US10562873B1
Methods of producing glycidyl nitrate. The method comprises reacting glycerol and nitric acid in a microfluidic reactor to form a nitrated glycerol compound. The microfluidic reactor comprises a reaction volume of the microfluidic reactor of less than about 20 ml and an inner diameter of a reaction channel of the microfluidic reactor of less than or equal to about 1000 μm. The nitrated glycerol compound is reacted with a base in the microfluidic reactor to form glycidyl nitrate. Additional methods of producing glycidyl nitrate are also disclosed.
US10562868B2
Disclosed are polyfunctional compounds of formula: as well as methods for preparing same and the uses thereof, in particular in orthogonal or bioorthogonal processes.
US10562855B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel crystalline form of lenvatinib mesylate and the preparation method thereof. The novel crystalline form of mesylate of the present disclosure can be used for treating invasive and differentiated thyroid cancer. The novel crystalline form of mesylate of the present disclosure has good solubility, stability, and remarkable purification effect in process. The preparation method of this novel crystalline form is simple, low cost, and has an important value for future optimization and development of the drug.
US10562853B2
The invention concerns compounds that possess a high affinity at 5-HT1A receptors and an agonist efficacy, as measured by Emax values from a cellular activation assay, that is higher than that of the compounds described in prior art. The capacity of the compounds of the invention to activate an effector protein complex is higher than that the most efficacious agonist described in prior art. Compounds of the invention also exhibit an exceptionally high selectivity (Ki ratio greater than 1000-fold) with respect, in particular, to dopamine D2 receptors and adrenergic receptors of the alpha1 subtype. This selectivity which constitutes a great advantage since it means that the compounds will avoid inducing (central and peripheral) effects associated with activating or inhibiting such receptors.
US10562850B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula I, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are inhibitors of plasma kallikrein. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one compound of the invention, and methods involving use of the compounds and compositions of the invention in the treatment and prevention of diseases and conditions characterized by unwanted plasma kallikrein activity.
US10562845B2
A compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 according to the present invention can coordinate with metal ions to form a bidirectional or multidirectional metal-organic hybrid structure. Thus, the present invention can synthesize various ligands using amine-aldehyde condensation, and synthesize metal-organic materials using the same.
US10562838B2
Process comprising the following process steps: a) introducing an ethylenically unsaturated compound; b) adding a ligand-metal complex comprising Pd and a bidentate phosphine ligand, or adding a bidentate phosphine ligand and a compound which comprises Pd; c) adding an alcohol; d) supplying CO; e) heating the reaction mixture, the ethylenically unsaturated compound being reacted to form an ester, where the reaction mixture is admixed with less than 0.1 mol %, based on the amount of substance of the ethylenically unsaturated compound, of Brønsted acids having an acid strength of pKa≤3, characterized in that the phosphine ligand is substituted on at least one phosphorus atom by at least one heteroaryl radical.
US10562830B2
The present invention provides a gas separation system and a gas separation method capable of separating various types of hydrocarbon gas with high selectivity, and a gas separation system is for separating one type or more of hydrocarbon gases from mixed gas consisting of two types or more of hydrocarbon gases; having a porous metal-organic complex having pores determined by metal ion-containing planar ligands facing each other and pillar ligands coordinating between the planar ligands, and a controller for controlling at least a pressure of the mixed gas; and in which the pressure is controlled to control adsorption of the hydrocarbon gas to the porous metal-organic complex or desorption thereof from the porous metal-organic complex.
US10562821B2
A toughened ceramic material includes at least one boride and a refractory metal, or at least two borides, one carbide at least, and a refractory metal. The toughened ceramic material is by means of heating and smelting the above materials. During the process of preparing the toughened ceramic material by heating and smelting, substantially all the refractory metal reacts with the boride and/or the carbide to form a toughened ceramic material with a high toughness and substantially without metallic cemented phase.
US10562817B2
A gypsum fiber board produced in a Siempelkamp dry-process, comprising 75 wt % to 90 wt % (relative to the total dry mix) of calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate and 10 wt % to 25 wt % (relative to the total dry mix) paper fibers, wherein the calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate is a mixture of α-calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate and β-calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate, wherein the content of α-calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate in the mixture is at least 5 wt % (relative to the total calcium sulfate hemi-hydrate) is disclosed. Also disclosed is a method for producing a gypsum fiber board of a thickness of 23 mm in a Siempelkamp dry-process.
US10562814B2
A bare optical fiber coating device includes: a nipple having a nipple hole through which a bare optical fiber is inserted vertically from above; an intermediate die that has an intermediate die hole through which the bare optical fiber passing through the nipple hole is inserted and that is disposed vertically below the nipple; a first coating die that has a first coating die hole through which the bare optical fiber passing through the intermediate die hole is inserted and that is provided vertically below the intermediate die; and a first resin circulation chamber that is formed by the nipple and the intermediate die, is formed between the nipple hole and the intermediate die hole in an annular shape surrounding the bare optical fiber passing through the nipple hole, and is configured to circulate liquid resin.
US10562808B2
A highly crystalline transparent, translucent or opaque lithium aluminium silicate (LAS) glass-ceramic which has a proportion of residual glass phase of less than 20% by weight and also the use thereof is described.
US10562797B2
A liquid treatment apparatus includes a flow channel, first and second electrodes at least part of each of which is disposed within the flow channel, an insulator, a gas supply device, and a power supply source that applies a voltage between the first and second electrodes and generates plasma. The insulator has a tubular shape and an opening on an end surface of the insulator, and surrounds a lateral surface of the first electrode with a space interposed between the insulator and the first electrode. The gas supply device supplies and ejects a gas into the liquid via the opening. At least part of the flow channel extends in a first direction which is inclined with respect to a horizontal direction so that the liquid flows obliquely upward with respect to the horizontal direction. The opening is positioned within the at least part of the flow channel.
US10562782B2
Process for making purified hydrogen cyanide. The process includes feeding a reaction product including HCN, water, and organonitriles to a separation vessel; taking a liquid slip stream of HCN, water and organonitriles from the separation vessel; and feeding the liquid slipstream into a sidestream stripper to purge nitriles from the HCN reaction product.
US10562778B2
Improved sealing of Siemens reactor electrodes which results in improved reactor campaign times, is accomplished by use of an electrically insulating ring in combination with two seals, a first seal located in a groove in the insulating ring or in a groove in the reactor base plate adjacent the insulating ring, and a second seal not contained in a groove.
US10562777B2
Prolonged operation campaigns in a fluidized bed reactor for producing granular polysilicon by deposition of silicon onto silicon seed particles from a silicon-containing precursor gas is made possible by employing a silicon-coated reaction tube which is not insulated above a region of the fluidized bed and as a result has a lower temperature such that the ratio of the thickness of the silicon on the reactor tube adjoining the fluidized bed to the coating thickness over the total reactor tube is from 7:1 to 1.5 to 1 after production campaign of from 15 to 500 days.
US10562767B2
The present invention provides a system and method of storing hydrogen (H2) and releasing it on demand, comprising and making use of diaminoalkanes and alcohols, or aminoalcohols as liquid-organic hydrogen carrier systems (LOHC). 2-amino-ethanol (AE) or its N-methyl derivative 2-(methylamino)ethanol undergo catalytic dehydrogenation to form a cyclic dipeptide (glycine anhydride—GA) or its N,N-dimethyl derivative (N,N-dimethyl GA) with release of hydrogen. Similarly, ethylenediamine (ED) and ethanol undergo catalytic dehydrogenation to form N,N′-diacetylethylenediamine (DAE) with release of hydrogen. Glycine anhydride (GA) or N,N-dimethyl-GA may be hydrogenated back to 2-aminoethanol (AE) or 2-(methylamino)ethanol, respectively, each of which functions as a hydrogen storage system. N,N′-diacetylethylenediamine (DAE) may be hydrogenated back to ED and ethanol, which functions as a hydrogen storage system. These reactions may be catalyzed by a variety of compounds or complexes, including Ruthenium complexes as described herein.
US10562763B2
The present disclosure relates to a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) package featuring a flat plate having a raised edge around its perimeter serving as an anti-stiction device, and an associated method of formation. A CMOS IC is provided having a dielectric structure surrounding a plurality of conductive interconnect layers disposed over a CMOS substrate. A MEMS IC is bonded to the dielectric structure such that it forms a cavity with a lowered central portion the dielectric structure, and the MEMS IC includes a movable mass that is arranged within the cavity. The CMOS IC includes an anti-stiction plate disposed under the movable mass. The anti-stiction plate is made of a conductive material and has a raised edge surrounding at least a part of a perimeter of a substantially planar upper surface.
US10562759B2
The present invention disclosed a micro acoustic collector and CMOS microphone single chip. The micro acoustic collector comprising: a plurality of leaf-shaped structures annularly arranged with symmetry, each of the plurality of leaf-shaped structure having a suspended arm and a restrained arm, and the suspended arm of the plurality of leaf-shaped structures connected to a suspended fulcrum, and a plurality of through-vias formed in the suspended fulcrum and the plurality of leaf-shaped structures; a plurality of support pillars uniformly disposed under edges of the plurality of leaf-shaped structures corresponding to the restrained arms and the suspend arms; and a base metal layer formed under and insulated from the plurality of support pillars, and facing towards the inner-annular-supported acoustic collection film to form a hollow space.
US10562754B2
Systems and methods for dispensing a product are provided. A plurality of product ingredients are associated with a product dispenser that is operable to form a plurality of selectable products from the plurality of products ingredients. Input for a selected product is received and a recipe that defines the ratio of product ingredients for forming the selected product is identified. The dispense of each of the respective product ingredients is commenced based at least in part on the identified recipe, and the dispense of each of the respective product ingredients is independently monitored during the dispense of the selected product.
US10562753B2
A device for dispensing liquid from a container includes a dispensing tube to dispense the liquid through a dispensing valve. A gas tube feeds pressurized gas into the container. The upstream end of the gas tube connects to a source of pressurized gas. A three way valve is coupled to the downstream end of the gas tube. The three way valve includes a keg duct in communication with the interior of the container, a gas duct connected to the downstream end of the gas tube, and a vent duct. The three way valve can switch from a dispensing position in which the keg duct is in communication with the gas duct, and out of communication with the vent duct, to a venting position in which the keg duct is in fluid communication with the vent duct and out of fluid communication with the gas duct.
US10562748B2
An apparatus for the automated filling of cartridges of e-vapor devices may include a filling drum configured to receive at least one cartridge of an e-vapor device. The apparatus may additionally include a needle assembly including at least one hypodermic needle. The needle assembly is configured to transition between a lowered state and a raised state. The lowered state is where the hypodermic needle is moved down into the cartridge, while the raised state is where the hypodermic needle is lifted up and away from the cartridge. The apparatus may further include a pump assembly configured to pump a pre-vapor formulation into the cartridge when the needle assembly is in the lowered state. The pump assembly may include a variable amplitude cam system configured to adjust an amount of the pre-vapor formulation for pumping to the cartridge without changing start and stop times for the pumping.
US10562727B2
A roll-to-roll apparatus reliably reduces breakage of a glass film even in a case of sequentially performing predetermined processing on the glass film. Provided is a glass roll (1) formed by winding a glass film (2) into a roll, in which a resin film (4) is attached onto the glass film (2), and at least a part of the resin film (4) is arranged on a front side of an unwinding direction relative to a leading end portion in the unwinding direction of the glass film (2).
US10562714B2
An abnormality detection device for a container stack determines stacking abnormality in a container stack on a conveyance path. A plurality of containers, each including a code display surface having container information recorded at a fixed position on a lateral outer surface thereof, are stacked with the code display surfaces positioned on the same side, thereby forming a container stack. A code reader that captures an image of the code display surface is arranged on a lateral side of the conveyance path, said conveyance path conveying the container stack with the code display surfaces oriented parallel to the conveyance direction. Read data from the code reader is input into a calculation processor that detects the position coordinate value of at least one fixed point on each of the code display surfaces and determines stacking abnormality in the container stack.
US10562711B2
A modular system of motorized conveyor rollers comprises a conveyor roller tube, a first axle unit, a second axle unit, a first bearing unit on a first tube end and a second bearing unit on a second tube end about which the conveyor roller tube is mounted rotatably about the first and second axle units, respectively, and an electric motor for generating a torque between the conveyor roller tube and the second axle unit. The modular system comprises, as the electric motor, a motor of a first design, which may be coupled to the conveyor roller tube via a first interface and to the second axle unit via a second interface, and a motor of a second design different from the first design, which may be coupled to the conveyor roller tube via the first interface and to the second axle unit via the second interface.
US10562702B2
Bulk material storage units that can be placed on flatbeds that can be hauled in various manners, including rail cars or trucks, to the destination and removed from the flatbed for temporary storage at the destination, freeing the transportation mode, e.g., rail cars or trucks, to be used elsewhere. Embodiments of the bulk material storage unit of the present invention replace rail hopper cars or truck trailers to hold the bulk material during transportation as well as provide temporary storage at the desired location, e.g., the origin or destination, without tying up transportation resources.
US10562701B2
A web (8) of cleaning products (10) and a method of manufacturing the same is disclosed. The web includes first (20) and second carrier (30) sheets and a plurality of pouches (50) containing a cleaning composition. Each of the pouches is disposed in a respective depression (26) formed in an upper surface (28) of the first carrier sheet. A first internal atmosphere (80) is enclosed within each of the pouches. The first carrier sheet is sealed to the second carrier sheet such that a second internal atmosphere (82) exists between the second carrier sheet and the plurality of pouches. The second internal atmosphere has a greater absolute pressure (P) than the first internal atmosphere so that the plurality of pouches and at least a portion of the cleaning composition in the plurality of pouches are compressed into the plurality of depressions in the first carrier sheet by the second internal atmosphere.
US10562698B2
A package holding acupuncture needles comprises a packaging tray having a needle supporting board with positioning groves defined thereon for securely supporting and positioning acupuncture needles therein; a moveable headrest pivotably attached to an end of the packaging tray; a plurality of acupuncture needles each including an elongate needle body securely received in the corresponding groove, and having a shank extending into the moveable headrest, each of the acupuncture needles including a collapsible film jacket enveloped on the elongate needle body; a sealing bag enveloping the packaging tray and the moveable headrest with the acupuncture needles thereon; and when the sealing bag is removed from the packaging tray, the moveable headrest can be rotated between a horizontal position and a substantial vertical position to support the packaging tray in a way that the shanks of the acupuncture are exposed for being readily retrieved from the packaging tray.
US10562691B2
The invention relates to a container and to the use thereof. The container has a chamber with a base for receiving a mixture component and an adapter for fixing the chamber to a second container. The adapter is connected to the chamber via a first connector and has a second connector to connect to the second container. Additionally, the adapter forms a flow channel for the mixture component extending between the first and the second connector. The adapter also has a blade element in the flow channel comprising a blade facing the base of the chamber in order to open the base. The first connector allows the chamber to rotate relative to the adapter and to the blade, said blade designed to cut through the base of the chamber along the edge of the base while the chamber rotates.
US10562690B2
A valve assembly for use on a food storage container including an opening formed in the lid member, at least one air hole formed adjacent thereto, a valve member extending through the lid opening having a portion thereof extending over the at least one air hole when the valve member is in its closed position, the valve member being movable to an open position wherein the portion of the valve member extending over the at least one air hole is at least partially uncovered from the at least one air hole when a vacuum is generated within the storage container, and a vacuum release button engageable with the valve member and movable from a first position wherein the valve member remains in its closed position to a second position wherein the valve member is moved to its open position for releasing the vacuum generated within the storage container.
US10562687B2
A package for holding a product. The package can comprise a carton and a bag. The carton can comprise a plurality of panels extending at least partially around an interior of the carton and a dispenser for accessing the interior of the carton. The dispenser can comprise at least one dispenser flap at least partially closing a top of the carton. The bag can be at least partially disposed in the interior of the carton, and the bag can comprise a dispenser feature that is accessible via the dispenser in the carton.
US10562684B2
One or more lasers (80, 100) form one or more crease lines (140, 150, 151) in a flexible wrapping material (60). The flexible wrapping material is then folded about the one or more crease lines when encapsulating an item to be wrapped within the flexible wrapping material. The flexible wrapping material may have poor dead-fold characteristics and can comprise a flow-wrapping material. A single laser or multiple lasers can serve to form the one or more crease lines. The crease lines can be formed on a same side of the flexible wrapping material or on both sides thereof. By one approach, folding the flexible wrapping material about the one or more crease lines forms, at least in part, a form-factor conformal pocket to accommodate the aforementioned item. By another approach, folding the flexible wrapping material about the one or more crease lines forms, at least in part, a gusset.
US10562682B2
The invention relates to a closure assembly (1) for a container (2) and a container thereof. The invention more particularly relates to a closure assembly which provides leak tight closure for liquid or viscous products and can be simply opened or closed by minimal effort and additionally can be inverted to stably rest on a horizontal surface to act as a tottle.
US10562681B2
The present invention relates to a dispensing closure comprising a base element, which can be attached to a neck of a container, a flip-top lid, being attached to said base element by a hinge and being movable between a closed and an opened position, and a tamper-evident element extending in a circumferential direction around at least part of the circumference of said dispensing closure, wherein the tamper-evident element has at least one weakening region extending at least over part of the height of the tamper-evident element and/or wherein a shoulder region of the base element, to which frangible elements of the tamper-evident element are attached, is inclined such that it declines in an outward direction of the base element.
US10562675B2
A method of forming reinforced packages. The method can comprise forming an attached web by adhering a blank to a web of material and moving the attached web in a downstream direction through at least a tube forming assembly and a carton forming assembly. The method also can comprise at least partially forming a tube by folding at least a portion of the web of material as the attached web moves through the tube forming assembly, forming a reinforcement sleeve by folding at least a portion of the blank so that the reinforcement sleeve extends at least partially around the tube as the attached web moves through the carton forming assembly, and forming a reinforced package comprising the reinforcement sleeve and a tube portion by separating the tube portion from a remainder of the tube, the reinforcement sleeve being adhered to the tube portion.
US10562674B2
A plastic formed body having a pouring port 110 for pouring out highly wetting liquid that wets plastics to a high degree, wherein at least either a surface 110b that becomes a liquid-drip flow passage when said liquid drips at the pouring port 110 or a surface 110a that becomes a flow passage when said liquid is poured out, is coated with a fluorine-contained resin, and a surface of the fluorine-contained resin coating has an arithmetic mean roughness (Ra) in a range of 0.4 to 200 μm in the surface roughness measurement and an element mean height (Rh) in a range of 0.04 to 10 as defined by mean height (Rc)/element mean length (RSm) in the linear roughness measurement. The formed body effectively prevents said highly wetting liquid from dripping at the pouring port 110.
US10562657B2
A packaging machine, including a base film entering mechanism, a forming mechanism, a sealing mechanism, a cutting mechanism, a clip chain, a clip chain driving device, an electrical control device and a blade displacement driving device. The cutting mechanism is provided with the blade displacement driving device. The electrical control device is connected to the forming mechanism, the sealing mechanism, the cutting mechanism and the blade displacement driving device. One of the three mechanisms i.e. the forming mechanism, the sealing mechanism or the cutting mechanism is fixed, and its working reference line is determined. The electrical control device adjusts the other two mechanisms to a position with the working reference lines at an integer multiple of the mould width away from the working reference line of the position-determined mechanism and fix them accordingly. The forming mechanism and the sealing mechanism both use automatic mould replacing devices.
US10562637B2
An inflatable evacuation slide is provided. The slide may comprise a slide surface with a tubular member coupled to the slide surface. The tubular member may comprise a translucent material defining a chamber internal to the tubular member. A light source may be directed into the chamber and configured to illuminate the tubular member from within the chamber.
US10562621B2
A fully articulable and adjustable swing arm assembly for a paramotor. The assembly includes a swing arm, a spherical bearing, an arm peg, and a pair of limiting disks. The arm peg extends through a central opening of the spherical bearing, and the pair of limiting disks are located proximate to the spherical bearing. The inner faces of the pair of limiting disks include a taper such that a clearance is formed between each of the opposing faces of the swing arm and a corresponding inner face of one of the limiting disks, permitting the swing arm to move in both a vertical and lateral direction. A lateral position of the swing arm assembly with respect to a frame of the paramotor is adjustable by sliding the arm peg into or out from an arm peg receiving block, which is then secured with a locking pin.
US10562616B2
A clutch driven aircraft electric taxi system is provided with a clutch assembly designed to be automatically selectively engaged or disengaged as required to drive an aircraft autonomously during ground operations. The clutch assembly is mounted integrally with other electric taxi system components completely within an aircraft landing gear wheel and may be designed with one way overrunning or selectable clutch engagement capability in one or both rotational directions, preferably using an arrangement of ratcheting struts and clutch elements adapted specifically for use in an aircraft landing gear drive wheel environment. The clutch assembly may automatically disengage in response to predetermined defined conditions or operating parameters. A failsafe overrunning capability ensures that the clutch assembly will not engage taxi system drive components so that an aircraft's wheel will not be driven during aircraft operation when safety considerations dictate that the aircraft electric taxi system should not be engaged.
US10562615B2
An aircraft landing gear comprising: a shock-absorbing main leg having a sprung part for attachment to an aircraft and an un-sprung part including a slider and an axle carrying at least one wheel, the wheel having a toothed ring gear; a drive transmission mounted externally on the sprung part, or on the un-sprung part, of the main leg, the drive transmission having at least one motor and a drive pinion for meshing with the toothed ring of the wheel; and an actuator for lifting the drive transmission into and out of driving engagement with the toothed ring and for maintaining the driving engagement as the landing gear deflects during a ground taxiing operation. Also, a method of operating the aircraft landing gear.
US10562614B2
An aircraft landing gear structure includes a strut assembly configured to transition between a compressed configuration, an extended configuration, and a retracted configuration. The strut assembly has a compressed length, an extended length, and a retracted length, such that the compressed length and retracted length are less than the extended length. The strut assembly includes an upper tubular housing, an upper bulkhead configured to be translated between a lower position and an upper position, a lower tubular housing operatively coupled to the upper tubular housing, a lower bulkhead supported by the lower tubular housing, and a pressure chamber defined between the lower bulkhead and the upper bulkhead. A volume of strut liquid and a mass of strut gas are positioned within the pressure chamber. A method of retracting a strut assembly includes longitudinally translating an upper bulkhead within an upper tubular housing from a lower position to an upper position.
US10562593B2
Disclosed are a frictional resistance reducing device that effectively reduces the frictional resistance of a ship, and a ship including same. The frictional resistance reducing device comprises: a first air discharge part formed on the leading undersurface of a ship and discharging air into water; a second air discharge part formed behind the first air discharge part and discharging air into water; and an air supplying source supplying air to the first air discharge part and the second air discharge part, wherein the first air discharge part and the second air discharge part are disposed in-line along the lengthwise direction of the ship, and at least a portion of a first air discharge period of the first air discharge part and at least a portion of a second air discharge period of the second air discharge part overlap each other.
US10562584B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, a piston, and an electrical switch. The base member includes a first end portion to be mounted to a bicycle handlebar, a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, and a cylinder bore. The operating member includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The proximal end portion is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The distal end portion is farther from the proximal end portion than the pivot axis. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore and operatively coupled to the operating member to move in the cylinder bore in response to a pivotal movement of the operating member. The electrical switch is provided at the second end portion. The electrical switch is farther from the distal end portion of the operating member than the pivot axis.
US10562579B2
A seal for a meter housing with an interior portion is disclosed. The seal includes an axially inner surface configured to face the interior portion of the meter housing and an axially outer surface configured to face away from the interior portion of the meter housing. At least one of the axially inner surface and the axially outer surface is configured to seal against a portion of the housing. The seal further includes a diaphragm defined axially intermediate the axially inner surface and the axially outer surface and a fluid passageway defined through a portion of the diaphragm. The fluid passageway is configured to move between an open position and a closed position in response to a pressure differential between the interior portion of the housing and an exterior portion.
US10562574B2
A slider for a track assembly of a machine is provided. The slider includes an elongated base portion coupled to a frame and a sliding portion extending from the elongated base portion. The sliding portion includes an outer surface configured to slidably engage with a track link of the track assembly. The sliding portion includes a set of wear indicators defined in the outer surface. The set of wear indicators includes a first wear indicator and a second wear indicator. The first and the second wear indicators are located at a first predefined thickness and a second predefined thickness respectively, measured along a central axis of the sliding portion. Further, the first wear indicator indicates partial wear of the sliding portion and the second wear indicator indicates substantial wear of the sliding portion.
US10562558B1
A powered folding steering wheel system includes a rim having upper and lower rim sections that are pivotably connected to a primary structure to permit rotation of the upper and lower rim sections forwardly and rearwardly from a driving position. The system includes a powered drive assembly that is configured to rotate the upper and lower rim sections forwardly and rearwardly.
US10562556B1
Disclosed herein is a folding wagon that is capable of being folded between an expanded open configuration at which a variety of articles or children are carried in a basket of the wagon and a compact collapsed configuration to facilitate storage or transport when the wagon is not being used. A pair of fold-down seats which are carried inside the basket to transport small children are rotatable between a vertically upright position and a horizontally flat position. A handle is pivotally coupled to the front of the wagon and rotatable between a first position lying inside the basket and a second position extending outwardly from the front of the wagon. A handlebar is pivotally coupled to the rear of the wagon and rotatable between a first position extending horizontally outward from the rear of the wagon and a second position extending vertically downward alongside the wagon.
US10562554B2
The present disclosure relates to a CPU module for processing railway signals. The CPU module includes a first input unit that receives an input signal from an external apparatus; a second input unit that receives a second input signal and a second instruction signal from a CPU checking module; a first comparison unit that compares the two input signals and outputs a resulting input signal if it is determined that the two signals are identical; a signal processing unit that converts the resulting input signal into a first instruction signal; and a second comparison unit that compares the first instruction signal with the second instruction signal and outputs a resulting instruction signal if it determines the two instruction signals are identical; and a control unit that sends a synchronization signal for controlling operation timing of the two comparison units, the signal processing unit, and the CPU checking module.
US10562551B2
In a ground apparatus system, polling communication where a ground apparatus serves as a primary station and a train serves as a secondary station is performed. A ground apparatus that is a ground apparatus of the ground apparatus system and is capable of communicating with a platform screen door control apparatus performs polling communication at a first communication frequency to obtain train location information from the train. When the train reaches an impending arrival range including a stop position at a station, the ground apparatus switches the communication frequency to a second communication frequency higher than the first communication frequency. The apparatus then transmits, to the train through polling communication, synchronized opening and closing control instruction information received from the platform screen door control apparatus, and transmits, to the platform screen door control apparatus, train state information obtained from the train through polling communication.
US10562547B2
A railcar truck and adapter pad system for placement between a roller bearing and side frame pedestal roof of a three-piece railcar truck. Many different features of the pad and/or the adapter-pad interface are configured to improve stiffness characteristics to satisfy both curving and high speed performance of the railcar truck.
US10562545B2
A covered hopper car including a plurality of hoppers adjacent one another along the length of the car, with a generally vertical stiffened bulkhead of sheet material between adjacent ones of the hoppers. The bulkhead may include a plurality of stiffeners of which each stiffener is a transversely oriented curved portion of the sheet material of the bulkhead itself, displaced from the vertical main plane of the bulkhead. A radius of curvature is great enough and all surfaces of the stiffener are steep enough that granular material will slide downward from the stiffener and all surfaces of the stiffener can easily be washed by a spray directed from a hatch opening in the roof of the covered hopper car.
US10562521B2
A method for controlling a hydraulic pressure refilling operation for an engine clutch of a vehicle includes determining whether the vehicle travels using power of a driving motor with an engine clutch maintained in a disengaged state, and upon determining that the vehicle travels using power of the driving motor with the engine clutch maintained in the disengaged state, determining whether loss of hydraulic pressure has occurred, and upon determining that loss of hydraulic pressure has occurred, controlling a hydraulic pressure refilling operation such that working fluid in a reservoir is supplied to the actuator with the engine clutch in an engaged state, and controlling the driving motor so that the driving motor outputs a compensated torque by compensating for an effect of a load torque, generated by a non-operating engine, on a torque of the driving motor.
US10562519B2
A system and method for operating a hybrid vehicle having an engine and an eMachine coupled by a clutch using a hybrid controller is presented. The method determines an idle fuel rate of the engine, determines a hybrid efficiency index for the hybrid vehicle, determines an expected energy storage rate increase for an operating condition where the engine is decoupled from a vehicle transmission using said clutch, multiplies the expected energy storage rate increase by the hybrid efficiency index to determine an expected fuel rate reduction of the engine in the operating condition; and decouples the engine from the vehicle transmission using the clutch if the expected fuel rate reduction is greater than the idle fuel rate.
US10562514B2
A power transmission apparatus has a power distribution mechanism which is connected to an engine and a first motor-generator an in which at least three rotation elements enable to rotate in differential motions to one another, a power combining mechanism which is connected to the power distribution mechanism, a second motor-generator and an output shaft and in which four rotation elements enable to rotate in differential motions to one another, a brake mechanism which enables to selectively fix a rotation element of the power combining mechanism and a brake mechanism which enables to selectively fix a rotation element of the power combining mechanism which is connected to the engine.
US10562513B2
A control apparatus for a four-wheel-drive vehicle is configured to determine whether or not a degree of a yaw movement for deflecting the vehicle to a left or right side is larger than a predetermined first degree. When the degree of the yaw movement is larger than the first degree, the control apparatus increases a coupling torque of a coupling device corresponding to a rear wheel at the same side as a direction of the yaw movement to a predetermined first torque value, and maintains at zero a coupling torque of a coupling device corresponding to a rear wheel at an opposite side to the direction of the yaw movement.
US10562507B2
The present disclosure is directed to a braking system for a work vehicle having hydraulically-actuated brakes. The braking system includes a primary release valve, a secondary release valve, and at least one braking mechanism having one or more brake springs. The braking mechanism(s) is hydraulically coupled to the primary release valve and the secondary release valve via one or more hydraulic lines. As such, during full-power operation of the work vehicle, when the brakes are to be released, the primary release valve is energized so as to overcome a valve biasing spring, thereby shifting the primary release valve so as to direct pressurized hydraulic fluid to the braking mechanism(s). Further, when the brakes are to be applied, the primary release valve is inactive so as to allow the hydraulic fluid to flow away from the braking mechanism(s) to a primary reservoir such that the one or more brake springs compress the braking mechanism(s). Alternatively, when power is lost to the work vehicle, the secondary release valve bypasses the primary release valve and directs pressurized hydraulic fluid to the braking mechanism(s) to release the brakes.
US10562503B2
A waveguide sensor system is provided. The system includes a light source and a waveguide formed from a light transmitting material. Light from the light source enters the waveguide at an input area and travels within the waveguide by total internal reflection to an analyte area and light to be analyzed travels within the waveguide from the analyte area by total internal reflection to an output area. An optical sensor is coupled to the output area and is configured to interact with the light to be analyzed. The system includes a plurality of pores located along the outer surface within the analyte area and formed in the light transmitting material of the waveguide, and the pores are configured to enhance light interaction with the analyte within the analyte area.
US10562502B2
A method of controlling driving of a vehicle using an in-wheel system includes determining whether the vehicle enters a steering avoidance section, based on driving information of the vehicle, verifying a detailed or specific section in the steering avoidance section in which the vehicle is located when the vehicle enters the steering avoidance section, and controlling torque of a motor mounted in each wheel to satisfy a yaw moment required in the verified detailed section.
US10562500B2
The invention concerns a motor vehicle wiper 3 including at least one wiper fastened to at least one device 14 for stiffening the wiper and to which is fixed at least a mechanical connector 15 adapted to connect the wiper 3 to an arm, the wiper 3 including at least one element 8 in which there is provided at least one conduit 9 adapted to channel a liquid, and a hydraulic connector 13 in communication at least with the conduit 9 and immediately adjacent the mechanical connector 15, characterized in that the hydraulic connector 13 includes fastening means 16 engaged at least with the stiffening device 14.
US10562499B2
A new wiper structure with multi-functional adaptor is disclosed by this invention. Such structure consists of wiper joint, adaptor, holder, adaptor cover, two side protecting covers, one bone frame, two rivet holes, two buckles, two branches, two springs and one rubber. The accessories include Adaptor I and Adaptor II, and the adaptor covers include Adaptor Cover I and Adaptor Cover II. The feature is that: corresponding connecting hole is set on adaptor I, and bearing shaft is installed on the holder. It is clamped into the connecting hole for Adaptor I on bearing shaft. Both ends of bone frame are fitted with two protecting cover connecting holes. The bone frame and side protecting cover are matched up with convex hull and protecting cover connecting hole, and the convex hull of side protecting cover is clamped into the protecting cover connecting hole of bone frame.
US10562496B1
A vehicle includes antennas, memory, and processors. The processors are operable to execute a PEPS feature in association with a designated mobile device. Prior to causing the antennas to scan for the designated mobile device, the processors dynamically adjust a maximum number of wireless devices detectable by the antennas based on a total number of wireless devices that are currently wirelessly coupled to the antennas.
US10562489B2
A cover for a seatbelt retractor assembly comprising: a first layer having an inside surface configured to face a seatbelt webbing retracted by a seatbelt retractor assembly, an outside surface configured to face away from the seatbelt webbing, a plurality of holes disposed through the first layer from the inside surface through to the outside surface, and baffles adjacent each of the plurality of holes. The cover reduces audible noise generated by moving components of the seatbelt retractor assembly. The baffles adjacent each of the plurality of holes are disposed on the inside surface. The cover can further include a second layer, which includes a sound absorbing material such as foam. The second layer at least partially covers the outside surface of the first layer and covers the plurality of holes. The cover can further include snap fit fastening elements to connect the cover to the seatbelt retractor assembly.
US10562486B2
A system includes a vehicle body and a seatbelt assembly attached to the vehicle body. The seatbelt assembly includes a webbing and a tongue slidably engaged with the webbing. A pocket is fixed to the webbing. The pocket and the webbing define a cavity therebetween. A magnet is disposed in the cavity and is engageable with the tongue. The magnet is fixed to the webbing.
US10562481B2
An airbag package of an airbag for head protection includes a rolled portion formed by rolling a skin material of the airbag as laid flat, and a compressed region in which a void space formed at the center of the cross-sectional surface of the rolled portion has been crushed due to compression. The rolled portion includes, in the cross-sectional surface, an upper layered portion, a lower layered portion, and a pair of side layered portions that are disposed around the center of the cross-sectional surface of the rolled portion and each have layers of the skin material. In the compressed region, each of the side layered portions bends generally at the center in an up and down direction such that the bent regions butt against each other and are packed between the upper layered portion and the lower layered portion in such a manner as to fill the void space.
US10562474B2
The disclosure relates to a vehicle electrical system for a motor vehicle. The vehicle electrical system comprises: a low-voltage sub-system for at least one low-voltage load; a high-voltage sub-system for at least one high-voltage load; and a starter/generator; wherein the high-voltage sub-system is connected to the low-voltage sub-system by means of a coupling unit designed to draw energy from the high-voltage sub-system and to feed said energy to the low-voltage sub-system, wherein the high-voltage sub-system has a battery, which is designed to produce the high voltage and to output the high voltage to the high-voltage sub-system and which has at least two battery units having individual voltage taps, which are led to the coupling unit. The coupling unit is designed to selectively connect the battery units to the low-voltage sub-system. The disclosure further relates to a motor vehicle, comprising an internal combustion engine and such a vehicle electrical system.
US10562473B2
An electrical junction box includes a plurality of relays, a relay carrier, and a lead frame including connecting sections. Each relay includes electrical connection pins enabling the relay to be plugged into the relay carrier, thereby enabling electrical connection to the lead frame. Each relay includes a communication bus interface that is connected to a control pin of the relay. The lead frame includes a section forming a communication bus. The control pins of the relays are electrically connected to the section forming the communication bus when the relays are plugged into the relay carrier.
US10562462B1
A storage system includes a utility rack having a base frame with a plurality of cross members extending across the base frame and an accessory. The accessory includes at least one attachment device for attaching to at least one of the cross members. The attachment device includes a cross member retainer configured to partially retain a cross member, a hinged brace configured to move between an open position rotated away from the cross member retainer and a closed position rotate towards the cross member retainer and configured to press against the cross member, and a latch configured to lock the hinged brace in the closed position and maintain a pressure of the hinged brace against the cross member.
US10562456B2
An extendable and retractable step platform assembly is provided for a front of a vehicle to afford a user with a better view and reach for accessing an engine compartment. The step platform assembly includes a guide rail system coupled to a front frame of the vehicle. A step platform is coupled to the guide rail system. The step platform provides a substantially planar surface configured to support a load for an extended time. The step platform moves in a horizontal direction between a first position that is retracted behind a front bumper of the vehicle, and a second position that is extended beyond the front bumper of the vehicle.
US10562443B2
A purpose of the invention is to provide a tractor that includes a rear lamp with high designability. A tractor of the present invention includes a rear lamp, a cabin, a lamp housing that is provided along a longitudinal direction of a rear pillar of the cabin, and a light source that is housed in the lamp housing, wherein the rear lamp is provided from a vicinity of one end to a vicinity of the other end of the rear pillar in the longitudinal direction.
US10562432B2
A vehicle for transporting and communicating with a robot includes a vehicle body and a robot dock mechanically coupled to the vehicle body and configured to mechanically couple the robot to the vehicle body. The vehicle also includes an input/output port configured to be electrically coupled to the robot. The vehicle also includes an electronic control unit (ECU) coupled to the input/output port and configured to transmit a signal to the robot via the input/output port to at least one of program the robot or control the robot.
US10562428B2
A vehicle seat attachment includes a riser bracket of a vehicle frame. A pin is biased through the riser bracket to a securing position. A seat bracket has an angled channel that extends to a securing aperture, wherein slidable engagement of the angled channel with the pin is configured to bias the pin away from the securing position until the pin reaches the securing aperture wherein the pin returns to the securing position.
US10562415B2
A seat apparatus includes: a seat on which a passenger of a vehicle sits; an inputter which is operated by the passenger; a fixer which fixes a position of the seat until the inputter is operated by the passenger and allows the position of the seat to be movable in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle when the inputter is operated by the passenger; and a restrictor which restricts the movement of the seat when a predetermined condition related to a traveling state of the vehicle or an external environment of the vehicle is satisfied in comparison with a case in which the predetermined condition is not satisfied.
US10562414B2
A track assembly includes a track, a support member, and/or a lever. The support member may be connected to the track, and/or the lever may be connected to the support member. The lever may include a rotational axis substantially parallel to the track. The lever may rotate about the rotational axis between a first position and a second position. The lever may limit movement of the support member relative to the track in a first direction, and/or the lever may not limit movement of the support member relative to the track in a second direction. The lever may be configured to contact the track. The track may include a window having a first edge and/or a second edge.
US10562411B2
Provided is a sliding device. The sliding device includes a fixed rail, a movable rail, a rack, a pinion, a locking mechanism that restricts sliding of the movable rail, and a gear mechanism. The gear mechanism includes multiple gears and transmits a rotation generated in an electric motor to the pinion. The gear mechanism is configured such that the pinion is capable of rotating more than a specified angle of rotation when the electric motor is in a stopped state.
US10562392B2
Methods and systems are provided for a baffle system of a fuel tank. In one example, a baffle system for a fuel tank may include a horizontal section and a vertical section, where the vertical section is arranged perpendicular to the horizontal section and includes a first end coupled to the horizontal section. The vertical section may be rigidly attached to a top surface of the fuel tank via an attachment interface.
US10562389B2
An inlet-air management device for a motor vehicle may include a flexible duct for guiding the air entering via a motor vehicle grille and a shutter device fixed in the flexible duct. Additionally, an inlet-air management device is configured to be fixed in a motor vehicle via the flexible duct. Further, the shutter device is then being suspended in the motor vehicle via the flexible duct.
US10562380B2
A convertible vehicle door assembly includes a gate subassembly including an electrical panel, latch handle and is secured by hinges and a latch to a vehicle static structure. An outer door subassembly is removably secured to the gate subassembly by at least one quick connect mechanism. The outer door includes a window assembly operable by the electrical control panel.
US10562378B2
A shading device for a vehicle, comprising a dimming glass plate capable of changing a light transmittance thereof, wherein the dimming glass plate is provided at a portion of a vehicular window glass to separate an interior of vehicular compartment from outside or provided at a portion of a surface of the vehicular window glass that faces inside of the vehicular compartment; a display apparatus formed of a light transmitting material and disposed at a surface of the dimming glass plate that faces inside of the vehicular compartment; an image pickup device to capture an area outside of a vehicle to generate image pickup data, wherein the area is at an opposite surface of a surface on which the display apparatus is provided; a data processing circuit to generate display image data based on the image pickup data; and a switch to change light transmittance of the dimming glass plate.
US10562377B2
A refrigeration system for a vehicle includes a compressor in fluid communication with a condenser and an evaporator. The compressor includes a variable speed motor and employs capacity modulation using refrigerant injection. The condenser and the evaporator include variable speed fans. The refrigeration system includes a battery to supply power to the refrigeration system. The battery is charged by one or more sources of power including the vehicle. The refrigeration system includes a control module configured to monitor one or more characteristics of the battery and to control one or more operating parameters of one or more of the compressor, the condenser, and the evaporator based on the one or more characteristics of the battery.
US10562376B2
A refrigeration cycle device includes: a high-pressure side heat exchanger; a low-pressure side heat exchanger; a vehicle-mounted device that supplies heat to the heat medium; a heat-medium air heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the heat medium and air; a switching portion that switches between a state in which the heat medium circulates through the high-pressure side heat exchanger and a state in which the heat medium circulates through the low-pressure side heat exchanger with respect to each of the vehicle-mounted device and the heat-medium air heat exchanger; and a controller that drives the compressor, while controlling an operation of the switching portion to switch to a defrosting mode in which the heat medium circulates between the low-pressure side heat exchanger and the vehicle-mounted device, and the heat medium circulates between the high-pressure side heat exchanger and the heat-medium air heat exchanger, when defrosting of the heat-medium air heat exchanger is necessary.
US10562364B2
A vehicle wheel positioning and steering apparatus particularly useful for aerial work platforms comprises a support chassis and chassis support legs pivotally connected to the chassis. Steerable wheel assemblies are operably connected at ends of the support legs and powered actuators are operably connected to the chassis and legs for pivotally moving the legs and wheel assemblies relative to the chassis between transport and working positions. Variable length linear wheel steering actuators comprise one link of four bar parallelogram steering linkages between the chassis and wheel assemblies and the support legs each comprise second bars of the four bar parallelogram steering linkages.
US10562363B2
Support unit for use on an air spring, having a main body and a reinforcement element, wherein the main body has a first contact side for fixing to the chassis of a utility vehicle, wherein the reinforcement element is fixable to a second contact side of the main body and is designed for supporting a plunger of an air spring, wherein the reinforcement element is formed from a material of higher strength and/or hardness than the main body.
US10562361B2
A tubeless air valve stem has a body, an airtight element, and a sleeve. The body has a passage, a through hole, and at least one side hole. The passage is formed on a top end of the body. The through hole is formed through a bottom end of the body and is in communication with the passage. The at least one side hole is formed through an outer surface of the body and is in communication with the passage. The airtight element is disposed around the body. The sleeve is disposed around the body for closing the at least one side hole. Gas or liquid can be injected into a tubeless tire via the at least one side hole. The intake efficiency of the tubeless air valve stem can be maintained and is not influenced by the remaining reinforcing agent.
US10562360B2
There is provided a traction cover for a wheel. The wheel has an axle, a tire, and a tire support that supports the tire, and the cover has a tread body having an inner engagement surface and an outer tread surface, the inner engagement surface being sized to engage an outer drive surface of the tire. The cover also has attachment points carried by the inner engagement surface of the tread body, an anchor secured relative to the tire support, and one or more attachment members attached between the anchor and the attachment points of the tread body.
US10562358B2
A device for tire pressure monitoring of a vehicle tire of a vehicle system includes a tire inflation system in communication with the vehicle tire. A control unit calculates a set pressure value to be maintained for the tire pressure. A storage unit is in communication with the control unit such that the control unit adjusts the calculated set pressure value in dependence on an operating state classification derived from operating state parameters of the vehicle system. The control unit determines a geoposition of the vehicle system correlating with the derived operating state classification and stores it with the operating state classification in the storage unit. The control unit further recalls from the storage unit the relevant operating state classification for purposes of anticipatory adjustment of the set pressure value of the tire pressure when a renewed approach of the vehicle system to the stored geoposition is detected.
US10562355B2
A tire for a motor vehicle having at least one carcass ply comprised of a crown portion and two axially opposite side portions terminating in beads for mounting the tire on a rim. A tread band and a belt structure are interposed between the carcass structure and the bead. Each bead includes on elongated cord comprised of a first yarn, such as aramid, having a melting or decomposition point T1, and a second yarn, such as nylon, having a melting point T2, wherein T1>T2, and T2 is greater than 40° C.
US10562354B2
A motorcycle tire for running on rough terrain, the tire includes a tread portion including a central region, a pair of shoulder regions and a middle region. The tread portion is provided with at least one central block with a ground contact face whose centroid is located within the central region, at least one shoulder block with a ground contact face whose centroid is located within the shoulder region on each side of a tire equator, and at least one middle block with a ground contact face whose centroid is located within the middle region on each side of the tire equator. When the respective blocks are projected onto a tire meridian cross section along a circumferential direction of the tire, every pair of axially adjacent two blocks are arranged so as to overlap one another at least partially on the tire meridian cross section.
US10562349B2
An axle unit, includes a control arm and a clamping unit that surround a tube region, wherein a first side of the control arm faces away from the tube region, and a second side of the control arm forms a boundary face on the control-arm side of the tube region, wherein the clamping unit can be brought into supporting abutment with the first side of the control arm and has a boundary face on the clamp side, which face defines the tube region, wherein the clamping unit has a first and second clamping parts each having a wedge portion, wherein the wedge portions are formed in such a way that a displacement of the clamping parts substantially in parallel with a clamping axis toward one another results in a narrowing of the tube region transversely to the clamping axis.
US10562342B2
An outboard wheel half has an axis and includes an outboard wheel structure configured to receive at least a portion of a tire. The outboard wheel half also includes a structure defining an alignment hole usable to align a hubcap relative to the structure. The structure defines a pocket circumferentially aligned with the alignment hole to reduce an amount of stress at a location of the alignment hole.
US10562341B1
The present invention is an electronic hub device that comprises a frame mounted on a pole structure of an object. Frame comprises one or more sensors configured to detect one or more events around electronic hub device, and a plurality of light sources installed along a boundary of frame configured to illuminate a portion of frame within boundary of frame. Portion of frame includes promotional content selected based on user preferences. Frame further comprises a processor configured to activate plurality of light sources upon detection of one or more events.
US10562339B2
A door skin featuring a facing having an exterior surface and an interior surface can be provided. A wood grain pattern portion can be formed in the exterior surface of the facing. The wood grain pattern portion can feature a plurality of grooves formed in the exterior surface of the facing, the grooves are recessed from a first plane of the exterior surface, and tonal portions formed in the exterior surface of the facing. The tonal portions can include at least a first protrusion, a second protrusion, and a third protrusion. Spacing between the first protrusion and the second protrusion can be different from spacing between the second protrusion and the third protrusion.
US10562338B2
A heat pen may be used with an electronic cutting and/or drawing system to enable the electronic cutting and/or drawing system to use heat to define text and/or designs on a substrate. The heat pen may be coupled with a cradle of an electronic cutting and/or drawing system directly or by assembling an adapter with the heat pen. Power may be supplied to the heat pen by electrically coupling the heat pen to an external power supply, such as a power and/or communications port of the electronic cutting and/or drawing system. Electronic heated design systems and methods for modifying substrates using heat are also disclosed.
US10562335B2
A sheet material having a security device applied over a paper machine made or ‘soft-edged’ through-hole and a method for preparing such a sheet material is provided. The through-hole(s) is formed in a forming fibrous web before it becomes sufficiently consolidated and then the security device is applied onto the fibrous web and preferably over the through-hole(s) at or near a couch roll or similar tool of a paper machine when the fibrous web constitutes a sufficiently consolidated, fully formed wet web. Moreover, papers made in accordance with the inventive method, when subjected to the Circulation Simulation Test, showed minimal damage at the paper/security device interface. Further, the surface-applied security devices showed acceptable levels of intaglio ink adhesion, and the papers had higher cross-direction (CD) tensile strength and much less show-through on opposing sides thereof.
US10562333B2
In a printed article, pigment flakes are magnetically aligned so as to form curved patterns in a plurality of cross-sections normal a continuous imaginary line, wherein radii of the curved patterns increase along the imaginary line from the first point to the second point. When light is incident upon the aligned pigment flakes from a light source, light reflected from the aligned pattern forms a bright image which appears to gradually change its shape and move from one side of the continuous imaginary line to another side of the continuous imaginary line when the substrate is tilted with respect to the light source.
US10562332B2
A printable glitter paper includes a first adhesive layer onto which glitter has been deposited, and a second adhesive layer covering the first adhesive layer and glitter. A coating covers the second adhesive layer. Another adhesive layer covers the back side of the printable glitter paper. The printable glitter paper provides excellent retention of the glitter, and a high level of smoothness for high quality printing.
US10562312B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects a liquid from a nozzle onto a medium, a liquid storage member which stores the liquid to be supplied to the liquid ejecting head, and a carriage on which the liquid ejecting head and the liquid storage member are installed and which is capable of moving on a movement path. The liquid storage member includes a liquid filling port which is disposed above the liquid ejecting head and is for filling the liquid. The liquid filling port is provided at a position which does not overlap with a nozzle forming surface in which the nozzle is formed in plan view from above.
US10562302B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a flow path substrate in which a nozzle through which liquid is ejected, a pressure chamber that communicates with the nozzle and a liquid supply chamber that communicates with the pressure chamber are formed, a vibration plate that is installed on the flow path substrate and overlaps with the pressure chamber and the liquid supply chamber, and a piezoelectric element that is formed on the vibration plate on an opposite side from the pressure chamber, in which a portion of the vibration plate overlapping with the pressure chamber is thinner in a thickness than a portion of the vibration plate overlapping with the liquid supply chamber.
US10562300B2
Thermal inkjet printing wherein a printhead has ink ejection elements which are energizable by electrical pulses of a given energy with fire pulses of an amplitude (V) and a fire pulse width (fp). A printer controller sends commands to the printhead to spit ink drops, one or more temperature sensors coupled to the printhead measure a temperature of the printhead, and a calibration component coupled to the temperature sensor variably adjusts the fire pulse energy provided to the having ink ejection elements of the printhead. The calibration component initiates calibrating the printhead, spitting a number (X) of ink drops at a frequency (Y) by the electrical pulses, reading and storing printhead temperature, varying the fire pulse energy by repeating spitting ink drops and reading and storing printhead temperature, finding minimum temperature from the stored printhead temperatures, and deriving an operational fire pulse (fpop) from a fire pulse (fpon) that has produced the minimum temperature, wherein the printer controller uses the operational fire pulse (fpop) for printing.
US10562297B2
There is provided an ink-jet printer comprising: a recording head, an electric power supply, and a controller which is configured: to determine an ink amount in which an ink is jetted by the recording head in a flushing processing; in a case that the determined ink amount is less than a first ink amount, to boost a driving voltage of the electric power supply to a target voltage value, in accordance with a predetermined first voltage boosting pattern; and in a case that the determined ink amount is not less than the first ink amount, to boost the driving voltage to the target voltage value, in accordance with a predetermined second voltage boosting pattern in which a voltage boosting time is shorter than that in the first voltage boosting pattern. Accordingly, it is possible to shorten FPOT while reducing the load on the constitutive elements of the ink-jet printer.
US10562280B2
A method of forming a composite article is disclosed that involves providing a press having first and second platens, a cellulosic fiber substrate having a first thickness, and a layer of material such as a wood veneer, foil, or non-creped paper, where the layer of material has a thickness less than the thickness of the cellulosic fiber substrate. A layer of bonding material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate or the layer of material, and the layer of material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate so that the bonding material is between the layer of material and the cellulosic fiber substrate. The cellulosic fiber substrate and layer of material are placed between the first and second platens, and at least one of the first and second platens is moved toward the other of the first and second platens to deform the cellulosic fiber substrate and layer of material into a predetermined configuration while bonding the layer of material to the cellulosic fiber substrate without cracking or wrinkling the layer of material.
US10562279B2
The invention discloses a high stable and environment-friendly two-layer parquet and a production method thereof. The parquet comprises a face board and multiple solid wood boards below the face board, the solid wood boards comprise multiple solid wood strips inserted side by side; any adjacent two solid wood strips of the same solid wood board are arranged tightly and alternately, and the face board and solid wood boards are closely bonded with each other by an adhesive. The length directions of the solid wood strips of any adjacent two solid wood boards are vertical to each other; and the length direction of the solid wood strips of the solid wood boards at the two ends of the parquet is vertical to the length direction of the parquet. The invention can effectively reduce the use of high-quality solid wood, save the wood resources and has high stability and high strength.
US10562277B2
Embodiments relate to a resin film for laminated glass, laminated glass comprising the resin film, and a process for manufacturing the laminated glass. The resin film for laminated glass comprises a resin layer comprising a polyvinyl acetal resin and a contact surface in direct contact with glass, wherein the contact surface has an Rz roughness of 25 to 90 μm and a maximum static friction coefficient at 20° C. of 0.85 to 1.60, and the compressive elastic deformation index measured in the perpendicular direction from the contact surface at 35° C. is 40 to 310 μm/N.
US10562264B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a waterproof moisture-permeable fabric suppressed in appearance abnormality and deterioration in barrier properties. A waterproof moisture-permeable fabric including a protective layer and a polyethylene microporous film that are stacked on each other with a synthetic rubber-based hot-melt adhesive, an olefinic hot-melt adhesive, or a composite hot-melt adhesive interposed therebetween, having a nonpolar oil content of 2 g/m2 or less, and a polar oil content of 0.01 g/m2 or more and 6 g/m2 or less.
US10562256B2
Systems and methods for producing pressware are provided. In one or more embodiments, a method for producing pressware can include producing a pressware product between an upper forming die and a lower forming die contained within a forming die assembly, retracting at least a portion of the upper forming die from the pressware product, and ejecting the pressware product from the lower forming die while feeding a web material between the upper forming die and the lower forming die. The method can also include cutting a segment of the web material to produce a substrate, and pressing the substrate between the upper forming die and the lower forming die to produce another pressware product.
US10562253B2
An article is molded from first and second thermosetting elastomer compositions each comprising free-radically curable elastomer and free radical initiator but different from one another. The first thermosetting elastomer composition is molded to fill a first area of a mold cavity at a first temperature at which the first free radical initiator has a half-life≤about 10 minutes or at which the first thermosetting elastomer composition has an increase in torque less than 10% of a total increase in torque at full cure. The second thermosetting elastomer composition is then inserted into the mold cavity, and the mold is heated to fully cure the article, for example a temperature at which each free radical initiator has a half-life≤about 1 minute, with the second composition filling a second area of the mold cavity before or during heating and curing.
US10562246B2
A device to correct geometrical differences of surfaces of parts to be assembled at the interface of the assembly. A measurer to acquire data by measuring the geometry of the assembly surfaces of two parts to be assembled to each other with their respective assembly surfaces facing. A simulator configured to simulate the assembly of the parts and to determine from the acquired data at each measured point of a sampling of the interface a thickness of the void resulting from the geometrical discrepancies between the assembly surfaces. An additive fabricator to receive from the simulator data representative of the thicknesses of the voids resulting from the geometrical discrepancies between the assembly surfaces. The additive fabricator configured to deposit material on the assembly surface of at least one of the parts to at least partly fill the void resulting from the geometrical discrepancies between the assembly surfaces.
US10562230B2
A method for manufacturing a spectacle frame face for a wearer, which method includes digitizing the face of the wearer, designing a virtual model of the front of the frame, including: loading the digitized face; plotting a draft of the front of the frame; from the face: plotting a primary draft according to the curvature of the face in a horizontal plane; plotting a secondary draft according to the curvature of the face in a median plane, constructing a three-dimensional layer from these drafts; cutting a rough form of the front of the frame in the layer; and creating the front of the frame by additive manufacturing.
US10562226B1
The present invention includes a process, system and apparatus for multi-material additive manufacturing process comprising: extruding an extrudable material through a nozzle capable of moving along one or more axis and concurrently extruding one or more filaments, wherein the filament is embedded in, on or about the extrudable material from the nozzle.
US10562223B2
An imprint device according to the present invention is provided with a supply device that supplies a plurality of condensable gases, which have different saturated vapor pressures, at a fixed ratio by a first condensable gas tank (6) and a control valve (6a) and a second condensable gas tank (6) and a control valve (7a) when a concave portion formed in a mold is transferred in an atmosphere of a condensable gas, which condenses at a temperature and a pressure in the concave portion, the concave portion being sealed by a resist layer that enters into the concave portion formed in the mold (3). The imprint device makes it possible to prevent resist filling failure caused by capillary condensation and to adjust pattern line width and shape by using the same mold.
US10562220B2
The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for applying dry air to a blow mold (4) arranged on a rotating blowing wheel of a blowing station (3) for blow molding containers (2) from thermoplastic, wherein dry air is collected in a collecting container (39) arranged to be offset radially inward with respect to the blow mold (4) on the blowing wheel (25), and the dry air from the collecting container (39) is discharged and directed to a surface of the blow mold (4) with a directional component pointing radially outward relative to the blowing wheel.
US10562219B2
A method of forming a blown film comprising extruding a molten composition through a die opening to form a film; wherein the molten composition comprises at least one polyethylene and within the range from 0.10 wt % to 10 wt % of a cyclic-diene terpolymer by weight of the composition; causing the film to progress in a direction away from the die opening; cooling the film at a distance from the die opening, the distance adjusted to effect the properties of the film; and isolating a blown film therefrom.
US10562218B2
The present disclosure provides a method for operating a molding system. The molding system includes a molding machine and a mold disposed on the molding machine, wherein the mold has a mold cavity for being filled with a molding material from the molding machine. The method comprises a step of obtaining a predetermined state waveform expressing a predetermined volumetric variation of the molding material. Next, the method further comprises obtaining a measured pressure and a measured temperature of the molding material in the mold cavity while performing a molding process for filling the molding material into the mold cavity. Next, the method includes obtaining a detected volumetric property of the molding material corresponding to the measured pressure and the measured temperature. Subsequently, the method comprises displaying the detected volumetric property of the molding material with the predetermined state waveform.
US10562216B2
An injection mold and a device for preparation of a light guide plate are provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. An injection mold, comprising a male mold and a female mold which cooperate with each other to define collectively a molding cavity adapted for molding a sheet component therein; a blowing device is provided in the male mold and configured to blow out gas with a predetermined pressure towards a bottom surface of the sheet component molded in the molding cavity to overcome at least partially a vacuum adsorption force between the bottom surface of the sheet component and an internal bottom surface of the molding cavity such that the sheet component is separated from the male mold. Therefore, the sheet component can be demoulded successfully and prevented from a relatively large warping deformation during a demoulding process such that the quality thereof can be guaranteed.
US10562215B2
A resin material is injection-molded using an injection mold in which a resin flow channel is designed so that a plurality of gates are provided along a longitudinal direction at a position corresponding to an inner circumferential surface of a spacer, to obtain a molded product, the spacer having a shape that a plurality of arc-shaped circumferential surfaces are linked through a constricted part. The molded product is cooled in a state in which a runner that is connected to the gates is allowed to remain, and the runner is cut off thereafter. A water jacket spacer is produced by injection molding while achieving excellent moldability, the water jacket spacer being disposed in a water jacket, and controlling the flow of a coolant, the water jacket spacer including a plurality of segments, or having a shape that the water jacket spacer can be partially inserted into the water jacket.
US10562207B2
A wafer processing method includes: a holding step of holding a wafer on a chuck table through a dicing tape; and a dividing step of cutting the wafer along division lines by a cutting blade. In the dividing step, cleaning water including pure water mixed with carbon dioxide is supplied to the front surface of the wafer, and cutting water including pure water alone or pure water mixed with carbon dioxide in a concentration lower than that of the cleaning water is supplied to the cutting blade. During cutting, therefore, the cleaning water and the cutting water are always shielded by each other. Consequently, the cutting blade can be prevented from being corroded or excessively worn due to the cleaning water, and the cutting water can be prevented from contacting the front surface of the wafer to cause electrostatic discharge damage to the devices.
US10562205B2
A device and method are disclosed. An embodiment of a sliding sled for use on a saw table includes a flat plate, adjustable guide fences on the flat plate at a fixed pivot end to create an oblique angle relative to the saw table, an indexing system including angle indicators to set the angles of the adjustable guide fences, roller bearings on the bottom side of the flat plate for riding on the ACCU-SLICE™ rail, and a sawdust shield to keep sawdust off the roller bearings and ACCU-SLICE™ rail. Guide fences may have a fixed pivot end and a movable end and a locking bolt to temporarily fix the movable end at a desired position on the plate. The movable end of the adjustable guide fences may align with the angle indicators when the angle of the adjustable guide fence relative to the cutting plane corresponds to the angle indicators.
US10562203B2
A slicing machine having a cutting head and a knife assembly mounted thereto, and methods for clamping a knife of the knife assembly in the slicing machine. The knife assembly includes a knife holder having a support surface that supports the knife and a clamp overlying the knife holder so that the knife is between the support surface of the knife holder and the clamp. A clamping rod is rotated from a release position to a clamping position to secure the clamp to the knife holder and clamp the knife therebetween. The clamping rod is eccentrically mounted to the cutting head and uses eccentricity to apply a clamping load to the clamp when rotated from the release position to the clamping position.
US10562202B2
A method of cutting a wafer of composite core from a bulk composite core includes stabilizing the bulk composite core with a fixture, the bulk composite core having a plurality of tube members. The method also includes cutting through each of the tube members to create the wafer while the bulk composite core is stabilized by the fixture.
US10562199B2
A novel connecting member of razor is shown to have a plurality of chamfers on at least one finger disposed at an end of an arm. Desirably, both arms have two chamfers on each finger. Each chamfer is disposed having an angle to a top surface of the finger. Though any angles are contemplated in the present invention, the angle of the first chamfer is desirably smaller than the angle of the second chamfer. The bearing length of the finger and the first chamfer angle are together desirably balanced to provide an optimal clearance for the fingers into openings on either end of the back of the housing and improve the pivot operation and control for the user.
US10562197B2
A novel cutting device useful for cutting asphalt shingles and other roofing products features a blade having a top edge, a bottom edge located on an opposite side of the blade relative to the top edge, and left and right edges; a lower cutting edge adjacent the left or right edge; an upper sharpened edge positioned above the lower cutting edge and adjacent the same edge as the lower cutting edge, wherein the upper sharpened edge and the lower cutting edge are configured for cutting; at least one inner edge emanating from the bottom edge and angled towards the top edge, wherein the inner edge is tangent to the upper sharpened edge; and at least on nodule disposed between the lower cutting edge and the upper sharpened edge, wherein the bottom edge is parallel to and shorter than the top edge.
US10562190B1
The tactile sensor of the present disclosure is an indirect optical sensor, comprising a frame, a sensing plate, a single beam LED light source, a miniature camera, and a grating plate in the sensing plate and the single light source illuminates the grating plate. Geometric interference fringes caused by the shadows of gratings and gratings, images taken by a miniature camera, through an innovative instantaneous steps phase shifting technique, which eliminates the need for any mechanical phase shifting device to detect the pressure and space. The position is measured and has fast and accurate tactile sensing. The advantage of this method is that directly shooting the moiré image while calculating the spatial position, temperature, and pressure. Instantaneous steps phase shifting technique can solve the problems of traditional mechanical stepping, non-instant and complex operation problems.
US10562188B1
A method of operating a package handling system includes: receiving first image data representative of a first surface image of a package surface; identifying a pair of intersecting edges for the package surface based on the first image; determining a minimum viable region based on the pair of edges, the minimum viable region for gripping and lifting the package; receiving second image data representative of the package after the lift; and creating registration data based on the third image data.
US10562185B2
A robot system including a robot, a control unit, a sensor to detect a magnitude of force applied to the robot, a determination unit configured to determine, based on the magnitude of the detected force, whether there is application of an external force different from a load acting on the robot during a task performed by the robot, and a storage unit to store the magnitude of force detected by the sensor when the control unit executes at least one operation command when there is no application of the external force, in association with the operation command, where the determination unit determines, when the operation command is executed by the control unit, presence or absence of the external force based on the magnitude of force stored in the storage unit in association with the operation command and the magnitude of force detected by the sensor.
US10562180B2
A fluidic robotic actuator configured to assume at least a neutral position, the fluidic robotic actuator includes a first and second plate defining respective planar portions that are disposed in parallel planes in the neutral position. The fluidic robotic actuator also includes a plurality of elongated bellows extending between the first and second plates, the bellows each having a central main axis that is parallel to the central main axis of the other bellows in the neutral position, the main axis of the bellows being perpendicular to the parallel planes of the first and second plates in the neutral position, the bellows being coupled to the first and second plates at respective first and second ends of the bellows.
US10562176B2
An alignment tool 1 for use in marking a surface is disclosed. The tool comprises a handle 6, two pairs of longitudinal arms 2,4 and 3,5 each rotatably mounted in the region of their longitudinal centres to a rotational mechanism provided in or on the handle. The rotational mechanism is arranged such that, in use, movement of one of the pairs in a first rotational direction results in movement of the other pair in the counter direction by substantially the same angle. Each of the arms carries at least one movable marking indicator 50, 53. A user-operable locking mechanism is on or associated with the handle, the locking mechanism being configured selectively to prevent and enable rotation of the arms.
US10562175B2
An apparatus for installing pins on a base is provided. The apparatus includes an upper positioning plate provided with a plurality of first pin holes through which pins can pass, a lower positioning plate arranged opposite the upper positioning plate and provided with a plurality of second pin holes through which pins can pass, wherein the plurality of second pin holes correspond to pin marks on the base, and a move assembly which is arranged between the upper positioning plate and the lower positioning plate, the move assembly configured to cause the upper positioning plate and the lower positioning plate to move relative to one another, such that at least some of the plurality of first pin holes align with target pin marks on the base.
US10562174B2
A workbench includes a work support structure, a first leg member, a second leg member, a handle; and a rack and pinion system coupling the first leg, the second leg, and the handle. Moving the handle relative to the work support structure causes both the first leg member and the second leg member to extend from or retract into the work support structure via movement in the rack and pinion system.
US10562171B2
A hand-held power tool transmission closure having a base body for closing a transmission housing opening of a transmission housing of a hand-held power tool, in particular a hammer drill or a combi-hammer, wherein the hand-held power tool transmission closure includes a tube protruding from the base body, which extends in the transmission housing when the base body closes the transmission housing opening. The hand-held power tool transmission closure includes an air channel which extends in a first air channel section through the base body and in a second air channel section through the tube so that an air mass can flow through the air channel into and out of the transmission housing.
US10562162B2
A chain tool has a base body being cylinder like and having a groove formed in an end of the base body, and two wall portions being formed and faced each other on two sides of the groove. The two wall portions have two side surfaces. An inner thread portion is formed on the side surfaces along a direction of groove depth, the base body is laterally penetrated by the groove along a center of inner thread portion, a bottom portion connects the two wall portions and having a through hole formed therein and being coaxial to the inner thread portion; a drive bolt having a top rod and a screw rod being movably engaged with the inner thread portion, wherein the screw rod has a drive portion placed against to the top rod, the top rod is coaxially align to the through hole.
US10562147B2
A polishing system includes a platen having a top surface, an annular polishing pad supported on the platen, a carrier head to hold a substrate in contact with the annular polishing pad, a support structure from which the carrier head is suspended and which is configured to move the hold the carrier head laterally across the polishing pad, and a controller. The platen is rotatable about an axis of rotation that passes through approximately the center of the platen, and the inner edge of the annular polishing pad is positioned around the axis of rotation. The controller is configured to cause the support structure to position the carrier head such that a portion of the substrate overhangs the inner edge of the annular polishing pad while the substrate is contacting the polishing pad.
US10562146B2
A finishing tool for modifying a surface of a part, including: a base, wherein the base is one or more of rotated and translated; and one or more fibers coupled to the base; wherein a base portion of each of the one or more fibers is disposed at a first angle relative to a major axis of the base, wherein the first angle is equal to or between −90 degrees and 90 degrees; and wherein, in operation, an end portion of each of the one or more fibers is disposed at a second angle relative to the major axis of the base, wherein the second angle is approximately −90 degrees or 90 degrees, substantially parallel to the surface of the part. In operation, the base portion and the end portion of each of the one or more fibers is coupled by a continuously curved intermediate portion.
US10562142B2
A pallet changing apparatus which adopts a table 4 that is able to move back and forth in relation to a turning shaft 1 and has a oscillating portion 41 for placing workpieces W, W′ by way of pallets P, P′ so as to oscillate freely by a rising portion 42 at the leading end of the table, and a bridging extending portion 31 which bridges a supporting portion of pallet P or P′ in a pallet changing arm 3 with both sides of the turning shaft 1 forming a shape of covering across the upper side of the rising portion 42 at a stage of the table 4 transferring pallet P.
US10562140B2
A press-fitting jig for a closure cap which is configured to press-fit a closure cap into a bolt mounting hole formed in a track rail of a guide device. The press-fitting jig is mounted to a moving block, which is assembled to the track rail through intermediation of a plurality of rolling elements and is configured to move on the track rail. The press-fitting jig includes: a finishing surface which is brought into slide contact with an upper surface of the track rail having the bolt mounting hole opened therein; and a guide surface, which is formed adjacent to the finishing surface and forms a wedge-shaped space with the track rail in a longitudinal direction of the track rail, the guide surface being configured to push the closure cap temporarily placed in the bolt mounting hole into the bolt mounting hole along with movement of the moving block.
US10562139B2
These fixtures aid in installing, sealing and securing pipe. Specifically, the invention aids in mating bell & spigot joints and securely capping open pipe ends of standard polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene (PE), and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) pipe products as well as non-plastic piping by enabling equalized full circumference pressure on pipe ends to nudge, seal and/or secure pipe ends during installation or decommissioning.
US10562132B2
Laser additive manufacturing systems and apparatus using laser wavelengths below 800 nm. Raman laser modules having laser pump sources in the blue wavelength range. Matching functional laser beam wavelength with maximum absorption wavelengths of starting materials.
US10562128B2
An oscillation jig includes: an oscillation jig base connected to an oscillation table; a first clamp member provided in the oscillation jig base; a second clamp member located at a position opposed to the first clamp member in an oscillation direction and configured to hold a first metal component together with the first clamp member; a link mechanism provided in the oscillation jig base, composed of a plurality of links connected together, connected to the second clamp member, and caused to extend and contract in the oscillation direction; and a clamp actuator configured to cause the link mechanism to extend and contract in the oscillation direction. When the first clamp member and the second clamp member hold the first metal component, a connection center line connecting connection centers of the respective links is made straight in the oscillation direction.
US10562127B2
A ribbon bonding tool is provided. The ribbon bonding tool includes a body portion including a tip portion, the tip portion defining a working surface. The ribbon bonding tool includes a group of four protrusions extending from the working surface, wherein the working surface defines four quadrants in a horizontal plane by extending an imaginary line at a midpoint along each of a length and a width of the working surface. Each of the four protrusions is arranged in one of four quadrants.
US10562118B2
A pipe-tapered-thread machining spiral tap includes a tapered thread portion that is circumferentially divided by flutes into a plurality of lands. Each of at least one of the lands has a cutting edge that extends along a corresponding one of the flutes. The flutes are made of a plurality of spiral flutes that are three, four or five spiral flutes each having a helix angle that is not smaller than 30° and smaller than 50°. A flute width ratio AG/(AG+AL) is 0.3-0.5, where AG represents a central angle which is subtended by each of the flutes and which is defined at a center corresponding to the rotation axis in a cross section that is perpendicular to the rotation axis, and AL represents a central angle which is subtended by each of the lands and which is defined at the center in the cross section.
US10562116B2
Systems and methods for configuring a power tool. One system includes a power tool communication system that includes an external device and a power tool. The external device includes a user interface configured to receive a first selection to enable a feature of a power tool, and receive a second selection of a threshold of a motor characteristic of the power tool. The power tool includes a motor within a housing. The power tool receives the selected feature and the selected threshold from the external device. The power tool includes a sensor configured to monitor the motor characteristic of the motor. The power tool further includes an electronic processor that controls the motor to operate according to the selected feature and adjusts an operating parameter of the motor when the motor characteristic is determined to cross the selected threshold.
US10562113B2
A channel bender including: a feeding unit configured to feed and guide a channel material into the channel bender; at least one broaching unit configured to perform at least one of bite broaching and wheeled broaching on the channel material to make at least one broaching mark; and a bending unit configured to bend the channel material that include the at least one broaching mark.
US10562092B2
A tool for hot stamping metal sheets, formed least partially of a base block and a functional layer, is proposed. The functional layer comprises cooling channels and multiple functional layers, which building upon each other create the connection to the base block. The cooling channels are designed as a cooling channel array and are produced in a laser sintering method.
US10562084B2
Provided is a clad steel plate with excellent thermal conductivity that can be used suitably in cookware and the like. The present invention is a three-layer clad steel plate having a carbon steel base material and stainless steel mating material disposed respectively on both surface sides of the base material, wherein a plate thickness ratio L given by Equation (1) is 1.0-5.0 and at least one surface of the clad steel plate has a plurality of protrusions and recesses. Plate thickness ratio L=the plate thickness of the base material/the total thickness of the mating material . . . Equation (1) Here, the base material thickness and the mating material thickness are the thicknesses at the protrusions.
US10562076B2
A substrate cleaning apparatus for cleaning a substrate while rotating the substrate and placing a cleaning member in contact with the rotating substrate is disclosed. The substrate cleaning apparatus comprises: a self-cleaning member mounted to an arm supporting the cleaning member, the self-cleaning member being configured to come into contact with the cleaning member to perform self-cleaning of the cleaning member; and a moving mechanism mounted to the arm supporting the cleaning member, the moving mechanism being configured to move the self-cleaning member between a position where the self-cleaning member is in contact with the cleaning member and a position where the self-cleaning member is separated from the cleaning member.
US10562062B2
A material supply assembly includes a valve assembly having an outer valve member and an inner valve member rotatable relative to the outer valve member. A base assembly includes an base structure and an actuator. An engagement structure is operative between the outer valve member and the actuator to prevent relative movement between the outer valve member and the actuator. A locking structure is operative between the inner valve member and the base structure to prevent relative movement between the inner valve member and the base structure. Movement of the actuator relative to the base structure moves the outer valve member relative to the inner valve member to operate the valve assembly.
US10562046B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a dual shutoff nozzle that can mitigate a user positioning a bale handle of the nozzle in an intermediate position to achieve fog flow through the nozzle. A nozzle may be devised that allows the bale to be disposed in a fully closed position, and/or disposed in a fully open position, and to switch between a fog spray and a straight tip flow. The nozzle may comprise a first flow control element, and a shutoff component that controls the first control element. The nozzle can comprise a second flow control element that controls flow between a straight nozzle outlet and a fog pattern outlet; and the second flow control element can be controlled by a pattern sleeve using a rotation motion.
US10562043B2
An aspirator system includes an aspirator body having a longitudinal axis. A channel configured for telescoping expansion and contraction along the longitudinal axis includes a first tapered tube section with a proximal end secured to an outflow region of the aspirator body. A second tapered tube section is disposed in telescoping engagement with the first tapered tube section. A drag assembly is secured to a distal end of the second tapered tube section.
US10562038B2
Fine coal is cleaned of its mineral matter impurities and dewatered by mixing the aqueous slurry containing both with a hydrophobic liquid, subjecting the mixture to a phase separation. The resulting hydrophobic liquid phase contains coal particles free of surface moisture and droplets of water stabilized by coal particles, while the aqueous phase contains the mineral matter. By separating the entrained water droplets from the coal particles mechanically, a clean coal product of substantially reduced mineral matter and moisture contents is obtained. The spent hydrophobic liquid is separated from the clean coal product and recycled. The process can also be used to separate one type of hydrophilic particles from another by selectively hydrophobizing one.
US10562030B2
Improved sub-assemblies and methods of control for use in a diagnostic assay system adapted to receive an assay cartridge are provided herein. Such sub-assemblies include: a brushless DC motor, a door opening/closing mechanism and cartridge loading mechanism, a syringe and valve drive mechanism assembly, a sonication horn, a thermal control device and optical detection/excitation device. Such systems can further include a communications unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a mobile device of a user so as to receive a user input relating to functionality of the system with respect to an assay cartridge received therein and relaying a diagnostic result relating to the assay cartridge to the mobile device.
US10562029B2
An apparatus, in particular a microfluid apparatus, includes a chamber for extracting a fluid. The chamber has a wall with an opening. The opening is sealed by a sealing mechanism that is impermeable to specified substances. The apparatus further includes a membrane that contacts the outside of the wall, in a region of an outside of the wall which adjoins the opening, and covers the opening.
US10562019B2
The honeycomb structure includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body, and a circumferential coating layer disposed to surround a circumference of the honeycomb structure body, and cells which are formed at an outermost circumference of the honeycomb structure body and in which peripheries of the cells are defined by the partition walls without any lacks are defined as outermost circumference complete cells, and in a cross section of the honeycomb structure body which is perpendicular to an extending direction of the cells a minimum distance T (mm) among distances from the outermost circumference complete cells to the surface of the circumferential coating layer and a porosity P (%) of the circumferential coating layer satisfy relations of Equation (1) and Equation (2) as follows: 1.5≥T≥16×(100−P)−1.4; and Equation (1): 20≤P≤75 Equation (2).
US10562016B2
A family of highly charged crystalline microporous metallophosphate molecular sieves designated PST-17 has been synthesized. These metallophosphates are represented by the empirical formula of: Rp+rAm+MxEyPOz where A is an alkali metal such as potassium, R is a quaternary ammonium cation such as ethyltrimethylammonium, M is a divalent metal such as zinc and E is a trivalent framework element such as aluminum or gallium. The PST-17 family of molecular sieves are stabilized by combinations of alkali and organoammonium cations, enabling unique metalloalumino(gallo)phosphate compositions and exhibit the BPH topology. The PST-17 family of molecular sieves has catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes and separation properties for separating at least one component.
US10562011B2
In order to improve the lifetime of an SCR catalyst in the waste gas purification by means of the SCR process of waste gas of a biomass combustion plant, the catalyst comprises a sacrificial component selected from a zeolite and/or a clay mineral, in particular halloysite. During operation, catalyst poisons contained in the waste gas, in particular alkali metals, are absorbed by the sacrificial component so that catalytically active centers of the catalyst are not blocked by the catalyst poisons.
US10561995B2
Organopolysiloxane emulsions which are stable and of large particle size are produced in controllable fashion using a cylindrical mixer having multiple inlets and axially displaced rotor stator units.
US10561992B2
The invention provides a porous membrane comprising polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and at least one inorganic filler embedded in the porous membrane wherein the inorganic filler comprises sulfuric acid precipitated silica. The invention further provides a process for the production of said porous membrane.
US10561982B2
Apparatus and methods for desulfurization of a sulfur-oxide containing gas by treatment with ammonia containing liquids. The apparatus and methods may utilize two distinct circuits of two different ammonia containing liquids which are applied in two distinct chambers. The gas may be cooled prior to entry into the circuits. There may be fluid communication between the two circulation circuits.
US10561975B2
Variable conductance gas distribution systems, reactors and systems including the variable conductance gas distribution systems, and methods of using the variable conductance gas distribution systems, reactors, and systems are disclosed. The variable conductance gas distribution systems allow rapid manipulation of gas-flow conductance through the gas distribution system.
US10561969B2
A filter element is provided with a filter bellows that has an inflow side and an outflow side for a fluid to be filtered, wherein the filter bellows is made of a zigzag-folded filter medium with folds with fold edges. The inflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the inflow side and the outflow side is defined by the fold edges of the folds of the zigzag-folded filter medium at the outflow side. At least one filter element holding device is provided that holds the filter element in a filter housing. The at least one filter element holding device is connected directly or indirectly with the filter bellows. At least one supporting element supports the filter element in the filter housing; the at least one supporting element is separate from the at least one filter element holding device.
US10561965B2
A fractal flow device comprising at least one fractal pack. The at least one fractal pack comprises at least two fractal cells, where each fractal cell comprises a fractal distributor, a chamber adjacent the fractal distributor, and a fractal collector adjacent the chamber. Methods of using the fractal flow device are also disclosed.
US10561955B1
The toy includes a first plush portion and a second plush portion connected by a rigid plastic part. The rigid part is at least partially hollow and includes a substantially cylindrical portion. The rigid part is permanently connected to one of the plush portions. It is detachably connected to the other of the plush portions. A connecting member permanently connects one of the plush portions to the rigid part. A second connecting member removeably connects the other plush portion to the rigid part. The toy may take the form of a creature such as be a bear. The first plush portion may include the head, arms and upper torso of the creature. The second plush portion may include the lower torso and legs of the creature.
US10561951B2
A method and device are for fantasy sport applications including receiving a plurality of ranking values associated with a sport player; assigning a corresponding weight value to each ranking value; determining a score value as a function of the ranking value and the corresponding weight value; determining a final ranking value as a function of the score values for the sport player; and generating a recommendation for the sport player as a function of the final ranking value.
US10561948B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program product for causing a user terminal to realize functions to control progress of a video game is provided. The functions include: an experience value giving function configured to give an experience value to an object on the basis of a result of an event that occurs in accordance with progress of the video game; a managing function configured to manage a level of the object on the basis of the given experience value; and a privilege giving function configured to give a privilege to the object on the basis of an experience value that has been given and exceeds a value required to reach an upper limit of the level.
US10561940B2
A computer device has a display which displays game elements. The game element being one of a plurality of different types and having a weight. A user interface detects when a user engages with a game element. If there is a match associated with the game element, the weights of the all the match game elements is summed. If the weight is above a threshold, the engaged game element is removed from the game board. The weight is distributed to other game elements.
US10561938B2
Provided are a server, a method of controlling a server, and a program that can increase the variations on methods for acquiring an item or the like and enhance interest in a game. Included are receiving, from a user, an item change request for changing first item data; displaying, to the user, a selection screen to display a plurality of options after receiving the item change request; and providing the user with second item data when a selected option on the selection screen is a correct answer.
US10561936B1
Disclosed herein is a controller lanyard assembly that minimizes accidental damage to a controller. The controller includes a removable front cover that, when removed, exposes a receptacle that includes a cavity that receives a portion of the lanyard. The cavity of the receptacle is further connected through a channel located on an external surface of the controller. A first portion of the lanyard can reside within the cavity and a second portion of the lanyard can exit through the channel of the controller. The receptacle can further include detents that protrude into the channel, thereby preventing the first portion of the lanyard from exiting the cavity of the receptacle. Altogether, the first portion of the lanyard is coupled to the controller while the second portion of the lanyard is worn by the individual.
US10561934B2
A wearable device is configured to be worn by a first user, and to output pressure data indicating an amount of the pressure sensed thereby. An electronic device is communicatively connected to the wearable device for receiving the pressure data. In response to receipt of an initiating signal from a host device, the electronic device, continuously within a predetermined time period, accumulates a first number of exercise movements done by the first user based on the pressure data, receives data related to a second number of exercise movements done by a second user from the host device, and display a dynamic image indicating a relationship between the first number and the second number.
US10561929B2
The present invention provides a game that enhances communication skills. The game provides a series of fun communication challenges utilizing detailed pictures and objects to challenge the descriptive abilities of players and/or teams. It includes processes which reward players according to how well puzzles are answered/solved. The game/system positions players where they must rely solely upon verbal-only explanations/instructions from team members to solve puzzles. It also includes a unique scoring system to accurately score puzzles after each challenge.
US10561920B2
A grappling dummy having a generally human shape includes a trunk with a head, arms, and legs extending from the trunk. The legs can be connected together by a connecting leg segment forming a leg enclosure. The grappling dummy also includes padding disposed about the trunk, the head, the arms, and the legs. The trunk defines a midline, and the head can extend longitudinally from the trunk angled in a forward direction from the midline at about forty-five degrees. Each of the arms can extend from the trunk at about forty-five degrees. Each of the arms can lie in a generally transverse plane with respect to the midline. Each of the legs can extend from the trunk at about forty-five degrees. Each of the legs can lie in a second plane angled in a forward direction from the midline of the trunk at about forty-five degrees.
US10561916B1
A basketball training apparatus includes a shot completion sensor, a condition sensor, and a computer. The shot completion sensor determines whether a shot goes through a basketball hoop. The condition sensor senses a physical condition of a basketball shooter. The computer is in communication with the shot completion sensor and the condition sensor, and has a processor for calculating shot completion percentage as a function of the physical condition.
US10561909B2
A golf club head includes a striking face having a face center and a virtual striking face plane generally parallel to the striking face. The golf club head further includes a sole portion, a top portion, a rear portion, and a loft L no less than 40°. A virtual vertical plane perpendicular to the striking face plane passes through the face center. A club head center of gravity is spaced from the virtual vertical plane in the heel-to-toe direction by a distance D1 that is no greater than 6.0 mm. The golf club head further includes a hosel including an internal bore configured to receive a golf shaft. The internal bore includes a peripheral side wall and a shaft abutment surface configured to abut a tip end of the golf club shaft. The hosel further comprises an auxiliary recess extending sole-ward from the abutment surface of the internal bore.
US10561904B2
Multi-piece golf balls containing a dual-layered core structure are provided. The core structure includes a small, heavy inner core (center) having a relatively high specific gravity, and a surrounding outer core layer. The layers of the core structure may have different hardness gradients. The center of the core comprises a metal material such as copper, steel, brass, tungsten, titanium, aluminum, and alloys thereof preferably dispersed in a thermoplastic polymeric matrix. Different plasticizers such as fatty acid esters may be used. The outer core layer is preferably formed from a thermoset composition such as polybutadiene. The resulting ball has high resiliency and good spin.
US10561901B2
Provided is a method of evaluating stability of a golf swing. The method comprises calculating a force indicator that represents a force that acts on a body of a golfer during the golf swing and evaluating stability of the golf swing according to a magnitude of the force indicator. In the calculating, the force indicator may be calculated during the golf swing made with a specific golf club, and in the evaluating, the stability of the golf swing may be evaluated as a characteristic of the specific golf club, in accordance with the magnitude of the force indicator.
US10561900B2
A system and method for range of motion analysis while exercising, including methods for constructing user movement profiles based on repeated and typical user movements during exercises as are typical for an adult of a user's age, weight, etc., and capable of warning a user of unhealthy, unsafe, or anomalous movement patterns during exercise, using a balance trainer, range of motion analyzer, and a plurality of sensors in conjunction with an exercise device, in an effort to reduce health risks to users during exercise with an enhanced or mixed reality exercise device.
US10561895B1
An exercise device that allows users to exercise in a manner that strengthens their core and improve their balance with respect to rotation. The device includes a base for placing on the ground and a board on which the user stands, and includes a pivot between the base and board. The exercise device has a neutral position and also provides a restoring force when the user rotates the board. The restoring force is determined by the shape of the pivot and the supporting elements on the board and/or base.
US10561891B2
A stationary exercise machine may include reciprocating hand members, such as handles, and/or reciprocating foot members, such as foot pedals. The reciprocating hand members may be operative to apply a first moment to a crankshaft, and the reciprocating foot members may be operative to apply a second moment to the crankshaft. The second moment may be different than the first moment. The reciprocating foot members may cause a user's feet to move along a closed loop path that is substantially inclined, such that the user's foot motion simulates a climbing motion more than a flat walking or running motion. The reciprocating hand members may be configured to move in coordination with the foot members via a linkage operatively coupling the hand members with the foot members. A resistance mechanism may apply resistance to crankshaft rotation, and the resistance mechanism may be adjustable while the user is using the machine.
US10561878B2
A resistance adjusting apparatus is disposed on a frame and has a rotating member, a magnetic resistance member, and a wind resistance member. The rotating member has an axle rotatably disposed on the frame, an assembly seat fixedly disposed on the axle, and a magnetic wheel detachably disposed on the assembly seat. The magnetic resistance member is disposed on the frame, is located out of the magnetic wheel, and has an adjusting seat disposed on the frame and multiple magnetic elements. The magnetic wheel is inserted into an inner space of the adjusting seat. The magnetic elements are disposed in the adjusting seat and are located in the inner space of the adjusting seat. The wind resistance member is detachably disposed on an outer surface of the magnetic wheel. The wind resistance member and the magnetic resistance member are independent and can be detached individually.
US10561865B2
A smart mask includes a main mask body including a first opening end and a second opening end. A diameter of the first opening end is smaller than a diameter of the second opening end. The mask further includes a front mask body arranged at the first opening end and fixing straps arranged at the second opening end. The front mask body includes a filter configured to absorb pollutants in air entering the front mask body and a sensor configured to record a wearing time of the smart mask.
US10561859B2
The present disclosure relates to a system and a method. The system may include a first device including a treatment head configured to emit a radiation beam. The system may include a second device comprising a body. The body may include one or more openings at a bottom of the recess that allow passage of the radiation beam substantially free of the interference by the body.
US10561858B2
A radiation-treatment plan that comprises a plurality of dose-delivery fractions can be optimized by using fraction dose objectives and at least one other, different dose objective. This use of fraction dose objectives can comprise accumulating doses delivered in previous dose-delivery fractions. The other, different dose objective can comprise a remaining total dose objective, a predictive dose objective, or some other dose objective of choice. An existing radiation-treatment plan having a corresponding resultant quality and that is defined, at least in part, by at least one delivery parameter can be re-optimized by specifying at least one constraint as regards that delivery parameter as a function, at least in part, of that resultant quality and then applying that constraint when re-optimizing the existing radiation-treatment plan.
US10561853B2
A defibrillator (AED) and method for using a defibrillator using two different ECG analysis algorithms which work sequentially to improve the accuracy of AED shock decisions. A first algorithm, such as (ART), is particularly suited for analysis in the presence of CPR periods. A second algorithm, such as (PAS), is particularly suited for analysis during hands-off periods. The AED switches algorithms depending on the period and on the current analysis of the cardiac rhythm. The inventions thus provide an optimized ECG analysis scheme in a manner that improves the effectiveness of the rescue, resulting in more CPR “hands-on” time, better treatment of refibrillation, and reduced transition times between CPR and electrotherapy.
US10561849B2
Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media that facilitate monitoring the integrity of telemetry connectivity between an implantable device and an external device are provided. In one embodiment, an implantable device includes a monitoring component that monitors advertisement signal information identifying an amount of advertisement signals transmitted to the external device within a defined time period, and telemetry session information identifying an amount of the telemetry sessions that are established between the external device and the implantable device within the defined time period. A connectivity assessment component of the implantable device further determines whether a telemetry connectivity problem exists between the external device and the implantable device based on a degree of miscorrelation between the advertisement signal information and the telemetry session information.
US10561843B2
Electrode structures for transvascular nerve stimulation combine electrodes with an electrically-insulating backing layer. The backing layer increases the electrical impedance of electrical paths through blood in a lumen of a blood vessel and consequently increases the flow of electrical current through surrounding tissues. The electrode structures may be applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves.
US10561842B2
Systems, devices, and methods are discussed herein for wirelessly transmitting power and/or data to an implanted device, such as an implanted electrostimulator device. In an example, the subject matter includes a layered transmitter device with multiple conductive planes and excitation features. The transmitter device can be tuned to identify and apply device parameters for efficient wireless communication with a deeply implanted device. The transmitter is generally configured for midfield powering applications by providing signals that give rise to propagating signals inside of body tissue.
US10561836B2
A trans mucosal neuromuscular electrical stimulation device (1) including a mouthpiece (3, 103), electrodes (32a, 33a, 132a, 133a) associated with the mouthpiece (3, 103). The device (1) and/or mouthpiece (3, 103) incorporates electrical circuitry operatively connecting to the electrodes (32a, 33a, 132a, 133a) to a power source and is configured to provide, in use, electrical stimulation to one or more palate and/or tongue muscles via the electrodes (32a, 33a, 132a, 133a) through the oral mucosa. The treatment regime, including the location of stimulation and the parameters used, is designed to increase resting muscle tone and/or muscle tone during sleep.
US10561833B2
A conductive pad for pain relieving and muscle training, comprises an electrode sheet electrically connected to a control unit and a conductive gel for attaching onto the human body. The conductive gel is added with a substance for pain relieving and muscle training, which is capsaicin, menthol, lidocaine, or other substitutes in an amount of 0.001% to 30% by mass. This invention has the function of increasing the blood circulation/local anesthesia by adding capsaicin, menthol, lidocaine, or other substitutes to the conductive gel, and has the effect of pain relieving and muscle training. The conductive pad that is made of the above described conductive gel can be used alone, and also be used with all of the TENS/EMS units in the market, offering a wide range of application. In addition, this invention does not require the additional heating source, simplifies the structure, and greatly reduces the manufacturing costs.
US10561830B2
Certain embodiments according to the present invention provide sleeve devices suitable for a wide range of therapeutic uses. In accordance with certain embodiments, the therapeutic sleeve device includes a nanofiber fabric assembly, which defines a plurality of pores, and at least one layer of cells embedded in the nanofiber fabric assembly.
US10561814B2
Dispensing systems for a ventilator circuit having a ventilator flow circuit with a normal inhalation flow path with a heat and moisture exchanger (HME), a flow sensor in communication with the ventilator circuit, an automated drug dispensing system with an actuator and a pressurized canister residing upstream of the HME, a bypass inhalation flow path residing downstream of the pressurized canister, and at least one electromechanical valve residing in the inhalation flow path to selectively open the valve which can be normally closed to define a closed bypass path. At least one controller opens the at least one electromechanical valve to open the bypass inhalation flow path and close the normal inhalation flow path through the HME only when the flow sensor indicates air flow is in an inhalation direction. Once the valve is open, the actuator dispenses medication through the bypass inhalation flow path to the patient.
US10561808B2
A dose counter for an inhaler includes a counter display arranged to indicate dosage information, and a drive system arranged to move the counter display incrementally in a first direction from a first station to a second station in response to actuation input. A regulator is provided which is arranged to act upon the counter display at the first station to regulate motion of the counter display at the first station to incremental movements.
US10561802B2
A syringe adapter includes a housing having a first end and a second end and defining an interior space, a seal arrangement received within the interior space of the housing, a connector body positioned adjacent the first end of the housing and configured to be connected with a syringe barrel with the connector body secured to the housing and rotatable relative to the housing in first and second directions, and a cannula secured to the connector body. The connector body is axially fixed relative to the housing. The seal arrangement is configured to cooperate with the cannula to provide a sealed transfer of fluids through the cannula to a mating connector.
US10561800B2
A skin sensing system for a drug delivery device includes a control unit and a skin sensor comprising one or more electrodes. The skin sensor may be configured to store a threshold value associated with skin sensing, receive one or more sensed signal values from the one or more electrodes, compare the one or more sensed signal values with the threshold value, and based on the comparison, transmit a resultant signal to the control unit. The resultant signal is used by the control unit to determine whether a skin surface of a user is substantially proximate to the skin sensor upon receiving the resultant signal. A drug delivery device for sensing contact with the skin includes the skin sensing system. When the skin sensor senses that the drug delivery device is in contact with a patient's skin surface, drug delivery from the device may be permitted.
US10561797B2
Systems and methods for monitoring an operational state and/or a fill status of a drug container of a drug delivery device are provided. The drug container can hold a liquid drug. A plunger can be positioned within the drug container. A drive system can advance the plunger to expel the liquid drug from the container. A monitoring system can detect a movement and/or a position of the plunger and/or any component coupled to the plunger. The detection can enable determination of an amount of liquid drug that has been expelled and/or an amount of liquid drug remaining in the drug container. Dosing rates, flow rates, and dosage completion can also be determined.
US10561789B2
Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of operating an infusion device capable of delivering fluid to a user involves storing alert configuration information for the user, identifying an alert condition while operating the infusion device to deliver the fluid based at least in part on the alert configuration information for the user, and in response to identifying the alert condition, providing a user notification in accordance with the user's stored alert configuration information.
US10561782B2
The present invention relates to a medical device, in particular to a blood treatment apparatus, having a control and processing unit, having at least one structure-borne sound emitter and having at least one structure-borne sound sensor, each configured for coupling to coupling points of a medical tubing kit which can be coupled to the medical device, wherein the filling level of a bubble chamber arranged in the tubing kit can be determined at the tubing kit via the control and processing unit based on the measurement of the structure-borne sound.
US10561780B2
An automated peritoneal dialysis system and machine configured to perform dextrose mixing are disclosed. An example dialysis machine includes at least one pump, a first dialysate having a first dextrose level placed in fluid communication with the at least one pump, and a second dialysate having a second dextrose level placed in fluid communication with the at least one pump. The example dialysis machine also includes first and second valves placed between the first and second dialysates and the at least one pump. The example dialysis machine further includes a logic implementer programmed to operate the at least one pump and the first and second valves to mix the first and second dialysates so as to form a third dextrose level.
US10561776B2
A portable dialysis cabinet for use in dialysis. The portable dialysis cabinet can have a size and weight that facilitates easy movement of the cabinet from one location to another with relative ease. The portable dialysis cabinet can have additional features necessary to facilitate portability, such as wheels and a handle. In general, the portable dialysis cabinet can contain all the necessary components for performing a dialysis session.
US10561773B2
So as to be able to determine the position of a functional element as precisely as possible during the invasive use of a blood pump in a patient's body without the use of imaging methods, the blood pump is connected to a main sensor which records signals of the patient's heart, which are compared to other electrophysiological heart signals recorded by several sensors distributed on the body surface so as to allow the position of the blood pump to be determined by way of linking.
US10561772B2
The invention relates to a pump device having a pump (8) and an energy supply device (5, 18), wherein the pump has a conveying element (9, 11) which conveys a fluid by means of supplied energy, wherein the pump has a transport state and an operating state, and wherein at least of first element (9, 9a, 10, 10′, 11) of the pump has a different shape and/or size in the transport state than in the operating state. The operating safety of such a pump device is increased by a detection device (12, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29) which detects whether at least the first element is in the operating state with respect to shape and/or size by means of a sensor.
US10561770B2
Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure. In one approach, the breast pump assembly includes a breast adapter and a receptacle configured to cup the breast adapter, and the breast adapter is removable from the receptacle.
US10561768B2
Microstrain-inducing manifolds, systems, and methods are presented that involve microstrain-inducing manifolds that include a plurality of shaped projections for creating microstrain. The shaped projections may be tapered projections. A system may include a sealing member for placing over the tissue site, a microstrain-inducing manifold, and a reduced-pressure subsystem that delivers reduced pressure to the sealing member. The reduced pressure causes the shaped projections to create microstrain at the tissue site. Other methods, apparatuses, and systems are also presented.
US10561767B2
Systems and methods for a cartridge which may be included in a medical suction device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a cartridge may comprise a porous filler material loaded with absorption granules for absorbing liquids, and a hydrophobic liquid barrier which is permeable only to one or more of air and gasses, and positioned within the cartridge so that liquids in the cartridge cannot exit the cartridge. The cartridge may further comprise perforated walls and sealed walls, arranged within the cartridge in an alternating order and orientated parallel to one another and perpendicular to a net flow direction of fluids in the cartridge, and spaced from one another such that passages are formed between the walls.
US10561763B2
Certain embodiments include materials that carry oxygen and emit molecular oxygen upon heating. The approach reported here uses thermal decomposition of organic endoperoxide compounds to produce singlet oxygen. In certain aspects the oxygen carrier comprises an organic compound either alone or contained in a polymeric carrier or other carrier material that is used to form a coating, layer, or bulk substance that can be a solid, a gel or a fluid. The oxygen-carrier is most conveniently prepared by oxidation of a precursor compound, the structure of which determines its thermal stability and thus how rapidly oxygen is released at any given temperature.
US10561762B2
The invention relates to crosslinked soft tissue grafts and methods of use thereof. The invention also relates to methods of preparing the same.
US10561754B2
There is a volatile composition dispenser comprising a housing comprising a rear frame having a frame opening, and an inner wall. A push button is movably disposed in the frame opening and the inner wall and is configured to be movable with respect to the inner wall from a first position to a second position wherein the push button is interlocked with the inner wall in the second position.
US10561748B2
The present invention is directed to a novel compound of Formula 1 wherein the radiolabeled compound of Formula 1 is capable of being used as a radiotracer in PET imaging of a targeted localized tissue and targeted radionuclide therapy of one or more conditions that may be regulated or normalized via inhibition of transporter such as Pgp, BCRP or MRP I. The novel compounds of Formula 1 can also be used as substrates for binding with one or more ABC transporters. In particular, the present invention aids in diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of MDR disorders in all forms of cancers and neurological disorders of the central nervous system. The present invention further provides methods of preparation of compounds of Formula 1 and novel intermediates used in the preparation of compounds of Formula 1.
US10561746B2
The present invention describes an X-ray contrast composition for local administration, wherein the X-ray contrast composition exhibits contrast properties and wherein at least 60% of an administrated amount of said X-ray contrast composition remains more than 24 hours within 10 cm from an injection point when the X-ray contrast composition is administrated to a human or animal body.
US10561740B2
The present invention relates to methods of preparing a therapeutic exosome using a protein newly-identified to be enriched on the surface of exosomes. Specifically, the present invention provides methods of using the proteins for affinity purification of exosomes. It also provides methods of localizing a therapeutic peptide on exosomes, and targeting exosomes to a specific organ, tissue or cell by using the proteins. The methods involve generation of surface-engineered exosomes that include one or more of the exosome proteins at higher density, or a variant or a fragment of the exosome protein.
US10561739B2
Provided are Conjugate comprising PBDs conjugated to a targeting agent and methods of using such PBDs.
US10561737B2
Herein is reported a bispecific antibody comprising a first binding specificity that specifically binds to a haptenylated payload and a second binding specificity that specifically binds to a blood brain barrier receptor.
US10561734B2
Polymer and drug containing compositions and method of preparing such compositions are disclosed. The dispersed phase formulation has a polymer, a pharmaceutically or biologically active agent and a small fraction of low pKa acid additive. Stable, filter sterilizable, non-gelling solutions containing GnRH analogues at least at levels typically used in sustained release formulations and a method of increasing solubility of a high level of a GnRH analogue or a freeze-dried antgonist of GnRH in a polymer containing solution are also disclosed. The amount of the acid additive in the polymer solution is such that it is sufficient to increase the solubility of the high level of the GnRH analogue in the polymer solution without affecting the release characteristics of the microspheres prepared therefrom.
US10561731B2
A method for solubilizing non-polar target compounds into a carrier liquid is described. A carrier oil, such as a MCT, or a mixture of MCTs, may be used to solubilize non-polar target compounds. The carrier oil may also include one or more buffers for stability of the target compounds within the carrier oil.
US10561728B2
The present invention relates to antibodies specific for a particular epitope on CD40 and antibodies that bind CD40 and have particular functional characteristics. The present invention also relates to fragments of these antibodies, uses of the antibodies for reduction or treatment of transplant rejection and graft-versus-host disease, and methods for making the antibodies.
US10561722B2
Compositions and methods are described for generating an improved effective immune response against an immunogen in humans. The enhanced immune response, is obtained by using an MVA vector as a prime and an adenovirus vector as a boost and is characterized by a high level of antibody response specific to the immunogen, and an enhanced cellular immune response. The compositions and methods can be used to provide a protective immunity against a disease, such as an infection of one or more subtypes of Ebola and Marburg filoviruses, in humans.
US10561714B2
The present invention provides methods of administering Factor IX; methods of administering chimeric and hybrid polypeptides comprising Factor IX; polynucleotides encoding such chimeric and hybrid polypeptides; cells comprising such polynucleotides; and methods of producing such chimeric and hybrid polypeptides using such cells.
US10561712B2
The beta 2 subunit of mouse hemoglobin (HBB2) has been identified as soluble factor from mouse lungs that exhibits cytostatic/cytotoxic activity against neuroblastoma lung micrometastases. The beta subunit of human hemoglobin (HBB) has been found to have similar activity. Methods of using these proteins and fragments thereof in the treatment of cancer and inhibition of metastasis are provided, along with methods of screening a subject for micrometastases by detecting HBB in a biological sample.
US10561704B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for treating neuropsychiatric disorders in vertebrates and humans. More specifically, the present invention provides for use of IRL-1620, an endothelin-B receptor agonist, in appropriate doses to be a neuroprotective and a neuroregenerative agent. Accordingly, in one aspect the disclosure provides a method of treating a neuropsychiatric disorder comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an endothelin-B receptor agonist to treat the neuropsychiatric disorder. In some embodiments, the endothelin-B receptor agonist is co-administered with an additional agent to treat the neuropsychiatric disorder. In some embodiments, the additional agent is selected from the group consisting of an antidepressant, an anti-inflammatory agent, a CNS stimulant, a neuroleptic, and an anti-proliferative agent.
US10561703B2
Provided are a hormone secretion modulator including a peptide derived from telomerase, more particularly, a peptide including an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, an amino acid sequence having a sequence identity of at least 80% with SEQ ID NO: 1, or a fragment thereof, a pharmaceutical composition including the hormone secretion modulator, and a use of the pharmaceutical composition for treatment, alleviation, or prevention of diseases caused by excessive or deficient levels hormones.
US10561702B2
The present invention relates to a novel use of proline containing dipeptides for the prevention and/or treatment of skin conditions associated with altered, damaged or malfunctioning sebaceous glands.
US10561699B2
A herbal composition for relieving symptoms of diabetic retinopathy includes 40 wt % of an ethanol extract of Astragalus membranaceus, 8 wt % of an ethanol extract of Angelica sinensis and 52 wt % of a water extract of Dendrobium officinale. A method for diabetic retinopathy by administrating the herbal composition to a subject in need is also provided.
US10561695B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of healthcare foods. Disclosed is a composition having functions of improving kidney yang, enhancing immunity and relieving fatigue, which is an aqueous extract of Astragalie radix, Rehmanniae radix, Eucommiae cortex, Morindae officinalis radix, Lycii fructus and Polygonati rhizoma. By using six traditional Chinese herb medicines, Astragalie radix, Rehmanniae radix, Eucommiae cortex, Morindae officinalis radix, Lycii fructus and Polygonati rhizoma for decoction extraction, a composition having functions of improving kidney yang, enhancing immunity and relieving fatigue is obtained. Through synergetic function of each traditional Chinese herb medicine, the composition achieves a better effect comparing with similar products. In addition, the species of traditional Chinese medicine in the composition is relatively fewer, lowering the potential safety hazard, and the method is simple and the cost is low.
US10561690B2
The present disclosure provides methods and treatment regimens for treating ulcerative colitis in a subject in need thereof. In particular, the methods described herein comprise treating a subject in need thereof with a treatment regimen comprising the administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising live non-pathogenic fecal bacteria for at least 8 weeks and at least three times per week. In an aspect, the subject in need thereof exhibits a Mayo endoscopy score of 3 or lower. In some aspects, the subject in need thereof has no concomitant corticosteroid use during said method and has no corticosteroid use immediately prior to commencing said method.
US10561687B2
Provided are methods for producing compositions comprising a population of cardiomyocytes enriched for or substantially devoid of sinoatrial node-like pacemaker cardiomyocytes (SANLCM) from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs), and methods of use thereof.
US10561683B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an osteoinductive calcium phosphate material, the method comprising the steps of providing a sintered calcium phosphate starting material having a surface topography consisting of calcium phosphate grains, subjecting the sintered calcium phosphate starting material to a hydrothermal treatment of between 125-150° C. for a duration sufficient to change calcium phosphate grains on the surface of the starting material into calcium phosphate needles.
US10561682B1
This disclosure relates to the use of an oxygen-containing liquid for treating conditions related to ischemia, hypoxia, an alteration in electrochemistry, VEGF, HIF, or a reactive oxygen species, and other conditions.
US10561680B2
Topical composition for the treatment of mucosal lesions It relates to a topical composition comprising specific amounts of: a) a hyaluronic acid or a pharmaceutically or veterinary acceptable salt thereof, b) one or more adhesive agents, and c) a non-absorbable antibiotic; to delivery devices comprising it; and to its uses in medicine, in particular, in the treatment and/or prevention of mucosal lesions; in the prevention of postpolypectomy syndrome; as adjuvant therapy to mechanical treatments in gastrointestinal perforations, and as sealant treatment in surgical anastomoses and leaks or fistulas in gastrointestinal tract.
US10561679B2
A double-stranded nucleic acid molecule for suppressing expression of non-coding RNA, the double-stranded nucleic acid molecule including: (a) a sense strand containing a nucleotide sequence corresponding to a target sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 5 to 11 and 26 to 31; and (b) an antisense strand containing a nucleotide sequence which is complementary to the sense strand in the (a) to form a double strand with the sense strand, wherein the non-coding RNA contains a base sequence set forth in any one of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 4, a part of the base sequence, or both of the base sequence and the part.
US10561676B2
What is described is a method for treating cancer in a patient in need of such treatment through the use of a dual CXCR1/2 antagonist by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a dual CXCR1/2 antagonist, or pharmaceutical compositions thereof, either alone as monotherapy, or in combination with at least one other anticancer therapy.
US10561674B2
The present invention discloses processes for the preparation of phospholipid-enriched dairy products as nutraceuticals for the formulation of functional foods, the processes include the steps of: combining a non-dairy-based PL-containing material, having phosphatidylserine (PS) and/or phosphatidic acid (PA) in the PL-containing material, wherein the PS and/or PA is derived in part from an enzymatically-processed lecithin as a PS-calcium and/or -magnesium salt and/or a PA-calcium and/or-magnesium salt via transphosphatidylation with phospholipase D in the presence of L-serine and a calcium and/or magnesium salt, with water and an oil component to form a paste; removing an excess amount of the water from the paste to form a PL-oil solution; and mixing the PL-oil solution with a dairy component, thereby obtaining a PL-enriched dairy product. Alternatively, the PL-oil solution has a weight-to-weight (w-w) concentration of at least about 0.01% of a residual amount of the water to the PL-containing material.
US10561667B2
Orbit azine-fumarate compounds are provided having the following formula: Different crystal forms of orbit azine-fumarate, an orbit azine-fumarate hydrate and a crystal form thereof, and an amorphous form of orbit azine-fumarate are prepared by adjusting the ratio of orbit azine and fumaric acid and using different crystallization methods. The invention makes it possible to provide an orbit azine-fumarate which has a higher pharmaceutical effect, is easier to prepare, and has improved storage stability.
US10561661B2
A method for treatment of disease by reduction in macrophages-mediated bacterial killing, including administration to patients in need a compound of formula (I): wherein A is N or CH; B is NO, or S; R1 is H, (C1-C4)alkyl group, methyl(C1-C6)cycloalkyl group or (C1-C6)cycloalkyl group; R2 is an aryl, arylmethyl group or methylheteroaryl group as methylpyridine and methylthiophene; R3 is absent when B is O or S, or is H or (C1-C4)alkyl group when B is N; R4 is (C1-C5)alkyl group or (C1-C4)cycloalkyl group, groups bearing a carboxylic acid group, and (C1-C5)alkyl group or (C1-C4)cycloalkyl substituted by hydroxyl group, halogen group or methoxy group, when B is N, R3 and R4 can together form a 5- or 6-membered heterocycle substituted by carboxylic acid group, substituted by a halogen atom, hydroxyl group, methoxy group or hydroxymethyl group, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt. Also provided are new compounds relating to this use.
US10561648B2
The present invention is directed to the use of compounds which are modulators of the G protein-Coupled Estrogen Receptor (GPER) for the inhibition —and/or treatment of Bacterial infections, especially including metMctHin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of bacterial pathogens, including MRSA are also described.
US10561643B2
The present invention relates to the field of methods for providing pharmaceutical compositions comprising poorly water-soluble drugs. In particular the present invention relates to compositions comprising stable, amorphous hybrid nanoparticles, comprising at least one protein kinase inhibitor and at least one polymeric stabilizing and matrix-forming component, useful in pharmaceutical compositions and in therapy.
US10561642B2
The present invention concerns the use of castanospermine or other alpha-glucosidase inhibitors for the treatment or prevention of Zika virus infections. Aspects of the invention include methods for treating or preventing Zika virus infection by administering an alpha-glucosidase inhibitor (e.g., an alpha-glucosidase I inhibitor) to a subject in need thereof; methods for inhibiting a Zika virus infection in a cell in vitro or in vivo; pharmaceutical compositions; packaged dosage formulations; and kits for treating or preventing Zika virus infection.
US10561635B2
The disclosure provides a method of treating pulmonary fibrosis, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in a comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising from about 1% by weight to about 99% by weight of cromolyn sodium with an inhalation device.
US10561623B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods of their use in treating muscular dystrophy and other disorders.
US10561620B2
Embodiments of the present technology may include a system for forming an emulsion. The system may include a coiled tube. The coiled tube may have a first end and a second end. The second end may be located at a position higher than the position of the first end. The system may also include a plurality of beads disposed within the coiled tube. The system may further include a first inlet fluidly connected to the coiled tube. The first inlet may be configured to deliver a first fluid to the first end before the second end. In addition, the system may include a second inlet fluidly connected to the coiled tube. The second inlet may be configured to deliver a second fluid to the first end before the second end.
US10561612B2
The invention is directed to a composition comprising cromolyn sodium and ibuprofen, wherein the cromolyn sodium is micronized and the cromolyn sodium and ibuprofen are present in a weight ratio of 1:1-2. In one embodiment, the ibuprofen is passed through a sieve, such as a 300 μm sieve and to methods of making the same.
US10561609B2
The present invention provides a composition and an antiviral drug preparation, each comprising at least one water-insoluble antiviral drug and at least one water-soluble carrier material, wherein the water-insoluble antiviral drug is dispersed through the water-soluble carrier material in nano-disperse form. The present invention further provides processes for preparing the compositions and drug preparations, and also aqueous nano-dispersions obtained by combining water and the compositions.
US10561596B2
The present invention is directed to a composition containing: an aqueous dispersion comprising (a) particles having a volume-basis particle size distribution with peaks in the range of equal to or greater than 1 μm up to about 100 μm wherein the particles comprise an oil gellant comprising a styrenic block copolymer, and a fatty substance selected from a wax having a melting point of greater than 35° C., anoil, and mixtures thereof; (b) a surfactant mixture comprising a nonionic surfactant and an ionic surfactant; and (c) water; and a carrier. The composition and aqueous dispersion are capable of delivering benefits to various substrates, for example, keratinous substrates such as skin and hair.
US10561594B2
The subject matter of the present disclosure are agents for stabilizing keratin fibers, more particularly human hair, containing in a cosmetic carrier: (a) at least one compound of the formula (I) wherein X denotes oxygen (—O—), sulfur (—S—) or a grouping —NR5—.
US10561591B2
A method is disclosed for reducing hair frizz by treating hair with a regimen comprising two or more hair care compositions wherein at least two of such compositions comprise Moisture Control Materials. Two or more of the compositions used in the method comprise from about 0.1% to about 20% of a moisture control material or mixture of moisture control materials wherein the moisture control material is selected from the group consisting of Class I and Class II.
US10561586B2
The invention relates to an anhydrous cosmetic or dermatological formulation comprising a viscose lipid-containing preparation and propellant gas consisting essentially of one or more substances selected from hydrofluorocarbons, n-butane, isobutane and propane. The formulation permits application to the skin by spraying of an otherwise nonsprayable preparation. The formulation is free from readily volatile solvents, surfactants, and preferably free from silicones.
US10561574B1
A percussive massage device includes an enclosure having a cylindrical bore that extends along a longitudinal axis. A motor has a rotatable shaft that rotates about a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A crank coupled to the shaft includes a pivot, which is offset from the central axis of the shaft. A transfer bracket has a first end portion coupled to the pivot of the crank. A flexible transfer linkage has a first end coupled to a second end portion of the transfer bracket. A piston has a first end coupled to a second end of the transfer linkage. The piston is constrained to move within a cylinder along the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical bore. An applicator head has a first end coupled to a second end of the piston and has a second end exposed outside the cylindrical bore for application to a person receiving treatment.
US10561573B2
An infant burping assembly for burping an infant includes a harness that may be worn on an infant. A plunger unit is provided and the plunger unit is coupled to the harness. The plunger unit abuts the infant's back when the harness is worn. The plunger unit is actuated to move between an extended position and a retracted position. In this way the plunger unit repeatedly strikes the infant's back thereby facilitating the infant to be burped.
US10561560B2
A medical treatment apparatus includes a power and control (PAC) device. The PAC device provides electrical power through a cable to a laser handpiece assembly to electrically power a laser source within the handpiece assembly. The PAC device controls operation of the handpiece assembly and detects an identification of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device also monitors data relating to operation of the handpiece assembly. The PAC device uploads, through a communication network to a user assistance center remote from the PAC device, the handpiece assembly identification and the monitored data.
US10561552B2
A user module for a patient support apparatus is provided. The user module has a user interface operably coupled thereto. The user interface includes an input device and an output device. The output device includes a visual display including textual and non-textual elements. The non-textual elements include enhanced, graphical, and animated portions relating to one or more operational features of the patient support or to a person positionable on the patient support. The input device includes one or more touch sensors corresponding to defined regions of the visual display.
US10561547B2
A multi-purpose litter clamp comprises a clamp that preferably spans below the litter connecting to opposing longitudinal litter poles on opposite sides of the litter. The clamp can attach rigidly and securely to both sides of the litter. In many embodiments, all but a few inches of the litter's longitudinal poles are covered with a nylon fabric that make up the ‘bed’ of the litter. A plurality of clamp accessories can facilitate rapid and effective attachment and/or removal of medical equipment connected to a patient directly to the litter on which the patient lies, either during transport and/or while in a field hospital.
US10561546B2
Absorbent structure (13)s for absorbent articles are provided, comprising an absorbent layer (17) with absorbent material (50) containing superabsorbent polymer particles supported by a supporting sheet (16), and having first and a second substantially longitudinal channel (26) that are free of said superabsorbent polymeric particles, and that comprises one or more adhesive material to immobilize said absorbent material (50). The channels can provide improved fit and/or liquid acquisition/transportation, and/or improved performance.
US10561545B2
The present invention relates to an absorbent structure and an absorbent article containing said absorbent structure. The absorbent structure, having a sequence of layers connected together, comprises a first outer absorbent layer made from airlaid material, a second outer absorbent layer made from airlaid material, and a fluid storage layer made from airlaid material arranged between the first and second outer absorbent layers, wherein the airlaid material of the first outer absorbent layer comprises first cellulose fibres, the airlaid material of the second outer absorbent layer comprises second cellulose fibres and the airlaid material of the fluid storage layer comprises third cellulose fibres and super-absorbent components, wherein the first and second cellulose fibres have a lower pH value than the third cellulose fibres and the pH value of the first and second cellulose fibres is less than 5.0.
US10561543B2
Absorbent articles of the disclosure may comprise front and back belts, first and second fastening tab members comprising first and second hook-type fastening elements, and laterally opposing permanent side seams directly joining the front or back belt belts to the fastening tab members. The fastening tab members may be joined to the first and second hook-type fastening elements, which may be refastenably joined to an interior surface of the front or back belts. The fastening tab members and the permanent side seams may be disposed between the first and second belts. And, the absorbent article may be packaged in refastenably closed form.
US10561536B2
A conformable wound dressing system that includes a wound dressing and a dressing support layer. The wound dressing includes a backing having two major surfaces and a perimeter that includes first and second lateral edges, an adhesive disposed on one major surface of the backing and the dressing support layer removably mounted on the other major surface. The dressing support layer includes juxtaposed first and second sections that define a gap between them. Each section comprises a medial portion and at least four spokes extending therefrom toward a lateral edge. The at least four spokes include two outer spokes and at least two spaced-apart inner spokes. At least two of the at least four spokes of each section extend beyond the lateral edge to form peripheral support layer tabs.
US10561528B2
Disclosure includes fluid-circulating heat exchange catheters, systems and related methods useable for controlling a patient's body temperature.
US10561515B2
Systems and methods are provided for supporting an arm of a user using a harness configured to be worn on a body of a user; and an arm support coupled to the harness configured to support an arm of the user, the arm support configured to accommodate movement of the arm while following the movement without substantially interfering with the movement of the user's arm. One or more compensation elements may be coupled to the arm support to apply an offset force to at least partially offset a gravitational force acting on the arm as the user moves and the arm support follows the movement of the user's arm, the one or more compensation elements providing a force profile that varies the offset force based on an orientation of the arm support.
US10561507B1
Methods and systems for assisting hemiplegic and hemiparetic patients are described herein. A wearable gripper system assists a user with one functional hand to independently perform basic tasks. A wearable gripper is located on the forearm above a disabled hand. The user controls the wearable gripper easily and intuitively based on gestures measured by an instrumented wristband device. Movements detected at the functioning wrist and forearm are translated into the motion control commands communicated to the actuators of the wearable gripper. In this manner, the wearable gripper assists the user to manipulate objects in lieu of the disabled hand. In some embodiments, a number of conductive, stretchable string sensors are wrapped around the hand of a user to estimate wrist and hand motion. In some embodiments, a gripper actuator includes two or more fingers, each having a location dependent shape profile and compliance to accommodate different manipulation tasks.
US10561505B2
A device for attaching a positioning device to a bone of a patient at a predetermined position relative to a hip implant comprising a trial hip implant and a template. The trial hip implant has a support surface for resting on the bone of the patient The template can be secured to the trial hip implant and has at least one cylindrical opening with a longitudinal axis. The trial hip implant is shaped such that any straight line which runs through one of the at least one cylindrical opening and is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the respective opening does not intersect the trial hip implant when the template is secured to the trial hip implant.
US10561503B2
Disc degeneration and chronic back pain are caused by a transport hindrance of oxygen, nutrients and pH buffer from capillaries in endplates into mid-layer of the intervertebral disc. A fluid absorbing conduit is inserted into the intervertebral disc, drawing and delivering the oxygen, nutrients and pH buffer in fluid of body circulation from capillaries at endplates into the mid-layer of the disc. The disc undergoes thousands of relaxation and compression cycles each day from daily activity of the patient. During relaxation phase, the fluid of body circulation containing oxygen, nutrients, and pH buffer is infused into the fluid absorbing conduit. During compression phase, the oxygen, nutrients, and pH buffer in the fluid absorbing conduit is dispersed into the mid-layer of the disc. The pH buffer, bicarbonate, neutralizes the lactic acid to relieve the discogenic pain. Oxygen inhibits hypoxic inflammation and production of lactic acid to further reduce the discogenic pain. Nutrients nourish the disc cells to rebuild or regenerate the disc matrix.Therapeutic agents can be added into the fluid absorbing conduit or injected into the disc implanted with the fluid absorbing conduit to expedite pain relief and disc regeneration. The therapeutic agents can be pH buffering agent, antibiotic, anti-inflammatory drug, anesthetic, antacid, nutrient, sulfate, anti-depressant, calcium channel blocker, growth factor, cells or other.
US10561498B2
A method for treating a heart valve of a patient includes inserting into a heart and in contact with a valve surface, an implant including an elongate element and a locking mechanism coupled to the elongate element. The locking mechanism has a resting position that provides a locked state preventing movement of the elongate element with respect to the locking mechanism. The heart valve is treated by facilitating movement of the elongate element with respect to the locking mechanism by maintaining application of a force to the locking mechanism using a tool, and thereby maintaining the locking mechanism in an unlocked state during the facilitating of the movement of the elongate element with respect to the locking mechanism. Subsequently, the locking mechanism is transitioned to the resting position by decoupling the tool from the locking mechanism.
US10561496B2
Disclosed herein are designs for improved inflatable structures for use during minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures. These inflatable structures facilitate the perfusion of blood through an anatomical structure, such as a heart valve, during the cardiovascular procedure. The inflatable structures are formed of a plurality of balloons arranged radially around a central location. The plurality of balloons form a lumen through which blood flows. Each balloon of the plurality is shaped or configured to stabilize the adjacent balloons, limiting their movement relative to each other. For example, some embodiments can feature balloons with a keystone shape that limits movement of the balloons inward toward the lumen. Some implementations can also include a support coil running through the lumen. The support coil holds enables the lumen to be open to perfusion even in the early stages of balloon inflation.
US10561493B2
The present disclosure relates generally to the fields of medical devices, ophthalmology, and cataract surgery, and more particularly to, for example, a capsular tension ring. The capsular tension ring can include an inner ring section, and an outer ring section at least partially enveloping the inner ring section. The outer ring section can have an outer ring surface, an inner ring surface, and a plurality of raised polygon features on the inner ring surface, wherein each of the raised polygon features is radially symmetric.
US10561492B2
A reprogrammable intraocular adaptive lens prosthesis apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a tunable liquid crystal lens (TLCL) encapsulated in the intraocular prosthesis with control electronics and a power source or in the intraocular prosthesis with a control signal receiver while an external control electronics package transmits the control signal. The TLCL is driven in response to a stimulus signal to provide accommodation. The TLCL corrects other visual shortcomings of the natural eye. The intraocular prosthesis has a remote programmable TLCL controller configured to recalibrate the TLCL to compensate for dynamic adaptation of the eye over time.
US10561486B2
Packaging for prosthetic heart valves including an assembly for stabilizing dry prosthetic tissue implants such as heart valves during storage. The packaging assembly can be used for storing a bioprosthetic heart valve without a liquid preservative solution. The packaging assembly can comprise a holder comprising an engagement structure configured for removably attaching a bioprosthetic heart valve, the holder comprising a shaft. The packaging assembly can also include a storage tray comprising a cavity and an insert sized to provide a cap over the cavity of the storage tray, the insert comprising a slot having a closed central end and an open outer periphery. The shaft of the holder can be non-rotatably retained at the closed central end, wherein the insert defines a flat, generally planar disc comprising at least one of outward projections and flow passages.
US10561478B2
Taking a digital implant or abutment level digital impression by means of intra-oral, computed tomography or other imaging method provides the restorative doctor and laboratory accurate and effective data for determining the implant position, angulation and locking feature orientation without a physical impression. Such data is correlated with a digital library to produce an output which enables design and fabrication of an accurate restorative device such as a prosthetic tooth or crown. In this way the time-consuming, costly and error prone mechanical replication of the relevant dental anatomy is obviated.
US10561474B2
A surgical instrument and method for indicating that a cartridge has been fired includes an end effector receiving a cartridge having at least one of a knife and a plurality of staples, a shaft assembly connected to the end effector, and a handle assembly. The handle assembly has a handle housing, a firing member configured to selectively actuate from a first position to a second position as a firing stroke, and a feedback generator operatively connected to the firing member. The firing member is configured to actuate the cartridge from an unfired cartridge position to a fired cartridge position when the firing member is actuated. The feedback generator is configured to communicate an audible sound and a visual indicia to an operator indicative of the firing member completing the firing stroke for actuating the cartridge to the fired cartridge position.
US10561473B2
A catheter is provided with increased flexibility and radiopaque measurement visibility. The radiopaque measurement bands are formed of a continuous coil of radiopaque material defined by areas of tightly packed coils spaced by areas of loosely wound coils. Systems and methods of utilizing the measurement structure are also provided.
US10561470B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems for controlling a plurality of manipulator assemblies of a robotic system. In accordance with a method, a first plurality of sensor signals are received at a plurality of joint space interface elements from a plurality of connector input elements via a first mapping between the joint space interface elements and joints of the first manipulator assembly. The connector input elements are operable to couple to only one manipulator assembly at a time. The received first sensor signals are then processed with a joint controller so as to control the first manipulator assembly. A second plurality of sensor signals are then received from the connector input elements at the joint space interface elements via a second mapping different than the first mapping. The received second sensor signals are then processed with the joint controller so as to control a second manipulator assembly different than the first manipulator assembly.
US10561467B2
The invention relates to an interventional apparatus comprising an interventional device with a handle (6). The handle comprises a) a first guide (20, 51) guiding an optical fiber, which is also guided within the interventional device, from a first proximal opening (14) of the handle to a distal portion (21) of the handle, wherein the first guide only has radii of curvature being larger than 10 mm, and b) a second guide (22) for guiding an elongated interventional instrument from a second proximal opening (13) of the handle to the distal portion of the handle. Since the first guide is relatively straight, the optical fiber is substantially not bent or only slightly bent and the likelihood that the interventional instrument and the optical fiber press against each other can be significantly reduced. This allows for an improved accuracy of determining the position of the interventional device by optical shape sensing.
US10561457B2
Provided is a wire stretcher, which is an apparatus which compresses the portion of the k-wire getting out behind the squeezing apparatus, the k-wire being passed through the wire retainer fitted on the bone surface, by rotating the holding part subsequent to being passed through the wire stretcher, thanks to the k-wire channel therein, and which enables, by rotating the outer body, the inner body with which the compressed k-wire is connected and the mid body to advance together in direction X, thereby stretching the k-wire.
US10561448B2
Disclosed herein are gear shifters to reverse an output shaft rotation and a method for using the same. A gear shifter in accordance with the present invention may include a housing, an input shaft, an output shaft and an idler shaft. The input shaft may have input gears, the output shaft may have output gears and the idler shaft may have idler gears. The output shaft may be slidably coupled with the input shaft and the idler shaft to rotate in a first direction in a first position and in a second opposite direction in a second position. A method of reversing an output shaft direction using a gear shifter may include the steps of pushing the gear shifter in a first direction to rotate the output shaft in a first direction and pushing the gear shifter in a second direction to rotate the output shaft in a second direction.
US10561440B2
A method for treating a patient having thrombus includes providing a manipulation device including a housing configured to be supported by the hand of a user and having a distal and proximal end, a drive system disposed within the housing, and configured to rotate a rotation member, an engagement member coupled to the rotation member and configured to be removably coupled to an elongate medical device, an activation member carried by the housing such that it can be operated by at least a portion of the hand of the user when the housing is supported by the hand of the user, the drive system configured to apply motive force to the engagement member, securing an elongate member to the engagement member, introducing at least the distal end of the elongate member into a blood vessel adjacent a thrombus, operating the activation member to cause at least some rotation of the rotation member, which in turn causes at least some rotation of the distal end of the elongate member at or near the thrombus, and aspirating at least some of the thrombus with an aspiration catheter.
US10561437B2
Systems and methods for facilitating the removal of a tissue specimen from a patient are disclosed. The systems include a bag or pouch, a tissue cutter device, a support and a stabilizer. The tissue cutter device includes a passer, a wire, and a handle. The support is an elongated member. The passer is an elongated member configured to be coupled to the support and introduced as a temporary unit into the mouth of the bag or pouch in the patient's body holding the tissue specimen. The wire is attached to the passer. The temporary unit is configured to pass around the tissue specimen and out of the opening in the bag or pouch to carry the wire through that path so that a distal portion of the wire and a proximal portion of the wire are outside the patient's body. Those portions of the wire can be pulled to cut into the tissue specimen. The stabilizer holds the tissue specimen as the wire cuts into it. The bag or pouch includes direction-bearing indicia to facilitate viewing of the methods from within the patient's body.
US10561436B2
An ultrasonic instrument includes a housing, an ultrasonic transducer support by the housing, and an integrated usage indicator. The housing is configured to removably connect to a shaft assembly. The ultrasonic transducer is configured to be acoustically connected to a waveguide and operated a predetermined number of use cycles. The integrated usage indicator is operatively connected to the housing and includes a used state indicator. The used state indicator is configured to indicate to a clinician in a used state when the ultrasonic transducer has been operated at least the predetermined number of use cycles for limiting usage of the ultrasonic transducer to the predetermined number of use cycles.
US10561435B2
An ultrasonic surgical tool system with a tip capable of simultaneously vibrating in plural modes. The system includes a console capable of supplying a drive signal to the tip that includes plural components. Each component has a frequency characteristic that is based in part on the equivalent of current through the mechanical components of the tip. The frequency components are different from each other. Based on the application of drive signal the tip undergoes non-linear vibrations.
US10561427B2
Surgical tools for removal of tissue, namely instruments, devices and methods for surgical tissue cutting with a cylindrical cutting burr bit extending from an elongated hollow member and connected to a shaft for actuating rotation motion of said burr bit to cut/remove tissue from a target location, while mitigating the harm of damaging surrounding tissue.
US10561424B2
A method of inserting a circular stapling apparatus into a body lumen includes inserting a distal portion of a shell assembly of the circular stapling apparatus in an entrance to a body lumen, introducing an insufflation fluid through an aperture defined in an outer surface of the shell assembly, and inserting a remainder of the shell assembly and a portion of an elongated member into the body lumen. Introducing the insufflation fluid through the aperture flows insufflation fluid into the body lumen.
US10561413B1
A suturing needle is provided for injecting a gold thread. The suturing needle includes a needle body having a sharpened tip part at an upper end thereof. In addition, the suturing needle includes an upper groove provided on the sharpened tip part to hold the gold thread therein, and a lower groove provided near a lower end of the needle body to be opposite to the upper groove. Also, the suturing needle includes a handle part detachably combined with the lower end of the needle body. Various embodiments are possible.
US10561411B1
An apparatus for anchoring one or more tensile members to bone includes: an anchor, including: a housing having a hollow interior, and including a body portion and an extension portion interconnected by a breakaway structure configured to retain structural integrity under a first predetermined tensile load and to separate under a second predetermined tensile load which is greater than the first predetermined tensile load; a collet disposed in the hollow interior, the collet having a peripheral wall defining a central bore for accepting one or more tensile members therethrough; a sleeve having a peripheral wall and being disposed in the hollow interior of the housing, so as to be movable parallel to the central axis; and wherein the sleeve and the collet are arranged such that axial movement of the sleeve will cause the collet to swage radially inwards around and against the one or more tensile members.
US10561407B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses, devices, and methods for secure connections between tubular structures. In one implementation, a first tube constructed of nitinol may have windows formed on an end thereof. A second tube constructed of stainless steel tube may be inserted within the first tube, and the windows may be filled with adhesive or solder. The adhesive or solder may bond with the first tube, forming connection pins which secure the tubes together. In some embodiments, the connected tubes may form an endoscopic needle. The nitinol portion of the needle may be sufficiently flexible for positioning within the bending section of an endoscope without deformation. The stainless steel portion of the needle may render the needle significantly less expensive than prior needles constructed solely of nitinol.
US10561393B2
Disclosed is an ultrasound apparatus. The ultrasound apparatus includes an ultrasound transceiver that transmits an ultrasound signal to an object and receives an ultrasound echo signal reflected from the object, a controller that detects a change amount of a diameter of a blood vessel of the object, based on the ultrasound echo signal, and a display unit that displays a blood pressure graph showing a blood pressure of the object and an image representing an inflection point in the blood pressure graph, based on the detected change amount of the diameter. The controller calculates a stiffness of the blood vessel, based on a blood pressure corresponding to the inflection point.
US10561388B2
A radiographing system includes a mobile terminal configured to store an examination time of a subject that is based on examination-related information about the subject, a radiographing apparatus configured to take a radiation image of the subject based on the examination-related information and to store an imaging time of the radiation image, and an association unit configured to associate the radiation image with the examination-related information based on the imaging time and the examination time.
US10561385B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray source to generate and irradiate X-rays; an X-ray detector installed in at least one module of one or more modules, to detect the irradiated X-rays; an Identification (ID) resistor included in the module; a port included in the X-ray detector; and a controller to determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, using the ID resistor and the port. The controller may assign a static Information Provider (IP) address to the module, and determine a module in which the X-ray detector has been installed, based on the static IP address. According to the X-ray imaging apparatuses and a control method thereof, it is possible to determine an installation location of the X-ray detector, and to use the X-ray detector in various modules without having to provide separate X-ray detectors for different locations.
US10561367B1
Strands of material may be intertwined to form fabric for a strap or other structure in an electronic device. Conductive strands in the fabric may have middle-of-strand knots. When current is applied to a conductive strand, the knot in that strand may produce magnetic fields that cause the knot to adjust tension in the fabric. Conductive strands may intersect at nodes. Each node may have a knot formed from one or more conductive strands at the node. An electronic device or other item may have a magnetic field source that applies a fixed or time-varying magnetic field to the fabric. Each node in the fabric may include magnetic material. The magnetic material may be magnetized by applying current through the conductive strands. After magnetization, each node may interact with the magnetic field from the source of magnetic field to thereby adjust fabric tension, shape, movement, etc.
US10561363B1
The medication alert watch is a medical instrument that is adapted for use with a person. The medication alert watch is adapted to be worn on a wrist of the person. The medication alert watch comprises a control system, a cuff mechanism, a heart sensor, a power system, a housing, and a band. The control system monitors and operates the cuff mechanism. The control system monitors the heart sensor. The power system provides electrical power to the control system, the cuff mechanism, and the heart sensor. The control system, the cuff mechanism, the heart sensor, and the power system are located in the housing. The band attaches the wrist to the housing. The medication alert watch: 1) maintains and monitors a plurality of appointments and generates notifications regarding the appointment; 2) monitors the medical status of the person; and, 3) generates notifications regarding the medical status of the person.
US10561360B2
Example implants, systems and methods using sensors for orthopedic surgical assessment and/or planning are described herein. An example system can include a wearable sensor device for pre-operative use by a patient before an orthopedic surgery to generate pre-operative sensor data. The system can also include an implantable sensor device (e.g., a bone implant) to generate and aggregate post-operative sensor data associated with the patient after the surgery. The system can retrieve the pre-operative sensor data and the post-operative sensor data and predict, analyze or assess an outcome of the surgery.
US10561348B2
A device and method for spectrum analysis in which differences among skin spectra are quantitatively analyzed, and a blood glucose measurement device are provided. The device for spectrum analysis includes an obtainer configured to acquire a plurality of skin spectra; and a processor configured to generate a plot of difference degree of spectra which represents differences among the acquired plurality of skin spectra, and determine whether the plurality of skin spectra are appropriate for blood glucose measurement based on the plot of difference degree of spectra.
US10561346B2
A method for mapping the trajectory of a part of the anatomy of a human or animal body. The method comprises receiving first sensor signals from a sensor attached to part of the anatomy of the human or animal body. The first sensor signals comprise three dimensional position information indicating the location of the sensor; determining from the first sensor signals at least two angles of rotation of the part of the anatomy to which the sensor is attached with respect to a centre of rotation of another part of the body, wherein the angles of rotation are selected from pitch, yaw and roll. Transforming the signals to provide two dimensional coordinate data defined in a two dimensional coordinate space wherein a first dimension in the two dimensional coordinate space represents a first angle of rotation of the part of the anatomy and a second dimension in the two dimensional coordinate space represents a second angle of rotation of the part of the anatomy; and stores the two dimensional coordinate data.
US10561343B2
The present invention involves a test subject performing a sit-to-stand (STS) operation while wearing a device (MD) that contains an acceleration sensor (11) on the front of the chest. The present invention derives a muscular strength index (maximum acceleration value per unit of muscle mass during STS activity) representing the muscular strength of a human body by obtaining maximum acceleration value data from a signal expressing the size of an acceleration vector comprising a tri-axial component in detected acceleration, and using the maximum acceleration value data and the muscle mass or body fat mass of the text subject.
US10561342B2
In one embodiment, a system for detecting tremors includes a contactless tremor detector, the detector including an oscillator circuit having a sensing coil, an oscillator configured to generate alternating electromagnetic fields, and a frequency counter configured to sense the resonant frequency of the oscillator circuit as the resonant frequency changes in response to movement of a body part of an individual adjacent to the sensing coil, wherein the system is configured to determine a frequency of movement of the body part from the sensed resonant frequency for the purpose of determining if the individual is experiencing tremors.
US10561337B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for rapid 3D dynamic arterial spin labeling with a sparse model-based image reconstruction are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring magnetic resonance data associated with an area of interest of a subject. The magnetic resonance data includes associated with arterial spin labeling (ASL) of the area of interest. The method also includes performing image reconstruction on the acquired resonance data. The image reconstruction includes compressed sensing enforcing a model-based sparsity constraint, where the model-based sparsity constraint is based on an ASL signal prototype dictionary.
US10561334B2
A portable apparatus and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus are provided. The portable apparatus includes changing a displayed content in response to an increase in a visual fatigue and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus. Some of disclosed various embodiments provide a portable apparatus that calculates a visual fatigue by using user electroencephalogram (EEG) information received from a wearable apparatus and changing a displayed content into another content in response to an increase in the calculated visual fatigue, and a method of changing a content screen of the portable apparatus.
US10561332B2
A medical device system, such as an extra-cardiovascular implantable cardioverter defibrillator ICD, senses R-waves from a first cardiac electrical signal by a first sensing channel and stores a time segment of a second cardiac electrical signal in response to each sensed R-wave. The medical device system determines a morphology parameter correlated to signal noise from time segments of the second cardiac electrical signal, detects a noisy signal segment based on the signal morphology parameter; and withholds detection of a tachyarrhythmia episode in response to detecting a threshold number of noisy signal segments.
US10561331B2
A method of detecting atrial fibrillation includes detecting a pulse signal to obtain a time pulse waveform and converting it to an energy spectrum waveform via Fast Fourier Transform. The energy spectrum waveform includes a first frequency region, a second frequency region, and a third frequency region. The number of spikes in each frequency region was calculated and the heart indexes of the first, second, and third frequency regions were obtained, which were the first heart index, the second heart index, and the third heart index. And by the sum of the three heart index values and the first heart index to determine the possibility of atrial fibrillation. An apparatus for detecting atrial fibrillation is also provided, whereby the user can determine the possibility and predicting atrial fibrillation by simple measurement of blood pressure at home.
US10561313B2
A refraction device includes a main body, a spherical power lens coupled to the main body, an astigmatic power lens movably coupled to the main body, and a visual display coupled to the main body and oriented toward an optical pathway extending through the spherical power lens and the astigmatic power lens. The visual display is configured to display an image for testing visual acuity.
US10561312B2
A method for administering a low luminance dysfunction vision test by displaying, a first character at a first acuity level on a display at a first luminance level, receiving an input signal from the patient indicating whether the patient recognizes the first character, displaying a second character at a second acuity level and the first luminance level, receiving a second input signal from the patient indicating whether the patient recognizes the second character, calculating a first score, displaying a third character at a third acuity level and a second luminance level, which luminance level replicates a specific low luminance real environmental condition, receiving a third input signal from the patient indicating whether the patient recognizes the third character, displaying a fourth character at a fourth acuity level and the second luminance level, receiving a fourth input signal from the patient indicating whether the patient recognizes the fourth character, calculating a second score and calculating a third score.
US10561311B2
An ophthalmic imaging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a three dimensional data generator, an analyzer, and a display controller. The three dimensional data generator generates three dimensional data by scanning a three dimensional region of a subject's eye using optical coherence tomography (OCT). The analyzer generates a plurality of analysis maps by analyzing a plurality of pieces of partial three dimensional data in the three dimensional data. The display controller displays the plurality of analysis maps over a front image of the subject's eye on a display device.
US10561309B2
An otoscope may project a temporal sequence of phase-shifted fringe patterns onto an eardrum, while a camera in the otoscope captures images. A computer may calculate a global component of these images. Based on this global component, the computer may output an image of the middle ear and eardrum. This image may show middle ear structures, such as the stapes and incus. Thus, the otoscope may “see through” the eardrum to visualize the middle ear. The otoscope may project another temporal sequence of phase-shifted fringe patterns onto the eardrum, while the camera captures additional images. The computer may subtract a fraction of the global component from each of these additional images. Based on the resulting direct-component images, the computer may calculate a 3D map of the eardrum.
US10561307B2
Coupling arrangements and connectors for establishing a substantially fluid-tight removable connection between a fluid port in a medical device such as an endoscope. Various embodiments of the connectors may be coupled to a fluid conduit that may be attached to a decontamination or reprocessing device used to flow fluid through corresponding channels in the medical device during the decontamination process.
US10561305B2
A system for dilating a body cavity with a device including a series of elongated members, each having a central channel and increasing outer diameters where the members are positioned one over the other such that the members are advanced into the body cavity to incrementally dilate the body cavity. The central channels of each member allow for various procedures to be performed including, for example, the application of wireless energy (e.g., ultrasonic) to the body cavity, the introduction of an irrigating fluid and aspiration from the body cavity, and the introduction of a drug to the body cavity.
US10561303B2
An optical probe comprises a light-guiding component, an optical component, a light-reflecting component that is configured to receive light from the optical component and direct the light along a path, and a correction component. The correction component lies in the path, the correction component has an optical power, and the correction component has a center of curvature that substantially coincides with an optical axis of the optical component.
US10561296B2
A method and a dishwasher utilize a dock detection system to determine when a connector of a spray device is docked to a docking port provided on a manifold of the dishwasher. A dock detector is coupled to the docking port and is electrically coupled to a controller of the dishwasher through electrical conductors that extend along the manifold, thereby enabling a dishwasher controller to detect when spray devices are coupled to the manifold, e.g., to optimize a wash cycle to use a particular spray device docked to the docking port.
US10561293B2
A squeezing and cleaning flat mop bucket includes a bucket body, a bucket cover and a pressing device. The pressing device is installed at the top of the bucket body, and the bucket cover is covered onto the bucket body. The bucket body has a cleaning chamber, a squeezing chamber, and a partition installed between the cleaning chamber and the squeezing chamber. The pressing device includes a mount having a cleaning port and a squeezing port. The cleaning port has a first squeeze roller; the squeezing port has a second squeeze roller; the first squeeze roller has bumps; and the squeezing chamber contains a pressure pump and a return pipe. The pressure pump is installed at the bottom of the squeezing chamber. The return pipe has an end connected to the pressure pump and the other end disposed at the partition and partially extended into the cleaning chamber.
US10561286B2
A reconfigurable upright surface cleaning apparatus has a surface cleaning unit removably mounted to the floor cleaning unit. The surface cleaning unit has a rear air inlet and a front air outlet.
US10561285B2
A quick detachable toilet cover includes a hollow casing which is arranged at the rear end of a cover assembly as well as adaptor mechanisms and damping mechanisms which are axially and serially arranged in the hollow casing, in which the adaptor mechanisms are matched with support poles on a toilet seat body, and the damping mechanisms are connected between the cover assembly and the hollow casing; the damping mechanisms are also sheathed with positioning sleeves, the damping mechanisms are located at and co-operated with the positioning sleeves along a circumferential direction, and the positioning sleeves are positioned and matched with the hollow casing along a circumferential direction.
US10561282B2
Dispensers with anti-ligature safety features are disclosed herein. An anti-ligature dispenser may include a back mounting plate for mounting to a surface and a front housing cover with contoured and curved features that are substantially devoid of ligature anchoring points. Dispensing systems that allow for mechanically efficient actuation without providing gaps for ligature anchoring are also disclosed.
US10561274B2
A multifunctional electric oven is equipped so that it is easy to change the placement of food and to utilize different heating methods, with high heating efficiency, energy saving and convenient to operation. The multifunctional electric oven comprises a main body assembly, an electric control assembly, an upper acting door, and a side acting door. The electric assembly is located on the main body assembly. The upper acting door and the side acting door are located separately at the top and front of the main body assembly. When the two doors are closed they and the main body assembly together form a closed heating cavity with a heating tube inside. The heating tube can be rotated so as to be placed in a flat position or an upright position. The upper acting door and the side acting door can be opened or closed individually or jointly, to achieve different cooking functional modes.
US10561262B2
A lid assembly configured to close an opening in a vessel holding a liquid. The lid assembly includes a drinking port, plunger member, and drive assembly. The plunger member is moveable between closed and open positions with respect to the drinking port. The plunger member prevents the liquid from flowing through the drinking port when the plunger member is in the closed position and allows the liquid to flow through the drinking port when the plunger member is in the open position. The drive assembly includes drive circuitry that automatically directs the drive assembly to move the plunger member to the open position when the drive circuitry detects the lid assembly is in a drinking position. The drive circuitry automatically directs the drive assembly to move the plunger member to the closed position when the drive circuitry detects the lid assembly is in other than the drinking position.
US10561256B2
A locker assembly having a backlit indicia includes a pair of sidewalls and a horizontal top defining a locker enclosure. At least one shelf extends at least partially between the sidewalls and defines a storage space in the locker enclosure. An illuminated panel extending at least partially between the sidewalls includes: an at least partially translucent sheet, a plurality of powered lighting elements disposed under the sheet, and a lighting enclosure cooperating with the panel to enclose the lighting elements.
US10561252B2
A foldable bed frame includes pivotally connected bedsteads. A bedstead includes an upper frame and a side leg assembly pivotally connected with the upper frame. A bedstead also includes one or more oblique supports each pivotally connected with the upper frame and slidably and rotatably connected with the side leg assembly. A bedstead further includes a “⊏” shaped lower peripheral support and a plurality of links connecting the lower peripheral support with the upper frame and the side leg assembly. The lower peripheral support can be folded and unfolded along with the upper frame and the side leg assembly.
US10561250B2
The present disclosure provides personal multimedia pods that convert from an enclosable premium theater system with seating for one or more users to an unenclosed chair and/or to an output audio/video device capable of connecting (e.g., wirelessly connecting) to other audio/visual equipment.
US10561249B2
A portable chair may include a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled and a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled. The front sled may include a first front foot and a second front foot and the back sled may include a first back foot and a second back foot. Each of the feet attached to the front and back sleds may include retention feature holes configured to allow water to drain from the sled/foot interface. The portable chair may further include a seat including a seat frame border including a plurality of protrusions. The seat frame border may be rigidly attached to the seat via an injection molding process. In addition, the portable chair may have a cup holder assembly that can detachably attach to either of the front legs of the chair. The cup holder assembly may have a cup holder portion that can rotate relative to the clamp member to be able to mount to either leg. The cup holder can also rotate around either of the legs without being removed when the chair is in a folded configuration to make it easier to carry the chair.
US10561247B2
A chair back structure includes a flexible sheet, the flexible sheet mounted on a support plate so as to adjust a curvature of a chair back by changing a curvature between two ends of the flexible sheet. A fixing segment of the flexible sheet is connected with an end of the support plate. The support plate includes two tilted abutting tabs configured to abut against with a moving segment of the flexible sheet in a sliding path, such that when the moving segment is operated to change the curvature of the flexible sheet, the moving segment slides along the two tilted abutting tabs forward or backward so as to produce a displacement, thus enhancing a bending deformation of the chair back.
US10561244B2
A furniture member may include a base assembly, a seat assembly, a tilt mechanism, and a recliner actuator. The seat assembly includes a seat bottom, a seatback, and a seat base frame. The seat base frame includes armrest members. The tilt mechanism includes a tilt actuator attached to the base assembly and a plurality of links. The tilt mechanism moves the seat bottom, seatback and seat base frame relative to the base assembly between upright and rearward tilt positions. The recline actuator is mounted to the seat base frame and the seat bottom and moves the seat bottom relative to the armrest members between forward and rearward positions. Movement of the seat bottom between the forward and rearward positions causes movement of the seatback relative to the seat bottom between reclined and non-reclined positions. The recline actuator and the tilt actuator are operable independently of each other.
US10561242B1
A shelving bracket adapted to be mounted to a non-vertical is adjustable to support a shelf in a horizontal orientation. The bracket may include support to receive and support transversely extending clothes hanging or similar poles.
US10561232B2
An oral care implement having electrodes thereon. In one aspect, the oral care implement may include a handle and a head, the head having an outer surface. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements extend from the head. At least one oral care agent dispenser is located on the head. A first electrode and a second electrode are located on the head and operably coupled to a power source to have opposite electrical charges. In some embodiments at least one of the first and second electrodes may be a sacrificial electrode. The oral care agent dispenser may be an outlet that is coupled to an oral care fluid in a reservoir and/or a solid release polymer that releases an oral care agent over time during use of the oral care implement.
US10561228B2
A phone grip attachment includes a base configured for attachment to a phone and a finger-hold attached to the base. The finger-hold has a top member and a bottom member. The finger-hold is movable between an extended position in which an opening is defined between the top member and the bottom member for use in gripping the phone and a collapsed position in which the top member is substantially flat against the bottom member. The finger-hold can be biased to the extended position. The finger-hold can be rotatably attached to the base.
US10561227B2
A clip and holster for holding a canister or similarly dimensioned item, the holster having wave-shaped securing arms with fillet edges that guide the canister into a secured position, and the clip having at least two knobs that support the holster in a number of positions that may be fixed or rotatable.
US10561225B2
An adaptable backpack (1000) comprising a housing (100), a first comfort plate (200) and a second comfort plate (300). The first comfort plate (200) is having at least one detachable massaging unit (210) and is configured to couple with a pair of opposed extremities (120a) of a back surface (120) of the housing (100) thereby configuring an enclosure. The second comfort plate (300) is disposed within the enclosure such that a portion of the second comfort plate (300) extends through the first comfort plate (200) at the opposed extremities (120b). The second comfort (300) plate is having at least one detachable massaging unit (310) and at least one length adaptable member (330) which is configured to control movement of the second comfort plate (300) along a longitudinal direction within the enclosure. A method of adjusting the detachable massaging units (210, 310) of the adaptable backpack (1000) is also provided.
US10561223B2
A consumer product (100) includes a housing (110) defining an internal volume. A door (130) is coupled to the housing, and the door is configured to move between an open position and a closed position. The door includes an actuating device (132) positioned on a first side of the door and configured to be actuated by a user. The door also includes a first portion (310) of a clutch (300) positioned on a second side of the door. The first portion of the clutch rotates in response to actuation of the actuating device.
US10561221B2
The device for packaging and dispensing a product comprises a container provided with at least one variable volume compartment, and a dispensing head fastened to the container. The dispensing head comprises a mounting base, an internal piston that is movable in translation along a displacement axis Y-Y′ and delimits, inside said base, first and second pumping chambers, and at least one actuating rod that extends through the pumping chambers and the piston and projects from either side of the mounting base. The actuating rod internally delimits a first feed duct in communication with a first outlet orifice of the dispensing head and a second feed duct separate from said first duct and in communication with a second outlet orifice of said head.
US10561219B2
An object holding member, which is to be disposed in an external apparatus, includes an object insertion tool, and a connector. The object insertion tool has a space, into which an object which is a finger or a toe having a nail is inserted. The connector is configured to couple with the external apparatus and suppress a change in a position of the object holding member within the external apparatus in a case where the object holding member is disposed in the external apparatus.
US10561218B2
A light curing device includes a housing module and a lighting module. The lighting module includes a light emitter, a driver and a switch module. The light emitter includes a plurality of light-emitting elements configured to emit curing light into an irradiation space in the housing module. The driver is for driving the light-emitting elements, and includes a plurality of user-operable setting buttons corresponding to at least one of the light-emitting elements. When triggered, the switch module is operable to activate the driver to drive at least one of the light-emitting elements that corresponds to a selected one of the user-operable setting buttons to emit the curing light.
US10561217B1
A breakage resistant light bulb headband having increased flexibility includes a single piece injection-molded main body with integral bulb holding structures, a clip-on battery case, and wiring that connects light sources and a power source in the battery case by extending along an outside surface of the headband so as to eliminate the need for an internal passage, and a relatively thick multiple piece construction.
US10561204B2
The present invention provides a wire tightening device for improving the convenience of use by readily providing the device in shoes, comprising: a housing part fixed to the tongue of shoes to provide a ratchet-type gear in the inner circumference thereof, and having a cylindrical inner surface; a reel part rotatably arranged inside the housing part and providing tensile force to a wire for tightening both side covers of the shoes as the wire is wound; and a rotary cover for selectively rotating the reel part, wherein the housing part provides a coupling part placed on the top surface of the tongue in a position corresponding to a provision hole formed in the tongue, and a pressing surface part for pressing the bottom surface of the tongue according to the coupling, to the coupling part, of the coupling bar protruding from one surface for clamping and fixing the tongue by penetrating through the provision hole.
US10561201B1
A footwear combination that includes a base shoe that may be combined with plural different fitted socks to accommodate plural outfits, depending upon the fitted sock that is combined with the shoe. The fitted socks are detachable from the shoe (e.g., for washing and change of outfitting). Points of attachment between the sock and shoe extend down to the region of the metatarso-phalangeal joints. This allows the dorsal portion of the foot to remain bare and will allow fashionable women's footwear to be at once comfortable and trendy.
US10561200B2
An article of footwear may include a knitted component formed of unitary knit construction. The knitted component includes a sock portion and a tongue portion. The sock portion has a hollow structure (a) forming an ankle opening in a heel region of the footwear and (b) extending between the heel region and a forefoot region of the footwear to define a void within the footwear for receiving a foot. The tongue portion has an elongate configuration (a) extending through at least a portion of a length of a throat area of the upper and (b) including two knit layers that lay adjacent to each other.
US10561188B2
A light-emitting system is provided which is removably attachable to headgear for personal illumination to enhance visibility of the user to others. The light-emitting system includes a housing that defines a receiving aperture and is configured to surround a portion of the headgear when the light-emitting system is removably attached to the headgear for use. The light-emitting system further includes at least one lens and a plurality of lighting elements coupled to the annular housing which are configured to selectively generate a halo or at least a partial halo of light that radiates outwardly away from the annular housing through the at least one lens to provide enhanced personal illumination.
US10561187B1
This invention generally relates to a system and method for digitally customizable apparel products. The present invention is a unique system and method for the digitalization of user's personal apparel to include graduation cap covers and display buttons. Specifically, this invention relates to a system and method that connects a removably attached digital visual display terminal containing light-emitting diodes (LED) cap covers, a removably attached LED display terminal display buttons, and display enabled computing devices to an encrypted wireless network that contains display-sharing interfaces, mirroring software and other programming systems for a new utility clothing that is functional, attractive, and complimenting to the user's personal style. Similarly, establishing a method for the invention to transmit the same images, media, and files through applications, websites, software programs, and other technological mechanisms. Conducted analysis of the proposed configurations consider the process of manufacturing such an innovative, superior quality, and versatile cap cover and display buttons.
US10561185B2
A hair extension tool simultaneously attaches multiple hair extensions to a recipient's hair. The tool has upper and lower handles that are mechanically coupled in a parallel orientation. The handles are moveable, and the coupling has a quiescent state in which the handles are spaced apart. The tool includes an upper arc and a lower arc that have substantially the same shape. The upper and lower arcs are attached to the handles on their convex sides. The upper arc includes multiple teeth, and each tooth has a substantially semicircular concave opening. The lower arc includes teeth that fit into the openings in the teeth of the upper arc when the upper and lower handles are brought together. Each tooth in the lower arc includes a groove for holding a group of strands of the recipient's hair. The upper arc includes a heating element that is activated by a button.
US10561182B2
Microcapsules or macrocapsules have a core composition that includes a phase changing material (PCM) encapsulated within a polymer wall with an outer shell having a siloxane tethered to an exterior surface of the polymer wall by a surfactant. The siloxane may form a crystalline or a sol-gel outer shell. Methods of making such capsules and textile fabrics and clothing incorporating such capsules include treating pre-formed capsules with a surfactant solution followed by treating with a compound containing a siloxane functional group. The surfactant connects or tethers the siloxane to the exterior surface of the polymer wall and the siloxane forms an outer shell of the capsules.
US10561181B2
A skeleton support has a concave shape configured to fit around a nose and mouth of a user. The support includes a skeletal structure that defines a plurality of connecting regions which form a first common connection interface. A cover includes a mounting mechanism with a plurality of fastening units which form a second common connection interface corresponding to the first common connection interface. Each fastening unit is configured to removably engage a corresponding connecting region of the skeleton support to hold the cover together with the skeleton support and form a mask. Different skeleton supports or covers with a different size, shape, color, pattern, flexibility, or material that also include the corresponding common connection interface can be swapped out to adjust the mask.
US10561177B2
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply region including liquid material and a heater-wick element operable to wick liquid material and heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol. The heater-wick element is formed of a carbon or graphite foam.
US10561171B2
The present invention comprises a novel smoking and vaporizing apparatus assembly generally consisting of a storage container (14), a mouthpiece (13) and smoking pipe (12) that slides into the mouthpiece in such way that there is no air can enter the space between the mouthpiece and smoking pipe. Specifically configured frictional resistances of the apparatus allow for seamless collapsing and retraction of the smoking pipe in and out of the mouthpiece, securing the apparatus inside of the storage container without touching the hot smoking pipe, and retracting the apparatus from the lid of the container without retracting the smoking pipe from the mouthpiece. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US10561165B2
The invention describes a stevia sweetener with improved solubility in an aqueous solution for convenience of use in the food and beverage industry.
US10561164B2
Stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni. The compositions are able to provide a superior taste profile and can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
US10561159B2
Process for the treatment of a sweet whey material (SWM) containing cGMP (caseinoGlycoMacroPeptide), comprising the following steps: Decationising the SWM material so as to obtain a sweet whey SW having a pH value of 1 to 4.5; Treating said SW in a fluidized bed reactor comprising a volume of an anionic resin, at 10 to 18° C., wherein said SW contacts said resin so that the resin absorbs between 0% and 100% of the cGMP present in the SW; and Recovering a protein material; Wherein the treating is such that the resin absorbs 30 to 45 g/L of the cGMP present in the sweet whey. Method for producing a protein material from a SWM cGMP, said protein material having a targeted tryptophan/threonine (Trp/Thr) ratio, comprising the following steps: —Implementing the treating process twice, wherein the resins absorbs P1 of the cGMP, obtaining a first protein material having Trp/Thr1 and wherein the resins absorbs a percentage P2 of the cGMP, obtaining a second protein material having Trp/Thr2; —Drafting the linear calibration curve in a graph (cGMP %; Trp/Thr) by positioning (Trp/Thr1; P1) and (Trp/Thr2; P2) and drawing a line through these two plots; —Determining the specific ratio of cGMP present in the SW that the resin should absorb with respect to the targeted Trp/Thr by the calibration curve; and —Implementing the process of the invention on the SWM wherein the resins absorbs the specific ratio of cGMP, so that to obtain the protein material having the targeted Tp/Thr.
US10561144B2
The invention relates, in part, to methods to identify compounds to treat a phytoparasitic nematode infection and/or reduce phytoparasitic nematode contamination, and to methods and compositions to treat phytoparasitic nematode infections and to reduce phytoparasitic nematode contamination of a substrate such as, but not limited to: a plant, agricultural medium, or soil.
US10561139B1
An anti-contamination bait station includes a housing, rodent entrances into the housing, a removable or opening, lockable housing front, contamination guards above the rodent entrances, poison holders inside the housing, a removable tray, and powder insecticide slots at each end of the housing below the rodent entrances. A bottom portion of the housing provides space for common bricks arranged end to end. A center portion of the housing provides space for the removable tray. A top portion of the housing provides space for rodent poison blocks. The tray includes insecticide troughs art each end aligned with the insect slots and containing insecticide.
US10561137B1
An apparatus and method deliver fluid treatments to a targeted plant. The apparatus comprises a two-piece protective shell joined on one side by a spring-hinge. When the two piece outer protective shell is open, a fluid treatment is applied to a liquid retaining material within the protective shell. A portion of a targeted plant is placed within the open outer protective shell. The two piece outer protective shell is then closed, creating a sealed containment environment that is immediately protected from environmental disturbance, prevents distribution of fluid treatment to non-treated plant materials, and will retain, store, and prevent leakage of the fluid treatment. The closed outer protective shell also clasps the plant portion, forcing contact of the target plant portion with fluid treatment residing on and within the liquid retaining material. The apparatus remains attached to the targeted plant while the fluid treatment is absorbed through systemic plant processes.
US10561133B2
A storage system to retain fishing flies and fishing rigs may include a multi-piece enclosure with a first storage compartment pivotally interconnected with a second storage compartment. A composite sheet assembly may be attachable to the multi-piece enclosure and may be sized to fit within the multi-piece enclosure when attached to the multi-piece enclosure and when a first edge portion of the first storage compartment and a second edge portion of the second storage compartment are positioned against one another. The composite sheet assembly may include a first sheet, with a slit system including a plurality of slits in the first sheet, that is configured to retain fishing hooks. The composite sheet assembly may further include a notched edge including a first set of one or more notches to receive portions of rig lines when the rig lines are wrapped around the composite sheet assembly.
US10561132B2
A dredge boom for towing a fishing dredge is described and includes an elongated beam having a multi-position ferrule and a series of attachment points to connect to support cables and one or more pulleys, the series of attachment points including at least a support line attachment point, a first pulley attachment point and a terminal end attachment point. A rod butt adapter may be removably connected to the elongated beam using the multi-position ferrule and is able to mount to a universal rod holder. A fishing dredge can then be attached to the dredge boom assembly using fishing line, the one or more pulleys and the attachment points.
US10561131B2
A device for a fishing reel comprising a resin composition includes a polyarylene sulfide resin composition (component A), a glass fibers (component B) contains 10 to 300 parts by weight of the component B based on 100 parts by weight of the component A, an aramid fibers (component C) contains 1 to 100 parts by weight of the component C based on 100 parts by weight of the component A, and a fluoric resin (component D) contains 5 to 100 parts by weight of the component D based on 100 parts by weight of the component A.
US10561129B2
A fishing line guide which is attached to a fishing rod and guides a fishing line. The fishing line guide includes a guide ring through which a fishing line passes, a support leg connected to the guide ring at an upper end, and an attachment foot extending from a lower end of the support leg and configured to be attached to a fishing rod. The attachment foot has a base end adjoining the lower end of the support leg and a leading end located opposite the base end. The attachment foot includes a slit portion and a pair of convex portions. The slit portion is perforated in the attachment foot along a central axis of the attachment foot from the base end toward the leading end. A pair of the convex portions are located at the slit portion and protrude toward the central axis respectively.
US10561121B2
A system of decorating a housing that includes a base and a plurality of decorative elements. The decorative elements are irremovably disposed on or partially in the base. The width and depth of the base is less than or equal to the width and depth of the bottom inner surface dimensions of the housing such that the bottom inner surface area of the housing is entirely covered by one or more bases.
US10561113B2
A novel hybrid pepper plant, designated Vigilante is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pepper hybrid Vigilante, to the plants and plant parts of hybrid pepper Vigilante, and to methods for producing a pepper plant by crossing the hybrid pepper Vigilante with itself or another pepper plant.
US10561109B1
A soybean cultivar designated 82042815 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 82042815, to the plants of soybean cultivar 82042815, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 82042815, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 82042815. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 82042815. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 82042815, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 82042815 with another soybean cultivar.
US10561100B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067742. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067742. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067742 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067742 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10561098B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067649. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067649. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067649 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067649 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10561087B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV665355. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV665355, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV665355 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV665355 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV665355.
US10561085B2
A novel maize variety designated X85M507 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X85M507 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X85M507 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X85M507, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X85M507 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X85M507 and methods of using maize variety X85M507 are disclosed.
US10561082B2
A subsurface retention barrier system installed in situ to retain water in a projected root zone of one or more plants is disclosed. An apparatus and system for installing the subsurface retention barriers and methods related thereto are also disclosed.
US10561081B2
A fertigation system comprises: a controller that transmits sensor data to a fertigation control server, and that controls a water supply valve, a culture stock solution supply valve, and a discharge valve on the basis of received data; and a fertigation control server that, on the basis of the sensor data received from the controller, calculates control amounts for the water supply valve, the culture stock solution supply valve, and the discharge valve, and returns the control amounts to the controller.
US10561080B2
A plant watering system includes an irrigation mat that can be placed around a plant on top of the soil. The irrigation mat includes a water reservoir that holds water, and a slow-pass water permeable membrane that releases the water in the water reservoir in a slow manner so the soil around the plant is watered at a controlled rate. The irrigation mat may optionally include a threaded port where a container of liquid fertilizer can be placed so the liquid fertilizer is mixed with the water in the reservoir, allowing easily fertilizing the plant as it is watered. The plant watering system may also optionally include a dryness sensor that provides an alert indicating the water reservoir in the irrigation mat needs to be refilled.
US10561077B2
A system and method for water irrigation system are provided. The water irrigation system includes a set of pressure modulators for generating a set of modulated pressure signals that include an actuating pressure signal and a de-actuating pressure signal. The water irrigation system includes a set of irrigating elements. Each of the irrigating elements includes a water emitter connected to a pressure sensing circuit. The pressure sensing circuit is for actuating the water emitter responsive to the actuating signal and de-actuating the water emitter responsive to the de-actuating signal. The water irrigation system further includes tubing for carrying water for irrigation and the modulated pressure signals to the irrigating element.
US10561072B2
A plant cultivating container includes an outer cup, an inner cup received in the outer cup, wherein the inner cup is provided for cultivating plant(s). A floating plate is movably disposed between the bottoms of the outer cup and the inner cup and a follower is mounted to the floating plate, wherein the floating plate is reciprocally moved relative to the outer due to a water level in the outer cup. At least one window is defined in the outer cup and the follower is formed with a shutter, wherein a relative action is formed between the shutter and the at least one window for providing a continual visual effect.
US10561070B2
Monitoring current draw of an actuator associated with a rotating arm on a round baler during a net wrapping cycle is used to determine the position of the rotating arm and actuator, as well as to determine the net tension. The current draw of the actuator may be correlated with the home and insert positions of the rotating arm during the net wrapping cycle; thus by monitoring the current draw, the rotating arm and actuator position is determined and may be provided to aid an operator. The net tension during the net wrapping cycle is a function of the rotating arm and actuator current. A calculation of net tension is determined and provided to an operator, allowing the operator to verify performance issues related to the net tension.
US10568235B2
The present invention discloses an on-board charger with a heat dissipation structure. The on-board charger comprises a casing, and heat generating components, a PCB and a heat dissipation structure which are arranged inside the casing, and is characterized in that the heat dissipation structure is a coolant flow channel; the coolant flow channel is arranged longitudinally with respect to the heat generating components, and is in full contact with each heat generating component; heat is dissipated from the heat generating components by using respective surfaces of the coolant flow channel. The on-board charger with the heat dissipation structure provided by the present invention has the advantages of small size, excellent heat dissipation effect, simple assembly, low cost and light weight.
US10568231B1
A system apparatus and method for providing electrical power to multiple customer devices within a data center that includes a power supply skid frame having a top portion and a bottom portion, a power supply portion physically separate from the power supply skid frame and capable of being positioned on the top portion of the power supply skid frame to supply the electrical power, a power distribution skid frame, mechanically and electrically separate from the power supply skid frame, having a top portion and a bottom portion, and a power distribution portion physically separate from the power distribution skid frame and capable of being positioned on the top portion of the power distribution skid frame to distribute the electrical power. The system may include one or more skid frame spacer bars, physically separate from the power supply skid frame and the power distribution skid frame and capable of mechanically coupling the power supply skid frame and the power distribution skid frame.
US10568224B2
A configurable radio frequency system. The system includes: a plurality of radio frequency cells connected in a cascade. Each of the radio frequency cells includes an input switch connected to an input of the radio frequency system, an output switch connected to an output of the radio frequency system, and a plurality of elements, each of the elements being connected between the input switch and the output switch. The input switch and the output switch are configured, depending on their respective settings, to cause a radio frequency signal path from an input of the cell to an output of the cell to include one of the elements. The plurality of elements in each cell includes a band pass filter, an attenuator, a through path, an amplifier, and a mixer.
US10568223B2
One of more panels of the cabinet include at least one conductive region that is optionally covered by an insulative covering. These conductive regions are coupled to an external power source. Shelves, drawers, other cabinet components, electrical devices in a cabinet (including, but not limited to, a motor, lights, outlet, appliance, sensor, processor, etc.), and the like can further conduct or receive electrical energy by electrically coupling to the conductive regions within the panels of the cabinet, for example, through shelf pins that are inserted into holes in the panels.
US10568222B2
One of more panels of the cabinet include at least one conductive region that is optionally covered by an insulative covering. These conductive regions are coupled to an external power source. Shelves, drawers, other cabinet components, electrical devices in a cabinet (including, but not limited to, a motor, lights, outlet, appliance, sensor, processor, etc.), and the like can further conduct or receive electrical energy by electrically coupling to the conductive regions within the panels of the cabinet, for example, through shelf pins that are inserted into holes in the panels.
US10568220B2
A reciprocator-type quick-releasing mechanism includes a base, a latching component and an actuating component. The base is disposed inside a first module, and has a first piercing hole and a first opening. The latching component is disposed on the base, and includes a constraining portion and a resilient portion. The constraining portion aligns with the first piercing hole and a second piercing hole on a second module. The resilient portion is connected to the constraining portion. The actuating component is slidably disposed on the base and includes a pushing portion and an actuating portion. The actuating portion is connected to the pushing portion and protrudes from the first opening and a second opening on the second module. The actuating portion moves relative to the second opening to flexibly deform the resilient portion via the pushing portion, so as to remove the constraining portion from the second piercing hole.
US10568217B2
The present invention is a display device comprising: a housing providing an inner space; a plate in the housing, the plate dividing the inner space into a front space and a rear space and including an opening communicating the front space with the rear space; a display module in the front space, the display module mounted on the plate and covering the opening; and an inlet and an outlet formed at the housing, the inlet and the outlet communicating the rear space with an outside of the housing.
US10568216B2
A composite sheet includes a resin layer including a liquid crystal polymer as a main material and a first surface and a second surface facing away from each other, a conductor foil disposed on the first surface, and a powder layer including a powder of a liquid crystal polymer as a major component and located on an entirety of the second surface.
US10568204B2
A method for making conformal non-planar multi-layer circuitry is described. The method can include providing a substrate having a non-planar surface and depositing a first conformal dielectric layer on the substrate, the first conformal dielectric layer conforming to the non-planar surface of the substrate and having a non-planar surface. The method can also include applying a first conformal circuitry layer on the first conformal dielectric layer. The method can include depositing a second conformal dielectric layer on the first conformal circuitry layer, the second conformal dielectric layer conforming to a non-planar surface of the first conformal circuitry layer, and applying a second conformal circuitry layer on the second conformal dielectric layer. Successive layers can be sequentially deposited. Microvias may provide electrical connections between circuit layers.
US10568199B2
A circuit substrate and a semiconductor package structure are provided. The circuit substrate includes a body and a via hole array. The via hole array includes via hole column units periodically arranged along a first direction. Each via hole column unit includes first to sixth via holes passing through the body and electrically connected to a capacitor. Any two adjacent via holes of the first to sixth via holes transmit power and ground signals. The sixth via hole of one of the via hole column units is adjacent to the first via hole of another one of the via hole column units, which is adjacent to the one of the via hole column units. The sixth via hole of one of the via hole column units and the first via hole of another one of the via hole column units transmit power and ground signals.
US10568195B2
A system for generating pump illumination for laser sustained plasma (LSP) is disclosed. In embodiments, the system includes an illumination source configured to output illumination having a first spectral frequency and an optical frequency converter. The optical frequency converter can be configured to receive the illumination having the first spectral frequency from the illumination source and configured to output pump illumination having a second spectral frequency that is different from the first spectral frequency.
US10568189B2
A lighting control system of the type including an electronic device with a processor, memory, wireless communication capability and a user interface may be used. A controller may be used with a receiver to receive wireless communication from the electronic device and an output terminal with at least one lighting array in electrical communication with the output terminal of the controller. A power supply may be provided with the controller thereby providing electrical power to the controller and the lighting array. Software on the electrical device may be used providing a graphical interface with a user to actuate the controller to provide an electrical output to the lighting array. The combination may be placed on a building, vehicle or any object to allow a plurality of lighting themes and palettes. Music may also be used to control the lighting output as well as speed or acceleration.
US10568188B2
The disclosure includes embodiments for providing on-demand street lighting for a connected vehicle. In some embodiments, a method includes controlling an operation of a street light based on a lighting policy and a presence of a connected vehicle. In some embodiments, the street light is operated consistent with the lighting policy. In some embodiments, the presence of the connected vehicle is determined based on a receipt of a wireless message that is transmitted by the connected vehicle. In some embodiments, the lighting policy is operable to reduce an energy consumption of the street light while also providing illumination for the connected vehicle.
US10568180B2
Control apparatus and system for controlling an output of a constant current driver are disclosed. A control apparatus is coupled between a constant current driver and a load, such as a lighting module, in order to add functionality to the overall system. The control apparatus is powered by the constant current driver and may control the dimming of the constant current driver by controlling the 0-10V dim input into the driver. The control apparatus may comprise one or more switching elements between the constant current driver and the load to allow for mixing of groups of LEDs of various colors or color temperatures. The control apparatus may include a buffer load to mitigate negative impacts of turning on the lighting module after a period of deactivation. The control apparatus can also be adapted to operate as a dim-to-warm module within a lighting apparatus.
US10568179B2
Techniques and user interfaces (UIs) are disclosed for controlling a solid-state luminaire having an electronically adjustable light beam distribution. The disclosed UI may be configured, in accordance with some embodiments, to provide a user with the ability to control, by wireless and/or wired connection, the light distribution of an associated solid-state luminaire in a given space. The UI may be hosted by any computing device, portable or otherwise, and may be used to control any given light distribution capability provided by a paired luminaire. In accordance with some embodiments, the user may provide such control without need to know details about the luminaire, such as the quantity of solid-state lamps, or their individual addresses, or the address of the fixture itself. In some cases, the disclosed techniques may involve acquiring spatial information of the space that hosts the luminaire and/or providing user-selected distribution of light within that space.
US10568175B2
A light control system comprises a power connecting port, a host connecting port, a first light connecting port, a second light connecting port, a microcontroller and a power distribution unit. The power connecting port electrically connects to an external power source to provide the power to drive a plurality of light devices. The host connecting port is configured to receive a multimedia signal from a host. The first light connecting port and the second light connecting port electrically connect to a first light device and a second light device respectively. The microcontroller is configured to identify device types and generate two dimming signals according to configurations corresponding to the device types and the multimedia signal. The power distribution unit converts the two dimming signals to two driving signals for controlling the first light device and the second light device to emit colored lights associated with the multimedia signals.
US10568170B2
A LED based lighting apparatus is disclosed. The light engine used in the lighting apparatus may use printed circuit board and have a plurality of LED groups that are independently controllable by a control unit. The power supply input and return paths connected to each LED group may be implemented on different layers to allow a compact footprint that may be used with traditional fluorescent encasements with relatively little modification. The LEDs may comprise a subset of LEDs having a first colour and a subset of LEDs having a second colour different from said first colour intertwined on the light engine.
US10568159B2
There is provided a communicating, at a first network access point, with a core network entity using a user plane protocol, said communicating comprising receiving user data from the core network entity on a first bearer, the first bearer capable of being split with a second network access point such that at least some of the user data is provided to the second network access point, the first network access point and the second network access point configured to communicate wirelessly with a plurality of user equipments, and wherein the first network access point does not communicate with the core network using a control plane protocol associated with the first bearer.
US10568156B2
A communication device may shift an operation state of the communication device from a specific state to a G/O state in a case where a first wireless connection via a first wireless interface is established with a first external device under a situation where the operation state of the communication device is the specific state and predetermined information is received from the first external device using the first wireless connection, and after the operation state of the communication device has shifted to the G/O state in response to receiving the predetermined information from the first external device, establish a second wireless connection via a second wireless interface with the first external device so as to cause the first external device to participate as a client in a first wireless network in which the communication device operates as a G/O.
US10568155B2
Wireless-conferencing radios communicate directly with each other without a bases station using a multiple access protocol, such as Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA). Wireless-conferencing radios can be formed into groups and larger mesh networks.
US10568141B2
A disclosure of the present specification provides a random access method for an unlicensed band. The method comprises the steps of: transmitting, by a user equipment (UE), a random access preamble in a first cell of the unlicensed band; and receiving, by the UE, a random access response in a second cell, wherein the second cell may be a first cell, a cell of the unlicensed band, included in a cell group to which the first cell belongs, or a cell of the unlicensed band, included in a timing advance group (TAG) within the cell group, to which the first cell belongs.
US10568128B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may transmit a scheduling request to a base station. In some aspects, the user equipment may monitor for an ultra-reliable low latency communications type of response message from the base station based at least in part on transmitting the scheduling request to the base station, wherein the response message includes an indicator of an assignment of uplink resources for the user equipment or that the assignment of uplink resources is delayed, and wherein, based at least in part on the monitoring, the user equipment avoids retransmission of the scheduling request when the response message is detected or retransmits the scheduling request without delay when the response message is not detected. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10568125B2
A wireless device and a base station may communicate via a plurality of cells comprising a primary cell having a primary control channel and a secondary cell having a secondary control channel, and scheduling request resources may be managed.
US10568122B2
A method for informing available resource for PDSCH, a method for determining available resource for PDSCH, a base station and a user equipment are provided. The method for informing available resource for PDSCH includes: signaling, by a base station to a user equipment, information about the available resource for PDSCH in a scheduling unit according to a reserved resource allocation of the scheduling unit. The reserved resource allocation of the scheduling unit indicates in frequency domain one or more resource sets and indicates in time domain a part of OFDM symbols within the one or more resource sets of the scheduling unit as a reserved resource set, and the information about the available resource for PDSCH in the scheduling unit includes information representing the reserved resource allocation of the scheduling unit.
US10568111B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for receiving a signal from a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting reconfiguration of a wireless resource. Specifically, the present invention comprises the method for receiving, during a reconfiguration period, a plurality of reconfiguration messages from a subframe at a location indicated by means of upper layer signaling, wherein the plurality of reconfiguration messages indicate the same uplink-downlink configuration within the reconfiguration period.
US10568108B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide a channel access period allocation method. The method includes: receiving, by an access point (AP), first information sent by a first station (STA) for requesting a dynamic service period (DSP) from the AP; and sending, by the AP, second information to the first STA to instruct the first STA to send a data frame to the AP in a first DSP, where a start time of the first DSP falls within a first preset time period following an end time of an SP of the first STA, and the first DSP requested by the first STA is pre-allocated to a second STA having a priority that is lower than that of the first STA, where a time delay of the first STA for sending the data frame to the AP satisfies a time delay requirement of a quality of service QoS in the first preset time period.
US10568107B2
A wireless communications system includes a first wireless-communications-apparatus that controls a second wireless-communication by a controller for a first wireless-communication; a second wireless-communications-apparatus capable of the second wireless-communication; and a third wireless-communications-apparatus capable of data transmission with the first wireless-communications-apparatus via the first or second wireless-communication, and that transmits to the first wireless-communications-apparatus, a control message including an address thereof for the second wireless-communication. When data is transmitted from the first wireless-communications-apparatus to the third wireless-communications-apparatus through the second wireless-communications-apparatus via the second wireless-communication, a processor in the first wireless-communications-apparatus for the first wireless-communication transfers the data to the second wireless-communications-apparatus through an adaptation sublayer and notifies the second wireless-communications-apparatus of the address acquired from the control message. The data is already processed in a convergence layer for performing the first wireless-communication. The second wireless-communications-apparatus transmits the data to the third wireless-communications-apparatus via the second wireless-communication, using the notified address.
US10568103B2
A method and apparatus for configuring cellular internet-of-things (CIoT) is provided. For one embodiment, a method for communicating on a CIoT carrier in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) receives a configuration of a reference carrier and the CIoT carrier, performs synchronization on the reference carrier, and communicates with a network on the CIoT carrier.
US10568102B2
A base station may determine an SS block index associated with an SS block for transmission, and may scramble information based on at least a portion of the determined SS block index. The information may include at least one of a reference signal, data, paging information, control information, broadcast information, or a CRC associated with control information. The base station may transmit the SS block and scrambled information to a UE. A UE may receive an SS block and information scrambled based on at least a portion of an SS block index associated with the SS block. The information may include at least one of a reference signal, data, paging information, control information, broadcast information, or a CRC associated with control information. The UE may descramble the scrambled information based on the at least the portion of the SS block index.
US10568094B2
Systems and methods for OFDM channelization are provided that allow for the coexistence of sub-band channels and diversity channels. Methods of defining diversity sub-channels and sub-band sub-channels are provided and systematic channel definition and labeling schemes are provided.
US10568083B2
Provided is a base station including a transmitter section that transmits a radio signal in a frame including a control region and a data region, a control signal generating section that generates a control signal which includes reference information identified by a group identifier assigned to a plurality of radio terminals and which is transmitted in the control region, and a data signal generating section that generates a data signal by disposing information for the plurality of radio terminals in a reference region indicated by the reference information in the data region.
US10568080B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. In more detail, in relation to a method for a terminal to transmit ACK/NACK in a wireless communication system, an ACK/NACK transmission method includes: receiving at least one Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH); transmitting at least one ACK/NACK corresponding to the at least one PDSCH through a plurality of Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) formats; and, when the at least one ACK/NACK is transmitted using a first PUCCH format, transmitting at least one ACK/NACK in an antenna port transmission mode set for a second PUCCH format.
US10568063B2
In one embodiment, a first wireless unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-locating signal is transmitted by a wireless network access point in a network based on a first UAV-locating mode selected from a plurality of UAV-locating modes. The wireless network access point receives a wireless signal in response to the first transmitted UAV-locating signal, the wireless signal indicative of a location of an airborne UAV, and causes the determination of the location of the airborne UAV based on the received wireless signal. The wireless network access point transmits a second wireless UAV-locating signal based on a second UAV-locating mode selected from the plurality of UAV-locating modes. The selected UAV-locating modes control an emission pattern of an antenna of the wireless network access point.
US10568060B2
There is provided a method comprising receiving, at a control node associated with a plurality of access points of a first network (e.g. a WLAN Interworking Gateway—WIG), information from an access point of a second network (e.g. an eNB of a LTE network), wherein the received information is useable by the control node to perform at least one association procedure (e.g. AP selection, local IP and MAC address assignment, admission control, authentication) with an access point of the first network (e.g. WLAN) on behalf of a user equipment, said user equipment being associated with the second network, performing said at least one association procedure and providing association procedure information to the access point of the second network.
US10568059B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods to perform attachment of a wireless device to a next generation gateway via either a base station of a next generation radio access network (RAN) or a mobility management entity of a legacy RAN. An apparatus may be configured to receive an attachment request from a wireless device, determine authentication information via communication with a home subscriber server, determine, based at least in part on the authentication information, whether the wireless device is capable of communicating via the next generation RAT, and send, in response to determining the wireless device is capable, a connection request to a gateway of the next generation RAN. The authentication information may include subscription information associated with the wireless device.
US10568056B2
The present invention relates to a method of assigning a transmission timing to a radio terminal in a radio network system including at least a radio network node and a radio terminal and employing a time division duplex method dividing a transmission time in an uplink transmission time interval and a downlink transmission time interval for transmission between the radio network node and the radio terminal, comprising the following steps: determining a speed of movement of the radio terminal with respect to the radio network node; assigning to the radio terminal, based on the speed of movement, a transmission timing in the downlink or uplink transmission time interval. The present invention relates further to a radio network node and a radio terminal adapted to assigning a transmission timing according to the above method.
US10568036B2
A system and method for conducting battery charge aware communications is disclosed. A system receives a content request from a client device, wherein the content request indicates one or more content items. The system retrieves the one or more requested content items from a content database at the system. The system determines whether the content request includes current remaining battery power data for the client device. In response to determining that the content request includes the current remaining battery power data for the client device, the system determines whether a current remaining battery power is below a predetermined threshold. In response to determining that the current remaining battery power is below the predetermined threshold, the system analyzes the one or more requested content items to determine core content sections. The system transmits the determined core content sections to the client device.
US10568029B2
An electronic device (10) including circuitry configured to perform communications with a road side unit, RSU, (50), a base station (30), and another electronic device (20) mounted to a moving object (22); receive, from the base station (30) or the RSU (50), parameters for performing intermittent device-to-device, D2D, communication with the another electronic device (20), the parameters including information indicating a resource pool used for performing the intermittent D2D communication with the another electronic device (20); and perform intermittent D2D communication with the another electronic device (10) based on the parameters received from the base station (30) or RSU (50).
US10568026B2
An example method for notifying a battery-powered device of the presence of high priority broadcast content while enabling the device to conserve battery power includes generating a high priority broadcast signal. The signal includes a high priority symbol identifier for informing the battery powered device to switch from an idle state to an acquisition state to inspect the remainder of the high priority broadcast signal. The signal further includes a high priority indication symbol for informing the battery powered device to transition to an active state from the acquisition state to receive high priority broadcast content before returning to the idle state. The signal further includes a timing symbol for informing the battery powered device of the minimum time period until a next a high priority broadcast signal should be expected, enabling the battery powered device to remain in the idle state until the next high priority broadcast signal.
US10568021B2
The method allows a user to define groups of entities that will be queried automatically for Presence information by his wireless information device. The user, once he has selected the group to be queried, need do no more than select at one time a ‘Pinging’ function using an on-screen dialog or other menu, which initiates the automatic querying. There is no need to manually query each member of the group for its Presence information.
US10568016B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to ceasing the renewal of a virtual access device that is dormant. Some embodiments may receive a dormancy request from an authorization server, where the dormancy request includes information identifying a virtual access device. Embodiments may determine that the virtual access device is dormant based at least on previous transactions involving the virtual access device and at least one dormancy rule. Certain embodiments may send a dormancy response to the authorization server indicating that the virtual access device is dormant. An authorization server may determine not to renew a virtual access device based at least upon the dormancy response. As such, the authorization server need not provision a mobile device with an updated virtual access device.
US10568010B2
A technique may include receiving, by a user device in a wireless network, an indication of a set of uplink time-frequency resources to be used for an uplink transmission from the user device to both a master cell and a slave cell, determining, by the user device, a timing advance associated with the master cell, and performing a single transmission, by the user device, of a block of data to both of the master cell and the slave cell via the set of uplink time-frequency resources using the timing advance associated with the master cell.
US10567993B2
There is provided a method for managing buffer status reporting for a wireless communication device in a wireless communication system. The method comprises checking (S1) condition(s) for suppressing at least one Buffer Status Report, BSR, which is up for transmission, and suppressing (S2) the BSR if the condition(s) is/are fulfilled, wherein the BSR is suppressed when the BSR indicates less than or equal to a first threshold amount of bytes and/or when one or more previous BSRs indicate less than or equal to a second threshold amount of bytes.
US10567988B2
A method includes detecting a data flow between a user equipment in a radio access network (RAN) and a content provider, measuring a delivery performance between the user equipment and a transport manager by inspecting a plurality of data packets in the data flow, and inferring control information associated with the data flow using the measured delivery performance. The transport manager is connected between the RAN and the content provider.
US10567987B2
A method and apparatus for performing radio link monitoring (RLM) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE), which requires coverage enhancement (CE), configures a repetition level for RLM, and performs RLM measurement based on the configured repetition level. The configured repetition level may correspond to a maximum repetition level configured per each UE or per each CE mode. Or, the configured repetition level may correspond to a maximum repetition level supported by a network.
US10567986B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to back-off mechanisms for fair joint access of an unlicensed sidelink channel. Each sidelink device may perform independent and asynchronous listen before talk (LBT) of the unlicensed sidelink channel with a respective back-off timer initialized with a back-off value selected to provide fair access to the unlicensed sidelink channel by both active sidelink devices and other devices utilizing the unlicensed sidelink channel. In some examples, the back-off value may be selected based on an estimated number of active sidelink devices. The estimated number of active sidelink devices may be determined, for example, by monitoring distributed handshake signaling on the unlicensed sidelink channel.
US10567983B2
A system includes a processor configured to determine that a first modem, predesignated to provide first communication services, is unable to provide the first communication services. The processor is also configured to determine that the first communication services have priority over second communication services, provided by a second modem predesignated to provide the second communication services. Further, the processor is configured to cease second communication services on the second modem and repurpose the second modem to provide the first communication services, responsive to the priority determination.
US10567982B2
A method and an apparatus for handling in-device coexistence interference in a user equipment are provided. The method includes receiving a list of non-serving Long Term Evolution (LTE) frequencies from a base station, configuring the non-serving LTE frequencies so as to perform a measurement on the configured non-serving LTE frequencies, and detecting a likelihood of in-device coexistence interference between at least one of the non-serving LTE frequencies and an Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) frequency when an ISM activity is ongoing on the ISM frequency.
US10567981B2
Techniques for operating a wireless network in a plurality of radio operating environments are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus receives a first parameter value set that is selected from a group of multiple parameter value sets, wherein the first parameter value set is appropriate for a first target radio operating environment that corresponds to one or more of: a first level of mobility of user devices or a first range of wireless transmission. In some embodiments, the apparatus is reconfigured to receive wireless broadcast transmissions from a second broadcast transmitter using a second parameter value set that is appropriate for a second target radio operating environment. The first and second broadcast transmitters may be the same or different. The parameter value sets may include a first parameter based upon which the apparatus is configured to determine subcarrier spacing and a second parameter that indicates a cyclic prefix size.
US10567979B2
There is provided a wireless communication device including a control-message creation/transmission-instruction unit which sends notification information via a wireless communication network and also sends response information in the case of receiving notification information sent from another device, a reception/interpretation processing unit which receives, from another device which has received the notification information of the wireless communication device, response information of such other device and also receives the notification information sent from such other device, and an operation mode determination unit which determines, based on operation mode determination information included in the notification information of such other device or the response information of such other device, that the wireless communication device is caused to operate as one of a master device and a slave device.
US10567972B2
In some example embodiments, there may be provided a method, which may include receiving, by a first cloud node, spectrum information collected by a sensor, wherein the spectrum information includes radar information and possible interferer information, wherein the radar information includes at least one of a physical location of a radar, a location of the radar main beam, a frequency of a radar, or a rotation pattern of the radar; uploading, by the first cloud node, at least a portion of the collected spectrum information to a database shared by at least a second cloud node; and sending, by the first cloud node, a command to use or inhibit use of a portion of the spectrum allowed to be shared between at least a radar and a user equipment. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US10567958B2
A communications system includes a first communications part configured to perform communications with a terminal apparatus, a second communications part configured to perform communications via a network, a connection controller configured to start establishing a connection or release a connection between the first communications part and the second communications part, a display part configured to display authentication information transmitted from the terminal apparatus, an input part configured to receive an input from a user, and a connection manager configured to manage a time to allow the user to have a connection to the network in accordance with an instruction input by the user when the authentication information displayed by the display part matches authentication information reported in advance to the user who has been allowed to have the connection to the network.
US10567957B1
A system and method provide a security aspect for a UE in dual connectivity mode of operation in wireless communication networks. The system and method provide secure simultaneous transmission and reception in a secure manner between a User Equipment (UE) and one or more eNodeBs (eNBs) configured in an inter-eNB carrier aggregation scenario. The system establishes of a security context between the UE and the Secondary eNB (SeNB) using the RRC signaling between the UE and the Master eNB (MeNB), when a plurality of SCells within SeNB are added simultaneously. The system also detects the intruder in the user data radio bearers, while a UE is operating in dual connectivity mode of operation.
US10567955B2
A user equipment (UE) configured for signaling UE capability is described. The UE includes a processor and instructions stored in memory that is in electronic communication with the processor. The UE sends an indicator regarding whether the UE can support different time division duplex (TDD) configurations on different bands for a band combination. The UE also sends an indicator regarding whether the UE can support concurrent transmission and reception on different bands for the band combination. The UE additionally sends an indicator regarding whether the UE can support different uplink timing adjustments for the band combination.
US10567954B2
In a 5G network, new radios (NR) can be deployed as a standalone radio access technology or as a non-standalone radio access technology assisted by another radio access technology. Long-term evolution (LTE), which is widely deployed can provide seamless coverage and uninterrupted connectivity, however NRs can provide significantly increased data rates or new services. However, the deployment of NR can be limited to hotspots under the footprint of LTE. Therefore, dual connectivity between LTE and NR can be utilized for non-standalone NR because control plane functions can be sent over LTE while the data plane can be managed on NR, allowing for simplified NR deployments where device support for both LTE and NR is available.
US10567950B2
A wireless communication network serves media content to a wireless communication device. The wireless communication network receives registration notices for the wireless communication device from Downstream Content Delivery Networks (dCDNs) when the wireless communication device registers with the dCDNs. The wireless communication network receives CDN signaling from an Upstream Content Delivery Network (uCDN) for one of the multiple dCDNs when the wireless communication device registers with the uCDN. The wireless communication network selects one of the dCDNs for the wireless communication device. The wireless communication network transfers the CDN signaling to the selected one of the dCDNs. The uCDN transfers media content to the dCDN and the dCDN transfers the media content to the wireless communication device.
US10567944B2
An emergency response system includes remote computing devices programmed via executable code instructions to broadcast an emergency alert to recipients, responsive to instructions received from administrators or emergency responders, the emergency alert including a response request permitting recipients to provide a binary positive or negative user status response, receive the responses from the recipients along with location information, send a map showing known recipient locations coded by corresponding response status to the administrators/responders, provide chat functionality between users during an emergency alert, provide social media functions including message exchange between users, and override the social media functions during an emergency alert so that social media messages cannot be exchanged.
US10567937B2
An application deployment manager 8 associated with an associated Mobile Edge Computing server receives a notification (step 222) of a newly-attached terminal, and queries a database 60 (step 223) to identify any computing applications the terminal is associated with, and interrogates an application platform 12 and an update record 72 to determine whether the current version of each required service is currently hosted on the platform 12 (steps 225, 250). The application deployment manager 8 then retrieves any programme data not already hosted on the application management system (step 227) for installation ready for use by the terminal 2.
US10567918B2
A radio-location method of locating a target device that is contained within a region of space, comprising obtaining a first set of detected signals by detecting, at a plurality of points in space, a beacon signal from the target device, or by detecting at the target device, beacon signals sent from one or more radio transmitters in the region of space; determining a current estimate of the target device's location; obtaining successive sets of detected signals, for each successive set of detected signals: determining one or more candidate locations for the target device; comparing the candidate locations with a radio map of the region of space, identifying one or more feasible candidate locations that are consistent with the radio map; determining a new estimate of the target device's location based on the one or more feasible candidate locations; and setting the new estimate as the current estimate of the target device's location.
US10567914B1
Initializing probability vectors for determining a location of motion detected from wireless signals
In a general aspect, a method for determining a location of motion detected by wireless communication devices in a wireless communication network includes obtaining a set of motion indicator values associated with a prior time frame. The method also includes generating a prior probability vector based on the set of motion indicator values and comprising values for wireless communication devices connected to the wireless communication network during the prior time frame. The method additionally includes selecting the prior probability vector or one of a plurality of initialization probability vectors based on the set of motion indicator values, a configuration of the wireless communication network, or both. The method further includes using the selected probability vector and a set of motion indicators associated a second, subsequent time frame to identify a location associated with motion that occurred during the subsequent time frame.
US10567908B2
Tracking devices can be associated with safe zones, smart zones, and high risk zones. Safe zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the safe zone is lower than outside the safe zone. High risk zones correspond to regions where a likelihood that a tracking device is lost within the high risk zone is higher than outside the high risk zone. Smart zones correspond to an expected tracking device, mobile device, or user behavior. Home areas are geographic regions in which a user resides, and travel areas are geographic regions in which a user does not reside. A tracking device can be configured to operate in a mode selected based on a presence of the tracking device within a safe zone, a smart zone, a high risk zone, a home area, or a travel area.
US10567903B2
The present technology relates to an audio processing apparatus and method and a program that make it possible to obtain sound of higher quality.An acquisition unit acquires an audio signal and metadata of an object. A vector calculation unit calculates, based on a horizontal direction angle and a vertical direction angle included in the metadata of the object and indicative of an extent of a sound image, a spread vector indicative of a position in a region indicative of the extent of the sound image. A gain calculation unit calculates, based on the spread vector, a VBAP gain of the audio signal in regard to each speaker by VBAP. The present technology can be applied to an audio processing apparatus.
US10567893B2
A multi-zone media system and method for providing multi-zone media. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide a system and method that flexibly presents media content (e.g., audio content) to a user as the user moves throughout a premises.
US10567887B2
A speaker (10) comprises an enclosure (8) defining an internal volume (11); and at least one sound generator (7), the sound generator (7) comprising one or more surfaces defining an air-path conduit (15) through which air operably passes in and out of the internal volume. The sound generator (7) further comprises a plurality of electrodes comprising at least one air-exposed electrode (1, 4) and at least one insulated electrode (2, 3). A voltage source (6) is configured to generate an electrical field between the at least one air-exposed electrode (1, 4) and the at least one insulated electrode (2, 3, 70) to operatively generate a plasma proximal (100) to the plurality of electrodes and within the air-path conduit (15).
US10567883B2
There is provided a piezo-electric actuator comprising an assembly comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and at least one piezoelectric layer located between said first electrode and said second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is split into at least two different sub-electrodes, wherein at least part of the assembly is configured to move along an axis perpendicular to a surface of the assembly, in response to an electrical stimulus applied to at least one of said first and second electrodes.
US10567875B2
The amount of far-field noise transmitted by a primary communication device in an open-plan office environment is reduced by defining an acoustic perimeter of reference microphones around the primary device. Reference microphones generate a reference audio input including far-field noise in the proximity of the primary device. The primary device generates a main audio input including the voice of the primary speaker as well as background noise. Reference audio input is compared to main audio input to identify the background noise portion of the main audio signal. A noise reduction algorithm suppresses the identified background noise in the main audio signal. The one or more reference microphones defining the acoustic perimeter may be included in separate microphone devices placed in proximity to the main desktop phone, microphones within other nearby desktop telephone devices, or a combination of both types of devices.
US10567874B2
A signal processing device includes an acoustic echo cancellation (AEC) circuit, a blocking matrix circuit, a controller, a subtractor, and a filter. The AEC circuit performs an AEC operation based on a far-end signal and a first input signal to generate a processed signal. The blocking matrix circuit suppresses a target signal component of the first input signal and a second input signal, to generate a reference signal. The controller generates a control coefficient based on the processed signal and the second input signal. The subtractor generates an output signal based on the filtered signal and the processed signal. The filter generates the filtered signal in response to the control coefficient, the reference signal, and the output signal.
US10567873B2
A device configured to provide wireless service and power for a smart speaker includes at least one transceiver configured to wirelessly connect to a mobile broadband network and further configured to obtain internet access and the at least one transceiver further configured to wirelessly connect to the smart speaker and provide the internet access to the smart speaker. The device further includes a power supply configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the at least one transceiver. The power supply further configured to store power and the power supply further configured to provide power to the smart speaker. The device further includes a housing configured to house the at least one transceiver and the power supply.
US10567871B1
A networked speaker system automatically moves a speaker in one or more of the horizontal planes, the vertical plane, and elevation (z-dimension) to maintain the axis of the sound cone directed toward a listener as a listener moves about a space. In addition, or alternatively, the speaker can be moved to optimize sound performance when multiple speakers are activated.
US10567868B2
A sound generator includes a housing with an acoustic cavity and including a mounting base and a separation plate extending from the mounting base to the outside of the housing; a speaker unit accommodated in the acoustic cavity and being mounted on the mounting base; a front cavity and a back cavity formed by acoustic cavity divided by the mounting base, the speaker unit and the separation plate; and at least one cavity extending from the mounting base and/or the separation plate. The cavity has at least a first through-hole for communicating the cavity with the front cavity and at least a second through-hole for communicating the cavity with the back cavity.
US10567866B1
A sound producing device includes an air pulse generating element and a control unit. The air pulse generating element includes an air chamber, a membrane, a first air entrance and a first valve. The membrane is disposed in the air chamber. The first air entrance is disposed at a side of the membrane in a first direction. The first valve is disposed between the first air entrance and the membrane. The control unit generates a driving signal to control a movement of the membrane, such that the air pulse generating element generates an air pulse in response to the driving signal. During an operation, an first airflow corresponding to the air pulse flows into or flows out of the air chamber through the first air entrance, and passes through the first air entrance substantially along a direction parallel to the first direction perpendicular to the moving direction of the membrane.
US10567864B2
The invention relates to a seamless pivot for a head-worn audio device. The seamless pivot includes a headband tube for interconnecting an earcup and a headband. The headband tube includes a channel extending from a top surface of the headband tube to an internal detent and an internal cavity of the headband tube. The seamless pivot also includes a spring member. A portion of the spring member is disposed within the channel of the headband tube and configured to allow rotation of the headband tube relative to the portion of the spring member. An end of the spring member terminates within at least one of the internal detent and the internal cavity of the headband tube. A range of the rotation of the headband tube, relative to the portion of the spring member within the channel, is limited by the internal detent of the headband tube.
US10567859B2
Disclosed is a rugby-ball sports speaker that includes a flexible protective sleeve defined with an opening and an accommodating cavity communicating with the opening. The speaker further includes at least one receiving casing defined with a receiving slot, the receiving casing being accommodated inside the accommodating cavity and resisting an inner wall of the flexible protective sleeve. The speak further includes at least one speaker assembly received inside the receiving slot and resisting an inner wall of the receiving casing. The speaker further includes a net cover covering the opening and fixedly connected to the flexible protective sleeve, the net cover sealing the receiving casing within the accommodating cavity. The technical solution of this disclosure is designed to enable the user to simultaneously enjoy the fun of throwing and kicking as well as listening to music relying solely on the rugby ball, thus augmenting the user experience.
US10567857B2
The method comprises detecting, by an OLT when an ONU is connected to an optical termination point at a CPE of a user; notifying, by said OLT, a SDN controller; providing connectivity to said user to a dedicated and limited network providing access to a single self-provisioning web site by the SDN controller at least connecting said CPE to a service provider site; receiving, by the self-provisioning web site, credential information identifying the user on the self-provisioning web site, wherein the self-provisioning web site, once the user being connected therein, further receiving configuration information specifying which FTTH services the user wants to subscribe; and disconnecting, by the SDN controller, the user from the self-provisioning web site and reconnecting the user to a new network via a vCPE connected to said Internet service provider infrastructure and configured to provide access to Internet and to the subscribed FTTH services to the user.
US10567856B2
An optical device includes a plurality of optical input ports, a plurality of optical output ports, a wavelength dispersion arrangement and at least one optical beam steering arrangement. The plurality of optical input ports is configured to receive optical beams each having a plurality of wavelength components. The wavelength dispersion arrangement receives the optical beams and spatially separates each of the optical beams into a plurality of wavelengths components. The optical beam steering arrangement has a first region onto which the spatially separated wavelength components are directed and a second region onto which any subset of the plurality of wavelength components of each of the optical beams is selectively directed after the wavelength components in each of the subsets are spatially recombined with one another. The optical beam steering arrangement selectively directs each of subset of the plurality of wavelength components to a different one of the optical output ports.
US10567855B2
Technologies for dynamically allocating resources within a self-managed node include a self-managed node to receive quality of service objective data indicative of a performance objective of one or more workloads assigned to the self-managed node. Each workload includes one or more tasks. The self-managed node is also to execute the one or more tasks to perform the one or more workloads, obtain telemetry data as the workloads are performed, determine, as a function of the telemetry data, an adjustment to the allocation of resources among the workloads to satisfy the performance objective, and apply the determined adjustment as the workloads are performed by the self-managed node. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10567853B2
Systems and methods for controlling small grids of appliances are described. One sample method includes receiving consumption data from a plurality of electrical appliances that are plugged into outlets at a first location and monitoring power usage at the first location. The method includes evaluating the received consumption data to identify one or more predetermined conditions in one or more of the plurality of electrical appliances and evaluating stored data related to power consumption preferences at the first location. The power consumption preferences define conditions when a consumer associated with the first location has agreed to enable remote control of at least one designated appliance upon an occurrence of one or more predetermined conditions. The method includes determining that the one or more conditions are satisfied and to provide a first secure communication to the first appliance to control the power consumption.
US10567849B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to identify linear and non-linear media presentations are disclosed. An example method to determine whether a media presentation is a linear or a non-linear media presentation comprises generating a reference log comprising a first media identifier of first media and a time at which the first media was presented, accessing a media presentation log comprising a second media identifier of second media and a time at which the second media was presented, and determining whether the second media correspond to a linear media presentation or a non-linear media presentation by comparing the media presentation log to the reference log.
US10567844B2
In one embodiment, a method includes a client device receiving a selection of an emotion capture button. The emotion capture button is associated with an emotion. In response to the receiving the selection of the emotion capture button, the client device captures a video clip designated with a categorization specifying the emotion associated with the selected emotion capture button.
US10567834B2
The various implementations described herein describe using an audio stream to identify metadata associated with a currently playing television program. In one aspect, a method is performed at a computing device having processors and memory storing programs to be executed by the processors. The computing device obtains audio description data of a video stream for a media program. The audio description data comprises a synchronized audio narrative describing what is happening visually in the media program. The computing device identifies a set of information items including one or more words in the audio description data. The computing device transmits the words to a server. After the transmitting, the computing device obtains from the server information of content files related to the words. In response to obtaining the information, the computing device causes the information to be displayed on an electronic device that is distinct from the computing device.
US10567829B2
A processing device receives metadata for media content items and displays cells for the media content items in an overview area in an electronic program guide (EPG). The cells include subsets of metadata for the media content items. The processing device receives a selection a media content item and moves a cell, which includes a subset of metadata for the selected media content item, from the overview area to a focus area in the EPG. In response to determining that a scheduled duration for the selected media content item does not satisfy a condition pertaining to a maximum time interval of the focus area, the processing device adjusts a timeline of the focus area based on the scheduled duration of the selected media content, and replaces the subset of metadata in the cell in the focus area with expanded metadata for the selected media content item.
US10567821B2
A television playout system provided in a broadcast provider system receives a playout schedule, which corresponds to a live video feed of a channel broadcasted to one or more multichannel video program distributors (MVPDs), from a playout schedule source, and generates a new channel comprising one or more video on demand (VOD) content assets, based on one or more scheduling rules of the playout schedule, to be transmitted to a plurality of MVPDs at a time specified in the received playout schedule. The received live video feed of the channel is sanitized by removal of a lower third graphical content overlay from the live video feed for the generation of the new channel. A discontinuity is inserted between program segments to allow dynamic ad insertion (DAI) within the program segments of the live video feed for the new channel.
US10567817B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. In different aspects, the systems and methods may allow a user to present and consume a media module, particularly a media module containing data that is typically presented in a serial manner such as audio, visual, or video media, and to create a marked media module for quickly and easily returning to a marked point of interest in the media module at a later time or on a different device.
US10567809B2
An apparatus and a method for transmitting media data through live streaming or recorded streaming are provided. Live streaming refers to a case where media being captured in real time by a media service apparatus is played in a user's web browser, and recorded streaming refers to a case where media pre-recorded and stored in a server is played in a user's web browser. In the case of live streaming, since real-time is an important factor, there is provided a media playing method with no initial delay by using a decoder written in a script that can be parsed by a web browser. In the case of recorded streaming, there is provided a media playing method capable of using a decoder embedded in a web browser with no compatibility issue related to a container even when the media service apparatus has no container creation functionality.
US10567776B2
Although wedgelet-based partitioning seems to represent a better tradeoff between side information rate on the one hand and achievable variety in partitioning possibilities on the other hand, compared to contour partitioning, the ability to alleviate the constraints of the partitioning to the extent that the partitions have to be wedgelet partitions, enables applying relatively uncomplex statistical analysis onto overlaid spatially sampled texture information in order to derive a good predictor for the bi-segmentation in a depth/disparity map. Thus, in accordance with a first aspect it is exactly the increase of the freedom which alleviates the signaling overhead provided that co-located texture information in form of a picture is present. Another aspect pertains the possibility to save side information rate involved with signaling a respective coding mode supporting irregular partitioning.
US10567767B2
There is provided an image processing apparatus. A splitting unit splits an image into a block. A quantization unit performs quantization of the block using a plurality of methods. A calculating unit calculates a distance between the block and a result of the quantization. A selecting unit selects a quantization result of the quantization unit using the distance. An encoding unit performs fixed-length encoding of the quantization result selected by the selecting unit. The quantization unit includes a first quantization unit that preserves texture in the block, and a second quantization unit that represents pixels in the block in a plurality of colors.
US10567766B2
An imaging element includes a pixel unit configured to receive incident light and include a photoelectric conversion unit performing photoelectric conversion. The imaging element performs a compression process on a first signal which is an imaging signal output from the pixel unit. The imaging element performs a different process from the compression process on a second signal with a different use from the first signal output from the pixel unit so that the second signal does not deteriorate.
US10567759B2
A method of decoding video data comprises receiving a bitstream of encoded video data, the encoded video data representing partitioned luma blocks and partitioned chroma blocks, wherein the chroma blocks are partitioned independently of the luma blocks, determining a respective coding mode corresponding to the respective partitioned luma blocks, decoding the respective partitioned luma blocks according to the determined respective coding modes, decoding a first syntax element indicating that the respective coding modes associated with the respective partitioned luma blocks are to be used for decoding a first partitioned chroma block, wherein the first partitioned chroma block is aligned with two or more partitioned luma blocks, determining a chroma coding mode for the first partitioned chroma block according to a function of the respective coding modes of the two or more partitioned luma blocks, and decoding the first partitioned chroma block in accordance with the determined chroma coding mode.
US10567752B2
A method for video decoding includes determining, for a current block that is a non-square block, whether an angular intra prediction mode for the current block is a wide angle mode that is in a direction outside of a range of directions that spans a bottom left diagonal direction and top right diagonal direction of the current block. The method further includes, in response to determining that the angular intra prediction mode is the wide angle mode, determining whether a condition to apply an intra smoothing filter to blocks neighboring the current block is satisfied. The method further includes, in response to determining that the condition is satisfied, applying the intra smoothing filter to the blocks neighboring the current block. The method also includes performing intra prediction based on the filtered blocks to obtain a characteristic value for the current block.
US10567745B2
A head mount display for use with a virtual reality system allows for an automatic adjustment of an inter-lens distance based on a particular user's inter-pupillary distance (IPD). The IPD for the user is measured, for example by taking an image of the user in a controlled environment and calculating the distance between the user's pupils within the image. Once the IPD is known, a desired inter-lens distance for the particular user may be defined based on user IPD. A computing device in communication with a head mount display unit may automatically adjust the inter-lens distance to match the desired inter-lens distance. A user's IPD and desired inter-lens distance may be stored for the user in a user account. As such, whenever the user participates in the virtual reality system, a head mount display used by the user may be configured with the user's desired inter-lens distance.
US10567731B1
Systems and methods for displaying an image across a plurality of displays are described herein. Pixel intensity values in the multifocal display are determined using correlation values and numerical iterations. An eye tracking system measures eye tracking information about a position of a user's eye, and the pixel intensity values are modified based on the eye tracking information. An image is displayed on the plurality of displays based on the determined pixel intensity values. The plurality of displays may be within an HMD, and address vergence accommodation conflict by simulating retinal defocus blur.
US10567730B2
A display device includes an image display section for left eye, an image display section for right eye, and a control section configured to expand the image data for the eyes, and cause the image display section for the eyes to display the expanded image data for the eyes. The control section acquires compressed UI image data, draws the compressed UI image data in a predetermined position of one of the image data for left eye before the expansion and the image data for right eye before the expansion, draws the compressed UI image data in a position corresponding to the predetermined position of the other of the image data for left eye before the expansion and the image data for right eye before the expansion, and performs the expansion using the image data for left eye and for right eye after the drawing.
US10567727B2
A reproducing method includes: an obtaining step of obtaining a high quality image and a first low quality image that are still images showing an identical scene, and conversion determination information; a first determining step of determining whether or not the display device can display the high quality image; a first reproducing step of reproducing the high quality image when the display device can display the high quality image; a second determining step of determining whether or not to generate a second low quality image by using the conversion determination information when the display device cannot display the high quality image; a second reproducing step of reproducing the first low quality image when it is determined not to generate the second low quality image; and a third reproducing step of generating the second low quality image from the high quality image and reproducing the second low quality image when it is determined to generate the second low quality image.
US10567726B2
A method, apparatus, system for image processing is provided that creates an object note for a picture. The method, apparatus or system includes: automatically obtaining picture description information from a picture source, wherein the picture description information at least partly have been formed automatically; obtaining annotation information from at least two object sources, wherein the two object sources are different from the picture sources, automatically fusing the said annotation information from the two object sources to form fused annotation information, and attaching said fused annotation information to the picture to create the object note for the picture.
US10567715B2
An image display apparatus includes a display section that displays an image on a display surface, an output section that outputs light, a changer that changes the angle of the light outputted from the output section with respect to the display surface, a position detector that detects a reflected position where the light outputted by the output section is reflected, and a change controller that controls the changer based on the result of the detection performed by the position detector.
US10567714B2
Methods, systems and components are disclosed relating to the exclusive optical addressing of information for image display systems.
US10567692B2
An image capturing apparatus including a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, an A/D converter configured to convert a plurality of signals output from the plurality of pixels into a plurality of corresponding digital data, and a signal processing unit configured to generate an error-correcting code for the plurality of digital data, wherein, in the generating the error-correcting code, the signal processing unit performs grouping the plurality of digital data output from the A/D converter into a plurality of groups, and wherein the signal processing unit performs the grouping so that, in each of the plurality of groups, a total data length of the digital data forming corresponding one of the plurality of groups is not shorter than a length of the error-correcting code.
US10567691B2
A comparator in an AD conversion part performs, under the control of reading part, a first comparison processing outputting a digitized first comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to an overflow charge overflowing from a PD1 to an FD1 in an integration period and a second comparison processing outputting a digitized second comparison result signal with respect to a voltage signal corresponding to a accumulated charge of the PD1 transferred to the FD1 in a transfer period after the integration period and, in the first comparison processing, starts an AD conversion processing comparing the voltage signal of the output buffer part and the reference voltage and outputting the digitized comparison result signal with a delay from the starting time of the first comparison processing. The comparator lowers a power consumption and suppresses an influence of a dark current of the FD and deterioration of an image.
US10567689B2
An image sensor pixel may include a photodiode, one or more storage diodes, one or more potential barrier structures, one or more capacitors, and a floating diffusion region. The photodiode may be coupled to a storage diode and a first capacitor, and a first potential barrier structure may be interposed between the storage diode and the first capacitor. The photodiode may also be coupled to additional storage diodes and additional capacitors in a similar manner. Additionally, the photodiode may be directly separated from a given capacitor via a corresponding potential barrier structure. Each capacitor may store overflow charge from one or more storage diodes and/or the photodiode and may be connected to the floating diffusion via respective transistors.
US10567682B2
The invention relates to pixel circuit and an operating method thereof, comprising a front-end circuit comprising a single photodiode and having an output, said front-end circuit being configured for delivering on said output a photoreceptor signal derived from a light exposure of said single photodiode; a transient detector circuit configured for detecting a change in said photoreceptor signal delivered on said output; an exposure measurement circuit configured for measuring said photoreceptor signal delivered on said output upon detection by the transient detector circuit of a change in the photoreceptor signal. The invention also relates to an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixel circuits.
US10567676B2
Method for composing an output video signal (So) from input video signals (Si1, Si2, Si3 . . . Sim), which include input frame sequences (Si1[n], Si2[n], Si2[n] . . . Sim[n]) with a number of pixels for each input frame associated with an input resolution (Ri1, Ri2, Ri3 . . . Rim). The method includes determining a spatial surface on a three-dimensional virtual space associated with each pixel; establishing a visualization point (X0,Y0,Z0) and a visualization window in the three-dimensional virtual space; calculating an associated threshold pixel density for the pixels in the visualization window; determining combinations of input frames with overlapping projections; and selecting the frame of each combination of frames has a pixel density in the entire overlapping part greater than or equal to the threshold pixel density or, in the absence thereof, selecting the frame which has a greater pixel density in order to form the output frame part which is overlapping.
US10567664B2
An information processing device including a control unit that, based on a specific subject that is an imaging target of a during-exposure zoom imaging operation, performs control decide control details for a zoom lens in the during-exposure zoom imaging operation.
US10567662B2
The digital camera includes a finder section, an imaging optical system, a focus ring, an eye sensor, an imaging element, a main control section, a digital signal processing section, and a finder display control section. The imaging element outputs first and second imaging signals obtained by receiving the first and second rays formed by performing pupil division on the subject image. The main control section calculates an amount of defocus so as to generate a defocus image, on the basis of first and second imaging signals obtained by receiving first and second rays. The eye sensor detects an eye position P of a photographer who is in contact with the finder section. The finder display control section changes a position, at which the defocus image is displayed, in accordance with the direction of shift of the eye position P.
US10567660B2
A medical data processing method of determining anatomical structure subset data describing a subset of a graphical representation 9 of an anatomical structure of a patient's body to be displayed simultaneously with a medical image of an anatomical body part 1, the method being constituted to be executed by a computer and comprising the following steps: a) acquiring predetermined anatomical structure representation data describing a graphical representation of the anatomical structure and its position in the patient's body; b) acquiring anatomical body part image data describing an image of an anatomical body part 1 of the patient imaged by an optical imaging apparatus 2 for display by a display apparatus 3; c) acquiring optical parameter data describing an optical parameter WD serving as a basis for displaying the anatomical body part image data; d) determining, based on the anatomical structure representation data and the anatomical body part image data and the optical parameter data, anatomical structure subset data describing a subset 9 of the anatomical structure representation data, which subset describes graphical representation of a structure subset of the anatomical structure to be displayed simultaneously with the image of the anatomical body part 1.
US10567656B2
To provide a medical observation device, information processing method, program, and video microscope device.A medical observation device including: a selection unit configured to select one reference camera from two or more cameras; a motion detection unit configured to detect a motion of the reference camera; a first correction information acquisition unit configured to acquire first correction information that lessens the motion of the reference camera; and a second correction information acquisition unit configured to acquire second correction information that lessens a motion of a camera other than the reference camera included in the two or more cameras using a method different from a method of the first correction information acquisition unit.
US10567653B2
A method of rotating a surveillance camera having an acceleration sensor and being controllable by a processor to maintain a tilt-angle to conform to a command tilt-angle, includes the steps of moving the surveillance camera tilt to a predetermined command tilt-angle in response to a signal from the processor; periodically calculating estimated tilt-angles by using acceleration values in at least one axis of an acceleration sensor; calculating a difference value between an estimated tilt-angle of a current period and an estimated tilt-angle of a previous period; and when the difference value between the estimated tilt-angles exceeds a set limit, moving the camera to another position to correct the tilt angle according to the difference calculate.
US10567651B2
A system for performing image processing determines one or more conditions of an imaging device positioned on an aerial vehicle or another mobile platform. Exemplary conditions include one or more of an ambient condition or a scenery content. The ambient condition is determined via devices available on the mobile platform. The scenery content is obtained via the devices and preloaded local data. Based upon the determined conditions, an appropriate operation mode of the imaging device is selected from among multiple operation modes of the imaging device. These operation modes are categorized, for example, based on a set of predetermined condition categories.
US10567637B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for autofocus. In various embodiments, the methods and apparatus may decrease a settling time of a lens by increasing the target position gradually, varying the gain of a PID controller, and adding a kick pulse to a position signal.
US10567635B2
A method and system for determining depth of an image using a single imager and a lens having a variable focal length is provided. The system comprises a microfluidic lens having a variable focal length controlled by a lens controller and an imager receiving an image of an object from the lens, wherein the imager is configured to receive a first image comprising a first plurality of pixels from the lens at a first focal length and a second image comprising a second plurality of pixels from the lens at a second focal length, the second focal length being different than the first focal length, non-volatile memory, wherein the first image and the second image are stored in the non-volatile memory, a depth module configured to determine a distance between the lens and the object based by a comparison of the first image of the object and the second image of the object.
US10567633B2
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of imaging sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective exterior fields of view, each of the imaging sensors capturing respective image data. The imaging sensors are connected to a control via respective ones of a plurality of single core coaxial cables. Each single core coaxial cable commonly carries (i) image data from the respective imaging sensor to the control for processing and (ii) power to the respective imaging sensor. Each imaging sensor is capable of communicating via a particular communication protocol. While each of the imaging sensors is in a respective initial mode and after the communication protocol is transmitted by the control to each of the imaging sensors, each of the imaging sensors communicates with the control in accordance with the communication protocol. Each of the single core coaxial cables provides bidirectional communication between the control and the respective imaging sensor.
US10567630B2
To address issues of capturing and processing images, a mobile computing device is provided. The mobile computing device may include a two-part housing coupled by a hinge, with first and second parts that include first and second displays, respectively. The hinge may permit the displays to rotate throughout a plurality of angular orientations. The mobile computing device may include one or more sensor devices, processor, first camera, and second camera mounted in the housing. The one or more sensor devices may be configured to measure the relative angular displacement of the housing, and the processor may be configured to process images captured by the first and second cameras according to a selected function based upon the relative angular displacement measured by the one or more sensor devices.
US10567627B2
Provided is a point of view camera that includes: an imaging unit; a body configured to selectively form a mechanical coupling to one of a surfboard, a bicycle, and an associate imaging device; and a communication unit configured to communicate wirelessly or in a wired way with the associate imaging device.
US10567621B2
An original image is read as an aggregate of a plurality of pixels in which adjacent pixels have different colors (R, G, and B) in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction, and the read pixels of the respective colors are stored in a line memory in association with information on relative positions of the pixels with respect to another pixel. Then, the stored pixels are sorted so that pixels having the same color are adjacent to each other, and an abnormal pixel (dust) not present in the original image is detected based on the state of the sorted pixels. With this, the dust not present in the original image is detected without increasing the cost, and the dust is corrected without forming a conspicuous trace of correction.
US10567616B2
An image processing apparatus includes a line memory, a block outputting unit, a data writing unit, a data reading unit, and a controller. To the line memory, a memory area is allocated, and the memory area has a width of a constant number of words in a static RAM (Random Access Memory). The block outputting unit is configured to output image data of an image block obtained by dividing a document image. The data writing unit is configured to write the image data of the image block into the line memory. The data reading unit is configured to read the image data from the line memory word by word, and output the image data in an order corresponding to a rotation angle. The controller is configured to set a block size of the image block as a value corresponding to the rotation angle.
US10567612B2
An image processing apparatus that transfers recorded image data includes a control unit configured to perform control in such a manner that in a case where transfer of image data is instructed during recording of the image data, previously recorded image data is set as a transfer target when a predetermined period of time has not elapsed after recording of the previously recorded image data is stopped, and image data currently being recorded is set as the transfer target when the predetermined period of time has elapsed.
US10567611B2
An image reading apparatus includes a housing, a transport unit, a first reader, a controller, and a positioning mechanism. The controller controls the transport unit to transport a second medium different in thickness from a first medium in a first transport direction and then in a second transport direction opposite to the first transport direction. The positioning mechanism moves the first reader from a first position to a second position by using a drive force by which the transport unit transports the second medium in the first transport direction. The positioning mechanism maintains the first reader at the second position while the second medium transported by the transport unit in the second transport direction is passing the first reader, and moves the first reader from the second position to the first position after the first reader reads the image on the first side of the second medium.
US10567609B2
An illumination device includes a light guide member having a bar-like shape and a light source disposed so as to face an end surface of the light guide member. The illumination device guides light from the light source in the light guide member and emits the light from a light emission surface of the light guide member formed in a longitudinal direction of the light guide member. The light emission surface includes a first light diffusing portion that is formed in a first portion near the light source and that has a protruding/recessed shape, and a second light diffusing portion that is formed in a second portion adjacent to an end of the first light diffusing portion, the end being away from the light source. The second light diffusing portion has a protruding/recessed shape and has lower light diffusivity than the first light diffusing portion.
US10567608B2
An information processing apparatus includes a controller. The controller controls display of a function of one device if the one device is photographed and controls display of a cooperative function that uses functions of plural devices if the plural devices are photographed.
US10567605B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image former that forms a document image including a correction image; an image reader; and a calibrator, and performing correction, wherein the document image is designed so that main register marks and a subsidiary register mark are provided, and the calibrator includes a four-corner detector that detects four corners of a sheet of paper, a main register mark reference position detector that detects reference positions of the main register marks, a subsidiary register mark prediction position determiner that predicts and determines prediction positions of the subsidiary register marks, a subsidiary register mark reference position detector that detects a reference position of the subsidiary register mark, a correction image prediction position determiner that predicts and determines a prediction position of the correction image, a measured value obtainer, and a correction value calculator.
US10567595B1
In accordance with an embodiment, an image forming apparatus comprises a measurement section configured to measure first environmental information of a measurement position in a first period; an acquisition section configured to acquire first external environmental information measured by a first external device; and a controller configured to estimate second environmental information of the measurement position in a second period different from the first period using the first external environmental information, and perform control to execute a maintenance operation based on the second environmental information.
US10567593B1
A communication network that combines radios using RF communication and devices that communicate over the public switched telephone network and/or a cellular network so that the various devices can communicate across a single system with the radios being callable from any other device connected to the system. The system combines Radio over Internet Protocol communication with Voice over Internet Protocol communication into a single integrated architecture that allows seamless communication by all communication devices connected to the system.
US10567586B2
Methods and systems are provided for routing callers to agents in a call-center routing environment. An exemplary method includes identifying caller data for at least one of a set of callers on hold and causing a caller of the set of callers to be routed to an agent based on a comparison of the caller data and the agent data. The caller data and agent data may be compared via a pattern matching algorithm and/or computer model for predicting a caller-agent pair having the highest probability of a desired outcome. As such, callers may be pooled and routed to agents based on comparisons of available caller and agent data, rather than a conventional queue order fashion. If a caller is held beyond a hold threshold the caller may be routed to the next available agent. The hold threshold may include a predetermined time, “cost” function, number of times the caller may be skipped by other callers, and so on.
US10567584B2
An image processing system including at least one processor configured to receive at least one first image of an inoperative product captured by a mobile device of a user; perform image analysis on the first image to identify a status of a functional element associated with the inoperative product; access memory to determine why the product is inoperative; cause visual guidance to be displayed by the mobile device, wherein the visual guidance is associated with a plurality of sequential actions for causing the inoperative product to become operative; receive at least one second image of the product, the second image being indicative of a completion of the plurality of sequential actions; perform image analysis on the at least one second image to determine that the completion of the plurality of sequential actions caused the inoperative product to become operative; and notify the user that the problem has been resolved.
US10567576B2
An electronic device is provided that includes a removable SIM to store a first profile including information related to a home network and information related to a roaming network. The portable electronic device also includes an eSIM, and communication circuitry. The portable electronic device further includes at least one processor adapted to determine that the portable electronic device is out of network service coverage corresponding to the home network based at least in part on the first profile, establish, using the communication circuitry, a specified communication connection with the roaming network using the first profile based at least in part on the determining, transmit a request for a second profile associated with data service via the specified communication connection, and receive, in response to the request, the second profile via the specified communication connection, the receiving including storing the second profile in the eSIM.
US10567569B2
Some embodiments relate to a smart phone or a wearable device, such as a smart watch, and associated methods for enabling the UE device to switch from a normal mode to/from a voice-to-text mode and/or a text-to-voice mode. The transition to/from voice-to-text mode and/or text-to-voice mode may be conducted automatically or through manual selection by the user of the UE. These transitions (or the presentation of a manual selection option) may be determined based on an ambient noise measurement performed by the UE.
US10567565B2
A profile identifies at least one application (e.g., navigation application) for which a glimpse is to be provided when a mobile device is a screen locked state. A display may be activated while the mobile device remains in the screen locked state, and an image is rendered over a lock screen of the mobile device, where the image providing a glimpse into the application identified in the profile, where the image displayed over the lock screen is iteratively updated to provide a continuous glimpse into the application identified by the profile, without having to unlock the mobile device.
US10567561B2
A bar-type mobile terminal can include a wireless communication unit including one or more components which permit wireless communications between the bar type mobile terminal and a wireless communication system; a plurality of antennas configured to transmit or receive radio signals; a metallic frame having a front side and a rear side, the metallic frame including a base portion, an edge portion forming an appearance of the bar-type mobile terminal, an upper through hole disposed in an upper portion of the metallic frame, and a lower through hole disposed in a lower portion of the metallic frame; an upper non-metallic coupling disposed in the upper through hole of the metallic frame; a lower non-metallic coupling disposed in the lower through hole of the metallic frame; a window disposed on the front side of the metallic frame; a display module disposed between the window and the front side of the metallic frame; a first waterproof layer disposed between the window and a front side of the edge portion of the metallic frame; a cover disposed on the rear side of the metallic frame; a first printed circuit board (PCB) disposed between the cover and the rear side of the metallic frame, wherein the wireless communication unit is mounted on the first PCB; and a second waterproof layer disposed between the cover and a rear side of the edge portion of the metallic frame.
US10567542B2
A data management device includes a buffer and a processor. The processor may select an unprocessed full key and generate a buffer entry based on a difference between an entry of a local snapshot specified by the unprocessed full key and an entry of a previous local snapshot specified by the unprocessed full key. The processor may make a first determination that a lookup key entry associated with the unprocessed full key is different than a lookup key entry associated with a processed full key. The process may add the generated buffer entry to the buffer after processing the buffer in response to the first determination.
US10567531B2
Examples to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a reporter to detect at the client device a login event. The example apparatus also includes a communication interface to send a communication to an impression monitor system in response to the reporter detecting at the client device the login event via the login webpage, the login event associated with a first Internet domain different from a second internet domain of the impression monitor system. The example communication interface also sends a login reporting message to the database proprietor, the login reporting message including first and second cookie identifiers, the first cookie identifier associated with the first Internet domain, and the second cookie identifier associated with the second Internet domain of the impression monitor system.
US10567530B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for associating a plurality of Internet-enabled devices with a common user profile for targeting Internet content or advertising. One method includes: receiving, from a plurality of Internet-enabled devices, a plurality of requests for electronic content or advertising; extracting, from each of the plurality of requests, a source IP address and a unique identifier associated with the respective Internet-enabled device; for each source IP address for which requests were received over a predetermined time period from a number of Internet-enabled devices below a threshold number of devices, identifying each possible pair of devices from which requests were received; and for each possible pair of devices, calculating a probability that the pair of devices are owned or operated by a common user.
US10567518B2
A computing device configured to facilitate on-boarding of an electronic device may comprise a processor and memory. The memory may store instructions that cause the processor to receive, over a public network, a first communication from the electronic device on a private network, comprising an address of the electronic device on the private network. A first identifier associated with the address of the electronic device on the public network and the received address of the electronic device on the private network may be stored in a persistent store. The computing device may then receive a first request from a browser and, based upon a second identifier associated therewith, retrieve the stored address of the electronic device on the private network. The retrieved address of the electronic device on the private network may then be sent, over the public network, in response to the received first request from the browser.
US10567508B2
An online system stores media files (i.e., stored media files) and receives a user request to upload a video file (i.e., a requested media file). The online system determines whether the requested media file matches one of the stored media files based on hash values. If there is a mismatch in hash value, the online system may determine the match based on fingerprints. If it is determined that the requested media file does not match any stored media file, the online system stores the requested media file. Even if there is a match, the online system compares a quality of the requested media file with the matched media file and replaces the matched media file with the requested media file having a higher quality metric.
US10567505B2
Methods and systems are provided for implementing session synchronization to synchronize applications at different user systems (e.g., mobile device, laptop, desktop, tablet) of a particular user. As will be explained in greater detail below, this platform level solution that can maintain session information received any number of different user systems of the particular user and share this collective session information with each of the other user systems as session-synchronization information that can be used, at any user system of that user, to ensure that when that user switches from using one user system to another user system that that applications at the “new” user system being switched to are synchronized with any other applications that were most recently in use at all of the other user systems of that user.
US10567503B2
A method and an apparatus for updating data are provided. The method for updating data includes the follows. A terminal receives an update reminder message pushed by a cloud server. The terminal detects whether there is anchor point information corresponding to the update reminder message at the terminal; when the anchor point information corresponding to the update reminder message is detected at the terminal, the terminal sends the anchor point information to the cloud server so that the cloud server generates an update data packet based on the anchor point information. The terminal performs a first update process on data of the terminal.
US10567494B2
A data processing system, a computing node, and a data processing method are provided. The data processing system includes a management node and a first class of computing nodes. The management node is configured to allocate first processing tasks to the first class of computing nodes. At least two computing nodes in the first class of computing nodes concurrently perform the first processing tasks allocated by the management node. A computing node performs a combine2 operation and a reduce2 operation on a data block Mx and a data block V1x, to obtain a first intermediate result. Then, the management node obtains a processing result for a to-be-processed dataset according to first intermediate results obtained by the first class of computing nodes. According to the data processing system, when a combine operation and a reduce operation are being performed on data blocks, memory space occupied by computation can be reduced.
US10567464B2
A video stream of a scene for a virtual reality or augmented reality experience may be captured by one or more image capture devices. Data from the video stream may be retrieved, including base vantage data with base vantage color data depicting the scene from a base vantage location, and target vantage data with target vantage color data depicting the scene from a target vantage location. The base vantage data may be reprojected to the target vantage location to obtain reprojected target vantage data. The reprojected target vantage data may be compared with the target vantage data to obtain residual data. The residual data may be compressed by removing a subset of the residual data that is likely to be less viewer-discernable than a remainder of the residual data. A compressed video stream may be stored, including the base vantage data and the compressed residual data.
US10567459B2
Embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method and system of restricting access to portions of a media file. The method includes marking a media file such that it has at least two portions. All of the portions are locked except the first portion. The number of times the media file is shared is tracked. Thereafter, a second portion can be unlocked once a threshold number of shares has been tracked. Shares can include social media shares, views, and the like. The media file can be a video file, audio file or other type of media file. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10567457B1
A method and apparatus for dynamic rotation of streaming protocols are disclosed. In the method and apparatus, a first portion of content is streamed to a client device in accordance with a first content delivery protocol. Further, information indicating client device attributes, network conditions or usage conditions is received. A plurality of content delivery protocols including the first content delivery protocol are evaluated based at least in part on the received information to identify a content delivery protocol for streaming the a second portion of the content.
US10567452B2
A method for receiving a media data is provided. The method includes receiving, by a client from a server, a media presentation description (MPD) including segment information; and receiving media data based on the MPD, wherein the media data comprises a segment, wherein the segment includes a fragment, and wherein the fragment includes a subfregment, wherein the segment information indicates a location of the media data, and wherein the segment information comprises segment index information indicating a corresponding byte range related one fragment, and fragment index information for accessing different levels of a plurality of subfragments.
US10567448B2
A virtual conferencing system is described for implementing a speaker queue. For example, one embodiment of the virtual conferencing system comprises: a plurality of clients, each of the clients comprising state management logic to maintain a current state of a virtual conference; a virtual conferencing service to establish audio and/or video connections between the plurality of clients during the virtual conference, the virtual conferencing service further including a state synchronization service communicatively coupled to the state management logic on each client to ensure that the current state of the virtual conference is consistent on each client; wherein the current state on each client includes a speaker queue comprising an ordered set of participants to be designated as current speakers during the virtual conference, wherein participants are added to the speaker queue in response to input provided by the participants indicating a desire to be a current speaker, wherein one or more participants towards the top of the speaker queue are designated to be current speakers, wherein participants are initially added to the bottom of the speaker queue and are moved towards the top of the speaker queue as other participants are removed from the top of the speaker queue; a virtual conferencing graphical user interface (GUI) to display a video stream of one or more current speakers within one or more current speaker regions, the virtual conferencing GUI further providing a visual representation of the speaker queue to each of the participants, the visual representation comprising an ordered representation of each of the participants in the speaker queue.
US10567443B1
A connection procedure for communications devices is implemented in a variety of embodiments. In one such embodiment, the procedure uses a first set of connection data for attempting to connect and upon failure to connect uses a second set of connection information in addition to the first set of connection information to attempt a connection. In another embodiment, a delay is implemented before transmitting the connection information and a subsequent delay is implemented to allow for additional connection information to be input and transmitted.
US10567442B2
An automated registration service supported on an application server that interoperates with an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) core network is configured to dynamically register and deregister devices that are all associated with one or more commonly-utilized phone numbers. The service may assign the phone number to registered devices and, in contrast, un-assign the phone number from deregistered devices. The registration and deregistration of the devices may occur based on the amount of interaction with the device and other real-time contextual information. Furthermore, the automated registration service intelligently determines which registered devices to forward incoming video and/or audio calls to based on various contextual information, including the capabilities of device, identified location of a user, user preferences, etc. By intelligently selecting which devices should receive an incoming call, unnecessary use of bandwidth, data, and resources (e.g., battery power) can be reduced.
US10567441B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a first host computer including a host interface configured to receive traffic from a domain ingress node of a first domain, and processing machinery configured to instantiate worker nodes, instantiate a master node and a security gateway agent on the master node, instantiate a plurality of security clients on the worker nodes, wherein each worker node includes at least one security client, wherein each security client is configured to monitor at least part of the traffic being forwarded in the one worker node for malicious traffic, and report a first data item about the malicious traffic to the security gateway agent, and wherein the security gateway agent is configured to forward a second data item about the malicious traffic to a security server to determine at least one security policy to mitigate the malicious traffic, and to be enforced by a node.
US10567427B2
Some embodiments provide techniques for mitigating against layer 7 distributed denial of service attacks. Some embodiments submit a computational intensive problem, also referred to as a bot detection problem, in response to a user request. Bots that lack sophistication needed to render websites or are configured to not respond to the server response will be unable to provide a solution to the problem and their requests will therefore be denied. If the requesting user is a bot and has the sophisticated to correctly solve the problem, the server will monitor the user request rate. For subsequent requests from that same user, the server can increase the difficulty of the problem when the request rate exceeds different thresholds. In so doing, the problem consumes greater resources of the user, slowing the rate at which the user can submit subsequent requests, and thereby preventing the user from overwhelming the server.
US10567426B2
Methods and apparatus for detecting and minimizing the effects of Denial Of Service (DOS) attacks in high-speed networks in which packet processing is carried out by multiple processing cores. In one embodiment of the invention a communications method and apparatus detects and deletes denial of service attack packets in a multi-core distributed packet processing system using a lightweight DOS attack packet detection and deletion process.
US10567416B2
Systems, methods, and software can be used to monitor the security strength of a connection. In some aspect, a request to connect to an application server is received from a client application operating on an electronic device. In response to the request, a connection between the electronic device and the application server is initiated. A security strength level associated with the connection is determined. A notification indicating the security strength level of the connection is generated.
US10567413B2
A packet-filtering device may receive packet-filtering rules configured to cause the packet-filtering device to identify packets corresponding to network-threat indicators. The packet-filtering device may receive packets and, for each packet, may determine that the packet corresponds to criteria specified by a packet-filtering rule. The criteria may correspond to one or more of the network-threat indicators. The packet-filtering device may apply an operator specified by the packet-filtering rule. The operator may be configured to cause the packet-filtering device to either prevent the packet from continuing toward its destination or allow the packet to continue toward its destination. The packet-filtering device may generate a log entry comprising information from the packet-filtering rule that identifies the one or more network-threat indicators and indicating whether the packet-filtering device prevented the packet from continuing toward its destination or allowed the packet to continue toward its destination.
