US10815576B2
Disclosed herein are various layered, carbon-containing materials for use in reducing carbon dioxide. In certain embodiments, the materials comprise single wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs).
US10815571B2
Provided is a culinary item, one surface of which is provided with a coating including at least one rare-earth oxide layer. Such a coating has the specific feature of not only having mechanical hardness and abrasion resistance comparable to those of enamels and ceramics, but also excellent intrinsic hydrophobic properties that enable the coating obtained to have a non-stick property that is comparable to that of fluorocarbon coatings and suitable for culinary applications.
US10815568B2
A gas distribution device includes a plurality of supply lines, a branch unit and a variation suppression unit. The supply lines are respectively connected to a plurality of processing chambers. The branch unit is configured to distribute a gas supplied from a gas supply source to the supply lines. The variation suppression unit is provided between the branch unit and the gas supply source and configured to supply the gas from the gas supply source to the branch unit and suppress variation in flow rates of the gas distributed by the branch unit between the supply lines.
US10815565B2
A method for synthesizing a graphene pattern includes physically adhering a catalyst block including a catalyst material, which is a gamma-alumina thin film, to a portion of a growth substrate to form a flat interface between the catalyst block and the growth substrate; forming a graphene thin film selectively at the flat interface between the catalyst block and the growth substrate in an atmosphere including a carbon source and a growth inhibitor containing oxygen, and applying a force to physically separate the catalyst block from the graphene thin film and the growth substrate, wherein carbon atoms from the carbon source are diffused along the flat interface and the growth inhibitor is substantially blocked by a diffusion barrier formed by the flat interface so that the graphene thin film is selectively formed at the flat interface.
US10815555B2
A heat-resistant, austenitic cast steel having excellent thermal fatigue properties, comprising by mass 0.3-0.6% of C, 0.5-3% of Si, 0.5-2% of Mn, 15-30% of Cr, 6-30% of Ni, 0.6-5% of Nb, 0.01-0.5% of N, and 0.01-0.5% of S, C/N being 4-7, and the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities; and a ratio A/B of a Cr-carbide-forming index A to a Nb-carbide-forming index B being 0.6-1.7, wherein A and B are expressed by the formula (1) of A=8.5C−Nb+0.05Cr+0.65Ni−5, and the formula (2) of B=7.8Nb.
US10815552B2
An aluminum alloy includes, in weight percent, 0.50-1.30% Si, 0.2-0.60% Fe, 0.15% max Cu, 0.5-0.90% Mn, 0.6-1.0% Mg, and 0.20% max Cr, the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. The alloy may include excess Mg over the amount that can be occupied by Mg—Si precipitates. The alloy may be utilized as a matrix material for a composite that includes a filler material dispersed in the matrix material. One such composite may include boron carbide as a filler material, and the resultant composite may be used for neutron shielding applications.
US10815548B2
A method for producing briquettes from pellet fines, DRI sludge, DRI fines and dust from DRI dedusting systems and, in this way, reincorporating same into steel production processes, thereby contributing to the re-use of the by-products of these processes, as well as minimizing the stocks of these types of materials and, consequently, helping to improve the environment. The invention comprises: grinding and sieving the pellet fines and the DRI sludge; sieving the DRI fines; storing the dust from DRI dedusting systems; briquetting with roller presses, using liquid sodium silicate and bentonite or composite Portland cement as binders; sieving the briquettes; shredding the edges and waste of the fresh briquettes; and curing in order to improve the physical properties thereof, such as strength. Once cured, the fresh briquette can be stored or sent directly to direct-reduced iron production processes for use as part of the feedstock for reduction ovens or reactors.
US10815547B2
A high strength steel sheet having high strength such as a tensile strength of 780 MPa or more and having excellent blanking workability and stretch flangeability and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. A high strength steel sheet comprises: a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.05% to 0.30%, Si: 0.6% to 2.0%, Mn: 1.3% to 3.0%, P: 0.10% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 2.0% or less, N: 0.010% or less, and one or more of Ti, Nb, and V: 0.01% to 1.0% each, with a balance being Fe and incidental impurities; a ferrite microstructure of 50% or more in area ratio; an amount of precipitated Fe of 0.04 mass % or more; and a precipitate with a particle size of less than 20 nm, wherein C* and C*p satisfy specific conditions.
US10815536B2
The present invention provides novel methods, systems, tools, and kits for the simultaneous detection, identification and/or characterization of all viruses known or suspected to infect vertebrates. The methods, systems, tools, and kits described herein are based upon the virome capture sequencing platform (“VirCapSeq-VERT”), a novel platform developed by the inventors. The invention also provides methods and kits for designing and constructing of the virome capture sequencing platform.
US10815529B2
The present invention provides minimally invasive methods of detecting, diagnosing, and assessing neuronal damage associated with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Specific species of microRNAs (miRNA), small, noncoding RNA molecules that play gene regulatory functions, are correlated with cellular damage and oxidative stress following TBI or CTE, allowing for rapid, minimally-invasive diagnosis and assessment of brain injury. The early identification and longitudinal assessment of neuronal damage in subjects suffering from or at risk of suffering from a TBI (e.g., football players, boxers, military personnel, fall victims) will improve clinical outcomes by guiding critical medical and behavioral decision making.
US10815525B2
The present disclosure provides compositions, methods, systems, and devices for polynucleotide processing and analyte characterization. Such polynucleotide processing may be useful for a variety of applications, including analyte characterization by polynucleotide sequencing. The compositions, methods, systems, and devices disclosed herein generally describe barcoded oligonucleotides, which can be bound to a bead, such as a gel bead, useful for characterizing one or more analytes including, for example, protein (e.g., cell surface or intracellular proteins), genomic DNA, and RNA (e.g., mRNA or CRISPR guide RNAs). Also described herein, are barcoded labelling agents and oligonucleotide molecules useful for “tagging” analytes for characterization.
US10815522B2
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma has the worst overall mortality of any solid tumor, with only 7% of patients surviving after 5 years. To evaluate the clinical implications of genomic alterations in this low cellularity tumor type, we deeply sequenced the genomes of 101 enriched pancreatic adenocarcinomas from patients who underwent potentially curative resections and used non-invasive approaches to examine tumor specific mutations in the circulation of these patients. These analyses revealed somatic mutations in chromatin regulating genes including MLL and ARID1A in 20% of patients that were associated with improved survival. Liquid biopsy analyses of cell free plasma DNA revealed that 43% of patients with localized disease had detectable circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) in their blood at the time of diagnosis. Detection of ctDNA after resection predicted clinical relapse and poor outcome, and disease recurrence by ctDNA was detected 6.5 months earlier than with standard CT imaging.
US10815517B2
Described is a method aiding in the assessment of the presence of cancer. The method uses the soluble DPPIV/seprase protein complex (DPPIV/seprase) as a universal marker of different cancer types. Measurement of DPPIV/seprase complex can, e.g., be used in the early detection or diagnosis of cancer or in the surveillance of patients who undergo surgery.
US10815516B2
A method is provided for establishing resistance characteristics of a biological indicator in a sterilization process using a sterilant vapor. The method includes the step of creating a biological indicator inactivation profile by obtaining differential sterilant vapor pressure values in a sterilization chamber during sterilant vapor injection and determining D-values as a function of the differential sterilant vapor pressure values obtained. The biological indicator inactivation profile, when represented as a function of differential sterilant vapor pressure, may be linear over the full range of inactivation. The biological indicator inactivation profile may be created by injecting the sterilant vapor into the sterilization chamber and measuring biological indicator survival at different differential sterilant vapor pressure values. The method may include providing biological indicator inactivation data during sterilization at a given sterilization chamber temperature and initial sterilant concentration for use in creating the biological indicator inactivation profile at another temperature and sterilant concentration.
US10815514B2
The invention relates to recombinant microorganisms and methods for producing steviol glycosides, glycosides of steviol precursors, and steviol glycoside precursors.
US10815510B2
The present application relates to a microorganism of the genus Escherichia producing L-tryptophan and, more specifically, to a microorganism of the genus Escherichia with improved activity of producing L-tryptophan by weakening or inactivating the activity of endogenous 6-phosphogluconate dehydratase and 2-keto-3-deoxy-6-phosphogluconate aldolase.Additionally, the present application relates to a method for producing L-tryptophan using the microorganism of the genus Escherichia.
US10815505B2
A microbial oil is extracted from stramenopile transformed with a gene associated with synthesis of fatty acids, the gene encoding a fatty acid desaturase. The stramenopile belongs to the class Labyrinthulomycete. The microbial oil satisfies one or more of the following requirements: (a) an amount of arachidonic acid is 7% or less based on a total amount of the fatty acid composition; (b) an amount of DPA is 9% or less based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition; (c) an amount of ETA is 0.04% or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition; (d) an amount of EPA is 7% or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition; and (e) an amount of DHA is 45% or more based on the total amount of the fatty acid composition.
US10815492B2
Provided are isolated polynucleotides comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 422, 362-421, 423-601, 2429-4085 and 4086, such as a polynucleotide which is at least 80% identical to SEQ ID NO: 260, 1-259, 261-361, 602-2427 and 2428, nucleic acid constructs comprising same, plant cells comprising same, transgenic plants expressing same, and methods of generating thereof for increasing the yield, biomass, growth rate, vigor, oil content, fiber yield, fiber quality, nitrogen use efficiency and/or abiotic stress tolerance of a plant.
US10815490B2
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels in plants, and plants containing such promoters or promoter control elements.
US10815489B2
The present invention provides modified aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (ARSs) having increased reactivity with N-methyl amino acids compared to natural aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. The modified aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases according to the present invention can aminoacylate tRNAs with their corresponding N-methyl-substituted amino acids such as N-methyl-phenylalanine, N-methyl-valine, N-methyl-serine, N-methyl-threonine, N-methyl-tryptophan, and N-methyl-leucine more efficiently than natural aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. The present invention enables a more efficient production of polypeptides containing N-methyl amino acids.
US10815487B2
The invention provides an isolated and purified nucleic acid sequence encoding a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) directed against B-cell Maturation Antigen (BCMA). The invention also provides host cells, such as T-cells or natural killer (NK) cells, expressing the CAR and methods for destroying multiple myeloma cells.
US10815485B2
The present invention relates to RNAi constructs with improved tissue and cellular uptake characteristics and methods of use of these compounds in dermal applications.
US10815478B2
Presented herein are methods and compositions for tagmentation of nucleic acids. The methods are useful for generating tagged DNA fragments that are qualitatively and quantitatively representative of the target nucleic acids in the sample from which they are generated.
US10815466B2
Provided herein are proteins capable of providing a mildew resistant phenotype, or mildew resistance, to plants belonging to the Kalanchoe genus. Also provided herein are nucleic acid sequences, or cDNA sequences, and genes encoding the present proteins. Further provided herein are methods using the proteins, nucleic acid sequences and genes for selecting mildew resistant Kalanchoe plants, such as Oidium kalanchoeae resistant Kalanchoe plants, and to generate mildew resistant Kalanchoe plants, such as Oidium kalanchoeae resistant Kalanchoe plants, comprising the present proteins, mRNA forms of the present cDNAs or the present genes.
US10815460B2
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) have dual value as microphysiological laboratory models and regenerative therapeutics. hPSCs are epithelial cells, but the extent to which hPSCs and descendant epithelia can reconstitute lineage-specific functions remains poorly understood. Here the Inventors show that hPSCs in three-dimensional cultures and their differentiated descendants can functionally recapitulate tissue-specific epithelial morphogenesis, physiology, and disease.
US10815456B2
The present disclosure provides for a cryopreservation composition comprising a permeating cryoprotectant, a saccharide and a macromolecule. The cryopreservation composition has a low toxicity to cells and tissues, and promotes survival and retention of viability of the biological material during cryopreservation.
US10815455B2
The present invention relates to an attenuated mutant strain of Salmonella comprising a recombinant DNA molecule encoding Wilms' tumor Protein I. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of said attenuated mutant strain of Salmonella in cancer immunotherapy.
US10815451B2
The present invention relates to an improved detergent composition for use in the protection of non-metallic inorganic materials such as glassware in automatic ware washing machines.
US10815449B2
The present invention provides a composition based on a starch powder (such as flour), wheat germ, SiO2, MgO, Al2O3, Fe2O3, and K2O. This composition is extremely useful in treating acid related disorders and reducing the acidity, removing water, deodorizing, from plant oil and extending the oils shelf life of 3-5 years instead of the average one-year available.
US10815439B2
Systems and a method for manufacturing a base stock from a hydrocarbon stream are provided. An example method includes cracking the hydrocarbon stream to form a raw product stream, separating an ethylene stream from the raw product stream, and oligomerizing the ethylene stream to form a raw oligomer stream. A Light olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream and oligomerized the light olefinic stream with the ethylene stream. A heavy olefinic stream is distilled from the raw oligomer stream. The heavy olefinic stream is to form a hydro-processed and distilled to form the base stock.
US10815436B2
The present invention relates to a device and a process for hydroconversion or hydrotreatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock, comprising in particular at least one coil-wound heat exchanger (S-1), said coil-wound exchanger being a single-pass heat exchanger formed by a vertical chamber in which one or more bundles of tubes are helically wound around a central core, as numerous superposed layers, for: heating and directly distributing a hydrocarbon feedstock/hydrogen stream mixture to a hydrotreatment or hydroconversion reaction section (R-1), and cooling the reaction effluent from the hydrotreatment or hydroconversion reaction section (R-1). The present invention also relates to a use of a coil-wound heat exchanger (S-1) in a process for hydroconversion or hydrotreatment of a hydrocarbon feedstock.
US10815435B2
The present invention relates to a demulsification composition for demulsification of water-in-oil emulsion formed due to mixing of wash water in the crude oil, wherein the composition comprises (a) a compound selected from the group comprising glyoxal, neutralized glyoxal, glyoxal derivative and a mixture thereof, and (b) one or more demulsifiers. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of demulsification of water-in-oil emulsions by treating it with the present demulsification composition. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to a method of using the present additive composition for demulsification of water-in-oil emulsions.
US10815434B2
Processes for generating electric power are provided. The processes involve combining a supercritical water stream with a pressurized, heated hydrocarbon-based composition in a mixing device to create a combined feed stream. The combined feed stream is introduced to a supercritical reactor to produce an upgraded product. The upgraded product is depressurized and separated. The upgraded product may be separated into a light and heavy fraction where the light may be introduced to a gas turbine to generate electric power and the heavy fraction may be introduced to a boiler to generate electric power, or both. Alternatively, the depressurized upgraded product may be further separated to produce a fuel oil fraction comprised of cutterstock and a heavy fraction which may be passed to a boiler to generate electric power, and a light fraction, which may be passed to a gas turbine system to generate electric power, or both.
US10815433B1
Protic asphaltene ionic liquids comprising chemically modified asphaltenes are provided. The asphaltenes are modified via carboxylation and formation of alkyl and/or aryl imidazole derivatives. Chemical modification of the asphaltenes results in their stabilization e.g. in heavy petroleum crude, and prevents their aggregation and precipitation.
US10815415B2
Sulfide stress cracking of a metal component may be inhibited by treating the metal component with a mixture comprising at least one organic aldehyde and at least one surfactant. Such metal components may be those suitable for use in a downhole environment, at a well site, in a storage facility, in a transportation infrastructure, in a refinery facility, and any combination thereof where the metal component may be exposed to hydrogen sulfide.
US10815397B2
The adhesive composition comprising emulsion polymers and microspheres and articles made therefrom are provided. The adhesive is particularly suitable for packages for consumer products that provide sufficient strength and thermal insulation while reducing the overall basis weight of the substrates.
US10815395B2
A decorative sheet according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a decorative plate and an adhesive layer disposed on a first side of the decorative plate. The decorative plate comprises (A) a decorative layer disposed on a second side from the first side, (B) a core layer made of a prepreg containing a fiber base material, and (C) a balancing layer including mixed paper containing an endothermic metal hydroxide as a base material.
US10815387B2
The aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a pigment dispersion formed of a surface-treated pigment having a phosphorus-containing group on a surface thereof and a resin dispersion, in which a conductivity of the ink composition is 2600 μs/cm or less.
US10815380B2
Composite pigments are provided which comprise a mineral pigment (such as kaolin clay, titanium dioxide, talc, mica or a mixture of two or more of these mineral pigments) and calcium carbonate precipitated in-situ on the surfaces of the particles of the mineral pigment.
US10815378B2
Provided are a polyamic acid resin derived from an aromatic diamine, an aromatic dianhydride, a cycloaliphatic dianhydride and an aromatic diacid dichloride, and a polyamideimide film including polyamideimide derived from an aromatic diamine, an aromatic dianhydride, a cycloaliphatic dianhydride and an aromatic diacid dichloride.
US10815376B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising at least one thermoplastic polyurethane, at least melamine cyanurate, at least one first phosphorus-containing flame retardant (F1) selected from the group consisting of alkyl esters of phosphoric acid and alkyl esters of phosphonic acid, where the alkyl radicals are selected from C1 to C12 alkyl radicals, and at least one further phosphorus-containing flame retardant (F2) selected from the group consisting of derivatives of phosphinic acid, and to the use of such a composition for production of cable sheaths.
US10815375B2
The invention provides a composition comprising an ethylene-based polymer and wherein the ethylene-based polymer has the following properties: (A) a CO content from greater than 0 to less than 10 weight percent CO (carbon monoxide), based on the weight of the polymer, and (B) a melt index (I2) from 0.1 to less than 3 g/10 min; and (C) a density from 0.923 to 0.928 g/cc; and wherein the ethylene-based polymer has a melting point, Tm, in ° C., that meets the following relationship: Tm (° C.)<601.4*(Density N in g/cc)−447.8° C.
US10815366B2
The present invention relates to a propylene resin composition comprising a propylene-based polymer (component A) and an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer (component B), wherein a content of the component A and a content of the component B are 60 to 90 parts by mass and 10 to 40 parts by mass, respectively, with respect to 100 parts by mass in total of the component A and the component B, and a degree of orientation of a b-axis in an α crystal of the component A in a molded article that is obtained by injection molding the propylene resin composition into a mold cavity of 100 mm (width)×400 mm (length)×3 mm (thickness) under conditions of a cylinder temperature of 220° C., a mold temperature of 50° C. and an injection speed of 23 mm/sec is 85.0% or more.
US10815357B2
In one embodiment, a coating is provided that includes a deposition surface, and a coating on the deposition surface. The coating may include particles of a metal chalcogenide comprising a fullerene-like geometry, a tubular-like geometry or a combination of fullerene-like geometries and tubular-like geometries. The metal chalcogenide composition has a molecular formula of MX2.
US10815354B2
Provided is a bead expanded molded article comprising a plurality of resin expanded particles that are fusion-bonded with each other, in which the resin expanded particles mainly include a resin having a glass transition temperature of 180° C. or more.
US10815343B2
A composition for preparing at least one of a polyimide and a poly(imide -amide) copolymer, the composition including at least one of a polyamic acid and a poly(amic acid-amide) copolymer, and at least one of a carbodiimide derivative and a carbodiimidazole derivative.
US10815340B2
The invention relates to a polymer for tissue engineering from biodegradable polyphosphazenes, having photopolymerizable side groups, wherein the side groups of the polyphosphazenes are formed exclusively from amino acids and/or amino acid derivatives, which are bonded to the backbone of the polyphosphazene via the amino group of the amino acid and to a spacer attached to the acid group with a carbon chain of length m, which has a vinyl group at the free end, wherein m=0 to m=10.
US10815336B2
A branched polymer, a preparation method thereof and a method for preparing a foam are provided. The branched polymer is a transesterification product of a composition, and the composition includes 100 parts by weight of polyethylene terephthalate and 0.5-2.0 parts by weight of polyol. The branched polymer has an inherent viscosity of from 1.2 dL/g to 1.6 dL/g, a number average molecular weight of from 75,000 g/mol to 90,000 g/mol, a polydispersity index from 3.0 to 6.0, a melt index from 0.8 g/10 min to 7.5 g/10 min, a shear viscosity from 800 Pa·s to 1900 Pa·s, and a melt strength from 30 cN to 80 cN.
US10815310B2
The invention relates to multispecific antibody constructs comprising Fab fragments having mutations at the interface of the CH1 and CL domains, said mutations preventing heavy chain/light chain mispairing.
US10815309B2
This invention describes a method of conjugating a cell binding agent such as an antibody with an effector group (e.g., a cytotoxic agent) or a reporter group (e.g., a radionuclide), whereby the reporter or effector group is first reacted with a bifunctional linker and the mixture is then used without purification for the conjugation reaction with the cell binding agent. The method described in this invention is advantageous for preparation of stably-linked conjugates of cell binding agents, such as antibodies with effector or reporter groups. This conjugation method provides in high yields conjugates of high purity and homogeneity that are without inter-chain cross-linking and inactivated linker residues.
US10815306B2
Humanized or chimeric anti-CD81 (cluster of differentiation 81) monoclonal antibodies are provided. The antibodies bind to human CD81, and find use in various therapeutic methods, including without limitation the reduction or prevention of tumor metastasis. Further provided are heavy chain and light chain variable region sequences as well as associated complementarity-determining region (CDR) sequences.
US10815283B2
The present disclosure concerns agents and their use in the treatment of endocrine, nutritional and/or metabolic diseases in a mammal. The disclosure furthermore concerns novel peptides.
US10815278B2
The present invention relates to novel immunogens based on overlapping peptides (OLPs) and peptides derived therefrom useful for the prevention and treatment of AIDS and its related opportunistic diseases. The invention also relates to isolated nucleic acids, vectors and host cells expressing these immunogens as well as vaccines including said immunogens.
US10815277B2
The invention relates to inhibitory nucleotide signal sequences or “INS” sequences in the genomes of lentiviruses. In particular the invention relates to the AGG motif present in all viral genomes. The AGG motif may have an inhibitory effect on a virus, for example by reducing the levels of, or maintaining low steady-state levels of, viral RNAs in host cells, and inducing and/or maintaining in viral latency. In one aspect, the invention provides vaccines that contain, or are produced from, viral nucleic acids in which the AGG sequences have been mutated. In another aspect, the invention provides methods and compositions for affecting the function of the AGG motif, and methods for identifying other INS sequences in viral genomes.
US10815276B2
Disclosed herein are compounds having activity as cell penetrating peptides. In some examples, the compounds can comprise a cell penetrating peptide moiety and a cargo moiety. The cargo moiety can comprise one or more detectable moieties, one or more therapeutic moieties, one or more targeting moieties, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the cell penetrating peptide moiety is cyclic. In some examples, the cell penetrating peptide moiety and cargo moiety together are cyclic. In some examples, the cell penetrating peptide moiety is cyclic and the cargo moiety is appended to the cyclic cell penetrating peptide moiety structure. In some examples, the cargo moiety is cyclic and the cell penetrating peptide moiety is cyclic, and together they form a fused bicyclic system.
US10815271B2
This invention relates to inhibitory peptides which bind to α-synuclein molecules and inhibit α-synuclein amyloidogenic aggregation, α-synuclein cytotoxicity, and spread of α-synuclein. Methods of making and using the inhibitory peptides (e.g. to treat subjects having conditions or diseases that are mediated by α-synuclein, such as Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, or MSA) are described.
US10815267B2
The present application provides Compound 1: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or amino acid conjugate thereof. The present invention relates to an FXR activator and to methods of making and using said compound.
US10815255B2
Synthetic methods for the preparation of ligands and metal-ligand complexes are disclosed.
US10815251B2
The present invention relates to a method for the manufacture of 2-(3-(alkyl or alkenyl)morpholino)-ethan-1-ols by reduction of 8a-(alkyl or alkenyl)hexahydrooxazolo[2,3-c][1,4]oxazines encompassing a process for producing 2-(3-(4-propylheptyl)morpholino)ethan-1-ol with the INN name delmopinol. The invention also relates to 1-chloro-4-propylhept-3-ene, 1-iodo-4-propylhept-3-ene, 8a-(4-propylheptyl)hexahydrooxazolo[2,3-c][1,4]oxazine, 8a-(4-propylhept-3-en-1-yl)hexahydrooxazolo[2,3-c][1,4]oxazine and 2-(3-(4-propylhept-3-en-1-yl)morpholino)ethan-1-ol which are intermediates in the delmopinol process.
US10815249B2
Provided are salts of (S)-(4,5-dihydro-7H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran-7-yl)-N-methylmethanamine and various of crystal forms thereof, and compositions, medicaments, pharmaceutically acceptable formulations thereof, and methods of making same. In addition, provided are compounds comprising specific particle size distributions of crystalline (S)-(4,5-dihydro-7H-thieno[2,3-c]pyran-7-yl)-N-methylmethanamine HCl and methods of making and modulating the particle size distributions.
US10815246B2
The invention provides novel cytotoxic compounds and cytotoxic conjugates comprising these cytotoxic compounds and cell-binding agents. More specifically, this invention relates to novel thailanstatin A analogs, useful as cytotoxic small molecule toxins in antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). The present invention further relates to compositions including these cytotoxic compounds and ADCs, and methods for using these toxins and ADCs to treat pathological conditions including cancer.
US10815244B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds having an improved solubility thereby increasing their bioavailability, lower dosages, etc. The target compounds, may include but are not limited to, macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) inhibitors, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGRF) inhibitors, kinase inhibitors and prodrugs of alpha4 beta1 and alpha4 beta7 integrin antagonists. An illustrative compound is shown below:
US10815236B2
Compounds of formula (I) and polymers comprising at least a structure of formula (II), wherein T1 or T2 are independently of each other a group of Formula (III), Formula (iv) Qa, Qb, Qc, Qd, Qe or Qf are independently of each other O, S or NR1.
US10815234B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted pyrido[3,4-d]pyrimidin-4-one derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of histone demethylase. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer, such as prostate cancer, breast cancer, bladder cancer, lung cancer and/or melanoma and the like.
US10815231B2
The present invention discloses [1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyridine derivatives, as well as the crystalline form thereof. Compounds provided in the present invention have significant inhibitory effects on tumor cells, can be used for the prevention and/or treatment of tumor-related diseases, especially lung cancer, and have wide application prospects.
US10815227B2
The present invention relates to processes for the preparation of Filgotinib. The present invention relates to novel processes for the preparation of filgotinib. The present invention also relates to novel intermediates for the preparation of filgotinib.
US10815221B2
The present disclosure relates to novel crystalline forms of an androgen receptor antagonist drug (ODM-201 represented by formula (I)), preparation method thereof and use thereof. The crystalline form B or the crystalline form C of ODM-201 provided by the present disclosure has low hygroscopicity, good stability, high solubility, excellent flowability, optimal particle size with uniform distribution, which provides a new choice for the preparation of drugs containing ODM-201 and is of great value for drug development.
US10815213B2
Disclosed herein are compounds that form covalent bonds with Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK). Methods for the preparation of the compounds are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions that include the compounds. Methods of using the BTK inhibitors are disclosed, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions. (Formula I)
US10815212B2
The present invention concerns groups of compounds derived from tunicates of the Synoicum species, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and uses thereof. Extracts from tunicates show selective toxicity against several different cancer cell lines in the NCI 60 cell line panel. These compounds are useful in the effective treatment of cancers, particularly malignant melanomas, colon cancer, and renal cancer cell lines.
US10815206B2
Disclosed herein are kinase inhibitory compounds, such as a receptor-interacting protein-1 (RIP1) kinase inhibitor compounds, as well as pharmaceutical compositions and combinations comprising such inhibitory compounds. The disclosed compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and/or combinations may be used to treat or prevent a kinase-associated disease or condition, particularly a RIP1-associated disease or condition.
US10815203B2
Novel compounds having a formula embodiments of a method of making the same, and of a composition comprising them are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are embodiments of a method of treating or preventing a metabolic disorder in a subject, comprising administering to a subject (e.g., via the gastrointestinal tract) a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the disclosed compounds, thereby activating FXR receptors in the intestines, and treating or preventing a metabolic disorder in the subject. Additionally disclosed are embodiments of a method of treating or preventing inflammation in an intestinal region of a subject, comprising administering to the subject (e.g., via the gastrointestinal tract) a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the disclosed compounds, thereby activating FXR receptors in the intestines, and thereby treating or preventing inflammation in the intestinal region of the subject.
US10815198B2
A method for separating and purifying 2-chloro-3-trifluoromethylpyridine useful as an intermediate for medicines, agrochemicals, and the like is provided.The method includes: 1) in the process of producing chloro β-trifluoromethylpyridine compounds by allowing a β-methylpyridine compound to react with chlorine and hydrogen fluoride in a reaction apparatus, allowing a β-trifluoromethylpyridine compound to react with chlorine in a reaction apparatus, or allowing a chloro β-trichloromethylpyridine compound to react with hydrogen fluoride in a reaction apparatus, 2) fractionating a liquid mixture containing chloro β-trifluoromethylpyridine compounds from the reaction apparatus, and 3) separating and purifying 2-chloro-3-trifluoromethylpyridine from the liquid mixture.
US10815197B2
The present invention discloses an N-sulfonyl benzamide derivative with a heterocyclic substituent, and a preparation method therefor and a pharmaceutical application thereof. More specifically, the invention discloses a compound represented by formula (II) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, stereoisomer, solvent compound, or prodrug thereof, and a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. Refer to the specification for definitions of each group in the formula.
US10815196B2
The present invention is directed to processes for the preparation of esketamine. The present invention is further directed to processes for the resolution of S-ketamine from a racemic or enantiomerically enriched mixture of ketamine. The present invention is further directed to an (S)-CSA salt of S-ketamine, more particularly a monohydrate form of the (S)-CSA salt of S-ketamine; and to an (R)-CSA salt of R-ketamine.
US10815195B2
The present invention relates to oxygenated amino or ammonium-containing sulfonic acid, phosphoric acid and carboxylic acid derivatives, in particular the compounds of formula 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, and their medical use, including their use in the treatment, prevention or amelioration of an inflammatory, autoimmune and/or allergic disorder, or a proliferative, neoplastic or dysplastic disease or disorder.
US10815194B2
The present invention relates to a process for the synthesis of mono-protected α,ω-diamino alkanes, the use of said process in a process for the synthesis of a linker drug comprising an α,ω-diamino alkane moiety and the use of the process of the present invention in a process for preparing an antibody-drug conjugate comprising an α,ω-diamino alkane moiety.
US10815190B2
A quaternary ammonium compound represented by the following formula (1): [(R1)m(R2)4-mN+]nXn− (1) wherein each R1 independently represents an unsubstituted alkyl group or substituted alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; an aralkyl group where an unsubstituted alkyl group or substituted alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms is substituted with at least one aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms; or an alkylaryl group where an aryl group having 6 to 20 carbon atoms is substituted with at least one unsubstituted alkyl group or substituted alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms; each R2 independently represents a group having 2 to 60 carbon atoms and 2 to 30 oxygen atoms, the group represented by the following formula: —(RO)k-H, wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group and k represents a natural number of 2 or more.
US10815189B2
The invention relates to a method for continuous production of nitrobenzene by means of nitration of benzene with nitric acid and sulfuric acid, in which load change (i.e. a reduction or increase in the quantity of nitric acid supplied to the process per time interval) is particularly advantageously developed. The invention particularly relates to a method in which, in the case of a load reduction, the ratio of the masses of benzene and nitric acid supplied per time interval is significantly increased compared to said ratio before the load change and/or the ratio of the masses of nitric acid and sulfuric acid supplied per time interval is significantly reduced compared to said ratio before the load change. In the event of a load increase, the reverse is carried out.
US10815187B2
The present embodiments herein generally relate to thermoset resins that are derived from vegetable oil based sources, including fibrous plant sources. The utilization of plant based oil as starting materials makes the technology a green alternative to currently available solutions. This, coupled with the novel synthetic methods that are utilized, results in a transformation of the plant based oils into useful, durable, and resilient thermoset resins.
US10815177B2
A process of purification of a homoallylic alcohol by distillation in the presence of a base, wherein the homoallylic alcohol is E,E-homofarnesol.
US10815174B2
A storage method of HCFO-1233zd (Z) according to an embodiment of the present invention, includes using a storage container having a liquid-contact portion thereof. The liquid-contact portion is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of epoxy-phenolic resin, phenolic resin, phenolic-butyral resin, stainless steel, iron phosphate, zinc phosphate and glass.
US10815169B2
The invention relates to a process for conversion of a stream comprising methane and ethane, comprising converting ethane from a stream comprising methane and ethane, in which stream the volume ratio of methane to ethane is of from 0.005:1 to 100:1, to a product having a vapor pressure at 0° C. lower than 1 atmosphere, resulting in a stream comprising methane and the product having a vapor pressure at 0° C. lower than 1 atmosphere; separating the product having a vapor pressure at 0° C. lower than 1 atmosphere from the stream comprising methane and the product having a vapor pressure at 0° C. lower than 1 atmosphere, resulting in a stream comprising methane; and chemically converting methane from the stream comprising methane, or feeding methane from the stream comprising methane to a network that provides methane as energy source, or liquefying methane from the stream comprising methane.
US10815166B2
A process for producing an isomerized product comprises sending a feed stream comprising butanes, hydrogen and an organic chloride to a butane isomerization reactor containing an isomerization catalyst to convert a portion of normal butanes in said feed stream to iso-butanes in an isomerized stream. The isomerized stream to a stabilizer column to produce a butane stream containing normal, iso-butanes and C5 hydrocarbons; the butane stream is sent to a column to produce an isomerized upper stream and a bottoms stream comprising a mixture of butanes, C5 hydrocarbons and organic chloride. The bottoms stream is sent to an organic chloride decomposition reactor to produce a mixture of HCl, hydrogen and hydrocarbons.
US10815162B2
A method for preparing aromatics from syngas, which includes a) contacting a raw material stream containing syngas with a catalyst in a reaction zone under reaction conditions sufficient to convert at least part of the raw material to obtain a reaction effluent; b) separating the reaction effluent to obtain at least a recycle stream containing gas-phase hydrocarbons having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and unconverted syngas and a liquid stream containing hydrocarbons having 5 or more carbon atoms; c) returning the recycle stream to the reaction zone; and d) separating aromatic products from the liquid stream, wherein the catalyst includes at least one of an inert carrier-confined highly dispersed metal oxide material, an acidic molecular sieve, and, optionally, graphite powder and a dispersant.
US10815160B2
Anticaking compositions for solid fertilizers comprising quaternary ester ammonium compounds, the use thereof, methods of preparing solid fertilizers resistant to caking and solid fertilizers obtained thereby.
US10815155B2
To provide a high-zirconia electrocast refractory in which occurrence of cracks in manufacture and occurrence of cracks in use as a furnace material is further reduced while maintaining extremely high corrosion resistance to molten glass. The high-zirconia electrocast refractory contains 96.7 to 98.5 mass % of ZrO2, 0.8 to 2.7 mass % of SiO2, 0 to 0.2 mass % of Na2O, 0.21 to 1 mass % of K2O, 0.1 to 0.4 mass % of Al2O3, and does not substantially contain B2O3, in terms of oxide, as a chemical composition, wherein contents of the Na2O and the K2O satisfy a relation of following Formula (1) 0.15 mass %≤CK2O/2+CNa2O≤0.6 mass % (1) where CK2O is the content of K2O and CNa2O is the content of Na2O, and each of the contents is expressed by mass % in the refractory.
US10815152B2
The present invention relates to a mixture comprising at least one compound comprising an α-hydroxy-carboxylic unit, α-hydroxy-sulfonic acid unit or α-carbonyl-carboxylic unit and at least one water-soluble organic carbonate. The mixture is useful as a hydration control agent in construction chemical compositions comprising an inorganic binder.
US10815146B2
The application relates to bond materials for a grinding wheel, in particular a glass ceramic and a preparation method thereof, and a bond for the composite grinding wheel. The glass ceramic is prepared from raw materials comprising kaolin, silica, diboron trioxide, lithium superoxide, albite, potassium feldspar, talc, dolomite, phosphorus pentoxide, and yttrium oxide. A glass ceramic composed entirely of microcrystalline phases is obtained from the glass prepared by the above raw materials at 900-1020° C., achieving a complete conversion of the glass phase at a low temperature. The application also provides a bond for a composite grinding wheel, comprising glass ceramic and glass with mass ratio of (20-50):(50-80), the glass phase having a low flow temperature and, together with the glass ceramic phase, forming encapsulation of the abrasive particles, realizing low-temperature sintering of the grinding wheel. Microcrystalline phase in the bond results in high mechanical strength for the obtained grinding wheel.
US10815144B2
Various embodiments of tantalum- and/or niobium-containing glasses and cements as well as uses thereof are described herein. For example, in an embodiment, the glasses comprise a transition metal pentoxide such as tantalum pentoxide and/or niobium pentoxide present in the glass in an amount of less than 2.0 mol %, based on the total composition of the glass, glass polyalkenoate cements prepared from such glasses and uses of such cements, for example, for sternal closure or fixation, stabilization and/or repair of a fracture in a bone in the wrist, elbow, knee, shoulder, spine and/or hip.
US10815132B2
The present invention relates to the waste water treatment field, and discloses apparatus and method for treating waste water containing ammonium salts, which contains NH4+, SO42−, Cl−, and Na+. In the method of the present invention, the pH value of the waste water to be treated is adjusted to a specific range in advance; sodium sulfate crystal and relatively concentrated ammonia are obtained by first evaporation, and then sodium chloride crystal and relatively dilute ammonia is obtained by second evaporation; alternatively, sodium chloride crystal and relatively concentrated ammonia is obtained by third evaporation, and then sodium sulfate crystal and relatively dilute ammonia are obtained by fourth evaporation. The method of the present invention can recover ammonia, sodium sulfate, and sodium chloride from the waste water respectively, so that the resources in the waste water can be reused as far as possible.
US10815128B2
Nanoparticles and method for producing uniform silicate-based nanoparticles are disclosed. The method comprises a step of injecting into tubular branched elements comprising static mixers a first aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble silicate compound and a second aqueous solution comprising a water-soluble compound releasing cationic species in solution, and allowing the reaction between the first and the second aqueous solutions in a micro-mixing regime, the method being characterized in that the overall mixing time is kept below 10−5 s. A further step of allowing the solution obtained in the micro-mixing regime to mix in a macromixing regime. Nanoparticles obtained through the present method are also disclosed.
US10815125B2
Polymers having pendant polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) groups covalently bound to the polymer backbone via thioester bonds are provided. The PAH groups are covalently bound to the backbone of the polymer by a molecular linker that includes a thioester bond. Also provided are dispersions of polymer-coated carbon nanotubes and carbon nanotube films formed from the dispersions.
US10815121B2
A composite wafer includes a first silicon die with a first top surface; and a polymer substrate with a top surface and a bottom surface. The silicon die is embedded in the polymer substrate such that the top surface of the substrate and the first top surface of the first silicon die are coplanar and the bottom surface of the polymer substrate is planar.
US10815119B2
Shock-resistant MEMS structures are disclosed. In one implementation, a motion control flexure for a MEMS device includes: a rod including a first and second end, wherein the rod is tapered along its length such that it is widest at its center and thinnest at its ends; a first hinge directly coupled to the first end of the rod; and a second hinge directly coupled to the second of the rod. In another implementation, a conductive cantilever for a MEMS device includes: a curved center portion includes a first and second end, wherein the center portion has a point of inflection; a first root coupled to the first end of the center portion; and a second root coupled to the second end of the center portion. In yet another implementation, a shock stop for a MEMS device is described.
US10815115B2
The present invention relates to a cleaning and sanitizing system for a dispensing installation that uses a single pump to pull in non-caustic, non-abrasive, and non-corrosive cleaning solution, which in turn draws in ambient air. The mixture of air and liquid is discharged into a cylindrical flow controller that discharges a flow of alternating liquid cylinders and air cylinders. The air cylinders eliminate the boundary layer and laminar sublayer, which in turn allows the liquid cylinders to apply a maximum shear force associated with the hydrodynamic entry region consistently cleaning the length of the beverage or product line with mechanical cleaning and sanitizing action, which is subsequently carried away within the liquid cylinder.
US10815113B2
A beverage dispensing apparatus may include a beverage dispenser and associated stopper. The stopper may be used to replace a cork, cap or other closure of a beverage container, such as a wine bottle. A needle of the beverage dispenser may be inserted through a passageway of the stopper so that pressurized gas can be introduced into the container to force beverage liquid to exit the container via the needle. The stopper may suitably seal the container after dispensing is complete, e.g., to resist exposing the beverage to oxygen.
US10815111B2
A side shutoff piston valve assembly for filling containers with liquids while reducing or eliminating splash-back and dripping of the liquids.
US10815098B2
A multiple-state health monitoring apparatus for critical components in a hoisting system includes a frame. The frame is a square structure formed by welding a plurality of rectangular steels. A steel wire rope is arranged around a periphery of the square structure. A power system, a friction-and-wear apparatus, a brake-and-wear apparatus, and a tensioning apparatus are sequentially mounted from left to right on a bottom layer of the square structure. A bearing signal collection system, a tension sensor, an excitation apparatus, and a steel-wire-rope image collection system are sequentially mounted from left to right on a top layer of the square structure. The steel wire rope sequentially passes through all the apparatuses or systems and is driven by the power system to perform circling. All the apparatuses or systems are used to monitor an operation status of the steel wire rope.
US10815092B2
A dispenser housing for dispensing a multi-layer tape transfer tape used in a paper web turn-up operation, the transfer tape being the combination of a tape substrate coated on one side with a web grabbing adhesive and on the other side with a mounting adhesive, and a release liner having a release liner substrate fully coated on a first side with a release layer and zone-coated on a second side with a release layer, the transfer tape being wound onto a single spool with the release liner facing inward and the mounting side adhesive facing outward, such that buckling is precluded when the transfer tape is unwound from the spool.
US10815084B2
A sheet feed apparatus includes a sheet separation unit, and the sheet separation unit includes a separation roller that is provided so as to be brought into contact to an outer peripheral surface of a sheet feed roller, and separates a sheet fed by the sheet feed roller into one. The sheet separation unit comprises a hook for rotatably supporting the sheet separation unit in a main body casing of the sheet feed apparatus and an engaging claw that makes the sheet separation unit engage with the main body casing. Therefore, the sheet separation unit is held in the main body casing detachably.
US10815083B2
Embodiments of a system and method for shingulating, singulating, and synchronizing articles in an article feeder system are disclosed. The article feeder system may include a shingulating device configured to receive a stack of articles and to produce a positively lapped stack of articles, a plurality of picking devices configured to pick one or more articles from the positively lapped stack of articles and to produce one or more singulated articles, and one or more synchronization devices configured to deliver the one or more singulated articles to one or more sorter windows.
US10815081B2
A bulk tank trailer including an interior storage compartment, at least one straight rear wheel axle supporting a plurality of ground-engaging wheels and a longitudinally aligned discharge pipe in operative communication with the interior storage compartment is disclosed. The entire discharge pipe may be positioned above a transverse plane of the at least one straight rear wheel axle. A method of discharging particulate materials is also disclosed. The method includes filling an interior storage compartment on a bulk tank trailer with the particulate materials, positioning a straight discharge pipe above a straight rear wheel axle on the bulk tank trailer, moving the particulate materials from the interior storage compartment along the straight discharge pipe and discharging the particulate materials from the discharge pipe.
US10815080B2
The present disclosure provides an automatic loading and unloading system that is adaptable for an array of freight sizes, trucks and/or trailers. In some examples, the automatic loading and unloading may inventory the parcels scheduled for delivery, identify the dimensions of the parcels, and plot a loading configuration that maximizes the use of the truck or trailer. Based on the plotting, the automatic loading and unloading system may direct the automated guided vehicles (e.g., automatic forklifts) to the parcels scheduled for delivery. The automated guided vehicles may utilize the information received from the automatic loading and unloading system to identify a route from the parcel's storage location in the warehouse, for example, to the plotted position in the truck or trailer.
US10815077B2
A six-part conveyor system sharing a common line of dependency for the streamlined manufacturing of windows allowing both sides of the window to be easily worked on without the need for users to lift and move the window from one segment of a conveyor system to another. The window manufacturing conveyor line is designed to streamline the manufacture of windows. This system and method allows a user to easily move glass panels, speeding up productivity and provide efficiency by putting holding clips on glass in a first station, applying fast drying sealant to a tipped piece of glass in a second station, and moving to a final station where the glass window is prepared for shipping wherein the shipping cart is moved into position around the final station and window is lowered onto the cart.
US10815072B1
On a conveyor for articles traveling from an upstream to a downstream end, an assembly for turning articles is integrated for changing the orientation of the article so that the article may be proper positioned within a stack of such products on a pallet layer. The turning assembly comprises an arm that is selectively extendible along a track to a plurality of extendable positions into an article path on the conveyor. The arm includes an upstream contact surface that is configured to contact a downstream surface of the article off-axis to a center of gravity of the article so that the article rotates about the upstream contact surface to a turned position and continues downstream on the conveyor in the turned position. A turn assist plate pivots into contact with an upstream portion of the article under computer control as needed to assist with turning boxes that are particularly long.
US10815071B2
A conveyor belt scraper (100) comprising a mounting base (110) adapted to be mounted on a support structure. A pivot body 300 is pivotally connected to the mounting base (110). First and second scraper blades (500), are secured to the pivot body (300), wherein a scraping tip (520) of the first scraper blade (500) and a scraping tip (530) of the second scraper blade (500) are separated by a space and the scraping tips (520, 530) each extend generally parallel to a pivot axis of the pivot body (300). The pivot assembly (300) is pivotal about the pivot axis so that a position of each scraper tip (520, 530) is variable.
US10815069B1
Parcel processing systems and methods. A method for singulating parcels includes receiving an input stream of a plurality of parcels including at least a leading parcel and a lagging parcel in a singulator system. The method includes updating position information of the leading parcel and the lagging parcel on a list. The method includes determining a leading speed of the leading parcel. The method includes determining an exit time of the leading parcel. The method includes setting a lagging speed of the lagging parcel according to the exit time of the leading parcel and a distance to an exit line of the lagging parcel. The method includes controlling conveyors to transport the leading parcel at the leading speed and to transport the lagging parcel at the lagging speed.
US10815060B2
A buffer (1) for paper cores comprises: a structure (2); a plurality of planes (5), arranged one over the other for accumulating cores; a mechanism (6) for feeding the cores associated with the planes (5) to provide the cores being fed; a first device (11) for transferring cores by the mechanism (6) to one of the planes (5), the first device (11) being interposed between the mechanism (6) and the planes (5) and being movable from one plane (5) to another in order to transfer the cores to the latter; a mechanism (16) associated with the planes (5) in order to discharge the accumulated cores; a second transferring device (21), interposed between the planes (5) and the mechanism (16), for transferring cores from the planes (5) to the mechanism (16), the second device (21) being movable from one plane (5) to another in order to empty the planes (5).
US10815059B2
A variety of vehicle-based and warehouse-based solutions are provided to increase the adaptability, utility, and efficiency of materials handling vehicles in the warehouse environment, such as a goods storage and retrieval system, comprising a multilevel warehouse racking system, a mobile storage cart, a cart home position, and a materials handling vehicle disposed on a vehicle transit surface and comprising a fork carriage assembly, a navigation subsystem, a cart engagement subsystem, and one or more vehicular controllers to use the navigation subsystem to navigate the materials handling vehicle along the vehicle transit surface to a localized engagement position where the cart home position is within a cart engagement field of view, and use the cart engagement subsystem to engage the mobile storage cart in the cart home position with the fork carriage assembly.
US10815054B2
An article transport apparatus includes a mast provided upright on the traveling body, an upper frame (6) coupled to an upper end portion of the mast and an upper rail (R2) that guides movement of the upper frame (6). Separately from guide rollers disposed on lateral opposite sides of the upper rail (R2), a first roller (18A) and a second roller (18B) that are rotatable about vertical axes (P1, P2) are disposed on opposite sides of the upper rail (R2). A first supporting member (19) supporting the first roller (18A) is attached so as to be biased by a first biasing body (22) in a direction to push the first roller (18A) against the upper rail (R2), and a second supporting member (20) supporting the second roller (18B) is attached so as to be biased by a second biasing body (22) in a direction to push the second roller (18B) against the upper rail (R2).
US10815053B2
A waste cart includes a base housing; a center upright having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end is secured to the base housing; a top housing secured to the distal end of the center upright, wherein the top housing has two or more disposal openings for two or more separate disposal portions including, a first waste portion which has a first metal detector and an indicator for providing a notification when a metal item passes through the opening; and a second waste portion which includes a second metal detector and an indicator for providing a notification when a metal item passes through the opening; an electronics module which operates each metal detector independently; and an alarm indicator operationally associated with the electronics module which is activated when the electronics module detects the passage of a metal item through an opening into a waste portion.
US10815048B2
A pack having a group of tobacco industry products wrapped in a laminate to form a bundle is disclosed. The pack has a base containing the bundle, and a lid mounted to the base for rotation between open and closed positions. The laminate has an outer layer having a first cut that defines an outer layer region bounded by said first cut and, an inner layer having a second cut that defines an inner layer region bounded by said second cut. The inner layer region lies within the outer layer region. A part of the outer layer region is attached to an inside surface of the lid such that, as the lid is rotated into its open position, the inner and outer layer regions are lifted causing the inner and outer layers to delaminate in a peripheral region between the first and second cuts and an opening to be created in the laminate.
US10815040B2
An antitheft display pack includes a hanging member, a fastening member, and a hand tool. The hanging member includes a main body and a support portion. The support portion has a mounting chamber, at least one locking hole and a stop column. The fastening member includes a first limit portion and a second limit portion. The first limit portion is mounted in the mounting chamber, and has at least one locking hook locked in the at least one locking hole. The fastening member has a receiving hole for receiving the stop column. The second limit portion is provided with a locking block. The hand tool is mounted on the fastening member and has a plurality of retaining grooves, and the locking block is locked in one of the retaining grooves.
US10815029B2
A system is provided comprising a box with four bottom flaps, at least four durable pegs projecting from exterior surfaces of two opposing bottom flaps, the pegs positioned to function as a built-in pallet structure for the box, adhesive strips on interior surfaces of the two opposing bottom flaps to promote closure of the bottom flaps, four top flaps, interior surfaces of two opposing top flaps containing protected adhesive strips to promote closure of the top flaps, and wax paper covering the adhesive strips prior to use of the strips. The pegs are constructed from the same material as the box. Material comprising the pegs is denser than material comprising the box. The denser concentration of the peg material enables the pegs to sustain weight of the box and contained items. The pegs are positioned on the opposing bottom flaps.
US10815027B2
An end closure for food and beverage containers is provided which comprises a novel pull tab for collecting and distributing juice from fruit or vegetables into a pour opening in the end closure of the container. In some embodiments, the pull tab comprises a catch basin, raised rim, and fluid flow openings.
US10815026B2
A double-layer keg comprises an outer barrel and an inner barrel made of plastic disposed in the outer barrel. A bottom of the outer barrel is fixed with a base, and a lower portion of the outer barrel has a brace for supporting a bottom periphery of the inner barrel. A spear structure is installed at a barrel opening of the inner barrel, and an upper portion of the inner barrel has a shoulder and a neck disposed around the barrel opening. An inner surface of an upper portion of the outer barrel is pressed against an outer surface of the shoulder and/or the neck of the inner barrel. An expansion space, provided for the bottom of the inner barrel to expand downward, is disposed between a portion of the bottom of the inner barrel located at an inner side of the brace and the base.
US10815024B2
A bulk-based packaging material is provided, comprising at least one crease line for facilitating folding of the packaging material to a package. The at least one crease line is formed as an imprint on a primary side of the packaging material, and as an embossment on a secondary side of the packaging material, wherein the imprint is formed as an elongated groove having a triangular profile.
US10815023B2
A packaging (14) includes a case (12) and a drawer (10). The drawer (10) has a rear wall (18) and two opposite lateral walls and further has an articulated upper portion and a lower portion. Upper and lower parts of the same lateral wall are disjointed to allow toggling of the upper portion of the drawer relative to the lower portion. At least one of the lower part and the upper part of each lateral wall has an extension (26ap, 26bp) which extends longitudinally towards the other part such that the extension (26ap, 26bp) extends parallel opposite the other part of the lateral wall for all configurations of the two portions of the drawer between an aligned configuration and a useful tilted configuration of the drawer.
US10815007B2
There are described methods and systems for supplying water to an aircraft. A water supply assembly is fluidly coupled to a water storage tank via a supply line. An overflow line is fluidly coupled to the water supply assembly. One or more sensors are configured to determine an amount of water in the water storage tank. One or more processors are communicative with the one or more sensors and configured to: determine a desired amount of water to be contained in the water storage tank; determine from the one or more sensors that an amount of water in the water storage tank corresponds to the desired amount of water; and, in response to determining that the amount of water in the water storage tank corresponds to the desired amount of water, transmit an instruction for causing water being supplied from the water supply assembly to the water storage tank to be diverted to the overflow line.
US10815002B2
The present disclosure relates to a structural component of an aircraft wing body and an aircraft including the structural component. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a structural component of an aircraft wing body is provided. The structural component includes a body part and a profile. The body part includes an edge portion formed by end portions of a first skin and a second skin of the body part superposed together. The profile is attached to the edge portion. The profile has an outer profile conforming to an outer profile of the body part such that the structural component, as a whole, exhibits an aerodynamic outer profile after the profile is attached to the edge portion. The profile is attached to the edge portion via a plurality of separate intermediate members or by contacting the edge portion.
US10815000B2
The disclosed non-limiting embodiment provides important improvements in aircraft performance in short rejected takeoff systems by automatically detecting whether the speed of the aircraft does not exceed Vshort, where Vshort>V1; automatically detecting whether one of said plural engines has failed during takeoff while the aircraft is still in contact with the ground; and if the aircraft speed does not exceed vshort and an engine has failed, automatically performing an autonomous abort takeoff sequence to allow an improved takeoff weight in case of a single engine failure autonomously rejected takeoff. The aircraft's take off weight increase leads to increased payload or fuel quantity. The Payload increase allows for increased passenger and/or cargo capability. The fuel quantity increased allows the aircraft to achieve greater ranges. An aircraft provided with the proposed system, which reduces accelerate-stop distance, may then operate in shorter runways as compared to the prior art.
US10814992B2
A power source for an aircraft including a solid oxide fuel cell and a proton exchange membrane fuel cell along with a solid oxide fuel cell multi-power source. At least one battery is electrically coupled to the solid oxide fuel cell, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell, and an aircraft distribution network to supply electricity to the aircraft and also for becoming recharged by the solid oxide fuel cell and the proton exchange membrane fuel cell.
US10814991B2
Embodiments of a propulsion system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a propulsion system for an aircraft may include an electrical power supply; a motor coupled to the electrical power supply, wherein the electrical power supply provides power to the motor; and a fan disposed proximate a rear portion of an aircraft and rotatably coupled to the motor, wherein the fan is driven by the motor.
US10814986B2
An aircraft seat device includes at least one seat bottom unit, a mounting unit, and at least one carrier element. The at least one seat bottom unit at least partly implements a seat surface. The at least one carrier element couples the seat bottom unit with the mounting unit and transfers force from the seat bottom unit to the mounting unit.
US10814981B2
An aircraft pod can include a pod shell defining a window, a radar system disposed within the shell and in optical communication with the window in the shell, and configured to send and/or receive radar signals away from the pod shell in a radar field of regard, and a ram air inlet structure disposed on an outer surface of the shell in optical communication with the radar field of regard, wherein the ram air inlet structure is made of or coated with a radar absorbing material.
US10814980B2
Provided is a seeder assembly for an aerial vehicle as shown and described. The distribution assembly includes a frame selectively attachable to an aerial vehicle and at least one distribution device attached to the frame. The distribution device having a body defining a cavity to receive a plurality of products and a barrel to discharge the plurality of products. A control device configured to communicate with the aerial vehicle and the distribution device to coordinate the timing that products are discharged and a spacing of a subsequent discharged product relative to the speed of the aerial vehicle. A system, method, and cartridge device associated with the distribution assembly are also contemplated by this disclosure.
US10814976B2
A method includes controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to collect and forward information pertaining to a forestry worksite area. The UAV is controlled to fly to a first location and capture image information at the first location. The UAV is also controlled to fly to a second location, establish a communication connection between the UAV and a communication system at the second location, and send the captured image information to the communication system via the established connection. In another example, the UAV uploads (e.g., sends) the data to a communication system (e.g., computing device operated by an operator), and the uploaded data is further sent to a remote computing system (e.g., a forestry analysis system).
US10814966B2
A shroud for an aircraft having a noise reducing material on or in an inner surface of the shroud adjacent to one or more tips of the propeller. The noise reducing material is preferably an electrospun nanomaterial, particularly a ridged composite acoustic nanofibre. The interior surface of the shroud may be provided with a plurality of sound deflectors configured to dissipate sound by reflection and refraction, and absorb sound into the shroud body. The sound deflectors may be ribs or arrangements of discrete reflector elements.
US10814964B2
A commanded control signal is compared against an adaptive control signal in order to detect a rotor strike by a rotor included in an aircraft, wherein the adaptive control signal is associated with controlling the rotor and the adaptive control signal varies based at least in part on the commanded control signal and state information associated with the rotor. In response to detecting the rotor strike, a control signal to the rotor is adjusted in order to reduce a striking force associated with the rotor.
US10814963B2
A vibration control system for a rotor hub provides vibration attenuation in an aircraft by reducing the magnitude of rotor induced vibratory. The system can include a force generating device attached to a rotor hub which rotates along with the rotor at the rotational speed of the rotor. Vibratory shear force is generated by rotating unbalanced weights each about an axis non-concentric with the rotor hub axis at high speed to create large centrifugal forces. The rotational speed of the weights can be a multiple of the rotor rotational speed to create shear forces for canceling rotor induced vibrations. The amplitude of the generated shear force is controlled by indexing the positions of the unbalanced weights relative to each other, while the phase of the shear force is adjusted by equally phasing each weight relative to the rotor.
US10814961B2
A method of controlling a path of a rotorcraft. The method comprises a step of generating a first path setpoint and a step of automatically generating a first autopilot command from the first path setpoint. The method comprises a step of generating a first pilot setpoint during which a movement of a control member is transformed into a first pilot setpoint, the first pilot setpoint and the first flight parameter being homogenous in that they are expressed in the same measurement unit. The method includes a step of generating a first human pilot command from the first pilot setpoint followed by a step of generating a path command by combining the first autopilot command and the human pilot command.
US10814957B2
The disclosure relates to a composite panel member for an airframe of an aircraft or spacecraft, the composite panel member having a laminated or sandwich structure including: a first outer layer extending over a first side of the panel member; a second outer layer extending over a second side of the panel member; a core layer between the first and second outer layers; and at least one support element configured as an electrical conductor and provided within the core layer between the first and second outer layers. In this regard, the at least one support element extends within the core layer substantially parallel to the first and second outer layers.
US10814951B2
The invention relates to a device for adjusting the attachment points of a harness line (2) on a boom (1) for a sail-board or the like. It is in particular remarkable in that it includes a carriage (3) that is mounted sliding inside or outside the boom (1) or in an attached part. The harness line (2) passes through the passage orifices of the carriage (6a-6b) in order to form a loop (4), which allows the user to hang by his harness. The carriage (3) can be locked by an appropriate system. This device makes it possible to correct the position of the loop (4) easily during operation of the sail-board in the water by unlocking the carriage, sliding it and locking it in a new position. The length of the loop (4) can be adjusted by shortening or lengthening the harness line (2) with a clam cleat.
US10814947B2
A buoyancy control device having a back panel and including at least one flotation bladder, which at least one flotation bladder is configured with the device for controllable inflation and deflation, and connected thereto a harness arrangement for securing the device to a body of a user, the device having a cylinder-mounting mechanism arranged to enable front or side mounting of at least one breathable gas cylinder is useful for snorkeling and diving or repeated diving from snorkeling. A particularly preferred configuration provides a lightweight device of less than 5 kg and an apparatus of no more than 10 kg whereby carriage to and from snorkeling and/or diving location is simplified.
US10814945B2
A life raft system including a life raft assembly including a mounting bracket having a base and an awning, an upper lateral support having a latching mechanism and deployment cable, a lower lateral support comprising a hinge-member, a self-inflatable raft having a housing, an inflator, an inflator cable, and a raft securing cable, and a cover chute. The life raft system is a residential and commercial life saving device for urban and rural area homes as well as commercial building structures that could be at risk to rising flood waters. The device may be mounted to a structure such as a home or building as a precaution. The device provides a family or group of people with the ability to flee to higher ground when disaster occurs, preventing loss of life and offering a safe exit from an affected area.
US10814941B2
A kickboard has a non-planar shape and comprises a primary panel with opposite support members laterally outside from the primary panel with a transitional section therebetween. The support members are at a rear longitudinal position and additional support shoulders may extend from a forward end of the primary panel along each lateral side to a respective support member. The rearward end defines an opening with a cavity formed between the primary panel, transitional sections, support shoulders and support members. In use, the kickboard provides substantially improved ergonomics and allows a swimmer to support her elbows on the support members with a portion of her forearms on the support shoulders, with arms in a bent position below the surface of the water. The configuration improves comfort while maintaining a favorable hydrodynamic swimming position and reducing shoulder stress.
US10814934B2
A rear derailleur of a bicycle is disclosed. The rear derailleur includes a four-bar linkage. A fixing pin is received in a blind inner cavity of a base body and a fixing screw is constrained to a frame. A spring loading insert is arranged in the blind inner cavity. The base body is rotatable with respect to the spring loading insert. Connection members are inserted in seats formed on the fixing screw and on the spring loading insert to axially constrain the fixing screw and the spring loading insert. A toothed sector is mounted coaxially to the spring loading insert and is active on a sprocket which is active on the base body. A torsion spring is active between the spring loading insert and the toothed sector and is configured to constrain the spring loading insert and the toothed sector in rotation during controlled movements of the chain guide.
US10814913B2
A driving support ECU initializes a target trajectory calculation parameter at a start of LCA; calculates, based on the target trajectory calculation parameter, a target trajectory function representing a target lateral position which is a target position of an own vehicle in a lane width direction in accordance with an elapsed time from the start of LCA; calculates a target control amount based on the target trajectory function; when a steering operation by a driver has been detected, again initializes the target trajectory calculation parameter; and recalculates the target trajectory function based on the target trajectory calculation parameter.
US10814912B2
A backup assist system for a vehicle reversing a trailer includes a controller receiving a driver control signal and outputting a vehicle backing steering command based on the control signal and limited by one of a first angle limit corresponding with a calculated maximum controllable angle and a second angle limit at a maneuverability threshold below the maximum controllable angle. The system further includes an interface outputting an indication of the one of the first and second angle limits.
US10814906B2
A method for operating a steering assist system of a motor vehicle, in which during a steering movement of the driver while driving the vehicle a steering assistance is determined. The steering assistance provided by an electro-hydraulic or electro-mechanical drive and may depend on the vehicle speed. The steering assistance providing a supportive force or a supporting moment to the steering system, wherein the provision of the steering assistance depends on the result of a judgment of whether there is a discrepancy between the determined steering assistance and the driver's steering intention based on a steering movement of the driver and a current value at least one steering parameter. A discrepancy exists between the steering assistance and the driver's intention to drive when a current value of a steering parameter exceeds a predetermined limit value. The steering parameters including a deviation between a steering assist torque and the driver steering torque exceeding a predetermined limit or the steering angle exceeding a predetermined limit. In such cases, the steering assistance is adjusted or prevented.
US10814897B2
A support assembly includes a body, a first bearing assembly, a first fastener, and a leg. The body includes a first aperture centered on an axis. The first bearing assembly includes a first ball bearing. The first fastener is threadably engaged with the first aperture. The leg is selectively repositionable along the axis. The leg includes a support. The first fastener is configured to cooperate with the leg to cause repositioning of the support relative to the body in response to rotation of the first fastener within the first aperture.
US10814893B2
A locomotive control system includes one or more processors configured to determine quality of service (QoS) parameters of locomotive devices communicating data with each other in an Ethernet network that is configured as a time sensitive network (TSN) and that is onboard a locomotive. The one or more processors also are configured to determine available communication pathways in the TSN through which the locomotive devices are able to communicate the data. The one or more processors also are configured to select one or more of the available communication pathways and to designate communication times at which the data is communicated between the locomotive devices to satisfy the QoS parameters of the locomotive devices.
US10814886B2
A system of optimizing an activation degree of an occupant of a vehicle, the system including: a speaker configured to play music for the occupant; and a controller configured to: determine whether an activation degree detected by an detector is in an appropriate state set in advance; and actuate the speaker to play music when determined that the activation degree of the occupant is not in the appropriate state, the music being selected in advance, being unique to the occupant, arousing pleasant emotion of the occupant, and being high tempo music having a tempo equal to or higher than a predetermined tempo or low tempo music having a tempo equal to or lower than a predetermined tempo.
US10814877B2
An integrated controller of a powertrain of a vehicle and a control method thereof, to determine an optimum shifting stage of the vehicle, may include a cost function having a driving distance per fuel consumption amount obtained through the simulation of a vehicle model by use of the demand power of the engine as an input value, wherein an optimum shifting stage is determined using the cost function to control an engine throttle in addition to controlling a transmission based on the optimum shifting stage.
US10814853B2
A brake system having a wheel brake and being operable under a non-failure normal braking mode and a manual push-through mode. The system includes a master cylinder operable by a brake pedal during the manual push-through mode to provide fluid flow at an output for actuating the wheel brake. A first source of pressurized fluid provides fluid pressure for actuating the wheel brake under the normal braking mode. A second source of pressurized fluid generates brake actuating pressure for actuating the wheel brake under the manual push-through mode.
US10814850B2
This invention relates to a hydraulic brake device with a time difference, which utilizes an innovative brake structure to realize the time difference braking technique in which the rear wheel preferentially activates the braking action, to prevent the vehicles from slipping or spillover. Moreover, said time difference hydraulic brake device in the present invention can increase the braking force of the front wheel brake, this allows bicycles, motorcycles, electric scooters, automobiles and other vehicles to effectively improve braking performance and safety.
US10814846B2
Method and apparatus are disclosed for traction control based on friction coefficient estimation. An example vehicle includes a plurality of sensors to measure qualities of a surface of a road and an anti-lock brake system module. The anti-lock brake system module (a) estimates confidence values for different road surface types based on the qualities of the surface of the road, (b) estimates a coefficient of friction between the road and tires of the vehicle based on the confidence values, and (c) adapt a traction control system by altering a target slip based on the coefficient of friction.
US10814842B2
A braking system and method utilizing a simplified estimate of a distance between two locations on the earth based on spherical geometry. A braking system utilizing the aforementioned simplified estimate does not require computationally intensive calculations and is more efficient and better equipped to handle real-time generation of distance estimates for braking needs and variable conditions. In the present invention, geodesics evaluations are not used; rather, a modified Haversine formula that simplifies computations is used, including a one-time computation of the cosine of latitude coordinate.
US10814840B2
An apparatus includes a front detection sensor detecting presence of a pedestrian on a driving lane of the vehicle, gaze information of the pedestrian, and a distance and a relative speed between the pedestrian and the vehicle; a vehicle sensor detecting at least one of a speed, an acceleration, a steering angle, a steering angular velocity, or a pressure of a master cylinder of the vehicle; an electronic control unit activating a function of a pedestrian detection and collision mitigation system based on information detected by the front detection sensor and the vehicle sensor; and a warning unit operated to inform a driver of a collision of the pedestrian with the vehicle by controlling the electronic control unit.
US10814830B2
A start/stop engine button assembly includes a start/stop engine button, a button cover, displaceable between a closed position and an open position, and an actuator that functions to displace the button cover between the closed position and the opened position.
US10814824B2
A side airbag device may include: an inflator mounted to a seat frame; a cushion unit covering the inflator and configured to be deployed by gas discharged from the inflator to protect a side portion of an occupant; and a tether unit mounted to the inflator and configured to enclose the cushion unit. The cushion unit may include: a cushion deployment part mounted to the inflator and configured to be deployed by gas discharged from the inflator; a cushion passing part formed in the cushion deployment part so that the tether unit passes through the cushion passing part; and a cushion penetration part formed in an upper end of the cushion deployment part so that the tether unit penetrates the cushion penetration part.
US10814823B2
A system includes a seat. The system includes an airbag supported by the seat. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes an inflation chamber and a panel adjacent to the inflation chamber defining a concave impact surface in the inflated position. The system includes a tether having a first end attached to a side of the airbag and a second end attached to the panel. The inflation chamber is beneath the concave impact surface in the inflated position.
US10814819B2
Airbag covers having emblems and related methods. In some implementations, a fastening member comprising an elongated axis may be inserted through an opening formed within an airbag cover. The fastening member may comprise a cross-sectional shape that is substantially smaller in area along at least a portion of the fastening member than a cross-sectional shape of the opening adjacent to the fastening member such that open space is left between the fastening member and a portion of the airbag cover defining the opening. The fastening member may then be reshaped such that the cross-sectional shape of the fastening member within the opening changes to decrease the open space and secure the emblem to the airbag cover.
US10814812B1
A method and system may identify vehicle collisions in real-time or at least near real-time based on statistical data collected from previous vehicle collisions. A user's portable computing device may obtain sensor data from sensors in the portable computing device and compare the sensor data to a statistical model indicative of a vehicle collision, where the statistical model includes sensor data characteristics which correspond to the vehicle collision. Each sensor data characteristic may have a threshold value, the portable computing device may compare a value for the sensor data characteristic to the threshold value. If the portable computing device identifies a vehicle collision based on the comparison, the portable communication device may display collision information. Further, notifications may be sent to emergency contacts and/or emergency personnel to provide assistance to the user.
US10814810B2
A bumper apparatus for vehicle is disposed between a vehicle body frame extending in a front-to-rear direction of a vehicle and a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction. The bumper apparatus includes an axial crush member formed in a hollow cylindrical shape and extending in the front-to-rear direction. The axial crush member has a closed cross-section formed by bonding flat band-like flanges provided on a pair of panels to one another. Each of the pair of flanges is formed in a wavelike pattern along the front-to-rear direction while the pair of flanges is bonded to one another. Each of the pair of flanges has a convex surface and a concave surface as bonded surfaces which are arranged alternately in the front-to-rear direction, and a inclined surface as a non-bonded surface which connects the convex surface to the convex surface and is inclined with respect to the front-to-rear direction.
US10814808B2
The disclosure relates to an electrical energy system for a motor vehicle and a method for operating an electrical energy system for a motor vehicle.
US10814802B2
A vehicular door includes a resin outer panel and a resin inner panel mounted on a vehicular interior side of the resin outer panel, and the resin inner panel includes a resin body member that configures an interior design surface of the vehicular door and a resin reinforcing member that is arranged on a vehicular exterior side and on a peripheral portion of the resin body member.
US10814796B2
A quick release assembly for use in mounting a display system to a fixture. The system includes an attachment assembly on a back side of the display system that receives pins from a mounting bracket into openings of lock modules that include a latch that holds at least one pin in place. The latch is held in the lock position by spring bias. An actuator wire made of a shape memory alloy contracts when an electrical current is applied. The contraction of the wire overcomes the spring bias to move the latch from the lock position to an unlocked position to allow the display system to be removed from the pin.
US10814789B2
A rear-view mirror and modular monitor system and method include an interior mirror that embeds a modular monitor behind see-through mirror glass. In some embodiments, the system includes multiple cameras, some in the vehicle, bus and/or truck, as well as some cameras outside the vehicle, bus and/or truck, advantageously providing the driver an opportunity to view what is happening, for example, in the back rows of the bus and/or cabin, while also using the mirror to look at objects in the bus and/or cabin that are visible using the mirror. The rear-view mirror and modular monitor system is configured to be easily assembled and/or disassembled when necessary for maintenance and/or to replace parts.
US10814787B2
The vehicle-sider rear-view mirror mounted bird deterrent system delivers an electric shock to scare birds away. The bird deterrent system includes a shock strip, a sensor, a microcontroller, a power source, and a vehicle-side rear-view mirror. The vehicle-side rear-view mirror can be any rear-view mirror of a commercial or passenger vehicle. The shock strip is a thin flexible strip that attaches onto an exterior face of the vehicle-side rear-view mirror. The shock strip is positioned along the side rear-view mirror and covers most of the flat surface which the bird is likely to stand on. The sensor is operatively connected to the shock strip, wherein the sensor transmits a signal to the microcontroller when it detects a bird standing on the shock strip. The microcontroller completes a circuit between the power source and the shock strip, thereby creating a flow of electrical current capable of delivering an electrical shock.
US10814775B2
A method for calibrating an electromagnetic radiation-emitting device configured to emit electromagnetic radiation using a sensor configured to detect electromagnetic radiation emitted by the electromagnetic radiation-emitting device includes projecting a pattern onto a projection surface by way of the emitted electromagnetic radiation, acquiring an image of the projection of the pattern using the sensor, and calculating at least one trajectory in an image plane of the sensor that describes a propagation of the emitted electromagnetic radiation based on a position of a characteristic feature of the pattern in the image and on a further item of information. The method further includes calculating a specific feature along an associated trajectory and calculating an incorrect position of the device by evaluating a geometric correspondence relationship between points in a world coordinate system and their image points in the image plane of the sensor.
US10814765B2
A dumper body is disclosed. The dumper body may include a pivot assembly. The dumper body may include at least one of: a set of ribs, wherein the set of ribs is connected to the pivot assembly such that the set of ribs is comprised of multiple respective discontinuous structures, and a set of stringers, wherein the set of stringers includes a respective stringer cut-out around an outside surface of a bed plate of the dumper body at a point where a top plate of the dumper body connects to an inside surface of the bed plate.
US10814751B2
A method for adjusting a temperature of a temperature adjustable seat is disclosed. The method includes detecting a clothing item of an occupant of the temperature adjustable seat; determining a type of the detected clothing item; and adjusting the temperature of the temperature adjustable seat based on the determined type of the detected clothing item.
US10814746B2
A vehicle includes a vehicle seating system including at least two seats individually mounted to an outer track. The vehicle seating system may include a display device selectively positionable in one of a horizontal table orientation and a vertical screen orientation. The display device mounted to at least one inner track that is at least partially enclosed by the outer track. The vehicle seating system includes a controller configured to transition the seats and the display device among at least two preconfigured arrangements.
US10814743B2
An energy management system for a vehicle has a battery system including a first battery pack with a first set of battery cells and a second battery pack with a second set of battery cells. The first battery pack has a relatively high power density in comparison to the second battery pack, and the second battery pack has a relatively high energy density in comparison to the first battery pack. An electronic controller is operatively connected to the battery system and is configured to control charging and discharging of the first battery pack and the second battery pack. The first battery pack and the second battery pack are configured to be separately charged and discharged. The electronic controller prioritizes charging and discharging of the first battery pack over the second battery pack.
US10814740B2
A hybrid energy storage module (HESM) configured to be used on an aircraft to provide electrical energy includes a first energy storage component and a second energy storage component each configured to receive the electrical energy, store the electrical energy, and discharge the electrical energy. The HESM also includes a controller coupled to the first energy storage component and the second energy storage component. The controller is configured to control charging and discharging of the first energy storage component and of the second energy storage component such that the first energy storage component is charged to a desired first energy storage component state of charge (SOC) before the second energy storage component is charged.
US10814738B2
An information collection system for an electric storage device includes: a storage device in which registration information is stored, the registration information being information in which estimation information allowing an estimation of a position of an object vehicle and identification information identifying the object vehicle are associated with each other; and a computation device configured to store electric storage device information indicating information about an electric storage device equipped in each of the plurality of vehicle, in the storage device. The computation device is configured to acquire the estimation information associated with the identification information by referring to the registration information and associate at least a part of the estimation information with the electric storage device information, as the position information about the object vehicle, after the computation device receives the identification information from the communicator.
US10814730B2
A cryostat intended to be integrated into a maglev transport system, the cryostat comprising at least one superconductive element and a jacket inside which each superconductive element is placed. The cryostat is suitable for maintaining each superconductive element at the desired temperature and the jacket extending along a longitudinal axis (X). The length of each superconductive element along the longitudinal axis (X) is comprised between 30% and 100% of the length of the jacket, and each superconductive element is a bulk element made of superconductor material.
US10814724B2
The present invention provides for a genetically modified host cell capable of producing isopentenol and/or 3-methyl-3-butenol, comprising (a) an increased expression of phosphomevalonate decarboxylase (PMD) (b) an increased expression of a phosphatase capable of converting isopentenol into 3-methyl-3-butenol, (c) optionally the genetically modified host cell does not express, or has a decreased expression of one or more of NudB, phosphomevalonate kinase (PMK), and/or PMD, and (d) optionally one or more further enzymes capable of converting isopentenol and/or 3-methyl-3-butenol into a third compound, such as isoprene.
US10814721B2
A drive torque received from a power source is split and output to first and second output shafts through a torque vectoring apparatus including a torque vectoring device that controls a torque ratio of split torques, where the torque vectoring device includes a control motor, a first compound planetary gear set including first and second planetary gear sets having a shared first rotation element fixed to a housing, a second rotation element, and a third rotation element connected to the first output shaft, and a second compound planetary gear set including third and fourth planetary gear sets having a shared fourth rotation element connected to the control motor, a fifth rotation element connected to a second output shaft, and a sixth rotation element connected to the second rotation element.
US10814720B2
A centralized full-time electric four-wheel drive system, including: a housing; a central differential; a main drive unit, whose power output gear meshes with the ring gear of the central differential; a dual-rotor motor having a first and a second output gear at either end; a rear-axle differential; a first planetary gearset (PG), whose sun gear and ring gear connect to the carrier of the central differential and the housing respectively; a second PG with common carrier of the first PG, whose sun gear connects to the sun gear of the central differential and ring gear meshes with the first output gear; a third PG, whose sun gear and ring gear connect to the semi-axle of the rear-axle differential and the housing respectively; a forth PG with common carrier of the third PG, whose sun gear connects to the rear-axle differential cage and ring gear meshes with the second output gear.
US10814719B2
A speed reducer which decelerates rotation input from a motor and outputs decelerated rotation to a wheel includes: a case fixed to a carriage body; an input portion for receiving the rotation input from the motor; an output portion for outputting the rotation to the wheel; and a speed reducing mechanism at least partially housed in the case and configured to decelerate rotation of the input portion and transmit the decelerated rotation to the output portion. The maximum outer radius of the case from the rotation axis of the output portion is larger than the radius of the wheel, and the minimum outer radius of the case from the rotation axis of the output portion is smaller than the radius of the wheel.
US10814715B2
A power transmission system of a vehicle may include a first input shaft selectively connected to an engine, a second input shaft as a hollow shaft, enclosing the first input shaft without rotational interference with the first input shaft, and selectively connected to the engine, a speed change portion including first and second planetary gear sets, each planetary gear set including three rotation elements, and four rotation shafts directly connected to at least one rotation element among the rotation elements of the first and second planetary gear sets, a motor/generator, an output shaft, and control elements including two clutches disposed at positions where the first and second input shafts are selectively connected to an output shaft of the engine, and two brakes disposed at positions where two rotation shafts among the four rotation shafts are selectively connected to a transmission housing.
US10814705B2
There is provided herein improvements in deployable canopies for utility vehicles having a cabin and a cargo bay. According to one aspect, the system comprises a deployable canopy which has a roof portion and rearward columns extending downwardly therefrom. The roof portion slides along cabin roof tracks and the columns slide along cargo bay edge tracks longitudinally from stowed to deployed positions for selectively enclosing the canopy bay. The deployable canopy may stow side panels horizontally therein, which when the canopy is deployed, the side panels slide therefrom transitioning from horizontally to vertically, typically under automatic mechanical actuator control, using an arrangement of tracks. According to another aspect, the system has a removable cassette that selectively engages longitudinally between forward and rearward builder bars and have longitudinal lateral openings from which side covers unfurl slide within builder bars tracks.
US10814704B2
An operation input determination device includes an operation input detector, a movement detector, and a sensor output correction unit. The operation input detector detects an operation input to an operation input unit, which is arranged on a vehicle surface, based on a sensor output of a capacitance sensor that changes when a detection subject moves toward and away from the operation input unit. The movement detector detects movement of a vehicle. The sensor output correction unit executes calibration on the capacitance sensor when movement of the vehicle is detected.
US10814701B2
In a method for operating a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system of a vehicle, an input of an instruction of a user for the HVAC system is performed by means of a user interface. The HVAC system executes the input instruction. Furthermore, an olfactory signal is generated for the user by means of an olfactory device of the HVAC system as an input confirmation. Furthermore, a corresponding HVAC system for a vehicle is provided.
US10814700B2
A vehicle thermal management system including an electric powertrain, a single thermal loop, and a controller is provided. The electric powertrain includes a high voltage battery. The single thermal loop is for managing thermal conditions of the high voltage battery and a vehicle cabin and may include a climate control system, a blower, and a front evaporator in fluid communication with the vehicle cabin. The controller is programmed to, responsive to detection of a climate control system off request, output a command to direct the blower to push air through a heater core to the vehicle cabin at a predetermined temperature such that a temperature within the vehicle cabin is maintained at a predetermined temperature and refrigerant continues to flow through the front evaporator. The system may include a vehicle cabin temperature sensor and an ambient temperature sensor, each in electrical communication with the controller.
US10814698B2
A vehicle air conditioning device which is capable of inhibiting liquid return to a compressor and generation of noise due to bumping in an accumulator. There are executed a heating mode to close a solenoid valve 17, open a solenoid valve 21, let a refrigerant from a compressor 2 radiate heat in a radiator 4, decompress the refrigerant through an outdoor expansion valve 6, let the refrigerant absorb heat in an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and send the refrigerant to an accumulator 12, and a dehumidifying and cooling mode to open the solenoid valve 17, close the solenoid valve 21, decompress the refrigerant through an indoor expansion valve 8, let the refrigerant absorb heat in a heat absorber, and send the refrigerant to the accumulator. When shifting from the heating mode to the dehumidifying and cooling mode, the solenoid valve 21 is opened for a predetermined period of time.
US10814694B2
When an A/C switch is ON and a predetermined dehumidification condition is met, an ECU determines whether or not HV travel is selected. When the HV travel is selected, the ECU controls an air conditioning facility so that a heat pump cycle performs a cooling operation (dehumidification) and hot-water heating is used for the heating capability. When the EV travel is selected, the ECU controls the air conditioning facility so that the heat pump cycle performs dehumidification heating.
US10814693B2
A process for operating a machine having a cab and an air conditioning system. The air conditioning system includes a circuit configured for supplying the cab with air coming from a recycling branch fed with air coming from an interior of the cab and an exterior branch fed with air coming from an exterior of the cab, a blowing device, and a filtration system. The process includes the steps of operating the air conditioning system in a regular procedure, monitoring of a signal indicative of a potential contamination of the cab, and upon the detection of such signal, operating the air conditioning system in a flushing procedure. The flushing procedure includes increasing the air flow supplied in the cab, controlling a flow of air to supply air only from the exterior branch, and opening an exhaust flap within the cab for increasing a flow of air evacuated from the cab.
US10814692B2
A heat pump system may include first and second cooling devices, a battery module, and a chiller by heating or cooling the battery module by one chiller in which a coolant and a refrigerant exchange heat and a main heat exchanger provided in an air conditioning device is connected to each of first and second coolant lines so that the coolant circulated in each of the first and second cooling devices passes through the main heat exchanger, the refrigerant passing through the main heat exchanger exchanges heat with the coolant supplied through the first coolant line and exchanges heat with the coolant supplied through the second coolant line, and a flash tank separating refrigerants which have exchanged heat into a gaseous refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant and selectively discharging the gaseous refrigerant and the liquid refrigerant may be provided in the main heat exchanger.
US10814690B1
An active suspension system for a vehicle having a wheel that is subject to an external force includes an actuator having an output structure that is connected to the wheel, an energy storage device having a compressible chamber, a valve assembly that is operable to control flow of a working fluid between the actuator and the energy storage device, and a controller that determines whether to permit or resist motion of the output structure in response to the external force. The controller permits motion of the output structure by allowing fluid to flow from the actuator to the energy storage device using the valve assembly, thereby compressing the compressible chamber. The controller resists motion of the output structure by allowing fluid to flow from the energy storage device to the actuator using the valve assembly, thereby expanding the compressible chamber.
US10814689B2
A method for controlling vehicle motion is described. The method includes accessing a set of control signals including a measured vehicle speed value associated with a movement of a vehicle. A control signal associated with user-induced input is also accessed. The method compares the measured vehicle speed value with a predetermined vehicle speed threshold value to achieve a speed value threshold approach status, and then compares the set of values to achieve a user-induced input threshold value approach status. The method monitors a state of a valve within the vehicle suspension damper, and determines a control mode for the vehicle suspension damper. The method also regulates damping forces within the vehicle suspension damper.
US10814688B2
Various embodiments related to hydraulic actuators and active suspension systems as well as their methods of use are described.
US10814687B2
An assembly includes a leadscrew, a strut, and a motor. The strut is movable along the leadscrew upon rotation of the leadscrew. A camber angle of a wheel is changeable according to movement of the strut along the leadscrew. The motor is drivably connected to a rotating shaft that is mounted to the leadscrew.
US10814686B2
A vehicle axle suspension having a leaf spring unit suspending a rigid axle on a structural component or portion of the vehicle. The leaf spring unit arranged on the vehicle to extend parallel with a longitudinal axis of the vehicle. A first bearing unit, secured to the structure, and pivotably connects, at a first pivot axis, to a first end portion of the leaf spring unit. A second bearing unit is secured to the structure. A connection arm pivotably connects at one end, at a second pivot axis, to the second bearing unit. The other end of the connection arm pivotably connects, at a third pivot axis, to a second end portion of the leaf spring unit. The second bearing unit including at least one resilient spring element engaging the connection arm wherein the connection arm is supported on the resilient spring element from a pivoting about the second pivot axis a predetermined extent.
US10814685B2
Embodiments of amphibious vehicles are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the amphibious vehicle includes a body that defines a buoyant hull. The buoyant hull includes a bottom, and a pair of lateral sides. The bottom extends downward at the lateral sides to form a pair of pockets, and each pocket is open to atmosphere through an upper side of the hull and is closed at a lower end by the bottom of the hull. In addition, the amphibious vehicle includes a plurality of wheels mounted to the lateral sides of the body, and a pair of tracks disposed about the wheels.
US10814678B2
A tire comprises a tread portion 2 comprising a shoulder main groove 5 extending on a side of a tread edge Te and comprising inner and outer groove walls 11 and 12. The inner groove wall 11 has an angle θ1 with respect to a tread normal line in a cross section of the shoulder main groove 5 periodically increasing and decreasing in a tire circumferential direction so as to comprise concave and convex wall portions 16 and 17 arranged alternately in the tire circumferential direction. The outer groove wall 12 has an angle θ2 with respect to a tread normal line in the cross section periodically increasing and decreasing in the tire circumferential direction so as to comprise convex and concave wall portions 22 and 21 arranged alternately in the tire circumferential direction. The angle θ2 is larger than the angle θ1 in any cross section of the groove.
US10814674B2
A heavy-duty tire is described herein. The heavy duty tire includes a carcass, a tread located radially outward of the carcass, and a tread having a plurality of lugs. The lugs extend radially outward from an inner tread and are located between the first and second lateral tread edges. The tread further includes a first row of lugs extending from the tread lateral edge axially inwards toward the centerplane, and a second row of lugs extending from the opposite tread lateral edge and axially inwards toward the centerplane. The lugs of the first and second rows are separated by a plurality of shoulder grooves, wherein the first row of lugs are aligned with the second row of lugs, a center row of lugs located between a first and second offset lug, wherein all of the lugs in each row are aligned circumferentially. wherein said tire has a molded base width in the range of 44-50 mm. The heavy-duty tire wherein the shoulder drop ranges from 64 mm to 120. Wherein the gauge of the shoulder wedge ranges from 70-89 mm, and more preferably in the range of 75-85 mm.
US10814669B2
The disclosure relates to a method for producing a printed panel, comprising the following steps: a) providing a flat carrier; b) optionally applying a resin layer to the flat carrier; c) optionally applying a paper layer or nonwoven layer to the flat carrier; d) optionally calendering the produced layer structure, in particular at a temperature between ≥40° C. and ≤250° C., and e) optionally applying a printing substrate to the flat carrier; characterized in that the method has the following further steps: f) printing an application amount of radiation-curing printing ink onto the carrier, and g) curing the previously applied printing ink by treating the printing ink with radiation, wherein h) at least one parameter of radiation used in step g) is adapted to an application amount of radiation-curing printing ink, wherein step h) is based on an application amount of the radiation-curing printing ink determined by a sensor during the printing process, wherein at least one parameter of radiation used in step g) is adapted during the printing on the carrier according to step f).
US10814665B2
A writing or coloring pencil has three layers obtained by co-extrusion, including an unexpanded polymer-based lead, an unexpanded intermediate protective layer surrounding the lead and comprising an ethylene (C1-C4 alkyl) acrylate copolymer, alone or as a blend with a styrene polymer, and an expanded styrene polymer-based synthetic wood material surrounding the intermediate protective layer.
US10814663B2
A sheet system including a sheet having an edge and at least one generally triangular hole positioned adjacent to but spaced apart from the edge. A side of the triangle is oriented generally parallel with the edge of the sheet.
US10814659B2
Methods for printing a conductive object are provided which may comprise dispensing one of a first ink composition and a second ink composition towards a substrate surface to form a deposition region on the substrate surface or on a previously printed object on the substrate surface, wherein the first ink composition comprises an aqueous solution of a metal compound and the second ink composition comprises an aqueous solution of a stable free radical; dispensing the other of the first and second ink compositions in the deposition region to mix the first and second ink compositions and induce chemical reduction of the metal compound by the stable free radical and precipitation of the metal of the metal compound; and removing solvent from the deposition region, thereby forming a conductive object comprising the precipitated metal.
US10814656B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a printing apparatus includes: a supply spool support for supporting a supply spool and a take-up spool support for supporting a take-up spool, the supply spool support and the take-up spool support being drivable by at least one motor; a housing defining an enclosure; and a device having an input for receiving an input voltage and an output for delivering an output voltage to the at least one motor, the output voltage being lower than the input voltage, wherein the device is located within the enclosure, and the printing apparatus including a heat sink for dissipating heat away from the device.
US10814650B2
An ink jet recording method includes: heating a recording medium; and ejecting a white color water-based ink composition from an ink jet head to a recording medium heated in the heating of the recording medium and causing the white color water-based ink composition to adhere to the recording medium, the causing of the white color water-based ink composition to adhere is performed by performing scanning, in which the ink composition is ejected while relative positions between the ink jet head and the recording medium are changed in a scanning direction, a plurality of times, and a maximum time of the scanning performed once is equal to or greater than 0.8 seconds, and the white color water-based ink composition contains first particles that are a white color pigment and second particles that are particles of a different kind from the first particles and that are inorganic fine particles.
US10814644B2
According to one embodiment, a tablet printing apparatus includes a conveyor, an inkjet print head, and a controller. The conveyor is configured to convey a tablet having an outer shape that does not determine the printing direction of a print pattern to be printed thereon. The print head includes a plurality of nozzles each configured to eject a liquid to print the print pattern on the tablet being conveyed. The controller is configured to control the print head to perform printing on the tablet being conveyed such that the printing direction of the print pattern is changed at predetermined intervals at least between a first direction which is parallel to or crosses the conveying direction of the tablet, and a second direction which crosses the conveying direction, and in which more nozzles are used for printing than in the first direction.
US10814643B2
Exemplary coating devices and exemplary coating methods for coating components with a coating agent, e.g., for painting motor vehicle body components with a paint, are disclosed. An exemplary coating device comprises an application device that applies the coating agent. The application device may include a paint head that discharges the coating agent out of at least one coating agent nozzle.
US10814632B2
A cap member includes a cap portion and a support member. The cap portion has a bottom surface portion and a side surface portion. The support member supports the bottom surface portion of the cap member. The bottom surface portion is provided with a groove portion defined by a first rib projecting from an upper surface of the bottom surface portion. A lid member which covers the groove portion is provided on, and in close contact with. an upper end of the first rib. The groove portion and the lid member define an air passage through which air passes. One end portion of the air passage communicates with an inner space of the cap member, and the other end portion of the air passage communicates with an outside of the cap portion.
US10814625B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a flow path forming substrate in which a pressure generating chamber which communicates with a nozzle which ejects a liquid is formed by a partitioning wall, and a piezoelectric actuator in which a first electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode are laminated, in which the piezoelectric layer includes a region which is interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in a lamination direction, and in which when viewed in plan view from the lamination direction, the region overlaps at least a portion of the edges of each side of an opening of the pressure generating chamber on the piezoelectric actuator side and does not overlap one of the first electrode and the second electrode in at least a portion of the opening.
US10814623B2
An element substrate of a liquid ejection head includes: a base material; an insulating film positioned on the base material; a heating resistance element for generating heat energy for ejecting a liquid; a protective film for covering the heating resistance element; a first electrical wiring layer arranged in the insulating film, for supplying a current to the heating resistance element; a second electrical wiring layer arranged on a layer different from the first electrical wiring layer in the insulating film, for supplying a current to the heating resistance element; and at least one connecting member extending into the insulating film to connect the first electrical wiring layer and the heating resistance element, for causing the current to flow in a first direction, the heating resistance element including a connecting region, extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, to which the at least one connecting member is connected.
US10814620B1
A printer includes a plurality of printheads, a plurality of printhead drivers, and an optical sensor configured to generate image data of a substrate after the substrate has been printed by the plurality of printheads. A controller operates the printheads using the printhead drivers to print a pattern of ink drops on the substrate, determine from image data of the ink drop pattern received from the optical sensor whether a density response for the pattern of ink drops for each printhead is within a predetermined range about a reference density response for the pattern of ink drops, identify a peak voltage for each printhead determined to have the density response outside the predetermined range, and store the identified peak voltage in the printhead driver for the printhead. The printhead driver uses the identified peak voltage to generate firing signals for the printhead operatively connected to the printhead driver.
US10814619B2
An image processing device configured to: determine whether a specific condition indicating ink supplied from an ink supplier to a printing head may be delayed; generate dot data by using image data, including: generating first dot data when the specific condition is not satisfied; and generating second dot data when the specific condition is satisfied, a ratio of first/second type of dots included in an image based on specific second dot data generated using specific image data being greater/smaller than that included in an image based on specific first dot data generated using the specific image data, and total number of dots included in the image based on the specific second dot data being larger that included in the image based on the specific first dot data; and output printing data based on the dot data.
US10814618B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a generation unit that generates a driving signal, a discharge portion including a piezoelectric element that is driven by the driving signal, and a detection unit that detects residual vibration occurring in the discharge portion, in a detection period after a driving period during which the piezoelectric element is driven by the driving signal, in which the generation unit maintains a potential of the driving signal at a first potential in a first period, maintains the potential of the driving signal at a second potential in a second period, maintains the potential of the driving signal at a third potential in a third period, and maintains the potential of the driving signal at a detection potential in the detection period, the first potential is a potential between the second potential and the third potential, and the detection potential is a potential between the first potential and the second potential.
US10814616B2
An ink jet head includes a head substrate, a printed board, and a plurality of flexible substrates connected in parallel to each other between the head substrate and the printed board. The head substrate includes a plurality of ink jet elements, and a common wire extending from an edge of the head substrate and electrically connected to the ink jet elements in common. The printed board includes a reference potential wire through which a reference potential is set to the ink jet head. A first one of the flexible substrates at a first end of an arrangement of the flexible substrates and a second one of the flexible substrates at a second end of the arrangement of the flexible substrates opposite to the first end each has a common connection wire electrically connected between the common wire and the reference potential wire.
US10814615B2
The present invention relates to a device or method for detecting and adjusting the printing parameters in flexographic printing machines.
US10814613B2
Disclosed herein is a print screen unit. The print screen unit has a structure in which the connection member is positioned to be slanted at a predetermined angle when the print screen is fitted to an interface unit, such that, as tensile force is applied to the print screen, the engagement state of engaging apertures of the print screen and engaging protrusions of the connection member moves toward the coupling direction thereof so as to further increase coupling force therebetween. And the print screen unit has a structure in which, when each of corner pieces is fitted into and connected to each of end portions of the interface unit, a connection surface area increases so as to bring three surfaces of the inside of the interface unit into close contact with a first and a second piece member.
US10814612B2
The invention provides for the use of pharmaceutical compositions comprising a thiazolide in the stimulation of the immune system in a subject in need thereof, thereby preventing and/or treating viral diseases, cancer and diseases caused by intracellular protozoan infections.
US10814608B2
A printing system may be provided. The printing system may include an agent distributor to selectively deliver at least one printing agent onto a substrate on a first type of supply module and a layer of build material on a second type of supply module. The printing system may include a controller to control the agent distributor to selectively deliver the at least one printing agent in patterns derived from data representing a slice of a three-dimensional object to be generated and representing an image to be generated on the substrate.
US10814605B2
Described herein are embodiments of compositions and methods relating to three-dimensional (3D) printing. Some embodiments are directed to a composition comprising a polymer with one or more dormant functional groups. According to some embodiments, the polymer may be formed through a controlled radical polymerization method. Some embodiments are directed to a composition comprising a polymer with one or more pendent crosslinkable groups. In some cases, the composition may be used as an “ink” for 3D printing. For example, the composition may be injected into a medium. The composition and/or medium may, in some embodiments, further comprise an initiator and/or a crosslinker. After injection of the composition into the medium, the one or more dormant functional groups and/or one or more pendent crosslinkable groups may be activated, and the polymer may be crosslinked. In certain cases, the crosslinked polymer may be removed from the medium to produce a freestanding three-dimensional structure.
US10814601B2
The present disclosure relates to a method to produce a coating layer, including applying a coating composition on a surface of a carrier, curing the coating composition to a coating layer, and subsequently applying pressure to the coating layer. The disclosure further relates to a method to produce a building panel, and such a building panel, and to a method to produce a coated foil, and such a coated foil.
US10814600B2
A method of forming a coating can include: preparing a substrate surface with adherent characteristics; and/or applying at least one non-carbon-based topological insulator to the substrate surface to provide a topological insulator layer on the substrate surface. The at least one non-carbon-based topological insulator can have one or more of selected optical transmittance, selected thermal conductivity, selected electrical conductivity, or selected electrical resistivity.
US10814598B2
The present invention relates to a method for transferring two-dimensional nanomaterials. The method comprises: (S1) providing a first substrate with a two-dimensional nanomaterial layer on a surface of the first substrate and a carbon nanotube composite film comprising a carbon nanotube film structure and a nanomaterial layer stacked with each other; (S2) covering the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer with the carbon nanotube composite film, wherein the carbon nanotube film structure of the carbon nanotube composite film is in contact with the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer; (S3) obtaining a composite structure comprising the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer and the carbon nanotube composite film by removing the first substrate with a corrosion solution; (S4) placing the composite structure on a surface of a cleaning solution for cleaning; (S5) picking up the composite structure from the cleaning solution by contacting the target substrate with the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer; and (S6) removing the carbon nanotube composite film.
US10814597B2
The present invention relates to a method for transferring two-dimensional nanomaterials. The method comprises the following steps: (S1) providing a first substrate with a two-dimensional nanomaterial layer on a surface of the first substrate; (S2) covering the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer with a carbon nanotube film structure; (S3) obtaining a composite structure comprising the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer and the carbon nanotube film structure by removing the first substrate with a corrosion solution to; (S4) placing the composite structure on a surface of a cleaning solution; (S5) providing a target substrate comprising at least one through hole, and picking up the composite structure from the cleaning solution with the target substrate by contacting the target substrate with the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer of the composite structure and covering the at least one through hole with two-dimensional nanomaterial layer; and (S6) removing the carbon nanotube film structure from the composite structure.
US10814592B2
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass with which protrusion of an interlayer film portion in the TD direction can be suppressed at the time of producing laminated glass. In the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention, when, in the MD direction of the interlayer film, a birefringence index of the first surface part, a birefringence index of the second surface part, and a birefringence index of the center part are defined as ΔnMDA, ΔnMDB, and ΔnMDC, respectively, ΔnMDA, ΔnMDB, and ΔnMDC each are 0.25×10−3 or less.
US10814587B2
Fibrous structures, for example sanitary tissue products, such as toilet tissue, and more particularly fibrous structures containing a movable surface and methods for making same and methods for making same are provided.
US10814583B2
A method for enhancing fracture toughness of a composite laminate is disclosed. The method includes fabricating a nanofiber yarn, forming a nanofiber yarn layer by aligning the nanofiber yarn in form of a layer, forming a laminated structure by interleaving the nanofiber yarn layer into a plurality of fabric layers, forming the composite laminate by subjecting the laminated structure to a vacuum infusion process (VIP), and curing the composite laminate. Forming the laminated structure includes stacking a plurality of fabric layers onto each other and placing the nanofiber yarn layer between two fabric layers of the plurality of fabric layers. The VIP includes forming a sealed laminated structure by sealing the laminated structure, forming a vacuumed laminated structure by vacuuming the sealed laminated structure, and introducing a resin matrix into the vacuumed laminated structure.
US10814582B2
A veneer panel is provided. The panel may comprise a face veneer, a metal mesh proximate the veneer, a backing layer proximate the metal mesh, and a thermoset adhesive bonding the wood veneer to the metal mesh and the backing layer. A method of making a veneer panel is also provided. The method may comprise the steps of forming a veneer assembly by stacking a face veneer, a metal mesh, and a backing layer, applying an adhesive material between a back surface of the face veneer and the metal mesh, and pressing the veneer assembly.
US10814579B2
The novel tissue products of the present invention are generally produced by calendering a tissue basesheet using at least one patterned roll. In one embodiment the patterned roll replaces the flat steel roll commonly used in calendering. The elements on the patterned roll provide a means of providing a nip having variable loading that yields a web having a smooth surface without subjecting the web to excessive compression forces and preventing excessive caliper loss. Thus, webs converted according to the present invention have comparable or better surface smoothness compared to webs converted using conventional calendering means and also retain a greater percentage of their caliper and bulk.
US10814577B2
An apparatus for making a self-opening bag pack includes a supply of flexible film material. An extruder forms a continuous tube of film. A flattener flattens the tube. A first sealer forms a bottom seal across a width of the flattened tube. A cutter cuts the flattened tube into bag blanks has a bag mouth at a predetermined distance from the bottom seal. Second and third sealers form angled seals at lower corners of the bag blank forming a flat bottomed bag. An adhesion knife penetrates the bag pack adhering adjacent bag blanks together in the bag pack. An aperture maker forms apertures for suspending the bag pack from a dispensing rack. The pack is attached to the dispensing rack and the front wall of the subsequent bag is adhered to the rear wall of a first bag, thereby causing the first bag to open when pulled from the rack.
US10814567B2
In one aspect, there is a method of making a pre-cured laminate having a total number of plies in a mold, the mold having a cavity with a periphery defined by a forward edge, an aft edge, and outboard ends. The method includes selecting a first plurality of resin impregnated plies that continuously extend beyond the periphery of the cavity, the first plurality of resin impregnated plies includes at least 50 percent of the total number of plies; laying the plies in a mold; compacting the plies in a mold; and pre-curing the plies to form a pre-cured laminate, which can extend beyond the periphery of the cavity. In an embodiment, a pre-cured laminate includes a first plurality of resin impregnated plies that continuously extend beyond the periphery of the cavity.
US10814566B2
A method for fabricating a stiffened panel. Layers of composite material are placed on a surface of an inner-mold-line tool having protrusions that extend from the surface of the inner-mold-line tool. The layers of composite material laid-up on the surface of the inner-mold-line tool are compacted to form compacted layers of composite material. The compacted layers of composite material are cured to form an inner-mold-line layer having corresponding protrusions. The inner-mold-line layer is joined to an outer-mold-line layer.
US10814565B2
A modified compression moulding arrangement where the compression moulding tool has been modified to allow for the use of pre-impregnated pre-form sheets in order to produce class A automotive structural parts in high volume. The pre-impregnated pre-form has continuous un-chopped fibers that extend across an entire length of the pre-impregnated pre-form. The pre-impregnated pre-form is then placed in an open compression moulding tool that has a bottom half and a top half that are movable between an open position and a closed position. When the mould tool is in the closed position, the top half and bottom half create a forming cavity that is defined by a forming surface of the top half and a forming surface of the bottom half. The forming surface of the bottom half has a boundary defined by a run-off edge and an upshear that is necessary for forming a class A structural automotive component using pre-impregnated pre-form material.
US10814563B2
Disclosed herein is a method. The method includes identifying a first location on a first part to place a first shim tab to form a first portion of a compound shim. The method also includes applying the first shim tab to the first location on the first part with an end-effector. The method also includes identifying a second location directly adjacent to the first location on the first part to place a second shim tab. The method also includes applying the second shim tab to the second location on the first part with the end-effector to form a second portion of the compound shim. The method also includes applying a third shim tab to the second shim tab at the second location to increase a thickness of the second portion of the compound shim.
US10814562B2
Systems and methods are provided for composite part fabrication. One embodiment is a method that includes placing a laminate onto a base of a mandrel between side walls of the mandrel, placing edge dams between the side walls and the laminate that each abut the laminate and abut one of the side walls, each edge dam having a Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (CTE) greater than a CTE of the mandrel, the CTE of the mandrel being greater than a CTE of the laminate, heating the laminate, edge dams, and mandrel, and during the heating, thermally expanding the edge dams an amount that corresponds with a difference in thermal expansion between the laminate and the mandrel.
US10814557B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for performing quality control assessments of a three dimensional (3D) printing system. In particular, the present disclosure provides a phantom designs for use in 3D printing systems, as well as methods of quality control for a 3D printing system performed using a 3D printed phantom.
US10814554B2
A control device for a laser machining apparatus includes: a plurality of lasers, a plurality of scanners which respectively scans the laser beams outputted from the plurality of lasers, a scanner control unit which synchronously controls the plurality of scanners, and a laser control unit which synchronously controls the plurality of lasers, in which the scanner control unit performs tracking control to precede or delay operation of at least one scanner among the plurality of scanners relative to operation of another scanner among the plurality of scanners; and the laser control unit performs tracking control to precede or delay laser output of at least one laser among the plurality of lasers corresponding to the at least one scanner, relative to the laser output of another laser among the plurality of lasers corresponding to the other scanner.
US10814549B2
In an example implementation, a method of printing a multi-structured three-dimensional (3D) object includes forming a layer of sinterable material. The method includes processing a first portion of the sinterable material using first set of processing parameters and processing a second portion of the sinterable material using a second set of processing parameters. The processed first and second portions form, respectively, parts of a first and second structure of a multi-structured 3D object.
US10814542B2
Provided is an extruder and a method for extruding cord reinforced tire components, wherein the extruder has an extruder head with a die and a cord guide. The die is provided with a cross sectional profile that defines a first cross section of the extrusion material in the die, wherein the cross sectional profile has a profile height. The cord guide is arranged for guiding the cords into the die at a cord entry height. The extruder head is provided with first heating elements. The extruder has a control unit that is operationally connected to the first heating elements for generating an adjustable height temperature gradient in the extrusion material across the profile height to control swelling of the extrusion material relative to the cord entry height from the first cross section to a second cross section after the extrusion material leaves the die.
US10814537B2
The present disclosure is directed to an injection nozzle with a nozzle head including at least one discharge opening for injecting molding material into a mold cavity of a thereto interconnected injection mold and forming therein a molded body. At least one positively controlled closure element movably supported in the nozzle head for closing a communication opening in the connected injection mold. An actuator cylinder comprises a first piston which is interconnected to the closure element. The first piston is arranged movable between a first position, in which the closure element is fully closed, and a second position in which the closure element is fully open. A second piston is interconnected to the closure element, and is arranged movable between a third position in which the second piston is not interconnected to the closure element and a fourth position in which the closure element is limited in an intermediate position.
US10814534B2
A discharge apparatus includes a discharge unit and a detection unit. The discharge unit is configured to discharge liquid containing a volatile compound from a discharge port. The detection unit is configured to detect discharge of the liquid by detecting, using light, a volatile component volatilizing from the liquid when the liquid is discharged from the discharge port.
US10814533B2
A vacuum probe comprises a sharpened body that is displaceable downward and toward a vacuum bag during vacuum hose quick connection. The sharpened body and a valve element inside the vacuum probe move in tandem until the sharpened body projects outside the vacuum probe. A vacuum pressure applied via the vacuum hose pulls the vacuum bag upwards and towards the projecting sharpened body, which then punctures the vacuum bag, thereby enabling air under the vacuum bag to be evacuated via the vacuum probe as vacuum pressure continues to be applied.
US10814527B2
Provided is a method of producing a transdermal absorption sheet using an electroforming mold. A method of manufacturing an electroforming mold includes preparing a mold which is a matrix having a recessed pattern, immersing the mold in a degassed pretreatment liquid stored in a pretreatment liquid tank, then applying ultrasound waves generated from an ultrasound oscillator to the recessed pattern of the mold, and filling recessed portions constituting the recessed pattern with the pretreatment liquid. By immersing the mold in an electroforming tank and performing an electroforming treatment, an electroforming mold is manufactured. A mold having a recessed pattern is manufactured from the electroforming mold and a transdermal absorption sheet is produced using the mold.
US10814525B1
A continuous liquefaction and filtration system has a first device configured to melt and filter solid waste plastic material. A second device is in communication with the first device, and configured to melt solid waste plastic material. A feeding system is configured to feed waste plastic material into the first device. A vacuum unit is in communication with the first device and the second device. The vacuum unit configured to control a pressure level within the system. A method of processing solid waste plastic including the steps of providing the system and solid waste plastic; inserting the solid waste plastic into the first device; heating the solid waste plastic material; extracting the molten plastic with one of the extractors; sending a portion of the molten plastic to second device and recirculating another portion in the first device; and extracting the melt polymers.
US10814524B2
Disclosed is a fiber-reinforced composite and methods and apparatuses for making the same. Some fiber-reinforced composites include a matrix material including a thermoplastic material and a non-woven fibrous region having a plurality of continuous fibers dispersed in the matrix material, wherein the width and the length of the non-woven fibrous region are substantially equal to the width and the length, respectively, of the fiber-reinforced composite, wherein the non-woven fibrous region has a mean relative area fiber coverage (RFAC) (%) of from 65 to 90 and a coefficient of variance (COV) (%) of from 3 to 20, and wherein each of the plurality of continuous fibers is substantially aligned with the length of the fiber-reinforced composite.
US10814508B1
A razor apparatus including a head having at least one blade member on each of a first and a second opposed side of the head. Each blade member has a straight front cutting edge. The head includes a frame defining an opening through which the cutting edges are accessible. The frame also includes a rotatable mounting element for attachment of the head to a handle. The head is rotatable around a longitudinal axis of the handle at least 180° when the rotatable mounting element is activated.
US10814506B2
A hair clipping device includes a cutting assembly having a stationary cutting blade and a moveable cutting blade, where the moveable cutting blade is arranged on a first side with respect to the stationary cutting blade. The hair clipping device further includes a driver configured to drive the moveable cutting blade relative to the stationary cutting blade, and a housing having an air outlet and an air inlet. A fan for generating a pressurized airflow is fluidly connected to the air outlet such that the pressurized airflow exits the housing at the air outlet and at least partly re-enters the housing at the air inlet. The air outlet and the air inlet are both arranged on the first side with respect to the stationary cutting blade.
US10814503B2
A heat dissipating system of movable robot is provided. The heat dissipating system includes a movable robot and at least one wind resistance structure. The movable robot includes a housing, at least one airflow passage and plural first air holes. The housing defines an inner space, the airflow passage is disposed in the inner space, and the first air holes are disposed on the housing and are in communication with the airflow passage respectively. When the movable robot moves, an air current is generated accordingly. The air current partially flows into the airflow passage through the first air hole acted as an inlet, and the air current in the airflow passage is released from the first air hole acted as an outlet. The wind resistance structure is configured for guiding the air current into the first air hole acted as the inlet.
US10814502B2
A robotic system includes a base and at least one axis actuation module. The base includes an input power conversion device. A power input terminal of the input power conversion device receives an input voltage. The input voltage is converted into a first voltage by the input power conversion device. The first voltage is outputted from a power output terminal of the input power conversion device. The at least one axis actuation module is installed on the base. Each axis actuation module includes a motor, an axis power conversion device and a driving device. The first voltage is converted into a second voltage with a rated voltage value by the axis power conversion device. The second voltage is converted into a third voltage by the driving device. The third voltage is provided to the motor.
US10814497B2
A robot hand apparatus includes a holder having a bendable sucking surface that sucks an object; a magnetic elastic body arranged at the holder and formed of an elastic material containing magnetic particles; and a magnetic-field generator that is arranged at the holder and applies a magnetic field to the magnetic elastic body to change a coefficient of elasticity of the magnetic elastic body. When the magnetic-field generator applies a magnetic field to the magnetic elastic body, a flexible portion and a hardened portion having a bigger coefficient of elasticity than that of the flexible portion are formed in the magnetic elastic body. When the holder holds the object, in a state in which the sucking surface is bent at a position corresponding to the flexible portion, a region of the sucking surface between the position and a distal end of the holder sucks the object.
US10814496B2
Structures and methods to actively control the shape of a micro pickup array (MPA) during micro device transfer are described. In an embodiment, a strain is applied to the MPA counteractive to strain arising during micro device transfer operations. For example, strain may be applied by a piezoelectric actuator element bonded to a back side of the base substrate to control a curvature of base substrate, and by extension the MPA.
US10814493B2
A capacitive or resistive tactile sensor having a conductive membrane, a flexible dielectric or weakly conductive sheet and a substrate having electrodes, and a method of manufacturing thereof. The flexible sheet has a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface and the second surface are uniformly distanced when at rest. The first surface is adapted to contact one of the conductive membrane or the substrate. The second surface is adapted to contact another one of the conductive membrane or the substrate. The body defines between the first and second surfaces, at a predetermined region, a plurality of laser ablated uniform cavities that are evenly distributed and operatively identical in order to provide a known compression index at the predetermined region of the flexible sheet. The substrate has uniformly distributed static pressure sensing electrodes and at least one uniformly spread dynamic pressure sensing electrode, which is located between the static pressure sensing electrodes, and is used for measuring a voltage or a current variation with the conductive membrane according to the deformation of the flexible sheet.
US10814487B2
A self-guiding automaton includes sensors, a hardware processor, and a memory storing a self-guidance software code. The hardware processor executes the self-guidance software code to detect a location and/or travel path of one or more human being(s) in a pedestrian environment using the sensors, and identify a self-guided path forward in the pedestrian environment based on the location and/or travel path of each human being(s). The self-guidance software code also determines a social cue for communicating the self-guided path forward to the human being(s), detects any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s) using the sensors, determines a pedestrian safety score of the self-guided path forward based on the location and/or travel path and any change in the location and/or travel path of each human being(s), and moves the automaton along the self-guided path forward if the pedestrian safety score satisfies a safety threshold.
US10814472B2
The disclosure describes vehicle mountable robotic and communication systems and techniques that can facilitate communications between a police officer and a driver within vehicles in a manner that removes the police officer from a proximity of the driver and enables real-time communication between the police officer and the driver. A vehicle mountable robotic and communication system can deliver a communication device from a police vehicle to a driver vehicle so that the police officer and the driver may remain separated during part or all of a traffic stop or other temporary detention. This communication device can provide a sensory or communicative interface to permit the police officer to collect additional information of the environment of the driver and/or permit the police officer and the driver to engage in two-way communication.
US10814464B2
A deck clip magazine for use with a pneumatic fastener gun and a plurality of generally T-shaped deck clips attached to one another by webbing to form a clip belt. The deck clip magazine has a housing with a channel shaped to receive the clip belt and a front end with an opening to permit egress of the leading clip from the channel. An aperture on the housing is aligned with the barrel of the pneumatic fastener gun and permits fasteners to pass therethrough to secure the generally T-shaped clips in position. The clips are aligned below the aperture by way of an inwardly biased movable stop located adjacent the opening. A cutting mechanism is aligned with the webbing and selectively actuated to sever the webbing between adjacent clips in the clip belt.
US10814463B2
A helmet tool including a housing; a pin at least partially disposed in the housing; a trigger mechanism operatively engaged with the pin, wherein the pin and trigger mechanism may be configured together within the housing such that actuation of the trigger mechanism causes the pin to one of extend from or retract into the housing; and a latch connected to the housing.
US10814454B2
This disclosure relates to a tool guide for a tool that shapes a workpiece. The tool guide may include a body having a contact surface configured to contact a surface of a workpiece, a tool holder positioned within the body and configured to hold a machining tool having a tool bit, the tool holder holding the machining tool in a predetermined orientation relative to the workpiece, a guide element attached to the body configured to engage a surface feature of the workpiece, and an upper opening and a lower opening in the body configured to allow the tool bit to extend beyond the contact surface and operate to remove a portion of the workpiece.
US10814434B2
A joint structure comprising a light-absorbable member having at least one opening portion and a light-permeable member superposed on the light-absorbable member so as to cover the opening portion, wherein an annular weld part is formed so as to enclose the opening portion and join the light-absorbable member and the light-permeable member, and an area ratio of a portion at the side of the light-absorbable member to a portion at the side of the light-permeable member side is in a range of 12-35 viewing a section perpendicular to the extending direction of the annular weld part.
US10814433B2
Disclosed is a system for efficiently cutting a transparent substrate. The system includes a laser source in optical communication with at least one multi-foci optical system. The laser source outputs at least one optical signal to the optical system. The optical system is positioned between the laser source and the substrate to be cut. The optical system includes at least one housing detachably coupled to at least one base member. One or more plate members having one or more apertures formed therein may be coupled to at least one of the housing, the baser member, or both. The aperture formed on the plate member may be configured to permit the optical signal to enter and exit the optical system. Various optical subassemblies may be positioned within or coupled to the optical system.
US10814432B2
In the method according to the disclosure for the unloading of a workpiece part from a workpiece, in parallel with processing time, by means of an unloading element, e.g. a vacuum sucker, the workpiece part is cut from an especially plate-form workpiece by means of a laser beam. The movement of the laser beam relative to the workpiece at least along a first movement axis (X) is divided into a movement of the workpiece and a movement of the laser beam. Before executing a final cut, which separates the workpiece part from the workpiece, the workpiece is decelerated until standstill and the final cut is then executed for example, by moving the laser beam. The workpiece part is being unloaded by an unloading element that operates at least partially during cutting of the workpiece. The unloading element operates according to one of three operating options.
US10814431B2
A device and a method for laser-inducing cavitation strengthening with multi-system automatic coordination work. The device comprises a plurality of systems, including a clamping system, a lifting system, an imaging system, a computer control system, a laser system and an energy density amplifying system, etc. The device for laser-inducing cavitation strengthening comprises a laser cavitation device and a fixing platform.
US10814430B2
A flow control device for an additive manufacturing system is provided. The flow control device includes a gas supply configured to discharge a gas, a first flow modifier configured to modify at least one flow characteristic of a first portion of the gas, and a second flow modifier configured to cooperate with the first flow modifier to modify the at least on flow characteristic of the first portion of the gas. The second flow modifier is further configured to modify at least one flow characteristic of a second portion of the gas, and the first flow modifier and the second flow modifier are configured to cooperate to direct at least a portion of the first portion and the second portion of the gas towards a melt pool in a plurality of particles.
US10814427B2
An additive manufacturing system includes a laser device, a build plate, a first scanning device, and an alignment system. The laser device is configured to generate a laser beam. The build plate has a position relative to the laser device. The first scanning device is configured to selectively direct the laser beam across the build plate. The laser beam generates a melt pool on the build plate. The alignment system includes a fiducial marks projector configured to project a plurality of fiducial marks across the build plate. Each fiducial mark has a location on the build plate. The alignment system also includes an optical detector configured to detect the location of each of the fiducial marks on the build plate. The alignment system is configured to detect the position of the build plate relative to the laser device.
US10814426B2
A method for attaching an object, such as a sight glass (3) or an electrical connector (4), to a structure, such as a valve housing (1), the object (3, 4) comprising an annular flange (6, 11). The object (3, 4) is mounted in an opening (7, 12) of the structure (1) with the annular flange (6, 11) in abutment with an annular edge (8, 13) of the opening (7, 12). The object (3, 4) is attached to the structure (1) by performing welding of the annular edge (8, 13) and the annular flange (6, 11) and displacing the welding beam along the annular flange (6, 11).
US10814419B2
A method and apparatus for starting a wire fed weld operation includes monitoring at least one of a prior run-in time, a prior run in distance, a prior run in wire feed speed, and/or whether or not there is contact at the time of a prior start. Then the wire position is controlled for a present weld operation in response to the monitored data.
US10814416B2
In a power steering device equipped with a rack shaft constructed by joining a first member having rack teeth and a second member serving as a ball screw shaft on which a ball screw groove is formed, a grinding process of the ball screw groove is performed on the second member by causing a grindstone to rotate and move along a rotation axis of the second member, while causing the second member to rotate about an axis of the second member as the rotation axis. The grinding process is performed so as to satisfy a specified machining condition “g/(5×p)
US10814414B2
A saw blade includes a body and a plurality of cutting teeth formed on the body. Each cutting tooth includes a tip at a first end of the cutting tooth, a rake face extending from the tip toward the body, a relief face extending from the tip toward a second end of the cutting tooth and sloping toward the body, and a projection at the second end of the cutting tooth and sloping away from the body. The saw blade also includes a plurality of gullets formed on the body between the plurality of cutting teeth. Each gullet forms an undercut portion between the body and the projection of each cutting tooth.
US10814407B2
An axially and radially compliant deburring tool holds a commercially available end tool holder, which in turn holds a variety of commercially available interchangeable deburring end tools, such as those commercially available for the hand deburring market. The axially and radially compliant deburring tool exhibits axial compliance in response to an external force by allowing a longitudinal sleeve holding the end tool holder to move longitudinally along a longitudinal axis of the tool, against a bias force. The axially and radially compliant deburring tool exhibits radial compliance in response to an external force by interaction between a cam contact member and a concave cam surface, both under the bias force and hence operative to return the commercially available to a centered, extended position in the absence of external forces.
US10814384B2
An apparatus for moulding battery components including a molten metal feed trough, a mould block adjacent to the feed trough, a weir between the feed trough and each cavity and a supply for feeding molten metal to the feed trough. The mould block has at least one mould cavity and a cooling arrangement which cools the mould block, and the mould block is provided with a heating arrangement adjacent to the or each mould cavity. In use, the heating arrangement maintains at least part of the, or each, mould cavity at an elevated temperature relative to the average operational temperature of the mould block.
US10814379B2
In continuous casting, to provide products with excellent quality with high productivity. A molten metal from a melting furnace is stirred and driven by a Lorentz force due to crossing of magnetic lines of force from a magnet and direct current and sent to a mold while improving the quality of the molten metal, or a molten metal immediately before solidification in the mold by the Lorentz force to equalize the temperature of the molten metal immediately before solidification in the mold. As a result, finally a high quality product can be obtained, and the performance of the magnet can be maintained by cooling the magnet.
US10814373B2
An ironing molding device for a metal container includes an annular ironing die carrying out an ironing processing to an outer surface of a cylindrical part of a bottomed cylindrical container by inserting a metallic bottomed cylindrical container disposed at a tip end of a punch sleeve, and a centering ring retainer as a support for a metallic ironing die for supporting said ironing die is provided with a bent elastic piece elastically supporting the ironing die, and the bent elastic piece is provided so as to be bent in a radius direction of said ironing die.
US10814371B2
A cooking appliance includes a housing including a door, a cooking chamber provided inside the housing, and a heater provided to heat the cooking chamber, wherein the housing includes a bending portion, which is bent to have a bending angle and has a bending groove cut using a tool and formed at an inside of the bending portion a first portion, which extends from one end of the bending portion and a second portion, which extends from the other end of the bending portion.
US10814358B2
Methods and systems for cleaning floor surfaces are provided. In various embodiments, floor cleaning devices comprise enhanced cleaning and disinfecting capabilities. A clean fluid storage tank and a spent fluid storage tank are provided on-board the device. Means for creating cavitation bubbles to enhance cleaning are contemplated. Additionally, chemical agents and systems are contemplated for sanitizing surfaces as well as fluid that is captured or recaptured by the device.
US10814356B2
A cleaning system comprises a first cleaning tank, a carrying and moving unit, a first cleaning spray head, and a rolling brush unit. The carrying and moving unit is configured to move a polishing film to be cleaned into the first cleaning tank and hold the polishing film in the first cleaning tank. The first cleaning spray head is configured to spray a cleaning liquid on the polishing film held in the first cleaning tank. The rolling brush unit is configured to brush the polishing film while the first cleaning spray head sprays the cleaning liquid on the polishing film.
US10814355B2
A collection bin (2) for an in-line product inspection system (1) is arranged downstream of an inspection device (5) along a transport conveyor (4) for the inspected articles (8) and is positioned to receive articles that are pushed off the transport conveyor by an ejection device. The collection bin is configured as an enclosed compartment divided into a top part (11) and a bottom part (16). The top part is solidly attached to the supporting structure and includes a chute with an entry opening (13) facing towards the transport conveyor, and with a downward-sloped slide surface (14) leading to a bottom opening (15) of the chute. The bottom part, which serves to collect the ejected articles, is constrained to the supporting structure with limited guided mobility between a closed position where the open top of the receptacle lines up with the bottom opening, and with an open position where the bottom part is moved out from underneath the bottom opening of the chute so that the collected articles can be removed. A closure gate (18) which is hinged to the bottom part along a hinge axis (19) slides over the sloped slide surface when the bottom part is closed and slips out of the sloped slide surface into a position to block the bottom opening of the chute when the bottom part is opened.
US10814353B2
In a sieve, unit blocks are arrayed along an up-down direction and a left-right direction. Each unit block includes elongated holes and short holes that are shorter than the elongated holes. In each of the unit blocks, the elongated holes include a first elongated hole extending along a first length direction and a second elongated hole extending along a second length direction intersecting an extension line running along the first length direction. Plural of the short holes are arranged in each of the unit blocks so as to be arranged between long edges of adjacent elongated holes of the elongated holes.
US10814342B2
A latching mechanism for a sprinkler can be actuated from underneath the cover by the user's fingers. An elongated, horizontal, latch member slides radially inward and outward along the underside of the cover to either engage the cover to the sprinkler head or disengage the cover from the sprinkler head.
US10814339B2
A controller for controlling a slurry flowing from incoming piping and entering hydrocyclones arranged in a battery configuration, featuring a signal processor that receives signaling containing information about respective individual cyclone control signaling x(i) for each individual cyclone being evaluated and controlled, median control signaling {tilde over (x)} of all of the respective individual cyclone control signaling x(i), a scale factor Ai and a number N of the individual cyclones being evaluated and controlled; and determine/provides primary control signaling C containing information to control the slurry flowing from the incoming piping and entering the hydrocyclones arranged in the battery configuration by taking the median control signaling {tilde over (x)} and adding a correction factor, where the correction factor is determined by taking a sum of a respective difference of each of the respective individual cyclone control signaling x(i) and the median control signaling {tilde over (x)}, applying the scaling factor Ai to each respective difference, and normalizing the sum by the number N of the individual cyclones being evaluated and controlled, based upon the signaling received.
US10814336B2
Known wet electrostatic precipitators are large and inefficient. The present invention enables the production of smaller, more efficient and long lasting wet electrostatic precipitators by the addition of a central bore in the inner electrode through which a first purge flow is passed and directed into the precipitator chamber, perpendicular to the direction of flow of the gas to be treated through the chamber to urge the particulate into the water curtain. A second, larger, cleaning purge flow is also provided to disturb the water curtain such that it cleans the inner electrode of any deposited particulate.
US10814335B2
The invention relates to a method and device for collecting particles which may be present in an aerosol. The invention consists in electrostatically collecting all the particles in an aerosol, but uncoupling mechanisms of particle charging by unipolar ion diffusion, for charging then collecting the finest particles, from particle charging by a corona effect electrical field, for charging then collecting the biggest particles in a different collection zone from the collection zone for the finest particles. The invention also relates to the use of such a device as ionisation chamber or for evaluating the exposure of workers or consumers to nanoparticles.
US10814334B2
A device for separating a metalliferous, lumpy mixture, with a conveyor belt and with a rotating drum in which a fixed magnet system with at least one magnet line is arranged. The separating effect of the device is improved and its complexity is reduced where it is provided that the magnets of the at least one magnet line are arranged such that their poles have the sequence NS SN or SN NS in the circumferential direction, as a result of which the ratio of the maximum radial magnetic flux density to the maximum tangential magnetic flux density on the belt surface, facing the material, in the region of the magnet system is greater than one and, owing to this, the electrically conductive particles are separated out into the first partial stream by radial force action (repulsion).
US10814331B2
A lifting wall arrangement at an end wall of a drum mill, having a plurality of segments which are removably installable on the end wall. Each segment includes an inner wall and an opposing outer wall. At least one lifting blade is arranged on the outer wall, such that the outer wall, the lifting blade and the inner wall define a discharge channel leading to a discharge cone. The inner wall forms a part of a sieving wall in the drum mill. Each segment constitutes an integrated unit adapted to be installed on the end wall. Other embodiments include a segment of a lifting wall arrangement and a drum mill having a lifting wall arrangement.
US10814314B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for aminating a polyether polyol and preparation method thereof and a method of preparing a polyetheramine using the catalyst. The catalyst has active components and a carrier. The active components are Ni, Cu, and Pd. The method of preparing the catalyst comprises the following steps: using a metal solution or a metal melt impregnated carrier, obtaining a catalyst precursor; and drying and calcinating the obtained catalyst precursor, so as to obtain a catalyst. By introducing the active component Pd in the catalyst, the present invention clearly improves selectivity of an amination catalyst with respect to a preaminated product, and increases raw material conversion rate.
US10814313B2
The present invention concerns a method for the preparation of metal oxide hollow nanoparticles comprising the steps of: —providing an aqueous suspension of nanoparticles of an oxide of a first element having at least two oxidation states coupled with a substrate; —placing in contact the aqueous suspension with an aqueous solution of a salt of a second element having at least two oxidation states having a standard reduction potential lower than the standard reduction potential of said first transition metal to obtain hollow nanoparticles.
US10814307B2
A super absorbent polymer according to the present invention has fast absorption rate while having high permeability and suction power, and thus is preferably used for hygienic materials such as diapers and can exhibit excellent performance.
US10814301B2
Producing C5 olefins from steam cracker C5 reeds may include reacting a mixed hydrocarbon stream comprising cyclopentadiene, C5 olefins, and C6+ hydrocarbons in a dimerization reactor where cyclopentadiene is dimerized to dicyclopentadiene. The dimerization reactor effluent may be separated into a traction comprising the C6+ hydrocarbons and dicyclopentadiene and a second fraction comprising C5 olefins and C5 dienes. The second fraction, a saturated hydrocarbon diluent stream, and hydrogen may be fed to a catalytic distillation reactor system for concurrently separating linear C5 olefins from saturated hydrocarbon diluent, cyclic C5 olefins, and C5 dienes contained in the second fraction and selectively hydrogenating C5 dienes. An overhead distillate including the linear C5 olefins and a bottoms product including cyclic C5 olefins are recovered from the catalytic distillation reactor system. Other aspects of the C5 olefin systems and processes, including catalyst configurations and control schemes, are also described.
US10814296B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a system for customizing a cosmetic product. The system includes: an interface device, in electronic communication with a single batch formulation device. The single batch formulation device is configured to formulate a customized cosmetic product, and a threaded container configured to be imported into the single batch formulation device containing a base and exported from the single batch formulation device containing the customized cosmetic.
US10814295B2
The invention is a weighing and mixing system for the preparation of mixtures of components required by processing machines for the manufacture of plastic products. In particular the invention is suitable for the preparation of weighed mixtures comprised of at least two different masterbatches in order to obtain the color shade desired for a specific plastic product.
US10814289B2
[Problem] To provide a membrane for the forward osmosis method, which keeps a high porosity, reduces concentration polarization by appropriately controlling the pore distribution, achieves both high water permeability and a self-supporting property, and has high chemical durability such that are membrane is applicable to various draw solutions. [Solution] A separation membrane having a structure inclined from an outer surface side to an inner surface side, a ratio between a thickness of a dense layer having a dense polymer density and a thickness of a coarse layer having a coarse polymer density being in a range of 0.25≤(the thickness of the coarse layer)/[(the thickness of the dense layer)+(the thickness of the coarse layer)]≤0.6, when measuring polymer density distribution in a thickness direction of the separation membrane by Raman spectroscopy.
US10814285B2
The invention relates to a heparin-functionalized semi-permeable membrane comprising at least one layer of porous biocompatible polymer, and one layer of non-woven biocompatible polymer wherein said heparin is covalently bound to a layer on the surface of said porous biocompatible polymer.
US10814279B2
A hydrogel composite draw material for forward osmosis comprising: a porous elastic polymeric foam element including a three-dimensional continuous network of pores interpenetrated with a polymer hydrogel. In use, the hydrogel composite draw material draws a water flux of at least 3.5 L/m2h.
US10814277B2
Presented is a process for the off-line regeneration of a deactivated nitrogen oxide decomposition catalyst of a selective catalytic reduction system that is a component of a flue gas treating system. The selective catalytic reduction system is isolated to allow for removal and replacement of deactivated SCR catalyst. The removed SCR catalyst may be regenerated off-line from the flue gas treating system. The off-line regenerated SCR catalyst can be used as a replacement SCR catalyst.
US10814268B2
A process for something separating oxygen from air includes mixing the air with hydro fluoro ether in a closed vessel for a desired period of time so that the oxygen from the air is adsorbed into the hydro fluoro ether, discharging the oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether from the closed vessel, and flashing the oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether into a chamber so that so as to separate the oxygen from the hydro fluoro ether. Nitrogen is separated from the air as the oxygen is adsorbed in the hydro fluoro ether in the closed vessel. The step of flashing that includes passing the elevated pressure oxygen-adsorbed hydro fluoro ether across a restricting orifice so as to evaporate the oxygen from the hydro fluoro ether.
US10814267B2
The present disclosure relates a fake head assembly including a fake head body having an engage face, a first vacuum suction hole configured to be connected to an evacuating device to perform an evacuation, an adsorption portion having an adsorption surface, a plurality of first vacuum holes inside the fake head body, each first vacuum hole including a first end on the adsorption surface and a second end on the engage face, the plurality of first vacuum holes being arranged in order in a first direction of the fake head assembly; a shunt device detachably connected to the fake head body, the shunt device having a plurality of evacuating slots which extend in the first direction and have different extension lengths; the first vacuum suction hole being closable by the shunt device and selectively communicated with one evacuating slot, so as to be communicated the second end of at least some of the first vacuum holes via the one evacuating slot; and a connecting device for connecting the shunt device to the engage surface of the fake head body.
US10814264B2
There is provided a Czochralski puller installation for Si monocrystalline ingot growth, including: a Czochralski puller; a SiOx dust filter system; and a vacuum pump connected downstream of said SiOx dust filter system, the SiOx dust filter system including at least a first filtration branch having a first SiOx filter unit, and at least a second filtration branch having a second SiOx filter unit, the first filtration branch and the second filtration branch being disposed in parallel and connected to a common first connection point upstream of first and second upstream valves and to a common second connection point downstream of first and second downstream valves, the first and the second filtration branches being connected through a bypass branch having a needle valve for pressure equilibration between the first and the second filtration branches.
US10814263B2
A filter media block and filter element incorporating same are provided. Methods of forming a filter media block and filter element are also provided. The filter media block includes a block of filter media and an outer permeable layer. The outer layer provides support for the block of filter media.
US10814260B2
The present invention discloses a gas-powder separation three-phase jet flow fire monitor system, including a gas-powder separation three-phase fire monitor head, a filter, a nitrogen pressurization apparatus and a dry powder tank. The dry powder tank is connected to a gas-powder mixture inlet pipe of the gas-powder separation three-phase fire monitor head through a pipeline. A nitrogen outlet pipe of the gas-powder separation three-phase fire monitor head is connected with one end of the nitrogen pressurization apparatus through the filter. The other end of the nitrogen pressurization apparatus is connected with the dry powder tank. The present invention is simple in structure and convenient to use. A cyclone separation apparatus of a dry powder pipeline of the fire monitor may separate nitrogen from conveyed ultrafine dry powder to enable the ultrafine dry powder to be fully mixed with a water-based fire extinguishing agent, thereby reducing an atomization degree of jet flow and enlarging a range of the fire monitor. In addition, the separated nitrogen enters the dry powder tank for recycling after being pressurized by the pressurization apparatus, thereby reducing the fire extinguishing cost.
US10814259B2
A device for separating liquid from a gas stream within a liquid injected vacuum pump or compressor, said device comprising: two communicating vessels having a common section extending over at least a part of the height; an inlet opening positioned on the opposite side of the common section; at least two bucket shaped vessels, each provided within one of the two communicating vessels; a lid comprising an outlet opening; wherein at least one of the two bucket shaped vessels forms a fluid passage between the wall of the communicating vessel and the wall of the bucket shaped vessel for allowing a fluid to pass there through.
US10814252B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for separation of high volume flows of mixtures provided with at least two immiscible phases, especially for the first separation steps of flows of water/oil/gas/sand mixture that enter the apparatus as a wellstream mixture. The invention also relates to a method for separation of high volume flows of mixtures provided with at least immiscible phases.
US10814249B2
A method for extracting compounds from botanical material using a condensable gas solvent comprising passing the condensable gas solvent containing the at least one compound extracted from a feedstock through a sonic flow nozzle and introducing the solvent exiting the sonic flow nozzle at a supersonic velocity into a cyclone separator.
US10814240B2
The present disclosure provides a child-mother toy, including: a first assembly and a second assembly. The second assembly includes a supporting member, a triggering subassembly, a unfolding subassembly and an ejection subassembly, and the triggering subassembly, the unfolding subassembly and the ejection subassembly are disposed to the supporting member. Before the triggering subassembly is triggered, the unfolding subassembly is folded at the supporting member so as to define an accommodating cavity together with the supporting member, the accommodating cavity is configured to accommodate the first assembly therein; and after the triggering subassembly is triggered, the unfolding subassembly is unfolded to open the accommodating cavity, and meanwhile the ejection subassembly ejects the first assembly out of the accommodating cavity.
US10814235B2
A media system employs techniques to create a framework for evaluating gameplay content in a vector-space. These techniques include monitoring frames for content streams that correspond to gameplay in a game environment, determining feature-values for features associated with the frames, mapping the content streams to position vectors in the vector-space based on the feature-values, and assigning a set of position vectors in the vector-space to an area in the game environment based on a relative proximity of the set of position vectors in the vector-space.
US10814233B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for session management. The disclosed system allows for seamless merging and splitting of network sessions in a multiplayer network gaming environment. Seamless session management allows dynamic movement of players in a virtual world during gameplay without unnecessary loading and/or stalling. As the players in the virtual world move around, the management of active game sessions can be improved to effect a more realistic perceived population.
US10814219B2
An electronic device includes a display, a communication circuitry, and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to acquire, through the communication circuitry, a first control signal from a controller in contact with a first body portion, the first control signal including information indicating that the controller is in contact with the first body portion. The processor is further configured to display, based on the first control signal, a first graphic object corresponding to the first body portion through the display, and to acquire, through the communication circuitry, a second control signal from the controller, which is in contact with a second body portion. The second control signal includes information indicating that the controller is in with the second body portion. The processor is further configured to display, based on the second control signal, a second graphic object corresponding to the second body portion through the display.
US10814212B2
Card handling systems include shuffling devices, shoe devices, and a card transfer system for automatically transferring cards from the shuffling device into the shoe device. Shuffling devices may include a divider configured to contact at least one card positioned within a compartment of the shuffling device. Shoe devices may include a card loading system for loading cards into a card storage area through an opening in a base of the shoe device. Methods of providing cards during a casino table game play include identifying card information including a rank and a suit of each card in a shuffling device and a shoe device and transporting cards from the shuffling device to the shoe device.
US10814203B2
A golf putting system is provided including a platform, a platform holder, a golf mat, an incline, a golf cup, a ball return, a flap, an inlay, and a ball return extension. The platform can either be inserted into the holder, or at a golf mat's aft end. Two or more golf mats can be connected on to each other with a tongue and groove or snapping system allowing the golfers to add and remove golf mat sections to their desired length. A flap can cover seams between sections allowing the golf ball to roll to a golf cup without any obstruction. The platform and holder can move linearly down a golf mats axis allowing the golfer to set any distance from a golf cup.
US10814198B2
A tackle training system defines a frame configured for attachment to a player's body. The frame has an upper portion, a lower portion, and a center portion extending therebetween. The upper portion defines at least one attachment structure extending downwardly toward the lower portion, and the lower portion defines at least one attachment structure extending upwardly toward the upper portion generally vertically aligned with the attachment structure of the upper portion. The opposing attachment structures are for contacting opposing ends of a bar so as to removably attach and extend the bar between the upper and lower portions. The attachment structures of the frame limit movement of the removable bar generally to that of the frame and allow release of the removable bar from the frame when a force that overcomes an attachment force provided by the attachment structures is applied to the removable bar.
US10814172B1
Exercise machines and methods are provided for purposes of increasing a person's physical fitness. The systems are computer-controlled and are devoid of any stacks of weights associated with conventional exercise equipment. The systems feature isotonic modes, isokinetic modes, isometric modes and hybrid exercise modes. The systems are programmed to be suited to a particular individual user, based on their range of motion for a particular selected exercise and body part, which is determined during an initialization process. Force experienced by users is not dampened, and forces experienced by a user are responsive by the system to the force input by the user. In some embodiments the position of a user's limb is employed as an input for determining the torque output of a resistance unit which supplies resistive force for undertaking a selected exercise.
US10814170B2
Embodiments herein provide systems, methods, and computer-readable medium for providing customized exercise-related recommendations. Utilizing machine learning algorithms, a classification model may be trained with fitness-related information (e.g., exercise information, user profile information, and/or vital sign information) of a group of users. The classification model may be configured to output a classification for input data (e.g., fitness-related information of a particular user). A recommendation corresponding to a classification may be identified and provided to a particular user. User compliance with provided recommendations and subsequent user progress may be tracked to determine when recommendations were effective at bringing about a desired result (e.g., progressing the user toward a goal). Additionally, the system may determine when classifications have been inaccurately determined and/or when expected progress data has not provided a realistic path by which a user may progress toward a goal. Thus, classification, recommendation, and progress path accuracy/effectiveness may increasingly improve over time.
US10814169B2
Determining pace or speed based on sensor data may include determining an amount of contact time a user's foot has with a workout surface such as the ground. Contact time may be determined by identifying samples in the sensor data that correspond to various events such as a heelstrike, a toe-off and a subsequent heelstrike. In one example, these events may be identified by determining a sequence of three sample values (e.g., a triplet) that exceeds corresponding thresholds. The validity of an identified triplet (e.g., heelstrike, toe-off and heelstrike) may be confirmed by determining whether a difference between a last event sample and a middle event sample is greater than a difference between the middle event sample and an initial event sample. Once confirmed, a contact time may be determined from the triplet. A linear or non-linear relationship may then be applied to the contact time to determine a speed or pace.
US10814158B2
A weightlifting bench comprising two adjustable arms that translate across a pair of horizontal rails. The adjustable arms each attaching to a corresponding cushion holder. Each cushion holder containing a stiff, textured, round cushion intended to isolate and challenge the core musculature and strengthen core and back supportive structures to promote proper spine health and alignment.
US10814150B2
A wireless system network for managing GPS-tracked stationary spraying systems and GPS-tracking mobile spraying systems deployed on a wireless communication network for supporting the defense of property against wildfires. Each GPS-tracking spraying system includes an electronic circuit or device for (i) automatically tracking the spraying of property with environmentally-clean anti-fire (AF) liquid contained in a storage tank, (ii) automatically monitoring the level of environmentally-clean anti-fire liquid in the storage tank, and (iii) generating and transmitting electronic signals to a remote center so that a service can automatically replenish the storage tank of the GPS-tracking spraying system when the level of environmentally-clean anti-fire liquid falls below a predetermined level in the storage tank. This ensures the systems are ready to spray environmentally-clean anti-fire liquid on property before the incidence of wildfire in a proactive manner.
US10814139B2
A multifunctional therapeutic device for providing therapy to human body is disclosed. The device incorporates means for any one or combination of different therapies, namely electric pulse therapy, UV therapy, Low energy laser therapy, and heat therapy, that can be operated individually or simultaneously as per requirement. The device is double ended with each end incorporating capability to impart each of the therapies either individually or in combination. One end is configured for therapy to a smaller area, and the other end configured to provide therapy to a larger area of human body. Two identical laser devices are used along with converging and diverging coupling systems to focus laser to a smaller or larger area. Device includes a single display that rotates the displayed data depending on which side is being used; and includes a hand wheel for adjusting intensity of therapy that allows ambidextrous application.
US10814138B2
This disclosure relates to active implantable medical devices. Some such devices include a pulse generator and at least one detection electrode. A processor of the pulse generator is configured to collect via the detection electrode at least two EGM signals, combine the EGM signals into two time components, and combine the components into a single 2D parametric characteristic representing the cardiac cycle. During a tachyarrhythmia episode, the device stores the consecutive values of the cycle-to-cycle variation in the amplitude of one EGM signal, distributes same into a plurality of classes each corresponding to an amplitude interval, and performs a statistical analysis of the totals for each class so as to output, selectively, on the basis of at least one predetermined criterion applied to the distribution of the amplitude variations into the various classes, an indicator of a suspected extracardiac artifact or an indicator of tachyarrhythmia.
US10814135B2
Various implantable device embodiments may comprise a neural stimulator configured to deliver a neurostimulation therapy to stimulate tissue. A prescribed dose of the neurostimulation therapy relates to a therapeutically-effective and safe amount of charge delivered to the stimulated tissue over a period of time. The neural stimulator may include a power supply used to deliver the neurostimulation therapy, and a charge/current monitor configured to monitor a delivered dose of the neurostimulation therapy with respect to the prescribed dose to determine whether the delivered dose is delivering the therapeutically-effective and safe amount of charge to the stimulated tissue over the period of time.
US10814133B2
Implantable nerve transducers are provided herein, along with methods of fabricated such implantable nerve transducers. An exemplary implantable nerve transducer includes a plurality of semiconductor structures protruding from an exterior surface provided by a substrate and a plurality of conductors extending from the exterior surface of the substrate to an interior surface of the substrate and within a plurality of openings in the substrate. Each conductor is electrically coupled to one of the semiconductor structures. The exemplary implantable nerve transducer further includes one or more electronic components electrically coupled to the semiconductor structures by the conductors and a cap bonded to the substrate to provide a sealed chamber. The sealed chamber contains the one or more electronic components.
US10814121B2
A simply lockable quick coupling for releasably connecting a hose to an implantable apparatus, comprises a first attachment piece that can be connected to the hose and a second attachment piece that can be connected to the apparatus, wherein the attachment pieces can be rotated relative to each other in the locked state.
US10814113B2
Devices and methods for delivering an ingestible medicament of a medicament tablet into the gastrointestinal tract of a user. A device according to the invention includes a vibrating ingestible capsule and a hollow medicament compartment housing. The vibrating capsule includes a housing, a vibrating agitator disposed within the housing, a power supply, and a control element. The hollow medicament compartment housing is associated with the housing of the capsule and includes at least one aperture. The hollow of the medicament compartment housing is configured to have the medicament tablet disposed therein. The aperture(s) are dimensioned to enable fluid communication the surrounding environment and the hollow.
US10814105B2
Some embodiments of a medical device anchor system include an anchor sleeve that receives a catheter (or other medical instrument) though a working channel of the anchor sleeve. The anchor sleeve may include a first actuator that controls the extension of one or more subcutaneous tines into the subcutaneous region under the skin. The anchor sleeve can also include a second actuator that can cause the anchor sleeve to lock onto an outer portion of the catheter (or other medical instrument) arrange in the working channel.
US10814104B2
A retention member (1) for securing a catheter (2) on a patient (P) comprises a base element (10) having a bottom side (103) and a top side (104), the bottom side being placeable on the patient (P) and the top side (104) being adapted for receiving the catheter (2). The retention member (1) furthermore comprises a ribbon (14) having a first end (140) connected to the top side (104) of the base element (10) and having a second end (141) opposite the first end (140), wherein the base element (10) comprises at least one opening (150, 151) through which the second end (141) of the ribbon (14) is insertable for fixing the catheter (2) on the retention member (1) in between the base element (10) and the ribbon (14). In this way a retention member is provided which is easy and safe to use, may suit to secure catheters of different sizes on a patient and at the same time may be manufactured in a cost-effective manner.
US10814100B2
A deflectable device, such as a catheter, is provided that includes a hinge that enhances the ability of the device to deflect or bend within a predetermined plane. The catheter comprises an elongated tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends and at least one lumen extending therethrough. A distal segment is provided distal to the distal end of the catheter body. A tubular hinge is provided between the distal end of the catheter body and the proximal end of the distal segment. The hinge has an axis and at least one lumen extending therethrough. The tube includes at least one slot, and preferably a plurality of slots, extending part of the way through the hinge generally transverse to the axis of the hinge.
US10814096B2
A catheter assembly provided with a wire arranged therein to form a loop extending from near the effective end of the catheter for bypassing an occlusion in a vein/artery. This loop consists of two wire ends, one of which wire ends extends through the catheter to the control end thereof, while the other wire end is attached thereto, in close proximity to the effective end of the catheter. By varying the relative position of the loop wire end extending from the control end and the control end, the size of the loop and the pushability thereof at the effective end of the catheter can be determined. In this manner, the occlusion can be removed with precise control by the physician using two hands. In addition, the catheter is formed not only for the loop wire end extending through the catheter, but also for incorporating a guide wire and/or for contrast fluids.
US10814095B2
An apparatus includes a first acquisition unit acquiring head position information indicating a user's head movement, a second acquisition unit acquiring stimulus information relating to a stimulus input to visual and vestibular sense. A generation unit that generates sound data of sound effect generating movement of a body which reduces sickness based on the head position information and the stimulus information, and calculates a variation amount of the user's head position based on the head position information, calculates an estimation amount for a magnitude of the stimulus input to at least any one of visual and vestibular sense based on the stimulus information, calculates sickness feeling intensity based on the variation amount and the estimation amount, calculates a reduction amount for calculating a feature amount of the sound data based on the sickness feeling intensity, and calculates a feature amount of the sound data based on the reduction amount.
US10814085B1
A mask for use in delivering air at a therapeutic pressure to a patient in need of therapy receives air from an air tube into an inelastic cloth mask portion that is attached to an interface portion constructed of an elastic material. The interface portion is a three dimensional structure that is attached at its edges to the mask portion and has a nose hole for receiving the patient's nose. When air is delivered the elastic interface portion pillows out and forms a seal against the patient's face. To assist with the seal, a structural assistance member may optionally be disposed on the interface portion above the nose hole so that it can be adjusted in the area of the bridge of the patient's nose.
US10814079B2
A nasal fluid-spray device having: a reservoir containing at least one dose (D) of fluid; and a dispenser system that, each time the device is actuated, sprays a dose (D) of fluid through a spray orifice, generating a spray that extends axially from the spray orifice. The device further includes a generator system for generating a secondary flow, which generator system is actuated simultaneously with the dispenser system, the secondary flow generator system having a secondary flow channel provided with an outlet orifice, the outlet orifice arranged downstream from the spray orifice, and the secondary flow extending from the outlet orifice along an axis (B) that forms an angle (α) relative to the axis (A) of the spray and that intersects the axis (A), thereby deforming and/or deflecting the spray.
US10814078B2
A spacer may improve the effectiveness of medication delivery by an inhaler. The spacer may be configured to store the inhaler to improve compactness and/or portability of the spacer and inhaler. The inhaler may be coupled to a retaining device, inhaler container, and/or the like that restricts movement of the inhaler to predetermined positions and/or orientations. A user may be able to transition the inhaler between a stored position and an active position by moving the inhaler translationally and/or rotationally. The inhaler may be able to remain coupled to the retaining device and/or inhaler container, and the retaining device and/or inhaler container may be able to remain coupled to the spacer during transition from the stored position to the active position. The spacer may be sized to fit in a pants pocket in an embodiment.
US10814077B2
A substance delivery module and apparatus for delivering substance in aerosol form are disclosed. The substance delivery module includes a plurality of substance containers and a plurality of pistons, with each substance container being mounted in the module for cooperation with a dedicated piston. Another substance delivery module is disclosed that includes a piston defining a delivery axis and a substance container, moveably mounted with respect to the piston. The substance container is moveable along the delivery axis and may, for example, be moved toward and onto the piston. Either of the substance delivery modules may be assembled with an aerosol generator and an aerosol delivery conduit in fluid communication with the aerosol generator to form an apparatus for delivering substance in aerosol form. The apparatus may further include a control module.
US10814070B2
Described is a needle shield remover (6) comprising a needle cap (5), a carrier sheath (6.2) axially slidably disposed in the needle cap (5) and adapted to engage a needle shield (4) disposed on a needle (3), and a grip (6.1) transversely slidably disposed in the needle cap (5) and adapted to engage the carrier sheath (6.2) to displace the carrier sheath (6.2) and the needle shield (4) axially relative to the needle cap (5).
US10814063B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting an occlusion in an infusion line (200) during an infusion process comprising the steps of receiving a periodically measured value of a force (F) that is applied by a pumping device (1) to push a liquid through the infusion line (200) and that is indicative of the pressure (P) in the infusion line (200), and subtracting from the measured force value (F) a frictional force component (F0), that is indicative of a true frictional force, for correcting the measured force value (F) by the true frictional force. The method is characterized in that the value of the frictional force component (F0) is periodically updated throughout the infusion process by applying an equation that comprises a term that takes into account the measured force (F).
US10814061B2
An infusion set is disclosed that includes an inserter including an inserter housing having at least one flexible arm for holding an infusion set in a single axial position prior to insertion of at least a portion of a cannula of the infusion set, the inserter housing having a surface for contacting the patient's skin. The inserter also includes a movable plunger disposed within the inserter housing for releasing the infusion set from the inserter housing, impacting the infusion set, and imparting momentum to the infusion set to insert the cannula into the patient's skin. The inserter additionally includes a biasing element biasing the plunger toward the activated position.
US10814052B2
The present invention relates to a pump unit for a breast pump for extracting milk from a human breast, comprising a motor for driving the pump unit, wherein the motor is configured to provide a motor feedback signal; a control unit for providing a control signal for controlling the motor; and an estimator for estimating a pressure provided by the pump unit based on the motor feedback signal and the control signal; wherein the control unit is configured to adjust the control signal based on the estimated pressure.
US10814045B2
The invention provides devices and methods for aneurysm treatment using a material that minimizes susceptibility artifacts in MRA images. Since images are not obscured by susceptibility artifacts associated with the aneurysm treatment device, those images are useful and reliable for evaluating the success of treatment. The material is preferably a non-ferromagnetic metal alloy and may include one or a combination of cobalt, nickel, chromium, and molybdenum. In certain embodiments, the material is a 35Cobalt-35Nickel-20Chromium-10Molybdenum-Low Titanium alloy medical-grade material.
US10814044B2
The present invention concerns a medical device detectable by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), said medical device comprising an envelope polymer that is at least partly removed at the distal end of the medical device wherein said distal end is provided with a coating comprising a coating polymer modified with at least one chemical compound having one or more chemically active free functional groups to provide a surface coating covalently bonded to the free functional groups of the modified coating polymer, wherein paramagnetic ions are encompassed in the coating.
US10814039B2
Provided is a bioimplant which is capable to inhibit the biofilm formation over a long period of time after an operation. The bioimplant of the present invention comprises a base material of metal, ceramic, or plastic and a thermal spraying film of a calcium phosphate-based material formed at least partially thereon and the silver concentration in the thermal-spray film is 0.05 wt % to 3.00 wt %.
US10814031B2
A system for managing female incontinence includes a body of biocompatible material configured to fit between the labia minora and the vestibule floor, the body having a surface configured to occlude the urethral meatus, an adhesive carried on at least a first portion of the surface and configured to provide a sealing engagement between the body and the urethral meatus, and a substance carried by at least one of the body and the adhesive and configured for controlling the odor of the general vaginal-urethral area of a female.
US10814021B2
Boron-doped graphene quantum dots, methods for making the boron-doped graphene quantum dots, and methods for magnetic resonance imaging using the boron-doped graphene quantum dots.
US10814020B2
Provided herein are protein contrast agents and targeted protein contrast agents, formulations thereof, and methods of use, including but not limited to, as a magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent.
US10814019B2
To solve the problem of differentiating veins from lymphatics in MRI images, among other uses, the disclosed embodiments relate to compositions, kits, systems, and methods that include an MRI contrast agent and an MRI suppression agent that is also a blood pool agent. Using appropriate MRI techniques, the MRI suppression agent will suppress signal in its location, while signal enhanced by the MRI contrast agent in other locations will not be suppressed. The result is a clarified MRI image with only non-vascular regions enhanced.
US10814014B2
Disclosed herein are methods of detecting tumors, monitoring cancer therapy, and selectively inhibiting the proliferation and/or killing of cancer cells utilizing a papilloma pseudovirus or a papilloma virus-like particle (VLP).
US10814000B2
A guided bone regeneration material is disclosed. The guided bone regeneration material includes biodegradable fibers produced by an electrospinning method. The biodegradable fibers produced by the method include a silicon-releasing calcium carbonate and a biodegradable polymer. The silicon-releasing calcium carbonate is a composite of siloxane and calcium carbonate of vaterite phase. The biodegradable fibers may be coated with apatite. When the guided bone regeneration material is immersed in a neutral aqueous solution, silicon species ions are eluted from the calcium carbonate. The guided bone regeneration material excels in bone reconstruction ability.
US10813993B2
A particle construct is disclosed that includes a synthetic core with a solid surface coated with a lipid bilayer, SpoVM adhered to the lipid bilayer; and SpoIVA adsorbed to the SpoVM. In additional embodiments, an agent of interest can be covalently linked to the SpoIVA. In specific, non-limiting examples, the agent of interest is an enzyme, a detectable marker, a pharmaceutical compound, an immunosuppressant or a vaccine. Methods of using the particle constructs are disclosed, such as for treating infections, treating a tumor, delivering a vaccine, treating an autoimmune disorder or ameliorating an allergic reaction. Method are also disclosed for degrading an environmental pollutant. Methods are also disclosed for producing these particle constructs.
US10813988B2
The present invention provides vaccine compositions and methods of producing such compositions. Other embodiments of the invention include methods of treating a pathogen infection, methods of vaccinating a subject against a pathogen infection, and methods for treating an antibiotic-resistance bacterial infection in a subject in need thereof. In further embodiments, the invention includes methods of decreasing the level of a pathogen in a subject having a pathogen infection, methods of increasing the surviving rate of a subject having a pathogen infection, methods of reducing the level of pain associated with a pathogen infection, and methods of reducing the level of distress associated with a pathogen infection in a subject in need thereof. Novel scaffold compositions and opsonin-bound or lectin-bound pathogen compositions, and uses thereof, are also provided herein.
US10813987B2
The subject technology relates generally to compositions and methods for producing plasmid DNA of a desired quality. In addition, it relates to the discovery of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria with a constitutive methylase gene stably incorporated into the chromosomal DNA and uses thereof.
US10813984B2
The present invention provides a peptide-based immunotherapy for ASPH-expressing tumors.
US10813981B2
Disclosed herein are methods and compositions useful in the treatment and/or prevention of a disease or indication associated with accumulation of a bisretinoid, for example A2E. In many embodiments, the disclosed methods and compositions are useful in treating an eye disease, for example macular degeneration.
US10813978B2
The present invention refers to soluble Neuregulin-1 isoforms representing Posttranslational Neuregulin-1 modifications as medication in cognition-related neurological disorders, in particular schizophrenia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
US10813967B2
A composition of oily, pungent and odoriferous substances and a process for preparation thereof are described, in particular an extended and sustained release of a stable, free flowing, solid composition of one or more of substances such as capsicum, black pepper, ginger, mustard, cinnamon, garlic, onion, paprika, turmeric and the like, extracts thereof, and/or components thereof, and a process for preparation thereof are described. For example, compositions comprise a substance such as capsicum containing capsaicinoid components, which include for example capsaicin, dihydro-capsaicin, and/or nor-dihydro-capsaicin. The composition can eliminate the discomfort by facilitating intestinal absorption of the active ingredient and thereby minimizing/eliminating the discomfort caused by the residual unabsorbed active ingredient, and can be particularly suitable for formulating into consumable dry syrups, tablets, capsules, liquid syrups, health drinks, diet drinks, fruit juices, and/or soft drinks, which can be useful in reduction of body weight.
US10813965B2
A composition comprising at least a mixture of molecules extracted from Chrysanthellum indicum, Cynara scolymus and Lycium barbarum. This composition is in particular useful as a nutritional product or health product to prevent and/or combat fat and/or carbohydrate metabolism disorders in Humans or animals.
US10813952B2
Disclosed herein are modified NK cells, compositions comprising modified NK cells, and methods for treating a tumor or hyperproliferative disease in a subject. In some embodiments, the modified NK cells include NK cells including a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a CD16 protein comprising a valine at amino acid position 158 (CD16-V158), a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a CCR7 protein, or both. In some embodiments, methods include treating a subject with a tumor by administering a composition comprising an anti-cancer monoclonal antibody and administering a composition comprising the modified NK cells to the subject. Also disclosed are methods of making modified NK cells by obtaining a population of NK cells from a subject and transfecting the population of NK cells with a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding CD16-V158, a heterologous nucleic acid molecule encoding a CCR7 protein, or both.
US10813943B2
The present invention relates to a sterile aqueous ophthalmic solution comprising N-(N-acetylcysteinyl-)chitosan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a carrier solution, wherein the N-(N-acetylcysteinyl-)chitosan has a content of free thiol groups in an amount of from 80 μmol/g polymer to 280 μmol/g polymer, for the specific use in the prevention or treatment of dry eye syndrome or dry eye signs and/or symptoms wherein said solution is applied prior to sleep.
US10813941B2
A pharmaceutical composition includes a small molecule and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The small molecule interacts with a deoxyxylulose phosphate reductoisomerase (Dxr). A method for treating or preventing a microbial infection in a subject in need thereof includes administering the pharmaceutical composition. A method for inhibiting the growth of a eukaryotic pathogen includes contacting the eukaryotic pathogen with an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition.
US10813936B2
A novel crystalline form of (S)—N-(5-((R)-2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-3-hydroxypyrrolidine-1-carboxamide, pharmaceutical compositions containing said crystalline form and the use of said crystalline form in the treatment of pain, cancer, inflammation, neurodegenerative disease or Trypanosoma cruzi infection are disclosed. In some embodiments, the novel crystalline form comprises a stable polymorph of (S)—N-(5-((R)-2-(2,5-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-1-yl)-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidin-3-yl)-3-hydroxypyrrolidine-1-carboxamide hydrogen sulfate. The present invention is further directed to a process for the preparation of the novel crystalline form.
US10813934B2
Agents and methods of inhibiting or improving the growth of viruses are provided.
US10813928B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of Formula (I) that are useful for the intramuscular delivery of antipsychotic drugs using rapid injection rates.
US10813925B2
Methods and compositions for treating acute suicidality by administration of buprenorphine are disclosed herein. An exemplary method is effected by administering to a subject determined as having acute suicidality a first therapeutically effective amount of buprenorphine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, whereby the administration is ceased once the subject is no longer determined as having acute suicidality. The first therapeutically effective amount is less than 0.2 mg per day. A higher therapeutically effective amount may optionally be administered if the subject is determined as not fully responsive to the first therapeutically effective amount. Unit dosage forms of buprenorphine, comprising less than 0.2 mg (e.g., 0.1 mg) buprenorphine are also disclosed.
US10813922B2
This document relates to methods and materials for reducing memory loss. For example, methods and materials for using inhibitors of GAT-3 polypeptide activity to reduce memory loss in mammals suffering from Alzheimer's disease are provided.
US10813921B2
The present invention provides methods to determine whether a patient with a lysosomal storage disorder will benefit from treatment with a specific pharmacological chaperone. The present invention exemplifies an in vitro method for determining α-galactosidase A responsiveness to a pharmacological chaperone such as 1-deoxygalactonojirimycin in a cell line expressing a mutant from of α-galactosidase A. The invention also provides a method for diagnosing Fabry disease in patients suspected of having Fabry disease.
US10813910B2
The present invention discloses an herbal anti-AMD composition for treatment of age related macular diseases (AMD). More specifically, the present invention relates to an herbal composition for the prevention, management and treatment of neo-vascular or wet AMD.
US10813908B2
The present application relates to compounded compositions, methods of making compounded compositions, and methods of using compounded compositions. For example, disclosed herein are compounded compositions and methods of making compounded compositions comprising one or more anti-infective agents such as mupirocin.
US10813906B2
Disclosed herein is a method for treating infection by an enteropathogen and/or enhancing growth performance, which includes administering to a subject in need thereof a composition containing a ferrous amino acid chelate. Also disclosed herein is an animal feed containing the ferrous amino acid chelate.
US10813900B2
Methods for preparing sterilized baclofen solutions include adjusting the pH to below a desired pH, and steam sterilizing the solution with adjusted pH, which results in the solution having the desired pH. Such solutions may also have low concentrations of 4-CPP. Injectable baclofen solutions having greater than 2 mg/mL baclofen include between 5 mM and 25 mM of a phosphate or sulfate species. The solution has an ionic strength equivalent of about 1.5 M NaCl. The present application also provides baclofen formulations for use in treating spasticity, brain injury, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injury, cervical injury, multiple sclerosis, thoracic injury, or withdrawal symptoms.
US10813899B2
Methods and compositions for use treating Fragile X syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger's syndrome, Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise characterized, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder, Williams syndrome, or Jacobsen syndrome with a compound of Formula 1 as described herein, (S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylenyl) cyclopent-1-ene-1-carboxylic acid, (1S,3S)-3-amino-4-(difluoromethylidene) cyclopentane-1-carboxylic acid, or vagabatrin, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts of any of the foregoing, are provided.
US10813896B2
Treatment of intrahepatic cholestatic diseases by therapy with seladelpar or a salt thereof.
US10813895B2
Treatment of intrahepatic cholestatic diseases by therapy with seladelpar or a salt thereof.
US10813888B2
Oral cysteamine formulation consisting of dry layered lipid matrix microparticles useful for treating cystinosis and neurodegenerative disorders are described.
US10813887B2
The present disclosure provides an acid resistant capsule shell composition including pectin with a degree of esterification (DE) of about 15% to about 40%, and a degree of amidation (DA) of greater than 0% to about 25%; and a divalent cation. An acid resistant capsule shell and a method for manufacturing the acid resistant capsule shell are also provided in the present disclosure.
US10813885B1
Controlled release dosage forms are described herein. The controlled release formulations described herein provide prolonged delivery of high dose drugs that are highly water soluble and highly hygroscopic. In specific embodiments, controlled release dosage forms for delivery of a drug selected from GHB and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, tautomers, solvates and complexes of GHB. The controlled release dosage forms described herein may incorporate both controlled release and immediate release formulations in a single unit dosage form.
US10813883B2
Provided herein are methods and processes for emulsifying non-polar compounds, such as omega fatty acids. Also provided are compositions that can be prepared according to the methods and processes described herein. The compositions, for example, have a high amount of the non-polar compound, such as a large amount of omega fatty acids. The non-polar compounds are also present in very small droplets within composition. For example, the mean or median particle size of the droplets is less than about 5 μm. Further, the composition includes a low amount of surfactant, such as less than about 10-15% of the surfactant.
US10813878B2
An ingestible oral health composition has synergistic proportions of active ingredients consisting of: baking soda; guava leaves; turmeric; black pepper; erythritol or xylitol; coconut oil; and vegetable glycerin with a natural flavor extract. The oral health composition may be in the form of a tablet, a powder, a paste, or a suspension. The oral health composition provides superior cleaning and control of oral health problems. The oral health composition can be ingested to provide health benefits to the entire body.
US10813873B2
A hair cosmetic containing Components (A) and (B): (A) a cationic polymer having a charge density of 5.0 to 7.0 meq/g; and (B) an anionic polymer comprising 80% by mass or more and 100% by mass or less of a constitutional unit represented by Formula (1) and having a weight-average molecular weight of 4,000 or more and 80,000 or less, where R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a carboxy group; and R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group.
US10813871B2
The present disclosure relates to a multi-phase liquid agent for the non-chemical smoothing and de-curling of keratin fibers, in particular human hair, which has an aqueous-alcoholic phase and a non-aqueous phase existing separately therefrom and which can be applied as a spray, and a method for non-chemical smoothing or de-curling of keratin fibers using the agent.
US10813864B2
Oral care compositions comprising an amino acid and stannous ion source, especially in the absence of zinc ion source, are provided for promoting Gum Health of a user.
US10813862B2
The invention relates to the use of N-methyl-N—C8-C14-acylglucamines as solubilizers in cosmetic preparations. The invention further relates to clear lotions for the preparation of wet wipes, comprising a) 0.1 to 5.0 wt.-% of the N-methyl-N—C8-C14-acylglucamines, b) 0.05 to 5% of one or more water-insoluble or only partially water-soluble anti-microbial agents, c) 0 to 5 wt.-% of one or more oils, d) 85 to 99.85 wt.-% of water, e) 0 to 5 wt.-% of surfactants, and f) 0 to 5 wt.-% of additional auxiliaries and additives.
US10813857B2
A cosmetic ink composition comprises a particulate material, a polymeric dispersant having a weight average molecular weight of less than about 20,000 daltons, and a polymeric rheology modifier. The particulate material can have a Particle Size Distribution D50 of about 100 nm to about 2,000 nm. The cosmetic ink composition can undergo controlled syneresis, forming a weak colloidal gel phase and a particle-lean, low viscosity phase, which can be printed without interventions such as agitation, mixing, or re-circulation to homogenize the composition.
US10813851B2
According to the present invention, provided is a core-shell structured chromic microcapsule having a size of 50-1,500 μm, comprising: a core comprising a colorant core (A) and an optional inner color layer (B); and a shell comprising a pressure sensitive destructible wall layer (C) encompassing the core, an optional outer color layer (D) and an optional outermost protective layer (E), wherein the colorant core allows a high content of a colorant to be contained, and the pressure sensitive destructible wall layer comprises carbon dioxide particles and a binder comprising one or more wall-forming materials and one or more lipid-base materials. The chromic microcapsule according to the present invention has high colorant content, has excellent storage durability, maintenance durability and color-hiding property of the inner color layers, is easily destroyed by pushing, rubbing, polishing or scrubbing with the hands or a tool (cotton fabric, sponge or paper) so as to express the color of the inner color layers, and can maintain stability for a long time even if being added into a carrier.
US10813833B2
A holding fixture for a final fill container including a pair of rigid support structures. Each rigid support structure including an inner support having an inner surface with a radius of curvature with respect to a longitudinal axis, the inner surface facing radially inward, a support arm connected to the inner support and extending in an outward direction away from the inner surface, the support arm having a base surface at a terminal end opposite from the inner support; and a compression member attached to the inner surface, the compression member being configured to contact the shell at least when the their longitudinal axes are collinear. The pair of rigid support structures has a closed orientation when the compression member from one of the pair of rigid support structures contacts the compression member from the other one of the pair of rigid support structures forming a combined annular compression member.
US10813830B2
A sexual aid and protective device for use in sexual intercourse that is positioned on a wearer's pelvic area, superior to the wearer's genital area, specifically covering the pubic bone. The device comprises a base, which further comprises a ring that is configured to encircle the wearer's penis or phallic device, with a tab that attaches to the ring for easy removal and additional stimulation of the wearer's partner, and a raised area, generally an ellipsoidal shape, that protects the wearer while simultaneously providing stimulation to the wearer's partner.
US10813816B2
A patient placement table moving method may be used with a robotic operating table including a patient placement table, a base buried in or fixed to a floor and an articulated robotic arm including joints and having first and second ends. The first end may be supported on the base to be rotatable about an axis extending in a vertical direction. The second end may support the table. The method may include: horizontally arranging the table by the robotic arm at an imaging position for imaging with a medical imaging apparatus; and translating the table from the imaging position to a surgical operation position by the robotic arm. The surgical operation position may be away from the imaging position by 200 mm or more in a second direction orthogonal to a first direction in a horizontal plane, and the first direction is parallel with a longitudinal direction of the table.
US10813815B2
A patient-supporting apparatus includes a lifting apparatus. The lifting apparatus includes an upper part, a lower part, and a lifting linkage. The lifting linkage connects the upper part to the lower part and has at least one scissors-form sub-linkage having a central articulation. A point of rotation of the central articulation is arranged in a displaceable manner such that the upper part may be tilted in a transverse direction.
US10813811B2
Disclosed is an assembly comprising a clamp, strap and rod. The strap is provided for suspending a load from the rod and/or clamp. The clamp comprises a gripping part for gripping around the rod, enabling a clamping of the clamp on the rod. The strap engages with the clamp along a first and second contact line. Two adjacent strap parts form an angle around the first contact line. When a load is suspended from the strap, the strap exerts a force on the clamp at the first contact line, pushing the clamp at the first contact line in a closing direction, pressing the gripping part against the rod. The gripping part is resilient and provided with a pretension for pressing against the rod when no load is suspended from the strap. Further disclosed are lifting aids using the clamp for lifting/repositioning patients with physical limitation.
US10813809B2
A patient immersion sensor includes a radio detection and ranging (RADAR) apparatus to determine a time of flight (TOF) of a RADAR pulse and a reflected signal that is reflected by a patient or by a portion of a patient support surface supporting the patient. The TOF is indicative of an immersion depth or a distance toward bottoming out of a patient supported on the patient support surface, such as a mattress or a pad. The RADAR apparatus emits pulses of very short duration so as to be able to detect objects, such as a patient or a portion of a mattress or pad, at very close distances. The RADAR apparatus may use time-of-flight (TOF) between transmission of the pulse and receipt of a reflected signal to determine a distance toward bottoming out by the patient, thereby to determine if the patient is properly immersed into the patient support surface. Adjustments to inflation or deflation of one or more bladders are made to achieve a desired immersion amount within a tolerance range between upper and lower TOF thresholds.
US10813808B2
A chassis of a transportable device including a base structure, four casters arranged thereon, four lowerable and raiseable support feet also mounted on the base structure, and a hydraulic support foot actuating device. The hydraulic support foot actuating device has a reservoir (1), a pump (2) manually operable by hand or foot, four support foot linear actuators (3) and a purely hydro-mechanical pipe and valve arrangement (4) which connects the reservoir (1), the pump (2) and the linear actuators (3) to one another. Therein, by means of hydraulic fluid delivered by the pump (2) from the reservoir (1) the two support feet assigned to two primary linear actuators (3a) can be fully extended until a mechanical stop is reached while raising the base structure by first applying pressure to the two primary linear actuators (3a) before applying pressure to the two other, secondary linear actuators (3b).
US10813800B2
A polymer provided region (13) at which a superabsorbent polymer (12) is provided, and a polymer non-provided region (14) at which the superabsorbent polymer (12) is not provided are formed, a liquid diffusion sheet (15), that promotes diffusion of body fluid in a plane direction, is staked to be adjacent to a skin side surface of a lower layer sheet (11), and an upper layer sheet (10) is bonded with the liquid diffusion sheet (15) under a state that the upper layer sheet (10) contacts the liquid diffusion sheet (15), at the polymer non-provided region (14) to form a polymer sheet (4).
US10813796B2
The present invention is intended to improve the dynamic fit of a crotch portion. The foregoing issue is solved in such a manner that a vertical stretchable part vertically extending and contracting in length is provided in a vertical intermediate portion of an absorber in a front body, an outer body of the front body has a portion overlapping at least the vertical stretchable part, width-direction both side sections of the portion, and a waist opening-side area of the portion and the sections, lifting elastic members having a contraction force of lifting a portion of the vertical stretchable part on a rear side of a front end toward width-direction both sides and an obliquely upward side at least when the diaper is worn are provided in the outer body of the front body on closer to lateral sides than to a width-direction intermediate portion of the absorber, and the vertical stretchable part vertically extends and contracts in length by elastic extension and contraction of the lifting elastic member.
US10813793B2
An article comprising a macroporous wound-packing material and a microcorrugated microporous wound-contact layer is provided. The wound packing material is coupled to and/or substantially surrounded by the wound-contact layer. The average pore diameter of the microporous layer is less than or equal to about 90 m. A method of treating a wound using a microcorrugated microporous wound-contact layer and a macroporous wound packing material is also provided.
US10813789B2
Disclosed herein are drug delivery devices and methods for the treatment of ocular disorders requiring targeted and controlled administration of a drug to an interior portion of the eye for reduction or prevention of symptoms of the disorder. The devices are capable of controlled release of one or more drugs and may also include structures which allow for treatment of increased intraocular pressure by permitting aqueous humor to flow out of the anterior chamber of the eye through the device.
US10813788B2
A therapeutic device to release a therapeutic agent comprises a porous structure coupled to a container comprising a reservoir. The reservoir comprises a volume sized to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time when coupled to the porous structure and implanted in the patient. The porous structure may comprise a first side coupled to the reservoir and a second side to couple to the patient to release the therapeutic agent. The length of the channels extending from the first side to the second side may comprise an effective length greater than a distance across the porous structure from the first side to the second side. The therapeutic device may comprise a penetrable barrier to inject therapeutic agent into the device when implanted in the patient.
US10813778B2
The present disclosure relates to stents and methods of delivering and deploying the same. The stents include fasteners about their periphery and when the stent is radially compressed, the fasteners come into alignment such that a device may be placed through openings in the fasteners to hold the stent in the radially compressed configuration. When the device is removed from the openings, the stent may expand.
US10813774B2
An alignment plate can be designed and formed based upon a known geometry of a subject, such as a human patient. The alignment plate can include various members, such as a plurality of fingers or legs, to contact the selected points of the anatomy. Based upon contact of the fingers at the selected points of the anatomy, the alignment plate can be aligned at a preselected or predetermined alignment with a portion of the anatomy, such as an acetabulum.
US10813772B2
A dilation introducer for orthopedic surgery is provided for minimally invasive access for insertion of an intervertebral implant. The dilation introducer may be used to provide an access position through Kambin's triangle from a posterolateral approach. A first dilator tube with a first longitudinal axis is provided. An access cannula may be introduced over the first dilator tube. A drill may be inserted through the access cannula and used to perform a foraminoplasty, Surgical instruments may pass through the access cannula to operate on an intervertebral disc and/or insert an intervertebral implant.
US10813770B2
The present technology relates generally to devices and methods for arthroplasty procedures. In some embodiments, for example, a device is disclosed for use during an arthroplasty procedure of a joint of a patient, the joint extending between a first joint end of a first bone and an abutting second joint end of a second bone of the patient. The device includes an end plate configured and arranged for disposing over the first joint end of the first bone, a longitudinal plate extending from the end plate and configured and arranged for disposing along a medial, longitudinal surface of the first bone, and a stem extending from the end plate and suitable for extending along an intra-medullary canal of the first bone. When installed, at least one fastener extends at least partially through the first bone and couples the longitudinal plate to the first bone.
US10813767B2
A reinforcing implant anchors shafts of two prostheses which are arranged opposite each other on an elongated bone, in particular a femur. The implant has a generally elongated shaft-like shape and a receiving sleeve at both ends for a respective anchoring shaft and a disconnectable coupling piece lying between the receiving sleeves for a rigid connection. In this manner, a force bridge is formed between the two anchoring shafts so that the bone is no longer subjected to the force transmission in particular in the sensitive intermediate region between the two anchoring shafts.
US10813761B2
An implant system for restoring and improving physiological intracardiac flow in a human heart is provided including an expandable balloon defining a fluid reservoir for positioning in a chamber of the human heart; a therapeutic apical base plate assembly attachable to the apex of the heart; and a tether assembly connected between the implant and the therapeutic apical base plate assembly.
US10813754B2
A drive handle and system for delivering an implant are disclosed. The drive handle includes a manual control unit, an electrical control unit and a transmission mechanism. The manual control unit is connected to the transmission mechanism to actuate the transmission mechanism to drive a delivery catheter for delivering the implant. The electrical control unit is connected to the transmission mechanism to actuate the transmission mechanism to drive the delivery catheter. The drive handle is switchable between a manual drive/control mode and an electrical drive/control mode to drive the delivery catheter to deliver the implant. The operation is simple, and the operating physician can take full advantage of the two modes to perform the surgical procedure based on his/her own operational preferences. This can result in higher surgical accuracy. Further, by providing these two modes, the apparatus has an increased the security and a reduced surgical risk.
US10813750B2
A transcatheter valve prosthesis is disclosed that has a compressed, delivery configuration and an expanded configuration for deployment within a native heart valve. The valve prosthesis includes a self-expanding frame and a prosthetic valve component. The self-expanding frame includes a valve receiving portion defining an opening therethrough and first and second anchors at opposing ends of the valve receiving portion. The valve receiving portion is substantially planar and the first and second anchors are oriented substantially perpendicular to the valve receiving portion when the valve prosthesis is in the expanded configuration. The prosthetic valve component is disposed within the opening of the valve receiving portion and secured thereto.
US10813746B2
The invention relates to a prosthetic valve (1) for regulating fluid flow between an upstream side (4) and a downstream side (5) and being operable between an open status and a closed status. The prosthetic valve comprises: —an orifice (2) arranged in a surrounding member (3) and extending between the upstream side (4) and the downstream side (5) wherein in the open status of the prosthetic valve (1) the fluid flow through the orifice is maximally enabled and wherein in the closed status of the prosthetic valve the fluid flow through the orifice in a restriction direction (21) from the downstream side (5) to the upstream side (4) is restricted; and—a leaflet (6) arranged in the orifice and being operable between an open status corresponding to the open status of the prosthetic valve and a closed status corresponding to the closed status of the prosthetic valve. The prosthetic valve further comprises regurgitation means (8, 15, 115, 22) arranged in the prosthetic valve for achieving regurgitation in the restriction direction and arranged for becoming ineffective after a period of deployment.
US10813744B2
An intraocular implant (IOI) includes a lens structure with variable optical power, a sensor that detects an optical accommodation response, a rechargeable power storage device, a recharging interface, a wireless communication interface, and a controller. The controller can receive information from the sensor indicating an optical accommodation response, control the lens structure to vary the variable optical power based on the information received from the sensor, control the recharging interface to recharge the rechargeable power storage device, and further control the recharging interface to receive power for operation of the IOI, and transmit and receive information through the wireless communication interface.
US10813739B2
An apparatus includes a delivery catheter having a deployable dynamic valve that dynamically opens and closes in response to relative fluid pressure thereabout, particularly while in an anatomical lumen. The valve is maintained in a collapsed configuration during introduction to a treatment site. The valve is adapted to automatically move from the collapsed configuration to a deployed configuration at the treatment site.
US10813738B2
A method of preparing a filter for delivery into a body vessel. The filter includes a hub disposed along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of anchor members extending from the hub. Each anchor member includes either a cranial extension or a caudal extension at a distal end thereof. At least one anchor member distal end may be spaced from the hub at each of a first, second, and third distance along the longitudinal axis. The filter also includes a plurality of locator members extending from the hub, the locator members alternatingly interposed between the anchor members.
US10813735B2
Poultry injection apparatus with rotating capture members and methods of using the same are described herein. Each injection apparatus may include one or more rotating capture members and an injection unit configured to move an injection needle between an injection position and a retracted position relative to the one or more capture members.
US10813731B2
The amplitude control assembly for an oral care appliance includes a capacitance-sensing touch array (26) responsive to the position of a user's touch thereon to change the value of capacitance from the array, as determined by a sensor (30). A control assembly (24), responsive to the change of capacitance, changes an operating characteristic of the drive signal for the appliance, to change the amplitude of motion of a workpiece portion of the oral care appliance.
US10813724B2
Dental implants, dental abutments, and dental systems are disclosed. A dental implant can include an implant body having a longitudinal axis, a coronal end, and an apical end. An internal bore can be provided within the implant body, and can have a coronal end, adjacent to the coronal end of the implant body, and an apical end. The internal bore can include a first internally facing surface, extending from the coronal end of the internal bore towards the apical end of the internal bore, at least a portion of which tapers inwardly towards the apical end of the internal bore. The internal bore can further include an internally threaded portion positioned between an apical end of the first internally facing surface and the apical end of the internal bore. A dental abutment can be configured to engage with the dental implant.
US10813716B2
A method of operating a tissue marking apparatus includes providing a tissue marking apparatus having a cannula, a stylet, and an imaging marker, the cannula having a peripheral wall forming a lumen and a lateral opening in the peripheral wall that is open to the lumen, and having a resilient end wall extending downwardly from the peripheral wall at a distal extent of the lateral opening, the stylet being slidably received within the lumen of the cannula for movement in the lumen; moving the stylet in a distal direction to expel the imaging marker from the lateral opening; and continue moving the stylet in the distal direction to deflect the resilient end wall of the cannula such that a distal end of the stylet passes beneath the resilient end wall to substantially close off the lateral opening of the cannula.
US10813706B2
A robotic surgical instrument including: a shaft; an end effector element; an articulation connecting the end effector element to the shaft, the articulation including: joints permitting the end effector element to adopt a range of orientations relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft; pairs of driving elements configured to drive the joints; a supporting body having a bevelled surface; and are directing pulley mounted on the bevelled surface such that the redirecting pulley rotates about a redirecting pulley axis transverse to the bevelled surface.
US10813705B2
A robotic surgical instrument including: a shaft; an end effector including a first end effector element and a second end effector element; an articulation connecting the end effector to the shaft, the articulation including: a first joint driveable by a first pair of driving elements, the first joint permitting the end effector to rotate about a first axis transverse to a longitudinal axis of the shaft; a second joint driveable by a second pair of driving elements, the second joint permitting the first end effector element to rotate about a second axis transverse to the first axis; and a third joint driveable by a third pair of driving elements, the third joint permitting the second end effector element to rotate about the second axis; the robotic surgical instrument further including a pulley arrangement around which the second and third pairs of driving elements are constrained to move, the second and third pairs of driving elements having symmetrically opposing paths around the pulley arrangement.
US10813702B2
An apparatus for operating on tissue comprises an end effector, a shaft assembly, and an interface assembly. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade. The shaft assembly includes an articulation section operable to deflect the end effector away from the longitudinal axis. The interface assembly is operable to drive the end effector. The interface assembly comprises a base and a plurality of drive shafts. The base is configured to couple with a dock of a robotic control system. The drive shafts are oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft assembly. A first drive shaft may be operable to rotate the shaft assembly relative to the base. A second drive shaft may be operable to drive the articulation section. A third drive shaft may be operable to drive a clamping arm to pivot toward the ultrasonic blade.
US10813695B2
An end effector assembly for an optical surgical instrument includes a jaw member and a plurality of optical elements positioned within a cavity of the jaw member. The jaw member has a tissue contacting surface. The jaw member has a proximal portion that is configured to secure a fiber optic cable thereto such that a distal end of the fiber optical cable extends into the cavity. The plurality of optical elements are arranged in a staircase-like manner that rises towards the tissue contacting surface as the plurality of optical elements extends distally within the cavity. The plurality of optical elements is configured to direct a beam of light exiting the fiber optic cable towards the tissue contacting surface.
US10813693B2
A shaft assembly for a microwave ablation applicator having a shaft assembly and an antenna assembly located within the shaft assembly is disclosed. The shaft assembly comprises an elongate shaft which extends from a first end to a second end thereof and an applicator tip mounted on the second end of the elongate shaft.
US10813691B2
Microwave applicators are disclosed which include a first transmission line segment, a second transmission line segment, and a third transmission line segment. The first transmission line segment includes a first inner conductor, a first dielectric disposed on the first inner conductor, and a first outer conductor disposed on the first dielectric. The second transmission line segment includes a second inner conductor, a second dielectric disposed on the second inner conductor, and a second outer conductor disposed on the second dielectric. The third transmission line segment includes a third inner conductor disposed on the third inner conductor, a third outer conductor disposed on the proximal end of the third dielectric. The impedance looking into the second transmission line segment from the first transmission line segment can be adjusted by adjusting the length of the third transmission line segment.
US10813688B2
A method for treating Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or chronic bronchitis to alleviate the discomforts of breathing by using non-thermal electroporation energy to ablate diseased portions of the lung including the bronchus, airways and alveoli which, in effect, opens the restrictive diseased portions thereby maximizing the overall surface area thereof causing improved airflow and uninhibited breathing.
US10813683B2
An apparatus comprises a first jaw, a second jaw, a first handle, and a second handle. The second jaw is pivotally coupled with the first jaw. The first jaw and the second jaw are configured to grasp tissue. The jaws provide offset electrode surfaces that are operable to deliver bipolar RF energy to tissue grasped between the jaws. The apparatus is further operable to sever tissue. A lockout feature selectively prevents tissue severing, based on an energization state of the jaws.
US10813679B2
A surgical fastener manipulation tool in accordance with embodiment of the present invention is useful by a surgeon to place fasteners such as threaded screws. The surgical fastener manipulation tool selectively engages a mating structure of fastener for securing the fastener thereto. Thus, advantageously, the surgical fastener manipulation tool can be used for placing such fasteners and/or can be used for extracting (i.e., removing) such fasteners. The ability to extract a fastener (e.g., a threaded bone screw) with the same tool used for placing it is highly beneficial due to time savings during a surgical procedure and is advantageous with respect to prior art fastener manipulation tool configurations that require placement and extraction tools to be differently configured.
US10813677B2
An expandable support device for tissue repair is disclosed. The device can be used to repair hard or soft tissue, such as bone. The expandable support device can have interconnected struts. A method of repairing tissue is also disclosed. The expandable support device can be inserted into a damaged bone and radial expanded. The radial expansion of the expandable support device struts can cause the struts to cut mechanically support and/or the bone.
US10813674B2
The invention relates to a fastening element for preventing unwanted release of a connection between the fastening element and a counter-piece. The fastening element is designed to come into engagement with the counter-piece through a rotary movement of the fastening element about an axis of rotation in a connection direction. Such fastening elements are suitable for use in a wide range of technical fields, for example the automotive industry, household electronics and medical technology, in particular in the field of instruments for implants or prostheses and modular systems of implants or prostheses.
US10813668B2
A postpartum balloon system includes a flexible elongate catheter, an inflatable balloon, and a suction member attached to the distal end of the catheter. The system can be delivered into the uterus, where suction is applied to the suction member to anchor the balloon to the internal wall of the uterus. The catheter may include drainage ports both proximal and distal from the balloon. The system may include a stiffening stylet inserted into the drainage lumen of the catheter for aiding in delivery of the balloon. The stiffening stylet can be removed after placement of the balloon. The stiffening stylet can include side passageways that match the drainage ports and a lumen that allows for drainage through the stylet, as well as for administering drugs or other compounds through the drainage ports while the balloon is in place.
US10813665B1
Systems, apparatus, and methods are described for forming an incision in tissue for receiving a surgical instrument. A cutting device for forming the incision can be reversibly coupleable to an instrument, e.g., a dilator. The instrument may define a lumen configured to receive a wire that extends or is otherwise extendable through a puncture site. The cutting device can include a cutting element configured to be actuated to form the incision such that the incision extends form the puncture site and is sized to receive the instrument.
US10813662B2
An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, an ultrasonic transducer, a waveguide, and an end effector coupled to a distal end of the shaft. A rotation knob is rotatably coupled to the body and is configured to rotate the shaft, the waveguide, and the end effector together relative to the body. A torque transfer structure is positioned radially outwardly of and in direct contact with the waveguide at an acoustic node thereof. The torque transfer structure is rotationally fixed relative to the waveguide and is configured to rotationally couple the waveguide with the shaft and the rotation knob. The waveguide includes a first axial constraining feature defining a distally facing surface, and the torque transfer structure includes a second axial constraining feature defining a proximally facing surface configured to abut the distally facing surface to constrain the waveguide axially relative to the torque transfer structure and the body.
US10813651B2
A collector used to collect bone includes: a container body defining an interior containment space for receiving and retaining collected bone, and having at least one open end for access and removal of collected bone from the interior containment space; and a cap in covering relation to the open end of the container body such that access to the interior containment space for removal of collected bone is inhibited. The collector includes an intake port defining an opening for receiving therein a distal end of a kerrison rongeur for collecting cut bone from a cutting area thereof, and the cap includes at least one scraper for engaging and dislodging cut bone from the cutting area of a distal end of a kerrison rongeur when received within the intake port. The collector preferably is used with a kerrison-type rongeur for collecting cut bone therefrom.
US10813648B2
Disclosed are systems and method for effecting the total and partial occlusion of a blood vessel, e.g., the aorta. The systems include a balloon catheter, a reservoir for an inflation fluid, a switch, and a pressure regulator/accumulator. The systems are configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode as established by the switch. During the first mode the balloon is fully inflated by the inflation fluid to completely occlude the blood vessel. During the second mode the balloon is partially inflated so that blood can flow past the balloon in the blood vessel. The pressure regulator/accumulator includes a chamber for receipt of the inflation fluid during the second mode to automatically regulate the pressure within the balloon to a desired operating pressure. The system is configured to operate in a third mode to prime the pressure regulator/accumulator to establish a desired operating pressure in the second mode.
US10813647B2
A left atrial appendage occluder which includes a closure disc, a mesh anchoring apparatus, and a thin-film body, connected to one another. The anchoring apparatus extends from the closure disc toward the distal end to form a conical part having a distal-end opening, and the conical part extends toward the proximal end and rolls up to form an anchoring part. The thin-film body is fixed on the outside surface of at least one part of the anchoring part, and part or all of it covers the distal-end opening. The left atrial appendage occluder is provided with the thin-film body on the anchoring apparatus, which constrains the deformation of different parts, and accordingly improves the radial supporting force of the occluder so as to prevent it from falling out after implantation.
US10813643B2
The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for performing breast neurotization with allogeneic or autologous nerves in breast surgeries, such as reconstructive breast surgery. Certain embodiments of the methods comprise harvesting and implanting one or more allogeneic or autologous intercostal nerves 10 to 12 to one or more of the patient's intercostal nerves 2 and/or 3.
US10813641B2
A robotic stapling system comprising a surgical robot and a surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument comprises an end effector comprising a first jaw and a second jaw, a replaceable staple cartridge comprising staples, an instrument drive system, and a coupling member movable distally by the instrument drive system. The coupling member comprises a first cam configured to engage the first jaw and a second cam configured to engage the second jaw when the coupling member is moved distally. The coupling member is moved distally a first distance during a first actuation of the instrument drive system and a subsequent distance during a subsequent actuation of the instrument drive system. Staples are ejected from the staple cartridge during the subsequent actuation. The first actuation occurs at a first rate and the subsequent actuation occurs at a second rate which is faster than the first rate.
US10813640B2
A method of coating a slip ring for use with a surgical instrument is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a slip ring including a plurality of conductive elements, and depositing a material less conductive than the conductive elements onto the conductive elements of the slip ring.
US10813637B2
Stapling assemblies for use with a surgical stapler and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. Three dimensional adjuncts for use with a surgical stapling assembly and methods for manufacturing the same are also provided.
US10813633B2
Methods and devices are provided for attaching soft tissue to bone. In general, a deployment device, insertion assembly, and suture anchor are provided. The insertion assembly is coupled between the deployment device and the suture anchor to allow the deployment device to deploy the suture anchor into bone. Each of the various components disclosed herein can be used alone, in combination with one another, or in combination with various other devices.
US10813626B2
In spectral pulsed wave Doppler imaging, spatial variance in signal and/or noise are reduced by combination of multiple spectra with at least partially decorrelated noise. Rather than requiring oversampling in time, the multiple spectra for one Doppler gate are created from different spatial signals. The Doppler gate is divided into sub-gates, the beamformed sample locations in the Doppler gate are grouped into two or more groups using any selection criterion, and/or different receive apertures are used to simultaneously sample the Doppler gate. Spectra for the gate are estimated from the samples with the different spatial content and then combined.
US10813624B2
A method displays, in response to a user selection of a first viewing mode, an ultrasound image in grayscale and determines a region of interest within the displayed grayscale ultrasound image. In response to an operator instruction to switch to a second viewing mode that is different from the first viewing mode, a modified ultrasound image is generated comprising the region of interest. The method displays the modified ultrasound image including the region of interest, wherein one or more portions of the modified image are highlighted.
US10813623B2
An ultrasonic device includes: a substrate that is provided with a first surface and a second surface as a back surface of the first surface and has an opening opened from the first surface to the second surface; a support that blocks the opening on the first surface side; a vibrator provided on the support; and a metal membrane provided in an unopened region, which is not opened by the opening, on the second surface of the substrate.
US10813622B2
Disclosed herein are an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a movement unit movably connected to a body, and a control method thereof. The ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus includes a body, a movement unit movably connected at the body, at least one connecting unit having a first end unit rotatably coupled to the body and a second end unit rotatably coupled to the movement unit, and at least one rail installed at least at the one of the body or the movement unit such that at least the one of the first end unit or the second end unit may be slidingly moved. The movement unit may be conveniently moved to a desired position by a user.
US10813619B2
Augmented reality systems and methods for user health analysis. Methods for user health analysis may include collecting data for an initial prediction model and continuing to collect additional data based on one or more data criteria. The methods may further include updating the initial prediction model based on the additional data to produce a revised prediction model or causing an intervention to occur based on the additional data. The data may be collected by a display system including one or more sensors configured to collect user-specific data and a display device configured to present virtual content to a user. The display device may be configured to output light with variable wavefront divergence.
US10813612B2
A method for characterization of coronary plaque tissue data and perivascular tissue data using image data gathered from a computed tomography (CT) scan along a blood vessel, the image information including radiodensity values of coronary plaque and perivascular tissue located adjacent to the coronary plaque, the method comprising quantifying radiodensity in regions of coronary plaque, quantifying, radiodensity in at least one region of corresponding perivascular tissue adjacent to the coronary plaque, determining gradients of the quantified radiodensity values within the coronary plaque and the quantified radiodensity values within the corresponding perivascular tissue, and determining a ratio of the quantified radiodensity values within the coronary plaque and the corresponding perivascular tissue; and characterizing the coronary plaque by analyzing a gradient of the quantified radiodensity values in the coronary plaque and the corresponding perivascular, and/or the ratio of the coronary plaque radiodensity values and the radiodensity values of the corresponding perivascular tissue.
US10813605B2
A first position setting unit receives an operation to designate a position in a mesiodistal on a panoramic tomographic image displayed on a display, and sets a first position on a curved section based on the designation operation. The fluoroscopic imaging information providing unit provides information irradiating a subject with an X-ray beam along a direction having a component of a tangential direction at the first position of the curved section to execute fluoroscopic imaging acquiring a fluoroscopic image to a main body. A second position setting unit receives an operation to designate a position in a buccolingual direction on the fluoroscopic image displayed on the display, and sets a second position in the buccolingual direction based on the designation operation.
US10813594B2
A wearable ECG system includes a plurality of electrodes; a multiplexor, the multiplexor including an input port, two output ports, and a control port, the input port of the multiplexor being connected with the electrodes; an analog detection module being connected with one output port of the multiplexor; a digital detection module being connected with the other output port of the multiplexor; a processor being connected with the control port of the multiplexor and the digital detection module; and a motion detection module connected with the processor and configured to detect acceleration of the wearable ECG system and output an electrical signal accordingly. The processor is configured to receive the electrical signal from the motion detection module, and control the multiplexor to selectively transmit output of the electrodes to the analog detection module or the digital detection module based on the electrical signal.
US10813579B2
The application relates to a blood collection device comprising: a cannula hub defining a chamber; an in-let cannula defining an axis and having a distal end and a lumen extending therethrough, the inlet cannula being mounted to the cannula hub such that the distal end of the inlet cannula is external of the cannula hub and such that the lumen through the inlet cannula communicates with the chamber; an outlet cannula having a proximal end and a lumen extending therethrough, the outlet cannula being mounted to the cannula hub such that the proximal end of the outlet cannula is external of the cannula hub and such that the lumen of the outlet cannula communicates with the chamber; a closed sleeve mounted over a portion of the outlet cannula disposed externally of the cannula hub; and a venting mechanism providing communication between the chamber and ambient surroundings.
US10813562B2
The invention provides a body-worn system that continuously measures pulse oximetry and blood pressure, along with motion, posture, and activity level, from an ambulatory patient. The system features an oximetry probe that comfortably clips to the base of the patient's thumb, thereby freeing up their fingers for conventional activities in a hospital, such as reading and eating. The probe secures to the thumb and measures time-dependent signals corresponding to LEDs operating near 660 and 905 nm. Analog versions of these signals pass through a low-profile cable to a wrist-worn transceiver that encloses a processing unit. Also within the wrist-worn transceiver is an accelerometer, a wireless system that sends information through a network to a remote receiver, e.g. a computer located in a central nursing station.
US10813550B2
An optical measurement system method for measuring a characteristic of a subject's eye use a probe beam having an infrared wavelength in the infrared spectrum to measure a refraction of the subject's eye at the infrared wavelength; capture at least two different Purkinje images at two different corresponding wavelengths from at least one surface of the lens of the subject's eye; determine from the at least two different Purkinje images a value for at least one parameter of the subject's eye; use the value of the at least one parameter to determine a customized chromatic adjustment factor for the subject's eye; and correct the measured refraction of the subject's eye at the infrared wavelength with the customized chromatic adjustment factor to determine a refraction of the subject's eye at a visible wavelength in the visible spectrum.
US10813540B2
Provided is a medical tube including: a main body; a first lumen formed in the main body in a longitudinal direction of the main body; a plurality of second lumens formed in the main body in the longitudinal direction of the main body, the plurality of second lumens formed about at least a portion of a circumference of the first lumen; a portion of a distal end of the first lumen comprising a first indicator, the first indicator configured to specify a rotational direction position about the longitudinal direction of the main body of any one of the plurality of second lumens with respect to the first lumen; and a portion of the proximal end of the main body comprising a plurality of second indicators, wherein each of the plurality of second indicators are configured to indicate each of the plurality of second lumens specified by the first indicator.
US10813536B2
An optical trocar system that includes an elongated obturator member having a first diameter. The elongated obturator member has a distal region, the distal region having a first diameter section having a diameter that is substantially equal to the first diameter of the elongated obturator member. The elongated obturator member has a second diameter section having a diameter that is less than the first diameter. The optical trocar system also includes an optical member attached to the distal region of the elongated obturator member such that the optical member encapsulates the second diameter section of the elongated obturator member and at least a portion of the first diameter section. A longitudinal bore through the elongated tubular obturator member is configured to receive an endoscope.
US10813531B2
A dishwasher with at least one guide rail. The guide rail can slidably couple a dish rack to a tub, where the tub defines at least a portion of a treating chamber. The dish rack can carry at least one wheel assembly that includes at least one wheel. The wheel can be contained in a wheel channel of the wheel assembly. The wheel channel can in part be defined by walls of the guide rail. A track closure can rotatably couple to the guide rail for the selective removal of the dish rack from the guide rail.
US10813519B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to a triggerless extractor surface cleaning device for cleaning a surface in which a cleaning solution is distributed to the surface and extracted using suction along with dirt and/or debris on the surface in a continuous operation as the extractor moves along the surface. The extractor further comprises an encoder positioned adjacent a wheel of the extractor for detecting a rotational direction and speed of the wheel to generate a signal. Based on receiving the signal, a controller controls operation of a valve to situationally distribute the cleaning solution to the surface depending on a forward rotation of the wheel and independent of user actuation of a trigger positioned on a handle used to propel the extractor along the surface. Distribution of the cleaning solution can be further optimized based on the detected rotational speed of the wheel.
US10813511B2
There is provided an electric vacuum cleaner capable of further cleaning up air discharged from a whirling chamber which swirls air to separate dust from the air by inertial force, as well as capable of downsizing the electric vacuum cleaner's body. To this end, the electric vacuum cleaner includes: a whirling chamber configured to swirl air containing dust around a central axis to separate dust from the air containing dust, the whirling chamber having a discharge port for discharging air in the whirling chamber; a discharge pipe provided in the whirling chamber along the central axis, the discharge pipe communicating with the discharge port; and a filter provided on a downstream side of the discharge port. The filter is positioned outside of the discharge pipe on a projection plane perpendicular to the central axis.
US10813506B1
A shower chair with a mobile chair frame, a liquid delivery system with a water intake connection, and a manual control system permitting control of the liquid delivery system. An input control valve is selectively operable to allow water flow through first or second output conduits to a directional valve or through a third output conduit to establish a water temperature test mode. By positioning the input control valve, a mixing mode can be established wherein flowable material is drawn from a vessel and into a Venturi and a rinsing mode can be established where water bypasses the Venturi. By selective positioning of the directional valve, water or water mixed with flowable material can be dispensed from a shower head outlet along a first fluidic route, from anterior and posterior bidet outlets along a second fluidic route, or from both the shower head outlet and the bidet outlets.
US10813503B2
An automated food making apparatus is described. An automated food making apparatus can include: a carousel; a dispensing apparatus shared among a plurality of canisters on the carousel, wherein at least one canister includes a paddle; and wherein the dispensing apparatus is configured to rotate the canister's paddle to dispense ingredients stored in the canister. A dispensing mechanism for an automated food making apparatus can include: an actuator arm; a motor that is adapted to rotate the actuator arm; one or more magnets embedded in the actuator arm; and one or more sensors configured to detect position of the actuator arm; wherein the actuator arm dispenses ingredients by rotating a pin located on a canister.
US10813497B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for controlling a fryer having a high limit module. The high limit module selectively decouples a heater of the fryer from an energy source in response to a signal received from a high limit temperature probe indicating a maximum allowable temperature has been exceeded at a hard trip condition. A controller monitors signals received from an operational temperature probe and the high limit temperature probe. Based on these signals, the controller determines if the high limit module is approaching the hard trip condition. If the controller determines the high limit module is approaching the hard trip condition, it preemptively adjusts the output of the heater to avoid the hard trip condition. The controller may thereby prevent the fryer from being completely deactivated by the high limit module.
US10813493B2
An apparatus for heating food includes a base and a lid coupled to one another by a hinged handle. Two fluid-filled thermal fluid vessels with flexible surfaces are installed in the lid and base to form a chamber for holding a food item in a low temperature cooking container f. The thermal fluid vessels may be replaced with high temperature cooking plates to sear or brown the food items. A user of the appliance is protected from exposure to hot thermal fluid retained in the vessels during low temperature cooking.
US10813492B1
A bagel cookware comprises a round bagel tray sized to hold about four bagels in a twelve-inch pot of boiling water. The bagel tray has about four vertical bagel support rods and a central socket comprising a cylindrical collar. This cylindrical collar has a pair of bosses to receive a hollow end of a lifting handle. When the handle is twisted the bosses engage a pair of L shaped retainer channels in a hollow mouth at the bottom of the handle. The handle also has a series of anti-floatation screens so the bagels cannot float while boiling. The chef can use the removable handle to place the cookware in boiling water, then pick up the cookware, tilt the cookware, and place it in an oven. Commercial embodiments could use robotics and hold dozens of bagels on an equivalent apparatus. Alternative embodiments include a stamped anti-flotation screen, a hollow central socket, and hollow, tapered bagel support rods. The hollow mouth of the handle allows a controlled tilting of the entire bagel cookware during the phases of cooking.
US10813484B2
A container for liquid includes a tumbler, wherein the tumbler includes a plurality of visual aids. Additionally, the container includes a lid detachably secured to the tumbler, wherein the lid includes a swing arm flap configured to be secured in an open or closed position, and an opening in a body of the lid configured to receive a portion of the swing arm flap in the closed position to seal the opening in the body of the lid.
US10813463B2
A backrest includes a frame having a pair of laterally spaced upright members connected with longitudinally spaced upper and lower members. A flexible shell has opposite sides coupled to the upright members and upper and lower portions coupled to the upper and lower members. The shell includes first and second slots extending longitudinally along opposite sides of the shell inboard of locations where the shell is connected to the upright members, and one or more third slots extending laterally along the lower portion of the shell above a location where the shell is connected to the lower member. Terminal ends of the one or more third slots are spaced apart from lower terminal ends of the first and second slots. In other embodiments, the shell is a three-dimensional molded component having a plurality of openings. In various embodiments, the slots and/or openings provide different levels of compliance to the backrest.
US10813458B2
A tilting mechanism (1) for chairs includes a support frame (2), a structure (4) rotationally coupled to the support frame. An elastic system (80) is interposed between the support frame and the structure to counteract a reaction to the tilting of the structure from an at-rest position to a tilted position. An adjustment system (20) is capable of varying the reaction to the tilting. The elastic system (80) includes at least one elastic element (12) and a first and a second stop element (81, 82) fastened at respective longitudinal end portions of the elastic element, respectively. In the at-rest position, the first and second stop elements are in contact with each other, and the elastic element (12) is in a deformed configuration and generates a residual elastic force that is at least partially released on the first and second stop elements.
US10813454B1
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a third rail, a functional member and a movable member. The first rail is movably mounted between the third rail and the second rail. The functional member is arranged on the third rail and includes a positioning part. The movable member is arranged on the first rail and includes an engaging section elastically extended toward the third rail. When the first rail is moved relative to the third rail to an open position, the first rail is configured to be engaged with the positioning part of the functional member through the engaging section of the movable member, in order to hold the first rail at the open position.
US10813450B2
A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.
US10813449B2
A workstation comprising a chassis having a base frame (10) and a monitor frame assembly (11), said base frame (10) defining a work area (20) at its proximal end for accommodating a user therein, in use, wherein a desk unit (24) is mounted laterally across said work area and provides a work surface for use by a user accommodated in said work area (20), in use, said monitor frame assembly (11) comprising an outer frame, extending laterally across said base frame (10) and upwardly from its distal end, and an inner frame (32) mounted within said outer frame and configured to receive thereon a plurality of monitor brackets (45), wherein said desk unit (24) is longitudinally adjustable relative to said base frame (10) so as to selectively adjust its distance from the monitor frame assembly (11), and said inner frame (32) is vertically adjustable within, and relative to, said outer frame so as to selectively adjust its height relative to said base frame; and further wherein respective locking means are provided to releasably lock said desk unit and said inner frame in a selected position.
US10813433B2
A jar and lid assembly that includes a jar assembly configured to hold a product. The jar and lid assembly also includes a lid assembly coupled to the jar assembly and includes an outer lid portion and an inner lid portion. The coupling of the lid assembly may be by rotation to secure the lid assembly using threads. A magnet may be positioned within the lid assembly to magnetically couple a cosmetic implement to an outer surface of the lid assembly.
US10813426B2
Provided is an automatic umbrella. The middle rod structure comprises an outer sleeve; a movable sleeve; a first elastic element; a locating element; an adjustment element; and a long rod comprising a long rod upper end and a long rod lower end; wherein the long rod upper end is abutted against the adjustment element, and the long rod lower end is located inside the movable sleeve for limiting the first elastic element from moving along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
US10813415B2
The present disclosure relates to a magnetic assembly structure which utilizes a magnetic attraction or repulsion effect generated by two magnetic components to make two buckle structures automatically engaged to each other. The magnetic assembly structure of the present disclosure has a first main body and a second main body, and via the hardware design of disposing magnetic components and buckle structures respectively on the first main body and the second main body, the first and second main bodies rotate in respect to each other due to the magnetic attraction or repulsion effect, so as to efficiently engage the two buckle structures each other. Thus, it actually eases the installation and uninstallation of the appliance to which the magnetic assembly structure is applied, and the costs of installation and consuming time are reduced.
US10813412B2
A spike is operable to be removably coupled to an article of footwear. The spike includes a first portion that is substantially rigid. The spike also includes a second portion that is resilient.
US10813407B2
An article may include a first polymeric material layer having a surface. A first conductive trace may form at least a portion of the first layer surface. The article may further include a second polymeric material layer. The second layer may have a first surface, a portion of the second layer first surface being bonded to a portion of the first layer surface. The second layer may have a portion of a channel defined therein, the channel at least partially coinciding with a portion of the first conductive trace. The article may also include a first patch interposed between the first layer surface and the second layer first surface. The first patch may span the channel and cover a portion of the first conductive trace.
US10813406B2
A flexible shoe including an outer sole assembly and an upper, the outer sole assembly including a damping sole extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral side and a medial side, and heightwise from a lower surface to an upper surface, the lower surface having lower grooves, the upper surface having upper grooves, the lower grooves of the lower surface being opposite the upper grooves of the upper surface. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface correspond to the main articulations of the foot. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface demarcate platforms of the damping sole.
US10813393B2
An automated system and method for the manufacture of facemasks from a web of a textile product in a production line is provided. The web is conveyed in the production line along a machine direction. A first tie is attached at a tie attaching station to the web of the textile product, such that the first tie extends from the web in a cross-machine direction perpendicular to the machine direction. The web and first tie are cut at a cutting station in the cross-machine direction across a width of the web in the cross-machine direction to form a facemask separate from the web.
US10813392B2
Provided is a waist belt in which: a left inner tightening belt, with a right end portion thereof attached to the right end portion of the left body belt, is passed through the left fold ring and folded back leftward, and a left connecting ring is provided at a left end portion thereof that has passed through the right fold ring; a right inner tightening belt, with a left end portion thereof attached to the left end portion of the right body belt, is passed through the right fold ring and folded back rightward, and a right connecting ring is provided at a right end portion thereof.
US10813388B2
Methods of detecting and reducing error of athletic sensor readouts are disclosed. Methods relate to receiving properties, such as an athlete's body mass index and a physiological property, such as heart rate. Based on a body mass index or other parameter being outside a range, selecting a protocol, such as a heart rate measurement protocol. In further embodiments, a heart rate measurement protocol may be augmented.
US10813384B2
The e-vaping device includes a vaporizer assembly, which includes a heating element, a pre-vapor formulation reservoir, a pre-vapor formulation level indicator including a plurality of discrete indicator segments, and at least one processor. The pre-vapor formulation reservoir may be configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation and the at least one processor may be configured to determine a difference between a first duty cycle of power supplied to the heating element and a second duty cycle of power supplied to the heating element; and adjust the indicator based on the determined duty cycle difference.
US10813378B2
The invention relates to substance mixtures which contain (a) sodium carboxymethyl cellulose and (b) at least one bitter principle selected from the group consisting of xanthines, phenolic glycosides, flavanoid glycosides, hydrolysable or non-hydrolysable tannins, flavones and the glycosides thereof, caffeic acid and the esters thereof, terpenoid bitter principles, catechin, epicatechin, epigallocatechin, gallocatechin, gallocatechin-3-gallate, leucine, isoleucine, valine, tryptophan and phenylalanine, protein hydrolysates, peptides and metal salts and their mixtures, and optionally (c) dextrins, with the proviso that the components (a) and (b) are in the weight ratio of from 1:1 to 1:1,000.
US10813377B2
This invention discloses methods for producing modified cellulose, modified nanocellulose, modified nanocellulose functionalized with other functional species, and derivatives thereof. The present invention also provides cellulose, nanocellulose, and their derivatives that are safe to use inside an animal or human body and are biocompatible without costly purification. These cellulose or nanocellulose materials can be used in many different applications, including carrier for pharmaceutical active agents and other medical devices.
US10813371B2
An apparatus for reducing a temperature of products includes a housing having a chamber within, wherein the chamber has upper and lower regions; a conveyor for transporting the products through the chamber, the conveyor constructed for substantial gas flow to pass through the conveyor without substantially reducing the ability of the conveyor to transport the products; an agitator associated with the conveyor for selective, intermittent contact with the conveyor to displace the conveyor from a plane of travel, thereby displacing the products on the conveyor to substantially prevent the products from adhering to the conveyor and other of the products; a gas circulation device disposed within the chamber to generate circulating gas flow within the chamber; and a shroud disposed within the chamber for coacting with the conveyor to provide an interface between the upper and lower regions, the shroud constructed and arranged to guide the circulating gas flow from the lower region through the conveyor to the upper region, and thereby facilitating displacement of the products on the conveyor to increase exposed surface area of said products. A related method is also provided.
US10813364B2
An intestines processing system and method including a conveyor track with carriers, a tissue breaking section and a gallbladder removal station. The carrier can be equipped to move the intestines package through the tissue breaking section for breaking at least some of the tissue connections in the intestines package below the gallbladder, and to move the intestines package through the gallbladder removal station for removing the gallbladder from the remainder of the intestines package.
US10813363B2
A method for manufacturing a portable cinnamon roll includes forming raw dough in the shape of a sphere having a central pocket, placing cinnamon, frosting and sugar within the central pocket and cooking the raw dough with cinnamon, frosting and sugar until it is fully prepared for consumption.
US10813360B2
The present invention relates to phytosanitary compositions with fungicidal properties that comprise a mixture of essential oils obtained from plants and agents with known fungicidal properties, such as alkali metal or ammonium bicarbonates, and compounds based on copper or the salts thereof, for use, principally, in contact-protection against fungal infections in cultivated plants and post-harvest, and also in other antifungal applications. In said compositions, the effect of the agents that have known fungicidal properties is potentiated synergistically by the aforementioned essential oils. The present invention also relates to the use of said essential oils as potentiators for agents with known fungicidal properties.
US10813358B2
Composite particles comprising baculovirus particles in a coating of wax that is degradable in the gut of a larva of an arthropod species, optionally in conjunction with an insecticide, methods of manufacture, uses thereof, and methods of controlling arthropod infestations.
US10813348B2
The invention relates to a method for adjusting the buoyancy of a fishing bobber. The method includes providing a buoyant member and a stem guide configured to receive the buoyant member, mounting the buoyant member to the stem guide and cutting the buoyant member. The buoyant member is made of a material capable of being severed by a cutting device and having first length, a lower end, and an upper end. The stem guide receives the buoyant member and a fishing line with fishing tackle. The buoyant member is cut such that the buoyant member has a second length shorter than the first length. The buoyant member is cut to a second length such that the buoyancy of the buoyant member when cut to a second length is enough to oppose the tendency of the stem guide and fishing tackle to submerse the buoyant member such that a top surface of the cut buoyant member is adjacent to the surface of the water when the stem guide, buoyant member, fishing line and any fishing tackle are placed in the water.
US10813345B2
A water change system includes an elongate tube and a spout configured to be coupled to the elongate tube. The spout includes a first opening and a second opening spaced from the first opening. The spout is rotatable between a first position to permit water to enter the second opening and pass out of the first opening, and a second position to inhibit water from entering the second opening.
US10813336B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R008. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R008. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R008 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R008 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10813331B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH100388. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH100388, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH100388 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH100388.
US10813330B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH552498. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH552498, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH552498 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH552498.
US10813325B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated IID5127, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line IID5127 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line IID5127, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line IID5127, and plants produced according to these methods.
US10813322B1
A new and distinct Dionea cultivar named ‘FLEXX’ characterized by its small plant size, measuring about 3 to 10 cm high at maturity. Plants are well-filled in and full, producing a large quantity of long-lasting traps having a unique red-purple interior color.
US10813321B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-818 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-818 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-818 RZ.
US10813319B2
The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of Spinach, NUN 06258 SPS as well as seeds and plants and leaves thereof.
US10813310B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR5014TH and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR5014TH and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10813301B2
Various implementations disclosed herein includes a method for operating lighting fixtures in horticultural applications. The method may include receiving a user input of a desired irradiance for a first color channel of one or more lighting fixtures that irradiates a plant bed, in which each of the one or more lighting fixtures comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED) array, determining, for each of the one or more lighting fixtures, a PWM setting of the first color channel such that each of the one or more lighting fixtures irradiate the plant bed at the desired irradiance based on calibration data stored in each of the one or more lighting fixtures, and applying, to each of the one or more lighting fixtures, the determined PWM setting of the first color channel.
US10813294B2
A selection device for pruning machines is designed to select branches or sprouts for pruning performed by the pruning machine. The selection device includes at least one fixing portion adapted for removably fixing to a pruning machine. The selection device includes at least one actuator designed to exert a force upon the branches and sprouts, thus moving them to cause the branches or sprouts selected for the pruning to be arranged in correspondence to cutting elements provided in the pruning machine, hence at least partially preserving the other branches or sprouts from pruning. A frame is designed to at least partially support the at least one actuator. At least one regulating mechanism is fixed to the frame, is associated with at least one actuator, and is designed to regulate at least the direction along which a force is exerted by at least one associated actuator.
US10813292B2
A hydraulic feed roll adjustment system includes a feed roll system, a power take off system, and at least a first controller. The feed roll system includes a feed roll, a motor and a control valve. The feed roll is positioned transversely between at least two side walls and is capable of rotation about a feed roll axis. The motor is operably connected to the fed roll and in fluid communication with a hydraulic circuit. The motor rotates the feed roll about the axis. The control value controls the rate of fluid flow through the hydraulic circuit. The power take off system includes a power take off shaft capable of rotation about a power take off axis. The at least a first controller is in electronic communications with the control value and is capable of adjusting the rotational speed of the feed roll.
US10813291B2
A round baler may include a frame supported by one or more ground engaging devices, a bale forming chamber including sidewalls spaced apart a distance defining a width of the bale forming chamber, a discharge gate selectively operable between a baling position and a discharge position, and a bale forming apparatus, which forms the round bale in the bale forming chamber. The round baler may include a first set of spacers positioned adjacent at least one of the sidewalls reducing the effective width of the bale forming chamber.
US10813290B2
A crop ramp and belt support component for an agricultural harvesting head is provided. The crop ramp and belt support component includes a forward portion, a rear portion, and a belt support portion that are generally planar. The forward portion is inclined relative to the rear portion, and the rear portion extends from the forward portion. The belt support portion is substantially parallel to the rear portion and is configured to extend at least partially below an interior surface of a belt conveyor. The forward portion, the rear portion, and the belt support portion are fabricated as a unitary component.
US10813285B2
A cutter blade of a lawn mower includes a blade body and flaps. The blade body includes a shape with a sweepback angle inclined in a reverse-rotation direction of the cutter blade. The flap pivotal axis is provided along a blade edge without intersecting with a blade rotational axis. A flap pivotal axis is provided at a position offset from a line perpendicular to the blade rotational axis and in parallel to the pivotal axis, in a rotation direction of the cutter blade.
US10813279B2
A tank support assembly for an agricultural implement includes a primary connecting member and first, second, and third support members. The primary connecting member is configured to couple to a main frame assembly of the agricultural implement, where the primary connecting member extends substantially along a longitudinal axis of the agricultural implement. The first support member is configured to couple to the primary connecting member at an end of the first support member. The second and third support members are configured to couple to the first support member, the primary connecting member, or a combination thereof, at ends of the second and third support members. The first support member extends substantially vertically upward from the primary connecting member and the second and third support members extend generally upward and generally outward from the primary connecting member. The first, second, and third support members are configured to transfer a portion of a weight of a tank to the primary connecting member.
US10813276B2
A seed delivery system having a housing with an input opening at a first end and a discharge opening at a second end. The input opening is adjacent a seed meter and is adapted to receive and transport seeds from the seed meter to a first of a plurality of seed transport rollers disposed within the housing.
US10813274B2
The present invention is directed to an applicator having an agricultural product conveying system which transfers particulate material from one or more source containers to application equipment on demand, and meters the material at the application equipment. The conveying system includes an inline metering system including a number of metering devices associated with each compartment of a particulate material tank on the applicator to meter the particulate material disposed within each compartment. The individual metering devices include gates to initially enable the particulate material from a compartment to enter the metering device, and a rotary metering shaft to meter the flow of the particulate material into the conduits while limiting the passage of pressurized air through the metering device and into the compartment. The individual metering devices also include individual motors to control the operation of the metering devices independently from one another that can allow with sectional control and turning compensation.
US10813272B2
In one aspect, a system for determining a position of a sensor mounted on an agricultural machine may include a ground speed sensor configured to capture data indicative of a ground speed of the agricultural machine. The system may also include a non-contact-based sensor configured to capture data indicative of a field characteristic of the field across which the agricultural machine is traveling. Furthermore, a controller of the system may be configured to determine a first ground speed value of the implement frame based on the data received from the ground speed sensor and a second ground speed value based on the data received from the non-contact-based sensor. Additionally, the controller may be configured to determine a position of the non-contact-based sensor relative to a field surface of the field across which the agricultural machine is traveling based on the first ground speed value and the second ground speed.
US10813267B2
A control apparatus for an automatic traveling vehicle includes a position sensor and circuitry. The position sensor is to detect a vehicle position of the automatic traveling vehicle. The circuitry is configured to control the automatic traveling vehicle to travel along a first route, a first turn route connected to the first route, a straight route connected to the first turn route, a second turn route connected to the straight route, and a second route connected to the second turn route in this order, and to calculate the straight route extending from a reference point on the first turn route to the second turn route such that the straight route is tangent to the second turn route.
US10813262B2
In one aspect, the present subject matter is directed to a method for maintaining a desired amount of residue coverage in a field during a tillage operation. The method includes generating, with a computing device, an available residue map that includes an amount of available residue at each location of the field using a yield map and/or crop biomass. The method also includes generating, with the computing device, a desired residue coverage map that includes a desired amount of residue coverage for each location within the field. Further, the method includes determining, with the computing device, an amount of residue that needs to be incorporated into the surface of the field based on the available residue map and the desired residue coverage map. Moreover, the method includes generating, with the computing device, a prescription map for the field based on a correlation between a tillage parameter of one or more ground-engaging tools of the implement and the amount of residue that needs to be incorporated into the surface of the field. In addition, the method includes controlling the tillage parameter based on the prescription map during the tillage operation to maintain the desired amount of residue coverage at each of the locations in the field.
US10820461B2
In a component mounting machine, before the suction nozzle held by the rotary head is automatically exchanged, the nozzle ID codes of all suction nozzles arranged on the nozzle station are continuously read at a high speed and stored in association with the position of each suction nozzle. Sequentially imaging the nozzle ID code display section of each suction nozzle of each column is performed without stopping the mark imaging camera while moving the camera in an arrangement direction of the suction nozzle of each column of the nozzle station. The movement direction of the camera is reversed each time the last imaging operation of one column is completed and the camera is moved to imaging an adjacent column and the nozzle ID code of each suction nozzle of each column read at the image processing is stored in the storage in association with the position of each suction nozzle.
US10820460B2
A cut and clinch device that bends leads of a leaded component into at least one of an bent-in state, a bent-out state, or an N-bent state. The bent-in state is a state with a pair of leads bent inside by moving a pair of movable sections towards each other. The bent-out state is a state with a pair of leads bent outside by moving a pair of movable sections away from each other. The N-bent state is a state with a pair of leads bent into an N-shape by moving a pair of slide bodies towards each other, moving a pair of movable sections away from each other, and then rotating the pair of slide bodies around a center point. Thus, leads can be bent into various states, and a leaded component can be appropriately mounted on a board.
US10820445B2
A pair of electronic displays are placed back to back and are configured for mounting to a vehicle. A pair of thermal plates are located behind the electronic displays and a pair of transparent plates are located in front of the electronic displays. A closed loop of air travels vertically through the space between the electronic displays and transparent panels and through a closed loop plenum. An open loop of air travels horizontally through the space between thermal plates and the rear surface of the electronic displays.
US10820443B2
A tray unit includes: a plurality of trays each of which has a protrusion at a side end portion thereof; and a pair of frames vertically provided with a plurality tiers of rail portions, the plurality of tiers of rail portions accommodating the plurality of trays in a slidable manner in a horizontal direction. And the rail portion at each tier include a clamp on a surface facing the side end portion of the tray, the clamps in the plurality of tiers are aligned in a vertical direction, the clamp has an opening to which the protrusion is fittable, and when the side end portion of the tray move to a predetermined position with respect to the rail portion, the clamp is elastically deformed in the vertical direction of the rail portion, and the protrusion is fitted into the opening.
US10820440B2
The present technology provides minimal touch cable guides for rack-mounted devices. The minimal touch cable guides disclosed herein provide structures for routing cables from field replaceable units installed in a rack mounted device in such a way that cables of different types are not crossed and provides a mechanism for adjusting installed cabling to permit access to otherwise obscured field replaceable units. Such adjustment of cabling is provided in a controlled manner that does not impair the performance the installed cabling.
US10820432B2
A board unit includes a circuit board, a case for accommodating the circuit board and a bus bar electrically connected to the circuit board. A power supply terminal connects a lead-out portion of the bus bar and a connection terminal of an electrical wire. A cover covers the power supply terminal, and has a side wall overlapping the outer side of a side surface of a peripheral wall portion of the case. A stepped surface against which a lower end surface of the side wall of the cover abuts is formed in the side surface of the peripheral wall portion of the case. An engagement protruding portion is provided in the peripheral wall portion and the side wall of the cover. An engagement recessed portion engages the engagement protruding portion. A tool-insertion recessed portion releases the engagement protruding portion from the engagement recessed portion.
US10820422B2
A display device includes: a substrate including a first indented portion indented inward along one side of the substrate; a first pad group and a second pad group that are spaced apart from each other on the substrate along the one side; a display unit located on the substrate and having a shape indented inward between the first pad group and the second pad group; an encapsulation layer encapsulating the display unit; a first wiring film including a third pad group connected to the first pad group; and a second wiring film including a fourth pad group connected to the second pad group. The first wiring film and the second wiring film are bent from a first surface of the substrate to a second surface of the substrate that is opposite to the first surface of the substrate, and the second wiring film is spaced apart from the first wiring film.
US10820420B2
In at least one illustrative embodiment, a printed circuit board may comprise at least one insulating layer, first and second conductive layers separated from one another by the at least one insulating layer, and a conductive via extending through the at least one insulating layer and electrically coupling the first and second conductive layers. The conductive via may include an annular via sidewall having an average radial thickness of at least 2.5 mils (0.0025 inches) and a conductive pad having an average thickness of no more than 3.2 mils (0.0032 inches).
US10820414B2
Disclosed is a surface treated copper foil, which is capable of favorably reducing the transmission loss even when used in a high frequency circuit substrate, and after laminating with a resin, heating at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time (at 180° C. for 10 days), the peel strength of the surface treated copper foil and the resin is favorable.Also disclosed is a surface treated copper foil, comprising a copper foil, and a surface treatment layer on one or both sides of the copper foil, wherein the surface treatment layer has a primary particle layer, or has a primary particle layer and s secondary particle layer in this order from the side of the copper foil; the surface treatment layer contains Zn, a deposition amount of Zn in the surface treatment layer is 150 μg/dm2 or more; the surface treatment layer does not contain Ni, or in the case where the surface treatment layer contains Ni, a deposition amount of Ni in the surface treatment layer is 800 μg/dm2 or less; the surface treatment layer does not contain Co, or in the case where the surface treatment layer contains Co, a deposition amount of Co in the surface treatment layer is 3000 μg/dm2 or less; and a ten point average roughness Rz of an outermost surface of the surface treatment layer is 1.5 μm or less.
US10820409B1
According to a first aspect, there is provided a computer structure comprising a first silicon substrate and a second silicon substrate. Computer circuitry configured to perform computing operations is formed in the first silicon substrate, which has a self-supporting depth and an inner facing surface. A plurality of distributed capacitance units are formed in the second silicon substrate, which has an inner facing surface located in overlap with the inner facing surface of the first substrate and is connected to the first substrate via a set of connectors arranged extending depthwise of the structure between the inner facing surfaces. The inner facing surfaces have matching planar surface dimensions. The second substrate has an outer facing surface on which are arranged a plurality of connector terminals for connecting the computer structure to a supply voltage. The second substrate has a smaller depth than the first substrate.
US10820404B2
A portable neutron generator is provided that does not utilize liquid cooling. The portable neutron generator includes a vacuum chamber housing defining a vacuum chamber and an ion beam inlet. The portable neutron generator also includes a rotating target positioned within the vacuum chamber. The ion beam inlet is oriented to receive ions such that the ions impinge upon the rotating target to cause neutrons to be emitted. The rotating target comprises a copper alloy. The portable neutron generator also includes a motor core positioned within the vacuum chamber and coupled to the rotating target. A motor stator is electromagnetically coupled with the motor core. The motor core is configured to rotate the rotating target at greater than 200 Hz during operation.
US10820402B2
Aspects of the invention may relate to a treatment device and method for providing plasma treatments of lenses. The treatment device for treating a lens, included in an operational device, may include: at least one first electrode located in proximity to a first surface of the lens, such that the first surface is to be treated by the treatment device; at least one second electrode; and an RF generator electrically associated with the electrodes for providing RF energy to the at least one first and at least one second electrodes in an amount sufficient to generate plasma on the first surface of the lens.
US10820400B2
An extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus includes: a chamber in which plasma is generated from a target substance at a condensation position of a laser beam; a condenser mirror configured to condense extreme ultraviolet light generated by the plasma; and a magnetic field generation unit configured to generate a magnetic field that converges a charged particle generated by the plasma toward a wall of the chamber, the condenser mirror includes a substrate, a reflective layer, and a protective layer provided on the reflective layer, the protective layer has layer thickness distribution in which a layer thickness of the protective layer from a reflective layer surface changes, and the layer thickness of the protective layer is maximum at a position on a line (CL) on which a plane passing through a magnetic field axis of the magnetic field generation unit and a central axis (CA) of the condenser mirror intersects the reflective layer surface (62F).
US10820397B1
Apparatuses and methods are presented relating to a plurality of current sources for generating a plurality of first bias currents to drive a plurality of LEDs and a plurality of measurement circuits for obtaining a plurality of first voltage measurements for the LEDs during a first test cycle. The current sources are further configurable to generate a plurality of second bias currents for driving the LEDs, and the measurement circuits are further configurable to obtain a plurality of second voltage measurements for the plurality of LEDs, during a second test cycle. A memory device is configured to store the first and second bias currents and first and second voltage measurements as a current-voltage (I-V) performance characteristic.
US10820378B2
A method includes generating, based on a process recipe, a first electrical control signal by a processing device external to a particular radio frequency (RF) environment. The method further includes converting the first electrical control signal into an alternative control signal, transmitting the alternative control signal to a converter within the particular RF environment over a non-conductive communication link, and converting the alternative control signal into a second electrical control signal by the converter. The method further includes controlling a first plurality of elements via one or more switching devices using the second electrical control signal. The method further includes generating, based on the process recipe, a third signal by the processing device and controlling a second plurality of elements disposed outside of the RF environment using the third signal. The first plurality of elements and the second plurality of elements are controlled substantially simultaneously based on the process recipe.
US10820377B2
A heating system includes a first plurality of heating elements disposed within an electrostatic chuck and an electrically conductive housing. The heating system further includes one or more switching devices to control temperatures output by the first plurality of heating elements. The heating system further includes a converter that is electrically coupled to the one or more switching devices and disposed within the electrically conductive housing. The electrically conductive housing and the first plurality of heating elements are to operate in a radio frequency (RF) environment. A second plurality of elements are to operate outside of the RF environment. The converter is to communicate with a controller outside of the RF environment via a non-conductive communication link. The controller is to receive a process recipe and is to control the first plurality of heating elements and the second plurality of elements substantially simultaneously based on the process recipe.
US10820374B2
This document discloses a solution for connecting wireless networks. According to an aspect, a method comprises: establishing, by a gateway device, a first physical layer connection with a first device of a two-way radio network operating according to a two-way radio network protocol, establishing, by the gateway device, a second physical layer connection with a second device of a wireless network operating according to a wireless communication protocol different from the two-way radio network protocol; and connecting, by the gateway device, a communication connection established between the second device and the wireless network to the first device through the first physical layer connection and the second physical layer connection.
US10820369B2
Embodiments of this application provide for establishment of a wireless connection. A method comprises: generating connection authentication information according to related information of a wired connection between a first device and a second device; and sending, in case of disconnection of, a wireless connection establishing request in such a manner that the request can be received by the second device, where the request comprises the connection authentication information. In the methods and apparatuses of embodiments of this application, by using related information of a wired connection as authentication information of establishing a wireless connection, the wireless connection can be established rapidly and securely, and/or device power consumption can also be considered.
US10820366B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may send a message to a wireless device to activate grant-free uplink transmissions for a non-activated cell. The wireless device may receive the message and activate a previously non-activated cell.
US10820364B2
An apparatus is configured to perform a method for user equipment (UE) offloading. The method includes receiving, at a network controller, a measurement report from a UE, the measurement report radio link measurement quantities of a serving cell and one or more candidate serving cells, the measurement quantities measured after interference cancellation or suppression. The method also includes, based in part on the measurement report from the UE, determining whether to offload the UE to a second cell among the one or more candidate serving cells.
