US10378214B2
An insulation system for coupling to a building substrate comprising a plurality of insulation panels, bracket members and splice members. Each insulation panel includes a longitudinal slot. Each bracket member is formed from a polymer and includes an elongated body having a body wall, a first end wall and a second end wall. Upper and lower ribs extend from the body wall and are structurally configured to extend into the longitudinal slot of each of the plurality of insulation panels, and to elastically deform the longitudinal slot so as to effectively seal along a length thereof, defining a vapor barrier. A similar structure is on each splice member. The bracket members are positioned in a spaced apart relationship with insulation panels therebetween. The upper and lower ribs extend into corresponding ones of the longitudinal slots of the insulation panels, with splice members extending between adjacent adjacently abutting insulation panels.
US10378211B1
A spacer device includes a spacer having a n aperture through a bottom-side that sits against the surface of the form. The aperture is configured for providing a threaded-fixture having internal-threads, the threaded-fixture including a securing assembly insertable into the threaded-fixture. The securing assembly includes external-threads for mating with the internal-threads of the threaded-fixture. The spacer device is useful for providing a novel securing means for securing with reinforcing steel in a spaced relation for in a concrete structure or other such structure.
US10378206B2
A ribband for a stretched fabric three-dimensional structure comprising at least one light source incorporated in the ribband, wherein the ribband comprises two adjacent recesses separated by a tongue designed to receive the fastening elements of the stretched fabrics, wherein each recess comprises a bottom, an inner side wall forming the tongue and an outer side wall, wherein each outer side wall defines a peripheral wing of the ribband.
US10378205B2
The invention comprises a two-part support member for curtain walls capable of withstanding the extreme loads required for extra-large walls with minimal deformation comprising two independently extrudable components, each of which may be produced on standard extruders and attachment means that holds the extrudable components together. The sections fit together in such a way that inevitable deformations that occur during production are taken into account and corrected for. Due to the hitherto unattainable stiffness values that this combination of components may reach, extra-large curtain walls mounting and supporting is achieved that was otherwise unattainable. The cross sectional area of the sections is relatively small allowing for lightweight members to be extruded that use a minimum of material.
US10378202B1
A panel for skirting of a mobile home comprises an extrusion of a polymer material having a thickness of between 0.040 inches and 0.048 inches. The panel has an exterior face comprising a plurality of panel portions separated by grooves formed in the face. Each of the grooves is defined by spaced apart sidewalls arranged generally perpendicular to adjoining panel portions and a groove base extending between the spaced apart side walls. The groove base has vents. On the exterior face, the side wall transitions to the adjoining panel portion with a radius of between about 5/32 inches and about 7/32 inches. On the exterior face, the distance between the groove sidewalls is between about ¼ inches and about 9/32 inches. The exterior face has an embossed stucco finish. The panel is resistant to damage from grass cutting string trimmers having string diameter of less than 0.105 inches.
US10378184B2
A hydraulic system for a working machine is a load sensing (LS) system and includes a first hydraulic actuator and a first control valve for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid from a pump to the first hydraulic actuator and for draining hydraulic fluid from the first hydraulic actuator, respectively, and a second hydraulic actuator and a second control valve for controlling the flow of hydraulic fluid from the pump to the second hydraulic actuator and for draining hydraulic fluid from the second hydraulic actuator, respectively. The hydraulic system further includes a first hydraulic circuit for providing an LS pressure for the first actuator and a second hydraulic circuit for providing an LS pressure for the second actuator. At least one of the first and second hydraulic circuits includes an offset valve for changing the LS pressure before providing the LS pressure to the pump.
US10378174B2
An interface for coupling a work tool to a stick of a machine includes a plate having an engaging face and a coupling face. The engaging face of the plate is connected to the work tool. The interface also includes a first bracket and a second bracket positioned at a predefined distance from the first bracket. The first bracket and the second bracket extend from the coupling face of the plate and include at least one first hole and at least one second hole, respectively. The interface also includes a first pin received through the at least one first hole and the at least one second hole, and connected to a coupling member. The coupling member is connected to the stick of the machine and is configured to couple the work tool to the stick of the machine.
US10378168B2
Flexible containment tubes form sections of a dike for fluid containment. For example, multiple vinyl-coated polyester tubes with a 19-inch diameter may be filled with water and stacked on top of each other to create a temporary diversion dike. Multiple sections of dike may be abutted together to form longer sections of dike. A vapor barrier or plastic membrane may wrap over dike sections and/or weaved through the flexible containment tubes as they are placed prior to filling. Configurations of the vapor barrier and associated anchoring mechanisms improve the utility of dike sections by reducing hydrostatic pressure of contained fluid on the dike, harnessing the weight of fluid columns, and mitigating seepage through the dike sections.
US10378164B2
A corrugated plate structure includes a plurality of corrugated plates connected together to form a corrugated structure having a corrugation direction and a cross-corrugation direction. A reinforcement system includes: a first bracket and a second bracket, where the first bracket extends substantially parallel to the cross-corrugation direction and mounted to side-by-side first and second corrugation crests so as to pass over a corrugation valley that joins the first and second corrugation crest, and where the second bracket is spaced in the corrugation direction from the first bracket, and the second bracket extends substantially parallel to the cross-corrugation direction and mounted to the first and second corrugation crests so as to pass over the corrugation valley. An elongated reinforcing member extends substantially parallel to the corrugation direction and mounted to both the first bracket and the second bracket.
US10378162B2
The invention relates to an automotive construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, recycler or surface miner, and to a method for displaying an image of the surroundings of an automotive construction machine. The construction machine according to the invention has an image display device for displaying a bird's eye view image of the surroundings of the construction machine, which image display device has a camera system with a plurality of cameras provided on the machine frame for recording individual overlapping image regions of the construction machine surroundings from different image recording positions, and an image processing system. The image processing system is configured in such a way that image details of the individual image regions are joined together to form a total image from a bird's eye view. For this purpose, the construction machine has a position detection device, which detects the height and/or the incline of the machine frame in relation to the ground surface and cooperates with the position detection device in such a way that when the image details of the individual image regions are joined together to form a total image from a bird's eye view, the course of the stitching which is located between the image details and within the overlapping regions of the image regions is determined depending on the height and/or the incline of the machine frame in relation to the ground surface.
US10378161B2
A method and apparatus for efficiently laying geotextile or like material on a preferably prepared target surface. The apparatus includes a tractor or like machine mountable dispensing device mounted to a tractor or like construction machine and having at least one roll of geotextile or like material rollingly and dispensingly mounted to the device. The apparatus is used in rolling out and laying down geotextile or like material on a target surface as the tractor or like machine drives/rolls/moves along or in near proximity to the target surface.
US10378158B2
A road paver or a feeder with a machine frame, a travel carriage powered by a drive unit, and a material hopper with a material retention device arranged in the front in the operating direction, the material retention device comprising a fastening device and a retention element fastened to the material hopper through the fastening device, the material retention device having an overload protection device, which is designed in such a way that in the event of an overload applied thereto the retention element is detached the from material hopper and the fastening device, the latter remaining on the hopper, without damage. A material retention device of such a road paver or feeder and a method for protecting a material retention device of such a road paver or feeder.
US10378154B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and composition for increasing wet and/or dry strength of a paper product. The method comprises adding a composition comprising at least one polymer having a molecular weight more than 0.5 million Dalton and a degradation agent to a pulp suspension, and forming said paper product.
US10378148B2
A cord rubberized in situ (C). Internal layer of the cord (CT1) comprises N1 internal thread(s). External layer of the cord (CT3) comprises N3 external threads wound helically around the internal layer of the cord. Rubber composition (20) is positioned between the internal layer of the cord and the external layer of the cord, and comprises a compound of formula (I) or a salt of this compound: in which: each R1, R2 and R3 group represents, independently of one another, an alkylene, arylene, arylalkylene, alkylarylene or cycloalkylene group, each X1 and X2 group represents, independently of each other, —COOH, —CO—NH—OH, —SOOH, —PO(OR)(R′) or —PO(OR)(OR′) with R and R′ representing, independently of each other, hydrogen or an alkyl group, and X3 comprises at least one —COOH, —CO—NH—OH, —SOOH, —PO(OR)(R′) or —PO(OR)(OR′) group with R and R′ representing, independently of each other, hydrogen or an alkyl group.
US10378147B2
The present invention provides a novel pretreating agent to improve the effect of ink-jet printing on polyester fabric and its application, and this invention belongs to the field of digital ink-jet printing. Stirring the dispersing agent, which includes many procedures of wetting agent and deionized water in a stirrer, adding nano-porous oxide dispersoid. Furthermore, keep stirring for 30 min and put the mixture in a sand mill to grinded for 2 h, then nano-porous oxide dispersoid is eventually got. The nano-porous oxide dispersoid work as pretreating agent, which used in the polyester fabric, is treated like pretreating agent during the padding process. By applying this technique into double-sided permeation ink-jet printing and direct-injection ink-jet printing, its pattern's definition, color depth and color saturation could be remarkable enhanced. This method has many advantages such as the craft is easy to handle as well as the operation is simplified, it is also suitable for batch production of the polyester fabric.
US10378129B2
A dipped and heat-set carbon fiber cord, including a plurality of cord plies having a spacing between the plurality of cord plies. A TASE at 2.0% elongation of the carbon fiber cord is less than 2.0cN/dtex. The spacing between the plurality of cord plies is longer than 15% and shorter than 80% of a cord diameter of the plurality of cord plies.
US10378125B2
A method and a device are disclosed for heating carbon fiber strands. The method heats a carbon fiber strand by supplying an electric current to the carbon fiber strand. The device is designed to carry out the method.
US10378120B2
A method for coating metallic surfaces with aqueous compositions, wherein a silane-based aqueous composition containing at least one silane and/or a related silicon-containing compound and optionally additional components is treated further, for example, at temperatures above 70° C., in a pretreatment step without drying the coating, by using at least one aqueous rinse step after this pretreatment step and then performing an electrodeposition coating, in which at least one surfactant is added at least in the last rinse step of the aqueous rinse steps. Coated metallic surfaces are also described.
US10378095B2
A workpiece having a coating which has at least one TiB2 layer, characterized in that the TiB2 layers have a texture, in the XRD-spectrum, which leads to significant peaks which display a pronounced (002) orientation. The invention also relates to a method for producing said type of workpiece with a coating.
US10378094B2
Reactive coating processes are provided that can include providing a coating material, reacting the coating material to form a shell about the coating material, contacting the shelled coating material with a substrate to be coated, depositing the coating material from within the shelled coating material on the substrate, and removing the shells from the substrate. Coating materials may be deposited upon a substrate to be coated and reacted to form a shell about the coating material. The coating materials can be particles and a shell can be formed about each of the individual particles.
US10378093B2
A method of producing a nano twinned commercially pure titanium material includes the step of casting a commercially pure titanium material, that apart from titanium, contains not more than 0.05 wt % N; not more than 0.08 wt % C; not more than 0.015 wt % H; not more than 0.50 wt % Fe; not more than 0.40 wt % O; and not more than 0.40 wt % residuals. The material is brought to a temperature at or below 0° C. and plastic deformation is imparted to the material at that temperature to such a degree that nano twins are formed in the material.
US10378092B2
A coinage alloy for coinage includes nickel present in an amount from 4 wt. % to 11 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; zinc present in an amount from 20 wt. % to 35 wt. %, based on the total weight of the coinage alloy; manganese present in an amount from 3 wt. % to 6 wt. %, based on a total weight of the coinage alloy; copper; an electrical conductivity from 5% International Annealed Copper Standard (IACS) to 6% IACS measured in accordance with ASTM E1004-09 (2009); and a color comprising a yellowness vector b* that is from 6 to 11, based on a CIE L*a*b* color space and determined in accordance with ASTM Standard E308-15 (2015).
US10378089B2
Methods for using a mold to partially harden semifinished products, which are comprised of hardenable steel and have at least partially an open-profile or closed-profile cross section, may involve a number of steps. For example, such methods may involve heating regions of a semifinished product above an AC1 temperature, positioning the semifinished producing in a mold, positioning an active mold cooling element adjacent to or in contact with the heated regions of the semifinished product, and cooling the regions of the semifinished product at a defined cooling rate so that a hardened microstructure in the cooled regions. These methods and corresponding devices provide low cost solutions that dispense with complete hardening of semifinished products and/or employing welded connections to provide various mechanical properties.
US10378080B2
In accordance with certain embodiments, devices are recycled by removing one or more electronic components from a portion of the device and urging one or more regions of the portion of the device toward an abrasion head. The abrasion head mechanically removes at least a portion of patternable material in each of the one or more regions. The steps are repeated for subsequent portions of the device.
US10378077B2
A method for producing a cold rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength ≥1470 MPa and a total elongation TE≥19%, the method comprising the steps of annealing at an annealing temperature AT≥Ac3 a non-treated steel sheet whose chemical composition contains in weight %: 0.34%≤C≤0.40%, 1.50%≤Mn≤2.30%, 1.50≤Si≤2.40%, 0%
US10378073B2
A high-toughness hot-rolled high-strength steel with a yield strength of Grade 800 MPa with its chemical components, in weight percentages, being C 0.02-0.05%, Si≤0.5%, Mn 1.5-2.5%, P≤0.015%, S≤0.005%, Al 0.02-0.10%, N≤0.006%, Nb 0.01-0.05%, Ti 0.01-0.03%, 0.03%≤Nb+Ti≤0.06%, Cr 0.1%-0.5%, Mo 0.1-0.5%, B 0.0005-0.0025%, and the balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and a preparation method thereof. The present invention acquires, via direct quenching, an ultra-low carbon martensite structure with a yield strength of 800 Mpa and an impact energy of more than 100J under a temperature of −80° C.
US10378070B2
Provided is a method for continuously visualizing and accurately determining a living cellular state per se. Disclosed are: a vector comprising 5′- and 3′-end nucleic acid sequences for integration and a reporter gene sequence positioned between the 5′- and 3′-end nucleic acid sequences for integration; a gene introduction agent comprising a first vector and a second vector; a cell comprising the vector or the agent; and a method for determining a cellular state by using the cell.
US10378066B2
Methods and compositions are provided for the identification of a molecular diagnostic test for cancer. The test defines a novel DNA damage repair deficient molecular subtype and enables classification of a patient within this subtype. The present invention can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to administration of any chemotherapy. This test may be used in different cancer types and with different drugs that directly or indirectly affect DNA damage or repair, such as many of the standard cytotoxic chemotherapeutic drugs currently in use. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen.
US10378058B2
Patients with ErbB2-overexpressing cancers can be given an ErbB2 targeting agent as a therapeutic regimen but not all patients are responsive. The present invention concerns the diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic methods and compositions for evaluating potential efficacy of an ErbB2 targeting agent in an ErbB2-overexpressing cancers by evaluating PTEN expression, which is predictive of responsiveness or resistance to ErbB2 targeting agents such as trastuzumab. Low PTEN expression is predictive of a patient who will respond poorly to trastuzumab.
US10378055B2
Provided herein are, inter alia, nucleic acids, methods, and kits for detecting unmethylated DNA in body fluid sample of a subject. The disclosure includes compositions, methods, and kits for detecting unmethylation at a CpG site in an insulin gene promoter of a subject.
US10378054B2
There is provided a sol-gel chip using a porous substrate for entrapping small molecules and a method for screening a small molecule-specific material using the same, and more particularly, a porous substrate sol-gel chip characterized in that a sol-gel composition for entrapping small molecules is spotted on a surface of the porous substrate, a method for manufacturing the porous substrate sol-gel chip for entrapping small molecules, and a method for screening a material specifically binding to the small molecules using the porous substrate sol-gel chip for entrapping small molecules. According to the present invention, the small molecules can be effectively entrapped in the chip and the inflow of aptamers can be maintained as compared with the existing methods and thus aptamers specific to an extensive range of small molecules can be more easily selected.
US10378048B2
System, including methods, apparatus, compositions, and kits, for making and using a stabilized emulsion. A method of generating a stabilized emulsion is provided. In the method, an aqueous phase may be provided. The aqueous phase may include an effective concentration of one or more skin-forming proteins. An emulsion may be formed. The emulsion may include droplets of a dispersed phase disposed in a continuous phase, with the aqueous phase being the continuous phase or the dispersed phase. The emulsion may be heated to create an interfacial skin between each droplet and the continuous phase, to transform the droplets into capsules.
US10378043B2
Devices and methods are provided for electrically lysing cells and releasing macromolecules from the cells. A microfluidic device is provided that includes a planar channel having a thickness on a submillimeter scale, and including electrodes on its upper and lower inner surfaces. After filling the channel with a liquid, such that the channel contains cells within the liquid, a series of voltage pulses of alternating polarity are applied between the channel electrodes, where the amplitude of the voltage pulses and a pulsewidth of the voltage pulses are effective for causing irreversible electroporation of the cells. The channel is configured to possess thermal properties such that the application of the voltage produces a rapid temperature rise as a result of Joule heating for releasing the macromolecules from the electroplated cells. The channel may also include an internal filter for capturing and concentrating the cells prior to electrical processing.
US10378038B2
A method for engineering and utilizing large DNA vectors to target, via homologous recombination, and modify, in any desirable fashion, endogenous genes and chromosomal loci in eukaryotic cells. These large DNA targeting vectors for eukaryotic cells, termed LTVECs, are derived from fragments of cloned genomic DNA larger than those typically used by other approaches intended to perform homologous targeting in eukaryotic cells. Also provided is a rapid and convenient method of detecting eukaryotic cells in which the LTVEC has correctly targeted and modified the desired endogenous gene(s) or chromosomal locus (loci) as well as the use of these cells to generate organisms bearing the genetic modification.
US10378030B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to processes for the production and processing of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from carbon sources. In several embodiments, PHAs are produced at high efficiencies from carbon-containing gases or materials.
US10378028B2
The present invention provides a method for fermentative hydrogen production under limited aerobic conditions by utilizing the respiratory interaction between a strictly anaerobic hydrogen producing bacterium, E. harbinense YUAN-3, and a facultative anaerobic bacterium, P. aeruginosa PAO1. The two bacteria are co-cultured to produce hydrogen gas in a culture medium without any anaerobic treatment. Sucrose, lactose or glucose are used as the carbon source for the co-culture which can promote the growth of E. harbinense YUAN-3 and reduce substrate competition between two bacteria. L-cysteine is added to increase the hydrogen yield and the production rate. Using 15 g/L glucose and 5 mmol/L L-cysteine, the invented method achieved the hydrogen production yield of 1.11 mol-hydrogen/mol-glucose.
US10378027B2
Methods and constructs for RNA-guided targeting of heterologous functional domains such as transcriptional activators to specific genomic loci.
US10378025B2
Molecular markers are described for determining the presence or absence of a gene conferring resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus from S. chilense (Ty-1) in a host plant. Also described, are methods for producing a host plant comprising a gene conferring resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl virus from S. chilense (Ty-1), including the analysis of the presence or absence of the molecular markers. A plant, and parts thereof, obtained by such a method are also described.
US10378020B2
The inventive technology relates to systems and methods for enhanced in vivo production, accumulation and modification of cannabinoids. In one embodiment, the invention may include systems and methods for enhanced in vivo biosynthesis of chemically-modified water-soluble cannabinoids in a whole plant, or a cell suspension culture system.
US10378015B2
Described herein are methods of identifying host factors that modulate Hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication in mammalian, e.g., human cells, as well as factors identified by those methods, and methods of treating HBV infections by targeting those factors. Zinc finger, CCHC domain containing 14 (ZCCHC14) is an exemplary host factor.
US10378010B2
The present disclosure generally relates to nucleic acid amplification systems and methods suitable for construction of nucleic acid samples, including construction of normalized nucleic acid libraries. In some embodiments, the method includes providing one or more input nucleic acid samples, contacting each of the input nucleic acid samples (e.g., input library) with a reaction mixture including first amplification or normalization primers and second amplification or normalization primers, wherein the first amplification or normalization primers are immobilized on a solid support and the second amplification or normalization primers are in solution phase, and amplifying the input nucleic acid samples under conditions such that substantially all of the first amplification or normalization primers are incorporated into amplification products. Further provided are systems and droplet actuator devices that are configured to carry out the methods disclosed herein. Compositions that include nucleic acid samples and libraries, preferably normalized, prepared in accordance with the disclosed methods and systems are also provided.
US10378008B2
The present invention relates to a novel method for automated processing of pooled samples, particularly blood samples. Furthermore, the present invention pertains to an apparatus for carrying out the method and the corresponding uses. The method, and accordingly, the apparatus, can be used in particular to perform nucleic acid amplification techniques (NAT) for testing blood donations and blood products.
US10378006B2
An apparatus and methods of using the same for conducting photonic and optical treatments on biological samples with additional functions including temperature monitoring and real-time microscopic imaging are provided. The photonic and optical treatments can be conducted using light with wavelengths in the near-infrared region (NIR) on biological samples, including in-vitro brain cell cultures, in-vivo central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS) tissue samples, and other body tissues. The apparatus and methods can be combined with magnetic nanoparticles treatment to accomplish non-invasive, on-demand drug targeting, brain cell specific gene delivery, and magnetized photo-biomodulation for treating various CNS disorders.
US10378002B2
Polypeptides, viruses, methods and compositions provided herein are useful for the selective elimination of senescent cells. Method aspects include methods for inducing apoptosis in a senescent cell comprising administering to the cell a polynucleotide, virus, host cell, or pharmaceutical composition described herein. Other methods include expressing a pro-apoptotic gene in a senescent cell comprising administering to the cell the polynucleotide, virus, or pharmaceutical composition as described herein.
US10377990B2
The present invention provides mammalian cell lines that have been genetically engineered causing such cell lines to be resistant to viral entry and/or propagation, and provides methods of using said cell lines to reduce or prevent viral contamination of biologic production systems.
US10377985B2
Differentiation and stability of neural stem cells can be enhanced by in vitro or in vivo culturing with one or more extracellular matrix (ECM) compositions, such as collagen I, IV, laminin and/or a heparan sulfate proteoglycan. In one aspect of the invention, adult mammalian enteric neuronal progenitor cells can be induced to differentiate on various substrates derived from components or combinations of neural ECM compositions. Collagen I and IV supported neuronal differentiation and extensive glial differentiation individually and in combination. Addition of laminin or heparan sulfate to collagen substrates unexpectedly improved neuronal differentiation, increasing neuron number, branching of neuronal processes, and initiation of neuronal network formation. In another aspect, neuronal subtype differentiation was affected by varying ECM compositions in hydrogels overlaid on intestinal smooth muscle sheets. The matrix compositions of the present invention can be used to tissue engineer transplantable innervated GI smooth muscle constructs to remedy aganglionic disorders.
US10377984B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cell culture medium capable of enhancing cell growth efficiency without using feeder cells, in particular which does not comprise serum. The present invention provides a cell culture medium which comprises growth arrest-specific 6 (GAS6) and does not comprise serum.
US10377978B2
According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a cleaning solution which removes a dry etching residue and photoresist on a surface of a semiconductor element having a low dielectric constant film (a low-k film) and at least one material selected from between a material that contains 10 atom % or more of titanium and a material that contains 10 atom % or more of tungsten, wherein the cleaning solution contains: 0.002-50 mass % of at least one type of oxidizing agent selected from among a peroxide, perchloric acid, and a perchlorate salt; 0.000001-5 mass % of an alkaline earth metal compound; and water.
US10377977B2
A method of obtaining a laundry care composition, the method comprising the steps of (a) reacting a compound with a polymer to form a leuco polymer and (b) mixing the leuco polymer with at least one laundry care ingredient. The compound includes at least one leuco moiety and at least one electrophilic group. The polymer is comprised of co-monomers of an aryl dicarboxylate, an oxyalkyleneoxy and an oxypolyalkyleneoxy and the polymer comprises at least one moiety selected from the group consisting of hydroxy, sulfhydryl, primary amine and secondary amine.
US10377975B2
A packaged particulate composition having a carrier and a shading dye.
US10377973B2
A hand dishwashing liquid detergent composition having a surfactant system having an anionic surfactant and an amine oxide co-surfactant, a lipase, and preferably at least 0.05% by weight of the composition of at least one monovalent, divalent or trivalent cation or a mixture thereof.
US10377970B2
The present invention relates to a liquid laundry additive composition and method of use in washing laundry. Not only does the composition reduce laundry odors but it also reduces washing machine drum odor.
US10377969B2
A process for making a particle, the particle includes: a) a nitrogen-containing cleaning-active in the form of a salt wherein the salt has a pH in 1% weight aqueous solution measured at 25° C. greater than 9; and b) a malodor-reducing agent including an acid group wherein the process includes the step of adding the malodor-reducing agent to the nitrogen-containing cleaning-active wherein the malodor-reducing agent is added in the absence of water.
US10377958B2
The present invention relates to novel uses of corrosion inhibitors in fuels and lubricants.
US10377947B2
The present invention relates to a process for metallizing electrically nonconductive plastic surfaces of articles using the etching solution. The etching solution is based on a stabilized acidic permanganate solution. After the treatment with the etching solution, the articles can be metallized.
US10377942B2
A hydrocarbon formation treatment micellar solution fluid and its use in treating underperforming hydrocarbon formations is described and claimed. A hydrocarbon formation treatment micellar solution fluid wherein the micellar solution fluid comprises water, a non-terpene oil-based moiety, a brine resistant aqueous colloidal silica sol; and optionally a terpene or a terpenoid, wherein the brine resistant aqueous colloidal silica sol has silica particles with a surface that is functionalized with at least one moiety selected from the group consisting of a hydrophilic organosilane, a mixture of hydrophilic and hydrophobic organosilanes, or a polysiloxane oligomer, wherein the brine resistant aqueous colloidal silica sol passes at least two of three of these brine resistant tests: API Brine Visual, 24 Hour Seawater Visual and API Turbidity Meter, and wherein, when a terpene or terpenoid is present, the ratio of total water to terpene or terpenoid is at least about 15 to 1.
US10377934B2
There are provided an air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle providing sufficient cycle performance in practical use in an electric vehicle, in particular, sufficient cycle performance also in the heating time, while suppressing influence on global warming, and usable without greatly changing an air-conditioner device for a conventional working fluid, for example, HFC-134a or HFO-1234yf, and an air-conditioner working fluid composition for electric vehicle containing the same. The air-conditioner working fluid for electric vehicle contains trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, wherein a percentage of a total amount of trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane and 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene with respect to a total amount of the working fluid is more than 90 mass % and 100 mass % or less.
US10377931B2
The present invention provides a bio-inspired polymer compound, and a bio-adhesive having the same, and more particularly, to a bio-inspired polymer compound having biocompatibility and high adhesion ability, and a bio-adhesive comprising the same, wherein as the bio-inspired polymer compound absorbs water, the bio-inspired polymer compound becomes viscous in a swollen state, wherein the bio-inspired polymer compound has repeating units, a unit expressed by Chemical Formula 1 and a unit represented by Chemical Formula 2.
US10377929B2
An epoxy adhesive that is adapted to enable spray delivery and seamless polymerization during epoxy resin vacuum infusion techniques is disclosed. The epoxy adhesive can include one or more epoxy resins and one or more solvents that are used to dissolve the one or more epoxy resins. An adduct, a tackifier, and fumed silica can also be added to the adhesive.
US10377924B2
Disclosed is an adhesive tape for fastening including an adhesive layer on at least one surface of substrate, wherein the substrate has a surface roughness (Ra) of 20 μm or less, the adhesive tape has a breaking strength of 100 N to 200 N/25 mm in a longitudinal direction, an elongation at break of 10% or less, an edge tearing resistance of 120 to 200 N/20 mm, and is compliant with FMVSS 302, a weight does not fall in a test of holding power for cylindrical back surface of substrate, and the adhesive tape for fastening exerts excellent deployability, fastening properties and, also, fire resistance when used in airbag fastening applications. [Test of holding power for cylindrical back surface of substrate] An adhesive tape 1′ is attached to the surface of a cylindrical jig 2 having a diameter of 28 mm, further an adhesive tape 1 that has been cut to a width of 10 mm is attached to the adhesive tape 1′ (back surface) such that the adhesive tape 1 is attached over a distance of only 30 mm, the weight (a load of 500 g) is attached and left to stand still in a 95° C. environment for 30 minutes, and a check is performed to determine whether or not the weight has fallen due to separation of the adhesive tape 1.
US10377922B2
A composite dry adhesive includes (a) an adhesive layer comprising a shape memory polymer and (b) a resistive heating layer comprising a shape memory polymer composite on the adhesive layer. The shape memory polymer composite includes conductive particles dispersed in a shape memory polymer matrix, where the conductive particles have a concentration sufficient to form a conductive path through the resistive heating layer.
US10377918B2
A coating composition that exhibits high cure speed is described. The coating composition includes one or more monomers, one or more oligomers, and a photoinitiator. The coating composition further includes a photo sensitizer that acts in cooperation with a photoinitiator to increase cure speed.
US10377911B2
The present invention relates to a radiation curable ink composition comprising a gellant and a gel accelerator. The present invention further relates to an ink set comprising such ink composition. The present invention further relates to a method for making such ink composition and a printing method using such ink composition.
US10377905B2
Slurry for thermal spraying, thermal sprayed coating, and method for forming thermal sprayed coating
A thermal spray slurry of the present invention contains ceramic particles having an average particle size of 200 nm or more and 5 μm or less. Precipitates formed when 700 mL of the thermal spray slurry is placed in a 16.5-cm-high cylindrical vessel having a volume of 1 L and is allowed to stand still at room temperature for 1 week are made to disappear by disposing, at a temperature of 20° C. or higher and 30° C. or lower, the cylindrical vessel so as for the central axis of the cylindrical vessel to be horizontal and by rotating the cylindrical vessel at a rotation speed of 100 rpm for 120 minutes around the central axis of the cylindrical vessel to stir the thermal spray slurry in the cylindrical vessel.
US10377894B2
The present application relates to a block copolymer and its use. The present application can provides a block copolymer that has an excellent self assembling property or phase separation property and therefore can be used in various applications and its use.
US10377893B2
The invention relates to an elastomeric film-forming composition comprising a carboxylic acid- or ester-grafted polychlorobutadiene, and one or more cross-linking agents. The invention also relates to dipped articles, gloves, methods of manufacture and uses involving the composition.
US10377890B2
A new polystyrene-nanocellulose composite material is disclosed. The composite may contain about 0.01 wt % to about 10 wt %, such as about 0.1 wt % to about 2 wt % of nanocellulose. In some embodiments, the nanocellulose is lignin-coated nanocellulose, such as lignin-coated nanocellulose is obtained from an AVAP® biomass-fractionation process. The nanocellulose may include cellulose nanocrystals and/or cellulose nanofibrils. The polymer composite may be in the form of a polymer melt, or a finished polymer material. The composite is characterized by IZOD impact resistance that is at least 50% (such as 75% or more) higher compared to the polystyrene alone.
US10377889B2
A thermoplastic elastomer composition obtained by dynamically crosslinking an ethylene/α-olefin/non-conjugated polymer copolymer (A), a polyolefin resin (B), a softener (C) in an amount of 1 to 200 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the total of the copolymer (A) and the resin (B), and a crosslinking agent (D) by the use of a batch mixer under the conditions satisfying the requirements (1) to (4).
US10377885B2
Provide a laminate constituted by epichlorohydrin rubber layer and fluororubber layer that are strongly vulcanization-bonded together. A rubber laminate constituted by vulcanization-bonding an epichlorohydrin rubber layer that contains at least (a) magnesium oxide, (b) polythiol vulcanizing agent, (c) at least one type of compound selected from 1,8-diazabicyclo (5,4,0) undecene-7,1,5-diazabicyclo (4,3,0) nonene-5, and salts thereof, (d) at least one type of compound selected from organic phosphonium salts and organic ammonium salts, and (e) maleic anhydride modified polybutadiene, and a fluororubber layer; wherein such rubber laminate is characterized in that: the content of the polythiol vulcanizing agent (b) in the epichlorohydrin rubber layer is 0.3 to 1.2 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the epichlorohydrin rubber; and the content of the maleic anhydride modified polybutadiene (e) in the epichlorohydrin rubber layer is 0.3 to 1.5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the epichlorohydrin rubber.
US10377881B2
The invention provides a composition capable of providing a molded article that has excellent heat resistance and a small weight change against both fluorine plasma exposure and oxygen plasma exposure during a semiconductor manufacturing step. The composition contains a fluorine-containing polymer and a cage silsesquioxane having a specific structure.
US10377878B2
The latex polymer compositions of the present invention exhibit latent crosslinking properties. Latent crosslinking in the polymers takes advantage of the fast interaction between the anionic latex charge and the cationic charge associated with polyfunctional amine crosslinkers. Once the latex is coated onto a substrate, the volatile base evaporates and the groups react to form a crosslinked coating with improved wash-off properties.
US10377876B2
A thermoplastic composition including a polycarbonatesiloxane-arylate; a phthalone compound; and optionally an additional component different from the polycarbonatesiloxane-arylate and the phthalone compound; wherein the phthalone compound has a formula: wherein Z1 represents the atoms necessary to complete a 9- to 13-membered single or fused aromatic ring structure, Z2 represents the atoms necessary to complete a pyridine or quinoline ring, each R1 and each R2 are independently halogen, an alkyl group, an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, an alkoxy group, an aryloxy group, an aromatic or aliphatic thioether group, an aromatic or aliphatic carboxylic acid ester group, or an aromatic or aliphatic amide group, a is an integer from 0 to 6, b is an integer from 0 to 4, n is 1 or 2, and X is present only if n=2 and is a single bond or a divalent organic radical bonded to the Z1 ring structure through an ether, ketone, or thio linkage.
US10377865B2
A printable biodegradable polymer composite includes PGSA, a biodegradable photo-initiator and material selected from the group consisting PCL-DA and PEG-DA uniformly blended together. By adjusting the blending ratio, the elasticity, mechanical properties and degradation patterns may be adjusted for producing a tissue, organ or related bio-product by 3D-printing.
US10377856B2
The invention relates to a composition for thermoplastic composite material comprising: 30% to 60% by volume, preferentially 35% to 50% by volume, of a thermoplastic matrix comprising from 50% to 100% by weight of a semi-crystalline polyamide polymer and from 0% to 50% by weight of at least one additive and/or of at least one other polymer, 40% to 70% by volume, preferentially 50% to 65% by volume, of long reinforcing fibers (or of long fibrous reinforcement), said thermoplastic matrix impregnating said long reinforcing fibers (or said long fibrous reinforcement), said semi-crystalline polyamide polymer being: a) a reactive composition comprising or consisting of at least one reactive polyamide prepolymer which is a precursor of said semi-crystalline polyamide polymer, or, as an alternative to a), b) a nonreactive composition of at least one polyamide polymer, said composition being that of said thermoplastic matrix defined above, and said reactive polyamide prepolymer of the composition a) and said polyamide polymer of the composition b) comprising or consisting of at least one BACT/XT copolyamide.
US10377855B2
The invention is directed to processes for preparation of oxetane polymers, wherein an epoxide accelerant is reacted with one or more equivalents of a 3-monosubstituted oxetane or a 3,3-disubstituted oxetane, wherein the epoxide accelerant is selected from the group consisting of 2,2-substituted epoxide, 2,2,3-substituted epoxide, 2,2,3,3-substituted epoxide, and mixtures thereof. Also disclosed are oxetane polymers prepared by the processes of the invention.
US10377849B2
An ion conducting and electron conducting polymer is comprised of a first polymer of a single-sulfonic acid polymer or a multi-sulfonic acid polymer and a second polymer of an EDOT analog monomer having the following formula: wherein z=O or S; Y2=—COH, —C6H13, or —COOH; a=0 or 1; Y3=—CH3, —C2H5, —CH2C6H6, —C6H13, —C8H17, —CH2OC6H13, or —CH2OC6H6; and b=0 or 1; wherein a sulfonic acid group of each branch of the first polymer electronically interacts with one or more thiophene rings of the second polymer; and wherein any remaining sulfonic acid groups on each branch of the first polymer are converted to SO3Li.
US10377845B2
A graft-modified propylene.α-olefin copolymer (A) is obtained by graft-reacting a polar monomer onto a propylene.α-olefin copolymer (a) including 50 to 90 mol % of propylene-derived structural units (C3) and 10 to 50 mol % of C4-8 α-olefin-derived structural units (Cα) (wherein the total of the structural units C3 and Cα is 100 mol %), and satisfies the following requirements (i) to (iv) at the same time: (i) the amount of the polar monomer grafted is 0.4 to 1.5 wt %, (ii) the content of the polar monomer is not more than 1000 ppm, (iii) the content of a gel insoluble in xylene at 140° C. is not more than 2.5 wt %, and (iv) the content of a volatile hydrocarbon compound is not more than 10 ppm.
US10377829B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods of use of anti-IGF-1R antibodies or antibody fragments. Preferably the antibodies bind to IGF-1R but not IR; are not agonists for IGF-1R; do not block binding of IGF-1 or IGF-2 to isolated IGF-1R, but effectively neutralize activation of IGF-1R by IGF-1 in intact cells; and block binding of an R1 antibody to IGF-1R. The antibodies may be murine, chimeric, humanized or human R1 antibodies comprising the heavy chain CDR sequences DYYMY (SEQ ID NO:1), YITNYGGSTYYPDTVKG (SEQ ID NO:2) and QSNYDYDGWFAY (SEQ ID NO:3) and the light chain CDR sequences KASQEVGTAVA (SEQ ID NO:4), WASTRHT (SEQ ID NO:5) and QQYSNYPLT (SEQ ID NO:6). Preferably the antibodies bind to an epitope of IGF-1R comprising the first half of the cysteine-rich domain of IGF-1R (residues 151-222). The anti-IGF-1R antibodies may be used for diagnosis or therapy of various diseases such as cancer.
US10377821B2
The present disclosure is directed to progastrin monoclonal antibodies, fragments thereof, compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies, and methods of making and using progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions thereof. The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating colorectal cancer with progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof. The present disclosure is further directed to methods comprising detection of progastrin, including methods of diagnosing colorectal cancer and methods of monitoring efficacy of anti-cancer therapy in subjects suffering from colorectal cancer.
US10377817B2
The present invention provides antibodies that bind to human gremlin-1 (GREM1), and methods of use. According to certain embodiments of the invention, the antibodies are fully human antibodies that bind to GREM1. The antibodies of the invention are useful for inhibiting or neutralizing GREM1 activity, thus providing a means of treating a GREM1-related disease or disorder such as fibrosis and cancer. In some embodiments, the antibodies of the present invention are used in treating at least one symptom or complication of fibrosis of the liver, lungs or kidney.
US10377815B2
Disclosed are bispecific antibodies and bispecific fusion constructs that bind to Niemann-Pick CI (NPC1) receptor for treating or preventing filovirus infections, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the bispecific antibodies, and therapeutic methods using the bispecific antibodies.
US10377812B2
The present invention describes a simple purification process for recombinant human serum albumin. The process results in highly purified protein with limited number of purification steps. The broth containing human albumin is clarified by centrifugation and microfiltration, diafiltered and captured by cation exchange chromatography by a process that allows 140-230 mg of albumin to be captured per ml of resin. Product related impurities are removed by hydrophobic interaction chromatography, optimized to allow 87-97% recovery in flow through mode. The final series of processes are so combined that there is easy transition from one step to the next with minimal interventions and adjustments. The entire process of purification is completed within two days from harvest to final product. Thus a cost-effective process with improved recovery of protein at each step is developed. The purified human serum albumin is analyzed for purity and shows physicochemical characteristics that are similar to standard albumin.
US10377809B2
Sulfated glycoproteins, and methods of making and using such sulfated glycoproteins, are described.
US10377804B2
The present invention relates to anti-BAFF antibody molecules, including novel humanized anti-BAFF antibodies, therapeutic and diagnostic methods and compositions for using the same.
US10377803B1
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10377798B2
Compositions and methods useful for producing an immune response in a subject specific for the RSV G protein are described herein. The new methods and compositions described herein are made possible by the development of a new recombinant RSV G protein fragment, which has been engineered for in vitro production and is antigenically similar to the native RSV G protein. The recombinant RSV G protein fragment is capable of inducing the production of RSV G-specific antibodies when injected into a subject. These antibodies can recognize both RSV A and RSV B strains and inhibit infection of both viruses. Accordingly, the compositions and methods described herein may be useful in protecting subjects from RSV infection via immunization, raising antibodies specific for RSV, which can in turn be used to treat RSV infection.
US10377797B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer, in particular myeloma. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10377796B2
In fibrotic lung fibroblasts, basal levels of p53 protein (and miR-34a) are markedly suppressed, leading to reduced p53-mediated inhibition of uPA and uPAR, or concurrent induction of PAI-1. These changes contribute to excessive FL-fibroblast proliferation and production of extracellular matrix (ECM), and, therefore, pulmonary fibrosis. These processes are reversed by treating the cells, and treating subjects suffering from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) with the small organic molecule nutlin-3a (NTL) or with a peptide, CSP-4 (SEQ ID NO:1), or variants or derivatives or multimers of this peptide, which increase p53 levels by inhibiting MDM2-mediated degradation of p53 protein. Use of these compounds serves as a new approach to the treatment of IPF, as they restore p53 expression and p53-mediated changes in the uPA-fibrinolytic system in FL-fibroblasts and restrict production and deposition of ECM.
US10377795B2
A binding agent is capable of binding to rare earth materials such as rare earths and inorganic compounds thereof. A rare earth material-binding agent includes a peptide capable of binding to a rare earth material including a rare earth and a rare earth inorganic compound.
US10377794B2
Herein is reported a method for the purification of an antibody directly captured from clarified cell culture supernatants using Streamline CST and/or Capto MMC, wherein especially product related (aggregates and fragments) and process related impurities (host cell protein, media components) could efficiently be removed, resulting in a preparation with a purity comparable to classical protein A affinity chromatography.
US10377789B2
A compound represented by formula I or II below or a salt thereof: wherein B1 represents a purin-9-yl group or a 2-oxo-1,2-dihydropyrimidin-1-yl group that has any one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of a hydroxyl group, a hydroxyl group protected by a protecting group in nucleic acid synthesis, a C1 to C6 linear alkyl group, a C1 to C6 linear alkoxy group, a mercapto group, a mercapto group protected by a protecting group in nucleic acid synthesis, a C1 to C6 linear alkylthio group, an amino group, a C1 to C6 linear alkylamino group, an amino group protected by a protecting group in nucleic acid synthesis, and a halogen atom.
US10377782B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are acyclic nucleotide analogs and methods of using an acyclic nucleotide analog for treating and/or ameliorating a papillomavirus infection.
US10377774B2
The present invention provides a new kind of vinca alkaloid derivatives, new applications thereof and preparation methods therefor. The vinca alkaloid derivatives comprise hydrazinolyzed vinca alkaloids and vinca alkaloid dipeptide derivative. The hydrazinolyzed vinca alkaloids are the compounds obtained from the reaction of vinca alkaloids or salts thereof with hydrazinolyzed hydrate; and the vinca alkaloid dipeptide derivatives are the compounds obtained from the condensation of hydrazinolyzed vinca alkaloids with N-benzyloxycarbonylglycyl proline. The present invention provides the uses of the vinca alkaloids derivatives or the pharmaceutical compositions thereof in anti-tumor, preventing or treating diabetic retinopathy, rheumatoid arthritis and serving as angiogenesis inhibitors or vascular disrupting agents.
US10377755B2
The disclosure includes compounds of Formula (I) wherein W, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, m, n, L, and Z1, are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating a neoplastic disease and autoimmune disease with these compounds.
US10377747B2
The present disclosure relates to 2-arylamino pyridine, pyrimidine, or triazine derivatives, and the preparation method and use thereof. The 2-arylamino pyridine, pyrimidine, or triazine derivatives may act on certain mutated forms of epidermal growth factor receptor, for example the L858R activating mutant, the delE746_A750 mutant, the Exonl9 deletion activating mutant, and the T790M resistance mutant, so as to be used for treatment and prevention of diseases and medical conditions. The 2-arylamino pyridine, pyrimidine, or triazine derivatives may be used for treatment and prevention of cancer. The present disclosure also relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising 2-arylamino pyridine, pyrimidine, or triazine derivatives, intermediates useful in the manufacture of 2-arylamino pyridine, pyrimidine, or triazine derivatives, and to methods of treatment of diseases mediated by various different forms of EGFR using 2-arylamino pyridine, pyrimidine, or triazine derivatives.
US10377738B2
This invention relates to pyridone derivatives, processes for their preparation, phamaceutical compositions, and their use in therapy.
US10377733B1
Novel antimicrobial compounds against drug targets such as Eskape pathogens, Leishmania donovani, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Clostridium difficile, Naegleria fowleri, and cancer are presented herein.
US10377717B2
Described herein are compounds that are farnesoid X receptor agonists, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders associated with farnesoid X receptor activity.
US10377716B2
Bicyclic compounds for decreasing the expression of bacterial virulence factors thereby preventing, mitigating, or treating bacterial infection are provided.
US10377703B2
A compound represented by formula (4): can be produced by adding a heterogeneous transition metal catalyst to a solution containing a compound represented by formula (3): obtained by performing a nitration reaction by adding a nitrating agent to a solution containing a compound represented by formula (2): obtained by oxidizing a compound represented by formula (1): with hydrogen peroxide in the presence of sodium tungstate and a saturated C8 carboxylic acid, then adding water to the resultant mixture, and separating the resultant solution.
US10377700B2
The present invention discloses a process for recovery of a boronic acid of formula R3—B(OH)2, wherein R3 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C6 linear or branched alkyl, C3-C6 cycloalkyl, and C6 aryl, optionally substituted with a group selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-butyl, sec-butyl, t-butyl, and phenyl, comprising admixing the boronic acid with a water-immiscible organic solvent in a weight ratio between the boronic acid and the water-immiscible organic solvent from 1:10 to 1:20, adding an aqueous solution to a final pH of neutral, and partitioning the boronic acid into an organic water-immiscible phase and recovery of the organic water-immiscible phase.
US10377695B2
Provided herein are small molecule active metabotropic glutamate subtype-2 and -3 receptor positive allosteric modulators (PAMS), compositions comprising the compounds, and methods of using the compounds and compositions comprising the compounds.
US10377688B2
A process for the production of diisopropyl ether from high purity propylene without the need of a propane-propylene fractionation column has been developed. The process involves (1) reacting a high purity propylene feedstock and water to produce isopropyl alcohol in a reactor and reacting the isopropyl alcohol with propylene to produce diisopropyl ether in the presence of an acidic ion exchange resin catalyst and a C4 diluent to generate a reactor effluent stream containing at least water, isopropyl alcohol, diisopropyl ether, propylene, and acid, (2) passing the reactor effluent to an acid removal zone to produce an acid-depleted stream, (3) dividing the acid-depleted stream into two portions, (4) recycling a portion to the reactor (5) purging a portion to prevent propane build-up and (6) recovering product diisopropyl alcohol.
US10377682B2
In an aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for the oxidative coupling of methane to generate hydrocarbon compounds containing at least two carbon atoms (C2+ compounds). The method can include mixing a first gas stream comprising methane with a second gas stream comprising oxygen to form a third gas stream comprising methane and oxygen and performing an oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reaction using the third gas stream to produce a product stream comprising one or more C2+ compounds.
US10377681B2
The present invention describes a control system for units for the production of 1-butene by the oligomerization of ethylene in the presence of a homogeneous catalyst, in the liquid phase and at the bubble point, which uses a multivariable predictive controller and provides the units with better stability.
US10377672B2
A method for the production of polygranular graphite bodies including the step of provisioning a mixture including a high-temperature treated anthracite having a high vitrinite content and a petroleum-based needle coke and/or a pitch-based needle coke, and provisioning at least one binder coke precursor. The method also includes the steps of forming a green body from the mixture from the provisioning step, and carbonizing and graphitizing the green body.
US10377656B2
A method includes contacting a second layer of a glass sheet with a forming surface to form a shaped glass article. The glass sheet includes a first layer adjacent to the second layer. The first layer includes a first glass composition. The second layer includes a second glass composition. An effective viscosity of the glass sheet during the contacting step is less than a viscosity of the second layer of the glass sheet during the contacting step. A shaped glass article includes a first layer including a first glass composition and a second layer including a second glass composition. A softening point of the first glass composition is less than a softening point of the second glass composition. An effective 108.2 P temperature of the glass article is at most about 900° C.
US10377651B2
Uses of a method of producing small bubbles of gas in a liquid include gas transfer in airlift bioreactors and anaerobic digesters, and particle separation. The method uses a source of the gas under pressure, a conduit opening into a liquid and oscillating the gas passing along the conduit. The oscillation is effected by fluidic oscillator, comprising a diverter that divides the supply into respect outputs, each output being controlled by a control port, wherein the control ports are interconnected by a closed loop. Separation of algae from water involves delivering a laminar flow of microbubbles in the range 10 to 100 μm diameter. Such bubbles also deliver a laminar flow in bioreactors that delivers enhanced liquid flow despite the small bubbles, which improves mixing and also enhances efficiency of gas exchange and retention of the bubbles in the reactor.
US10377649B2
The present invention relates to apparatus, methods, and applications for treating wastewater, and more particularly to biological processes for removing pollutants from wastewater. This invention further relates to apparatus and methods for growing microbes on-site at a wastewater treatment facility, and for economically inoculating sufficient microbes to solve various treatment problems rapidly.
US10377641B2
A gas flotation tank is provided that includes a series of adjacent chambers which impart a rotational current therein. Each chamber is separated from a skim oil trough by a skimming weir. Each chamber comprises an alternating fluid communication device between adjacent chambers allowing fluid communication between adjacent chambers in the form of a communication port in the dividing wall between adjacent chambers and a chamber outlet in conjunction with a perforated plate and the outlet is positioned in fluid communication with the final chamber. An optional coalescing media may be positioned in or proximate the communication port to absorb or coalesce contaminants as they pass therethrough.
US10377634B2
A carbon material and a material for a battery electrode which is suitable for use as an electrode material for an aqueous-electrolyte secondary battery, which material includes optical structures having a specific shape, and in which material the ratio IG/ID (R value) between the peak intensity (ID) of a peak in a range of 1300 to 1400 cm−1 and the peak intensity (IG) of a peak in a range of 1580 to 1620 cm−1 measured by Raman spectroscopy spectra when particles of the carbon material are measured with Raman microspectrometer is 0.38 or more and 1.2 or less and the average interplanar spacing d002 of plane (002) by the X-ray diffraction method is 0.335 nm or more and 0.338 nm or less; and a secondary battery excellent in charge/discharge cycle characteristics and large current load characteristics.
US10377626B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus comprising a substrate, wherein a MEMS module is arranged on a first side of the substrate, the output signal from said MEMS module changing in the event of a change in temperature. Furthermore, the apparatus has a housing structure which is arranged on a first side of the substrate and has a recess in which the MEMS module is arranged. The apparatus also has a layer which is applied to the housing structure and increases the heat capacity of the apparatus. The present disclosure also relates to a method for producing an apparatus of this kind.
US10377624B2
Among other things, one or more systems and/or techniques for labeling a refill contain and/or for enabling operation of the refill container by a dispensing system based upon one or more indicia of the label satisfying a dispensing key are provided. In an example, a label may be applied to a refill container. The label may comprise a first region having a first indicia that may correspond to a shape, color, and/or texture (e.g., a yellow star indicia). A dispensing system may enable operation of the refill container (e.g., installation and/or dispensing of material from the refill container) based upon the first indicia satisfying a dispensing key (e.g., a yellow key component and/or a star shape component). Otherwise, the dispensing system does not enable operation of the refill container (e.g., the refill container is not genuine or is not an appropriate refill container type).
US10377623B2
A system for managing bulk product dispensing and sale in a retail establishment includes a bulk product dispenser for dispensing bulk product into a re-usable container which includes an ID tag identifying said container. A user interface receives a product fill request for a bulk product selected from a plurality of bulk products capable of being dispensed. Then a dispenser controller verifies the compatibility of said product fill request with said container by verifying the product requested satisfies restrictions based on information associated with the ID tag, and responsive to said verifying, either controlling said dispenser to fill said container with the requested product, or displaying a warning to a user if the request is not compatible.
US10377617B2
An opposable clamp arm of a load handling device such as a lift truck attachment. An upper clamp pad portion may have a generally planar plate as a main member and may have a load-gripping face layer. A lower clamp pad assembly has a plurality of separately replaceable wear-compensating load-contacting elements mounted interchangeably on a backing plate attached to a stabilizer member of the clamp arm. The load-contacting elements may be secured to the backing plate by retainer bars fastened to the backing plate with flanges of the retainer bars overlapping margins of the load contact elements.
US10377610B2
A linear lifting device including a lifting column, a synchronous adjusting mechanism, a first motion element and a second motion element is provided. The lifting column has a fixed end and a movable end. The synchronous adjusting mechanism, disposed on the movable end, has a first force-bearing end and a second force-bearing end, which are respectively separated from the center of the synchronous adjusting mechanism by a rotating radius and remain at a synchronous state. The first and second elements respectively connect the first and second force-bearing ends for generating a first force to push the first force-bearing end to move in a first force direction and generating a second force to push the second force-bearing end to move in a second force direction, such that the movable end can move with respect to the fixed end in a resultant force direction of the first and second force directions.
US10377606B2
An elevator safety gear assembly includes a base plate having a guiding component. Also included is a first engagement member operatively coupled to the base plate and configured to be positioned on a first side of a guide rail. Further included is a second engagement member operatively coupled to the base plate and configured to be positioned on a second side of a guide rail. Yet further included is a connector operatively coupled to the first engagement member and the second engagement member for symmetric movement of the first engagement member and the second engagement member relative to the guide rail, the connector having a guiding element disposed in engagement with the guiding component of the base plate.
US10377605B2
Modern elevators involve a plurality of ropes and wheels for ropes in a variety of different functions related to the operation and security of an elevator. The wearing of a rope and a wheel may be inspected by scanning a profile of a wheel or ropes on a wheel. When a rope or a wheel is worn the profile will be lower than in the normal situation. Depending on the difference to the normal situation an appropriate action may be taken.
US10377604B2
A fold-enhancing device includes a pressing member, at least one retaining member, and a moving mechanism. The pressing member presses against a fold line of a recording-medium bundle folded into a booklet shape. The recording-medium bundle is obtained by stacking multiple sheets of recording media. The retaining member retains the recording-medium bundle and is provided at a position located away from the fold line in a direction intersecting the fold line and not in contact with the pressing member. The moving mechanism moves the pressing member and the retaining member in a direction extending along the fold line.
US10377602B2
The sheet stacker includes a sheet conveyor arrangement, configured for feeding a plurality of sheets and having a sheet discharge end, and a stacking bay. In the stacking bay sheets delivered by the sheet conveyor arrangement are formed into stacks. A stack conveyor is provided in the stacking bay and is movable in a conveyor direction parallel to a sheet feeding direction, according to which the sheets are fed from the sheet discharge end onto the stack conveyor. The sheet discharge end is configured and controlled such that it is gradually lifted during sheet stacking, in order to accommodate a growing stack of sheets being formed on the stack conveyor. A stop plate is positioned in the stacking bay above the stack conveyor and in front of the sheet discharge end of the sheet conveyor arrangement. The stop plate is configured and controlled to be gradually lifted from the stack conveyor as the sheet stack grows, to be withdrawn upon completion of the stack thus allowing removal of the stack in an evacuation direction substantially parallel to the conveyor direction, and to be lowered towards the stack conveyor again.
US10377601B2
Provided is a sheet stacking tray such that damage due to external force can be suppressed. The sheet stacking tray (30) is provided with a tray body (40), a first slide member (50), and a second slide member (60). When the first slide member and the second slide member are pulled out, the engagement between a first storage catch portion (44) of the tray body and a first latch portion (52) of the first slide member is released, and then the engagement between a second storage catch portion (54) of the first slide member and a second latch portion (62) of the second slide member is released.
US10377591B2
A media processing device includes: a hopper supporting media units (e.g. cards), and a biasing assembly biasing the cards toward a hopper outlet; an input roller for accepting a single card at a hopper slot inlet; a pick roller at the outlet for dispensing a card from the hopper to a media processing path; a motor having an output shaft; a primary drivetrain segment connecting the output shaft with the pick roller; an auxiliary output selector connected to the primary drivetrain segment and switchable between first and second output configurations; first and second auxiliary drivetrain segments connecting the output selector, respectively, with the input roller and a release member for disengaging the biasing assembly; and a selector input movable to switch the output selector between the first output configuration, coupling the primary and first auxiliary drivetrain segments, and the second output configuration, coupling the primary and second auxiliary drivetrain segments.
US10377588B2
A sheet storage cassette of the present disclosure includes a sheet storage portion, a rack and a cursor. The cursor aligns sheets. The cursor includes a regulation portion which makes contact with the side ends of the sheets and a lock portion which includes at least one engagement protrusion that engages with the rack teeth of the rack. The at least one engagement protrusion each includes a second inclination surface which is inclined from a tip end portion toward a base portion in a second direction opposite to a first direction. At least one of the engagement protrusions includes a second vertical surface which is extended vertically downward from the base portion toward the tip end portion. At least one of the engagement protrusions includes a third inclination surface which is inclined in the second direction and which is extended to the tip end portion of the engagement protrusion.
US10377582B2
The invention relates to a line sorter for sorting items of various shapes, sizes and weights, in particular postal parcels or airport baggage. The invention is particularly related to the propulsion system (304, 306, 406) for the sorter. It may be seen as an object of the invention to provide a line sorter with a reduced need for energy input at a given sorting capacity. It is disclosed that a closed loop chain including sorting carts or slats (302) is provided with couplings (312) and is provided for moving along line sorter track sections. The linear synchronous motor propulsion system is provided for moving said closed loop chain, and a gap between adjacent permanent magnets (306) is the same or substantially the same between each of the permanent magnets.
US10377564B2
A deodorizing waste receptacle for disposal of soiled adult diapers includes a housing. The housing comprises an annular wall that is coupled to and extends upwardly from a bottom to define both a top and an internal space. A funnel is coupled to the housing and positioned in the internal space. A drawer is insertable into a lower chamber of the housing through an opening in the housing. A lid is reversibly and sealably couplable to the top to cover an aperture. An actuator is coupled to the housing positioned to motivate the lid between a closed to an open configuration. A plunger, which is coupled to the lid, is configured to compressibly motivate a soiled diaper through the funnel into the drawer. Deodorizers and dispensers are positioned in the housing to absorb and mask, respectively, odiferous gasses generated by soiled diapers positioned in the internal space.
US10377563B1
A two-piece intermodal shipping container has a deck and a lid. The deck has vertical lock corner casings bottom corner castings, a frame and a floor. Tie down clips or rings are provided on side and end beams around a floor that is recessed in one embodiment. The lid has side beams and corner posts with upper and lower corner castings. Twist locks are held in the vertical lock corner casings. After loading and securing cargo on the deck, the lid is lowered over the cargo to the deck. The twist locks are turned to secure the lower corner castings on the lid with the vertical lock corner casings on the deck, completing the shipping container for placing or stacking the container on a truck, train, ship or airplane. The deck has fork lift openings in the frame. The lid has fork lift tubes or lifting rings at the top.
US10377556B2
A retaining apparatus configured to couple to a valve stem of an aerosol container and to interface with a dispenser to actuate the valve stem. The apparatus includes a body portion having an internal bore configured to receive a valve stem. The internal bore has an internal diameter. A wall has a thickness defined between the internal bore and an exterior surface of the body portion. The body portion further includes an aperture having a diameter selected to avoid atomization of fluid travelling through the aperture. The wall thickness is selected to prevent collapsing of the wall when the valve stem is actuated.
US10377555B2
The present disclosure provides a flexible container. In an embodiment, the flexible container includes (A) four panels, each panel formed from a flexible multilayer film. The flexible multilayer film is composed of one or more polymeric materials. The four panels form (i) a body, and (ii) a neck. The flexible container includes (B) a fitment. The fitment includes a top portion and a base. The base is composed of a polymeric material. The base is sealed in the neck. The flexible container includes (C) a sleeve and bag-on-valve assembly, or SBoV. The SBoV includes a valve seat, a bladder, and an elastic sleeve. (D) The bladder and the elastic sleeve are inserted through the fitment and are located in the body. (E) The valve seat is attached to the fitment.
US10377553B1
An improved insulated sleeve for prolonging the period during which a chilled beverage can is able to maintain a cool condition is disclosed. The sleeve is generally cylindrical and made from an insulating material and defines a side wall, a floor and an open end. The sleeve further defines a notch which extends at least horizontally through the floor. In another aspect, the invention discloses a method of using the insulated sleeve.
US10377550B1
A cup is provided with an outflow tube integrally formed therewith. A body of the cup is formed by winding a paper board such that an extended part of the paper board is preserved at a winding joint site of the cup body and is subjected to further winding to form an outflow tube that is initially flattened and attached flat to the cup body. A partition section that is between a containing space of the cup body and the outflow tube is provided with a discharge hole through which a liquid or beverage contained in the cup body is allowed to flow into the outflow tube. The outflow tube can be pressed for bulging into an expanded passage and a top end of the outflow tube that is initially closed is opened through tearing a fold or indent line to form an outflow opening.
US10377545B2
Improved object wrapping materials exhibiting a number of beneficial properties to overcome prior deficiencies are provided. Such properties include the inclusion of a separation interface overlay that allows for greater rigidity at the leading and trailing edges of such wraps. Also, the inclusion of shear-reducing wrap material portions is described, as well as recoil reduction structures within the leading edge regions. Furthermore, core adhesive additions allow for greater resiliency to the base wrap material as it unwinds therefrom, reducing potential waste wrap products by permitting greater amounts of wrap materials in use. Other considerations include the ability, through proper configuration designs, to position a wrap separation indicator within a certain range of distances from the trailing edge, thereby providing greater reliability of wrap application device disengagement during wrap application. Such benefits are thus supplied individually and in tandem for improved versatility and utility of such wrap materials.
US10377534B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for a container cap comprising a plurality of tamper evidence bridges configured to provide evidence that the container cap has been removed from a container by other than a manufacturer of the container. The tamper evidence bridges comprise a small tab of material that extends from a bottom-most edge of the container cap to a neck ring of the container. The tamper evidence bridges are configured to break, or snap, when the container cap is rotated relative to the neck ring. Broken tamper evidence bridges provide readily visible evidence to an end-user of the container that the container cap has been removed by other than the manufacturer of the container. The high visibility of the tamper evidence bridges serves to discourage vendors from attempting to refill and resale of the used containers.
US10377527B2
A composite pallet is made of concrete. The concrete material can include various concrete mixtures, such as Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) or an Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC). It also can include microspheres. The concrete material can be cast in a mold or formed via an extrusion process and then cured. The pallet components can include a core material that can form various voids or cavities. The core material can include polystyrene foam, and the foam forms a honeycomb, which is then filled with the concrete material. The concrete material can also be dyed to create different colors to identify the pallets. The pallets can further include plastic and/or rubber bumpers on the corners and/or edges to prevent or minimize chipping. The resulting pallet can be cured using carbon dioxide (CO2) curing which reduces the cure time to about an hour or less.
US10377522B2
The invention provides a packaging comprising opposing and spaced apart front and back panels separated by side panels extending therebetween, wherein a marginal sealing region of each end of the front and back panels is sealed together and wherein at least a portion of an edge of at least one end of the side panels is not connected to the marginal sealed regions of the front and back panels, and, wherein the panels are formed from cartonboard.
US10377519B2
A method and an installation for aseptic filling of a receptacle with an enteral nutrition solution includes making available a filling device with a first sealing device preferably in a fixed position, and in which a first aseptic zone is provided, and wherein the first sealing device is located in a position having an opening; taking hold of a receptacle; guiding the receptacle to the first sealing device in such a way that the receptacle, bears sealingly on the opening of the first sealing device, and the first aseptic zone, in which at least an attachment piece of the receptacle is arranged at least in part, is closed; delivering a sterilizing agent, into the first aseptic zone, such that the channel of the attachment piece of the receptacle is at least partially sterilized; guiding the receptacle to the filling nozzle within the first aseptic zone in such a way that the filling nozzle protrudes at least partially into the channel of the attachment piece of the receptacle; filling the receptacle with the nutrition solution; fitting a closure onto the channel of the attachment piece such that the filled receptacle is closed aseptically.
US10377513B2
Energy efficient satellite maneuvering is described herein. One disclosed example method includes maneuvering a satellite that is in an orbit around a space body so that a principle sensitive axis of the satellite is oriented to an orbit frame plane to reduce gravity gradient torques acting upon the satellite. The orbit frame plane is based on an orbit frame vector.
US10377507B2
The invention consists of an actuated box and navigation aid for automatic delivery by unmanned vehicles (UAV) or drones. It also incorporates delivery information via the web linking orders, enclosure status, package specific drone homing signals, delivery confirmations and more.This system incorporates a novel and effective means for providing a standardized and predicable area for safe landing during delivery by functionalized drones. It also secures the package from theft, vandalism, animals and the weather and provides features necessary for air-traffic management.
US10377506B2
A braking system for a passenger boarding bridge are provided. The braking system includes a locking member fixedly mounted on the cabin and at least one set of braking assemblies. Each set of the braking assemblies includes an oscillating member rotatably mounted on the cab, an oscillating wheel mounted on the oscillating member and an elastic member having a pre-tightening force. The oscillating wheel cooperates with an outer side of the drive belt to form an abutting force so as to balance the pre-tightening force. The pre-tightening force of the elastic member rotates the oscillating member to a direction of the locking member and cooperates with the locking member in a locking manner to realize braking when the length of the drive belt between the driven wheel and the driving wheel exceeds a preset value or is in a broken state.
US10377485B2
The invention relates to a system for automatically inspecting a surface of an object such as an aircraft (54), a transport vehicle, a building or an engineering structure, said surface being liable to contain a defect.The system is characterized in that it comprises a fleet comprising at least one flying robot (14a, 14b, 14c), each flying robot comprising a module for acquiring images of at least one portion of the surface to be inspected, and a module for processing the acquired images, which module is suitable for providing information representative of the state of each inspected surface portion, which information is called the processing result.
US10377481B2
Systems and methods to launch an aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system to launch an aircraft comprises a launch arm comprising at least one load cell, an aircraft coupled to the launch arm, and a release mechanism in communication with the at least one load cell, wherein the release mechanism releases the aircraft when the at least one load cell indicates that a load on the launch arm is below a predetermined threshold. Other embodiments may be described.
US10377476B2
A vehicle includes a propulsion system using one or more impellers as opposed to propellers. The impellers impart circumferential and radial velocity components to the working fluid, which may be air or water. The air is deflected by counter-vortex chambers in a shroud to convert the circumferential and radial velocity to an axial velocity aligned with the axis of rotation of the impeller.
US10377470B2
A system and method for providing state comparison of redundant processors used, e.g. to control a rotor craft. A primary microprocessor is configured to receive input data from a position sensor and a flight condition sensor and determine therefrom a first desired control law state, and a secondary microprocessor is configured to receive input data from the position sensor and the flight condition sensor and determine therefrom a second desired control law state. The first desired control law state from the primary microprocessor and the second desired control law state from the secondary microprocessor are compared, and (a) the first desired control law state is entered when the first desired control law state and the second desired control law state match, and (b) a last known control law state is maintained when the first desired control law state and the second desired control law state do not match.
US10377467B2
A rotating circular aerofoil system that includes a disc body that has an aerofoil shape in cross section. The aerofoil shape has an angle of attack that is symmetrical. The disc body's includes a circular inner edge which forms a circular center opening and the disc body's leading edge. The disc body also includes an outer edge that forms the trailing edge. Intersecting ribs extend across the center opening and include a shaft opening that attaches to a rotating shaft. Formed on the top and bottom surfaces of the disc body are evenly spaced apart, extending T-shaped or L-shaped fins. In one embodiment, an air blower or impeller is attached to a hollow shaft linked to an air pump. When the air pump is activated, air is delivered to the air blower and impeller that distributes the air over the top surface of the disc body to improve lift.
US10377464B2
This disclosure relates to the manufacturing of a leading edge section with hybrid laminar flow control for an aircraft. A manufacturing method involves: providing an outer hood, a plurality of elongated modules, first and second C-shaped profiles having comprising cavities, and an inner mandrel; assembling an injection molding tool by placing each profile on each end of the inner mandrel, arranging a first extreme of each elongated module in one cavity of the first profile and a second extreme of the module in another cavity of the second profile, both cavities positioned in the same radial direction; and placing the hood on first and second profiles to close the tool. Further, the injection molding tool is closed and filled with an injection compound comprising thermoplastic and short-fiber. Finally, the compound is hardened and demolded.
US10377461B2
An aircraft structural component having a skin element, including an inner surface, a multitude of transverse stiffening elements, which lie against the inner surface of the skin element, and a multitude of longitudinal stiffening elements, perpendicular to the transverse stiffening elements against the inner surface of the skin element, wherein between a first and a second transverse stiffening element and also between a first and a second longitudinal stiffening element, a first skin section is defined. An aircraft structural component is provided with the quantity of the longitudinal stiffening elements reduced. A first applied reinforcement includes a core layer having a contour line running along the circumference of the skin element, the first applied reinforcement including a face sheet surrounding the core layer on the side thereof which faces away from the skin element, which face sheet is connected to the skin element along the core layer contour line.
US10377457B2
The invention relates to a craft in the form of a body to be sat or laid upon by a user and provided with power for use in a body of water. There is also provided a method for the use of the craft in game play and the use of the same in a manner which allows the power source for the drive to be managed. A system for transport, charging and/or communication with the craft from onshore is also provided, along with a system to allow the use of the craft within a specified area on the body of water to be maintained and controlled.
US10377456B2
A jet propelled watercraft includes a watercraft body, an engine housed in the watercraft body, a jet propulsion unit that suctions and jets water with a drive force of the engine, a first exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust port of the engine, and a catalyst storage connected to the first exhaust pipe, wherein the first exhaust pipe and the catalyst storage are integral and unitary with each other.
US10377453B2
A recreational sport boat includes a hull having starboard and port sides and a transom, a generally horizontal platform, and a pair of wake-modifying devices positioned aft of the transom. The generally horizontal platform extends aft of the transom and is configured to support a human weighing at least 100 lbs. on an upper surface thereof. The pair of wake-modifying devices are attached to the platform. One of the wake-modifying devices is positioned on a port side of the platform's centerline, and another of the wake-modifying devices is positioned on a starboard side of the platform's centerline. Each wake-modifying device is moveable between a non-deployed position and a deployed position in which the wake-modifying device is angled downwardly at an angle relative to the top surface of the generally horizontal platform.
US10377449B2
An apparatus for launching, stowing and retrieving of daughter boats (1) from a midships hangar or mission bay on a mother vessel comprises at least one davit assembly positioned atop a stationary cradle (2), located one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel. The daughter boats (1) are secured on specially designed stationary cradlesalong a plurality of longitudinal tracks (5) and also on at least the two stationary cradles (2) one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel which are also specially designed and lie along at least one transverse track (6).
US10377448B2
A connector or connector assembly (10, 210), such as a subsea or underwater connector or assembly including a first member (18, 218) movably connected or connectable to a second member (36, 236) and a first inductive element (24, 224a) provided on the first member (18, 218), the first inductive element (24, 224a) being arranged for inductive transmission and/or reception with a second inductive element (42, 242a) of the second member (36, 236). The first member (18, 218) may rotatably or pivotably connected or connectable to the second member (36, 236). The first inductive element (24, 224a) may be arranged on the first member (18, 218) to maintain inductive transmission with the second inductive element (42, 242a) of the second member (36, 236) throughout movement of the first member (18, 218) relative to a second member (36, 236).
US10377445B2
A bicycle front sprocket assembly is basically provided with a first sprocket, a second sprocket, a sprocket carrier and a chain guiding portion. The first sprocket includes a first sprocket body and a plurality of first sprocket teeth disposed on a first outer periphery of the first sprocket body, The second sprocket includes a second sprocket body and a plurality of second sprocket teeth. The second sprocket teeth are disposed on a second outer periphery of the second sprocket body. The sprocket carrier includes a torque transmitting profile and a sprocket mounting portion. The chain guiding portion is positioned between the first and second sprockets in an axial direction parallel to a rotational center axis of the bicycle front sprocket assembly. At least one of the first and second sprockets is mounted to the sprocket mounting portion of the sprocket carrier by a non-threaded fastener.
US10377442B2
Disclosed is a suspension for a bicycle. The suspension has a swingarm having a front and rear end and wherein the rear end is configured to attach to a rear wheel of a bicycle, an upper and lower link both adapted to pivotally connect the swing arm to the frame of a bicycle, and a jackshaft having a drive side and a non drive side sprocket and being connected to the front end of the swingarm, the suspension configured such that when in use with a bicycle, a chain connects a drive side front crankset to the drive side jackshaft sprocket and a second chain connects the non drive side jackshaft sprocket to a rear wheel sprocket and wherein the arrangement allows the rear wheel of the bicycle to move rearward and upward in use.
US10377441B2
A throttle grip apparatus includes a throttle grip, an interlocking member which includes engaged parts to be engaged with engaging parts formed on the throttle grip and is rotatable in conjunction with rotation of the throttle grip, a first biasing unit which biases the interlocking member when the throttle grip rotates in a normal direction, a second biasing unit which biases the interlocking member when the throttle grip rotates in a reverse direction. The engaging parts and the engaged parts are formed respectively on the throttle grip and the interlocking member at regular intervals along a rotation direction of the throttle grip, and the second biasing unit is installed at each of positions between the engaged pans of the interlocking member.
US10377440B2
A bicycle includes a handlebar, a handle stem on which the handlebar is disposed, a clamp that is attached to the handle stem to fix the handlebar on the handle stem, and a support extending forward and including a first attachment. The first attachment is located farther forward than the handlebar. A display is attached to the first attachment so that the display is placed at an appropriate height to improve visibility of the display.
US10377439B2
A motorcycle includes a main frame, a seat frame connected to a rear portion of the main frame and extending backward to support a seat, an auxiliary frame reinforcing the seat frame, and an acceleration sensor. The acceleration sensor is supported at a position under the seat frame and above the auxiliary frame in a side view by a bracket extending from the seat frame or the auxiliary frame. Side surfaces of the acceleration sensor are covered with a vehicle body cover.
US10377434B2
A tugger train trailer including a support frame configured as a transport material cart entrained in a trailer train, which has a chassis with at least two wheels, and a lifting device configured to adjust the height of at least part of the support frame relative to the wheels. The lifting device may include at least one rotatable eccentric disc, which is supported on a cam roller. The eccentric disc may be installed on a shaft that is driven in rotation. The cam roller may be mounted on the support frame or a part of the support frame.
US10377432B2
There is provided a vehicle lower section structure including: a suspension member that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction and that includes a pair of side rails that are be separated from each other in a vehicle width direction; a vehicle onboard device that is formed with a substantially box shape, that is disposed between one of the side rails and the other of the side rails, and that includes a bottom face disposed substantially in the same plane as a bottom face of the suspension member; and a flow smoothing section that is provided at at least one of the bottom face of the vehicle onboard device or the bottom face of the suspension member, and that is provided projecting out toward a vehicle lower side and extending along the vehicle front-rear direction.
US10377415B2
Disclosed is a method of controlling a motor driven power steering system (MDPS). The method includes multiple operations including a torque sensor failure determining operation of determining failure of the torque sensor according to existence of a torque sensor signal input from the torque sensor; a control module calculating operation of, when it is determined that the torque sensor has failure, receiving control signals from a steering angle sensor and a motor angle sensor and calculating a plurality of control modules including a basic assist generating module, an assist maintaining module, and an overshoot preventing module; and an MDPS motor driving operation of driving a motor of the MDPS based on motor torque calculated through the control module.
US10377410B2
The present invention relates to an electric power steering apparatus including a power transmission belt. The power transmission belt includes: an engagement part provided inside the power transmission belt where the power transmission belt is engaged with a motor pulley and a nut pulley; and a vibration reduction part provided outside the power transmission belt opposite to the engagement part. The engagement part is made of an elastic material, and the vibration reduction part is made of an elastic material that is less rigid than the engagement part. With this configuration, even if vibration and noise are generated from a motor, between the motor and a pulley, and between a belt and the pulley in the process of transmitting a torque of the motor, the vibration and the noise are reduced and prevented from being transferred to a peripheral component.
US10377406B2
A twice-foldable stroller including a frame main body which is configured to have right and left front-angle frames to support front wheels and a horizontal frame connected at a lower part between the right and left front-angle frames, right and left rear-angle frames to support rear wheels and connecting frames connected between the right and left rear-angle frames and the right and left front-angle frames, and vertical frames connected to the right and left connecting frames; seat frames; backrest frames; support frames; extension frames; canopy frames rotatably connected to the extension frames; and handles, each connected to the extension frames, wherein right and left central portions are rotatably connected to each other.
US10377397B2
This application relates to methods and apparatus for the detection of anomalies in the wheelsets of rail vehicles, for instance for detection of defects such as wheel flats (303) of a wheel (301). The method using a distributed acoustic sensor (106) having a sensing optical fiber (104) deployed along at least part of a rail track (201) as a train (202) moves along that part of the track. The distributed acoustic sensor detects acoustic signals from a plurality of longitudinal sensing portions of the sensing optical fiber. A processor 108 analyzes the acoustic signals to determine the train speed v. Having determined the train speed the processor also analyzes the acoustic signals for a characteristic acoustic signal so as to detect an anomaly in a wheelset where the characteristic acoustic signal is based on the determined train speed. In particular the method may involve at least a first section of track where the train travels with a first speed v1 and a second section of track where the train travels with a second different speed v2 the characteristic acoustic signal may be a repetitive signal at a frequency that varies proportional to the train speed.
US10377386B2
A system configured to determine a physical state of a vehicle occupant within a vehicle is described herein. The system includes an electrode in contact with the vehicle occupant and containing nano-scale metal fibers or carbon nanotubes and a controller that determines the physical state of the vehicle occupant based on an output of the electrode. The controller initiates a countermeasure based on the physical state of the vehicle occupant. A system configured to generate electricity based upon a temperature difference between a vehicle occupant and a portion of a vehicle interior is also presented herein. This system includes a thermoelectric device containing nano-scale metal fibers or carbon nanotubes. The thermoelectric device has a first side in contact with a vehicle occupant and a second side in contact with a portion of the vehicle interior. The thermoelectric device supplies electrical power to an electrical system of the vehicle.
US10377376B2
A host vehicle may include: motor(s), brakes, sensors, processor(s) configured to: (a) predict a target path of a target vehicle based on lane boundaries of a virtual map; (b) compare the target path to a predicted host path of the host vehicle; (c) apply the brakes based on the comparison; (d) predict the target path and the host path as shapes, each having a two-dimensional surface area; (e) determine whether the shapes intersect, and based on the determination, (f) calculate a first timespan where the target vehicle reaches the intersection, and (g) a second timespan where the host vehicle reaches the intersection.
US10377370B2
A hybrid vehicle may include an engine, a first rotating electric machine, an output shaft, a planetary gear mechanism, a second rotating electric machine, a battery, an inverter and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit may be programmed to perform inverterless traveling control. The inverterless traveling control may be control for causing the hybrid vehicle to travel by placing the inverter in a gate cut-off state, and driving the engine. The electronic control unit also may be programmed to interrupt current flowing between the first rotating electric machine and the battery when a shift range other than a forward range is selected, during the inverterless traveling control.
US10377367B2
A control device for hybrid vehicle is configured to transmit a torque generated by an engine and a motor to a power transmission member according to a driving power request from a driver. The control device for hybrid vehicle includes motor control means and transmission capacity control means. The motor control means is configured to control an output from the motor according to the driving power request. The transmission capacity control means is configured to control a transmission capacity of the power transmission member. The transmission capacity control means is configured to increase the transmission capacity in consideration of a variation of the output from the motor when the output from the motor is increased based on the driving power request. The motor control means is configured to increase the output from the motor after the transmission capacity is increased in consideration of the variation of the output from the motor when the output from the motor is increased based on the driving power request.
US10377360B1
An apparatus and method for resistive short circuit immunity for wheel speed sensor interface on a braking system. In one embodiment the apparatus includes a first circuit for generating a first periodic signal based on first current transmitted to a wheel speed sensor and a second circuit for generating a second periodic signal based on second current, some or all of which is received from the wheel speed sensor. A circuit is provided for selecting the first periodic signal for output if a magnitude of the second current is greater than a magnitude of the first current, or the second periodic signal for output if a magnitude of the second current is not greater than the magnitude of the first current. The selected first or second periodic signal contains information relating to a speed of a wheel that is associated with the wheel speed sensor.
US10377359B2
An electric brake system is disclosed. The electric brake system controlling a hydraulic pressure delivered to a wheel cylinder provided at each of wheels according to a pedal effort of a brake pedal, includes a reservoir configured to store oil; a master cylinder including first and second hydraulic ports, each of which is connected to two wheels, and configured to generate a hydraulic pressure by the pedal effort of the brake pedal; a pedal simulator configured to provide a reaction force of the brake pedal by being connected to the master cylinder, and connected to the reservoir; a simulation valve installed at an oil flow path connecting the pedal simulator to the reservoir, or at an oil flow path connecting the master cylinder to the pedal simulator; a bypass flow path branching off from the oil flow path and connected to the reservoir; and a relief valve provided at the bypass flow path and configured to enable oil to flow when the simulation valve operates abnormally.
US10377351B2
An interior cleaning system for a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include a display, and the display may include: a screen that includes a cover having a light-sensitive coating on an outwardly-facing side thereof; and a bezel having a lamp, wherein, when actuated, light from the lamp activates the coating.
US10377348B2
The invention relates to a member 24, 26 for a system for connecting a wiper blade 12 to a windscreen wiper arm 14, this member comprising articulation means 80 configured in order to interact with first means 60 complementing a second member 26, 24 of the connection system in such a manner as to turn about at least one axis Y of articulation of the member vis-à-vis this second member, said member comprising centring and guide means 62, 82 configured in order to interact with second means 82, 62 complementing the second member in order to facilitate the mounting of the member in or on the second member, characterized in that said centring and guide means 62, 82 comprise at least two distinct and contiguous portions 62a, 62b, 82a, 62b.
US10377337B2
A vehicle occupant restraining system includes plural occupant restraining devices that are disposed in a side support portion of a seat back of a vehicle seat and is configured to, when activated, restrain an occupant; and a control device that is configured to staggers the activation timings of the plural occupant restraining devices so that a load that acts on the occupant simultaneously from the plural occupant restraining devices is made to be equal to or less than a maximum value of a load that acts on the occupant individually from the plural occupant restraining devices.
US10377333B2
A operator protection apparatus unlocks and lowers from a raised position to a lowered position suitable for clearing a low hanging obstacle when an operator applies a force to an operator lever or pedal. The operator protection apparatus returns to the raised position when the operator ceases applying force to the operator lever or pedal.
US10377330B2
A lateral rollover risk warning device can report vehicle rollover risk in real time during traveling with no need for inputting radius of a curved path in advance.It includes a first acceleration sensor detecting an external force applied in up-down direction of a vehicle body; an angular velocity sensor detecting a rotation around vehicle axis of vehicle body; and a second acceleration sensor detecting an external force in right-left direction of vehicle body, with an arithmetic part using detection results given by first acceleration sensor and angular velocity sensor to calculate a limit index of vehicle being led to a rollover, and using detection result given by second acceleration sensor to calculate a comparative index to be compared with limit index in real time; and a reporting part using limit index and comparative index to report lateral rollover risk warning information telling the rollover risk.
US10377329B2
A vehicle includes: a communication unit performing communication with a remote control device and receiving an instruction signal for remotely controlling a driving operation of the vehicle from the remote control device; a position acquiring unit detecting a position of the remote control device when the communication unit receives the instruction signal from the remote control device; and a controller restricting the remote control of the driving operation of the vehicle based on the detected position of the remote control device.
US10377324B2
A trim module is disclosed for a pillar of a motor vehicle, in particular for an A-pillar of a motor car. The trim module includes a trim body, a basic body configured to connect to the pillar, a latch and a jointed connection. The trim body includes a pivot portion pivotable about the jointed connection and facing the interior of the motor vehicle. The basic body includes a connecting portion, a bearing portion and a support portion. The support portion is formed in the direction of the pivot portion. The pivot portion, the bearing portion and the support portion form a first receiving region for an inflatable airbag. The pivot portion and the bearing portion are detachably connected to one another by the latch and the jointed connection is formed on the side of the support portion facing away from the first receiving region.
US10377321B2
A rotary locking joint that has zero backlash is provided to secure a camera mast mounted on a vehicle in a deployed position. The joint is passive to lock while being easily releasable. The joint prevents rotation of the mast in one direction, with a hard stop element that prevents further rotation of the mast in the opposite direction. The locking joint includes a pawl member configured to rotate about a pawl rotation axis. The pawl member is maintained in place in the locked position via a torsion spring to ensure contact with a base portion of the mast. To release the joint, the pawl member is rotated in the opposite direction to remove a geometry interference condition. A sensor is arranged to detect whether the pawl member is in an unlocked position relative to the mast.
US10377308B2
A motorcycle includes a frame mounted on wheels having a front and rear parts, handlebar located at the front part motorcycle speed and roll angle detector, the front and rear parts join on a frame longitudinal median plane (W). A device for detecting a vehicle moving towards the rear part when the motorcycle is moving, the device including a radar detector or television camera rigidly of one piece with the motorcycle, the radar detector rigidly associated with the rear part and following its movement. The radar detector connected to a presence and movement evaluator of the vehicle moving towards the rear part capable of determining a variable hazard indication which identifies a time to collision between the vehicle and the motorcycle. The evaluator activating warning means on the basis of such hazard indication which generate a warning for the rider's attention when the hazard indication reaches a predetermined value.
US10377302B2
A vehicle comprising an optically transmissive roof window, an overhead console arranged in an overhead position with respect to a driver position in the vehicle, an optical element attached to a rear portion of the overhead console, the optical element facing the roof window, a light source for emitting light receivable by the optical element, the light source is configure to emit the light when an electric system of the vehicle is powered on. The optical element is arranged to receive at least a portion of the light emitted by the light source such that an image representative of the optical signal and the shape of the optical element is visible through the roof window from the interior of the vehicle. The invention further relates to a method for providing an image indicative of a state of a vehicle.
US10377301B2
A lamp light control technical solution includes obtaining current location information of a vehicle, obtaining a control instruction determined based on predetermined information and a predetermined control rule, where the predetermined information at least including information determined according to the current location information, and the predetermined control rule including a correspondence between the predetermined information and the control instruction. The lamp light control technical solution further includes executing the control instruction, to control lamp light of the vehicle. A computer storage medium and an in-vehicle device for implementing the lamp light control are also provided.
US10377299B2
A vehicle lighting system is provided herein. A spotlight is coupled to a vehicle and is configured to project light in a target direction. A controller is configured to wirelessly send command signals to the spotlight. A user-input device is in communication with the controller and is provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle. The command signals are based on user-input and control at least one of an aim direction and a light activation of the spotlight.
US10377287B2
A headrest (1) for a vehicle has a headrest body (1.1). The headrest body (1.1) has a substantially C-shaped cross section. A holder (5), for holding at least one object (3), is arranged inside a hollow space (H) enclosed by the C-shaped cross section. The holder (5) is integral with the headrest body (1.1) and is formed by a molded portion, or several molded portions, of the headrest body (1.1), and/or by at least one mechanically flexible portion of the headrest body (1.1). The headrest body (1.1) is thereby configured such that the object (3) can be retained by a clamping between the limbs of the C-shaped cross section.
US10377274B2
A child restraint includes an infant carrier and a handle coupled to the infant carrier. The handle is mounted for movement relative to the infant carrier.
US10377253B2
A mechanized parking structure includes a plurality of vehicle carrying pallets, a plurality of parking stalls in which the vehicle carrying pallets are stored and a plurality of electric charging devices. The electric charging device includes a pallet-side electric contact device and a stall-side electric contact device, which engages with the pallet-side electric contact device when the vehicle carrying pallet is stored in the parking stall whereby electric circuit is established. Multiple physical contacts are established between the pallet-side electric contact device and the stall-side electric contact device when the electric circuit is established. The electric contact device includes multiple contact segments and springs that are compressed by the contact segments. The physical contacts are established by the movement of the vehicle carrying pallet in to the parking stall and broken by the movement of the vehicle carrying pallet out of the parking stall.
US10377245B2
A vehicle power source includes a motor generator, a power storage, a switch, an abnormality detector, and a switch controller. The motor generator is coupled to an engine. The power storage is coupled to the motor generator. The switch is controlled between a conductive state and a cut-off state, in which the conductive state involves coupling the motor generator to the power storage, and the cut-off state involves separating the motor generator from the power storage. The abnormality detector is provided separately from the motor generator and detects abnormality of the motor generator. The switch controller is provided separately from the motor generator and controls the switch from the conductive state to the cut-off state when the abnormality of the motor generator is detected.
US10377241B2
Includes electric motor (330) driving driving wheel (610) , speed control unit (300) controlling driving of electric motor (330) based on instructed speed ωr*, brake control unit (400) controlling hydraulic brake (500) applying mechanical braking to an electromotive vehicle, speed sensor (340) detecting traveling speed ωr of the electromotive vehicle, and determination unit (200) determining whether the mechanical braking needs to be applied in response to the difference between instructed speed ωr* and traveling speed ωr, and controlling operation of brake control unit (400) based on the determination result. Determination unit (200) determines that mechanical braking needs to be applied when instructed speed ωr* indicates deceleration and traveling speed ωr is higher than instructed speed ωr* , and performs control so that brake control unit (400) works hydraulic brake (500).
US10377240B2
A collected-current monitoring device includes a current-value obtaining unit for obtaining current values I1 and I2; a first RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 1 of the current value I1 at a window width W; a second RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 2 of the current value I2 at the window width W; a determining unit for determining whether a combination of the RMS 1 and the RMS 2 satisfies an abnormality condition; an abnormality-signal output unit for outputting an abnormality signal when the abnormality condition is satisfied; an information-obtaining unit for obtaining railway vehicle information; and a setting unit for setting a set-parameter that includes at least one of the window width W or the abnormality condition depending on the railway vehicle information.
US10377235B2
The present invention relates to a vehicle safe starting device which controls the starting of a vehicle according to a driver's state. One embodiment analyzes blood alcohol concentration by projecting infrared rays into the driver's skin and receiving a reflected signal, and thereafter controls so that the vehicle is not stared if the blood alcohol concentration is larger than a reference value. Since a general breathalyzer using a driver's exhalation is not used, but infrared rays and a method of skin contact touch using a finger, etc. are used, it is possible to accurately measure the blood alcohol level without giving a driver inconvenience, and it is possible to preempt vehicle accidents by blocking driving in an inappropriate state.
US10377231B2
The present invention concerns a magnet-assisted ball drive. The drive comprises a ball and a drive element in contact with the ball. The drive element is arranged to be rotated around its axis of rotation to drive the ball. The ball and the drive element each comprise magnetic material such that at least one of the ball and the drive element comprises a magnet to generate a magnetic pulling force to pull the ball and the drive element against each other.
US10377212B2
Systems and methods for dynamic anti-glare for a windshield of a vehicle. One embodiment is a system that includes a camera to capture image data of an environment in front of the vehicle, a projector to display an image on the windshield, and a sensor to monitor light intensity for an area of the windshield. The system also includes a controller that, in response to detecting glare impinging on the area of the windshield via the sensor, analyzes the image data captured for the area of the windshield, determines a location of the glare in the area based on the image data, determines a characteristic of the environment for the area based on the image data, generates a counteracting image based on the characteristic of the environment for the area, and directs the projector to display the counteracting image on the location of the windshield to reduce the glare.
US10377209B2
Examples of an electrically powered transport refrigeration unit (TRU) are disclosed. The TRU may include a refrigeration circuit that includes an electrically powered compressor, an evaporator equipped with an electrically powered blower, and a gas cooler equipped with an electrically powered blower. The TRU may also include a control circuit and a power regulator unit. The power regulator unit may be configured to supply variable DC and/or AC outputs to power components of the refrigeration circuit, and the control circuit may be configured to regulate the variable DC and AC outputs of the power regulator unit so as to control the operation of the TRU. The electrically powered TRU may be configured to use R774 as refrigerant.
US10377203B2
The twist axle assembly includes a pair of spaced apart trailing arms and a twist beam of which extends in a first direction between the trailing arms. The twist beam includes a pair of end portions and a middle portion. The twist beam further has a pair of side walls and at least one additional wall that extends between the side walls. The side walls in the middle portion are generally parallel with the side walls of the end portions. The twist beam is generally hour-glass shaped with the middle portion having a first width and the end portions have a greater second width. The twist beam also tapers from the first width of the middle portion to the second widths of the end portions for gradually increasing a torsional stiffness from the middle portion to the end portions.
US10377200B2
A coupling structure includes a hollow rod section formed of a metal pipe and fastening sections formed by plastic deformation of the metal pipe so as to be connected with end sections of the hollow rod section. The fastening section includes a pair of base end sections which are each connected with a peripheral wall section forming a closed cross-section at the end section of the hollow rod section, and are separated from each other, and a bottom wall including a flat surface connected with the pair of the base end sections, and a pair of front end sections including a pair of side walls curving inwards from at least widthwise end sections of the bottom wall on a base end section side.
US10377197B2
A towing vehicle includes a vehicle body, a coupling device provided in a rear portion of the vehicle body, and an inching control switch located at a position in the rear portion of the vehicle body shifted from a center of the rear portion of the vehicle body in a vehicle width direction. The vehicle body has a mount surface provided adjacent to a rear corner thereof. The mount surface is exposed to the outside and the inching control switch projects from the mount surface to the outside of the vehicle. The mount surface extends at an angle with respect to the vehicle width direction. A part of the mount surface that is closest to the center of the rear portion in the vehicle width direction is located rearward of the other part of the mount surface that is most distant from the center of the rear portion.
US10377194B2
A method of modeling a tire includes providing a tire having a first tire design, rotating the tire under a vertical load, and measuring a plurality of forces at a plurality of selected conditions. The method further includes using a computer to plot the plurality of forces against the plurality of conditions, using the computer to plot a plurality of moments against the plurality of conditions, and using the computer to fit a first force curve to the plurality of plotted forces at the plurality of conditions, such that the first force curve is asymmetric. The method also includes using the computer to fit a first moment curve to the plurality of plotted moments at the plurality of conditions, evaluating the first force curve and the first moment curve, and making a second tire design based on the evaluation of the first force curve and the first moment curve.
US10377191B2
Disclosed herein are a tire pressure estimating apparatus and a tire pressure estimating method thereof. The tire pressure estimating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an input unit that receives a current wheel speed signal sensed by a sensing device, an analysis unit that analyzes a suspension resonance frequency value according to a current load value based on the input current wheel speed signal, a determination unit that determines whether the current load value is increased for a certain period of time, a compensation unit that compensates for a tire relative dynamic radius difference value and a tire relative air pressure difference value according to a load increase by applying a load compensation model to a tire dynamic radius analysis model, when the current load value is increased for the certain period of time, and an estimation unit that estimates a final tire pressure value based on the compensated tire relative dynamic radius difference value and tire relative air pressure difference value.
US10377190B2
A wheel unit including an environmental pressure sensor, a non-volatile memory for storing a first program and a second program and configuration code, a processing unit for executing the programs, a communication module comprising a wireless transmitter for transmitting at least one parameter indicative of conditions within a tire and a wireless or wired receiver for loading the second program into the non-volatile memory and a battery for powering the wheel unit. The second program may be loaded to the memory by the first program and configured by the configuration code to operate within a specific TPM system.
US10377185B2
A stud unit (3) and a device (1) for a studded tire. The stud unit comprises a housing (5) with a chamber (7) enclosing a medium, a stud (20) arranged at least partly inserted into the chamber so that it is affected by the medium. The stud is adapted to be moved depending on a change of the pressure of the medium in the chamber between a first position for a first pressure and a second position, where the second pressure is higher than the first pressure. In the second position a part of the stud protrudes further from the chamber than in the first position, The stud unit also contains a heating element (22) adapted to heat the medium so that the pressure in the chamber is adjusted between the first pressure and the second pressure.
US10377178B2
The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition for tires that can improve processability, crack resistance, ozone resistance, discoloration resistance, and tire appearance while maintaining a good balance between them, and also to provide a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing: a rubber component; an antioxidant; and polyether, the rubber component having a combined content of polybutadiene rubber, natural rubber, and polyisoprene rubber of 80% by mass or more per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the rubber composition containing the antioxidant in an amount of 0.3 to 7.0 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the polyether having an average mass content of at least two consecutive polyethylene oxide units of 85% or less of the polyethylene oxide mass content of the polyether.
US10377155B2
Disclosed is a recording apparatus including a recording head that performs recording with respect to a medium at a prescribed distance, a contact section that is capable of being in contact with the medium, a carriage that changes a relative location between the medium and the contact section, and an ultrasonic sensor that is capable of sensing an ultrasonic wave which is generated in a case where the medium is in contact with the contact section. The carriage changes the relative location such that a relative velocity between the medium and the contact section is over a prescribed value (transport velocity of the medium), and the ultrasonic sensor is capable of detecting a state of the medium by sensing the ultrasonic wave.
US10377150B2
A porous body that includes a first porous layer including a first resin, a second porous layer including a second resin, and a third porous layer including a third resin in this order. The second porous layer has a portion where no material is present when viewed in a thickness direction.
US10377146B2
An image forming apparatus includes: a housing in which a light source, a laser scanning member, a light detecting portion configured to detect light incident on a predetermined position in a scanning path of the light scanned by the laser scanning member, and a scanning lens configured to cause the light scanned by the laser scanning member to be scanned at an equal speed on an image carrier, are disposed; a temperature gradient detecting portion, configured to detect a temperature gradient of the housing, a heater configured to heat the image carrier or a sheet; and a correction processing portion configured to correct the emission start timing based on the temperature detected by the temperature gradient detecting portion, and a predetermined expression, and change content of the expression based on an operation state of the heater at a start of an image formation process.
US10377140B2
A printing apparatus comprises: a maintenance unit that performs a maintenance operation for a printhead that includes a plurality of operation patterns; a storage unit that stores information indicating which of the operation patterns was performed when the maintenance operation was performed; a timer that measures an elapsed time from a previous printing operation; a determination unit that determines whether or not to execute the maintenance operation; and a control unit that controls the operation patterns of the maintenance operation to be performed in accordance with the elapsed time and the information, wherein in a case where a scanning instruction is received and the determination unit determines to execute the maintenance operation, the control unit performs control for executing the maintenance operation not in accordance with the elapsed time but in accordance with the information before the operation of scanning.
US10377137B2
An inkjet printhead includes: a manifold having a plurality of ink outlets defined in a manifold surface; a plurality of printhead chips mounted to the manifold surface, each printhead chip having an odd number of color channels and each color channel having one or more respective rows of inkjet nozzle devices. A central color channel of each printhead chip is a dummy color channel that does not receive ink from the manifold.
US10377135B2
An electronic device includes a joined-structure assembly in which a plurality of structures are joined together. At least one of the plurality of structures includes a movable region, a part of an adhesive agent applied between the structures faces a space communicating with the movable region, and the adhesive agent includes an organo-siloxane compound with three or more reaction points.
US10377133B2
A method of manufacturing a print head includes forming a jet stack, the jet stack including a nozzle plate having an array of nozzles, attaching an array of transducers to the jet stack, wherein the array of transducers has a transducer corresponding to each nozzle, adhering an adhesive layer to the array of transducers, forming opening in the adhesive layer, each opening adjacent a transducer in the array of transducers, partially removing the adhesive layer in regions adjacent the openings, such that the adhesive layer is less thick in the regions adjacent the openings than in other regions, and filling the openings with a conductive material, such that when the conductive material is applied, any air in the openings moves into the regions of the adhesive layer with less thickness adjacent the openings.
US10377129B2
A printing apparatus includes an ejecting head that ejects ink droplets onto a surface of a printing medium (paper roll), a carriage on which the ejecting head is mounted, a platen that faces the ejecting head and supports the printing medium, a detector plate provided in the carriage and is displaced in accordance with an external force applied in response to contact with the printing medium, and an encoder that measures a displacement amount of the detector plate and outputs an output value corresponding to the displacement amount.
US10377117B2
Labels and multilayer adhesive assemblies and laminates are described that contain one or more tamper indicating layers. After adhering to a surface of interest, upon attempted removal of the label from the surface or other manipulation of the label, the label separates along the tamper indicating layer. One or both exposed faces of the separated tamper indicating layer may include tamper indicating and or authenticity indicating provisions such as indicia to further provide evidence of attempted tampering.
US10377116B2
The invention relates to the use of a preparation comprising A) 0.1 to 20 wt % of a binding agent with a polycarbonate derivative based on a geminally disubstituted dihydroxydiphenyl cycloalkane, B) 30 to 99.9 wt % of an organic solvent or of a mixture of solvents, C) 0 to 10 wt %, referred to dry mass, of a dye or of a mixture of dyes, D) 0 to 10 wt % of a functional material or of a mixture of functional materials, E) 0 to 30 wt % of additive and/or auxiliary substances, or of a mixture of such substances, the relative amounts of the components A) to E) always totaling 100 wt %, as an ink jet printing dye.
US10377113B2
Provided is a functional laminated film having a functional layer formed by dispersing functional materials in a binder, in which the functional laminated film can inhibit generation of bubbles in the functional layer, and can prevent the functional material from being deteriorated by water or oxygen. The functional layer is formed by dispersing functional materials in a binder, and the binder is formed by polymerizing monomers. The monomers include 50% by mass or more of monomers X having a molecular weight of 100 to 1,500 with respect to the total mass of the monomers, and the gas barrier performance of a gas barrier film is 0.005 [g/(m2·day)] to 0.8 [g/(m2·day)].
US10377108B2
Disclosed herein are gypsum products with at least one high efficiency heat sink additive. The gypsum products, e.g., gypsum panels, are less susceptible to the damaging effects of extreme heat as the temperature rises due to the presence of the at least one additive.
US10377099B2
A method of manufacturing a pneumatic tire with surface fastener according to the present technology includes, while engaging a surface fastener provided with a plurality of first engaging elements and a sheet-shaped protective member provided with a plurality of second engaging elements that engage with the first engaging elements of the surface fastener, disposing the surface fastener in an unvulcanized tire so that a surface on a side opposite that of a surface on which the engaging elements are provided is closely fitted to an inner surface of the tire, and vulcanizing the unvulcanized tire provided with the surface fastener using a vulcanizer equipped with a vulcanization bladder.
US10377094B2
The invention relates to wafer-level manufacturing of optical devices such as modules comprising micro-lenses. In one aspect, passive optical components such as truncated lenses are manufactured by providing a substrate on which a multitude of precursor optical structures is present; and removing material from each of said multitude of precursor optical structures. Another aspect comprises a method for manufacturing a device comprising a set of at least two passive optical components, said method comprising the steps of using a tool obtained by carrying out the steps of manufacturing a precursor tool having a replication surface; and modifying said replication surface by removing material from said precursor tool. An yet another aspect comprises a method for manufacturing a device comprising a set of at least two passive optical components, wherein the method comprises the step of using a master comprising a replication surface comprising, for each of said passive optical components, a first portion describing a shape corresponding to the shape of at least a portion of the respective passive optical component, wherein the master comprises, in addition, at least one protruding portion protruding from at least one of said first portions of said replication surfaces.
US10377086B2
A method of producing a hermetic package includes forming a first sealing material layer on a first glass substrate, and arranging a frame body having an opening on its top so that a bottom portion of the frame body and the first sealing material layer are in contact, followed by sealing the frame body and the first glass substrate with each other via the first sealing material layer. The method further includes forming a second sealing material layer on an upper edge portion of the frame body, housing, in the frame body, a member, and arranging a second glass substrate to be in contact with the second sealing material layer, followed by sealing the second glass substrate and the frame body with each other via the second sealing material layer by irradiating the second sealing material layer with laser light from a second glass substrate side.
US10377082B2
According to one aspect, embodiments herein provide a method comprising forming a shrinking platform of model material above a build plate, the model material including sinterable metal particles and a first binder, forming a support structure of the model material extending up from the shrinking platform, forming a first portion of the part from successive layers of the model material above the support structure, forming a release layer intervening between a surface of the part and an opposing surface of the support structure or between a surface of the shrinking platform and an opposing surface of the build plate, the release layer including a dispersed ceramic powder and a second binder, and supporting the part, the release layer, and the support structure upon the shrinking platform to form a platform-integrating part assembly, the support structure being configured to prevent the first portion from distorting from gravitational force during sintering.
US10377070B2
A resin reservoir capable of storing the melted resin is provided in the pillar radially facing the pillar provided with the resin injection gate having a cross-sectional area larger than those of the other resin injection gates among a plurality of the pillars not provided with the resin injection gate or the pillar in the vicinity of the pillar facing the pillar provided with the resin injection gate having a cross-sectional area larger than those of the other resin injection gates among the plurality of the pillars not provided with the resin injection gate. A cross-sectional area of a communicating portion of the resin reservoir which communicates with the pillar is smaller than the smallest of cross-sectional areas of a plurality of the resin injection gates.
US10377068B2
A method of forming a trim panel is provided. The method includes the steps of: heating a non-woven material to a predetermined temperature; applying a decorative film having perforations to a first surface of the heated material to create a bilaminate; placing the bilaminate layer into a cavity of a tool such that the decorative film is facing the cavity; heating the cavity; and injecting a thermoplastic resin into the tool such that the thermoplastic resin is adhered to a second surface of the material, the second surface being opposite to the first surface.
US10377067B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a plastic molded part (1), comprising the steps of: a) providing a first decorative film (11), which at least partially has an opaque coating (112); b) introducing at least one decorative element of a decoration into the first decorative film (11) by machining using a machining tool; c) providing a second decorative film (12); d) placing the decorative films (11, 12) into an injection mold (2) having a first (21) and second mold half (22), which together form a cavity (23) for molding the plastic molded part (1), the first decorative film (11) being placed on a first wall (22f) of the cavity (23) and the second decorative film (12) on a second wall (21f) of the cavity (23) lying opposite the first wall (22f); e) back-injecting the decorative films (11, 12) with a polymer melt, so that the first decorative film (11) forms a first surface and the second decorative film (12) forms a second surface of the plastic molded part (1) opposite the first surface.
US10377056B2
The present disclosure relates to an ingot slicing apparatus, including an ingot moving apparatus provided to be movable vertically and supply an ingot, a wire rotating apparatus provided to be movable horizontally to slice the ingot, a slurry supply unit provided to supply slurry to the slicing apparatus, and an air supply unit provided to supply air to the slicing apparatus and to adjust a supplying amount of the slurry supplied to the slicing apparatus.
US10377049B2
A comb attachment for a hair clipper includes a base having a depression adjacent a back edge of the attachment and a flexible clip extending outwardly from the back edge. The depression locates a user's finger or thumb when pressing the base until the clip flexes around the edge of the blade. The comb attachment is removed by pulling the clip back around the blade.The flexible clip can be a cantilever having two spaced arch-shaped arms extending from the base and secured to each other at their cantilevered ends by a cross-member. The bottom surface of the cross-member can be angled to facilitate release of the clip and removal of the attachment.
US10377047B2
A magnetic latch having a latch arm with a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal pivotally mounted to a butt end of a first handle half, wherein the proximal end of the latch end includes a first magnetic element that is magnetically coupled to the first handle half to preferentially extend the latch arm axially with respect to a long axis of the first handle half, and the distal end including a coupling element. The magnetic latch further having a retention element at the butt and of a second handle half that couples to the coupling element to securely latch the first handle half and the second handle half together. A butterfly knife having a magnetic latch to securely latch the first handle half and the second handle half together, either in in the closed or open position.
US10377027B2
A composite staple magazine for tackers includes a guide member, a receiving body, a support member, a push member, a resilient member and an end member. The receiving body is fixed to the guide member. The support member is made of plastic material and snapped to the receiving body. The support member includes two respective positioning portions which are engaged with the engaging portion of the receiving body. The resilient member is wrapped to the roller of the support member and connected to the push member which is slidably mounted to the receiving body. The resilient member pushes the staples forward. The end member is fixed by a bolt. The composite staple magazine is simple, easily assembled and saves cost.
US10377025B2
Improved techniques for maintaining connector integrity are provided. In some aspects, specialized connector systems are provided in conjunction with sensors for detecting proper characteristics and connection conditions for a particular connector. In other aspects, multiple-section connectors are included, which may be self-tightening, and create detectable tightness and integral conditions, aiding in identifying a connector aspect that has loosened, slipped, or may be in need of recharging, tightening or replacing. A specialized connector head may selectively break away before stripping and thereby expose a stronger, secondary driver head. A specialized cord connector has testable connecting fiber sections, allowing for greater safety (e.g., in climbing or suspension bridges).
US10377017B2
An abrasive article includes a body having abrasive grains contained within a bond material comprising a metal or metal alloy, wherein the body comprises a ratio of VAG/VBM of at least about 1.3, wherein VAG is the volume percent of abrasive grains within the total volume of the body and VBM is the volume percent of bond material within the total volume of the body.
US10377015B2
Described herein are articles, assemblies, and methods that use a dust extraction device having a body with a chamber, a first inlet communicating with the chamber extending along a first inlet axis and adapted for releasable connection to a source of pressurized gas, a second inlet communicating with the chamber extending along a second inlet axis and adapted for releasable connection to a dust source, and an outlet extending along an outlet axis and communicating with the chamber. The outlet is adapted for releasable connection to a receptacle, with the outlet comprising at least one baffle that diverts flow of the gas within the outlet.
US10377008B2
Various embodiments of power tool and method of operating same are described. The power tool may include a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a third position sensor, and a controller. The first, second, and third position sensors may each generate a signal indicative of a distance between the respective position sensor and a workpiece. The controller may determine one or more angles of the power tool with respect to the workpiece based on the first, second, and third signal and present an indication as to whether the one or more angles are within a predetermined range. The controller may further obtain a depth measurement based on the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal and generate, based on the obtained depth measurement, one or more control signals that control operation of the power tool.
US10377007B2
A byproduct collection system is configured to collect byproducts of a manufacturing operation on a workpiece. The byproduct collection system includes a collection shroud defining a collection chamber, and a securing mount coupled to the collection shroud. The securing mount is configured to removably secure the byproduct collection system to a surface of the workpiece so that the collection shroud is proximate to a working location of the workpiece during a working operation on the workpiece.
US10377005B2
A method to control a power tool, especially a core drill, including a motor as the drive for the power tool, a control unit, a power display, a transmission having at least a first gear and a second gear, a first sensor to detect the rotational speed of at least one component of the transmission and a second sensor to detect the rotational speed of the motor. The method includes the following steps: ascertaining a first rotational speed of the at least one component of the transmission when the transmission has been put into a gear, ascertaining a first rotational speed of the motor when the transmission has been put into a gear, ascertaining the selection of the gear on the basis of a first prescribed ratio of the first rotational speed of the at least one component of the transmission and of the first rotational speed of the motor on the basis of a look-up table, and setting the limit value of the power display on the basis of the look-up table as a function of the gear that has been selected. A power tool for purposes of using the method.
US10377002B2
A manufacturing machine is capable of subtractive manufacturing and additive manufacturing for a workpiece. The manufacturing machine includes: a first headstock and a second headstock disposed in a first processing area and configured to hold a workpiece; a lower tool rest and a tool spindle disposed in the first processing area and configured to hold a tool to be used for subtractive manufacturing for the workpiece; an additive manufacturing head disposed in a second processing area; and a robot arm configured to hold a workpiece and transport the workpiece between the first processing area and the second processing area. The additive manufacturing head is configured to discharge a material toward the workpiece held by the robot arm during additive manufacturing for the workpiece. Accordingly, the manufacturing machine configured simply to be capable of subtractive manufacturing and additive manufacturing is provided.
US10376999B2
An alternative-fuel gas orifice, a gas furnace configured to employ the same and a method of designing a gas orifice. In one embodiment, the gas orifice includes: (1) a body having an aperture extending therethrough and including: (1a) a metering neck having a cross-sectional area such that a given flow rate of a gas is established when the gas is delivered to the gas orifice at a given alternative-fuel delivery pressure and (1b) a diffuser having a cross-sectional area larger than the cross-sectional area of the metering neck and a length such that the gas achieves a substantially laminar flow before exiting the diffuser.
US10376995B2
A downhole tool conveyable within a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, wherein the downhole tool comprises a first component, a second component, and a solder electrically and mechanically coupling the first and second components, wherein the solder comprises or consists of: from 9.6 to 10.2 weight % of antimony; from 0.01 to 0.25 weight % of manganese; and tin.
US10376992B2
In a method for machining a workpiece by a pulsed laser beam emanating from a tool head, the pulsed laser beam is guided across the workpiece surface in a constant relative position between workpiece and tool head, and the workpiece is machined consecutively in a first and another second relative position. The operating parameters in the second relative position are controlled such that one or more laser pulse hit locations generated in the second relative position have a defined position with reference to one or more laser pulse hit positions generated from the first relative position, particularly lie in a one- or two-dimensional grid defined by plural laser pulse hit positions on the workpiece surface made from the first relative position.
US10376991B2
A pulse width controller for a thermal processing system is disclosed. Pulsed electromagnetic radiation is directed through a rotatable wave plate to a polarizing beam splitter, which reflects and transmits according to the phase angle of the wave plate. Radiation transmitted by the polarizing beam splitter is directed into an optical circuit that returns the radiation to the polarizing beam splitter after a transit time. A second rotatable wave plate is positioned in the optical circuit. The polarizing beam splitter reflects and transmits the returned radiation according to the phase angle of the second rotatable wave plate. A second pulse width controller may be nested in the optical circuit, and any number of pulse width controllers may be nested.
US10376945B2
A workpiece transport device is used in a press machine. The workpiece transport device includes a pair of supports and drive mechanisms. The pair of supports support a holder useable to hold a workpiece, so as to allow movement in a transport direction of a workpiece. The drive mechanisms are provided to the pair of supports. The drive mechanisms are configured to move the supports in an up and down direction and a width direction. Each drive mechanism includes a first drive component and a second drive component with each including an electric motor as a drive source, a first link mechanism connecting the first drive component and the support, and a second link mechanism connecting the second drive component and the support.
US10376942B2
A water jet peening device includes a sealed vessel provided to cover a surface of a welded portion, and adapted to be in a sealed state where an internal pressure is higher than an outside, a jet nozzle adapted to jet high-pressure water to create a cavitation bubble toward the surface of the welded portion, inside the sealed vessel, and a pressure control hole adapted to be able to adjust the internal pressure of the sealed vessel. The water jet peening device can efficiently reform a tensile residual stress on the surface of the welded portion to a compressive residual stress.
US10376934B2
A method for cleaning a machine for liquid or semi-liquid products, the machine includes: a first container intended to contain a liquid or semi-liquid basic mixture or finished product and also provided with related means for thermal treatment of the liquid or semi-liquid basic mixture or finished product and a mixer. The method includes, in time sequence, the following steps: a) emptying the basic mixture contained in the first container; b) washing said first container with a washing fluid; c) at least partly filling the first container with a cleaning fluid and subjecting the cleaning fluid in the first container to a pasteurizing thermal treatment.
US10376932B2
Methods of cleaning internal portions of additively manufactured components are provided, together with an apparatus for carrying out the cleaning. The methods use an impacting element which is contained within the internal portion and the component is vibrated to clean material from the component and leave one or more hollow portions. Various embodiments for retaining the impacting element are set out, which preferably use a grid which allows loosened powder to fall out of the component and, optionally, be recycled for use in further manufacturing processes. The methods are described in relation to components for gas turbine engines but have wider application in relation to any additively manufactured component in which it is desired to have a hollow internal portion.
US10376931B2
The invention relates to a gel for removing a graffiti from a surface of a solid substrate, consisting of a colloidal solution comprising an inorganic viscosifying agent, at least one solvent, optionally at least one surfactant, and optionally at least one dye and/or pigment. The invention also relates to a method for removing a graffiti from a surface of a solid substrate, wherein the gel is applied to said surface.
US10376924B2
A novel separation screen, a separation apparatus utilizing the separation screen, and a method for product separation are disclosed herein. The separation apparatus includes a housing defining a separation chamber having an inlet and a plurality of outlet orifices. A separation screen, which is located within the separation chamber, has a plurality of openings having fixed, non-uniform sizes. The separation apparatus also includes an adjustable feed placement device located upstream from the separation screen to direct a feed stream to a selected region of the separation screen to achieve a desired size distribution in each of the product streams.
US10376921B2
A vibrator for generating vibrations. An exciter cell having rotationally drivable unbalanced masses that are rotatably supported in an exciter cell housing and having an adjustment unit for adjusting the phase position of the unbalanced masses relative to one another. The adjustment unit is configured as a planetary gearing that has at least two input trains to which the unbalanced masses of the exciter cell are coupled that are adjustable in phase relative to one another and that has an adjustment input train for changing the phase position of the output trains of the planetary gearing.
US10376907B2
A device for producing droplets is disclosed. A disk assembly comprising a first disk mounted to a second disk is provided. The first disk comprises first openings. The second disk comprises second openings. The first openings and the second openings alternately align with one another such that, as a liquid passes through the first openings and the second openings, the liquid falls as a droplet as the first openings and the second openings skew apart.
US10376905B2
A foldable shower head includes a housing, a water valve, and a plurality of water outlet covers. The housing is formed with a diversion passage therein. The water valve is formed with a water outlet passage therein. The water outlet passage is communicated with the diversion passage. The water outlet covers each have a water inlet end pivotally connected to the housing and a water outlet end. The water inlet end of each water outlet cover is provided with a water inlet. The water outlet end of each water outlet cover is provided with a water outlet. The water inlet end of each water outlet cover is linked and connected with the water valve. By folding and unfolding the water outlet covers, the shower head provides different spray modes.
US10376904B2
A head and shoulder showerhead system includes a fluid diverter having a fluid inlet portion for engaging a shower arm of a water supply, a first fluid outlet portion, and a second fluid outlet portion. A first fluid dispenser is in fluid communication with the first outlet portion of the diverter and includes a circular shape with a plurality of dispensing nozzles. A second dispenser is in fluid communication with the second fluid outlet portion of the diverter via an elongated hose. The second dispenser includes a rectangular shape with a plurality of dispensing nozzles. An elongated rod is positioned beneath the first dispenser and the second dispenser is slidingly connected to the rod.
US10376900B2
A filter that contains an adsorbent to remove the soluble portion of the contaminant, and then some form of electrostatic attraction additive. The electrostatic attraction additive would serve to pull the colloidal and particulate portion of the contaminant out of fluid, which could be held indefinitely, or be used to hold while the contaminant is allowed to solubilize and then be removed by the adsorbent. The electrostatic attraction additive could either be positively or negatively charged depending on the surface charge of the particulates that are in the fluid, and includes particles or fibers charged with charged polymers, zeolites, cation or anion exchange resin, powdered alumina, or nano-alumina.
US10376897B2
Methods for the recycling of carpet are disclosed that produce clean face fiber suitable for industrial use. The methods allow the recovery of face fiber material, for example a polyester or a polyamide, from carpets that includes a face fiber material and a backing material, and include the steps of heating the carpet to a temperature lower than the melting point of the face fiber material, but higher than the initial thermal decomposition temperature of the backing material, for a time and at a temperature sufficient to thermally decompose, pyrolyze, or oxidize at least a portion of the backing material, rendering the backing material friable, that is more friable than the untreated backing; and applying mechanical force to the carpet so as to liberate the friable backing material from the face fiber material.
US10376895B2
An agitator shaft (1) for a grinding mill, including: —an axle (2) intended to be driven in rotation, —a succession of flat agitator elements (3) and tubular spacers (4) mounted in alternation on the axle and in a stack along the axle (2), —end stops (5, 6), secured to the axle, that keep the stack of agitator elements and spacers under compression, characterized in that the tubular spacers (4) have orifices allowing the free circulation of material and fluids from the outside of the agitator shaft to the inside, and vice versa.
US10376887B2
Closing arrangement for a cap of a tube in a carrier, wherein the arrangement comprises at least a first, a second and a third moveable engagement member, the first member being adapted to induce a first part of the cap rotation and the second member being adapted to induce a second part of the cap rotation and the third member being adapted to induce a third part of the cap rotation for closure.
US10376879B2
A mechanical separator for separating a fluid sample into first and second phases within a collection container is disclosed. The mechanical separator may have a separator body having a through-hole defined therein, with the through-hole adapted for allowing fluid to pass therethrough. The separator body includes a float, having a first density, and a ballast, having a second density greater than the first density. A portion of the float is connected to a portion of the ballast. Optionally, the float may include a first extended tab adjacent a first opening of the through-hole and a second extended tab adjacent the second opening of the through-hole. In certain configurations, the separator body also includes an extended tab band disposed about an outer surface of the float. The separator body may also include an engagement band circumferentially disposed about at least a portion of the separator body.
US10376873B2
This disclosure relates to supported multi-metallic catalysts for use in the hydrotreating of hydrocarbon feeds, as well as a method for preparing such catalysts. The catalysts are prepared from a catalyst precursor comprised of at least one Group VIB metal, at least one Group VIII metal and an organic acid. The catalyst precursor is thermally treated to partially decompose the organic acid, then sulfided. The catalysts have a high carbon-as-carboxyl to total carbon ratio (Ccarboxy/Ctotal) as a result of a unique post-metal calcination method employed during the manufacture of the catalyst.
US10376870B2
Provided is a catalyst block for cleaning exhaust gas, having: a square-shaped honeycomb core provided with first-fourth outside surfaces; a first plate attached to the first outside surface; a second plate attached to the second outside surface; and an exterior frame disposed along the outer periphery of the firm and solid honeycomb core formed from the honeycomb core, the first plate and the second plate, the exterior frame being provided with a recessed part that at least encases the first plate, the second plate, the third outside surface and the fourth outside surface. In the catalyst block, a catalyst is supported in the honeycomb core, the first plate and the second plate, and the catalyst is not supported in the exterior frame.
US10376847B2
A reverse osmosis composite membrane includes: a porous support; and a reverse osmosis membrane arranged on the porous support and containing a crosslinked polyamide and carbon nanotubes. The reverse osmosis membrane contains the carbon nanotubes that are disentangled in the crosslinked polyamide. A distribution of closest distances between the carbon nanotubes in the reverse osmosis membrane has a peak that is within a range of a thickness of the reverse osmosis membrane, and a half width of the peak is equal to or less than the thickness of the reverse osmosis membrane.
US10376839B2
It is an object to provide an exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine having sufficient NOx purification performance.The exhaust gas purification catalyst for a lean burn engine according to the present invention has a catalyst component including noble metal and ceria supported on a three-dimensional structure. In the whole catalyst, the supported amount of ceria per 1 L of catalyst is 140 to 300 g/L, and in the whole catalyst, is 50 to 98% by mass with respect to the whole coated amount. Furthermore, it is characterized that 50% by mass or more of ceria is included in the same catalyst layer in which noble metal is included, and the amount of noble metal included in the catalyst layer is 0.1% by mass or more with respect to the amount of ceria included in the catalyst layer.
US10376838B2
An oxidation catalyst is described for treating hydrocarbons in an exhaust gas produced by an internal combustion engine, wherein the oxidation catalyst comprises a region disposed on a substrate, wherein the region comprises ruthenium (Ru) supported on a support material comprising a refractory oxide.
US10376837B2
Methods and systems to achieve clean fuel processing systems in which carbon dioxide emissions (1) from sources (2) may be processed in at least one processing reactor (4) containing a plurality of chemoautotrophic bacteria (5) which can convert the carbon dioxide emissions into biomass (6) which may then be used for various products (21) such as biofuels, fertilizer, feedstock, or the like. Bacteria that reduce oxidized nitrogenous species (13) may be used to supply reduced nitrogenous compounds to the chemoautotrophic bacteria (5).
US10376831B2
Provided is a solvent separation method and a solvent separation apparatus in which a vaporized solvent is collected at one internal side of a solvent separation unit by attracting the vaporized solvent based on electric field, while the vaporized solvent is prevented from coming into contact with electrodes, and the collected solvent is discharged from the solvent separation unit. Different electric fields are alternately applied to a pair of first electrodes and a pair of second electrodes present at predetermined locations inside a tetragonal tubular solvent separation unit to attract a vaporized solvent toward the second electrodes. Thus, the vaporized solvent is collected in a space between the second electrodes inside the solvent separation unit, and the collected solvent is discharged from the solvent separation unit, together with a portion of the exhaust atmosphere present around the collected solvent.
US10376830B2
A gas analysis system includes a gas analyzer which analyzes a gas acquired from a living body and a liquid separator which is detachably attached to the gas analyzer, and which separates a liquid component from the gas. In the gas analysis system, the liquid separator includes a magnet, and the gas analyzer includes a magnetic sensor which detects magnetism generated by the magnet, and a determining section which, based on the magnetism detected by the magnetic sensor, determines that the liquid separator is attached to the gas analyzer.
US10376825B2
A filter apparatus for filtering a stream of gas is disclosed. The apparatus has a head with an inlet and an outlet, the head also having a first flow conduit connected to the inlet and a second flow conduit the outlet. The apparatus also has a filter and a bowl which contains the filter and is connected to the head. The bowl an annular recess. There is also a connector for connecting the filter to the head and the bowl. The part of the connector that engages the bowl has a protrusion that is inserted into the recess.
US10376824B2
Disclosed herein is a system for purifying air; for the capture of solid residues (soot), and the transformation of COx and NOx (and even methane) present in contaminated air generated by industrial combustion. The purifying air system comprises an air entrance (c); a first module (A), made up of mechanical filters; a second module (B), downwards from the first module (A), and it corresponds to a series of small reactors with molecular converters (nucleophile chemical agents) to capture and transform carbon oxides (COx) and nitrogen oxides (NOx); and an exit for decontaminated air (D).
US10376823B2
A filter element with an improved mounting frame and method of assembly are provided. The filter element includes a filter media pack with a mounting frame attached to the outer periphery of the filter media pack. The mounting frame defines a channel that holds a shut-off material for preventing leakage of an adhesive securing the mounting frame to the filter media pack. A filter element that includes a polymeric material between the filter media pack and the adhesive is also provided. The shut-off material may be pre-formed or applied in a flowable state.
US10376820B2
A pumped or gravity flow rotating drum screen removes unwanted solids from a flowing fluid. The drum screen may comprise: a housing having a fluid inlet end, a solid discharge end and an area between the two ends, the fluid inlet permitting a flow of influent containing unwanted solids into a hollow portion of a drum screen positioned lengthwise in the area between the two ends of the housing, the screen comprising a filter medium that retains at least a portion of the unwanted solids within the hollow portion of the drum screen and which produces a liquid effluent that is discharged from an outer surface of the drum screen, the retained solids being removable via the solid discharge end; a drive assembly configured to rotate the drum screen about an axis running the length of the drum screen; and one or more stabilization pad assemblies in contact with one or more rings circumscribing the outer surface of the drum screen at one or more locations.
US10376818B2
A nozzle is disclosed for use within a filter for inputting a jetting stream into the filter media to clean the filter media. The nozzle comprises an inlet for communication with a jetting stream source, and a plurality of plates stacked parallel and abutting one another. The plurality of plates comprises at least a top plate and a bottom plate, one of the plates having an aperture through the center thereof for receiving the jetting stream, wherein between adjacent plates at least one space is provided extending from the outside edge of the plates to the interior of plates and in fluid communication with the aperture for channeling the jetting stream radially outward from and substantially parallel with the longitudinal plane of the plate.
US10376814B2
A separator (e.g. an impact centrifugal separator) is for use in collection of liquid portions of a bi-phasic flowstream in a supercritical fluid system. A separator chamber defines an interior space, surrounded by a spiral channel and that has an exit at a lower portion of the separator chamber. A flowstream director (e.g. an entry lube) focuses the flowstream so that the flowstream impacts a wail of the spiral channel at an angle that promotes coalescence of the liquid component. The spiral channel may promote further coalescence of the liquid portions within the constraining spiral channel after impact. A central director may be included in the interior space of the separator chamber to promote flow of the gaseous component toward the exit. A dripper may be included in fluid communication with the spiral channel, for example, in the exit and to direct the coalesced liquid into a collection vessel.
US10376813B2
The present invention relates to a method for the determination of chromatography conditions for the separation of a biomolecule from a liquid sample, which method comprises selecting a number of experiments using design of experiments (DoE); performing said experiments with in-line conditioning of orthogonal quality measures; and based on the results from the experiments, determining efficient chromatography conditions for said biomolecule.The invention also relates to a system for performing the method as well as a computer program and an instrument comprising such a computer program.
US10376812B2
An extraction and separation method separating a specific component from a raw material fluid using an extraction device including plural stages of extraction units connected sequentially. The extraction and separation method includes: extracting the specific component into an extraction solvent having a difference in specific gravity with respect to that raw material fluid from the raw material fluid while causing the raw material fluid and the extraction solvent to flow in a state of contact with each other in the extraction units for each stage; introducing at least part of the fluid discharged from an extraction unit to the next stage extraction unit in a state wherein the raw material fluid and the extraction solvent are mixed; and a final separation separating the raw material fluid, after the specific component has been extracted in the fluid discharged from the extraction unit in a final stage, and the extraction solvent that has extracted the specific component.
US10376808B2
High efficiency seawater evaporation apparatus comprises showering unit installed at the saltpan; and evaporation rope module wherein multiple evaporation ropes are collected in group by the holder and the respective evaporation modules are extended along the upper and lower direction in the state each other separated in a predetermined interval and wherein, when the seawater is supplied to the respective evaporation ropes by the showering unit, the seawater may flow down along the surface of the respective evaporation ropes and the evaporation of the seawater may be accelerated.
US10376804B2
A magnetic positioning light-emitting toy block includes a body, a light source mounted in the body, and an electrical conduction mechanism mounted in the body and including magnetic conducting columns extended out of one side of the body and electrically connected to the light sources and conducting plates extended out of an opposite side of the body and electrically connected to the light source. Thus, when inserting the magnetic conducting columns of one magnetic positioning light-emitting toy block into the body of another magnetic positioning light-emitting toy block, the magnetic conducting columns of one magnetic positioning light-emitting toy block are secured to the conducting plates of the other magnetic positioning light-emitting toy block by magnetic attraction and simultaneously electrically connected thereto.
US10376798B2
An amusement ride is formed from a self-equalizing dual line affixed to a pulley at its upper end and to pulley and counterweight system at its lower end. An upper platform at the upper dual line end launches a rider who is connected via a line to a pulley riding on the dual line. A slide is carried by the upper platform from which the rider is launched, resulting in the rider swinging in an arcuate motion about the pulley. A belay, carried by the dual line, is movable to confront the pulley as the rider is carried down the dual lines and to enhance the arcuate swinging of the rider. A lower landing permits the rider to demount the amusement ride.
US10376797B2
Systems and methods are described for playing a game using a gestural gaming device. In an embodiment, the gestural gaming device includes a processor, a sensor, a communications transceiver, and a plurality of lighting elements. An application may be executed on a mobile device in communication with the gestural gaming device via the communications transceiver. The system may also include a back-end server in communication with the application over a network. The game may be played using the gestural gaming device in conjunction with one or more gestures, the game being managed by the application using the plurality of lighting elements. A winner of the game may be awarded a reward in response to winning the game from the back-end server via the gestural gaming device.
US10376795B2
A spectating system that generates game inputs based on spectating inputs and provides the game inputs to game systems according to an application programming interface (API). The spectating inputs may include spectator participation statistics, text chat inputs, audio inputs, and spectator interactions with a spectating user interface. The game inputs may include random numbers based on the spectating inputs that may be used as entropy sources for games. The game inputs may also include parameter inputs that provide values for parameters in the game based on spectating inputs. The spectators may become involved in the games being broadcast by influencing game play via the spectating inputs. Game play for the players may be enhanced by providing interesting variations in game play based on the spectating inputs.
US10376793B2
A videogame may be provided to one or more users in which characters controlled by users earn fans that impact the videogame similarly to fans in real life. For example, a character may earn virtual currency, be invited to participate in events and/or teams, obtain sponsorships, and/or experience other impacts associated with fanbase size. The videogame may include one or more primary objectives presented to the user. The performance of the primary objectives by the user may impact the progression of a character being controlled by the user through the videogame. The videogame may further include provide one or more fan objectives within the game which can be performed by the character being controlled by the user to earn fans to be included within a fanbase associated with the character in the game
US10376790B2
Methods and apparatus provide for: establishing communications between a controller for operation by a user and a center device, wherein the center device is operable to execute at least one application program and to produce an output for display that is manipulated in accordance with inputs received by the center device from the controller device; measuring one or more pieces of biometric information of the user via a biometric sensor circuit of the controller; storing one or more pieces of predetermined user information, including authentication key information about the user in a memory element of the controller; and performing authentication of the user by comparing the measured biometric information with the predetermined authentication key information via a control circuit of the controller, where authentication is satisfied when the comparison indicates a predetermined threshold of concurrence between the measured biometric information and the predetermined authentication key information.
US10376782B2
The server device according to the invention includes: a storage unit that associates and stores multiple first characteristic data sets for each user and associates and stores second characteristic data for each group to which the multiple first characteristic data sets belong; a different-user-selecting unit that selects a different user when a predetermined event occurs while a game is being played; a group formation-assessing unit that determines whether or not all of the first characteristic data sets belonging to a group are included in the first characteristic data sets associated with the user and the different user; and an action-executing unit that executes predetermined actions using, in addition to the first characteristic data sets associated with the user and the different user, the second characteristic data associated with the group for which it has been determined that all of the pertinent first characteristic data sets are included.
US10376779B2
A method, implemented as computer code being executed by one or more processors, in which computer game graphics for a casual, social game are shown on a display of a computing device and in which one or more of the processors are programmed to show: a virtual path or other virtual world that indicates the level reached by the player and some of that player's social network friends; a score board that displays the score of a player once he has completed a level successfully, together with the highest scores of some of its social network friends' for that level; and in which each level of the game can be failed and, if the processor determines that the player is running out of moves or time, then the processor causes the game to automatically display a message offering extra moves and/or time for the player to purchase, to carry on playing the game, or other in-game assistance.
US10376777B2
An information processor determines data content to be transmitted and a destination device to which to transmit the data on the basis of the posture of the information processor identified on the basis of detection results of a sensor adapted to detect the posture thereof, a control method of an information processor, a program, and an information storage medium. A game process execution section determines a transmission destination device on the basis of the posture of the information processor identified on the basis of detection results of the sensor. A missile data generation section determines data content to be transmitted to the transmission destination device on the basis of the posture of the information processor identified on the basis of detection results of the sensor at a time different from when the transmission destination device is determined. A missile data transmission section transmits the data to the transmission destination device.
US10376767B1
Wearable electronic devices that are designed to be worn on the head of a user while the user is swimming can determine swimming strokes and swimming performances of the user accurately using motion sensors. Using a sound speaker, the wearable electronic device can play music and provide audio feedback to the swimmer. By comparing the swimming performance of the swimmer wearing the device with previously recorded swimming data, the wearable electronic device can provide audio comparison results to the swimmer while the swimmer is swimming in water. To improve water resistance, magnetic switches are utilized as selection switches. The wearable electronic device can also support similar functions for other sports and physical activities.
US10376759B2
One object is to provide a golf club equipped with a shaft made of FRP, the golf club being excellent in swing feeling and ball-hitting feeling and capable of stabilizing directional accuracy in ball hitting. The golf club according to the present invention is characterized in that it includes a shaft made of a fiber-reinforced resin mounted to a head, and the shaft is formed so that a variation of a ratio between torsional rigidity and bending rigidity (GIp/EI) is 0.2 or less over an entire length thereof.
US10376758B2
A golf club head includes a body having a crown defining a perimeter of the club head, a sole opposite the crown, a toe end opposite a heel end, a back end, and a hosel, the body further including a club face, an exterior side, an interior side, a head center of gravity, and a weight member positioned on one of the exterior side or the interior side of the crown.
US10376756B2
A golf club head includes a club head body and a weight member that is secured to the body. The weight member is constructed to utilize lateral forces to couple to the head body to minimize the structure required to retain the weight member, and the weight member is preferably constructed so that it has a low profile.
US10376754B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion, and a crown portion covering an opening in the top portion. The crown portion may include an upper plurality of composite layers, a lower plurality of composite layers, and one or more integral ribs disposed between the upper and lower pluralities of composite layers. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10376751B2
The current invention is a golf ball retriever that enables an individual to pick up a golf ball without requiring the user to bend over. The golf ball retriever includes an extendable rod with a cup configured to receive a golf ball disposed at a distal end of the rod. In one embodiment, the extendable rod is in a telescopic arrangement movable between an extend position and a retracted position. In use, the rod is extended and the cup is pressed over the ball. The cup receives the ball, and the ball remains within the cup until removed by a user.
US10376746B2
Multi-piece golf balls having a solid core made of a foamed composition and a cover are provided. Preferably, the core is dual-layered having has a foam inner core (center) and surrounding thermoset or thermoplastic outer core layer. Preferably, a polyurethane foam composition containing mineral filler particulate, for example, nanoclay particles, is used to form the foam center. The concentration of clay particulate is preferably in a range of 0.1 to 60% by weight. The surrounding outer core layer may be made from non-foamed or foamed compositions. For example, polybutadiene rubber or highly neutralized olefin acid copolymers may be used in the outer core layer. The core layers have different hardness gradients and specific gravity values.
US10376743B1
A golf ball with a core comprising polybutadiene and graphene, and a soft cover is disclosed herein. The golf ball has a dual core with an outer core comprising polybutadiene and graphene. The soft cover is preferably composed of a highly neutralized polymer, a first ionomer, a second ionomer, and a paraloid impact modifier.
US10376727B2
A modular, easily constructible exercise assembly providing pull-up type exercise routines is disclosed. This particular solution is designed to be secured to a stationary upright object, or anchor. The unique construction of the exercise assembly can be broken down into base components to conveniently fit into a back pack. Its specific structure and design is optimized to limit wear and material failure. Additionally, adjustability is provided to various components as detailed herein. For example, an exercise bar can articulate at different angles and extend and lengthen as selected by a user. Also, a securing bar is adjustable for coupling the exercise assembly to different sized stationary objects.
US10376726B2
A metal container with a combustible liner for use as a portable firefighting training unit. The combustible liner is formed of particle board sections loosely assembled inside the metal container with an opening in the liner in registry with an access opening in the metal container. The unit may be used to demonstrate various phenomena associated with a developing fire including the flammability of unburned products of combustion, hose stream techniques with a spray bottle filled with water, flashover and backdraft.
US10376721B2
A gear loop for use in a climbing harness or any other recreational or commercial harness or belt and generally comprises a U shaped body, wherein the body is made of a first predetermined material. The gear loop body also has a first end and a second end. The gear loop further comprises an end member attached to the first end and the second end of the body. The end member is made of a second predetermined material. The end member is formed, such that it allows the gear loop to fold in a predetermined direction with relation to a harness.
US10376715B2
System and method for the validation and quality assurance of computerized contours of human anatomy
A system and method for validating the accuracy of delineated contours in computerized imaging using statistical data for generating assessment criterion that define acceptable tolerances for delineated contours, with the statistical data being conditionally updated and/or refined between individual processes for validating delineated contours to thereby adjust the tolerances defined by the assessment criterion in the stored statistical data, such that the stored statistical data is more closely representative of a target population. In an alternative embodiment, a system and method for validating the accuracy of delineated contours in computerized imaging using machine learning for assessing delineated contours, with the machine learning training data being used to generate geometric attributes, and the geometric attributes used to construct intra- and interstructural geometric attribute distribution models to automatically detect contouring errors. The present invention may be used to facilitate, as one example, radiation therapy.
US10376714B2
A therapy system and method treats an internal target of a patient (16). A treatment plan (36) is received to treat the internal target. The treatment plan (36) includes a plurality of treatment fractions including correspondences (38) between the internal target and an external body surface based on a pre-procedural planning image (14) and pre-procedural tracking data (20). Before selected treatment fractions of the plurality of treatment fractions, a pre-fraction planning image (50) of the target is received, tracking data (20, 52) of the external body surface of the patient (16) is received, and the correspondences (38) between the internal target and the external body surface are updated based on the received pre-fraction planning image (50) and the received tracking data (20, 52). Therapy is delivered to the patient (16) in accordance with the treatment plan (36) and using the updated correspondences (38).
US10376711B2
Light sources are incorporated into a guidewire for enabling the ability to render light therapy be added to catheters that do not have that capability. In one exemplary embodiment, a solid guidewire includes a conductive core, and light sources are added to compartments formed in a distal end of the guidewire. In another exemplary embodiment, a light source array is included in a distal end of a hollow guidewire. A plurality of openings are formed into the walls of the hollow guidewire surrounding the array, enabling light to pass through the openings. Conductors extend from the array though the hollow center of the guidewire, to a proximal end of the hollow guidewire. The hollow guidewire can be coated with a conductive material, so that the coating on the guidewire serves as a conductor.
US10376703B2
An electrical feedthrough assembly for an implantable medical device includes an outer ferrule of metallic material having an outer surface hermetically sealed to an implantable device housing. There is an inner feedthrough assembly which is hermetically sealed within the ferrule and which has a structure of sintered layers that include: i. an electrical insulator of ceramic insulator material, ii. one or more electrically conductive vias of metallized conductive material embedded within and extending through the electrical insulator, and iii. a transition interface region around each of the conductive vias comprising a gradient mixture of the ceramic insulator material and the metallized conductive material forming a gradual transition and a mechanical bond between the electrical insulator and the conductive via.
US10376689B2
The present disclosure generally relates to extraforaminal electrical stimulation systems and leads for electrical stimulation of the dorsal root and dorsal root ganglion (DRG), minimally invasive implantation methods therefore, and related methods of providing extraforaminal electrical stimulation of the dorsal root and DRG for the treatment of a medical condition. In accordance with certain aspects, the extraforaminal electrical stimulation leads and methods are particularly suited for stimulation of dorsal roots and DRG of the cervical and thoracic spine.
US10376687B2
A valve apparatus for a medical injection system includes a pinching member and at least one spring-loaded anvil. A tubing line of the injection system may be positioned between the pinching member and the anvil, such that when the pinching member is moved into a pinching position adjacent to the anvil, for example, by rotation of a shaft to which the member is coupled, the pinching member compresses the tubing line against the spring-loaded anvil. The pinching member is preferably rotatable about an auxiliary axis, which is eccentric, or offset from a central axis of the shaft. A spring member of the spring-loaded anvil is preferably pre-loaded. In certain applications, the pinching member, when moved into the pinching position, applies a pinching force of greater than approximately 45 pounds, for example, to prevent flow through the tubing line at an injection pressure of up to approximately 1200 psi.
US10376684B2
A medical port includes a hub having a body forming a hub chamber for containing a fluid, and a proximal opening to the hub chamber for receiving a medical implement. The port also has a valve member, a first radial fluid channel, and a second radial fluid channel. The valve member is located within the hub chamber, has a radial portion, and closes the proximal opening when the medical port is in a closed mode. The first and second radial fluid channels are in fluid communication with the hub chamber when the medical port is in the closed mode. The radial portion of the valve member restricts fluid communication between the first radial fluid channel and the hub chamber when the medical port is in an open mode.
US10376672B2
A robotic instrument driver for elongate members includes a first carriage positionable on a bed and beside a patient access site for manipulating a first elongate member, and a second carriage positionable proximate the bed, the second carriage configured to articulate the first elongate member, wherein the second carriage is movable independent from the first carriage.
US10376661B2
An opening element for opening an ampoule in an aerosol generation device includes a first member which has a conduit extending therethrough for guiding a fluid contained in the ampoule through the first member and a second member which is arranged at least partly inside or on the conduit. Further, an aerosol generation device includes such an opening element.
US10376650B2
A drug delivery device (1) is provided comprising a housing (4) comprising a distal end and a proximal end and a cartridge (3) adapted and arranged to contain at least one dose of a drug (16), a bung (5) being movably arranged within the cartridge (3). In an initial state of the device (1), the bung (5) is arranged in a proximal end position with respect to the cartridge (3). The device (1) further comprises a piston rod (9) adapted and arranged to move the bung (5) in the distal direction with respect to the cartridge (3) for delivering a dose of the drug (16). The device (1) further comprises a mechanism operable such that, after a dose delivery operation was completed, the piston rod (9) is moved into the proximal direction with respect to the bung (5) by a back off distance (D), wherein in the initial state, a distance between a distal end of the piston rod (9) and a proximal end of the bung (5) is greater than zero, with the distance between the piston rod (9) and the bung (5) in the initial state being defined by the back off distance (D). Furthermore, a method for assembling a drug delivery device (1) is provided.
US10376647B2
An injection assembly includes a housing with a barrel positioned within the housing. The barrel includes an axis extending from a proximal end to a distal end thereof and a chamber for storing medicine. An elongate anti-rotation shaft is rotationally fixed to the housing and has a non-circular cross-section. The injection assembly includes an inner screw having an inner screw opening to complementarily receive the anti-rotation shaft to prevent rotation of the inner screw with respect to the anti-rotation shaft but allow respective linear translation along the axis. An outer screw is positioned within, and rotatable with respect to, the housing and has an outer screw opening to threadably receive the inner screw, wherein rotation of the outer screw translates the inner screw along the axis and along the anti-rotation shaft. A plunger is coupled to the distal end of the inner screw and is moveable with respect to the chamber to push the medicine out of the chamber when the outer screw is rotated.
US10376643B2
The present invention uses an injection apparatus comprising: an injector which includes a mounting part on which a syringe is mounted, a needle assembly having a plurality of needles, a motor and a screw for actuating a piston of the syringe forward and backward; and a main body for controlling the forward and backward actuation of the piston of the syringe and drug injection. The present invention is configured as follows: a vacuum suction pressure is formed in the needle assembly that is in contact with the skin; injection is performed so that a drug is injected through a needle after it is determined that the needle is in close contact with the skin by comparing a sensed vacuum suction pressure value with a preset vacuum suction pressure value; and if injection is completed, the needle assembly is separated from the skin.
US10376641B2
An injection device for administering a substance, including a housing, a plunger rod which can be moved relative to the housing, at least one retaining element associated with the rod to hold the rod relative to the housing, and a displaceable locking sleeve which can be displaced relative to the housing from one position in which the sleeve holds the at least one retaining element in a retaining position to a second position in which the at least one retaining element is released.
US10376636B2
A compact mechanical pump is provided. The pump is adjustable between a compact form and an expanded form, where the pump can be reduced to a compact form for ease of portability and storage and to the expanded form for use as a pump.
US10376633B2
A medical fluid microflow assembly having an assembly fluid inlet and an assembly fluid outlet, and a mandrel having a curved exterior surface, the mandrel being positioned within an cavity of a housing so that the exterior surface of the mandrel is substantially parallel to an interior surface of the cavity, and at least one protrusion positioned helically around and extending from the interior surface of the cavity, each protrusion abutting the exterior surface of the mandrel to form a sealed fluid channel which has a channel inlet positioned proximate to the assembly fluid inlet and a channel outlet positioned proximate to the assembly fluid outlet, the exterior surface of the mandrel and the interior surface of the cavity having a minimal or neutral triboelectric value with respect to a fluid.
US10376624B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system that generates and wirelessly transmits a sufficient amount of energy to power one or more implanted devices, including a heart pump, while maintaining the system's efficiency, safety, and overall convenience of use. The disclosure further relates one or more methods of operation for the improved system.
US10376617B2
A suspension device for a drainage container has, on a first side, a first fastening unit for mounting and fastening the drainage container on the suspension device. On a second side, a second fastening unit is present for mounting and fastening the suspension device on a rail. The first fastening unit is arranged in a first fastening part, and the second fastening unit is arranged in a second fastening part. The suspension device further comprises a weighing part with a weighing element, wherein the weighing part is connected or can be connected to the first fastening part and to the second fastening part so as to measure, with the weighing element, a relative displacement, such that a filling quantity of the aspirated body fluid in the drainage container can be determined.
US10376615B2
Provided are micro-needles and a micro-needle patch for transdermal delivery of a pharmaceutical, medical, or cosmetic substance. The micro-needle may include a biocompatible matrix having a micro-needle-like shape; and porous particles provided at at least a portion of a surface or the interior of the biocompatible matrix.
US10376601B2
An in-vivo intravascular blood replacing liquid of the present invention is injected into a blood vessel to replace blood at an intravascular portion to be inspected therewith in making an in-vivo intravascular inspection. The blood replacing liquid comprises an aqueous medium unharmful for a living body and a gelling property imparting substance, unharmful for the living body, which is added to the aqueous medium to impart a gelling property to the blood replacing liquid. The blood replacing liquid has a viscosity of not more than 3 mPa·s when the blood replacing liquid is injected into the blood vessel.
US10376599B2
A nanoplatform assembly for detection of arginase, indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1, and/or tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase. The nanoplatform comprises an oligopeptide, which is used as a linker between two particles. More preferably, the linker is comprised of an oligopeptide containing a substrate for the target enzyme, where the substrate is chemically or physically modified by the target enzyme (but not cleaved). A central particle with a plurality of oligopeptide-tethered detectable particles and a plurality of directly attached detectable particles is described. Posttranslational modification of the oligopeptide leads to changes in the detectable signals from the first and/or second particles in the nanoplatform, which can be correlated to enzyme activity and concentration.
US10376596B2
The present invention provides heavy chain immunoglobulins of the VHH type or fragment thereof having affinity for a target antigen of interest, including glycoprotein D2 (gD2) of HSV-2 or antigen thereof, and for envelope proteins of HIV-1 or an antigen thereof linked to Pseudomonas exotoxin A or functional fragments thereof. Also included are multimeric forms of the immunoglobulins and their use in the prevention and/or treatment of HSV2 and/or HIV-1.
US10376593B2
The present invention relates to a conjugate comprising an oligo- or polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of: (X)x-{BCDA}n-(Y)y (X)x-{CDAB}n-(Y)y (X)x-{DABC}n-(Y)y (X)x-{ABCD}n-(Y)y wherein A, B, C, D, X and Y, x, y and n are as defined in claim 1, said oligo- or polysaccharide being bound to a carrier.
US10376585B2
This invention relates to a composition, including penethamate (PNT) or a pharmaceutical equivalent thereof; and at least one oily vehicle.
US10376584B2
Stable pharmaceutical compositions useful for administering methylnaltrexone are described, as are methods for making the same. Kits, including these pharmaceutical compositions, also are provided.
US10376578B2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides a “triple combination” therapy for treating, ameliorating and preventing Crohn's Disease (or Crohn syndrome, terminal or distal ileitis or regional enteritis) or related disorders and conditions in mammals, such as paratuberculosis in mammals, or Johne's disease, including genetically-predisposed and chronic disorders, where the microbial or bacterial flora of the bowel is at least one causative or symptom-producing factor; and compositions for practicing same. In alternative embodiments, methods and compositions of the invention comprise or comprise use of therapies, medications, formulations and pharmaceuticals comprising active agents that can suppress or eradicate the microbiota super-infection that causes Crohn's Disease or paratuberculosis infection in mammals. In alternative embodiments, the methods and uses of the invention for treating, ameliorating and preventing Crohn's Disease and complications of Crohn's Disease, or related disorders and conditions in mammals, such as paratuberculosis in mammals, or Johne's disease, comprises administration to an individual (human or mammal) in need thereof: (1) an anti-TNFα composition, or a composition capable of down-modulating TNFα activity; (2) a Hyperbaric Oxygen Treatment, or HBOT; and (3) an anti-Mycobacterium avium sub species paratuberculosis (MAP) (an anti-MAP) agent, composition or therapy.
US10376576B2
The present invention relates to the fields of medicine and immunology. In particular, it relates to novel peptides that may be used in the treatment and/or prevention of a Hepatitis B viral infection and/or an Hepatitis B related disease or condition.
US10376565B2
The present invention relates generally to a method of diagnosing, prognosing or monitoring the development or progress of metastatic cancer, more particularly bone metastatic cancer. The method of the present invention more particularly provides a method for detecting metastatic cancer, or a predisposition thereto, by screening for the differential expression of a panel of genes which comprise an IRF7 binding site. In a related aspect, the present invention provides a method of therapeutically or prophylactically treating metastatic cancer, in particular bone metastatic cancer. More particularly, the present invention provides a means of therapeutically or prophylactically treating metastatic cancer by upregulating type I IFN levels.
US10376556B2
Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting or decreasing transport of a drug by a transporter of multidrug resistance-associated protein comprising a compound of Formula (IV) wherein R1 and R2 are small peptides or modified peptides, are provided. The methods and compositions are useful in enhancing efficacy of drugs such as anti-inflammatory agents, neurological agents, thyroid agents, ocular agents, cancer chemotherapeutics, antibiotics, antimicrobials, antivirals and protease inhibitors to treat human immunodeficiency virus.
US10376549B2
The present disclosure describes the generation and the use of Ad variants (Ad) possessing any combination of mutations in genes that code for the hexon, penton, fiber, and non-structural proteins, where simultaneous modification of hexon and penton are made to avoid the trapping of Ad in the liver and to reduce toxicity after intravascular virus administration. Such liver de-targeted Ad can be useful tool for selective and specific gene delivery to extra-hepatic tissues and cells, including disseminated metastatic cancer cells.
US10376546B2
Described herein are compositions composed of micronized placental components and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The compositions have numerous medical applications. Methods for making and using the micronized compositions are also described herein.
US10376539B2
Disclosed are methods of inhibiting progression, stabilizing and reversing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and neuromuscular degenerative diseases including spinal muscular atrophy, by administration of xenon, or noble gas compositions at a sufficient frequency and concentration to evoke anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, and regenerative processes in a patient in need of therapy. In one embodiment, xenon is administered as a pharmaceutical preparation at a concentration of 5 to 90% by volume, more preferably for certain embodiments, at 5 to 30% by volume, wherein said pharmaceutical preparation additionally contains oxygen, argon, nitrogen and/or air. In other embodiments argon is utilized together, or as a replacement for xenon. Furthermore, the use of xenon and/or other noble gas combinations are disclosed for augmentation of therapies that augment endogenous regenerative cells.
US10376537B2
Disclosed herein is a method of reducing the risk of a rhinovirus infection, the method includes administering to a subject a composition comprising iota-carrageenan in an antiviral effective amount as an active antiviral ingredient.
US10376532B2
Methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), comprising administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising cangrelor. The method may further comprise administering an additional therapeutic agent to the patient, the additional therapeutic agent comprising bivalirudin or a P2Y12 inhibitor. Pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI. The pharmaceutical compositions comprise cangrelor, and optionally bivalirudin. Methods of preparing a pharmaceutical composition for treating, reducing the incidence of, and/or preventing an ischemic event in a patient undergoing PCI, comprising admixing cangrelor with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. An ischemic event may include stent thrombosis, myocardial infarction, ischemia-driven revascularization, and mortality.
US10376527B2
The present invention relates to a stable oral liquid pharmaceutical composition of celecoxib or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The celecoxib present in the compositions as described herein do not show any precipitation when subjected in Fasted-State Simulated Gastric Fluid (FaSSGF) at pH 2.0, temperature of 37° C.±0.5° C. and under stirring at a speed of 50 rpm at least for 60 minutes. It also relates to the process of preparing and method of using said composition of celecoxib.
US10376525B2
Treprostinil can be administered using a metered dose inhaler. Such administration provides a greater degree of autonomy to patients. Also disclosed are kits that include a metered dose inhaler containing a pharmaceutical formulation containing treprostinil.
US10376522B2
Compounds, pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds, and methods of preparation and use thereof are disclosed. The compounds are triphenyl methane analogs. The compounds and compositions can be used to treat and/or prevent a wide variety of cancers, including drug resistant cancers, inflammatory, degenerative and vascular diseases, including various ocular diseases, and parasitic infections. Representative triphenyl methane analogs include triphenyl methane analogs of various dyes, hormones, sugars, peptides, oligonucleotides, amino acids, nucleotides, nucleosides, and polyols. The compounds are believed to function by inhibiting tNOX expression, the effects of ROS, and/or the production of HIF2. Thus, the compounds are novel therapeutic agents for a variety of cancers and other diseases.
US10376521B2
Co-crystals comprising at least one nutraceutical compound and at least one co-crystal former with or without impurities. These co-crystals may be included in compositions (optionally also including other components such as pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, other nutritional supplements, etc.) having utility as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, nutritional supplements, and foodstuffs.
US10376519B2
Tricyclic lactams for use in HSPC-sparing treatments for Rb-positive abnormal cellular proliferation
This invention is in the area of tricyclic lactam compounds for and methods of treating selected Rb-positive cancers and other Rb-positive abnormal cellular proliferative disorders while minimizing the deleterious effects on healthy cells, for example healthy Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Progenitor Cells (HSPCs), associated with current treatment modalities. In one aspect, treatment of select Rb-positive cancers is disclosed using specific compounds disclosed herein. In certain embodiments, the compounds described herein act as selective cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects.
US10376505B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising methylnaltrexone or a salt thereof, and compositions and formulations thereof, for oral administration.
US10376503B2
Provided herein are solid forms comprising (a) 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione and (b) a coformer. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the solid forms (e.g., cocrystals) and methods for treating, preventing and managing various disorders are also disclosed.
US10376494B2
The present disclosure relates to solid crystalline forms of N—((S)-1-(3-(3-chloro-4-cyanophenyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-propan-2-yl)-5-(1-hydroxyethyl)-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxamide (I) and the diastereomers thereof, and to methods for preparing such crystalline forms. Compound (I) and the diastereomers thereof are potent androgen receptor (AR) modulators useful as a medicament.
US10376493B2
A method administers quaternary ammonium anti-cholinergic muscarinic receptor antagonists in combination with acetyl-cholinesterase inhibitors to treat either cognitive impairment or acute delirium. This therapy results in a modification of a cognitive disorder or disease, namely a slow down in the disease progression. In one preferred embodiment, the disease is dementia with Lewy Bodies. New formulations for quaternary ammonium anti-cholinergic muscarinic receptor antagonists are also disclosed.
US10376482B2
Compositions and methods for providing a person with an exogenous and therapeutically effective supply of ketones are disclosed. The compositions may consist essentially of (a) purified butyrate (or esters or propionate salts thereof) and (b) purified beta-hydroxybutyrate (or esters or propionate salts thereof). The compositions may further include other pharmacologically active agents, such as acetyl-L carnitine, R-alpha lipoic acid, green tea extract, vitamins, and various combinations of such agents. The methods include providing a person with an exogenous supply of ketones, by orally administering a pharmacologic composition, which is effective to deliver 2000-5000 mg of a short chain fatty acid (e.g., butyrate) and 5000-10,000 mg of ketone (e.g., beta-hydroxybutyrate) on a daily basis.
US10376479B2
The present invention provides compositions containing endoxifen, formulations and liposomes of endoxifen, methods of preparation of such agents and formulations, and use of such agents and formulations for the treatment of breast cancer and other breast diseases and diseases susceptible to endoxifen. In particular, the compositions of the present invention include liposomes, complexes, vesicles, emulsions, micelles and mixed micelles of endoxifen in which the compositions further contain any of a variety of neutral or charged lipids and desirably, cholesterol and cholesterol derivatives, sterols, Z- and E-guggulsterones, phospholipids, fatty acids, vitamin D, and vitamin E. The present invention also provides methods of preparing endoxifen. The present invention provides methods for treating and preventing breast cancer and other breast related diseases by administrating novel formulations or compositions comprising a therapeutically effective amount of endoxifen.
US10376477B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for treatment of a subject with a central nervous system (CNS) tumor comprising administration of Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10), particularly when the subject exhibits at least one CNS abnormality as a result of the tumor.
US10376468B2
The subject matter of this invention relates to block copolymers (BCPs) and, more particularly, to block copolymers capable of self-assembly into nanoparticles for the delivery of hydrophobic cargos. The BCPs include a hydrophobic block that contains a thioether functional group that is susceptible to oxidation, transforming the solubility of the block from hydrophobic to hydrophilic, thereby releasing the hydrophobic cargo of the nanoparticle.
US10376467B2
The invention relates to a process for reconstitution of a solid form of a pharmaceutical composition, comprising the following successive steps: (i) providing the solid form of the pharmaceutical composition in a sealed container, the pressure within the container being an initial pressure (pi,) comprised between 0.5 Pa and 1.2×105 Pa; (ii) at a first time point (t0) introducing the solvent into said sealed container and maintaining the resulting pressure (pr) within the container during a controlled time Δt1; and (iii) at a second time point (t2) increasing the pressure within the container to a controlled pressure (p2) higher than said resulting pressure (pr) until complete reconstitution.
US10376464B2
Characterization of the cocrystal products formed by metoprolol and dabigatran bases with L-theanine
Cocrystal compositions of metoprolol and dabigatran bases with enantiomers of theanine.
US10376453B1
Provided is a composition for promoting hair growth, containing, as an active ingredient, a new compound represented by the following formula 1 or a salt thereof, which exhibits an excellent effect of promoting the growth of dermal papilla cells to thereby exhibit the effect of promoting hair growth: Formula 1 wherein R is any one selected from the group consisting of 4-pentenoyl, 10-undecenoyl, isobutyl formate, and 2,4-dihydroxybenzoyl.
US10376449B2
Provided are flexible containers for holding a concentrate, the containers comprising: a flexible body holding the concentrate, a spout, a filter element disposed in the spout, the filter element comprising a filter and an attachment element configured to attach to a water source. Also provided are methods of reconstituting concentrated products using the flexible containers.
US10376446B2
A portable pill dispenser device mountable with one or more pill cartridges that dispense pills by winding a pill strip that encloses pills between flexible films. The pills are enclosed in the pill strip and are released as the films of the pill strip are separated. The pill dispense device include actuators (e.g., motors) that cause winding cylinders in each of the pill cartridges to rotate, causing the pill strip to move towards an opening of each pill cartridge, separate the films of the pill strip, and release the pills through the opening. Indicia may be marked on at least one of the films to enable detection of the moving distance of the pill strip. The pill dispense device includes a sensor for detecting the indicia so that the movement of the films and release of the pills can be tightly controlled.
US10376438B2
An adjustable height foldable arm comprises a lower vertical tube, an inner guide slideably inserted into the lower vertical tube fitting into the lower vertical slot, an inner guide slot, an inner guide hole, a lower vertical tube hole through the lower vertical tube, a first rod inserted through the lower vertical tube hole and the inner guide hole to secure the inner guide in the lower vertical slot, an upper vertical tube with an upper vertical slot in which the inner guide is slideably inserted, an outer tube providing vertical height adjustment and rotational movement, an outer vertical slot on both sides of the outer tube allowing vertical movement with respect to the rod, and two outer horizontal slots on the outer tube allowing for positioned rotational movement of the outer tube when the upper vertical tube is at its lowest vertical displacement.
US10376432B2
A wheelchair frame having a seat for supporting a forward facing occupant therein, rear wheels supporting the frame thereon proximate a rear end of the frame and front wheels supporting the frame thereon proximate a front end of the frame, further includes a front seat height adjustment mechanism which permits a height of a front end of the seat relative to the front wheels to be adjusted separately from or together with a rear end height adjustment of the rear end of the seat relative to the rear wheels. The front seat height adjustment mechanism can also be operable to lower the front seat height relative to the front wheels simultaneously with a rear seat height adjustment mechanism which is biased to raise the rear seat height relative to the rear wheels to assist users in moving from a sitting position towards a more standing position.
US10376424B2
An absorbent article includes a base-structure and an elevatable structure known as a flat-back protection feature, that is capable of rising above the base-structure during article use. The flat-back protection feature utilizes either differences in material length compared with the length of the adjacent base-structure, or elastic materials, to maintain the feature elevation above the base-structure, while the article is in an extended condition. The flat-back protection feature extends into the intergluteal cleft of a wearer during use. Embossment features on the absorbent article are used to facilitate folding of the absorbent article, enhance the functionality of the protection feature, and/or improve the ease of manufacture.
US10376422B2
A system for detecting wetness of article used by a care-receiver is provided, comprising: a radio frequency identity (RFID) tag to be attached onto an outer surface of an article used by the care-receiver, and a RFID reader. The RFID reader includes at least one first antenna module, a processor unit and a first wireless communication module. And the system further comprises a protective unit is configured for accommodating the RFID reader and buffering external pressure on the RFID reader to protect the RFID reader. The RFID reader is configured for being disposed on a back of a cushion. The first wireless communication module is configured to send a detection signal (excitation signal) through the first antenna module to the RFID tag and the processor unit determines the water content (%) of the article at the usage time (t) by using the RSSI(0) and RSSI(t).
US10376420B2
A personal hygiene article includes a chassis with a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent component between the topsheet and the backsheet. At least one portion of the personal hygiene article includes a microporous film having an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity within the opaque, microporous region. The microporous film can include a beta-nucleating agent or can have thermally induced phase separation caused by a diluent. A container includes a microporous film enclosing at least one personal hygiene article. The microporous film has an opaque, microporous region and at least one see-through region of lower porosity forming a window within the opaque, microporous region. Methods of making the personal hygiene article and container are also described.
US10376412B2
A cushioning surface for cooling tissue that reaches a predefined level of immersion into the cushioning surface, comprising: a segmented fluid cushion comprising a plurality of cells interconnected to allow fluid to flow from each cell to at least one of the other plurality of cells; and wherein one or more of the plurality of cells contains a heat exchange material. The cushioning surface may further comprise a cooling element associated with and for removing heat from the one or more cells containing a heat exchange material.
US10376404B2
An orthopedic device is arranged for scapulothoracic stabilization, inclusive of features for biomechanical stabilization of the shoulder, scapula and spine, treated alone or in combination with assembly features for supporting an arm or shoulder. The orthopedic device may be arranged in a garment or shoulder harness such that either may include first and second strap systems for extending over first and second shoulders of a user, respectively, and each of the first and second strap systems forms a “Figure 9” shape about the respective shoulder, with a strap section arranged to extend toward a waist stabilizer that may form part of the orthopedic device.
US10376403B2
Described herein are systems and devices for providing an orthopedic walking brace having a housing and a sole with a curved distal surface. The housing is configured to encompass and immobilize a patient's ankle against flexion. The distal surface of the sole has a posterior region, a mid region, and an anterior region. The posterior region is configured to lie under a heel portion of the patient's foot, and the mid region is configured to lie under a center portion of the patient's foot. The anterior region is configured to lie under an anterior metatarsal and toe portion of the patient's foot, and has an Anterior-Posterior curvature that increases from a posterior side of the anterior region toward a middle portion of the anterior region and decreases from the middle portion toward an anterior side of the anterior region.
US10376399B2
An implantable device to treat obesity and a method of using the same, the device (31) is able to create a repetitive mechanical constraint on a gastrointestinal organ wall and includes: an energy source (36), and a mechanical stimulation element (35).
US10376396B2
A stent coupler for use with a medical device delivery system is disclosed. A stent delivery system includes a core member having a distal segment and a coupler positioned about the core member distal segment. the coupler is rotatably coupled to the core member and includes a rigid plate having a first end surface, a second end surface, and a side surface extending between the first and second end surfaces, the side surface comprising one or more projections separated by recesses. The delivery system further includes a stent extending along the core member distal segment such that an inner surface of the stent is engaged by the one or more projections of the engagement member.
US10376395B2
A stent graft including a tubular wall with at least one fenestration including a peripheral reinforcement around at least part of the fenestration. There can also be a tubular extension. The side arm includes a stent and a cover and extends from and is in fluid communication with the fenestration and the stent graft. The stent may be a self expanding stent. The ring and/or tubular extension provides better support and sealing for an extension arm. The fenestration can be circular or if towards the ends of the stent graft may be in the form of a U-shape with an open end.
US10376394B2
A device for treating a damaged tissue includes an expandable scaffold positionable in a portion of a luminal tissue structure of a mammal; and maintained via stent technology, wherein the scaffold is comprised of electrospun fibers composed of a biodegradable compound. The scaffold serves as a temporary template that allows the tissue to be rebuilt.
US10376389B2
A method of transferring intrinsic hand muscles along with a respective nerve and blood supply; and allowing signal detection by a surface electrode is provided. The method further includes transferring muscles of a forearm along with a respective nerve and blood supply; and allowing signal detection by a surface electrode.
US10376382B2
Methods and apparatus for posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF) surgical procedures. The apparatus includes a sleeve assembly for guiding an interbody graft into position between adjacent anatomical structures. The sleeve includes a first piece having a first internal ramp and a second piece having a second internal ramp opposite the first internal ramp, and an elastic band configured to connect the first and second pieces together. The first and second internal ramps comprise a V shape with an opening therebetween through which the interbody graft is urged during the surgical procedure.
US10376380B2
Devices and methods are provided for treatment of the cervical spine. The devices and methods allow for treatment to be delivered from a lateral or posterior-lateral location of a subject, proximate to the cervical region of the spine. One exemplary embodiment of a spinal implant includes an elongate cage member and a plate member appended to a proximal end of the cage member. The plate member can be oriented in a manner such that it is asymmetric with respect to a long axis of the cage member. In another exemplary embodiment, an implant includes a cage member having a distal end that has an asymmetrical, bulleted shape such that the distal end is biased towards a superior or cranial direction. In a third exemplary embodiment, an implant includes a spinal fixation element and at least two mounting eyelets formed thereon. Exemplary methods related to implanting spinal implants from a lateral or posterior-lateral location are also provided.
US10376366B2
A medical implant system for implantation in a patient to treat erectile dysfunction includes a first fluid path, an inflatable penile prosthesis cylinder, an electric pump, and implant controller, and an implantable power supply. The inflatable penile prosthesis cylinder is in fluid communication with the first fluid path and is configured for implantation in a corpus cavernosum of a patient. The electric pump is in fluid communication with the first fluid path. The implant controller is electrically coupled to the pump and is configured to activate the pump to drive a flow of fluid through the first fluid path and into the cylinder. The implantable power supply provides electrical power to the pump.
US10376362B2
Valve introducer systems and methods for implanting heart valve prostheses are disclosed, where a valve introducer includes an adjustable deployment mechanism comprising a deployment element and an implantation depth controlling element having a distal end and an adjustable length. The valve introducer also includes a tubular member having a distal end, configured to deliver a heart valve prosthesis, and a length extending from a fixed reference point. The implantation depth controlling element can comprise an inner and an outer cylinder, such as where the outer cylinder has interior threads, and the inner cylinder has exterior threads. The adjustable deployment element can include a depth gauge, wherein the depth gauge indicates the length the tubular member extends beyond a fixed reference point. In certain embodiments, the adjustable deployment element can also be configured to be secured to a cannula.
US10376348B2
An automatic toothbrush (100), including: a body (102) having opposed ends, a cavity (105) situated between the opposed ends, and an opening (107) situated at one of the opposed ends; an output shaft (120) having first and second ends (124, 122) and extending through the opening such that the second end (122) is outside of the cavity, the output shaft having a plurality of bends (139, 141, 143,145) situated between the second end and the opening; and an oral cleaning tool (104) configured to be press fit onto that portion of the shaft which has the plurality of bends.
US10376333B2
Trajectory frame assemblies for image guided surgical systems have a trajectory frame with a support column that can removably secure different components such as a tracking probe and an MER driver adapter to define and/or follow a desired intrabody trajectory. The trajectory frame assemblies include fins attached to the column support and a platform optionally with an X-Y table and/or arcuate reference brackets that are attached to the trajectory frame assemblies and can hold a reference frame with fiducials.
US10376319B2
An image correction design system for an oral and maxillofacial surgery. The image correction design system comprises: a first image data scanning module for scanning to obtain image data of relative coordinate positions of maxillofacial bones, teeth, and soft tissues; a second image data scanning module for scanning image data of a plaster dental impression of a patient; a scanning image correction and comparison module for correcting and comparing the image data from the first image data scanning module and the image data from the second image data scanning module and performing archiving to obtain first archives; an image block calculation module for performing an image layer management and block cutting display of the first archives to obtain second archives; a surgery simulation image design module for inputting a surgery data parameter for the second archives after the image layer management and cut block display, so as to design and establish surgery simulation image files; and an output module for outputting the surgery simulation image files by using a display device.
US10376306B2
A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. A knife assembly having a cutting blade disposed at a distal end thereof is also provided. The knife assembly is translatable relative to the end effector assembly between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein the cutting blade extends between the jaw members to cut tissue grasped therebetween. The knife assembly includes a proximal component and a first distal component that includes the cutting blade. The proximal and first distal components are removably coupled to one another to facilitate replacement of the first distal component. Methods of preparing such forceps for reuse are also provided.
US10376285B2
Disclosed herein are external fixation frames for correcting bone deformities. The external fixation frames include a top fixation ring and a bottom fixation ring coupled to one another by at least two struts. A half ring is coupled to bottom fixation ring. The bottom fixation ring is u-shaped. One or more rocker members may be coupled to the bottom fixation ring. The half ring may be hingedly coupled to the bottom fixation ring such that it can rotate with respect to the bottom fixation ring from a first position to a second position.
US10376283B2
A medical port includes: a faceplate having a through-hole; an elastic member formed in a curved shape and configured to clamp and fix a living tissue between the elastic member and the faceplate; and a string-shaped member fixed at a first end to the elastic member and extending from the elastic member through the faceplate. The elastic member is configured such that extension of the string-shaped member through the faceplate in a direction opposite to the elastic member reduces an outer diameter of the curved shape of the elastic member.
US10376273B2
Methods and apparatuses of treating meibomian glands are disclosed. The method comprises applying regulated heat to an eyelid to reach a temperature adequate to melt at least one obstruction within at least one meibomian gland. The method also comprises maintaining the regulated heat for a time period adequate to place the at least obstruction in the melted state. The method further comprises positioning a pressure application device into contact with the patient's eyelid and applying a pressure with the pressure application device over a substantial portion of the eyelid to express the at least one obstruction from the meibomian gland. An apparatus suitable to treat meibomian glands comprises a heater, a controller, and a pressure applicator configured to be placed into contact with the eyelid and apply a pressure over a substantial portion of the eyelid to express the at least one obstruction from the meibomian gland.
US10376272B2
An ultrasonic catheter includes a body and an ultrasound transmission member disposed in the body. A head is coupled to the ultrasound transmission member, wherein a gap separates the head from a body distal end. A guidewire tube extends through the body and the head. A proximal end connector assembly includes a hub and an absorber member. The hub has a bore coupled to and in fluid communication with the body. The absorber member is disposed within the bore around the ultrasound transmission member. A sonic connector is disposed between the ultrasound transmission member and a separate generator.
US10376271B2
A drill guide assembly for drilling a tunnel having a fixed, non-zero radius of curvature, where the drill guide assembly includes a housing and a sleeve, or cutting tube, configured to reciprocate within the distal portion where the sleeve, or cutting tube, is configured to receive a bone cutting instrument.
US10376266B2
A first element (91) includes a first arm (92) and a second arm coupled thereto and having a concavity (103) facing the first arm and defining a space (96). In an open state, a tissue anchor portion (46) moves into the space through a gap between distal portions (94) of the first and second arms. In the closed state, the anchor portion is not movable through the gap. A second element (82) is movable with respect to the first element, such that, while the portion (46) of the anchor (40) is within the space, and the first element is in the closed state, in a first position of the second element, the portion of the anchor is movable within the space, and in a second position of the second element, the second element applies torque to the anchor by rotating the second element. Other embodiments are also described.
US10376258B2
A surgical introducer system having a sidewall that forms an introducer passage, and a probe receptacle located at the distal end of the introducer. The probe receptacle has an inner surface having a first lateral size at a proximal receptacle end and a second lateral size in the lateral direction at the distal receptacle end, and the first lateral size is greater than the second lateral size. The inner surface receives the distal tip of a navigation probe and restricts movement of the distal probe tip in the lateral direction, and the sidewall is spaced from the navigation probe shaft to allow the shaft to move in the lateral direction within the passage when the distal probe tip is positioned in the probe receptacle.
US10376256B2
Wound occlusion devices and methods for acute treatment of massively bleeding external wounds are described. The wound occlusion devices may include a base element, a sealing element, and a release mechanism. The sealing element may be configured to transform between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration by the release mechanism. The expanded configuration of the sealing element may be adaptable to the shape of a wound W, forming a form-locked and/or force-locked connection with the wound W. The form-locked and/or force-locked connection of the sealing element with the wound W may provide an occlusion function.
US10376253B2
Transcatheter methods are disclosed for introducing a large transcatheter implant or other device into an artery from an adjacent vein, for example from the inferior vena cava into the abdominal aorta. Such an access route can be formed by direct puncture through the adjoining vessels. In addition, methods and devices are also disclosed for closing arteriovenous fistulas or other cardiovascular passageways.
US10376242B2
Viscosity is included in the quantification by an ultrasound imaging system. The log of a spectrum of displacement as a function of time is determined for each of various locations subjected to a shear or other wave. Solving using the log as a function of location provides the complex wavenumber. Various viscoelastic parameters, such as loss modulus and storage modulus, are determined from the complex wavenumber.
US10376237B2
In some embodiments, a method includes releasably attaching an image capture assembly to a distal portion of a TEE device. Next, the TEE device coupled to the image capture assembly is inserted into an oral cavity of the patient. With the image capture assembly releasably attached to the distal portion of the TEE device, image data of an esophagus of the patient captured by the image capture assembly is displayed. While viewing the display of image data, the TEE device coupled to the image capture assembly can be moved within the esophagus. With both the TEE device and the image capture assembly disposed within the esophagus, the image capture assembly is detached from the TEE device. With the image capture assembly detached from the TEE device, and with the TEE device disposed at least in part within the esophagus, the image capture assembly is removed from the patient.
US10376235B2
A needle guide system is provided. The needle guide system includes a puncture device, an ultrasound transducer, a first orientation detector, a second orientation detector, a proximity detector and a processor. The ultrasound transducer is configured to obtain an ultrasound image. The first orientation detector is disposed on the puncture device, and the second orientation detector is disposed on the ultrasound transducer. The proximity detector is disposed on at least one of the puncture device and the ultrasound transducer, configured to obtain a relative distance between the puncture device and the ultrasound transducer. The processor is configured to obtain a spatial relationship between the puncture device and the ultrasound transducer by using the first orientation detector, the second orientation detector, and the proximity detector, and predict a trajectory of the puncture device in the ultrasound image according to the spatial relationship. In addition, a medical intervention system is also provided.
US10376234B2
The invention relates to a method and an ultrasonic imaging apparatus (20) for imaging a specular object (such as a biopsy needle) and a target anatomy in a tissue, whereby the specular object remains visible even when its location deviates from a target plane (21) including the target anatomy.
US10376227B2
A dental x-ray sensor holder 10 for securing an x-ray sensor 1 to a holder using suction created between the sensor and a backing plate 3 of the sensor holder. The dental x-ray sensor holder generally includes a bite block 2 with a first end and a second end, a backing plate 3 affixed to or formed contiguously with the second end of the bite block, and an opening 17 to a cavity 20 in the holder, wherein said cavity 20 leads an evacuation chamber 14 for creating a vacuum between the holder and an X-ray sensor.
US10376222B2
A system comprising: at least one platform configured for, in use, having a person on it, said platform comprising a plurality of sensors configured for capturing information of forces/pressures applied by the feet of the person or of the position of the person's feet; means for, from said captured information, respectively extracting either a center of pressure or the position of the feet; at least one reference signal disposed at a known location with respect to said platform; at least one sensor which, in use, is connected to the body of the person situated on said platform, the sensor being configured for capturing said at least one reference signal; processing means for extracting information from said at least one captured reference signal and for estimating the position and/or orientation of said at least one sensor; processing means for estimating the position and/or orientation of the body of said person; processing means for calculating a stability index from said position and/or orientation of the body of said person and from said extracted feet position or center of pressure.
US10376217B2
A positioning unit includes a projector and a control unit and enables a particularly quick and precise positioning of a patient. In an embodiment, the control unit affects a control of the projector as a function of a protocol for a recording of an image of the patient such that the positioning unit is designed for the planar projection of a figure as a positioning aid on the patient couch. An immediately apparent area on the patient couch is then specified by the figure projected in a planar fashion, relative to which the patient can be positioned. The control unit can be used both to temporally control the projection process and also to control the figurative properties of the positioning aid. Furthermore, the control unit can include a device for calculating a control signal so that the control unit brings about control of the projector with the control signal.
US10376201B2
A control method causes the processor to execute: excluding one or more pieces of first vibration data from a plurality of pieces of vibration data stored in the memory, wherein the plurality of pieces of vibration data are acquired within one period, wherein vibration times associated with the one or more pieces of first vibration data are included in an operation period in which the user performed the operation with respect to the information terminal device, and wherein the operation period is specified based on the time in the log information stored in the memory; and updating the threshold value using at least one piece of vibration data in the plurality of pieces of vibration data from which the one or more pieces of first vibration data are excluded.
US10376199B2
An imaging apparatus with improved detection accuracy of the state of a subject is provided. An imaging apparatus comprises: an imaging optical system configured to form an optical image of a face of a subject in a vehicle; an image sensor configured to capture the formed optical image and generate a captured image; and an image processor configured to determine a state of the subject based on the captured image, wherein the imaging apparatus satisfies F≥0.0003 f2/p, where F is an F value of the imaging optical system, f is a focal length of the imaging optical system, and p is a pixel pitch of the image sensor.
US10376195B1
This document describes automated nursing assessments. Automation of the nursing assessment involves a nursing-assessment device that makes determinations of a person's mood, physical state, psychosocial state, and neurological state. To determine a mood and physical state of a person, video of the person is captured while the person is positioned in front of an everyday object, such as a mirror. The captured video is then processed according to human condition recognition techniques, which produces indications of the person's mood and physical state, such as whether the person is happy, sad, healthy, sick, vital signs, and so on. In addition to mood and physical state, the person's psychosocial and neurological state are also determined. To do so, questions are asked of the person. These questions are determined from a plurality of psychosocial and neurological state assessment questions, which include queries regarding how the person feels, what the person has been doing, and so on. The determined questions are asked through audible or visual interfaces of the nursing-assessment device. The person's responses are then analyzed. The analysis involves processing the received answers according to psychosocial and neurological state assessment techniques to produce indications of the person's psychosocial and neurological state.
US10376189B2
A concentration correction system includes an infrared detector and components that produce an aggregate emission of infrared radiation. A mirror assembly includes a mirror and is changeable between a correcting configuration and a measuring configuration. In the correcting configuration, the mirror produces a mirror signal incident on the detector. The mirror assembly also obstructs external body infrared radiation from reaching the detector. In the measuring configuration, the mirror assembly allows the external body infrared radiation onto the detector. A concentration correction method includes receiving external body infrared radiation and simultaneously receiving a first portion of the aggregate emission. A measurement value indicative of concentration is recorded from the detector. A second portion of the aggregate emission reflected with the mirror and produces a mirror signal incident on the detector. A correction value corresponding to the mirror signal is recorded from the detector and used to correct the measurement value.
US10376183B2
Systems and methods for detecting onset, presence, and progression of particular states, including intoxication, include observing eye movements of a subject and correlating the observed movements to known baseline neurophysiological indicators of intoxication. A detection system may record eye movement data from a user, compare the eye movement data to a data model comprising threshold eye movement data samples, and from the comparison make a determination whether or not intoxication or impairment is present. The detection system may alert the user to take corrective action if onset or presence of a dangerous condition is detected. The eye movements detected include saccadic and intersaccadic parameters such as intersaccadic drift velocity. Measurements may be collected in situ with a field testing device. An interactive application may be provided on a user device to provoke the desired eye movements during recording.
US10376182B2
A spine measurement system comprising a camera, an encoded collar, and a remote station. A rod is shaped having one or more bends to modify a curvature of a spine. The encoded collar is coupled to the rod. The encoded collar includes a plurality of markings where each marking represents a rod position. The rod and encoded collar are in a field of view of the camera. The camera takes a number of images as the rod rotates at least 360 degrees. The remote station measures the 2D images to produce quantitative measurements that yield a 3D model of the rod shape. The remote station can use the 3D rod shape to determine metrics that relate to how the rod shapes the spine. For example, a Cobb angle can be calculated from the rod shape to determine if the rod yields the desired spine outcome.
US10376159B2
Systems, devices disclosed provide example methods comprising determining that a triggering event has occurred based on statuses for a set of physiological parameters associated with the patient, the physiological parameters indicative of the patient engaging in a patient initiated physical activity, generating a trigger output signal in response to the determination that the triggering event has occurred, wirelessly transmitting the trigger output signal to a pressure sensing device implanted in a vessel of the patient, triggering, based on receiving the trigger output signal, the pressure sensing device to sense a cardiovascular pressure of the patient; and transmitting, by the pressure sensing device, a wireless signal comprising data corresponding to the sensed cardiovascular pressure of the patient.
US10376154B2
Methods and systems are described for detecting the likelihood of an aortic coarctation in an infant using photoplethysmographic pulse signals obtained from the hand and foot of the infant.
US10376153B2
A head mounted system (HMS) configured to collect facial expressions of the user wearing the HMS. The HMS includes a frame and at least four cameras coupled to the frame. First and second cameras capture the user's right and left eyebrows, and third and fourth cameras capture the right and left sides of the user's upper lip. An optional computer utilizes the images captured by the cameras to detect facial expressions, microexpressions, and/or to improve the user's emotional awareness.
US10376151B2
Provided is an object information acquiring apparatus including: a light source; a controller that controls irradiation of light from the light source; a detector that receives an acoustic wave generated from an object onto which light from the light source is irradiated; a processor that generates characteristic information inside the object using the acoustic wave received by the detector; and an acquirer that acquires the shape of the object, wherein the controller controls an irradiation area when light is irradiated from the light source onto the object, based on the shape of the object acquired by the acquirer.
US10376146B2
An implantable device having a communication system, a sensor, and a monolithic substrate is described. The monolithic substrate has an integrated sensor circuit configured to process input from the sensor into a form conveyable by the communication system.
US10376142B2
The present invention is directed to a medical imaging device attachment with onboard sensor array and computational processing unit, which can be adapted to and reversibly attached to multiple models of binocular indirect ophthalmoscopes (“BIOs”), enabling simultaneous or time-delayed viewing and collaborative review of photographs or videos from an eye examination. The invention also claims a method for photographing and integrating information associated with the images, videos, or other data generated from the eye examination.
US10376137B2
Systems and methods of cannulating a body orifice such as a bladder are disclosed. An indwelling bladder catheter having reduced trauma risk can include a proximal end, a distal end, and a flexible elongate tubular body therebetween, the distal end having at least one distal port in fluid communication with a lumen extending within the tubular body, the distal end further having a distal tip comprising a blunt shape; a first proximal port for at least one of fluid inflow or outflow, the first proximal port in fluid communication with the lumen extending within the tubular body; an inflatable balloon near the distal end of the catheter, the balloon transformable from an unexpanded to an expanded configuration, wherein the balloon in its expanded configuration comprises a low profile oblong shape suitable for anchoring within a human bladder; and a second proximal port balloon inflation, in fluid connection with the balloon.
US10376131B2
A dishwasher includes a receptacle for items to be washed and a lifting device which is configured to lift the receptacle for items to be washed from a starting position into an end position or to lower it from the end position into the starting position. The lifting device has an electrical drive device which is arranged on a dishwasher cavity or on a base support of the dishwasher.
US10376122B2
A self-propelled electronic device comprising: a housing; drive wheels that enable the housing to travel; a travel control unit that controls travel of the housing; and a periphery detection sensor that detects a region around the housing where the device is unable to travel, wherein the drive wheels include a left drive wheel and a right drive wheel which are independently driven, and the travel control unit: causes the left drive wheel and the right drive wheel to move backward in such a manner that an amount of rotation of the left drive wheel is smaller than an amount of rotation of the right drive wheel, when the periphery detection sensor detects that there is a region where the device is unable to travel at front left of the housing; and causes the left drive wheel and the right drive wheel to move backward in such a manner that an amount of rotation of the right drive wheel is smaller than an amount of rotation of the left drive wheel when the periphery detection sensor detects that there is a region where the device is unable to travel at front right of the housing.
US10376116B2
The present disclosure relates to a vacuum cleaner for separating and collecting dust and other contaminants by using a multi-cyclone and a mesh filter, including a cleaning unit for sweeping dust and foreign materials attached to the mesh filter along an outer circumferential surface of the mesh filter, and a rotation unit coupled to the cleaning unit for rotating the cleaning unit relative to the mesh filter, whereby the cleaning unit can clean a surface of the filter automatically or manually during an operation of the cleaner, so that the filter surface can be kept clean, and a load on a fan unit caused due to foreign materials or dust can be reduced.
US10376099B2
A multi-use flat pack product includes two side panels each with a pair of upper slots and two end panels each with a pair of lower slots. The two side panels are respectively engageable with the two end panels without tools or additional connectors via engagements between the upper slots and the lower slots to define a four-sided construction. A base plate is positionable inside the four-sided construction.
US10376098B2
A cooker with a gasket may include a top plate on which a plurality of burners may be placed; a manifold panel provided in front of the top plate and including thereon a plurality of knobs to control output powers of the plurality of burners; and a gasket that extends along a front end of the top plate and is compressed between the top plate and the manifold panel to hermetically seal the top plate and the manifold panel.
US10376093B2
A machine for preparing liquid food products includes: a source of a liquid; a delivery assembly, having a brewing chamber for receiving a precursor of a liquid food product and for delivering the food product following passage of the liquid through the brewing chamber; a pump, for pumping the liquid; and a control system, for controlling an electric motor of the pump. The pump has a casing with an inlet and an outlet and an arrangement driven via the motor. The motor is bidirectional, and the control system includes means for controlling reversal of rotation of the motor between a primary direction and a secondary direction. The pump has a priming system including a recirculation valve and an actuation arrangement.
US10376087B2
A cooking attachment for a heatable vessel of a food processor, which cooking attachment has one or more base openings, through which steam exiting from the vessel can enter into the cooking attachment and condensate can flow out of the cooking attachment into the vessel. In order for food which is contained in the cooking attachment to be cooked more quickly and uniformly, and/or to be kept hot following preparation, irrespective of its position within the cooking attachment, it is proposed that the cooking attachment should have a heating device which provides heating irrespective of the steam exiting from the vessel.
US10376081B2
A cup holder comprises a single elongate strip (2) of flexible sheet material. One end (4) of the strip (2) is connected to the remainder of the strip at a first connection region (18) between its ends to form a collar (24), which extends, in use, around and engages the outer surface of a cup. The other end (6) of the strip (2) is connected to the collar (24) at a second connection region (20) opposite to the first connection region to form a handle (22) connected to the collar.
US10376073B2
A foldout cabinet bed has two faces that fold out from a vertical position to a horizontal position, thereby creating a surface that can be used for sleeping. Each face has two side rails for enclosing an area for placing a mattress. The rails are dimensionally asymmetrical such that one of the faces has a smaller rail height/depth than the adjacent rail on the other face. The shorter rail height is smaller than the thickness of the mattress, thus allowing a user to comfortably sit on the edge of the mattress. The taller rail height is larger than the thickness of the mattress and provides a headboard.
US10376068B2
A seat cushion includes a cushion body, a weight measuring unit coupled to the cushion body, a tilt adjusting unit, a storage unit storing pre-established mapping data, and a controlling unit. The weight measuring unit measures, when a user is sitting on the cushion body, weight of the user applied to the cushion body so as to generate a result of weight measurement. The controlling unit is connected to the weight measuring unit, the tilt adjusting unit and the storage unit, and controls, when the seat cushion is operated in an automatic mode, the tilt adjusting unit to adjust a seat angle of the cushion body with respect to a horizontal reference plane based on the result of weight measurement, a height value and the mapping data.
US10376066B2
The flexible support device is used for chair back tilting, which is installed under a cushion. The device includes a base, two driving members connected to the chair back, a pulling rod crossing the base and a spring disposed in the base. The base is connected to ends of the driving members. Two ends of the pulling rod are separately connected to two free ends of the two driving members. The pulling rod has a frame encompassing the spring. The frame has an action end blocking the spring. When the chair back is pressed to tilt rearward, the driving members are rotated to draw the pulling rod to move toward the chair back, and the action end of the frame is driven to compress the spring so as to make the chair back flexibly supported.
US10376062B2
Mobile folding restaurant booth style benches are provided, which may be arranged in opposed pairs to form restaurant style booths. An individual bench incorporates a mechanism for shifting the weight of the bench between a mobile base, which may be supported by swivel casters, and a stationary base, which may be supported by non-slip feet, actuated by pivoting a bench seat down from a folded storage position to an unfolded seating position. The weight shifting mechanism may include an engagement member, which is initially spaced apart from an actuator at a folded angle of the seat, and which contacts and begins transmitting force and movement to the actuator at a partially unfolded angle of the seat. Preferably, the bench further includes a biasing component that biases the stationary base upward relative to the mobile base.
US10376043B1
A bedside dining table includes a supporting beam mounted on top of a vertical leg. A table is mounted on a top of the supporting beam. First and second axle seats are coupled to the supporting beam. The first axle seat includes a plurality of angularly spaced positioning holes. First and second pivotal seats are coupled to the table. Two axles respectively extend through axle holes of the first and second pivotal seats and the first and second pivotal seats to permit pivotal movement therebetween. Each of the first and second pivotal seats includes an arcuate abutment face abutting an arcuate abutment face of one of the first and second axle seats. A positioning seat is mounted to the first pivotal seat. A positioning rod extends through the positioning seat and is biased by an elastic element into one of the plurality of positioning holes of the first axle seat.
US10376029B2
A luggage includes first, second, central compartments and a trolly handle. The first compartment has a first lid portion provided on an outer opening portion, two side portions, a top portion, a bottom portion, and an inner opening portion defined by inner edges of the two side portions, the top portion, and the bottom portion. The second compartment has portions similar to the first compartment. The central compartment is provided between the inner opening portions of the first compartment and the second compartment. The trolly handle has two vertical leg portions and a handle portion connected to the two vertical leg portions substantially perpendicular to each of the two vertical leg portions. Each of the two vertical leg portions of the trolly handle is embedded in a corresponding side wall portion of the central compartment.
US10376027B1
An umbrella apparatus having a canopy portion hingedly coupled to a pole portion. The umbrellas apparatus includes a rechargeable electrical power system that provides electrical power to an electromechanical opening and closing system and a light assembly and an entertainment system. A solar energy system is conductively coupled to the rechargeable electrical power system and is utilized to collect and convert solar energy to electrical energy for recharging the electrical power system. The entertainment system features a USB port and allows users to stream music and control the color of the light assembly.
US10376013B2
The no ties shoe insole system provides a removable shoe insole having a storage compartment and method for retaining shoelaces therein. The no ties shoe insole may comprise a top portion, bottom portion, lace holes, and a plurality of hook and loop type fasteners strategically placed nearest the lace holes and inside the main shoelace storage compartment. The no ties shoe insole may be opened from the top, thereby revealing a convenient compartment for storing the original shoelaces inside the heel portion of the insole. This allows an efficient way for allowing shoes to have the ability to slide on and off without the need for tying the shoelaces.
US10376011B2
A football helmet has a rigid plastic football helmet shell with a raised plateau of the shell extending from the front portion, over the crown portion, toward the back portion. This raised plateau is the only raised plateau of the shell which begins in the front portion, extends over the crown portion, and ends in the back portion. The raised plateau has a left border and a right border. The left border is composed of a plurality of segments and extends continuously from the front portion, over the crown portion, toward the back portion. The segments of the left border including at least a first segment and second segment, which meet to form an angle. A non-circular first ventilation hole through the shell has at least a first side, a second side, and a third side, and is positioned at the angle, such that the first side is adjacent to the first segment and the second side is adjacent to the second segment. The first segment extends beyond the first ventilation hole by a first distance at least as long as the first side and the second segment extending beyond the first ventilation hole by a second distance at least as long as the second side.
US10376010B2
A helmet can include an outer shell including a faceport, a first segment including a longitudinal ridge extending from a front of the helmet to a rear of the helmet, a gap disposed along the edge of the first segment, and a second segment offset from the first segment by the gap. A hinged zone can be formed by an elastomeric material disposed within the gap and coupled to the first segment and the second segment of the outer shell. The hinged zone can elastically flex in a radial direction towards a center of the helmet. An energy absorbing liner can be coupled to an inner surface of the outer shell, and an open space can be formed between an inner surface of the hinged zone and an outer surface of the energy absorbing liner.
US10376006B2
A pad arrangement comprises a layer of fabric with a pad connected to the layer of fabric. The pad includes a plurality of energy absorbing structures. Each of the plurality of energy absorbing structures includes an outer surface connected to the layer of fabric. Each of the outer surfaces is spaced apart from other outer surfaces on the pad. A plurality of buttresses extend between the energy absorbing structures, each of the plurality of buttresses extending downwardly and away from the outer surface of one or more of the energy absorbing structures.
US10376004B2
A type of PVC related disposable gloves and the manufacturing process thereof. The process includes: The PVC resin or its mixture is mixed with a plasticizer to form a glove formula mixture. The films of glove material mixture are formed with the said glove formula mixture. Two layers of the said films of glove material mixture are placed in parallel to form the glove material films An insulation layer is placed on one side of the glove material films, and a beam of electromagnetic waves is applied and distributed along a path of preset contour onto the surface of the glove material films so that the electromagnetic beam penetrates the glove material films and, as the result, the two layers of the glove material films are effectively sealed and joined along the path of preset contour; Or thermal heat is applied and distributed along a path of preset contour onto the surface of the glove material films so that the heating temperature is equal to or higher than the critical point of heat sealing temperature of the glove material films and, as the result, the two layers of the glove material films are effectively sealed and joined along the path of preset contour. Pressure is applied on the glove material films along the path of preset contour so that the two layers of the glove material films are fused integrally along the path of preset contour. A cutting edge is applied along the outer path of preset contour, and the inner part of the path of preset contour including the fused part is separated from the glove material films, while an opening at the wrist is cut, so that a piece of the PVC related disposable glove is formed. This manufacturing process of the PVC related disposable gloves greatly reduces the environmental pollutions and has a very high value for in protecting the environment.
US10376002B2
A garment assembly includes a garment and a seat. The seat includes a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface and a second side surface and defines an aperture that extends through the seat from the first side surface to the second side surface. The assembly further includes an at least partially elastic member including a first end section attached to the garment, a second end section attached to the garment, and an intermediate section extending through the seat aperture. At least one of the first end section and the second end section are elastic, and the intermediate section is elastic, such that the seat is deployable between a stowed position and a deployed position and exterior to the garment in the stowed and deployed position. The seat is configured to extend substantially vertical while stowed and substantially horizontal while deployed.
US10375999B2
A shirt has a collar stand attached to a shirt body. The collar stand comprises an inner piece and an outer piece, wherein at least one of the inner piece and the outer piece is formed from a self-fabric combined with a second material, and wherein the collar stand has stretch and recovery in at least two directions thereof.
US10375990B2
An electronic inhalation device comprising a mouthpiece (2) and a control unit (24), the control unit (24) comprising a power cell (22) and a computer (20), where the computer (20) comprises a computer processor, a memory and an input-output means; wherein the device further comprises a transmitter (18) connected to the computer (20) and the computer (20) is configured in use to collect and store use data relating to a user's use of the device in the computer memory and transmit the use data.
US10375982B2
The composition comprises a mixture of: from 65% to 80% of rock salt; from 15% to 25% of a mixture of ground seeds selected from pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, flax and poppy; from 2% to 4% of linseed oil; and from 1% to 2% of a preservative for the oleaginous components; said percentages being in weight relative to the total weight of the mixture and the saline composition presenting a homogeneous grain size distribution.
US10375981B2
High-moisture TPP and its preparation by crushing and mixing low-temperature defatted peanut protein powder and extrusion texturizing at 60° C. to 80° C. in the feeding zone, 90° C. to 100° C. in the mixing zone, 120° C. to 160° C. in the melting zone, 90° C. to 150° C. at the cooling die, and 50° C. to 100° C. in the molding zone. Water is added online during extrusion to adjust the moisture content to 45% to 60%. The cooled product is high-moisture TPP that has a moisture content of 55% or more, bright white color, fragrant taste, abundant fibrous structure, is immediately edible, and can be used as a substitute for meat in the manufacture of chicken dices, pulled meat, vegetarian sausage and the like. The method fully utilizes raw materials, has almost no waste, is continuous, has a high process integration, and low energy consumption, and it can enhance the value of peanut protein powder.
US10375971B1
A cutting board and storage assembly being mountable in a boat for filleting fish on the boat includes a box that is mountable in a boat thereby facilitating the box to store objects for fishing. A knife sharpener is coupled to and is positioned within the box to sharpen a knife. A holder is coupled to the outer wall of the box to engage the blade of the knife for storing the knife. A lid is hingedly coupled to the box for closing the box and the lid has a top surface. The top surface defines a cutting board when the lid is closed and a fish, other object, can positioned on the cutting board for filleting or otherwise cutting.
US10375959B2
The present invention relates to a herbicidal combination which comprises: a) a herbicide A which is 2-chloro-5-[3,6-dihydro-3-methyl-2,6-dioxo-4-(trifluoromethyl)-1-(2H)-pyrimidinyl]-4-fluoro-N-[[methyl-(1-methylethyl)-amino]sulfonyl]benzamide, b) a single herbicide B selected from sulfentrazone, flumioxazin, dicamba and their salts and esters, and c) at least one herbicide C different from herbicides A and B which is selected from C.1) herbicides of the group of acetolactate synthase inhibitors, C.2) herbicides of the group of protoporphyrinogen oxidase inhibitors, C.3) herbicides of the group of synthetic auxins, C.4) herbicides of the group of microtubule inhibitors, C.5) herbicides of the group of acetyl-CoA carboxylase inhibitors, C.6) herbicides of the group of photosystem II inhibitors, C.7) herbicides of the group of pigment synthesis inhibitors, and C.8) herbicides of the group of VLCFA inhibitors selected from chloroacetamide herbicides, oxyacetamide herbicides, acetamide herbicides and tetrazolinone herbicides; provided that the herbicidal combination does not include pyroxasulfone; provided that in case the components b) or c) comprise dicamba or one of its salts or esters the herbicidal combination does not include imazapyr or one of its salts; and provided that if component b) is flumioxazin and component c) is 2,4-D, 2,4-D is present as its 2-ethylhexyl ester.
US10375950B2
The present invention relates to concentrated gibberellin formulations and methods of their use.
US10375948B2
A trap for controlling termites includes a main body and an insecticide portion disposed in the main body. The main body of the trap has a hollow triangular structure and includes a first outer wall configured to contact a first installment surface, a second outer wall configured to contact a second installment surface and connected to the first outer wall so as to form an angle between the first outer wall and the second outer wall, and at least one termite entrance hole formed on the first outer wall or the second outer wall.
US10375946B2
An improved shock absorbing, light-weight, thermally insulative orthotic pad designed for use in a “pad and boot” assembly for hoofed livestock. The pad is comprised of a mixture of small particles incorporated and encased in elastomeric materials. The particles have a lower density than the elastomeric materials and possess better thermally insulative properties. The pad is preferably elliptically shaped when viewed from the top or bottom, may be wedge-shaped when viewed from the side, and may include a triangular projection designed to contact a horse's frog and/or a front projection designed to cushion an animal's toe. The pad may also have side clips and toe bumper.
US10375941B2
The invention relates to a fishing lure made up of an epoxy resin head where the fishing line will connect, a number of flexible stainless steel camouflage wire arms coming out the center backside of the head horizontally to create different width spreads on the lure. These flexible wire arms eventually bend downward to create the height of the lure, or the vertical arms with staggered lengths to them. A number of different baits can be attached to each individual arm. The flexibility of the wire arms allows adjustment of lure to keep its original shape. A center arm with multiple sized changeable weights to the far rear of invention, and the advantage of adding another bait on the end after the weight.
US10375936B2
Methods of producing non-human animal models of corneal angiogenesis and corneal ectatic diseases, such as corneal keratoconus, by applying an aromatic compound to the eye of a non-human animal are described. Also described are non-human animal models of corneal angiogenesis and corneal ectatic diseases, and methods of using the non-human animal models to screen compounds that modulate corneal angiogenesis and corneal ectatic diseases.
US10375935B2
The present embodiments provide an aviary that includes a floor, a roof, and at least one wall having a plenum to draw air adjacent the roof down the plenum toward the floor. At least one cage tower is disposed on the floor. At least one walkway is disposed adjacent the at least one cage tower and is configured to facilitate bird access to the at least one cage tower. A fan is disposed in flow communication with the plenum to circulate air in the aviary.
US10375927B2
A hood, shield, plate or other blocking device, which, when attached, or build directly on, to large animal feeders allows only the intended large sized animals access to the contents within the outlets of the feeder is disclosed. By closing under the weight of the any animal when they attempt to hang, climb, or sit on the outlet of the feeder, the invention disclosed restricts the access of any animal that is too short to reach the contents in feeder's outlet(s) without the use of the feeder supporting their weight in some manner.
US10375910B2
A process for producing a reduced tobacco-specific nitrosamine (TSNA) tobacco plant comprising reducing and/or eliminating anatabine biosynthesis in wild-type tobacco plant. In addition, use of such plants for discovery of molecular markers that are closely linked with genes required for anatabine biosynthesis and for discovery of genes required for anatabine biosynthesis. In addition, a smoking composition, a smoking article and a smokeless tobacco oral delivery product contain the tobacco material.
US10375903B2
A tree felling wedge (100) comprising at least one pressure sensor (110), an alert interface (130) and a controller (120) is provided. The controller (120) is configured to activate said tree felling wedge (100) in a tree felling monitoring mode, detect a pressure level, detect a release in said pressure level (R) indicating the falling of a tree and in response thereto provide an alert through said alert interface (130).
US10375889B2
A dual conveyor assembly for a windrower includes upper and lower conveyors. Each conveyor includes an endless conveyor element and rotatable supports spaced along a longitudinal conveyor path and entrained by the endless conveyor element. The endless conveyor elements define vertically spaced opposed runs that define the longitudinal conveyor path therebetween. The opposed runs are operable to be driven together to move a flow of severed plant material along the path. At least one of the opposed runs is shiftable relative to the other opposed run in an upright direction, while the runs are driven together, such that the opposed runs remain in moving engagement with the flow of severed plant material as the amount of severed plant material passing between the opposed runs varies.
US10375881B2
An agricultural vehicle including a chassis and a sectional header system carried by the chassis. The sectional header system includes a center section connected to the chassis and having a pair of lateral ends, at least one additional section, and at least one coupling assembly. The at least one coupling assembly includes at least one actuator and at least one connector. The at least one coupling assembly removably connects the center section to the at least one additional section. The at least one additional section is coupled to the center section in harvesting of a crop material and the at least one additional section is decoupled from the center section in transportation of the sectional header system.
US10375874B2
An agricultural implement including a frame configured to be towed behind a vehicle and a plurality of shank assemblies connected to the frame and configured for engaging a soil. Each shank assembly includes a shank mount configured to mount to the frame, a coupling arm pivotally connected to the shank mount and extending rearwardly therefrom, and a shank connected to the coupling arm at an end and extending downwardly therefrom to a tool-supporting end. Each shank assembly also includes a ground-engaging tool connected to the tool-supporting end of the shank and a variable rate spring positioned in between the shank mount and the coupling arm and configured for providing a variable ground-engaging tool load.
US10383269B2
In an electronic component mounting system 1 configured by coupling electronic component mounting devices M1 to M4A each having a first substrate transport mechanism 12A and a second substrate transport mechanism 12B together, the electronic component mounting device M4A includes a first tray feeder 20A that stores an electronic component extracted by a first mounting head 15A of a component mounting mechanism as a first work operation mechanism, and a second tray feeder 20B that stores an electronic component extracted by a second mounting head 15B of a component mounting mechanism as a second work operation mechanism.
US10383257B2
A server can be used for a cold storage application. The server can include a nest for holding a high density of bare storage drives. The nest can include a plurality of drive cooling channels residing on the underside of the nest. The server can further include rear, front, and side air flow paths for natural convection cooling.
US10383248B1
A locking mechanism and server having the same are provided. The locking structure is assembled to a rack having a positioning hole. The server including a slide rail assembly, a chassis and a locking structure. The slide rail assembly includes an outer slide rail and an inner slide rail. The chassis is fixed to one side of the inner slide rail and movable with the inner slide rail. The locking structure is fastened to the positioning hole and fixed to the inner slide rail. The locking structure includes a housing, a handle, a hook element, and a resilient element. When the handle is rotated to drive the hook element to be detached from the positioning hole, the chassis is released and movable with respect to the rack. The locking structure has a simple structural design, so costs can be reduced.
US10383242B1
An electronic device includes a main body, a handle, a fastening block element, a controlling unit, and a driving element. The handle is connected to one side of the main body and has a fastening groove. The fastening block element is disposed in the main body and detachably engaged with the fastening groove. The controlling unit is disposed in the main body and sends an unlocking signal after a shutdown process is performed. The driving element is disposed in the main body and electrically connected to the controlling unit. After the driving element receives the unlocking signal, the fastening block element is released from the fastening groove, thereby enabling the handle to protrude from the main body.
US10383238B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device of this invention includes: a display panel; a plate whose one side is attached to the rear surface of the display panel; a module cover including a forming area that is projected and recessed in at least some part to keep a distance from the plate; and a housing attached to the module cover. According to the present invention, it is possible to minimize heat transfer towards the display panel by including a module cover where a forming area is provided to keep a distance from a plate.
US10383229B2
An electronic apparatus includes a first circuit board, a stacked circuit that is provided on the first circuit board through first coupling terminals and has a structure in which arithmetic elements and memory elements are stacked through inter-element coupling terminals and to which a signal is inputted from the first circuit board, and a second circuit board that is provided on the stacked circuit through second coupling terminals and to which a result of processing is outputted from the stacked circuit, wherein a number of the first coupling terminals and a number of the second coupling terminals are smaller than that of the inter-element coupling terminals.
US10383227B2
A display apparatus including a waveguide is provided. The display apparatus includes a display panel; a backlight configured to provide light to the display panel; a heat sink configured to absorb heat generated by the backlight; a bottom chassis configured to support the backlight and the heat sink; a first circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis; a second circuit board mounted on the bottom chassis; and a waveguide formed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
US10383204B2
A superconducting accelerator includes an acceleration cavity, and a refrigerant tank at an outer circumference of the acceleration cavity. The gap between the refrigerant tank and the acceleration cavity is filled with a refrigerant for cooling the acceleration cavity. A pair of pressing members is provided to an outer circumference of the refrigerant tank to be positioned at both side ends of the acceleration cavity in a direction of a beam axis of the charged particle beam or at both ends of the acceleration cavity in a direction perpendicular to the beam axis. A wire is continuously wound around the outer circumference of the refrigerant tank and configured to generate a tensile force in a direction in which the pressing members are brought come into close each other. A tension adjustor is configured to adjust the tensile force generated by the wire.
US10383200B1
There is described a lighting control system of a building environment comprising a control device and a lighting device. The control device is capable of detecting an activation of a configuration mode of the lighting control system and controlling illumination for the building environment in response to command inputs received at a user interface. The lighting device is capable of receiving a message indicating that the activation of the configuration mode has been detected by the control device and receiving a directional signal from a directional device subsequent to receiving the message. A membership status of the lighting device in a device group is changed in response to receiving the directional signal.
US10383190B2
Systems to control light color temperature during dimming are disclosed. A power supply drives a load include a first light source (e.g., to emit a first color of light) and a second light source (e.g., to emit a second color of light). The power supply includes a front end circuit, a converter circuit, and a load current control circuit. The front end circuit receives an input voltage from a dimmer and generates a direct current (DC) voltage based on the received input voltage. The converter circuit generates a first voltage to drive the first light source and a second voltage to drive the second light source. The load current control circuit controls the current flowing through the second light source based on a light control setting configured in the dimmer.
US10383184B2
A light-emitting diode driving module includes an LED driving circuit to activate light-emitting diodes driven by a modified rectified voltage, and to adjust driving currents conducted to driving nodes to the light emitting diodes; a driving current controller to receive a dimming signal indicative of a degree of modulation of the rectified voltage, and to control currents conducted to the driving nodes depending on the dimming signal; and a current blocking circuit to block the currents of the driving nodes when a dimming level of the dimming signal decreases lower than a first threshold value, and unblock the currents of the driving nodes when the dimming level increases above a second threshold value higher than the first threshold value.
US10383182B2
An oven for heating and frying food, particularly a rapid cook oven, includes walls and an openable oven door delimiting an oven space and heaters to heat food in the oven space. Such heaters including: microwave radiation devices, a frying plate having an undersurface, and heat circulating-air devices comprising a flow duct for removing circulating air from the oven space and leading it back into the oven space after cleaning, and a fan installed in the flow duct for creating a circulating-air flow in the said flow duct. The oven additionally includes structure delimiting a cooker space, thermal insulation between the oven space and the cooker space and a heater comprising a cooker situated in the cooker space.
US10383181B2
An apparatus for applying electromagnetic energy to a dielectric fluid includes a chamber to contain the dielectric fluid. At least three parallel or coaxial electrode plates are arranged within the chamber to apply substantially equal electromagnetic energy per unit volume of the dielectric fluid between neighboring ones of the at least three electrode plates. Electrical conductors are electrically connected to electrode plates to apply a radio frequency electric field between neighboring ones of the at least three electrode plates. In one embodiment the electrode are connected in series and in another embodiment the electrodes are connected in parallel.
US10383178B2
A composite heating device for homogeneous heating of surfaces, especially curved surfaces, such as in particular for homogeneous heating of steering wheels, the composite heating device having a heating element and a multipart thermally conductive layer that includes at least two thermally conductive portions with different thermal conductivities, a first portion of the thermally conductive portions being in contact with the heating element. Steering wheel integrating such a composite heating device.
US10383171B2
A distributed antenna system (DAS) according to an aspect of the inventive concept includes a first node unit for receiving first digital data in accordance with a digital interface standard from a base station, converting the first digital data into second digital data in accordance with a DAS frame standard, and a second node unit for receiving the second digital data from the first node unit, and restoring the first digital data based on the second digital data.
US10383170B2
A system for customizing a hotel, timeshare, or rental property guest experience includes a layered in-room PaaS System with an IOT network control module configured to control a plurality of IOT connected room devices including a remotely controlled electronic or mechanical devices; a Cloud platform to collect system, property and guest data that will then be processed through analytics and algorithms to improve the guest experience and deliver cost savings for the property, a mobile app running on a guest mobile device, the mobile app configured to remotely control the IOT network control module; an enterprise server configured to communicate with the IOT network control module; and a local computing module configured to communicate with the enterprise server, wherein the enterprise server controls the transmission of data between the IOT network control module and the property.
US10383158B2
A method for transmitting acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information of a user equipment (UE) configured with two serving cells including a first serving cell and a second serving cell, the method including receiving two transport blocks (TBs) through a downlink subframe of the first serving cell, receiving one TB through a downlink subframe of the second serving cell and transmitting ACK/NACK information informing ACK/NACKs for the two TBs and the one TB through an uplink subframe of the first serving cell, wherein the ACK/NACK information informs the ACK/NACKs for the two TBs and the one TB by a combination of one resource selected from a plurality of candidate resources and two bits transmitted through the one resource.
US10383154B2
Embodiments provide a signal sending method and a device, and relates to the communications field. The method includes determining, by a device, whether a CCA end moment is a first signal sending moment; and if the CCA end moment is the first signal sending moment, sending, by the device, a signal at the first signal sending moment. The present invention is used for signal sending.
US10383153B2
There is provided a base station of a radio communication system including the base station and one or more mobile stations that communicate with the base station, including a receiver that receives, from each of the one or more mobile stations, a signal of a specific random access sequence of random access sequences; and an identifier that identifies the specific random access sequence of the random access sequences and a receiving direction in which the signal of the specific random access sequence is received, based on absolute values of total values, each of the total values being obtained by calculating correlation values for combinations between signals in respective reception directions to which weights corresponding to the reception directions are applied and the random access sequences, and by adding the correlation values for the combinations corresponding to one random access sequence of the random access sequences.
US10383145B2
An evolved NodeB (eNB) for scheduling multiple Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) cells is described that includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to perform clear channel assessment (CCA) detection and obtain a channel status at a configured Licensed-Assisted Access (LAA) secondary cell (SCell). The instructions are also executable to manage a counter. The instructions are further executable to determine whether the counter is reduced or suspended if the channel is sensed to be idle. The instructions are additionally executable to reduce the counter if determined, otherwise suspend the counter and move to a next channel sensing.
US10383139B2
A method includes: transmitting, by a transmitting user equipment (UE), scheduling signaling to a receiving UE, where the scheduling signaling includes frequency domain resource information, a quantity of cycles that can be occupied, or transmission pattern information. The method further includes transmitting, by the transmitting UE, user data to the receiving UE according to the scheduling signaling, so that the receiving UE receives the user data according to the scheduling signaling.
US10383137B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide methods and apparatuses that can provide sidelink grant information to out-of-coverage (OoC) sidelink devices. When one or more sidelink devices are out of a coverage area of a base station, an in-coverage device receiving sidelink grant information from the base station can retransmit, relay, or rebroadcast sidelink grant information to the OoC sidelink devices to enable sidelink communication with the OoC device or facilitate sidelink communication between OoC devices.
US10383136B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which a scheduling entity determines a first direction of a backhaul link traffic between a first scheduling entity and a second scheduling entity, and determines a second direction of an access link traffic between the scheduling entity and a user equipment (UE) based on the first direction of the backhaul link traffic to reduce potential interference caused by the access link traffic. The scheduling entity transmits or receives the access link traffic in the second direction utilizing at least one of a same transmission resource of the backhaul link traffic. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US10383130B2
A method and system for managing Wireless Avionics Intra-Communication Systems (WAICSs) in a Radio Altimeter (RA) band is disclosed. The method includes allocating, by a communication management device, a plurality of RA sub-bands within the RA band to a plurality of WAICS transmitters, wherein each of the plurality of WAICS transmitters is allocated at least one of the plurality of RA sub-bands; detecting, by the communication management device, overlap of an RA signal with at least one RA sub-band from the plurality of RA sub-bands; and switching off, iteratively by the communication management device, at least one of the plurality of WAICS transmitters whose allocated RA-sub-band overlaps with at least a part of the RA signal.
US10383129B2
A communications system comprising a plurality of a communications devices and an infrastructure equipment. The infrastructure equipment is configured to communicate with one or more of the plurality of communication devices via a wireless access interface and the plurality of communications devices are configured to perform device-to-device communication with one or more others of the plurality of communications devices via the wireless access interface and to communicate with the infrastructure equipment via the wireless access interface. One of the plurality of communications devices is configured to transmit data in resources of the wireless access interface to one or more of the communications devices and one or more of the communications devices are configured to detect signals in the wireless access interface from the infrastructure equipment, the signals indicating potential interference in the wireless access interface, and to provide, in response to detecting the signals, an indication of the resources of the wireless access interface to the infrastructure equipment.
US10383119B2
Disclosed is a method by which a terminal sets a resource pool for device-to-device communication in a wireless communication system. Particularly, the method comprises the steps of: acquiring information on a scheduling assignment (SA) resource pool through a synchronization step with a specific terminal; detecting a resource allocation SA in the SA resource pool; receiving a first D2D data channel including a resource pool allocation message on the basis of the resource allocation SA; and setting a resource pool for a second D2D data channel including user data and/or a resource pool for a discovery signal, according to the resource pool allocation message.
US10383117B2
A method includes receiving, at a mobile device, resource pool configuration information, the resource pool configuration information comprising a bitmap to determine the resource pool and determining, for a period having a plurality of consecutive subframes, a first subset of subframes by excluding, from the plurality of consecutive subframes, subframes in which a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) resource is configured and subframes other than uplink subframes. The method also includes determining, for the period, a second subset of subframes by excluding, from the first subset of subframes, one or more subframes, wherein a quantity of the second subset of subframes corresponds to an integer multiple of a length of the bitmap, and determining, based on a plurality of repetitions of the bitmap, the resource pool for a sidelink transmission from the second subset of subframes.
US10383115B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for generating and communicating transport blocks. Certain aspects provide a method for allocating an ordered set of packets to a plurality of layers across a plurality of time resources. The method includes allocating one or more packets of the ordered set of packets in order across each of the plurality of layers prior to allocating packets of the ordered set of packets to each of the time resources of any one of the plurality of layers. The method further includes transmitting the plurality of layers.
US10383102B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a PDCCH monitoring in a carrier aggregation with at least one SCell operating in an unlicensed spectrum, the method comprising: configuring with a first cell group including at least one first cell and a second cell group including at least one second cell served by an eNB; receiving first information for configuring with DRX operation; receiving second information for configuring with additional monitoring period for the second cell group; monitoring a PDCCH signal for a first cell of the first cell group in subframes indicated by the first information; and monitoring a PDCCH signal for a second cell of the second cell group in subframes indicated by the first information and the second information.
US10383099B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system and provides an efficient control information transmission method and apparatus for supporting a multiple antenna transmission technique. A method is provided for transmitting downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) information related to an uplink multiple codeword transmission and includes receiving the uplink multiple codeword transmission, generating HARQ information related to each of the multiple codewords based on a result of decoding each of the multiple codewords, modulating the HARQ information, and transmitting the modulated HARQ information via one or more physical HARQ indicator channels (PHICHs).
US10383089B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a device to device (D2D) signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method for transmitting a D2D signal comprises the steps of: configuring a resource pool comprising a plurality of resource units for transmitting the D2D signal; determining the number of transmission attempts for the D2D signal; selecting as many resource units as the number of transmission attempts from among the resource units in the resource pool; and determining whether the selected resource units are in the busy state or in the idle state over time, and when it is determined that the selected resource units are in the idle state, transmitting the D2D signal to a target terminal.
US10383084B2
Described herein are techniques for determining a location of a disconnected device. In an example, a method includes instructing a first access point to sniff a wireless channel for probe request packets from disconnected devices, and instructing the first access point to send a distance-probing packet to a disconnected device after receiving a probe request packet from the disconnected device. The method further includes receiving, from the first access point, a MAC address of the disconnected device determined from the received probe request packet. After receiving the MAC address from the first access point, a group of access points is instructed to send distance-probing packets to the disconnected device. The method further includes receiving, from the first access point and the group of access points, time-of-flight measurements associated with the disconnected device. A location of the disconnected device can be determined using the time-of-flight measurements.
US10383080B2
User equipment (UE), an enhanced NodeB (eNB) and method of improving positioning accuracy and enabling vertical domain positioning of the UE are generally described. The UE may receive a prsInfo control signal having at least one PRS configuration and subsequently a plurality of Reference Signals (RSs). The RSs may have a first Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) pattern in a first set of PRS subframes and a second PRS pattern in a second set of PRS subframes received prior to a subsequent first set of PRS subframes. The RSs may have a vertical positioning RS and a lateral positioning RS. The UE may measure PRS resource elements (REs), each having a PRS, in the first and second PRS pattern. The UE may transmit a measurement of the PRS in the first and second PRS pattern. The patterns may enable horizontal and vertical positioning to be determined.
US10383079B2
The present invention has an object to provide a mobile communication system capable of performing communication between a user equipment device connected to a relay device and a core network if the relay device moves. An RN (1508) sets a TA of an eNB to be connected with the own device as a TA of the own device. For example, when the RN (1508) moves along an arrow (1500), the TA of the RN (1508) is changed from a first TA (1601) to which a fourth eNB (1525) belongs to a third TA (1602) to which a tenth eNB (1505) belongs. Upon change of the TA of the RN (1508) as described above, a user equipment device (UE; 1509) transmits a TA update request signal of the own device to a target second MME (1501).
US10383077B2
The scheduling flexibility of CSI reference signals enables time and frequency synchronization using multiple non-zero CSI-RSs transmitted in the same subframe, or using CSI-RSs transmitted in the same subframe with other synchronization signals. Also, multiple synchronization signals may be scheduled in the same subframe to enable fine time and frequency synchronization without cell-specific reference signals.
US10383076B2
The present disclosure relates to a method used in a radio node, and an associated radio node. The radio node is served by a superior radio node and serves one or more subordinate radio nodes. The method includes: receiving a first synchronization signal from the superior radio node; obtaining a first downlink transmission time position for the first synchronization signal; determining a second downlink transmission time position for a second synchronization signal to be transmitted by the radio node, based on the first downlink transmission time position; and transmitting the second synchronization signal via the second downlink transmission time position to the one or more subordinate radio nodes.
US10383075B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). According to the present disclosure, a method for providing a connection with a radio access network via a wireless backhaul comprises determining one of a first state in which a first node connected with the radio access network is operated using all of beams and a second state in which the first node is operated using an beam of the first node determined in the first state as an operation mode of the first node and providing, by the first node, the connection with the radio access network to a radio access node in the determined operation mode.
US10383070B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for transmitting a synchronization signal. The method of the present invention includes: determining, by a first terminal, a D2D type, where the D2D type includes D2D discovery and D2D communication; and transmitting, by the first terminal, a synchronization signal according to the determined D2D type. Therefore, synchronization signals transmitted by terminals of different D2D types do not affect each other, avoiding that a second terminal detects and receives a synchronization signal that does not correspond to a D2D type of the second terminal and ensuring that user direct-connection communication can be performed correctly and efficiently.
US10383065B2
A first applied Additional Maximum Power Reduction (A-MPR) can be determined as the maximum of a first A-MPR and a second A-MPR if a device is configured for carrier aggregation. A second applied A-MPR can be determined as the maximum of a third A-MPR and a fourth A-MPR if the device is configured for transmission only on the primary cell. A transmitter can be configured for carrier aggregation transmission if the first applied A-MPR is less than or equal to the second applied A-MPR. The transmitter can be configured for transmission only on the primary cell if the second applied A-MPR is less than the first applied A-MPR. The uplink control channel can be transmitted with a power reduction no greater than the applied A-MPR for the selected transmitter configuration.
US10383063B2
A link-budget-limited wireless communication device (UE) may implement improved radio link monitoring procedures for enhancing the link-budget of the UE. The UE may monitor the radio link and may determine whether the radio link can support a lowest acceptable link quality according to a hysteresis-based comparison that uses threshold values to determine error rates associated with a physical control channel. The UE may also identify itself to the network as a link-budget-limited device, and the network may enable special link-budget enhancing features for the UE, including boosting the power of the resource elements (REs) carrying physical channel signaling/data to the UE. The UE may detect the presence of power boost and may estimate/determine the power boost level. The UE may modify the threshold values based on the power boost detection and/or results of the power boost level estimation/determination, and may use the modified threshold values for determining radio link quality during radio link monitoring.
US10383041B2
The present application relates to a method of generating a downlink frame. The method of generating the downlink frame includes: generating a first short sequence and a second short sequence indicating cell group information; generating a first scrambling sequence and a second scrambling sequence determined by the primary synchronization signal; generating a third scrambling sequence determined by the first short sequence and a fourth scrambling sequence determined by the second short sequence; scrambling the short sequences with the respective scrambling sequences; and mapping the secondary synchronization signal that includes the first short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the second scrambling sequence and the third scrambling sequence, the second short sequence scrambled with the first scrambling sequence and the first short sequence scrambled by the second scrambling sequence and the fourth scrambling sequence to a frequency domain.
US10383037B1
Example method includes: reporting, by a network device, a detection of a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon message from a first BLE device deployed in a wireless local area network (WLAN) serving a plurality of tenants; receiving, by the network device, information about a first tenant assigned to the first BLE device from a server; determining, by the network device, a first universally unique identifier (UUID) uniquely corresponding to the first tenant; and configuring, by the network device, the first BLE device to broadcast a first plurality of BLE beacon messages using the first UUID, wherein a second and different BLE device deployed in the WLAN is configured to broadcast a second plurality of BLE beacon messages using a second UUID that is different from the first UUID, the second UUID uniquely corresponding to a second tenant different from the first tenant in the plurality of tenants.
US10383034B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving resource allocation information in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes allocating resources for each of one or more device-to-device (D2D) discovery resources pools, generating information related to resources allocated for each of the one or more D2D discovery resource pools, and transmitting the generated information.
US10383027B1
A provider edge device may receive a first MAC/IP route advertisement that identifies a MAC route, or a MAC and IP route, relating to an endpoint device. The provider edge device may generate and provide a MAC/IP route proxy advertisement based on the MAC route or the MAC and IP route, detect a potential decrease in reliability of the MAC route or the MAC and IP route, broadcast a request to verify the reliability of the MAC and IP route, determine whether the reliability of the MAC route, or the MAC and IP route, has decreased, and perform an action to cause withdrawal of the MAC/IP route proxy advertisement, or to cause a second MAC/IP route advertisement that identifies the MAC route, or the MAC and IP route, to be provided, based on determining whether the reliability of the MAC route, or the MAC and IP route, has decreased.
US10383022B2
A method includes identifying one or more elephant flows operated by a plurality of user equipment (UE) terminals located in a first coverage area, comparing the one or more elephant flows to threshold characteristics, determining whether the coverage area is congested, causing handover of the plurality of UE terminals from the first coverage area when the one or more elephant flows exceed the threshold characteristics and the first coverage area is congested.
US10383019B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving streaming media while switching between different networks is described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a portion of a streaming media through a data connection on a first communication channel between a mobile device and a first network, and while the portion of the streaming media is being received through the data connection on the first communication channel, detecting that a second communication channel between the mobile device and a second network is available, establishing a data connection on the second communication channel, and receiving data through the second data connection on the second communication channel.
US10383011B2
Small base station, micro, femto or pico BTS (PBS) are connected via Un interface to a donor eNB DeNB. In case of a handover from that PBS packets that had not been acknowledged by a UE need to be forwarded to the target base station. Forwarding them via Un and DeNB to the target eNB causes latency and wast radio resources on Un. Thus, the DeNB uses information about the handover to buffer packets and, after being informed by PBS, forward those packets that had not been acknowledged by the UE. This procedure, therefore, saves resources on Un interface and reduces latency. No forwarding of those packets from PBS to DeNB is required. There is provided a method for forwarding data to a wireless terminal. The method is performed by a proxy node. The method comprises receiving data on a link between a core network and a backhaul hub node. The data is addressed to a wireless terminal served by, or handed over from, a serving network node. The method comprises receiving a first indication to forward the data to a target network node of the wireless terminal. The method comprises forwarding the data towards the target network node in response thereto. There is also provided a computer program for such a method and a proxy node configured to perform such a method.
US10383008B2
A first base station may receive from a second base station, a first message. The first message may comprise first configuration parameters of a plurality of cells of the second base station. The first configuration parameters may comprise: a first identifier of a first cell of the plurality of cells; and at least one first Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) parameter of the first cell indicating whether the first cell supports at least one first V2X service. The first base station may make a handover decision for a wireless device based at least on the at least one first V2X parameter. The first base station may send to the second base station, a handover request message for the wireless device in response to the handover decision.
US10383007B2
Provided are a communication method and an apparatus utilizing the same in a wireless communication system. The apparatus configures a resource reservation period (RRP), the period during which channel access by the apparatus permitted in an unlicensed band is not permitted. When the permission conditions are met, the apparatus accesses the channel during the RRP.
US10383006B2
Tier switching of spectrum access priority tier levels for networks in a multi-tier level spectrum access system is disclosed. The tier switching may be based on conditions in the networks to allow more efficient network/system operation. In an implementation, the switching of tier levels may be a swap of tier levels between a network/device and another network/device. In this case, the tier level of a network/device is switched or swapped with the tier level of another network/device and each network device operates at the tier level of the other network/device. In another implementation, the switching of tier levels may be a switching of tier levels used by a single network or a single device without any swap occurring with another network or device. In this case, the tier level of a network or device may be switched to another tier level for operation in the SAS.
US10383004B2
In an embodiment, there is provided a method for optimization of IP traffic between a User Equipment having access to an IP network via an IP Connectivity Access Network, and an IP connection endpoint in said IP network, for an application allowing a choice in said IP connection endpoint, said method comprising at least one step based on a selection of an IP connection endpoint according to end-to-end IP traffic optimization criteria.
US10383001B2
A method for generating a packet of transmitting apparatus is provided. The method includes: setting a value of a Deleted Null Packet (DNP) counter to zero; increasing the value for each deleted null packet preceding a non-null transport stream (TS) packet; and generating a packet comprising a header and a payload, wherein the header includes a DNP field, the payload includes the non-null TS packet, and the value of the DNP counter is used to set the DNP field.
US10382980B2
The present invention relates to the field of mobile communications technologies, and in particular, to a signal transmission method, and an apparatus. In this solution, a technical feature of sending, to a receive end, an alternative transmission configuration corresponding to a selected first CQI is used. In this technical feature, the alternative transmission configuration sent to the receive end is an alternative transmission configuration corresponding to the selected first CQI. The technical feature can overcome disadvantages of relatively low accuracy of a signal obtained through demodulation by the receive end and relatively high feedback overheads in a signal transmission process. Therefore, the present invention can overcome the disadvantages of relatively low accuracy of a signal obtained through demodulation by the receive end and relatively high feedback overheads in the signal transmission process.
US10382973B1
In one embodiment, a device determines locations of a plurality of transmitters relative to a particular wireless access point in a wireless network. One of the transmitters comprises a target client to which the particular wireless access point is to communicate. The device compares a plurality of beamforming patterns associated with the particular wireless access point to the determined locations. The device selects, based on the comparison, one of the beamforming patterns for use by the particular wireless access point to communicate with the target client. The device controls the particular wireless access point to use the selected beamforming pattern to communicate with the target client.
US10382957B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward methods, apparatuses and systems for operating at a fluid-maintenance site. In certain embodiments, the methods, apparatuses, and systems include a fluid filter, a sensor that provides parameters that characterize fluid flowing through the fluid filter, and a wireless interface circuit. The wireless interface circuit operates in a set-up mode and a normal-operation mode. In the set-up mode, the wireless interface circuit operates by communicating authentication data with a mobile data-processing device while the mobile data-processing device is proximate to the fluid-maintenance site. In the normal-operation mode, the wireless interface circuit operates by sending the parameters wirelessly, according to the authentication protocol, to a remotely-situated server via a wireless communication medium and a broadband connection.
US10382945B2
A method (100) in a network node is disclosed, the method for delivering data services to a roaming user accessing the services via a user equipment device. The method comprises identifying services to be made available to the user when roaming (110) presenting the identified services to the user equipment device (120), and filtering at least one of data traffic to the user equipment device or data traffic from the user equipment device according to a relation of the data traffic to the identified services (130). Also disclosed is a method (600) in a user equipment device, the method for accessing data services when roaming. The method comprises accessing, from a network node, an identification of services available to a user of the user equipment device when roaming (610), selecting, from the identification of services, services for presentation to the user (620), presenting the selected services to the user (630), and on request of a presented service by the user, initiating a connection to a provider of the requested service (650). Also disclosed are a computer program product for carrying out the above methods and a network node (400, 500) and user equipment device (700, 800) configured to carry out the above methods.
US10382942B2
A method and system for connecting a power tool with a mobile device. The mobile device receives a user request to connect to a power tool and transmits a short-range advertisement. The power tool receives the short-range advertisement and transmits a signal. The mobile device receives the signal from the power tool and determines a signal strength. The mobile device compares the signal strength to a predetermined signal strength value. When the signal strength value exceeds the predetermined signal strength value, the mobile device connects with the power tool.
US10382929B2
A method for communicating with a given device that is located at a given direction, the method may include transmitting a triggering signal, by a communication device and over a directional communication link; receiving, by the communication device, one or more responses to the triggering signal, wherein the one or more responses originate from one or more devices; participating in determining of whether the one or more devices comprises the given device or receiving indication about whether the one or more devices comprises the given device; and when the one or more devices comprises the given device then attempting, by the communication device, to establish communication with the given device.
US10382928B2
A computing device of an Internet of Things (“IoT”) system receives an indication signal indicating whether a physical resource of an IoT device is in use from the IoT device, and determines whether the physical resource is being used based on the indication signal. When the physical resource is not being used, the computing device uses the physical resource of the IoT device.
US10382917B2
In general, certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and systems for a building-integrated communication system. The system comprises a building, one or more processors, and memory. The memory includes one or more programs comprising instructions for transmitting one or more data packets over a network to one or more mobile user devices, the one or more data packets including identification information for a user; authenticating the user based on the identification information; monitoring actions of the user, wherein monitoring includes adding occurrence events and corresponding locations to a data base; and predicting a future action of the user based on the monitored actions.
US10382913B2
A method and system enabling an initiator based process for preventing distracted driving is provided. The method includes continuously retrieving by a mobile device from a plurality of sensing devices, sensor data. The sensor data is analyzed and based on the analysis it is determined that a user of the mobile device is currently operating a vehicle. A message is generated indicating that the user is currently operating the vehicle. The message is transmitted to and stored by a server.
US10382911B2
The present invention includes a system for providing a mobile-based crowdsourcing platform configured to provide an intuitive and semi-automated means of collecting and managing user-driven data by leveraging text messages. The crowdsourcing platform is configured to leverage a Short Message Service (SMS) communication system for generating and transmitting command text messages to mobile devices of users of the service. The command text messages essentially elicit or otherwise train/educate the user's mobile device to automatically transmit requested data back to the crowdsourcing platform, the requested data including the location or position of the user within a given environment.
US10382902B2
A device may receive, via an interface of the device, information associated with a broadcast enterprise message that is to be provided to a plurality of user devices. The device may provide the broadcast enterprise message to a plurality of user devices. The device may receive, from a user device, a response to the broadcast enterprise message. The device may generate a message thread that includes the broadcast enterprise message and the response. The device may provide, via the interface, information associated with the message thread.
US10382890B1
Embodiments are directed to geo-fencing and methods for ensuring the number of elements in a given cache entry in a geo-fence server is consistent, and managing requests to retrieve cache elements from the geo-fence server for use by a mobile computer device. Having determined whether the grid tile within which a mobile computer is located is wholly within the page boundary of a page of geo-fence data, a geo-fence server provides the page to the mobile computer device if the number of geo-fences in the page does not exceed a predetermined number of geo-fences. Otherwise, the size of the grid tile is reduced by a depth index. The geo-fence server then determines if the new smaller grid tile is with the page boundary and performs repeats the process until the appropriate page having an appropriate number of geo-fence data therein can be provided to the mobile computer device.
US10382883B2
A method for calibrating geolocation analytic system in a wireless network includes receiving a first data set including measurement data associated with a mobile device connected to the wireless network from a first data source. A second data set comprising external geo-location data associated with the mobile device is received from a second data source. The first data set is compared to the second data set to estimate geo-location of the mobile device and to identify one or more errors using calibration function. The identified one or more errors are corrected based on the comparison.
US10382873B2
In a wireless microphone system, a master device includes a master device control unit that generates a communication table in which a pair of a carrier wave and a slot which are used for communication with m microphone slave devices are set for one frame period, based on a total number of six carrier waves in a DECT system and n slots constituting one frame period of the DECT system, and k wireless processing units that perform communication using the DECT system with corresponding individual microphone slave devices among m microphone slave devices, based on the generated communication table. The k wireless processing units respectively operate synchronously based on the same clock signal.
US10382872B2
The present subject matter provides a hearing device with selective adjustment of processor settings based on various characteristics of an input sound, in response to adjustment of output sound volume by a user. This addresses problems of undesirable sound effects resulting from applying same changes to processor settings to input sounds of all levels, frequencies, and classes.
US10382859B2
A loudspeaker comprises an enclosure, at least one dynamic driver mounted in the enclosure, and at least one porous monolithic block comprises of a gas adsorbing material and a binder. The at least one porous monolithic block comprises a plurality of pores and is mounted within the enclosure.
US10382849B2
Apparatus including: an audio capture application configured to determine separate microphones from a plurality of microphones and identify a sound source direction of at least one audio source within an audio scene by analyzing respective two or more audio signals from the separate microphones, wherein the audio capture application is further configured to adaptively select, from the plurality of microphones, two or more respective audio signals based on the determined direction and furthermore configured to select, from the two or more respective audio signals, a reference audio signal also based on the determined direction; and a signal generator configured to generate a mid signal representing the at least one audio source based on a combination of the selected two or more respective audio signals and with reference to the reference audio signal.
US10382838B2
Example management closures (110) enable incoming optical and/or electrical signals to be connected to one or more subscribers (109) via an electrical distribution cable (102). Termination connections within the management closure (110) are connected to active electronic equipment (131) for modifying and/or enhancing the incoming signals. However, the connections between the central office (101), the active electronic equipment (131), and a subscriber (109) need not be made until the subscriber requests a service upgrade. Accordingly, the closure (110) allows for simple and low cost installation of the closure (110) before upgraded service is needed.
US10382837B2
Techniques for linking and browsing media on a television (TV) are provided. A selected program, which is associated with a channel of the TV, is detected and additional content, which is associated with that channel and/or the selected program, is dynamically acquired from one or more external sources. The additional content is formatted as links and simultaneously presented within a display of the TV along with the selected program that continues to play on the TV. Furthermore, activation of any link results in the additional content being dynamically acquired and presented within the display.
US10382831B2
Various embodiments relate to disrupting signals (e.g., over Multimedia over Coax or from a service provider) to determine signal recovery. A first device may receive signals from a network. The first device may receive a first input to switch the received signals from a first communication path between the network and a second device, to a second communication path for a predetermined interval. The switching of communication paths may be done by a network disruption device. When the signals are switched to the second communication path, the signals may be blocked from being received at the second device. The network disruption device may then switch the signals from the first communication path to the second communication path to block the signals for the predetermined interval. The network disruption device may then switch the signals from the second communication path to the first communication path after the predetermined interval has expired.
US10382825B2
Method and systems are disclosed for presenting media asset identifiers retrieved based on a user search criteria. User's input of a first information, a second information, and a third information is received. The system identifies an information type associated with each received information. If the first information and the third information are associated with the same information type, a first query is created that combines the first information and the third information to retrieve media asset identifiers according to information type instructions associated with the first information type. The second information is integrated into the first query. If the second information and the third information are associated with the same information type, a second query is created that combines that second information and the third information to retrieve media asset identifiers according to instructions associated with the second information type. The first information is integrated into the second query.
US10382823B2
One or more computing devices, systems, and/or methods for displaying content associated with a video element of a video are provided. For example, a video may comprise video elements (e.g., pixels of frames of the video depicting an entity such as a car, an actor, a monument, etc.) that are tagged with content tags (e.g., a textual string such as a search query used to obtain content from content providers). When a user interacts with the video element (e.g., a touch gesture, such as a pressure sensitive gesture, on a video element depicting the actor), content associated with a content tag used to tag the video element may be retrieved (e.g., an image, a social network profile, search results, and/or other content associated with the actor). In this way, the content may be provided to the user for further action or learning about the entity depicted by the video element.
US10382820B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for adjusting a bandwidth allocation for a traffic flow associated with a user as a function of a sensed characteristic of the user. A communication device has a sensor data receiver for receiving sensor data pertaining to a sensed characteristic of a user, and circuitry implementing an IRSCU (information representative of the sensed characteristic of the user) messenger configured for sending, to a network entity used for adjusting a bandwidth allocation for a traffic flow associated with the user, a message containing IRSCU. A network management entity, which receives the IRSCU, has circuitry implementing a bandwidth adjustor, which is configured for adjusting, based on the IRSCU, a bandwidth allocation for a traffic flow associated with the user. Accordingly, the bandwidth allocation for the traffic flow associated with the user is adjusted as a function of the sensed characteristic of the user.
US10382819B2
Items having a plurality of attributes associated therewith, each of said associated attributes having a rating, the rating indicating the importance of the attribute to the user can be selected (201) and displayed (205) with its associated attributes and corresponding ratings. The ratings can be adjusted (207) and at least one item similar to one of the selected at least one first item is selected (209) based on the rating of at least one of the displayed attributes.
US10382803B2
A display device includes a USB Type-C connector module, an audio/video signal switching unit, a processing unit, and a display unit. The USB Type-C connector module includes a USB Type-C connector, a configuration channel logic IC, and a channel switching multiplexer. The processing unit selectively reads a channel setting state from one of the configuration channel logic IC and the channel switching multiplexer and determines whether the channel setting state includes an audio/video channel. When the processing unit determines that the channel setting state includes the audio/video channel, the processing unit controls the audio/video switching unit to switch a signal source of the display unit to a signal source of the USB Type-C connector module.
