US10919826B2
An improved isobutanol synthesis process is provided which proceeds through the formation of mixed alcohols from syngas. The two-step process avoids the slowest α-carbon addition reaction in the conventional one-step, direct isobutanol synthesis process. Once ethanol and propanol are produced in the first reaction zone, they can react with methanol and/or syngas in a second reaction zone to produce isobutanol through the fast β-carbon addition reaction in the presence of catalysts, resulting on significantly improved isobutanol productivity.
US10919820B2
The invention is directed to a process to prepare propylene from a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising olefin hydrocarbon compounds by contacting the feedstock with a mixture of a heterogeneous cracking catalyst and a heterogeneous dehydrogenation catalyst as present in one or more packed beds thereby obtaining propylene and other reaction products.
US10919819B2
Provided is a method for oligomerization of ethylene, and more particularly, a method for producing 1-hexene and 1-octene at a high selectivity under an ethylene atmosphere by inducing a remarkably improved catalytic activity while effectively reducing a production amount of polyethylene by introducing the oligomerization catalyst and a cocatalyst mixture containing at least two aluminums together and adjusting the kind of oligomerization catalyst and injection conditions thereof.
US10919803B2
Process for manufacturing a milk of lime of great fineness comprising at least the steps of providing one lime compound and forming said milk of lime with a process water and said lime compound.
US10919801B2
A device for inducing by thermal poling a spatially controlled refractive index gradient inside at least one amorphous inorganic material to be treated, includes a structured electrode arranged on the surface or in proximity to the surface of the material to be treated; and at least one dielectric material. The structured electrode includes at least one conductive zone and at least one non-conductive zone and it is confined between the amorphous inorganic material to be treated and the dielectric material.
US10919786B2
Implementations herein relate to a method for preparing organic-pollution-resistant ion exchange resins and application thereof. The method includes adding modified inorganic particles to prepare novel ion exchange resins containing inorganic particles modified by a parcel modifier. A weight ratio between the monomer of the ion exchange resins and the modified inorganic particles is about 0.1% to 30%. The method may increase moisture content of the resins 3 to 30% such as to improve the structures of the resins, and therefore increase the regeneration efficiency 0.4 to 70%, as compared to conventions resins. The method improves resistance of resins to organic pollution, increases regeneration efficiency, and extends service life of the resins. In the process of water treatment, the ion exchange resin of the implementations may be regenerated with long-term stability. In addition to securing the water treatment efficiency, the method may avoid frequent replacement operations and lower the costs.
US10919782B2
A fluid vapor distillation apparatus. The apparatus includes a source fluid input, and an evaporator condenser apparatus. The evaporator condenser apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical housing and a plurality of tubes in the housing. The source fluid input is fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser and the evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a heat exchanger fluidly connected to the source fluid input and a product fluid output. The heat exchanger includes an outer tube and at least one inner tube. Also included in the fluid vapor distillation apparatus is a regenerative blower fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser. The regenerative blower compresses steam, and the compressed steam flows to the evaporative condenser where compressed steam is transformed into product fluid. The fluid vapor distillation apparatus also includes a control system.
US10919781B1
A method including contacting a stream including water with a coated porous substrate including a porous substrate coated with a hydrophilic and oleophobic coating to produce a treated water including water that passes through the coated porous substrate; and utilizing at least a portion of the treated water as a component of a hydraulic fracturing fluid.
US10919768B2
A nitric oxide generator generates nitric oxide from a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen such as air treated by a pulsating electrical discharge. The desired concentration of nitric oxide is obtained by controlling at least one of a frequency of the pulsating electrical discharge and duration of each electrical discharge pulse.
US10919766B2
An ozone generator with a high voltage electrode and at least one counter electrode which limit a gap in which at least one dielectric and an electrically non-conductive structure are arranged and through which a stream of gas flows in a direction of flow. The high voltage electrode and the at least one counter electrode are provided with a connection for an electrical voltage supply in order to generate silent discharges. The electrically non-conductive structure contains pores with a nominal pore size (x) of 100 μm
US10919762B1
The present invention provides a preparation method of amorphous GeH, and belongs to the field of preparation technologies of amorphous GeH. The preparation method provided in the present invention includes the following step: sealing crystalline GeH, a pressure calibration object, and a pressure transmitting medium in a cavity of a diamond anvil cell, and adjusting pressure in the cavity to obtain amorphous GeH. In the present invention, pressure is applied to the GeH in the sealed diamond anvil cell, to implement amorphization of the GeH at room temperature. In this way, impurities can hardly be found in the preparation method, and pure amorphous GeH can be obtained. In addition, the method provided in the present invention has simple operations and good repeatability.
US10919747B2
In one embodiment, an inventory conveyance system has at least one longitudinal track that is elongate along a longitudinal direction. The system has at least one transverse track that extends from the at least one longitudinal track along a transverse direction that is angularly offset from the longitudinal direction. The transverse track can ride along the at least one longitudinal track along the longitudinal direction. The system has at least one inventory transfer vehicle that is coupled to the transverse track such that the transfer vehicle can ride along the at least one transverse track along the transverse direction. The at least one inventory transfer vehicle has a body, and at least one end effector supported by the body. The at least one end effector can removably couple to an inventory storage container.
US10919746B2
A fuselage cradle support assembly, which can be used as part of a jacking system during aircraft manufacture, is described. The fuselage cradle support assembly can include an array of fuselage cradles. The fuselage cradle support assembly can be configured to limit motion of each fuselage cradle in a cradle array to only vertical and horizontal movements. The vertical movements can be generated using actuators, such as hydraulic actuators, which are communicatively coupled to one another to distribute loads within the cradle array.
US10919741B2
A winch assembly including a mount attachable to a vehicle, and a guide attached to the mount; including a winch having a drum for winding and unwinding a line, and a motor for driving the drum about a winding axis, wherein the drum has a helical groove for receiving the line as it is wound. A frame connects to the first and second end of the drum and is adapted to move relative to the guide so as to synchronize movement of the drum along the winding axis so that the line is aligned with the helical groove during winding and unwinding. A rod is attached to the frame and generally parallel to the winding axis, and passes through a hole in the guide, allowing the movement of the drum along the winding axis but preventing the frame from rotating about the winding axis is disclosed.
US10919726B2
A wireline system for use during drilling operations. The wireline system has a wireline assembly and a roller assembly. Both the wireline assembly and the roller assembly are positioned within a front portion of a drill rig.
US10919723B2
Disclosed is a conveying apparatus and method for conveying a tire layer, wherein the conveying apparatus includes a swivel conveyor with at least one endless belt or wire, a first pulley, a second pulley and a third pulley that define a minimal loop (L) for guiding the endless belt or wire along a conveying run and a return run, wherein the third pulley is arranged between the conveying run and the return run, and is swivable about a swivel axis (X) between a first swivel position and a second swivel position. The pivot position is chosen such that the length of the minimal loop when the third pulley is in the first swivel position is the same within a tolerance of less than 1 percent with respect to the length of the minimal loop when the third pulley is in the second swivel position.
US10919722B2
Disclosed is an unwinder with system for loading and unloading reels. The unwinder includes a rotating support with a rotation axis and provided with engaging members for engaging the reels. The unwinder further includes a positioning system for loading the reels onto the rotating support and an unloading system for unloading the reels from the rotating support. The positioning system includes a first conveyor for the reels and a pusher configured and arranged to push the reels from the first conveyor towards abutment members defining a pick-up position where the reel is taken by the rotating support. The positioning system and the unloading system are arranged at opposite sides of the rotating support.
US10919719B1
A belt driving device includes an annular belt member, rotary members, a protrusion, and a contact member. The belt member includes first and second edges. The belt member is wound around the rotary members. The protrusion protrudes from an inner peripheral surface of the belt member. The protrusion and each rotary member are arranged in an extending direction of the rotary member. The protrusion is provided at the second edge. The contact member is closer to the first edge. When the belt member deviates, the contact member comes into contact with the belt member. A difference between a position of the belt member when the protrusion comes into contact with an end surface of one of the rotary members and a position of the belt member when the belt member comes into contact with the contact member is equal to or less than a width of the protrusion.
US10919717B2
A device and method for lifting a hollow bodied block includes an elongated body having a top end and a bottom end with a handle attached to the top end. A first arm rigidly extends from the elongated body in a substantially perpendicular direction and is configured to engage an inner surface of the block. A second arm is pivotally attached to the bottom end of the elongated body in a substantially opposite direction to that of the first arm. Upon exerting a lifting force on the handle of the lifter, the second arm rotates relative to the elongated body, forming a desired angle with the first arm and creating an outward force sufficient to grip and lift the block.
US10919714B2
In a method for gas-flow carrying a solid particle, the solid particle includes a solid substance generating a dissociation equilibrium reaction that dissociates at least one type of gas component, and the solid particle is carried by a gas flow containing the gas component. The average particle diameter of the solid particle is preferably 0.1-1.0 mm. The solid particle is preferably carried by the gas flow in the state of a suspended flow, a fluidized flow, or a plug flow. The solid particle preferably includes a solid substance to generate a dissociation equilibrium reaction that dissociates at least one gas component and at least one solid component, and the solid particle is preferably carried by the gas flow in a carrying pipe and the solid particle or the solid component that has adhered to the interior surface of the carrying pipe is removed by the gas flow.
US10919708B2
A system comprises a track surface and includes a plurality of motors. The system may further include a plurality of chains. Each chain may be coupled to a motor and may be disposed along a length of the track surface. A plurality of pushers may further be included, with each pusher coupled to a chain of the plurality of chains. In some examples, a controller may be coupled to the plurality of motors.
US10919707B2
A cleaning pad can be attached onto an inner surface of a transport belt so the cleaning pad can move with the transport belt along hardware of a marking system, including support rollers and a marking platen to remove ink from the marking platen and support rollers of the rendering device as the transport belt cycles through its typical path within the rendering system.
US10919705B2
A system and an apparatus capable of independently driving movers are described herein. The system and apparatus includes: a track that forms a path for movers; a plurality of movers movably mounted on the track for moving along the path; and a plurality of drive elements fixedly arranged along the track. The drive elements each have a surface that is oriented to contact a driven member of the movers. The drive elements are configured to sequentially engage the driven member of a plurality of the movers to provide controlled independent motion of the movers along the track. The drive elements may be driven by rotary motors. A method of independently driving movers is also described herein.
US10919704B2
Road-portable conveyors are described. In some embodiments, the conveyor is supported on a trailer in a road transport configuration. In some embodiments, a support structure is attached to the conveyor and supported on a rolling support during road transport.
US10919676B2
A lid, for attachment to a container holding a liquid for use with a liquid spraying device, a vent duct defining a vent conduit extending through a lid body from a duct inlet end to a duct outlet end. A valve is disposed in the vent duct and is configured to permit air flow in a first direction, from the duct inlet end to the duct outlet end, while preventing liquid flow in a second direction opposite the first direction. A cap extends over the duct inlet end, the cap including a cap interior surface defining an interior air chamber, communicating with the vent conduit, and at least a first passage, communicating between the interior air chamber and a first cap inlet. A tube is coupled to the duct outlet end and has a tube outlet end fluidly communicating with an interior of the container.
US10919675B2
A pharmacy container comprising a bottle and a closure. The bottle includes a body, a neck, stops on the neck defining a lug retention area. The body defines a storage chamber therein. The neck extends away from the body and defines an opening to the chamber of the body. The neck includes threads extending around an outside surface of the neck. The stops extend from a bottom of a first thread toward the body, the stops defining the lug retention area. The closure is secured over the opening and around the neck. The closure includes a lug configured to interface with the thread and engage with the lug retention area to retain the closure in place over the opening.
US10919673B2
The present disclosure relates generally to containers and container lids. In at least one embodiment, the disclosed containers and container lids provide a liquid-tight seal without the use of gaskets, and can facilitate full submersion of solid items when the container is filled with liquid. For example, in certain embodiments, a container lid includes a brine disc panel with alternating hatched patterns of downward protruding ridges. Thus, in these embodiments, liquids within the container can pass between the protruding ridges (e.g., with the protruding ridges extending downwardly into the liquid) and the protruding ridges may keep solids that tend to float in the liquid below a surface of the liquid.
US10919669B2
A packaging box includes a box body; a box cover integrally formed with the box body; and at least one baffle arranged inside a cavity of the box body, the at least one baffle divides the cavity of the box body into at least two cavities; the box body is integrally press-formed from a plate provided with a plurality of bending dents; and each of the at least one baffle is formed by bonding of adjacent side walls of two adjacent quadrilateral positioning frames, and an extension wall for positioning the quadrilateral positioning frames is foldable and disposed at each of a first side wall of the box body and a second side wall of the box body.
US10919661B2
A beverage container may include a base having an axis, a closed bottom, an open top and an interior cavity therebetween. The base may be formed from a material that is opaque. In addition, a vessel is configured to contain a fluid. The vessel has an opening into or from which the fluid may flow relative to an interior of the vessel. The vessel is mounted in the interior cavity of the base and extends above and beyond the open top thereof. A radial air space is located between the vessel and the base relative to the axis. The vessel may be formed from a material that is at least one of translucent or transparent. In addition, a seal may be located between the base and the vessel. Each of the base, vessel and seal may be a different material.
US10919658B2
A facility for the automated opening of a carrier and for the provision of the carrier in loading and transport aids, the facility including a carrier feed appliance for feeding flatly closed carrier to a holder of a first conveying appliance, and a first conveying appliance for conveying the flatly closed carrier, which are held the holder, to a carrier opening appliance. The carrier opening appliance opens the flatly closed carrier. A merging appliance brings the carrier into the loading and transport aids. A second conveying appliance transports away the loading and transport aids with the opened carriers, which are arranged in the loading and transport aids.
US10919657B2
A method of feeding products into containers, in particular of feeding bags into cartons, wherein at least two different types of products are fed into a container, wherein the products are transported via respective feeding devices, in particular conveyors, in the direction of a device for feeding the products into a container, wherein each type of the products is transported separately by means of a dedicated feeding device, and wherein the conveying speed of the feeding devices is controlled such that, following the feeding devices, the products are present in a sequence which corresponds to the arrangement of the products within the container.
US10919656B1
A system and method for storing perishable items under controlled atmospheric conditions is provided. Total atmospheric pressure within a vacuum chamber containing the perishable items is reduced to below a predetermined total pressure limit. Oxygen partial pressure within the chamber is monitored. When the Oxygen partial pressure falls below a predetermined lower Oxygen partial pressure limit, an Oxygen-containing gas is admitted to the vacuum chamber to raise the Oxygen partial pressure above the lower Oxygen partial pressure limit. Total atmospheric pressure within the chamber is also monitored. When the total atmospheric pressure reaches or exceed the predetermined total pressure limit, total pressure within the vacuum chamber is once again reduced below the predetermined total pressure limit.
US10919654B2
An upper sealing tool that includes a peripheral region and a recess, by way of which an upper film web is formed. The recess has a transition region and an inner region. The recess has a depth measured between the peripheral region and the inner region. The transition region has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is provided in a convex state and the second portion is provided in a concave state. A ratio of the depth of the recess to a radius of curvature of the first portion is ≤2.5. A ratio of the depth of the recess to a radius of curvature of the second portion is ≤2.5.
US10919645B2
The present application provides a gimbal quick assembly/disassembly apparatus and an unmanned aerial vehicle having the same. The gimbal quick assembly/disassembly apparatus includes a fuselage seat component, a gimbal seat component and a locking component. The fuselage seat component is fixedly mounted on a bearing member, the gimbal seat component is fixedly mounted on a gimbal and the gimbal seat component includes a gimbal seat. The locking component is mounted on the fuselage seat component or on the gimbal seat component and the gimbal seat component and the fuselage seat component are detachably mounted together by using the locking component. The gimbal is detachably mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle, resolving problems of complex assembled/disassembled operations and low efficiency that are caused when the gimbal is fixedly mounted on the unmanned aerial vehicle and realizing quick assembly/disassembly of the gimbal to/from the unmanned aerial vehicle.
US10919640B2
Systems, methods, aircraft, non-transitory media, and memories are provided. An avionics system for an aircraft includes a storage device and one or more data processors. The storage device stores instructions for converting between airspeed types and the one or more data processors is configured to execute the instructions to: generate a calibrated airspeed of the aircraft; convert the calibrated airspeed to an actual true airspeed of the aircraft; determine an initial approximate relationship between the calibrated airspeed and a computed true airspeed as a function of a pressure altitude of the aircraft; generate an adjusted approximate relationship based on the actual true airspeed and the initial approximate relationship at a chosen pressure altitude; and estimate a future airspeed of the aircraft based on the adjusted approximate relationship and a future altitude.
US10919638B2
An energy harvesting system is provided and a corresponding method for harvesting energy from an aircraft cabin pressurization system utilizing the same. According to one aspect, an energy harvesting system includes an aircraft cabin enclosing a high-pressure environment of pressurized air. An air input receives incoming air from a low-pressure environment and an air output expels outgoing air from the high-pressure environment. A turbine receives the pressurized air expelled from the aircraft cabin and utilizes the pressurized air to produce rotational motion on a turbine shaft. An energy harvesting mechanism is coupled to the turbine shaft and utilizes the rotational motion from the turbine shaft to compress the incoming air or to create electrical energy.
US10919630B1
A restraint assembly includes a base configured to be mounted to a tray of the cargo system, a lateral restraint, and a vertical restraint. The lateral restraint comprises a guide face and a top edge, wherein the lateral restraint is rotatably coupled to the base, according to various embodiments. The vertical restraint extends from the top edge of the lateral restraint, according to various embodiments. The restraint assembly comprises a stored position and a raised position. In the stored position both the lateral restraint and the vertical restraint are configured to be disposed within a volume defined by the tray of the cargo system. In the raised position the vertical restraint and at least the guide face of the lateral restraint are configured to be disposed above the volume defined by the tray of the cargo system to provide guidance and restraint to cargo.
US10919625B2
Embodiments herein describe a reconfigurable UAV to allow for the deployment of a subsurface sensor. The UAV includes a rotor assembly that is slidably coupled to a landing base. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of rotors and a ring circumscribing the rotors. Upon landing, the rotor assembly rotates in a first direction with respect to the landing base, which reduces a spacing between the rotor assembly and the ground and drives a sensor coupled to the rotor assembly into the ground. To remove the sensor from the ground, the rotor assembly rotates in a second direction to increase the spacing between the rotor assembly and the ground. The ring and/or the landing base may include interlocking features such as helical threads that are utilized to translate a rotational motion of the rotor assembly into a linear translation of the rotor assembly along the length of the landing base.
US10919624B2
A system for configuring unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to a structure is disclosed. The structure may be a standing structure such as a tower. A movement system may be configured with the tower. The UASs may be tethered to the movement structure and the movement structure may move with respect to the tower.
US10919623B2
Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension.
US10919621B2
An unmanned air vehicle includes a generator that generates a flying force and also generates an air flow, a structural component, a microphone that outputs a first signal, a speaker, and a processor. The processor generates a second signal according to the first signal. The structural component surrounds a noise source of the generator, and includes a through-hole extending in a direction of the air flow. The through-hole is in a direction opposite to the direction of the air flow. An end, in the opposite direction, of the structural component corresponds to an end, in the opposite direction, of the noise source of the generator. An end, in the direction of the air flow, of the structural component extends, in the direction of the air flow, beyond an end, in the direction of the air flow, of the noise source of the generator.
US10919611B2
A safety open and closing system for an overpressure door on fuselage of an aircraft. Wherein the safety opening and closing system allows safe access through the overpressure door to the compartment. The safety open and closing system including an assembly of a hollow beam, a blocking bar in the hollow beam, a spring biasing the blocking bar with respect to the hollow beam and a lever at the end of the blocking beam which pivots between a position A that allows closure of the overpressure door and a position B preventing closure of the door.
US10919599B2
An electric drive for a bicycle is disclosed. The drive includes an electric motor including an drive shaft, a driven shaft connected in a rotationally fixed manner to a driving gear for coupling to a wheel drive, and a transmission structured and arranged to drivingly connect the drive shaft to the driven shaft. The transmission includes a driven wheel, which is connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the driven shaft in a rotational drive direction, and at least two output gears. The at least two output gears includes a first output gear and a second output gear that each engage with the driven gear offset to one another in a circumferential direction to drive the driven wheel.
US10919598B1
Leverage plates for transforming bicycle pedal arms into first-class levers for propelling a bicycle
Each plate (10) includes a plate throughbore (64) secured to an end of a drive axle (52) of a bicycle (16). A pedal arm (72) is secured to an attachment post (68) that extends from the leverage plate (10) between the drive axle (52) and a perimeter edge (70) of the plate (10). Moving a pedal (82) on the pedal arm (72) downward to move the bicycle (16) in a forward, desired direction of motion (56), causes the pedal arm (72) to contact the drive axle (52). An inner end (74) of the pedal arm (72) moves the pedal arm attachment post (68) and leverage plate (10) around the plate throughbore (64). The drive axle (52) therefore becomes a fulcrum (52) of a first-class lever (88) as the pedal arm (72) is moved downward. The leverage plates (10) may retro-fit to any bicycle (16).
US10919594B2
A bicycle frame assembly includes a frame including a first segment, a second segment connected to the first segment at a first hinge, and a third segment connected to the second segment at a second hinge. A synchronization cable extends through the second segment from the first hinge to the second hinge.
US10919588B2
A track chain member includes a shoe member, and a first rail member extending from the shoe member. The first rail member includes a first lug defining a first bore defining a first longitudinal axis and including a first bushing retention shelf disposed in the first bore, a second lug including a second bushing retention shelf disposed in the second bore. A third lug extends in a direction opposite that of the first lug and second lug and is disposed axially between the first lug and the second lug.
US10919585B2
The invention relates to a travel system for cylindrical and/or conical surfaces, in particular for the outer surface or the inner surface of a pipe or mast (1), having: an assembly platform (4a, 4b); a plurality of connected undercarriage elements (6), preferably identical undercarriage elements (6), which form a closed ring in a circumferential direction, in particular together with the assembly platform (4a, 4b) integrated between two undercarriage elements (6); a clamping system (7) which connects at least the undercarriage elements (6) to each other and with which the distance between the connected undercarriage elements (6) can be changed; at least one other undercarriage element (8) which is situated on the assembly platform (4a, 4b) at an axial distance from the ring of connected undercarriage elements (6); wherein at least the undercarriage elements (6) connected to the ring, preferably also the undercarriage element (8) axially spaced therefrom, are each in the form of a continuous track system. The invention also relates to a continuous track vehicle (11), in particular a 2-track continuous track vehicle (11), having at least one chain guided around two spaced deflection wheels (17), in particular deflection gears (17), running surface elements (20) being secured to the links (18) of the chain, wherein the running surface elements (20) each comprise rollers (21) for contacting a driving surface, the axes of rotation of the rollers being oriented in the direction in which the deflection wheels (17) are spaced or the running surface elements (20) being displaceable relative to the associated link (18) by at least one actuator (24).
US10919580B1
A vehicle and liner assembly that includes a recreational vehicle having a housing, a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, and a pair of sidewalls. A frame assembly is provided wherein, the housing is mounted on and supported by the frame assembly. The liner is attached to the frame assembly and covers at least a substantial portion of the bottom of the housing. The liner has a first face having projections extending therefrom and a second face having openings therein. The openings coincide with and extend into corresponding projections on the first face. In another embodiment of the invention, a trailer and liner combination, is provided that includes a vehicle having a housing with a front end, a rear end, a top, a bottom, a pair of sidewalls, and a door providing access to a cargo area defined by the housing.
US10919578B2
A vehicle body rear floor structure includes a rear floor panel arranged on a vehicle body rear portion, and a rear crossmember being mounted on the rear floor panel and extending in the vehicle width direction. The rear crossmember is formed as separate parts in advance, including a crossmember-front and a crossmember-rear arranged on a rear side of the crossmember-front, wherein the crossmember-front and the crossmember-rear are separate parts before forming the rear crossmember and are integrally joined to form the rear crossmember.
US10919575B1
A vehicle chassis platform including: a frame having a front frame end, a rear frame end, a longitudinal frame axis, an upper frame surface, a bottom frame surface, a first longitudinal lateral frame surface and a second longitudinal lateral frame surface, wherein the upper frame surface is substantially flat; and two or more mechanical connection assemblies each coupled to one of the first and second longitudinal lateral surfaces, each of mechanical connection assemblies to couple a vehicle corner module (VCM) to the frame and to transfer mechanical loads between the frame and the VCM when the VCM is coupled to the frame.
US10919573B2
A sensor for a motor vehicle having an evaluation unit which is connected to an output of the sensor. The sensor should be able to activate at least one control unit and/or a sensor at low power consumption without significant delay. This is achieved by connecting a switching signal unit to the output of the sensor in parallel with the evaluation unit.
US10919568B2
A method for operating a steering system of a motor vehicle with a power steering system including a number of actuator paths for applying a total assist torque to a steering gearbox includes determining the total assist torque in each of the actuator paths. The method further includes determining partial assist torques for all actuator paths in each of the actuator paths. The method further includes receiving the associated partial assist torque by each of the actuator paths from the actuator path that is activated as a master.
US10919539B2
In a method for operating a vehicle control system having at least two actuators acting upon a vehicle state variable, a first actuator is initially activated, and at a time interval prior to arrival at a boundary condition regarding the first actuator, a switchover is made to a second actuator.
US10919528B2
Disclosed is a driver assistance apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus including: a camera configured to acquire a front field-of-view image of the vehicle; an output unit; and a processor configured to detect at least one traffic sign based on the front field-of-view image of the vehicle, determine whether the traffic sign fits travel information of the vehicle, and, when the traffic sign fits the vehicle travel information, perform control to output the traffic sign through the output unit.
US10919525B2
Provided is a vehicle capable of: acquiring an image of a road in front of a vehicle in an autonomous driving mode; recognizing a lane line, a subject lane, and an obstacle on the acquired image of the road; determining whether the recognized obstacle is in a stationary state based on obstacle information detected by an obstacle detector; acquiring, if the obstacle in the stationary state exists on at least one of two subject lane lines constituting the subject lane, a width of the obstacle overlapping the subject lane; determining whether keeping of travelling on the subject lane is to be performed based on the acquired width of the obstacle overlapping the subject lane; performing a deflection control within the subject lane to avoid the obstacle in the stationary state if it is determined that the keeping of travelling on the subject lane is to be performed; and performing control of departure from the subject lane or deceleration control if it is determined that the keeping of travelling on the subject lane is not to be performed.
US10919522B2
In the present disclosure, operations may include obtaining a parking area constraint, a time constraint, and one or more mobile machine parameters. The operations may include determining a first parking position within the parking area during the time period. The operations may include identifying one or more shade-providing objects. The operations may include determining, based on the one or more shade-providing objects, one or more shadow profiles. The operations may include determining, based on the time constraint, the parking area constraint, and the one or more shadow profiles, a first shadow-position relationship that indicates shade provided at the first parking position during the time period. In addition, the operations may include selecting the first parking position based on the first shadow-position relationship and the one or more mobile machine parameters. The operations may further include, in response to the selecting, causing the mobile machine to park at the first parking position.
US10919520B1
A control system for a vehicle includes a plurality of vehicle actuators that are operable to affect actual chassis-level accelerations, a vehicle intelligence unit that determines a motion plan, a vehicle motion control unit that determines a chassis-level motion request based on the motion plan, and a chassis control unit that determines actuator commands for the plurality of vehicle actuators based on the chassis-level motion request and actuator identity information that describes presently available actuators from the plurality of vehicle actuators.
US10919519B2
Disclosed is a hybrid electric vehicle and method of controlling operation of engine of the vehicle. The hybrid electric vehicle switches its drive mode in consideration of air pollution and pedestrians around the vehicle. A method of controlling a drive mode of a hybrid electric vehicle includes recognizing at least one of a pedestrian and an air pollution level around the hybrid electric vehicle, determining whether each of the recognized pedestrian and the recognized air pollution level meets a corresponding prescribed exhaust gas reduction mode request condition, and determining an exhaust gas reduction mode drive according to a result of the determination.
US10919508B2
A master cylinder includes: a cylinder body; an isolation wall provided inside the cylinder body, arranged between a first chamber and a second chamber to isolate the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein, the isolation wall is integrally formed with the cylinder body; a first piston; a second piston; a first rod provided in connection with the first piston; a second rod provided inside the cylinder body, being in connection with the first piston, wherein, the second rod is supported in the isolation wall; and a cap provided at a first opening of the cylinder body, the first opening is at an end of the second chamber along the axial direction. A brake-by-wire system including the master cylinder is also disclosed herein.
US10919504B2
A trip cock valve for a brake system on a rail car includes a valve body that defines an inlet, a chamber downstream from the inlet, and an outlet downstream from the chamber. A piston is inside the chamber. A valve member operably connected to the piston has a first position that prevents fluid flow through the outlet and a second position that permits fluid flow through the outlet. A lever is operably engaged with the valve member to move the valve member from the first position to the second position. A valve position indicator downstream from the inlet is in fluid communication with the inlet when the valve member is in the second position.
US10919501B2
A telescopic cleaning device, for a glass surface to be cleaned of a motor vehicle, includes at least one hollow conveying body (5) for the cleaning fluid, closed at an upstream end by an inlet flange (12) and accommodating a movable piston (8) which is configured so as to slide in said hollow conveying body (5). The hollow conveying body (5) additionally accommodates a rod (14) which extends jutting out from the inlet flange and around which the movable piston is capable of sliding, the movable piston and/or the rod being configured so as to allow the fluid to flow between them from the inlet flange to the distribution element. The rod comprises a heating device (22), which comprises at least one heating element (24) extending in the interior of a heat conducting tube (26), along the axis of elongation (X) of the device.
US10919499B2
A windscreen wiper blade including: a monolithic support frame that includes an inner housing formed within a body of the support frame; a wiping strip with a wiping edge able to engage with a surface of a window and a top heel that engages with the support frame; a pair of ribs that: extend from a bottom face of the support frame, and latch onto the top heel of the wiping strip; a central spine disposed within the inner housing; and an aerodynamic deflector that extends from a top face of the support frame.
US10919490B1
A computer-implemented method includes determining a connection status of a first attempted connection between a mobile device comprising a Phone-as-a-Key (PaaK) controller and a first Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) module of a target vehicle. The mobile device selects, based on the connection status, a relay vehicle associated with the PaaK controller and the target vehicle. The relay vehicle includes a second BLE module. The mobile device may establish a second connection between the mobile device and a second BLE module of the relay vehicle, and transmit a power mode instruction to the target vehicle via the second connection between the mobile device and the second BLE installed in the relay vehicle. The second connection enables the second BLE module to relay the power mode instruction to the target vehicle, and the power mode instruction enables the target vehicle to execute a key-on operation.
US10919482B1
Occupant safety systems suitable for use in both traditional and opposed seating systems include various combinations of passive safety components: sensors that provide an output signal indicative of an imminent collision, inflatable restraints that deploy from opposing interior surfaces of a passenger compartment of a vehicle based on the output signal, and inflators disposed within door cavities that selectively inflate an airbag or vent the inflator to an exterior of a vehicle based on the output signal.
US10919469B2
A vehicle power supply apparatus includes first and second power supply systems, an electrical conduction path, first and second switches, and an abnormality determination unit. The first power supply system includes a first electrical energy accumulator and an electric load. The second power supply system includes a generator and a second electrical energy accumulator. The first switch is provided on the electrical conduction path between the first and second power supply systems. The second switch is provided in the second power supply system. The abnormality determination unit determines whether or not the generator is in an abnormal state, on the basis of a current of the first or second electrical energy accumulator, with the first switch or the second switch, or both turned on, and with a power generation command outputted to the generator.
US10919462B2
A circuit body for a vehicle is wired on a vehicle body of the vehicle for performing supply of electric power to an electrical component and communication of various communication signals with the electrical component. The circuit body includes: a plurality of control boxes separately disposed on the circuit body and capable of controlling input and output of at least one of the electric power and the communication signal; a trunk line harness connecting one of the plurality of control boxes and another of the plurality of control boxes; and a branch line harness connecting the control box and the electrical component. The trunk line harness includes a power line for transmitting electric power and a communication line for transmitting communication signals in a separated state. An end portion of the power line and an end portion of the communication line are connected to the control box.
US10919450B2
An image display device includes an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of a rearview and a sideview from a host vehicle, and a display unit configured to display, as a display image, a captured image captured by the image capturing unit or a generated image generated based on the captured image. The display unit includes a first area for displaying the display image that includes an area to the rearview of the host vehicle and a second area, being arranged adjacent to the first area, for displaying the display image that includes an area to the sideview of the host vehicle, and the displayed image displayed in the second area is image-processed in such a manner that an aspect ratio changes with respect to an aspect ratio of the display image displayed in the first area.
US10919438B2
A vehicle lamp system includes an imaging unit, a luminance analysis unit, an illuminance setting unit, a light source unit and a light source control unit. The light source control unit controls the light source unit to periodically form a reference light distribution pattern including at least a part of a fixed illuminance area which does not depend on the illuminance value determined by the illuminance setting unit. The illuminance setting unit determines the illuminance value based on a reference detection result including the detection result of the luminance analysis unit obtained under the formation of the reference light distribution pattern, and updates the illuminance value when the new reference detection result is obtained.
US10919422B2
An occupant support comprising a vehicle seat that includes a seat back with a seat-back cover arranged to extend around a seat-back cushion and a seat bottom that includes a seat-bottom cover arranged to extend around a seat-bottom cushion. The occupant support further includes a forced air unit configured to provide a pressurized flow of air to at least one of the seat bottom and seat back.
US10919415B2
A longitudinal adjuster (10) for a vehicle seat (1) includes at least one rail pair (12), which is formed from a first seat rail (14), for connecting to a seat frame side part (6), and a second seat rail (16), for connecting to a vehicle structure, that slid relative to each other in a longitudinal direction (x) and engage each other and form an inner channel (18). A reinforcing profiled element (22; 122) is fastened to the second seat rail (16) and is arranged in the inner channel (18). The reinforcing profiled element (22; 122) has a connection section (24), which is led out of the inner channel (18) toward a rear and is connectable to a rear end surface (8) of a seat frame side part (6). The vehicle seat with the longitudinal adjuster, has a seat frame side part (6) connected to a first seat rail (4).
US10919411B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for charging a low voltage battery of a mild hybrid electric vehicle. The method of charging a low voltage battery may includes: detecting data for charging a low voltage battery; determining whether a predetermined travelling condition is satisfied based on the data; comparing a current state of charge (SOC) of a high voltage battery with a first reference SOC when the predetermined travelling condition is satisfied; comparing a current SOC of the low voltage battery with a second reference SOC when the current SOC of the high voltage battery is equal to or greater than the first reference SOC; determining a target SOC based on the current SOC of the low voltage battery; and determining a charging speed and a charging amount of the low voltage battery.
US10919408B2
System and method of controlling operation of a device having a rechargeable energy storage pack with a plurality of cells, based on propulsion loss assessment. A controller is configured to obtain a state of charge data and an open circuit voltage of the rechargeable energy storage pack. The controller is configured to obtain a state of charge disparity factor (dSOC) from a selected dataset. The state of charge disparity factor (dSOC) is defined as a difference between a minimum value of the state of charge and an average value of the state of charge of the plurality of cells. The controller is configured to control operation of the device based in part on the state of charge disparity factor (dSOC) and a plurality of parameters (Pi), including raising one or more of a plurality of flags each transmitting respective information to a user.
US10919399B2
A vehicle system provided according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a power transmitter and a vehicle. The power transmitter is placed at one of at least one charge position. The vehicle includes: a power receiver, a capacitor, and a motor. The power receiver wirelessly receives first electric power from the power transmitter, and outputs second electric power deriving from the first electric power. The capacitor stores the second electric power output by the power receiver such that the capacitor is charged from a first voltage Vc1 to a second voltage Vc2. The motor is driven by the second electric power from the capacitor. The vehicle automatically travels a distance Dx along a route from one to a next one of the at least one charge position on the route. The distance Dx satisfies a certain relationship.
US10919397B2
A vehicle that enables external charging which is charging of a vehicle-mounted electric power storage device using electric power supplied from an electric power supply outside the vehicle includes a communication device configured to communicate with a server outside the vehicle, and an electronic control unit. The ECU is configured to execute a process for timer charging that is the external charging executed in accordance with a set time schedule. When the timer charging based on alternating current charging is performed, the ECU is configured to set the time schedule in the vehicle without using the server. When the timer charging based on direct current charging is performed, the ECU is configured to control the communication device to transmit data needed for setting the time schedule in a direct current electric power supply facility to the server.
US10919393B2
The present invention relates to a surge arrester for a charge controller of a battery. The surge arrester comprises a first voltage detector with a fixed predetermined response threshold and a second voltage detector with an adaptively adjustable voltage threshold. The voltage threshold of the second voltage detector is adapted as a function of the response of the first voltage detector.
US10919384B2
A system and method using a mount assembly for attaching a powertrain to a structural member of a vehicle. The mount assembly includes a first compliant member, a second compliant member, a first fluid chamber, a second fluid chamber, a third fluid chamber, a pressure compliant membrane, and a valve. A fluid conduit interconnects the first fluid chamber with the second fluid chamber to allow a fluid to pass from the first fluid chamber to the second fluid chamber. The third fluid chamber has an opening in communication with the second fluid chamber and a vent port. The pressure compliant membrane seals the opening between the second fluid chamber and the third fluid chamber. The valve selectively seals the vent port in the third fluid chamber. A first stiffness profile of the mount assembly is selected by actuating the valve to open the vent port. A second stiffness profile of the mount assembly is selected by actuating the valve to close the vent port.
US10919375B2
A device that supports a motor vehicle component includes a plate that is equipped with a securing device for securing a protective casing of the component and an attachment device for attaching to a structural element of the chassis of the motor vehicle. The attachment device is designed to break in the event of a collision involving the motor vehicle. The support device also includes a deflector that forms a ramp tilted upwards, one end of which extends at the height of the plate and an opposing end of which is tilted relative to the plate. This support device helps protect the occupant in case of a frontal impact collision by preventing rigid members from stacking up in a critical manner in the engine compartment.
US10919374B2
A vehicle windshield protection device. The device may comprise: a cover portion and side mirror straps. The cover portion may comprise support members configured to prevent the vehicle windshield protection device from being blown off a vehicle. The cover portion may substantially cover an outer surface of a windshield of the vehicle. The side mirror straps may engage with one or more side mirrors of the vehicle. The wind strap may engage with a top portion of a vehicle and may prevent the device from being blown off the vehicle. The cover portion is generally configured to prevent frost, ice, and snow from adhering to the windshield and/or to prevent sunlight from coming through the windshield.
US10919368B2
An apparatus for covering an open top of a transportation trailer container includes a frame on top of the container. The frame surrounds an aperture for flow of material into the container. The apparatus also includes an arm pivotable between a closed position and an open position. The arm holds a rotatable roller for dispensing and receiving a flexible cover. The flexible cover is wrapped around the roller when the arm is in the open position. The flexible cover is unrolled from the roller to cover the aperture due to motion of the arm from the open position to the closed position. The frame includes a side portion having an inwardly and upwardly tapered outer surface. The roller contacts the outer surface when the arm is in the closed position.
US10919361B2
A cooling module for a vehicle includes: a high temperature radiator including first and second header tanks into which a coolant flows and from which it is exhausted, and a plurality of tubes and heat radiating fins respectively interconnecting the first and second header tanks; a low temperature radiator including third and fourth header tanks into which a coolant flows and from which it is exhausted, and a plurality of tubes and heat radiating fins respectively interconnecting the third and fourth header tanks; and a condenser disposed at a side surface of the high temperature and low temperature radiators corresponding to the second and fourth header tanks to be respectively connected to the second and fourth header tanks and condensing a refrigerant flowing therein through heat exchange with a coolant supplied from the second and fourth header tanks.
US10919348B2
A tire includes an RFID locator. The tire includes a pair of bead areas and a ground-contacting tread disposed radially outwardly of the pair of bead areas. Each sidewall of a pair of sidewalls extends from a respective bead area to the tread. A carcass extends toroidally between each of the bead areas radially inwardly of the tread and an innerliner is formed on an inside surface of the carcass. An RFID tag is attached to the tire at an area of a selected one of the sidewalls through interior sidewall attachment. A locator indicia is integrated into an axial outer surface of the selected sidewall at a locator area.
US10919338B2
A unitized wheelend is provided. The unitized wheelend includes a hub having an inboard side bounded by an oil seal and an outboard side bounded by a retainer releasably coupled to the hub. The unitized wheelend assembly includes an inboard bearing assembly, a spacer, an outboard bearing assembly, and a spindle nut assembly.
US10919327B2
To provide a thermal transfer sheet capable of inhibiting residues derived from a back face layer from adhering to a thermal head, also capable of inhibiting occurrence of a kick, and having a shorter time period until the back face layer is stabilized. A thermal transfer sheet comprising; a colorant layer located on one surface of a substrate and a back face layer located on the other surface of the substrate, wherein the back face layer comprises a binder resin and inorganic particles, and the binder resin comprises a product obtained by reacting a polyisocyanate having an isocyanurate structure with a resin having hydroxyl groups at an equivalent ratio of isocyanate groups in the polyisocyanate having an isocyanurate structure to hydroxyl groups in the resin having hydroxyl groups (—NCO/—OH) of 0.05 or more and 0.15 or less.
US10919322B2
An integrated inkjet module includes: a support chassis configured for fixedly mounting on a media feed chassis; a maintenance chassis mounted on the support chassis; and a print bar chassis liftably mounted on the maintenance chassis, the print bar chassis having one or more printheads mounted thereon. The print bar chassis includes datum pins maximally spaced apart at each corner thereof, with each datum pin engaging with a complementary datum surface of the support chassis to control a separation between the printheads and a media feed path during printing.
US10919318B2
A pretreatment device includes a pretreatment portion, a reception portion, a processor and a memory. The pretreatment portion performs a pretreatment on a recording medium. The reception portion receives recording medium information that the recording medium has. The memory stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, perform processes including: setting, for the pretreatment portion, pretreatment information relating to the pretreatment, on the basis of the recording medium information received by the reception portion; and causing the pretreatment portion to perform the pretreatment on the basis of the set pretreatment information.
US10919312B2
In a method for preventing or reducing air vortex formation between a print plate and a recording medium upon printing to the recording medium with a coating substance (e.g. primer), the recording medium is provided at a feed velocity of at least 20 meters per minute, and a plurality of print nozzles of a print head are alternately activated to print the coating substance on recording medium to cover a surface of the recording medium with the coating substance. The activation can include only activating a portion of the plurality of print nozzles simultaneously. Further, a predetermined applied quantity of the coating substance per area is constantly printed onto the recording medium.
US10919309B2
An ink circulator includes a first tank configured to supply ink to an inkjet head, a second tank configured to collect the ink from the inkjet head, an inter-tank path through which the ink is delivered from the second tank to the first tank, and an ink deliverer arranged in the inter-tank path and configured to deliver the ink from the second tank to the first tank through the inter-tank path. A third tank and the inter-tank path are connected via a connection path in which a switch arranged. Ink supply to the ink circulator is performed by driving the ink deliverer to deliver the ink from the third tank to the first tank with communication between the inter-tank path and the third tank allowed by the switch.
US10919306B2
There is provided a tank including: a wall defining a liquid storage chamber, the wall including: an upper wall defining an upper end of the liquid storage chamber, a lower wall defining a lower end of the liquid storage chamber, and an erected wall between the upper wall and the lower wall and through which the liquid inside the liquid storage chamber is visible from outside of the tank; an inlet penetrating through the upper wall or the erected wall; and an outlet, wherein the lower wall includes an upper stage wall making contact with the erected wall; a lower stage wall located at a position separated and away from the erected wall and below the upper stage wall; and a connecting wall connecting the upper and lower stage walls; and the outlet is disposed below the upper stage wall.
US10919303B2
A device for supplying a print bar (10) with ink has a distributor tank (16) that is connected with all print heads (12). Degassed and tempered ink is supplied to the distributor tank (16). In the distributor tank (16), a ring line (36) extends through which flows ink at the nominal temperature, and the ink (19) in the distributor tank (16) is thereby tempered. In addition to this, the distributor tank (16) has a supply line (38) via which fresh ink may be fed into the distributor tank (16). A changeover switch (42) switches between the two lines depending on the negative pressure in the distributor tank (16).
US10919302B2
A print engine includes: a chassis; a cradle attached to the chassis, the cradle defining a longitudinal cavity having an access opening at a first end thereof; an elongate printhead received in the longitudinal cavity via the access opening; and a wiper carriage configured for longitudinally wiping the printhead. The wiper carriage is parked at a second end of the cradle opposite the first end.
US10919295B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid discharging head having a nozzle and a piezoelectric element, a driving signal generating circuit, a reference voltage signal generating circuit, a substrate on which the driving signal generating circuit and the reference voltage signal generating circuit are provided, a first wire, a second wire, and a coil, in which the driving signal generating circuit generates a driving signal, the reference voltage signal generating circuit generates a reference voltage signal, the piezoelectric element is driven based on the driving signal supplied to one end of the piezoelectric element and the reference voltage signal supplied to the other end of the piezoelectric element, the first wire propagates the driving signal to the one end, and the second wire propagates the reference voltage signal to the other end through the coil.
US10919292B2
An ejection apparatus includes: a feeding unit that feeds a recording medium; a first ejection unit that ejects droplets onto the recording medium to form plural detection images along a feeding direction of the recording medium, a detection unit that detects a distance from a predetermined origin of the recording medium to each of the detection images along the feeding direction; and a second ejection unit that is disposed on a downstream side relative to the first ejection unit in the feeding direction of the recording medium, and ejects droplets onto the recording medium at a timing based on a value obtained by adding an average value of differences between detection values of the detection unit and setting values to a setting value of the detection image on most downstream side in the feeding direction.
US10919290B2
The present invention discloses a digital ink duct for a printing press, comprising an ink tank for storing ink, a main ink pipe that communicates with the ink tank, at least one metering-type ink delivery device, ink delivery pipes, a controller and a signal acquisition device. In the present invention, high-accuracy, metering-type ink delivery devices are arranged in a queue to form a digital ink duct which replaces the traditional ink duct and supplies ink for the ink zones. The present invention can perform accurate adjustment in real time, is high in automation and digitalization degree, and can realize one-way ink delivery and avoid ink return.
US10919285B2
A method for inspection of additive manufactured parts and monitoring operational performance of an additive manufacturing apparatus is provided. The method includes a step of obtaining, in real-time during an additively manufactured build process, a backscatter x-ray scan of an area of a build platform. The build platform is configured for supporting at least one part during the build process. An evaluating step evaluates, by a processor, the backscatter x-ray scan. A determining step determines, based on the evaluating, whether an operational flaw with the additive manufacturing apparatus has occurred or a defect in the at least one part has occurred. A backscatter x-ray system has an emitter that emits x-rays and a detector that receives backscattered x-rays. The emitter and detector are located on a movable support located above the build platform, and the movable support raises and lowers the emitter and detector with respect to the build platform.
US10919283B2
A sealing membrane including: a) a thermoplastic polyolefin membrane and b) a barrier film including b1) a barrier layer including at least one polymer selected from ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer, polyamide or polyester and b2) an outer layer, wherein the barrier film is laminated over the full surface area or over part of the surface area onto the polyolefin membrane, and so the outer layer is connected directly to the polyolefin membrane, and the outer layer and the polyolefin membrane are both ethylene-based or the outer layer and the polyolefin membrane are both propylene-based. The sealing membrane can be produced at low cost and has a stable interconnecting bond. It is suitable in particular for sealing in building construction or civil engineering work.
US10919281B2
A circuit assembly can be made by adhering a conductive element to a substrate with an adhesive. A first layer including an adhesive can be applied over at least a portion of a surface of the substrate. A second layer including a conductive metal can be applied over at least a portion of the first layer. The first layer and the second layer can be exposed to a temperature for a duration of time to (1) fuse the conductive metal together in at least a portion of the first layer and (2) cure the adhesive of the second layer. The fusing can be substantially complete before the curing is substantially complete to enhance bonding of the adhesive to the fused conductive metal.
US10919280B2
Precision and chip contamination-free placement of two-dimensional (2D) material and van der Waals (VDW) layered materials accelerates both the study of fundamental properties and novel device functionality. The system transfers 2D materials utilizing a combination of a narrow transfer-stamper and viscoelastic and optically transparent film. Precise placement of individual 2D materials results in vanishing cross-contamination to the substrate. The 2D printer results in an aerial cross-contamination improvement of two to three orders of magnitude relative to state-of-the-art transfer methods from a source of average area sub um{circumflex over ( )}2. The transfer-stamper does not physically harm any micro/nanostructures preexisting on the target substrates receiving the 2D material such as, nanoelectronics, waveguides or micro-ring resonators. Such accurate and substrate-benign transfer method for 2D and VDW layered materials provides rapid device prototyping due to its high time-reduction, accuracy, and contamination-free process.
US10919279B2
The decorative decal assembly (20) is configured to be secured within a recessed surface (26) of a weight plate (18) and includes an adhesive layer (36), a printable surface (44) of an adjacent ink protective printing layer (42), and one or more print decals (48) secured to the printable surface (44) and between an upper support surface (40) of the adhesive layer (36) and the ink protective layer (42). The recessed surface (26) defines a display area (56) surrounded on all sides by an expansion zone (58) extending between the display area (56) and the shoulders (30, 32) of the weight plate (18) that define the recessed surface (26) to permit limited expansion of perimeter edges (62A, 62B) of the decal assembly (20) into the expansion zone (58) without contacting the shoulders (30, 32) whenever the weight plate (18) experiences a bounce shock.
US10919277B2
A stretchable film including a stretchable film layer, a first skin layer disposed on the stretchable film layer on a first surface side, and a second skin layer disposed on the stretchable film layer on a second surface side, in which the stretchable film layer contains an elastomer, the first skin layer and the second skin layer contain a resin which does not have adhesiveness at 60° C., and the thickness of each of the first skin layer and the second skin layer is 0.1 μm to 4 μm.
US10919270B2
Provided is a laminated glass, comprising: a soda lime glass; and a non-tempered alkali-free glass bonded to one surface of the soda lime glass, in which a thickness of the soda lime glass is larger than a thickness of the non-tempered alkali-free glass, and an elastic modulus of the non-tempered alkali-free glass is larger than an elastic modulus of the soda lime glass.
US10919268B1
A laminate has a composite coating on a reflective substrate. The composite coating includes a stack of metal oxide trilayers on the substrate, where each metal oxide trilayer includes a layer of aluminum oxide; a layer of silicon oxide; and a layer of indium tin oxide. The composite coating also includes a stack of metal oxide bilayers on the metal oxide trilayer stack, each metal oxide bilayer including a layer of aluminum oxide and a layer of silicon oxide.
US10919259B2
Provided is a laminated substrate wherein a sheet-shaped material with a porosity of 50-99% is laminated onto at least one surface of a prepreg substrate which includes a reinforcing fiber and a thermoplastic resin.
US10919252B2
A system and process for making a container or pouch that separates the cutting and sealing steps into two distinct steps with a separate step of rotating the container or pouch template 90 degrees relative to a direction of travel between the cutting and sealing steps.
US10919246B2
A fluid chamber (20) for a shoe may be formed using pressure channels (190) in a forming mold (100A), eliminating the need to insert a nozzle or needles into the chamber for inflation. A fluid chamber so formed may have a smaller seal area than a chamber formed using an inflation needle, making the chamber more visually pleasing. Apparatus and methods for forming a fluid chamber in this fashion are disclosed.
US10919244B2
A method and apparatus for molding non-pneumatic wheels is provided. The exemplary method and apparatus allow for the use of the same molding system to manufacture wheels with different hub constructions. Different configurations of removable mold elements are utilized within the same molding system to provide wheels with different hub constructions.
US10919242B2
The present invention is directed to a tire with in-situ generated built-in puncture sealant comprising a supporting tire carcass comprised of one or more layers of ply, an outer circumferential tread, and a radially inner layer, a pair of beads, sidewalls extending radially inward from the axial outer edges of the tread portion to join the respective beads, a sealant comprising the chain cessation product of a butyl ionomer-based rubber sealant precursor composition catalyzed by peroxide disposed inwardly from said radially inner layer, and wherein said sealant provides self-sealing properties to the tire.
US10919239B2
A method and system for fabricating a composite structure is provided. At least a first layer of reinforcement material is placed on a surface of a tool. At least a first layer of veil material is then wrapped around the first layer of reinforcement material while the first layer of reinforcement material is positioned on the tool to produce a first reinforced ply.
US10919237B2
An end effector comprises a plurality of vacuum ports. The plurality of vacuum ports is formed from a plurality of hollow protrusions extending from a face of the end effector. The plurality of vacuum ports is connected to a vacuum chamber receiving a vacuum from a vacuum source interface.
US10919234B2
A welding head comprises a welding element (51) for welding a lid (1) to an opening device of a container (10). The welding head (43) further comprises a 5 compensating device (62) operable for compensating a misalignment between the welding element (51) and the lid (1), thereby centering the welding element (51) relative to the lid (1).
US10919233B2
A joint and a method of bonding a first member to a second member are disclosed. The joint includes a multi-layer adhesive material between the first member and the second member. The multi-layer adhesive material includes at least one adhesive material that is applied to one of the first member and the second member. The multi-layer adhesive material also includes a heating element for heating the at least one adhesive material and at least one permeable layer for allowing air to escape from between the first member and second member during heating of the at least one adhesive material.
US10919230B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus including an additively manufactured node. The apparatus includes an additively manufactured interconnect co-printed with the node. The interconnect is configured to connect the node to a component.
US10919227B2
A system comprising: an additive manufacturing apparatus configured to perform an additive manufacturing process using a feedstock supplied thereto, thereby to produce an article; a feedstock storage module configured to supply feedstock to the additive manufacturing apparatus; a machining apparatus configured to perform a machining process; a controller configured to control operation of the additive manufacturing apparatus and the machining apparatus; and are cycling module configured to receive a waste material and to produce the feedstock therefrom, and to transfer the produced feedstock to the feedstock storage module. The additive manufacturing apparatus and the machining apparatus comprise a common heat source, the additive manufacturing apparatus configured to use the common heat source to perform the additive manufacturing process, and the machining apparatus configured to use the common heat source to perform the machining process.
US10919226B2
A powder module for an apparatus for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects may include a powder chamber defining a powder room configured to receive a powdered construction material, a support structure configured to support the powder chamber, a carrying device disposed within the powder room and defining a bottom portion of the powder room, the carrying device being movably supported relative to the powder chamber, and a drive device configured to move the carrying device relative to the powder chamber. A maximum traveling distance of the carrying device may be from 800 millimeters to 2,000 millimeters. An apparatus for additive manufacturing of three-dimensional objects may include an aforementioned powder module.
US10919220B2
A technique to have precise materials deposition in the micro and nanometer scale relating to 3D printing. A microfluidic pipette and an atomic force microscopy (AFM) needle are used to position the pipette a distance from a working stage to avoid surface tension physics associated with droplet formation of pipette excreted material, “ink.” The combination provides greater control over both the amounts of placement of the ink. In practice, both the AFM needle and the pipette are lowered to a work stage (or the stage is raised to the AFM needle). The pipette excretes a pool of ink onto the stage and the AFM needle is placed into the pool. A unit of ink from the pool adheres to the AFM needle. The AFM needle then moved to a work space on the stage and deposits the ink in the work area through a predetermined printing technique. The system is capable of printing photoresist, polymers, nanomaterials, DNA, proteins, stem cells, semiconductors, metal, plastic and almost anything imaginable. Common uses would include prototyping, maskless lithography, tissue engineering and bioprinting.
US10919219B2
The invention refers to a method of generatively manufacturing a three-dimensional object (2) in a process chamber (3) of a generative manufacturing apparatus (1) by a layer-by-layer application and selective solidification of a building material (13) within a build area (10) arranged in the process chamber. In the course of this, while the object is being manufactured, a process gas is supplied to the process chamber by means of a gas supply device and is discharged from the process chamber via an outlet (42a, 42b). According to the invention, the gas supply device is designed and/or arranged relatively to the build area and/or controlled such that a gas stream (40) of the process gas streaming through the process chamber is shaped in such a manner that a substantially elongate oval impingement area (A3) of the gas stream (40) is generated within the build area (10).
US10919217B2
A three-dimensional printing build material composition includes a polymer particle, and a radiation absorbing additive mixed with the polymer particle. The radiation absorbing additive has a particle size ranging from about 1 μm to about 100 μm, and the radiation absorbing additive is to absorb incident radiation having wavelengths ranging from 700 nm to 10 μm.
US10919212B1
A system and method for efficiently and safely installing a pipe liner is provided, as well as methods of using the same. The system and method for efficiently and safely installing a pipe liner may provide an inverter configured to invert the pipe liner by introducing pressure into the pipe liner; provide a top roller, provide an assist system located between the inverter and the top roller, the assist system comprising: a main housing having a main housing top and a main housing bottom, and each of the main housing top and the main housing bottom having an opening; a first interior roller; a second interior roller; and a first motor; and feed the pipe liner onto the top roller, wherein the assist system feeds the pipe liner from the top roller to the inverter in an efficient and controller manner.
US10919205B2
A method for producing an elongated product. By an extrusion unit, a material is extruded onto a core of the elongated product as a casing having a predetermined wall strength. Downstream of the extrusion unit and while the material is still moldable, the elongated product is supplied in a conveying direction to a molding unit. A portion of the material is held by the molding unit and, from the held material, a molded part is formed in an integral manner on the casing. The formation of the molded part is thereby carried out in an advantageous manner, via a deformation of material of the casing.
US10919203B2
Described herein are strength characteristics and biodegradation of articles produced using one or more petrochemical-based polymers and one or more carbohydrate-based polymers. A compatibilizer can optionally be included in the article. In some cases, the article can include a film or bag.
US10919191B2
Methods provide for creating a three-dimensional random fiber orientation in a composite component. According to embodiments described herein, narrow flakes are created from a unidirectional composite fiber tape and poured into a reservoir of a mold, creating a three-dimensional random fiber orientation of the narrow flakes within the reservoir. At least a majority of the narrow flakes have an aspect ratio of length to width of at least 6:1. The narrow flakes are heated and compressed to fill the mold and create the composite component. The three-dimensional random fiber orientation of the narrow flakes within the reservoir is maintained as the narrow flakes are pushed through the mold, creating consistent, uniform strength characteristics throughout the resulting composite component.
US10919184B2
There is provided a master, an optical body, and a master manufacturing method, including: forming, on a surface of a master body that includes a base material, a periodic micro concave-convex structure in which an average cycle of concavities and convexities is less than or equal to visible light wavelengths; forming an inorganic resist layer on the surface of the master body; microparticulating and spraying an organic resist dissolved in a diluent onto the inorganic resist layer, to thereby form an organic resist layer, on a surface of which is provided a macro concave-convex structure in which the average cycle of concavities and convexities is greater than the visible light wavelengths; and etching the organic resist layer, the inorganic resist layer, and the master body, to thereby superimpose and uniformly form the micro concave-convex structure and the macro concave-convex structure on the surface of the base material.
US10919174B2
A device for slicing foodstuffs by means of a liquid jet includes an advancing device for transporting the foodstuff in an advancing direction, said advancing device having a processing region on which the foodstuff bears and in which the liquid jet is directed onto the foodstuff, an exit nozzle, disposed in the region of the processing region, from which exit nozzle the liquid jet exits, wherein the processing region below the foodstuff has a jet passage opening for the liquid jet exiting from the foodstuff, and a jet receptacle for the liquid jet and the discharge of the latter is provided below the jet passage opening.
US10919159B2
The present invention relates to a joint assembly (1) for a robot (100), comprising a housing (26) connected with an output part (8), the housing comprising a housing wall (26A), a strain wave gearing system (90) comprising a wave generator (7), a flexspline (13), and a circular spline (36) connected to the output part (8), wherein the wave generator (7) is rotated by a rotor shaft (3), the rotor shaft being driven by an electric motor (140) comprising a stator (15) and a rotor magnet (16), the rotor magnet (16) being affixed to the rotor shaft (3), and wherein the joint assembly (1) further comprises a rotor brake (30) configured to stop/prevent relative movement between the rotor shaft (3) and the flexspline (13), and sensors arranged to measure the position of the housing (26) in relation to the output part (8). Furthermore, the present invention also relates to a robotic arm (100) comprising a joint assembly according to the present invention and to the use of the joint assembly according to the present invention.
US10919155B2
A system for controlled distribution of components, the system including a vibrating bowl provided with an enclosure having a wall extending right around an axis of revolution of the bowl and in which the components are placed in bulk, and an articulated gripping arm provided to distribute the components to the automatic assembly installation, the vibrating bowl including an ascending helical ramp extending along an internal face of the wall between a base and an upper edge of the vibrating bowl constituting an exit of the ramp, the components being able to travel along this ramp towards a supply platform, particularly a slide, on which at least one component is arranged in advance of its seizure by the articulated gripping arm, the supply platform being connected to the exit and extending above or in the enclosure of the vibrating bowl.
US10919153B2
A teaching system, includes a computer configured to calculate trajectories of a plurality of robots disposed so as to have a common working area on a virtual space and a display unit. The computer calculates a robot passing area which is a set of trajectories drawn by a point constituting each robot when a driving unit of each robot is operated based on a teaching value on the virtual space for each robot. The computer detects whether the robot passing areas of the robots cross with each other. The computer sets a constraint condition by which none of the plurality of robots is permitted to pass through at least to a partial space within a crossing area in a case where the computer detects that the robot passing areas cross with each other.
US10919148B2
A system for processing event cases through the use of a robotic process automation (RPA) bot model in conjunction with an event case processing management module is provided. A synergistic processing management and robotic framework provides for end-to-end monitoring and tracking of event case processing performance. In addition, the invention provides for data-centric robotics, policy and procedure robotics which manage end-to-end orchestration to provide a holistic throughput of event case processing.
US10919146B2
A robot arm includes a mechanical stop device having at least one counter-stop body having a shape, which, in interaction with a respective corresponding shape of a receptacle, is designed to retain the counter-stop body whenever the counter-stop body is inserted in one of a plurality of the receptacles. The receptacle retains the counter-stop body in both a circumferential direction and in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of a swivel joint, in a form-fitting manner.
US10919143B2
A device and method for judging the presence or absence of an abnormal clearance between paring elements of a passive joint of a robot. The device has sections configured to: calculate a score for each motion path, wherein the score is increased when the paring elements of an objective pair collide with each other and is decreased when the paring elements of the other pair collide with each other; generate a robot motion for moving the robot along the motion path having the score not lower than a predetermined threshold; measure a drive torque or a current value of a motor when the robot is moved according to the generated robot motion; calculate an index value based on a magnitude of variation of the measured drive torque or current value; and judge as to whether the abnormal clearance exists in the objective pair, based on the index value.
US10919130B2
The wrench includes a first member having a first jaw. The first jaw has at least one first nut member contacting edge. The wrench also has a second member having a second jaw. The second jaw has at least one second nut member contacting edge. The wrench further has a pivot axis at which the first and second members are pivotably coupled to each other, thereby allowing the first and second jaws to be movable between an open position and a closed position, and at least one opening defined by the at least one first nut member contacting edge and the at least one second nut member contacting edge, when the first and second jaws are positioned in the closed positions.
US10919129B2
The present invention relates to an integrated vise and work table. The disclosed vise table allows an operator to clamp an object in place so that the same can worked on in a hands-free method. The vise table includes a table block, a vise head block, a threaded guide, a rotator, and an activation mechanism that allows the operator to selectively vise in a threaded mode or in an unthreaded mode. In the threaded mode, the vise head block may only be moved by rotating a threaded guide. In the unthreaded mode, the vise head block may only be moved by applying force to the vise head block in the desired direction of movement.
US10919117B2
The invention relates principally to a welded steel part with a very high mechanical strength characteristics obtained by heating followed by hot forming, then cooling of at least one welded blank obtained by butt welding of at least one first and one second sheet consisting at least in part of a steel substrate and a pre-coating which is constituted by an intermetallic alloy layer in contact with the steel substrate, topped by a metal alloy layer of aluminum or aluminum-based alloy. This welded steel part claimed by the invention is essentially characterized in that the metal alloy layer (19, 20) has been removed from the edges (36) in direct proximity to the weld metal zone (35), while the intermetallic alloy layer (17, 18) has been left in place, and in that over at least a portion of the length of the weld metal zone (35), the ratio between the carbon content of the weld metal zone (35) and the carbon content of the substrate (25, 26) of either the first or the second sheet (11, 12) having the higher carbon content (Cmax) is between 1.27 and 1.59. The invention likewise relates to a method for the fabrication of a welded steel part as well as the use of this welded steel part for the fabrication of structural or safety parts for automotive vehicles.
US10919104B2
A magnetic clamping heat sink assembly is disclosed including a magnetic assembly with a carrier body including a magnet. A spring resiliently biases the carrier body. A base assembly includes a base plate. In a first operating condition, the base assembly of the magnetic clamping heat sink assembly is positioned in a first position away from a ferromagnetic element, and the spring holds the carrier body at a medial position spaced apart from the base plate. In a second operating condition, the base assembly of the magnetic clamping heat sink assembly is positioned in a second position adjacent to the ferromagnetic element, and the carrier body is driven downward against a force of the spring to a lower position and into contact with the base plate by magnetic attraction between the at least one magnet and the ferromagnetic element.
US10919102B2
The present invention concerns a joined connection and a joining method for welding torch components with a first metallic tubular segment and a second metallic tubular segment, which are joined to each other by plastic deformation via an interlocking connection. The problem which the invention proposes to solve is to indicate a joined connection as well as a joining method in which two metallic welding torch components can be joined without the use of thermal joining methods, yet with comparable quality. The problem is solved in that the interlocking is formed in at least two directions of the joining surface bordering one another.
US10919101B2
Welding systems and methods utilizing cloud computing and data storage are disclosed. An example method includes receiving, via communication circuitry of a cloud-based resource, welding data relating to a welding operation from a first customer; storing the welding data in computer-readable storage media associated with the cloud-based resource; offering the welding data for sale, via the cloud based resource; receiving, via the communication circuitry, an offer for the welding data from a second customer, different from the first customer, wherein the first and second customers are individual welders, factories, distributed manufacturing operations, or a combination thereof; performing a financial transaction with the second customer; and transmitting, via the communication circuitry, the welding data to the second customer.
US10919098B2
A cutter and a kit. The cutter, such as a close quarters cutter, is operable to cut a work piece extending along an axis and includes a cutting wheel, a roller, and a housing assembly supporting the cutting wheel and the roller for movement about the axis in a cutting direction to cut the work piece. The housing assembly has a generally cylindrical outer surface engageable by a user to pivot the cutter about the axis. A grip portion is provided on the outer surface and includes a plurality of grip members. Each grip member includes, relative to the cutting direction, a trailing surface and a leading surface extending from the outer surface. The leading surface may be angled toward the cutting direction.
US10919097B2
Pipe machining apparatuses, tool supports, and methods of operating pipe machining apparatuses are provided. In one aspect, a pipe machining apparatus includes a frame, a tool carrier coupled to and movable relative to the frame, and a tool support coupled to and movable with the tool carrier relative to the frame. The tool support is adapted to support a tool and move the tool in a first direction toward a pipe at a first increment and move the tool in a second direction away from the pipe at a second increment. The second increment is larger than the first increment.
US10919093B2
The invention relates to a method for producing a sintered gear comprising a gear body on which at least one elastomer element is arranged, according to which a green compact is produced by pressing a powder, the green compact is sintered into a gear body and is hardened by carburization and subsequent quenching or sinter-hardening and subsequent quenching with a gas and afterwards the at least one elastomer element is vulcanized onto the gear body.
US10919090B2
Methods and apparatuses for additive manufacturing are described. A method for additive manufacturing may include exposing a layer of material on a build surface to one or more projections of laser energy including at least one line laser having a substantially linear shape. The intensity of the line laser may be modulated so as to cause fusion of the layer of material according to a desired pattern as the one or more projections of laser energy are scanned across the build surface.
US10919082B2
A method comprises: providing a spiral metallic workpiece having a cast structure associated with such spiral; and at least partially flattening the workpiece.
US10919069B2
A paint applicator, kit and methodology for using the same is disclosed. For example, a paint applicator that allows a user to load a desired amount of paint, such as a water based or other low VOC paint, into the paint applicator and an advancement mechanism that dispenses paint at a rate controllable by the user is disclosed. The advancement mechanism can include a system that translates a rotational force applied to an end cap of the applicator into a linear force that advances a piston which in turn applies paint to an applicator portion. The paint applicator may be reusable or may include a ratchet system that allows for only one-time use. The methodology and kit can incorporate a syringe for loading paint into the paint applicator, thus reducing the loss of paint through spilling.
US10919061B2
The Invention relates to a gadget (multi-fluid dispenser) that allows a user to carry multiple fluids in one portable device. The multi-fluid dispenser (MFD) features capsules which fit in a cylindrical shell, wherein each capsule is used to store fluid. A removable cap allows a user to select and dispense liquid from a capsule of choice.
US10919048B2
A process of phosphate flotation comprising: pulping phosphate ore with water to about 55% to 75% solids to produce an ore slurry; conditioning the ore slurry with a new reagent scheme to produce a conditioned slurry; subjecting the conditioned slurry to flotation to produce an underflow and an overflow; and collecting the overflow as phosphate concentrate. The new reagent scheme may comprise a combination of fatty acid, fuel oil, and fatty acid soap, and may not comprise a pH modifier. The process may also work effectively at a lower percent solids than conventional reagent schemes.
US10919047B2
A personal electrostatic bioaerosol sampler (PEBS) for collecting bioaerosols (from virus to pollen) at high sampling flow rates and for measuring personal exposures to bioaerosols in various occupational environments, particularly at their low concentrations and for extended periods of time, and a method of using same, are disclosed. The PEBS includes a base holder, a charging section, and a collection section. Charging section includes a first member inside a center of charging section configured to be connected to positive or negative high voltage and a second member disposed therearound a midpoint of first member inside charging section configured to be grounded such that a plurality of ions are produced for charging a plurality of incoming particles. A collection plate is releasably secured inside collection section such that when collection section is grounded and negative or positive high voltage is connected to collection plate, a plurality of charged incoming particles are deposited onto collection plate by an electrostatic field. A middle section of base holder is configured to partly receive charging section and collection section via an opening therethrough such that charging section is secured to a first side of base holder and collection section is secured to a second side of base holder when sampler is in an assembled configuration.
US10919046B2
An apparatus for carrying out size reduction of battery materials under immersion conditions having a battery inlet and at least a first comminuting device disposed within a housing and configured to cause a size reduction of the battery materials to form reduced-size battery materials and to liberate electrolyte materials and a black mass material comprising anode and cathode powders from within the battery materials. An immersion liquid can be within the housing and can submerge the first comminuting device so the black mass material and the reduced-size battery material are entrained within the immersion liquid to form a sized-reduced feed stream. A feed outlet may be downstream from the first comminuting device.
US10919040B2
A centrifuge device and method for use are presented. The centrifuge device includes a housing, a chamber, a channel, and a cover. The housing includes a first port and a vent opening and is designed to rotate about an axis passing through a center of the housing. The chamber is defined within the housing and is coupled to the first port. A first portion of the chamber has a width that tapers between a first width at a first position and a second width at a second position within the chamber, the first width being greater than the second width. The channel is coupled to the second position of the chamber and arranged such that a path exists for gas to travel from the channel to the vent opening. The cover provides a wall that seals the chamber.
US10919037B2
Systems and apparatus for performing analysis of human biological samples are described. Collected biological samples are combined with a substance including nucleic acid complexes and the combined substance is processed using gel electrophoresis. An indication of a detected compound in the biological sample and/or a particular medical condition associated with the detected compound is output from the apparatus.
US10919036B2
A flow cell is provided that includes surface-attached structures in a chamber. The structures are movable in response to a magnetic or electric field. A target extraction or isolation system includes the flow cell and a driver configured for applying a magnetic or electric field to the interior of the flow cell to actuate movement of the structures. The flow cell may be utilized to extract or isolate a target from a sample flowing through the flow cell. Further, a microfluidic system is provided that includes surface-attached structures and a microarray, wherein actuated motion of the surface-attached structures is used to enhance flow, circulation, and/or mixing action for analyte capture on the microarray.
US10919033B2
In an example of the method, a functionalized coating layer is applied in depressions of a patterned flow cell substrate. The depressions are separated by interstitial regions. A primer is grafted to the functionalized coating layer to form a grafted functionalized coating layer in the depressions. A hydrogel is applied on at least the grafted functionalized coating layer.
US10919031B2
The invention relates to oligomerization of olefins, such as ethylene, to higher olefins, such as a mixture of 1-hexene and 1-octene, using a catalyst system that comprises a) a source of chromium b) one or more activators and c) a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound. Additionally, the invention relates to a phosphacycle-containing ligating compound and a process for making said compound.
US10919015B2
A method for uniformly distributing a process liquid within a process vessel includes providing a process liquid to a fouling-resistant liquid distributor installed within a process vessel having a cross-sectional area; causing rotational movement of the fouling-resistant liquid distributor; uniformly distributing the process liquid over the cross-sectional area within the process vessel; and simultaneously self-rinsing the fouling-resistant liquid distributor with a portion of the process liquid during uniform distribution. A system is also disclosed which includes a supply of process fluid, a stationary conduit and a liquid distribution head attached to the conduit. The liquid distribution head is motive, powered by a fluid, and includes at least one process liquid delivery port. The at least one process liquid delivery port is configured to provide a +10° or greater angle of liquid coverage when the liquid distribution head is moving.
US10919014B2
A feedthrough for use in a vacuum chamber including a hollow tube, a first O-ring, and rod, and a vacuum fitting. The hollow tube having a first recess located along an entirety of an inner circumference. The first O-ring captured by the first recess. The rod carried by the hollow tube wherein an outer circumference of the rod is configured to contact an entirety of an inner circumference of the first O-ring. The vacuum fitting fixedly secured to the hollow tube.
US10919013B2
A device for dropletizing a flowable product, having an outer drum, which is arranged in a rotatable manner on a core and is provided with a plurality of through-openings in its circumference. A feed duct extends in the longitudinal direction of the core and a distribution device bearing against the inner circumference of the outer drum are provided in the core. At least one supply duct is provided between the feed duct and the distribution device along the length of the feed duct, and a shut-off member for setting a free cross section of the at least one supply duct is provided.
US10919009B2
An automatic stirring cup, comprising a cup body, a stirring ball arranged at the bottom of a cavity of the cup body and a power base for supplying power to the stirring ball; a first electrode for electrically connecting the stirring ball and the power base is arranged at the bottom of the cup body; a first magnet is arranged in the stirring ball, and a second magnet matched with the first magnet is arranged at the bottom of the cup body, and the stirring ball and the cup body are magnetically connected; a third magnet matched with the second magnet is arranged at the power base, and the cup body and the power base are magnetically connected. The automatic stirring cup could avoid the water leakage problem during the use of the automatic stirring cup in the prior art.
US10919006B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure involve methods, devices, and systems for hydrating polymers using multiple mixing chambers. Adjacent mixing chambers may be coupled using an under-over baffle, and each mixing chamber may be generally rectangular with rounded corners.
US10919005B2
Disclosed is a wind-driven rotating and shaking breather, comprising an open container having a circular cross section, and a lid covering an opening of the open container and having a wind wheel and a motor. A rotating shaft of the motor is connected to the wind wheel. The wind wheel is mounted on a lower portion of the lid and composed of an impeller and a flat bottom plate disposed below the impeller. The wind wheel, horizontally arranged, is inserted into the open container and located above red wine contained in the open container. An edge of the lid or a side wall of the container is provided with an air outlet. The motor drives the wind wheel to extract air in the open container and discharge the air from the air outlet. By using the breather, the purpose of fast breathing is achieved. Also disclosed is a breathing method.
US10919004B2
The invention relates to an aeration system for seawater oxidation in flue gas purification devices, with at least one tubular diffuser (TD), covered by at least two perforated membranes (20), which are positioned one after the other and at a distance to each other in a direction of the central longitudinal axis (A) of the diffuser (TD) as well as at least one support member (SP), which encircles a membrane-free section (FS) of the tubular diffuser at least partially, and at least one sliding means (40), arranged between the support member (SP) and the membrane-free section (FS) of the tubular diffuser (TD).
US10919001B2
Microporous polyamide-imide membranes and methods for making them are disclosed. The microporous membrane includes polyamide-imide polymer, wherein the membrane has an HFE bubble point, and an IPA flow-time. The microporous membrane has an HFE bubble point from about 25 psi to about 200 psi and has an IPA flow-time from about 400 second to about 40,000 seconds. Another microporous polyamide-imide membrane includes a polyamide-imide polymer, wherein the membrane has a HFE bubble point from about 25 psi to about 200 psi. The membrane is asymmetric- and has a tight layer with a thickness of ≤10 microns. Filter and purification devices incorporating such devices are also disclosed.
US10918994B2
An assembly for use in treating gaseous exhaust emissions has an inductive heater mounted next to a gaseous emissions treatment unit. and downstream substrate units or upstream and downstream sections of a single substrate. The upstream unit or section has linear passages extending the length of the first substrate body for the passage of emissions gas but with some of the passages blocked by metal inserts for use in inductive heating of the upstream unit. The concentration of metal inserts is high and the metal inserts are distributed to enable rapid intense inductive heating of the slice or section to achieve “light off” temperature rapidly in order to pass heat-supplemented gaseous emissions at light-off temperature to the downstream substrate or section as quickly as possible.
US10918988B2
A honeycomb filter includes a pillar-shaped honeycomb substrate and a plugging portion provided at an end portion on either an inflow or outflow end face side of cells, wherein, in a section orthogonal to the cell extending direction, the shapes of an inflow cell having the plugging portion and an outflow cell having the plugging portion are hexagonal. In the plurality of cells, a plurality of inflow cells surround one outflow cell such that one side of the inflow cell and one side of the outflow cell adjacent to the inflow cell are parallel. The partition wall includes a first partition wall and a second partition wall, at least one of the first partition walls is configured such that a ratio of a thickness of the second partition wall to the first partition wall is 1.0 to 2.5, and a total open frontal area is 35% to 95%.
US10918980B2
The filtering apparatus includes: a casing having an inlet for a fluid from the outside and an outlet for the fluid having filtered therein; filter elements having opposite-end openings, provided in the casing, and each filtering the fluid by allowing the fluid to flow therethrough in inside-to-outside directions; backwashing pipes sequentially connected to the opposite-end openings at different timings between the opposite-end openings of each filter element so as to backwash the filter element by allowing the fluid to flow therethrough in outside-in directions; removers each axially moved in the corresponding filter element by the filtration or backwashing flow, while sliding in contact with the inner periphery of the filter element so as to remove trapped objects; and a backwashing fluid drain pipe coupled to the discharge side of the backwashing pipes and allowing the trapped objects removed by each remover to be discharged to the outside.
US10918974B1
An apparatus and methods for the separation of macroscopic solid body particles (SBPs) from a fluid stream contained in a conduit, such as a hose or pipe. The method involves utilizing a particle separator having a fluid inlet port connected to a fluid inlet conduit and a fluid outlet port connected to a fluid outlet conduit to change the direction (and optionally the velocity) of the fluid stream within a lumen of an enclosed vessel component of the particle separator sufficiently to permit SBPs to fall by gravity (and/or to descend due to inertia) into a removable receptacle within a bottom portion of the vessel component while directing the flow of cleansed fluid to the fluid outlet port of the particle seperator.
US10918968B2
The present application relates to a selective distillation apparatus and a distillation method, which provides a distillation apparatus capable of switching between a serial connection mode and a parallel connection mode on the situation, thereby enabling selective operation of high-efficiency operation and high-capacity operation.
US10918966B2
A system and method to vaporize a process or feed water stream does so in a liquid pool zone of a vessel as the stream comes into contact with a heating medium that is less volatile than the process stream. To keep the pool hot, the heating medium can be recirculated through a heater of a pump-around loop or a heater can be placed in the liquid pool. As the process stream is vaporized, any solids present in the process stream come out of the process stream and move into the heating medium. These solids may be further removed from the heating medium in the pool or in the pump-around loop. The vaporized process stream can be further condensed. Any heat recovered can be used to pre-heat the process stream or used in the pump around loop's heater in case of mechanical vapor recovery.
US10918959B2
Sports simulations may include sports nodes providing a user interface for players to participate in a sports simulation. A user interface for a player to interact with a sports service may be hosted on a computing device. The sports service providing the sports simulation game may be hosted on a server. The user at the user interface of the computing device may interact with the sports service via a network and/or the Internet. Multiple players may interact on their computing devices with the sports service. The multiple players may interact in one simulation, or may interact in multiple simulations, or may each interact with the sports service in solo simulations. Players may be matched in pairs where each pair plays a simulation to determine a winner.
US10918956B2
A system for monitoring online gaming activity. The system primarily comprises of a controller extension unit, web server, a listening device and a software application designed to provide an interface for parents or guardians to review captured audio data of in-game oral communication. The controller extension unit is designed to capture audio data and to transmit the captured audio data to the web server where it can be processed and stored. The listening device is designed to wirelessly stream in-game audio data in real-time through built-in speakers from any room in a house. The software application allows parents or guardians to belatedly review in-game audio data at their convenience. The software further includes a customizable keyword detection and notification feature to allow parents or guardians to prioritize the language that they are most concerned by and wish to discourage.
US10918954B2
A gameplay notification system receives gameplay indications and notification configuration information from a gameplay system. The gameplay indications and configuration information are stored in a platform queue corresponding to a client device platform type. Further configuration information may be received from various gameplay devices of a user. The notification configuration information is analyzed by the gameplay notification system to schedule transmission of gameplay notifications to various client device platform types. The notifications are sent to the corresponding client devices according to frequency, day of the week, and notification states, among other configuration settings, that pertain to a user and the user's corresponding client devices.
US10918953B1
Systems, methods and devices provide gaming services to residents of a controlled-environment facility. A first network interface of a device provides a restricted-bandwidth connection to a gaming system via one or more network access points located within the facility. A second network interface of the device establishes a second connection with the gaming system via a high-bandwidth connection in order to download one or more games to the device. Once the device is disconnected from the high-bandwidth connection, a request for the resident to access a downloaded game is issued to the gaming system via the restricted-bandwidth connection. An authorization key granting temporary access to the game is transmitted to the device via the restricted-bandwidth connection. The resident has access to the game until expiration of the authorization key is detected. The authorization key may expire based on duration of gameplay or based on gameplay progress.
US10918951B1
Systems and methods to provide a game based on common media consumption are described herein. Exemplary implementations may: obtain sets of consumption information for users of a game; identify common media content that has been consumed by two or more users from the sets of consumption information for the two or more users; responsive to requests from users to play the game together, obtain game information that corresponds to the common media content; effectuate presentation of the game on computing platforms of the users based on the game information; and/or perform other operations.
US10918950B2
A control program for a game device having a storage unit configured to store points associated with players. The game device may receive a request by a player to designate at least a portion of the points associated with the first player as region points of the first player, which may in turn be correlated with a game region designated by the first player. When the first player has the most points for a particular game region, the game region may be set to be a region of the first player. When the first player disposes a first and second game region in a predetermined arrangement, such that the first and second game region has game regions between them, the game regions between the first and second game region may have their point values swapped to put the first player on top.
US10918947B2
A game program causes a computer to set, if it is determined that a point based on a first action of the character of each of an own player and another player is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, a specific period from a time when an instruction to input a second action has been first accepted from the own player or the other player as a cooperation accepting period, to accept the instruction to input the second action up to a maximum number of times set for each cooperation player from a cooperation player other than the player who has instructed input of the second action, among the own player and the other player, during the cooperation accepting period, and to vary an effect of the second action in accordance with the number of times of the instruction to input the second action.
US10918940B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a method and device for downloading and reconstructing game data, and relate to the technical field of Internet. Wherein, the method for downloading game data comprises: sending to a first destination end a data downloading instruction for a game scene to be downloaded; receiving an identifier of a scene template of the game scene to be downloaded, an identifier of a scene object in the game scene to be downloaded and location information of the scene object in the game scene to be downloaded that are fed back by the first destination end, wherein, the location information of the scene object in the game scene to be downloaded is used in combination with illumination parameters of a game engine itself to determine illumination effect of the scene object in the game scene to be downloaded, and the identifier of the scene object in the game scene to be downloaded is used in combination with the location information of the scene object in the game scene to be downloaded and a preset scene object display effect database to determine display effect of the scene object in the game scene to be downloaded. The solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application can be applied to reduce the amount of data during downloading game scene data.
US10918934B2
The presently disclosed subject matter is directed to a golf glove that provides enhanced gripping of a golf club. The golf glove includes a compartment positioned within the inside surface of the glove that houses padding material, adjacent to the user's fingers, thumb, and or palm. As a result, the user's grip pressure is reduced to an acceptable level, thereby reducing or eliminating overgripping of the golf club.
US10918931B2
A cradle for supporting an adjustable free weight assembly that includes first and second weight plate sets. End walls and side walls of the cradle define a cavity sized to receive the free weight assembly. The end walls engage plate portions and locking element portions of outermost weight plates of the free weight assembly when received in the cradle. Inboard surfaces of the side walls engage portions of weight plates in at least the first weight plate set to substantially inhibit the first weight plate set from moving vertically or laterally between the side walls. The configuration of the inboard surfaces of the side walls aligns the weight plates in the first weight plate set both vertically and horizontally so that central openings in the weight plates for receiving a selector shaft are substantially concentric.
US10918928B2
A training appliance to practice combat sports, contact sports or grappling sports, includes a punching bag having an envelope including a closing wall forming a bottom wall at the lower end thereof, and a second closing wall at the top end. The appliance includes a horizontal base for supporting the bag on the ground, that can be immobilized on the ground and on which the punching bag rests, by the wall thereof. A mechanical connection is established between the base and the wall, authorizing the pivoting movement of the bag around the point of contact between the wall and the sole. The bag also includes at least one unit for returning same to the vertical position.
US10918923B1
A tossing game includes placing two floating goals spaced apart in a body of water, each goal defining a scoring region. The participants add an amount of water to cups and toss the cups in the direction of one of the goals for at least two turns, with the participants awarded points in response to the cups being tossed into the scoring region. Each filling of the cup during a participant's turn adds variability to the game, challenging the participants to determine a suitable amount of water to be placed in the cup for their own throwing technique as well as to repeatedly add approximately the same amount of water on subsequent turns once the participants have determined the fill level that best suits them.
US10918916B2
A golf club head includes a body having a crown opposite a sole, a toe end opposite a heel end, a back end, and a hosel. The golf club head also includes a club face having a loft below a loft threshold in which increasing a coefficient of friction between a golf ball and the club face decreases the spin imparted on the golf ball after impact with the club face. A surface feature positioned on a portion of the club face is configured to increase the coefficient of friction between the golf ball and the club face.
US10918913B2
A tennis ball may include a spherical hollow elastomeric core having a specific gravity of less than 1 and a thickness of at least 4.5 mm and a textile layer covering the spherical hollow core.
US10918911B2
An athlete tracking system and method for tracking an athlete during training sessions. The system includes a mobile tracking device wearable around a portion of the athlete's head, and a training log server for maintaining an athlete profile that includes a training record updatable by the athlete and a training plan supplied by a coach.
US10918895B1
A mouthpiece insert for personal protective equipment (PPE) includes a body defining an air passage. The air passage includes a first extending portion and a second extending portion in fluid communication with the first extending portion. A first orifice is formed in the first extending portion. The first orifice is configured to face a user's nose. A second orifice is formed in the first extending portion. The second orifice is configured to face the user's mouth. A third orifice is formed in the second extending portion. The third orifice is configured to be positioned below the user's chin. The air passage provides airflow from outside a PPE mask to the user's nose and mouth.
US10918882B2
An oral treatment device that emits light onto surfaces of a user's teeth. In one aspect, the oral treatment device includes an intraoral mouthpiece. The mouthpiece comprises: a first light emitting surface configured to emit light onto a user's maxillary teeth, the first light emitting surface having a concave curvature; a second light emitting surface configured to emit light onto a user's mandibular teeth, the second light emitting surface having a concave curvature; the first and second light emitting surface located on opposite sides of a horizontal reference plane; the first light emitting surface inclined so that a first acute angle is formed between with the first light emitting surface and the horizontal reference plane; and the second light emitting surface inclined so that a second acute angle is formed between with the second light emitting surface and the horizontal reference plane.
US10918878B2
A conductive fluid reservoir can be used to dispense conductive fluid to increase electrical connectivity between an electrode of a defibrillator and a patient. The reservoir includes a container that holds the conductive fluid, one or more outlets on the container, and an inflatable pouch located at least partially within the container. The inflatable pouch is capable of being inflated from a deflated state to an inflated state. In the deflated state, a free end of the inflatable pouch covers the one or more outlets. In the inflated state, the free end of the inflatable pouch is removed from the one or more outlets such that the conductive fluid is allowed to flow out of the container via the one or more outlets. Inflating the inflatable pouch causes the conductive fluid to be dispensed from the reservoir.
US10918863B2
Systems and methods are described herein for generating surrogate cardiac electrical activation times from electrical activity monitored by a plurality of external electrodes. Surrogate cardiac electrical activation times that should be corrected may be identified, or determined, according to one or more metrics, and then such surrogate cardiac electrical activation times may be corrected according to various criterion.
US10918859B2
The present disclosure provides a resistive electric transfer (RET)-based high-frequency massaging device with a suction function, the device comprising: a main body including an upper cover and a lower cover having a suction hole defined in a bottom center thereof; a plurality of electrode pads arranged on a bottom outer face of the lower cover in a circumferentially; a high-frequency generator mounted on the lower cover; a suction channel assembly communicating with the suction-hole defined in the lower cover; a suction motor operatively connected to the suction channel assembly; and a controller configured to control the high frequency output from the high-frequency generator and suction-drive of the suction motor, wherein the plurality of electrode pads is configured such that adjacent electrode pads have alternating polarities.
US10918855B2
A system for facilitating administration of transcranial stimulation. The system includes an electrode, the electrode including a counterpart configured to be attached to a headcap, a gel cup configured to be attached to the counterpart, an electrical conductor configured to be disposed within an interior space of the gel cup, and a gel pad. The gel pad is arranged to be in contact with the electrical conductor. Further, system includes a distributor, which includes at least one inlet for an aqueous solution, as well as a plurality of outlets in a fluid communication with the at least one inlet. Further, the plurality of outlets are configured to direct the aqueous solution towards the gel pad.
US10918852B2
A nanodevice includes an array of metal nanorods formed on a substrate. An electropolymerized electrical conductor is formed over tops of a portion of the nanorods to form a reservoir between the electropolymerized conductor and the substrate. The electropolymerized conductor includes pores that open or close responsively to electrical signals applied to the nanorods. A cell loading region is disposed in proximity of the reservoir, and the cell loading region is configured to receive stem cells. A neurotrophic dispensing material is loaded in the reservoir to be dispersed in accordance with open pores to affect growth of the stem cells when in vivo.
US10918847B2
An interface device for implantation in a subject includes a tissue integration layer and a crowning element. The tissue integration layer has a porous structure adapted for ingress of tissue to anchor the device when implanted. The crowning element is adapted for epidermal attachment when the device is implanted and is configured such that once implanted, part of the crowning element extends through the epidermis and is accessible from outside the subject's body. The porous structure of the tissue integration layer is interconnected for tissue ingress during implantation.
US10918840B2
Active Energy Facilitated Drug Delivery platform for delivering therapeutics to biological tissue through electrical conductivity. This delivery method is comprised of an elastic alloy to encase a balloon or drug deposition, where the alloy acts to emit an electric field in aiding and actively allowing the pharmaceutical agent to have enhanced permeation, binding and internalization to cells and the biological matrix. A therapeutic agent is deposited onto a balloon to embody the drug deposition, reservoir whereby the electrical field facilitates the active transfer of a pharmaceutical agent to the target tissue is described.
US10918837B2
A safety needle assembly having a first hub attached to a flexible tube and a second hub attached to a needle projecting through the flexible tube. A needle guard is positioned in an interior cavity of the first hub. The needle guard has a proximal wall having an opening and two arms each with an end and wherein the two ends spaced from and biased toward the needle in a ready position. In a particular example, a support is located inside the cavity of the first hub and wherein the two ends of the two arms on the needle guard rest on the support in the ready position.
US10918832B2
A catheter with a variable circular loop is responsive to a contraction wire for increasing the coiling of the circular loop. The shape of the loop is supported by an elongated member, wherein a radially constrictive sleeve confines the contraction wire to extends immediately alongside the length of elongated member so as to improve uniformity and minimize misshaping of the loop during contraction.
US10918806B2
A safe syringe includes a barrel, a needle seat and a plunger, wherein the needle seat has a hook rod, a linkage deformation portion and a barrel clamping portion; and the plunger has a rod body, and a hook insertion hole which can be sleeved with the hook rod of the needle seat and compress the linkage deformation portion for elastic deformation such that the barrel clamping portion of the needle seat is not clamped into the seat clamping slot of the barrel, and the hook insertion hole can hook the hook rod of the needle seat to move the needle seat. The safe syringe can allow stable positioning and quick pullback of the needle seat and effectively reduce liquid medicine residue.
US10918800B2
Disclosed are plunger assemblies including various convertible plungers and methods of making the same. Each plunger assembly is configured for disposition within a barrel of a medical container, e.g., a syringe, and displaced within the barrel from an engagement position to a release position. The engagement position is configured to provide a compression seal between a storage sealing section of the plunger and an inner wall of the syringe barrel. In the release position, the compression seal is reduced or eliminated. Also disclosed are methods for making convertible plungers and assembling them into syringes, e.g., pre-filled syringes.
US10918797B2
A kit for the direct use of a variety of medical ampoules of differing sizes, with a syringe, the kit having: a syringe body; a syringe plunger having a hollow interior volume; and a plurality of ampoule interface elements, each one being interchangeably received within the hollow interior volume and configured for deployment between an outer surface of the medical ampoule and a surface of the hollow interior volume so as to hold the medical ampoule therein, each of the plurality of ampoule interface elements having an outside diameter sized to fit an inside diameter of the hollow interior volume, wherein a first of the ampoule interface elements has an inside diameter for receiving a medical ampoule of a first size, and a second of the ampoule interface elements has an inside diameter different from the first inside diameter for receiving a medical ampoule of a second size.
US10918796B2
A syringe for mixing two substances which have been retained separately inside the syringe is described, for instance in a storage condition. The syringe is used for 1) retaining a dry composition in a vacuum, and 2) mixing the dry composition with an aqueous medium to form a flowable substance. One embodiment, a syringe for retaining and mixing first and second substances comprises a barrel comprising a sealable and/or closable distal outlet and a vacuum chamber for holding a first substance, a plunger incorporating a reservoir chamber for holding a second substance and configured to be axially displaced through a proximal end of the barrel, a membrane separating the vacuum chamber and the reservoir chamber, and a pointed member, such as one or more needles, for penetrating the membrane, wherein the syringe is configured such that the membrane and the pointed member are axially slidable in relation to each other.
US10918787B2
A disposable electronically controlled infusion pump system includes at least one disposable infusion container and at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system. The at least one disposable infusion container is configured to contain infusion fluid. The at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system is fluidly connected in the at least one disposable infusion container. The at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system includes an infusion channel, a disposable electronically controlled micropump, and valves, but may further include a microprocessor, a memory, a battery or a power receiver configured to wirelessly receive power, a wireless communication device, and other components. The wireless communication device is configured to receive a wireless signal which wirelessly controls the at least one disposable electronically controlled medication pumping system. The disposable electronically controlled micropump is configured to pump the infusion fluid through the infusion channel.
US10918771B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for using such devices and systems for treating incisions and wounds. In an aspect, disclosed is a device having a generally planar tension relief module and a flexible sealant structure sized to cover the tension relief module, the flexible sealant structure comprising a lower adhesive surface. The tension relief module includes a conduit structure having a plurality of support structures on an upper surface of the conduit structure and at least one opening extending through the conduit structure from a lower surface to the upper surface. At least a portion of the conduit structure is adapted to be aligned with a longitudinal axis of the incision. The tension relief module also includes opposing adhesive structures coupled to the conduit structure. The lower adhesive surface of the flexible sealant structure and the upper surface of the conduit structure form a flow pathway.
US10918764B2
A process forms an implantable product including poly(glycerol sebacate) urethane (PGSU) loaded with an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API). The process includes homogeneously mixing a flowable poly(glycerol sebacate) (PGS) resin with the API and a catalyst to form a resin blend. The process also includes homogeneously combining the resin blend with an isocyanate to form a reaction mixture and injecting the reaction mixture to form the PGSU loaded with the API. An implantable product includes a PGSU loaded with an API. In some embodiments, the implantable product includes at least 40% w/w of the API, and the implantable product releases the API by surface degradation of the PGSU at a predetermined release rate for at least three months under physiological conditions. In some embodiments, the PGSU is formed from a PGS reacted with an isocyanate at an isocyanate-to-hydroxyl stoichiometric (crosslinking) ratio in the range of 1:0.25 to 1:1.25.
US10918758B1
A modular self-contained downdraft ventilation system to mitigate cross contamination of airborne pathogens within an indoor environment. Low-pressure regions along the user supporting surface urges airflow through flooring collection modules that can be selectively interlinked to form the supporting surface. Ducting/transition modules fluidly interconnect the flooring collection modules and local air handler modules. The air handler modules provide radiation, ultraviolet light, and or filters for sterilizing the airflow prior to redistributing it back to the indoor environment.
US10918757B2
An anti-condensation housing includes a connector to connect to a diffusing head configured to nebulize a product to diffuse. The housing includes a conduit having an inlet for a nebulized product, an outlet opening at a diffusing end, of the conduit, a fan at an insufflating end of the conduit. The fan generates a flow of air between the insufflating end and the diffusing end of the conduit. An internal surface of the conduit extending along a direction perpendicular to the direction of the air flow creates an obstacle for the progress of the air flow in the conduit. A retainer to retain the nebulized product stopped by the internal surface. A device to diffuse a product implementing the anti-condensation housing and a method for diffusing a product using such a device are provided.
US10918753B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method for reducing bacteria in a precipitated calcium carbonate (CaCO3) slurry, the method including: adding water to calcium oxide (CaO) to form Ca(OH)2; treating the Ca(OH)2 with CO2 gas to form a slurry including precipitated CaCO3; neutralizing the slurry; and exposing the slurry that was neutralized to ozone in an amount sufficient to reduce bacteria in the precipitated calcium carbonate slurry. Oral care compositions including the precipitated calcium carbonate of the disclosed process are also described.
US10918741B2
A PSMA-specific imaging agent comprising a compound according to formula I: are described, wherein S1 is an organic spacer group having from 5 to 30 carbons, A is an amino acid forming a portion of a negatively charged peptide oligomer, n is from 3 to 6, S2 is an organic spacer group having from 5 to 15 carbons, and I is an imaging group, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The PSMA-specific imaging agents can be used to image PSMA within a tissue region to guide the treatment of diseases such as prostate cancer.
US10918738B2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides methods for treating, ameliorating or protecting (preventing) an individual or a patient against a disease, an infection or a condition responsive to an increased paracrine polypeptide level in vivo comprising: providing a paracrine polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid or gene operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence; or an expression vehicle, a vector, a recombinant virus, or equivalent, having contained therein a paracrine-encoding nucleic acid or gene, and the expression vehicle, vector, recombinant virus, or equivalent can express the paracrine-encoding nucleic acid or gene in a cell or in vivo; and administering or delivering the paracrine polypeptide-encoding nucleic acid or gene operatively linked to a transcriptional regulatory sequence, or the expression vehicle, vector, recombinant virus, or equivalent, to an individual or a patient in need thereof, thereby treating, ameliorating or protecting (preventing) the individual or patient against the disease, infection or condition responsive to an increased paracrine polypeptide level.
US10918734B2
The present invention relates to treatment of Trop-2 positive cancers with the combination of anti-Trop-2 ADC and a Rad51 inhibitor. Preferably the drug conjugated to the antibody is SN-38, and the ADC is sacituzumab govitecan. The ADC may be administered at a dosage of between 4 mg/kg and 16 mg/kg, preferably 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, or 16 mg/kg. When administered at specified dosages and schedules, the combination of ADC and Rad51 inhibitor can reduce solid tumors in size, reduce or eliminate metastases and is effective to treat cancers resistant to standard therapies, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy. Surprisingly, the combination is effective to treat cancers that are refractory to or relapsed from irinotecan or topotecan.
US10918723B2
The invention provides a colon cleansing solution comprising: a) 300 to 800 mmol per litre ascorbate anion provided by a mixture of: (i) ascorbic acid and (ii) one or more salts of ascorbic acid the components (i) and (ii) being present in a molar ratio of from 1:4.5 to 1:7.0; and b) 10 to 200 g per litre polyethylene glycol. The invention also provides methods an kits associated with, or making use of the solutions, and compositions for the preparation of the solutions.
US10918721B2
The present invention relates to therapeutic immunoconjugates comprising SN-38 attached to an anti-Trop-2 antibody or antigen-binding antibody fragment. In preferred embodiments, the antibody may be an hRS7 antibody. The methods and compostions are of use to treat Trop-2 expressing cancers in human patients, preferably in patients who are resistant to or relapsed from at least one prior anti-cancer therapy, more preferably in patients who are resistant to or relapsed from treatment with irinotecan. The immunoconjugate may be administered at a dosage of 3 mg/kg to 18 mg/kg, preferably 8 to 12 mg/kg, more preferably 8 to 10 mg/kg. When administered at specified dosages and schedules, the immunoconjugate can reduce solid tumors in size and reduce or eliminate metastases. Preferred tumors to treat with the subject immunoconjugates include triple-negative breast cancer, HER+, ER+, progesterone+ breast cancer, metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, a metastatic small-cell lung cancer and metastatic pancreatic cancer.
US10918719B2
Described are compositions and methods of using verteporfin-based photodynamic therapy (PDT) to increase the biomechanical strength of the cornea. More particularly, described herein are compositions and methods for cross-linking collagen in corneal tissue which are useful in the treatment of corneal ectatic disorders.
US10918718B2
The invention disclosed herein relates to a method of cavitation-induced delivery of a therapeutic or diagnostic agent to a human or animal subject. In particular the invention provides an agent for use in a method of diagnosis or treatment of a human or animal subject, the method comprising exposing the subject to ultrasound, wherein the agent comprises a therapeutic or diagnostic component which is covalently bound to a dense component, the dense component having a density greater than that of the therapeutic or diagnostic component, and wherein either the dense component is a cavitation initiator or the method comprises administering to the subject a further agent which is a cavitation initiator. Binding of the dense component enhances cavitation-induced transport of the therapeutic or diagnostic component.
US10918715B2
The present invention provides for a new therapeutic tools capable of treating infectious diseases, in particular, a new pharmaceutical composition comprising an IgM-enriched immunoglobulin preparation for use in the adjunctive treatment of severe Community Acquired Pneumonia (sCAP).
US10918713B2
The invention relates to common allergen proteins and peptides, subsequences, portions, homologues, variants and derivatives thereof, and methods and uses of common allergen proteins and peptides. Methods include, for example, modulating an immune response; protecting a subject against or treating a subject for an allergic response, allergic disorder or allergic disease; and inducing immunological tolerance to the allergen in a subject.
US10918710B2
A temperature-sensitive attenuated FMDV strain, construction method and applications thereof. The construction method of the temperature-sensitive attenuated FMDV strain is as follows. Mutating a cytosine on K region loop of IRES domain 4 of an FMDV genome to a guanine or an adenine to obtain the temperature-sensitive attenuated FMDV strain, or replacing a K region of IRES domain 4 of an FMDV genome with a K region of IRES domain 4 of a bovine rhinovirus genome to obtain the temperature-sensitive attenuated FMDV strain.
US10918709B2
The present invention relates to an immune modulator having a novel structure, and an immunologic adjuvant composition containing the same and, more specifically, to an modulator, which is a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) analog having reduced toxicity, and a use thereof. The immune modulator of the present invention exhibits immune enhancement effects by having excellent innate immunity and ability to induce an adaptive immune response to a specific pathogen, and is very safe by having low toxicity. In addition, a vaccine containing the immune modulator of the present invention contains both an immune modulator and an alum, thereby improving immune enhancement effects compared with when using only the immune modulator.
US10918708B2
The invention relates to activated Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 10A, 22F or 33F polysaccharides and processes for their preparation. The invention also relates to immunogenic conjugates comprising Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 10A, 22F or 33F polysaccharides covalently linked to a carrier protein, processes for their preparation and immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising them.
US10918704B2
Disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions for inducing an immune response against tumor cells comprising tumor cells which are made apoptotic by treatment with high hydrostatic pressure and dendritic cells, and methods for producing such compositions.
US10918698B2
A novel and thermostable lyophilized pharmaceutical composition of Romiplostim (Fcpeptide fusion protein) along with buffer, bulking agent, stabilizer, and surfactant at pH range of 4.0-6.0.
US10918695B2
A method of treatment of disease condition resulting from deficiency of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells and/or epidermal stem cells in skin comprising: administering to the subject suffering from said disease conditions, an effective amount of Jack bean lectin or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for increasing the abundance of hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells in bone marrow and/or epidermal stem cells in skin in vivo. Method of treating said conditions in a subject involves administering a single injection of lectin in a dose range of 0.5-2.0 mg/kg body weight to mouse leading to 2.815 to 3.55 fold increase in the abundance of epidermal stem cells in skin and a dose range of 8.0-10.0 mg/Kg body weight to a mouse leading to 2.36 to 6.67-fold increase in the abundance of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells in bone marrow.
US10918685B2
A topical liniment composition that boost muscle relaxation, increase blood flow, and increase cutaneous delivery of herbal extract that contains polyphenols derived from red chili, black pepper, cinnamon, and turmeric includes a quantity of castor-mineral oil-camphor solution, a quantity of eucalyptus oil, a quantity of clove oil, a quantity of peppermint oil, a quantity of frankincense oil, a quantity of herbal extract concentrate solution, and a quantity of castor oil. Aforementioned ingredients are heterogeneously mixed with each other to formulate the topical liniment composition at standard temperature and pressure (STP). Additionally, a quantity of petroleum jelly and a quantity of beeswax can be heterogeneously mixed with the topical liniment composition to formulate the topical balm composition.
US10918684B2
A method and formulation for delivering a PDE-5 inhibitor in a vaporized state using low temperatures to vaporize the formulation. The formulation contains an inert non-reactive compound that lowers the heat of vaporization of the formulation, and the PDE-5 inhibitor. The formulation may optionally contain glycerin, alcohol, and/or water. Examples of inert non-reactive compounds that can sufficiently lower the heat of vaporization of the formulation include propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin and polysorbate. The formulation can be vaporized using a hand-held low temperature vaporizer or atomizer.
US10918678B2
The invention relates to a bacterial strain of species Faecalibacterium prausnitzii deposited at the CNCM under access number CNCM I-4573, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of an inflammatory gastrointestinal illness in an individual.
US10918676B2
The present technology relates generally to formulations comprising egg white protein, methods of manufacturing egg protein formulations and uses for egg protein formulations. In particular, several embodiments are directed to egg protein formulations for oral administration in immunotherapy of subjects affected by egg allergies.
US10918675B2
A water resistant enhanced wound healing film includes components by mass volume concentration of: 5-10 mg/L of ultra-fine eggshell powder, 50-500 mg/L of ultramicroshell membrane powder or shell membrane soluble protein, 5-30 mg/L of lysozyme, 5-10 mg/L of chitosan, 0.05-5 mg/L of glycerin, and 0.1-5 mg/L of polymer polysaccharide. Also, a preparation method of the water resistant enhanced wound healing film is disclosed. The whole raw materials of the present invention are non-toxic and have good biocompatibility; the raw materials include eggshell, shell membrane and soluble mixed protein thereof, and lysozyme in residual egg white. In the present invention, various components of the eggshell waste are sufficiently used. The wound healing film has good water resistance, mechanical properties, antibacterial activity and protein absorption capacity, and low degradation rate. The method of the present invention has simple process, strong practicability, extremely low production cost, favorable resource recycling and low energy consumption.
US10918671B2
The object of the present invention is to improve the post-transplantation engraftment rate of cardiomyocytes that have been purified to such an extent that they are free from non-cardiomyocytes and any components derived from other species. To solve this problem, the present inventors studied the possibility of constructing cell masses from the purified cardiomyocytes. As a result, they revealed that the stated problem could be solved by providing a method of preparing cell masses of cardiomyocytes derived from pluripotent stem cells, characterized in that cell masses of aggregated cells containing cardiomyocytes that had been differentiated and induced from pluripotent stem cells were dispersed to single cells to thereby obtain purified cardiomyocytes, which were then cultured in a culture medium under serum-free conditions so that they were reaggregated.
US10918648B2
Described herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for treating or preventing hyperproliferative disorders, including cancer.
US10918644B2
A chemotherapeutic drug composition, prepared by combination of Everolimus, one of the drugs used in the treatment of the metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) comprising 2-3% of the malignant tumors, with the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 inhibitor ABT-737 for the treatment of RCC tumors that developed drug resistance. The effect of Everolimus and ABT-737 drug composition on cell survival and cell death in Everolimus-resistant RCC cell lines overexpressing Bcl-2 protein was shown by in vitro and in vivo experiments and the mechanism of the effect of the drug composition on RCC has been examined from a molecular point of view. Navitoclax (ABT-263), an orally available analog of ABT-737, and other Bcl-2 inhibitors alone or in combination with Everolimus, which is administered once a day at a dose of 10 mg, for the use in the treatment of Everolimus-resistant RCC.
US10918642B2
The invention relates to N-(substituted-phenyl)-sulfonamide compounds, which are extremely useful as inhibitors of protein kinases (e.g. PERK kinase) and accordingly can be used for the treatment of cell proliferative disorders, such as cancer, or diseases associated with activated unfolded protein response pathways, such as Alzheimer's disease. The present invention also provides methods for preparing these compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of treating diseases utilizing pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.
US10918635B2
Pharmaceutical formulations and methods for the topical or transdermal delivery of 1isobutyl-1H-imidazo[4,5-c]-quinolin-4-amine or 1-(2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5 c]quinolin-4-amine, i.e., imiquimod, to treat genital/perianal warts with shorter durations of therapy than currently prescribed for the commercially available for Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream, as now approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), are disclosed and described. More specifically, lower dosage strength imiquimod formulations to deliver an efficacious dose of imiquimod for treating genital/perianal warts with an acceptable safety profile and dosing regimens that are shorter and more convenient for patient use than the dosing regimen currently approved by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) for Aldara® 5% imiquimod cream to treat genital/perianal warts are also disclosed and described.
US10918625B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel use of a sesquiterpene derivative, more particularly to a composition for preventing, improving or treating macular degeneration or macular edema caused by vascular leakage in the eye, the composition containing a sesquiterpene derivative compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 of the present disclosure or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. Whereas the intraocular disease-related treating agents available in the market should be injected directly into the vitreous cavity, thus causing pain and side effects, the sesquiterpene derivative compound of the present disclosure is delivered to the target tissue (eye) via different administration routes (oral, intraperitoneal, etc.) other than the intravitreal route. Accordingly, the sesquiterpene derivative compound provides excellent therapeutic effect without being restricted by the administration routes.
US10918624B2
Compounds comprising azole moieties are disclosed. The disclosed compounds are shown to have anticancer activity. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical composition of the compounds and method of their use in the treatment of cancer.
US10918620B2
The present invention discloses topical compositions comprising at least one statin as the main active compound for primary prevention or treatment of periodontal disease, for complementing standard treatment of periodontal disease, and for bone regeneration. The topical compositions are formulated for example, but not limited to, as toothpaste, mouthwash, tablets to dissolve in the mouth, elements or devices for intraoral slow-release of statins, dental floss, gel for being applied in dental trays, concentrated gel for irrigation of periodontal pockets, fluid (for example in blisters), powder, powder or liquid for preparing a solution, and gel. The present invention also discloses method for primary prevention or treatment of periodontal disease, for complementing standard treatment of periodontal disease, and for bone regeneration, comprising administering the topical compositions in the different formulations to a subject in need thereof.
US10918615B2
Described herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more fumarate esters, processes for making the same, and compositions and methods for treating multiple sclerosis subjects with the compositions. In particular, oral pharmaceutical compositions comprising fumarate esters in liquid vehicles are described. One embodiment is an oral delayed release pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a soft capsule encapsulating an immediate releasing liquid comprising one or more fumarate esters.
US10918610B2
The invention is a method of treating a subject with primary progressive or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. The method comprises administering an effect amount of Cis-N-cyclohexyl-N-ethyl-3-(3-chloro-4-cyclohexylphenyl)prop-2-enylamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the subject.
US10918604B2
The present invention relates to high drug load pharmaceutical compositions comprising Eslicarbazepine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters, solvates, polymorphs, enantiomers or mixtures thereof. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing high drug load solid oral pharmaceutical composition comprising Eslicarbazepine acetate and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The prior art highlights various technical challenges for formulation development of Eslicarbazepine acetate at lab as well as at industrial scale and offer restrictive and complex approach for resolution of technical challenges. Compositions of Eslicarbazepine acetate prepared as per present invention, wherein disintegrant and/or binder is present in either intra-granular part or in extra-granular part of the composition exhibited desirable technical attributes like comparable dissolution and bioequivalence against reference listed drug.
US10918599B2
Provided are serum-stable nanoparticles comprising porphyrin-phospholipid conjugates. Also provided are compositions comprising the nano-particles. The nanoparticles can comprise cargo such as therapeutic agents and/or diagnostic agents (e.g., imaging agents) and be used in drug delivery methods based on NIR stimulated cargo release.
US10918595B2
A process for the preparation of an oral disintegrating tablet comprising the antihypertensive telmisartan and the tablet obtained by the process.
US10918592B2
An injectable aqueous implant formulation, and processes for making and using the formulation, wherein the injectable aqueous implant formulation has been sterilized by gamma-ray or X-ray-irradiation and can be extruded through a tapering system and an 18 gauge (0.838 mm inner diameter) 25.4 mm long cannula with a force not exceeding 60 N, which comprises 25-45 w/w % of a mixture of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite particles derived from natural bone having a size of 50 to 200 μm as determined by sieving and fragments of naturally crosslinked fibrous collagen material that pass through a 0.5 mm sieve, whereby the w/w ratio of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite to collagen is from 1.8 to 4.5, which contains at least 0.05% (w/w) ascorbic acid.
US10918587B2
A composition is provided that includes an elastomer and an additive. The additive stabilizes the elastomer, although it may be useful for an alternate or additional purpose. The elastomer can have a moiety according to the general formula: A-B-A or B-A-B. Each A independently comprises a polysiloxane moiety having at least two siloxy (Si—O) groups. Each B independently comprises a moiety, or a precursor thereof, having at least one carboxyl group. B is bonded to a silicon atom in A. The elastomer may comprise the reaction product of a reaction of: a first component having at least one reactive group; a second component having at least one reactive group; and a third component having at least two reactive groups reactive with the reactive groups of the first and second components. In addition, a cosmetic composition is provided that includes the elastomer, the additive, and at least one cosmetic component.
US10918582B2
The invention relates to a liquid mixture containing 4-(3-ethoxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)butan-2-one and a niacinamide compound, and also to a cosmetic composition containing such a mixture. Use for caring for, making up and cleansing keratin materials.
US10918580B2
This application relates to novel aqueous oral care compositions useful for combining and delivering incompatible stannous fluoride or stannous chloride and potassium salts in a high-water composition, for example, to provide effective caries prevention, protection against dental erosion, and relief from dental hypersensitivity. The compositions comprise stannous fluoride or stannous chloride, nitric acid or a water-soluble nitrate salt, a water-soluble alkali metal polyphosphate and more than 10% water, by weight of the composition.
US10918560B2
The present disclosure discloses a health multifunctional chair and a control method thereof. The multifunctional chair includes: a chair seat, a massage backrest, an exercise standing plate, and a general management system, the general management system includes: a detecting and controlling unit and a health analyzing unit; the health analyzing unit is provided locally or on a cloud, and is in communication connection with the detecting and controlling unit; the exercise standing plate is adjusted in angle with one side edge as a reference and towards a direction of the chair seat; the massage backrest is provided with a meridian massage mechanism therein; the health analyzing unit is used to acquire a health analysis result of the user, and provide a health solution. The present disclosure performs combined and ordered meridian massage to the back of the user, thus improving the quality of health maintenance.
US10918558B2
A portable human exoskeleton system includes a pelvis module, a leg module and a foot module. The pelvis module includes a bendable member and a pelvis module connector. The foot module includes a foot module connector. The leg module includes: a femur module detachably coupled to the pelvis module connector; a tibia module detachably coupled to the foot module connector; and a knee joint component having at least two linkages with different lengths wherein each linkage is pivotally coupled to the femur module and the tibia module. Weight above the hip of the user is exerted on the pelvis module, and transferred to the leg module and the foot module. The exoskeleton system is easily disassembled and carried, and can be worn inside attire without affecting appearance of the user.
US10918552B2
A limb positioning apparatus comprises a vertical post connected to the operating table near the shoulder of the patient and a boom member connected to the vertical post through a hinge. The hinge allows the angle between the vertical post and the boom member to be adjusted with assistance from a lockable gas spring attached to the hinge. The vertical post and the boom member house the internal cables for transferring the primary traction load to the operative limb.
US10918539B1
A gurney comprising a magnetic member for securing straps is disclosed. The gurney comprises base members coupled to axle members. The gurney comprises support frame members coupled to the axle members. The gurney comprises a frame member coupled to the support frame members. The frame comprises a patient support. Further, the gurney comprises straps provided at either side of the frame member to secure a patient to the patient support. The straps comprise a male buckle member and a female buckle member. The gurney further comprises magnetic members coupled to the frame member. The male buckle member and the female buckle member are coupled to the magnetic members to secure the straps from falling down when the male buckle member and the female buckle member are not coupled or not in use.
US10918536B2
A diaper has vertical and lateral directions, and a skin facing surface and a non-skin facing surface on an opposite side thereof, includes a front waist region, a rear waist region, a crotch region positioned between the front and rear waist regions, and includes a pair of leg openings, and a waist opening defined by side edges of the front and rear waist regions. At least one of the front and rear waist regions includes a pair of tape fasteners fixed to the non-skin facing surface of the side edges. At least one of the front and rear waist regions includes a pocket openable toward the crotch region, on the skin facing surface. An upper end of a fixing part of the tape fastener is positioned at a lower side of a closing edge (folding part) positioned on the waist opening side of the pocket in the vertical direction.
US10918527B2
Systems and methods for delivering a foamed fluid to a wound of a patient (e.g., through a wound dressing covering the wound and coupled to the skin around the wound).
US10918524B1
Protective eyewear may include an eyewear frame having a topmost frame member extending from a left pivotable temple to a right pivotable temple. A lens is coupled directly to a lower edge of the topmost frame member. The lens is unitary from a left side to a right side of a nose bridge of the eyewear, such that the lens is configured to cover both eyes of a user when worn. Both the lower edge of the topmost frame member and an upper edge of the topmost frame member include a discrete central raised portion extending upward from left and right segments.
US10918517B2
An inserter is provided which includes a handle having an upper cover and a bottom cover, the upper cover having a longitudinal opening, a proximal end and a distal end; a mounting member extending from an inner surface of the bottom cover of the handle, the mounting member having a through-hole; an inner tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the inner tube attached to the mounting member; an insertion tube movably coupled to the inner tube with a longitudinal axis essentially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the inner tube; a switch coupled to a proximal end of the insertion tube and arranged in the opening; and a string having a proximal end removably coupled near the proximal end of the opening, a distal end of the string coupled to a device to be inserted inside a human anatomy.
US10918513B2
A shoulder immobilizer (20) includes a semi-rigid or rigid orthosis, in the form of an arm support (22), which supports the upper arm, elbow, forearm and wrist of a patient. A bolster (24) is positioned between the patient and the arm support (22). A body strap (26) extends around the patient and attaches to the arm support (22) and/or the bolster (24), holding the arm support and bolster in position against the body of the patient. In embodiments, the shoulder immobilizer (20) may utilize a shoulder strap (28), but such a shoulder strap is not necessary for shoulder immobilization of the patient.
US10918496B2
A vertebral insert may include a first linkage, a second linkage, and a third linkage. The first, second, and third linkages may at least partially defining a cavity. The insert may be movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and the movement of the first and second linkages with respect to one another may be configured to reciprocally move the insert between the collapsed and expanded configurations.
US10918493B2
A joint replacement device includes a male component with a structure to couple to a bone on one side of a joint, and an outer articulation surface that is attached to the structure via a neck. A female component is configured to couple to a bone on an opposite side of the joint and includes a cavity that is surrounded by an inner articulation surface. An opening of the cavity is shaped to enable insertion of the outer articulation surface into the cavity when the outer articulation surface is aligned with the opening, and to prevent separation of the male component from the female component when rotated so as not to align with the opening. The neck is located within the opening and the outer articulation surface is rotatable within the outer articulation surface with a rotation that is limited by dimensions of the opening and the neck.
US10918488B2
A surgical implant for a proximal carpal row replacement surgery employs a scanned image of each of the scaphoid, lunate and triquetrum bones for generating a unitary, homogeneous model defining a fused shape for implantation as the proximal carpal row. The implant utilizes a contralateral image of healthy bones of the patient for generating the replacement model, and employs shrink-wrap and smoothing processing to generate the unitary replacement. The resulting implant replaces the intercalary bone structures of the scaphoid, lunate and triquetrum with a single appliance, and is slideably engaged with the distal carpal row via a surgical tunnel and tethered by a resectioned tendon, ligament, or other connective member. The implant facilitates wrist function since the unitary implant replaces skeletal structures that are encapsulated by adjacent bones and frequently move as a unit, while eliminating gaps, voids and ligaments between the intercalary structure.
US10918483B2
A system for implanting a repair device onto a native valve of a natural heart to repair the native valve of a patient during a non-open-heart procedure. The system includes a pair of paddles and a pair of gripping members. The paddles are movable between an open position and a closed position. The paddles and the gripping members are configured to attach to the native valve of the patient. The paddles are biased to the closed position, latched to the gripping members in the closed position, maintained in the closed position by a threaded connection, or otherwise maintained in the closed position.
US10918477B2
A prosthetic valve has a support structure that meets with a plurality of leaflets capable of transitioning between open and closed states. The support structure can include a base frame with a polymer coating and the leaflets can be artificial. The interface between the support structure and each leaflet can be at least partially convex when viewed from an exterior of the support structure along a normal to a plane formed by a central axis of the support structure and a central axis of the leaflet.
US10918476B2
An eye-implantable device including an electrowetting lens is provided that can be operated to control an overall optical power of an eye in which the device is implanted. A lens chamber of the electrowetting lens contains first and second fluids that are immiscible with each other and that differ with respect to refractive index. By applying a voltage to electrodes of the lens, the optical power of the lens can be controlled by affecting the geometry of the interface between the fluids. One of the fluids is an aqueous fluid that is isotonic relative to the aqueous humor of the eye to prevent flux of water into or out of the lens chamber. Thus, the lens chamber may be composed of water-permeable materials. Such water-permeable materials may be flexible, to permit the lens to be folded into a smaller profile during implantation.
US10918470B1
A wireless teeth whitening system includes a mouthpiece that is devoid of any electrical circuitry so that it may easily be cleaned and sterilized. A control module may be coupled to the mouthpiece. This module has an electrical circuit board with LEDs and heating elements mounted on it. When the control module is coupled to the mouthpiece, the system may be used to whiten teeth. The control module includes a battery that may be inductively charged, and may be wirelessly controlled via Bluetooth from a mobile application.
US10918463B1
A bony screw with a movable bracket arm includes a head and a shank extending therefrom. The shank has an upper portion, a threaded lower portion adjacent to the upper portion, thereby defining a junction, and a self-tapping tip. An annular flange is disposed at the junction between the upper portion and the threaded lower portion of the shank, and is contiguous with respect to each of the upper and threaded lower portions, and has a peripheral surface with a diameter greater than a diameter of the head and greater than a diameter of the upper portion, thus defining a stop between the upper and threaded lower portions. A first end of a bracket arm is pivotally secured to the upper portion of the shank, and an opposed second end of the bracket arm defines a loop.
US10918452B2
Generally, a sterile adapter for use in robotic surgery may include a frame configured to be interposed between a tool driver and a surgical tool, a plate assembly coupled to the frame, and at least one rotatable coupler supported by the plate assembly and configured to communicate torque from an output drive of the tool driver to an input drive of the surgical tool.
US10918449B2
An instrument manipulator and a robotic surgical system including an instrument manipulator are provided. In one embodiment, an instrument manipulator includes a plurality of independent actuator drive modules, each of the plurality of actuator drive modules including an actuator output, wherein each of the actuator outputs are configured to independently actuate a corresponding actuator input of a surgical instrument without force input from another actuator output. The instrument manipulator further includes a frame housing the plurality of independent actuator drive modules, the frame including a distal end from which each of the actuator outputs distally protrude for engaging the corresponding actuator inputs of the surgical instrument.
US10918448B2
Some embodiments described herein relate to a surgical table, specifically a base of a surgical table. The surgical table can be adapted to include and/or be coupled to a surgical robot. The base of the surgical table can form an enclosure including a cover and a bottom. Electronic components (e.g., power electronics associated with the surgical robot) can be disposed within the enclosure. In some embodiments described herein, the cover of the base of the surgical table can be constructed of aluminum or similar material having a thermal conductivity of at least 200 W/m K. In some embodiments described herein, a side wall of the base of the surgical table can be constructed of aluminum or similar material having a thermal conductivity of at least 200 W/m K. Other embodiments described herein describe various other solutions for thermal management of electronic components.
US10918437B2
An improved thermocouple includes a drawn coaxial thermocouple wire pair having a more precise “hot” junction at which a first and second metallic material electrically connect with each other for measuring temperature. Adapted for use with an electrophysiologic catheter, the improved thermocouple comprising an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end. The body includes a core of a first metallic material, a first coaxial layer of ceramic material, and a second coaxial layer of a second metallic material. The thermocouple further includes a solder cap on the distal end, the solder cap electrically connecting the core and the second layer at the distal end. A method of manufacturing includes drawing the body through a die, and applying solder on a distal end of the body to electrically connect the two metallic materials at the distal end.
US10918436B2
An endoscopic bipolar forceps includes an elongated shaft having opposing jaw members at a distal end thereof. The jaw members are movable relative to one another from a first position wherein the jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to one another to a second position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. The forceps also includes a source of electrical energy connected to each jaw member such that the jaw members are capable of conducting energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a seal. A generally tube-like cutter is included which is slidably engaged about the elongated shaft and which is selectively movable about the elongated shaft to engage and cut tissue on at least one side of the jaw members while the tissue is engaged between jaw members.
US10918435B2
An endoscopic bipolar forceps includes a housing and a shaft affixed to the housing. The shaft includes a longitudinal axis defined therethrough and a pair of jaw members attached to a distal end thereof. The forceps also includes a drive assembly for moving one of the jaw members relative to the other jaw member from a first position wherein the movable jaw members are disposed in spaced relation relative to each other to a second position wherein the jaw members are closer one another for manipulating tissue. A movable handle is included which is rotatable about a pivot to force a drive flange of the movable handle into mechanical cooperation with the drive assembly to move the jaw members from the open and closed positions. The pivot is located a fixed distance from the longitudinal axis and the drive flange is located generally along the longitudinal axis. The forceps is connected to a source of electrosurgical energy connected to each jaw member such that the jaw members are capable of conducting bipolar energy through tissue held therebetween to effect a tissue seal.
US10918434B2
Multi-electrode ablation systems, methods, and controllers are described. In one example, a multi-electrode ablation system includes a power supply configured to be coupled to a plurality of electrodes and a controller coupled to the power supply. The controller is configured to determine a thermal gain of each electrode of the plurality of electrodes. For each electrode of the plurality of electrodes, the controller sets a power limit based at least in part on said electrode's determined thermal gain. The power limit establishes a maximum power that may be dissipated through said electrode.
US10918426B2
Apparatus and methods for treatment of a bone. The apparatus may include an implant. The implant may include an implant tail and an implant head configured to expand, inside the bone, from a collapsed state to an expanded state. The apparatus may include an intramedullary rod defining a central longitudinal rod axis. The intramedullary rod may include a guide segment configured to guide the implant head into the bone and support the implant tail. The intramedullary rod may include an elongated extension member spaced radially apart from the central longitudinal axis. The extension member may be configured to provide clearance for the implant head as the implant head is advanced, in the collapsed state, into the bone. The extension member may be configured to provide clearance for the implant head in the expanded state.
US10918422B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for inhibiting proximal junctional failure in a patient having posterior spinal instrumentation. One or more tension bands can be threaded through transverse bores in a spinous process of a vertebral body of a spine, superior and adjacent an uppermost instrumented vertebral body. Tension is applied to bias the spinous processes together and also in an inferior direction. The tension band is locked with respect to the spine, to maintain tension.
US10918419B2
A spinal fixation device includes an inner housing, an outer housing, a screw, and a pivot inhibitor. The outer housing is circumferentially disposed around at least a portion of the inner housing, wherein the outer and inner housings are translatable relative to one another to cause transitioning of the spinal fixation device between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration. The screw including a screw head pivotably coupled to a lower portion of the inner housing and a shaft extending from the screw head. The pivot inhibitor is coupled to one of the inner housing or screw, such that pivoting of the inner housing about the screw head is inhibited in a direction of the pivot inhibitor.
US10918404B2
Surgical devices are disclosed herein that generally include an intracorporeal elbow joint to facilitate translational movement of an end effector while allowing a body portion of the surgical device and a trocar or working channel through which the device is inserted to be maintained in a fixed angular orientation relative to the patient. This allows a plurality of such devices to be used effectively with a single incision or access device. Such devices also generally provide end effector movement with six degrees of freedom, while maintaining a mechanical linkage between the user and the end effector and while mimicking and/or mirroring natural user movement. Various methods related to such devices are also disclosed.
US10918402B2
An insertion device includes a body and a delivery shaft, and the body includes a longitudinal axis aligned with a central long axis of a proximal end of the delivery shaft. A holder may be coupled to the body of the insertion device, and the holder includes a medical device receiving chamber having a longitudinal axis that is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body.
US10918397B2
An orthopedic driver is provided that includes an elongate tubular body and an indicator assembly. The indicator assembly has a housing that has at least one opening and a visual indicator disposed in the at least one opening. The visual indicator is configured to be coupled with a guide pin such that lateral movement of the elongate tubular body relative to the guide pin causes the visual indicator to move between a flush or recessed configuration within the housing and an extended configuration. In the extended configuration, the visual indicator extends outward of an outer surface of the housing. The flush or recessed configuration corresponds to alignment of the guide pin relative to the elongate tubular body and the extended configuration corresponds to misalignment of the guide pin relative to the elongate tubular body.
US10918392B2
An LAA exclusion clip includes first and second clip struts and a bias device. The clip struts together define a heart-proximate side, a heart-distal side, bias and open clip ends, each strut having a tissue-contacting surface disposed opposite one another. The bias device includes a first biasing portion connecting the first and second clip struts, disposed on the heart-proximate side of the clip struts, and crossing over from the first clip strut to the second clip strut at the heart-proximate side of the first and second clip struts adjacent the bias clip end. The bias device includes a second biasing portion connecting the first and second clip struts, disposed on the heart-distal side of the first and second clip struts, and crossing over from the first clip strut to the second clip strut at the heart-distal side of the first and second clip struts adjacent the bias clip end.
US10918384B2
A cartridge assembly for use with a surgical instrument including a cartridge, a longitudinal channel, a first row of slots, and a second row of slots. The cartridge has a proximal portion and a distal portion. The longitudinal channel extends between the proximal portion and the distal portion. The first row of slots is disposed on a first side of the longitudinal channel. At least one slot in the first row of slots is empty. The second row of slots is disposed on a second side of the longitudinal channel. At least one slot in the second row of slots has a staple disposed therein.
US10918378B2
A method for producing a suture includes a first step of heating a suture raw material under a set temperature condition, a second step of compression molding, by applying pressure, the heated suture raw material, and a third step of forming cut lines at a first edge and a second edge of the compression molded suture and forming, by applying tensile force, a barb part in the compression molded suture having the cut lines, wherein the cut lines are continuously formed at predetermined intervals while being inclined at a predetermined angle toward one direction or both directions of the first and second edges. Thus, a suture which enables a sutured part to show an excellent recovery and a lifting effect to be semi-permanently maintained and which has an excellent strength is produced.
US10918375B2
An apparatus for performing ankle syndesmosis repairs includes, inter alia, a first button, a second button, and a suture connecting the first button and the second button. The first button and the second button are stainless steel buttons. At least one of the first button and the second button is oblong. The suture includes multiple strands that extend between the first button and the second button. A first free end of the suture is tensionable to shorten a length of the suture between the first button and the second button and thereby move the first button and the second button closer together.
US10918363B2
Devices, and methods of use thereof, are disclosed for preventing tumor seeding when withdrawing the device along an entry-exit path. Some embodiments of the present invention comprise a method of withdrawing a probe through a tissue via a path that traverses at least some bone tissue, the method including withdrawing the probe through the path, and at least partially concurrently delivering energy in a bipolar manner from the probe to heat a layer of tissue surrounding the probe to a temperature sufficient for thermal coagulation necrosis of cells. The device may be withdrawn incrementally.
US10918352B2
The present invention relates to a device for scatter correction in an X-ray image, the X-ray image (30, 40) having a superimposed structured pattern, the device (1) comprising: an X-ray image receiving element (10); a pattern remover (11); and a first subtraction module (12); wherein the X-ray image receiving element (10) is configured to receive an X-ray image (30, 40) comprising a superimposed structured pattern (31); wherein the pattern remover (11) is configured to remove the structured pattern (31) from the X-ray image (30, 40) resulting in a pattern corrected X-ray image (43); wherein the first subtraction module (12) is configured to subtract the pattern corrected X-ray image (33, 43) from the X-ray image (40) resulting in a structured pattern image (32, 42); and wherein a contrast measurement unit (13) is configured to apply a local structure contrast measurement function to the structured pattern image (32, 42) resulting in a structure contrast image (34, 44). The invention improves the scatter correction of an X-ray image.
US10918348B2
An articulated arm to suspend an X-ray head from a support section in a radiographic imaging apparatus comprising two pairs of linkages separated and joined to an intermediate linkage wherein the proximal end of the first pair of linkages is connected to the support section and the distal end of the second pair of linkages is connected to the X-ray head, and further wherein the linkages in the first pair of linkages are parallel and rotatable about the connection to the support section, the linkages in the second pair of linkages are parallel and rotatable about the intermediate linkage, and whereby a rotational orientation of a mounting for the X-ray head about an axis which is parallel to the axes about which the first pair of linkages are rotatable remains constant when the first pair of linkages is rotated relative to the support section and/or the second pair of linkages is rotated relative to the intermediate linkage.
US10918332B2
Systems, devices, and methods for post-surgical joint range of motion measurement, activity monitoring, as well as monitoring compliance with post-operative extremity elevation and cooling recommendations are provided. The system comprises sensor(s) to be attached adjacent a joint of the patient, with limb attachment element(s), applications running on a computing device of the patient and medical practitioner, and a cloud-based backend system.
US10918328B2
A method is described for determining a degree of damage to hair, which includes: registering light which is radiated by the hair sample while a hair sample is illuminated with light; based on the registered light, determining first regions of the hair sample which reflect the light with higher interference, and second regions of the hair sample which reflect the light with lower interference; and determining a degree of damage to the hair sample based on the extents of the first regions and of the second regions.
US10918317B2
Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor.
US10918310B2
A method includes receiving one or more signals indicative of a position of a distal-end assembly of a medical probe within an organ of a patient. Based on the received signals, an inner volume that is confined within the distal-end assembly is determined. An anatomical map of the organ is updated, to denote the inner volume of the distal-end assembly as belonging to an interior of the organ.
US10918301B2
A system for providing information about a patient's heart includes one or more electrodes that receive signals from electrical activity of the heart over one or more heart beat cycles. The system is characterized by an electronic processor coupled to the one or more electrodes to: receive the signals from the one or more electrodes; execute an automated set-up routine that processes the signals to automatically provide at least some set-up results for new mapping configurations; and/or process the signals with beat detection and beat acceptance criteria for new or existing mapping configurations to provide information about how well the signals match one or more of the new or existing mapping configurations.
US10918297B2
In some embodiments, the PC-HEMT based microelectronic sensors are used in cardiovascular and pulmonary monitoring, detection and measurements of electrocardiography signals, detection of the primary heart activity signals and measurements of the central venous pressure and heart rate variability, measurements of the right and left atrium pressures, recording a phonocardiogram, detection of the S2-split phenomena, measurements of breath dynamics and lung activity diagnostics, monitoring the brain activity and measuring and monitoring electrical signals associated with an electroencephalogram, and eye pressure diagnostics.
US10918283B2
An energy depositing therapy system (10), comprising: an energy depositing unit (12) provided for locally depositing energy into a therapy zone (56) of a subject of interest (28) for therapy purposes; a transducer unit (32) that is provided for applying mechanical oscillations to at least a portion of the subject of interest (28); a magnetic resonance imaging system (14) provided for acquiring magnetic resonance imaging data from at least the portion of a subject of interest (28), comprising an image processing unit (24) configured to image the mechanical oscillations; a control unit (40) that is connectable to the energy depositing unit (12), the transducer unit (32) and a magnetic resonance scanner (16) of the magnetic resonance imaging system (14), wherein the control unit (40) is configured to control the depositing of energy in dependence of the processed magnetic resonance imaging data of the portion of the subject of interest (28); a method of controlling an energy depositing therapy system (10) by a magnetic resonance rheology system; and an application software module (50) provided to carry out one of the disclosed methods or combinations thereof.
US10918281B2
A patient monitoring device can be configured to provide fast and reliable physiological measurements in a variety of care settings including at a patient's home. The device can include a compact, standalone monitor with telehealth capabilities as well as an intuitive interface for use at home. The device can include a blood pressure, capnography, or pulse oximetry module. A device can include a sleek and continuous outer surface that is easy to clean and generally free of crevices, holes, or surfaces that collect external contaminants. For example, portions of the housing can connect together using a limited number of screws, thereby limiting a number of holes. The device can include a vent cover that can be rotated to reconfigure the function of the vent cover. For example, the vent cover can function as a stabilization feature and/or a cover for a ventilation hole, while permitting exhaust through the ventilation hole.
US10918265B2
A video processor includes: an image processing section including a front image enhancement processing section configured to perform first enhancement processing on a front image acquired from a front area in a subject by using an endoscope including an insertion portion which is inserted into the subject, and a side image enhancement processing section configured to perform second enhancement processing on a side image acquired from a side area located lateral to the front area by using the endoscope; and a control section configured to individually set an enhancement level of enhancement processing performed by the front image enhancement processing section and an enhancement level of enhancement processing performed by the side image enhancement processing section.
US10918261B2
A power supply control system includes a power supply circuit that supplies power, an electronic component that is operable by the power supplied from the power supply circuit, starts shutdown processing in response to an input of a stop instruction signal, and operates when an operation instruction signal is input, and a signal control circuit that receives a power input state signal or a power cutoff state signal as a power state signal indicating a state of the power supply circuit, outputs the stop instruction signal when the power cutoff state signal is input, outputs the operation instruction signal when the power input state signal is input, and outputs the stop instruction signal at least during the shutdown processing when the power input state signal is input in a case in which the shutdown processing of the electronic component is not finished.
US10918260B2
For each finding, a finding image recorder records as a finding image an endoscopic image captured in the past. A compression processing unit performs a compression process on an endoscopic image captured by a capsule endoscope so as to generate a compressed image. A similarity determination unit determines, when the compression processing unit performs a compression process on the endoscopic image, whether or not the endoscopic image is similar to a finding image recorded in the finding image recorder. When the endoscopic image is determined to be similar to the finding image by the similarity determination unit, the compression processing unit adds predetermined information to the compressed image.
US10918257B2
An insert for a mop includes a rail and a cleaning element at least partially disposed in an internal channel of the rail. Two protrusions are disposed on the body, each forming a leg connected to the body and a cylindrical wall defining an actuation bore connected to the leg. Each actuation bore is adapted to overlap a substantial portion of a tine, the tine being associated with a sponge mop having a hand lever that operates to pull the tine, the tine being disposed in the actuation bore and configured to impart a force onto the body through the actuation bore to pull the rail and the cleaning element through a set of rollers to wring out fluids that may be present in the cleaning element.
US10918247B1
A toilet lift seat positionable over a toilet bowl is liftable by actuators connected to the lift seat such that the lift seat initially pivots forward as the actuators lift the lift seat off of the bowl. An underside of the lift seat is pivotally connected to upper ends of the actuators such that a center of gravity of the lift seat extends forward of a pivot axis of the lift seat. Stops connected to the actuators are separated from a front portion of the lift seat when it is supported in a lowered position above the toilet bowl. When the actuators are engaged to lift the lift seat, the lift seat pivots forward until its underside engages the stops preventing further forward pivoting of the lift seat relative to the actuators as the actuators continue to lift the lift seat. The actuators may be water driven.
US10918237B2
A system for the preparation of beverages with the use of capsules including an infusion assembly (1) and a capsule (C). The infusion assembly includes a capsule-holder (2) and a cooperating body (3), adapted to assume an open configuration for positioning a capsule (C) therebetween, and a closed configuration for preparing a beverage through the capsule (C) clamped in a liquid-tight manner therebetween. In the capsule-holder (2) there is defined a recess (4) adapted to receive the capsule (C) with the bottom wall (20a, 20f) facing the interior of the capsule-holder (2) and wherein is provided a first piercing member (8) provided with at least a piercing point (9) adapted to penetrate through the bottom wall (20a) of said capsule (C). The capsule-holder (2) is adapted to supply a flow of fluid introduced into the capsule (C) through the tear created in its bottom wall (20a) from the at least one point (9). In the cooperating body (3) a dispensing conduit (13) is defined for the beverage and a second piercing member (14) is provided, having at least one point (16) adapted to penetrate through the cover (21) of the capsule (C) to allow the outflow of the beverage from the capsule (C) towards said dispensing conduit (13). In the capsule-holder (2) there are provided fluid communication passages (8c; 8d; 11), which put into communication a region upstream of the first piercing member (8) such that, during the preparation of a beverage, the fluid introduced into the recess (4) of the capsule-holder (2) exerts on the first piercing member (8) a force lower than a predetermined value towards the capsule (C), the first piercing member (8) being mounted in the recess (4) of the capsule-holder (2) such as to be movable under the action of a spring (10) tending to displace it towards the cooperating body (3).
US10918236B2
A capsule for producing a liquid food item includes a capsule body and two chambers for holding two substances. One chamber contains a perforation element for perforation of the capsule body. An anvil for a punch of a device into which the capsule can be inserted is provided on the perforation element.
US10918235B2
A cooking system is provided. The cooking system includes a user equipment and one or more cooking apparatuses. The user equipment may include a user interface configured to receive an input of a food model including at least one of a shape, an ingredient, or a color of a food in accordance with a touch input of a user, a first transceiver configured to transmit information on the food model to the one or more cooking apparatuses, and a first processor configured to transmit information of the food model to the plurality of cooking apparatuses via the first transceiver. Each of the one or more cooking apparatuses may include a second transceiver configured to receive information on the food model from the user equipment, a food shaping device configured to discharge food ingredients, a food heating device, and a second processor.
US10918228B2
Provided are a screen frame and a laser projection display device. The screen frame includes a plurality of side frames that are connected end to end, where a joint of each two of the plurality of side frames is provided with at least two connectors and receiving grooves corresponding to the at least two connectors in a one to one manner, and the at least two connectors have inserting portions extendable into the receiving grooves, at least one inserting portion of the inserting portions is provided with a telescopic engaging member, and a side wall of a receiving groove which is corresponding to an inserting portion having the engaging member is provided with a receiving hole corresponding to the engaging member; the engaging member is configured to extend into the receiving hole for positioning; and the inserting portions are connected to side walls of the receiving grooves by fasteners.
US10918225B2
A refrigerated merchandising storage unit for display and sale of foodstuff or the like is disclosed including a storage compartment having an essentially rectangular top opening, the storage unit further includes a cover including a plurality of lids for being arranged displaceably for opening the storage unit and a rail system with two or more mounted rails arranged between two opposite sides of the opening. Each rail includes a number of elongated and generally U-shaped tracks wherein each of the lids are arranged to be mounted between a first and a second rail adjacent to one another. The first rail includes a first track and the second rail includes a second track, and the rails are arranged such that the lid can be mounted by displacing an edge of the lid inside the first track until the opposite edge of the lid can be inserted inside the second track. The storage unit further includes a retainer arrangement provided near the first track or the second track and the lid for retaining the lid in that track. The retainer arrangement includes a latch fixed to the lid and a protrusion fixed to that track, the latch and the protrusion being arranged such that when lateral extraction forces are applied to the lid in a direction away from the track, the latch and the protrusion are forced into abutment producing a holding force so that a separation of the lid and the track is prevented.
US10918209B1
A slide rail assembly includes a first rail, a second rail, a blocking member, a working member and an operating member. The blocking member is arranged on one of the first rail and the second rail. The working member is arranged on the other one of the first rail and the second rail. When the second rail is moved relative to the first rail from a retracted position to an extension position, the working member and the blocking member are configured to block each other in order to prevent the second rail from being moved from the extension position along a retracting direction. When the operating member is operated, the operating member is configured to contact one of the working member and the blocking member in order to keep the working member and the blocking member in a state without blocking each other.
US10918206B1
A spacemaker includes a sheath that defines an interior volume. The interior volume of the sheath is sized such that an under-sink disposal is receivable within the interior volume of the sheath. A plurality of mounting flanges is mounted to the sheath at a top portion of the sheath. The plurality of mounting flanges is configured for engaging a mounting flange of the under-sink disposal. A shelf is mounted to the sheath at a bottom portion of the sheath.
US10918203B1
A pedestal leg assembly includes a pedestal leg and floor base. The leg includes a plurality of teeth near the bottom end of the leg and a connecting bolt in a threaded engagement with the bottom end of the leg. The floor base includes a recessed portion having a slot in its bottom surface to receive the bolt and a release mechanism configured to pivot between a lock position and a release position. In lock position the release mechanism engages at least one of the teeth to prevent rotation of the pedestal leg in one direction. When pivoted into release position, the release mechanism is moved away from engagement with the teeth to allow rotation of the pedestal leg in both clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The pedestal leg assembly may include a powered connection to receive input power at the floor base and transfer the power to a supported table top surface.
US10918199B2
An apparatus for cleaning nets underwater comprising a cleaning head formed from at least one propeller having a perimeter rim available for receipt of knuckles. The cleaning head is positioned against the surface of an underwater net wherein the cleaning features are constructed and arranged to remove growth from the nets.
US10918198B2
An apparatus for applying cosmetic solutions includes: a holder, including a cap, a stem, and a brush; and a bottle configured to hold a solution, wherein the brush is disposed at a first end of the stem and a second end of the stem is attached to the cap; the stem includes an absorbing structure configured to absorb the solution; and the brush is configured to wick the solution from the absorbing structure of the stem.
US10918196B1
A simple, belt clip—mudpan combination to attach a joint compound, spackle, or mastic holding pan to a user's belt for free hand use of such pan, keeping the mudpan secure, stable, and at the ready for the user.
US10918191B2
A receptacle for mixing different kinds of materials includes an outer receptacle for holding cosmetic contents; a shoulder member of a cylindrical member with the upper and lower portions opened, which is screw-coupled to an upper opening portion of the outer receptacle; a pump coupling member of a disk-shaped member coupled to the inner circumference of the shoulder member, which couples a first pump set and a second pump set side by side; an inner receptacle of a cylindrical member, an upper flange of which is placed between a lower surface of the pump coupling member and an upper surface of the upper opening portion of the outer receptacle, which is partitioned into a first and a second space portions, into which a first and a second pump sets are inserted from the upper part, respectively.
US10918177B1
A dual ergonomic walking cane system that is easy and comfortable to use employs an anterior and a posterior cane connected by at least one releasable coupling for use in one hand or following separation allowing the use of one cane in each hand with an optional ball grip on the anterior cane. A guide on one cane consists of a pair of spaced apart guide members extending from one cane toward the other cane for receiving the shaft of the other cane when inserted between them and then held in place by gravity, by an alignment coupling or by magnets. When handles located on each cane are moved apart the canes can be easily disengaged enabling the anterior cane to be quickly removed from the guide while the canes are at or close to horizontal alignment.
US10918153B2
A helmet can include a protective shell and a layer of energy management material coupled to an inner surface of the protective shell to form a cavity for receiving a head of a user. An earpad can be coupled to the inner surface of the protective shell that comprises an inner surface that further defines a space for an ear of a user. The earpad can further include a leading edge at a front of the helmet, the leading edge extending between the outer surface of the protective shell and the inner surface of the earpad. An air intake opening can be formed at the leading edge of the earpad. An air exhaust opening can be formed at a trailing edge of the earpad. An airflow channel can extend through the earpad between the air intake opening and the air exhaust opening.
US10918151B2
A system allows a user to create new designs for apparel and preview these designs before manufacture. Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. Users may communicate with other users on how wear patterns should be applied onto base garments and make changes to the wear patterns or other garment features, while sharing with other users their progress.
US10918147B2
A lining system for articles of clothing is provided. The lining system enabling easy access to inward facing surfaces of outer panel portions of the article of clothing that incorporates the lining system. The lining system includes a plurality of detachable fasteners, each adapted to selectively move between a closed configuration and an open configuration providing access to the inward facing surfaces of the outer panel portion for applying patches thereto.
US10918146B1
An apparatus includes a first base portion having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The apparatus also includes a second base portion having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. The apparatus further includes a bridge portion coupling the first base portion and the second base portion. The apparatus additionally includes a tether one or more of extending from or coupled with at least one of the first base portion, the second base portion, or the bridge portion.
US10918145B1
A glove assembly including two or more elastomeric gloves removably attached to one another, said two or more gloves attached to one another by a graspable attachment member, and a method of simultaneously inserting a hand into two or more elastomeric gloves. Previously known double gloving required users to put each glove on one at a time, which could require a significant amount of time and may risk exposing the first glove to contaminants. Removably attaching the inner and outer gloves of the present disclosure may allow a user to easily don both gloves simultaneously, which allows the user to don both gloves in less time than previously known methods of double gloving.
US10918144B2
A garment for health care use is disclosed. The garment comprises at least one rear panel, at least two front panels and a plurality of releasable seams, positioned along peripheral regions of said at least one rear panel and said at least two front panels for releasably connecting said at least two front panels to said at least one rear panel. Each of the at least two front panels is permanently connected to the at least one rear panel at least one position. At least a portion of one the front panels overlaps the other. The rear and front panels each comprise a plurality of flaps or regions which can be folded over when in use as worn by a wearer, to expose different areas of said wearer's body.
US10918143B2
One form of the present application is directed to a protective foam face mask which includes a frontal portion structured to cover at least a portion of a face of a user, wherein the frontal portion defines an ocular cavity. The foam face mask further includes two side portions astride the ocular cavity extending rearwardly from the frontal portion, wherein the side portions are structured to cover the ears of a user, and wherein the frontal portion and the side portions are constructed of a foam. The foam face mask further comprises a mesh eye shield extending across the ocular cavity, wherein an outer perimeter of the mesh eye shield is encased in the foam of the frontal portion and the side portions, and wherein the frontal portion, the side portions, and the mesh eye shield form a unitary face mask structure.
US10918141B2
Drag-reducing exercise equipment in the form of a aerodynamic garment may comprise zones with applied textures. Each zone may be associated with properties and characteristics based on the movement of the garment associated with each zone through air during an athletic activity. The texture in each zone may be applied using a variety of methods such as printing. The resulting aerodynamic garment improves the performance of an athlete wearing the aerodynamic garment by reducing the aerodynamic drag experienced during the performance of the athletic activity.
US10918130B2
A hand-held water filter for filtering smoke or vapor to be inhaled by the user. The water filter includes a tapered receptacle that is integrally formed with the vessel body of the water filter and configured to receive a smoking or vaporizing article. The water filter includes an integrated downtube configured to deliver smoke from the smoking or vaporizing article into a water reservoir prior to inhalation.
US10918121B2
A method for producing powderized cannabis oil, and the resulting powderized cannabis oil, in which concentrated cannabis oil is mixed with and absorbed by a modified starch powder, preferably maltodextrin, in a ratio of at least three grams of starch powder for every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil is disclosed. Further disclosed are beverages, baked goods and single-serve beverage brewing cartridges utilizing or incorporating the powderized cannabis oil to create human-consumable products that contain an emulsified, tasteless, and odorless dose of cannabis oil.
US10918120B2
A method for producing powderized cannabis oil, and the resulting powderized cannabis oil, in which concentrated cannabis oil is mixed with and absorbed by a modified starch powder, preferably maltodextrin, in a ratio of at least three grams of starch powder for every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil is disclosed. Further disclosed are beverages, baked goods and single-serve beverage brewing cartridges utilizing or incorporating the powderized cannabis oil to create human-consumable products that contain an emulsified, tasteless, and odorless dose of cannabis oil.
US10918119B2
A method for producing powderized cannabis oil, and the resulting powderized cannabis oil, in which concentrated cannabis oil is mixed with and absorbed by a modified starch powder, preferably maltodextrin, in a ratio of at least three grams of starch powder for every one-eighth of a gram of cannabis oil is disclosed. Further disclosed are beverages, baked goods and single-serve beverage brewing cartridges utilizing or incorporating the powderized cannabis oil to create human-consumable products that contain an emulsified, tasteless, and odorless dose of cannabis oil.
US10918109B2
The present disclosure relates to an adjuvant composition comprising lecithin; and, an organosilicon surfactant of formula (I): R1—Si(CH3)2—Z (I) wherein: R1 is a branched monovalent hydrocarbon group of from 5 to 8 carbon atoms containing at least two methyl groups; Z is R2 or R3; R2 is CH2CH2CH2—OC2H4—O)a(C3H6O)b(C4H8O)c—R4 in which R4 is hydrogen, a linear or branched monovalent hydrocarbon group of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms or an acyl group, subscript a is from 1 to about 20, subscript b is from 0 to about 19, subscript c is from 0 to about 19 and the sum of subscripts a, b and c is from 1 to about 20; and, R3 is —CH2CH2CH2—O—CH(OH)CH2—N+(CH3)2—R5 [X−] in which R5 is a linear or branched hydrocarbon group of from 1 to about 4 carbon atoms or an acetyl group and X− is a saturated or unsaturated carboxylate anion of from 2 to about 22 carbon atoms optionally containing 1 or 2 hydroxyl groups.
US10918104B2
Disclosed are peptides that induce an active plant response, but not a hypersensitive response, when applied to plant tissue. These peptides also preferably exhibit improved solubility, stability, resistance to chemical degradation, or a combination of these properties. Use of these peptides or fusion polypeptides, or DNA constructs encoding the same, for modulating plant biochemical signaling, imparting disease resistance to plants, enhancing plant growth, imparting tolerance to biotic stress, imparting tolerance and resistance to abiotic stress, imparting desiccation resistance to cuttings removed from ornamental plants, imparting post-harvest disease or post-harvest desiccation resistance to a fruit or vegetable, or enhancing the longevity of fruit or vegetable ripeness are also disclosed.
US10918098B2
A fishing accessory organizer that is installed underneath of a boat seat to allow a user to conveniently locate and retrieve equipment. The fishing accessory organizer includes a container body through which a seat pole hole traverses. The container body is fitted around a pedestal pole of a boat seat, wherein the pedestal pole traverses through the seat pole hole, such that the container body may freely rotate about the pedestal pole. A plurality of organization cavities is formed into the container body, wherein each of the plurality of organization cavities is of various shape and size to accommodate different fishing equipment. A locking plate positioned below the container body allows the user to adjust the height of the container body and configure the optimal reach.
US10918091B2
Systems for long range low power cattle monitoring include a tail patch for sensing mounting activity and communicating the sensed activity via low power communications techniques. Low power, LoRaWAN, communications with long range capabilities can provide extended range for monitoring breeding activity while conserving energy use.
US10918081B2
The invention relates to an animal ear tag that comprises a spike (1) and two outer parts (2, 3), which come to rest on opposite sides of the animal's ear, wherein the spike (1) has a plurality of parts (5, 6, 7), made of a relatively hard material and arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the spike (1), and another part made of an elastically softer material and extending, in the longitudinal direction of the spike (1), along a plurality of the parts (5, 6, 7) made of a relatively hard material, connecting the same. The parts (5, 6, 7) that are made of a relatively hard material are stacked on one another. The part that is made of an elastically softer material is a sheath (8), which encases a plurality of the stacked parts (5, 6, 7) made of a relatively hard material, on the lateral surface of the stack that is formed by said parts.
US10918078B1
An electronic monitor can monitor experimental animals in a cage. The cage has one or more walls that enclose a living space for the experimental animals. The electronic monitor is coupled to the cage. The electronic monitor may include a housing adapted to be mechanically coupled to the cage in a predefined position relative to the cage. A substantially sterile barrier is provided between the living space and the external environment in this coupled state. The walls of the cage may include a signal-interface section. An electromagnetic detector may be coupled to the housing to have a line-of-sight through the signal-interface section and into the living space of the cage. The electromagnetic detector is adapted to detect electromagnetic radiation that is transmitted through the signal-interface section. A controller processes a signal received from the electromagnetic detector to determine a status of the experimental animals or the living space.
US10918075B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R845B3XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R845B3XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R845B3XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R845B3XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10918067B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R038. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R038. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R038 and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R038 with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10918052B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01073365. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01073365. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01073365 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01073365 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10918050B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072791. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072791. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072791 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072791 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10918042B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PEEP68 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PEEP68, cells from soybean variety 5PEEP68, plants of soybean 5PEEP68, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PEEP68. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PEEP68 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PEEP68, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PEEP68, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PEEP68. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PEEP68 are further provided.
US10918036B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH955365. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH955365, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH955365 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 CH955365.
US10918034B2
The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 17R737XF. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 17R737XF. Also provided by the invention are methods of using cotton variety 17R737XF and products derived therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing cotton plants by crossing the cotton variety 17R737XF with itself or another cotton variety and plants and seeds produced by such methods.
US10918033B2
A method and a device for propagating plants, by way of which the risk of contamination can be minimized and the costs of the production of plants can be reduced. This is achieved in that the plants to be propagated are automatically grasped by a first gripper and separated, the individual plants, hanging on the first gripper, are systematically cut into multiple clones and the individual clones are automatically transported away by a second gripper for further processing.
US10918029B2
A surge irrigation system includes a main inlet pipe configured to be coupled to a source of pressurized water. The main inlet pipe is coupled to a flow meter for the purpose of improving furrow irrigation. The system further includes two independent, valve-actuated and controlled pipe arm segments extending from the main inlet pipe. One of the pipe arm segments extends toward a first irrigation zone in a field, and the second pipe arm segment extends toward the second irrigation zone in the field. The system further includes water advance sensors for the purpose of improving a surge irrigation program for an improved autonomous and parameter-setting operation. Additionally the controller, sensor and interface use radio communication.
US10918025B2
A method assists during felling of a tree. The method includes the steps of: providing a property of the tree and/or a property of an environment of the tree; obtaining felling information related to an ideal felling direction of the tree based on the provided property; and outputting the obtained felling information.
US10918023B2
A method and system for inhibiting the growth of unwanted plants at and about the base of trees, shrubs, and other ornamental and/or commercial plants; while providing protection to the trunk, stalk, root crown, and/or plant roots from damage inherently caused by mulching material itself, and from damage caused landscaping or cultivation techniques, while promoting the oxygenation of the plant, and additionally avoiding and/or treating pathogen infection or infestation of the plant.
US10918022B2
An automated plant training system and related methods are designed to train medium to tall plants to grow in a height restricted space by adjusting the plant's direction of growth through the use of phototropism. The device can physically control the plant's main stem, branches and foliage from excessive vertical growth.
US10918019B2
In one aspect, a system for adjusting the conveyor belt tension force within an agricultural harvester may include a conveyor having a first roller, a second roller spaced apart from the first roller, and a conveyor belt configured to engage the first and second rollers. The system may also include a tensioner assembly having a ratcheting mechanism configured to selectively adjust a position of the first roller relative to the second roller to adjust a tension force exerted on the conveyor belt.
US10925201B2
An optimization device is applied to a production line in which multiple production devices respectively execute a production process. The optimization device includes a cycle time setting section configured to set a cycle time for each production device, a target time setting section configured to set a target time based on a cycle time and a time required for periodic operation in each of multiple production devices except for the component mounter, and a line design section configured to calculate the unit number of the component mounters constituting the production line based on the target time.
US10925198B2
A shaft device includes a nut support including a shaft hole, a spline shaft extending through the shaft hole of the nut support, a spline nut having a tubular shape, a bearing of thrust type rotatably supporting the spline nut relative to the nut support, and a biasing member configured to bias the bearing in an axial direction of the spline shaft. The spline nut is disposed coaxially with a portion of the spline shaft protruding upward from the shaft hole and connected to the spline shaft through a spline mechanism.
US10925190B2
An electronic rack includes a rack manifold having a rack liquid supply line and a rack liquid return line, and server blades arranged in a stack. Each server blade includes cold plates and a server liquid distribution loop, and a leak detector configured to detect leaking of the cooling liquid distributed to the server blade. The electronic rack further includes server FCDs corresponding to the server blades and an RMC unit coupled to the server FCDs and leak detectors of the server blades. In one embodiment, in response to a signal received from a first leak detector of the first server blade indicating that there is a leak within the first server blade, the RMC unit is configured to transmit a control signal to the first server FCD to reduce an amount of cooling liquid to be distributed to the first server blade or bypass the liquid completely.
US10925188B1
Self-contained server assemblies for housing servers or server blades and associated computing facilities are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a server assembly includes an enclosure having an interior space housing a server blade, a dielectric coolant submerging heat producing components of the server blade, and a condenser assembly having a condenser coil in fluid communication with a vapor gap in the interior space. The condenser coil is configured to receive a coolant that removes heat from a vapor of the dielectric coolant in the vapor gap, thereby condensing the vapor into a liquid form to be returned to the server blade.
US10925184B2
A data center includes a floor; a side wall configured to partition a space above the floor into a room; a plurality of heat generating device columns arranged in a row direction on the floor, each of the plurality of heat generating device columns including a plurality of heat generating devices that are arranged to form a column in a column direction; an air blower including a plurality of air outlets disposed along a side with respect to the row direction, facing the plurality of heat generating device columns, the air blower being configured to blow air in the column direction from, the plurality of air outlets; and an inclined ceiling that increases in height from a first side toward a second side in the row direction.
US10925181B2
A converter comprises: a housing; a plurality of heat generating elements arranged at one surface of the housing; and a fluid channel arranged at the other surface of the housing, wherein the fluid channel includes an inlet and an outlet which connect and pass through an outside and an inside of the housing, is formed by a single line from the inlet to the outlet, has a constant cross-sectional area, and is arranged at a position where the fluid channel overlaps the plurality of heat generating elements in a vertical direction.
US10925179B2
The cooling system includes a series of cooling channels arranged to provide convective cooling, with inserts for shielding electromagnetic interference (EMI) that is propagated by the waveguide nature of the cooling channels. Due to the relatively open nature, the cooling channels can serve to propagate EMI energy. The inserts mitigate the EMI exiting via these channels by attenuating or blocking the EMI. The inserts are shaped to block particular frequencies of EMI. The inserts may include thin sheet metal contoured to a half-wave profile, arranged along each cooling channel.
US10925173B1
A programmable AC power distribution device includes a control circuit board disposed on a connecting plate. A fixing plate is disposed in a case. The connecting plate is connected to the fixing plate through a coupling member. Thereby, the connecting plate with the control circuit board can be disassembled only by removing the coupling member. When the control circuit board is to be reinstalled, the connecting plate can be easily fixed to the fixing plate through the coupling member. The assembly and disassembly of the control circuit board can be improved effectively, thereby greatly improving the efficiency of the check and repair of the control circuit board.
US10925170B2
The present invention provides a surface treated copper foil in which a dropping of the roughening particles from a roughening treatment layer provided on the surface of the copper foil is favorably suppressed and an occurrence of wrinkles or stripes when bonding with an insulating substrate is favorably suppressed. The surface treated copper foil comprises a copper foil, and a roughening treatment layer on at least one surface of the copper foil, wherein an aspect ratio of roughening particles of the roughening treatment layer satisfies one or more of the following items (1) and (2), the aspect ratio being a height of the roughening particles/a thickness of the roughening particles: (1) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles is 3 or less, (2) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles satisfies any one of the following items (2-1) or (2-2): (2-1) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles is 10 or less in the case that the height of the roughening particles is more than 500 nm and 1000 nm or less, (2-2) the aspect ratio of the roughening particles is 15 or less in the case that the height of the roughening particles is 500 nm or less; and a glossiness of a TD of the surface of the side of the roughening treatment layer of the surface treated copper foil is 70% or less.
US10925162B1
A printed circuit board is provided. The printed circuit board includes N power layers and a first via group. The N power layers are arranged in parallel and spaced from each other. The first via group includes M rows of vias which are disposed through the N power layers, where N and M are positive integers greater than 0. Each row of the M rows of vias is electrically connected to the first layer of the N power layers. A Pth row of the M rows of vias is further electrically connected to Q power layers of the N power layers respectively, where Q is a smallest positive integer greater than or equal to P((N−1)/M), and P is a positive integer less than or equal to M.
US10925138B2
A flicker-free linear LED drive circuit is disclosed. The flicker-free linear LED drive circuit converts the input voltage of the external power supply to form an output current to the LED. The flicker-free linear LED drive circuit includes a measuring module, a regulating module and a rectifier module. The flicker-free linear LED drive circuit is characterized in that the measuring module is configured to measure the phase angle of the input voltage after full-wave rectification; the regulating module is used to form the complex voltage signal according to the measurement signal in the voltage waveform of the regulating module for the half-wave period, the conduction angle range formed at the fixed power is used as the basis for electrical conduction in the half-wave period of the input voltage.
US10925130B2
A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to the amount of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor, and determine a range of values for the one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to a desired amount of light detected by the ambient light sensor. The control circuitry is then configured to drive the solid-state light source such that the one or more ambient light level measurements received from the ambient light sensor fall within the determined range of values.
US10925122B2
A cook top with at least two heating elements includes a power electronics arrangement connected to a domestic single phase AC supply. The power electronics arrangement includes several power supply units, which each supply heating currents to one or more heating elements, and a switch arrangement with several electromechanical relays for connecting/disconnecting the power supply units to/from the heating elements. Output poles of at least two electromechanical relays associated with different power supply units are connected in parallel, wherein the parallel connection is permanently connected to at least one of the heating elements. This arrangement reduces the number of switching processes required for alternating use of a power supply device with several heating elements, and simplifies compliance with electromagnetic compatibility standards.
US10925112B2
A method for applying for media transmission permission, and a method and an apparatus for canceling media transmission permission are provided. The method for applying for media transmission permission includes: determining, by a first terminal, that a second terminal needs to transmit media data; and sending, by the first terminal, media transmission permission request indication information to a mission critical service (MCS) server, where the media transmission permission request indication information is used to instruct the MCS server to grant media transmission permission to the second terminal.
US10925103B2
Embodiments of this application provide a duplication mode communication processing method in a central unit-distributed unit (CU-DU) architecture. In a possible implementation, in a process of establishing a user plane tunnel between a CU and a DU by exchanging information about uplink tunnel endpoints and information about downlink tunnel endpoints, the DU provides an identity of a primary path to the CU, thereby implementing a duplication mode of a data radio bearer.
US10925101B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe methods, apparatuses, storage media, and systems for cell identification (ID) and beam ID detections in new radio (NR). The detections comprise NR primary synchronization signal (PSS)/secondary synchronization signal (SSS) detection, PBCH DMRS detection, SS reference signal received power (RSRP) measurement, and slot/SS burst boundary timing acquiring. Various embodiments describe how to detect a cell ID and a beam ID in millimeter wave (mmWave) operation. Other embodiments describe further details regarding how to detect NR cell and beam ID during intra-frequency measurements.
US10925100B2
A method for assigning a subnetwork to a communication terminal in a communication network having a plurality of subnetworks, wherein a subnetwork identifier is assigned to each subnetwork, includes receiving an identification from the communication terminal. The identification comprises a subnetwork identifier of a particular subnetwork of the communication network. The method further includes extracting the subnetwork identifier from the received identification, selecting the particular subnetwork from the plurality of subnetworks of the communication network based on the extracted subnetwork identifier, and assigning the particular subnetwork to the communication terminal for communicating in the communication network.
US10925099B2
A method for providing increased backhaul capacity in an ad-hoc mesh network is disclosed. The method involves attaching a mobile base station in an ad-hoc mesh network to a macro cell; measuring at least one of a backhaul signal quality with the macro cell and a throughput to the macro cell; reporting information, including a signal quality parameter, a physical position of the mobile base station, a cell identifier of the macro cell, and the measured throughput, to a coordinating node; determining if the connection between the mobile base station and the macro cell is currently in use by the ad-hoc mesh network, and whether the link exceeds a minimum quality threshold; and sending, to the mobile base station, an instruction to advertise a connection from the mobile base station to the macro cell to other nodes in the ad-hoc mesh network.
US10925097B2
A method for avoiding collision over a communication network, wherein devices are connected to the same medium. Each device has an access control module, a transceiver and a data exchange module. The access control module is configured to transmit data to the data exchange module when it receives information that no data is present on the medium. The transceiver is configured to transmit data on the medium each time it receives data from the data exchange module. The data exchange modules of all the devices are synchronized and then offered, in sequence, the opportunity to transmit data on the medium. The opportunity to transmit is offered dynamically after a previous transmission end or, if no transmission occurred, after a predetermined time range has expired. The data exchange module transmits data to the transceiver of the same device only when it is offered the opportunity to transmit.
US10925093B2
Various solutions for detecting consistent listen before talk (LBT) failure with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may determine whether an LBT failure is detected. The apparatus may start a first timer in an event that the LBT failure is detected. The apparatus may increase an LBT counter. The apparatus may determine whether the LBT counter reaches a threshold value. The apparatus may determine a consistent LBT failure event in an event that the LBT counter reaches the threshold value.
US10925092B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device and base station transmitting and/or receiving request to send (RTS) and clear to send (CTS) messages in 5G New Radio. The RTS/CTS messages may be comprised within a single self-contained mini slot. The RTS/CTS message design may provide for link adaptation and/or beamforming.
US10925088B2
Enhanced protocols and devices may be used to alleviate loss of spectrum efficiency in wideband transmission. The protocols may implement a wideband transmission opportunity (TXOP) truncation where one or more of the channels involved in communication over the wideband are released. In one scenario, an access point (AP) may receive, from a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), a first CF-End frame that includes a duration field and a basic service set identifier (BSSID) field that includes an individual/group bit. On a condition that the individual/group bit of the BSSID field has a value of one (1), the AP may determine that a scrambling sequence of the first CF-End frame indicates a bandwidth associated with a transmit opportunity (TXOP) being truncated by the WTRU. The AP may then transmit a second CF-End frame at the bandwidth indicated by the scrambling sequence of the first CF-End frame.
US10925082B2
Systems and methods of enabling sub-PRB allocation for an efeMTC UE are described. The efeMTC UE transmits to an eNB or gNB support for a sub-PRB PUSCH transmission in a capability information element of a RRC message. The RRC message is transmitted after transmission of message 3 of the RACH procedure. The efeMTC UE receives semi-statistical dedicated RRC signaling that contains a sub-PRB configuration that is dependent on a sub-PRB maximum PUSCH channel bandwidth, a CE mode, a RL configured for the PUSCH and a TDD configuration and a sub-PRB PUSCH transmission allocation. The efeMTC UE transmits a sub-PRB PUSCH transmission on the sub-PRB PUSCH transmission allocation.
US10925081B2
The present invention discloses a method for a terminal receiving a signal from a base station and a particular communication apparatus in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method is characterised by the steps of: receiving information regarding an allocated blank resource from the base station in order to receive a first signal for a first wireless communication service; receiving the first signal on the blank resource, and receiving a second signal for a second wireless communication service on resources apart from the blank resource; and decoding one or more of the first signal and the second signal based on the blank resource information.
US10925074B2
Disclosed in the present disclosure are an electronic device and method for use in a resource management device, an electronic device and method for use in a resource management database, and an electronic device and method for use in a resource management object. The electronic device for use in a resource management device comprises a processing circuit, which is configured to: determine a resource usage behavior pattern of a resource management object within a specific time range and a specific space range; allocate a wireless resource to the resource management object according to the resource usage behavior pattern.
US10925062B2
When spatial quasi co-location is established between component carriers, beam management, e.g., beam configuration or reference signal configuration, of one component carrier may be performed based at least in part on beam management information of the other. Information specifying that component carriers or reference signals cross component carriers are spatially quasi co-located, or information about a SQCL group including spatially quasi co-located carriers, may be transmitted to a UE, e.g., using broadcast signaling, radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a media access control-control element (MAC-CE), downlink control information (DCI) signaling, or a combination thereof.
US10925054B2
Embodiments of a Machine Type Communication User Equipment (MTC UE), Next Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are generally described herein. The MTC UE may determine a system timing based on reception of a primary synchronization signal (PSS) and a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The MTC UE may receive, from the gNB, radio resource control (RRC) signaling that indicates one or more parameters of a configurable resynchronization signal (RSS). The RSS may be for resynchronization, by the MTC UE, after the MTC UE awakens from a power save mode. The parameters of the RSS in the RRC signaling may depend on a target coverage of the MTC UE. The MTC UE may determine an updated system timing based on reception of the RSS.
US10925053B2
A method performed by a first communication device is described herein for sending an indication to a second communication device. The first communication device determines an indication of a subframe type. The subframe type is of a subframe sent on a carrier by a cell associated with the first communication device and a second communication device. The subframe type is one of punctured and normal. The first communication device sends the indication to the second communication device, the indication being as determined by the first communication device.
US10925049B2
According to some aspects, a base station may transmit a radio resources control (RRC) message to a wireless device. The RRC message may comprise configuration parameters for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) associated with one or more subframes in a frame. The base station may transmit, via the ePDCCH, scheduling information for a packet. The base station may receive the packet according to the scheduling information, for example.
US10925047B2
When a user equipment (UE) is wirelessly communicating with a network, the wireless channel conditions may sometimes result in a low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The low SNR may be a result of the UE having poor geometry, e.g. the UE is at a cell edge. It is desired to increase the reliability of wireless communications in low SNR conditions. In some embodiments, less information may be dynamically signaled in the downlink control information (DCI), thereby allowing for a possibly lower effective coding rate.
US10925039B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed. In an example, a first device receives first information and second information from a base station. The first device is configured with a configured grant for sidelink communication via the first information. The configured grant is indicative of first resources for sidelink communication. The second information is indicative of one or more timing offsets and an identity for second resources. The first device transmits sidelink data to a second device via a first resource of the first resources. The first device receives and/or detects a first signal, from the second device, indicative of a reception result associated with the sidelink data. The first device determines a second time and a frequency location based on the second information. The first device transmits a second signal to the base station via a second resource associated with the second time and the frequency location.
US10925029B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a mobile Wi-Fi access point determining method, a Wi-Fi access point-based positioning method, a Wi-Fi AP determining device, and a Wi-Fi-based positioning device. The method includes: determining a signal graph of each of a plurality of Wireless Fidelity access points Wi-Fi APs in a positioning area; estimating a Wi-Fi AP location based on the Wi-Fi AP signal graph; determining a divergence of the Wi-Fi AP signal graph based on the estimated Wi-Fi AP location; determining, based on the divergence of the Wi-Fi AP signal graph, whether the Wi-Fi AP is a mobile Wi-Fi AP; when the Wi-Fi AP is a mobile Wi-Fi AP, deleting the mobile Wi-Fi AP from a fingerprint database; and finally determining a positioning result of an apparatus whose signal strength is obtained. Positioning accuracy is improved in the embodiments of the present invention.
US10925021B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal in a wireless communication system supporting NarrowBand-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, the method for transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal may include: receiving, from a base station, a narrowband synchronization signal; and performing a cell search procedure for the base station based on the narrowband synchronization signal, in which the narrowband synchronization signal may include a narrowband primary synchronization signal and a narrowband secondary synchronization signal, the narrowband primary synchronization signal and the narrowband secondary synchronization signal may be transmitted in different subframe, and the subframe in which the narrowband secondary synchronization signal is transmitted may be configured differently according to a type of a radio frame structure.
US10925018B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for a wireless device determining transmission power. The method may comprise the steps of: when asynchronous dual transmissions for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and a cellular uplink are set, and when a subframe p for cellular uplink transmission and a subframe q for V2X transmission mutually overlap, determining whether the subframe p for cellular uplink transmission precedes the subframe q for V2X transmission; and on the basis of the decision, determining a reference subframe from among the subframe p and the subframe q. Here, the reference subframe may be used for determining the lower limit of a transmission power.
US10925013B2
Methods for enabling and disabling of muting patterns in Radio Access Network, RAN, nodes for the purpose of allowing better detection and use of reference symbols used for synchronization. An example method for facilitating over-the-air synchronization with a neighboring base station is implemented in a base station operating in a wireless communications network. The method comprises determining (1110) that a first neighbor cell of a plurality of neighbor cells is interfering with or is likely to interfere with a signal, from the second neighbor cell, that is used for synchronization. The method further comprises sending (1120), towards the first neighbor cell and in response to said determining, a request for activation of a reference signal muting pattern by the first neighbor cell.
US10925001B2
In one embodiment, a device in a wireless network receives a target wake time (TWT) request from a wireless client. The device computes TWT parameters based on the received request. The device predicts, using the computed TWT parameters as input to a machine learning model, whether the computed TWT parameters will be accepted by the wireless client. The device provides the computed TWT parameters to the wireless client, based on a prediction by the machine learning model that the client will accept the computed TWT parameters.
US10924989B2
A data center adapted to connect via a first wide area network to a core network connected with a base station and to a wireless LAN, variably controls service provided in a virtual core network of the data center to a terminal enabled to select connection to either a wireless LAN or a base station and connect to the data center.
US10924983B2
A method includes coordinating one or more pools of resources for discovery signal transmission between a plurality of devices, at least one of said pools of resources being shared by at least one larger cell and at least one smaller cell at least partially in a coverage area of the said larger cell.
US10924975B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging, with an IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, and a system therefor. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services, such as smart homes, smart buildings, smart cities, smart cars or connected cars, health care, digital education, retail businesses, and security and safety related services, on the basis of 5G communications technologies and IoT-related technologies. More specifically, a method for operating relay user equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system of the present invention comprises the steps of: transmitting, to a mobility management entity (MME) connected to relay UE, a remote UE report message comprising remote UE information on remote UE accessing a network via the relay UE; and receiving, from the MME, a response message corresponding to the remote UE report message.
US10924965B2
A radio resource management method and apparatus are disclosed, to reduce, in a multi-connectivity scenario, load existing in radio resource management message exchange between network devices. In some feasible implementations of the present disclosure, the method includes: configuring, by a network control device, a network device set for user equipment, where the set includes a first network device and a second network device, the first network device and the second network device respectively include a first resource management entity and a second resource management entity; and further configuring, by the network control device, a third resource management entity on the user equipment, where the first resource management entity and the second resource management entity are used to exchange resource management messages with the third resource management entity on the user equipment, where the resource management message is used for radio resource management.
US10924963B2
Different Transmission Block Size (TBS)/Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) mapping tables, especially TBS/MCS mapping table sets, are used for Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) traffic and non-URLLC traffic. A TBS/MCS mapping table for URLLC is selected by a network node, upon determination of traffic type as URLLC, and informed to a user equipment (UE). The informing can be a TBS/MCS mapping table index. After receiving the information of TBS/MCS mapping table selection, the UE identifies the selected TBS/MCS mapping table from its TBS/MCS mapping table set for URLLC.
US10924958B2
An embodiment for user equipment that receives a plurality of measurement gap repetition patterns from a network. Each measurement gap repetition pattern may be assigned to a different frequency of the network. The plurality of measurement gap repetition patterns may include skipping measurement patterns. Further embodiments may include the user equipment receiving a repetition period in a measurement object frame or receiving a plurality of measurement gap repetition patterns in which the measurement gaps are non-colliding with measurement gaps of other repetition patterns assigned to the user equipment.
US10924956B2
Disclosed is a method by which a terminal reports beam information to a base station in a wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, from the base station, a beam measurement reference signal corresponding to each of a plurality of candidate transmission beams; determining at least one best transmission beam among the plurality of candidate transmission beams on the basis of the beam measurement reference signal; determining at least one worst transmission beam corresponding to each of the at least one best transmission beam among the plurality of candidate transmission beams by using a best reception beam corresponding to the at least one best transmission beam among candidate reception beams; reporting, to the base station, information on the at least one best transmission beam and the at least one worst transmission beam corresponding to the at least one best transmission beam.
US10924949B2
Provided is an abnormality detecting method implemented by a computer, the abnormality detecting method including: acquiring a plurality of pieces of performance information each containing performance of a management target device; determining whether abnormal performance information is included among the plurality of pieces of performance information, in accordance with a condition for determining an abnormality of the performance; when the abnormal performance information is included, identifying a type of a failure corresponding to the abnormal performance information, in accordance with a correspondence relationship that associates respective combinations of a plurality of identifiers indicating the abnormality of the performance with failure types; and deciding a degree of importance of a measure against the failure, in accordance with information related to the identified failure type.
US10924946B2
A device initiates voice communication sessions with a media resource function processor (MRFP) of a network, where each voice communication session communicates audio data via one or more network devices of the network. For each voice communication session, the device sends first audio data to the MRFP and receives second audio data from the MRFP via the voice communication session, processes the first audio data and second audio data to determine one or more characteristics of the second audio data, and generates a record concerning the voice communication session based on the one or more characteristics of the second audio data. The device generates a report based on a respective record of each voice communication session, processes the report using an artificial intelligence technique to identify an issue concerning at least one network device, and performs, based on identifying the issue, an action concerning the at least one network device.
US10924934B2
A method, electronic apparatus and computer program for device obfuscation in electronic networks, comprising determining at least one device type of at least one physical device operable to be at least intermittently attached to a wireless network; generating a pattern of wireless network activity associated with the at least one device type; exposing over the wireless network a plurality of non-functional messages conforming to the pattern; and operating a purported sender and receiver of each of the plurality of messages to obscure at least one of an exploitable characteristic and an exploitable state of the at least one device type with respect to the wireless network.
US10924932B2
In various embodiments, methods and systems for implementing motion-based parental controls on mobile devices using virtual private network (VPN)-based parental control services are provided. A parental control profile is received at a controlled device where the parental control profile includes instructions to configure the controlled device with a device motion-based control policy. The device motion-based control policy includes a motion-related condition and a resource that is restricted when the motion-related condition is met. A VPN is configured using the parental control profile. The VPN comprises a virtual point-to-point connection between the controlled device and a network of the parental control service. When it is determined that the motion-related condition of the controlled device has been met, a restricted mode is initiated on the controlled device to restrict the resource. It is contemplated that the restricted mode supports a VPN channel and a cellular channel for restricted and unrestricted resources, respectively.
US10924923B2
A method for downloading a profile of an electronic apparatus is provided. The method includes receiving profile information from a profile information transfer server, transmitting a profile request to an identified profile providing server based on the profile information, and receiving a profile installable in a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of the electronic apparatus from the profile providing server, and an electronic apparatus. Further, the present disclosure may provide a profile information providing server providing the profile information to the electronic apparatus and an operation thereof, and a profile providing server providing a profile to the electronic apparatus and an operation thereof. Further, the present disclosure may provide a method for swapping a profile between apparatuses, a method for acquiring profile information using code information, a method for modifying a profile providing server, and an apparatus performing the same.
US10924920B2
A system and method are described for validating an IoT device. For example, a method in accordance with one embodiment comprises: generating a first random value to be used as a first offset into a first block of program code of an Internet of Things (IoT) device; transmitting a challenge request message to the IoT device, the challenge request including the first offset or data based on the first offset; receiving a challenge response message transmitted by the IoT device, the challenge response message comprising first authentication data for the first block of IoT device program code; and using the first authentication data to attempt to validate the first block of program code.
US10924919B2
A wireless communication device (12) served by a wireless wide area network (WWAN) base station supports per-bearer switching of bearer traffic between the WWAN and a wireless local area network (WLAN) in a manner transparent to the WLAN. The device in this regard establishes a secure tunnel (24) through the WLAN to a security gateway (22), based on the device receiving a message from the WWAN base station (18) to establish the secure tunnel (24). The device switches bearer traffic between the WWAN and the WLAN on a per bearer basis, with bearer traffic switched to the WLAN being transported through the secure tunnel (24) and over a connection (26) between the security gateway (22) and the WWAN base station (18).
US10924910B1
Systems and methods for triggering emergency mass notifications include an EMNS activation service, a plurality of activation premises devices, a plurality of EMNS provider services, and a plurality of event personnel devices. The EMNS activation service includes a universal translator module that receives an event trigger signal relating to an emergency event from one of the activation premises devices. The universal translator module translates the event trigger signal to event-specific EMNS protocols of the EMNS providers. The EMNS activation service communicates the event-specific EMNS protocols to the EMNS providers, and communicates event data to event personnel devices based on a list of event personnel devices to be notified of an emergency event. An activation premises device includes a housing event with trigger controls for creating the event trigger signal, wherein these event trigger controls are inaccessible to users in the absence of an authorized access or an emergency access.
US10924907B2
A communication device is provided comprising a receiver configured to detect whether it can receive emergency notification information of a radio cell and, if it cannot receive the emergency notification information of the radio cell, search for another radio cell based on the possibility to receive emergency notification information of the other radio cell. Further, the communication device comprises a controller configured to, if the receiver has found another radio cell based on the possibility to receive emergency notification information of the other radio cell, initiate a reselection of the other radio cell.
US10924904B2
Disclosed is a method for performing communication using Bluetooth in a wireless communication system. The method includes sending an advertising message providing notification of the provision of an object transfer service to a first client device, receiving a scan request message for requesting additional information from the first client device, sending a scan response message to the first client device in response to the scan request, receiving a connection request message for Bluetooth connection from the first client device, selecting a specific object as a current object, and receiving control information indicating whether the execution of a specific operation in the selected current object is permitted from the first client device.
US10924903B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including aggregating data received from machine-to-machine (M2M) devices to generate local information. The method can also include receiving a message, from a user communication device, that includes a request regarding an M2M communication device. If the request cannot be responded to based on the local information, a query is transmitted to the M2M communication device based on the analyzing. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10924901B2
A wireless communication system and method for a moving vehicle having a plurality of carriages is disclosed. The system includes a plurality of routers, each router being arranged in a separate carriage and each router being configured to receive and transmit wireless data communication to and from a stationary communication server outside said moving vehicle through at least one exterior mobile network via at least one antenna, wherein said at least one exterior mobile network provides at least one data link; receive and transmit data packets to and from at least one client onboard the moving vehicle; and communicate with every other router in said moving vehicle in order to receive and transmit data packets to and from said every other router, thereby forming an onboard router network.
US10924897B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may comprise: a communication circuit for supporting a call function; a memory for storing a database including contacts of a plurality of users, wherein the database contains a plurality of contact groups and a first user of the plurality of users belongs to a first contact group; and a processor configured to cause the communication circuit to transmit, to a user terminal of the first user, a request for a profile call, which comprises a contact of the first user and information on images corresponding to the first contact group, when a user input to send a call to the first user is received.
US10924895B2
A method for sending a short message service (SMS) message is provided. The method comprises receiving, by a destination home network database entity from a sending network entity, a first message containing an indication of support for a plurality of SMS message delivery protocols, wherein the SMS message is transmitted to a target entity address contained in the first message.
US10924893B2
A device may obtain, for an account associated with a user equipment (UE) that is connected to a network, subscriber profile data that includes a group identifier for a messaging group for UEs that are eligible to utilize a group messaging service. The device may update a data structure to associate the group identifier and a UE identifier for the UE, wherein the data structure also associates the group identifier and other UE identifiers for other UEs of the messaging group. The device may receive, based on being subscribed to the group messaging service, group message data for a group message. The device may select the UE and the one or more other UEs as target recipients of the group message and may provide, using multicast, the contents of the group message to the UE and the one or more other UEs.
US10924889B1
In a general aspect, a method is presented for detecting a location of motion using wireless signals and differences between topologies of wireless connectivity. The method includes storing first motion-sensing statistics derived from first motion-sensing data associated with a first time frame. The first motion-sensing data is associated with a first motion-sensing topology of a wireless mesh network. The method also includes obtaining second motion-sensing statistics derived from second motion-sensing data associated with a second, subsequent time frame. The second motion-sensing data is associated with a second, distinct motion-sensing topology of the wireless mesh network. The first motion-sensing statistics are compared to the second motion-sensing statistics. The method additionally includes generating a probability vector based on the comparison. A location of the motion of the object during the second time frame is determined based on the probability vector.
US10924888B2
The present invention relates to a method to improve the precision of a position information of a roadside unit (RSU), the RSU at least comprising a data communication unit, a memory unit and a processor unit, wherein a saved RSU position is saved in the memory unit as position information of the RSU. Further, the present invention relates to a roadside unit (RSU), at least comprising a data communication unit, a memory unit and a processor unit. In addition, the present invention relates to a system to provide position information in an area, preferably in respect of an advanced driver assistant system (ADAS) and/or autonomous driving.
US10924885B2
Messaging communications systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example system includes a beacon architecture including a server; and a plurality of beacons arranged around an environment, the server being configured to sense a real-time center of gravity of a communication device from any of the plurality of beacons receiving communications from the communication device, the real-time center of gravity being a location of the communication device within the environment, transmit a notification to the communication device, the notification including a link to content based on the real-time center of gravity, and transmit the content to the communication device based on a selection of the link.
US10924880B1
The present disclosure includes a method for maintaining a dynamic geofence. The method receives a set of digital IDs and data pairs from a monitored user credential. Each digital ID was received by the monitored user credential as part of a wireless transmission from a node device, and each digital ID includes one or more attributes. The method retrieves a user policy that includes a required attribute and a threshold distance. The method determines whether at least one of the digital IDs includes an attribute matching the required attribute, and verifies any digital id containing the attribute matching the required attribute. The method determines the distance between the monitored user credential and the node device using the data paired with the digital ID, and determines whether the distance between the monitored user credential and the node device is less than the threshold distance.
US10924875B2
According to embodiments described in the specification, an exemplary method for providing a navigable, immersive audio experience includes displaying a plurality of augmented reality objects with a live image from a camera on a display, associating audio files with the objects, tracking movement with six degrees of freedom (6DoF) parameters, updating the display upon tilting or movement through a space, and mixing the audio files so that the objects maintain spatial positioning as the portable electronic device is moved through a space. When the portable electronic device is within a threshold distance to an object, the method involves applying a near-field filter to the audio files and rendering the mixed and filtered audio files on an output device in communication with the portable electronic device. In one embodiment, the audio files are music files and the disclosed techniques provide a multi-user, navigable, intimate musical experience in augmented reality.
US10924860B2
A display device includes: a display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a light emitting element layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, where the light emitting element outputs light to the second substrate; a first sound generator disposed on a surface of the first substrate, where the first sound generator vibrates the display panel to output a sound; and a first buffer member disposed on the surface of the first substrate, where a height of the first buffer member is less than a height of the first sound generator.
US10924848B2
Some embodiments include a throwable microphone system. A throwable microphone system may include: a throwable microphone body; a throwable microphone disposed within the throwable microphone body; a throwable wireless transceiver that receives audio signals from the throwable microphone and wirelessly communicates the audio signals to a remote transceiver and receives a light configuration signal from the remote transceiver; a controller in electrical communication with the throwable microphone and the throwable wireless transceiver that establishes a light configuration state based at least in part on the light configuration signal; and a plurality of lights in electrical communication with the controller, the plurality of lights illuminate based on the light configuration state.
US10924845B2
A microphone includes an outer casing, a carrier disposed in the outer casing, and a sound receiving module connected to the carrier. The carrier has a through hole opposite to the sound receiving module. An airtight unit includes a shock absorber and an airtight member cooperating with the outer casing and the carrier to define an airtight back chamber configured to generate a pneumatic wave when a mechanical vibration wave is transmitted to the outer casing. A damping material closes the through hole and is configured to change the phase of the pneumatic wave when the latter passes therethrough such that the pneumatic wave and the mechanical vibration wave can offset each other when they are transmitted to the sound receiving module.
US10924843B2
A headband assembly that is constructed and arranged to be worn on or over a head of a user, having a curved compliant spring member, a cushion member that is configured to be in contact with or proximate the head of the user when the headband assembly is worn by the user, a spine that is coupled to both the cushion member and the spring member, and a cap that at least partially overlies the spring member and the spine.
US10924840B2
An earphone and connection cable can be connected to the housing of the earphone with a robust and reliable plug connection. The plug connection includes a coaxial plug having rotationally symmetrical plug contacts and is surrounded with a plastic encapsulation. When the plug connection is inserted the plastic encapsulation forms a first bearing location for receiving mechanical forces acting laterally on the plug while at least one of the plug contacts of the coaxial plug forms a second bearing location for receiving such forces. The distance from the first to the second bearing location in that case is greater than the diameter of the plug contacts of the coaxial plug.
US10924835B2
The present disclosure provides a voice collection device, comprising: a housing; a microphone assembly disposed inside the housing and including a microphone main body and a microphone circuit board; and a sealing structure disposed between the microphone assembly and an inner side of the housing and including a dust filter and a first adhesive layer. One side of the microphone circuit board is connected to the dust filter. The other side of the microphone circuit board is connected to the microphone main body. The microphone circuit board and the dust filter are bonded to the inner side of the housing. A sound hole is configured on the microphone main body. A first through-hole is configured at a position on the microphone circuit board corresponding to the sound hole. A second through-hole is configured at a position on the housing corresponding to the first through-hole.
US10924829B2
The present disclosure provides a speaker box including a shell, a speaker box, a support wall formed by the inner extension of the shell, and a sound guide channel formed in the receiving space. The speaker is fixed to the support wall. The speaker box includes a surrounding wall formed by the inner extension of the shell and a cover plate arranged on the surrounding wall. The shell, surrounding wall, support wall and cover plate are jointly enclosed as auxiliary sound cavity. The support wall is provided with a through-hole, and the auxiliary sound cavity is communicated with the front cavity through the through-hole to form the resonant cavity structure. The speaker box further includes a leakage to achieve the sound pressure balance inside and outside of the shell. Compared with the related art, the high frequency acoustic performance of the speaker box of the present disclosure is excellent.
US10924825B2
Apparatus and methods for guaranteeing a quality of experience (QoE) associated with data provision services in an enhanced data delivery network. In one embodiment, a network architecture having service delivery over at least portions of extant infrastructure (e.g., a hybrid fiber coax infrastructure) is disclosed, which includes standards-compliant ultra-low latency and high data rate services (e.g., 5G NR services) via a common service provider. In one exemplary implementation, “over-the-top” voice data services may enable exchange of voice traffic with client devices in the aforementioned network. A distribution node may use a detection rule to identify received packets as voice traffic, and cause a dedicated bearer to attach to the default bearer, thereby enabling delivery of high-quality voice traffic by at least prioritizing the identified packets thereafter and sustaining the delivery even in a congested network environment, and improving the quality of service (QoS) and QoE for the user(s).
US10924820B2
A method and device for switching Representations are disclosed. On the server side, leading-picture information associated with leading pictures in an open GOP (group of picture) is signalled in a media presentation description. Each leading picture corresponds to one picture preceding a RAP (Random Access Picture) picture in a segment in an output order and being coded depending on the RAP picture. At the client side, an original Representation and a target representation are received and the leading-picture information for the target Representation is determined from the media presentation description received. A switched presentation is presented, where the switched presentation switches from the original Representation to the target Representation by switching presentation from pictures in the original Representation to pictures in the target Representation at a stream access point (SAP) corresponding to the RAP picture in one segment of the target representation determined according to the leading picture information.
US10924819B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for automatically generating universal metadata for non-linear content when the non-linear content is determined to be viral. To this end, the systems and methods determine a first rate at which first users are consuming non-linear content from a first source. In response to determining that the first rate exceeds the threshold, the systems and methods determine a second source that from which second users are consuming the non-linear content, and a second rate at which the second users are consuming the non-linear content from the second source. In response to determining that the second rate exceeds the threshold, the systems and methods generate universal metadata for the non-linear content by automatically populating metadata fields of by scraping metadata fitting predefined criteria corresponding to the metadata fields from the first source and from the second source, and store the populated metadata fields to a database.
US10924817B2
An entertainment system provides data to a common screen (e.g., cinema screen) and personal immersive reality devices. For example, a cinematic data distribution server communicates with multiple immersive output devices each configured for providing immersive output (e.g., a virtual reality output) based on a data signal. Each of the multiple immersive output devices is present within eyesight of a common display screen. The server configures the data signal based on digital cinematic master data that includes immersive reality data. The server transmits the data signal to the multiple immersive output devices contemporaneously with each other, and optionally contemporaneously with providing a coordinated audio-video signal for output via the common display screen and shared audio system.
US10924811B2
A compensation device for maintaining a desired signal quality in transmitted signals includes a signal strength loss curve comparison component configured to compare a predetermined signal strength loss curve to a low band signal strength of a radio-frequency (RF) signal in an amplified forward path of a premise device. The compensation device also includes a gain curve adjustment component configured to output an adjusted gain curve across the RF signal in response to a comparison by the signal strength loss curve comparison component.
US10924809B2
Described herein include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media related to display of user-specific navigation screen upon start of a media content display system. A system comprises a playback engine and an interactive programming guide engine. The playback engine is configured to present media content through a display device. The interactive programming guide engine is configured to generate a user profile based on user interaction with the media content presented by the playback engine, transmit the user profile to an external system, and responsive to the transmitted user profile, receive data of user-specific content options that are generated based on the user profile. The interactive programming guide engine is further configured to generate a user-specific navigation screen based on the data of the received user-specific content options, and cause the user-specific navigation screen to be displayed on the display device upon start of the system.
US10924806B2
Content of a video is parsed to identify one or more topics of the content. The video is divided into one or more video clips corresponding to a video playback of one or more topics. One or more titles corresponding to, and descriptive of, the one or more video clips are displayed. One or more visual effects corresponding to the one or more titles and indicative of corresponding playback statuses of the one or more video clip are displayed. A video clip is played, where the video clip is based on a particular title of the one or more titles selected from a time point determined based on a corresponding playback status of the video clip.
US10924805B2
Provided are methods and systems for reducing content storage space and network resources. A device, such as a network storage device, can receive a plurality of requests to record a content item with varying start times and end times. The network device can map the start time and end time of each request to a subscriber, premises, and/or device. The network device can determine the earliest of the start times associated with the content item and the latest of the end times associated with the content item. In an aspect, the network device can make a recording, starting at the earliest start time and ending at the latest end time.
US10924802B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems to collect audience measurement data are disclosed. Disclosed example systems include a first processor to collect (i) first media identification data corresponding to a first time period and (ii) second media identification data corresponding to a second time period after the first time period, the first media identification data and the second media identification data associated with a monitored location. Disclosed example systems also include a second processor to (i) develop behavior data based on the first media identification data and people meter data collected during the first time period with a people meter associated with the monitored location and (ii) identify an audience member associated with the second media identification data based on the behavior data and without access to any people meter data corresponding to the second time period.
US10924800B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content generating, searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods provide systems and methods for automatically detecting and rendering highlights from streaming videos in real-time. As a streaming video is being broadcast over the Internet, the disclosed systems and methods determine each type of scene from the streaming video, and automatically score highlight scenes. The scored highlight scenes are then communicated to users as compiled video segments, which can be over any type of channel or platform accessible to a user's device and network that enables content rendering and user interaction.
US10924792B2
A system and method in which a TV signal reception device (e.g., set top box) receives a broadcast signal, sends the broadcast signal to a TV, and sends an event signal to a rating statistics information server or associated user terminal when a predetermined condition occurs, to ultimately cause an associated user terminal to generate fingerprint data of audio from the TV and to provide the fingerprint data to the server so as to facilitate channel identification and generation of ratings statistics.
US10924791B2
Methods and apparatus to estimate demographics of a household are disclosed. An example method to determine demographics for non-panelist households includes calculating a first demographic constraint average and a second demographic constraint average based on a first demographic distribution of a first tuning event of a household and a second demographic distribution of a second tuning event of the household. The household is a non-panelist household. The example method also includes, based on the first demographic constraint average, determining a first likelihood of the household being associated with a first demographic constraint. The example method also includes, based on the second demographic constraint average, determining a second likelihood of the household being associated with a second demographic constraint. The example method also includes estimating a household characteristic of the household based on the first likelihood and the second likelihood.
US10924790B1
A method, system, and program product for modifying a location based video steam is provided. The method includes receiving a video stream being presented to viewers. Video frames are extracted from the video stream. The video frames are analyzed, and a digital display device is detected presenting first video information. A specified identification attribute of the digital display device is located, and it is detected that the digital display device is currently within a field of view of the video stream. A detected viewer count, associated metadata, and topics of interest of the viewers are retrieved and it is determined that the detected viewer count exceeds a previous viewer count detected with respect to a previous presentation of the video stream. In response, second video information is retrieved and the first video information is disabled. The second video information is presented to the viewers.
US10924788B2
Methods and apparatus for crediting a media presentation device are disclosed. Example apparatus disclosed include means for computing a signature from audio obtained from a media device, means for determining an on/off state of the media device based on a gain level, means for crediting the media device with presenting media when (1) the signature matches at least one of a set of reference signatures and the on/off state determined for the media device is an on state, and (2) when the signature matches at least one of the set of reference signatures and the on/off state determined for the media device is an off state, the means for crediting to not credit the media device with presenting the media when (3) the signature does not match at least one of the set of reference signatures and the on/off state determined for the media device is the off state.
US10924787B2
Systems, methods, and devices for synchronizing playback of segmented video content across multiple video playback devices are described herein. In example implementations, a video server provides, to one or more playback devices, an age of a playlist for the video content. A particular playback device receives fragments of the video content from the video server and schedules the video fragments for playback. If the actual playback time of a video fragment is not aligned with its scheduled playback time, then video fragment is modified, e.g., by adding video frames to or removing video frames from the video fragment. Modification of the video fragments continues until the actual playback times of the video fragments synchronize with their respective scheduled playback times.
US10924785B2
To allow subtitle bitmap data to be favorably superimposed onto video data on the reception side. A video stream having progressive video data is generated. A subtitle stream having progressive subtitle bitmap data is generated. A container including the video stream and the subtitle stream, in a predetermined format is transmitted. For example, the progressive subtitle bitmap data divided into top-field subtitle bitmap data and bottom-field subtitle bitmap data or not divided is present in the subtitle stream.
US10924783B2
Disclosed is a video coding method performed at a video coding system, in which original collected video data is received from a coding requesting terminal; each video frame image of the original collected video data is divided into multiple subarea images; the subarea images divided from each video frame image are transmitted to coding servers of which a coder is performed from a multithreaded framework into a multi-process framework, to code a respective subset of the subarea images in a second coding scheme and output a coded video stream corresponding to the respective subset of the subarea images; and the coded video streams are then merged into a target video stream in the second coding scheme and sent to a user terminal. The user terminal decodes the target video stream from the second coding scheme into a second sequence of video frame images to be played at the user terminal.
US10924782B2
The present disclosure provides a system for providing an image-segmentation based streaming service. The system includes a communication circuit configured to establish a communication channel with a streaming server, a storage configured to store data provided by the streaming server, a display configured to output an image, a processor functionally connected to the communication circuit, the storage, and the display. The processor can detect a region-of-interest (ROI) of an output image associated with a media presentation description (MPD) provided by the streaming server and transmit the ROI information to the streaming server. The processor can also receive image segments of a first resolution corresponding to the ROI information and a full image of a second resolution from the streaming server. The processor can also synthesize the image segments of the first resolution and the full image of the second resolution to output a synthesized reconstruction image through the display.
US10924775B2
Systems, methods, and devices of the various aspects enable uplink delivery and downlink distribution of media content to users in live uplink streaming services. In various embodiments, media in a live uplink streaming service may be distributed by unicast and/or broadcast delivery methods. Various embodiments may include receiving, in a processor of a live uplink streaming sink computing device, assistance data for a live streaming session, selecting, by the processor, one or more delivery methods for processed media of the live streaming session based at least in part on the assistance data, and transmitting, by the processor, the processed media using the selected delivery methods.
US10924773B2
A method for diverting a live video stream includes: a target stream-pushing edge node receives and maintains a target live video stream pushed by an anchor terminal, and reports video stream information of the target live video stream to the CCL server through a locally deployed CCL proxy; when a stream-pulling request of the target live video stream sent by a target static parent node is received, a dynamic parent node M determines whether the target live video stream is maintained locally; if the target live video stream is not maintained locally, the dynamic parent node M determines the target stream-pushing edge node from the CCL server through a locally deployed CCL proxy; and the dynamic parent node M pulls the target live video stream from the target stream-pushing edge node and feeds back the target live video stream to the target static parent node.
US10924771B2
A method for providing media content in a public transportation vehicle comprising a mobile router, the method comprising: receiving, in the mobile router, one or more media streams from a media source; monitoring first connection parameters relating to a first connection between the mobile router and the media source and second connection parameters relating to a second connection between the mobile router and one or more client devices; determining, on the basis of said first and second connection parameters, optimized stream configuration for each of said one or more media streams; and providing each of said one or more media streams only according to the optimized stream configuration to said one or more client devices.
US10924763B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for filtering a reference pixel. A method of smoothing a reference pixel may include determining whether or not to perform smoothing on a reference pixel based on the size of a transform block and information about an intra-prediction mode for the transform block and determining a smoothing method by comparing the size of the transform block with the size of a maximum transform block. Accordingly, image coding efficiency can be increased, and picture quality can be improved.
US10924760B2
Innovations for signaling state of a decoded picture buffer (“DPB”) and reference picture lists (“RPLs”). In example implementations, rather than rely on internal state of a decoder to manage and update DPB and RPLs, state information about the DPB and RPLs is explicitly signaled. This permits a decoder to determine which pictures are expected to be available for reference from the signaled state information. For example, an encoder determines state information that identifies which pictures are available for use as reference pictures (optionally considering feedback information from a decoder about which pictures are available). The encoder sets syntax elements that represent the state information. In doing so, the encoder sets identifying information for a long-term reference picture (“LTRP”), where the identifying information is a value of picture order count least significant bits for the LTRB. The encoder then outputs the syntax elements as part of a bitstream.
US10924754B2
The entropy coding of a current part of a predetermined entropy slice is based on, not only, the respective probability estimations of the predetermined entropy slice as adapted using the previously coded part of the predetermined entropy slice, but also probability estimations as used in the entropy coding of a spatially neighboring, in entropy slice order preceding entropy slice at a neighboring part thereof. Thereby, the probability estimations used in entropy coding are adapted to the actual symbol statistics more closely, thereby lowering the coding efficiency decrease normally caused by lower-delay concepts. Temporal interrelationships are exploited additionally or alternatively.
US10924747B2
Techniques are disclosed for coding and decoding video captured as cube map images. According to these techniques, padded reference images are generated for use during predicting input data. A reference image is stored in a cube map format. A padded reference image is generated from the reference image in which image data of a first view contained in reference image is replicated and placed adjacent to a second view contained in the cube map image. When coding a pixel block of an input image, a prediction search may be performed between the input pixel block and content of the padded reference image. When the prediction search identifies a match, the pixel block may be coded with respect to matching data from the padded reference image. Presence of replicated data in the padded reference image is expected to increase the likelihood that adequate prediction matches will be identified for input pixel block data, which will increase overall efficiency of the video coding.
US10924745B2
An image processing method includes a transmitting terminal receiving a feedback message sent by a receiving terminal. The feedback message indicates a reception state of a received image frame sent by the transmitting terminal and received by the receiving terminal before the receiving terminal sends the feedback message. The method further includes acquiring a target image frame, encoding the target image frame according to a preset error correction mechanism to generate encoding data of the target image frame in response to the feedback message indicating a reception error, and sending the encoding data of the target image frame to the receiving terminal.
US10924744B2
The present techniques include deriving a threshold to maintain an encoding bitrate and determining a percentage of change of a current frame N based on an impact to a bitrate budget. The present techniques also include marking a reference frame N−1 as non-referenceable in response to the percentage of change being smaller than the threshold and encoding a static portion of frame N as a skip and encoding a non-static portion of frame N by referencing the reference frame N−1. Finally, the present techniques include overwriting a surface of the reference frame N with portions of the reference frame N−1 that have changed as compared to frame N.
US10924741B2
A method of determining quantization parameters includes the steps of: receiving a block of image data; calculating a general variance of the block of image data; calculating a plane-based variance of the block of image data by subtracting an image moment of the block of image data from the general variance; and determining a quantization parameter for the block of image data according to the plane-based variance.
US10924732B2
A method for luma-based chroma intra-prediction in a video encoder or a video decoder is provided that includes down sampling a first reconstructed luma block of a largest coding unit (LCU), computing parameters α and β of a linear model using immediate top neighboring reconstructed luma samples and left neighboring reconstructed luma samples of the first reconstructed luma block and reconstructed neighboring chroma samples of a chroma block corresponding to the first reconstructed luma block, wherein the linear model is PredC[x,y]=α·RecL′[x,y]+β, wherein x and y are sample coordinates, PredC is predicted chroma samples, and RecL′ is samples of the down sampled first reconstructed luma block, and wherein the immediate top neighboring reconstructed luma samples are the only top neighboring reconstructed luma samples used, and computing samples of a first predicted chroma block from corresponding samples of the down sampled first reconstructed luma block using the linear model and the parameters.
US10924731B2
A method of performing merge candidate list construction for video coding using at least one processor includes determining a plurality of potential merge candidates; selecting a first potential merge candidate from among the plurality of potential merge candidates; performing a redundancy check by checking the potential merge candidate against a merge candidate included in the merge candidate list; based on a result of the redundancy check, determining whether to insert the potential merge candidate into the merge candidate list; determining whether a redundancy check threshold is exceeded, wherein the redundancy check threshold relates to at least one from among a number of redundancy checks which have been performed, and a number of potential merge candidates which have been checked by the redundancy checks; and based on the redundancy check threshold being exceeded, determining not to perform additional redundancy checks during the merge candidate list construction.
US10924727B2
A simulator for light field displays. A high-performance simulator that can operate in real-time, allowing for VR-based evaluation of display designs. These capabilities allow for rapid exploration of display parameters (e.g. angular and hogel resolution, field of view, etc.), the visualization of how the angular spread of the rays that can affect quality and the evaluation of artifacts from light field processing. Additionally, the high-throughput nature of the simulation makes it amenable for use in the evaluation of light processing procedures such as those involved in light field rendering and compression contexts. The speed and ease with which one can explore light field display parameters makes this simulator the ideal tool for light field content design and evaluation.
US10924726B2
The present application discloses a display panel including a base substrate; a first micro LED array having a plurality of first micro LED pixels in a matrix along a first direction and a second direction on the base substrate; and a second micro LED array having a plurality of second micro LED pixels on a side of the first micro LED array distal to the base substrate, the plurality of second micro LED pixels being grouped into a plurality of groups of second micro LED pixels successively along the second direction, each of the plurality of groups of second micro LED pixels substantially along the first direction and comprising one or more rows of second micro LED pixels substantially along the first direction. Adjacent groups of the plurality of groups of second micro LED pixels are spaced apart from each other thereby exposing a portion of the first micro LED array.
US10924722B2
A three-dimensional source device provides a three-dimensional display signal for a display via a high speed digital interface, such as HDMI. The three-dimensional display signal comprises a sequence of frames. The sequence of frames comprises units, each unit corresponding to frames comprising video information intended to be composited and displayed as a three-dimensional image. The three-dimensional source device includes three-dimensional transfer information comprising at least information about the video frames in the unit. The display detects the three-dimensional transfer information, and generates the display control signals based in dependence on the three-dimensional transfer information. The three-dimensional transfer information in an additional info frame packet comprises information about the multiplexing scheme for multiplexing frames into the three-dimensional display signal, the multiplexing scheme being selected of group of multiplexing schemes including frame alternating multiplexing, the three-dimensional transfer information indicating the number of frames being sequentially arranged within the video data period.
US10924704B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel, a back cover accommodating the display panel, and a sound output unit including at least one sound output module disposed to overlap the display panel. The at least one sound output module includes a support plate including an uneven surface and a piezoelectric element attached on the uneven surface of the support plate and has a shape corresponding to the uneven surface of the support plate. Accordingly, a sound having a straight characteristic within an audible frequency domain may be output, thereby enhancing a sense of reality and an immersion of a viewer watching an image displayed by the display apparatus.
US10924686B2
An optoelectronic lighting device that illuminates a scene to be captured as an image includes a pixelated emitter including a plurality of light emitting pixels that illuminate a scene to be captured as an image, and a driving device configured to individually drive the pixels depending on at least one parameter to illuminate the scene to be recorded with a predetermined illuminance distribution.
US10924682B2
Techniques related to removing haze from video are discussed. Such techniques include color converting a video frame from an input color space to a haze color space using a haze color detected in a previous frame, estimating pixel-wise haze amounts, de-hazing the video frame in the haze color space using the pixel-wise haze amounts, and color converting the de-hazed frame to the input color space.
US10924676B2
Visual effects for element of interest can be displayed within a live camera view in real time or substantially using a processing pipeline that does not immediately display an acquired image until it has been updated with the effects. In various embodiments, software-based approaches, such as fast convolution algorithms, and/or hardware-based approaches, such as using a graphics processing unit (GPU), can be used reduce the time between acquiring an image and displaying the image with various visual effects. These visual effects can include automatically highlighting elements, augmenting the color, style, and/or size of elements, casting a shadow on elements, erasing elements, substituting elements, or shaking and jumbling elements, among other effects.
US10924669B2
A camera reboots when a first timer or counter expires but defers when a connection enables a server to reset the first timer or counter. A connection is initiated when a second timer or counter expires in the event of idleness. Both timers can be compared with current system time to cause reconnection or reinitialization.
US10924667B2
An image sensor and an image sensing method are provided. The image sensor may restore a high resolution image with respect to a high magnification based on sensing information corresponding to different fields of view (FOVs) and that is received through lens elements having a same focal length and different lens sizes.
US10924664B2
Enhanced battery edge detection devices, systems, and techniques are described herein. During an inspection process, an inspection system controls one or more non-visible light sources to illuminate a battery installed in an electronic device. The illumination activates a reflective pigment applied to at least a portion of an edge of the battery. The inspection system controls one or more cameras to capture at least one image of the illuminated battery installed in the electronic device. The at least one image is processed to detect the edge of the battery and to measure a gap size between the edge of the battery and a region of the electronic device proximate the edge of the battery. The electronic device and battery are flagged for further inspection if the measured gap size is below a threshold indicative of a zero gap event.
US10924656B2
According to various embodiments, an electronic device can comprise: a camera including groups of photoelectric conversion elements; and at least one processor configured so as to generate, by using the camera, a first image in which each of the groups corresponds to one corresponding pixel, determine whether a preset condition is satisfied, and generate, by using the camera, a second image in which each of the groups corresponds to a plurality of corresponding pixels, if the preset condition is satisfied.
US10924654B2
Videography of surfaces and improved positional control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are disclosed. Embodiments include defining a plane relative a vertical or semi-vertical surface. Linearly scanning along a line parallel to the plane. The plane being defined by three non-colinear points. The linear scanning along the plane is defined by a defined distance from the plane to the surface. The scanning including distance sensor scanning. The distance sensor scanning creating a model of the surface. The distance sensor scanning can include sound-based or light-based distance measurement scanning. The surveillance scanning can further include capture of imagery of the surface along the linear scanning along the plane.
US10924649B2
A photographing module includes a metal cover, a base, a lens portion and a leaf spring. The lens portion is displaceably disposed in an inner space. The leaf spring is assembled with the lens portion and includes an inner fixing portion, an outer fixing portion and an elastic portion. The inner fixing portion is assembled with the lens portion. The outer fixing portion contacts and is fixedly disposed with the metal cover. The elastic portion connects the inner fixing portion and the outer fixing portion. The leaf spring further includes a plurality of contact portions and a plurality of auxiliary elastic portions. Each of the auxiliary elastic portions connects the outer fixing portion and one of the contact portions. For the leaf spring, only the contact portions thereof contact side plates of the metal cover.
US10924645B2
An imaging system comprises one or more optical sensor arrays with separate first and second sensor elements, an objective lens system, a polarization filter system, and associated logic. The objective lens system is configured to direct light received at a given angle onto the first sensor element and onto the second sensor element. The polarization filter system includes a first polarizer portion positioned to filter the light en route to the first sensor element and a second polarizer portion positioned to filter the light en route to the second sensor element, the first and second polarizer portions providing unequal relative attenuance of nonparallel polarization components of the light received at the given angle. The logic is configured to compare intensity of the light directed onto the first sensor element relative to the light directed onto the second sensor element.
US10924628B2
An image processing apparatus having a transmission function for transmitting image data includes a reader that reads a document to generate image data, a memory device that stores instructions, and a processor that executes the instructions stored in the memory device. The instructions are executed to execute a transmission job for transmitting the image data generated by the reader, set a first setting for not printing a transmission report representing a transmission result of the transmission job to the image processing apparatus as a device setting of the image processing apparatus, and set a second setting for printing the transmission report to the transmission job as a setting for a transmission job. The transmission report is printed in accordance with the first setting being set to the image processing apparatus and the transmission job to which the second setting is set being executed.
US10924615B1
A cloud-based document scanning system includes a cloud computing platform having a cloud computing application and a cloud storage system. The system further includes a scanning device communicatively coupled over a network to the cloud computing platform, the scanning device configured to: accept a set of documents; generate a set of digital image files corresponding to the set of documents; store the set of digital image files; and upload the set of digital image files directly to the cloud storage system. Upon receiving a request from the scanning device, the cloud computing application is configured to: access the set of digital image files; apply image processing operations to the set of digital image files in accordance with a plurality of image processing parameters, generate a portable document format document based on the processed image files, and send the portable document format document to a user-selected destination.
US10924613B1
Various example implementations are directed to methods and apparatuses for facilitating conferenced communications. In one of various examples involving audio signals received from a plurality of participants of a digital audio conference, a logic circuit is to process the audio signals via respective audio input circuits respectively associated with each of the endpoint devices, and, in response to a subset of the different audio signals deemed or qualified as having a loudest audio input as compared to other ones of the different audio signals, each of the other ones of the different audio signals are assigned to an encoder pool based on a codec associated with the digital audio conference. Digital audio packets for the digital audio conference associated with the subset of the different audio signals deemed or qualified as having a loudest audio input are then encoded for broadcast.
US10924607B2
A user equipment (UE) that is attempting to place a call, or is engaged in an active call, can monitor for the occurrence of soft drop conditions that may reflect a bad user experience. Upon such a soft drop condition, the UE can activate soft drop trigger. If a user provides input to manually terminate the call while the soft drop trigger is active, the UE can consider the manual call termination to be a “soft drop” due the bad user experience. The UE can provide a notification to a telecommunication network indicating that the manual call termination is a soft drop due to a particular soft drop condition, such that the telecommunication network can investigate and/or remedy causes of the soft drop.
US10924592B2
A computer system is provided that includes a storage system, at least one transceiver, and a processing system with at least one hardware processor. The storage system stores a first list pair. The transceiver receives electronic data messages that each include a respective data transaction request. The processing system determines how the new data transaction request should be processed based on which communication protocol was used to submit the request. Updates regarding the first list pair are sent out to non-party client computer systems using different communication protocols, where one is faster than the other, but the slower update includes private data therein.
US10924591B2
Methods and apparatus for low-latency link compression schemes. Under the schemes, selected packets or messages are dynamically selected for compression in view of current transmit queue levels. The latency incurred during compression and decompression is not added to the data-path, but sits on the side of the transmit queue. The system monitors the queue depth and, accordingly, initiates compression jobs based on the depth. Different compression levels may be dynamically selected and used based on queue depth. Under various schemes, either packets or messages are enqueued in the transmit queue or pointers to such packets and messages are enqueued. Additionally, packets/message may be compressed prior to being enqueued, or after being enqueued, wherein an original uncompressed packet is replaced with a compressed packet. Compressed and uncompressed packets may be stored in queues or buffers and transmitted using a different numbers of transmit cycles based on their compression ratios. The schemes may be implemented to improve the effective bandwidth of various types of links, including serial links, bus-type links, and socket-to-socket links in multi-socket systems.
US10924589B2
A RF transceiver for a mesh network node is described. The RF transceiver includes a RF transmitter and a RF receiver coupled to the processor. The RF transceiver is configured in a normal mode of operation as a network node in a wireless mesh network and is configured in a service mode of operation as a network node in a tree network.
US10924585B1
A method, apparatus and computer program product modify messaging behavior based upon parsing and different processing of different portions of a request. In a method, a request is received that includes a first and second differently formatted portions. The method parses the request to separately identify the first and second portions, analyzes the second portion of the request and causes a message based at least in part upon the first portion to be transmitted to a request processor. Based upon the message including the first portion, the method receives a response from the request processor. Based upon the response from the claims processor, the method causes a response to the request to be provided. The message to the request processor or the response to request is modified or an additional message to another entity is transmitted based upon an analysis of the second portion of the request.
US10924580B2
A method for fetching a content from a web server to a client device is disclosed, using tunnel devices serving as intermediate devices. The client device accesses an acceleration server to receive a list of available tunnel devices. The requested content is partitioned into slices, and the client device sends a request for the slices to the available tunnel devices. The tunnel devices in turn fetch the slices from the data server, and send the slices to the client device, where the content is reconstructed from the received slices. A client device may also serve as a tunnel device, serving as an intermediate device to other client devices. Similarly, a tunnel device may also serve as a client device for fetching content from a data server. The selection of tunnel devices to be used by a client device may be in the acceleration server, in the client device, or in both. The partition into slices may be overlapping or non-overlapping, and the same slice (or the whole content) may be fetched via multiple tunnel devices.
US10924575B2
A network management architecture referred to as the Control/Orchestration/Management/Policy/Analytics, COMPA, architecture. The COMPA architecture functions to simplify and automate the operations (both management and business process) of a network. In one aspect, the COMPA architecture provides controlled access to functionality provided by different responsibility domains using cooperating service access control, SAC, agents.
US10924574B2
This disclosure is directed to methods and systems for managing rendering of a web page in a browser. A client operated by a user may execute code within a first fragment of a web page as the first fragment is presented to the user. The code may be injected into the first fragment by an intermediary between the client and a server of the web page. The intermediary may have split the web page into the first fragment and a plurality of fragments, and may have modified a default rendering characteristic for each of the plurality of fragments. Each of the modified rendering characteristic may include a trigger and action for rendering of a corresponding fragment. The executing code may dynamically detect a trigger for rendering of a second fragment from the plurality of fragments. The executing code may initiate a corresponding action for rendering of the second fragment.
US10924570B2
In one embodiment, a computer system receives a signal to associate a website with an entity on a user interface. The entity is managed by an operating system running on the computer system. The computer system associates the entity with a push channel that is configured to push updates for the website. The push channel is configured with the entity as an endpoint. An update is received via the push channel at the operating system and the computer system associates the update with the entity by correlating the endpoint of the push channel to the entity. The computer system then causes a notification to be output for the entity on the user interface using the operating system.
US10924567B2
A network traffic hub receives network traffic from a user device running an application. The network traffic hub aggregates the network traffic into augmented netflows. Based on netflow parameters extracted by the network traffic hub, one or more augmented netflows are associated with the application. The network traffic hub determines whether an augmented netflow is a result of the application being in an active state or a passive state based on, for example, the quantity of data within the netflow. If the quantity of data within the augmented netflow is larger than a data threshold, the augmented netflow can be classified as an active usage, and if the data is less than the data threshold, the augmented netflow can be classified as a passive usage. Thus, by classifying network traffic of an application as active or passive, a record of a user's active usage of the application can be recorded.
US10924566B2
Embodiments described herein reduce the probability that a user of a VR environment can nefariously rig a system to positively and/or negatively influence another user's reputation score. Information indicative of a positive or negative interaction between an avatar of a first user and an avatar of a second user is received from a client computing device used by the first user. Further information is received from a client computing device used by a third user of the VR environment, and based thereon, there is a determination whether the positive or negative interaction is corroborated or contradicted. If corroborated, a reputation score associated with the second user is increased or decreased. If contradicted, the reputation score associated with the second user is not adjusted, and the reputation score of the first user may be decreased. Such reputation scores can be accessed and used by a user using a client computing device.
US10924563B2
A search result providing method and a system provide a real-time change in a search result. The search result method may include receiving a keyword; extracting social network service (SNS) contents corresponding to the keyword by conducting a search on contents registered to an SNS platform; determining a ranking of each of the SNS contents based on user feedback information and newness information of each of the SNS contents; and providing a search result associated with the keyword by selecting and sorting SNS contents to be displayed on a user terminal based on the rankings. The extracting and the determining may be repeatedly performed, and the providing may include dynamically moving the locations of SNS contents within the search result by selecting and sorting the SNS contents to be displayed on the user terminal based on a real-time change in the rankings by the repeatedly performing.
US10924560B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving one or more communication network addresses and one or more geographic locations of each network address, determining one or more location-related features based on each network address, generating one or more predicted locations of the network address, each predicted location corresponding to one of the first geographic locations of the network address, and each predicted location being associated with a time stamp representing an age of the predicted location, determining, based on the location-related features and the time stamps, a weighting factor representing a probability that at least one of the predicted locations of the network address corresponds to a true location of the network address, and determining, for each of the predicted locations, a weight based on at least the weighting factor, wherein the weight represents a probability that the predicted location corresponds to the true location of the network address.
US10924550B2
A distributed key-value storage system may include a master node. The key-value store may be distributed among first and second nodes. The master node may receive a publish request to publish one or more key-value pairs. Each key-value pair may be stored in a retransmit buffer and sent to all the first nodes using a communication protocol of a first kind that does not include a retransmit protocol mechanism. Some of the key-value pairs may be sent to one or more second node using a communication protocol of a second kind that includes a retransmit protocol mechanism.
US10924548B1
Symmetric storage using a cloud-based storage system, including: receiving, at a cloud-based storage system among storage systems synchronously replicating a dataset, an I/O operation directed to the dataset; determining, in dependence upon the I/O operation, a metadata update describing a mapping of segments of content to an address within a storage object, wherein the storage object includes the dataset; and synchronizing metadata on another storage system of the storage systems by sending the metadata update from the cloud-based storage system to the other storage system to update a metadata representation on the second storage system in accordance with the metadata update.
US10924527B2
A dynamic workflow-based composite web service system and method for the creation and definition of a web service, its properties, methods, and functions through the combination of an event trigger which defines the web service endpoint, actor classes which defines the service's properties and metadata, and a workflow which defines its methods and functions. The dynamic workflow-based composite web service system and method generally includes one or more web service endpoints (the URL where the service can be accessed by a client application), an event trigger defined for each endpoint, actors which define the properties and metadata of the service, and a workflow which receives input from the endpoint, returns the result of the process, and defines the web service functions and methods.
US10924520B2
A method of and system for accommodating non-responsiveness of an online charging node in a networked system. A request is received from a subscriber. An online charging node is identified to be non-responsive. A default quota is assigned to the subscriber, defining a service usage threshold for the subscriber. Service is provided to the subscriber based on the default quota.
US10924514B1
A method for increasing computer network security. A first request to attach a first user account for a software program to an external secure account is received. The first request includes a first set of user credentials for accessing the external secure account and a first unverified email address, the external secure account controlled by a second external computer. After receiving the first request, features having metrics is received. The metrics describe at least creation of the first user account and include at least the first unverified email address. A machine learning model processing the features calculates a probability score that the first request is fraudulent. The probability score is compared to a threshold to form a comparison result. A security action is performed with respect to attaching the first user account to the external secure account in response to the comparison result.
US10924501B2
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses may monitor consumer information in order to determine a probability of a data breach associated with a customer based on an online presence of the customer. The probability of a data breach may be used to present metrics to a consumer and/or a service provider. Further, the consumer may be presented with information indicating what factors contribute to the probability of a data breach, as well as information regarding how to reduce those factors.
US10924495B2
This application provides a verification method, apparatus, and system that are used for network application access, and the method includes: performing, by a verification server, user identity verification on a terminal, where the user verification request includes first location information; generating, by the verification server, an encrypted token according to the first location information in the user verification request after determining that the terminal succeeds in the user identity verification; and sending, by the verification server, the encrypted token to a control device. It may be determined whether a terminal that performs content access is a terminal used by a user on which user verification is performed. Therefore, this can effectively avoid an application-layer-based network attack such as an MITM attack, and further effectively improve security of the network application access.
US10924493B2
Firmware updates for, e.g., thin client devices may be achieved in a seamless, non-disruptive manner using a two-stage firmware loader, including a base loader pre-installed on the device and a caching loader downloaded, by the base loader, from a firmware server and thereafter responsible for downloading and updating other firmware application packages.
US10924488B2
In one embodiment, a method is provided for customization of a mobile communications device's data session retry mechanism in a wireless packet data service network. The mobile communication device requests activation of a data session with a node via the wireless network and receives a reject message via the wireless network in response to the request for activation of the data session, the reject message including a cause code. If the cause code corresponds to a no-retry behavior of the data session retry mechanism of the mobile communication device, the mobile communications device no longer requesting activation of a data session with the node.
US10924487B2
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing network access configurations, and, more particularly, for implementing restricted Wi-Fi access configuration between public and private service set identifiers (“SSIDs”). In some embodiments, a user might request public network access using a user device. A network device, which is in communication with the user device might receive the request for public network access from the user device. The network device might determine whether the user device is associated with a first identifier that is associated with a user having network private access to the network through the network device. If not, the network device might provide the user device with network public access to the network(s), via a network public access path. If so, the network device might prevent the user device from having network public access to the network(s).
US10924481B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to processing systems that implement a virtual air gap to facilitate improved techniques for establishing console access to a cyber range virtual environment. A computing platform may receive, via a first firewall, a cyber range request and authentication credentials from a secure console host platform. By comparing the authentication credentials to access records in a stored database, the computing platform may determine an authorization level corresponding to the authentication credentials. After verifying the authentication credentials, the computing platform may grant access to a broker, which may grant access to a console hosted by the secure console host platform. The computing platform may establish, using the broker and between the console and a cyber range host platform, a connection, which may cause a user device to access, through the console, cyber ranges hosted by the cyber range host platform that correspond to the determined authorization level.
US10924479B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method of establishing a user profile using multiple channels. Embodiments allow compatibility of the user profile across several authentication systems. The user profile is created upon registration and is updated with attributes after authenticating and authorizing the user according to a pre-defined assurance level. The user profile contains attributes pertaining to the user and user device. The attributes can be analyzed by authentication systems to optimize data security.
US10924477B2
A system and computer-implemented method for client identification and verification includes a memory device for storing data and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory device. The processor is programmed to receive merchant identification data corresponding to a merchant. The merchant identification data includes identification data relating to the identity of the merchant and a primary authorized user for the merchant. The processor is also programmed to generate a merchant profile from the merchant identification data for the merchant, and generate an activation code for the primary authorized user based on the merchant profile. The activation code is transmitted to the primary authorized user. The processor receives, from the primary authorized user, one or more biometrics of the authorized user, validates the biometrics of the authorized user, and upon validation of the biometrics, activates a merchant account.
US10924470B2
A secure storage for an X.509v3 digital certificate is provided (301, 302). Ports of a first and second apparatus (101, 102) are mutually authenticated (303) by using 802.1X based authentication and 802.1AR certificates. Traffic types are divided (304, 305) by an operator-configurable selector function into user plane, control plane, synchronization plane, and management plane traffic types. For Ethernet transport a virtual port is created for each traffic type, and a different MACsec secure connectivity association is created for each virtual port. For Ethernet transport an operator-programmable security policy is maintained for each traffic type. For IP transport an IPsec security association is created for each traffic type, and an operator-programmable security policy is maintained for each security association. For IP transport, TLS support may be enabled for compatibility with network management traffic. A port is repeatedly re-authenticated by an operator-definable timer value.
US10924468B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for launching a connection to a resource link from a client device. A device can authenticate the client device for access to a plurality of resource links accessible via one or more servers. The device can provide a list of the plurality of resource links responsive to the authentication, and receive a request from the client device, identifying a first resource link to access. The device can cause first authenticated credentials for the first resource link to be stored on the client device responsive to the request. The first authenticated credentials can correspond to the client device and provide access the first resource link. The client device can be configured to launch a connection to the first resource link from the client device using the first authenticated credentials stored on the client device.
US10924467B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods of delegating authorization to access isolated collections of data. In aspects, a request to access an isolated collection of resource identifiers and relationships may be received by an application. The resource identifiers may correspond to resources in one or more remote data repositories. Upon receiving the request, the application may interrogate a remote data repository to determine whether the requestor is currently authorized to access the one or more resources corresponding to the resource identifiers in the isolated collection. If the requestor is determined to be authorized, the application may use an authorization indication provided by the remote data repository to provide the requestor with access to the isolated collection. If the requestor is determined to be unauthorized, the application may prohibit access to the isolated collection.
US10924460B2
A method includes dividing a plurality of filters in a first layer of a neural network into a first set of filters and a second set of filters, applying each of the first set of filters to an input of the neural network, aggregating, at a second layer of the neural network, a respective one of a first set of outputs with a respective one of a second set of outputs, splitting respective weights of specific neurons activated in each remaining layer, at each specific neuron from each remaining layer, applying a respective filter associated with each specific neuron and a first corresponding weight, obtaining a second set of neuron outputs, for each specific neuron, aggregating one of the first set of neuron outputs with one of a second set of neuron outputs and generating an output of the neural network based on the aggregated neuron outputs.
US10924456B1
A packet-filtering system described herein may be configured to filter packets with encrypted hostnames in accordance with one or packet-filtering rules. The packet-filtering system may resolve a plaintext hostname from ciphertext comprising an encrypted Server Name Indication (eSNI) value. The packet-filtering system may resolve the plaintext hostname using a plurality of techniques. Once the plaintext hostname is resolved, the packet-filtering system may then use the plaintext hostname to determine whether the packets are associated with one or more threat indicators. If the packet-filtering system determines that the packets are associated with one or more threat indicators, the packet-filtering system may apply a packet filtering operation associated with the packet-filtering rules to the packets.
US10924439B2
Method, system and media for a hybrid chat bot system that enables a user interface that can interact via simple text messages or rich chat bubbles with smart analytical data and provide a rich and efficient way for the user to respond. The hybrid chat bot system may also include a configurable scripting language for guiding the flow of the interview based on the information to be gathered, the user history with the system and the user's preferred method of interaction. The hybrid chat system may also include a way for a subject matter expert to seamlessly enter and exit the chat in the event of user difficulty to provide additional explanation or guidance, while retaining access to the rich chat bubbles with the associated variety of user interaction patterns.
US10924438B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to handling queues. A server-based platform, in some embodiments, accesses queue information that includes performance attributes for a plurality of queues storing one or more messages corresponding to one or more applications. In some embodiments, the platform assigns, based on the performance attributes, a corresponding set of the plurality of queues to each of a plurality of processing nodes of the platform. In some embodiments, the assigning of a corresponding set of queues to a given one of the plurality of processing nodes causes instantiation of: a first set of one or more dequeuing threads and a second set of one or more processing threads. The dequeuing threads may be executable to dequeue one or more messages stored in the corresponding set of queues. The processing threads may be executable to perform one or more tasks specified in the dequeued one or more messages.
US10924434B2
In one embodiment, a first Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) router includes port interfaces to receive multicast traffic from a first network and forward the traffic to at least one receiver, which is in a sub-network including other PIM routers, and a routing processor configured, in response to a decision for the first PIM router to relinquish being a designated router, to generate a PIM Hello message with a first option descriptor and a first priority, the first option descriptor indicating a staggered handoff process, and send the PIM Hello message, receipt of the PIM Hello message by the other PIM routers being operative to result in a designated router election electing a new designated router, the new designated router being operative to initiate the staggered handoff process causing the first PIM router to continue forwarding traffic until the new designated router has built a multicast routing tree.
US10924433B2
A mirror packet control device includes a processor that detects a notification of a completion of movement of a first virtual machine from another device to the mirror packet control device. The processor refers, upon the detection of the notification, to first correspondence information to identify a transmission source that transmits a first mirror packet to the first virtual machine. The first correspondence information includes a first item associating first identification information of the first virtual machine with second identification information of the transmission source. The processor transmits a first deletion instruction to the transmission source. The first deletion instruction instructs deletion of a second item included in second correspondence information stored in the transmission source. The second item associates the first identification information with identification information of a first port of the transmission source through which the first mirror packet is transmitted to the first virtual machine.
US10924423B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for adaptive packet size adjustment for UDT or similar protocols, responsive to actual network conditions. Upon detection of a ‘black hole’ or a size or range of sizes of packets that are repeatedly lost, the system may subdivide packets matching the size or range into smaller subpackets. The receiving device may receive each subpacket and reassemble the original packet, allowing successful communication. Other packets, both smaller and larger than the identified size or range, may be transmitted normally, avoiding drastic reductions to congestion windows or application of other congestion avoidance features, or reducing the MTU value to avoid the ‘black hole’ range while sacrificing overall useable bandwidth. As a result, the system may more efficiently and reliably communicate large data payloads.
US10924421B2
A packet transmission method and related apparatus are disclosed. A transmit end retransmits a first packet to a receive end and decreases a congestion window and a slow start threshold upon determining that the first packet has been lost. The receive end sends an ACK in response to the retransmitted first packet to the transmit end on receipt of the retransmitted first packet for the first time, where the ACK contains a proactively constructed DSACK option for informing the transmit end that the first packet has been received repeatedly. The transmit end therefore compensates the congestion window and/or the slow start threshold.
US10924416B2
A method and a network node for traffic shaping of a packet switched network is presented, the network node being arranged for processing packets to be transmitted in the network according to at least: —a serial packet processing algorithm Aser providing a synchronized utilization of a set of at least one processing unit; and—a parallel packet processing algorithm Apar providing an at least partly unsynchronized utilization of the set of at least one processing unit; wherein—the processing of the packets corresponds to a total packet cost, which is cooperatively shared by the at least one processing unit of the set. The method further includes: —determining, when the processing according to the parallel packet processing algorithm A par is used for processing the packets, if shares of the total packet cost for one or more of the at least one processing units exceed a capacity to process packets for the at least one processing units, respectively, wherein each one of the shares corresponds to one or more packet; and—switching from the processing according to the parallel packet processing algorithm Apar to processing according to the serial packet processing algorithm Aser if the shares of the total packet cost for one or more of the at least one processing units, respectively, is determined to exceed the capacity.
US10924411B2
Systems and methods are described to enable the load-balanced use of globalized network addresses, addressable throughout a network to access a network-accessible service. A set of global access points are provided, which advertise availability of the globalized network addresses. On receiving a request to access a network-accessible service, a global access point can select an endpoint for the service from among a number of data centers, based on a desired distribution of traffic among the data centers. The access point then forwards the traffic to the selected endpoint. In one embodiment, the access point applies network address translation to enable the traffic to be routed to the endpoint without terminating a connection at the endpoint. The access point may use a variety of techniques to ensure resiliency of the network and knowledge of available endpoints.
US10924408B2
A system and method is disclosed for optimizing traffic in a packet-switched network in the presence of Internet exchanges. In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, a system is disclosed for optimizing Internet traffic on a computer network. The system includes one or more servers configured to execute computer programs steps. The computer program steps comprises configuring peers on an Internet exchange including identifying one or more peers on the Internet exchange that provide Internet service to a destination network, determining performance metrics of the one or more peers on an Internet exchange to determine at least one peer to which the Internet traffic may be re-routed, and determining if the Internet traffic for the destination network will be re-routed through the at least one peer based on the performance metrics.
US10924407B2
It is disclosed a method and a detector capable of resolving unicast flooding in a layer 2 broadcast domain. The method is performed in a detector having a medium access control (MAC) address. The detector receives a first flooded packet having a destination MAC address differing from the detector's MAC address. The detector sends a message to a node in the layer 2 broadcast domain, wherein the type of the node is determined based on the destination MAC address of the first flooded packet and/or based on whether a destination Internet protocol (IP) address of the first flooded packet is an address within the layer 2 broadcast domain. It is advantageous that the message is adapted to trigger the node to announce its MAC address within the layer 2 broadcast domain, causing the unicast flooding to be resolved, by which consumption of available bandwidth is reduced.
US10924406B2
A control device includes a cyclic communication part and a communication management part. A cyclic communication part controls communication of first control data of which arrival in a first guarantee time is guaranteed according to a preset cyclic period and second control data of which arrival in a second guarantee time longer than the cyclic period is guaranteed and of which a sequence of information included is determined. The communication management part manages a communication schedule of first control data and second control data. When new second control data is acquired while the second control data is divided into a plurality of communication data and communicated according to the cyclic period, the communication management part determines a communication sequence of the plurality of second control data according to priorities of the plurality of second control data.
US10924405B2
A method of reporting congestion in an upstream direction in a service chain function architecture. The method includes receiving, by the downstream device, a packet indicating congestion within a service function chaining architecture; generating, by the downstream device, a congestion report message in response to receiving the packet, wherein the congestion report message comprises a field indicating an existence of congestion within the service function chaining architecture and a service path identifier indicating a location of the congestion within the service function chaining architecture; and transmitting, by the downstream device, the congestion report message to an upstream device to permit the upstream device to address the congestion.
US10924401B2
In a routing table of a first system, a routing table entry for a first application is created by a controller application executing in a controller system, the first application intended for relocation, a second application in the set of applications not intended for relocation. At the second system responsive to commencing execution of the first application in the second system at a second time, a mapping entry is created by a controller application, the mapping entry causing the forwarded packet to be delivered to the first application at the second system. Responsive to a notification that the first application is executing in the second system, the routing table entry of the first system is modified by the controller application, the modified entry causing a packet addressed to the first application to be forwarded from the first system to the second system.
US10924390B2
In some examples, a system populates a distribution data structure useable by a switch in distributing communications of data packets across a plurality of network paths for the switch. In response to an addition of a new network path or a removal of an existing network path for the switch, the system updates entries of the distribution data structure using a process that identifies selected entries of the distribution data structure to skip as part of updating the distribution data structure.
US10924372B2
A computing system may include point of presence (PoP) servers coupled to a wide area network (WAN) and configured to receive client requests for a Software as a service (SaaS) application(s) from different network branches coupled to the WAN, and connect the network branches with a given SaaS host server from among different SaaS host servers coupled to the WAN and providing the SaaS application(s). The system may also include a PoP selection controller (PSC) coupled to the WAN and cooperating with the PoP servers to determine first network health metrics for connections between the PoP servers and the network branches, determine second network health metrics for connections between the PoP servers and the SaaS host servers, and select a respective PoP server for each network branch to be connected with for providing the SaaS application(s) based upon the first and second network health metrics.
US10924371B2
A method and corresponding system are described for monitoring a first node in a communications network by a second node, where the first node has a single-channel design and is designed to execute a safety-oriented application. The second node has a dual-channel design, and a safety protocol is used for a data transfer between the first and second node. The second node determines at each of two consecutive time points a time value based on an internal timer, and sends each determined time value to the first node. The first node in response to each receipt of the time values determines a further time value based on a further internal timer. The first node compares a difference between the two time values from the second node with a difference between the two further time values from the first node, and goes into an error state depending on the comparison.
US10924365B2
A method for generating a directed graph for a transaction in an application, comprising: receiving event information for events included in the transaction at a processor, each event having a link directed from a first endpoint to a second endpoint in the application; assigning an identification (“ID”) number to each event and including the ID number in the event information for each event; based on endpoint, correlating the event information to produce dyadic event information representative of dyadic events, each dyadic event including a first event and a second event associated with the endpoint, the dyadic event information for each dyadic event including a first ID number and a second ID number for the first event and the second event, respectively; based on ID number, combining the dyadic event information to produce correlation fragments associated with the ID number; and, combining the correlation fragments to produce the directed graph for the transaction.
US10924362B2
Methods, systems and computer programs are disclosed for managing data bugs in a data processing system comprising one or more data resources. The method may comprise receiving an indication of one or more bugs relating to one or more data resources, and contextual information for the one or more bugs and determining, from the received indication, one or more bug types and grouping the bugs by bug type for the same data resource to produce a aggregated list of open issues requiring fixing. Further operations may comprise presenting the aggregated list of one or more open issues on a user interface for selection, the one or more open issues being selectable, and, responsive to receiving selection of a particular open issue, presenting contextual information for the one or more bugs within the group on the user interface.
US10924351B2
Technology for a virtualized network function manager (VNFM) in a mixed wireless network operable to facilitate instantiation of a virtualized network function (VNF) instance is disclosed. The VNFM can receive a request to instantiate a new VNF instance from a network manager (NM) via a network function virtualization (NFV) orchestrator (NFVO), the request including VNF instantiation information. The VNFM can send a request to a virtualized infrastructure manager (VIM) for allocating virtual resources for the new VNF instance based on the VNF instantiation information. The VNFM can receive an acknowledgement from the VIM after successful allocation of the virtualized resources for the new VNF instance. The VNFM can instantiate the new VNF instance and send an acknowledgement of the new VNF instance to the NFVO, wherein the new VNF instance is operable to ease congestion at an overloaded non-virtualized network element in the mixed wireless network.
US10924344B2
A system includes persistent storage configured to store, a mapping of computing resources provided by a remote computing system to a managed network. The system also includes an application that obtains instructions to modify a computing resource provided by the remote computing system and, based on the instructions, generates and transmits, to the remote computing system, a request to modify the computing resource. The application receives, from the remote computing system, a response indicating a modification to the computing resource and selects a discovery pattern configured to verify the modification by obtaining attributes associated therewith. The application obtains, from the remote computing system, the attributes by executing the discovery pattern and determines, based on the attributes, that the modification has been completed according to the instructions. Based on this determination, the application updates the mapping to indicate the modification and stores, in the persistent storage, the mapping as updated.
US10924343B1
Technology for event propagation and action coordination in a mesh network is described. In one embodiment, a master mesh node for a first communication channel in a mesh network receives a first event notification message from a first dependent mesh node associated with the master mesh node. The first event notification message pertains to a first event detected by the first dependent mesh node. In response, the master mesh node generates a first action message specifying a first action associated with the first event and sends the first action message to the first dependent mesh node and to a second dependent mesh node associated with the master mesh node. The master mesh node, the first dependent mesh node, and the second dependent mesh node all exchange communications with each other using the first communication channel in the mesh network.
US10924334B1
System and methods are described for a monitoring system to monitor operations of a distributed computing system and provide feedback to subscribers. The monitoring system includes a data collection engine to receive data items comprising events, metrics, or one or more configurations about a distributed computing system being monitored, and to store selected data items into a message queue. The monitoring system also includes a data processing engine to receive the selected data items from the queue, transform the selected data items into transformed data items based at least in part on one or more settings for a subscriber and the one or more configurations of the distributed computing system, and store the transformed data items into one or more of a database and a cache. The monitoring system also includes a feedback engine to read the transformed data items from the one or more of the database and the cache, generate feedback for the subscriber based at least in part on the transformed data items and the one or more settings for the subscriber and the configurations, and send the feedback to the subscriber.
