscriber and the primary number of a third party via a special relationship number.
US10321277B2
A method for computer-aided mapping of system information medium access control protocol messages onto a plurality of transport channels for transmission using an orthogonal frequency division multiple access method, wherein a scheduling of system information data packets information in the context of the mapping on a transport channel of the plurality of transport channels is carried out dependent on the type of the system information.
US10321276B2
Systems and methods for vehicle telematics registration are provided. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a vehicle identifier for a vehicle and a user telephone number for a user from a vehicle head unit, where the vehicle head unit provided a user interface requesting the user telephone number. Similarly, some embodiments include populating a portion of a registration form for a telematics service with the vehicle identifier and the user telephone number, creating a link to the registration form, and inserting the link into an electronic message to the user telephone number. Still some embodiments include sending the electronic message to the user telephone number and registering, by the computing device, the vehicle for the telematics service in response to the user selecting the link and submitting the registration form.
US10321272B2
This disclosure includes a method and electronic device for providing activity information of another related to an activity pattern of a user. The device includes a communication module, a sensor configured to sense a motion of a user of the device, a memory configured to store information about a first event and second event related to an activity pattern of the user, and at least one processor. The processor is configured to: acquire first activity information that is related to the motion of the user, select a corresponding one event among the first event and the second event, based at least on the first activity information, receive, from an external device, data corresponding to second activity information that is related to motions of one or more other users related to the corresponding one event, and display data corresponding to the first activity information and the data corresponding to the second activity information.
US10321262B2
The geo-security method and system uses spatio-temporal radio channel information during authentication to grant permission to access, use and/or operate the intended device. The geo-security method and system uses a wideband radio channel impulse response (or transfer function of radio channel) from antenna of RF source to antenna of a RF receiver at the device position to determine the legitimacy of the intended device's location.
US10321261B2
Techniques for wireless transmitter location detection are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a location database generator component. The location database generator component may comprise: a logging component operative on the processor circuit to receive a plurality of location data packages, the location data packages comprising locations and associated wireless transmitter identifiers, and to log the location data packages into a location database, the location database comprising a plurality of tuples of the locations and the wireless transmitter identifiers; and an analysis component operative on the processor circuit to construct a transmitter mapping from wireless transmitter identifiers to locations based on the plurality of tuples of the location database. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10321258B2
Examples are disclosed that relate to a head-mounted device configured to perform virtual echolocation. The head-mounted device is configured to cast an array of rays at specified angles from a position derived from a pose of the head-mounted device in a physical environment, identify a plurality of intersection points of the rays with a virtual model of the physical environment, for each identified intersection point, modify an audio signal based on a head-related transfer function corresponding to the intersection point to produce a plurality of spatialized audio signals, for each spatialized audio signal, determine a time-of-flight adjustment based upon a distance between the corresponding intersection point and the position from which the rays were cast, and output each spatialized audio signal to one or more speakers with a delay based on the time-of-flight adjustment.
US10321250B2
An apparatus and a method for controlling sound in a vehicle may include a sound detector that detects a sound output position at which the sound is output in the vehicle, and a processor that changes a sound position in the vehicle based on the sound output position detected by the sound detector.
US10321248B2
A shell for a hearing device, includes: a shell body having an inner surface, the shell body extending from a first end to a second end, the shell body comprising a rim defining an opening at the second end, the rim defining a rim plane, the shell comprising a guide structure at the inner surface for guiding an antenna, wherein the guide structure comprises a first guide member at the inner surface, wherein at least a part of the first guide member extends along the inner surface at an angle that is anywhere from 45 degrees to 135 degrees with respect to a normal of the rim plane.
US10321247B2
A device including an inductive radio frequency communication coil and a platform apparatus configured to be secured or coupled to an actuator such that the actuator can induce vibration in the skull inducing hearing percepts, and the RF coil can deliver communication allowing an implantable stimulator to also induce hearing percepts.
US10321245B2
Multiple antennas at the receiver and/or transmitter are commonly used in wireless communications systems to provide diversity in order reduce fading and other effects brought about by multi-path propagation. Due to the size of hearing aids and the wavelengths of the frequencies used for communication, it is difficult to achieve what is called spatial diversity by disposing the multiple antennas at different locations. Described herein are techniques for providing polarization diversity in hearing aids using antennas with different polarizations and applying the appropriate phase shifts to the received and/or transmitted signals to improve the signal quality.
US10321240B2
A receiver comprises a peripheral housing, and a magnet circuit system and a vibrating system. The vibrating system comprises a vibrating diaphragm and a voice coil. The periphery housing comprises a first and second housing matched with each other, which are provided with electrical connection structures conductive with each other. A sidewall of the first housing is provided with a first elastic piece including one end welded with a spring electrically connected to an external circuit and another end exposed at the outer side of the sidewall of the first housing. A sidewall of the second housing is provided with a second elastic piece including one end electrically connected with a lead wire of the voice coil and another end exposed at the outer side of the sidewall of the second housing and welded and fixed with a portion of the first elastic piece exposed to the outer side.
US10321230B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a playback path and a control circuit. The playback path may have a playback input for receiving an input signal and configured to generate at a playback path output an output signal based on the input signal, wherein the playback path is configured to operate in a plurality of operational modes. The control circuit may be configured to receive a first signal from within the playback path and indicative of the input signal, receive a second signal generated from the input signal externally to the playback path, and select a selected operational mode from the plurality of operational modes based on the first signal and the second signal.
US10321228B2
A method and apparatus to capture sound produced by an audio device including a sound source and a loudspeaker. The apparatus includes a microphone support coupleable to the loudspeaker and a microphone mounted on the support, the microphone being locatable within a volume surrounded by a diaphragm of the loudspeaker and being arranged to detect pressure waves caused by movement of a vibrating element of the loudspeaker. Aspects and embodiments provide an element to capture sounds from a loudspeaker in a manner which is compact and which ameliorates disadvantages associated with alternative arrangements since a greater core sound to ambient sound ratio may be captured.
US10321224B2
Disclosed is a loudspeaker, comprising a casing (7) and a vibration system. The vibration system comprises a vibrating diaphragm (3) and a sound coil (4) fixed at a side of the vibrating diaphragm. A joint portion is arranged at an edge of the vibrating diaphragm (3). The joint portion is bonded and fixed to the casing (7). A recessed adhesive accommodating structure (71) is arranged at an end face connecting the casing (7) to the joint portion. The adhesive accommodating structure (71) is arranged corresponding to an adhesive surface between the vibrating diaphragm (3) and the casing (7), and is an annular structure. According to the present invention, the loudspeaker's acoustic performance is stabilized, while the vibrating diaphragm (3) and the casing (7) can be firmly connected to each other.
US10321219B2
Earbud adapter and earbud tip devices are discussed in the present disclosure. In one exemplary embodiment, an adapter may be configured to be detachably coupled to an earbud-type sound device or other sound device. The adapter may comprise a hollow adapter body extending from a proximal end to a distal end along a central longitudinal axis having a proximal portion including a lead in face that aids in placement of a tip on an earbud device and a distal portion having at least one retention member extending radially inward where, in combination, the features can allow positioning and adequate retention of an earbud tip on various configurations of earbuds.
US10321217B2
Arrangements for bone conduction transducers (BCTs) that couple to wearable devices are described herein. An example BCT couples to a wearable device via a moveable member, and is arranged on the wearable such that the BCT member moves so as to provide an indication as to whether or not the wearable device is being worn.
US10321213B2
A remote speaker microphone with touch volume control is provided. The remote speaker microphone includes a housing; a microphone; a speaker; and an interface configured to connect the speaker and the microphone. The remote speaker microphone further includes a touch sensor configured to, in response to receiving touch input, control a volume level of the speaker from a first volume level to a lower volume level, the first volume level being one of a plurality of discrete volume levels.
US10321208B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving image recognition by using information from sensor data. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving one or more sensor records, the sensor records representing timestamped sensor data collected by a sensor recording device; selecting an event based on the sensor records; identifying a time associated with the event; retrieving a plurality of timestamped video frames; synchronizing the sensor records and the video frames, wherein synchronizing the sensor records and the video frames comprises synchronizing the timestamped sensor data with individual frames of the timestamped video frames according to a common timeframe; and selecting a subset of video frames from the plurality of timestamped video frames based on the selected event.
US10321204B2
An aspect provides a method, including: playing, on a display device, video content; providing, using at least one speaker, audio content associated with the video content; obtaining, from an external source, data relating to playback context; determining, using a processor, that the data relating to playback context is associated with a reduced audibility context; and providing, on the display device, textual data associated with dialog of the video content. Other aspects are described and claimed.
US10321198B2
Systems and methods for dealing with online activity based on delivery of a television advertisement
In a computer-implemented method, a selected online advertisement is automatically directed to, or online activity is automatically tracked and recorded from, an online user interface device which corresponds, at the time the advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked, to a first online access identifier. The advertisement is directed or the activity is tracked based on information from a user profile that references or includes a first set-top box identifier. That information is derived at least in part from automatically collected data related to user behavior with respect to at least one television advertisement delivered to a set-top box, which set-top box corresponds, at the time of that user behavior, to the first set-top box identifier. The first online access identifier is associated with the first set-top box identifier, by being referenced or included in the user profile, by being associated in a database, or otherwise.
US10321196B2
Methods and systems are provided herein for a media guidance application that customizes media assets. In particular, the media guidance application may customize the media asset by condensing the media asset. The media guidance application may determine whether or not the condensed media asset omitted any desired parts of the media asset (e.g., one or more plot points of a movie; one or more parts of a movie featuring a specific actor or actress; one or more parts of a television show featuring comedy content), and alert the user about whether or not a desired part is omitted from the condensed media asset.
US10321195B1
Systems and methods are provided herein for receiving, at a first device of a first user, a message from a second device of a second user, and determining that the first user device is programmed to refrain from alerting the first user to the message. In response to determining that the first user device is programmed to refrain from alerting the first user to the message, the systems and methods determine whether the message is related to a media asset that the first user is presently viewing. In response to determining that the message is related to a media asset that the first user is presently viewing, the systems and methods alert the first user to the message, notwithstanding that the first user device is programmed to refrain from alerting the first user to the message.
US10321193B2
A processing device of a mobile device of a first user presents a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application providing group communication between the first user and one or more other users in a group, the GUI comprising a portion to receive a message of the first user for adding to the group communication, and a video sharing GUI element selectable by the first user to find a video to be added to the group communication. The processing device receives, via the GUI, a selection of the video sharing GUI element by the first user. Responsive to the selection of the video sharing GUI element, the processing device presents a plurality of video identifiers of videos having playback associated with the first user. Responsive to a selection of at least one of the plurality of video identifiers of at least one selected video, the processing device causes the at least one selected video to be added to the group communication.
US10321190B2
Aspects provide for the automated presentation of media content portions in response to user cognition profile data. Processors determine content navigation actions by a user observing a presentation of a first media content item, identify note-taking actions of the user during the presentation of the first media content item, map the determined navigation actions and the note-taking activities to an attribute of a portion of the first media content item, and generate a rule to automatically drive navigation through different portions of a presentation of media content that includes the first attribute, in correlation to the navigation actions and the note-taking activities mapped to the subject or level of complexity.
US10321177B2
A system and method for streaming video with dynamic user features enable content distribution systems to increase a user's total watch time. Automated playback and pause modes are disclosed that allow a user to select a preferred playback mode and have that mode persist across sessions and application launches.
US10321174B1
In an approach, a server computer receives a request from a client computer specifying particular content for a particular user, wherein the particular content is associated with an original audio language. In response to receiving the request, the server computer selects a preferred audio language and a preferred subtitle language for the particular content based on a particular record of a preference database. The server computer returns asset identifying data that the client computer uses to obtain a stream of the particular content using the preferred audio language and the preferred subtitle language from a content delivery network (CDN) or other asset location. The server computer receives a message from the client computer that identifies an presented audio language and a presented subtitle language that were presented to the particular user while the particular content streamed. In response to a determination that the presented audio language differs from the preferred audio language or that the presented subtitle language differs from the preferred subtitle language, the server computer updates the particular record in the preference database.
US10321156B2
A method for signalling an intra chroma prediction mode and a method for implementing the signalled intra chroma prediction mode, the intra chroma prediction mode taking an intropolation of previously predicted luma samples from neighboring blocks of video data to attain an intra chroma prediction of a current chroma prediction unit.
US10321150B2
An unencoded video frame of a sequence of video frames is encoded to generate an encoded bit-stream representative of the unencoded video frame. The encoded bit-stream includes a header portion and a video data payload portion. The unencoded video frame may be divided into an array of prediction blocks, including a first prediction block. A coding mode is selected from a plurality of coding modes for use in encoding the first prediction block. The first prediction block is encoded using the selected coding mode to generate a portion of the video data payload of the encoded bit-stream. A coding mode selection flag is provided in the header portion of the encoded bit-stream, which indicates which coding mode of the plurality of coding modes was selected for encoding the first prediction block.
US10321147B2
An image encoding method includes: determining whether a current picture is a TSA picture or a trailing picture; and encoding a plurality of pictures according to whether the current picture is the TSA picture or a trailing picture. The determining includes: determining the current picture to be the TSA picture when the current picture does not belong to the highest layer and corresponds to a first field, and determining the current picture to be the trailing picture when the current picture belongs to the highest layer or corresponds to a second field.
US10321143B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can obtain a first plurality of frames of a video having a first resolution. For each frame of the first plurality of frames, a portion of a corresponding frame of a version of the video having a second resolution that is higher than the first resolution can be sampled to generate a bias for the frame. A second plurality of frames of the video including the respective bias can be generated, wherein the second plurality of frames corresponds to the first plurality of frames. A second plurality of frames of the video including the respective bias can be generated.
US10321138B2
Embodiments are configured to provide interactive communication functionality including adaptive video processing functionality that can be used to process aspects of a video signal, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, components of a video conferencing system can operate to provide a video signal based in part on the use of adaptive processing features which include scaling and/or other pixel processing features. In one embodiment, components of an interactive video system can operate to adaptively manage and control video payload parameters to adapt to various communication conditions associated with a real-time or near-real time interactive video environment.
US10321123B2
Gaze is corrected by adjusting multi-view images of a head. Image patches containing the left and right eyes of the head are identified and a feature vector is derived from plural local image descriptors of the image patch in at least one image of the multi-view images. A displacement vector field representing a transformation of an image patch is derived, using the derived feature vector to look up reference data comprising reference displacement vector fields associated with possible values of the feature vector produced by machine learning. The multi-view images are adjusted by transforming the image patches containing the left and right eyes of the head in accordance with the derived displacement vector field.
US10321117B2
A method of generating unrecorded camera views may include receiving a plurality of 2-D video sequences of a subject in a real 3-D space, where each 2-D video sequence may depict the subject from a different perspective. The method may also include generating a 3-D representation of the subject in a virtual 3-D space, where a geometry and texture of the 3-D representation may be generated based on the 2D video sequences, and the motion of the 3-D representation in the virtual 3-D space is based on motion of the subject in the real 3-D space. The method may additionally include generating a 2-D video sequence of the motion of the 3D representation using a virtual camera in the virtual 3-D space where the perspective of the virtual camera may be different than the perspectives of the plurality of 2-D video sequences.
US10321101B2
A method and apparatus including providing a plurality of security systems, each detecting threats within a different respective secured geographic area and each reporting detected threats to a central monitoring station, a human user of a first of the plurality of security systems sending a notification to an authorized human user of a second of the plurality of security systems through the central monitoring station, the notification authorizing control of the first security system by the user of the second security system, in response to the notification, the central monitoring station forming a control connection between the first and second security systems and the user of the second security system controlling the first security system through a user interface of the second security system
US10321100B2
A system and method of foreground objection extraction in connection with detection of single color objects in video frames. A laser emitter in combination with a random, textual pattern producing element illuminates a field of view thereby producing a background frame. The pattern is projected onto single color objects in the field of view. A current frame is compared to one of the background frame, or a prior frame to determine if there are any differences. Responsive to any detected differences, foreground objects are extracted from the current frame, without shadows, light spots or reflections.
US10321095B2
Pairing and configuring a computing device for use in a meeting space is provided. An appliance may communicate a broadcast to a computing device which announces the availability of a meeting space for a meeting. The computing device may establish a connection with the appliance. The computing device may then join the meeting in the meeting space.
US10321094B2
Video conferencing in a controlled environment facility entails significant security concerns. These concerns are even more prevalent in a system that permits residents of such facilities to communicate via their own personal devices. Therefore, in order to alleviate these concerns and provide a secure system in which a resident is able to make video calls using their personal device, a kiosk unit is provided to which the personal device must be linked for completing a video call. When making the video call, the camera and display on the personal device are disabled, and all video data is captured and displayed by the kiosk unit. The link between the kiosk unit and the personal device facilitates the exchange of the image information for transmission to the outside party, or display to the user. By providing a fixed camera, and disabling the personal device camera, security can be maintained while permitting video calling services.
US10321081B2
A solid-state imaging device includes n first photoelectric conversion elements configured to photoelectrically convert incident light, n first reading circuits configured to output corresponding first pixel signals, m second photoelectric conversion elements configured to photoelectrically convert incident light, m second reading circuits configured to sequentially output corresponding second pixel signals, and a reading control circuit, wherein each of the second reading circuits includes a detection circuit configured to output an event signal when a change in a second charge signal is detected and a pixel signal generation circuit configured to add address information to an event signal, and the reading control circuit causes the first pixel signal to be output by determining a reading region corresponding to address information, and n and m are natural numbers greater than or equal to 2.
US10321077B2
An apparatus is described that include a line buffer unit composed of a plurality of a line buffer interface units. Each line buffer interface unit is to handle one or more requests by a respective producer to store a respective line group in a memory and handle one or more requests by a respective consumer to fetch and provide the respective line group from memory. The line buffer unit has programmable storage space whose information establishes line group size so that different line group sizes for different image sizes are storable in memory.
US10321076B2
A partially attenuating shutter may be used to identify and reduce fixed pattern noise (FPN) associated with imaging devices. In one example, a system includes an image capture component configured to capture images in response to incident radiation from a scene along an optical path. The system includes a shutter configured to attenuate a first portion of the incident radiation and permit a second portion of the incident radiation to pass. The system also includes an actuator configured to translate the shutter between an open position out of the optical path, and a closed position in the optical path between the scene and the image capture component. The system also includes a processor configured to determine a plurality of FPN correction terms using images captured by the image capture component while the shutter is in the open and closed positions. Related systems and methods are also provided.
US10321075B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus including a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels comprising a photoelectric conversion portion. The pixel array includes a first pixel configured to output an imaging signal in accordance with an incident light and a second pixel configured to output a correction signal used for correcting the imaging signal. The second pixel outputs the correction signal after performing a first reset performed in a state where a first bias voltage is applied to the photoelectric conversion portion of the second pixel and a second reset performed in a state where a second bias voltage that is different from the first bias voltage is applied to the photoelectric conversion portion.
US10321066B2
A light source estimating apparatus of embodiments has a sensitivity ratio spatial distribution calculating unit configured to extract a first color pixel and a second color pixel which have close spectral sensitivity and which have different sensor responses from a first picked up image picked up with an image sensor under an arbitrary light source, and calculate a ratio between a signal value of the first color pixel and a signal value of the second color pixel to acquire a first sensitivity ratio spatial distribution, and a similarity determining unit configured to estimate a type of the arbitrary light source based on similarity between a second sensitivity ratio spatial distribution group calculated using a second picked up image picked up with the image sensor under a known light source and the first sensitivity ratio spatial distribution.
US10321065B2
A remote communication method of a remote communication system including a first robot deployed in a first place and a first presentation device deployed in a second place, includes capturing an image of a first user in the first place with a camera, transmitting the captured image of the first user from the first robot to the first presentation device, receiving the captured image from the first robot, displaying the captured image, detecting a first amount of change indicating a change in a position of a second user in the second place with reference to a second robot that virtually represents the first user, transmitting the first amount of change to the first robot, receiving the first amount of change from the first presentation device, and moving the first robot to change a point of view of the camera in response to the first amount of change.
US10321062B2
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup section configured to shoot a live view image between shooting periods of two continuous still images in continuous shooting, a display section configured to display a live view image in a live view display period and display a black image in another period, and a display luminance change section configured to calculate a during-continuous-shooting display luminance value larger than a normal display luminance value to change luminance of the live view image.
US10321061B2
A lens drive apparatus that displaces a lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with a magnet and a coil that includes: a first coil that is disposed at a position shifted in a radial direction of the lens holder with respect to the magnet and displaces the lens holder in the direction of the optical axis; and a second coil that is disposed at a position shifted in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the magnet and displaces the lens holder in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis, comprises a Hall device that is disposed at a position shifted in the direction of the optical axis with respect to the second coil and detects a position of the magnet in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.
US10321059B2
A system and method for obtaining, by an electronic device, a first set of image data recorded during an image capture event and a second set of image data recorded during an image capture event. During the image capture event, a characteristic of an image capture device is changed from a first state to a second state. The first and second sets of image data are recorded by an image capture device having one or more image recording components with one or more image sensor arrays. An image is generated based at least in part on the first and second sets of image data.
US10321054B2
A panoramic image stitching method includes acquiring a plurality of first images, converting camera image plane coordinates of each first image of the plurality of first images into virtual image plane coordinates for generating a second image according a world coordinate system, identifying a plurality of feature points on the second image, calibrating coordinates of the plurality of feature points on the second image, generating a calibrated second image according to calibrated coordinates of the plurality of feature points on the second image, and stitching a plurality of calibrated second images for generating a panoramic image.
US10321049B2
Photographing control methods, apparatuses, and devices are described. A method comprises: determining a first orientation of a photographing device and a second orientation corresponding to a scenario mode; and determining, in response to that the first orientation is different from the second orientation, an imaging mode of the photographing device according to the second orientation. In this regard, an appropriate imaging mode is determined according to a second orientation when a first orientation of a photographing device is different from the second orientation corresponding to a scenario mode, to separate orientating of the photographing device from imaging of an imaging module, and therefore a photographing effect is not affected while consideration is given to both device gripping stability and operational convenience.
US10321048B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose an interaction method, an interaction apparatus, and user equipment. The method comprises: acquiring input information corresponding to a focal-length decreasing operation on an image collection device; and in response to that the image collection device is in a shortest focal-length state, triggering, at least according to the input information, the image collection device to enter a panoramic shooting mode. For technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, a focal-length decreasing operation on an image collection device when the image collection device is in a shortest focal-length state is used to implement switching of the image collection device from a normal shooting mode to a panoramic shooting mode, so that use of a user becomes convenient, and also a use habit of the user is met, thereby improving user experience.
US10321042B2
An imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a focus detection result from a focus detection area in which an object is more appropriately captured during focus detection using a signal from an image sensor is provided. The imaging apparatus includes an image sensor configured to periodically capture an image, the image sensor including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units with respect to a microlens, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of focus detection areas, wherein each of the plurality of focus detection areas corresponds to respective areas of the image sensor. The setting unit is configured to provide a plurality of division patterns for forming a plurality of focus detection areas, and switch the division patterns each time an image is captured by the image sensor.
US10321041B2
An imaging apparatus includes a photographic lens, an imager, a diaphragm, a drive unit, and a control unit. The imager receives light fluxes passing through the photographic lens to generate an imaging signal. The diaphragm regulates the light fluxes passing through the photographic lens and received by the imager. The drive unit drives the diaphragm. The control unit performs still image continuous photography and displays a live-view image on a display unit during each main exposure of the still image continuous photography. The control unit controls a start timing of the driving of the diaphragm for the main exposure performed by the drive unit while the live-view image is displayed during each main exposure of the still image continuous photography, in accordance with a drive speed of the diaphragm.
US10321039B2
A method of automatic activation of a responder camera to begin capturing a video can be performed by a computing device. The computing device receives an indication of a location or an event. The computing device determines a geographic area associated with the location or event. The computing device receives a dispatch acknowledgement from a responder, where the dispatch acknowledgement indicates that the responder is at the geographic area or that the responder is en route to the geographic area. The computing device automatically sends a camera activation signal to a responder camera associated with the responder in response to receiving the dispatch acknowledgement from the responder. The responder camera is configured to begin capturing a video in response to receiving the camera activation signal.
US10321038B2
An imaging apparatus 1 includes: a GPS receiver unit 115 for acquiring GPS signals; a position information acquisition unit 1022 for acquiring position information corresponding to a position where the image data acquired from the GPS signals received by the GPS receiver unit 115 is acquired; a recording medium 106 for storing the image data and metadata; and an image recording unit 1024 for recording, in the recording medium 106, the image data stored in the RAM 103 and the metadata. If the GPS signals cannot be acquired, the position information acquisition unit 1022 performs a position information acquisition processing for acquiring position information within a preset time. When the position information acquisition unit 1022 acquires the position information, the image recording unit 1024 records, in the recording medium 106, the image data stored in the RAM 103 and the metadata to which the acquired position information is added.
US10321033B2
Disclosed herein is a light field camera, where both a curved shape of a curved microlens array and a curved shape of a curved image sensor are the same as a curved shape of a wide-angle main lens, and a sum of a reciprocal of a vertical distance between the curved microlens array and the curved image sensor and a reciprocal of a vertical distance between the curved microlens array and a virtual image plane of the wide-angle main lens is equal to a reciprocal of a focal length of the curved microlens array, which resolves a problem of poor image quality such as blurring and distortion that is caused when a wide-angle main lens is used in a light field camera and a flat microlens array and a flat image sensor cannot match a curved virtual image plane of the wide-angle main lens.
US10321020B2
An image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire image data including reflection characteristics information indicating reflection characteristics of a material with respect to incident light; a calculation unit configured to calculate, from reflection characteristics indicated by the reflection characteristics information corresponding to each pixel included in an area of a predetermined size in an image indicated by the image data, a statistical amount indicating the reflection characteristics of the area with the predetermined size; and a generation unit configured to generate arrangement data representing an arrangement of a structure including a printing material on a recording medium, based on the statistical amount.
US10321019B2
Implementations disclose a method and system for providing a self-adaptive image. According to one implementation, a first non-white ink layer on is deposited on a substrate. Furthermore, a white ink layer is deposited over the first non-white ink layer and below a second non-white ink layer deposited thereon.
