US10781257B2
The present invention generally relates to novel bispecific antigen binding molecules for T cell activation and re-direction to specific target cells. In addition, the present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding such bispecific antigen binding molecules, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. The invention further relates to methods for producing the bispecific antigen binding molecules of the invention, and to methods of using these bispecific antigen binding molecules in the treatment of disease.
US10781251B2
The present invention relates to novel monoclonal anti-human-GDF-15 antibodies, pharmaceutical compositions, kits, methods and uses and the cell lines capable of producing the monoclonal antibodies described herein. The present invention further relates to novel antibodies to human GDF-15 capable of inhibiting cancer growth.
US10781246B2
The present disclosure is directed to staphylococcal leukotoxin and hemolysin binding molecules and fusion constructs. The present disclosure is further directed to methods of treating, preventing, and diagnosing staphylococcal infection in a subject using the binding molecules and fusion constructs described herein.
US10781245B2
The present invention relates to albumin variants with an improved affinity for the neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) and uses thereof, and in particular to the use of such albumin variants as carriers for immunogens. In some embodiments, the present invention relates to vaccines (e.g., vaccines for mucosal delivery) comprising albumin/immunogen fusion proteins.
US10781237B2
Provided herein are mutant single-chain Mycobacterium smegmatis porin (Msp) and uses thereof.
US10781229B2
The present invention relates to a TRIS- or neopentyl glycol-based amphipathic compound, a method of preparing the same, and a method of extracting, solubilizing, stabilizing, or crystallizing a membrane protein using the same. By using the TRIS- or neopentyl glycol-based compound according to the present invention, a superior membrane protein solubilization effect is exhibited, a membrane protein can be stably stored for a long time in an aqueous solution, and the structural fluidity of the membrane protein can be excellently maintained. Accordingly, the TRIS- or neopentyl glycol-based compound can be utilized in analyzing functions and structures of membrane proteins. Membrane protein structure and function analysis is currently one of the most attractive fields of research in biology and chemistry. Since more than half of the new drugs under development target membrane proteins, the compound can be applied to membrane protein structure research closely related to drug discovery.
US10781227B2
The present invention provides biologically active compounds and methods to obtain biologically active compounds that can be used as photosensitizers for diagnostic and therapeutic applications, particularly for PDT of cancer, infections and other hyperproliferative diseases, fluorescence diagnosis and PDT treatment of non-tumorous indications such as arthritis, inflammatory diseases, viral or bacterial infections, dermatological, ophthalmological or urological disorders. As the compounds exhibit also toxicity against targets (tumor cells, bacteria, inflammation-related cells) without light these biologically active compounds may also be used for the light-independent treatment of such indications. Preferred embodiments of the present invention consist of methods to synthesize metal or half-metal complex structures incorporating one or more substituted 2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyl-dipyrromethene (2,3,5,6-tetrafluorophenyldipyrrin) units. These dipyrromethenes (dipyrrins) can carry a variety of different substituents in the 4-position enabling a fine tuning of their biological or amphiphilic/hydrophilic properties. Another object of the present invention is to provide amphiphilic compounds with a higher membrane affinity and increased efficacy.
US10781224B2
The invention relates to agriculture, and specifically to regulators of plant growth and development that can be used for the pre-sowing treatment of cereal crop seeds and are in the form of bis(oxymethyl)phosphinic acid and biogenic metal salts thereof with the general formula (I) Men+[OP(O)(CH2OH)2]n, where n may be 1 or 2 and Me may be any of the following: H, Na, Ca, Mg, Co, Cu, Zn, Mn. The claimed compounds of formula I are effective regulators of plant growth and development when acting in concentrations of 1·10−7-1·10−12%. Pre-sowing treatment of the seeds of cereal crops, namely wheat, corn and rice, by means of the claimed compounds increases germination energy and germination capacity up to 13%, also increases plant vigor, and rootlet and shoot lengths increase up to 36%. Crop harvests increase and the quality of the resulting grain improves, which expands the range of effective, environmentally friendly plant growth and development regulators that act at the level of natural phytohormones.
US10781223B2
Radically polymerizable silane according to the general formula I in which R1 is a linear or branched aliphatic C1-C9-alkyl radical, phenyl or alkylated phenyl radical, R2, R3 independently of each other in each case are absent or are a linear or branched aliphatic C1-C20-alkylene radical, which can be interrupted by S or O atoms, R4, R5, R6 independently of each other in each case are —Cl, —O—CH3, —O—C2H5, —CH3 or —C2H5, X is CH2 or O, Y is absent, or is O or NR′, wherein R′ is H or a C1-5-alkyl radical, and Z is absent, or is O, NR″, —CO—O—, —CO—NR″—, —O—CO—O—, —O—CO—NR″—, or —NR″—CO—NR″—, wherein R″ is H or a C1-5-alkyl radical and wherein the radicals R2 and R3 cannot be absent at the same time and Z is absent if R2 or R3 is absent, polycondensates based thereon and fillers surface-modified therewith.
US10781217B2
The present invention relates to an imidazopyridazine compound having cell growth inhibitory activity, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer or a tumor including the same. The imidazopyridazine compound of Chemical Formula 1 according to the present invention has excellent cell growth inhibitory activity, and thus can be favorably used as a preventive or therapeutic agent for cancer or a tumor.
US10781216B2
This invention concerns pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in treatment and/or therapy of diseases.
US10781215B2
Compounds having the following formula (I), or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof, where all substituents are as defined herein, are useful in the modulation of IL-12, IL-23 and/or IFNα, by acting on Tyk-2 to cause signal transduction inhibition.
US10781210B2
The present invention provides a compound having TrkA inhibitory activity, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present invention relates to a compound represented by Formula (I): wherein ═X is ═O or the like, R5 and R5A are hydrogen atoms or the like, —A— is —NR1— or the like, B is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like, R1 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, R2 is a hydrogen atom or the like, —W— is —CH2— or the like, —WA— is —CH2— or the like, R13 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocyclyl or the like, R14 is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic heterocyclyl or the like, R15 is substituted or unsubstituted alkyl or the like, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the same.
US10781206B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, enantiomer or diastereomer thereof, wherein R1 to R5 are as described above. The compounds may be useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of hepatitis B virus infection.
US10781203B2
Compositions for preventing or treating virus infections inhibit the biogenesis of cytoplasmic viral assembly compartment (cVAC). The preferred compounds are dihydroquinazolinones.
US10781199B2
Provided herein is a crystalline 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione dihydrate. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline 4-amino-2-(2,6-dioxopiperidine-3-yl)isoindoline-1,3-dione dihydrate are also disclosed.
US10781197B2
Disclosed are sulfonamide analogues of galiellactone of formula (I) as STAT3-inhibitors for use in the treatment of a STAT3 signaling related disorder, e.g. solid cancers, hematological cancers, benign tumors, hyperproliferative diseases, inflammations, autoimmune diseases, graft or transplant rejections, delayed physiological function of grafts or transplants, neurodegenerative diseases and viral infections. The sulfonamide comprises a cyclic substituent.
US10781195B2
A method to produce 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) from C6 carbohydrates. The method includes the steps of reacting a reactant comprising at least one C6 carbohydrate, in a reaction mixture comprising at least about 5% (v/v) water, a polar, aprotic solvent, and an acid, for a time, at a temperature, and at a hydrogen ion concentration wherein at least a portion of the C6 carbohydrate present in the reactant is converted to 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (“HMF”).
US10781194B2
The object of the present invention is to provide an industrial and economical process for preparing (E2)-cis-6,7-epoxy-2-nonenal of the following formula (3): The present invention provides a process for preparing (E2)-cis-6,7-epoxy-2-nonenal (3), comprising at least steps of: subjecting (Z3,Z6)-3,6-nonadien-1-ol of the following formula (1) to oxidation: to form (E2,Z6)-2,6-nonadienal of the following formula (2); and epoxidizing the resulting (E2,Z6)-2,6-nonadienal to form the aforesaid (E2)-cis-6,7-epoxy-2-nonenal (3).
US10781180B2
The present invention relates to certain 3-phenyl-pyrazole derivatives of Formula (Ia) and pharmaceutical compositions thereof that modulate the activity of the 5-HT2A serotonin receptor. Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are directed to methods useful in the treatment of platelet aggregation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, reducing the risk of blood clot formation, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or a symptom, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorder, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, and sleep disorders, sleep disorders, diabetic-related disorders, progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the like. The present invention also relates to the methods for the treatment of 5-HT2A serotonin receptor mediated disorders in combination with other pharmaceutical agents administered separately or together.
US10781178B2
The present application provides compounds useful in methods of treating neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, and cancer such as prostate cancer. Also provided herein are radiolabeled compounds useful for imaging techniques, and techniques for diagnosis and monitoring of treatment of neurological disorders and cancer. An exemplary radiolabeled compound provided herein is useful as a radiotracer for positron emission tomography or single-photon emission computed tomography. Methods for preparing radiolabeled compounds and methods for preparing unlabeled compounds are also provided.
US10781175B2
Novel non-nucleoside solid supports and phosphoramidite building blocks for preparation of synthetic oligonucleotides containing at least one non-nucleosidic moiety conjugated to a ligand of practical interest and synthetic processes for making the same are disclosed. Furthermore, oligomeric compounds are prepared using said solid supports and phosphoramidite building blocks, preferably followed by removal of protecting groups to provide oligonucleotides conjugated to ligands of interest.
US10781173B2
Provided is a method for preparing apremilast of formula I. Method one: (S)-1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethylamine N-acetyl-L-leucine salt of formula II is reacted with 3-acetylaminophthalic anhydride of formula III in an aprotic solvent to produce the compound of formula I; method two: (S)-1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-(methylsulfonyl)ethylamine N-acetyl-L-leucine salt of formula II is reacted with 3-acetylaminophthalic anhydride of formula III in an organic solvent in the presence of an organic alkali or an alkali metal hydride to produce the compound of formula I. The method for preparing apremilast requires inexpensive raw materials and reagents, is suitable for industrial production, and has great economic effects.
US10781159B2
A hydrogenation method for increasing the yield of cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid diisooctyl ester is provided. The hydrogenation method uses a hydrogenating reaction tank, which is equipped with a hollow-shaft gas-introducing mixer having air-extracting, air-exhausting and mixing functions, to allow hydrogen gas to be uniformly dispersed in a reaction solution. A ruthenium-on-alumina (Ru/Al2O3) hydrogenation catalyst can be used for carrying out a hydrogenation reaction under gentle conditions. Therefore, the hydrogenation catalyst can be used in a reduced amount, the risk of side reaction(s) can be reduced, and the yield of cyclohexane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid diisooctyl ester can reach at least 99% with a cis isomer proportion of at least 85.0%. The hydrogenation method shows extremely high economic benefit.
US10781158B2
Pharmaceutical formulations of tetrahydrocurcumin and liposomes are described herein. The liposomes may comprise at least a first lipid, wherein the first lipid is a phospholipid or polyenylphosphatidylcholine are also disclosed.
US10781146B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a process for preparing a 5-alken-1-yne compound efficiently at low costs and a process for preparing (2E,6Z)-2,6-nonadienal by making use of the aforesaid process for preparing the 5-alken-1-yne compound.There is provided a process for preparing a 5-alken-1-yne compound of the following formula (4): Y—Z—CR1═CR2—(CH2)2—C≡CH (4) in which Y in formula (4) represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group, the process comprising at least steps of: subjecting (i) an alkenylmagnesium halide compound prepared from a haloalkene compound of the following formula (1): Y—Z—CR1═CR2—(CH2)2—X1 (1) and (ii) an alkyne compound of the following formula (2): X2—C≡C—Si(R3)(R4)(R5) (2) to a coupling reaction to form a silane compound of the following formula (3): Y—Z—CR1═CR2—(CH2)2—C≡C—Si(R3)(R4)(R5) (3); and subjecting the silane compound (3) to a desilylation reaction to form the 5-alken-1-yne compound (4).
US10781141B2
A hard metal composition of material comprised of, in weight percent, an alloy of from 6-15% of cobalt content; a molybdenum content of from 5-15% of the cobalt content and a chromium carbide content of from 0-15% of the cobalt content and the balance of tungsten carbide.
US10781140B2
The invention encompasses equipment used to condition a recirculating gas stream in order to cure a CO2 Composite Material (CCM) and processes that use such equipment to cure the CCM. The gas conditioning equipment allows for a process that controls, reduces or eliminates the rate-limiting steps associated with water removal during the curing of a composite material. The equipment may include, but will not be limited to, control over the temperature, relative humidity, flow rate, pressure, and carbon dioxide concentration within the system; which includes the conditioning equipment, any vessel containing the CCM, and the material itself. Flow rate control can be used as a means to achieve uniformity in both gas velocity and composition.
US10781139B2
Provided herein is a joint compound having a composition to allow tools to easily clean up, comprising water, at least one inert filler, and a binder comprising a sulfonated starch, and a method of preparing the joint compound.
US10781135B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for increasing the strength of glass are disclosed. The use of multi-bath chemical processing for a glass article can facilitate controlled chemical strengthening. Through multi-bath (or multi-step) chemical processing, differing levels of strengthening can be achieved for different portion of glass articles. The multi-bath chemical processing can be achieved through the use of successive chemical baths. Accordingly, glass articles that have undergone multi-bath chemical processing are able to be not only thin but also sufficiently strong and resistant to damage. The strengthened glass articles are well suited for use in consumer products, such as consumer electronic devices (e.g., portable electronic devices). In one embodiment, the glass member can pertain to a glass cover for a housing of an electronic device.
US10781131B2
Crystallizable glasses, glass-ceramics, IXable glass-ceramics, and IX glass-ceramics are disclosed. The glass-ceramics exhibit β-spodumene ss as the predominant crystalline phase. These glasses and glass-ceramics, in mole %, include: 60-75 SiO2; 10-18 Al2O3; 5-14 Li2O; and 4.5 B2O3. The glass-ceramics also have a Vickers initiation crack threshold of at least about 25 kgf.
US10781124B2
The method in the disclosure is achieved by chemically reacting diluted sulfuric acid generated when industrial sulfate titanium white powder production with a titanium raw material, and controlling an acid/titanium ratio and an iron/titanium ratio so as to produce the nano catalytic wastewater treatment agent. When being used for treatment of dyeing wastewater and other alkaline wastewater, by virtue of alkaline and dilution environment in wastewater, the nano catalytic wastewater treatment agent is subjected to self-fitting hydrolysist to produce a new ecological nano titanium dioxide ultrafine particle as a catalyst for decomposing organic matters in wastewater so as to decompose the organic matters into carbon dioxide and water; a decomposed and oxidized hydrated iron compound is used as a flocculation and adsorption nano particle, achieving the purpose of removing organic matters in wastewater.
US10781123B2
A Multi-Stage Wastewater Treatment and Hydroponic Farming Device comprises a compact basin, a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR), a modified wetland material, at least one microbial fuel cell (MFC) and a distributor. The MBBR and modified wetland material are disposed within the basin. Openings in the distributor retain hydroponic plants. In one example, wastewater enters through the MBBR which performs primary treatment of wastewater. Treated wastewater is further treated by modified wetland material and the MFC which generates electrical energy that supplies other components. Treated wastewater is pumped through the distributor and processed by hydroponic plants which extract growth inducing nutrients from the treated wastewater. Resultant water treated by the device is selectively recycled through various parts of the device or extracted from the device and used for other purposes. In one example, multiple devices are deployed in an area thereby providing self-sustaining, efficient water treatment and farming functionality.
US10781117B2
The present invention relates to a method of dewatering an aqueous mineral suspension comprising introducing into the suspension a flocculating system comprising a mixture of polyethylene glycol and polyethylene oxide polymers, in particular a mixture of one or more low molecular mass polyethylene glycol with one or more high molecular mass polyethylene oxide. Said mixture of polyethylene glycol and polyethylene oxide polymers is useful for the treatment of suspensions of particulate material, especially waste mineral slurries. The invention is particularly suitable for the treatment of tailings and other waste material resulting from mineral processing, in particular, the processing of oil sands tailings.
US10781113B2
A system and method of the purification of drinking water, ethanol and alcohol beverages is based on the action of hydrodynamic cavitation processing of microbiological and chemical contaminants, micro particles and colloidal particles. The fluid flow moves at a high rate through a multi-stage cavitation device and filtration module to generate hydrodynamic cavitation features in the fluid flow. The cavitation features generate changes in the velocity, pressure, temperature, chemical composition and physical properties of the liquid. The cavitation features also prevent the deposition of contaminants upon and remove contaminants from the surface of the filter module, reduce the load on the filter elements and increase the life of the filter module.
US10781110B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a cathode active material precursor for a sodium secondary battery by using a coprecipitation technique and a cathode active material precursor for a sodium secondary battery produced thereby, and a cathode active material for a sodium secondary battery using the cathode active material precursor for a sodium secondary battery and a method for producing the same.
US10781105B2
The invention relates to the field of carbon structure production and, in particular, to a method for synthesis of graphene oxide which is widely used in electronics, medicine, pharmacology and construction industries.Provided is a method for synthesis of graphene oxide that includes oxidizing ground graphite with sulfuric acid and at least one oxidizer in a medium of supercritical fluid, wherein the method includes providing a mixture of sulfuric acid and dry ice in an amount sufficient for the mixture to solidify, and a mixture of at least one oxidizer and dry ice, wherein at least one of said mixtures contains ground graphite; introducing the provided mixtures into a high pressure autoclave; and further mixing the reagents.Thus, the claimed invention is a method for synthesis of graphene oxide that allows achieving the technical result consisting in safe production of high quality graphene oxide, wherein the time cost is relatively low and the consumption of sulfuric acid is significantly reduced.
US10781103B2
Microwave chemical processing system having a microwave plasma reactor, and a multi-stage gas-solid separation system are disclosed. The microwave energy source has a waveguide, a reaction zone, and an inlet configured to receive the input material, and the input material is converted into separated components. The separated components include hydrogen gas and carbon particles. The multi-stage gas-solid separation system has a first cyclone separator to filter the carbon particles from the separated components, and a back-pulse filter system coupled to the output of the first cycle separator to filter the carbon particles from the output from the first cyclone separator.
US10781099B2
An underwater hydrogen generator can include a watertight reaction housing enclosing a metering chamber. The metering chamber can have an upper portion that terminates at a piston opening, and a lower portion that merges into a funnel, which can further terminate at a metering opening. The metering chamber can be filled with an acid accelerator, and the watertight reaction void can be partially filled with NaBH4 in solution. The generator can further include a seawater float valve that can be in fluid communication between the external environment, the metering chamber and the void defined by the reaction housing. The float valve, metering chamber and reaction housing can cooperate to generate hydrogen when said generator is submerged, by allowing seawater to contact both the acid accelerator and the NaBH4. The size of the metering opening can determine the rate at which acid accelerator is added to the NaBH4 solution.
US10781080B2
An overhead travelling crane having a horizontally extending crane girder, which can be displaced in a railbound manner along a craneway, and having a crane trolley, which can be displaced along the crane girder and carries a lifting gear for raising and lowering a load. The lifting gear has a suspension structure formed as a cable or chain and the overhead travelling crane has electric drives for movements of the overhead travelling crane. The overhead travelling crane has an energy store connected to the drives to supply the drives with energy.
US10781076B2
An elevator buffer system includes a buffer (44), a frame (30) spaced above the buffer, a platform (48) spaced above the frame, and a pre-compressed pad device (52) disposed between the frame and the platform and engaged to one of the frame and the platform. The system is constructed to move between a non-strike position, where the pre-compressed pad device is spaced from the other of the frame and the platform; a mid-strike position, where the pre-compressed pad device is in contact with the other of the frame and the platform; and a full-strike position, where the pre-compressed pad device is further compressed against the other of the frame and the platform.
US10781063B2
The present invention is a new method to efficiently reclaim cement from a horizontal warehouse. This new reclaiming method combines a mechanical cement reclaiming machine, together with a reduced amount of open air slides. Material is fluidized through a porous media with low pressure air. Material flow is achieved by sloping the Air slide conveyor to match the fluidized angle of repose of the powdered material. Further, the present invention introduces a conveying system, comprising a cascade of open and enclosed air slides and elevator machines, to convey the cement from the reclaiming area to a dispatch hopper. The introduction of these components, together with cement stacking and dispatch systems, is a Fully Automated Cement Horizontal Storage system and method.
US10781058B2
The innovation disclosed herein is an improved palletiser for loading and packaging unstable articles, such as plastic, glass, steel, aluminium, etc. containers onto a pallet for bulk storage and/or transport. The innovation includes a pallet station having a pallet housing that receives pallets, a layer pad store substantially aligned with the pallet housing, a container lifting sub-assembly that receives a predetermined row of containers, a pusher assembly that urges the predetermined row of containers onto a pallet, and a layer pad transfer assembly.
US10781055B1
A system for separating packages of different sizes includes a conveyor segment and a plurality of alignment members dividing the conveyor segment into a plurality of conveyor lanes. The conveyor segment has an input end, a discharge end and transport mechanism for transporting packages from the input end to the discharge end. The transport mechanism is configured to impart a lateral shift to packages on the conveyor segment. One or more of the alignment members each forms a respective window to allow lateral shifting of packages across adjacent conveyor lanes. Each window has a uniquely defined vertical height to the limit lateral shifting of packages across adjacent conveyor lanes based on a height of each package. Each conveyor lane delivers packages of a uniquely different size group at the discharge end of the conveyor segment. The packages in a conveyor lane are aligned against a respective alignment member.
US10781051B2
A conveyance mechanism capable of attaining high conveyance performance and protecting a conveyance object and a mechanism itself, a medium processing device and a conveyance method using the conveyance mechanism are provided to solve the problem. The conveyance mechanism includes a conveyance passage which is a passage where a conveyance object is conveyed, a conveyance member moving the conveyance object along the conveyance passage, a motor driving the conveyance member, a control part controlling an output torque of the motor, a conveyance state identifying means identifying a conveyance state that is a position and/or a conveyance direction of the conveyance object in the conveyance passage, and a storage part which upper limit torque information which is an upper limit value of an output torque allowable for the motor or a parameter value required for calculation of the upper limit value is registered for each type of the conveyance state.
US10781038B2
The invention relates to a system for containing medical waste with a bag and a machine for producing said bag. It relates to a reusable, hermetically sealed, metal container for medical waste, with a bag and locks or latches, which prevent the lid from being opened until the waste inside the same has been sterilized by the pressurized steam of an autoclave. It also relates to said plastic bag made up of two or more layers of different physical properties, configured into a single body. Said bag is housed inside the aforementioned hermetically sealed container. It also relates to a machine for producing these bags with a winder, folder and several sealers using heat resistance inserted into conveyer belts.
US10781036B2
A glass roll includes a glass film formed by a downdraw method. The glass film is wound into a roll using a winding roller in a state in which front and back glass surfaces of the glass film formed in the forming operation are exposed, and during the winding operation, the glass film is superposed on a separable protective sheet. The protective sheet extends beyond both sides in a width direction of the glass film. The protective sheet can further be wound on an outer peripheral surface of the glass film by winding only the protective sheet from a trailing end of the glass film in a winding direction of the glass film.
US10781035B2
A package of at least one glove pair, comprising a right glove and a left glove, wherein at least one glove has an indicia comprising at least one of a logo, a manufacturer's name, or usage information of the glove displayed thereon, wherein the right glove and the left glove are folded in a multi-fold configuration. At least partially transparent first packaging encases the right glove and the left glove, and maintains the multi-fold configuration, wherein the indicia of at least one of the right glove or the left glove is visible through the first packaging while folded.
US10781034B2
A pack for smoking articles including: a container having front, rear, first side and second side panels and curved edges connecting the front, rear, first side and second side panels the container defining a chamber for storing smoking articles and an opening through which smoking articles are removable from the chamber; an inner frame projecting through the opening from within the chamber, the inner frame having a front portion and first and second side portions (230, 250) extending from first and second sides of the front portion to respective free ends (280, 290) of the inner frame, wherein the free ends (280, 290) of the inner frame are spaced apart from the first and second side panels (130, 170) of the container and abut the rear panel of the container; and a lid having front, rear, first side and second side panels and curved edges connecting the front, rear, first side and second side panels of the lid, the lid defining a cavity, where the rear panel of the lid is hinged to the rear panel of the container so that the lid is movable relative to the container between a closed position, at which the lid blocks the opening with the inner frame projecting into the cavity of the lid, and an open position, at which the lid does not block the opening.
US10781032B2
A tire sealant dispenser matches with an air compressor and contains a body in which chemical fluid (such as tire sealant) is filled, a cap connected on an opening of the body, a drive element configured to urge a punch element to pierce a film, such that an air conduit is in communication with a sealant conduit, pressurized air flows into the body via the air conduit from the air compressor, and the chemical fluid flows out of the sealant conduit.
US10781029B2
An apparatus for depositing an extrudable substance comprises a bracket and a sleeve, comprising an inner tubular sleeve wall and an outer tubular sleeve wall. The sleeve is coupled to the bracket and is rotatable relative to the bracket. The apparatus also comprises a cartridge, comprising an inner tubular cartridge wall and an outer tubular cartridge wall, wherein the cartridge is configured to be positioned between the inner tubular sleeve wall and the outer tubular sleeve wall. The apparatus additionally comprises a valve, configured to be communicatively coupled with the cartridge, a nozzle, configured to be communicatively coupled with the valve, a linear actuator to control flow of the extrudable substance from the valve to the nozzle, an annular plunger, positioned between the inner tubular cartridge wall and the outer tubular cartridge wall, and a twist-lock pressure cap, configured to be hermetically coupled with the cartridge.
US10781024B2
Provided is a high-purity tin product that does not contain undesirable carbonaceous impurities as a result of the following: a vacuum-packed high-purity metal article (vacuum-packed high-purity tin article) is obtained by vacuum packaging a high-purity metal (high-purity tin), at least a portion of a surface of a high-purity metal being covered with a fluorocarbon resin sheet; and the vacuum-packed high-purity metal article(vacuum-packed high-purity tin article) is obtained by vacuum packaging, with a vacuum packaging film, the high-purity metal in which at least a portion of a surface is covered with the fluorocarbon resin sheet.
US10781022B2
A heat-shrinkable packaging article has one or more tear initiators for initiating a manual tear that can be propagated to open a package and allow a product to be readily removed therefrom, without the use of a knife or scissors or any other implement. The tear initiators are present in a skirt and/or header of the article. The skirt and/or header has a first side and a second side. In one embodiment, some or all of the first side of the skirt and/or header can be heatset in order to reduce the shrink and curling of the skirt and/or header. This improves identification and utilization of the tear initiators by a consumer upon shrinking the packaging article around the product. In another embodiment, the skirt and/or header has a plurality of pairs of tear initiators to allow portions of the package to be torn off to expose a portion of the product that can then be sliced off while the remainder of the packaged product remains covered by a remainder of the film.
US10781019B2
An improved lid and pail combination provides a child resistant connection for use with pails.
US10781017B2
Provided is a cap (11) used for a discharge container (1) and provided on a mouth portion (32) of a container main body (10) which is deformed by a pressing force and stores contents (100). The cap (11) includes: a base portion (51) having an annular bottom wall (64) having a discharge port (64a), an annular groove (64c) provided in an outer peripheral edge of the bottom wall (64), a flow port (64d) provided in the groove (64c), and a flow groove (64e) connected to the flow port (64d); a check valve (53) having a cylindrical support portion (81) having one end disposed in the groove (64c), a plurality of elastic pieces (82) connected to the support portion (81), and a valve body (83) connected to the plurality of elastic pieces (82) and opening and closing the discharge port (64a); and a discharge nozzle (52) covering the bottom wall (64).
US10781014B2
A hinged slider for a closure assembly of a bag includes a top wall and a pair of legs extending from the top wall. A first leg and a second leg of the pair each includes a top end attached to the top wall and a bottom end opposing the top end. A pair of wings is hingedly attached to the pair of legs. A first wing and a second wing of the pair of wings is each hingedly attached to the bottom end of the first leg and second leg, respectively, as a hinge mechanism. The first wing and the second wing hinge downwardly in order to install the slider onto the closure assembly.
US10781006B2
A packaging machine for packaging products to be packaged by means of a stretchable film includes: a film transport device for a film feed to a product to be packaged; a first and a second belt conveyor for transporting the film, the belt conveyors each including a first and a second belt conveyor that are synchronously driven in a film transport direction prescribed by the film transport device and are arranged side by side, at least the second belt conveyor device being movable in a direction perpendicular to a film transport direction; and a movable film guiding element, by which the film is introducible into the film transport device, the film guiding element including a guide plate for guiding the film that has a first recess and a second recess in an upper edge in a vertical direction toward the belt conveyors.
US10781001B2
A variety of fill options is provided for a cell processing system. Certain options relate to a filling system associated with the cell processing system, the filling system comprising one or more filling stations, each with at least one container that may receive product from a container associated with a cell processing system. Other options relate to a syringe assembly that receives a product from a container associated with a cell processing system.
US10780999B1
A nosecone apparatus for hypersonic aircraft, rocket or missiles using a method for the mitigation of the created the shock front of a rocket or aerospace plane flying at hypersonic speeds by using nosecone splines to create both centripetal and isentropic airflows in conjunction with regeneratively cooling the nosecone structure.
US10780995B1
A system providing helicopter instruments on a tablet in digital form for external load operations is disclosed. The system includes a data collect system/device that retrieves data from the drive train of the helicopter and wirelessly transmits the data to a tablet computing device with a tablet app running to visually output gauges and real-time operational helicopter readings so as not to exceed operating limits when the pilot is out of a line of sight of the instrument panel in the helicopter, such as when engaged in external load operations. The system and tablet app implementation supports many different helicopter variants and the tablet is easily mounted in any helicopter or moved from one helicopter to another.
US10780988B2
An automated aerial vehicle (AAV) and system for automatically detecting a contact or an imminent contact between a propeller of the AAV and an object (e.g., human, pet, or other animal) are described. A safety profile for the AAV may be selected based on various factors including a position or configuration of the AAV. When a contact or an imminent contact is detected, the selected safety profile may be executed to reduce or avoid any potential harm to the object and/or the AAV. For example, if a contact with a propeller of the AAV by an object is detected, the rotation of the propeller may be stopped to avoid harming the object. Likewise, an object detection component may be used to detect an object that is nearing a propeller, stop the rotation of the propeller, and/or navigate the AAV away from the detected object.
US10780986B2
An aspirator system for inflating an inflatable evacuation device includes an aspirator body having a plurality of flapper doors configured to open to allow intake of atmospheric gas. The aspirator system also includes an aspirator barrel connecting the aspirator body to the inflatable evacuation device, having connected inflation chambers wrapping around a circumference of the aspirator barrel and arranged along a length of the aspirator barrel, and being configured to provide an aspirator barrel chamber for guiding the atmospheric gas to the inflatable evacuation device when the aspirator barrel is inflated. The aspirator system also includes a showerhead nozzle connected to the connected inflation chambers, configured to direct high-pressure gas to inflate the aspirator barrel and compel intake of atmospheric gas through the plurality of flapper doors, to inflate the inflatable evacuation device.
US10780981B2
An aircraft assembly with first and second seat rails for interlocking with an aircraft seat, and a systems component mounting member interlocked with those seat rails. The mounting member has a first anchor member interlocked with the first seat rail and a second anchor member interlocked with the second seat rail. The assembly includes an aircraft systems component mounted on the mounting member. Existing seat rails or tracks of the aircraft can be used for attachment of support brackets for aircraft systems components. A novel way of using existing seat rails to provide anchorage points for systems brackets for systems components is disclosed.
US10780979B2
Disclosed is a drone rotor cage. The drone rotor cage may include a motor housing, a plurality of spars, and a plurality of ribs. The plurality of spars may extend from the motor housing. Each of the plurality of spars may have a spar height and a spar thickness. The spar height may be greater than the spar thickness. Each of the ribs may extend from a respective one of the plurality of spars. Each of the plurality of ribs may have a rib height and a rib thickness. The rib height may be greater than the rib thickness. The plurality of spars and the plurality of ribs may define a space sized to allow a rotor to spin freely when the rotor cage is attached to a drone.
US10780978B2
A drive system for an aircraft landing gear is described. The drive system includes a drive pinion, a drive shaft arranged to rotate the drive pinion about a drive axis, and a casing which rotatably supports the drive shaft. The drive pinion is rotatably supported on the casing by a self-aligning bearing. The drive pinion is coupled to the drive shaft by a flexible coupling adapted to transfer torque between the drive pinion and the drive shaft and to permit tilting of the drive pinion relative to the drive axis.
US10780975B2
A propulsion unit includes a motor rotor, a clip-in base mount, a clip-in rotor cap, propeller mounts, and propeller blades. The motor rotor spins about a central rotational axis. The clip-in base mount is disposed on the motor rotor. The clip-in rotor cap is shaped to mate with and detachably clip into the clip-in base mount. The propeller mounts are attached to the clip-in rotor cap. The propeller blades each have a proximal base and a distal tip. The proximal base of each propeller blade mounts to a corresponding one of the propeller mounts.
US10780969B2
A buoyant aerial vehicle includes: a balloon configured to store a gas; a payload coupled to the balloon; and a propulsion unit coupled to the payload by a tether. The propulsion unit includes: a fuselage having a substantially longitudinal shape, a first end, and a second end; a primary airfoil coupled to the fuselage; a secondary airfoil coupled to the fuselage at one of the first end or the second end; and a thrust generating device disposed at one of the first end or the second end and configured to move the propulsion unit relative to the payload along a propulsion flight path. The movement of the propulsion unit imparts movement of the buoyant aerial vehicle along a vehicle flight path.
US10780968B2
Systems and methods and described herein that can enable accurate forecasting of ship motions and the useful displaying of such forecasts to users. In general, the ship motion forecasting systems and methods provide users with graphical indication of ship motion forecasts in the form of operational period indicators. These operational period indicators are generated such that the ship motion forecasts under at least one motion threshold for a time period exceeding a time threshold are indicated in a first way, while ship motion forecasts not under the at least one motion threshold for the time period exceeding the time threshold are indicated in a second way, different from the first way. This can facilitate the quick determination of operational status by a user and thus allow a user to quickly ascertain when conditions are likely to be such that certain ship operations can be safely performed.
US10780959B1
A swimming aid with a lower back float and an abdominal float, where the floats provide sufficient buoyancy to keep the user's head, neck and shoulders above water when the user is in a vertical position and in a mostly horizontal position. The floats overlap axially so that the user is biased to a vertical position, but can easily rotate between a mostly horizontal position for learning how to swim, and a vertical position, with head, neck and shoulders above the water in both positions, for ease and comfort of breathing, without falling over backwards or sideways.
US10780952B1
An anchor system with a bridle substrate and harness configured to attach to an anchor line. An outer bladder surrounds an inner bladder for coupling on top of the bridle substrate. Water enters the anchor system through a water inlet that feeds directly to the inner bladder and fills that first. Water then overflows from the inner bladder to the outer bladder to fill that second. The inner bladder provides stability and is positioned with a majority of its volume closer to an uphill end of the anchor bladder while the outer bladder is positioned with a majority of its volume closer to a downhill end of the anchor bladder. Reinforcement connectors for each bladder resist deformation of the bladders to resist movement of the anchor bladder while filling.
US10780942B1
A pedal structure includes a pedal body, a first bearing, a stopping element, a central axle, and a fixing element. The pedal body has a receiving space, and a fixing hole is formed at an end of the receiving space. A first stepped face is formed around the fixing hole. The first bearing is received in the receiving space and abuts against the first stepped face. The stopping element is received in the receiving space and abuts against the first bearing and is engaged with the inner wall of the receiving space. The central axle is inserted through the stopping element and the first bearing. The fixing element is inserted through the fixing hole to engage with the central axle to pull the central axle toward the first bearing.
US10780941B2
Provided is a motorcycle including a frame, a front ground-engaging wheel, rear ground-engaging wheel and a steering assembly. The steering assembly includes handlebars, an upper steering stem, a lower steering stem and a lever assembly intermediate the upper steering stem and the lower steering stem and wherein the steering assembly is operably connected to the front ground-engaging wheel.
US10780931B2
A kickstand assembly for a motorcycle includes a motorbike and a housing. The housing defines an interior space and is coupled to an end of a frame of the motorbike. A plurality of rods is positioned in the interior space. Each rod is selectively extensible from a bottom of the housing. An actuator is coupled to the housing and is positioned in the interior space. The actuator is operationally coupled to the plurality of rods. The actuator is positioned to selectively urge the rods to extend from the housing so that a terminus of each rod contacts a surface upon which the motorbike is positioned. The motorbike is stabilized on the surface.
US10780928B2
Electric vehicles, electric vehicle systems, and methods for controlling the electric vehicles or electric vehicle systems are described. In one implementation, an electric vehicle includes a main body for carrying a user, a plurality of electric wheels mounted on the main body, and a controller mounted on the main body. The main body includes a front main body and a rear main body removably connected to the front main body. The front main body can move independently when disconnected from the rear main body. In some embodiments, at least one of the plurality of electric wheels is mounted on the front main body. The controller is configured to send drive signals to the plurality of electric wheels according to input of the user. The plurality of electric wheels are configured to rotate according to the drive signals. The electric vehicles and the electric vehicle systems described in the present disclosure have a separable main body, advantageously allowing for short or medium distance transportation at low cost, flexibility in turning, and great potential for expanding their functionality.
US10780927B2
Spoiler apparatus for use with vehicles are disclosed. A disclosed spoiler for a vehicle includes a sensor operatively couple to the vehicle. The spoiler also includes a body supporting the sensor and including an aperture positioned thereon. The body is coupled to an exterior vehicle surface near a lamp of the vehicle, separate from the spoiler, such that the lamp is exposed via the aperture.
US10780925B2
A vehicle body structure includes a roof rail structure, a pillar structure, a tube-like reinforcement member and an attachment assembly. The tube-like reinforcement member is shaped to include a first portion, a curved portion and a second portion such that the first portion is fixed within and extends along a portion of the roof rail structure and the second portion extends downward within and extends along an upper portion of the pillar structure. The attachment assembly includes a bracket and a positioning member disposed within the pillar structure. The bracket is fixedly attached to the pillar structure. The second portion of the tube-like reinforcement member extends through an oversized opening in the bracket. The tube-like reinforcement member is fixedly attached to the positioning member and the positioning member being fixedly attached to the bracket.
US10780924B2
A bogie for a lowboy trailer includes a rear suspension support assembly configured to carry a suspension system of the lowboy trailer thereunder and a front transition assembly coupled to a front end of the rear suspension support assembly and configured to couple the rear suspension support assembly to a lower deck of the lowboy trailer. At least a portion of the rear suspension support assembly has a closed cross section when viewed along a longitudinal axis of the rear suspension support assembly. At least a portion of the front transition assembly has a closed cross section when viewed along a longitudinal axis of the front transition assembly.
US10780922B2
A longitudinal member is provided. The longitudinal member includes a front end provided with a hinge element for attaching the longitudinal member in an articulated manner to a heavy goods vehicle body, and a rear end including an attachment element for attaching the longitudinal member in a non-permanent manner to the heavy goods vehicle body. The longitudinal member includes a front part extending from the front end to an intermediate area of the longitudinal member and a rear part extending from the intermediate area to the rear end of the longitudinal member. The product (PF) of the wall thickness (tF) of the front part by the yield strength (YsF) of the material of the front part is greater than the product (PR) of the wall thickness (tR) of the rear part by the yield strength (YsR) of the material of the rear part.
US10780912B2
A steering device includes: a rack shaft; a rack housing housing the rack shaft; a motor unit having a motor case of which one end is coupled to the rack housing; a moving force application mechanism that moves the rack shaft by an output of the motor unit; and a support member that is fixed to the rack housing and supports the motor case. The rack housing has a fixing projection in which a bolt hole extending in a height direction is formed. The support member has an arc-shaped support part that extends along an outer circumferential surface of the motor case, and a pair of fixing pieces that protrudes from the support part toward a rack shaft housing section. Ends of the pair of fixing pieces are fastened with a bolt to the fixing projection of the rack housing.
US10780907B1
A cart is disclosed which is capable of being wheeled to a vehicle and mounted thereon through a mount secure coupling attached to the cart and a secure receiver attached to the vehicle. Upon secure attachment to the vehicle, the carts undercarriage assembly including wheels are capable of being retracted into the top deck assembly of the cart. Therefore, the vehicle maintains clearance from the road even after the cart is attached. Upon reaching a destination, the undercarriage of the cart is lowered and the cart is detached from the vehicle. The cart is then able to be wheeled away. The cart allows for transportation of loads without the need for the operator to actually carry either the load or the cart at any stage from start to finish or perform any additional steps to safe and securely attach the cart to the vehicle.
US10780901B2
A rail car air-conditioning device is equipped with: a refrigerant circuit that has a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger; an outdoor blower; a compressor operation frequency deriver that derives a compressor operation frequency of the compressor on the basis of a rail car interior setting temperature and a rail car interior temperature; an inverter for compressor use that drives the compressor at the compressor operation frequency; an outdoor blower operation frequency deriver that, in accordance with a predetermined correspondence relationship, derives a blower operation frequency of the outdoor blower corresponding to the compressor operation frequency; and an inverter for outdoor blower use that drives the outdoor blower at the blower operation frequency. The outdoor blower operation frequency deriver has a highly energy efficient energy-saving mode and a low-energy efficiency low-noise mode, and can switch between the energy-saving mode and the low-noise mode.
US10780875B2
A spring brake chamber for pneumatic braking systems used in heavy commercial vehicles such as buses, trucks, trailers and tractors, includes a power spring configured to detect the parking position, the driving position and the situation in which the power spring is broken. The present invention allows the driver to be notified by sending a signal.
US10780874B2
A suspension assembly for a heavy-duty vehicle axle/suspension system that includes a geometry that enables components of a brake system to be mounted above and be protected by a beam of the suspension assembly. In an embodiment of the suspension assembly, the beam includes a recessed area that allows a brake actuator to be positioned at least partially within or disposed adjacent the recessed area.
US10780864B2
A disc brake includes a caliper; a pad pressed against a disc by a movable portion of the caliper and including a mounting ear portion provided to be protruded in a longitudinal direction of the pad; a pad spring including a guide plate configured to guide the mounting ear portion, and a first biasing member configured to press the mounting ear portion of the pad toward outside of the disc; and a second biasing member provided at the pad to bias the pad in a direction away from the disc. The guide plate of the pad spring has a surface that abuts on the mounting ear portion of the pad pressed by the first biasing member. The pad spring includes a folded region protruded in an axial direction of the disc from the surface abutting on the mounting ear portion of the pad, and folded in a direction toward the outside of the disc and away from the mounting ear portion. The folded region includes an abutting portion which the second biasing member provided at the pad abuts on.
US10780855B2
A method and computer program are provided for operating a motorized two-wheeled vehicle, in particular a motorcycle that includes a sensor system for accident recognition that generates measuring signals. The sensor system is used for recognizing a rotation of a front wheel of the two-wheeled vehicle that deviates from a normal steering movement and allows an inference concerning a collision of the two-wheeled vehicle with another object. Moreover, the invention relates to a computer program for carrying out the method.
US10780854B1
A combination push bumper/bike rack for use with police or other emergency vehicles for situations when a disabled vehicle may need pushing, a bike may need to be transported or both. The push bumper is attached to the original bumper of a vehicle and spaced in front of such original bumper to prevent damage to the vehicle when it pushes other vehicles. At the top portion of the push bumper are a pair of retractable arms with straps that can be deployed using a push button. When the retractable arms are not in use they remain flush with the push bumper. When the retractable arms are deployed that are positioned substantially perpendicular to the push bumper and are capable of carrying a bicycle thereon with straps to secure them thereto.
US10780853B2
The present disclosure is related to a transmission for a powered vehicle. The transmission includes a housing defining an interior of the transmission and a fluid supply portion disposed in the housing. The fluid supply portion is configured to supply fluid throughout the transmission. The transmission also includes a first fluid circuit disposed within the housing and defining a first fluid path in fluid communication with the fluid supply portion. A second fluid circuit fluidly defines a second fluid path in fluid communication with the fluid supply portion. The transmission further includes a coupling mechanism for fluidly coupling the first fluid circuit and second fluid circuit, wherein the second fluid circuit is disposed outside the housing of the transmission.
US10780849B1
Presented are electric drive unit (EDU) assemblies with integrated power electronics, methods for making/operating such EDU assemblies, and motor vehicles equipped with such EDU assemblies. An EDU assembly includes an outer housing that mounts to a vehicle body. The EDU outer housing has internal motor and transmission chambers and an external cavity. A traction motor is mounted inside the motor chamber and drives one or more vehicle wheels to thereby propel the vehicle. A gear train is mounted inside the transmission chamber and drivingly connects the traction motor to the vehicle wheels. An integrated power electronics (IPE) unit, which is operable to control the traction motor, includes an IPE outer housing with a housing chassis mounted inside the external cavity, and a main housing mounted on the housing chassis to define therebetween a power electronics (PE) chamber. Multiple integrated circuit (IC) PE modules are mounted inside the PE chamber.
US10780847B2
A vehicular circuit body provided in a vehicle includes: a trunk line that extends in at least a front-and-rear direction of the vehicle; and a plurality of control boxes that are provided in the trunk line, wherein each of the plurality of control boxes is able to connect with a branch line that is directly or indirectly connected to an accessory, and the trunk line includes a power source line and a communication line.
US10780846B2
A utility vehicle comprises a vehicle body frame including: side frame sections, a cabin frame section, and a cross frame section; and a frame cover including a dash cover section disposed forward of seats, and a tire upper cover section disposed forward of the dash cover section and above a front wheel, the frame cover defining a frame accommodating space. The frame cover is provided with an opening through which the frame accommodating space and an outside region are in communication with each other, the vehicle body frame being configured to pass through the opening. A discharge port is disposed below the opening to discharge water to an outside region. A guide is provided in the frame accommodating space, and includes a guide surface inclined in a downward direction toward the discharge port, to guide the water in the frame accommodating space to the discharge port.
US10780830B2
Mounted retractable catwalk for trucks, utility, construction, and industrial vehicles and equipment
A catwalk includes a mounting frame or other connection to a side of a vehicle/equipment, a floor, and at least one railing; an actuator system for moving the catwalk enclosure between retracted and deployed positions; and a guide arm for guiding/controlling pivoting of the railing relative to the floor. The actuator system and guide arm are preferably substantially or entirely outside of the catwalk walkway space where a user walks or stands, thereby providing easy access to the walkway at one or both ends and obstacle- and barrier-free passage from one catwalk to another on the same vehicle/equipment. The actuator system prevents the catwalk from collapsing/retracting when a person is on the catwalk, for example, by the lift capacity of a hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder being controlled/tuned so that the cylinder does not have the capacity/capability to lift and retract the catwalk when the catwalk is occupied.
US10780821B2
A computing system for a vehicle includes one or more processors for controlling operation of the computing system, and a memory for storing data and program instructions usable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to process sensor information to determine a condition of a portion of a ground surface adjacent at least one door opening of the vehicle, and to control an operation of the vehicle responsive to the condition of the portion of the ground surface adjacent the at least one door opening of the vehicle.
US10780812B2
An item holder includes a receiving well with an upper opening. First and second air bladders are disposed in the receiving well. Upper portions of outer casings of the air bladders are substantially flush with the upper opening of the receiving well when the air bladders are in an inflated condition. Also, the abutment portions abut one another along an abutment seam when the air bladders are in an inflated condition. A sensor may be sued to detect the receiving of an item in the receiving well. Valves assemblies are opened as the sensors detect an item being received in the receiving well. The item compresses a filler material disposed within the air bladders as the item is received in the receiving well. When the item is removed from the receiving well, the filler material expands to inflate the air bladders to the at-rest position.
US10780797B2
A part fixture which is locked on a locking portion of a vehicle body and which is inserted into a mounting hole on a mount portion provided on a vehicle body to be fixed in place therein to thereby mount the vehicle part on the mount portion, includes an accommodating portion, a locking piece, a pair of flange portions, and a pair of elastic engaging pieces. The elastic engaging pieces each have an engaging claw and an operation knob. When the pair of elastic engaging pieces are deflected inwards of the accommodating portion, the pair of elastic engaging pieces are brought into abutment with the side wall portions or the locking portion of the vehicle part which is accommodated in the accommodating portion so that any further deflection thereof is restricted.
US10780792B2
In connection with an electric charging process of vehicles electrically connected to a power supply system operated by a power supply system operator, one or more parameters to be adhered to for a charging operation of the vehicles are defined and a user of a vehicle can alter at least one of the parameters via a user interface. A central control system is configured to communicate with the vehicles and with a server of the power supply system operator. A method includes performing a power reduction operation in accordance with a reduction scheme in response to a received reduction command. In the event that, after receiving the reduction command and prior to or during the power reduction operation, the user alters at least one of the one or more parameters such that the charging operation of the energy storage device of the respective vehicle is altered, the method further includes checking, by the central control system, whether a preset criterion has been met. In the event that the preset criterion has been met, the method further includes beginning or continuing the power reduction operation in accordance with the reduction scheme for the respective vehicle while adhering to the one or more altered parameters of the altered charging operation.
US10780791B2
A power source system may include a main power source, a power converter including a capacitor, a relay configured to switch between connection and disconnection between the power converter and the main power source, an auxiliary power source, a boost converter having a low voltage terminal thereof connected to the auxiliary power source, and having a high voltage terminal thereof connected to the power converter without interposing the relay, and a controller configured to pre-charge the capacitor prior to placing the relay in a connected state. During the pre-charging of the capacitor, the controller may be configured to set an output current of the boost converter to a first current value while a specific auxiliary device connected to the auxiliary power source executes a specific process, and change the output current to a second current value larger than the first current value after the execution is completed.
US10780781B2
A display device (100) for a vehicle includes: a plurality of display units (170, 180) which are mounted in the vehicle; an operation unit (110) that is configured to accept an operation of selecting content that is displayed on some or all of the plurality of display units; a determination unit (120) that determines a sitting position of a person who operates the operation unit; and a display control unit (130) that is configured to cause any one of the plurality of display units to display content on the basis of an operation that is accepted by the operation unit and a determination result of the determination unit. In a state in which content is displayed on any one of the plurality of display units, in a case where an operation of performing display of new content is accepted by the operation unit, the display control unit is configured to change a display aspect of the content that is already displayed on the basis of a determination result of the sitting position by the determination unit.
US10780776B2
A vehicle understructure includes a hydrogen tank that is disposed along a longitudinal axis of a vehicle. At least an upper portion of the hydrogen tank is enclosed in a floor tunnel. The hydrogen tank includes dome portions that are disposed at both ends of a cylindrical center body portion of the tank, and at least one valve portion that protrudes from at least one of the dome portions. The vehicle understructure also includes a brace that extends along a transverse axis of the vehicle and is secured to transversely outer side portions of the floor tunnel. The brace is at least partially overlapped with at least one of the dome portions when viewed from the front or rear of the vehicle.
US10780775B2
A primary metal terminal connects between a fuel pump and a drive circuit through a resin lid. A primary connecting point of the primary metal terminal connected to the drive circuit, is positioned around a drive control IC, and a primary exposed portion of the primary metal terminal, exposed to a receiving space of the resin lid is bent such that the primary exposed portion is resiliently deformable. A secondary metal terminal connects between an external circuit system and the drive circuit through the resin lid. A secondary connecting point of the secondary metal terminal connected to the drive circuit is positioned at a location that is further spaced from the drive control IC in comparison to the primary connecting point, and a secondary exposed portion of the secondary metal terminal exposed to the receiving space has a stiffness higher than a stiffness of the primary exposed portion.
US10780766B2
A vehicle door assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first door, a second door and a first hinge assembly connected to the first door and the second door. The first door is movable between a first position and a second position about the first hinge assembly, and in the second position, the first door is received against the second door.
US10780757B2
Some examples include a damper having an outer tube with a piston reciprocally mounted on an interior of the outer tube. A dampening force generating mechanism may be mounted on the outer tube within a threshold distance from a first end of the outer tube to control a dampening property of the piston. In addition, a vehicle interface adapter may seal the first end of the outer tube. The vehicle interface adapter may include an insertion portion extending outward from the first end of the outer tube. The insertion portion is able to be inserted into a cup-shaped portion of a vehicle attachment receptacle. The insertion portion may have a cylindrical wall forming a cylinder that is aligned coaxially with the outer tube.
US10780745B2
The tread has a total width W and is provided with circumferential cuts that have a mean depth at least equal to 70 mm and at most equal to the thickness of wearable material. The circumferential cuts divide the tread into a middle region with an axial width Wm of 50% to 80% of the total width W. The middle region has transverse or oblique sipes opening into the circumferential cuts and closing at least in part when they enter the contact patch. The sipes have a depth at least equal to 75% of the depth of the circumferential cuts and delimit elements of material of height equal to the mean depth H of the said sipes and of circumferential length B equal to the mean distance between two sipes. For all the elements of material, the ratio H/B is greater than 0.5 and at most equal to 2.5.
US10780741B2
Disclosed are a rubber composition for tire treads which includes raw rubber including a natural rubber, a solution-polymerized styrene butadiene rubber and a neodymium butadiene rubber, a reinforcing filler including highly dispersible silica and carbon black and a natural oil having an unsaturated fatty acid content of 60 to 90% by weight, and a tire manufactured from the same. The tire manufactured from the rubber composition for tire treads according to the embodiment of the present invention can exhibit excellent braking performance, abrasion resistance and durability.
US10780739B2
An electronic gaming machine includes a cabinet having an internal frame and a pair of retractable wheel assemblies mechanically coupled to the internal frame. Each retractable wheel assembly includes a first retractable wheel, and a second retractable wheel. The first retractable wheel and the second retractable wheel are movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The first and second retractable wheels of each of the pair of retractable wheel assemblies support the cabinet above an external surface when each are in the extended position, thereby facilitating movement of the cabinet across the external surface. Further, the first and second retractable wheels of each of the pair of retractable wheel assemblies allow the cabinet to contact the external surface when each are in the retracted position.
US10780738B2
A lug wrench apparatus comprising a collet-type assembly whereby the socket clamps to the lug nut in a manner similar to the way a collet clamps a router bit. The clamping mechanism can be provided either by a screw-compression, or an eccentric cam compression. Arbitrarily large amounts of torque can be applied by means of an extension which fits over the arm of a wrench that is clamped to the shaft of the collet.
US10780737B2
A bicycle hub has a hub axle, a hub shell, a sprocket support body, first and second ratchet members and a friction member. The hub shell and the sprocket support body are mounted on the hub axle. The first ratchet member has at least one first ratchet tooth and rotates with the sprocket support body. The second ratchet member has at least one second ratchet tooth mating with the first ratchet tooth and rotates with the hub shell. The friction member is configured to rotate with one of the hub shell and the first ratchet member and contacts a contacted member configured to rotate with the other of the hub shell and the first ratchet member. The sprocket support body has a guiding portion that move the first ratchet member and the second ratchet member from each other while coasting.
US10780734B2
A shading system for tires and wheels being built to a customized shape and size to cover at minimum the sidewall of a tire. The shading system may be comprised of, but is not limited to, multiple layers of shading material offering ultraviolet and heat protection for the covered area and a multipoint harness to secure the shade to the tire.
US10780733B2
A wheel with high strength flexible spokes of the present invention, including a rim and hub, and spokes between the rim and hub made of fibrous material that causes the spokes to be both lighter in weight and stronger than comparable steel spokes. The spokes are also flexible and resilient such that they can bend while retaining their integrity and strength. The wheel includes a nipple within the rim that receives the high strength spoke and allows for flexibility in adapting the spoke to wheels having differing shapes and sizes.
US10780723B2
An apparatus for controlling movement of a target object generates a first operation quantity for first feedback control, and determines a second operation quantity for second feedback control in accordance with which of plural regions obtained by dividing a two-dimensional space defined by two variables of the first and second state quantities includes the first and second state quantities. The plural regions include first, second and third regions, the first region being provided between the second and third regions. The second operation quantity is determined so that the second operation quantity when the first and second state quantities are located in the first region is less than the second operation quantity when the first and second state quantities are located in the second region or the third region.
US10780710B2
Recording method including emitting laser light from optical fiber array to record image formed of writing units with moving recording target and the optical fiber array relatively using recording device including laser light-emitting elements and emitting unit including the optical fiber array where optical fibers configured to guide laser light emitted from the laser light-emitting elements are aligned, wherein the image includes convex-concave shapes formed by aligning convex portions relative to, as standard, vertical line to the writing units where the vertical line includes the nearest contact points at endmost side of the image in sub-scanning direction where the image is formed by overlapping or adjoining at least part of the writing units in main-scanning direction and satisfies formula below: T≤0.4X where T is average height of the convex portions and X is minimum distance between centers of the adjacent writing units in the image.
US10780707B2
A pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and 3 μm, and the condition R50/Z>5 is satisfied.
US10780700B2
A printing unit includes a printing device including a metal component, and a print head that prints a print-target image onto a print medium; and a capping device including a cap covering the print head, an elastic member that urges the cap toward the print head, and a magnet that attracts the metal component.
US10780693B2
According to one embodiment, an inkjet head includes a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, an actuator corresponding to the pressure chamber and configured to change a volume of the pressure chamber, and a drive circuit configured to drive the actuator causing two or more ink droplets to be consecutively discharged from the nozzle. The drive circuit applies in sequence a first drive waveform for expanding the pressure chamber, a second drive waveform having a first pulse width, a third drive waveform for releasing the pressure chamber from an expanded state, a fourth drive waveform having a second pulse width, and a fifth drive waveform for contracting the pressure chamber.
US10780680B2
A composite radius filler material is provided. The composite radius filler includes a resin, a first group of fibers dispersed within the resin, and a second group of fibers dispersed within the resin. The first group of fibers has a first length configured to facilitate orientation in a longitudinal direction. The second group of fibers has a second length that is shorter than the first length, with the second group of fibers configured to facilitate random orientation in a transverse direction.
US10780677B2
Embodiments described herein relate to a composite structures or sandwiches that may have a relatively high bending stiffness and may have a relatively light weight as well as related methods of use and fabrication of the composite sandwiches. For example, a composite sandwich may include a core structure sandwiched between a two composite skins.
US10780674B2
The object of this invention is to provide a laminated automotive glazing having an obscuration area produced by printing the obscuration on a film laminated between at least two layers of plastic interlayers rather than printing and firing an enamel frit onto the glass. This results in a laminate having superior optical quality, higher strength and a lower probability of breakage as compared to a laminate with a black enamel frit obscuration.
US10780673B2
A light emitting diode display is described including inner and outer panes of glass. The inner pane of glass has first and second major surfaces wherein a visible light reflection from the second major surface is 7.6% or less. The outer pane of glass is in a parallel relationship with the inner pane of glass. One or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) and at least one (a first) interlayer is provided between the inner and outer panes of glass. The first interlayer encapsulates the one or more LEDs. A conductive coating may be formed over the first major surface of the inner pane of glass and at least one (a first) of the one or more LEDs may be provided on the conductive coating, the first light emitting diode being in electrical communication with the conductive coating. The conductive coating may be transparent to visible light.
US10780672B2
A device (10) comprising a carrier material (14) and a matrix material (12) deposited onto the carrier material in a pattern that leaves a predetermined amount of space (18) between each deposition of matrix material.
US10780665B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for dynamically adjusting sensors for use in compactors and receptacles. A receptacle first sends a signal from a transmitter on a first module in a receptacle to a receiver on a second module in the receptacle, wherein the first module is located on a first inner wall of the receptacle and the second module is located on a second inner wall of the receptacle, and wherein at least part of the first module and the second module is located a distance above a bin inside the receptacle. Next, the receptacle determines a signal-detection characteristic including a signal detection status or a number of signal pulses associated with a signal detection. Based on the signal-detection characteristic, the receptacle determines an operating condition of the receptacle, the operating condition including a fullness level or an obstruction level associated with the first or second sensors.
US10780663B2
The following pertains to a horizontally-situated high capacity rosin press capable of applying heat and pressure in a chamber to extract and collect rosin from inserted plant materials. The extracted rosin is capable of being collected via gravity-induced drainage, eliminating the need for manual separation of rosin and remaining plant materials.
US10780661B2
The molding element has a molding surface forming a contact face and a groove forming rib portion forming the groove comprising two opposed rib side faces and a rib top face connecting two rib side faces. The groove forming rib portion provides at least one cavity opening to the rib top face and to at least one of the rib side faces. The cavity has two opposed cavity faces. The molding element comprises at least one cutting means extending and/or projecting in a direction the groove forming rib portion extends for cutting a material filled in the cavity during demolding.
US10780652B2
A printing method for color compensation adopted by a 3D printer (1) having a 3D nozzle (121) and a 2D nozzle (122) is disclosed. The printing method includes following steps of: controlling the 3D nozzle (121) to print a slicing object (2) of the 3D object upon a printing platform (11) according to a route file; controlling the 2D nozzle (122) to perform coloring on the printed slicing object (2) according to an image file; controlling the 2D nozzle (122) and the printing platform (1) to rotate relatively for creating an angular transposition between the 2D nozzle (122) and the printing platform (1) after the slicing object (2) is colored completely; and, controlling the 2D nozzle (122) to again perform coloring on the colored slicing object (2) after the 2D nozzle (2) and the printing platform (11) rotated relatively.
US10780639B2
Irradiation device (6) for an apparatus (1) for additively manufacturing three-dimensional objects (2) by successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) which can be consolidated by means of an energy beam (4), the irradiation device (6) being adapted for a successive layerwise selective irradiation and consolidation of layers of a build material (3) by means of at least one energy beam (4), the irradiation device (6) comprising: —a plurality of beam generating units (7a-7c) each being adapted to generate at least one energy beam (4a-4c) of given beam properties, each beam generating unit (7a-7c) being couplable or coupled a with at least one beam guiding element (8a-8c), —a plurality of beam guiding elements (8a-8c), in particular beam guiding fibers, each beam guiding element being (8a-8c) couplable or coupled with at least one beam generating unit.
US10780638B2
A platform structure of 3D printer includes a movable platform (1), a work carrier (2), an electromagnet (3) and a positioning structure (4). Either of the movable platform (1) and the work carrier (2) has a magnetically attractable portion (20). The electromagnet (3) is installed on another of the movable platform (1) and the work carrier (2) and is capable of magnetically attracting the MAP (20) to make the work carrier (2) removably connect to the movable platform (1). The positioning structure (4) includes a first positioning portion (41) formed on the movable platform (1) and a second positioning portion (42) formed on the work carrier (2). The first positioning portion (41) and the second positioning portion (42) engage with each other. Thereby, the platform structure (10) is convenient to use and has a function of fast assembling and dissembling the work carrier (2).
US10780634B2
A nozzle according to one embodiment includes a nozzle unit and a guide surface. A first passage, a second passage, and the guide surface are provided to the nozzle unit. The first passage has a first open end. The second passage has a second open end, and a section that is positioned upstream of the second open end and that extends in a second direction. The guide surface has an edge in a first direction. The guide surface is exposed on the outer side at the edge, is along a third direction at the edge, the third direction being a direction becoming more distanced from an axis than the second direction does, as the third direction is extended further toward the first direction. A flow of fluid ejected from the second open end follows the guide surface, and becomes separated from the nozzle unit at the edge.
US10780630B2
The present invention relates to the use of a thermosetting polymeric powder composition in a Selective Laser Sintering process to produce a 3D duroplast, wherein the composition comprises at least one curable polymeric binder material and wherein during each pass of the SLS process said polymeric binder material is at least partially cured within the layer thus formed and also at least partially crosslinked with the previous layer. The invention furthermore relates to a SLS process using such a thermosetting polymeric powder composition and a 3D-printing product obtained when using such a thermosetting polymeric powder composition.
US10780623B2
A method of manufacturing a foam molded article is disclosed. The method includes the steps of extruding a molten, kneaded resin containing a foaming agent through an annular slit between a die core and a die shell, surrounding the die core to form a cylindrical foam parison, extruding the parison between a pair of split molds, pinching the parison between lower pinchers disposed under the split molds, and molding the parison by closing the split molds. H/D is 1.33 to 3.33 and L/D is 0.33 to 2.00, D being a die core diameter, H being a distance between a lower surface of the die core and an upper surface of each of the split molds, and L being a distance between a lower surface of each of the split molds and an upper surface of the corresponding lower pincher. The die core diameter is between 50 and 300 mm.
US10780616B2
A method of forming a composite structure including coupling a plurality of components together forming a joint: wherein the plurality of components are oriented to form a radius gap therebetween: forming a filler structure that includes a closed cell foam core that has a porosity within a range defined between about 20 percent and about 40 percent by volume of the closed cell foam core and wherein the closed cell foam core is formed from a silicone-based material. The method also includes positioning the filler structure in the radius gap: and applying at least one of heat or pressure to the plurality of components and the filler structure.
US10780615B2
A punch for the compression molding of plastic material for forming capsules for containers closure, wherein the punch includes a stem portion made of steel and a head portion made of copper alloy screwed to the stem portion, wherein a separation interface between the stem portion and head portion includes a passage for gas that reaches a bottom surface of the punch delimitating one forming cavity where the compression molding of the plastic material occurs, and wherein one channel internal to the head portion communicates with the passage for gas to enable extraction of gas out of the forming cavity.
US10780600B2
A method for automatically cutting off a material passage part while reducing manufacturing cost and cycle time. This method includes preparing a cutting device capable of moving in an automatic control coordinate system, placing the molded article without fixing the molded article, detecting a shape of the molded article by a sensor, acquiring a position of the material passage part in the coordinate system, determining a position of a cut spot in the material passage part as a target position in the coordinate system, moving the cutting device in the coordinate system and disposing the cutting device on a work position for cutting the cut spot, and cutting the cut spot by the cutting device arranged on the work position.
US10780592B2
Provided is a knife, including: blade; a first hilt assembly; a second hilt assembly, the blade being detachably disposed between the first hilt assembly and the second hilt assembly; a connecting portion, disposed on the first hilt assembly; and a handle clip, disposed on the second hilt assembly, wherein a position of the connecting portion is adjustable, such that the connecting portion has a locking position connected to the handle clip and an opening position separated from the handle clip. The knife of the present disclosure solves the problem in the related technology that it is more complicated to disassemble blade of a knife.
US10780588B2
An end effector for a robotic arm is disclosed. The end effector includes a grasping apparatus having a gripping member and an appendage extending from the gripping member forming a channel between the griping member and the appendage. The channel is configured to receive at least a portion of an article, such as a latch for a container, to be manipulated by the end effector.
US10780579B2
A work robot system including a conveying apparatus that conveys an object in one direction; a robot that performs a predetermined task on a target portion of the object being conveyed by the conveying apparatus, a movement amount detector that sequentially detects the movement amount of the object moved by the conveying apparatus, and a force detector that detects a force generated by contact between a tool supported by the robot and the object. Then, when the predetermined task is performed, a controller performs force control based on a value detected by the force detector while performing control of the robot by use of information about the position of the target portion and a value detected by the movement amount detector.
US10780577B2
A machine learning device for learning operations of a robot and a laser scanner, includes a state observation unit observing a state of a tip end of the robot where the laser scanner is mounted and a state of an optical component in the laser scanner as a state data; a determination data obtaining unit receiving at least one of a machining time of the robot where the laser scanner is mounted, a drive current driving the robot, a command path of the laser scanner, a passing time in a processable area where the laser scanner performs processing, and a distance between the robot and a part where the laser scanner performs processing as a determination data; and a learning unit learning operations of the robot and the laser scanner based on an output of the state observation unit and an output of the determination data obtaining unit.
US10780571B2
A saw horse may include a center beam, a first leg connected to the center beam, and a second leg connected to the center beam. The first leg may rotate and may traversely extend and retract to move between an open and a stowed position. The second leg may rotate and traversely extend and retract to move between the open and the stowed position. The saw horse may include a flexible axis biasing device to connect to the first leg. The saw horse may include a flexible axis biasing device to connect to the second leg.
US10780568B2
The present invention defines a unique structure and methodology for creating a plurality of configurable and extensible tools that can be affixed to a plurality of digits and equipment to form tool sets for working more easily with objects.
US10780561B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a detaching tool The detaching tool includes a detaching plate. A detaching part of the detaching plate is adapted to be inserted between a printed circuit board and a backlight source back plate. The detaching tool is configured to separate and detach the PCBA, adhered to the backlight source back plate, from the backlight source back plate.
US10780560B2
An embodiment includes instructing a light source to emit light within a hardware socket configured to disengage a hardware component from a mounting surface. Emitted light received at a detector while a first portion of the hardware component is in contact with the mounting surface is detected. One or more instructions are sent to cause a relative rotation between the hardware component and the mounting surface. The embodiment further includes detecting that the first portion of the hardware component is no longer in contact with the mounting surface, and recording an extent of relative rotation that occurs in response to the one or more instructions to disengage the first portion of the hardware component from the mounting surface until the detection that the first portion of the hardware component is no longer in contact with the mounting surface. The extent of relative rotation is stored.
US10780559B2
A driver for applying torque to threaded fasteners has a plurality of teeth extending along and projecting outwardly from a longitudinal axis of a body on which the teeth are located. The teeth have a helical twist about the longitudinal axis. Each tooth has an angularly oriented engagement surface which is engageable with similarly angularly oriented surfaces within recesses in the head of a compatible fastener. When the driver engages the recesses torque applied to the driver draws the driver deeper into the recesses as the engagement surfaces react against and slide over the angularly oriented surfaces within the recesses. The torque also causes the fastener to turn and advance or retract depending upon the sense of the torque and the angles of the engagement surfaces and the angles of the surfaces within the recesses. The fastener and its method of manufacture are also disclosed.
US10780548B2
Disclosed is a surface plate cleaning apparatus which cleans the surfaces of surface plates having grooves. The surface plate cleaning apparatus includes an injection unit including an injection head, and at least one first injection nozzle and at least one second injection nozzle, and a moving unit configured to move the injection unit, the at least one first injection nozzle includes a first injection hole to inject a first cleaning solution, the at least one second injection nozzle includes a second injection hole to inject a second cleaning solution, a first separation distance from the upper surface of the injection head to the first injection hole and a second separation distance from the upper surface of the injection head to the second injection hole are different, and a first injection angle of the first cleaning solution and a second injection angle of the second cleaning solution are different.
US10780544B2
A method of sharpening a cutting edge of a knife of a surgical instrument includes manipulating an end effector assembly of a surgical instrument such that first and second jaw members of the end effector assembly are disposed in a spaced-apart position, retaining the first and second jaw members in the spaced-apart position, advancing a knife of the surgical instrument to an extended position wherein the knife extends between the first and second jaw members, retaining the knife in the extended position, and sharpening a cutting edge of the knife.
US10780543B2
An apparatus (B) controls rotation of an annular member (36) relative to top and bottom housings (12, 10). The bottom housing (10) includes a disk (110) extending radially and terminating in a cylindrical portion (112) having circumferentially spaced slits (212). A wedge (16) abuts with the cylindrical portion (112) and is moved radially between first and second positions by an axially moveable piston (14), with the wedge including an angle surface (340) which interfaces with an angled surface (520) of the piston (14) through a plurality of balls (18). The disk (110) and the cylindrical portion (112) are formed as a single component of material having sufficient material strength and yield to allow engagement and disengagement of the cylindrical portion (112) with the annular member (36). The wedge (16) is slideable between an axial surface (250) of the disk (110) and a guiding flange (450) of the top housing (12).
US10780540B2
A workpiece clamp apparatus includes: a robot arm having, at a distal-end portion thereof, a holding section for holding a workpiece; a hydraulic-fluid supply coupler provided at the distal-end portion of the robot arm; a hydraulic-fluid supply device for supplying a hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic-fluid supply coupler; a clamping device having a plurality of clamping members that grip the workpiece for machining with a machine tool; and a cylinder that has a hydraulic-fluid supply port to which the hydraulic-fluid supply coupler can be connected and that drives the clamping member in the workpiece-gripping direction as a result of the hydraulic fluid being supplied via the hydraulic-fluid supply port.
US10780536B2
An automated assembly apparatus comprises an assembly robot that includes a Y-axis movement unit, a first X-axis movement unit movable in a Y-axis direction along the Y-axis movement unit, and a grip unit movable in an X-axis direction along the X-axis movement unit, and a workbench unit including a Z-axis movement unit arranged below the assembly robot with respect to an Z-axis and a workbench movable in the Z-axis direction along the Z-axis movement unit, wherein an assembly operation for a first assembly component gripped by the grip unit and a second assembly component mounted on the workbench unit is performed through movement in the Z-axis direction by the workbench unit.
US10780535B2
An automatic screw tightening module includes a plate assembly, an input module, a screwdriver module, a transmission module, a movable module, an elastic element and a position sensor. The screwdriver module includes a screwdriver and a screwdriver sleeve. The transmission module is connected with an input terminal of the input module and the screwdriver sleeve for allowing the input terminal, the transmission module and the screwdriver sleeve to be rotated synchronously. The movable module is movably disposed on a base plate of the plate assembly. The movable module includes a bearing, and portion of the screwdriver sleeve is accommodated in the bearing, so that the screwdriver module and the movable module are moved relative to the base plate. The elastic element is disposed on the base plate and connected with the movable module. The position sensor is disposed on the base plate for sensing a displacement of the movable module.
US10780532B2
A motorcycle frame rack enables a motorcycle frame to be repaired without removing many components from the motorcycle. A motorcycle is positioned on the motorcycle frame rack, secured in place and then the frame is adjusted using chains coupled to towers. A self-centering laser measuring system is able to be used to analyze and measure damage to the motorcycle frame. A dolly device is able to be used to support and transport a motorcycle, including a motorcycle without wheels.
US10780524B2
Disclosed herein is a laser processing method including a first application step of applying a first laser beam having a pulse width shorter than time of electron excitation generated by application of a laser beam to a workpiece, and a second application step of applying a second laser beam within the electron excitation time.
US10780520B2
A method for producing a hot-rolled clad composite material may involve cleaning surfaces of multiple flat products, at least one surface of which has a natural unevenness. The cleaned surfaces may then be connected and brought into contact by stacking the flat products. The flat products may then by regionally welded to create a flat product package. The method may further involve heating the flat product package to an initial hot-rolling temperature, hot-rolling the flat product package to form a hot strip, and either cutting the hot strip into plates or sheets or coiling the hot strip to form a coil.
US10780518B2
Double magnetic coupling for two welding heads that work parallel and independent at the front and at the back, (N) and (S), in paramagnetic and diamagnetic materials.
US10780516B2
A wave soldering machine includes a housing and a conveyor configured to deliver a printed circuit board through the housing. The wave soldering machine further includes a wave soldering station coupled to the housing. The wave soldering station includes a reservoir of solder material, and a wave solder nozzle assembly configured to create a solder wave. The wave solder nozzle assembly has a nozzle core frame, a solder distribution baffle secured to the nozzle core frame, and a sliding plate that together define a nozzle. The sliding plate is movable with respect to the nozzle core frame between a close proximate position in which the nozzle is configured to produce a reduced width solder wave through the solder distribution baffle and a spaced apart position in which the nozzle is configured to produce an extended width solder wave through the solder distribution baffle.
US10780512B2
A multi-component gear cutting tool that is rotatable about an axis of rotation. The gear cutting tool includes a tool body extending axially lengthwise between a first end and a second end with the tool body being made of a first material. The gear cutting tool further includes a cutting tip attached to the tool body at one of the first end and the second end. The cutting tip includes an outer axial-facing cutting end with the cutting end having a plurality of cutting faces. The cutting tip is made of a second material different than the first material and the cutting tip is attached to the tool body via brazing.
US10780506B2
A tool having a cutting edge that includes a sintered body containing cubic boron nitride. The sintered body integrally and inseparably includes an inner region and a binder phase enriched layer formed on at least part of a surface of the inner region. The inner region includes: 15-90 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and 10-85 volume % of a mixture of a binder phase and impurities. The binder phase enriched layer includes: 90-100 volume % of the binder phase and impurities mixture; and 0-10 volume % of cubic boron nitride; and the binder phase contains at least one kind selected from the group consisting of: at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W, Al, Co, Ni and Si; and a compound of the element and at least one element selected from the group consisting of C, N, O and B.
US10780504B2
A powder recycling system includes a supply tank, a continuous loss-in-weight module, a pneumatic module, a transfer channel, a recycle module, and a refilling tank. The supply tank accommodates recycling powder. The continuous loss-in-weight module includes a storage tank receiving the recycling powder from the supply tank and a rotary output pipe connected to the storage tank to output the recycling powder. The continuous loss-in-weight module controls the mass flow rate of the output of the recycling powder according to the weight change of the storage tank. The pneumatic module enables the recycling powder to float and move in the transfer channel. The recycle module is connected to the transfer channel to receive the recycling powder, sieves the recycling powder, provides virgin powder, and mixes the virgin powder with the recycling powder. The refilling tank is connected to the recycle module to receive the recycling powder and the virgin powder.
US10780498B2
A porous tool includes a mold body and an additively-manufactured film attached to a surface of the mold body. The film includes a porous layer and a nonporous support layer. The porous layer may include a surface having an array of surface pore openings, a network of interconnected passages in fluid communication with the surface pore openings, and one or more lateral edges that have an array of edge pore openings in fluid communication with the interconnected passages. Methods of forming a porous tool include depositing additive material on a build surface using a directed energy deposition system to form a film while simultaneously subtracting selected portions of the additive material from the film using laser ablation. Methods of forming a molded component include conforming a moldable material to a shape using a porous tool that includes a mold body and an additively-manufactured film, and evacuating outgas from the moldable material through a porous layer of the film.
US10780493B1
Systems and methods are disclosed that overcome problems with conventional filters for high temperature casting materials. According to embodiments, uniform, engineered filters enable consistent and repeatable metal flow rates without becoming a secondary source of contamination. Proven Additive Manufacturing (AM) methods generate engineered filters that achieve consistent filtration efficiency and predictable metal flow into a casting mold. Through this application of AM for ceramics, the resulting filter incorporates features that can be adjusted on-demand to address the needs of specific alloys and geometries applied in the production of castings. According to an embodiment, the method includes generating, using an additive manufacturing apparatus, a plurality of layers, wherein each layer includes individual ceramic ligaments arranged in a grid pattern having a two-dimensional rotational orientation. The method further includes stacking the layers along a thickness direction to form the filter.
US10780492B2
A method for continuously producing a strip-shaped metallic workpiece may involve introducing a molten mass into a casting region, solidifying the molten mass introduced into the casting region at least partially, and conveying the at least partially solidified molten mass out of the casting region. Hollow bodies may be added to the molten mass and encapsulated into the workpiece. Further, an apparatus for continuously producing a strip-shaped metallic workpiece may include a casting region into which a molten mass can be introduced and in which the molten mass introduced can solidify at least partially. The apparatus may also include a conveying device for conveying the molten mass out of the casting region, as well as a metering apparatus for adding hollow bodies to the molten mass.
US10780491B2
A method of forming an assembly is provided. The method includes forming an insert, coating the insert with a bond material and placing the insert within a casting mold or die. The casting mold or die is purged with an inert gas and the casting mold or die is filled with molten metal to encapsulate the insert. The encapsulated insert is diffusion bonded to the molten metal to form a diffusion bonded insert, which is placed within a cavity of a secondary casting mold or die. The secondary casting mold or die is filled with molten metal to form a composite casting assembly. After or during the casting, the composite casting assembly is heat treated. In another method of the present disclosure, the insert includes ferrous alloys, nickel-based alloys, super alloys, and nonferrous alloys.
US10780485B2
To provide a die cushion device which is inexpensive, functional, and capable of locking completely (at or below the slide bottom dead center). The die cushion device includes a cushion pad, a hydraulic cylinder that moves the cushion pad up and down, and a hydraulic closed circuit connected to a die cushion pressure generation chamber of the hydraulic cylinder. The hydraulic closed circuit includes a cushion pad lowering pressure generation line and a second system pressure line in addition to a die cushion pressure generation line and a first system pressure line. When the cushion pad is locked at the bottom dead center, the cushion pad lowering pressure generation chamber is connected to the first system pressure line, and the die cushion pressure generation chamber is connected to the second system pressure line such that the cushion pad is held at or below the slide bottom dead center.
US10780467B2
Methods and apparatus for surface wetting control are disclosed. In certain described examples, an apparatus can expel fluid from a droplet on a surface using a transducer mechanically coupled to the surface. A first area of the surface can have a first wettability for the fluid, and a second area of the surface can have a second wettability for the fluid. The first wettability of the first area of the surface can be greater than the second wettability of the second area of the surface. The first area and the second area can be arranged in a patterned arrangement.
US10780463B1
A cleaning system and wherein one or more surface cleaning devices use high-pressure, high-temperature water from a pressure module for surface cleaning, and wherein the waste water resulting from the surface cleaning is recovered, and wherein the solid waste matter within the waste water is filtered and separated into solid waste matter and clean filtered water, wherein the filtered water is reused by the cleaning apparatus and the solid waste matter is available in a form that can be disposed of by traditional means.
US10780456B2
The present invention relates to a method and a jig for forming a pattern, the method and the jig being capable of realizing various and unique pattern designs due to magnetic particles included in the magnetic ink being distributed in various densities according to intensity of the magnetic force. Disclosed is a method and a jig for forming a pattern by using magnetic ink and magnetic force, the method including: preparing a jig which generating magnetic force, applying magnetic ink on a surface of a substrate to form a print layer, disposing the substrate configured with the print layer above the jig, forming a magnetic pattern on the print layer by applying magnetic force generated from the jig, and drying the print layer.
US10780452B2
A grip member and a method of making such a grip member including at least a polymerized region with two or more polymers. The first and second polymers cooperate to each form a portion of the top surface of the region. The region may be combined with a substrate to form a sheet. The sheet may be formed into a grip interface having any of a number of shapes including a panel shape. In the case of a panel shaped grip interface, the panel can then be attached to an underlisting sleeve to form the grip. Some versions of such a grip reduce impact shock and provide a feeling of tackiness in the manner of a spirally wrapped polyurethane-felt grip while allowing the use of multiple colors being polymerized together. The grip may be easily installed onto a golf club shaft and may further accommodate the use of polymers including various different characteristics including level of tackiness or durometer.
US10780442B2
Cannabis plant material is gently ground, mixed with chilled water and then agitated. The trichomes, being made brittle by the lowered temperature of the water, fall off the plant material during agitation. The mixture is then filtered in multiple stages to obtain the trichomes in different size fractions, which are collected separately and then dried.
US10780439B2
A magnetic screwdriver device includes one pad without magnetism, one driving shaft, and one driven shaft. The two shafts, which have magnetic attraction between each other, are disposed on opposite sides of the pad respectively and attract to each other. The driving shaft is used to transmit torque to actuate the driven shaft rotation. When the torque out of predetermined value overcomes the friction force between the driven shaft and the pad, the driven shaft will be stop.
US10780433B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising: at least one alkane-sulphonic acid R—SO3H wherein R represents a saturated, linear or branched, hydrocarbon chain comprising from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, which can or cannot be substituted by at least one halogen atom, at least one aryl-sulphonic acid; and optionally at least one solvent, of which the proportions are as defined in the description. The invention also relates to the use of composition in a fatty acid esterification method.
US10780431B1
A method of using biopolymer to synthesize titanium-containing silicon oxide material and applications thereof are disclosed. The method comprises steps: mixing a titanium source, a silicon source, an acid source, a base source, a biopolymer and a solvent to form an aqueous solution, and letting the aqueous solution react to form a semi-product; performing aging, solid-liquid separation and drying of the semi-product to obtain a dried solid; and performing calcination or extraction of the dried solid to obtain a titanium-containing silicon oxide material with a high specific surface area. The present invention adopts a biopolymer as the templating agent, which makes the fabrication process of titanium-containing silicon oxide material more environment-friendly. After calcination or extraction, the product still has superior catalytic activity, able to catalyze epoxidation of olefins and favorable for the production of epoxide.
US10780430B2
Methods are provided for forming noble metal catalysts comprising both platinum and a second Group VIII metal, such as palladium, with improved aromatic saturation activity. Instead of impregnating a catalyst with both platinum and another Group VIII metal at the same time, a sequential impregnation can be used, with the Group VIII metal being impregnated prior to platinum. It has been discovered that by forming a Group VIII metal-impregnated catalyst first, and then impregnating with platinum, the distribution of platinum throughout the catalyst can be improved. The improved distribution of platinum can result in a catalyst with enhanced aromatic saturation activity relative to a catalyst with a similar composition formed by simultaneous impregnation.
US10780422B2
The present invention relates to a catalytically active composition for the selective methanation of carbon monoxide in reformate streams comprising hydrogen and carbon dioxide, comprising at least one element selected from the group consisting of ruthenium, rhodium, nickel and cobalt as active component and rhenium as dopant on a support material. The catalyst according to the invention is preferably used for carrying out methanation reactions in a temperature range from 100 to 300° C. for use in the production of hydrogen for fuel cell applications.
US10780421B2
A method of producing a catalyst comprises generating an aerosolized flow of catalyst support particles, heating a catalytically active compound precursor to produce a catalytically active compound precursor vapor, contacting the aerosolized flow of catalyst support particles with the catalytically active compound precursor vapor, and condensing the catalytically active compound precursor onto the catalyst support particles to produce the catalyst comprising catalytically active compound deposited on surfaces of the catalyst support particles. The method may further comprise aerosolizing a catalyst support precursor mixture, drying the aerosolized catalyst support precursor mixture in a first heating zone to form an aerosolized flow of catalyst support particles, and contacting the catalyst support particles with a catalytically active compound precursor vapor in a second heating zone to form the catalyst comprising the layer of the catalytically active compound deposited on surfaces of the catalyst of catalyst support particles.
US10780416B2
Polymeric sorbents for aldehydes including formaldehyde are provided. More particularly, the polymeric sorbents are a reaction product of a divinylbenzene/maleic anhydride precursor polymeric material with a nitrogen-containing compound. The nitrogen-containing compound is covalently attached to the resulting polymeric sorbent. Additionally, methods of sorbing aldehydes (i.e., aldehydes that are volatile under use conditions) on the polymeric sorbents and compositions resulting from the sorption of aldehydes on the polymeric sorbents are provided. The polymeric sorbents typically are porous with the pores often being in the size range of mesopores and/or micropores.
US10780410B2
Systems and methods for synthesizing chemical products, including active pharmaceutical ingredients, are provided. Certain of the systems and methods described herein are capable of manufacturing multiple chemical products without the need to fluidically connect or disconnect unit operations when switching from one making chemical product to making another chemical product.
US10780405B2
A liquid dispensing device and system to dispense, or aerate and dispense a liquid such as wine through a spout. The dispensing device having multiple air ports and aeration chambers to form multiple aerating segments during the pour process. The dispensing device having a handle to increase grasping of a liquid container and preventing accidental separation of the device and a container.
US10780389B2
A modulator assembly may include a modulator tube, a magnetic end cap, a desiccant bag, and at least one magnet. The desiccant bag houses a plurality of desiccant beads and is disposed within the modulator tube. The at least one magnet is disposed in the desiccant bag and engages the magnetic end cap to position the desiccant bag against the end cap.
US10780384B2
Aspects for dust collection are disclosed. In one aspect, an apparatus is disclosed, which includes a lightweight portable housing such that a vacuum source, a filter component, and a dust containment component are housed within the lightweight portable housing. The apparatus further includes an input component configured as a conduit between the lightweight portable housing and a dust transition area corresponding to an area between a dust loading component and a dust receiving component. The vacuum source is configured to apply a negative pressure to the dust transition area by creating an air flow from the dust transition area to the lightweight portable housing via the input component, whereas the dust containment component is configured to collect airborne dust removed from the dust transition area and filtered by the filter component. Similar apparatuses are also disclosed to facilitate dust removal from a silo, as well as from a mixer.
US10780380B1
A well production stream solid debris separator apparatus. The apparatus includes a spherical vessel. A cylindrical sump extends below and radially from the spherical vessel. A centrifugal cylinder is positioned within the spherical vessel, the centrifugal cylinder having an axis concentric with a diameter of the spherical vessel and having an open bottom. An outlet port passes through the cylindrical vessel and through the spherical vessel with the outlet port opposed to the cylindrical sump. An inlet port passes through the spherical vessel and passes into the centrifugal cylinder substantially tangential to an inner surface of the centrifugal cylinder.
US10780368B2
A submerged combustion apparatus for heating a liquid including a liquid vessel that contains the liquid, a combustion chamber including a combustion chamber body, an inlet and a plurality of discharge ports, the combustion chamber body being positioned in the vessel so that at least the discharge ports are submerged in liquid in use, a burner that allows an air/fuel mixture to be burned at least partially within the combustion chamber thereby causing bubbles of heated gaseous combustion products to be emitted from the discharge ports so as to heat the liquid and a guide surface spaced apart from and extending along at least part of a length of a combustion chamber body outer surface so as to guide bubbles emitted from the discharge ports so that the bubbles are at least partially constrained to flow between the combustion chamber body outer surface and the guide surface.
US10780365B2
An apparatus for generating bubbles. The apparatus may include a wheel having an outer surface that lies on a reference cylinder. The wheel may be configured to rotate about a first rotational axis. A fan device that is configured to generate an air stream may be located within the reference cylinder. A bubble generating assembly may also be located within the reference cylinder. The bubble generating assembly may include at least one bubble generating device. In use, rotation of the wheel about the first rotational axis may be configured to load a bubble solution onto the bubble generating device of the bubble generating assembly. In addition, or as an alternative, rotation of the wheel about the first rotational axis may be configured to rotate the fan device about a second rotational axis to generate the air stream.
US10780351B2
An information processing device comprises a representation learning unit for learning characteristic vectors representing the various characteristics of objects, on the basis of a game log, which is game progress history related to an electronic game in which a plurality of objects are used and which comprises information about the game situation including information about objects that affect the game, information about objects used in said situation from among said objects, and information indicating the effect on the game arising from the use of said objects, wherein the characteristic vectors are found by performing learning using a combination of information about the effect on the game and information obtained by excluding the information about at least one of the objects from the information about the game situation.
US10780348B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method and a device for predicting character behaviors of a non-player character in a game. The method includes receiving status data of a current game sent by a game client, the status data being used to indicate current status of a plurality of characters in the current game; obtaining a behavior order sequence related to the current game from a pre-established behavior order library based on the current status, wherein the behavior order sequence indicates a behavior execution order of the plurality of characters including both player characters and non-player characters; performing simulation on the plurality of characters by using a behavior prediction model in sequence according to the behavior execution order to obtain a simulation result; updating the behavior prediction model according to the simulation result to obtained an updated behavior prediction model; using the updated behavior prediction model to generate behavior information, the behavior information being used to indicate next behaviors of one or more of non-player characters among the plurality of characters; and sending the behavior information to the game client to control the behavior of the one or more non-player characters.
US10780347B2
A print system, a server, a print method, and a program capable of bringing attention to a photo print of a player of an online game and acquiring a distinctive photo print suitable for communication are provided. A smartphone displays a composite image in which a captured image imaged by a camera unit and a computer graphics image showing a character and acquired from a game server during the online game are composited on a display unit, and acquires the composite image displayed on the display unit in a case where imaging instruction information is received. In a case where print instruction information is received, the smartphone generates a print image including the acquired composite image and status information related to the character of the game and acquired from the game server, and outputs the generated print image to a printer.
US10780338B1
A bespoke protective sports equipment to be worn by a player engaged in a sporting activity is provided. The bespoke sports equipment system includes methods for acquiring, storing and processing a player's unique data, namely the anatomical features of the body part against which the bespoke equipment is worn. The systems also includes methods of using the player's unique data to manufacture the bespoke protective equipment with a custom formed internal padding assembly that substantially corresponds to the player's unique data. The system and method allows for the design and manufacture of bespoke protective sports equipment that is purposely designed and manufactured to match the anatomical specifications of the player's body part.
US10780336B2
The present invention provides systems and methods for electronic targeting, and hit or touch detection of projectiles or objects, such as from some type of gun, bow (archery), ball, human touch, animal touch. Targets/nodes have hit/touch/contact detection implements and are in radio communication with a gateway, which may be standalone or integrated into a master target. The gateway is in radio communication with an app on a smart device and also includes the capability for data connectivity to the cloud. Electronic gaming and other touch event activities remote activities of geographically disparate groups of targeting-type or hit/touch/contact detection implements are provided.
US10780335B1
A contact location identification apparatus and method consists of a marking device with a first side and a second side. An attachment device is connected with the first side, where the attachment device removably attaches to an object. A marking receptor surface is provided on the second side, where the marking receptor surface holds a transferable marker substance.
US10780327B2
Disclosed golf club head bodies are cast of 9-1-1 titanium with the face plate being cast as a unitary part of the body along the with crown, sole, skirt and hosel. Due to the 9-1-1 titanium material, the face plate and other portions of the body can have a reduced alpha case thickness and resulting greater durability. This can eliminate the need to reduce the alpha case thickness using hydrofluoric acid or other dangerous chemical etchants. Casting methods can include preheating the casting mold to a lower than normal temperature, to further reduce the amount of oxygen transferred from the mold to the 9-1-1 titanium during casting.
US10780325B2
A resilient face insert for a golf club head, preferably a putter head, is disclosed herein. In particular, the face insert comprises a plurality of hinge features spaced from a striking surface to ensure consistent ball speed across the striking surface. At least a portion of each hinge feature extends parallel to the striking surface without making contact with the striking surface. In the preferred embodiment, each hinge feature comprises a tab portion that is spaced from the striking surface by a stem portion and that extends parallel to the striking surface. The hinge features may be co-molded with a polymeric backing material having a plurality of parallel grooves in order to further improve performance of the face insert.
US10780314B2
An exercise device having a frame, first and second foot supports suspended on the frame by first and second linkage assemblies, one or the other or both of the frame linkage assemblies being interconnected to an adjustment device that is selectively adjustable by a user to select one of a plurality of discrete segments of a master or overall path of arcuate travel and to a lateral adjustment device that enables the user to selectively adjust a path of travel of the foot supports a selected angle relative to a central axis of the exercise device.
US10780310B2
A leg press exercise machine, including: a main frame with first and second rotating bars connected thereto; a support assembly connected to each of the first and second rotating bars, wherein rotation of the first and second rotating bars causes the support assembly to move with respect to the main frame; a seat support bar; and a seat mounted onto the seat support bar, wherein the support assembly holds the seat support bar at a downward angle and wherein the rotating bars are disposed at an angle from 0 to 30 or about 20 degrees to the vertical when the machine is in its rest position.
US10780297B2
Disclosed is a method for determining a positional pattern of an irradiation unit for irradiating a patient with treatment radiation. Optimal order data describing an order of the irradiation unit positions for which the statistical value is optimal is determined. The optimal order data is determined based on irradiation unit position data describing irradiation unit positions of the irradiation unit for which the imaging device has a free viewing direction onto the position of the patient, position orders data describing all possible orders of the irradiation unit positions for which the imaging device has a free viewing direction onto the position of the patient, and intersection angle data describing a statistical quantity of the intersection angles between free viewing directions of the imaging unit for irradiation unit positions which are immediately subsequent in the order described by the position orders data.
US10780294B2
A problem of incomplete inhibition of harmful cells/bacteria and short duration of time, after the photodynamic treatment, during which such cells may re-grow, is solved by exposing the target bacteria with a multi-component photosensitizer material formed by adding a predetermined potentiating chemical to a conventional single-component photosensitizer at the target, prior to irradiating the target with light. The multi-component photosensitizer is effectuated by forming a mix of the two chemical compositions or by sequential exposure of the bacteria to a single-component photosensitizer and the potentiating chemical of choice.
US10780288B2
Disclosed herein are implantable medical devices and systems, and methods for used therewith, that selectively perform atrial overdrive pacing while an intrinsic atrial rate of a patient is within a specified range. Such a method can involve measuring intervals between a plurality of intrinsic atrial depolarizations that occur during a specified period, and classifying intrinsic atrial activity as stable or unstable based on the measured intervals. In response to classifying the intrinsic atrial activity as stable, atrial overdrive pacing is performed. In response to classifying the intrinsic atrial rate as unstable, atrial overdrive pacing is not performed (i.e., is abstained from being performed). Over time, effectiveness of performing atrial overdrive pacing using various different atrial interval shorting deltas are recorded in a log and updated, and the log is used to determine a preferred rate at which to perform atrial overdrive pacing for various different measured intervals.
US10780285B2
An implantable pulse generator (IPG) is disclosed having an improved ability to steer anodic and cathodic currents between the IPG's electrodes. Each electrode node has at least one PDAC/NDAC pair to source/sink or sink/source a stimulation current to an associated electrode node. Each PDAC and NDAC receives a current with a magnitude indicative of a total anodic and cathodic current, and data indicative of a percentage of that total that each PDAC and NDAC will produce in the patient's tissue at any given time, which activates a number of branches in each PDAC or NDAC. Each PDAC and NDAC may also receive one or more resolution control signals specifying an increment by which the stimulation current may be adjusted at each electrode. The current received by each PDAC and NDAC is generated by a master DAC, and is preferably distributed to the PDACs and NDACs by distribution circuitry.
US10780282B2
A method for determining a set of stimulation parameters for an electrical stimulation lead or steering electrical stimulation includes receiving a target geometrical parameter describing a stimulation field; receiving a first programming state; determining a first stimulation parameter for the first programming state that achieves the target geometrical parameter within at least 10% of the target geometrical parameter; and outputting set of stimulation parameters to be received by an electrical stimulation device for delivery of electrical stimulation to a patient via an electrical stimulation lead, wherein the set of stimulation parameters comprises the first stimulation parameter and represents the first programming state. In other embodiments, the target geometrical parameter is determined from either i) a first set of stimulation parameters or ii) a starting programming state and starting first stimulation parameter.
US10780267B2
The present invention relates to apparatus for topical application of material for cosmetic purposes (10). The apparatus for topical application of material (10) comprises measurement apparatus configured to measure a property of skin of a human or animal subject and actuating apparatus configured to change a permeability of the skin of the human or animal subject in dependence on the measured property of the skin. The apparatus for topical application of material (10) further comprises application apparatus configured to apply material for cosmetic purposes to the skin whilst substantially no iontophoretic current flows through the skin and after the permeability of the skin has been changed.
US10780241B2
A device and method for treating high-altitude sickness can include a handheld device, and can deliver a therapeutic amount of nitric oxide to an individual's lungs in order to minimize or treat high-altitude sickness. The device is self-contained and portable, which allows an individual to carry and use the device in high-altitude or other low-oxygen environments.
US10780240B2
An oral airway includes a first component having a first guiding surface and a second component having a second guiding surface. The first component and the second component are adapted to be removably coupled together such that the first guiding surface and the second guiding surface collectively define and encompass an interior passage through the oral airway that is dimensioned to direct, for example, a fiber-optic scope or an endotracheal tube extending through the interior passage for tracheal intubation. The first and second components are configured to be decoupled and independently removed from a patient's mouth without disrupting an endotracheal tube that has been extended through the conduit for tracheal intubation. The first and second components may be maintained in coupled disposition by an interlocking mechanical structure. The first and second components also may be maintained in coupled disposition by magnetism.
US10780236B2
An electronic smoking article includes a liquid supply including liquid material, a heater operable to heat the liquid material to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the liquid material and form an aerosol, a wick in communication with the liquid material and in communication with the heater such that the wick delivers the liquid material to the heater, and at least one air inlet operable to establish a predetermined resistance to draw under a prescribed test of said smoking article.
US10780231B2
The present invention concerns a drive mechanism for a drug delivery device comprising a housing having a longitudinal axis, a first feedback element which is movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the housing and a second feedback element, wherein the first feedback element and the second feedback element are adapted to interact with each other thereby providing at least one of tactile and audible feedback during at least one of a dose setting and dose dispensing operation of the drive mechanism. Moreover a drug delivery device incorporating such a drive mechanism is disclosed.
US10780229B2
A low-waste needle and syringe assembly for injecting a fluid into a patient is provided. The syringe has hatch marks printed on the outer wall of the body to indicate the amount of fluid and/or the concentration of the fluid contained in a fluid chamber of the syringe. A syringe tip defining a substantially frusto-conical interior void extends from an end wall of the syringe. A needle hub holds a needle and is configured so that the hub can be selectively and securedly attached to the syringe. A frusto-conical member of the needle hub matingly engages the frusto-conical void of the syringe tip when the hub is secured to the syringe, forming a fluid-tight seal. A plunger positioned in the fluid chamber can be depressed by a user, and a piston cap attached to the plunger urges fluid in the chamber out of the chamber through the syringe tip and into the needle. The piston cap matingly engages the end wall of the syringe so that substantially all fluid is urged from the chamber to the needle.
US10780227B2
The invention provides a syringe for dispensing a drug (1), comprising: a rigid syringe body, —a first container (2), in contact with and enclosing the drug; and a second container (3), enclosing the first container, the second container being less gas permeable than the first container, wherein the second container partially or fully forms the rigid syringe body or is held within the rigid syringe body. The invention preserves the drug but allows the drug to be easily accessed without the need for a user to remove a gas barrier structure as a separate action in addition to the other actions needed to deliver the drug.
US10780222B2
This disclosure teaches the concept, and method of creating, a dual use device intended for persons who take insulin. In one embodiment, the novel device is an insulin delivery cannula, the outer wall of which contains electrodes, chemical compounds and electrical interconnects that allow continuous glucose sensing and delivery of data to a remote device. Heretofore, the main problem in attempting to sense glucose at the site of insulin delivery has been the high current resulting from oxidation by the sensor of the preservatives in the insulin formulations. One means of eliminating these interferences is to poise the indicating electrode(s) of the sensor at a bias sufficiently low to avoid the signal from oxidation of the preservatives. One way of obtaining a glucose signal at a low bias is to use an osmium-ligand-polymer complex instead of conventional hydrogen peroxide sensing. Another is to use a size exclusion filter located in line with the insulin delivery tubing in order to remove the smaller phenolic preservative molecules while allowing the larger insulin molecules to pass unimpeded. These filtration concepts can also be more broadly applied, that is, the general concept of removal of unwanted drug formulation excipients from a drug delivery system.
US10780220B2
A patch-sized fluid delivery device may include a reusable portion and a disposable portion. The disposable portion may include components that come into contact with the fluid, while the reusable portion may include only components that do not come into contact with the fluid. Redundant systems, such as redundant controllers, power sources, motor actuators, and alarms, may be provided. Alternatively or additionally, certain components can be multi-functional, such a microphones and loudspeakers that may be used for both acoustic volume sensing and for other functions and a coil that may be used as both an inductive coupler for a battery recharger and an antenna for a wireless transceiver. Various types of network interfaces may be provided in order to allow for remote control and monitoring of the device.
US10780213B2
A drain cassette for a dialysis unit has a fluid channel between venous and arterial connection ports, and a valve may controllably open and close fluid communication between a drain outlet port and the venous connection port or the arterial connection port. A blood circuit assembly and drain cassette may be removable from the dialysis unit, e.g., by hand and without the use of tools. A blood circuit assembly may include a single, unitary member that defines portions of a pair of blood pumps, control valves, channels to accurately position flexible tubing for an occluder, an air trap support, and/or other portions of the assembly. A blood circuit assembly engagement device may assist with retaining a blood circuit assembly on the dialysis unit, and/or with removal of the assembly. An actuator may operate a retainer element and an ejector element that interact with the assembly.
US10780201B2
In various aspects, the wound therapy apparatus disclosed herein includes a wound interface that defines an enclosed space over a wound bed that is fluid tight when secured to a skin surface around the wound bed. The wound therapy apparatus includes a control group that cooperates with the wound interface to regulate input of input fluid comprising a gas having an O2 concentration greater than atmospheric air into the enclosed space and to regulate the withdrawal of output fluid from the enclosed space in order to vary an actual pressure pa within the enclosed space generally between a minimum pressure pmin and a maximum pressure pmax, the minimum pressure pmin being less than ambient pressure pamb, in various aspects. The input of the gas having an O2 concentration greater than atmospheric air is sequential with withdrawal of the gas having an O2 concentration greater than atmospheric air, in various aspects. Related methods of use of the wound therapy apparatus are disclosed herein. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the methods of use and related apparatus disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.
US10780191B2
A sterilizer comprises a sterilization chamber (1) with a test device (2) for testing the effectiveness of a sterilization process. The test device (2), in turn, comprises a test element (3) with a sensor (4) for measuring at least one parameter, and cooling mechanism (5) for cooling the test element (3). The test device (2), as a whole, is completely accommodated within the interior (8) of the sterilization chamber (1).
US10780185B2
A construct for detecting cellular membrane potential includes a nanoparticle operable as an electron donor; a modular peptide attached to the nanoparticle, the peptide comprising a nanoparticle association domain, a motif configured to mediate peptide insertion into the plasma membrane, and at least one attachment point for an electron acceptor positioned at a controlled distance from the nanoparticle; and an electron acceptor. The nanoparticle can be a quantum dot and the electron acceptor can be C60 fullerene. Photoacoustic emission from the construct correlates with cellular membrane potential.
US10780180B2
The present invention relates to compounds for targeted immunotherapy, as well as compositions comprising the same. Further, the present invention relates to the use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases such as cancer.
US10780173B2
Compositions are disclosed herein that comprise a mixture of at least one Albizia extract and a Magnolia extract. In some embodiments, the composition comprises a mixture of at least one Albizia extract enriched for one or more macrocyclic alkaloids and at least one Magnolia extract enrich for one or more lignans.
US10780170B2
Stevia extracts with selected major steviol glycosides (Reb A, stevioside, Reb D, Reb C) and minor steviol glycosides and glycosylated diterpene derivative plant molecules, derived from Stevia rebaudiana plant are found to improve the perception of flavor and taste perception, which includes the sweet, savory and salty perception in a wide range of food and beverage applications.
US10780168B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions in liquid form comprising pradofloxacin in an aqueous solution and citric acid or thioglycerol as antioxidants.
US10780167B2
The present invention provides a method of producing an aqueous solution containing an N—C8-22 acyl acidic amino acid and/or a salt thereof and having pH 8.4-9.5, including the first step for reacting an acidic amino acid and/or a salt thereof with a C8-22 fatty acid chloride in a water solvent at pH 10-13 to form an N—C8-22 acyl acidic amino acid salt, and the second step for adjusting the pH of the aqueous solution after the first step to 8.4-9.5.
US10780166B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10780164B2
Disclosed herein are multifunctional nanoparticle compositions. The compositions can be useful for the treatment of cancer by enhancing the anti-tumor effectiveness of radiation directed to a tissue, cell or a tumor and the methods of use thereof. The multifunctional nanoparticle composition comprises a metal oxide nanoparticle core; a functional coating on the surface of the metal oxide nanoparticle core; and a matrix carrier in which the coated nanoparticle is embedded.
US10780159B2
A method of immunizing against HTLV-1 is disclosed. The method may include preparing a DNA sequence corresponding to a chimeric peptide which may have immunogenic epitopes of HTLV-1. These epitopes can include a Tax epitope, a gp21 epitope, a gp46 epitope, and/or a gag epitope. The method also includes production of the chimeric peptide using the DNA sequence and purifying the produced chimeric peptide. The purified chimeric peptide can be employed for immunization against HTLV-1.
US10780153B2
The invention is directed to a composition comprising one or more polypeptides or one or more nucleic acid sequences that can induce a protective immune response against Plasmodium species that infect humans. The invention also is directed to a method of using such compositions to induce a protective immune response against a Plasmodium parasite in a mammal.
US10780146B2
The invention provides a process for preparing a protein-polysaccharide conjugated product comprising: (a) preparing a mixture comprising pea protein, polysaccharide, and an appropriate polar solvent; wherein: the weight ratio between polysaccharide and protein is comprised from 20:80 to 60:40, and the pH of the solution is comprised from 8.0 to 10.5; and performing a Maillard reaction by heating the solution resulting from step (a) at an appropriate temperature for the necessary period of time to conjugate the protein and the polysaccharide. The invention further provides a conjugated product obtainable by the process of the invention, as well as pharmaceutical compositions comprising the conjugate and to their use in the treatment in gastrointestinal disorders. The conjugate of the invention shows a remarkable improvement in preventing and/or treating intestinal diseases, such as mucositis.
US10780142B2
The present invention relates to aloe-hyplex topical formulation and a method of preparation for multilayer skin delivery of active ingredients to provide skin rejuvenating effect. The aloe-hyplex formulation comprises of: a) aloe vera leaf extract in the range of 5-15% by wt., b) at least one anti-inflammatory agent in the range of 5-15% by wt., c) sodium hyaluronate in the range of 0.001-0.1% by wt., d) glycerin in the range of 50-85% by wt., and e) water in the range of 0.5-5% by wt. The method of preparation of the formulation comprises of mixing and stirring the aloe vera extract, anti-inflammatory agent, sodium hyaluronate, glycerin and water to obtain a homogenous aloe-hyplex formulation.
US10780141B2
A shampoo, conditioner, cream, ointment or other topical treatment includes an active herbal combination of Sheng Di Huang, Da Huang and Jin Yin Hua for treating eczema, and/or another skin or scalp disorder.
US10780140B2
The present invention relates to methods and strategies for extracting nitrosylated and/or nitrated derivatives and analogs from Myrciaria dubia fruit and for synthesizing the same. The ascorbic acid derivatives and analogs have the chemical structure of: where R1 is ═O, —ONO, —ONO2, or —NH2; R2 is —OH, —ONO, —ONO2, or —NH2; R3 is —OH, —ONO, —ONO2. The extraction method comprises freeze-drying the Myrciaria dubia fruit, mixing the freeze-dried powder with a solvent and separating and drying the supernatant. The synthetic method comprises derivatizing an ascorbic acid via nitrosylation and/or nitration in a buffered ascorbic acid solution, reducing zero or more nitro groups to an amine group, and purifying the ascorbic acid analog.
US10780124B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10780123B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10780118B2
The present invention provides nucleic acids, vectors, host cells, methods and compositions to confer and/or augment immune responses mediated by cellular immunotherapy, such as by adoptively transferring CD8+ central memory T cells or combinations of central memory T cells with CD4+ T cells that are genetically modified to express a chimeric receptor. In embodiments the genetically modified host cell comprises a nucleic acid comprising a polynucleotide coding for a ligand binding domain, a polynucleotide comprising a customized spacer region, a polynucleotide comprising a transmembrane domain, and a polynucleotide comprising an intracellular signaling domain. It has been surprisingly found that the length of the spacer region can affects the ability of chimeric receptor modified T cells to recognize target cells in vitro and affects in vivo efficacy of the chimeric receptor modified T cells. Pharmaceutical formulations produced by the method, and methods of using the same, are also described.
US10780113B2
Pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration, in particular administration as an oral delivery system to be swallowed directly or capable of disintegration in the oral cavity, comprising iron oxy-hydroxide in high loading.
US10780110B2
A composition including a plant medium and a poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide that comprises a clathrate containing oxygen gas molecules. The poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide may comprise of a poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide. The composition may include one or more nutrients. The composition may be in a solid form, a fluid form, or a combination thereof. The poly-oxygenated aluminum hydroxide is soluble in a fluid. In one embodiment, the poly-oxygenated metal hydroxide composition may have particles having a diameter of 212 μm or less, and which may be homogeneous.
US10780106B2
Provided is an A3AR ligand for reducing ectopic fat accumulation, particularly in fatty liver. Further provided is the use of A3AR ligand for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for reducing such fat accumulation, method of treating a condition associates with fat accumulation making use of the ligand and kits including pharmaceutical compositions including the ligand, and instructions for use of same, for treating a condition associated with ectopic fat accumulation. Further provided is the use of an A3AR agonist, such as 2-Chloro-N6-(3-iodobenzyl)-adenosine-5′-N-methyluronamide (Cl-IB-MECA, CF102) for treating fatty liver, specifically, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
US10780082B2
A macrocycle represented by formula (I) and a pharmaceutical composition including the macrocycle, or a crystalline form, pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate or solvent compound, stereoisomer, prodrug, or isotopic variant of the macrocycle. The macrocycle and the composition thereof inhibit a protein kinase.
US10780070B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for preserving, restoring, or enhancing vision of a subject by administering compositions to an injured or diseased eye.
US10780066B2
This disclosure relates to methods administering various compounds in conjunction with dextromethorphan to a human being. Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to dextromethorphan or dextrorphan and bupropion, hydroxybupropion, erythrohydroxybupropion, threohydroxybupropion, or a metabolite or prodrug of any of these compounds are also disclosed.
US10780064B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US10780063B2
This invention concerns a method for treatment or prevention of lower urinary tract symptoms with or without pelvic pain in an individual, said method comprising administering to the individual an effective amount of a selective estrogen receptor modulator, or an isomer, isomer mixture or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10780058B2
The present disclosure provides multifunctional nanoparticles. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to multifunctional nanoparticles having one or more of nucleic acid ligands; and methods of using such nanoparticles for treatment and/or diagnosis of diseases and conditions.
US10780057B2
This invention presents a method for preparing casein-based silica dual drug-loaded composite microcapsule. Recently, casein has shown good application prospects in the field of medicine due to its good biocompatibility and unique cavity structure. However, research on preparation of casein-based dual drug-loaded microcapsules is still rarely reported. In this invention, dual drug-loaded casein microcapsules is obtained via interfacial polymerization method, where drug-loaded casein can be used as outer shell material in capsule, and silica is served as inner shell in the capsule. In the obtained microcapsule, drugs can not only be loaded in the inner cavity, but also in casein shell. Application of the dual drug-loaded microcapsules in the treatment of diseases is expected to reduce the number of dose to a certain extent and improve the therapeutic effect.
US10780056B2
A solubilisation product consists of resveratrol, polysorbate 80 and polysorbate 20, at least one medium-chain triglyceride, and tocopherol. The solubilisation product is for use as a pharmaceutical product. The solubilisation product can be used as a pharmaceutical product in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, Friedreich's ataxia, lysosomal diseases, in particular Tay-Sachs disease, cancer, diabetes, atherosclerosis, heart diseases, arthritis or autoimmune diseases.
US10780053B2
This invention provides methods for producing a polymer particle which contains unusually high negative charges on the surface of the particle. Preferably, the polymer is pharmaceutically acceptable. The negative charges can be conferred by chemical groups such as carboxyl, sulfonate, nitrate, fluorate, chloride, iodide, persulfate, and many others, with carboxyl group being preferred. The invention also provides polymer particle produced by the methods of the invention.
US10780052B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for effective delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA) to the central nervous system (CNS). In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for administering intrathecally to a subject in need of delivery a composition comprising an mRNA encoding a protein, encapsulated within a liposome, such that the administering of the composition results in the intracellular delivery of mRNA in neurons in the brain and/or spinal cord. The present invention is particularly useful for the treatment of CNS diseases, disorders or conditions, such as spinal muscular atrophy.
US10780045B2
Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) comprising photosensitizers are described. The MOFs can also include moieties capable of absorbing X-rays and/or scintillation. Optionally, the photosensitizer or a derivative thereof can form a bridging ligand of the MOF. Further optionally, the MOF can comprise inorganic nanoparticles in the cavities or channels of the MOF or can be used in combination with an inorganic nanoparticle. Also described are methods of using MOFs and/or inorganic nanoparticles in photodynamic therapy or in X-ray induced photodynamic therapy, either with or without the co-administration of one or more immunotherapeutic agent and/or one or more chemotherapeutic agent.
US10780031B2
The present invention relates to an abrasive cleaning composition comprising at least 6 wt.-%, based on the total weight of the composition, of a surface-reacted calcium carbonate as an abrasive material, wherein the surface-reacted calcium carbonate is a reaction product of natural or synthetic calcium carbonate with carbon dioxide and at least one acid.
US10780027B2
A composite material including silanated filler and mixed polymerizable monomer, having a stable pasty property which keeps well and has a consistent usability. A composite material containing a silanated filler, a polymerizable monomer, and a polymerization initiator, and may be produced by a process which includes in order of a mixed polymerizable monomer preparing step, a mixed polymerizable monomer preserving step, a composite material preparing step, a composite material preserving step, a composite material filling step, and a small quantity preserving container preserving step.
US10780018B2
A device for redirecting force to release tension in muscles and fascia in a body part.
US10780008B2
Oscillating hospital bed that smoothly changes the body support points to vary the effective area of body support on the bed with slow, constant oscillations, in the directions of the width and length of a mattress support, characterized by having sets of drive systems attached to a chassis which supports other components, such as an electric motor, a control panel, a thread vertical shaft, a rotation shaft and noise and vibration absorbing cushions.
US10779975B2
A stent device delivery system and method of making. The stent device delivery system includes a stent device, an outer sheath overlaying the stent device in a radially compact, delivery configuration of the stent device, and a pull member. The outer sheath may include a first layer and a reinforcement layer that are laminated together, a portion of the pull member captured radially between the first layer and the reinforcement layer. At least a partial length of the captured portion of the pull member may be formed with a varying radial profile.
US10779972B2
A stent includes a hollow wire formed into a stent pattern. The hollow wire includes an outer member, a lumen extending longitudinally within the hollow wire, at least one opening extending from an outer surface of the outer member to the lumen, and a surface area component within the hollow wire. The surface area component increases the amount of surface area available for tissue in-growth within the hollow wire. More than one surface area component may be utilized. Each surface area component may be disposed within the lumen or the at least one opening of the hollow wire. A pharmacologically or biologically active agent may be disposed within the lumen.
US10779968B2
An endoluminal device can be configured for precise positioning during deployment within a vessel. The endoluminal device can be a tack, stent, vascular implant or other type of implant. The endoluminal device can have circumferential member with an undulating configuration having multiple inward and outward apexes and struts extending therebetween. Two of the struts can be used to establish a foot for the precise positioning of the device during deployment. A method of placing the endoluminal device can include withdrawing an outer sheath such that a portion of the endoluminal device is expanded prior to the rest of the endoluminal device.
US10779963B2
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for receiving, with processing circuitry of an implant device, an electrical signal from a free tissue graft attached to a portion of a nerve (e.g., a nerve branch or fascicle) through an electrical conductor in electrical communication with the free tissue graft (e.g., muscle graft), the nerve having reinnervated the free tissue graft. The electrical signal from the free tissue graft has a voltage amplitude of greater than or equal to about 150 microvolts. The processing circuitry stores signal data corresponding to the electrical signal from the free tissue graft in a memory accessible to the processing circuitry.
US10779962B2
An apparatus includes a detachable foot and a connector for detachably connecting a prosthetic limb socket to the detachable foot. The connector includes a proximal connector detachably connected to the prosthetic limb socket. The proximal connector has a proximal portion of a locking mechanism. There is also a distal connector detachably connected to the detachable foot. The distal connector includes a distal portion of the locking mechanism. The proximal portion of the locking mechanism and the distal portion of the locking mechanism are detachably connecting the proximal connector to the distal connector.
US10779961B2
A method and device for digital measuring and ordering a custom orthopedic device includes an interactive method intended to assist clinicians select, measure and submit precise specifications for patients requiring custom orthopedic devices. The method includes a plurality of menus permitting the clinician to input specifications and submit orders electronically with the specifications and other data packaged together. The method and device include visualization indications to appropriately ensure image capture of a limb from various angles, including posterior, anterior, lateral and medial angles.
US10779958B2
Joint fixation systems and methods, enabling: drilling one or more major bores in a joint; drilling one or more minor bores in the joint, wherein the one or more minor bores are disposed about a periphery of and partially overlap the major bore(s); and disposing an implant in the major bore(s) and the one or more minor bores, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the implant substantially conforms to a collective cross-sectional shape of the major bore(s) and the one or more minor bores. Prior to drilling the major bore(s) or the one or more minor bores, a portal tube is disposed adjacent to the joint, thereby providing access to and stabilizing the joint. A drill guide tube is disposed concentrically within the portal tube, and a drill guide is disposed concentrically within the drill guide tube. Subsequent to drilling the major bore(s) and the one or more minor bores, an implant guide tube is disposed concentrically within the portal tube.
US10779952B2
The invention relates to a glenoid (shoulder socket) implant prosthesis, a humeral implant prosthesis, devices for implanting glenoid and humeral implant prostheses, and less invasive methods of their use for the treatment of an injured or damaged shoulder.
US10779950B2
A knee joint implant that prevents hyperextension includes a femoral component having an anterior surface with reference to the lowermost point of a convex condyle, the anterior surface being configured to have different curvature radii in respective sections thereof, and a bearing component having an anterior surface with reference to the lowermost point of a concave articular surface, the anterior surface being configured to have different curvature radii in respective sections, so that when an extended knee is about to be hyperextended, the convex condyle of the femoral component slides toward the anterior side and is brought into contact with a plurality of points of the concave articular surface of the bearing component, thereby producing resistance so as to suppress hyperextension exceeding a design range due to behavioral habits, a decrease in muscle mass, and the like of the patient.
US10779939B2
A unitary flexible sheet is folded to defines a panel, and first and second tabs. Each of the tabs has an inner layer and an outer layer. Commissural portions of prosthetic leaflets are sandwiched between inner layers of the first and second tabs. The tabs protrude from a first side of the panel, and are shaped such that progressively downstream parts of each tab protrude progressively further away from the panel portion. Other embodiments are also described.
US10779938B2
A method of treating a diseased native valve includes advancing a replacement heart valve to native valve annulus. The heart valve includes an expandable frame and a valve body. The frame is formed with a plurality of cells and the valve body is formed with a plurality of leaflets configured to allow blood flow in a first direction. The frame is expanded from a radially compacted configuration to an expanded configuration at the native valve annulus. The replacement heart valve also includes one or more openings covered by one or more flaps and blood is allowed to flow through the openings in the first direction.
US10779935B2
A cardiac stent-valve (1), preferably a mitral stent-valve, comprising a stent component (2) and a valve component (3), wherein the stent component (2) comprises an inflow end (4) and an outflow end (5) and a wall between the inflow (4) and the outflow end (5), and wherein the valve component (3) is made of one single leaflet (6); the periphery of said single leaflet (6) being partially attached or attachable to the stent component (2) along at least fixation lines (7′, 7″), characterized in that said two fixation lines (7′) are at least partially inclined with respect to an annular plane of said valve perpendicular to a flow direction (A) through the stent-valve (1) and wherein the third fixation line (7″) runs parallel with respect to said plane.
US10779920B2
This invention relates to a negative pressure irrigation system including one or more negative pressure irrigation needles sized for insertion into a canal of a tooth, each needle having a closed distal end and two suction inlet ports located opposite one another immediately proximal to the closed distal end. The needles are placed in communication with a dental vacuum system by way of a suction manifold. An irrigant inlet tube supplies irrigant from a irrigant container into a pulp chamber or a tooth. The irrigant inlet tube may include a tapered end designed to tightly fit into a lateral irrigant supply port previously drilled into the pulp chamber. A light-cure polymer seals the inlet tube and needles when in use.
US10779918B2
Provided is an interdental cleaning tool which has a simple configuration and can effectively prevent an occurrence of breakage of a core base portion when inserting the interdental cleaning tool into an interdental space or during interdental cleaning without reducing productivity of the interdental cleaning tool. An interdental cleaning tool (1) includes: a base portion (10) made of a synthetic resin; and a soft portion (20) made of an elastomer, the base portion (10) having a handle base portion (11) and a core base portion (12), the soft portion (20) having at least a cleaning soft portion (21) that covers the core base portion (12), in which two or more cleaning portion recesses (14) which penetrate the cleaning soft portion (21) and form core base portion recesses in the core base portion (12) are formed on each of a first side portion and second side portion of a cleaning portion (2) at an interval in an axial direction of the cleaning portion (2), and at least one set of two cleaning portion recesses (14) out of plural sets of cleaning portion recesses (14) paired with each other between the first side portion and the second side portion are formed at an interval in the axial direction of the cleaning portion (2) so as not to overlap each other in a circumferential direction of the cleaning portion (2).
US10779916B2
The invention relates to a milling block (1) for producing partial or total prostheses, comprising a prosthesis base (3) to be processed according to the shape of the jaw, on which synthetically moulded teeth (5), preferably a full set of teeth, are provided, a milling block system consisting of a first milling block for the upper set of teeth and a second milling block for the lower set of teeth, and a method for producing partial or total prostheses.
US10779912B2
A dental implant and final prosthetic placement system for small-diameter implants (and method for using the system) in which a final prosthetic is digitally designed and created, and is itself used as the drill guide to place the implants. The final prosthetic is held in the predetermined proper drilling position by a stent, such as an occlusal guard. The combination of final prosthetic (with holes through which the small-diameter implants are drilled to secure it) and the stent encasing the final prosthetic, is itself the drill guide.
US10779909B2
A method including an acquisition, with an acquisition apparatus, of at least one two-dimensional image of arches of a patient, called “updated image”, in actual acquisition conditions, a separator separating lips of the patient in order to improve the visibility of patient's teeth, said separator including a register mark, wherein the representation of the register mark on the updated image is used to recut the updated image and/or to roughly assess the actual acquisition conditions and/or to guide the positioning of the acquisition apparatus at the moment of the acquisition of the updated image and/or to identify a dental situation and/or an action to be achieved by the acquisition apparatus.
US10779906B2
A cleaning device for lumens includes a plurality of microfiber tails and a flexible leader. The microfiber tails are elongated, flat tails having substantially the same length and width. At two ends of the tails, the width of the tails tapers to form a cone shape. The microfiber tails are oriented in planar parallel relationship to one another or layered on top of one another when laid on a flat surface. The flexible leader has a first end and a second end, the second end of the flexible leader is adapted to be fed through the lumen and pulled by the first end thereof through the lumen, with the microfiber tails also being adapted to be pulled through the lumen due to its being coupled to the second end of the flexible leader.
US10779905B2
Focusing optics for mode mixing may be used to homogenize different modes in an optical fiber used for surgical illumination. A vibration stage may impart mechanical motion to a condenser lens to generate a homogeneous illumination field from a coherent light source.
US10779901B2
A robotic surgical system is disclosed having a ring network for communicating information between a controller and nodes of one or more robotic arms. A communications protocol is described by which synchronous and asynchronous information can be communicated to and from the nodes of the robotic arms. Also disclosed are various aspects of a physical layer that can be used with the network.
US10779898B2
Systems, devices and methods are provided in which an instrument can translate along an insertion axis. Rather than relying primarily on a robotic arm for instrument insertion, the instruments described herein have novel instrument based insertion architectures that allow portions of the instruments themselves to translate along an insertion axis. For example, an instrument can comprise a shaft, an end effector on a distal end of the shaft, and a handle coupled to the shaft. The architecture of the instrument allows the shaft to translate relative to the handle along an axis of insertion. The translation of the shaft does not interfere with other functions of the instrument, such as end effector actuation.
US10779893B2
A surgical instrument adaptor comprises a member including a first mating surface that is removably attachable with a surgical instrument and a second mating surface that is connectable with an actuator. An image guide is attachable with the member and oriented relative to a sensor to communicate a signal representative of a position of the surgical instrument. Systems, surgical instruments, spinal implants and methods are disclosed.
US10779892B2
A system comprising: a sensor configured to be introduced into a clearance hole of a surgical implant, wherein the sensor is configured to be introduced in proximity to a generated magnetic field and cause distortion of the magnetic field; and one or more field measuring coils configured to: measure a characteristic of the magnetic field when the sensor is in proximity to the magnetic field; and provide, to a computing device, a signal representative of the measured characteristic of the magnetic field, wherein the computing device is configured to determine one or both of a position and an orientation of the sensor and the clearance hole based on the measured characteristic of the magnetic field.
US10779891B2
An apparatus includes a navigational guidewire and a connector assembly. The navigational guidewire includes a sensing element, an outer member, and a conductor. The sensing element is configured to respond to positioning within an electromagnetic field. The conductor is in communication with the sensing element. The connector assembly is configured to couple the navigational guidewire with a navigation system. The connector assembly includes a body and a ferrule. The ferrule is coupled with the body. The navigational guidewire is coupled with the ferrule. The ferrule is rotatable relative to the body to thereby enable rotation of the navigational guidewire relative to the body.
US10779890B2
This disclosure relates to a system and method for performing joint replacement surgery, and in particular relates to an artificial neural network that uses machine learning to improve patient outcomes. In an example method, the method includes the step of predicting a patient score indicative of a success of a surgical procedure as perceived by a patient using a neural network. Based on the predicted patient score, a surgeon may update a treatment plan in a way that improves the patient's outcome. These and other benefits will be appreciated from the following description.
US10779882B2
An electrical ablation apparatus including first, second, and third electrodes is disclosed. Each of the first and second electrode is configured to be selectively extended outside and selectively retracted inside a distal end of its respective lumen and is configured to diverge from its respective longitudinal axis when extended outside the distal end of its respective lumen. The third electrode is non-rotatable and is configured to be selectively extended outside and selectively retracted inside a distal end of its respective lumen. The first, second and third electrodes are extendable into a tissue treatment region to create a first necrotic zone having a first shape. At least one of the first electrode or the second electrode is selectively rotatable within its respective lumen to create a second necrotic zone having a second shape. The third electrode is configured to positionally secure the electrical ablation apparatus at the tissue treatment region.
US10779881B2
A method of surgery includes grasping tissue between tissue-treating plates of first and second jaw members. One or both of the jaw members includes a bifurcated body having first and second jaw components. Each jaw component includes a tissue-treating plate portion disposed thereon. The tissue-treating plate portions cooperate to define the tissue-treating plate of the jaw member. The method further includes energizing the tissue-treating plates of the first and second jaw members for conducting energy through grasped tissue to treat grasped tissue and separating grasped and treated tissue by rotating at least one of the first and second jaw components of the at least one jaw member relative to the other from an aligned orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plate portions are substantially co-planar relative to one another, to an angled orientation, wherein the tissue-treating plate portions are angled relative to one another.
US10779880B2
An end effector assembly for a forceps includes first and second jaw members each having an opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surface. The first jaw member is pivotable relative to the second jaw member between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue between the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surfaces. The second jaw member includes an electrical cutting element and is translatable relative to the first jaw member between a first position, wherein the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surfaces are aligned with one another, and a second position, wherein the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surfaces are longitudinally offset relative to one another. Upon translation of the second jaw member between the first and second positions, the electrical cutting element is translated at least partially along the opposed electrically-conductive tissue-contacting surface of the first jaw member.
US10779879B2
An electrosurgical system for providing an electrosurgical signal to a patient is disclosed. The electrosurgical system includes a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is programmed to: provide the electrosurgical signal to a first electrode and a second electrode, receive a plurality of input variables, wherein the plurality of input variables are indicative of a short being either present or absent between the first electrode and the second electrode, and apply a short detection algorithm to the plurality of input variables to indicate either a short circuit or no short circuit between the first electrode and the second electrode during the provision of the electrosurgical signal. The plurality of input variables may include at least one impedance level between the first electrode and the second electrodes during the provision of the electrosurgical signal. The short detection algorithm applied may include a fuzzy logic algorithm, a neural network algorithm, or neuro-fuzzy algorithm.
US10779877B2
A system is configured to delivering radiofrequency power to the endometrial lining tissue of a uterine cavity, including modulating the delivered power so that a measured impedance of the endometrial lining tissue tracks a target impedance as a function of time, wherein the target tissue impedance is derived from a function that approximates a preferred endometrial lining tissue ablation impedance curve that is determined based upon a measured impedance of the endometrial lining tissue after RF power has been delivered for a predetermined initial time period.
US10779872B2
Surgical instruments and methods for implanted bone anchor assemblies into bone are disclosed herein. In one exemplary embodiment, an instrument is provided having an anchor drive assembly and a stylet assembly. The anchor drive assembly can have a first handle and an elongate shaft having a distal tip configured to couple to a bone anchor assembly. The stylet assembly can have a second handle and a stylet extending through the elongate shaft. The instrument can have a disengaged position and an engaged position such that rotation of the first handle is effective to drive the bone anchor assembly into bone only when the instrument is in the engaged position, and rotation of the second handle is effective to cause axial translation of the stylet relative to the elongate shaft.
US10779868B2
A bolster system having a first bolster device, a second bolster device, and an adjustable tether that includes a one-way pre-tied slideable adjustment knot. The adjustment knot is at a first position prior to insertion of the first bolster device into a passageway in one or more bones. The second bolster device includes a body portion having an outer portion that is sized to be received in the passageway and/or in an aperture of a bone plate. The body portion also includes a channel that is sized to accommodate recessed and/or embedded placement of the pre-tied slideable adjustment knot. The second bolster device can also include an oversized plate portion that abuts against a cortex of a bone or a wall of a bone plate. The second bolster device can also include a threaded member or retention tab that lockingly secures the second bolster device to a bone plate.
US10779865B2
A spinal cross-connector comprises an elongated member, a first connector and a second connector. The first connector and the second connector are configured to receive spinal rods and adaptable to directly attach with pedicle screws. The first connector includes a first collet head, a first clamp and a first locking means. The second connector includes a second collet head, a second clamp and a second locking mans. The first locking means is configured to tighten over a first collet head and engage with the first connector. Similarly, the second locking means is configured to tighten over a second collet head and engage with the second connector. The engagement of the first locking means with the first connector and the second locking means with the second connector locks the spinal cross-connector.
US10779853B2
A sheath type disposable safety scalpel consists of the blade, handle and sheath, and when the sheath slides forward and backward in relation to the handle, the blade shows the extension and retraction states in the sheath, wherein: the positioning mechanism consists of the button on the sheath and the blade protection locking notch and blade exposure locking notch on the handle, and the unlocking inclined surface is set under the blade protection locking notch and blade protection locking notch, and when the button is pressed and pulled, the locking head touches the unlocking inclined surface and climbs out of the locking notch along the unlocking inclined surface to unlock, so that sheath slides between blade protection locking notch and blade exposure locking notch in relation to the handle. The scalpel breaks the monopolization of traditional positioning mechanism, improves safety of scalpel and improves user hand feeling and sound experience.
US10779847B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include various ultrasonic surgical instruments. At least one disclosed surgical instrument includes a waveguide including a blade and a transducer base plate. The transducer base plate may be coupled to the waveguide to define a tapered joint at an interface between the waveguide and the transducer base plate. The transducer base plate may include first and second sides defining corresponding first and second flat faces configured to receive first and second piezoelectric elements. The first and second piezoelectric elements are configured to operate in a D31 mode.
US10779845B2
Various embodiments are direct to a surgical instrument comprising and end effector, an articulating shaft and an ultrasonic transducer assembly. The end effector may comprise an ultrasonic blade. The articulating shaft may extend proximally from the end effector along a longitudinal axis and may comprise a proximal shaft member and a distal shaft member pivotably coupled at an articulation joint. The ultrasonic transducer assembly may comprise an ultrasonic transducer acoustically coupled to the ultrasonic blade. The ultrasonic transducer assembly may be positioned distally from the articulation joint.
US10779843B2
Mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses, and particularly knitted rolling tube mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses configured to have improved tracking for delivery through tortious vessels are described herein. Also described herein are methods of removing clots using a mechanical thrombectomy apparatuses in which the clot is larger than the tractor portion of the mechanical thrombectomy apparatus.
US10779841B2
The present disclosure provides a drilling driver for placing a dental implant. The drilling driver includes: a tip part having a first outer diameter and having a cutting edge; a small-diameter part extended from the tip part, and having a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter; and a large-diameter part positioned farther from the tip part than the small-diameter part, and having a third outer diameter larger than the first outer diameter.
US10779836B2
A replaceable left atrial appendage occluder includes a stepped balloon and an occlusion disc. The left atrial appendage orifice occlusion portion of the stepped balloon is configured to completely occlude the left atrial appendage orifice. The left atrial anchor portion of the stepped balloon is configured to be clamped on the left atrial wall to prevent the left atrial appendage occluder from shifting. The occlusion disc is released in the pericardial cavity, and is connected to the stepped balloon by the connecting column of the occlusion disc, so that the left atrial appendage is pressed and occluded between the stepped balloon and the occlusion disc. The stepped balloon occludes the left atrial appendage orifice. The surface of the stepped balloon is smooth and coated with an anticoagulant coating.
US10779829B2
The present disclosure describes interventional devices, systems, and methods for closing a regurgitant gap in a cardiac valve. Interventional devices are configured to be deployed between two previously placed implants or between a previously placed implant and a valve commissure. The interventional devices compress captured leaflet tissue and/or apply a tensioning force along the line of coaptation to assist in closing the gap and reducing regurgitant flow through the gap.
US10779825B2
An adapter for use with an electromechanical surgical instrument. The adapter includes a shaft assembly and a surgical end effector that is selectively articulatable and rotatable relative to the shaft assembly through a range of articulated and rotated positions. The adapter includes sensing and control arrangements for monitoring and maintaining the end effector in articulated and/or rotated positions.
US10779824B2
A surgical instrument comprising a shaft, an end effector rotatable relative to said shaft about an articulation joint, an articulation system configured to rotate the end effector, and an articulation lock. The articulation lock is configured to selectively couple the articulation system to a frame of the shaft. In various embodiments, the surgical instrument further comprises a lock plate movable within the shaft frame. In such embodiments, the articulation lock is configured to lock the articulation system to the lock plate.
US10779813B2
Articulating surgical instruments are disclosed. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument may include an elongated shaft assembly including an articulable portion moveable between a non-articulated configuration and an articulated configuration. First and second articulating shafts of the elongated shaft assembly may be coaxially arranged and axially fixed at an attachment point located distally from the articulable portion. Proximal portions of the first and second articulating shafts may be displaceable in opposing directions to articulate the articulable portion from the non-articulated configuration to the articulated configuration. In another embodiment, an articulation control may be movable from a first position to a second position to move an articulation lock from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration to selectively permit articulation of a surgical instrument. The articulation lock also may be movable from the second position to a third position to articulate the surgical instrument.
US10779812B2
A suturing device includes an elongate body, a needle holder, an actuator, a needle and a needle retainer. The needle holder extends away from a distal end portion or is provided as part of the distal end portion of the elongate body. The needle holder includes a distal end section having a distal-most tip, and defines a needle passage and a distal opening adjacent the distal-most tip. The actuator is operable between a first operating position and a second operating position. Movement of the actuator from the first operating position toward the second operating position moves the needle in an advance direction. The needle is in the needle passage. The needle retainer engages the needle holder and the needle when the actuator is in the first operating position and inhibits movement of the needle toward distal opening while the actuator is in the first operating position.
US10779805B2
The present subject matter discloses a wire guided device, including a sheath, a working assembly, and a wire guide. The working assembly includes a working portion, configured to contact an intended tissue, and a connector, connecting the working portion and the sheath. The wire guide is disposed at and connected to the working assembly. The wire guide is configured to allow a guide wire to pass through, wherein the wire guide is disposed at a predetermined distance from a distal end of the working assembly. The wire guide and the guide wire do not interfere with an operation of the working portion.
US10779798B2
An ultrasound imaging system includes a beamformer configured to generate 2-D images offset from each other based on sweeping motion of a transducer array during a 3-D ultrasound imaging procedure producing volumetric data. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a 2-D mask processor configured to generate a 2-D mask image for each of the 2-D images. Each of the 2-D mask images includes a contour of a predetermined structure of interest in the volumetric data. The ultrasound imaging system further includes a 3-D mask processor configured to segment the structure from the 3-D image with the 2-D mask images, generating a 3-D segmentation.
US10779795B2
A low profile endocavity needle guide device for an ultrasonic probe is disclosed. The device includes a needle guide and a clamp assembly. The needle guide is a tubular member configured to enable an elongated needle to be extended through it. The clamp assembly includes a first clamp member, a second clamp member and a slidable member. The first clamp member is pivotable with respect to the second clamp member between an engagement position and a release position, and vice versa. The slidable member is mounted on the first clamp member and includes a low profile projection which engages a ramped surface of the first clamp member to pivot the first clamp member to the engagement position when the projection is slid up the ramped surface, and to enable the first clamp member to move to the release position when the projection is slid down the ramp surface.
US10779780B2
The present invention relates to a medical device (100) having smart handle apparatus allowing the operation of a medical device as intended by a user.
US10779776B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for X-ray imaging an object. It is described to provide (20) data relating to the detection of X-rays, wherein an X-ray detector is configured to be positioned relative to an X-ray source such that at least a part of a region between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector is an examination region for accommodating an object. An X-ray interferometer arrangement is configured to be positioned relative to the examination region. At least one X-ray dark field factor and at least one transmission factor are determined for the X-ray radiation transmitted through at least part of the object is determined. An intensity of X-ray radiation to be emitted towards the at least part of the object is controlled as a function of the determined at least one dark field factor and the determined at least one transmission factor.
US10779774B2
A method for positioning a body region of a patient for a radiography acquisition by a radiography system includes providing an examination requirement for the body region, pre-positioning the body region in the radiography system for the radiography acquisition, pre-positioning an acquisition unit of the radiography system for the radiography acquisition, producing a three-dimensional positioning acquisition of the body region using a 3D camera system, and producing a preview image from the three-dimensional positioning acquisition. A patient model is generated from the three-dimensional positioning acquisition and the preview image is produced from the patient model, and the preview image depicts a representation as if made using the acquisition unit of the radiography system. The method further includes outputting at least one of the preview image and positioning information based on the preview image. Another embodiment may use an apparatus and computer readable medium to execute the method above.
US10779773B2
The invention is directed to methods and systems of hyperspectral and multispectral imaging of medical tissues. In particular, the invention is directed to new devices, tools and processes for the detection and evaluation of diseases and disorders such as, but not limited to diabetes and peripheral vascular disease, that incorporate hyperspectral or multispectral imaging.
US10779770B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus comprising two charge amplifiers configured to receive input from an acceleration sensor and to each produce one first output signal, a differential amplifier configured to receive the first output signals and to amplify a difference between the first output signals to produce two second outputs signals.
US10779768B2
Disclosed are an electronic device and method for controlling the same. According to the present invention, an electronic device and method for controlling the same include a body, a plurality of electrodes exposed to a surface of the body to contact at least two portions of a user's body, and a controller configured to apply a current to at least any one of the plurality of electrodes to obtain a bio signal of the user. According to the present invention, the user's bio signal may be obtained.
US10779757B2
The disclosed apparatus, systems and methods relate to the collection of bodily fluids through the use of gravity and microfluidic properties by way of a collector. The collector can make use of microfluidic networks connected to collection sites on the skin of a subject to gather and shuttle blood into a reservoir by a combination of capillary action and gravitational forces. The collected fluid is moved through the microfluidic networks and into the reservoir by a variety of approaches.
US10779752B2
Guidewires and methods useable in conjunction with image guidance systems to facilitate performance of diagnostic or therapeutic tasks at locations within the bodies of human or animal subjects.
US10779738B2
Wrist-worn devices and related methods measure a pulse transit time non-invasively and calculate a blood pressure value using the pulse transit time. A wrist-worn device include a wrist-worn elongate band, at least four EKG or ICG electrodes coupled to the wrist-worn device for detecting a ventricular ejection of a heart, a photo-plethysmogram (PPG) sensor coupled to the wrist-worn device for detecting arrival of a blood pressure pulse at the user's wrist, and a controller configured to calculate a pulse transit time (PTT) for the blood pressure pulse. The controller calculates one or more blood pressure values for the user based on the PTT.
US10779737B2
Methods and apparatus to determine the presence of and track functional chronotropic incompetence (hereinafter “CI”) in an in-home setting under conditions of daily living. The functional CI of the patient may be determined with one or more of a profile of measured patient heart rates, a measured maximum patient heart rate, or a peak of the heart rate profile. The functional CI of the patient may be determined with the measured heart rate profile, in which the measured heart rate profile may correspond to heart rates substantially less than the maximum heart rate of the patient, such that the heart rate can be safely measured when the patient is remote from a health care provider. The functional CI of the patient may be determined based a peak of the remotely measured heart rate profile, for example a peak corresponding to the mode of the heart rate distribution profile.
US10779734B2
An imaging system for acquisition of NIR and full-color images includes a light source providing visible light and NIR light to an area under observation, such as living tissue, a camera having one or more image sensors configured to separately detect blue reflectance light, green reflectance light, and combined red reflectance light/detected NIR light returned from the area under observation. A controller in signal communication with the light source and the camera is configured to control the light source to continuously illuminate area under observation with temporally continuous blue/green illumination light and with red illumination light and NIR excitation light. At least one of the red illumination light and NIR excitation light are switched on and off periodically in synchronism with the acquisition of red and NIR light images in the camera.
US10779726B2
An eye-movement determination method includes providing an a touch display and a memory that stores an image that includes a point of interest, wherein the image is a stored image, and repeatedly executing a set of steps. The steps include determining a position of a contact point, locating a corresponding position in an image that is displayed on the touch display, generating a degraded image from the stored image, displaying the degraded image on the touch display, and recording successive positions of the contact point. The contact point is a point at which a user contacts the touch display. The degraded image is substantially identical to the stored image with a clear zone but degrades beyond the clear zone.
US10779725B2
A convolutional neural network model distinguishes eyelash images, break-up area images, non-break-up images, sclera images and eyelid images corresponding to a first prediction score, a second prediction score, a third prediction score, a fourth prediction score and a fifth prediction score to respectively produce a first label, a second label, a third label, a fourth label and a fifth label, thereby a break-up area can be detected in a tear film image and a tear film break-up time can be quantized for detection.
US10779718B2
The present disclosure provides methods, computing device readable medium, devices, and systems that utilize a cheek retractor and/or a mobile device holder for case assessment and/or dental treatments. One cheek retractor includes a first and a second lip holder, both including imaging markers of a predetermined size to determine a scale of teeth of a user, where each imaging marker is located a predefined distance from the remaining imaging markers, and where the lip holder is to hold a cheek away from a mouth of a user to expose teeth of the user. A mobile device holder can include elements to receive a mobile device to capture images of the patient's teeth.
US10779717B2
Cleaning performance or wiping performance for an observation window is improved in an endoscope. In a distal end face of a distal end part of the endoscope, a guide part rising to a distal end side is provided between an observation window and a fluid injection nozzle. A width of the guide face of the guide part has a narrowed part, and a portion with the narrowest width serves as a fluid guiding part. The fluid guiding part guides fluid passing through a position of the fluid guiding part, in fluid injected from the fluid injection nozzle, to a first fluid route through which the fluid is guided to the observation window. Fluid deviated from the fluid guiding part is guided to a region adjacent to the observation window through a second fluid route.
US10779713B2
The instant disclosure provides for medical imaging systems that may be used in conjunction with an intraoperative medical device, such as an endoscope. Generally, the disclosed medical imaging systems include an illumination source configured to generate illuminating photons for illuminating a biological sample. An optical signal modulator is configured to separate one or more of the illuminating photons and photons that have interacted with the biological sample into a first optical signal having first multi-passband wavelengths and a second optical signal having second multi-passband wavelengths. At least one detector is configured to detect one or more of the first optical signal and the second optical signal and generate at least one image data set. A processor is configured to analyze the at least one image data set. In some embodiments, the processor is configured to differentiate between structures of the biological sample, such as between an ureter and surrounding tissue.
US10779706B1
The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus, system and method for efficiently and rapidly cleaning the bottom of a shoe. The system includes a base having a plurality of alternating, complementary shaped cleansing portions separated by grooves. The configuration of the cleansing portions provides for a sturdy and efficient device for cleaning the bottom of a shoe.
US10779666B2
A polymeric replacement vessel, or container, for glassware and glass containers and a method of making the same. polymeric drinking container simulates a glass drinking container having a glass drinking container volume. The polymeric drinking container comprises a base and an enclosed wall composed of the polymer. The wall is formed with the base and extends from the base while defining an opening opposite the base. The enclosed wall includes an inside surface and an outside surface. The base and enclosed wall form a polymeric drinking container volume made of the polymeric material. This polymeric drinking container volume is equal to the glass component drinking container volume plus an amount equal to the glass component drinking container volume multiplied times the ratio of the specific gravity of the glass to the specific gravity of the polymer.
US10779665B2
A weighted target applicator is an apparatus that applies weight directly to specific parts of the body of a user. The apparatus includes at least one pad, a setting, a structural base, and a barbell mount. The pad is detachably attached onto the setting, the structural base is mounted onto the setting, opposite to the pad. The barbell mount is mounted onto the structural base, opposite the setting. In a first embodiment and a second embodiment, the structural base is rotatably connected to the setting. The at least one pad of the first embodiment conforms to the chest. The at least one pad of the second embodiment conforms to the hip. In a third embodiment, the structural base is fixed to the setting. The at least one pad of the third embodiment includes a first pad and a second pad that are shaped to receive the face of the user.
US10779650B2
A frame construction, in particular for a rack system, includes two vertical columns each in the form of a rectangular hollow profiled column element having a longitudinal groove, the two groove legs of which lying opposite each other each have on the inside two longitudinal ribs, between which a hole pattern strip is inserted into the hollow profiled column element. A plurality of horizontal crossbeams, which are fastened to the two columns, each are in the form of a rectangular hollow profiled crossbeam element. Crossbeam connectors are fastened to the end faces of the hollow profiled crossbeam element. The crossbeam connectors each engage, with at least one pin, in one of the holes of the hole pattern strips.
US10779649B2
The adjustable equipment leg comprises a housing assembly for mounting within a piece of equipment and a toe assembly mounted on the housing assembly for vertical adjustment for raising and lowering the piece of equipment. The piece of equipment is constructed with a floor and the housing assembly is disposed on the floor within the piece of equipment thereby being hidden from view.
US10779648B2
A device for connecting a movable sliding element to a guide rail of a guide system of an item of furniture having adjustment means comprising latching means, an operating element, and a height adjustment element. The latching means have latching teeth and a latching member. The latching teeth are disposed along a shell face. The latching member is connected to the operating element and the latching member latches with the latching teeth. The height adjustment element is configured in the manner of a disk and the height adjustment element is present so as to be pivotable. The operating element is connected to the height adjustment element. The device in the disposed state connects the sliding element to the guide rail in such a manner that a positional modification of the height adjustment element causes a positional modification of the sliding element relative to the guide system.
US10779645B2
A cabinet, for storing and conveniently deploying a box-like exercise apparatus, has a small footprint, and receives and secures the exercise apparatus on the inside surface of the cabinet's front wall. The exercise apparatus may be quickly and easily deployed from its storage position upright and inside the cabinet, to its in-use position, horizontally in front of the cabinet on top of the inside wall surface, while the outside wall surface of the cabinet, in turn, rests horizontally on the floor. Overhead rods are extendable from the cabinet and securable in one or more extended positions, for use of the rods in various exercises. The cabinet may be at least temporarily secured to a wall to secure the cabinet, and also the exercise apparatus, including the overhead rods, in place during exercises. The cabinet allows a consumer to keep its fitness equipment easily accessible and ready to use.
US10779642B2
A system and method of provisioning a securable device may include providing a plurality of securable device stations, each securable device station including (i) a controller and (ii) a set of securable devices in local communication with the controller, the controller being configured to enable a user to initiate access to a securable device from a set of securable devices. In response to a first controller of a first securable device station receiving (i) an access indicia and (ii) rental parameter that enables the user to access a securable device located in at least two of the securable device stations from a user, the first controller may communicate the access indicia and rental parameter to a network address that enables, by a second controller, the user to access a securable device at the second securable device station as provided by the rental parameter.
US10779627B1
A guide device for trimming a person's beard includes a rigid body having a mouth anchor aperture through a proximal side and an open distal side covered by an attachable body cover that includes a threaded aperture therethrough for receiving a threaded tightening knob. A mouth piece anchor is adapted for fixing with a mouth piece rotation plate within the body. A mouth piece has a proximal end adapted for gripping with the person's mouth, and a distal end adapted for pivotally fixing with the mouth piece anchor. Left and right frames each have an inner side adapted for fixing with a frame clamp, and an outer side adapted for fixing with a shaving guide. In use, the knob is tightened to fix the mouthpiece and the frames in place. The person then holds the mouthpiece in his mouth to position the guide device on his face while shaving.
US10779619B2
There is provided a ring sizing insert. The insert includes a pair of elongate members each of which is shaped to partially extend about the opening of a ring. A first of the elongate members includes a pair of spaced-apart, outwardly extending protrusions. A second of the elongate members includes a pair of spaced-apart recesses shaped to selectively receive respective ones of the protrusions. The elongate members when coupled together form a receptacle within which a portion of the band of the ring fits.
US10779614B2
The present invention is directed toward cushioning for a sole structure for an article of footwear. The cushioning is three-dimensionally (3D) printed cushioning formed from a plurality of cells. Each cell in the plurality of cells includes a lattice of elongate structures that extend symmetrically around an offset axis. The elongate structures of adjacent cells in the plurality of cells connect so that the plurality of cells form a unitary structure and, as the elongate structures of each cell are compressed by a compressive force, the elongate structures of each cell create a lateral shear. As the compressive force is released, the elongate structures return to a rest position, exerting a restorative force on the insole and/or upper of an article of footwear in which the cushioning is included.
US10779612B2
A rocker shoe has a lower rocker surface extending across the plantar surface of the shoe sole from the heel and terminating short of the toe. A rocker shoe construction kit has a rigid or substantially rigid rocker piece having an upper surface for securing over a major portion of a lower plantar surface of the sole of a shoe upper and a lower surface of predetermined rocker shape, a cushioning layer for securing over the lower surface of the rocker piece, and a layer of tread material configured for securing over the lower surface of the cushioning layer and any exposed portion of the plantar surface of a shoe.
US10779608B2
An elastomeric article is provided that includes a composition having a silane-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer with a density less than 0.90 g/cm3. The elastomeric article can exhibit a compression set of from about 5.0% to about 35.0%, as measured according to ASTM D 395 (22 hrs @ 70° C.). The silane-crosslinked polyolefin elastomer can include a first polyolefin having a density less than 0.86 g/cm3, a second polyolefin having a crystallinity less than 40%, a silane crosslinker, a grafting initiator, and a condensation catalyst.
US10779600B2
In one embodiment, a protective helmet includes an outer shell made of a polyethylene material, wherein the shell is locally deformable when impacted with a strong force and an inner liner provided within the outer shell. A protective helmet comprising: an outer shell made of a polyethylene material, wherein the shell is locally deformable when impacted with a strong force; and an inner liner provided within the outer shell.
US10779591B2
One embodiment is a flat body of material having a diagonal front pocket and opposing back pocket containing a secured counter weight. The open front pocket is internally lined with grip fabric. The pocket with grip liner enables the operator to hold the bottle securely in place. The slanted base of the front pocket holds the bottle at a comfortable angle to feed the infant. Within the longest portion of the material, there is an indent for shoulder placement. In addition, the back pocket is draped over the operator's back with a secured counter weight at the base of the pocket. The envelope flap of the back pocket covers the opening to the pocket.
US10779588B2
A wrist of a person may be supported as the person operates equipment over a flat work surface by using an article of manufacture having only a sheet and a plurality of protrusions extending from the sheet by placing the article of manufacture as a flat mat for placement on the flat work surface or by wearing the article of manufacture as a wristband.
US10779580B2
Infant swaddling allows an infant to be comfortably and easily swaddled. The swaddling includes a pouch featuring a lower end that can be opened and closed to allow an infant's soiled diaper to be easily removed and replaced or to take a rectal temperature. The swaddling can include a blanket that comprises a first blanket flap and a second blanket flap and that can be removably attached to the pouch. The swaddle is used by placing one of the blanket flaps over the pouch, and then placing the other blanket flap over the pouch.
US10779570B2
In one aspect, there is provided a method of administering nicotine to a user via inhalation of the nicotine through an aerosol generating device comprising the steps of: (a) providing an aerosol-generating device in which tobacco contained in the aerosol-generating device is electrically heated to a temperature of less than about 400 degrees Celsius; and (b) allowing the user to inhale the aerosol derived from the electrically heated tobacco; wherein the aerosol contains levels of nicotine that are about the same as the levels in combusted tobacco; and wherein the level of one or more harmful or potentially harmful constituents (HPHCs) other than nicotine in the aerosol is lower than the level in combusted tobacco.
US10779563B2
Method of emptying a container filled with rod-like articles manufactured in the tobacco industry comprising the following stages: the container to be emptied is delivered to the entrance area of an intermediate store comprising adjacent channels separated from one another by walls; the rod-like articles are transferred by supporting plates from the container to the channels of the intermediate store; the channels of the intermediate store are filled with the rod-like articles; characterised in that during the transfer of the rod-like articles from the container to the channels of the intermediate store the intermediate store makes a reciprocating motion in the horizontal direction, transversely to the axis of the rod-like articles.
US10779558B2
Popcorn machines having radiant burners and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a popcorn machine includes a kettle assembly having a heating plate that separates an upper portion from a lower portion. The heating plate can include a coated lower surface to absorb radiant heat, and the kettle assembly can be supported by a base having a gas-fired radiant burner. The radiant burner can include a heating element positioned to direct radiant heat toward the heating plate. In several embodiments, the heating element includes an opening extending therethrough, and a coupler can extend through the opening to connect a motor in the base with a mixer in the upper portion of the kettle assembly.
US10779557B2
A method for producing powderized cannabis oil, and the resulting powderized cannabis oil, in which concentrated cannabis oil is mixed with and absorbed by a modified starch powder, preferably maltodextrin, in a ratio of at least three grams of starch powder for every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil is disclosed. Further disclosed are beverages, baked goods and single-serve beverage brewing cartridges utilizing or incorporating the powderized cannabis oil to create human-consumable products that contain an emulsified, tasteless, and odorless dose of cannabis oil.
US10779549B1
A system comprising a tenderizing apparatus with a fluid reservoir provides users an efficient way to simultaneously tenderize and marinate food. The tenderizer with a fluid reservoir generally includes a fluid outlet or valve and a tensioning element. A fluid reservoir receives marinade. Activation of the system by applying downward pressure releases marinade into an injector. The injector is inserted into the target food. Substantially simultaneously, activation results in at least one projection penetrating the surface of the target food. When downward pressure is released, the injector and projection retract. A first portion and a second portion are separated for easy cleaning. A removably attached first portion cover and third cover provide easy storage.
US10779546B2
Compositions and methods for producing food and drink products containing milled anthocyanin-rich legumes from the Fabaceae family are shown that may lower the glycemic index, increase the duration of nutritionally-derived energy availability over simple carbohydrates, increase nutritional fiber content, reduce hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, hyperleptinemia, total lipids, and cellular anabolism and energy consumption, and increase cellular catabolism and energy production. Using the methods of the present invention, legumes are milled into microparticulate form to increase nutrient availability and to reduce flatulence and other side-effects associated with prior art anthocyanin extraction techniques. Using a method of the present invention, lectins are significantly deactivated, thereby eliminating or substantially reducing hemagglutination.
US10779539B2
Antimicrobial cationic polycarbonates and polyurethanes have been prepared comprising one or more pendent guanidinium and/or isothiouronium groups. Additionally, antimicrobial particles were prepared having a silica core linked to surface groups comprising a guanidinium and/or isothiouronium group. The cationic polymers and cationic particles can be potent antimicrobial agents against Gram-negative microbes, Gram-positive microbes, and/or fungi.
US10779536B2
The present invention relates to pesticidal mixtures comprising one fungicidal compound I selected from the group consisting of 1-[3-chloro-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-1), 1-[3-bromo-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-2), 1-[2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-3), 1-[2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-4), 1-[2-[[1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]-3-fluoro-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-5), 1-[2-[[4-(4-chlorophenyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3-methyl-phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-6), 1-[3-chloro-2-[[4-(p-tolyl)thiazol-2-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-7), 1-[3-cyclopropyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-8), 1-[3-(difluoromethoxy)-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-9), 1-methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[2-methyl-4-(1-methylpyrazol-3-yl)phenoxy]methyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one (I-10) and 1-methyl-4-[3-methyl-2-[[1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]ethylideneamino]oxymethyl]phenyl]tetrazol-5-one (I-11) and) and 1-[3-chloro-2-[[1-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrazol-3-yl]oxymethyl]phenyl]-4-methyl-tetrazol-5-one (I-12) and one or more fungicides.
US10779535B2
Provided herein are herbicidal compositions and methods of controlling undesirable vegetation utilizing (a) a compound of formula (I): or an agriculturally acceptable salt or ester thereof, and (b) tembotrione and/or topramezone. The compositions and methods provided herein provide control of undesirable vegetation, e.g., in corn crops such as field corn, field corn grown for seed, and popcorn, sweet corn, sorghum, and any other crops that are naturally tolerant to or contain herbicide tolerant traits to these active ingredients.
US10779527B2
A reed-actuated animal call having a double-reed assembly and triple-reed assembly. The double-reed assembly has a short reed positioned atop a long reed positioned atop a sound board. An air passage is formed in the top of the sound board underneath the long reed. The long reed extends a determined length beyond the end of the short reed, the short reed constraining the long reed to enable the rapid activation of the long reed. The triple-reed assembly has an additional mid-length reed positioned between the short and long reeds. The long reed extends a determined length beyond the end of the mid-length reed, the mid-length reed extends a determined length beyond the short reed above the sound board, and the mid-length and short reeds constrain the long reed so as to enable the rapid activation of the long reed with a different resonance than the double-reed assembly.
US10779523B2
A one hand spinning reel system includes a fixed spool and a bail coupled to a trigger switch for opening and optionally closing the bail, and a solid spindle coupled to a motor that is controlled by a motor switch. When the one hand spinning reel system is affixed to a fishing rod, the trigger switch and the motor switch can be operated, and the fishing line can be controlled, using the same hand used to hold the fishing rod and to cast the fishing line.
US10779513B2
The present embodiments provide a method of building an aviary comprising a floor, a roof, a frame, an exterior wall, and a cage tower including a plurality of support members. The method includes disposing the cage tower on the floor. The method also includes attaching the frame to the plurality of support members. The method also includes attaching at least one of the exterior wall and the roof to the frame. The present embodiments also provide an aviary having a cage tower including a plurality of support members. The cage tower is disposed on a floor. A frame is attached to the plurality of support members. At least one of an exterior wall and a roof is attached to the frame.
US10779509B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle for determining geolocation exclusion zones of animals. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a processor-based monitoring device to track geolocation information associated with an animal from the unmanned aerial vehicle, an identification device mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle to identify the animal and to track a position of the animal over time, and a mapping device coupled to the monitoring device to determine locations where the animal has traversed and to identify where an encounter with the animal is reduced.
US10779505B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 16R051. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 16R051. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 16R051 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 16R051 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10779492B2
The disclosure provides a new and distinct hybrid carrot variety NUN 85192 CAC as well as seeds and plants and roots thereof.
US10779483B2
A disk saw felling head comprising a saw housing positioned between a disk saw and harvesting and bunching cylinders so as to provide visibility window laterally between a first mounting post and a second mounting post promoting visibility of a full width of a tree toward a cutting zone.
US10779470B2
The present invention relates to a device (2) for harvesting stalk-like stem crops, having a number of picking units (4) which are arranged alongside one another on the frame (6) of the device (2) and each have picking plates (12), laterally delimiting a picking gap (14), and picking rotors (16) located therebeneath, conveying units which are assigned to the respective picking units (4), are configured as continuous conveyors (22) that are driven in circulation, are arranged on opposite sides above a picking gap (14) and are configured with drivers (18) fastened to the circulating elements, and a transverse conveying device (8) arranged downstream of the conveying units. In order to find an arrangement for the continuous conveyors which results in a reduced overall width without the intake of laid maize being substantially impaired, it is proposed that the axes of rotation (24) of front deflection wheels (26) of the continuous conveyors (22) be positioned obliquely at an angle (32) transversely to the working width of the device (2) and to the picking plane (28), which is defined by the mutually facing front edges of the picking plates (12) assigned to a picking gap (14), such that the axes of rotation (24), considered to be lengthened, intersect above the picking plates (12) at a distance from the picking plane (28), and the drivers (18) formed on the continuous conveyors (22) are for their part positioned upwardly at an angle (30) to the axis of rotation (24) of the deflection wheels (26).
US10779455B1
A walk-behind aerator with hydrostatic drives is disclosed herein. The aerator includes a frame, an engine, a first and a second hydrostatic drive, a first and a second drive wheel, a first and a second idler wheel, and a first and a second tine assembly. The first hydrostatic drive may power the first drive wheel and the first tine assembly and the second hydrostatic drive may power the second drive wheel and the second tine assembly. In some embodiments, the aerator may further include a first and a second drive chain, a first and a second tine shaft, one or more control levers, and one or more covers. The one or more control levers may be linked to the hydrostatic drives by one or more linkages through the frame. The covers may be located between the tine assemblies and the drive chains and linkages.
US10779453B2
An agricultural implement includes a main frame, a rotating blade assembly operatively connected to the main frame, the rotating blade assembly comprising a shaft having a plurality of blades mounted thereto, and a first grader blade and a second grader blade operatively connected to the main frame. Both the first grader blade and the second grader blade follow the rotating blade assembly such that in operation the plurality of blades positioned along the rotating blade assembly chop up a soil heave into smaller pieces of dirt and may for provide for pushing the soil towards a center. The first grader and the second grader may further push the dirt towards the center.
US10785889B2
A fan wire trimming module includes a lower moldboard, an upper moldboard and a base plate. One side of the lower moldboard is formed with a depression and multiple locating bosses. One side of the upper moldboard is formed with multiple locating holes. A periphery of the upper moldboard is formed with at least one fixing split. The locating bosses are fitted in the locating holes. A fixing member is assembled in the fixing split. The upper moldboard is formed with a stator receiving space and at least one hollow section. An inner circumference of the stator receiving space is formed with at least one rib. The hollow section is formed around the stator receiving space. A stator assembly is received in the stator receiving space. Multiple windings are wound on the stator assembly. One end of each winding is engaged in the fixing split.
US10785884B2
An in-wall amplifier assembly includes a wireless communication device and an amplifier located inside a first housing configured for in-wall installation, with the amplifier configured to amplify the audio output from the wireless communication device and supply it to external speakers. An AC/DC adapter located in a second housing can be connected thereto to supply DC power to the amplifier and wireless communication device. The wireless communication device can be removably accommodated in a faceplate of the first housing and held in place by a wall plate installed thereover. The amplifier can accept an external audio input from another source and automatically switch the amplified audio output between the output of the wireless communication device and the external audio input.
US10785878B2
A circuit board comprising a substrate and a circuit trace. The substrate includes a surface etched via ion milling over a circuit area such that the surface has an increased roughness. The circuit trace forms portions of an electronic circuit and may be created from a thin conductive film deposited on the surface within the circuit area. The circuit trace adheres more strongly to the roughened substrate surface, which prevents the circuit trace from peeling or becoming delaminated from the substrate surface.
US10785875B2
A flexible printed circuit board and a display module are capable of enhancing a fixing force of the flexible printed circuit board to a display panel or an inspection jig, and prevent the flexible printed circuit board from being separated or detached as well as being torn upon attachment and detachment. The flexible printed circuit board includes a display panel including a display area and a non-display area; a flexible film attached to the display area and to which a driving unit is mounted; and a flexible printed circuit board attached to the flexible film and having a connector for receiving external signals, wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes: at least one hole fixing the flexible printed circuit board to a rear surface of the display panel by bending the flexible film; and at least one indent fixed to an inspection jig.
US10785873B1
A circuit board optimized for a denser component population within a standard size of footprint includes a mother board and a plurality of sub-board layers stacked on and connected to the mother board. Each of the sub-board layers has a plurality of daughter boards. The sub-board layers are composed of a first sub-board layer and a second sub-board layer. The daughter boards of the first sub-board layer are arranged on a side of the mother board, and the daughter boards of the second sub-board layer are arranged on the daughter boards of the first sub-board layer.
US10785872B2
A jumper may be adapted to transmit an electrical signal. The jumper may be included in a system on a chip. The system on a chip may include a substrate, and the substrate may include one or more routing layers. The jumper may be included in the one or more routing layers of the substrate. A first interconnect may be positioned on a first side of the system on a chip, and a second interconnect may be positioned on a second side of the system on a chip. The jumper may be in electrical communication with the first interconnect, and may be in electrical communication with the second interconnect. The jumper may be electrically isolated from other components of the system on a chip, such as one or more die coupled to the substrate.
US10785870B2
Connector receptacles that may be space efficient and provide a direct connection to a flexible circuit board. One example may provide an electronic device having a receptacle including a recess formed in a housing of the electronic device. The recess may have a sidewall and a bottom surface portion, and the bottom surface portion may include one or more openings extending through the bottom surface portion from an external surface to an internal surface. One or more contacts formed on a flexible circuit board may be aligned with the one or more openings in the bottom surface portion. In this way, the receptacle may be space efficient and provide a direct connection to a flexible circuit board inside an electronic device. A cosmetic cap may be placed in the recess to obscure the existence of the connector receptacle.
US10785869B2
Strands of material may be intertwined using weaving techniques, knitting techniques, non-woven or entanglement techniques, or braiding techniques. Fabric that is formed from the strands of material may be used in forming a fabric-based item. The fabric based item may include electrical components. The strands may include conductive strands that form signal paths. The signal paths can carry electrical signals associated with operation of the electrical components. Each strand may have an elongated core and a coating. Strands may also include intermediate layers between the cores and coatings. The cores, intermediate layers, and coatings may be formed from polymer without conductive filler, polymer with conductive filler, and/or metal. A polymer core may be provided with recesses to help retain subsequently deposited layers such as a metal coating layer. The recesses may be grooves that extend along the longitudinal axis of the core.
US10785868B2
A multilayer printed wiring board includes a core substrate, a first buildup layer, and a second buildup layer. The first buildup layer includes a first insulating layer and a first conductor layer alternately laminated with each other. The second buildup layer includes a second insulating layer and a second conductor layer alternately laminated with each other. The core substrate, the first insulating layer, and the second insulating layer each include a glass cloth. The glass cloth is woven with warp threads and weft threads. The warp threads each have a width narrower a width of each of the weft threads. Each of the warp threads constituting the glass cloth in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer both lying adjacent to the core substrate is arranged perpendicular to each of the warp threads constituting the glass cloth in the core substrate.
US10785867B2
A system and method to automatically determine power plane shape in a printed circuit board (PCB) involve obtaining inputs. The inputs include a size and shape of the PCB, a set of sources, and a set of sinks associated with a power plane. The method also includes determining a center of charge (CoC) as a center of largest current density for the set of sources and the set of sinks, and creating a sub-shape corresponding with a path from each source of the set of sources and from each sink of the set of sinks to the CoC. The creating the sub-shape includes determining a width of a conductor in the path corresponding with each of the sub-shapes. The sub-shapes created for the set of sources and the set of sinks are combined as the power plane shape.
US10785860B2
A dual frequency power-driven inductively coupled plasma torch according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a hollow confinement tube provided with a space in which thermal plasma is formed; an induction coil that surrounds the confinement tube; and a power supply source that supplies power to the induction coil, wherein the power supply source may supply at least two powers having different frequencies to the induction coil.
US10785857B2
A multiple location dimming system may include a smart dimmer (e.g., a main load control device) and one or more remote dimmers (e.g., accessory devices) for controlling the amount of power delivered to a lighting load. The multiple location dimming system may be installed in place of a multiple location switch system (e.g., having three, four, or more multi-way switches), and may not require a neutral connection at any of the control devices of the multiple location dimming system. The main load control device and the accessory devices of the multiple location dimming system may be configured to display a present intensity level of a lighting load on one or more visual indicators. The accessory devices may have the same or different user interfaces as the main load control device, and may provide additional functionality over that which the main load control device offers.
US10785841B2
A driver circuit for at least one light-emitting optoelectronic component includes a control circuit having a capacitor and a control switch, wherein the control switch electrically connects to the component such that the component is supplied with current by the capacitor as a function of a switching state of the control switch, and a charging circuit having at least a first charging switch, a bias resistor and a buffer capacitor, wherein the charging circuit electrically connects to the capacitor and is configured to charge the capacitor through the bias resistor, and the buffer capacitor is linked to a connecting line between the bias resistor and the capacitor.
US10785832B2
Various methods for sensing and/or heating that utilize nanostructures or carbon structures, such as nanotubes, nanotube meshes, or graphene sheets, are disclosed. In some methods, at least a pair of contacts are electrically coupled with a given nanostructure or carbon structure to sense a change or to pass a current for heating.
US10785831B2
An ice protection heater element includes a carbon allotrope heater with micro-perforations across up to about sixty percent of the carbon allotrope heater's surface. The micro-perforations allow uniform heating across the heating element and tailored electrical resistances for ice protection.
US10785814B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, device and system for transmitting a participating service provider identity. The method includes: parsing a previously received broadcast that is transmitted by a Neutral Host (NH) network access device to determine whether a first short PSP identity corresponding to a long PSP identity to be accessed exists in a first short PSP identity list in the broadcast; transmitting a first communication protocol message to the NH network access device when it is determined that the first short PSP identity exists in the first short PSP identity list; and acquiring a second communication protocol message transmitted by the NH network access device, the second communication protocol message indicating whether an NH network supports the long PSP identity.
US10785813B2
A computer-implemented process for an attachment process to a network. The method comprises, receiving a data request from a user equipment, connecting the user equipment is to a mobile communication network through a first base station, determining a router bound to the user equipment, connecting the router to the mobile communication network through a second base station, establishing a connection between the user equipment and the router through the first base station and the second base station.
US10785804B2
A first base station receives a message from a second base station. The message comprises second bandwidth part (BWP) configuration parameters of a second cell of the second base station. The second BWP configuration parameters comprise: frequency information of a second initial BWP employed for transmission of a random access preamble; and bandwidth information of the second initial BWP. The first base station determines one or more first BWP configuration parameters of a first initial BWP of a first cell of the first base station based on the second BWP configuration parameters. The first base station transmits the one or more first BWP configuration parameters to a wireless device.
US10785798B2
A data unit (e.g., a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)) is detected at a first wireless device of a basic service set (BSS). The data unit was sent on a channel from a second wireless device of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). The data unit is wide-bandwidth, occupying both a primary channel and a secondary channel of the wireless network. The first and second wireless devices are within a same spatial reuse group (SRG). The first wireless device stores the channel bandwidth of the data unit and a receive duration time of the data unit. During the receive duration time of the data unit, a SRG OBSS power density threshold is applied on the secondary channels that are within the channel bandwidth of the data unit, instead of applying a non-SRG OBSS power density threshold on those secondary channels.
US10785782B2
A method for transmitting a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system is discussed. The method includes transmitting first information related to a first uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configuration via a system information block (SIB); transmitting second information related to a second UL-DL configuration via a second PDCCH; and transmitting the first PDCCH during an on-duration time based on the second UL-DL configuration. Further, the on-duration timer is counted based on the first UL-DL configuration.
US10785769B2
A method to improve the design of new radio physical downlink control channel (NR-PDCCH) transmission and to reduce the false alarm rate of NR-PDCCH blind decoding is proposed. The downlink control information (DCI) bits are carried by NR-PDCCH to be transmitted to UEs after CRC attachment, channel encoding, interleaving, and modulation. The proposed NR-PDCCH design is separated into two parts. In a first part, a UE-ID or RNTI is used to derive a CRC mask or a scrambling sequence for CRC attachment of the DCI bits. In a second part, a UE-specific ID is used to derive an interleaver before or after channel encoding of the DCI bits. If the interleaver is placed before channel encoding, it takes the form of a bit interleaver. If the interleaver is placed after channel encoding, it takes the form of a bit interleaver or a channel interleaver.
US10785767B2
In a transmitting device, each of the plurality of mapping candidates that make up the search space is configured from the same number of control channel elements as an aggregation level value, the control channel elements are obtained by dividing each physical resource block into a predetermined number, and the quantity of resource elements contained in each of the predetermined number of control channel elements in each physical resource block adopts at least two types of values. A search space setting unit sets a search space of which the aggregation level value is 2 or more so that, between a plurality of mapping candidates, variation in the total quantity of resource elements contained in the control channel elements that make up the mapping candidates is as small as possible.
US10785765B2
In a system and method of control channel transmission in the communications field, REs, except those used for transmitting a DMRS, are grouped in each physical resource block pair of L physical resource block pairs. The L physical resource block pairs are determined to be used to transmit a control channel into N eREGs. The number of valid REs are calculated except other overheads in each eREG of the N eREGs. Each of the eCCEs are mapped onto M eREGs according to the number of valid REs included in each eREG of the N eREGs of each physical resource block pair. The eCCE is sent in the REs included in the eREG.
US10785763B2
The present invention relates to a method for receiving a downlink signal at a terminal in a wireless communication system. In particular, the method comprises: receiving a control channel to be transmitted to a specific subframe via a first carrier; and decoding a data channel corresponding to the control channel to be transmitted to the specific subframe via a second carrier, using at least one parameter included in the control channel, wherein information on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) start symbol of data channels that are transmitted via each of at least one carrier allocated to the terminal is signaled through an upper layer.
US10785754B2
A intelligent backhaul system is disclosed to manage and control multiple intelligent backhaul radios within a geographic zone. The intelligent backhaul system includes multiple intelligent backhaul radios (IBRs) that are able to function in both obstructed and unobstructed line of sight propagation conditions, one or more intelligent backhaul controllers (IBCs) connecting the IBRs with other network elements, and an intelligent backhaul management system (IBMS). The IBMS may include a private and/or public server and/or agents in one or more IBRs or IBCs.
US10785752B2
Resource configuration method, system and device for single-cell multicast control channel (SC-MCCH)
A resource configuration method, system and device for a Single-Cell Multicast Control Channel (SC-MCCH) are provided. In the method, a base station sends a system broadcast message, which includes configuration information of the SC-MCCH configured by the base station, the configuration information includes a Modification Period (MP) of the SC-MCCH and time-domain location information of the SC-MCCH, and the configuration information further includes at least one of: a Repetition Period (RP) of the SC-MCCH, configuration information of SC-MCCH change notification information, and a value tag.
US10785748B2
A technique of selecting a location area for paging of a mobile device in the wireless communication network is described herein. The technique includes registering the mobile device with a first cell within the wireless communication network, where the cell is included within a primary location area and one or more secondary location areas. The technique also includes determining a default location area index for the mobile device, where the default location area index identifies a default location area for the mobile device. The technique further includes receiving an indication from the mobile device to change from the default location area index to a secondary location area index. The secondary location area index identifies a secondary location that at least includes a sub-portion of the primary location area.
US10785742B2
A method, performed by at least one apparatus, is provided that includes obtaining, at a wireless access point, radio map data which enables a determination of characteristics of radio signals transmitted by the wireless access point. The characteristics of the radio signals are expected to be observable at different locations. Additionally, the method includes repeatedly providing, by the wireless access point, one or more identifiers of the wireless access point. The one or more identifiers include the radio map data or a part thereof to enable mobile devices receiving the one or more identifiers to determine their position based on the radio map data.
US10785733B2
Provided are a method for reporting a power headroom and an apparatus using the same. The apparatus computes and reports a power headroom for a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that is transmitted in a first transmission period of a first band having a first subcarrier interval. The power headroom is computed on the basis of at least one second transmission interval of a second band having a second subcarrier interval which overlaps with the first transmission interval.
US10785732B2
A network node (840) and method therein for shaping an output power spectrum of a signal (920) to be transmitted in a wireless communications network are disclosed. The signal (920) is transmitted within a total frequency range or bandwidth comprising a first frequency bandwidth and a second frequency bandwidth. The network node increases or boosts a power of the signal (920) in a part of a first frequency bandwidth and/or decreases/deboosts a power of the signal (920) in a part of the total bandwidth outside the first frequency bandwidth. The network node then transmits the partly increased and/or decreased signal (920) to a wireless communication device (850) operating in the wireless communications network.
US10785725B2
An electronic device for performing power management is provided. The electronic device includes a display; and a processor configured to in response to receiving an input for switching to a power management mode, control the display to display first guide data for determining whether to perform a power management operation, in response to receiving a first input for performing the power management operation, control the display to display second guide data related to one or more methods of the power management operation, and perform the power management operation based on a selection of at least one from among the one or more methods.
US10785724B1
A mobile device allows transmission of additional outgoing application data requests in response to occurrence of receipt of data transfer from a remote entity, user input in response to a prompt displayed to the user, and a change in a background status of an application executing on the mobile device. Additional outgoing application data requests are foreground application requests.
US10785719B2
A base station utilizes duty cycle requirements of each of multiple base station components to efficiently consume power. The base station may include a synchronization module that allows the base station to send collected data from a cache to a gateway, which then, sends it up to the cloud. The base station may also include a sensor connectivity module that establishes a connection between the base station and data collecting devices deployed to collect data for storage in the cache. A base station controller serves as the cache for the data collected by the sensor module and sends the data to the gateway for synchronization in the cloud using the synchronization module. A base station controller determines/coordinates the duty cycle of the sensor connectivity module and synchronization module in a power efficient way depending on the current power available to the base station, network needs, and the weather conditions.
US10785716B2
In aspects of wireless connectivity information for a mobile device, a mobile device includes a connectivity module that determines that the mobile device is to wirelessly connect to a network. The connectivity module of the mobile device queries for a host device to provide wireless connectivity information, such as via a direct device-to-device query between the mobile device and the host device. The mobile device receives a query response from the host device, and the connectivity module obtains wireless connectivity information from the query response. The connectivity module utilizes the connectivity information to perform a focused scan for a network, such as a network identified in the query response. In response to detecting the network based on the focused scan, the connectivity module interacts with the network to establish a wireless connection between the mobile device and the network.
US10785711B2
A mobile terminal and a network access method for a mobile terminal roaming service are disclosed. The mobile terminal according to the present invention comprises a control unit for: identifying a roaming area/country corresponding to a current location of a terminal body, on the basis of information included in PLMNs searched for in the terminal body, in response to the detection of a total failure in searching of the terminal body, a wireless communication unit, a lastly registered PLMN, a home PLMN, and PLMNs stored in a SIM; and controlling the wireless communication unit so as to connect to one of PLMNs having been successfully camped in the identified roaming area/country.
US10785709B2
A base station device has a transmitter and a receiver. The transmitter transmits reporting information including information of divided resources, information of connection modes used when connecting to the divided resources, and information for identifying services associated with the divided resources. Here, the divided resources are obtained by dividing resources in association with services provided via a core network. The receiver receives, from a terminal that has received the reporting information, a connection request that specifies a certain connection mode to be used for connection.
US10785706B2
Systems, devices, apparatus and methods, including computer programs encoded on storage media, are disclosed for an access point (AP) in a basic service set (BSS) to advertise or indicate 320 MHz bandwidth operation and frequency segment composition in the 320 MHz bandwidth to one or more stations (STAs) in a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Also, a WLAN device may advertise or indicate its 320 MHz bandwidth support capability to other WLAN devices in the WLAN.
US10785701B2
In one embodiment, a method is performed. A fat tree route miner (FT-RM) entity may be used to establish a control plane session with a first spine node in communication with a network. The FT-RM entity may identify a prefix that is unreachable by the first spine node. The FT-RM entity may instruct a spine node to disaggregate the prefix.
US10785700B2
A method in a node of a mesh network comprises receiving a plurality of neighbor count values, each neighbor count value relating to the number of neighbors associated with a particular neighbor of the node, and controlling the transmission of a beacon message based on the received neighbor count values. The method in a node of a mesh network may comprise determining a neighbor count value, the neighbor count value comprising the number of neighbor nodes associated with the node, and distributing the neighbor count value to the neighbor nodes of the node.
US10785697B2
In conventional MANETs, the functions of network discovery, route generation, and packets forwarding are performed at each node of the network. As a result, achieving routing convergence between all of the devices can be very time and resource intensive as no single node has a complete topology of the network. In contrast, the disclosed MANET with SDN architecture performs network discovery and route generation at centralized location, and packets forwarding is done separately at the node level. This new architecture allows the disclosed MANET to quickly adjust network operating characteristics whenever there is a change in the network topology. Additionally, since all network discovery and routing determination are performed centrally at a single controller, the disclosed MANET can generate a complete topology of the network and as such can perform channel provisioning between all devices such that co-channel interference, transmission delay, inefficient bandwidth allocation, and excessive retransmission are substantially reduced.
US10785690B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing a cell change procedure in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving configuration information indicating an identifier of a radio bearer to which a cell change procedure be performed; and performing the cell change procedure in RLC (Radio Link Control) and PDCP (Packet Data Convergence Protocol) entities of the radio bearer indicated in the configuration information, wherein the cell change procedure comprises a re-establishment of the RLC and PDCP entities.
US10785689B2
The invention relates to the initiation of a service to a mobile terminal capable of communicating via at least a first and second access network. Further, the invention relates to a reduction of power consumption of mobile terminals supporting connectivity to at least two access networks. The invention also relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to mobile communications through heterogeneous access networks. In order to prove improved method for initiating services to mobile terminals and/or to reduce power consumption of mobile terminals, the invention introduces of a sleep state that can be entered by the terminal for an access system if same is not used. Upon requesting a service from/to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal starts service initiation through a second access system and transits back to active state for the first access system for service provision.
US10785685B2
A cloud radio access network system includes remote signal sources, a baseband processing unit pool, an access management server, a software defined network controller and a network signal forwarder. Each remote signal source is configured to transmit an access signal. The baseband processing unit pool provides a baseband processing signal. The access management server provides an access state signal. Different maximum transmission rates are transmitted via the access state signal. When the baseband processing unit pool has authenticated one remote signal source, the baseband processing unit pool transmits an authentication notification signal to the access management server. Then, the access management server informs the software defined network controller according to the authentication notification signal to increase an upper limit of a signal transmission rate between the baseband processing unit pool and the authenticated remote signal source to a higher one of the maximum transmission rates.
US10785680B2
A satellite communication system may be configured to establish multiple different tunnels between a first satellite modem and a second satellite modem in accordance with a protocol. The first satellite modem may receive a packet via a tunnel established in accordance with a different protocol, determine an endpoint identifier corresponding to the tunnel based on information from one or more headers included in the packet, identify one of the multiple different tunnels that corresponds to the tunnel, generate a corresponding packet omitting at least a portion of the information from the one or more headers and comprising at least a portion of data included in a payload of the packet and an information block comprising a tunnel index corresponding to the identified one of the multiple different tunnels, and transmit the corresponding packet to the second satellite modem via the identified one of the multiple different tunnels.
US10785655B2
This application provide an information sending method, and a device and a system. The method includes: creating or updating, by a first device, a network slice instance; sending, by the first device, a first message to a second device, where the first message carries first network slice instance information, the first network slice instance information is first information about the created or updated network slice instance, and the first network slice instance information includes an identifier of the network slice instance; and storing or configuring, by the second device, the first network slice instance information. In the solutions, after creating or updating the network slice instance, the first device may send the information about the created or updated network slice instance to the second device, and the second device may store or configure the information, so as to avoid allocating an improper network slice instance to a terminal.
US10785653B2
A short message service (SMS) message is encrypted using an encryption key stored at a user equipment and an access and mobility management function (AMF) and the encrypted SMS message is added to a payload of a non-access stratum (NAS) message that includes an NAS header. Integrity protection is applied to the NAS message using an integrity key stored at the user equipment and the AMF and the integrity-protected NAS message is transmitted. The NAS message is received via an NAS link between the user equipment and the AMF. An integrity check is performed on the NAS message using the integrity key. An encrypted short message service (SMS) message is extracted from a payload of the NAS message in response to the integrity check being successful and the encrypted SMS message is decrypted using the encryption key.
US10785652B1
In one illustrative example, a network node may receive, from a user equipment (UE), a message indicating a token authorization request for access to a custom, enterprise private network slice of a 5G network. The message may include a token provided to the UE by an enterprise server of an enterprise private network of the enterprise. The network node may perform a token validation procedure and, based on a successful token validation, send a message for causing a provisioning of one or more rules in a forwarding entity of the 5G network, for causing enterprise user plane (UP) traffic of the UE to be forwarded to an anchor UPF of the private network slice. The enterprise UP traffic communication may be used for the remote control and/or monitoring of elements in a private 5G network of the enterprise.
US10785650B2
A processing module for a receiver device is disclosed. The processing module is configured to provide for processing of a signal received by the receiver device from a transmitter device. The signal includes a secure training sequence divided into a plurality of time spaced blocks. The secure training sequence incoudes a non-repeating pattern of symbols. The processing module is configured to, based on a first phase marker in the first block and a second phase marker in the second block defining a phase difference of the signal between the first and second antennas and a known spacing of the first antenna relative to the second antenna, determine an angle of arrival of the signal relative to the receiver device.
US10785649B2
A server receives a login request from a first device. The login request includes login information used for an application login. In response to receiving the login request from the first device, the server transmits, to a second device different from the first device, a first message including a verification code. The first message instructs the second device to broadcast an audio signal including the verification code. The verification code is used to verify the first device by the server.
US10785638B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages reuse of mobile subscriber identity information. Further aspects may include mobile subscriber identity information used in a device having multiple device profiles indexed, directly or indirectly, by multiple ki (e.g. shared secret keys). Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10785635B2
A communication method and apparatus, where the method includes: a session management network element sending location area information; a mobility management network element receiving the location area information from the session management network element; obtaining location information of a terminal; determining, based on the location area information and the location information, that the terminal is located outside a service area indicated by the location area information; and in response to the determination, sending, to the session management network element, a message for triggering update of a session management information.
US10785627B2
Embodiments of this specification provide a method and apparatus for quick enabling a service in an application program and an electronic device. When a user terminal receives tag content transmitted by a near field communication (NFC) tag, an operating system of the user terminal may enable an application program that has registered NFC. Then, the enabled application program uploads the tag content to a server. According to a service routed by the server after the server decodes the tag content, the application program executes the routed service.
US10785626B2
A device and a method of controlling the device are provided. The method includes detecting a mobile device within a distance from the device, receiving user configuration information from the mobile device, and performing an operation of the device based on the user configuration information.
US10785620B2
A street lamp integration device, a street lamp system and a communication method are disclosed. The street lamp integration device includes a local area network module configured to generate a local area network covering a first range, a traffic collector configured to collect traffic information in a second range and send the same to a communication module and the communication module configured to send the traffic information to a vehicle connected to the local area network. By extensive availability and close mutual distance of street lamps, a local area network is formed within the first range of each street lamp, which helps to to form a network of comprehensive coverage and extensive range. The traffic collector can collect traffic in a certain range and send the same to the vehicle connected to the local area network through the communication module, facilitating awareness of the current traffic by the vehicle.
US10785619B1
A system for providing dynamic roadside assistance coordination may include a customer mobile device or vehicle in direct, or indirect, wireless communication with an insurance provider and/or service provider remote server. The customer's device may transmit a request for roadside assistance (e.g., towing services), and a current UPS location. In response, a closest, trusted service provider vehicle may be determined, and then directed to the customer's location. For instance, a software application may receive the customer location and compare it with availability information to match the customer with a close and trusted service provider. The customer's device may receive an acknowledgement that help is on the way, and be able to track the current location of the service provider vehicle while en route. Payment for the roadside assistance may be automatically and electronically paid by the insurance provider. As a result, prompt and safe roadside assistance may be provided.
US10785617B2
Context-aware system, method, and computer-readable recording medium for providing an intelligent service in an Internet of Things (IoT) environment are provided. The context-aware system includes a plurality of IoT devices, each including at least one sensor and a communication unit, a gateway connected to the plurality of IoT devices and including at least one gateway device connected to an Internet network, and a cloud server layer which transmits and receives data to and from the plurality of IoT devices through the Internet network and the gateway, wherein at least one IoT device, which cannot perform a context-aware processing process in real time, generates context information, and transmits it to a context-aware server of the cloud server layer. The context-aware server performs the context-aware processing process of the IoT device to generate context-aware result information, and transmits the result information back to the IoT device.
US10785613B1
Providing SMS check in and check out, comprising receiving an SMS mobile originated entrance communication from at least one user, authenticating the SMS mobile originated entrance communication, determining at least one location of the authenticated SMS mobile originated entrance communication and authorizing the at least one user to enter the at least one location.
US10785609B2
A method and talkgroup server for extending a battery life in a subscriber unit is provided. A time sync at a triple TSBK boundary is maintained, the triple TSBK boundary being associated with a talkgroup. The triple TSBK window is calculated based on the time sync and configuration data. A talkgroup call request is granted for the talkgroup using a talkgroup call grant. A first transmission of the talkgroup call grant is targeted in the triple TSBK window associated with the talkgroup.
US10785608B2
Wireless access points providing hybrid 802.11 and scheduled priority access communications are provided herein. An exemplary wireless access point may be configured to communicate with a set of standard access clients using an 802.11 mode of communication during standard access phases, as well as communicate with a set of priority access clients during priority access phases, when the wireless access point is not communicating with the set of standard access clients, using a priority mode of communication.
US10785603B2
Mechanisms are provided to implement a location identification mechanism to identify a location or route for a user. A starting location of the user is identified in response to receiving a set of details from the user including at least a target location. A three-dimensional model of an area around the starting location, an area around the target location, and an area between the starting location and the target location is generated and current local weather and forecasted local weather associated with the starting location, the target location, and the area between the starting location and the target location is identified. Anticipated wind flow and temperatures within the generated three-dimensional model are simulated to identify a route from the starting location to the target location that meets a set of personal preferences of the user. The identified route is then presented on a user-selected navigation application.
US10785602B2
An information processing method and apparatus are provided, and the method includes: obtaining identification information of first user equipment; determining second shared information, where the second shared information includes the identification information and is published by second user equipment that has an association relationship with the first user equipment; and sending the second shared information to the first user equipment.
US10785592B1
A method of detecting, controlling and managing transmission of a transmitting device within a facility is disclosed. The method involves transmitting information to the transmission device, detecting a response transmission from the transmission device by a least one transmission detection facility, extracting identification information associated with the transmission device in response to the transmitted information; and determining a location of the transmission device based on the response transmission received by the at least one received transmission detection facility, wherein the response transmissions are sorted by the identification information, determining an allowability of the located transmission device with the set area and interacting and manipulating transmission of the detected transmitting device.
US10785590B2
A computer-implemented method for calibrating audio of a virtual reality device, the method comprising: determining a difference between a perceived tone location and an actual audible tone location, in response to an emitting of the actual audible tone; wherein the tone comprises a spectral tone, and creating and calibrating a user ear model by: emitting the spectral tone at a random time during a simulation by the virtual reality device; determining the perceived tone location during the simulation; and computing an error adjustment for one or more geometric variables of a default ear model based on a result of the determining.
US10785577B2
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a back plate disposed over the substrate, a diaphragm disposed between the substrate and the back plate, a first supporting member surrounding the diaphragm, the first supporting member including first dam portions arranged along a circumference of the diaphragm, and first slit portions between the first dam portion adjacent to each other to be configured to support the diaphragm from a lower face of the substrate, and a second supporting member surrounding the first supporting member, the second supporting member including second dam portions arranged along a circumference of the first dam portions, and second slit portions between the second dam portion adjacent to each other to be configured to further support the diaphragm from the lower face of the substrate. Thus, the MEMS microphone has an increased acoustic resistance.
US10785568B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus for providing an output signal to an audio transducer may include a control circuit. The control circuit may be configured to predict, based on a magnitude of a signal indicative of the output signal, an occurrence of an event for changing a selectable digital gain and a selectable analog gain and an audio signal path, and responsive to predicting the occurrence of the event, change, at an approximate time in which a zero crossing of the signal indicative of the output signal occurs, the selectable digital gain and the selectable analog gain.
US10785566B2
A method and a device for processing an audio signal in a vehicle are provided. The method includes: obtaining an audio signal by a microphone array; performing echo cancellation on the obtained audio signal, to obtain a first processed signal; and performing beamforming on the first processed signal according to sound zones in which microphones of the microphone array are located, to obtain a second processed signal, wherein the vehicle includes at least two sound zones, and each microphone of the microphone array is located in at least one sound zone. With the beamforming, the requirements for isolation degree between different sound zones is not high, and the sound source of the audio signal can be accurately determined.
US10785560B2
One embodiment provides a speaker device comprising a first housing including a first top surface comprising a first opening, a first recessed mounting surface spaced below the first opening, and a first recessed sidewall extending upwardly from the first recessed mounting surface to the first opening to form a first waveguide. The speaker device further comprises a first upward-facing driver mounted into the first recessed mounting surface. The first waveguide shapes propagation of acoustic energy generated by the first upward-facing driver to project the acoustic energy out of the speaker device in an upwardly inclined direction.
US10785557B2
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a back plate disposed over the substrate to cover the cavity and having a plurality of acoustic holes, a diaphragm disposed over the substrate to cover the cavity, the diaphragm being disposed under the back plate, including a venting hole communicating with the cavity, and sensing an acoustic pressure to create a displacement, and a first insulation layer interposed between the substrate and the diaphragm to support an end portion of the diaphragm to separate the diaphragm from the substrate, and the first insulation layer having an opening formed at a position corresponding to the cavity to expose the diaphragm. Thus, since the process of forming an anchor may be omitted, the process may be simplified, and process time may be shortened.
US10785554B2
The present disclosure concerns a multi-cable positioning device and a headset with multi-cable positioning device. The device comprises at least a fastening portion for removable attachment to clothing, and a cable management portion. The cable management portion comprises at least a first cable receptacle for a first cable, and a second cable receptacle for a second cable, wherein the cable receptacles are adapted for rotational and translational locking of the cables to increase comfort and stability.
US10785545B2
Embodiments of reversible systems and methods for fast, secure and efficient transmission, storage, and protection of digital multimedia are disclosed. The embodiments may have the ability to simultaneously compress and encrypt digital data in order to concurrently reduce data size and prevent reconstruction without the proper encryption key. Embodiments of a method may include pre-processing data to optimize the size of data segments to be compressed, transforming the data for improving the compressibility of the before-mentioned data segments, processing the data sequentially to generate predictive statistical models, encoding the data for simultaneously encrypting and compressing data segments using a keystream, and increasing both the compression ratio and security of these encoding processes using a block cipher. Embodiments of these methods may be suitable for use on both encrypted and unencrypted media.
US10785535B2
In one embodiment, a method defines a plurality of geographic primitives. A geographic primitive is defined by one or more location identifiers. A plurality of distribution areas are generated where a distribution area is defined by one or more of the geographic primitives. The method assigns one of the distribution areas to each of a plurality of pieces of media content. Then, the method stores the assigned one of the plurality of distribution areas for each of the plurality of pieces of media content in a database. One or more of the plurality of pieces of media content are published with the assigned one of the distribution areas. The assigned one of the distribution areas is usable to determine which media content in the one or more of the plurality of pieces of media content is available to users.
US10785531B2
A video synopsis method for overlapping videos generated in different periods is applied to a video synopsis device. The video synopsis method includes dividing a monitoring film into a plurality of videos, acquiring a pixel difference between frames respectively from the plurality of videos at identical time sequence, acquiring a weighting parameter according to the pixel difference, and utilizing the weighting parameter to overlap the frames respectively from the plurality of videos so as to generate a composite frame.
US10785525B2
The present technology relates to a reception apparatus and a data processing method that enable clock synchronization in a more suitable manner. The reception apparatus receives a digital broadcast signal of an IP transmission method that includes time information and a stream of content. The time information includes a seconds field and a nanoseconds field. The reception apparatus then generates a processing clock synchronized with the time information on the basis of the time information included in the digital broadcast signal, and processes the stream included in the digital broadcast signal on the basis of the processing clock. The present technology can be applied to, for example, television receivers conforming to the IP transmission method.
US10785518B2
A server of a video management system includes a control unit that, upon receiving the video transmission request and the affiliation information transmitted from the terminal, determines whether the video transmission request and the affiliation information correspond to a first case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are the same, a second case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are the same for a group and are different for a team, or a third case in which the affiliation destination indicated by the affiliation information and the affiliation destination of the affiliation video data are different for a group, the control unit transmitting the match video data to the terminal in the first case.
US10785517B2
Video content is uploaded via the Internet to a video-on-demand (VOD) server identified by a title and a hierarchical address of categories and subcategories for categorizing the title. The VOD server converts and stores the video content at a storage address in a video content database linked to the title. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as in its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. This can enable many new blogging or podcasting-like programs by popular “Hosts” to be self-published on the Internet and readily navigated for display on TV. The EPG can also store TV program addresses as bookmarks and allow them to be shared with other subscribers or with friends and contacts online by sending to their email addresses.
US10785516B2
A satellite broadcast system is used to transmit streams of variable bit-rate content using fixed bit-rate channels that correspond to respective satellite transponder carriers. High bandwidth content is transmitted over multiple transponder carriers in parallel with a combined bandwidth sufficient for the peak bit-rate of the high bandwidth content, whereas multiple streams of low bandwidth content can be transmitted over a single transponder carrier simultaneously by multiplexing the low bandwidth content. High bandwidth content may be multiplexed with low bandwidth content rather than assigning all high bandwidth content to be transmitted exclusively over dedicated high bandwidth transponders.
US10785513B2
An exemplary method includes a media content provider system acquiring, from a plurality of capture devices physically disposed at different vantage points in relation to a scene, a distinct set of two-dimensional (2D) color data and depth data (2D data) for each capture device included in the plurality of capture devices, each distinct set of 2D data representing a distinct unmeshed view of the scene as captured from a respective vantage point of a respective capture device included in the plurality of capture devices, acquiring metadata for each distinct set of 2D data, packaging each distinct set of 2D data into a transport stream such that the transport stream includes data representing each distinct unmeshed view of the scene as captured from each respective vantage point of each respective capture device, and providing the metadata and the transport stream for streaming to a media player device.
US10785511B1
Techniques are generally described for catch-up pacing for video streaming. In various examples, a camera may capture first video data representing a physical environment. In some examples, motion in the physical environment may be detected from the first video data. A communication channel may be established with a remote computing device. In some examples, the camera may capture second video data. In various examples, the second video data may be captured during a period of time corresponding to the establishment of the communication channel. An available bandwidth of the communication channel may be determined. The available bandwidth may comprise a first bitrate. Third video data may be captured by the camera. The third video data may be encoded at a second bitrate lower than the first bitrate. The first video data, second video data and third video data may be sent to the remote computing device.
US10785506B2
Disclosed is a method of associating, at a secondary device, secondary media content with primary media content being output at a primary device. The method includes receiving, at the secondary device, first information based upon the primary content being output at the primary device, wherein the first information includes at least one of an audio and a visual signal, determining at the secondary device second information corresponding to the first information, receiving at the secondary device one or more portions of secondary media content that have been made available by a third device, determining at the secondary device whether one or more of the portions of the secondary media content match one or more portions of the second information, and taking at least one further action upon determining that there is a match.
US10785496B2
A video coding apparatus for encoding a compressive sensing signal has a processor. The processor obtains a compressive sensing sampling matrix; and captures the compressive sensing signal representing image data based on the compressive sensing sampling matrix, wherein the compressive sensing sampling matrix is non-uniform varied.
US10785491B2
A method of visualizing an image, a device and a system using the same. The method of visualizing, by a device operatively connected with an image provision server, an image configured in a hierarchical structure including a plurality of levels includes receiving tile visualization information in an encoded form from the image provision server, the tile visualization information including a tile visualization type determined according to whether at least one tile belonging to each of the levels of the image includes data; decoding the encoded tile visualization information and obtaining the tile visualization information; making a request to the image providing server for data for a target level and tile, which are to be visualized according to the tile visualization information; and displaying an image, which is to be visualized, received from the image provision server.
US10785474B1
Sensors coupled to a vehicle are calibrated using a dynamic scene with sensor targets around a motorized turntable that rotates the vehicle to different orientations. The sensors capture data at each vehicle orientation along the rotation. The vehicle's computer identifies representations of the sensor targets within the data captured by the sensors, and calibrates the sensor based on these representations, for example by comparing these representations to previously stored information about the sensor targets and generating a correction based on differences, the correction applied to post-calibration sensor data.
US10785469B2
A generation apparatus is configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras for imaging a field from a plurality of different directions, the generation apparatus including an acquisition unit configured to acquire, based on a three-dimensional model of at least a portion of the field, correspondence information indicating correspondence between a coordinate of an image captured by at least one of the plurality of cameras and a coordinate related to a simple three-dimensional model less accurate than the three-dimensional model, and a generation unit configured to generate a virtual viewpoint image according to designation about a position and an orientation of a virtual viewpoint, by using an image captured by one or more of the plurality of cameras and the correspondence information acquired by the acquisition unit.
US10785461B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for digital imaging in an ambient light deficient environment are described. The methods, systems, and computer program products described include an imaging sensor with an array of pixels for sensing electromagnetic radiation, an emitter that is configured to emit a pulse of electromagnetic radiation, and a control unit that includes a processor. The control unit is in electrical communication with the imaging sensor and the emitter. The control unit is configured to synchronize the emitter and the imaging sensor so as to produce a plurality of image reference frames. The plurality of image reference frames include a luminance frame with luminance image data and a chrominance frame with chrominance data, where the plurality of image reference frames are combined to form a color image.
US10785460B2
A projection display apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes: a projection unit including a light source section, a wavelength converter including a discoid member and a motor section, the discoid member including a wavelength conversion layer that converts outgoing light from the light source section to light having a wavelength range different from that of the outgoing light, and the motor section rotating the discoid member, and a spatial modulation element that generates image light by modulating light from the light source section and the wavelength converter on the basis of an inputted image signal; and a control unit that controls intensity of the outgoing light emitted from the light source section and a number of rotation of the discoid member in a state where the image light is generated by the spatial modulation element.
US10785459B2
In described examples, a digital light processing color projector includes light emitters configured to collectively emit light at multiple wavelengths, multiple light directing elements forming an illumination path having at least one aperture stop, a micromirror array coupled to a substrate, an aperture located at the aperture stop, and a filter with a selected color transmittance profile located at or near the aperture stop. The light directing elements are configured to direct light towards the micromirror array as illumination light. An aperture width determines a diameter of the illumination light. A micromirror on-state reflects the illumination light as on-state light. The substrate reflects the illumination light as flat-state light. The light directing elements direct on-state light through the aperture to a projector output. The filter filters flat-state light in an overlap region of the on-state light and flat-state light, or an illumination light portion corresponding to overlap region.
US10785440B2
A method for transmitting an image and an electronic device thereof are provided. An image transmission method of an electronic device includes displaying a message transmission/reception history with at least one other electronic device, sensing a selection of a camera execution menu, displaying a preview screen of a camera within a screen in which the message transmission/reception history is displayed, detecting a touch on the displayed preview screen, if the displayed preview screen is touched, capturing an image of a subject, detecting a gesture for the captured image, and, if the gesture for the captured image is detected, transmitting the captured image to the at least one other electronic device according to the detected gesture.
US10785438B2
An image sensor, comprising a pixel region in which a plurality of pixel units are arranged, each pixel unit having first and second photoelectric conversion portions, a first output portion that outputs, outside of the image sensor, a first signal based on a signal from the first photoelectric conversion portion of the pixel units, and a second output portion that outputs a second signal based on a signal from the first photoelectric conversion portion and a signal from the second photoelectric conversion portion of the pixel units, wherein output of the first signal from the first output portion and output of the second signal from the second output portion are performed in parallel.
US10785433B2
An imaging sensor is configured to generate a signal that is obtained by amplifying one of a signal corresponding to a first accumulation period and a signal corresponding to a second accumulation period by using amplification factors having different values.
US10785428B2
A method and apparatus for imaging a body lumen are disclosed. According to the method, an imaging apparatus is induced into the body lumen. Structured light from the imaging apparatus is projected into the body lumen. The structured light reflected from anatomical features in the body lumen is detected by the imaging apparatus. A first structured light image is generated from the detected structured light by the imaging apparatus. Non-structured light is emitted from the imaging apparatus into the body lumen. The non-structured light reflected from the anatomical features in the body lumen is detected by the imaging apparatus. A non-structured light image is generated from the detected non-structured light by the imaging apparatus. The frame period of the first structured light image is shorter than the frame period of the non-structured light image. In one embodiment, the imaging apparatus corresponds to a capsule endoscope.
US10785420B2
Imaging device and camera for minimizing a digital gain value to be multiplied and suppressing noise
An imaging device includes: an imaging element that outputs an image signal in a nondestructive manner; an image processor that performs predetermined processing on the outputted image signal to generate image data; and a controller that controls the image processor. Under control of the controller, the image processor reads out image signals from the imaging element a plurality of times within one exposure period, calculates a target gain value based on a target level and an added signal, and multiples the added signal by the target gain value to generate the image data. The target level is calculated based on a signal level of a last read-out image signal in one exposure period. The added signal being obtained by adding up the image signals read out the plurality of times.
US10785417B2
A monitoring system detects an event happening to a detection target. The monitoring system includes an imaging device, storage, and a controller. The imaging device captures an image of an imaging area including the detection target to generate captured image data indicating a captured image. The storage stores therein a detection range in the captured image. The controller detects a change to the captured image in the detection range based on the captured image data. The detection range includes a detection target image exhibiting the detection target. Upon detecting a change to the captured image in the detection range, the controller changes the detection range so that the detection range encloses the detection target image.
US10785407B2
Provided is a technique capable of guaranteeing that an image submitted online during identity verification is an image photographed on the site. An information processing method executed by an information processing device including a display unit includes displaying, on the display unit, an image of a photographing region output by a photographing device, displaying, in the photographing region displayed on the display unit, a photographing guide indicating a position of an identity verification document in the photographing region and a holding method of the identity verification document, the photographing guide being selected based on a predetermined selection logic, and causing the photographing device to photograph the image of the photographing region.
US10785401B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for generating a focus sweep to produce a focus stack. In use, an image is sampled as image data. Next, a first focus region is identified and a second focus region is identified. Next, first focus target information corresponding to the first focus region is determined and second focus target information corresponding to the second focus region is determined. Further, a focus is adjusted, based on the first focus target information and at least one first image is captured based on the first focus target information. Additionally, the focus is adjusted, based on the second focus target information and at least one second image is captured based on the second focus target information. Lastly, the at least one first image and the at least one second image are saved to an image stack. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also presented.
US10785395B2
In some embodiments, a camera includes an optical package, a camera actuator for moving the optical package, a camera cover, and an impact absorption member to prevent contact between the camera cover and the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the camera actuator includes a lens carrier moveably mounted to a camera cover.
US10785393B2
The various embodiments described herein include methods and/or devices for directing flash illumination. In one aspect, a method is performed at a device including a camera, one or more processors, and memory storing one or more programs configured for execution by the one or more processors. The method includes directing flash illumination to an identified area of interest in a scene by adjusting power supplied to respective elements of a flash array. The method further includes capturing, via the camera, an image of the scene as illuminated by the flash illumination.
US10785382B2
A printing device has a print unit for printing on roll paper; a wireless communication unit for communicating wirelessly with a paired control device; and a controller for receiving print data by wireless communication from the control device, and controlling the print unit based on the received print data. When changing from a pairing-disabled mode to a pairing-enabled mode, the controller controls the print unit to print pairing-related information on roll paper, does not process pairing in the pairing-disabled mode, and processes pairing when a pairing request is received in the pairing-enabled mode.
US10785371B2
A method, a device and a system selects an optimal resource and/or channel. The device of a contact center receives transaction data and interaction data corresponding to a transaction between the contact center and a user device. The transaction data includes one of a current resource being utilized for the transaction or a current channel indicating a communication channel being utilized for the transaction. The interaction data corresponds to interaction information of the current resource and the user device. The device generates a current score value of the transaction based on the transaction data and the interaction data. The device determines one of a further resource or a further channel to be used for the transaction based on the current score value and a predictive model. The predictive model defines relations between score values with the resources or the channels.
US10785364B1
Described are systems and methods for responding to a lost-mode command directed to a target wireless device from a server to alter the functionality of the device, such as to restrict access to sensitive data. A relay device is selected at the server to act as intermediary between the server and the target wireless device. An encrypted message with both the lost-mode command and the relay-device phone number is relayed to the target wireless device. The target wireless device decrypts and parses the message to extract the lost-mode command and the relay-device phone number. To authenticate the relay device as the intended sender of the lost-mode command, the target wireless device compares the phone number of the message sender to the relay-device phone number specified in the message. The target wireless device disregards the lost-mode command if the sender's phone number does not match the relay-device phone number, and otherwise enters a “lost mode.”
US10785359B2
A lighting device for a mobile terminal is disclosed. In an embodiment the lighting device includes a light-emitting component comprising a light-emitting semiconductor element and a first light emission face and a second light emission face, the light-emitting component configured to emit light radiation, a first optical waveguide for guiding the light radiation via the first light emission face to a first radiation element, a second optical waveguide for guiding the light radiation via the second light emission face to a second radiation element and at least one optical switch arranged in a region of the first light emission face or the second light emission face for controlling a quantity of light emitted from the light-emitting component via the respective light emission face.
US10785358B1
A finger support apparatus for supporting a pinky finger during use of a smart phone includes a mounting portion configured to plug in or otherwise be inserted into a port of a smart phone case, the port being positioned along a bottom edge of the case. The finger support apparatus includes a body portion rotatably coupled to the mounting portion so as to be rotatably movable to an orientation desired by a user, i.e. to be optimally positioned depending on a user's preference in how the smart phone is held. The body portion may include a curved or ergonomic configuration to enhance grip of a user's finger and may have a tactile surface.
US10785355B2
A method for applying a screen protector to a cell phone screen protector is provided, including: providing a cell phone screen protector and a cell phone to be applied; cleaning a screen of the cell phone to be applied; tearing off the release liner by the label of the release liner, simultaneously lightening the screen of the cell phone to be applied, and sticking the silicone protective film on the screen, and uncovering the first part via the label of the first part; using a scraping card to scrape slightly from top to bottom; uncovering the second part via the label of the second part, and using the scraping card to scrape slightly from top to bottom; using the scraping card to scrape outwardly along a curved edge of the screen; tearing off the PET release film, and smoothing both sides of the screen.
US10785353B1
A mobile phone camera extension-and-retraction device (100) and a mobile phone, wherein, the mobile phone camera extension-and-retraction device (100) comprises a driving unit (1), a reversing gear mechanism (2), a connecting drive mechanism (3), a control module and a shell (4), the driving unit (1) is controlled to rotate forwardly or reversely by the control module, thereby driving the first planetary pinion (22) or the second planetary pinion (23) of the reversing gear mechanism (2) to mesh with the second drive gear (31) of the connecting drive mechanism (3), and driving the rack member (32) for straightly reciprocating movement, such that the mobile phone camera fixedly connected to the rack member (32) extends or retracts automatically.
US10785352B2
A front case of an electronic device includes: a front case body, and a laser direct structuring laser direct structuring antenna stand as an auxiliary antenna of the electronic device. The front case body is provided with a through hole matching a shape of a feeding point of the laser direct structuring antenna stand; the laser direct structuring antenna stand is adhered to a front surface of the front case body by dispensing adhesive, and the feeding point of the laser direct structuring antenna stand extends through the through hole to a back surface of the front case body. The arrangement can reduce the difficulty and the cost of future rework of the touch panel, and can also reduce the risk of separation of the touch panel and the front case body.
US10785350B2
This disclosure is directed to heartbeat messages for a high-availability redundant distributed computing environment (e.g., a quorum data storage implementation). Heartbeat messages may be sent from a node to other members of a duster as an indication of hardware state, network connectivity, and possibly application status on the sending node. If a member of a cluster (or quorum) goes silent (e.g., misses heartbeats), other members of the duster (or quorum) may consider that member (or the node that hosts that member) to be non-functional and may initiate a recovery action. Techniques are disclosed for using low-latency non-persistent storage for some heartbeat messages (referred to herein as a “non-persistent heartbeat messages”) to replace a portion of typical persistent (e.g., disk-based) heartbeat messages to reduce overall processing for periodic heartbeat messages. Further, implementations that aggregate multiple heartbeat messages from a node into a fewer number of heartbeat messages are disclosed.
US10785349B2
A method for negotiating a maximum packaging interval, an apparatus, and a storage medium related to the field of communications technologies. The method includes obtaining, by a voice over long term evolution (VoLTE) apparatus, Connected Mode Discontinuous Reception (CDRX) period configuration information of a base station, determining a maximum packaging interval of downlink data based on the CDRX period configuration information, and sending the maximum packaging interval to an Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia core network subsystem (IMS) core network. Hence, the method can resolve a problem of high power consumption caused by that the VoLTE apparatus is frequently woken up within a CDRX period.
US10785344B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content searching, generating, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide an improved messaging platform that enables the creation and communication of locked electronic messages to recipients, where the message is automatically unlocked for recipient viewing only upon satisfaction of a real-world condition set by the sending user. Upon creating the message, the sender sets time, date and/or geographical restrictions for viewing the message, such that only upon those set restrictions being satisfied is the message delivered and viewable on the recipient user's device.
US10785341B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for populating a cache in an information-centric network. A device of an ICN can include a content store including published content and attributes of the published content stored thereon, the attributes including at least two of a device from which the content originated attribute, a lineage attribute, and a service level agreement attribute, and content processing circuitry coupled to the content store, the content processing circuitry configured to manage the published content based on the attributes.
US10785339B2
Methods, systems, and techniques for handling of event notifications in non-standard formats. An event notification sent from an event notification sending device of a video surveillance system is received at an event notification handling device of the system. The event notification is in a format not natively supported by at least one device of the system. The event notification is translated into a format supported by the at least one device, with the supported format being defined in a list of non-standard formats. A rule associated with the event notification is applied to perform an action. Prior to receiving the event notification, an initialization method may be performed in which the event notification handling device subscribes to receive the event notification.
US10785338B2
Methods and apparatuses for merging downloaded data with a real-time data are disclosed. An example includes receiving downloaded item of data from a download connection with a data repository and real-time item of data from a real-time data feed with a data publisher. In response to determining that the downloaded item of data includes the most recent downloaded item of data from the download connection, the downloaded item of data is stored as the last downloaded item of data. In response to determining that the real-time item of data is the most recent real-time item of data received from the real-time data feed, the real-time item of data is stored as the last real-time item of data from the real-time data feed. In response to determining a match between the last downloaded item of data and the last real-time item of data the download connection is ended.
US10785332B2
A personalized content recommendation provisioning method and system are described, according to various implementations. A token value allocation engine optimizes the allocation of content consumption revenue to publisher systems and recommendation source systems (e.g., the systems that provide the recommended content for presentation with the publisher system's native content) based on a model calculating and applying a life time or long term value (LTV) metric. The LTV metric for revenue is based on a detection of a how often a user system engages with content derived from or associated with a publisher system.
US10785325B1
A virtual audience binning system and method are described. The system and method dynamically labels a group with information derived from its current participants and possibly their conversations through data mining. Then, new audience would use this contextual information to decide their relevance and interest with the groups. Furthermore, using the system, the quality of virtual binning increases with number of participants that solves the problem of size so that it is a solution that's built to work at scale. The virtual audience binning may be used with an online presentation system that generates and displays webcasts and virtual events to the audience members.
US10785323B2
A method is provided for processing media of a mobile target having a dynamic geofence associated with it. The method includes providing a software application, an instance of which is installed on a memory device on each of a plurality of mobile technology platforms associated with a plurality of users; receiving a request to associate captured media with the target, or to attribute the captured media to one of the plurality of users; determining whether the media was captured within the dynamic geofence; and, if the media was captured within the dynamic geofence, then granting the request, and otherwise denying the request.
US10785319B2
A method for Internet Protocol (IP) device discovery implemented in a control network having a gateway device, a router, and an IP device at a location. A location management system including a IP device at a location having an IP address assigned by a router at the location. A gateway device for managing a set of two or more local management devices at a location.
US10785314B2
Arrangements for automatically detecting bi-directional artificial intelligence (AI) communications and automatically negotiating (i.e., switching to alternative) direct digital communications.
US10785310B1
A method and system for servicing requests, including a deployed application that receives a request from a requesting entity, where the request is associated with a user. The system further includes determining a user interface (UI) event associated with the request, creating and storing a UI event entry based on the UI event, obtaining the application UI interaction profile (AUIP) associated with the user, obtaining a modified UI screen, where at least a portion of a default UI screen is modified based, at least in part on the AUIP, and providing the modified UI screen to the requesting entity.
US10785304B2
Methods and systems are provided for a clustered storage system. The method assigns a network access address to a virtual network interface card (VNIC) at a first cluster node of a clustered storage system, where a physical network interface card assigned to the network access address is managed by a second cluster node of the clustered storage system; and use the VNIC by a virtual storage server at the first cluster node to communicate on behalf of the second cluster node.
US10785289B2
A method, performed by a server device, may include receiving a request to activate an application session, the request being received from a user equipment on behalf of a particular application installed on the user equipment. The method may further include determining one or more application requirements associated with the particular application; determining conditions associated with one or more application servers; selecting a particular one of the one or more application servers based on the determined one or more application requirements and based on the determined conditions; and setting up the application session between the user equipment and between the selected particular one of the one or more application servers.
US10785288B2
A method includes configuring worker services to operate in a stateless manner and providing support services that enable the worker services to operate in the stateless manner. The support services include (i) a management service for providing notifications of server removal and addition, (ii) a state maintenance service for maintaining state information in a central location, and (iii) a load balancer service for distributing requests among worker services. The method includes altering a number of servers allocated to at least one worker service, responsive to a notification from the management service. A private protocol is used between the worker services and load balancer service (a) to send, from the worker services to the load balancer service, a respective pointer to the state information associated with the requests, and (b) to include the respective pointer in the requests when any of the requests are forwarded to any worker service.
US10785283B2
The present disclosure relates to a sensor network, machine type communication (MTC), machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, and technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the above technologies, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method includes acquiring a shared address for at least one file stored at a cloud storage server upon detecting that the at least one file needs to be backed up, determining at least one other cloud storage server to which the at least one file will be backed up, and transmitting a backup request message including the shared address to the at least one other cloud storage server.
US10785278B2
A method for communicating over a specified protocol enabling bi-directional streaming between a network manager and a network device is provided. The method includes receiving, at data processing hardware of a network device, a request from the network manager requesting data including at least one of state information or configuration information. The request includes a get request to obtain a snapshot of the requested data existing on the network device or a subscribe request to subscribe to updates for the requested data existing on the network device. The method also includes transmitting a data response from the data processing hardware to the network manager via telemetry. The data response includes the requested data having data elements defined by at least one data schema supported by the network device. The capability and data requests and the capability and data responses adhere to a protocol configured to enable bi-directional streaming between the network manager and the network device.
US10785275B2
A method and apparatus for presenting timed media represented by data in a markup language (e.g., HTML) including examining a tag or metadata which is capable of specifying more than one form or representation of timed media, such as different versions of a video encoded according to different video codec standards.
US10785273B2
Hybrid device for viewing media content: a media player; a non-transitory storage medium; and a processer to perform functions: exception detection and handling to monitor a rate of media streaming and to identify when viewing of the media content is or predicted to be interrupted; a peer interaction manager to broadcast a request to peers for media segments of the media content when viewing of the media content is or predicted to be interrupted; a security manager to send a request to a content distribution network to start streaming of the media content, to receive a session key from the content distribution network, and to present the session key to the peers; a peer media manager to receive the media segments from the peers and cache the media segments; and a media segment manager to stitch the media segments from different peers into a single continuous media file.
US10785270B2
A method, system and computer program product for discovering social network groups of interests to attendees of a group gathering. Voice imprints of attendees of a group gathering are received during a registration process. The received voice imprints are associated with the registered attendees. A voice stream that was captured in the group gathering is then translated to a list of utterances. Each utterance is then tagged with the attendee who made the utterance based on the voice imprints provided by the attendees during registration. The utterances are parsed and analyzed to identify concepts and keywords. An attendee to the group gathering may then be associated with a social network group (either preexisting or newly created) with a mapping to concepts and keywords that have a similarity to the identified concepts and keywords that meets or exceeds a threshold.
US10785263B2
This disclosure relates to, among other things, systems and methods for managing the communication of messages between devices using a service system operating as a trusted intermediary. Information indicative of device location and/or orientation may be communicated to the service system, which may use the information to determine whether a transmitting device is oriented and/or otherwise pointed in the direction of an intended receiving device. The trusted service may enforce policy articulated by the receiving device in connection with the communication of a message from the transmitting device to the intended receiving device.
US10785257B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for data center redundancy in relation to a computer network. In particular, the present disclosure provides for one or more available redundant data centers, or bunkers, associated with a computer network. In one embodiment, the bunker data centers are configured to absorb traffic intended for an application operating on a data center when the traffic threatens to overwhelm the application. For example, during a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, the bunker data centers are configured to absorb some of the traffic from the DDOS attack to prevent the application that is the target of the attack from being overwhelmed.
US10785256B1
An applet may be downloaded or provided to a web browser when a user visits a site in order to protect data input by the user from being captured by malicious software, such as key loggers. The applet may present a user input field in the web browser and may generate a random sequence of low-level key stroke or mouse click events within the input field when the user enters information, such as a username and/or password. A listening key logger will receive a large amount of random data, whereas the applet will receive and buffer the actual user data that may be communicated to a remote site access by the user.
US10785248B2
Techniques for routing a request based on a vulnerability in a processing node are disclosed. A vulnerability analyzer determines a set of detected vulnerabilities in each of a set of processing nodes. Based on the detected vulnerabilities, the vulnerability analyzer determines a respective vulnerability score for each processing node. A routing engine receives a request to be processed by at least one of the set of processing nodes. The routing engine selects a particular node for processing the request based on the detected vulnerabilities in one or more of the set of processing nodes. The routing engine may select the particular node based on the vulnerability scores of the set of processing nodes. Additionally or alternatively, the routing engine may select the particular node based on whether the particular node includes any vulnerability that may be exploited by the request.
US10785233B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for registering subscribable states in blockchain are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining a request for registering a workflow comprising one or more states; generating a blockchain contract comprising the workflow; and deploying the blockchain contract in a blockchain, wherein the deployed blockchain contract is executable to update a current state of the workflow among the one or more states.
US10785227B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving a request to share predetermined data with a device, identifying the predetermined data as sensitive, calculating a current security level for the device, and conditionally sharing the predetermined data with the device, based on the current security level for the device.
US10785221B2
In some implementations, a computing system can be configured so that a first user device can delegate a first user's media account credentials to second user device corresponding to a second user. For example, a playback device may be configured with the second user's media account credentials for accessing media items through a network media service. A first user may wish to play media items associated with the first user's media account credentials on the playback device. To do so, the first user device can request a device identifier for the playback device, request and obtain a delegate token for the device identifier from the media service, and provide the delegate token along with media item information to the playback device. The playback device can then use the delegate token to request the media item associated with the first user's media access account.
US10785215B2
To provide a user signature on a network transaction, a security server receives transaction information representing a transaction between a network user and a network site, such as a website, directly from the network site. The security server calculates a one-time-password based on the received transaction information and a secret shared by the security server and the network site, but not by the user. The security server transmits the calculated one-time-password for application as the user's signature on the transaction. The one-time-password is independently calculable by the network site based on the shared secret.
US10785212B2
A method is disclosed. The method includes transmitting by a computing device, an account creation request to a remote server computer. The method further includes automatically provisioning the computing device with an access token in response to receiving a request to create the account.
US10785199B1
A key distribution host determines a trust level of a user authentication server, wherein the trust level is based, at least in part, on one or more attributes of the user authentication server and provides one or more authentication keys to the user authentication server only if the trust level of the user authentication server is above a threshold value.
US10785189B2
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods of monitoring communication devices and communication links in a software-defined network (SDN). Network packets may be colored or tagged for routing to a packet analyzer. A VLAN bitmask may be added to a packet to identify the packet for inspection and, optionally, provide origin information identify a switch and/or port of origin. Port mirroring may be utilized and/or eventual routing of network packets to their original destination may ensure that network traffic is not disrupted. In one example, a most significant bit of a VLAN bitmask may be used by a match rule to identify packets intended for a packet analyzer without regard to original packet routing instructions and/or packet content.
US10785188B2
Disclosed is a domain filter capable of determining an n-gram distance between a seed domain and each of a plurality of candidate domains. The domain filter loads a seed domain n-gram for the seed domain and a candidate domain n-gram for each candidate domain in memory, compares the seed domain n-gram and the candidate domain n-gram to identify any identical grams, removes any identical grams from the seed domain n-gram, and determines how many grams are left in the seed domain n-gram, representing the n-gram distance between the seed domain and the candidate domain. The domain filter then compares n-gram distances thus determined with a predetermined threshold, eliminates any candidate domain having an n-gram distance from the seed domain that exceeds the predetermined threshold, and provides remaining candidate domains to a downstream computing facility such as a user interface or an analytical module operating in an enterprise computing environment.
US10785181B2
Described herein is a technique to facilitate the sharing of a content item presented in a content feed of a social networking service. Upon detecting that a member has selected an option to share a content item, a content sharing interface is presented. The content sharing interface includes options share the content item publically via a content feed, and privately via a messaging service. The content sharing interface provides a ranked list of recommended recipients, where the recommended recipients in the list are selected and ordered based on several factors, including factors relating to the relationship between the sharing member and the recommended recipients, as well as factors relating to the subject matter of the content item and the likelihood that a recommended recipient would be interested in the content item.
US10785177B1
According to certain aspects of the disclosure, a computer-implemented method computer-implemented method may be used for screening electronic communications. The method may comprise analyzing contents of an electronic communication to determine whether the contents include sensitive information. A recipient list of the electronic communication may be compared to a screening list. Based on the analyzing and the comparing, it may be determined whether the contents are permitted to be transmitted to the recipient list. Upon determining that the contents are not permitted to be transmitted to at least one party of the recipient list, a notification may be provided to an author of the electronic communication indicating that contents are not permitted to be transmitted to the at least one party of the recipient list.
US10785166B1
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a technical improvement to the problem of network congestion that exists when providing online services to clients. A system, method, and computer readable storage device use a resource assignment protocol to direct client requests for content and remote processing to a dynamic edge-compute instance placed in proximity to the client, thereby improving the Quality of Service QoS of network traffic. A policy server is implemented for serving specific clients with specific dynamically-placed services. Accordingly, traditional network traffic associated with communicating with a remote resource server and computational demand on the remote resource server are reduced, thereby making the network more efficient.
US10785164B2
In one example, a collection network node comprising a plurality of ingress ports obtains, at a first one of the plurality of ingress ports, a first copy of a packet of a packet flow comprising a plurality of packets. The collection network node determines whether the collection network node had previously obtained a copy of any of the plurality of packets of the packet flow. When it is determined that the collection network node had previously obtained a copy, the collection network node determines whether the collection network node had previously obtained a copy at the first one of the plurality of ingress ports or at a different one of the plurality of ingress ports. When it is determined that the collection network node had previously obtained a copy at a different one of the plurality of ingress ports, the collection network node refrains from forwarding the first copy.
US10785150B2
A cyclic redundancy code (CRC) update device includes an input coupled to obtain an old CRC that corresponds to an old header of a communication packet, a CRC storage device to store CRC coefficients, a CRC calculator coupled to receive a modified old header of the communication packet and calculate a new CRC on the modified old header, and a polynomial multiplier coupled to the CRC storage device to receive the new CRC, obtain a corresponding coefficient from the CRC storage device, and generate an update for the CRC of the frame.
US10785147B2
A route control device controls a route of a traffic flow in a server device that accommodates a plurality of entities. The route control device includes: a generator, a processor and a route controller. The generator generates first control information that indicates a right to indicate a route of the traffic flow in a first range of the server device. The processor receives first route indication information that indicates a route of the traffic flow and the first control information from a first entity in the plurality of entities and decides whether the first route indication information indicates a route in the first range. The route controller controls a route of the traffic flow based on the first route indication information when the first route indication information indicates a route in the first range.
US10785146B2
An isolated packet processing cell of a packet processing service, comprising an action implementation node and a decision master node, is assigned to an application. An indication of processing rules of the application is transmitted to the decision master node. In response to receiving a particular packet, the action implementation node obtains a representation of an action (which is based on the processing rules) from the decision master node and executes the action.
US10785141B2
A method of transmitting a BGP message and a routing device are provided. According to an example of the method, a queue for holding BGP messages to be transmitted is partitioned into more than two subqueues according to types of BGP routes, where each of the subqueues is used to hold a BGP message carrying a corresponding type of BGP route. A BGP message carrying a BGP route to be advertised is placed into one of the more than two subqueues according to the type of the BGP route. A target subqueue is selected from the more than two subqueues according to a first scheduling algorithm, and a BGP message in the target subqueue is transmitted.
US10785140B2
Identifying components of a computer network based on connections between the components includes performing a first discovery operation to identify respective attributes of a first set of components and performing a second discovery operation to infer respective components of the second set of components not identifiable by the first discovery operation. The second discovery operation is performed by sending probes for collecting network flow data indicative of network flows between components of the first set of components and other components of the computer network. The collected network flow data is used to identify connections between ones of the first set of components and ones of the other components, determining sequences of the identified connections, and infer respective attributes of at least some of the second set of components based on the determined sequences of the identified connections.
US10785139B1
A network switch having hardware thereon for transmitting probes to neighbor devices for exercising forwarding states (e.g., layer 2 and layer 3) on the switch. A light-weight agent resides on one or both of neighbor network devices and can be used to control the testing. One or more probes originating from the source network device (device A) from a local CPU are routed on the same network device A in hardware and sent out on a link towards a peer device (device B). Peer device B captures the probe using an Access Control List (ACL) hardware, and transmits the probes to a local agent for processing. The agent then transmits the probe back to the source network device and the source network device can determine whether the FIB lookup was correctly performed.
US10785133B2
A method includes monitoring, by one or more processors, a communications connection to a client, and detecting a disconnection event. The disconnection occurs when activity over the communications connection drops below a threshold. Based on detecting the disconnection event, the one or more processor creates a cloned virtual environment by cloning an original virtual environment obtained by the client via the communications connection. The original virtual environment and the cloned virtual environment execute in parallel. The one or more processor obtains process information and based on the process information, applies at least one process to the cloned virtual environment and monitors the communications connection, to detect a reconnection event, where the reconnection event includes activity over the communications connection being above or equal to the threshold.
US10785130B2
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to implementing pre-filter rules at a network infrastructure device. In one example, the network infrastructure device receives a packet flow including a first pre-filter tag including information from implementation of a first subset of a set of pre-filter rules. In the example, the network infrastructure device includes logic to implement a second subset of the pre-filter rules. The second subset of pre-filter rules are different from the first subset of pre-filter rules. The second subset of pre-filter rules are implemented on the packet flow to yield a pre-filter result.
US10785128B1
System, apparatus and method of prioritizing a plurality of software applications for a migration to a cloud computing environment operated for an enterprise. For example, an application scoring module is configured to determine a default score for the software application based, at least in part, on the information received by a survey module. The weighting module is configured to receive weights assigned by the enterprise for each of a plurality of characteristics concerning the software application, respectively, the weights reflective of an understanding by the enterprise of at least one of the value to the enterprise of the software application and the complexity of migrating the software application. According to this embodiment, the application scoring module is configured to generate a customized score for the software application based on an adjustment to the default score resulting from the weights.
US10785126B2
One or more databases contain data defining: a common authentication configuration for a plurality of remote services, and individual authentication configurations for each of the remote services, where a particular remote service of the remote services is associated with a particular individual authentication configuration. One or more server devices are configured to: (i) access, by way of the common authentication configuration and the particular individual authentication configuration, a master userid of the particular remote service; (ii) receive, from the particular remote service, a list of userids that are registered to the managed network and configured to use the particular remote service; (iii) receive, from the particular remote service, access data representing use of the particular remote service by the userids; (iv) determine, from the access data, most-recent access times of the userids; and (v) store, in the one or more databases, representations of the most-recent access times.
US10785120B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an information handling system may include a host system comprising a host system processor and a network interface coupled to the host system processor and may include a management controller communicatively coupled to the host system processor and configured to provide management of the information handling system. The network interface may be configured to capture discovery protocol packets and encode the discovery protocol packets with extended discovery protocol information comprising information regarding physical functions, virtual functions, and ports associated with the discovery protocol packets.
US10785115B2
A segmentation server configures enforcement of a segmentation policy by allocating enforcement of management instructions between network devices and hosts. The segmentation policy comprises rules that control communications between workloads. For a particular workload, the segmentation server generates management instructions for controlling communications to and from the particular workload in accordance with the rules. The segmentation server determines an allocation of management instructions between enforcement on a host on which the particular workload executes and enforcement on a network device upstream from the workload. The segmentation server sends configuration information to at least one of the host and the network device in accordance with the allocation to enable enforcement of the management instructions.
US10785113B2
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things). In particular, systems and methods for self-configuring nodes and modes of communication in a network of moving things.
US10785108B1
The innovation disclosed and claimed herein, in one aspect thereof, comprises systems and methods of intelligent learning and management of networked architectures. The innovation maps a networked architecture. The networked architecture includes elements having software elements and hardware elements interconnected in a common environment. The innovation determines data sources associated with the set of elements using the identifiers. The innovation compiles data associated with the set of elements into a knowledgebase. The innovation utilizes machine learning to analyze information from the data sources. The innovation determines a configuration for at least one element in the environment based on the mapping. The innovation executes the configuration based on the configuration.
US10785102B2
A distributed application is hosted on plural virtual machines running on a public cloud. The virtual machines are placed “permanently” in a diagnostic mode, during which diagnostic data is captured by the public cloud for each virtual machine for each capture period, e.g., each minute. Captured diagnostic data is “retired”, that is, deleted, after a retirement period, e.g., 10 days. A cloud management service extracts the diagnostic data periodically from the public cloud using to an extraction period comparable to the capture period. The extracted data is aggregated across virtual machines to obtain group utilization time profiles for the distributed application. A configuration of the distributed application is then modified at least in part based on the group utilization time profiles.
US10785096B2
A computing system may include one or more server devices within a computational instance that remotely manages computing devices of a managed network. The computing devices may include routers that are interconnected by subnets of the managed network, and the managed network may also include a proxy server device communicatively coupled to at least one of the subnets. The server devices may be configured to: (i) provide a proxy server configuration pane of a graphical user interface (GUI) that allows specification of the proxy server device; (ii) provide a router credentials configuration pane of the GUI that allows specification of router access credentials for the routers; (iii) provide a subnet discovery scheduling pane of the GUI that allows specification of a subnet schedule for carrying out discovery of the subnets; and (iv) cause the proxy server device to perform discovery of the subnets according to the subnet schedule.
US10785086B1
A method of demodulating a signal that is phase modulated to convey R chips having phase transitions between adjacent ones of the R chips to represent chip states, and an overlay symbol spanning the R chips, wherein R>1, and wherein the phase transitions are rotated in a same direction according to an overlay symbol state, comprises: first processing the signal including: accumulating a respective phase of each chip into a respective first chip magnitude, to produce R first chip magnitudes; and accumulating the R first chip magnitudes to produce a first magnitude; second processing the signal including: accumulating a respective phase of each chip into a respective second chip magnitude, to produce R second chip magnitudes; and accumulating the R second chip magnitudes to produce a second magnitude; and determining the overlay symbol state based on the first magnitude and the second magnitude.
US10785077B1
A method for symbol reconstruction, the method comprises: receiving, by a skywave propagation receiver, a partial skywave symbol that comprises a first number (N1) of of legal subcarriers out of a set of a second number (N2) of legal subcarriers that represent a given skywave symbol; wherein the given skywave symbol belongs to a group of skywave symbols; wherein each pair of skywave symbols of the group share up to a third number (N3) of legal subcarriers; and selecting the given skywave symbol from the group when N1 exceeds N3.
US10785076B2
A method in a transmitter circuit of generating a signal comprising a first sequence of OFDM symbols, which are to be transmitted within a frequency sub band of a second sequence of OFDM symbols is disclosed. A first cyclic prefix (CP) of the second sequence of OFDM symbols has a first duration, and a second CP of the second sequence of OFDM symbols has a second duration. In order to generate both the first and the second cyclic prefix with an integer number of equidistant samples, a first sampling rate is required. The method comprises generating the signal comprising the first sequence of OFDM symbols at a second sampling rate, lower than the first sampling rate, and adjusting a sampling phase during CPs.
US10785071B2
A wireless communication apparatus includes components below. An equalization unit performs equalization processing on a part of a received signal corresponding to a first range and a part of the received signal corresponding to a second range. The first range includes detection target data. The second range is outside the first range. A replica generation unit decomposes the second range, on which equalization processing has been performed, into a plurality of signal components, and reproduces the part of the received signal corresponding to the second range for each of the signal components to generate a replica of an interference component. An interference cancellation unit cancels the interference component from the part of the received signal corresponding to the first range by using the replica. A data extraction unit extracts the detection target data from the received signal.
US10785068B1
The present invention is directed to communication methods and systems thereof. In a specific embodiment, a noise cancelation system includes a slicer that processes a data stream generates both PAM symbols and error data. An RIN estimator generates RIN data based on the PAM symbols and the error data. A filter removes non-RIN information from the RIN data. The filtered RIN data includes an offset term and a gain term, which are used to remove RIN noise from the data stream. There are other embodiments as well.
US10785064B1
In one embodiment, a transmitter circuit may be configured to transmit a signal to a receiver. The transmitter circuit may also be configured to detect receiving energy from a transient event, for example detect a transient current, and to direct at least a portion of the energy away from the transmitted signal while the transmitter circuit is transmitting the signal.
