US10322976B2
The thermal barrier coating includes reactive gadolinia in its microstructures and the embedded gadolinia effectively reacts with CMAS contaminant reducing the damage from CMAS. Moreover, a method to produce a CMAS resistant thermal barrier coating can include a post-treatment to the thermal barrier coating with the reactive gadolinia suspension in sol-gel state.
US10322975B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a dispersion of fine ceramic particles, the method comprising: adding fine ceramic particles having a mean particle size of less than 1 μm to a dispersion medium selected from the group consisting of a lower alcohol and water; and dispersing the fine ceramic particles in the dispersion medium using a rotor-stator homogenizer. The present invention enables the production of a highly homogeneous and stable dispersion of a nanosized ceramic powder, which is prone to aggregation and the homogeneous dispersion of which is difficult to form, by conducting a simple, uncomplicated operation.
US10322974B2
Organosilicon chemistry, polymer derived ceramic materials, and methods. Such materials and methods for making polysilocarb (SiOC) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) materials having 3-nines, 4-nines, 6-nines and greater purity. Processes and articles utilizing such high purity SiOC and SiC.
US10322972B2
The invention describes a phosphate-based inorganic binder obtained by reaction between at least one basic constituent and an acidic phosphate salt, in the presence of a retarder which is an X+A− salt, the solubility of which in an aqueous medium, measured at 25° C., is greater than that of the acidic phosphate salt, and in which: X+ is a cation chosen from alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, zinc, aluminium and the ammonium ion, and A− is an acetate, formate, benzoate, tartrate, oleate, oxalate, bromide or iodide anion.
US10322966B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a macroporous and mesoporous geopolymer and especially a geopolymer foam, comprising the following successive steps (1) preparing a composite material comprising a geopolymer matrix and an organic liquid; then (2) eliminating said organic liquid by a treatment selected from the group consisting of heat treatment, oxidation treatment, photodegradation treatment and extraction using a supercritical fluid or ultrasounds.
US10322963B2
An optical fiber with low attenuation is provided. The fiber is produced under conditions that reduce fictive temperature. Processing includes maintaining the fiber at temperatures at or near the glass transition temperature (Tg) for an extended period of time. For silica-based fibers, the preferred temperatures are temperatures between 1000° C. and 1700° C. The extended residence times are achieved in a continuous fiber manufacturing process by increasing the path length of the fiber through a processing region maintained at temperatures between 1000° C. and 1700° C. The increased path length is achieved by including one or more fluid bearing devices in the processing region. The extended residence time in the processing region allows the structure of the glass fiber to relax more completely and to more closely approach the equilibrium state. The more relaxed glass structure leads to a lower fictive temperature and provides fibers with lower attenuation.
US10322955B2
Provided are compositions and methods that are useful for clarifying water, reducing turbidity of water, and removing salts from water. The compositions comprise (a) an anionic flocculant comprising at least one of an alkali swellable emulsion (ASE) or hydrophobically-modified alkali swellable emulsion (HASE), and (b) a cationic flocculant comprising (i) an aluminum-containing compound, and (ii) a copolymer of acrylamide and a cationic monomer comprising at least one of a diallyldialkylammonium quaternary compound, acrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium quaternary compound, methacrylamidoalkyltrialkylammonium quaternary compound, and mixtures thereof.
US10322954B2
Compositions comprising miscible blends of antimicrobial bisguanide compounds with certain thermoplastic polymers are provided. These antimicrobial polymeric materials may be further processed into particulate or fiber form for use in fluid treatment devices and processes. The antimicrobial bisguanide compound, such as chlorhexidine, is distributed at the molecular level within at least one thermoplastic polymer, such as a polyolefin, in which the antimicrobial bisguanide compound is soluble to form a miscible blend, which may be from about 1% to about 25% by weight antimicrobial bisguanide compound. The antimicrobial polymeric materials may be secured in a device for antimicrobial treatment of a fluid. The devices may comprise a housing having at least one inlet orifice and at least one outlet orifice, the antimicrobial polymeric material being secured within the house and configured to contact a fluid flowing through the housing between the inlet orifice and the outlet orifice.
US10322952B1
A system and method for effectively desalinating a source of water is provided. The source of water is desalinated by a desalination train comprising at least a heat exchanger, a plurality of flashing stages comprising hydrophobic membranes under reduced pressure, and at least a compression device. The source of water is passed through the heat exchanger prior to passing through the flashing stages to bring it to a vaporizing temperature by maintaining the flashing stages at reduced pressure so that at least a portion of water flashes into vapor. The vapor from the flashing stages is withdrawn, and at least a portion of the withdrawn vapor is compressed by the compression device. The compressed vapor is then condensed in the heat exchanger to produce a distillate stream, and heat the source of water before it enters the flashing stages.
US10322948B2
The disclosure provides relates to compositions and methods for water treatment. It also addresses a method for synthesizing TiO2 (and other metal oxides) with or without dopants. This method enables control over size, phase, morphology and porosity and specific surface area of these materials. The disclosure also provides metal oxide composites that can be used in photocatalysts, photovoltaics, and solar hydrogen applications.
US10322947B2
There is described a cleaning system for a radiation source. The cleaning system comprises: (i) a cleaning chamber housing; (ii) a cleaning cartridge removably disposed in the cleaning chamber housing; and (iii) an endcap element removably coupled to the cleaning chamber housing. The cleaning cartridge comprises a first sealing element and a second sealing element, the first sealing element and the second sealing element configured to provide a substantially fluid tight seal with respect to an exterior surface of the radiation source. A radiation source module and a fluid treatment system comprising the radiation source module are also described.
US10322940B2
An ammonia synthesis catalyst having high activity is obtained by having a two-dimensional electride compound having a lamellar crystal structure such as Ca2N support a transition metal. However, since the two-dimensional electride compound is unstable, the stability of the catalyst is low. In addition, in cases where a two-dimensional electride compound is used as a catalyst support, it is difficult to shape the catalyst depending on reactions since the two-dimensional electride compound has poor processability. A composite which includes a transition metal, a support and a metal amide compound, wherein the support is a metal oxide or a carbonaceous support; and the metal amide compound is a metal amide compound represented by general formula (1). M(NH2)x (1) (In general formula (1), M represents at least one metal atom selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Be, Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba and Eu; and x represents the valence of M.).
US10322929B2
This disclosure describes a monolithic integrated device that comprises a substrate layer being the base of the device, an inter-layer dielectric disposed on top of the substrate layer and below a passivation layer, an electronic circuitry formed within the inter-layer dielectric and supported by the substrate layer, the electronic circuitry comprises a plurality of metal layers formed by one or more spaced apart metals; and at least one micromachined ultrasonic transducer. Each micromachined ultrasonic transducer comprises a bottom electrode disposed on top of the passivation layer and connected to the electronic circuitry, a piezoelectric disposed on top of the bottom electrode, a top electrode disposed on top of the piezoelectric, and an elastic layer positioned on top of the top electrode. There is a cavity formed below the bottom electrode that extends from the passivation layer to a portion of the inter-layer dielectric.
US10322928B2
A multi-layer sealing film for high seal yield is provided. In some embodiments, a substrate comprises a vent opening extending through the substrate, from an upper side of the substrate to a lower side of the substrate. The upper side of the substrate has a first pressure, and the lower side of the substrate has a second pressure different than the first pressure. The multi-layer sealing film covers and seals the vent opening to prevent the first pressure from equalizing with the second pressure through the vent opening. Further, the multi-layer sealing film comprises a pair of metal layers and a barrier layer sandwiched between metal layers. Also provided is a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package comprising the multilayer sealing film, and a method for manufacturing the multi-layer sealing film.
US10322926B1
A structure for a MEMS device includes a MEMS layer comprising a mass portion and a spring portion, a substrate coupled to the MEMS layer, wherein the substrate comprises a planar region and an stopper region, wherein the MEMS device and the substrate are oriented in a plurality of relative orientations in response to an external force, wherein the spring portion and the stopper region are configured to disengagingly impact when the external force exceeds a first threshold force, wherein the mass portion and the planar region are configured to disengagingly impact when the external force exceeds a second threshold force, and wherein the second threshold force exceeds the first threshold force.
US10322910B2
A door coupling assembly for an elevator system. The coupling assembly includes a first vane, including a first surface extending longitudinally vertically to the elevator car door and a second vane, including a second surface and a third surface extending longitudinally vertically in parallel with the first vane; wherein the second surface is laterally spaced to the first surface by a first vane length, and the third surface is laterally spaced to the first surface by a second vane length.
US10322896B2
A sheet supporting apparatus includes a first lock portion supported movably with respect to an apparatus body between a first locking position where the first lock portion locks a retention portion at a retaining position and a first releasing position where the first lock portion releases a lock of the retention portion and the first lock portion, a second lock portion supported movably with respect to the apparatus body between a second locking position where the second lock portion locks the first lock portion at the first locking position and a second releasing position where the second lock portion releases a lock of the first lock portion and the second lock portion, and a regulation portion provided on a sheet supporting portion, and configured to abut against the second lock portion positioned at the second locking position and regulate a movement of the second lock portion to the second releasing position in a state where the sheet supporting portion is attached to the apparatus body.
US10322893B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion, an endless belt and a plurality of stretching rollers. The stretching rollers includes a tiltable steering roller, a sliding member, a first stretching roller having a smallest diameter, and a second stretching roller having a largest diameter of the diameters. With respect to rotational axis directions of the stretching rollers, lengths of contact portions of the stretching rollers with the belt are shorter than a width of the belt, the length of the contact portion of the first stretching roller with the belt is a first length, the length of the contact portion of the second stretching roller with the belt is a second length shorter than the first length, and end positions of the contact portions of the first and second stretching rollers with respect to the rotational axis direction are different from each other.
US10322884B2
A system and method for automated control of reclaimers includes a boom, a bucket wheel, and a translation system. This system comprises memorizing operating parameters used during a turning movement of the boom, allowing identification of positions where there was an overflow or an unsatisfactory reclaiming flow. With this memorized information, the flow controller makes changes to the boom turning speed (Vg), increasing it in positions where the reclaiming flow was low and decreasing it in positions where there was overflow.
US10322883B2
An object is to provide a conveyor that enables the number of information read-out devices to be largely reduced and that can be easily constructed. An object identifying device (45) is installed in the first zone. The object identifying device (45) is a bar code reader. Information read by the bar code reader is transmitted to a host control device (46). The host control device (46) identifies an object from information described in a bar code, makes an inquiry about a conveyance destination of an object, transmits the address of the target place to a zone controller (10) of the second zone, and inputs the address to a conveyance destination storage unit of the zone controller (10) of the second zone. The conveyance destination information input to the conveyance destination storage unit is passed on to the downstream zone controller (10) with the conveyance of the object.
US10322870B1
A container may comprise a support frame with sides and at least one of the sides being an open side defining an opening, a flexible panel configured to at least partially cover the open side of the support frame, and a panel mounting assembly configured to removably mount the panel over the opening. The panel mounting assembly may comprise at least one panel mounting element including a leverage structure configured to provide a fulcrum edge along at least a portion of the opening, with the at least one portion of the panel being tensionable over the fulcrum edge. The panel mounting element may also comprise a tensioning structure mountable on the leverage structure and configured to selectively apply tension to the at least one portion of the panel with the thicker thickness over the fulcrum edge of the leverage structure.
US10322869B1
A four-outer-walled, flat-sided container comprised of a lid and a base, with the majority of the base being an isolated interior storage compartment for handicraft needles and/or miscellaneous other items, either of which are only accessible by opening the lid of the container, and with the balance of the space of the base housing an exterior limited-storage component which can mechanically and independently open-and-close and which presents immediate external access to one or more handicraft needles or other predetermined items without having to open the lid of the container, while none of the needles or other predetermined items or miscellaneous items in any part of the container are an actual part of the invention, is disclosed.
US10322853B2
An apparatus for securing a vessel includes a primary cap having a threaded portion that is configured to selectively engage corresponding threads of a vessel to secure the primary cap to the vessel, and at least one projection. The apparatus further includes a removable secondary cap configured to engage the primary cap to secure the vessel, the secondary cap including at least one lug, the lug having a shear zone that contacts the projection when the primary and secondary caps are engaged and secured to a vessel. When the secondary cap is removed from the primary cap, the shear zone is broken by the projection such that the secondary cap cannot by reinstalled on the primary cap.
US10322847B2
A pallet includes a base layer, a cargo layer and spaced apart support elements positioned between the base layer and the cargo layer and forming a gap therebetween for receiving a lifting member. The cargo layer includes a pair of spaced apart connector boards and a pair of spaced apart end deck boards orthogonal to the pair of connector boards. Each support element extends in length between the pair of spaced apart end deck boards and is configured as a one-piece skid, and includes an open recessed channel therein to receive a respective connector board from the cargo layer.
US10322845B2
A carton for holding an article. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels can comprise a first panel and a second panel. An insert can comprise a central panel, an inner end panel disposed generally opposite to the central panel, an inner side panel foldably connected to the central panel, and an inner flap foldably connected to the inner side panel. The central panel can extend generally parallel to the first panel, the inner side panel can extend generally parallel to the second panel, and the inner end panel can at least partially overlap the inner flap.
US10322842B2
A device for securely transporting multiple objects having a base, wherein the device comprises a foundation comprising multiple pieces wherein each piece has at least one adjustable opening that allows the base of an object to sit securely within the device.
US10322837B2
A hot fill plastic container has a dome portion with a convex outer surface that defines a maximum outer diameter of the container so as to extend outwardly beyond a main body portion of the container. The generally egg-shaped dome portion enhances the crush resistance of the dome and provides a point of contact between containers when they are placed adjacent to one another. A circumferential stiffening groove may be provided near a lower end of the dome portion.
US10322830B2
A strapping machine configured for and method for actuating the belt drive mechanism of a strapping machine during a loss of band carrying out the following steps of polling the detector as to a proper shooting of the strapping band in the shooting direction up until the end of the shooting trajectory, and for an improper shooting of the strapping band, activating the shooting and retrieval unit to retrieve the strapping band with a definite retrieval speed for a defined retrieval time so that the strapping band emerges from the shooting and retrieval unit opposite the shooting direction, and actuating the drive of the back-tensioning unit so that the back-tensioning unit transports the strapping band back into the shooting and retrieval unit in the shooting direction.
US10322827B2
A high frequency gravitational wave generator including a gas filled shell with an outer shell surface, microwave emitters, sound generators, and acoustic vibration resonant gas-filled cavities. The outer shell surface is electrically charged and vibrated by the microwave emitters to generate a first electromagnetic field. The acoustic vibration resonant gas-filled cavities each have a cavity surface that can be electrically charged and vibrated by acoustic energy from the sound generators such that a second electromagnetic field is generated. The two acoustic vibration resonant gas-filled cavities are able to counter spin relative to each other to provide stability, and propagating gravitational field fluctuations are generated when the second electromagnetic field propagates through the first electromagnetic field.
US10322824B1
This disclosure describes at least embodiments of an aircraft monitoring system for an electric or hybrid airplane. The aircraft monitoring system can be constructed to enable the electric or hybrid aircraft to pass certification requirements relating to a safety risk analysis. The aircraft monitoring system can have different subsystems for monitoring and alerting of failures of components, such as a power source for powering an electric motor, of the electric or hybrid aircraft. The failures that pose a greater safety risk may be monitored and indicated by one or more subsystems without use of programmable components.
US10322820B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system comprises a hangar structure configurable to mount on a host platform. The hangar structure comprises electrical circuits comprising a charging circuit and a communications circuit. The UAV system further comprises a plurality of stackable UAVs. The plurality of stackable UAVs comprise respective batteries and control circuits. The plurality of stackable UAVs are configured to cooperate with the charging circuit to charge the batteries and to cooperate with the communications circuit to communicate with the control circuits while the plurality of stackable UAVs are in a stacked configuration within the hangar structure.
US10322819B2
The displacements of the drone are defined by piloting commands to take moving images of a target carrying the ground station. The system comprises means for adjusting the sight angle of the camera during the displacements of the drone and of the target, so that the images are centerd to the target, and means for generating flying instructions so that the distance between drone and target fulfills determined rules, these means being based on a determination of the GPS geographical position of the target with respect to the GPS geographical position of the drone, and of the angular position of the target with respect to a main axis of the drone. These means are also based on the analysis of a non-geographical signal produced by the target and received by the drone. The system allows freeing from the uncertainty of the GPS systems equipping this type of device.
US10322806B2
A method and apparatus for providing a sliding closet. The sliding closet comprises an exterior wall, a first wall, a second wall, a number of openings, a movement system, and a number of cavities. The exterior wall faces into a passenger cabin of a vehicle. The first wall and the second wall are perpendicular to the exterior wall. The number of openings is parallel to the exterior wall. The number of cavities is formed by the exterior wall, the first wall, the second wall, and the number of openings.
US10322785B2
An outboard motor includes an oil cooler, an engine cooling water passage, an oil cooling water passage, and a water discharge passage. The oil cooler is disposed forward of a crankshaft. The engine cooling water passage is disposed inside an engine. The oil cooling water passage is connected to the oil cooler and branches from the engine cooling water passage. The water discharge passage is connected to the oil cooler. The water discharge passage is disposed lower than the oil cooler and forward of a center axis of the crankshaft.
US10322780B2
A trolling device for a boat includes a trolling motor and a control mechanism. The control mechanism controls at least one of the speed and the direction of the trolling motor. The control mechanism is configured to receive control instructions from an electronic GPS mapping computer to cause the trolling motor to establish an anchor point near a dock to enable entry to the fishing boat or exit from the fishing boat.
US10322778B2
The invention relates to an adjustable device, pivotally arranged about a pivot axis by means of a rotating electric motor having a rotor and a stator via a reduction gearing for reducing the rotation of the motor to an adjustment movement of the adjustable device, wherein the reduction gearing is a planetary gearing, the axis of the electric motor is coaxial with the axis of the reduction gearing and with the pivot axis of the adjustable device and the reduction gearing and the electric motor to form a compact construction.
US10322777B2
An adjustable surf wake system enhances a wake formed by a watercraft travelling through water. The system may include a flap for deflecting water traveling past the stern of the watercraft, and/or a positioner operably connected to the flap for positioning the flap relative to a longitudinal axis of the watercraft between a neutral position and an outward position. Positioning a port flap in its extended position enhances a starboard surf wake, and positioning the starboard flap in its extended position enhances a port surf wake.
US10322775B2
A remote-controlled underwater vehicle may be used to extract oil from an underside of a closed ice cover. Further, a system for extracting oil from an underside of a closed ice cover may comprise such a remote-controlled underwater vehicle and a submarine that can receive the remote-controlled underwater vehicle and store oil retrieved by the remote-controlled underwater vehicle. Finally, a method can be employed to extract oil from an underside of a closed ice cover.
US10322768B2
A motorcycle includes a fuel tank, an engine, an air cleaner box, and an electrical component unit. The fuel tank stores a fuel. The engine is driven by the fuel stored in the fuel tank. The air cleaner box purifies air to be supplied to the engine. The electrical component unit includes two or more types of electrical components driven by electricity. The fuel tank and the engine are arranged vertically one above the other. At least part of the air cleaner box is positioned in a space between the fuel tank and the engine. The longitudinal position of at least part of the electrical component unit is more frontward than the rear end of the fuel tank and more rearward than the air cleaner box.
US10322765B2
Disclosed is a smartpack device detachably attached a bike. The smartpack device includes a housing, a locking unit, plurality of indication units, a battery unit, at least one camera, a tracking unit and a wireless communication unit, a computer and a battery unit to power peripheral electrical devices of the bike, and other components of the bike. The tracking unit monitor the movement of the bike and the wireless communication unit communicates the tracked data, processed digital content and sensed data over the communication network. The computer attached to the bike includes a memory unit to store plurality of modules, a touch display unit, and the processing unit. The plurality of modules includes a navigation module, a control module, and a monitoring module.
US10322756B2
A tractor which is a passenger work vehicle includes: a drive operating unit; and a hood arranged in front of the drive operating unit. In the tractor, the height of the hood from the ground is reduced from the rear end to the front end of the hood constituted of an upper surface, an upper left surface and an upper right surface, and is reduced from the center of the hood in the right-left direction to the right and the left of the hood. When viewed from a plane, the left-side ridge line on the upper left surface and the right-side ridge line on the upper right surface of the hood converge at the center of the front end of the hood.
US10322751B2
A suspension member, including a front cross member that has a rectangular closed cross-sectional shape, as seen in a cross-section orthogonal to an extension direction of the front cross member, and that is provided with an engine mount bracket at a top wall of the front cross member, is provided. The front cross member includes: a first inclined wall that, as seen in the cross-section, connects an inner surface of the top wall and an inner surface of a front wall of the front cross member, and forms a closed cross-sectional shape at an upper front corner portion of the front cross member; and a second inclined wall that, as seen in the cross-section, connects an inner surface of a bottom wall and an inner surface of a rear wall of the front cross member, and forms a closed cross-sectional shape at a lower rear corner portion.
US10322750B2
Example power steering assembly mounts with tapered protrusions apparatus disclosed herein include a power steering assembly. The power steering assembly includes a housing. The housing includes a flexible mount and a rigid mount to attach the power steering assembly to a subframe. The rigid mount includes a tapered protrusion to deform the subframe to reduce movement of the rigid mount relative to the subframe.
US10322746B2
Technical solutions are described for facilitating a steering system to determine a motor velocity estimate for a motor of the steering system. For example, the steering system may include a state observer module that computes a base motor velocity estimate of the motor based on a plant model of the steering system. The steering system may further include a delay compensation module that computes a delay compensated velocity estimate based on the base motor velocity estimate and an acceleration of the motor. The steering system may further include a standstill detection module that modifies the delay compensated velocity estimate in response to a handwheel of the steering system being in standstill mode.
US10322739B2
A baby carriage frame has a frame body, a front-seat panel, a rear-seat panel, and two rear-seat fixing assemblies. The two seat panels are mounted on the frame body, and the rear-seat panel is front-and-rear moveable. Two clamping recesses in a bottom of the rear-seat panel are downwardly disposed around the frame body. Each rear-seat fixing assembly has a seat pivot frame and a seat clamping panel pivotally connected to each other, and the seat clamping panel has a seat eccentric part to abut tightly against a transverse side of the rear-seat panel to fix the rear-seat panel on the frame body, which is convenient and quick in use. The clamping recesses on a bottom of the rear-seat panel enable the rear-seat panel to move continuously front-and-rear along the frame body in one step, thereby adjusting the space between the two seat panels to be adapted to various situations.
US10322735B2
A collapsible trolley includes a body having a back panel, a shelf panel pivotally attached to a bottom edge of the back panel, a pair of back wing panels pivotally attached one each to opposing side edges of the back panel, a pair of shelf wing panels pivotally attached one each to opposing side edges of the shelf panel and one each to bottom edges of the pair of shelf wing panels. The body is movable between an unfolded use configuration and a folded storage configuration. A latching member is attached to the body and adapted to secure the body in the folded storage configuration. A pair of wheels is attached to the pair of back wing panels by brackets that trap the wheels between vertical abutment portions and the back wing panels, and the back wing panels have arcuate openings that align with the edge rims of the pair of wheels.
US10322720B2
A vehicle control device mounted in a vehicle comprises an object detection section for detecting a connection path which is connected to a traveling road, a speed distribution area setting section for setting a speed distribution area, and an avoidance control execution section for executing avoidance control of changing the vehicle speed and/or a steering direction of the vehicle to prevent the vehicle speed from exceeding the allowable upper limit value in the speed distribution area, wherein the speed distribution area setting section is configured, upon detection of the connection path by the object detection section, to set the speed distribution area on an assumption that an object exists in a connection region between the detected connection path and the traveling road.
US10322717B2
Systems and method are provided for controlling an autonomous vehicle. In one embodiment, a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle comprises determining that assistance is required for continued movement of the autonomous vehicle; and facilitating movement of the autonomous vehicle via implementation, by a processor onboard the autonomous vehicle, of manual instructions provided from a remote user that is remote from the autonomous vehicle.
US10322711B2
A vehicle includes an electric machine, a starter-generator, and a controller. The electric machine is coupled to a traction battery via an inverter. The starter-generator is mechanically coupled with an engine and electrically coupled with a low-voltage battery. And, the controller charges the low-voltage battery with power from the traction battery, and in response to a torque demand of the electric machine falling below a threshold defined by losses of the inverter, transitions to the starter-generator to charge the low-voltage battery.
US10322708B2
An automotive vehicle includes an engine, an alternator or integrated starter generator, and at least one controller. The at least one controller reduces voltage output of the alternator or integrated starter generator prior to initiating an auto stop of the engine.
US10322701B2
The invention relates to a windshield wiper device (100) for a vehicle, comprising a wiper blade (2) having an elongated upper part (10) and an elongated lower part (12), which are configured to be flexible, at least in part. Furthermore, the device comprises a plurality of connecting elements (18) for connecting the upper part (10) and the lower part (12), which are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2), and which are configured to allow a movement of the upper part (10) and the lower part relative to one another with a motion component along a longitudinal extension (8) of the wiper blade (2). The windshield wiper device (100) further comprises a fastening device. The fastening device comprises a wiper-blade-side fastening part (20) and a fastening element (50). The wiper-blade-side fastening part (20) and the fastening element (50) are configured in such a manner that, by means of rotation of the wiper-blade-side fastening part relative to the fastening element, an engagement can be formed in order to fix a position of the wiper-blade-side fastening part relative to the fastening element.
US10322699B2
A wiper blade connector including a body member having a first side wall, a second wall, and a top surface extending between the first and second side walls and a connector securing structure, which may include a rivet passage and an arcuate rivet clip, the arcuate rivet clip extending substantially perpendicular to the rivet passage, and a wiper blade incorporating same.
US10322686B2
A grommet includes a hollow grommet main body comprising an elastic material and a protector placed in a hollow space of the grommet main body. The protector has a deep-side end portion located in a deep-side area of the hollow space, an opening-end-side end portion located in an opening-end-side area of the hollow space, and a protector-side engagement portion engaged with the grommet main body when the protector is placed in the grommet main body. The grommet main body has a grommet-main-body-side engagement portion to exert a preventive force to the protector-side engagement portion for preventing separation of the protector from the grommet main body, while eliminating a structure to exert the preventive force to the opening-end-side end portion.
US10322685B2
A wire harness includes an outer member having a tubular shape, at least one conductive path configured to be contained in the outer member and protected by the outer member, and a linear vibration suppressing member configured to suppress shaking of the at least one conductive path by decreasing a play ratio of the at least one conductive path in an inside of at least a prescribed portion of the outer member.
US10322681B2
A support for receiving and holding a device, such as a smart phone, in a vehicle. The support includes a first jaw, able to receive a first edge of the device, and a second jaw, able to receive a second edge of the device. The support also includes a sheath and an arm, the arm being able to translate relative to the sheath. The arm includes two segments, articulated to one another using a rotation axis such that the distal segment is urged to rotate relative to the proximal segment in the direction bringing the second jaw closer to the first jaw.
US10322674B2
A display control method includes performing display control of detection information of an object detected by a detector including a camera. The detection information includes a first image based on a captured image captured by the camera and a second image based on an image rendered on the basis of a detection result of the detector. The display control method further includes switching and displaying the first image and the second image in accordance with a vehicle speed index of a vehicle.
US10322666B2
A motor vehicle has a body, wherein the body has body openings, in which auxiliary devices such as lamps, turn indicators, or the like are arranged. A body wall surrounds the body opening and has a body flange formed at the particular body opening, to which body wall a cup-shaped insert is fastened, wherein the particular auxiliary device is fastened to the cup-shaped insert. The cup-shaped insert has a peripheral or partially peripheral, bent flange segment having a fastening segment, which extends parallel to an inner surface of the body wall surrounding the body opening. A glue or an adhesive layer is applied between the outer surface of the fastening segment of the flange segment of the cup-shaped insert and the inner surface of the body wall. A seal is arranged in an intermediate space between a flange segment of the cup-shaped insert and the body wall.
US10322660B1
The tractor trailer conveyor system is installed as a flooring surface within the trailer. The tractor trailer conveyor system allows for the loading and unloading of cargo without requiring entrance into the trailer. Cargo is loaded onto the tractor trailer conveyor system from the rear door of the trailer. The conveyor system then transports the cargo towards the front of the trailer until adequate space has been made within the trailer to receive the next cargo item that is to be loaded onto the trailer. The same procedure is used to unload the trailer using the tractor trailer conveyor system with the exception that the direction of movement of the flooring is reversed. The tractor trailer conveyor system comprises a conveyor system and a control system. The conveyor system transports the cargo loaded within the trailer. The control system is used to operate the conveyor system.
US10322656B2
A folding furniture piece including: a spring mechanism including a flange; an articulated vertebral column including multiple vertebral members arranged and operatively connected via one or more connecting members to form a flexible unit including the vertebral column and an object base; a locking mechanism located on the object base; the spring mechanism exhibiting properties such that the folding furniture piece assumes an unfolded state where both the vertebral column and spring mechanism are substantially straight to provide a closed sitting surface and, in response to a bending force, assumes a folded state where both the vertebral column and spring mechanism are curved to expose the sitting surface on which an object can rest, and where, in response to the bending force, the spring mechanism travels along the object base such that the locking mechanism operatively interlocks with the flange and the folding furniture piece remains in the folded state.
US10322647B2
A fuel cell-equipped vehicle includes a fuel cell stack disposed in a front space of a vehicle body by a partition member, and an air conditioner disposed in a rear space of the vehicle body separated by the partition member, wherein external air is introduced into the air conditioner through an external air intake port formed at a portion of the partition member located on a first side with respect to a center in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle body, downstream end of the exhaust duct configured to discharge a reaction gas in the casing communicates with an outside of the vehicle body at a portion located on a second side with respect to the center in the vehicle width direction.
US10322621B2
An inertial particle separator includes a body with an outer wall, an inlet, an outlet, an inner nozzle, a settling chamber, a serpentine channel, and a filter element. The inlet is disposed on an upstream end of the body. The outlet is disposed on a downstream end of the body. The inner nozzle is disposed radially inward from the outer wall and forms a primary flow passage. The settling chamber is disposed in the body and extends between the outer wall and the inner nozzle. The settling chamber forms a secondary flow passage and is fluidly connected to the inlet and the outlet. The serpentine channel fluidly connects fluidly connects the inlet and the settling chamber and is disposed radially between the outer wall of the body and the inner nozzle. The filter element is disposed in the settling chamber.
US10322610B2
Various methods and apparatuses for creating a visual effect on a rubber article are disclosed. In one embodiment, a rubber article having a visual effect is provided, the rubber article comprising: a surface having at least one surface feature; and wherein the at least one surface feature comprises a plurality of linear elements creating a camouflage-shaped appearance.
US10322608B2
A tire is provided in a first half-tread portion with a first shoulder main groove and a first shoulder land region 4D and a first middle land region 4B on the axially outside and axially inside thereof, respectively. The first shoulder land region 4D is divided into first shoulder blocks 7D each provided with a first shoulder chamfer portion 10 at the corner portion 10 between the ground contacting surface and the groove side wall of the first shoulder main groove 3C. Both ends of the first shoulder chamfer portion 10 terminate without being connected to the first shoulder transverse grooves 6D. The first middle land region 4B is provided at the corner 14 between its ground contacting surface and the groove side wall of the first shoulder main groove with first middle chamfer portions 15 each positioned in a part of the range between the adjacent first middle rug grooves 6B. The first middle chamfer portions 15 are disposed so as face the first shoulder chamfer portions 10.
US10322605B2
A multi-piece rim structure for a wheel includes a rim base 10, a bead seat ring 20 (ring member) and a lock ring 30. The bead seat ring 20 receives a load in a radial direction and an axial direction from a bead portion of a tire. An annular ridge 35 of the lock ring 30 can be received in an annular lock ring groove 15 of the rim base 10. A receiving groove 15a is formed in an inner surface of the lock ring groove 15 of the rim base 10. A sacrificial anticorrosion material 80 is embedded in the receiving groove 15a. The sacrificial anticorrosion material 80 includes metal such as zinc and aluminum that has a greater ionization tendency than iron that is a base material of the rim base 10 and the lock ring 30. Corrosion of the rim base 10 and the lock ring 30 can be suppressed by ionization of the sacrificial anticorrosion material 80.
US10322603B2
A method and an apparatus for forming a surface relief microstructure, especially an optically variable image on a paper substrate are provided, the method comprising the steps of: A) applying a curable composition to at least a portion of the frontside of the paper substrate; B) contacting at least a portion of the curable composition with surface relief microstructure, especially optically variable image forming means; C) curing the composition by using at least one UV lamp (1, 2, 3) which is arranged on the backside of the paper substrate; D) optionally depositing a layer of a transparent high refractive index material and/or a metallic layer on at least a portion of the cured composition, wherein the lamp (1, 2, 3) having emission peak(s) in the UV-A and near VIS range and the curable composition comprises at least a photoinitiator which absorbs in the UV-A region and preferably in the near VIS range. A paper product obtainable uses the method and an apparatus for forming a surface relief microstructure on a paper substrate. Surface relief microstructures, such as holograms may be replicated rapidly and with accuracy on a paper substrate by using the method and the apparatus.
US10322600B2
A tie article that includes an attachment portion and a bib portion, where the bib portion includes at least one arm segment and at least one closure device (e.g., a retention wire, tin tie, clasp tie, and the like), where the attachment portion and the bib portion are integrally fabricated from a printed sheet having a first surface and a polymeric film adhered to the first surface of the printed sheet such that the closure device(s) is disposed between the first surface of the printed sheet and the polymeric film at the attachment portion. Multiple tie articles may be manufactured with an in-line process.
US10322592B2
A printer includes a transport unit that transports continuous paper, a medium support unit in which a support surface that is capable of supporting continuous paper that is transported by a transport unit, and first concave sections, which are indented from the support surface, are formed, and an image capture unit, which is disposed on a lower side of the support surface, and which captures an image of a lower surface of the continuous paper.
US10322585B2
A printer includes ink heads, an ink head conveyor, caps, a conveyor, suction pumps, opening passages, suction passages, and cap valves. The suction pumps are each provided for an associated one of the caps. The suction passages each connect an associated one of the caps to an associated one of the suction pumps. The conveyor 50 includes a base, a movable table, a guide wall, and a spring. The movable table supports the caps and includes a table wall extending upward from an end of the movable table facing in a first direction extending to a cap attaching position in a main scanning direction. The cap valves are disposed on a surface of the table wall facing in the first direction.
US10322584B2
A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head including the steps of preparing a substrate including, on a surface of the substrate, a layer having a plurality of openings in which opening portions of supply portions are located and which are arrayed in an array direction and another opening which is different from the plurality of openings and is located beyond the array end portion in the array direction, and attaching a dry film for forming flow passages to the substrate and the layer.
US10322570B2
Systems and techniques are provided for laminate material bonding. A bonding agent may be applied to a first layer. A second layer may be placed onto the bonding agent on the first layer to form a laminate material. The laminate material may be placed between a first piece of non-compliant material with a first piece of compliant material and a second piece of non-compliant material with a second piece of compliant material. The laminate material may be in contact with the first piece non-compliant material and the second piece of non-compliant material. Pressure may be applied to the laminate material by applying pressure to the first piece of compliant material for a curing time of the bonding agent.
US10322568B2
A shaped product of a fiber-reinforced composite material includes a well-shaped part and a surface-shaped part, in which the well-shaped part includes a fiber-reinforced composite material C including both discontinuous reinforcing fibers and a thermoplastic resin, and the surface-shaped part includes a thermoplastic-resin-based material, and the shaped product includes no irregular-shape portion in the well-shaped part and no weld at a boundary edge between the well-shaped part and the surface-shaped part.
US10322563B2
A panel-insert assembly including a panel having a core and a skin layer positioned over the core, wherein the skin layer defines an opening therein, and an insert positioned below the skin layer, wherein the insert is aligned with the opening.
US10322562B2
Protective clothing materials and related methods and garments are provided. In some embodiments, a protective clothing material may comprise a fibrous layer that serves as a barrier to certain fluids (e.g., bodily fluids, water) and microbes. The impermeability of the fibrous layer may be due, at least in part, to the structural uniformity and/or relatively small pore size of the fibrous layer. In some embodiments, the fibrous layer may have a relatively high air permeability that imparts beneficial properties (e.g., relatively high air flow, breathability) to the protective clothing material without adversely affecting its protection rating. In certain embodiments, the protective clothing material may also comprise one or more coarse nonwoven webs that impart beneficial properties (e.g., splash resistance) to the protective clothing material. The protective clothing materials, described herein, may be particularly useful for a wide variety of applications, including the formation of AAMI level 4 protective garments.
US10322560B2
A method of making a structured surface is disclosed. The method includes providing a thermoplastic backing with multiple rows of upstanding elements. The upstanding elements include stems with proximal ends attached to the thermoplastic backing and distal caps, and each distal cap has an overhanging portion that extends beyond the stem in a first direction. For at least some of the multiple rows, an implement is passed between two adjacent rows, wherein the implement contacts the overhanging portion of at least some of the distal caps in the two adjacent rows such that at least part of the overhanging portion is turned in a second direction, different from the first direction. A structured surface that can be prepared by the method is also provided along with a fastening laminate that includes a carrier and the structured surface and an absorbent article that includes the fastening laminate. A tool useful for carrying out the method is also provided.
US10322557B2
The invention relates to a feeding carriage for a compressor machine of the type having an upper filling end through which a particulate material which is to be compressed in a mold of the compressor machine is introduced, and a lower discharging end for discharging said particulate material towards said mold. At least some of the elements forming said feeding carriage can move with respect to one another, which thereby allows modifying the geometry of at least one of said lower discharging end, said upper filling end and an intermediate portion of the supply carriage located between both ends. The invention also relates to the use of such a feeding carriage comprising the initial steps of determining optimum carriage geometry for a particulate material which is to be compressed and applying said optimum carriage geometry to the feeding carriage.
US10322534B2
Prepare nanofoam by: (a) providing a mold (10) with a mold cavity (12) defined by mold walls defining a sealable port (32); (b) providing a foamable polymer mixture containing a polymer and a blowing agent at a pressure at least 690 kilopascals above the saturation pressure for the polymer and blowing agent; (c) introducing the foamable polymer mixture into the mold cavity (12) while maintaining a temperature and pressure at least 690 kilopascals above the saturation pressure and controlling the pressure in the mold cavity (12) by expanding a wall of the mold; and (d) releasing pressure around the foamable mixture by moving a mold wall (20) at a rate of at least 45 centimeters per second, causing the foamable polymer mixture to expand into nanofoam having a porosity of at least 60 percent, a volume of at least 100 cubic centimeters and at least two orthogonal dimensions of four centimeter or more.
US10322521B2
Disclosed are a real wood film, a manufacturing method thereof and a molded article comprising the same. The real wood film comprises: a real wood layer; and an elastic binder layer formed on the lower surface of the real wood layer, wherein the elastic binder layer comprises at least one of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) resins.
US10322520B1
A pulley system for transferring motor torque to a cutting blade assembly is provided. The system is installed on a log cutting machine. A motor of the log cutting machine is positioned on a support table, which is intended to raise and lower during operation. The cutting blade assembly includes a cutting blade member for cutting a log off a tree trunk. A chain is attached to a cutting blade member and the support table, such that when the cutting blade member is driven downward towards the tree trunk, the connected chain and support table are lowered assisting the actuation of the cutting blade member via the pulley system.
US10322519B2
A hand-guided power tool has a power tool housing and an internal combustion engine arranged in the power tool housing and configured to drive a tool member of the power tool. A fuel tank and at least one electric component are provided. A control device that is an electronic control unit is connected to the at least one electric component of the power tool and controls the at least one electric component. The power tool has a top face which, when parking the power tool in a usual parking position on a flat horizontal support surface, is facing upwardly. The electronic control unit is positioned laterally adjacent to the fuel tank device, when viewing the power tool in the usual parking position.
US10322518B2
Disclosed is a chainsaw capable of introducing outside air into a body casing by rotation of a cooling fan to adequately cool a control unit provided inside the body casing. The chainsaw is configured to cool a control unit provided inside a body casing by a cooling fan being rotated under driving of an electric motor, wherein a handle comprises a base portion through which the handle (30) is attached to the body casing, and a grip formed to extend from the base portion in such a manner as to be grippable by a worker; and an air inlet is formed in a counter wall of the body casing opposed to the base portion of the handle, and wherein the base portion is attached to the counter wall of the body casing to cover the air inlet in an air introduceable state.
US10322516B2
A slit blade block is provided with a slit outer blade, a comb component, and an outer blade connector to which the slit outer blade is fixed. The comb component is sandwiched between and held by the slit outer blade and the outer blade connector when the slit outer blade is fixed to the slit connector.
US10322511B1
A robotic finger with a stiffening member is provided that includes a front facing member for gripping and a back end member that supports the front facing member. The front facing member is conformable about a target object and includes the stiffening member that alleviates bendset by returning the front facing member to an initial state when the front facing member is no longer conformed about the target object.
US10322510B2
A method for fine-grained object recognition in a robotic system is disclosed that includes obtaining an image of an object from an imaging device. Based on the image, a deep category-level detection neural network is used to detect pre-defined categories of objects. A feature map is generated for each pre-defined category of object detected by the deep category-level detection neural network. Embedded features are generated, based on the feature map, using a deep instance-level detection neural network corresponding to the pre-defined category of the object, wherein each pre-defined category of an object comprises a corresponding different instance-level detection neural network. An instance-level of the object is determined based on classification of the embedded features.
US10322508B2
A method is provided for operating a robotic device having a kinematic chain of movable components. The method includes: detecting respective values at least one characteristic of a plurality of the movable components by sensors arranged on the kinematic chain or in the vicinity of the kinematic chain; ascertaining a maximum value based on the detected values; comparing the ascertained maximum value with a predefined first safety limit by a controller of the robotic device; and adjusting the at least one characteristic or a further characteristic of the kinematic chain when the ascertained maximum value has a predefined relationship with the first safety limit, in order to increase the operating safety of the robotic device.
US10322507B2
Robots have the capacity to perform a broad range of useful tasks, such as factory automation, cleaning, delivery, assistive care, environmental monitoring and entertainment. Enabling a robot to perform a new task in a new environment typically requires a large amount of new software to be written, often by a team of experts. It would be valuable if future technology could empower people, who may have limited or no understanding of software coding, to train robots to perform custom tasks. Some implementations of the present invention provide methods and systems that respond to users' corrective commands to generate and refine a policy for determining appropriate actions based on sensor-data input. Upon completion of learning, the system can generate control commands by deriving them from the sensory data. Using the learned control policy, the robot can behave autonomously.
US10322505B2
A controller for a commissioning device for storing piece goods such as medicinal packages is provided. The controller includes a delivery table that extends in a first direction, two elongated clamping jaws disposed above the delivery table, the jaws having clamping surfaces that face one another, and a clamping jaw guide apparatus with a frame structure, at least one first and one second guide which are separated from one another in the first direction and extend in a second direction, and at least four clamping jaw carriages which are coupled to the guides and driven in the second direction. Two clamping jaw carriages each are associated with a guide and at least two clamping jaw carriages separated from one another in the first direction are coupled to one clamping jaw, respectively.
US10322498B2
An electric power tool in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a motor, a hitting mechanism, a hitting detector, and a control unit. The control unit is configured to set a control amount of the motor so that the motor rotates at a lower speed than a speed in the target rotation state during an initial driving period, and switch the control amount to a final control amount corresponding to the target rotation state when the initial driving period elapses. The initial driving period is a period from when generation of a hitting force is detected by the hitting detector until a predetermined first time period elapses, after the motor is started driven.
US10322488B2
A rotating tool includes a tool body including a polishing tool and a shank, and a flange part provided in the tool body. The polishing tool includes a plurality of linear grinding members and a grinding member holder to hold the linear grinding members. The flange part is an annular member, and attached to the grinding member holder, so as to be movable in the direction of an axial line and rotatable about the axial line. When the inner circumferential surface of a hole formed in a workpiece is processed, the grinding member holder and the annular member are inserted into the hole. When run-out on the front side of the rotating tool occurs, the annular member comes into contact with the peripheral wall surface of the hole, whereby the run-out of the tool body is reduced.
US10322483B2
A tool shape measurement device includes: a contour detection unit that detects a tool contour from an image of a rotating tool that is taken; an axis direction calculation unit that calculates a tool axis direction that is an axis direction of the rotating tool on the basis of the tool contour; a tool diameter measurement unit that calculates an apparent tool diameter of the rotating tool on an imaging surface on the basis of a calibrated positional and postural relationship between an imaging device and the rotating tool, the tool axis direction, and the tool contour; and a tool diameter correction unit that calculates a distance between the imaging device and the rotating tool using the tool axis direction, and corrects the apparent tool diameter to an actual tool diameter by correcting distortion in the tool contour on the basis of the distance.
US10322479B2
A temporary fastening tool has a tool main body, a grip, a transmission mechanism, a socket, a plurality of pins, and two magnets. At least a portion of a side surface of the pin protrudes from an inner surface section of the socket toward a central axis of the socket. The magnets are disposed such that centers of the magnets are disposed outside of an imaginary circle having a radius of a circle that circumscribes an outer circumferential section of a screwing member that includes corner sections. The magnets are disposed at positions that do not overlap the pins when the socket is seen from a side of an opening section.
US10322476B2
A method is provided of custom manufacturing a valve body having an initial valve body configuration having a first end connection and a second end connection. The method includes adding material to the first end connection using a first additive manufacturing process to create at least a portion of a custom first end connection configuration, and the custom first end connection configuration is different than an initial first end connection configuration. The method further includes adding material to the second end connection using a second additive manufacturing process to create at least a portion of a custom second end connection configuration, and the custom second end connection configuration is different than an initial second end connection configuration.
US10322465B2
A nozzle assembly for a welding torch, a welding torch that includes said nozzle assembly, and a method of using the welding torch is provided. The nozzle assembly generally comprises an insulator having a plurality of grooves around an outer periphery, a plurality of sealing members disposed within the grooves of the insulator; and a nozzle body slip-fit around the insulator, such that at least one of the insulator and the nozzle body define position indicia.
US10322463B2
A system for joining at least two components by welding includes a magnetic base for receiving the components for welding and a flexible magnetic member configurable to correspond to a weld path defining a weld joining the components. The flexible magnetic member exerts a retention force on the components in response to a magnetic field produced by selective activation of the magnetic base. The system can include a magnetic locating element positioned adjacent a perimeter edge of the component to be welded, for generating a repulsive magnetic force between the flexible magnetic member and the magnetic locating element to locate the flexible magnetic member relative to the perimeter edge and provide clearance for a welding device to access a continuous weld path defined by the perimeter edge, such that the welding device can form a continuous weld along the weld path. A welding method using the system is provided.
US10322450B2
The present invention is directed to a molten metal transfer system. The system includes a pump having interchangeable low flow and high flow impellers and selective low flow and high flow transfer troughs.
US10322435B2
A method of manufacturing a natural composite material multilayer structure includes: manufacturing a felt layer; spraying a thermosetting resin onto one surface or both surfaces of the felt layer; forming an intermediate layer of the sprayed thermosetting resin to form a composite material; heat-pressing the composite material through a heated mold; and cold-pressing the heat-compressed composite material.
US10322433B2
Described are metering dispensers (10) having a body (100) configured to hold a flowable composition in a chamber, a drive screw (300) coupled to the body, and a plunger (400) threadingly coupled to the drive screw. The plunger includes at least two annular lips (416) that form a fluid seal with the chamber as the plunger travels along the drive screw through the chamber. A base (200) is rotationally coupled to the body with a cam (208) that contacts at least one tab (114) extending externally from the body so that the tab enters at least one low point (222) on the cam by traveling over a trailing edge (226) of the low point, and the trailing edge then prevents the tab from exiting the low point in the direction of the trailing edge.
US10322432B2
An aerosol generator (100) has a vibratable plate (1) with apertures therein and an annular piezo (2) which causes movement of the vibratable plate (1). An annular support member (3) supports the piezo (2) and the vibratable plate (1). A first electrical power conducting pin (10) engages directly with a first, top, surface of the piezo (2). A second electrical power conducting pin (11) indirectly conducts electrical power to a second surface of the piezo (2), by contacting an extension tab (103) of the support member (20), also on its top side. There is a film of cured epoxy adhesive on the tab (103), providing excellent gripping force between the pin (11) and the support (3). The aerosol generator (100) avoids need for soldered joints for electrical contact, and the pins are conveniently mounted parallel to each on the on the same lateral and top side of the piezo and support member. The pins may have multi-point tips (50) for particularly effective electrical contact.
US10322428B2
A sprayer device with a trigger operated pump is operative for pumping and spraying liquid from an attached liquid container. The sprayer device includes an integrally molded valve body provided with a base portion that is configured to be mounted to the neck of the liquid container and a delivery nozzle from which the liquid is sprayed. A pumping chamber in the valve body is in fluid communication with an inside of the fluid container and is further in fluid communication with the delivery nozzle. The valve body is further provided with a head portion that has a filling passage extending between the head portion and the base portion such that a liquid received in the head portion flows through the valve body, around the pumping chamber and exits the base portion into the mounted liquid container.
US10322427B2
A liquid soap dispenser includes a container having a flexible outer wall and including a quantity of liquid soap therein. The upper surface of the container can be moved between an upper position and a lower position but is spring biased into the upper position. A pump within said container pumps a portion of the liquid soap onto the upper surface when it is moved downwardly into its lower position. A normally closed valve at the bottom of the container opens to dispense liquid soap from the bottom of the container when the container is squeezed.
US10322420B2
A pressing waterway switch device and shower includes a fixed housing and a pressing switch mechanism, the pressing switch mechanism includes a button, a switching component, and a transmission component, the button, the driving piece and the switching component are all or part of connected with an elastic piece. The pressing waterway switch device is installed in a shower body with the button disposed outside. By pressing the button makes the water outlet function changed in switch manner, and the water outlet function includes shower spray function, massage spray function and shower spray combined with massage spray together.
US10322417B2
Briefly, the invention provides a method for magnetically assisting demulsification of extraction phases, the method having the steps of contacting a first solution of a first solvent and a solvated paramagnetic metal ion with a second solvent, where the second solvent is immiscible with the first solvent; mixing the first and second solutions to create an emulsion having a first phase of the first solvent and second phase comprising the second solvent where the phases of the emulsion contain different concentrations of the paramagnetic metal ion; and applying a magnetic field gradient to the first and second phases of the emulsion to accelerate separation of the first phase from the second phase. Also provided is a system for demulsifying phases used in the extraction of paramagnetic moieties from solution having a lumen with an interior region, an interior surface, and exterior surface; and a magnetic field gradient present within the interior region.
US10322416B2
A sensor detects the presence of an upper cup in a pair of cups, between which pills are crushed by machine. Operation of the crushing machine is prevented if the upper cup is absent, and enabled if the upper cup is present. The sensor may be a photodiode that is sensitive to a beam of laser light that is directed over the lower cup. The beam passes when the upper cup is absent and is blocked by the upper cup when present. An optional sensor may be included to detect whether the drawer containing the cups and pills is closed, which is used as a further condition that must be satisfied before crushing can be started. Also, an interlock can be included to prevent the drawer from opening during the crushing process. By ensuring the presence of the upper cup, the escape of powdered medication can be prevented.
US10322415B2
Apparatus and system of components to mechanically exfoliate particulate materials using a multi-axis approach to deliver predetermined forces to a particulate material, including containers to hold particulate material and media, also including media, and, the associated parameters for operating such equipment along with methods and compositions provided by the apparatus and methods.
US10322411B2
A microfluidic system includes a substrate, a set of input ports coupled to the substrate, and a set of output ports coupled to the substrate. The microfluidic system also includes a microfluidic processing system coupled to the substrate and including a plurality of processing sites. The microfluidic processing system is coupled to the set of input ports and the set of output ports. The microfluidic system further includes one or more microfluidic logic devices coupled to the substrate and operable to control at least a portion of the microfluidic processing system.
US10322404B2
A hydroprocessing catalyst has been developed. The catalyst is a unique crystalline transition metal oxy-hydroxide molybdate material. The hydroprocessing using the crystalline ammonia transition metal oxy-hydroxide molybdate material may include hydrodenitrification, hydrodesulfurization, hydrodemetallation, hydrodesilication, hydrodearomatization, hydroisomerization, hydrotreating, hydrofining, and hydrocracking.
US10322397B2
A method for forming poly(dimethoxymethane) includes a step of separating a formaldehyde-containing blend into a first bottom stream and a first top stream. The first formaldehyde-containing blend includes methanol, formaldehyde, and water while the first bottom stream includes water. The first top stream includes dimethoxymethane that is produced from the reaction between methanol and formaldehyde. The first top stream is separated into a second bottom stream and a second top stream. The second bottom stream includes poly(dimethoxymethane) while the second top stream includes dimethoxymethane, methanol, and ethanol. The second top stream is separated into a third bottom stream and a third top stream. Third bottom stream includes methanol and ethanol while the third top stream includes dimethoxymethane. The third top steam can be recycled to form additional poly(dimethoxymethane). A system that implements the method is also provided.
US10322396B2
The present invention discloses a circulating magnetoelectric-induction reaction system and application thereof. The system comprises an alternating induction voltage unit, an alternating induction magnetic field unit, a low-frequency power supply, and a feed liquid container. The alternating induction voltage unit is mainly composed of a closed iron core, a primary coil, a secondary coil, and an induction voltage cavity. The alternating induction magnetic field unit is mainly composed of a C-shaped iron core, a primary coil, and a magnetic field cavity. The low-frequency power supply is connected to the primary coils in the alternating induction voltage unit and the alternating induction magnetic field unit and provides excitation voltage for the primary coils. The secondary coil comprises an insulating pipeline, which serves as a feed liquid circulating pipeline, and has both ends exposed out of the induction voltage cavity, with one end as a feed inlet and the other as a discharge outlet. The feed liquid container communicates with the feed liquid circulating pipelines in the alternating induction voltage unit and the alternating induction magnetic field unit to form a feed liquid circulation loop. Through the application, continuous-flow processing can be achieved, electrochemical reaction and ionic polarization can be avoided, and production and processing can be conducted efficiently and rapidly in a large scale.
US10322393B2
A method of operating a slurry phase apparatus includes feeding one or more gaseous reactants into a slurry body of solid particulate material suspended in a suspension liquid contained inside a vessel. The one or more gaseous reactants are fed into the slurry body through a gas distributor having downward facing gas outlets and are fed towards a fluid impermeable partition spanning across the vessel below the gas distributor. The partition divides the vessel into a slurry volume above the partition and a bottom volume below the partition. A differential pressure is maintained over the partition between predefined limits by manipulating or allowing changes in the pressure in the bottom volume by employing a pressure transfer passage establishing flow or pressure communication between the bottom volume and a head space above the slurry body.
US10322390B2
A biomass cake pressure-feeding apparatus includes: a screw pump including a first screw with a helical first conveying thread, a second screw with a helical second conveying thread, and a casing accommodating the first screw and the second screw such that the first screw and the second screw are parallel to each other, the screw pump being configured to feed biomass cake to a high pressure reactor, the biomass cake being obtained by adding water to powdery biomass; and a throttle part positioned downstream of the screw pump and configured to form a material seal made of the biomass cake by restricting a flow of the biomass cake.
US10322387B2
A system for driving a reel mixing tool, including a unit structure, a bottom output shaft, an output gearbox, a reel mixer driveshaft, a reel mixer gearbox, a flexible coupling, and a reel mixing tool, is provided. The unit structure supports the bottom output shaft which is connected to the output gearbox, the output gearbox is connected to the reel mixer driveshaft, the reel mixer driveshaft is connected to the reel mixer gearbox, the reel mixer gearbox is directly coupled to the reel mixing tool by the flexible coupling, allowing the bottom output shaft to transfer power through to the reel mixing tool.
US10322384B2
A counterflow mixing device for a process chamber is disclosed, comprising an injection tube that introduces a fluid in a manner counter to a flow of a post-plasma gas mixture traveling downward from a plasma source. The invention allows for proper mixing of the fluid as well as avoiding recombination of generated ions and radicals.
US10322379B2
Membranes, methods of making the membranes, and methods of using the membranes are described herein. The membranes can comprise a gas permeable support layer, an inorganic layer disposed on the support, the inorganic layer comprising a plurality of discreet nanoparticles having an average particle size of less than 1 micron, and a selective polymer layer disposed on the inorganic layer, the selective polymer layer comprising a selective polymer having a CO2:N2 selectivity of at least 10 at 57° C. In some embodiments, the membrane can be selectively permeable to an acidic gas. The membranes can be used, for example, to separate gaseous mixtures, such as flue gas.
US10322372B2
Catalysts having a blend of platinum on a support with low ammonia storage with a Cu-SCR catalyst or an Fe-SCR catalyst are disclosed. The catalysts can also contain one or two additional SCR catalysts. The catalysts can be present in one of various configurations. Catalytic articles containing these catalysts are disclosed. The catalytic articles are useful for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NOx in exhaust gases and in reducing the amount of ammonia slip. Methods for producing such articles are described. Methods of using the catalytic articles in an SCR process, where the amount of ammonia slip is reduced, are also described.
US10322370B2
Provided is an absorber that removes sulfur oxide in a flue gas with an absorbent, an absorbent storing unit that stores the absorbent that has absorbed the sulfur oxide, an oxidation-reduction potential meter that measures an oxidation-reduction potential of the absorbent in the absorbent storing unit, a reducing additive supplying unit that supplies a sulfur oxoacid reducing additive into the absorbent storing unit, and a control device that controls the reducing additive supplying unit based on a measured value of the oxidation-reduction potential of the absorbent measured with the oxidation-reduction potential meter, wherein the reducing additive supplying unit supplies the sulfur oxoacid reducing additive when the measured value of the oxidation-reduction potential has exceeded an upper limit of an appropriate range of the oxidation-reduction potential.
US10322353B1
Present embodiments are directed toward a dynamic control system for an amusement park ride. The system includes a game server that generates game data describing movement of a virtual vehicle through a virtual environment; a programmable logic controller (PLC) configured to conditionally execute instructions of a dynamic ride profile relative to one or more stored limits to operate physical actions of the ride vehicle; and a dynamic ride profile server communicatively coupled to the game server and the PLC. The dynamic ride profile server is configured to: receive input data, sensor data, and the game data; provide the received data as inputs to one or more physical models to generate a portion of a dynamic ride profile based on the movement of the virtual vehicle through the virtual environment; and provide the portion of the dynamic ride profile to the PLC for conditional execution.
US10322350B2
This disclosure relates to adjusting individualized content made available to users of an online game based on user gameplay information. In implementations, information relating to prospective usage of the online game is used to classify users according by user type, and content made available to the users is customized accordingly. Information relating to prospective usage may include predictive information such as demographic and geographic information, as well as game usage information for the users. User types may include resource collection, player versus player, and player versus environment. Customized content may include content made available to the users through the users in-game actions, such as exploring a map, researching a technology or skill, purchasing an in-game item, and completing an in-game achievement, including in-game items, in-game powers, in-game skills, in-game technologies, in-game pets, in-game transportation units, in-game units, and in-game buildings.
US10322346B2
An interactive system is built upon networked computing devices and cloud computing technologies that enables two or more players to prepare for and engage in a battle on a common battle ground. Prior to initiation of the battle, a player can select one or more stationary units and deploy them, as a defense team, in a home territory for the purpose of obstructing the movement or attack of the opponent. During the battle, the player can deploy attacking units that move without further player intervention, to attack the opponent. A garrisoning mode may be turned on by the player, allowing the player to form and organize an offense team of attacking units because they start to move on their own. The option of forming both defense teams and offense teams, which will carry out their mission without further player intervention presents an attractive gameplay strategy.
US10322339B2
A method and system is provided of enhancing the variability of high-quality computer graphics from limited sources utilizing minimal processing and bandwidth in real time. An underlying backdrop 3D model is generated. Next, Partially Rendered Pixels (PRP) of animated 3D characters are generated having lighting and texture information compatible with the underlying backdrop 3D model. The texture and other ancillary data are removed or omitted from the PRP animated 3D characters leaving only a detailed skeletal model. The extracted texture and other ancillary data are placed in a separate PRP lookup table. A fully rendered video segment is created from the PRP and a selected set of texture and other ancillary data.
US10322329B2
A machine and method for receiving and launching an oval football. The machine includes a football catch area, a motorized belt to orient the football and motorized wheels to launch the football. The user catching the football throws it back to the machine. The machine automatically orients the football and launches it back to the user catching the football. The machine provides the user a consistent timing pause between receiving the football and launching of the football.
US10322316B2
In a golf ball having a core and a cover of at least one layer, the core and/or at least one layer of the cover are formed of a resin composition that includes (A) 100 parts by weight of a thermoplastic resin, and (B) 1 to 30 parts by weight of a compound having a fluorene skeleton, or a derivative thereof. This resin composition for golf balls has an improved injection-moldability and thus enables the ball to achieve both a reduced spin rate and a good durability (scuff resistance).
US10322312B1
A resistance breathing device includes a face mask having an inlet aperture, an intake restricting element having an inlet aperture, and an adjustment mechanism, the intake restricting element positioned adjacent to the face mask and rotatable between a first position, in which a first portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element overlays a first portion of the inlet aperture of the face mask, and a second position, in which a second portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element overlays a second portion of the inlet aperture of the face mask, the second portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element being larger than the first portion of the inlet aperture of the intake restricting element, the adjustment mechanism attached to the face mask and movable between first and second positions corresponding to the first and second positions of the intake restricting element.
US10322308B1
The present invention includes systems, assemblies, and methodologies for inhibiting combustion within fluid containers, enhancing the safety of such containers. One aspect includes a novel base module from which assemblies of varying shape and size, suitable for disposing within a variety of different fluid containers, are created. In one embodiment, the base module is made from an expanded mesh which is rolled in a novel cylindrical configuration according to a novel methodology. In another embodiment, the base module may be combined with other base modules to form an assembly. The present invention is also directed to an apparatus and method for creating base modules which allows for varying density of the base modules and therefore varying flexural strength and rigidity of the assemblies. As such, the packing density of assemblies within containers may be optimized to produce the desired effect of inhibiting combustion within the container.
US10322295B2
A system includes a communication interface for receiving information that includes data collected from an array of neural activity sensors that were placed on a patient during a session of applied stimuli. A processor is configured to analyze the received information to obtain a frequency spectrum for each sensor for a given stimulus of the applied stimuli. Neural network frequencies that correspond to an indicated impaired functionality of the nervous system of the patient are selected. For each selected frequencies, a spatial map of neural activity is generated. Each of the generated spatial maps is compared with retrieved corresponding spatial maps to identify treatment frequencies from among the selected neural network frequencies. A treatment protocol is generated for input into an electromagnetic field generator to cause the generator to apply to the patient an electromagnetic field at each identified treatment frequency.
US10322291B2
Embodiments are directed to wearable cardioverter defibrillator (WCD) systems that include patient parameter electrodes, such as ECG electrodes, that are at least substantially electrically isolated from other circuits of the WCD system. In embodiments, the WCD system includes a power source, an energy storage module, and a processor each connected to a first circuit ground. A patient parameter sense port, such as an ECG port, is coupled to the patient. A measurement circuit may render a physiological input from the sensed patient parameter received at the patient parameter sense port, and the measurement circuit includes an isolating circuit that electrically isolates the patient parameter sense port from the first circuit ground. The sensing of physiological inputs of the patient can be improved, resulting in fewer erroneous readings and false alarms.
US10322290B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for integrating cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) and temporary induced dyssynchrony (TID) therapy. An implantable cardiac device includes one or more pulse generators coupled to a plurality of electrodes, and a controller communicatively coupled to the one or more pulse generators and configured to cause the one or more pulse generators to apply a combination of CRT and TID therapy to a patient's heart via the plurality of electrodes in accordance with at least one protocol.
US10322282B2
A system including a stimulation generator configured to delivery external stimulation to control or alleviate urinary or fecal incontinence. The system may also include sense electrodes configured to sense the presence of wetness. The system may provide closed loop therapy based on the presence of wetness.
US10322281B2
A stimulation probe apparatus as provided herein offers adjustability of a conductive probe tip thereof relative to a handle assembly thereof to which the conductive probe tip is physically attached. The adjustability of the conductive probe tip relative to the handle assembly provide for a surgeon's ability to selectively orientate the conductive probe tip with respect to the handle assembly for enabling a desired placement of the conductive probe tip relative to the handle assembly. In this respect, by allowing a surgeon to selectively control the direction of the conductive probe tip to point in a desired angle, embodiments of the present invention serve clinical needs that help surgeon to perform electrophysiological testing in diverse anatomical structures and in diverse operation procedures.
US10322276B2
A needleless connector has a body having an internal cavity with a sealing ridge, a port, an output flow channel, and a fluid flow path between the port and output flow channel. The connector also has a collapsible valve disposed within the cavity. The valve includes a cylindrical wall having a center axis, an internal surface, and a shoulder configured to sealingly contact the ridge of the body, thereby blocking the fluid flow path. The valve also includes a head fixedly attached to the wall. The head has a smiley cut at a first angular position about the center axis and a continuous top surface that is generally perpendicular to the axis. The valve also includes a dimple formed in the internal surface of the cylindrical wall. The dimple extends around the internal surface over an angle.
US10322274B2
A medical connector includes a cap having a male connector connecting part; a holder having a medical instrument connecting part; and a valve body configured to block the male connector connecting part and configured to be pushed in by a male connector such that a liquid flow channel in the male connector communicates with a liquid flow channel in the medical instrument connecting part when the male connector is connected to the male connector connecting part. The cap and the holder are linked to each other so as to be rotatable about an axis of the male connector connecting part.
US10322271B2
A medical fluid suspension generating apparatus for performing medical procedures includes a Venturi-agitating tip assembly composed of a multi-channel arrangement at a proximal first end thereof and a tip at a distal second end thereof. The apparatus also includes a compressed medical fluid unit fluidly connected to the multi-channel arrangement at a proximal first end of the Venturi-agitating tip assembly and a medical solution fluidly connected to the multi-channel arrangement at a proximal first end of the Venturi-agitating tip assembly. Pressurized sclerosant or other chemical medical solution, from the compressed medical fluid unit, and the medical solution of sclerosant or other chemical medical solution are combined within the Venturi-agitating tip assembly in a manner generating an enriched medical suspension that is ultimately dispensed from the suspension delivery apparatus to spray or wash the inner wall of a lumen.
US10322270B2
An applicator for use with a skin care composition, comprising a magnetic element disposed inside the applicator and a cover that at least partially covers the magnetic element. The cover has a thickness of between 0.1 mm and 0.55 mm and is formed of a material having a thermal conductivity of at least 50 W/mK.
US10322269B1
A dilator device including an elongated flexible material sleeve having a hollow interior extending along a distal portion and a proximal portion thereof. An expandable or inflatable bladder is connected to the distal portion and disposable radially outward from an exterior of the sleeve when in an expanded and/or inflated orientation. The elongated sleeve comprising a tip having a predetermined configuration that facilitates positioning the elongated sleeve within an intended body part. A fluid input is structured for removable connection to a fluid source and is disposed on the sleeve, in fluid communication with the bladder and a flow restrictor is structured to restrict fluid flow from the bladder to an exterior of the sleeve. An access opening is formed on the proximal portion and is cooperatively dimensioned with the hollow interior to removably receive any one of a plurality of different types of positioning instruments within the sleeve.
US10322266B2
Devices and methods are discussed directed to the use of a low profile laser ablation catheter for use in laser ablation removal of arterial plaque blockages to restore blood flow in the treatment of arteriovenous fistulas. Also discussed are devices and methods directed to packaging, long term storage and sterilization of liquid core ablation catheters.
US10322250B2
A safety needle assembly, including a hub; a needle fixed to the hub, the needle having a distal end and a proximal end; first and second shields, each having a tubular body at least partially encircling a portion of the needle, wherein in an initial state, the first shield extends from the hub; a biasing element disposed to urge the second shield distally toward the distal end of the needle; and a releasable retaining arrangement for releasably retaining the second shield in a first state. Upon a predetermined extent of proximal movement of the first shield relative to the hub, the second shield is released, thereby allowing the biasing element to urge the second shield to a second state in which the distal end of the needle is covered.
US10322247B1
A swiveling intravenous therapy tubing connection system for easy rotational adjustment of an intravenous tubing line between a sterile container and a catheter used to administer a fluid to a patient features the sterile container which is a sterile intravenous fluid container and the catheter which is an intravenous therapy catheter located in the patient. The system features a length of intravenous therapy tubing having a female quick-connect swivel tubing connector located on a tubing first end and a quick-connect double swivel tubing connector located on a tubing second end. The female quick-connect swivel tubing connector is rotationally connected to a first mated male swivel tubing connector located on an intravenous fluid outlet of the intravenous fluid container. The quick-connect double swivel tubing connector is rotationally connected to a second mated male swivel tubing connector located on an intravenous fluid inlet of the catheter. The length of intravenous therapy tubing is designed to be infinitely rotatable in either direction.
US10322245B2
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a generally tubular distal housing part (10; 110) having opposite proximal and distal ends, wherein third mechanically coded interface means (11; 111) are arranged on its proximal end; a generally tubular proximal housing (20; 120) part having opposite proximal and distal ends and being releasibly connected to said distal housing part, wherein with fourth mechanically coded interface means (22; 122) are arranged on its distal end; a medicament container having a slidable stopper, wherein said container is arranged to be positioned within said proximal housing part; a plunger rod (60; 160) arranged within said distal housing; drive means arranged within said distal housing and being operably connected to said plunger rod for driving said plunger rod and thereby said stopper towards the proximal end of the device; wherein said device further comprises an interface member (50; 150) comprising first (51; 151) and second (52; 152) mechanically coded interface means arranged to match and interact with the third (11; 111) and the fourth (22; 122) mechanically coded interface means when the distal and the proximal housing parts are connected to each other.
US10322236B2
Described herein are syringe devices, systems and methods. In general, the syringe may include a first chamber and a cartridge movable within the first chamber. The cartridge may include a cartridge chamber and a valve in fluid communication with the cartridge chamber and the first chamber and having an open configuration and a closed configuration. The valve may allow movement of a liquid out of the cartridge chamber while in a open configuration. The cartridge may also include a second end, movable within the cartridge chamber, and a locking mechanism having a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, the locking mechanism preventing movement of the second end within the cartridge chamber while in the locked configuration.
US10322234B2
The invention relates to an Apparatus, especially a delivery device, comprising a housing (4100), a retainer (4200, 4200′) for holding a cartridge (4220, 4220′), a cover part (4240, 4240′) for accessing the retainer (4200, 4200′), the cover part (4240, 4240′) being moveable relative to the housing (4100) between an open and a closed position, wherein the apparatus further comprises cover part biasing means for exerting a biasing force onto the cover part (4240, 4240′) in the closed position to bias the cover part (4240, 4240′) inwardly and/or distally against the housing (4100).
US10322231B2
A drive mechanism includes a housing, a piston adapted to impart movement to a plunger seal within a drug container, a plurality of biasing members disposed in parallel, and a retainer. The biasing members are disposed to release energy to cause movement of the piston from a retracted first position to the extended second position, the piston bearing against the plunger seal to dispense medicine. The retainer is disposed to maintain the biasing members in the energized position and to release the biasing members to permit the piston to dispense the medicine. The drive mechanism may also include an end-of-dose indicator to identify at least one of when the sleeve assembly is disposed subjacent a window in the housing, the relative motion of the sleeve assembly with reference to the window or another reference component, the stoppage of such motion, and the rated or change of rate of motion.
US10322225B2
According to at least one example embodiment, a system of monitoring blood leaks during hemodialysis therapy includes a wetness sensing device and a hemodialysis machine. The wetness sensing device is configured to transmit information wirelessly, the information being indicative of an absence of a liquid or a presence of a liquid. The hemodialysis machine includes, or is coupled to, a wireless receiver having two or more antennas. Signals received at the two or more antennas are decoded at the wireless receiver. If decoded signals indicate a detected wetness, the hemodialysis machine is caused to halt blood flow in and out of the machine and generate an alarm.
US10322224B2
An apparatus for performing peritoneal dialysis includes a housing; a peritoneal dialysis supply bag supported by and/or located above the housing; a first valve for controlling gravity flow of fresh peritoneal dialysis fluid from the supply bag to a patient; a second valve for controlling gravity flow of used peritoneal dialysis fluid from the patient to a drain; and a pressure sensor positioned and arranged with respect to the gravity flow of fresh peritoneal dialysis fluid or the gravity flow of used peritoneal dialysis fluid to provide a reading used to evaluate a head height pressure.
US10322218B2
An improved intravascular blood pump and related methods involving the broad inventive concept of equipping the intravascular blood pump with guiding features such that the intravascular blood pump can be selectively positioned at a predetermined location within the circulatory system of a patient.
US10322215B2
Functionalized copolymers of isoolefins and conjugated diolefins, methods of preparing the copolymers, and their use as compatibilizers are disclosed. The diolefin monomer units of the co-polymer are modified at the C—C double bond along the backbone of the copolymer to include an oxygen containing functional group such as epoxide, ester or alcohol. The functionalized copolymers improve the wettability of a non-hydrophilic surface towards hydrophilic polymer and allows for the formation of homogenous layers of the hydrophilic polymers. In particular, the spreading of a hydrophilic polymer on a non-hydrophilic substrate is facilitated by applying the co-polymers as an interfacial layer between the two incompatible materials. The resulting coated substrates exhibit resistance to protein adsorption and cell growth after grafting. The co-polymers are especially suited in the coating of biomedical devices where a high degree of uniformity of the coated surface is required.
US10322206B2
The present invention relates, in part, to sutures which promote wound closure and/or healing. In particular, the present invention provides fibrin microthread sutures that mimic the mechanical behavior of a target tissue thereby reducing, for example, scarring, inflammation, and cell death at the ligature site, including monofilament sutures.
US10322203B2
An apparatus for air flow generation for scent output is described. The device includes a scent system, a speaker, and an output channel. The scent system and the speaker share the output channel, and the speaker is to move air to release scent from the device. A membrane of the speaker may vibrate to produce the air flow.
US10322198B2
A liquid freshening composition is provided. The liquid freshening product includes about 0.5 wt. % to about 15 wt. % isopropyl myristate, by weight of the liquid freshening composition and greater than 40 wt. % of one or more perfume raw materials. The liquid freshening composition has a vapor pressure at 25° C. of about 0.03 Torr to about 1.0 Torr. The liquid freshening composition may be used with air freshening products having a delivery engine such as a wick, breathable membrane, gel, porous and semi-porous substrate, and combinations thereof.
US10322196B2
The invention relates to a method for treating a nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing a nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel; and subjecting the nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel to a heat treatment, wherein the heat treatment is carried out by transferring the nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel through at least one heat exchanger or through at least one insulated holding tube, during which heat treatment the nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel is kept at a predetermined temperature within the range of 110-150° C. for a period of time in the range of 15 seconds to 20 minutes, wherein the pre-determined temperature and period of time are chosen such that the number of viable micro-organisms in the nanofibrillar cellulose hydrogel is reduced by a factor of at least 103.
US10322188B2
This invention is about a cell-penetrating drug carrier and the application thereof. The mentioned cell-penetrating drug carrier can approach the target cell through using a proper recognizable sequence, so that the cell-penetrating drug carrier can be used to specifically delivery wanted drug to target cell. Through carrying wanted drug into the cytoplasm of the target cell by cell-penetrating peptide, the drug accumulation volume in the target cell can be efficiently increased. Preferably, through using proper bioinert polymer, the cell-penetrating peptide and the recognizable sequence can be kept from been digested before approaching the target cell.
US10322185B2
The present invention can provide a controlled drug release carrier formed by using a silk fibroin porous material, which has high drug controlled release rate, controllability of the drug controlled release speed, high strength, easy handleability, skin care properties from high biocompatibility, high water retentivity, and capability of efficiently retaining a drug.
US10322171B2
The present application generally relates to the development of a vaccine, or the production of antibodies, capable of providing improved protection against a virus associated with ADE, such as Zika, Dengue and Ebola, based on novel antigenic peptides identified using an informational spectrum method (ISM).
US10322169B2
A process for preparing a powder, which includes one or more human coagulation factor proteins and a lactic acid polymer, involves mixing and dispersing a lactic acid polymer with a particle size d50 in the range 0.1-2 μm and the one or more human coagulation factor proteins in water. The dispersion is dried, and the resulting dried mass is compressed. The resulting compressed dried mass is comminuted to a powder with a particle size d50 in the range of more than 0.5 and up to 5 μm.
US10322160B2
A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.
US10322150B2
It was found that bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon. Moreover, the present inventors found that regulatory T cells (Treg cells) induced by from these bacteria suppressed proliferation of effector T-cells. From these findings, the present inventors found that the use of bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium or a physiologically active substance derived therefrom made it possible to induce proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells), and further to suppress immune functions.
US10322143B2
The present invention provides an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase for use in treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or for use in treating or preventing heart failure in a subject. In particular, the present invention provides an inhibitor of ADAMTS4 or ADAMTS5 for use in treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or chronic heart failure in a subject with cardiac remodeling or with chronic heart failure, or with a condition that may lead to cardiac remodeling and/or chronic heart failure. Also provided is a method of treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or treating or preventing heart failure which method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase. Also provided is the use of an inhibitor of an ADAMTS proteoglycanase in the manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing cardiac remodeling or treating or preventing heart failure.
US10322129B2
A method comprising: (a) identifying a subject in need of treatment for cataract and/or nevus and/or tumor lesion; and (b) topically administering to the eye an amount of dipyridamole which is physiologically effective in treatment of cataract and/or nevus and/or melanoma.
US10322127B2
Methods of tests that assess the expression of DPC4 (SMAD4) to identify subjects with pancreatic cancer that are likely or unlikely to respond to treatment with BTK inhibitors; methods of treating subjects based on identification of the subjects as likely to respond to treatment with BTK inhibitors; therapeutic targets for cancers, particularly cancers with inactivated DPC4 gene or protein; methods of screening of new therapeutic agents using the target; pharmaceutical composition comprising BTK inhibitors, such as PCI-32765 or derivatives thereof, for cancer treatment; and kits that facilitate the performance of the methods are disclosed.
US10322126B2
Disclosed are compositions including a solid dispersion comprising a dispersion polymer, a basic low-water solubility active, and an anionic counterion, as well as methods of making and using the compositions.
US10322119B2
A method of treating a human patient afflicted with Huntington's disease, comprising periodically orally administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising pridopidine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof such that greater than 90 mg of pridopidine is administered to the patient per day.
US10322116B2
A pharmaceutical compositions comprising: (a) a carbapenem antibacterial agent selected from imipenem, meropenem, ertapenem, doripenem or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative thereof, and (b) a compound of Formula (I), or a stereoisomer or a pharmaceutical acceptable derivative thereof, are disclosed.
US10322115B2
Methods for treating non-systemic deficiencies associated with diabetes using 2-amino substituted nicotinamides or their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
US10322114B2
The present invention provides methods for parenterally administering riluzole to subjects in need of treatment.
US10322112B2
Methods for modulating quorum sensing in certain Gram-negative bacteria having multiple QS systems including Las, Rhl, and Pqs with associated receptors (LasR, RhlR and PqsR) which are modulated by small molecule modulators, particularly non-native modulators. Certain combinations of modulators of Las, Rhl and Pqs exhibit improved inhibition of virulence in comparison to the respective individual modulators. In particular, certain combinations of modulators exhibit improved inhibition in nutritionally depleted environments. More specifically, certain combinations of modulators exhibit improved inhibition in environments depleted in phosphate and/or environments depleted in iron. Nutrient depleted environments can mimic environments associated with bacterial infection in humans and non-human animals. The methods are useful in particular for modulating QS in Pseudomonas and Burkholderia.
US10322110B2
The present invention relates to therapeutic agents suitable for use in the treatment of microbial infection in mammals. The present invention further relates to the use of pharmaceutical compositions comprising said agents in the treatment of medical conditions in mammals, in particular in the treatment of microbial infection. The agents and pharmaceutical compositions of the invention are of particular relevance in the treatment of diseases associated with antibiotic-resistant microbes. In one particular embodiment, the pharmaceutical composition can have the structural moiety of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of said compound: wherein group A is selected from the formulae Group B is aryl, R1 is an optionally substituted aryl ring, an optionally substituted benzyl ring, CH3, or C2 to 6 alkyl, and R2 is hydrogen, an alkyl group, a halogen, or —(CH2)nN(CH3)2 where n is an integer from 1 to 3.
US10322105B2
A pharmaceutical composition containing ginkgolide B and an ADP receptor antagonist, a preparation method thereof and use thereof in preparation of antiplatelet drugs, wherein the ADP receptor antagonist is clopidogrel, prasugrel, ticagrelor and/or ticlopidine.
US10322094B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of manufacturing the same, comprising a eutectic of Cyclobenzaprine HCl and mannitol or Amitriptyline HCl and mannitol.
US10322092B2
Provided is a monodisperse agglomerate of a substance-containing vesicle filled with a substance at a concentration higher than conventionally possible. A mixed solution, in which a target substance is included in an aqueous medium, is mixed with a monodisperse agglomerate of a crosslinked vesicle comprising a prescribed polymer which includes a first polymer, i.e. a block copolymer having uncharged hydrophilic segments and first charged segments, and a second polymer having second charged segments carrying a charge opposite to that of the first charged segments, and in which the first polymer and/or the second polymer are/is crosslinked. As a result, the crosslinked vesicle is made to contain the target substance.
US10322087B2
The invention relates to means and methods of targeted drug delivery of therapeutic agent to and across the blood-ocular barrier. In particular, the invention relates to cyclic guanosine-3′, 5′-monophosphate analogs as therapeutic agent for treating retinal diseases. The cGMPSs targeted to the blood-ocular barrier by glutathione-based ligands that facilitate the specific binding to and enhanced internalization by glutathione transporters present on the blood-ocular barrier. The glutathione-based ligands are conjugated to nanocontainers such as liposomes encapsulating the cGMPSs.
US10322078B2
The present invention provides a cosmetic composition containing (A) 3-O-alkyl-L-ascorbic acid wherein the alkyl group has 8-12 carbon atoms or a salt thereof, (B) one or more kinds of nonionic surfactants selected from the group consisting of polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene alkyl ether, polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester, polyoxyethylene alkyl ether and polyoxyethylene alkenyl ether, and having an HLB value of 12.5-17, and (C) one or more kinds of oil agents selected from the group consisting of amino acid ester, dimer acid ester, hydroxy acid ester, alkyl glyceryl ether and alkenyl glyceryl ether, which is superior in solubilization stability, preservation stability and sense of use, and free of time-dependent development of an odor which poses a problem when in use.
US10322074B2
The skin serves as a barrier that protects the body from the external environment and prevents water loss. This barrier function also prevents most hydrophilic or hydrophobic and large molecular weight ingredients (>500 kDa) from penetrating intact skin. Until recently, methods to increase stratum corneum permeability were generally not effective enough to make the stratum corneum so permeable that the barrier posed by the viable epidermis mattered. However, that has now changed with the development of the present embodiment's physical methods and highly optimized chemical formulations, such that we revisited the permeability of the full epidermis with the example embodiment's constructs and not focus only on the stratum corneum. This example embodiment therefore tests the hypothesis that the viable epidermis offers a significant permeability barrier to both small molecules and macromolecules that becomes the rate limiting step.
US10322073B2
The skin serves as a barrier that protects the body from the external environment and prevents water loss. This barrier function also prevents most hydrophilic or hydrophobic and large molecular weight ingredients (>500 kDa) from penetrating intact skin. Until recently, methods to increase stratum corneum permeability were generally not effective enough to make the stratum corneum so permeable that the barrier posed by the viable epidermis mattered. However, that has now changed with the development of the present embodiment's physical methods and highly optimized chemical formulations, such that we revisited the permeability of the full epidermis with the example embodiment's constructs and not focus only on the stratum corneum. This example embodiment therefore tests the hypothesis that the viable epidermis offers a significant permeability barrier to both small molecules and macromolecules that becomes the rate limiting step.
US10322068B2
There is provided a system for managing reflux during an enteral feeding, comprising: (i) a non-transitory memory having stored thereon a code for execution by at least one hardware processor of a computing device, the code comprising: code for receiving electrical signals outputted by at least one reflux event sensor disposed within a digestive system of a patient; code for determining a gastric reflux event based on an analysis of the electrical signals; code for outputting instructions to pause enteral feeding of the patient by a feeding controller that regulates enteral feeding of the patient using an enteral feeding tube positioned within the digestive system of the patient; and (ii) an evacuation controller that directs back-flow of digestive contents from the digestive system of the patient to an external evacuation reservoir through an evacuation tube.
US10322059B2
Myofascial release tools may include a head covering and coupled to a post. The head may be constructed of at least partially of a polymeric material having a therapeutically effective durometer. The head may have a number of designs and configurations that may be used for treating different body parts and/or body tissues. An example head may have a partially concave portion that resembles an indent. Another example head may have an angled tip for more pointed therapy. Yet another example head may have a partially convex portion. These heads may be interchangeably and removably coupled to an oscillating device and used for myofascial release by a health care provider or patient.
US10322043B2
The presently disclosure describes a system for a providing an assistive driving force to a wheelchair. The system comprises a power assist system which includes a motion sensing system that is configured to detect the motion of the power assist system, and hence of the wheelchair, and a power assist drive system that is configured to provide an assistive drive force. The system also comprises a sensor, such as may be embedded in a wearable wristband, that is configured to detect the motion of a user's hand and that is in communication with the power assist system. The system may be configured to determine whether the wheelchair is being manually pushed based at least in part on the user motion, and to activate an assistive drive force in response to a manual push. The system may also be configured to determine whether the wheelchair is being manually braked based at least in part on the user motion, and to deactivate an assistive drive force in response to a manual brake.
US10322031B2
An ophthalmic instrument for the application of laser radiation in a patient's eye, particularly for the examination and/or surgical laser treatment of the cornea and the lens of the eye, includes a femtosecond laser, an objective and optical assemblies. The optical assemblies are arranged in front of the objective, and selectively vary the focus position in the coordinate direction X, Y and Z either within the region of the cornea or within the region of the lens of the eye. The objective or at least one lens group is movable relative to the eye. The variation of the position of the lens group objective shifts the focus position from the cornea to the lens of the eye and vice versa.
US10322025B2
An improved external catheter support device retains a condom or external catheter on a male penis. This support device is a low cost, easy to use, and comfortable solution for incontinent men. In one embodiment, a large condom serves as a urine collection device, retained by the catheter support device. In one embodiment, absorbent materials are disposed within the condom to gelatinize released urine. In another embodiment, the support device retains an external catheter, which directs urine to a urine collection device. Various configurations of external catheter, drain tube and urine collection devices with this support device are disclosed.
US10322024B2
An ostomy appliance includes a multilayer composite film comprising at least one foam layer. An outer foam layer can function as a skin contact layer providing comfort and softness characteristics that are comparable to a nonwoven comfort layer. Preferably, at least one foam layer includes a vinyl-bond rich triblock copolymer and provides sound absorbing properties. The multilayer composite film can also include at least one layer comprising a filler to further enhance sound absorbing properties.
US10322023B1
A cervical collar device for applying a constant upward push force includes a flexible neck brace and a constant upward push force device. The flexible neck brace includes a top and a bottom with a height therebetween, and a first side and a second side with a length therebetween. The height and the length of the flexible neck brace is configured for placement around a neck of a user. The constant upward push force device is positioned inside said flexible neck brace. The constant upward push force is configured to provide a constant upward push force between said top and said bottom of said flexible neck brace.
US10322021B2
Several gastrointestinal surgery procedures are effective as treatments for metabolic disorders such as obesity and diabetes. Minimally invasive procedures including intra-luminal gastrointestinal implants have been proposed to mimic the anatomical, physiological and metabolic changes achieved by these procedures. Many of these designs include long sleeve like elements that prevent contact of food with the walls of the small intestine. It is desirable to have simple delivery systems that can place these implants under endoscopic guidance. However, in order to anchor these sleeve elements safely and reliably, the inventors have previously disclosed anchoring means that anchor the sleeves at the junctions of the stomach and the intestine or the stomach and esophagus.
US10322015B2
A motion assistance apparatus including a fixing module attached to a user, a driving module fixed to the fixing module to generate rotation power, a supporting module configured to support a portion of a body of the user and driven by the driving module, a sensor configured to measure a width of the fixing module, and a controller configured to adjust the rotation power of the driving module based on the measured width.
US10322010B2
An expandable intervertebral implant including a first wall comprised of a male portion and a female portion in telescoping engagement with each other and a second wall comprised of a plurality of links, wherein the first wall and second wall are coupled to each other by hinges at each of the leading and trailing ends of the implant. The expandable implant is configured to be inserted into a disc space in a collapsed, narrow profile configuration and then unilaterally expanded in an anterior or posterior direction to a fully expanded, larger foot print configuration.
US10322005B1
An expandable intervertebral implant, including an inferior component, including a first plate, a second plate connected to the first plate and including a first plurality of locking apertures, and a third plate connected to the first plate and including a second plurality of locking apertures, a superior component slidingly engaged with the inferior component, including a fourth plate, a fifth plate connected to the fourth plate and including a third locking aperture, and a sixth plate connected to the fourth plate and including a fourth locking aperture, and a locking pin assembly arranged at least partially in the third and fourth locking apertures, and operatively arranged to engage the first and second pluralities of locking apertures to lock the expandable intervertebral implant.
US10322002B2
A veterinary hip resurfacing prosthetic system includes a femoral cap and an acetabular cup. The cup shell has a thickness of less than 2 mm and a liner in the shell has a thickness of less than 2.5 mm in order to accommodate a larger femoral cap. Further included are features for preventing rotation of the liner relative to the shell, for releasably locking the liner in the shell, and for accessing the liner to remove it from the shell.
US10321998B2
Exemplary embodiments provide methods and systems for delivering a prosthesis to a target location in a lumenal system of a patient. At least one tether is secured proximate the target location to serve as a rail, and a prosthesis is advanced along the rail to the target location and secured in place. Exemplary methods and systems provide for repair of the mitral and tricuspid valves, as well as abdominal aortic aneurysms, stomach valves, fallopian tubes and the pulmonary system, among others. Also disclosed are various prostheses suitable for use with the disclosed methods and systems.
US10321991B2
A heart valve assembly (100) includes a heart valve (116), a self-expandable and collapsible stent (112), and a sealing member (114). The stent (112) includes an inflow end (120) and an outflow end (122), and surrounds and supports the heart valve (116). The sealing member (114) is connected to the inflow end (120) of the stent (112) and extends around a periphery of the stent (112). The sealing member (114) is connected to the inflow end (120) of the stent (112), overlaps a portion of the heart valve (116), and extends around an outer periphery of the stent (112).
US10321987B2
A paravalvular leak resistant prosthetic heart valve system including a stent frame, a valve structure and a sealing mechanism. The stent frame has a surface. The valve structure is associated with the stent frame. The sealing mechanism at least partially extends over the surface of the stent frame. The sealing mechanism includes at least one semi-permeable membrane and an osmotic gradient driving material.
US10321986B2
Described embodiments are directed toward prosthetic valves and systems and methods of making prosthetic valves. In accordance with an embodiment, a prosthetic valve comprises and leaflet frame, and outer frame and a film. The leaflet frame has a generally tubular shape defining a plurality of leaflet windows. The outer frame has a generally tubular shape. The leaflet frame is coaxially disposed at least partially within the outer frame. The leaflet frame and outer frame is coupled at least in part by a contiguous portion of the film. At least a portion of the contiguous portion of the film is contained between and coupling the leaflet frame and outer frame operable to prevent relative movement and contact therebetween. The film defines a leaflet extending from each of the leaflet windows.
US10321979B2
A dental implant system for bone regeneration of a bone defect site of a jawbone includes an implant which is to be anchored in the jawbone, a film for covering the bone defect site and the implant, a spacer element which, in a fitted position of the dental implant system, is to be arranged between the implant and the film, and an abutment. In the fitted position of the dental implant system, the film is clamped between the spacer element and the abutment, and the spacer element and the abutment are connected by a form-locked connection.
US10321975B2
A method for continuously evaluating the effectiveness of debridement of a root canal of a tooth, the tooth having an open access cavity and an apex end, includes delivering a fluid to the open access cavity of the tooth, evacuating the fluid near the apex end of the tooth such that the fluid flushes most of the root canal before being evacuated, and continuously evaluating the evacuated fluid for at least one of a presence of debris, a concentration level of the debris, or a type of the debris. An apparatus for use in debriding a root canal of a tooth includes a microcannula or a macrocannula configured to evacuate a fluid in the root canal, and a sensing mechanism fluidically coupled to the microcannula or the macrocannula, the sensing mechanism configured to continuously sense debris in the evacuated fluid in real time.
US10321968B2
A container for disposal of medical waste is provided that comprises a receptacle with an open top. A lid is attached to the receptacle to cover the open top of the receptacle. The lid has an elongated opening sized to permit the introduction of medical waste into the receptacle. A closure flap is connected to the lid to selectively close the lid opening. The closure flap is movable between an open position, a closed position and a locked position. The closure flap is attached to the lid by axial hubs that extend from each side of the closure flap through openings in the side walls of the lid. Covers attached to the outside of the side wall of the lid and engaged with the closure flap axial hub. The container may also include a locking external cabinet that encloses the receptacle and can be mounted to a wall.
US10321964B2
A surgical system for selective connection to a robotic arm includes an instrument drive unit, an instrument support platform coupled to the instrument drive unit, an instrument carriage coupled to the instrument support platform, and a surgical instrument releasably coupled to the instrument carriage. The surgical instrument includes an end effector controllable to perform surgery in response to telemanipulation of actuators in the instrument drive unit.
US10321963B2
An apparatus for moving an elongate rod longitudinally and rotationally, and a method of moving the elongate rod longitudinally and rotationally, are provided. A translation member has a first translation member end held relatively stationary and a longitudinally spaced second translation member end which is selectively movable longitudinally with respect to the first translation member end via actuation of the translation member. The second translation member end is operatively connected to selectively impart longitudinal motion to the elongate rod. A rotation member has a first rotation member end held relatively stationary and a longitudinally spaced second rotation member end which is selectively rotatable with respect to the first rotation member end via actuation of the rotation member. The second rotation member end is operatively connected to selectively impart rotational motion to the elongate rod.
US10321953B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for a system that maps the proximal and distal ablation subzones and their respective margins using the tools that are used to access the ablation target wherein the tools have markings to indicate which probe and balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) system or vertebroplasty (VP) system to use. Examples of access tools comprise introducers, stylets, and bone drills. In some embodiments of the system, the probe has a marking indicating which BKP or VP system to use.
US10321950B2
Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for providing segmented power curves to tissue. A surgical generator may receive an indication of a first impedance of tissue to be treated by a surgical end effector. The generator may determine that the first impedance is within an impedance range corresponding to a first power curve segment of the segmented power curve and provide a drive signal to the end effector according to a first power curve. The generator may further receive an indication of a second impedance of the tissue to be treated by the end effector, determine that the second impedance is within an impedance range corresponding to a second power curve segment of the segmented power curve, and provide the drive signal to the end effector according to a second power curve.
US10321949B2
Electrosurgical system with selective control of active and return electrodes. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are systems comprising an electrosurgical wand and an electrosurgical controller. The wand comprises a non-conductive outer surface, at least three electrodes disposed on a distal end of the wand, and at least three electrical leads extending from a proximal end of the wand (one electrical lead electrically coupled to each electrode). The controller comprises a voltage generator and a control circuit coupled between the voltage generator and the electrodes of the wand. The control circuit is configured to: selectively electrically couple the active terminal singly and in combination to the electrodes of the wand; and selectively electrically couple the return terminal singly and in combination to electrodes of the wand.
US10321947B2
A living body heating instrument is pushed or inserted into an affected part to continuously perform cauterization and vaccinotherapy. A living body heating instrument that is pushed or inserted into an affected part of a living body to heat the affected part includes: an inner needle; and an outer needle having a hollow portion into which the inner needle is inserted through an opening at the needle base side toward the needle tip side. The inner needle has biocompatibility and thermal conductivity, and contains a heater. The affected part is cauterized by the heater with the inner needle inserted in the outer needle. Next, the inner needle is withdrawn, and a drug is injected through the outer needle, which remains inserted, to perform immunotherapy. A temperature detecting element may be provided in an inner part of the inner needle or on an outer surface of the outer needle.
US10321945B2
An improved method of implanting a bone graft in a joint and tools for accomplishing the same is disclosed. The present invention relates generally to tools and methods useful for treating a sacroiliac joint. In one embodiment, the present invention is a method including the steps of: creating a first incision in the patient's skin proximal to the patient's sacroiliac joint; creating an incision in the patient's skin over the patient's ilium; inserting a first working channel into said first incision and spreading said sacroiliac joint with an inserted end of said first working channel; inserting a second working channel into said second incision and forming a hole in said ilium; creating a void in said sacroiliac joint; inserting a graft into said void; and inserting a joint fusing device into said ilium and said sacrum.
US10321933B1
Apparatus and methods are provided for performing a medical procedure using an introducer sheath and a plurality of valve hubs. The introducer sheath includes a lumen extending between proximal and distal portions and a hub on the proximal portion. Each valve hub includes a valve body including a plurality of ports. The valve hubs may include different numbers and/or configurations of ports to facilitate introducing multiple instruments simultaneously through the tubular member. Optionally, the kit may also include one or more dilators. Each valve hub and the dilator may include connectors for mating with connectors on the tubular member hub releasably coupling a selected valve hub or the dilator to the tubular member.
US10321932B2
A direct stream hydrodynamic catheter system is provided for the removal of thrombus, lesions and the like including provisions for the infusion of drugs, lysing fluids and the like into a blood vessel. Physician controlled powered direct fluid jet streams emanate from a fluid jet emanatory in the form of robust radially directed fluid jet streams to impinge upon and ablate difficult and strong thrombus and lesions within a blood vessel. Effluent aspiration is controlled by an exhaust regulator in the form of a roller pump, but effluent removal can be assistingly influenced by the fluid pressure associated with the radially directed fluid jet streams.
US10321931B2
Prostate treatment using fluid stream to resect prostate tissue, thereby relieving symptoms of conditions such as BPH, prostatitis, and prostatic carcinoma. A device having a fluid delivery element is positioned within a lumen of the urethra within the prostate. A fluid stream is directed outwardly from the fluid delivery element toward a wall of the urethral lumen. The fluid delivery element is moved to scan the fluid stream over the wall to remove a volume of tissue surrounding the lumen. The fluid may be combined with therapeutically active substances or with substances that increase resection efficiency. Fluid force may be adjusted to provide selective tissue resection such that soft tissue is removed while harder tissue is left undamaged. In order to gain a working space within the urethra, another fluid may be introduced to insufflate the urethra in the region of treatment.
US10321929B2
A cutting instrument comprising: an outer tube; an inner tube rotatably disposed within the outer tube; the inner tube comprising an opening having a leading edge and a trailing edge; and the outer tube comprising a window having a leading edge and a trailing edge; at least one of the leading edge of the opening, the trailing edge of the opening, the leading edge of the window and the trailing edge of the window comprising a canted edge; and the window of the outer tube being adapted to be completely blocked by the inner tube during a phase of the rotation of the inner tube within the outer tube.
US10321924B2
An apparatus and method for capturing material within a body lumen are disclosed. The apparatus includes a core wire extending from a proximal end to a distal tip, an actuator member defining a lumen for receiving at least a portion of the core wire, and a distal basket having a distal enclosed end fixed relative to the core wire and one or more elements extending from a proximal open end to a collar slidable on the core wire. The collar is slidable on the core wire within an interior of the distal basket such that, when the collar contacts the actuator member, the collar applies an inward force to direct the proximal open end of the distal basket radially inwardly.
US10321916B2
A tourniquet band is made of an elastic material and has a plush surface on one side and a series of hook fastener material patches on the reverse side. The woven structure includes a series of parallel elastic threads covered by a dense yet loosely coiled bundle of non-elastic threads. The non-elastic threads are oriented to form the plush surface while allowing the elastic core thread to elongate for applying pressure to a body part by elastic compression when the tourniquet is wrapped around the body part and secured by joining the hook material with the plush surface.
US10321905B2
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, and a cartridge receiving assembly. The body has an actuator. The cartridge receiving assembly includes a first jaw and a second jaw. The first jaw is movable relative to the second jaw between an open position and a closed position. The first and second jaws are configured to receive a suture cartridge therebetween when the first jaw is in the open position. The first and second jaws are configured to secure a suture cartridge therebetween and thereby operatively couple the actuator with the suture cartridge when the first jaw is in the closed position. The first jaw is further configured to receive a needle of the suture cartridge directly thereagainst when the first jaw is in the closed position such that the first jaw is configured to capture the needle within the suture cartridge.
US10321901B2
A treatment instrument includes a power receiver and a treatment section configured to be driven by power received by the power receiver. The power receiver includes a first solenoid-shaped power receiving coil and a second solenoid-shaped power receiving coil having a winding direction opposite to a winding direction of the first power receiving coil. The first power receiving coil and the second power receiving coil have the same length and the same number of turns, and are arranged concentrically. The first power receiving coil and the second power receiving coil are electrically connected to a treatment section so that a direction in which a current flows through the first power receiving coil is opposite to a direction in which a current flows through the second power receiving coil.
US10321899B2
A powered medical device includes electronic components on a circuit board embedded within the body of a plug for connecting the device with a control apparatus. The medical device may be repaired or refurbished without the need to access the embedded circuit board through the use of a supplemental circuit board installed into the open end of the plug adjacent the plug pins. The supplemental circuit board may include a variety of electronic components, including fuses or non-volatile memory.
US10321893B2
Provided is a method of generating an ultrasound image corresponding to a cross-section of interest, which is performed by an ultrasound imaging apparatus. Exemplary embodiments include a method of generating an ultrasound image corresponding to a cross-section of interest of an object by storing ultrasound echo signals respectively corresponding to a plurality of frames that constitute a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image of the object, performing beamforming on a focal point on the cross-section of interest of the object, and generating beam focused data for the focal point.
US10321891B2
A hydraulic unit of an electronic control brake system including a modulator block; a pair of master cylinder connection portions; a first valve row having a plurality of first valve accommodation bores; a second valve row having a plurality of second valve accommodation bores; a pair of low-pressure accumulator bores arranged in a bottom side of the modulator block in the lateral direction; pump accommodation bores; a pair of shuttle valve ESV accommodation bores arranged between the first valve row and the second valve row; a pair of driving force control valve TC accommodation bores arranged between wheel cylinder connection portions formed in the modulator block and the first valve row; and a pair of high-pressure accumulator bores arranged in the modulator block in a longitudinal direction, wherein the pair of high-pressure accumulator bores are formed to have an arrangement parallel to the motor accommodation bores.
US10321885B2
A myocardial blood flow analysis scan includes incorporating a pharmacological kinetic model with the standard factor analysis model where each time activity curve is assumed to be a linear combination of factor curves. Pharmacological kinetics based factor analysis of dynamic structures (K-FADS-II) model can be applied, whereby estimating factor curves in the myocardium can be physiologically meaningful is provided. Additional optional aspects include performing a discretization to transform continuous-time K-FADS-II model into a discrete-time K-FADS-II model and application of an iterative Improved Voxel-Resolution myocardial blood flow (IV-MBF) algorithm. Where the model is applied without assumption that a right ventricle tissue curve and a left ventricle tissue curve obey a particular mathematical relationship, a least squares objective function can be applied to obtain estimates for parameters of the pharmacological kinetic model by applying a majorize-minimize optimization technique to iteratively estimate the curves.
US10321883B2
A mobile X-ray apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device; a controller configured to control the X-ray radiation device; a power supply configured to supply operating power to the X-ray radiation device and the controller via a lithium ion battery and control overcurrent occurring during X-ray emission by the X-ray radiation device; and a charger configured to charge the power supply. Each of the controller, the power supply, and the charger is embodied in a physically separate module, and each of the power supply and the charger is encased in a metal case.
US10321880B2
A medical imaging device is disclosed. In an embodiment, the medical imaging device includes an imaging area; a patient positioning device including a positioning table and a transfer plate for positioning a patient in a patient positioning area; a frame element for disposing at least one component relative to the imaging area and/or the patient positioning device, wherein the frame element has a first side arm, a second side arm and an apex area disposed between the first side arm and the second side arm; and a first mounting device and a second mounting device for retaining the frame element. The apex area is disposed above the transfer plate in respect of a vertical direction.
US10321879B2
A multiple sensor wireless wearable device measuring oxygen saturation and/or heart rate includes a single housing, two or more sensors, each having a pick up beam, an alarm generator, and a timer generator. The two or more sensors, the alarm generator, and the timer generator are all housed inside the single housing, and the two or more sensors are placed in specifically selected placements that avoid their respective pick up beams crossing each other. The housing is a garment specifically designed for containing the device.
US10321877B2
In at least one example, a medical device is provided. The medical device includes at least one therapy electrode, at least one electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode, at least one acoustic sensor, and at least one processor coupled with the at least one acoustic sensor, the at least one ECG electrode, and the at least one therapy electrode. The at least one processor can receive at least one acoustic signal from the at least one acoustic sensor, receive at least one electrode signal from the ECG electrode, detect at least one unverified cardiopulmonary anomaly using the at least one electrode signal, and verify the at least one unverified cardiopulmonary anomaly with reference to data descriptive of the at least one acoustic signal.
US10321876B2
A cardiac electrophysiology system including a means for identifying the source of an arrhythmia in the heart is disclosed. The disclosed system may be an electrocardiograph device and may generate an enhanced electrocardiogram (EKG) of a cardiac structure. The disclosed system may include a disclosed catheter inserted into a chamber of the cardiac structure. The disclosed catheter may include electrodes configured to measure an analog electrical signal of the electrical activity of the cardiac structure over time, and a transformer configured to remove a direct current (DC) offset of the analog electrical signal to generate an analog electrical signal centered at 0 volts (V), which may be sampled by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and gain adjusted to a maximum resolution of the ADC to produce an enhanced digital electrocardiogram (EKG) signal.
US10321872B2
A multi-purpose wearable patch includes a stretchable and permeable substrate, a first sensing unit mounted in the stretchable and permeable substrate, the sensing unit that can conduct a first measurement of a user to produce a first measurement signal, a treatment unit that produces a first treatment field in the user's body; a circuit electrically connected with the treatment unit and the sensing unit; and a semiconductor chip in connection with the circuit and configured to receive the first measurement signal from the sensing unit. The semiconductor chip produces a first treatment control signal to control the treatment unit to produce a first treatment field in the user's body.
US10321865B2
A diagnostic Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) procedure is applied to measure values of impedance-related parameters for one or more sensing electrodes. The parameters may include real impedance, imaginary impedance, impedance magnitude, and/or phase angle. The measured values of the impedance-related parameters are then used in performing sensor diagnostics, calculating a highly-reliable fused sensor glucose value based on signals from a plurality of redundant sensing electrodes, calibrating sensors, detecting interferents within close proximity of one or more sensing electrodes, and testing surface area characteristics of electroplated electrodes. Advantageously, impedance-related parameters can be defined that are substantially glucose-independent over specific ranges of frequencies. An Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) enables implementation of the EIS-based diagnostics, fusion algorithms, and other processes based on measurement of EIS-based parameters.
US10321859B1
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage media manage low blood glucose levels. The system receives blood glucose readings, where each reading includes a blood glucose value and a respective timestamp. The system compares each blood glucose reading to a predefined hypoglycemic event threshold, and identifies hypoglycemic events when a respective blood glucose reading is below the predefined hypoglycemic event threshold. For at least a subset of the identified hypoglycemic events, the system prompts a user for information associated with each hypoglycemic event. The information requested includes one or more of: symptoms associated with the respective hypoglycemic event; perceived causes of the respective hypoglycemic event; and treatment for the respective hypoglycemic event. In response to the prompting, the system obtains feedback about the identified hypoglycemic events and provides a report that includes at least a subset of the obtained feedback.
US10321857B2
Low-cost, easy-to-use alignment target generators for aligning a user's own face or eye to a camera or scanner are based on field-of-view visual feedback from a filtered or apertured planar light source. These approaches may be made agnostic to the scanner's operating system or other software. Alternatively, software on the scanner or its host device may create a solid light-colored section of an existing display screen to use as a planar light source. In some embodiments, the planar light source may be the virtual image of an object viewed in a plane mirror.
US10321850B2
In a system, device and method for treating an aneurysm of a human or mammal patient an implantable member adapted to hold fluid is provided. The member is adapted to be placed in connection with a blood vessel having the aneurysm and to exercise a pressure on the aneurysm of said blood vessel.
US10321849B2
System and method for ingestion event detection and monitoring are disclosed. The system comprises: an ingestible microsensor configured to generate a signal representing an ingestion event upon ingestion and contact with stomach fluid of a patient; and a reader device positioned external to the patient and configured to detect the signal representing the ingestion event with at least 95% accuracy.
US10321844B2
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) is used in conjunction with continuous glucose monitors and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to enable in-vivo sensor calibration, gross (sensor) failure analysis, and intelligent sensor diagnostics and fault detection. An equivalent circuit model is defined, and circuit elements are used to characterize sensor behavior.
US10321839B2
An electrocardiogram system is provided. The system includes an array of sensors configured to generate electrical signals relating to cardiac activity. The system further includes a plurality of lead cables. Each lead cable includes a sensor terminal, an opposing sensor terminal, and an intermediate segment. The intermediate segment is interposed between the sensor terminal and the opposing sensor terminal. The array of sensors are electrically coupled to the sensor terminals. The intermediate segment is configured to carry the electrical signals from the sensor terminal to the opposing sensor terminal. The intermediate segment is enclosed by a non-conductive enclosure. The non-conductive enclosure having opposing linear surfaces and opposing lateral surfaces extending from the opposing linear surfaces. The opposing linear surfaces are parallel with respect to each other.
US10321838B2
An active low impedance electrode (20) employing an electrical activity sensor (21) connected to a voltage sense contact (22), a current flow contact (23) and an active electrode coupler (24). In operation, responsive to the voltage sense contact (22) and the current flow contact (23) being attached to the anatomical region (13) of the patient, the electrical activity sensor (21) controls a directional flow of a sensor current between the electrical activity sensor (21) and the anatomical region (13) to establish an equivalence between a patient voltage at voltage sense contact (22) and a sensor voltage at active electrode coupler (24), and/or a patient contact impedance between the voltage sense contact (22) and the current flow contact (23) is greater than an active electrode impedance at the active electrode coupler (24).
US10321837B2
A system and method of filtering input data to remove power line interference is disclosed. The system and method estimates the statistics of the input signal and include determining a value (R) from the ratio of a peak amplitude (Apeak) and a root-mean-square of the amplitudes of the interference harmonics (Arms), calculate a running histogram of the determined value (R) to determine a threshold value (THR), comparing the determined value (R) to the determined threshold value (THR) to make a decision about feature existence, and outputting a feature decision. The system and method include estimating the interference level to determine if interference is low level or high level. The system and method include estimating interference using the feature detection, amplitude and phase; and removing the estimated interference from the signal to result in a signal substantially free of power line interference.
US10321834B2
Methods and devices for combining multiple signals from multiple sensing vectors for use in wearable or implantable cardiac devices. A preferred sensing configuration may be selected at a given point in time, for example under clinical conditions. Signal quality for the preferred sensing configuration is then monitored, and if the signal quality degrades under selected conditions, re-analysis may be performed to select a different sensing vector configuration for at least temporary use. If signal quality increases for the preferred sensing configuration, temporary use of the different sensing vector configuration may cease and reversion to the preferred sensing configuration takes place if certain conditions are met. The conditions for reversion may depend in part of a history of sensing signal quality for the preferred sensing configuration.
US10321830B2
A system and method for measuring vital signs and motion from a patient. The system features: (i) first and second sensors configured to independently generate time-dependent waveforms indicative of one or more contractile properties of the patient's heart; and (ii) at least three motion-detecting sensors positioned on the forearm, upper arm, and another different body location of the patient. Each motion-detecting sensor generates at least one time-dependent motion waveform indicative of motion of the location on the patient's body to which it is affixed. A processing component, worn on the patient's body and featuring a microprocessor, receives the waveforms generated by the different sensors and processes them to determine: (i) a pulse transit time calculated using a time difference between features in two separate time-dependent waveforms, (ii) a blood pressure value calculated from the time difference, and (iii) a motion parameter calculated from at least one motion waveform.
US10321823B2
A system and method of flagging monitored ECG samples for urgent review by a human expert is described, and includes monitoring an electro-cardiogram (ECG) signal of the patient with an adherent device that includes a plurality of electrodes. Based on the monitored ECG signal, detected rhythm abnormalities in the patient are detected and ECG samples are collected with respect to detected rhythm abnormalities. One or more features are identified with respect to each ECG sample, and the features are utilized to flag ECG samples for urgent review by a human expert.
US10321805B2
An imaging unit includes: an optical system; a semiconductor package including an image sensor, and a connection electrode formed on a back surface; a cable; an electronic component; and a multi-layer substrate having a rectangular plate shape and including: a first electrode and a second electrode arranged side-by-side with each other on a front surface, the semiconductor package being mounted on the first electrode, and the cable being connected to the second electrode; and a third electrode on a back surface, the electronic component being mounted on the third electrode. The multi-layer substrate includes walls on at least two opposing sides of the back surface, and the semiconductor package is disposed such that a light receiving surface of the image sensor is arranged horizontally with respect to the multi-layer substrate.
US10321803B2
Systems and methods for endoscopic procedures employ a first technique to ensure initial correct alignment of an endoscope (100) with a desired target (10). A reference image (51) is then acquired from an imaging arrangement associated with the endoscope. During a subsequent stage of the procedure, tracking of the endoscope position relative to the target is performed partially or entirely by image-based tracking by comparing features in real-time video image (52) produced by imaging arrangement with features in the reference image (51). The feature comparison may be performed visually by a user, or may be automated to offer more specific corrective suggestions to the user.
US10321802B2
An endoscope apparatus includes a processor including hardware. The processor implements a focus control process that is implemented by controlling the position of a focus lens included in an optical system that is included in an imaging device, and a mist detection process that detects whether or not mist has occurred. The processor implements the focus control process that stops a focus operation that is performed during the focus control process when the mist detection process has detected that mist has occurred.
US10321796B2
A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body including a suction motor for generating suction force and a suction part communicating with the cleaner body to suck in air and dust. The cleaner body includes a main body, wheels for moving the main body, and a battery detachably provided at a back side of the main body to supply power to the main body.
US10321789B2
A magnetic shower curtain system that maintains a shower curtain in place along opposing shower enclosure walls. The magnetic shower curtain system includes a shower rod assembly, a mounting assembly, and a shower curtain assembly. The shower curtain assembly includes a plurality of shower rings. The shower rings are placed on a shower rod, connected to a shower curtain, and slid along the shower rod. The shower rings include a first outer shower ring and a second outer shower ring. One of: (1) the first outer shower ring and the second outer shower ring, and (2) a first outer end and a second outer end of the shower rod or the mounting assembly, includes a magnet. The other of: (1) the first outer shower ring and the second outer shower ring, and (2) the first outer end and the second outer end of the shower rod or the mounting assembly, includes a magnet or a magnetically attractable material. The shower curtain is maintained in place along the opposing shower enclosure walls by attraction of the magnet to the other magnet or magnetically attractable material.
US10321787B2
A vertical wall mount system is provided that is easily installed in a perfectly level and plumb manner and is further cable of being design to be completely waterproof, interchangeable and customizable to include endless additional features. The vertical wall mount system includes two main components: a sub-frame assembly and a panel frame assembly. The sub-frame assembly includes mounting clips for pivotal attachment to a wall frame, such as, a standard 2×4 stud. Horizontal wall rails are mounted on the mounting clips to create the sub-frame assembly. The horizontal wall rails are designed to support a panel assembly on the horizontal wall rails, which may, for example, include a tile panel. The panel assembly includes a panel frame secured to the back side of the panel, which panel assembly is designed to hang on the horizontal wall rails of the sub-frame assembly.
US10321785B2
A blending system is disclosed herein. The blending system may comprise a blender base, a container and a blending volume reduction device. The blending volume reduction device may be removably inserted into the container of the blender system at various positions. The positions may alter the working volume of the container when the blending volume reduction device is inserted in the container.
US10321782B2
Electric rice pressure cooker without rubber packing includes a case, an inner pot inside case, and a cover coupled to case. Inner pot has flange portions provided on a top portion along a circumferential direction and the top end has a tapered surface. Cover includes a sealing member having a hole in its center and a bottom surface seated on inner pot. An inner cover includes a space for sealing member to move vertically, inner surface of space maintains a seal with the end portion of sealing member. The surface of inner pot tapers inwards, a bent portion of sealing member contacts the sloped surface and inner surface of inner cover, and part of bent portion contacting the sloped surface acts as a sealing surface corresponding in shape to the sloped surface, so steam from cooking passes through the hole and presses sealing member downward to maintain a seal.
US10321779B1
A multifunction appetizer tray system includes a tray base including a base member and an upward protruding peg with a knob; a plurality of trays, each including a tray member with a serving area and a drinking glass holder, which is a cut out in the tray member, such that each tray can be attached to the peg with the drinking glass holder and rotated to a stored position, and such that the trays can be used as a personal appetizer plate with a stemmed drinking glass positioned in the drinking glass holder.
US10321777B2
A table cover may comprise a sheet, a drawstring housing, a drawstring disposed at least partially within the drawstring housing, and at least one slit in the sheet and/or the drawstring housing configured to accept at least one end of the drawstring. In some embodiments, the drawstring housing may be coupled to the sheet. In some embodiments, the drawstring housing may be detached from the sheet and attachable to the sheet.
US10321774B2
A mattress sheet includes a top sheet portion having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a pair of opposing sides defining a mattress sheet width there between, a first end sheet split extending into the top sheet portion from the first end to define first end sheet split edges and two separate first end sections and a second end sheet split extending into the top sheet portion from the second end to define second end sheet split edges and two separate second end sections. A fabric border has a top edge running along the first end, the first end sheet split edges, the opposing sides, the second end and the second end sheet split edges and a bottom edge opposite the top edge. A fabric extension extends from the fabric border a distance less than about the mattress sheet width.
US10321773B2
A display assembly for resting upon a support surface, the display assembly comprising a main body having self-supporting rigidity and substantially disposed in a first plane, the main body having an upper end and a lower end, a collapsible pocket, moveable between a collapsed configuration and an open configuration, the collapsible pocket having four side walls and a bottom wall wherein at least one of the bottom wall and the four side walls includes a fold line, wherein the collapsible pocket is formed of a material having a different thickness than the main body, and a coupler interconnecting the collapsible pocket and the main body, wherein the collapsible pocket in the open configuration and the main body are self-supporting in an upright orientation with the first plane being substantially perpendicular to the support surface.
US10321768B2
A bed frame has: a left side component that includes an elongated left side rail and an extending segment at each end; and a right side component that includes an elongated right side rail and an extending segment at each end. Each such extending segment is pivotally attached to the corresponding elongated right side rail and is capable of being pivoted from substantially parallel it to substantially perpendicular it. Each of the elongated left side rail and the elongated right side rail includes two main sections that are pivotally attached to a shorter center member. At each end, the extending segments of the left side component and the right side component detachably couple to each other, forming lateral components of a bed frame assembly.
US10321762B2
A wall anchoring assembly for securing furniture to a vertical support is provided. The wall anchoring assembly includes a wall anchoring mount and a furniture anchoring mount, both attach to the vertical support and the furniture, respectively, in a face to face orientation. Each anchoring mount and attachment portion provides horizontal flanges that nest so that the flanges' fastener holes align for an elongated fastener to secure the vertical support and furniture in a locked engagement.
US10321756B1
A method and apparatus of a versatile holder and stand including a portable flat-panel mount, shelves as supporting means for storage conveniences and allowing multiple devices including energy generation devices and energy storage devices to be utilized at the same time, a low profile caster configuration enabling the position of a caster relative to a stand be able to be adjusted, supporting means having a number of curved columns to provide additional available spaces for supporting additional devices through various device holders or supporting means which include various types of device holding means that are capable of simultaneously holding multiple devices with different dimensions while cable management configurations being introduced separately or incorporated into these device holding means to enable cables used along with the portable devices held by any portions of the stand to be able to be placed and managed at any appropriate and desired locations and positions.
US10321755B1
An elevating apparatus of a table is disclosed. It mainly comprises a height adjusting apparatus having a gas spring inserted into an inner column of each of two legs respectively, a chute disposed outside the inner column and corresponding to a guide rail of a hollow outer column, a guide gear pivotally connected to a teeth-guiding slot of the hollow outer column, a gear rack disposed at one side of the inner column adjacent to the guide gear, and a pulley pivotally connected to a pulley slot of the hollow outer column for contacting the inner column, wherein two lateral sides of the chute are provided with plural arc portions equally spaced apart from each other for contacting the guide rail.
US10321753B2
A stress control brush includes a handle, a brush head, and a feedback component. The brush head is pivoted on the handle, and the brush head is pivotable relative to the handle in an angular range. The feedback component is installed between the handle and the brush head. The feedback component is resilient and has a protruding state and a breakdown-sunken state. The feedback component is pressed by the brush head and in the breakdown-sunken state when the brush head is pivoted relative to the handle, and a feedback is provided by the feedback component.
US10321747B2
Provided is a cosmetic assist device that can extract a cosmetic technique for making a user's face look like a target face image. The device includes an image capturing unit for capturing a face image of a user, an input unit for inputting a target face image, a synthesized face image generating unit for generating a plurality of synthesized face images obtained by applying mutually different cosmetic techniques on the face image of the user, a similarity determination unit for determining a degree of similarity between each synthesized face image and the target face image, and a cosmetic technique extraction unit for extracting one of the cosmetic techniques that was used to obtain the synthesized face image determined to have a highest degree of similarity by the similarity determination unit.
US10321746B2
A lip balm container includes a first container element that defines a first compartment configured to house a first portion of lip balm such that a second portion of the lip balm extends from the compartment, and a second container element connected to the first container element and moveable relative thereto between a closed and an open position. When in the closed position, the second container element covers the second portion of the mass of lip balm extending from the first compartment of the first container element, and in the open position, the second portion of the lip balm is exposed for use. The second container element remains connected to the first container element as the second container element is moved between the open and closed positions.
US10321732B2
An article of apparel, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the article of footwear to the worn on a body. A wireless transmission circuit is included and a piezoelectric generator is positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to induce a voltage signal output. A voltage sensor is configured to sense the voltage profile and output a sensor signal indicative of the voltage profile. An electronic data storage, coupled to the voltage sensor, is configured to store voltage profile information based on the sensor data. A comparator, coupled to the electronic data storage, is configured to identify a change in the voltage profile information over time. The wireless transmission circuit is configured to transmit data indicative of a physical status of the article of footwear based on the change in the voltage profile information over time.
US10321722B2
An atomizing head is disclosed, including a heating component, a liquid absorption component and at least one contact ring, wherein the liquid absorption component is wrapped around the outer circumference of the heating component, the contact ring includes a base and a first clamping flange extending at a certain angle from an circumferential edge of the base, the base covers one end of the heating component in an axis direction of the heating component, the first clamping flange presses against an outer surface of the liquid absorption component to fasten the liquid absorption component onto the heating component. During the assembling process of the atomizing head, it only requires the liquid absorption component to wrap around the heating component and be pressed against and fastened by the contact ring. An atomizing device and an electronic cigarette are also disclosed.
US10321718B2
An electronic cigarette temperature control system includes a power supply, a heating element, a temperature detection element, and a processor. The power supply is electrically coupled to the heating element and the processor. The temperature detection element is configured to detect a change of a temperature T of the heating element and output the change of the temperature T of the heating element to the processor. The processor is electrically coupled to the temperature detection element. The processor is configured to determine the temperature t of the temperature detection element according to an associated physical quantity x of the temperature detection element, and calculate the temperature T of the heating element according to the temperature t of the temperature detection element. A related electronic cigarette temperature control method and a related electronic cigarette are also provided.
US10321715B2
The present disclosure relates to an exemplary atomizer for coupling with a power supply to form an electronic cigarette. The atomizer includes a liquid supply and a connecting component. The liquid supply is configured for storing tobacco liquid. The connecting component is configured for connecting the liquid supply and the power supply. The connecting component includes a liquid conducting element and a heating element in contact with the liquid conducting element. The connecting component has a first end and an opposite second end. The first end is configured for connecting the liquid supply, and the second end is configured for connecting the power supply. The liquid supply is detachably engaged with the connecting component by snap fit.
US10321708B2
Methods of modifying the tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of a tobacco material are described herein. One exemplary method comprises contacting a tobacco material with a composition comprising salt, sugar, enzyme, lactic acid bacteria, yeast, or a combination thereof to reduce the total bacterial content; curing the tobacco material; and fermenting the tobacco material in the presence of one or more microorganisms. The method can provide a fermented tobacco material having a tobacco-specific nitrosamine content that is reduced relative to a fermented tobacco material that has not been subjected to the disclosed method steps. In certain embodiments, the tobacco-specific nitrosamine content of the fermented tobacco material is no more than that of the cured tobacco material. Tobacco-containing products including such treated tobacco materials are also provided.
US10321705B2
Provided herein are methods for producing a mung bean protein isolate having high functionality for a broad range of food applications. In some embodiments, the methods for producing the isolate comprise one or more steps selected from: (a) extracting one or more mung bean proteins from a mung bean protein source in an aqueous solution, for example, at a pH between about 6.5-10.0; (b) purifying protein from the extract using at least one of two methods: (i) precipitating protein from the extract at a pH near the isoelectric point of a globulin-rich fraction, for example a pH between about 5.0-6.0; and/or (ii) fractionating and concentrating protein from the extract using filtration such as microfiltration, ultrafiltration or ion-exchange chromatography; and (c) recovering purified protein isolate.
US10321704B2
The present application relates to propionic grain-based compositions comprising lactic acid-producing bacteria.
US10321700B2
A machine for making liquid or semi-liquid products, including: a first processing container for processing a basic liquid or semi-liquid product and defining a processing chamber; a cooling cylinder mounted inside the first container; a rotary stirrer mounted inside the first container and outside the cooling cylinder; a thermal treatment system provided with at least a first exchanger associated with the cooling cylinder; a second processing container; a connecting duct designed to connect the second processing container to the first processing container to transfer the basic liquid or semi-liquid product from the second processing container to the first processing container; a dispensing device associated with the first processing container to deliver the liquid or semi-liquid product to the outside.
US10321698B2
The present invention relates to a process for the manufacture of a chocolate product involving the use of hydrated salt, hydrated sugar or hydrated sugar alcohol in the underlying chocolate mass and comprising the steps of refining, conching and optionally tempering of the chocolate mass. The invention further relates to a chocolate product comprising a chocolate mass comprising certain weight proportions of hydratable salt, hydratable sugar or hydratable sugar alcohol, as obtainable by the process of the invention.
US10321694B2
An apparatus for removing meat from crustacean legs includes a conveyor, and a plurality of leg meat extraction rollers. The conveyor has a plurality of leg slots arranged in a machine direction, each leg slot extending laterally in a cross-machine direction. The leg meat extraction rollers are positioned adjacent the conveyor laterally outwardly of the leg slots and oriented to receive crustacean legs moved laterally outwardly from the leg slots.
US10321687B2
The invention relates to the use of Coniothyrium minitans for controlling moss growth and to a method of controlling moss growth, comprising applying Coniothyrium minitans to an area to be kept free from mosses.
US10321665B2
Disclosed is a system and method for controlling the environment of a broiler poultry structure interior utilizing a transpired solar collector and controllable vents, fans and sensors. In an embodiment, the incident angle of the transpired collector is adjusted to provide additional heat or shade as needed. In an embodiment of the system the Environmental Optimization System (“EOS”) provides a system for the intelligent control and monitoring the broiler poultry livestock structure environment through the utilization of a variety of environmental and livestock behavior sensors, apparatus for controlling the thermal collection and existing interior heating/air conditioning/ventilation (“HVAC”) systems, and Internet or cloud based intelligent control and monitoring capabilities of the system. In various embodiments central sensor data aggregation is utilized to provide improved optimization control for individual structures based on data from multiple structures.
US10321660B2
A driving sprocket for a marine-type chain whose links have a section of diameter between 8 and 20 millimeters, intended to be used in the agricultural field. The sprocket includes a main cylindrical recess between two lateral flanges and a plurality of regularly spaced forks projecting radially from the recess, delineating housings intended for receiving every other link of the substantially flat chain. The flanges extend beyond the recess over a height substantially equal to the width of a link of the chain.
US10321659B1
A self-cleaning litter box. The self-cleaning litter box includes a basin designed to rotate about an axis, having a hollow center with an interior volume designed to hold litter. An aperture is disposed in the basin designed to provide access to the interior volume. A filter screen disposed within the interior volume and extending across the basin is designed to sift excrement from the litter. The basin is disposed within a base that supports the basin. A waste container is positioned within the base. The waste container includes an opening in communication with the basin such that the aperture of the basin fits flush against the opening of the waste container when the basin is rotated for sifting excrement. In one embodiment, the self-cleaning litter box incorporates a motion sensor, a weight sensor and a wireless transceiver.
US10321656B1
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV2496HJ and inbred parent line SJR-FD-1259. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV2496HJ and inbred parent line SJR-FD-1259 and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper 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.
US10321655B1
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SVHW4851 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SVHW4851 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper 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.
US10321652B2
Provided herein is a Cucumber plant (Cucumis sativus) which provides fruits having an improved shelf life, wherein said plant comprises a stay green gene providing the improved fruit shelf life, wherein said stay green gene encodes a protein comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID No. 2, or amino acid sequences with more than 90% identity, preferably more than 94% identity, more preferably more than 96% identity, even more preferably more than 98% identity; and wherein the expression of said stay green gene is reduced as compared to the expression of said stay green gene in a cucumber plant not providing fruits having an improved shelf life or the enzymatic activity of said protein is reduced as compared to the enzymatic activity of said protein in a cucumber plant not providing fruits having an improved shelf life.
US10321637B2
Various embodiments may relate to a lighting device, e.g. for greenhouse lighting, including a substrate with an array of electrically-powered light radiation sources, e.g. power LEDs. The sources of array are arranged in a first set and in a second set to emit a blue radiation and a red radiation, respectively.
US10321636B2
A vegetation trimming assembly has at least one cutting blade with a cutting edge that moves guidingly within a blade working space between facing first and second fixed surfaces. The first surface is defined in part by a body with a fixed shape, including a head and a stepped diameter shank with a larger diameter portion to guide movement of the one cutting blade and a smaller diameter portion that is threaded to engage a support defining the second surface. The body is selectively turned in opposite directions to thereby increase and decrease a depth of the blade working space.
US10321633B1
A threshing bar includes a threshing fixture formed entirely of a first metal, and a head formed entirely of a second metal. The threshing fixture includes a leading extremity, a trailing extremity, a top threshing side, a bottom threshing drum emplacement side, and a spike. The spike projects from the top threshing side to the head affixed rigidly to the spike and which is available for threshing crop cuttings between the leading and trailing extremities. The first metal has a first tensile strength, the second metal has a second tensile strength, and the second tensile strength is greater than the first tensile strength.
US10321622B2
An agricultural working machine has a first axle and a second axle, multiple ground-engaging means disposed at the first and second axles that are at least partially drivable by a drive engine or are steerable using steering-knuckle steering, a steering-angle sensor disposed at a steerable ground-engaging means for detecting a set steering angle (δth) and a steering brake for the selective braking of one or more drivable, ground-engaging means for steering support. A control unit controls and regulates the at least one steering brake based on a steering angle (δth, δtat) or a slip angle (α) of at least one of the steerable ground-engaging means.
US10327370B2
To populate printed circuit boards by means of a pick-and-place line, multiple set-ups, each having an associated set-up family, are formed. A number of component types is associated with each set-up and a number of printed circuit board types is associated with each associated setup family, such that a printed circuit board of a printed circuit board type in a set-up family can be populated on the pick-and-place line using components of the component types associated with the set-up. A setting-up table comprising a stock of components of a component type in a set-up can be provided on the pick-and-place line. A method for populating the printed circuit boards includes the steps of recording printed circuit board types, from which printed circuit boards are to be populated with components of associated component types, and associating recorded printed circuit board types with set-up families.
US10327369B2
In the automatic assembling system, a part mounting cell includes a solder mounting unit that solders an electronic part to a printed circuit board, and a printed-circuit-board information acquisition unit that acquires printed circuit board information including at least one of position information on an alignment mark disposed at a specific position on the printed circuit board, mounting position information on the electronic part on the printed circuit board, and warpage information on the printed circuit board. The manufacturing management device includes a compensation data generation unit that generates, based on the printed circuit board information, compensation data for compensating for a program to be executed in a downstream process cell. The downstream process cell includes a downstream process execution unit that executes a downstream process based on the compensation data generated by the compensation data generation unit.
US10327367B2
A working apparatus includes a component holder that holds a component and mounts the component at a predetermined position of a work. In the working apparatus, the component holder that holds a component is configured to include a pair of grip members that pinch and grip the component, a grip member opening/closing portion that opens and closes the pair of grip members with an opening/closing motor as a drive source, a pair of contact portions that are disposed on the pair of grip members and freely rotate around a rotary shaft provided in an opening/closing direction of the grip member, and a contact portion driving portion that causes a roller, which is provided to be in contact with a side of a nozzle shaft, to convert a lifting and lowering motion of a nozzle shaft into a rotational motion of a spline shaft, and that causes the rotational motion to be transmitted to the contact portion via a plurality of rollers such that the contact portion rotates around the rotary shaft.
US10327366B2
A conveyance robot apparatus includes modules positioned in a row; a robot for conveying each of the modules and loading and unloading a magazine tray from one of the modules; a pinion mounted on the robot; racks that are slidably supported on the modules and can mesh with the pinion; and a rack connecting mechanism for connecting adjacent racks to each other.
US10327357B2
A canister system having a cylindrical housing and a modular electronic rack system disposed within the cylindrical housing. The modular electronic rack system includes a thermal contact member that is in at least selective physical contact with an interior surface of the cylindrical housing to permit conductive heat transfer there through. An input/output device extends along at least a portion of the modular electronic rack system and includes a power input and a signal output electrically coupled thereto. A plurality of electronic slots disposed at a position generally along the modular electronic rack system is provided.
US10327347B2
There is disclosed a double hinge module comprising a first rotary cam which is rotatable on a first shaft; a first coupling slot extended from one end of the first rotary cam in a direction which gets farther from the first shaft; a second rotary cam which is rotatable on the second shaft parallel with the first shaft in the reverse direction of the first rotary cam; a second coupling slot extended from one end of the second rotary cam which gets farther from the second shaft; and a link having one end coupled to the first coupling slot and the other end coupled to the second coupling slot, wherein when the first rotary cam and the second rotary cam are rotating, the link is linearly movable in parallel with a central line connecting the first shaft and the second shaft with each other, so that the double hinge module may fold the mobile terminal from 0° to 180° naturally like a book.
US10327343B2
Assembly apparatuses and processes are provided which include a pressure cure fixture. The pressure cure fixture is sized to reside within a container, such as an electronic enclosure, and facilitate applying pressure to an adhesive disposed over an inner surface of the container. The pressure cure fixture is formed of a material with a higher coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) than the container, and is sized to correspond, at least in part, to an inner space of the container while allowing for the adhesive and a surface-mount element to be disposed between the pressure cure fixture and the inner surface of the container. When heated, the pressure cure fixture expands greater than the container and imparts the pressure to the surface-mount element and the adhesive to facilitate securing the surface-mount element to the inner surface of the container.
US10327335B2
A connection structure includes: a wiring board including a plurality of first electrodes that are arranged on a principal surface; a molded interconnect device (MID) made of a non-electroconductive resin as a base material, the MID including a side surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface being parallel to the principal surface of the wiring board and including a plurality of arranged second electrodes, and the side surface being perpendicular to the principal surface of the wiring board; and a plurality of electroconductive members each made of an electroconductive paste, each of the electroconductive members electrically connecting each of the plurality of first electrodes to each of the plurality of second electrodes, in which the plurality of electroconductive members are housed in respective reservoir sections formed by the second member and are not in contact with the non-electroconductive resin.
US10327329B2
Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include an enclosure, an in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor, and one or more flexible tamper-detect sensors. The enclosure encloses, at least in part, one or more electronic components to be protected, and the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor is formed in place over an inner surface of the enclosure. The flexible tamper-detect sensor(s) is disposed over the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor, such that the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor is between the inner surface of the enclosure and the flexible tamper-detect sensor(s). Together the in-situ-formed tamper-detect sensor and flexible tamper-detect sensor(s) facilitate defining, at least in part, a secure volume about the one or more electronic components.
US10327327B2
In a suspension board, a first insulating layer is formed on a support substrate. A ground layer and a power wiring trace are formed on the first insulating layer. The ground layer has electric conductivity higher than that of the support substrate. A second insulating layer is formed on the first insulating layer to cover the ground layer and the power wiring trace. A write wiring trace is formed on the second insulating layer to overlap with the ground layer. In a stacking direction of the support substrate, the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, a distance between the ground layer and the write wiring trace is larger than a distance between the power wiring trace and the write wiring trace.
US10327300B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a Dynamic Ultraviolet Light System (DUVLS) that directs ultraviolet (UV) light at an intensity controlled by a user or in response to an ambient light level to maintain a photochromic target lens in a darkened state. In an illustrative example, the target lens may be located in a brightly lighted environment separated by a UV filter from a broadband light source, such as the sun. The dynamic ultraviolet light system may have its output intensity regulated by a user or by a controller responsive to a light sensor. The light sensor may be configured to detect the ambient light level to which the target lens is being exposed. Various embodiments may advantageously enhance a user's vision by maintaining the user's spectacles with photochromic lenses, in a darkened state while the user is in a brightly lighted environment with substantially attenuated natural UV light levels.
US10327297B2
A control circuit for an LED driving circuit having a rectifier and a power transistor for driving an LED load, can include: a control signal regulation circuit configured to control a driving voltage of the power transistor to vary with a rectifier output voltage to control the variation of a current flowing through the power transistor to be consistent with that of the rectifier output voltage to decrease a power loss of the power transistor; and the control signal regulation circuit being configured to control the driving voltage of the power transistor to vary with the rectifier output voltage to control the variation of the current flowing through the power transistor to be opposite to that of the rectifier output voltage to improve a power factor of the LED driving circuit.
US10327296B2
There is provided a dimming circuit, a dimming method and a LED driving circuit. On the basis of the dimming of a dimmer, the circuit according to the disclosure generates a plurality of current reference signals corresponding to a plurality of loads in accordance with a dimming signal, to change a ratio of load currents of the plurality of loads, so that, the adjustment of color temperature is implemented, wherein the dimming signal represents the changes of switching operation or dimming speed of the dimmer, and the ratio of current load currents of the plurality of loads is latched or a predetermined ratio of load currents is latched. According to the disclosure, the dimmer can be used for directly adjusting color temperature, without the need for a MCU, so that, the system compatibility is improved and the cost is decreased.
US10327290B2
There is provided a lighting circuit configured to drive a light source including a plurality of light emitting units connected in series. The lighting circuit includes a converter which is configured to supply a drive current to the light source, a plurality of high-side switches, each of which is provided between one end of a corresponding light emitting unit and one output of the converter, and a plurality of low-side switches, each of which is provided between another end of the corresponding light emitting unit and another output of the converter.
US10327288B2
A system for heating a consumable product includes a package and a heating apparatus. The package includes a container body including a cavity at least partially bounded by a side wall and one or more inductively heatable elements disposed within the cavity. The side wall includes a non-inductively heatable portion. The cavity is configured to contain the consumable product. The heating apparatus includes: a housing, which defines a package-receiving cavity configured to position the package in an operative position; one or more induction coils disposed within the housing, a controller; and one or more temperature sensing devices disposed in proximity to the non-inductively heatable portion of the side wall when the package is in the operative position. The controller is configured to control one or more operating parameters of the heating apparatus based at least partially on one or more signals received from the one or more temperature sensing devices.
US10327285B2
The present specification provides a heating element including an adhesive film; and a conductive heating pattern provided on at least one surface of the adhesive film and having a line height of 10 micrometers or less, and a method for fabricating the same.
US10327284B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to optically transparent windows and processing chambers including the same. The optically transparent window includes light-diffusing structures formed thereon. The light diffusing structures may include a scalloped or dimpled surface having protruding or indented features, or a frosted surface. The light-diffusing structures facilitate more uniform heating of substrates by reducing thermal hot spots caused by uneven irradiation by lamps.
US10327277B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a method for establishing a packer data network (PDN) connection by a user equipment (UE). The method may comprise the steps of: transmitting a session initiation protocol (SIP)-based request message for requesting sending of a voice over LTE (VoLTE) call through a first type PDN connection; receiving, from a network node, a message including information directly or indirectly indicating that there is a problem in the first type PDN connection, instead of a normal response message to the SIP-based request message; determining to change the PDN type from the first type to a second type, on the basis of the information in the received message; and transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME), a PDN connection request message including information on the changed second type.
US10327273B2
A receiving terminal includes: a receiver configured to receive a data unit configured by data and a header, from the transmitting terminal in the D2D communication; and a controller configured to hold the data unit including a compressed header for a predetermined period even if decoding the compressed header is failed when the compressed header is used as the header. In the D2D communication, a timing at which a receiving entity is formed in the receiving terminal differs from a timing at which a transmitting entity is formed in the transmitting terminal.
US10327261B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A transmitting wireless device may select a direction for a wireless transmission over a channel The transmitting wireless device may monitor an availability of the channel in the selected direction for a duration of a first channel listening time corresponding to the selected direction. The transmitting wireless device may determine that the channel is available in the selected direction based on either an absence of channel reservation messages during the monitoring, or a first channel reservation message received during the monitoring. The first channel reservation message may indicate a permissibility of a simultaneous transmission in the selected direction. The transmitting wireless device may transmit a second channel reservation message to a receiving wireless device over the channel in the selected direction based on the determination that the channel is available in the selected direction.
US10327260B2
A method for channel access performed by a network node in a first wireless system is disclosed. In the method, the network node detects one or more wireless systems coexisted with the first wireless system on a channel, the channel operating on a shared spectrum. Then the network node determines a channel access scheme based on the detected one or more wireless systems. The channel access scheme may be one of listen before talk (LBT) channel access scheme, listen after talk (LAT) channel access scheme, and hybrid LBT and LAT channel access scheme. The network node performs channel access according to the determined channel access scheme. The related network node is also disclosed.
US10327258B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving scheduling information for one cell (a particular cell) from among a plurality of cells under a carrier aggregation condition in which a plurality of cells are aggregated. One embodiment according to the present invention transmits/receives a downlink grant for the particular cell from a first cell from among the plurality of cells, and transmits/receives an uplink grant for the particular cell from a second cell, from among the plurality of cells, which is different from the first cell. The particular cell may be a different cell from the first and second cells, or may be the same cell as the first cell or the second cell.
US10327256B2
The disclosure provides a method and network entity for scheduling a device-to-device (D2D) wireless device using resource blocks (RBs) of active cellular wireless devices in a wireless network. The method includes determining a power allocation for each of the RBs based on achieving a target rate for the D2D wireless device and the active cellular wireless devices, and scheduling the D2D wireless device based on the determined power allocation.
US10327251B2
A method and apparatus for establishing a device-to-device (D2D) connection in a wireless communication system is provided. A first mobile device transmits a D2D related message including an identity of a second mobile device, which is connected with the first mobile device, to a network. Or, a first mobile device receives a D2D related message including an identity of a second mobile device, which is connected with the first mobile device, from a network.
US10327247B2
A method of transmitting and receiving a control channel in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station allocates a data channel to a radio resource, adds start position information of the data channel into a payload of a control channel, and performs signaling for indication information on the start position information added into the payload of the control channel to a terminal. Accordingly, the legacy system and the enhanced system can efficiently transmit a control channel.
US10327244B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for relay of a first device-to-device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving settings regarding a D2D terminal group for single frequency network (SFN) relay; and performing SFN relay using a first resource pool set for SFN relay, wherein the first resource pool is set to be different from a second resource pool for D2D signal transmission of the first D2D terminal to a second D2D terminal.
US10327242B2
Introduced here are techniques to provide automated mesh point survey and guided installation for assisting the installation and configuration of a wireless mesh network. Additional implementation techniques are also introduced including, for example, link rate estimation, roaming, and dedicated backhaul link implementation in such wireless mesh network, are also discussed. Among other benefits, this disclosure provides an integral solution where multiple wireless local area network (WLAN) mesh point devices are deployed in a relatively large environment with potential dead spots, such as a home or an office.
US10327230B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting acknowledgement/negative ACK (ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation, and to an apparatus for the method. A method in which a terminal transmits ACK/NACK in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation comprises the following steps: receiving one or more physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs); and transmitting ACK/NACK for said one or more PDSCHs via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). A PUCCH format for transmitting ACK/NACK is selected by taking the type of the carrier in which said one or more PDSCHs are received into account.
US10327228B2
A technique for combining transmission bandwidths of several communication devices, such as mobile stations is disclosed. A master mobile station establishes a WLAN access point communicating with WLAN client terminals. One or more slave mobile stations may detect a predefined network identifier and join the WLAN network. The master as-signs IP addresses for the client terminals and slave mobile stations. The master also resolves DNS queries in cooperation with external DNS servers. Traffic, including internet packets, between the client terminals and various internet hosts is tunneled over multiple simultaneous transmission paths between the master and a multiplexing/demultiplexing computer. The inventive band-width combination technique is transparent to the client terminals and the internet hosts.
US10327221B1
An interface circuit in an electronic device may receive samples of wireless signals in one or more time intervals, where the wireless signals are associated with the second electronic device. For example, the samples of the wireless signals may include one or more of: time samples, spatial samples and/or frequency samples. Then, the interface circuit may split the samples of the wireless signals into parallel channels for sub-band processing that improves a resolution and/or a signal-to-noise ratio of the samples of the wireless signals. The sub-band processing may include filtering and decimation. Moreover, the sub-band processing may include a super-resolution technique, such as a multiple signal classification (MUSIC) technique and/or a linear-prediction super-resolution technique. Next, the interface circuit may combine outputs from the parallel channels to estimate a time of arrival of the wireless signals and/or a distance between the electronic device and the second electronic device.
US10327215B2
The present disclosure relates to the smart home field, disclosing a synchronization control method within wireless network, a wireless network and a smart home device. In the present disclosure, controlling a terminal to broadcast a control command directed at multiple smart home devices; characterized in, the control command carries a count-down time duration for command execution time; continuing to broadcast the control command by a smart home device which receives the control command within its wireless broadcast coverage area, and carrying in the broadcasted control command the processing time for the smart home device to process the control command; determining command execution time by respective smart home devices to execute the control command according to the count-down time duration in the received control command, as well as the total processing time of respective smart home devices which the control command passes on its transmission path. The present disclosure enables respective devices in smart home system to achieve synchronization control, greatly improving user experience.
US10327210B2
The present invention discloses a low power consumption communication method. The method includes: obtaining, by a first network device, a data interval policy, where the data interval policy is determined according to a task status of the first network device, and the data interval policy includes a data segment length and a time interval between data segments; sending, by the first network device, the data interval policy to a second network device; and sending, by the first network device, data to the second network device according to the data interval policy or receiving data that is sent by the second network device according to the data interval policy. an electric quantity can be recovered in a time interval between data segments by using a battery recovery effect, thereby reducing electricity consumption during communication, and prolonging a usage time of a battery of a network device.
US10327202B2
A technique for implementing AP-local dynamic switching involves Layer 2 switching. This may be accomplished by providing data associated with wireless stations to an AP sufficient to enable the AP to determine whether traffic from a particular wireless station should be locally switched. Alternatively, the wireless station may be able to determine whether to locally switch traffic based upon the traffic itself. For example, it may be desirable to AP-locally switch voice traffic to avoid latency, which is particularly detrimental to voice transmissions such as voice-over-IP. Traffic that is not to be switched locally is Layer 2 tunneled upstream.
US10327197B2
In one or more access points of a wireless communication network, a method for participating in a distributed clustering process directed at defining clusters of access points wherein each of the clusters comprises a cluster head and associated member nodes includes determining a marginal cost of associating an access point to each of distinct clusters of access points, based on a defined cost function, and associating the access point to one of the clusters of APs for which the marginal cost is minimized. The method may be performed by multiple access points in a peer-to-peer fashion and iterated until a stable cluster configuration is obtained. A cluster head may similarly be appointed in a distributed fashion by a current cluster head comparing total cost functions between different cluster configurations with different cluster heads.
US10327194B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide a base station, a network controller, and a forward handover method. The base station includes a first base station to which a target cell of user equipment belongs and a second base station to which the user equipment belongs, where the second base station includes: a second processor and a second transceiver, the second processor generates a forward handover indication, and the second transceiver sends the forward handover indication to the first base station, so that when receiving an RRC re-establishment request message of the user equipment, the first base station acquires context information of the user equipment from the second base station according to the forward handover indication. In the foregoing manner, the user equipment can independently select a target cell, and overcomes a disadvantage of violating a basic criterion in the prior art that mobility management is determined and controlled by a network.
US10327187B2
Apparatus and methods for extending and enhancing wireless networks. An exemplary wireless network configured according to the disclosure uses in-service Wireless Network Clients (WNCs), such as mobile phones, laptops, etc., to extend and enhance the wireless network coverage via peer-to-peer sub-networks. In one implementation, each WNC is configured to operate as a Service Access Node (SAN) to other wireless client devices in the same network. The SAN provides peer-to-peer communications capabilities (to communicate with wireless clients) and gateway functionality (to aggregate data traffic over its own uplink communications), thereby enabling wireless clients to “piggyback” their data link onto the WNC. Peer Control Manager (PCM) software on each WNC enables, disables, and controls the service functions for that WNC in accordance with an overarching Peer Controller (PC) entity operated by an Access Point Controller/Core Network.
US10327184B2
Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for providing active mobility of Wi-Fi enabled devices within a given wireless local area network (WLAN). In general, techniques include dynamically commanding Wi-Fi enabled devices to disconnect from a corresponding access point in response to meeting predetermined conditions. A forced disconnect can be based on various criteria such as low-power or lost packet thresholds triggering the forced disconnect. Such techniques cause a Wi-Fi enabled device to disconnect from one access point and connect to another access point before a connection quality deteriorates to a point that causes noticeable interruptions in connectivity or a generally poor experience, thereby enabling a smooth transition among access points.
US10327181B2
A communication control method according to one embodiment comprises transmitting, by a first base station configured to manage a cell, a message to a second base station in a specific procedure; and storing, by the second base station that receives the message, information included in the message by associating with the cell. The information includes at least one of information related to a cell size of the cell and information related to a capability of the cell for dual connectivity communication.
US10327178B2
The present disclosure provides for fast radio resource management procedures for new radio. Generally, a fixed frame structure is utilized and all base stations are synchronized. A base station may transmit a reservation request during a first control slot for the base station in a reservation channel at a beginning of a synchronized frame. A first user equipment may transmit and the base station may receive a reservation response during a second control slot. The base station may receive, from the first UE, after a third control slot of the reservation channel for a neighboring base station, a reservation indication based on a measurement by the first UE of the neighboring base station or at least one other UE associated with the neighboring base station. The base station may determine, based on the resource indication, whether to schedule the first UE during a data channel of the synchronized frame.
US10327175B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for operating a telecommunications network using an on-premises computing system and an off-premises cloud computing system. In some examples, a method includes executing, at an on-premises computing system including at least one processor, one or more network-impacting telecommunications functions for the telecommunications network. The method includes offloading, at the on-premises computing system using an on-premises network, one or more other telecommunications functions for the telecommunications network to an off-premises cloud computing system remote from the on-premises network.
US10327173B1
A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided.
US10327171B2
Recovery control is provided for recovering data packet flow control between a network node and a radio base station over a radio network interface. The base station communicates with at least one user equipment, UE, over a radio interface and measures information relating to a data transmission rate over the radio interface and an amount of a downlink packet queue in the base station associated with the UE communication. In one embodiment, the base station sends at least some of the measurement information to the network node. A process controller in the network node processes the measurement information to determine a desired amount to be stored in the downlink packet queue. The process controller determines a commanded bit rate to transmit data from the network node to the downlink packet queue based on the determined desired amount and transmits data to the radio base station in accordance with the commanded bit rate.
US10327165B2
This invention relates to methods and systems for monitoring mobile service quality in a mobile network and also for determining parts of a mobile network which need expansion or upgrade. Embodiments of the invention monitor the market impact and/or service quality, and determine an expansion ranking. The market impact, service quality and/or expansion ranking may view the network from a plurality of perspectives, including a location perspective, an historical time perspective, a future time perspective and/or a network element type perspective. The results of the monitoring and determining can be acted on by predetermined rules and/or actions to derive a list of prioritized expansion tasks for the network.
US10327164B2
Systems and methods presented herein provide for multichannel communications. In one embodiment, a communication system includes a plurality of traffic channels operable to link to a UE via one or more communication networks. The communication system also includes a traffic processor operable to receive a request for data from the UE, to evaluate the traffic channels based on the requested data, to select a first and a second of the traffic channels based on the evaluation, and to convey the data over the first and second traffic channels to the UE.
US10327153B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a guided wave launcher generates, in response to an output RF signal, a guided electromagnetic wave along a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and wherein the guided electromagnetic wave has a non-optical carrier frequency. A mismatch probe generates a mismatch signal based on the output RF signal, wherein the mismatch signal indicates an impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. A controller generates one or more control signals in response to the mismatch signal, wherein the one or more control signals adjust one or more adjustable circuit elements of an impedance matching circuit, wherein adjustment of the one or more adjustable circuit elements facilitates reducing the impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10327140B2
A femtocell subscriber includes: receiving, by a femtocell, an access request sent by an access terminal, where the access request carries IMSI information of the access terminal; determining, by the femtocell, whether an international mobile subscriber identity IMSI of the access terminal is in a CSG subscriber list of the femtocell; if the access terminal is in the closed subscriber group CSG subscriber list, allowing the access terminal to access the femtocell; or if the IMSI of the access terminal is not in the CSG subscriber list of the femtocell, obtaining, by the femtocell from a server, a mobile phone number corresponding to the IMSI; if the mobile phone number of the access terminal is not in the CSG subscriber list of the femtocell, requesting, by the femtocell, a management terminal to determine whether to allow the access terminal to access the femtocell.
US10327139B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a multi-level authentication system to provide an additional level of authentication using phone application level data. The system extracts application level data and generates a questionnaire based on the extracted application level data. This questionnaire is transmitted to the device of the user by the system to receive an input related to the questionnaire. The system authorizes a request to execute an action upon validating the input received.
US10327138B2
Systems and methods for providing one or more services via a remote device are disclosed. One method can comprise identifying one or more services available at a location, transmitting identification data to a remote device disposed remotely from the location, the identification data relating to the one or more services identified, receiving a selection of the one or more services available, and providing the selected one or more services available to the remote device.
US10327127B2
Improved incident device pairing for safety and security of first responders entering an incident scene area associated with an incident is provided. An electronic computing device (ECD) transmits a request to scan for nearby pairable mobile computing devices to each of a plurality of mobile computing devices (MCDs) associated with the incident. The ECD receives identity information from each MCDs setting forth identities of other MCDs reachable via a short-range wireless communication link. The ECD accesses equipment mapping information that sets forth equipment associated with the MCD or user thereof and identifies a plurality of pairs of MCDs for entering the incident scene area as a function of the identity and equipment mapping information. The ECD then transmits a short-range pairing instruction to each MCD identifying the other mobile computing device in the pair and instructing the MCDs to pair with one another via their short-range wireless communication link.
US10327125B2
A communication apparatus for performing intermittent communication with a service providing first apparatus and a service using second apparatus, respectively, using a communication method complying with a Bluetooth standard, acquires a first frequency as a communication frequency in the intermittent communication with the first apparatus and a second frequency as a communication frequency in the intermittent communication with the second apparatus, and transmits, to the second apparatus, a request to change the second frequency to a communication frequency determined based on the first frequency.
US10327124B2
A communication device may supply both identification information for identifying a specific application program and first authentication information to a wireless interface so as to store both the identification information and the first authentication information in an interface memory. The wireless interface may be configured to send both the identification information and the first authentication information in the interface memory to a first terminal device by using a first communication session. The communication device may receive the first authentication information from the first terminal device by using a second communication session in a case where the second communication session with the first terminal device in which a specific application program has been installed is established via the wireless interface, and execute an authentication using the first authentication information in a case where the first authentication information is received.
US10327118B2
The subject matter described herein relates to wireless network discovery, management, the enabling of services, and economic exchanges in a cooperative manner by one or more federated sets of consumers, one or more access point providers, and one or more wireless service providers. Described herein are methods and apparatus for the discovery, classification, and management of wireless networks. The methods and apparatuses described herein may leverage two complementary elements impacting the performance of wireless LANs: (1) organization and management of the wireless access points (hot spots) from an ontology perspective, and (2) organization of mobile devices as a federation.
US10327108B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure include an efficient method for presenting a traversed path. The method disclosed can be used to track individuals or provide directions for the individual to return using a path already traversed, so that the individual does not get lost. The method comprises determining a location for an individual by receiving a device identifier (e.g., distinctive combination of numbers and/or characters uniquely identifying a receiving device associated with the individual) and location information, received from one or more beacons, from the receiving device. The method comprises determining a first location associated with the receiving device based on the location information and/or the device identifier. The method comprises determining different locations associated with the individual as the individual moves. The method comprises, upon receiving a request for a traversed path, displaying instructions to reach the point of origin (e.g., first location).
US10327088B2
A spatial audio processor for providing spatial parameters based on an acoustic input signal has a signal characteristics determiner and a controllable parameter estimator. The signal characteristics determiner is configured to determine a signal characteristic of the acoustic input signal. The controllable parameter estimator for calculating the spatial parameters for the acoustic input signal in accordance with a variable spatial parameter calculation rule is configured to modify the variable spatial parameter calculation rule in accordance with the determined signal characteristic.
US10327082B2
A system, wireless earpiece, and method for locating a tag utilizing one or more wireless earpieces. The tag is associated with the one or more wireless earpieces. The tag includes identification information. The tag is searched for. The tag is located in response to searching for the tag. Feedback is provided through the one or more wireless earpieces for locating the tag.
US10327079B2
A hearing aid device configured to communicate wirelessly with an external device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a housing with a microphone, an amplifier, where the hearing aid device comprises an antenna and either: a) a tube configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome or electrically to a receiver in an ear mould or a dome or b) a hook configured to deliver sound acoustically from a receiver in the housing to an ear mould or a dome. The antenna extends along at least a portion of the tube or the hook.
US10327074B2
Disclosed is a vibrating film comprising a vibrating film body, wherein the vibrating film body comprises a central plane part and a peripheral fixing part. A Dome reinforcing part is arranged on the plane part, a first thermosetting adhesive layer is provided between the plane part and the Dome reinforcing part, and the plane part and the Dome reinforcing part are adhered together by thermosetting through the first thermosetting adhesive layer. Further disclosed is an assembling process for the vibrating film.
US10327067B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, a stereophonic sound reproduction apparatus includes: an input unit for receiving an acoustic signal; a control unit for acquiring an output acoustic signal for generating a virtual sound source for the received acoustic signal; and an output unit for outputting the acquired output acoustic signal by using a front speaker and a side speaker, wherein the control unit generates an attenuation signal that is a signal for attenuating or cancelling an inflow acoustic signal to be directly transferred to an audience in the output acoustic signal output from the side speaker, and the generated output acoustic signal includes the attenuation signal.
US10327064B2
A single enclosure multi-channel loudspeaker product 100 uses a novel signal processing system and method to achieve a surprisingly effective psycho-acoustically expanded image breadth by inter-aural crosstalk cancellation, in a manner which relies on a new method for cancellation of apparent sources of inter-aural crosstalk. In the commonly owned Polk® SDA™ (prior art) method, the optimal distance between stereo pair main and effect (SDA) loudspeakers was required to be substantially equal to the ear-to-ear width of a typical user's head. Compact SDA speaker system 100 employs digital signal processing generating selected time delays to acoustically simulate the optimal placement of an effects transducer relative to its main transducer for a physically compact configuration having each side's “main” transducer (e.g., 108LMS) spaced at less than 5.5 inches from the side's corresponding SDA (or effects) transducer (e.g., 108LSS), and this permits the system enclosure to be surprisingly compact, (e.g., width of as little as 341.2 mm).
US10327053B2
A Bluetooth speaker includes an upper case and a lower case. The upper case and the lower case corporately define a receiving space, and the upper case and the lower case each include a mounting portion for connecting with a building block element. A circuit board, a loudspeaker, a Bluetooth module and a light emitting module are received in the receiving space, and the loudspeaker, the Bluetooth module and the light emitting module are electrically connected to the circuit board.
US10327040B1
Techniques for low latency streaming, for example in a broadcasting environment, are described herein. In some examples, one or more individual renditions may be encoded into multiple rendition versions associated with different respective latencies. Also, in some examples, one or more individual renditions may be encoded into multiple rendition versions having different respective amounts of forward error correction (FEC), for example by an edge node of a video streaming service. Also, in some examples, video may be broadcast using a protocol that does not require retransmission of lost packets, such as Web Real-Time Communication (WebRTC), which is commonly used for point-to-point transmissions. Also, in some examples, one or more servers may receive quality of service feedback information from each player to which video content is transmitted. The one or more servers may use this feedback information to select and switch between appropriate renditions and rendition versions for each player.
US10327039B2
Various embodiments of the invention provide novel apparatus, methods and systems for providing relatively high-speed bandwidth to enable, inter alia, video transmission services over media previously unable to support such services. In accordance with certain embodiments, a device located at the telecommunication service provider can logically couple two or more physical media to provide a single, consolidated source of bandwidth, which can be used to transmit data, which can represent a video signal. In accordance with other embodiments, a device located at the subscriber's location can be used to receive the data from each of the two physical media and recreate the video signal from the data, such that the video signal can be transmitted to a display device, such as a television, monitor, etc.
US10327037B2
Techniques for identifying, assembling, and transmitting content are described in the illustrative context of electronic program guides and program channels. An electronic program guide comprises a channel listing and channel program listings. Supplementary content slots are identified. A slot is associated with a time length and is scheduled during or after a scheduled program. A first item of supplementary content, associated with a first time length, is selected to be displayed during a first slot on a user device. In response to determining that the first time length content is less than the time length associated with the first slot, the underrun may be compensated for by causing subsequent primary content to be displayed on the user device at a time earlier than scheduled and a previously scheduled time length of a subsequent supplementary content slot may be extended to a first extended time length, with respect to the user.
US10327036B2
Systems and methods are provided herein to ease the process of navigating media asset identifiers. Control circuitry may generate a timeline scroller that does not obscure media asset identifiers for simultaneous display with the media asset identifiers. When a user makes contact with the timeline scroller (e.g., by touching it with a finger on a touch screen device), control circuitry may responsively generate for display an indicator of a time corresponding with the point where the contact is made. Control circuitry may cause this indicator to be updated as a user scrolls along the timeline scroller. Control circuitry may refrain from updating the listings to correspond with the time until the user discontinues making contact with the timeline scroller (e.g., by removing the finger from the touch screen).
US10327035B2
Systems and methods for pairing user devices to selected output devices are provided. Pairing can include providing information identifying a user device to a system authority, such as a remote communication interface server. In response to verifying that a user associated with the identified user device is authorized to use a selected output device, the information identifying the user device and a local player connected to the selected output device is provided to a local controller or server. The local controller then creates and maintains an association between the user device and the local player, allowing a user of the user device to cast content to an output device associated with the paired local player.
US10327029B1
A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated.
US10327025B2
Various embodiments of systems, apparatus, and methods are described for modifying over-the-air (OTA) channels for coaxial distribution. In one example, a method includes capturing at least one set of over the air (OTA) channels, each OTA channel being associated with a broadcast frequency within an OTA frequency spectrum; selecting a subset of OTA channels from the at least one set of OTA channels; translating the selected subset of OTA channels to a set of secondary frequencies within a secondary frequency spectrum; combining the translated subset of OTA channels and one or more satellite transponder signals into a coaxial feed; and transmitting the coaxial feed to a receiving device.
US10327022B2
Various embodiments provide a system and methods for generating geographical models, determining geographical locations of set-top boxes using the geographical models, and modifying behavior of the set-top boxes based on their geographical locations. The set-top boxes determine their own geographical locations, regardless of whether the set-top boxes are capable of transmitting data to a content provider or include specialized equipment, such as a global positioning system, for determining geographical location.
US10327016B2
System and method for recognition of items in media data and delivery of information related thereto
The system and method disclosed herein relate to the establishment of both the location and identity of individual items in pictures or videos and delivering of related information thereto. Initially, images in video source content are scanned and individual elements in the images are dynamically compared with digital images stored in a database to identify individual items in the image that match the digital images stored in the database. Upon detecting a match, information is accessed in the database that is related to the digital image that matches the identified individual item. The accessed information is then transmitted to a secondary system that is in communication with a display device, such that the accessed information is displayed on the secondary system in coordination with the video source content being displayed on the display device.
US10327008B2
A video encoder may be configured to adaptively select a sub-pixel precision for motion vectors used to encode video data. The video encoder may further entropy encode an indication of the sub-pixel precision using context adaptive binary arithmetic coding, where the context may correspond to the size of a block of video data for the motion vector. For example, the size may correspond to the depth of a coding unit, the size of a prediction unit of the coding unit, and/or a type for the prediction unit. The video encoder may also interpolate values for one-sixteenth pixel positions of chrominance data using bilinear interpolation. The video encoder may further encode a motion vector difference value for the motion vector using an encoding scheme corresponding to the sub-pixel precision of the motion vector. A video decoder may use similar, reciprocal techniques for decoding the video data.
US10327006B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer-readable media, for decoding a video bitstream. A computer-readable medium includes a bitstream stored in the computer-readable medium, the bitstream comprising a wrap indicator, wherein the wrap indicator is used to determine a picture order count (POC) cycle parameter for one or more long term reference pictures in a decoded picture buffer based on a designated picture; wherein the POC cycle parameter indicates a decoded picture set which includes a first long term reference picture; and wherein a current picture is encoded based the first long term reference picture.
US10327003B2
The computational complexity when a block configuration in an encoding target region is determined is reduced while the degradation of coding efficiency is suppressed. A video encoding apparatus includes a block selecting unit which selects each of blocks obtained by recursively dividing an encoding target block as a target block in a predetermined sequence, a block size acquiring unit which acquires the smallest block size in an adjacent block for the selected target block, an evaluation value calculating unit which calculates an evaluation value of the target block if a block size of the target block matches any one of the acquired block size, the block size one level higher than the acquired block size, and the block size one level lower than the acquired block size, and a block configuration determining unit which determines a combination of the blocks constituting the region within the encoding target block based on the evaluation value.
US10326996B2
Rate control techniques are provided for encoding an input video sequence into a compressed coded bitstream with multiple coding passes. The final coding pass may comprise final splices with non-overlapping frames that do not extend into neighboring final splices. A final splice in the final coding pass may correspond to at least one non-final splice in a non-final coding pass. A non-final splice may have overlapping frames that extend into neighboring final splices in the final coding pass. The overlapping frames in the non-final splice may be used to derive complexity information about the neighboring final splices. The complexity information about the neighboring final splices, as derived from the overlapping frames, may be used to allocate or improve rate control related budgets in encoding the final splice into the compressed coded bitstream in the final coding pass.
US10326994B2
A method for coding a transform block of coefficients includes generating a new scan order from the original scan order such that a maximum scan distance of the new scan order is smaller than or equal to a predetermined distance, and coding the coefficients based on the new scan order. An apparatus for decoding a transform block of coefficients. The apparatus includes a memory and a processor. The memory includes instructions executable by the processor to identify an original scan order for encoding the coefficients, generate a new scan order from the original scan order such that a maximum scan distance of the new scan order is less than or equal to a predetermined distance, and decode, from an encoded bitstream, the coefficients based on the new scan order.
US10326992B2
Disclosed is method of decoding, from a video bitstream, a transform unit containing at least one chroma residual coefficient array associated with a single chroma channel. The method determines a size of the transform unit related to a hierarchical level of the transform unit in a corresponding coding unit, and identifies a maximum number of inverse transforms according to the determined size. The method decodes from the video bitstream the at least one chroma residual coefficient array using the identified maximum number of transforms, selects an inverse transform for the decoded chroma residual coefficient arrays, the inverse transform being selected from a predetermined set of inverse transforms, and applies the selected inverse transform to each of the chroma residual coefficient arrays to decode chroma residual samples for the chroma channel of the transform unit. A similar encoding method is also disclosed.
US10326991B2
A method of encoding a video stream in a video encoder is provided that includes computing an offset into a transform matrix based on a transform block size, wherein a size of the transform matrix is larger than the transform block size, and wherein the transform matrix is one selected from a group consisting of a DCT transform matrix and an IDCT transform matrix, and transforming a residual block to generate a DCT coefficient block, wherein the offset is used to select elements of rows and columns of a DCT submatrix of the transform block size from the transform matrix.
US10326988B2
A deblocking filtering method, a boundary strength (bS) deriving method, and encoding/decoding method and apparatus using the methods are provided. The bS deriving method includes the steps of: deriving a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block which is a unit block on which deblocking filtering is performed; and setting a bS for each bS setting unit block in the deblocking filtering unit block. Here, the step of setting the bS includes setting a bS value of a target boundary corresponding to the boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bS setting unit block.
US10326985B2
A display system for a cockpit of an aircraft comprises a display device configured to be secured to a user's head in the cockpit of the aircraft. A display computer is configured to control the display of information on the display device. The display computer is configured to determine a distance between the head of the user and an element of the cockpit intersecting with a direction corresponding to a current orientation of the head of the user, when the user looks inside the cockpit, and to control a virtual display distance of the display device, corresponding to the distance between the head of the user and the element of the cockpit.
US10326982B2
A scanner includes a camera, a light source for generating a probe light incorporating a spatial pattern, an optical system for transmitting the probe light towards the object and for transmitting at least a part of the light returned from the object to the camera, a focus element within the optical system for varying a position of a focus plane of the spatial pattern on the object, unit for obtaining at least one image from said array of sensor elements, unit for evaluating a correlation measure at each focus plane position between at least one image pixel and a weight function, a processor for determining the in-focus position(s) of each of a plurality of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, or each of a plurality of groups of image pixels for a range of focus plane positions, and transforming in-focus data into 3D real world coordinates.
US10326976B2
Method and apparatus for providing personal 3-dimensional image using convergence matching algorithm
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for providing a personalized three-dimensional (3D) image. The apparatus for providing a personalized three-dimensional image using convergence matching may include a fixed screen set as a horopter region, a calculation unit configured to calculate a shift value of an image projected onto the screen based on a distance from a virtual stereo camera to a target object, a convergence matching unit configured to match a convergence angle to the horopter region based on the shift value, and a controller configured to control the convergence matching unit to maintain the convergence angle when a user's gaze is shifted to a nearby object having the same depth value as the target object.
US10326973B2
A main display region 41 in which medical care data on a plurality of items is displayed is provided on the display screen 15. The main display region 41 may be displayed in two display modes of a two-dimensional display mode and a three-dimensional display mode in which a two-dimensional plane on which time series data is displayed is three-dimensionally displayed using the laws of perspective. In the three-dimensional display mode, a summary window for displaying a summary of data content of the plurality of pieces of time series data at an arbitrary point in time designated on a time axis.
US10326959B2
An imaging device includes a first image pickup cell having a first photoelectric converter converting incident light into first charges, the first photoelectric converter including a first pixel electrode, a first electrode, and a first photoelectric conversion region between the first pixel electrode and the first electrode, and a first charge storage node coupled to the first pixel electrode for accumulating the first charges; a second image pickup cell having a second photoelectric converter converting incident light into second charges, the second photoelectric converter including a second pixel electrode, a second electrode, and a second photoelectric conversion region between the second pixel electrode and the second electrode, and a second charge storage node coupled to the second pixel electrode for accumulating the second charges. The first pixel electrode has a first area, and the second pixel electrode has a second area less than the first area.
US10326954B2
An image sensor includes: a plurality of large-defocus detection pixel pairs configured to be used when a displacement of a focus is greater than a predetermined value; and a plurality of normal pixels arranged in a substantially matrix shape and configured to acquire an image. A large-defocus detection line including the large-defocus detection pixel pairs is provided for each of a predetermined number of lines, and on each of the large-defocus detection lines, the plurality of large-defocus detection pixel pairs are configured as a plurality of exit pupil distance-supporting large-defocus detection pixel pairs corresponding to different exit pupil distances.
US10326944B2
An image pickup system includes: a camera including a first image pickup unit and a second image pickup unit; and a processor configured to: define a first common area in a first image and a second common area in a second image, respectively; detect brightness of an image in the first common area; detect brightness of an image in the second common area; adjust brightness of the first image based on the brightness of the image in the first common area; and adjust brightness of the second image based on the brightness of the image in the second common area.
US10326941B2
An image generating apparatus includes a first generator configured to obtain a first image using a first camera with a first angle of view, a second generator configured to obtain a second image using a second camera with a second angle of view wider than the first angle of view, and a generator configured to generate an observation image using the first image and the second image. The observation image is observable as a double image in which the first image and the second image are superimposed on each other in an area that contains a center of the first image.
US10326936B2
An apparatus and a method for providing images are provided. The apparatus includes an electronic device that may have a camera, and a processor configured to obtain an image that contains a plurality of objects by using the camera, display the image through a display that is functionally connected to the processor, select a partial area of the image, which includes at least a portion of at least one of the plurality of objects, based on the sizes, movements, or positions of the plurality of objects, and stabilize the image based on the selected partial area.
US10326932B2
A panoramic image acquisition device includes: fish-eye lens modules, an image sensor and a signal cable, wherein: there are two sets of the fish-eye lens modules, and optic axes thereof coincide with each other; the fish-eye lens modules are arranged at two ends of the optic axes; a prism is provided at a center of a line connecting two optic center of the fish-eye lens modules; and the image sensor is provided below the prism for acquiring images of the fish-eye lens modules. The panoramic image acquisition device of the present invention achieves complete image quality unification and full image synchronization of different view fields in a panoramic image. Meanwhile, the panoramic image acquisition device has only one channel of video output, which greatly simplifies data acquisition tasks and panorama stitching tasks of panoramic image post-treatment, so as to reduce difficulty and costs.
US10326930B2
Provided is a method and system for recommending an optimal position of photographing. A optimal position-of-photographing recommendation method may include executing, at an electronic device, and controlling a camera included in the electronic device under control of a photography application executed on the electronic device; calculating, at the electronic device, a photograph angle of the electronic device based on sensor information provided from a sensor of the electronic device under control of the photography application; comparing, at the electronic device, the calculated photograph angle to a desired angle range that is managed by the photography application, under control of the photography application; and outputting, at the electronic device, notification data in response to the calculated photograph angle being included in the desired angle range, under control of the photography application.
US10326928B2
Disclosed is an image processing apparatus including: a storage configured to store model information regarding a boundary of a person area in an image; and a controller configured to determine a boundary of a target area in an area to be processed, and to control the target area to undergo image processing for the person area if it is determined, based on the model information stored in the storage, that the determined boundary of the target area matches the boundary of the person area.
US10326924B2
A focus detection apparatus comprising: a focus detection unit that detects an in-focus position using an image signal obtained by an image sensor photoelectrically converting light that has entered via an imaging optical system; a first acquisition unit that acquires aberration information of the imaging optical system; a generating unit that generates a recording image using the image signal; a calculation unit that calculates, on the basis of the aberration information, a correction value for correcting a difference between the in-focus position detected by the focus detection unit and a position to be focused on in the recording image; and a correction unit that corrects the in-focus position using the correction value. The calculation unit calculates the correction value on the basis of information of a display unit that displays an image based on the image signal.
US10326915B2
In a color printing environment, functions for printing color management are dissociated. An abstraction layer is also provided to facilitate setting and evaluation of all factors relating to color print and prediction.
US10326904B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that capture and compress frames of pixel data. In an implementation, an image sensor chip is configured to convert light into pixel data and generate compressed pixel data at a variable compression rate including applying a transform to pixel data associated with a pixel category from a plurality of pixel categories. The variable compression rate is within an available bandwidth of an output bus configured to output the compressed pixel data.
US10326900B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus including a charge processing section and an operation section that are brought closer in height to each other, thus improving the operability of a user.An image forming apparatus (100) includes a coin insertion processing section (110), an operation panel (120) and an electrophotography printer (130). The coin insertion processing section (110) is configured to accept money and then execute charge processing so as to permit image formation by the image forming apparatus (100). The operation panel (120) is configured to, when the coin insertion processing section (110) executes the charge processing, accept setting of image formation by the image forming apparatus (100). The electrophotography printer (130) is configured to form an image of the read image data based on setting at the operation panel (120). The coin insertion processing section (110) is disposed at a height equal to a height of the operation panel (120).
US10326897B2
An operation panel, circuitry; and a web browser executing on the circuitry. The circuitry performs receiving an instruction to execute a web application, determining whether the web application was previously executed, displaying a previously generated screen of the web application, when the determining determines that the web application was previously executed, and displaying a new screen of the web application corresponding to a start screen, when the determining determines that the web application was not previously executed.
US10326894B1
A mobile device for projecting images on a surface and for maintaining a position of the image on the surface. The device including an image rendering module to scan the surface and to modify the image based on data obtained about a three dimensional nature of the surface. The device further including an optical image stabilization to adjust an alignment of the projector based on orientation data of the device, an electronic image stabilization module to shift the image within a projection area based on the orientation data and an image-tracking module to shift the image within the projection area based on changes in a relative positions of the image and a target.
US10326893B2
In an image forming apparatus, a controller is configured to receive an e-mail stored in a mail server through a network interface, generate identification information corresponding to image data attached to the received e-mail, store, in a storage, the identification information, a transmission source address of the e-mail to which to the image data corresponding to the identification information is attached, and the image data corresponding to the identification information, in an associated manner, cause a printer to print a particular image corresponding to the identification information, identify the identification information in the particular image read by an image reader, retrieve, from the storage, the transmission source address of the e-mail to which the image data corresponding to the identification information identified in the identifying process, and transmit an e-mail addressed to the transmission source address retrieved in the address retrieval step to the mail server.
US10326882B2
Techniques for workforce management in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for workforce management in a contact center system comprising generating historical workforce data regarding an agent workforce capacity of the contact center system, and initiating an increase or decrease to an agent workforce of the contact center system based at least in part on the historical workforce data to increase an amount of choice among available agents or waiting contacts.
US10326877B2
A processor-implemented system for supporting use of a reduced driving distraction program on a mobile device is disclosed. The system detects whether the mobile device is in a moving vehicle. If so, a driving mode is set in which driving is determined to be protected driving if the reduced distraction program is being followed and unprotected if the reduced distraction program is not being followed. The system then tracks unprotected driving and protected driving and aggregates the unprotected driving and protected driving. A party is then notified regarding the aggregation of unprotected driving and protected driving. Other drivers can be asked to join the reduced driving distraction program and awards can be given to drivers for meeting pre-determined milestones of protected driving. Either the mobile device or a remote computer may aggregate driving and send notifications.
US10326876B1
A system for providing targeted customer assistance to a wireless communication service subscriber comprising a mobile communication device comprising a processor; a display, a non-transitory memory, a radio transceiver, and a self-service client application. The client application comprises trigger signatures and phone numbers related to categories of customer service. The client application initiates a self-service session generates a key associated with the service subscriber, locates a log using the key, records current self-service event information, analyzes the self-service event information, wherein analyzing comprises at least determining a category of customer service of the event information. In response to the event information matching at least one trigger signature, selects a phone number associated with the category of customer service, presents the phone number via an embedded API, and calls a group associated with the category by invoking an embedded API of a dialer, wherein the log is transmitted to the group.
US10326874B2
Realization method and apparatus for operation function in two-way radio, and two-way radio terminal
The invention provides a method for implementing an operation function in a two-way radio. The method includes the steps of adapting the operation function to a wirelessly connected terminal in response to triggering of the operation function of the radio, and enabling the terminal to obtain a corresponding operation interface through adapting the operation function; receiving an operation instruction sent by the terminal, wherein the operation instruction is an operation instruction of the operation function; and executing the operation instruction, and implementing the operation function in the radio through the execution of the operation instruction. In addition, the invention provides an apparatus matching the method, and a two-way radio terminal. According to the method, the apparatus for implementing an operation function in the radio, and the radio terminal, the limitations of hardware conditions in the radio can be shielded, so that the implementation efficiency of the operation function in the radio is improved.
US10326868B1
A method of managing a custom configuration manifest, comprising: collecting by an application configuration selections about a user equipment (UE) that are dynamically configured to create the custom configuration manifest; processing by a server the configuration selections and dynamically configuring the configuration selections to create the manifest; transmitting by the server the manifest to both the UE and a database with a plurality of custom configuration manifests; receiving by a custom configuration manifest handling application authorization through one or more authorization options, but not authentication credentials, to allow the manifest handling application to install preferred applications on the UE; installing by the manifest handling application the preferred applications on the UE without providing the authentication credentials; and customizing by the manifest handling application the UE based on the manifest.
US10326865B2
A filter or bridge device allows CAN-FD modules to communicate on a communication bus having classic CAN modules without generating error modules by sensing for CAN-FD frames. In response to detecting a CAN-FD frame, the filter or bridge device sends a mimic classic CAN message or frame instead of the original CAN-FD frame to classic CAN modules. An additional feature may include the filter or bridge device adding bits such as CAN overload frames onto the CAN-FD frame, mimicked classic CAN frame, or both to have the two messages end at about a same time to avoid timing errors when the modules begin to send new message frames.
US10326863B2
A computer-implemented method of improving a speed and an accuracy of a server computer executing a chat bot using a processor. An input is received at the chat bot at the server computer from a client computer over a network. The input is parsed using a natural language engine into one or more keywords. The one or more keywords are assigned to one or more part of speech tags. All of the input is stored as a profile into a non-transitory computer recordable storage medium. The graph database model is traversed, with traversing including comparing the profile to nodes in the graph database model and using relationships among the nodes as part of the comparing, and wherein traversing ends at a root node in the graph database model. A solution stored in the root node is returned to the client computer, by the processor and over the network.
US10326854B2
Methods and apparatus for managing data content among in-network caches of a communication network are provided. In some embodiments, multiple registers are maintained for indexing cached data content. Different data content is indexed in different registers based on parameters such as popularity or content freshness. Customized popularity estimators can be applied to each register, and data content may be indexed by different registers as parameters change. Less popular content can be removed from caches as required. In some embodiments, caches can be grouped into clusters, and deletion of data content from a cache may be modified or inhibited if the cluster still requires a copy of that data content. Data content can be moved between caches of a cluster based on popularity.
US10326850B2
Determining the efficiency of a website. A method includes identifying a plurality of webpages for the website. The method further includes identifying how often each of the pages is accessed when the website is accessed as compared to other webpages in the plurality of webpages. The method further includes creating a weight, for each page, based on a measure of how often each of the pages is accessed when the website is accessed as compared to other webpages. The method further includes determining how efficiently each of the webpages loads. For the website, the method further includes determining an overall efficiency by combining the efficiencies of the individual webpages in the plurality of webpages, where each webpage's efficiency is combined into the overall efficiency according to the weight of the webpage.
US10326840B2
Techniques disclosed herein describe performing client-requested disk management operations to storage disk units of a storage area network (SAN). A proxy service receives a request from a client of a SAN provider to perform a disk management operation on one or more storage disk units of the SAN provider. The proxy service evaluates a configuration of storage disk units allocated to the client to determine whether the request is valid. If valid, the proxy service performs the requested action to the specified storage disk units on behalf of the client.
US10326838B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described herein for modifying the monitoring of the health of a data center IP endpoint (such as VM) during live migration of the data center IP endpoint from a source host to a destination host. In one example, the described techniques may include receiving an indication that a virtual machine is going to be live migrated from a source host to a destination host. Next, evaluation of health probe responses originating from the virtual machine may be suspended for a time period. The time period may be selected based on the live migration. The evaluation of the probe responses originating from the virtual machine may be resumed upon completion of the time period. In some cases, a health probe status of the virtual machine may be migrated from the source host to the destination host.
US10326831B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a signal generating method for generating a visible light signal. A signal generating method includes: a step SD11 of determining, as a method for transmitting a visible light signal from a transmitter, one of a single-frame transmitting method for transmitting data as one frame and a multiple-frame transmitting method for transmitting the data while dividing the data into a plurality of frames; a step SD12 of, when the multiple-frame transmitting method is determined, generating partition type information indicating a type of data to be transmitted, and generating combination data by adding the partition type information to the data to be transmitted; a step SD13 of generating the plurality of frames each of which includes each of a plurality of data parts by dividing the combination data into the plurality of data parts; and a step SD14 of generating the visible light signal by adding a preamble to a head of each of the plurality of frames.
US10326821B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to online website building using customized back-end functionality. Operations include maintaining an online database configured to store a library of website building elements for configuring a front-end of an indexable web page; transmitting instructions to a browser permitting a user to remotely access the stored library, and to permit the user to utilize a selection of the building elements for constructing the front-end of the indexable webpage; receiving specifications from user to configure a programmable event for activating user-editable code providing customized back-end functionality associated with the indexable webpage; receiving user edits to the code; storing the edited code; and in response to a trigger associated with the programmable event, executing the edited code for implementing the customized back-end functionality.
US10326812B2
A digital broadcast network is provided in which multiple original experiences powered by the same data is created. A server software intelligently handles delivery of data so that the data can be utilized by several different client-side applications at substantially the same time. Through filtering of large amounts of data and creation of a universal format, this data can be used by devices capable of receiving a digital broadcast stream.
US10326811B2
It is possible to transmit and receive packets to which additional information applied for deciding a processing order of storage data of communication packets is set and determine a process order in units of packets. A transmission apparatus generates a packet storing NAL units configuring a group of pictures (GOP) serving as a processing unit of encoded data or NAL unit fragments obtained by dividing the NAL unit, sets additional information applied for deciding a processing order of packet storage data as additional packet information, and transmits the resulting packet through a communication unit. A reception apparatus determines a processing priority of packet storage data with reference to the additional packet information, decides the processing order, and performs a process of decoding packet storage data according to the decided order.
US10326809B2
A virtual cinema interactive system includes a server and at least two user terminals. The user terminals communicate with the server. An inviter can invite his friends to watch film together on a virtual cinema displayed on each user terminal, and distribution of virtual cinema seating, talking between film watchers, and film watcher reactions to the film can be recognized and facilitated. A virtual cinema interactive method is also disclosed.
US10326803B1
A system, method and apparatus for network security monitoring, information sharing and collective intelligence between and among at least a first central processing unit and at least a second central processing unit connected together by a network. The system includes a network interface device with hardware-based logic for recognizing and cataloging individual sessions, wherein the network interface card is in communication with the network. The network interface device includes onboard cryptographic key management components with symmetric key algorithms, an onboard packet encryption software module using derived keys to encrypt network packets, and software for storing encrypted copies of network packets as blocks. Third party analyst hardware and software derive keys necessary to retrieve encrypted network packets.
US10326798B2
A method for securely storing a data object comprises identifying the data object to be stored securely, segmenting the data object into a plurality of data packets, including at least a first data packet and a second data packet, specifying a secure storage location for the first data packet, specifying a secure storage location for the second data packet that is different from the storage location specified for the first data packet, securely transmitting the first data packet to the data storage location specified for it and storing it in the secure storage location specified for it, securely transmitting the second data packet to the data storage location specified for it and storing it in the secure storage location specified for it. A method for securely transmitting data comprises identifying the data packets to be transmitted securely, segmenting the packets into a plurality of data packets, transmitting the plurality of data packets with unpredictable addressing patterns, receiving, reassembling, and re-transmitting the data packets in their original format.
US10326785B2
Approaches for providing data protection in a networked computing environment are provided. A method includes detecting, by at least one computer device, a breach of a first system in the networked computing environment. The method also includes generating, by the at least one computer device, a second system in the networked computing environment, wherein the second system includes a patch based on the breach. The method additionally includes converting, by the at least one computer device, the first system to a decoy system. The method further includes generating, by the at least one computer device, a third system in the networked computing environment, wherein the third system has reduced security relative to the first system.
US10326776B2
A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for generating a cyber behavior profile comprising monitoring user interactions between a user and an information handling system; converting the user interactions into electronic information representing the user interactions, the electronic information representing the user interactions comprising temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction; and generating a user behavior profile based upon the electronic information representing the user interactions, the generating the user profile including a layer of detail corresponding to the temporal detail corresponding to the user interaction.
US10326775B2
A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for performing a multi-factor authentication operation, comprising: monitoring electronically-observable user behavior; converting the electronically-observable user behavior into electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior; generating a user behavior factor based upon the electronic information representing the electronically-observable user behavior; and, using the user behavior factor as a factor of a multi-factor authentication.
US10326771B2
Embodiments of a secure file transaction system employ a host to receive a file manipulation request for a secure file from a requester, determine whether the requester is authorized for the file manipulation request, issue an authentication challenge to the requester, issue an approval request to the file owner and process the file manipulation request based upon obtained authentication and approval.
US10326755B2
Techniques are disclosed for dynamically generating a digital certificate for a customer server. A customer server creates a certificate profile and receives an associated profile identifier from a certificate authority (CA). The customer server installs an agent application received from the CA. The agent application generates a public/private key pair and an identifier associated with the customer server. The agent application sends a signed request to the CA that includes the profile identifier, server identifier, and the public key corresponding to the key pair. Upon receiving the credentials, the CA generates a dynamically updatable certificate. Thereafter, if the customer changes information associated with the certificate (or if external conditions require a change to the certificate, such as a key compromise or change in security standards), the CA may generate an updated certificate based on the certificate profile changes and the public key.
US10326754B2
An electronic component includes a processor and a memory. The electronic component has a secure platform capable of storing at least one dual key pair and a corresponding digital signature. There is also a system including a host machine and an electronic component capable of being operated by the host machine. The electronic component has a processor, a memory, and a secure platform capable of storing at least one dual key pair and a corresponding digital signature. Another aspect describes a method, which includes reading a public key from an electronic component by a host machine, verifying the public key against a stored key in the host machine, digitally signing data using a private key from the electronic component, verifying the signed data against the stored key, and using the electronic component by the host machine only if the signed data and the public key are verified.
US10326753B2
Methods, systems and computer program products are provided for authenticating a message via a revocable signature. The method includes, at a signing computer, generating first auxiliary data and second auxiliary data respectively dependent on a public key and a private key of a public-private key pair for the message. The signing computer hashes the message and the first auxiliary data via a chameleon hash algorithm, using a public hash key of a verifier computer, to produce a first hash value. The signing computer signs the first hash value, using a secret signing key of the signing computer, to produce a signature. The signing computer sends the message, the signature and the first auxiliary data to the verifier computer, and stores the second auxiliary data.
US10326751B2
Techniques for domain capture. In one embodiment, for example, a method comprises detecting an attempt to create a personal user account with an online service that uses an electronic mail address that belongs to an owner of a particular domain name service domain. Based on the detecting, the online service prompts a user associated with the attempt to create a team account with the online service that is under management of the owner of the particular domain name service domain. Also based on the detecting the online service offers the user an option of creating a personal user account with the online service using an unowned electronic mail address.
US10326749B2
A computer-implemented method validates Internet of Things (IoT) device firmware levels for peer-to-peer communication in a network. Communication rules between a first device and a second device are utilized to establish a session to validate IoT device firmware levels between the first device and the second device on a network. The first device utilizes a first zero knowledge communication authentication with the second device to get a first assessment and a first proof. The second device utilizes a second zero knowledge communication authentication with the first device to get a second assessment and a second proof. Communication between the first device and the second device via the network is disabled until all assessments are a pass.
US10326745B2
A system and method are provided for the secure sharing of information across and open network and for performing management of keys used for encrypting and decrypting data.
US10326737B2
Systems and methods are described for a mobile hotspot that can be managed by an access controller. According to an embodiment, a WAN connection is established by a mobile hotspot through a telecommunication data network via a wireless WAN module. When in a first mode, the mobile hotspot: (i) sets up a secure tunnel through the WAN connection with an AC of the enterprise that manages APs of a wireless network of an enterprise; (ii) broadcasts an SSID that is also broadcast by the APs; (iii) establishes a WLAN connection with a WiFi-enabled device based on an AP profile containing (a) authentication information regarding users approved to access the wireless network and (b) information identifying the SSID; (iv) receives WLAN traffic from the WiFi-enabled device through the WLAN connection; and (v) transmits the WLAN traffic to a server of the enterprise via the secure tunnel and the AC.
US10326735B2
A measure of similarity between an identifier of a sender of the message and each identifier of one or more identifiers of each trusted contact of a plurality of trusted contacts of a recipient of the message is determined. In the event the sender of the message is not any of the trusted contacts but at least one of the measure of similarity between the identifier of the sender of the message and a selected identifier of a selected trusted contact of the plurality of trusted contacts meets a threshold, the message is modified, if applicable, to alter content of a data field that includes an identification of the sender of the message. The data field is one of a plurality of data fields included in a header of the message.
US10326732B1
An automation system can generate a unique address for a newly connected device to optimize automated capabilities of the system. An automation system can have a first device connected to a host via a network where the first device has a processor. Connection of a second device to the host as part of the automation system prompts factory information from the second device to be imported with the processor r. A unique address is then generated for the second device with an address module of the processor based on the factory information. A first communication may be sent from the host to the second device using the unique address to allow at least one automated activity to be conducted with the second device in response to the first communication.
US10326729B2
An intelligent social feed generator system leverages existing social platforms to generate context specific social feeds having enhanced messages that facilitate context specific user actions. The system implements technical features that analyze messages on existing social platforms to determine a message context and identify responsive user actions. The system generates enhanced messages allowing the user to take such action. The system also dynamically generates an enhanced social feed based on a particular usage context, where the social feed is formed of messages that match the usage context.
US10326717B2
Techniques are disclosed for improving management of user information in instant messaging systems. Expiration criteria are defined, whereby one or more users or user groups may be considered as having “expired” from consideration by instant messaging functions such as presence determination. In particular, instant messaging activity is preferably used as an expiration criterion. Absence of inbound or outbound messages for a specified amount of time (or since a particular date/time) can therefore be used as a trigger for treating a user or group of users as expired. As a result, efficiency of an instant messaging system is improved by omitting the expired users and groups from subsequent management operations. Optionally, an expired user or group may be revived upon occurrence of certain events (such as a newly-arriving instant message from, or a change in presence status of, the user or group).
US10326710B1
Methods and apparatus that automatically propagate access rules for access groups within clients' virtual networks on a provider network. A peering protocol may be used to advertise routes from a gateway of a client's external network to a virtual gateway of the client's virtual network via direct and/or virtual connections. The advertised routes may be automatically propagated into the virtual network so that traffic can flow between the source address ranges of the advertised routes and the virtual network. Access group information may be included as metadata with at least some route advertisements. Access rules for access groups on the virtual network may be automatically created or updated according to the metadata included with the advertised routes to allow access from network addresses on the client's external network to the client's resources in the access groups.
US10326707B2
Techniques and systems for establishing and maintaining networks. The technique includes assigning a network device to an interregional redirector system and load balancer systems. The network device can be assigned based upon the regions or subregions of the network device. The technique includes the load balancer systems assigning the network device to network device management engines. The status of the network device management engines can be monitored to determine if one of the network device management engines has failed. In the event that a network device management engine has failed, the network device can be assigned to a different network device management engine.
US10326701B2
Techniques for intelligent designated forwarder (DF) and master router selection (for router redundancy) are provided. In one embodiment, a network router that is part of a set of network routers connected to a common LAN segment can retrieve a priority value adapted for use by the network router in electing a DF for multicast traffic. The network router can further check for the presence or absence of one or more routes to one or more multicast sources in a routing table of the network router. The network router can then modify the priority value based on the presence or the absence of the one or more routes and can transmit a multicast routing protocol control packet including the modified first priority value to one or more other network routers in the set of network routers.
US10326698B2
A kind of congestion improvement method based on the QUIC protocol adds the information of round trip delay in the congestion algorithm, self-adaptive changes the value of α to judge the situation of current network through comparison between the RTT of last time and the current RTT and then adjusts the current target window value in accordance with the current network situation, changing the congestion window based on the cubic growth curve of the cubic algorithm. This improvement method can make the QUIC protocol judge the current network situation more timely and accurately and can make the congestion window change quickly to fully utilize the bandwidth. The maximum congestion window limitation 200 exists in the QUIC protocol, which will not exceed 200 no matter how the congestion window grows. Such limitation largely reduces the throughput rate of QUIC protocol in the network environment with high bandwidth and long round trip delay.
US10326696B2
Components, methods, and systems allowing acceleration components to transmit messages are provided. An acceleration component for use among a first plurality of acceleration components, associated with a first top-of-rack (TOR) switch, to transmit messages to other acceleration components in an acceleration plane configurable to provide service acceleration for a service is provided. The acceleration component includes a transport component configured to transmit a first point-to-point message to a second acceleration component, associated with a second TOR switch different form the first TOR switch, and to a third acceleration component, associated with a third TOR switch different from the first TOR switch and the second TOR switch. The transport component may be configured to broadcast a second point-to-point message to all of a second plurality of acceleration components associated with the second TOR switch and to all of a third plurality of acceleration components associated with the third TOR switch.
US10326694B2
Presented herein are hybrid approaches to multi-destination traffic forwarding in overlay networks that can be used to facilitate interoperability between head-end-replication-support network devices (i.e., those that only use head-end-replication) and multicast-support network devices (i.e., those that only use native multicast). By generally using existing tunnel end-points (TEPs) supported functionality for sending multi-destination traffic and enhancing the TEPs to receive multi-destination traffic with the encapsulation scheme they do not natively support, the presented methods and systems minimize the required enhancements to achieve interoperability and circumvents any hard limitations that the end-point hardware may have. The present methods and systems may be used with legacy hardware that are commissioned or deployed as well as new hardware that are configured with legacy protocols.
US10326693B2
This application discloses a packet processing method and a Label Switching Router (LSR). The method includes receiving, by an Ingress LSR of a first Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) tunnel, a first notification packet that is based on an IGP, where the first notification packet includes an Entropy Label Capability (ELC) flag indicating that the first Egress LSR has ELC. The method further includes, after learning from the first notification packet that the first Egress LSR has ELC, inserting a label into a first packet, to generate a second packet. The label forms an MPLS label stack, which includes, from bottom to top, a first EL, a first ELI, and a first TL. The method further includes sending the second packet to the first Egress LSR through the first MPLS tunnel.
US10326690B2
A system and method of operating a network node configured as part of a link aggregation system. The system includes a plurality of first network nodes and a plurality of second network nodes for providing connectivity to first and second networks respectively, and a plurality of links between the first network nodes and the second network nodes. The network node is configured as one of the first network nodes.The network node may be set in one of an active operation mode and a standby operation mode based at least in part on a comparison of a priority with one or more received priorities. The priority may be based on connectivity to an active second network node or links available for selection. The network node may determine that it is isolated from the first network and indicate that isolation in control messages sent to second network nodes.
US10326685B1
Technologies are provided for creating virtual routing tables in routers in a multi-tier network. One or more routers in the network are configured to block other routers in a lower tier of the network from receiving routing updates from one another. By blocking the routing updates, the routers in the higher tier of the network cause the routers in the lower tier of the network to create different virtual routing tables that do not include other routers the lower tier of the network. In such a configuration, routers in the lower tier of the network can be connected to routers in the higher tier of the network with partially overlapping uplink connections without a loss of bandwidth utilization. Since the routers in the lower tier of the network are unaware of the partially overlapping uplink connections, the routers in the lower tier of the network can distribute data transmissions to one another evenly across all their uplink connections to the routers in the higher tier of the network, instead of using the overlapping uplink connections exclusively.
US10326681B2
A system includes a first switching apparatus, a first information processing apparatus including a first processor and a second information processing apparatus including a second processor, wherein the first processor generates a first packet including first port information indicating a first port of the first switching apparatus, and transmits the first packet to the first switching apparatus, the first switching apparatus transmits the first packet from the first port, the second processor receives the first packet, the first packet including first route information indicating a first route through which the first packet has passed between the first switching apparatus and the second switching apparatus, and transmits a second packet including the first port information and the first route information to the first information processing apparatus, and first information processing apparatus stores the first route information and the first port information included in the second packet.
US10326674B2
Trace data are compressed by storing a compression table in a memory. The table corresponds to results of processing a set of training trace data using a table-driven compression algorithm. The trace data are compressed using the table according to the algorithm. The stored compression table is accessed read-only. The table can be determined by automatically processing a set of training trace data using the algorithm and transforming the compression table produced thereby into a lookup-efficient form. A network device includes a network interface, memory, and a processor that stores the table in the memory, compresses the trace data using the stored compression table according to the table-driven compression algorithm, the stored table being accessed read-only during the compressing, and transmits the compressed trace data via the network interface.
US10326662B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for managing playback of digital content on two or more different playback devices. A playback device designated as a controller is associated with a playback device designated as a playback target. Association is implemented via a local network discovery protocol. The controller issues commands to the target, which then streams digital content directly from a content server. The controller is able to separately stream related digital content for independent, but synchronized playback. Server mediated operations, such as device activation and application installation, are advantageously enabled by explicit association between the controller and the target.
US10326646B2
Implementations described herein provide a bidirectional tool configured to employ application program interfaces (APIs), cross-cluster service handshakes, and design and implementation enabling two or more instances of an application registered to one cluster and other clusters to provide multi environment interaction. Using a common service registration, users can trigger actions on different instances of the application running in different environments such as a development environment, production environment, and the like. Using the common registration, applications can scale by having extra instances running while a centralized service works as central hub were each instance is registered. Moreover, implementations include utilizing a plurality of deployment asset management layers to establish a stateless API instantiated between point-of-delivery server arrays employed to house multiple customers separated by security partitions.
US10326643B2
In an embodiment, a method includes assigning, based on a switch module of a particular node of one or more nodes of a fault-tolerant group, a channel to the particular node. The method further includes determining a number of nodes in the fault-tolerant group by exchanging handshake information between the channel assigned to the particular node and channels assigned to other nodes of the fault-tolerant group. The method further includes initializing the fault-tolerant group with the determined number of nodes based on the exchanged handshake information.
US10326636B1
An RF frontend circuit includes an RF transceiver and a frequency synthesizer to perform frequency synthetization in a wide frequency spectrum. The frequency synthesizer generates an LO signal to the RF transceiver. The frequency synthesizer includes a quadrature signal generator to generate a quadrature LO signal based on the LO signal. The quadrature signal generator includes a first transformer. A first primary winding of the first transformer is disposed on a first substrate layer of the IC and a secondary winding of the first transformer is disposed on a second substrate layer of an IC. A second transformer is coupled to the first transformer in series. A second primary winding of the second transformer is disposed on the first substrate layer of the IC and a secondary winding of the second transformer is disposed on the second substrate layer of the IC.
US10326630B2
A unit includes circuitry configured to: receive a downlink signal; sub-divide the downlink signal into a sub-divided downlink signal having downlink signal components in a time domain, each downlink signal component corresponding to a respective sub-band; determine that at least one downlink signal component corresponds to at least one sub-band having data to be transmitted via a distributed antenna system; generate a transformed downlink signal representing the downlink signal in a frequency domain by performing a frequency transform on the downlink signal; determine that the at least one sub-band of the transformed downlink signal includes the data to be transmitted; extract the at least one sub-band from the transformed downlink signal at least in part by providing data for at least one portion of the transformed downlink signal in the frequency domain that corresponds to the at least one sub-band to the at least one remote antenna unit.
US10326628B2
Embodiments of the present application provide a signal processing method and apparatus, and a device. The embodiments relate to an MU-MIMO system. The signal processing apparatus includes: a signal obtaining module and a sending module. A signal includes N spatial flows, and the signal includes a training field, where the training field includes a first part and a second part. Sub-carriers of an OFDM symbol in the second part of the training field are divided into N training sub-carrier sets TSSs in a division manner that is the same as a division manner of sub-carriers of an OFDM symbol in the first part of the training field, and each spatial flow corresponds to at least one sub-carrier in a TSS, in each frequency domain location, of each OFDM symbol in the second part of the training field. So that precision of the channel estimation is improved.
US10326626B2
A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes first and second couplers, an encoding circuit, and a demodulating circuit. The encoding circuit executes differential Manchester encoding on digital data based on a clock inputted thereto via the first coupler and outputs an encoded data. The demodulating circuit includes a first sampling circuit which samples the encoded data inputted via the second coupler based on a sampling frequency set to be two times higher than that of the encoded data and which outputs first sample data, a second sampling circuit which samples the encoded data at a timing earlier than that in the first sampling circuit and which outputs second sample data, a determination circuit which determines whether or not the first and the second sample data match each other, and a selection circuit which selects first phase data or second phase data from the first sample data.
US10326623B1
Pre-charging two or more sets of nodes to set a differential output of a multi-input summation latch connected to the two or more sets of nodes in a pre-charged state, the two or more sets of nodes comprising a set of data signal nodes and a set of DFE correction nodes, in response to a sampling clock, generating a differential data voltage and an aggregate differential DFE correction signal, and generating a data decision by driving the differential output of the multi-input summation latch into one of two possible output states according to a summation of the differential data voltage signal and the aggregate differential DFE correction signal and subsequently holding the data decision by holding the differential output of the multi-input summation latch in a latched state for a duration determined by the sampling clock.
US10326616B2
A node within a wireless endpoint device may be coupled to multiple heterogeneous networks simultaneously. The node is configured to select between the different networks based on various constraints associated with the endpoint device, applications executing on the endpoint device, traffic routed by the endpoint device, and constraints associated with the multiple networks. Based on these different constraints, and based on the current operating mode of the node, the node rates each network, and then selects the network with the highest rating to be used for routing purposes.
US10326613B2
A method and system for processing spanning tree protocol (STP) state in a multichassis link aggregation (MLAG) domain. More specifically, a pair of MLAG peers in the MLAG domain receive and transmit bridge protocol data units (BPDUs) in order to update a spanning tree used to implement the STP. The pair of MLAG peers includes an active MLAG peer and a standby MLAG peer operatively connected via a MLAG peer link. Further, processing of STP state towards updating the spanning tree is held accountable by the active MLAG peer until it experiences failover, after which responsibility for processing the STP state transfers to the standby MLAG peer. Duplicate BPDUs received by the MLAG domain are tracked to refresh a retention period for the STP state retained by the MLAG domain, and thus, prevent the premature discarding of STP state.
US10326609B1
This document presents a system and method for preference pre-configuration of automatic association coordinator modules used to control lights, audio systems, and any other home automation device. The preferences define and control moods and experiences associated with one or more spaces within a residential or commercial property. Moods and experiences may be defined by the user to present specified settings for audio, lighting, security, or other parameters that contribute to a mood for a given space. Timing and triggers may be created and saved with the moods and experiences to permit automatic, delayed, and cascading ambiance settings for one or more spaces.
US10326606B2
As compared to the conventional method, a non-blocking multicast switching system is provided in which the number of switches to be operated can be reduced and the path switching can be quick. A multicast switching system with an input stage, a middle stage, and an output stage, including a plurality of input switch elements of receiving/transmitting streams from input sources/to the middle stage, a plurality of middle switch elements of receiving/transmitting streams from the input switch elements/to the output stage, the plurality of middle switch elements being grouped into a plurality of groups and a plurality of output switch elements of receiving/outputting streams from the middle switch elements/to output destinations, wherein the input switch elements transmit the streams to each of the plurality of groups.
US10326602B2
Aspects of group signatures with probabilistic revocation are described. In one example employing these aspects, at least one computing device can map an alias token to an alias code comprising a plurality of alias code segments. Each of the alias code segments is based at least in part on a set of orthogonal codes. Also, each of the alias code segments corresponds to a segment of the alias token. A revocation code is based at least in part on a plurality of revoked alias codes. One of the alias code segments and a corresponding segment of the revocation code can be utilized to determine a revocation status of the alias token.
US10326585B2
A system may include an access engine to access an input vector as well as a projection matrix. The projection matrix may include a number of rows equal to a number of hash values to generate from the input vector multiplied by the square root of an inverted sparsity parameter specifying a ratio of the hash universe size from which the hash values are generated to the number of hash values to generate. The projection matrix may include a number of columns equal to the dimensionality of the input vector. The system may also include a hash computation engine to determine a projection vector from the projection matrix and the input vector, split the projection vector into a number of sub-vectors equal to the number of hash values to generate, and generate a hash value from each of the sub-vectors.
US10326577B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for wireless communications. In one method, a sequence number corresponding to a data frame and one or more data subframes of the data frame may be transmitted over an unlicensed spectrum to a user equipment (UE), and hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the one or more data subframes may be received over the unlicensed spectrum, from the UE, when the sequence number corresponding to the data frame is received by the UE in a specified order. In another method, a sequence number corresponding to a data frame and HARQ feedback may be transmitted over an unlicensed spectrum to a UE, and one or more data subframes may be received over the unlicensed spectrum, from the UE, in response to the HARQ feedback when the sequence number corresponding to the data frame is received by the UE in a specified order.
US10326572B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a channel estimation method of a user equipment (UE). The method comprising: acquiring a first channel estimate based on a first reference signal allocated to a first resource element of a subframe received from a base station; and removing a second reference signal from a second resource element of the subframe when an additional reference signal is not required, and decoding a data channel multiplexed in the second resource element using a result of channel estimation of an entire channel performed based on the first channel estimate. The second reference signal and the data channel may be multiplexed in the second resource element.
US10326565B2
Methods and apparatus as described herein for determining whether to transmit a signal to at least one receiver of a plurality of receivers with an orthogonal multiplexing technique while signals to a remainder of the plurality of receivers are simultaneously transmitted with a non-orthogonal multiplexing technique If it is determined that the signal should be transmitted to the at least one receiver with the orthogonal multiplexing technique, simultaneously transmitting the signal to the at least one receiver with the orthogonal multiplexing technique and the signals to the remainder of the plurality of receivers with the non-orthogonal multiplexing technique. Methods and apparatus are also described for decoding the signals on the receiving end.
US10326555B2
Embodiments of this application disclose a polar coding method, apparatus, and device, so as to reduce storage overheads of a system. A sequence for polar coding is obtained based on a length M of a target polar code, wherein the sequence comprises L sequence numbers, ordering of the L sequence numbers in the sequence is the same as ordering of the L sequence numbers in a maximum mother code sequence, wherein the maximum mother code sequence is obtained by sorting N sequence numbers of N polarized channels in ascending order or descending order of reliability metrics, wherein L and N are integer power of 2, M is smaller than or equal to L, L is smaller than or equal to N.
US10326539B2
A test system for testing an array antenna under test with at least two antenna elements comprises a signal generator that generates a test signal, a signal splitter that splits the test signal into a plurality of antenna source signals for the single antenna elements, and a vector multiplier for each one of the antenna source signals, wherein the vector multipliers each adjust the amplitude and/or phase of the respective antenna source signal according to predetermined adjustment parameters and wherein output ports of the vector multipliers are connected to respective ones of the antenna elements.
US10326532B2
A backhaul network comprises at least two of a distribution point, a splitter, an amplifier, a coupler and an optical network for use within the backhaul network. Predetermined locations are selected for the at least two of the distribution point, the splitter, the amplifier, the coupler and the optical network within the backhaul network based upon a constrained optimization process that reduces cost and improves backhaul network reliability. Each of the at least two of the distribution point, the splitter, the amplifier, the coupler and the optical network are located at one of the predetermined locations from the constrained optimization process.
US10326529B2
The present invention provides a photonic integrated circuit, system, apparatus and method which can be used as an optical transmitter in a system, for example in a telecommunication system. According to the various embodiments of the invention, the circuit includes several optical devices, wherein some are passive and others have gain, which constructed and connected with the specific characteristics, leads to a multi-wavelength transmitter with tunable operation band.
US10326524B2
A system for providing a wireless communication with a mobile device includes a plurality of frontends coupled to a central point, each of the plurality of frontends configured to provide for a wireless communication with the mobile device, and a network controller coupled to the central point. The network controller includes a data flow control device configured to control the data flow between each of the frontends and the central point, the data flow control device being configured to operate responsive to a control signal from the network controller, the control signal indicating which of the plurality of frontends serves the mobile device.
US10326520B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for providing a relay service. A second message sent by an MME is received by a P-GW, where the second message includes a first identifier of remote UE; an uplink packet filter of the remote UE is determined according to the first identifier of the remote UE; and an uplink TFT of relay UE is determined, where the uplink TFT includes the uplink packet filter of the remote UE, and the uplink packet filter of the remote UE is used by the relay UE to map an uplink data packet of the remote UE to an EPS bearer of the relay UE.
US10326517B2
A method for a first device to device (D2D) user equipment supporting D2D communication to relay the communication of a second D2D user equipment, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: detecting a broadcast signal of a base station on the second D2D user equipment; and, if the second D2D user equipment is positioned outside the coverage of the base station and neighbors the first D2D user equipment, the first D2D user equipment responding to the broadcast signal on the second D2D user equipment, wherein the response of the first D2D user equipment is for reporting that the first D2D user equipment can relay communication between the base station and the second D2D user equipment.
US10326510B2
A method for transmitting channel status information (CSI) of downlink multi-carrier transmission includes generating the CSI including at least one of a rank indicator (RI), a first precoding matrix index (PMI), a second PMI and a channel quality indicator (CQI) for one or more downlink carriers, the CQI being calculated based on precoding information determined by a combination of the first and second PMIs, determining, when two or more CSIs collide with one another in one uplink subframe of one uplink carrier, a CSI to be transmitted on the basis of priority, and transmitting the determined CSI over a uplink channel. If a CSI including an RI or a wideband first PMI collides with a CSI including a wideband CQI or a subband CQI, the CSI including a wideband CQI or a subband CQI has low priority and is dropped.
US10326508B2
A method and a device for beam forming in cellular communication systems are provided. The method includes creating a virtual three-dimensional shape around the transmitting antenna, selecting at least one face from among a plurality of faces of the virtual three-dimensional shape based on a first set of parameters, creating one or more grids on the at least one selected face, selecting at least one grid from among the one or more grids as an optimum grid set based on a second set of parameters, and forming at least one beam based on the at least one grid.
US10326505B2
A precoding matrix indicator (PMI) is determined for a user equipment or a base station, where the PMI corresponds to a precoding matrix W, and the precoding matrix W satisfies a first condition, a second condition, or a third condition; and the PMI is sent to a base station. The precoding matrix indicator can effectively control a beam, especially a beam shape and a beam orientation, in a horizontal direction and a perpendicular direction.
US10326504B2
A method for measuring and feeding back channel information and a corresponding apparatus are provided. In an embodiment the method includes determining, by a first network device, a first codebook from a first codebook set, wherein the first codebook set comprises at least two first codebooks, wherein a sub-vector Wx of each first codebook is formed by a zero vector and a non-zero vector, wherein vectors forming the Wx are associated with different groups of antenna ports, wherein each first codebook comprises at least one first sub-vector [ V a 0 0 V a 1 0 ] and/or at least one second sub-vector [ 0 V b 0 0 V b 1 ] , and wherein Va0 and Va1 are elements in the vector Va, and Vb0 and Vb1 are elements in the vector Vb and sending a codebook index to a second network device, wherein the codebook index is associated with the first codebook selected from the first codebook set.
US10326503B2
A method for efficiently transmitting and receiving downlink control information is disclosed. The method includes, at a base station, receiving feedback information including a precoding matrix index (PMI) from a user equipment (UE) and transmitting precoding information having a predetermined bit number according to the number of antenna ports and a transmission mode of the base station. The precoding information of a predetermined transmission mode in the precoding information includes confirmation information indicating that the base station uses a PMI which is recently received from the UE.
US10326501B2
As disclosed herein is a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radio transceiver which may include a plurality of antennas operatively coupled to a first integrated circuit (IC). The first IC and the plurality of antennas may receive a first radio signal on a first radio frequency (RF) carrier and a second radio signal on a second RF carrier. The first RF carrier and the second RF carrier may be different carriers. The first radio signal and the second radio signal may have different bandwidths. The first IC may demodulate the first received radio signal to produce a first baseband signal and the second received radio signal to produce a second baseband signal. A second IC may be operatively coupled to the first IC and may recover data from at least the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal.
US10326499B2
A wireless communication system includes a first communication apparatus including a first antenna and a second antenna, a second communication apparatus including a third antenna and a fourth antenna, a first communication control unit that controls wireless communication based on electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling between the first antenna and the third antenna, and a second communication control unit that controls wireless communication based on electric field coupling or magnetic field coupling between the second antenna and the fourth antenna.
US10326485B2
A receiver and a receiving method of the receiver such that monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented. The receiver includes a zero intermediate frequency channel, performing in-phase/quadrature (IQ) down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a first frequency band using a frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of a first oscillation signal, and a superheterodyne channel, performing down conversion on a radio frequency signal at a second frequency band using the frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the first oscillation signal, where the first frequency band is different from the second frequency band. The zero intermediate frequency channel and the superheterodyne channel use a same oscillation signal or a same frequency division or frequency multiplication signal of the oscillation signal, thereby monolithic integration of multiple receiving channels can be implemented.
US10326482B2
A transmission chain receives an incident signal to be transmitted having a first power and a first bandwidth. A first modulator frequency shifts a first signal derived from the incident signal to generate a first shifted signal at a modulation output. A power amplifier coupled to the modulation output amplifies an intermediate signal to generate an amplified output signal. A predistortion-signal-generating circuit generates, from the incident signal and from the amplified output signal in a second bandwidth that is larger than the first bandwidth, a predistortion signal having a second power lower than the first power. A second modulator frequency shifts a second signal derived from the predistortion signal to generate a second shifted signal for combination with the first shifted signal at said modulation output to produce the intermediate signal.
US10326475B2
A transmitting apparatus is provided. The transmitting apparatus includes: an encoder configured to generate a low density parity check (LDPC) codeword by LDPC encoding based on a parity check matrix; an interleaver configured to interleave the LDPC codeword; and a modulator configured to map the interleaved LDPC codeword onto a modulation symbol, wherein the modulator is further configured to map a bit included in a predetermined bit group from among a plurality of bit groups constituting the LDPC codeword onto a predetermined bit of the modulation symbol.
US10326473B2
Techniques for processing bits associated with an “N” multiple level cell NAND flash memory, such as a QLC NAND flash memory, are described. In an example, a system generates a symbol based on the bits. The symbol corresponds to at least two bits. The system encodes the symbol in a non-binary codeword and stores the non-binary codeword in the “N” multiple level cell NAND flash memory based on a mapping between symbols and voltage levels of the “N” multiple level cell NAND flash memory. The system initializes a non-binary decoding procedure based on asymmetric crossover probabilities between the voltage levels. The asymmetric crossover probabilities are defined based on the mapping between the symbols and the voltage level. The system decodes the non-binary codeword based on the non-binary decoding procedure.
US10326465B1
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) device includes analog-to-digital converter circuitries and a data output circuitry. The ADC circuitries correspond to channels respectively, and convert an input signal to generate quantization outputs according to interleaved clock signals, wherein each of the interleaved clock signals has a sampling frequency. The data output circuitry performs a down-sampling operation according to a first control signal and the quantization outputs, in order to generate a digital signal. The first digital signal is for determining a performance of the ADC circuitries, and a frequency of the digital signal is N/M times of the sampling frequency, and N is a positive integer and is a number of the channels.
US10326457B2
Clock generation from an external reference by generating a reference clock gating signal using a reference clock gating circuit; enabling a ring-oscillator-injection mode using the reference clock gating signal to disable a first buffer of a ring oscillator and to enable a reference clock injection buffer, the first buffer and the injection buffer having parallel connected outputs that connect to a next buffer input; receiving a reference clock transition of a reference clock signal at the injection buffer and injecting it into the next buffer; and enabling a ring-oscillator-closed-loop mode by using the reference clock gating signal to enable the first buffer and to disable the reference clock injection buffer.
US10326445B2
A sensing apparatus for determining a pen input point includes a sensing loop unit, including loops, to output a first signal from a pen signal, wherein each loop includes two sub-loops separated by a distance; an area determination loop unit including at least one loop to output a second signal from the pen signal; and a controller to determine input point candidates based on the first signal and determine the input point from the input point candidates based on the second signal, wherein the two sub-loops are in series, wherein one sub-loop of the two sub-loops is disposed inside of an area in which one loop of the area determination loop unit is disposed and another sub-loop of the two sub-loops is disposed outside of the area in which the one loop is disposed, and wherein each loop of the sensing loop unit determines the candidates of the input point.
US10326415B2
A new and improved self-oscillating amplifier system is presented, suitable for use in high fidelity audio applications. The self-oscillating amplifier system comprises a feedback path and a forward path including a pulse modulator, a switching power amplification stage and a demodulation filter. The forward path further includes a pair of parallel forward filters preceding the pulse modulators, a differentiating forward filter and an integrating forward filter. The differentiating forward filter is utilized for controlling a switching frequency of the system while the integrating forward filter is utilized for controlling the behavior of the amplifier system within an operating frequency band (e.g. audio band). The self-oscillating amplifier system exhibits improved performance in terms of open loop gain, reduced phase turn and improved robustness as compared to other previously known self-oscillating amplifier systems.
US10326409B2
A device includes a substrate and a package input terminal. The device includes a driver amplifier mounted to the substrate and configured to receive a radio frequency input signal. A first amplifier is mounted to the substrate. The first amplifier includes a first amplifier input terminal. A second amplifier is mounted to the substrate. The second amplifier includes a second amplifier input terminal. An inter-stage network is connected between the driver amplifier and the first amplifier and between the driver amplifier and the second amplifier. The inter-stage network includes a first capacitor connected between the driver amplifier and the first amplifier input terminal, and an inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal. The first terminal of the inductor is connected to the first capacitor. The inter-stage network includes a second capacitor connected between the second terminal of the inductor and the second amplifier input terminal.
US10326406B2
An amplifier device includes an amplifying unit, a bias module and an impedance unit. A first end of the amplifying unit electronically connects to a voltage source. A second end of the amplifying unit receives an input signal. The first end of the amplifying unit outputs an output signal amplified by the amplifying unit. A third end of the amplifying unit connects to a first reference potential. The bias module electrically connects to the second end of the amplifying unit for providing a bias voltage to the amplifying unit. An impedance unit is electrically connects to the bias module. An impedance value of the impedance unit is variable. The bias module adjusts the amplifier's linearity according to a frequency value of the input signal, a voltage value of the voltage source or a temperature value of the amplifier device. The impedance is adjusted according to the above-mentioned values.
US10326396B2
A method for estimating parameters of a direct current machine by Laplace transform performed by a computer system. The method includes establishing a transient model of the DC machine and a transfer function based on the transient mode; transforming the transfer function from the time domain to the frequency domain by the Laplace transform to obtain each of an armature current and a rotational speed of the DC machine as a function of frequency; expressing the armature current and the rotational speed as polynomial fractions by polynomial regression, and comparing the functions of the frequency and the polynomial fractions to output values of the armature resistance, the armature inductance, the back electromotive force constant, the moment of inertia and the friction coefficient. As such, the accuracy and operational efficiency in estimating the parameters of the DC machine can be improved.
US10326386B2
Method for controlling a dynamic linear motor. Method includes defining a path over which a rotor is to travel, placing stator segments at least along portions of the path where the rotor may be one of accelerated and decelerated and supplying a variable amplitude and frequency of voltage to power the stator segments in a synchronized manner so that, as the rotor approaches stator segments, the stator segments are powered and, as the rotor departs stator segments, the stator segments are depowered.
US10326383B2
A method and device are disclosed for actuating a piezoelectric motor by two driving electrodes by applying periodic control voltages to the driving electrodes. A simplified closed-loop control of the piezoelectric motor is realized by reducing the static friction of a friction contact between a friction element of the piezo-electric motor and an output element to be driven by the friction element without a propulsion of the output element at the same time. In exemplary embodiments, the periodic control voltages are applied with a phase shift to the driving electrodes in a first step of the method, and in a second step of the method, the amplitude ratio of the periodic control voltages is changed with respect to the first step.
US10326379B2
Provided is a power conversion device which suppresses a current unbalance of a plurality of secondary circuit modules provided in parallel and is manufactured in a compact size and at a low cost. The power conversion device of the invention is a DC-DC converter which boosts down and outputs an input voltage, and includes an input circuit which includes a switching element and output circuit modules which include a transformer and a rectifier element. A plurality of the output circuit modules are provided. The plurality of output circuit modules are electrically connected to the input circuit.
US10326378B2
Power inverter assemblies are provided herein for use with motor vehicles. An inverter assembly may have a symmetrical structure configured to convert DC input power to AC output power. The inverter assembly may include a housing enclosing a symmetrical DC input portion, a symmetrical AC output portion, a DC link capacitor, and a gate drive portion having a pair of power modules. The symmetrical DC input portion can include a DC input bus bar sub-assembly to which the DC link capacitor is coupled, and a second DC bus bar sub-assembly that may electrically couple the DC link capacitor with the power modules. The symmetrical AC output portion may include a three phase output AC bus bar sub-assembly to which the power modules can be electrically coupled. A cooling sub-assembly may be provided for cooling the power modules with fluid transfer using a coolant.
US10326376B2
A current fed active clamp forward boost (CAFB) converter can include a primary coil coupled to an input voltage and a main switch, an input choke serially coupled with the primary coil, and a clamp switch coupled to the primary coil, input choke, and a clamp capacitor. The main switch may operate to regulate an output voltage of the converter. The clamp switch may operate alternately with respect to the main switch, and the auxiliary switch may selectively couple a DC bus voltage to the primary coil. The converter can be operated in a CAFB mode if the input voltage is greater than the boost voltage threshold or in a current fed active clamp forward (CAF) mode if the input voltage is not greater than the boost voltage threshold.
US10326362B2
A switching regulator includes a clamp circuit which clamps the output voltage of the error amplifier to the clamp voltage when an output voltage of an error amplifier is higher than a clamp voltage, a constant voltage generation circuit having one end connected to an output terminal of the error amplifier, and a phase compensation capacitor having one end connected to the other end of the constant voltage generation circuit, and the other end connected to a ground terminal. When the clamp circuit clamps the output voltage of the error amplifier, the constant voltage generation circuit lowers the voltage at one end of the phase compensation capacitor by a prescribed voltage. When the clamped state of the output voltage of the error amplifier is released, the constant voltage generation circuit lowers the voltage of the output terminal of the error amplifier from the clamp voltage by the prescribed voltage.
US10326355B2
The present invention is provided with a power converter and a control device for controlling the power converter, wherein each of the positive arm and the negative arm is comprised one converter cell or a plurality of converter cells connected in series, each converter cell being comprised: a series unit in which a plurality of switching elements are connected in series to each other; and a DC capacitor connected in parallel to the series unit, and the control device includes a DC voltage command value calculation unit which calculates a voltage command value for outputting, during a DC short circuit fault, AC voltage similar to that in a steady state to the AC terminal of the power converter, and for outputting, to the DC terminal of the power converter, DC voltage that allows the protection relay in the DC line to operate.
US10326354B2
An embodiment pertains to a method including determining if an amplitude of an error signal has entered steady state. If the amplitude of the error signal has not entered steady state, then amplify with a high gain the amplitude of the AC component of the error signal. If the amplitude of the error signal has entered steady state, then initiate a timer. Determining if the amplitude of the error signal has remained in steady state while the timer runs. If the amplitude of the error signal has remained in steady state while the timer runs, then amplify with a low gain the amplitude of the AC component of the error signal.
US10326350B2
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a pulse device that may include a magnet. The pulse device may be configured to move the magnet in a reciprocating motion. The apparatus may include a magnet wheel that may include a magnet. A magnetic field produced by the magnet of the pulse device may repulse the magnet of the magnet wheel and turn the magnet wheel. The apparatus may include an axle connected to the magnet wheel. The axle may rotate in response to the magnet wheel turning. A system and method are also disclosed.
US10326348B2
A multi-degree-of-freedom electromagnetic machine that may be operated as a motor, a generator, or a motor-generator, includes a first structure and a second structure. The first structure comprises a first conductor, a second conductor, and a third conductor, each of which follows a different trajectory. The first, second, and third conductors together form a general shape of a surface. The second structure is disposed adjacent to the first structure and includes a magnet that emanates a magnetic field. The magnet has at least one of its magnetic poles facing the surface. A Lorentz force affects relative movement between the first structure and the second structure when the magnetic field that emanates from the at least one magnetic pole interacts with electrical currents within any of the electrical conductors.
US10326338B2
An active rectifier of a rotary electric machine, in particular an active rectifier for alternators, for example for rectifying alternating currents (AC) to direct currents (DC) for charging batteries on vehicles, is disclosed. The active rectifier may include a plurality of power MOSFET transistors and a detecting and driving circuitry all mounted on a single substrate to form a half-bridge module. A number of at least two and up to N modules may be connected together to serve as a two and up to N-phase rectifier. Each module is connected in a way to rectify currents from one phase of the electric machine and has an individual power supply for the detecting and driving circuitry. The power supply may receive the power from the phase which is being rectified and operates independently of the alternator's voltage regulator.
US10326337B2
In an electric power tool which houses a motor and a controller for controlling drive of the motor, the controller has a circuit board on which electric components are mounted and a heat radiation member which radiates heat of the electric components. The heat radiation member has a facing part which faces the circuit board in parallel to a board surface of the circuit board. The facing part is provided with steps by which a distance between the facing part and the board surface of the circuit board varies. Furthermore, the facing part of the heat radiation member is provided with a first facing part in which a relative distance with respect to the board surface of the circuit board is reduced.
US10326327B2
A claw pole rotor comprises a shaft, first and second polar wheels fastened to the shaft, a winding provided with a winding insulator and surrounded by the first and second polar wheels, a commutator provided with at least one commutator ring, a fan fastened to the first polar wheel and disposed between the winding and the at least one commutator ring, at least one end-of-winding wire being linked to one of the at least one commutator rings, passing through a radial cavity provided between the fan and the first polar wheel. The winding insulator comprises a clip retaining the one end-of-winding wire. The retaining clip is fastened to the winding insulator and comprising crimping means intended to be disposed in the radial cavity to crimp the part of the end-of-winding wire extending into the radial cavity.
US10326325B2
Disclosed are a rotor that is capable of more efficiently using magnetic flux from magnets and a motor including the same. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor cores, a plurality of magnets magnetized such that magnetic flux is formed in the circumferential direction, the magnets and the rotor cores being alternately arranged in the circumferential direction, a coupler connected to a shaft, and a rotor frame including a coupler base connected to the coupler, an extension base extending from the coupler base in the radial direction, and a rotary base extending from the extension base in the axial direction of the shaft for supporting the rotor cores and the magnets while surrounding the rotor cores and the magnets, wherein the coupler base, the extension base, and the rotary base are integrally formed by injection molding, and the rotor frame is coupled to the coupler, the rotor cores, and the magnets, and wherein the extension base is provided with crossing ribs that cross in the radial direction.
US10326317B2
A method for foreign object detection for an induction charging device is described, including an oscillator circuit, in particular, for a hand-held power tool, a resonance frequency and an associated actual quality of the oscillator circuit being detected and the actual quality is subsequently compared to a setpoint quality as a function of the resonance frequency and a decision is made about the presence of a foreign object based on a defined setpoint quality range. The method provides that an upper limit and/or a lower limit of the setpoint quality range and the profile of the actual quality are adapted to one another. Also described is an induction charging device including an oscillator circuit and a control and regulating unit for carrying out the method.
US10326303B2
A transfer switch transfers electric power provided to an electrical load from a first power source to a second power source. The transfer switch includes a coil arrangement that controls movement of a member to open or close a contactor of the first or second power source. The coil arrangement may be used with two voltage levels.
US10326300B2
Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided herein for generating energy with a shopping cart. A shopping cart apparatus comprises: a front wheel, a back wheel, a bottom frame, and a power generator assembly. The power generator assembly comprises: a generator coupled to the back wheel, the generator being configured to convert kinetic energy from a rotation of the back wheel to electrical energy, a capacitor element coupled to the generator and configured to store the electrical energy generated by the generator, the capacitor element comprising a first electrode and a second electrode separated by a dielectric material, wherein the first electrode comprises an elongated member of the bottom frame extending from the back wheel toward the front wheel, and a first contact member and a second contact member coupled to the capacitor element and configured to discharge the electrical energy stored in the capacitor element.
US10326294B2
An information handling system includes an information handling subsystem, a power supply unit operably connected to the information handling subsystem, and a battery power subsystem operably connected to the information handling subsystem and having a controller. The controller configured to enter a learning mode of the battery power subsystem when the information handling subsystem is in a normal power state, enable a regulator output of a regulator of the battery power subsystem to provide power from a battery of the battery power subsystem at a learning mode current limit and at a learning mode voltage level to the information handling subsystem, provide, via the regulator output, power from the battery at a constant learning mode current level and at the learning mode voltage level to the information handling subsystem, and determine that the battery has been discharged to an acceptable discharge level.
US10326291B2
The present disclosure relates to a quick charging method, a mobile terminal and a power adapter. The method includes: sending, by a mobile terminal, a first instruction indicating that the mobile terminal is operable under the quick charging mode to the power adapter through the at least one data line in the USB interface, the first instruction being configured for instructing the power adapter to adjust an output of the power adapter based on the received first instruction; and receiving, by the mobile terminal, a charging current delivered by the at least one power line and corresponding to the quick charging mode from the power adapter, so as to charge a battery in the mobile terminal.
US10326278B2
A modular photovoltaic (PV) array system includes a PV array installed onto a fleet vehicle such as a trailer, bus etc., a host control system into which a plurality of fleet vehicles can connect to collectively generate electricity, and a subscriber system which collectively tracks energy generation and allocates respective contributions to the system.
US10326276B2
The present invention provides a thermal storage system that is easily integrated with a wide range of electric power systems. In particular, the principles of the present invention are easily implemented at a very large scale to integrate with larger scale grid systems. The thermal storage aspects of the present invention are cost effective to implement. Also, the manner in which the systems operate allow thinner, less expensive wiring to be used effectively. Because heavy wiring can be a significant part of startup expenses, the ability to use thinner gauge wiring provides significant cost savings. Further, the systems are quickly responsive to grid conditions and not only modulate energy storage but also modulate energy storage fast enough to respond to grid conditions in real time.
US10326273B2
A system of surge suppressor units is connected at multiple locations on a power transmission and distribution grid to provide grid level protection against various disturbances before such disturbances can reach or affect facility level equipment. The surge suppressor units effectively prevent major voltage and current spikes from impacting the grid. In addition, the surge suppressor units include various integration features which provide diagnostic and remote reporting capabilities required by most utility operations. As such, the surge suppressor units protect grid level components from major events such as natural geomagnetic disturbances (solar flares), extreme electrical events (lightning) and human-generated events (EMPs) and cascading failures on the power grid.
US10326269B2
A fault current limiter system including a fault current limiter and a variable shunt current splitting device. The current splitting device includes first and second conductive windings, wherein the first conductive winding is connected in parallel with the fault current limiter and is configured to carry current in a first direction. The second conductive winding is electrically connected in series with the fault current limiter and is configured to carry current in a second direction opposite to the first direction so that the reactance of the first winding is negated by the reactance of the second winding during steady state operation of the fault current limiter system. Thus, a first portion of a steady state current is conveyed through the fault current limiter and a second portion of the current is conveyed through the current splitting device. The steady state current load on the fault current limiter is thereby reduced.
US10326259B2
An electrical enclosure, such as a Motor Control Centers (MCC), can include a ventilation system providing airflow while protecting from both ingress of solid objects as small as 1.0 millimeter and egress of gasses from an arc flash by providing a protective mesh with holes having a dimension of less than 1 millimeter, a bracket coupled to the mesh for providing a rigid support, and a flap configured to seal against the bracket and block the mesh in response to a pressure wave produced by an arc flash. The flap, normally open for airflow, can close in response to the pressure wave, by bending at a perforation line to move the flap toward the mesh. The electrical enclosure can also include a normally closed exhaust system. The exhaust system can be configured to open in response to the pressure wave to allow the gasses to escape.
US10326258B2
A ventilation device for electrical panels, comprising a box-like metallic base (10), which is placed on top of an electrical panel and which has at least one lower opening (11) through which flows an air or heat flow (F) coming from said electrical panel, and at least one sheet or laminar element (12), preferably made of plastic material, placed above said box-like metallic base (10); a flap (13) is obtained in at least one portion of said laminar element (12), so that at least one portion of the perimeter of said flap (13) is made in one piece with said laminar element (12) and constitutes a linear fold (16) of said laminar element (12), suitable to allow said flap (13) raising and lowering with respect to said laminar element (12) for opening and closing a corresponding upper opening (15) of the laminar element (12) which is defined by said flap (13).
US10326250B2
A method for expanding a tuning range of an all-solid-state continuous-wave single-frequency laser is provided. The method includes inserting a nonlinear frequency-doubling crystal into a laser resonant cavity, and converting a part of intra-cavity fundamental-frequency light to frequency-doubled light by the nonlinear frequency-doubling crystal, outputting the generated frequency-doubled light and the fundamental-frequency light together from the laser resonant cavity, and separating the two via a spectroscope. The method also includes splitting a part of the fundamental-frequency light reflected by the spectroscope through an optical beam-splitter, and outputting the remaining part of the fundamental-frequency light as a main laser. A cavity length of the laser resonant cavity is changed by adjusting a voltage loaded on a piezoelectric ceramic of the all-solid-state continuous-wave single-frequency laser, thereby achieving continuous frequency-tuning of the all-solid-state continuous-wave single-frequency laser.
US10326248B2
A terminal crimp tool includes a first unit, a second unit, a third unit, multiple reinforcement rings, multiple pins and multiple C-clips. The first, second and third units are pivotably connected to each other by the restriction unit. The first, second and third units each have a pivotal hole defined in overlapped positions, and each pivotal hole is forcibly fitted with one reinforcement ring to reinforce the strength of the plates of the first, second and third units. The pins extend through the plates of the first, second and third units to ensure that the first, second and third units are pivoted smoothly and precisely so as to deform the terminals of wires or cables.
US10326234B2
The present disclosure provides a cable protection kit and a Radio Remote Unit including the same. The cable protection kit (100,100′) for RRU(200) includes a main body(10,10′), a sealing member(30,30′) and a pressing assembly(20,20′). The main body(10,10′) has at least one hole(50) for correspondingly accommodating at least one cable(40), wherein the at least one hole(50) extends from a first end(11) of the main body(10,10′) to an opposite second end(12) thereof along a longitudinal direction of the main body(10,10′). The sealing member(30,30′) is located onto the first end(11) and at least partly enclosing the first end(11). The pressing assembly(20,20′) is located onto the main body(10,10′) adjacent to the sealing member(30,30′) and configured to press and deform the sealing member(30,30′) so that the sealing member(30,30′) fixes and seals up the cable protection kit(100,100′) to a frame of the RRU(200).
US10326232B2
A connector connecting member (10) is used to connect holding-side connectors (60) to device-side connectors (80) respectively provided in solenoids (90) serving as a plurality of electrical devices, and configured as a plate (11) including connector holding portions (12) and restrictions (13). A plurality of the connector holding portions (12) are arranged side by side in a direction intersecting a connecting direction. The restrictions (13) are arranged adjacent to the connector holding portions (12), restrict movements of the solenoids (90) by coming into contact with the solenoids (90) and align the holding-side connectors (60) at positions connectable to the device-side connectors (80).
US10326230B2
A latch indicator apparatus for indicating a locked status of an attachment between a cable housing and a cable receptor. The latch indicator apparatus includes a latch indicator attached to a cable housing at an attachment point, a first resistive element having a first resistance, and is attached to the cable housing at the attachment point. The restive element of the latch indicator attaches to an indicator tab. The latch indicator includes an indicator window, which is positioned to indicate a locked status of the latch indicator based on the first resistance of the first resistive element. The latch indicator tests a connection between a cable housing and a cable housing by indicating a locked status. The locked status is indicated by exerting a first force on the indicator tab by pulling the indicator tab in a direction away from the connection between the cable housing and the cable receptor.
US10326201B2
There are provided a communication excitation distribution calculating unit (11) that calculates an excitation distribution W1(t) of a communication beam using an excitation phase distribution S that directs a main lobe of the communication beam in a communication direction; an interference excitation distribution calculating unit (14) that calculates an excitation distribution W2(t) of an interference beam using an excitation phase distribution D that forms a null of an antenna pattern in the communication direction; and an excitation distribution combining unit (20) that combines the excitation distribution W1(t) of the communication beam and the excitation distribution W2(t) of the interference beam. An amplitude/phase controlling unit (30) controls amplitudes and phases of carrier signals to be provided to element antennas (3-1) to (3-K), in accordance with the combined excitation distribution obtained by the excitation distribution combining unit (20).
US10326199B2
Low-profile antenna systems and methods to mount same. The system can include a low-profile antenna surface mountable to an exterior surface of a building, parking deck, or other suitable structure. Additional electronics can be remotely mounted to maintain the low profile of the system. The system can be color-matched, or otherwise camouflaged, to maintain building aesthetics. The low-profile antenna can include a transparent substrate to enable the system to mounted on windows and other clear surfaces. The low profile of the antenna enables the antenna to be mounted to existing structures without reinforcement, or other modification, to the structure. The system can also include one or more heating elements and heat sensitive adhesive to enable the system to be installed without fasteners and removed without damage to the structure.
US10326197B2
Implementations of antennas may include a meandering T-matching structure, a first meandering feed line coupled to the meandering T-matching structure, and a first radiating part coupled to the first meandering feed line. Implementations may include a second meandering feed line coupled to the meandering T-matching structure, and a second radiating part coupled to the meandering feed line. A gap may physically separate the first meandering feed line and the second meandering feed line.
US10326193B2
In some embodiments, a contactless communication device includes an antenna, and a driving stage having a power supply terminal configured to receive a power supply voltage, where the driving stage is configured to deliver a current to the antenna. The device further includes a monitoring circuit configured to monitor the power transmitted by the antenna. The monitoring circuit is configured, in the presence of a request for a reduction in a current level of transmitted power, to reduce the power supply voltage of the driving stage down to a target value corresponding to a new level of the transmitted power less than the current level.
US10326187B2
An anode for an aluminum-air battery may include an anode body, which may contain particles of an aluminum alloy in a sodium matrix. An electrolyte for an aluminum-air battery may consist of one of an aqueous acid and an aqueous lye containing at least one halogen and at least one surfactant.
US10326181B2
A connector assembly for voltage monitoring battery cells of a battery module includes a connector having a plurality of terminals and a wire assembly extending from the connector along a wire axis. The wire assembly has a plurality of wires extending between a terminal end and a buss bar end. The terminal end is terminated to a corresponding terminal. The buss bar end is configured to be terminated to a voltage sensor associated with a corresponding buss bar of the battery module. The buss bar end is folded over such that the buss bar end extends at a transverse angle relative to the wire axis. The buss bar ends are staggered along the wire axis at different depths from the connector.
US10326168B2
A surface-enabled, metal ion-exchanging battery device comprising a cathode, an anode, a porous separator, and a metal ion-containing electrolyte, wherein the metal ion is selected from (A) non-Li alkali metals; (B) alkaline-earth metals; (C) transition metals; (D) other metals such as aluminum (Al); or (E) a combination thereof; and wherein at least one of the electrodes contains therein a metal ion source prior to the first charge or discharge cycle of the device and at least the cathode comprises a functional material or nano-structured material having a metal ion-capturing functional group or metal ion-storing surface in direct contact with said electrolyte, and wherein the operation of the battery device does not involve the introduction of oxygen from outside the device and does not involve the formation of a metal oxide, metal sulfide, metal selenide, metal telluride, metal hydroxide, or metal-halogen compound. This energy storage device has a power density significantly higher than that of a lithium-ion battery and an energy density dramatically higher than that of a supercapacitor.
US10326161B2
A secondary battery includes: a cathode and an anode that are opposed to each other with a separator in between; and an electrolytic solution. The cathode includes a cathode active material layer on a cathode current collector. The anode includes an anode active material layer on an anode current collector. A heat-resistant layer is provided at least in a region in which the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer are opposed to each other between the cathode and the anode. The heat-resistant layer includes a material having a higher melting point or higher decomposition temperature than a melting point or decomposition temperature of the separator. The electrolytic solution includes an unsaturated cyclic ester carbonate.
US10326160B2
A cathode and a battery including a cathode active material including a layer-structured material having a composition of xLi2MO3-(1-x)LiMeO2; and a metal oxide having a perovskite structure. The cathode active material may have improved structural stability by intermixing a metal oxide having a similar crystalline structure with the layer-structured material, and thus, life and capacity characteristics of a cathode and a lithium battery including the metal oxide may be improved.
US10326152B2
A system for measuring a moisture content of an ion-exchange membrane in a fuel-cell stack is provided. The fuel-cell stack includes N electrochemical cells separated by bipolar plates, with N being a natural integer. The system includes a current generator, a voltage measurement device, and an impedance measurement device. The current generator enables a current to be applied to the fuel-cell stack. The voltage measurement device measures voltages of the cells of the fuel-cell stack. The impedance measurement device determines an impedance of an ion-exchange membrane according to a voltage ripple measured by the voltage measurement device across terminals of a corresponding one of the cells of the fuel-cell stack when the current is applied by the current generator. The impedance measurement device is installed in the voltage measurement device.
US10326130B2
Precursor compounds of sodium alloy(s), for use as negative electrode active material in a sodium-ion battery, as well as to a negative electrode have the precursor compound of sodium alloy(s), as well as a sodium-ion battery having a negative electrode of this kind.
US10326114B2
The present disclosure provides a battery cover catch apparatus. The apparatus includes a battery cover, a slide switch, a catch, and a body. A chute which longitudinally extends is provided on the battery cover. The slide switch is disposed on the chute so as to be able to slide between a first position and a second position. The slide switch includes a block located inside the battery cover. The block is connected to the catch so as to drive the catch to slide synchronously. The catch includes a tongue disposed in a same direction as the extending direction of the chute. The body is provided with a recess correspondingly matching to the tongue. The tongue is engaged with the recess when the slide switch is in a first position, and the tongue is separated from the recess when the slide switch is in a second position.
US10326110B2
An organic light emitting display device is presented which prevents water from penetrating through an outermost side of a display panel, thereby enhancing reliability of first thin film transistors (TFTs). The organic light emitting display device includes a base substrate, a first buffer layer disposed on the base substrate, a TFT disposed on the first buffer layer in a display area, a second TFT disposed on the first buffer layer in a non-display area, an organic light emitting diode (OLED) disposed on the first TFT, and an encapsulation layer disposed on the OLED, the second TFT, and the first buffer layer. The first buffer layer and the encapsulation layer each include the same material, for example, silicon oxynitride (SiON).
US10326102B2
A flexible display apparatus includes a substrate, a thin film encapsulation layer, a plurality of spacers, and at least one layer of a blocking dam in the non-display region. The substrate includes a display region having a plurality of pixels and a non-display region adjacent to the display region. The thin film encapsulation layer is over the substrate. The spacers are between the substrate and the thin film encapsulation layer and are arranged around a pixel region. A different arrangement of spacers are in a center region and an edge region of the display region. The different arrangement may correspond to at least one of a size and a number of the spacers.
US10326099B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display unit on the substrate and including a display area and a non-display area outside of the display area; and a thin-film encapsulation layer that seals the display unit, wherein the non-display area includes a dam region located outside of the display area and a plurality of protrusions on at least a part of the display unit outside of the dam region.
US10326098B2
An organic light-emitting diode is disclosed. In an embodiment, the diode includes a first light-emitting segment and at least a second light-emitting segment, wherein the first and second light-emitting segments include a common first electrode and a common second electrode, and are configured to emit radiation with different brightnesses, wherein the first electrode includes at least one separating line that does not completely cut through the first electrode, wherein an electric conductivity of the first electrode is reduced in a region of the separating line, wherein the separating line separates the first light-emitting segment from the second light-emitting segment, and wherein the second light-emitting segment has a lower brightness during operation than the first light-emitting segment.
US10326095B2
An organic light emitting display panel includes a substrate, a driving transistor provided on the substrate, a first insulation layer covering the driving transistor, a second insulation layer covering the first insulation layer, a first electrode provided on the second insulation layer and connected to a first conductor part of the driving transistor, a second electrode provided on the second insulation layer and connected to a second conductor part of the driving transistor, a passivation layer covering the first electrode, the second electrode, and the second insulation layer, and an organic light emitting diode provided on the passivation layer, an anode configuring the organic light emitting diode is connected to the first conductor part, and the anode protrudes convexly from an upper surface of the passivation layer.
US10326081B2
An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, a phosphorescent emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, an electron transportation layer between the phosphorescent emission layer and the second electrode, an electron control layer between the phosphorescent emission layer and the electron transportation layer, and an electron blocking layer between the phosphorescent emission layer and the first electrode. An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes the organic light-emitting device.
US10326080B2
An organic light-emitting device includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an organic layer including an emission layer between the first electrode and the second electrode. The emission layer includes at least one compound selected from carbazole-based compounds, and at least one compound selected from heterocyclic compounds as described in the detailed description.
US10326074B2
Embodiments are directed to STT MRAM devices. One embodiment of an STT MRAM device includes a reference layer, a tunnel barrier layer, a free layer and one or more conductive vias. The reference layer is configured to have a fixed magnetic moment. In addition, the tunnel barrier layer is configured to enable electrons to tunnel between the reference layer and the free layer through the tunnel barrier layer. The free layer is disposed beneath the tunnel barrier layer and is configured to have an adaptable magnetic moment for the storage of data. The conductive via is disposed beneath the free layer and is connected to an electrode. Further, the conductive via has a width that is smaller than a width of the free layer such that a width of an active STT area for the storage of data in the free layer is defined by the width of the conductive via.
US10326072B2
An ultrasonic transducer comprising a piezoelectric element, an acoustic matching layer arranged on a surface of the piezoelectric element and having a thickness of at least one-quarter of a wavelength of a center resonant frequency of the transducer, and a front metal layer arranged on a surface of the acoustic matching layer opposite that of the piezoelectric element and having a thickness equal to one-half of the wavelength of the center resonant frequency.
