US10344200B2
Resin coatings are frequently formed in conjunction with performing a subterranean treatment operation. However, poor thermal conductivity and mechanical strength of resin coatings can be problematic in a downhole environment and eventually lead to their breakdown. Methods for enhancing a resin coating in a downhole environment can comprise: introducing a treatment fluid comprising a curable resin and a carbon nanomaterial into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation; forming a coating of the curable resin on a surface in the wellbore, the carbon nanomaterial being dispersed throughout the coating; and curing the curable resin to form a cured resin coating.
US10344195B2
Systems and methods for controlling flow in downhole operations are described. Systems and methods may include a composition including a fracturing fluid base; one or more ionic compounds; a polymer; a crosslinking agent; and a pH modifier. A breaker may be provided in the composition. The composition may be provided to a formation to control flow, and syneresis may occur.
US10344194B2
A thermally conductive silicone composition is shown and described herein. The thermally conductive silicone composition comprises (A) an ionically modified siloxane, and (B) a thermally conductive filler comprising a first filler and a second filler, where the first filler and/or the second filler comprises a plurality of filler types, the plurality of filler types differing from one another in terms of particle size and/or morphology. The ionically modified siloxane may function as a dispersing aid or wetter for efficient dispersion of thermal conducting organic and inorganic fillers to achieve high thermal conductivity.
US10344193B2
The present invention provides a vacuum thermoforming adhesive composition containing a polyurethane polymer and an acrylic polymer and having a difference in melting temperature and cross-linking temperature of 30-60° C. In addition, provided is a vacuum thermoforming decoration sheet comprising: an adhesive layer, a substrate layer formed on the adhesive layer; a printing layer formed on the substrate layer, and a transparent substrate layer formed on the printing layer, wherein the adhesive layer is formed from the defroster vacuum thermoforming adhesive composition.
US10344191B2
Provided is a photocurable adhesive with which curing by direct irradiation of laser light is possible with almost no occurrence of surface carbonization and which is capable of satisfactory curing even when the coating thickness is increased. A photocurable adhesive, which is cured by irradiation of laser light, is provided. The curable adhesive contains an epoxy adhesive component, a light-absorbing component for thermal curing of the epoxy adhesive component by absorption of laser light, and an inorganic filler. The content of the light-absorbing component is 0.1 mass % or less. The pre-curing thermal conductivity of the photocurable adhesive is at least 0.2 W/m·K and the post-curing thermal conductivity is at least 0.5 W/m·K.
US10344190B2
The present invention relates to a polymer dispersion comprising A) at least one first phase comprising a) at least one chain growth addition polymer P constructed from 1 to 99.9 wt % of at least one ester from ethylenically unsaturated monomers, as monomer A, 0 to 20 wt % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated carbonitrile, as monomer B, 0.1 to 5 wt % of at least one acid-functional ethylenically unsaturated monomer, as monomer C, 0 to 5 wt % of at least one monomer which, alone or with a crosslinking agent, has crosslinking effect and which is different from the monomers A to C, as monomer D, 0 to 20 wt % of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer which forms a chain growth addition homopolymer having a glass transition temperature ≥50° C. and which is different from the monomers A to D, as monomer E, the sum of the total amount of the monomers A to E making 100 wt %, a1) optionally at least one polymer seed, b) 10 to 60 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of polymer P, of at least one saccharide compound S, and B) a second phase comprising c) at least one solvent. The present invention also relates to a method for producing the polymer dispersion of the invention, to a polymerization powder, to an adhesive bonding formulation comprising the polymer dispersion of the invention, and to the use of the formulation of the invention as an adhesive.
US10344185B2
Provided is a composition for polishing silicon wafers, having an excellent effect of reducing haze and having low agglomerating property. A composition for polishing silicon wafers provided here includes: an amido group-containing polymer A; and an organic compound B not containing an amido group. The amido group-containing polymer A has, on a main chain, a building block S derived from a monomer represented by General Formula (1). Molecular weight MA of the amido group-containing polymer A and molecular weight MB of the organic compound B have a relation satisfying 200≤MB
US10344183B2
The present invention relates to a suspension of cerium oxide particles in a liquid phase, in which said particles comprise secondary particles comprising primary particles, and a process for preparing said liquid suspension in which the cerium IV/total cerium molar ratio before precipitation is comprised between 1/10000 and 1/500000 and that the thermal treatment is being carried out under an inert atmosphere.
US10344181B2
Aqueous coating composition and production of multicoat paint systems using said coating composition
The present invention relates to an aqueous coating composition comprising at least one aqueous dispersion comprising at least one copolymer (CP), said copolymer (CP) being preparable by (i) initially charging an aqueous dispersion of at least one polyurethane, and then (ii) polymerizing a mixture of olefinically unsaturated monomers in the presence of the polyurethane from (i), in which (a) a water-soluble initiator is used, (b) the olefinically unsaturated monomers are metered in such that a concentration of 6.0% by weight, based on the total amount of olefinically unsaturated monomers used for polymerization, in the reaction solution is not exceeded over the entire reaction time, and (c) the mixture of the olefinically unsaturated monomers comprises at least one polyolefinically unsaturated monomer and at least one linear hydroxy-functional reaction product (R) having an acid number less than 20 mg KOH/g, the preparation of which involves using at least one compound (v) containing two functional groups (v.a) and an aliphatic or araliphatic hydrocarbyl radical (v.b) which is arranged between the functional groups and has 12 to 70 carbon atoms. The present invention also relates to a method for producing a multicoat paint system using the coating composition, and to the multicoat coating thus produced.
US10344173B2
An inkjet ink includes a binder resin, a tackifier, a colorant, and an organic solvent. The binder resin is a phenol resin having a softening point in a range from 70 degrees Celsius or more to 125 degrees Celsius or less. The colorant is a dye. The tackifier is a terpene phenol resin whose hydroxyl value is 10 to 45 mgKOH/g.
US10344170B2
A coating agent and films coated with it are provided, of which the coating comprises an enhanced mechanical and chemical resistance and a formability adequate for 2-D-film-insert molding processes. The coating agent, comprising (a) at least one thermoplastic polymer with a proportion of at least 30% by weight of the solid content of the coating agent; (b) at least one UV hardenable reactive thinner with a proportion of at least 30% by weight of the solid content of the coating agent; (c) at least one photo-initiator; and (d) at least one organic solvent, wherein the proportion of ethylenically unsaturated groups amounts to at least 3 mol per kg of the solid content of the coating agent, wherein the at least one reactive thinner comprises at least three polymerizable (meth)acrylate functions in the molecule and wherein the ester-oxygen atoms of the (meth)acrylate functions in the molecule of the reactive thinner are separated from one another by a chain of at least six atoms.
US10344169B2
A method of curing a curable composition includes contacting the free-radically curable composition with the solid primer layer thereby causing at least partial curing of the curable composition. The solid primer layer includes a binder material, optional beta-dicarbonyl compound, and an organic peroxide. The curable composition includes at least one free-radically polymerizable compound, a polyvalent metal compound, and a quaternary ammonium halide. The method can be used for adhesive bonding of substrates and preparation of various articles.
US10344168B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of an aqueous suspension comprising at least one calcium carbonate-containing material. The invention further relates to calcium carbonate-containing material having a ratio of particles having an average particle size d80 value to particles having an average particle size d20 value [d80/d20] of ≤2.50 and the use of the calcium carbonate-containing material in paper and board applications, in cosmetics, in caulks and sealants, in paints and coatings, or in plastics applications.
US10344164B2
Disclosed are compositions which include an ethylene polymer derived from at least one polar monomer with one or more ester groups, which polymerize with ethylene, (e.g., a copolymer, or low molecular weight copolymer having a relatively high melt index, derived from ethylene and vinyl acetate and/or a copolymer, or low molecular weight copolymer having a relatively high melt index, derived from ethylene and «-buty! acrylate) and a rosin ester. The rosin ester can have a low hydroxy! number (e.g., a hydroxy! number six or five or less), a low acid number (e.g., an acid number of ten or less), a relatively low PAN number (e.g., a PAN number less than twenty-two or in between eight and twenty), a relatively high third moment or third power average molecular weight (Mz), (e.g., an Mz value in between 2500 and 12000 g/mol), a low sulfur content (e.g., a sulfur content lower than 600 ppm prior to antioxidant addition) or combinations thereof. The compositions can exhibit a high heat stress resistance (e.g., a heat stress pass temperature value higher than 52° C. or in between 48° C. and 60° C.) and/or improved viscosity stability and/or color stability upon thermal aging and/or improved compatibility.
US10344161B2
A polylactic acid composition including polylactic acid and an ethylene resin, characterized in that the ethylene resin is selected so that a melt flow rate ratio (RMF), defined by the following equation (1): RMF=APLA/BPE (1) where APLA represents the melt flow rate of the polylactic acid measured at 210° C. and 2.16 kg, and BPE represents the melt flow rate of the ethylene resin measured at 190° C. and 2.16 kg, in a range of 0.5 to 10 is satisfied. Also disclosed is a stretch-molded bottle formed using the polylactic acid composition. The polylactic acid composition is preferably used in molding a container particularly improved in alkali resistance and environmental stress crack resistance.
US10344157B2
A plasticized PVC formulation for foam extrusion including polyvinyl chloride, at least one plasticizer, at least one nucleating agent and a chemical blowing agent, wherein the plasticized PVC formulation is a dry blend containing 0.5 to 5% by weight of one or more nucleating agents and 0.1 to 3% by weight of the chemical blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent is sodium bicarbonate and the nucleating agent is talcum, and a foam extrusion method using said formulation. The extruded plasticized PVC foam is particularly suitable for rock shield pads used for pipeline protection. The foams are lightweight and require less consumption of materials with comparable properties to corresponding solid articles.
US10344156B2
The present invention provides an aqueous dispersion mixture comprising; an aqueous dispersion (A) that comprises a crystalline polyolefin (a) as a dispersoid thereof; an aqueous dispersion (B) that comprises a crystalline polyurethane (b) as a dispersoid thereof; and an aqueous dispersion (C) that comprises a non-crystalline polyurethane (c) as a dispersoid thereof, wherein the crystalline polyolefin (a) is a non-chlorine modified polyolefin, wherein the crystalline polyurethane (b) has a crystal melting heat amount equal to or larger than 3 J/g measured by differential scanning calorimetry, wherein the non-crystalline polyurethane (c) has a crystal melting heat amount smaller than 3 J/g measured by differential scanning calorimetry, and wherein the aqueous dispersion (B) comprises a non-volatile content of 30 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass and the aqueous dispersion (C) comprises a non-volatile content of 20 parts by mass to 80 parts by mass, relative to a non-volatile content of 100 parts by mass of the aqueous dispersion (A).
US10344153B2
The invention relates to a polypropylene composition comprising a crystalline propylene random copolymer and an amorphous propylene copolymer having improved hot-tack force and adhesion properties, to a process for the manufacture thereof, to the use thereof in the manufacture of adhesives and hot tack films and to articles comprising the polypropylene composition, as well as to a process for producing such article.
US10344147B2
A polymer blend consisting of (a) 60-96 percent by weight of a high molecular weight first elastomeric polymer, (b) 4-35 percent by weight of a low molecular weight second polymer, and optionally (c) 0-13 percent by weight of an extender oil, wherein the amounts of the components (a), (b) and (c) are based on the total weight of the polymer blend.
US10344146B2
The present invention provides a process for making a silica masterbatch that contains hydrophobated silica, solution-made rubber and emulsion-made rubber. Hydrophobated silica is mixed into a latex emulsion. Solution-rubber crumb in an aqueous suspension is mixed into the latex emulsion, which is coagulated, and a crumb is recovered, further homogenized, dried and baled to yield the silica masterbatch. A well-dispersed mixture of hydrophobated silica and emulsion-made rubber is added into a steam distillation step of a solution-rubber process from which a silica masterbatch is recovered. The emulsion-made rubber can be omitted to make a silica masterbatch of solution rubber and silica without emulsion rubber. The silica masterbatch has physical properties similar to those found in a comparable dry-mixed composition, but the silica masterbatch can be incorporated more easily and less expensively into tires and other rubber products than the dry-mixed composition.
US10344144B2
1. The invention relates to the use of polyester molding compositions composed of A) from 20 to 97.9% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester B) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of an epoxidized natural oil or fatty acid ester, or mixture of these, where the epoxide equivalent weight of component B) in accordance with DIN EN ISO 3001 is from 100 to 400 g/eq C) from 1 to 20% by weight of a metal salt of a phosphinic acid D) from 1 to 20% by weight of a melamine compound E) from 0 to 60% by weight of other additional substances, where the total of the percentages by weight of components A) to E) is 100%, for the production of stress-cracking-resistant and halogen-free flame-retardant polyester molding compositions.
US10344142B2
Embodiments of organic peroxide formulations provide longer scorch time protection and require fewer additives. The peroxide formulations may include, for example, at least one organic peroxide, at least one nitroxide-containing compound (e.g., 4-hydroxy-TEMPO), and at least one quinone-containing compound (e.g., mono-tert-butylhydroquinone). Embodiments of the present invention relate to organic peroxide compositions comprising scorch retarders. Embodiments of the invention also relate to crosslinkable elastomer compositions, processes for curing the elastomers, and products made by such processes.
US10344133B2
The inventors of the present disclosure discovered that use of a urea-modified polyurethane coating as the topcoat in a pavement marking tape has numerous advantages. The urea-modified polyurethane topcoat is the reaction product of an aspartic ester polyamine, a polyisocynate, and a polyol. The urea-modified topcoat is adjacent to a base layer. The base layer and topcoat form a pavement marking tape.
US10344132B2
Provided are an epoxy resin composition for manufacturing a fiber reinforced composite material having excellent curability allowing for curing in a short time, and excellent storage stability and heat resistance, and a prepreg and a fiber reinforced composite material using the same. The epoxy resin composition includes at least an epoxy resin [A], a curing agent [B] having an exothermic onset temperature higher than the exothermic onset temperature of a component [C], as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter, and the component [C] contains a compound represented by a particular formula (a), and a prepreg and a fiber reinforced composite material using the same.
US10344130B2
The present invention relates to a polyurethane composite material, comprising a polyurethane resin matrix prepared from a polyurethane composition, and a reinforcement material, wherein the polyurethane composition comprises: A) an isocyanate component comprising one or more organic polyisocyanates; B) an isocyanate-reactive component comprising: b1) one or more organic polyols having an amount of 21-60 wt. % based on 100% by weight of the polyurethane composition; b2) one or more (meth)acrylates comprising hydroxyl groups; and C) a radical reaction initiator; wherein the polyurethane resin matrix is prepared under such reaction conditions that the polyurethane composition undergoes addition polymerization reaction of isocyanate groups and hydroxyl groups and radical polymerization reaction simultaneously. The present invention further relates to the preparation process of the polyurethane composite material.
US10344121B2
Polyester polyols made from thermoplastic polyesters are disclosed. The polyols can be made by heating a thermoplastic polyester such as virgin PET, recycled PET, or mixtures thereof, with a glycol to give a digested intermediate, which is then condensed with a dimer fatty acid to give the polyol. The invention includes a polyester polyol comprising recurring units of a glycol-digested thermoplastic polyester and a dimer fatty acid. The polyester polyol can also be made in a single step by reacting the thermoplastic polyester, glycol, and dimer acid under conditions effective to produce the polyol. High-recycle-content polyols having desirable properties and attributes for formulating polyurethane products, including aqueous polyurethane dispersions, can be made. The polyols provide a sustainable alternative to bio- or petrochemical-based polyols.
US10344104B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a copolymer for a compatibilizer capable of increasing impact resistance strength, heat resistance and toughness without lowering fluidity. The copolymer for a compatibilizer contains polyamide resin and at least one resin selected from ABS resin, SAN resin, ASA resin, AES resin. A resin composition comprising 0.5 to 11 mass % of copolymer (A) for a polymer blend compatibilizer, 25 to 60 mass % of polyamide resin (B), and 29 to 74.5 mass % of resin (C) is formed. The resin (C) is at least one resin selected from ABS resin, SAN resin, ASA resin, and AES resin. The copolymer (A) for a polymer blend compatibilizer has 30 to 60 mass % of a maleimide-based monomer unit, 35 to 69 mass % of a styrene-based monomer unit, 1 to 5 mass % of unsaturated dicarboxylic anhydride monomer unit, and has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 60,000 to 125,000.
US10344098B2
Disclosed is an antibody which binds to olanzapine, which can be used to detect olanzapine in a sample such as in a competitive immunoassay method. The antibody can be used in a lateral flow assay device for point-of-care detection of olanzapine, including multiplex detection of aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone in a single lateral flow assay device.
US10344095B2
Provided are methods and compositions for the treatment or prevention of ocular angiogenesis and neovascularization. Administration of inhibitors of the CCR3 receptor or its ligands eotaxin (CCL11), eotaxin-2 (CCL24) or eotaxin-3 (CCL26) inhibits ocular angiogenesis.
US10344091B2
Disclosed herein are anti-Galectin-9 antibodies and methods of using such for inhibiting a signaling pathway mediated by Galectin-9 or eliminating pathologic cells expressing Galectin-9. Such anti-Galectin-9 antibodies may also be used to diagnose and/or to treat diseases associated with Galectin-9, such as autoimmune diseases and solid tumors.
US10344088B2
This application discloses antigen binding proteins that bind Lymphocyte Activation Gene 3 (LAG-3), and more particularly to antigen binding proteins that cause depletion of LAG-3+ activated T cells.
US10344087B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for the treatment, prevention and diagnosis of peripheral T-cell lymphoma using compounds that specifically bind NKp46. Included in particular are compounds that bind NKp46 and deplete tumor cells that express NKp46 at their surface, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same. The disclosure also relates to the use of antibodies that specifically bind NKp46 in diagnostic and theranostic assays in the detection and treatment of peripheral T-cell lymphoma.
US10344083B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for NGF. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies described herein, and binding fragments thereof, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-NGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention also contemplates methods of making said anti-NGF antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-NGF antibodies, and binding fragments thereof, for the diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with NGF.
US10344079B2
The invention relates to an antibody-drug conjugate and an immunocytokine for use in the treatment of a neoplastic or inflammatory disease, as well as molecules comprising an antibody-drug conjugate and an immunocytokine.
US10344068B2
This document provides methods and materials related to natriuretic polypeptides and the use of natriuretic polypeptides to treat cardiovascular and/or renal conditions. For example, chimeric polypeptides having at least one amino acid segment (e.g., N-terminus tail, ring structure, C-terminus tail, or a combination thereof) of a natriuretic peptide (e.g., ANP, BNP, CNP, URO, or DNP) and an amino acid segment of an angiotensin polypeptide (e.g., Ang-(1-7)) are provided.
US10344052B2
Provided are peptides, fusion proteins which include the peptide sequences, compositions comprising such peptides and fusion proteins, and methods for making and using the compositions. The peptides are characterized as being able to selectively bind to components of the endothelial compartment that are exposed during the period between 1 and 7 days after androgen deprivation.
US10344050B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro method for production of heterodimeric proteins.
US10344044B2
The present disclosure relates to a ligand compound, a catalyst system for oligomerization, and a method for olefin oligomerization using the same. The catalyst system for oligomerization using the ligand compound according to the present disclosure has excellent catalytic activity, exhibits high selectivity to 1-hexene and 1-octene, and greatly reduces the production of the by-products, thereby enabling efficient preparation of alpha-olefin.
US10344038B2
The present invention provides unified synthesis of the CI-CI 9 building blocks of halichondrins and analogs thereof using selective coupling of poly-halogenated nucleophiles in chromium-mediated coupling reactions. The present invention also provides a practical and efficient synthesis of C20-C38 building blocks of halichondrins and analogs thereof. Also provided herein are general methods of selective activation and coupling of poly-halogenated analogs with an aldehyde. The provided coupling reactions are selective for halo-enone and halo-acetylenic ketal over vinyl halide and halide attached to a sp hydridized carbon. The provided efficient selective coupling reactions can allow easy access to the CI-CI 9 building blocks and C20-C38 building blocks of halichondrins and analogs thereof with limited or no purification or separation of the intermediates.
US10344031B2
The present application relates to a series of substituted pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds, their use as tropomyosin receptor kinase (Trk) family protein kinase inhibitors, method of making and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
US10344026B2
Compounds and compositions are presented that inhibit K-Ras, and especially mutant K-Ras. Certain compounds preferentially or even selectively inhibit specific forms of mutant K-Ras, and particularly the G12D mutant form.
US10344024B2
The present disclosure is directed to compounds of formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein ring A, ring B, L, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, Ra, Rb, n, m, p and q are as defined herein, which are active as modulators of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma t (RORγt). These compounds prevent, inhibit, or suppress the action of RORγt and are therefore useful in the treatment of RORγt mediated diseases, disorders, syndromes or conditions such as, e.g., pain, inflammation, COPD, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, colitis, multiple sclerosis, psoriasis, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer.
US10344006B2
An acyclic fluorinated compound of formula (I) is amine-containing acyclic hydrofluoroethers. The acyclic fluorinated compound is useful as heat transfer, solvent cleaning, fire extinguishing agents and electrolyte solvents and additives.
US10343997B1
An ursolic acid derivative can have the following structural formula: The ursolic acid derivative exhibits potent selective calcium channel blocker activities and may be used to treat a disease or condition for which calcium channel regulation is useful.
US10343995B2
This invention provides compounds of formula I: wherein a, b, c, d, m, n, p, s, t, W, Ar1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7, and R8 are as defined in the specification. The compounds of formula I are muscarinic receptor antagonists. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds and methods of using such compounds to treat pulmonary disorders.
US10343994B2
The invention relates to the compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III, formula IV and formula V or its pharmaceutical acceptable polymorphs, solvates, enantiomers, stereoisomers and hydrates thereof. The pharmaceutical compositions comprising an effective amount of compounds of formula I, formula II, formula III, formula IV or formula V and methods for the treatment of inflammation and pain may be formulated for oral, buccal, rectal, topical, transdermal, transmucosal, intravenous, oral solution, buccal mucosal layer tablet, parenteral administration, syrup, or injection. Such compositions may be used to treatment of pain, oral mucosal inflammatory or oral infectious diseases.
US10343988B1
A compound having the following formula I: is disclosed. A method of preparing the compound of formula I is also disclosed.
US10343983B2
A polycarbamate comprising having less than 5 wt % total of biuret, cyanuric acid, and polyallophanate; and has a Gardner level of equal or greater than 3 is provided. A coating comprising the polycarbamate is also provided.
US10343982B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula I the use of compounds of formula I in liquid crystal media and in particular to flexoelectric liquid crystal devices containing the liquid crystal media.
US10343976B1
N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, methods of making N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines, and drilling fluids containing N-hydroxyalkylated polyamines are provided, in which the N-hydroxyalkylated polyamine includes Formula (I): where R1 and R2 are independently a —C or —CH group; R3 is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl; R4 and R5 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls, or R1, R2, R4, and R5 are covalently connected to form a cyclic hydrocarbyl; and R6, R7, R8, and R9 are independently acyclic hydrocarbyls or acyclic heterohydrocarbyls.
US10343971B2
A compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 can be independently selected from H or Me, n=0, 1, the dotted lines are indicating single bonds, or in case n=0 an isolated double bond at position 3′, or in case n=1 an isolated double bond at position 3′ or 4′, and the wavy bond is indicating an unspecified configuration of the adjacent double bond. Said compounds, as well as precursors capable to generate said compounds, are useful as fragrance ingredients.
US10343970B2
Polyol esters of metathesized fatty acids are generally disclosed herein. Methods of using such compounds, for example, as cleaning agents, solvents, and coalescents for paints and coatings, are also disclosed.
US10343963B2
An azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene and optionally one or more (hydro)halogen-carbon compounds including between 1 and 3 carbon atoms. Also, a preferred azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-1-chloropropene, and optionally one or more compounds selected from among 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, trifluoropropyne, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene and 2-chloro,1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane.
US10343959B2
The present disclosure relates to processes for the removal of paraffins. The processes generally include providing a C4 containing stream including isobutylene, 1-butene, 2-butene, n-butane and isobutane, introducing the C4 containing stream into a paraffin removal process to form an olefin rich stream, wherein the paraffin removal process is selected from extractive distillation utilizing a solvent including an organonitrile, passing the C4 containing stream over a semi-permeable membrane and combinations thereof; and recovering the olefin rich stream from the paraffin removal process, wherein the olefin rich stream includes less than 5 wt. % paraffins.
US10343957B2
Oxidative dehydrogenation is an alternative to the energy extensive steam cracking process presently used for the production of olefins from paraffins, but has not been implemented commercially partially due to the unstable nature of hydrocarbon/oxygen mixtures, and partially due to the cost involved in the construction of new facilities. An oxidative dehydrogenation chemical complex designed to reduce costs by including integration of an oxygen separation module that also addresses safety concerns and reduces emission of greenhouse gases is described.
US10343952B2
A ceramic article in the form of a sanitary, culinary or laboratory article, comprising a ceramic base body and also a fired glaze applied on said base body, the fired glaze comprising SiO2 at 45-55 mass %, Al2O3 at 6-12 mass %, ZnO at 15-35 mass %, and additionally PbO at 0.1-15 mass % and/or CuO at 0.025-2 mass % and/or Bi2O3 at 0.25-7 mass %.
US10343949B2
A coated article includes a glass substrate supporting a coating. The coating may include, moving away from the glass substrate, a layer comprising diamond-like carbon (DLC); a layer comprising zinc oxide, wherein a concentration of OH-groups at a surface of the layer comprising zinc oxide farthest from the glass substrate is no greater than about 40%; and a layer comprising aluminum nitride on the glass substrate over and directly contacting the layer comprising zinc oxide. The DLC layer may be temporary, and designed to be burned off during heat treatment.
US10343948B2
A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and a plurality of high refractive index dielectric layers of or including a nitride of Zr and Al. In certain example embodiments, the high refractive index dielectric layers of or including a nitride of Zr and Al may be amorphous or substantially amorphous so as to allow the low-E coating to better withstand optional heat treatment (HT) such as thermal tempering. In certain example embodiments, the low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic or insulating glass (IG) window unit, vehicle windows, of the like.
US10343944B2
A method of modifying a substrate formed of non-deformable material is disclosed. In some embodiments, techniques are disclosed for identifying a region of a planar substrate that is susceptible to stretching during a subsequent shaping operation. In some embodiments, techniques are disclosed for adding an amount of non-deformable material to the planar substrate at an identified location and in a single operation, acting on the substrate until the substrate has a shape corresponding to a uniform thickness and a three-dimensional curvature.
US10343933B1
Apparatus and method for providing a self priming, self evacuating, cyclicly operating system in which liquid is disposed in a closed, fluid tight heating chamber for sterilization. Only a single parameter, temperature, is monitored to accomplish a desired liquid SAL. A pair of valves are singly and sequentially opened and closed within four phases (steps) to provide for liquid displacement. Operation cycles through four phases which include opening an inlet valve for filling the heating chamber, heating liquid to a predetermined temperature at which the liquid is sterilized to the desired SAL, opening an outlet valve whereby internally generated pressure delivers sterilized liquid to a dispensing container and a delay for keeping valve opening separate.
US10343929B2
The present invention provides a process for preparing a precipitated calcium carbonate product comprising the steps of: (a) preparing an aqueous suspension of precipitated calcium carbonate seeds by carbonating a suspension of Ca(OH)2 in the presence of 0.005 to 0.030 moles of Sr, in the form of Sr(OH)2, per mole of Ca(OH)2, (b) dewatering and dispersing the precipitated calcium carbonate seeds prepared in step (a) to obtain an aqueous suspension of precipitated calcium carbonate seeds having a d50 of less than or equal to 0.1 to 0.3 μm and a BET specific surface area of 10 to 30 m2/g, and (c) forming an aqueous suspension of a precipitated calcium carbonate product by carbonating a slurry of Ca(OH)2 in the presence of 0.5 to 5% by dry weight of the precipitated calcium carbonate seeds obtained in step (b), wherein the precipitated calcium carbonate seeds have a d50 that is less than the d50 of the precipitated calcium carbonate product and the precipitated calcium carbonate seeds have an aragonitic polymorph content greater than or equal to the precipitated calcium carbonate product obtained in step (c) characterized in that the dewatering of step (b) is carried out by the use of a tube press.
US10343911B2
A method of producing soluble polyphosphides from red phosphorous using solution chemistry is presented. A reaction between an alkali metal alkoxy compound or alkali metal alkyl thiolate compound, such as potassium ethoxide, and shelf stable red phosphorus generated soluble polyphosphides in a variety of organic solvents with the 31P NMR spectrum being used to detect the species of polyphosphides produced.
US10343909B2
Methods for the preparation of few-layer phosphorene, compositions thereof and related devices fabricated therefrom.
US10343906B2
Deuterium-depleted water is produced easily and inexpensively. A method for producing deuterium-depleted water by removing heavy water and semi-heavy water from water includes an adsorption step of supplying water vapor to a predetermined adsorbent at pressure at which heavy water and semi-heavy water are adsorbed by the adsorbent and light water is not easily adsorbed, causing the heavy water and semi-heavy water to be adsorbed, and recovering the water vapor not adsorbed by the adsorbent. The method also includes a desorption step of maintaining vapor pressure around the predetermined adsorbent which has adsorbed the water vapor in a range in which light water is desorbed and heavy water or semi-heavy water is not easily desorbed, and recovering the water vapor desorbed from the adsorbent.
US10343892B2
A filling adapter for a container to be filled with media, in particular for the filling of containers on assembly lines for the production of motor vehicles where the filling adapter is equipped with a hose pack, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic lines. The filling adapter has a barrel and a ball piece and is operatively connected to two media lines in a hose pack, wherein the media are redistributed in the adapter head, in which a filling valve and a vacuum valve are arranged, which are each connected to the barrel, and wherein an aeration line branches off from a vacuum line in the hose pack by means of a check valve and is connected to the ball piece.
US10343883B2
A lifting device of an industrial truck includes a load handling arrangement that is raised and lowered on a lifting frame and a hydraulic lift cylinder device that is actuated by an electrically actuatable control valve device, in which an electronic control device is provided to actuate the control valve device. The electronic control device has an automated set-down mode actuated during a lowering of the load handling arrangement. The load is lowered at a lowering speed specified by a deflection of a control element to the designated surface. As the control element continues to be deflected into the lowering position, the lowering of the load handling arrangement is terminated by the electronic control device by actuating the control valve device into a shut-off position to prevent the load handling arrangement from being set down on the designated surface.
US10343879B1
A winch control system having a solid state winch contactor and a boost power supply for a vehicle equipped with an electric winch and especially for off-road vehicles, is disclosed. This invention automatically provides three winch speeds: a “slow start” (“creep”) speed for “parking” the hook and for “sneaking” up on a load, a normal speed for normal winch operation and a fast speed for taking less time to unwind and rewind the winch rope when there is no load on the winch. Protection features for the winch contactor and/or the winch include, but are not limited to, electronic winch motor braking, current limiting, over temperature, undervoltage and reverse battery. Winch current limiting is adjustable from 100 amps to 300 amps, chosen for the purpose of accommodating various winch sizes.
US10343875B2
The assembly includes a tool with a stem having a first end having a projecting portion such as a ring, and a second end adapted to be engaged by lifting equipment. The assembly also includes a stem receiving portion formed in a wind turbine part to be lifted. The stem of the tool is adapted to be freely passed through the stem receiving portion until the first end of the stem is locked to the stem receiving portion, thereby preventing the stem from separating from the stem receiving portion when lifting the wind turbine part.
US10343872B2
A system for an elevator includes at least one battery and an energy exchanger coupled to the at least one battery and configured to let a DC bus float between a first voltage and a second voltage. An energy storage device is coupled to the energy exchanger. The energy storage device is configured to recapture energy that is not recaptured by the at least one battery during a run of the elevator. The energy storage device is also configured to provide energy to the elevator when demand for energy by the elevator exceeds a threshold.
US10343870B2
Technology is provided for a cable management spool assembly. The cable management spool assembly includes a spool and one or more arcuate covers. The spool includes a flange portion having a first side configured to confront a mounting surface and a second side opposite the first side. A drum portion extends from the second side of the flange portion and one or more latches extend away from the first side of the flange portion. The latches are positioned to engage one or more corresponding mounting features of the mounting surface. The arcuate covers are coupled to the spool and are pivotable between an open position where a cable may be wound on the drum portion and a closed position where the cable is retained on the drum portion.
US10343868B2
Provided is a roller with pressure sensor. The roller includes a pressure sensor mounted to the roller. The pressure sensor includes a plurality of pressure sensing units distributed on a thin film. The pressure sensing units are electrically connected to each other with a metal wire but not in contact with each other. Also provided is a roll-to-roll device, which includes a roller mechanism and a pressure sensor.
US10343867B2
A steel sheet shape control method includes, (A) setting a target correction shape of the steel sheet at a position of an electromagnet to a curved shape, (B) measuring a steel sheet shape when electromagnetic correction is performed, (C) calculating the steel sheet shape in a nozzle position based on the steel sheet shape, (D) repeating (B) and (C) by resetting the target correction shape to a curved shape having a smaller amount of warp, (E) when the amount of warp of the steel sheet shape at the position of the nozzle is less than the upper limit value, (F) calculating vibration of the steel sheet at the position of the nozzle, and (G) adjusting a control gain of the electromagnet until amplitude of vibration is less than a second upper limit value when the amplitude of the vibration is equal to or more than the second upper limit value.
US10343863B2
This sheet feeding device includes a paper transport path, a first paper pass detection unit, a second paper pass detection unit, a transport processing mechanism, an actuation determining section, and a detection control section. The first paper pass detection unit detects that the paper passes through a first point on the paper transport path. The second paper pass detection unit detects that the paper passes through a second point on the paper transport path. The transport processing mechanism performs predetermined transportation processing on the paper traveling on the paper transport path. The actuation determining section determines whether the transport processing mechanism has been actuated. The detection control section controls the first paper pass detection unit to constantly perform detection, and, if the actuation determining section detects that transport processing mechanism has been actuated, controls the second paper pass detection unit to perform detection except for a certain time period.
US10343843B2
A container is provided. The container comprises a cover, a base, and a body, which includes one or more spine structures and one or more door panels which may open and allow substantially lateral access to the interior of the container. The one or more door panels may be secured in a closed position by a latch mechanism. In a first mode, the latch mechanism is not released. In a second mode, the latch mechanism is released. The first mode and the second mode may operate concurrently and can be accessed separately via different mechanisms. A switch mechanism may alternate between the first mode and the second mode. Alternatively, a pedal includes a first pedal mechanism corresponding to the first mode and a second pedal mechanism corresponding to the second mode.
US10343833B2
A fuel tank in a vehicle. The fuel tank includes a protective outer shell, an inner shell and a crush sleeve. The protective outer shell defines an outer tank. The inner shell defines an inner tank which holds fuel. The inner shell is housed in the outer shell and is isolated from the outer shell by a space. The crush sleeve is provided in the space between the outer shell and the inner shell. The crush sleeve supports the inner shell and maintains the inner shell in position relative to the outer shell. Wherein during an impact to the vehicle, the force of the impact causes the outer shell and the crush sleeve to deform and the inner shell to move relative to the outer shell.
US10343832B2
Disclosed is a container, made of plastic material, and provided with a base including a standing ring forming a support flange, an inner wall, a diaphragm and a central portion, the diaphragm being capable of standing in an outwardly-inclined position. The diaphragm connects to the standing ring at an outer junction, and connects to the central portion at an inner junction. The diaphragm is invertible with respect to the standing ring from the outwardly-inclined position to an inwardly-inclined position. In the outwardly-inclined position, the whole diaphragm is curved in radial section, with a concavity turned inwards with respect to the container. The diaphragm has a depth strictly greater than 1 mm.
US10343830B2
The present teaching relates to a packaging unit for one or more individually removable products, in particular tablets, including a blister packaging and a bag-type outer packaging, in which the blister packaging is enclosed. The blister packaging is movably arranged in the outer packaging and can be brought into at least one removal position, in which the removal of at least one of the products is enabled. The blister packaging has at least one positioning element, and the outer packaging has at least one receiving element for the positioning element, wherein the positioning element arranged in the receiving element defines the removal position.
US10343828B2
A secure mailer including a rigid three dimensional body having a lid hingedly attached thereto. A surface of the body exhibiting a breakaway panel for gaining access to an interior enclosure. A plurality peel away strips reveal adhesives supported upon an inside surface of the lid and, upon pre-depositing a first item within the enclosure, for sealing the lid against the body in tamper evident and closing fashion. A plurality of tear-away strips extend in inwardly and perimeter extending fashion relative to the adhesives, the strips being accessible from an exterior of the lid and along three sides interconnecting with a fourth hinged side. In this manner, removal of the strips causes detachment of an inner remaining area of the lid from the adhesives for re-accessing the interior enclosure.
US10343824B2
A tamper evident closure includes a first snap, a second snap, a tear strip connected to the second snap, and a first projection extending around three sides of the first snap. In a closed position, the second snap is positioned in a cavity of the first snap, and the first projection surrounds three sides of the second snap that is positioned in the cavity of the first snap.
US10343822B2
Crown caps comprising jag-like or tooth-like shaped ends, wherein one or a plurality of cavities is formed between an outer container surface and the shaped ends, and wherein in the region of the shaped ends a deformable sealing material is provided which closes the cavities at least to the extent of the edge of the crown cap that points to the base of the container, with the sealing material forming a ring-like or hoop-like element separate from the crown cap and which interacts with the crown cap in such a way that when the shaped ends are deformed for the container closure they press or sink into the sealing material.
US10343819B2
The invention relates to a method for producing at least one stack (9) formed of bags (1), comprising the following steps: feeding tubular or semitubular material in order to form a bottom material layer (2) and a top material layer (3), introducing at least one weld seam (4) in order to connect the bottom material layer (2) and the top material layer (3) in order to form individual, but still connected bags (1), introducing a formatting fold (8) into the layer web, formed of still connected bags (1), separating the bags (1) connected in the formatted layer web into individual bags (1), wherein said bags (1) still have the formatting field (8), forming a packet of individual bags (1) into a stack (9) having a defined number of bags (1), and introducing at least one fold into the stack (9). The invention further relates to a bag (1), a stack (9), and a dispensing box (12).
US10343817B2
A food containing system may include one or more food container liners, such as a first food container liner and/or a second food container liner, and an optional food container. A food container liner may include a side wall bounding a liner cavity. The side wall may have an open top end, an open bottom end, an interior surface, and an exterior surface. A food container may include a container wall bounding a food receiving cavity. The container wall may have an open container top end, a container bottom end, a container interior surface, a container exterior surface, and a base coupled to the container bottom end. A first food container liner may be removably positioned or nested within the food receiving cavity of the food container. A second food container liner may be removably positioned or nested within the liner cavity of the first food container liner.
US10343814B2
A mounting brace having a first tine receiving member and a second tine receiving member combined by an intermediate member. Each tine receiving member includes an opening adapted to receive a tine from a lift vehicle. The opening may be formed by an upper deck portion having a general vertically wall portion on each end. The tine receiving members and/or intermediate member are adapted to receive fasteners for removably attaching the mounting brace to the product so that the tines of a lift vehicle can be inserted into the openings in the tine receiving members to lift and transport the product.
US10343810B1
The present disclosure provides a novel blank for producing cartons, particularly cartons useful for storing and dispensing sheets of tissue, having a novel shape. The cartons have at least one corner edge that is partially formed from an edge wall having a convex cross-sectional shape. In certain instances the carton has four corners and each of the edges is at least partially formed from an edge wall having a convex cross-sectional shape. By providing a carton having one or more convex shaped corner edges not only is a disinvite carton created, but the additional wall forming the convex edge may be provided with graphics that differ from the other carton walls to further enhance the cartons distinctive appearance.
US10343795B2
A separation system for separable elements of spacecraft and launchers includes an upper ring, a lower ring and a band with an inner channel which houses slidable clamps, which are applied against the upper ring and the lower ring that form the connection interface between the two separable elements. A device joins/separates the ends of the band, both the upper ring and the lower ring including an outer protruding element with a wedged section to be lodged in the clamps. The upper ring also has an inner protruding element with a wedged section that matches a channel shaped section in the lower ring, the lower ring also has an outer portion including the outer protruding element with a wedged section and the channel shaped section, the outer portion protruding from a main part of the lower ring and being spaced from it creating a groove.
US10343790B2
An insulative ring protects a burst disc of an aircraft from the shock of lightning strikes. The burst disc device includes: a burst disc which is installed inside a main wing to prevent over-pressurization of the main wing; a pressure release passage partially constituted by a support tube and is blocked with the burst disc and leads to the outside of the main wing; an insulative ring which is disposed along the inner peripheral edge at a terminal end of the pressure release passage and exposed to the outside of the main wing, and an insulation layer which is disposed between a flange of the support tube and an inner surface of a panel of the main wing.
US10343789B2
A system for monitoring steering of an aircraft landing gear wheel includes: a controller; a warning device for emitting warning signals for a tractor operator maneuvering the aircraft on the ground; and at least one angular sensor. The controller compares effective steering angle information, supplied by the angular sensor(s), with angles αSD, αMD, αSG and αMG, where αMD and αMG are limits of a predefined steering angle range within which the landing gear wheel steering is to remain confined, and where αSD and αSG are intermediate angles within the range. The controller commands emission of a warning signal when the comparison indicates that the steering of the landing gear wheel is between angles αSD and αMD or between angles αSG and αMG; and modulates the warning signal depending on the effective position of the steering between the angles αSD and αMD or between the angles αSG and αMG.
US10343786B2
A thrust reverser assembly and a method of operating an aircraft during a taxi mode of operation are provided. The thrust reverser assembly includes one or more actuator assemblies configured to modulate a position of a moveable portion over a continuous range of travel between a fully stowed position and a fully deployed position, such that an air flow through said thrust reverser bleed passage is correspondingly varied. The thrust reverser assembly also includes a throttle device that includes a first, ground idle power level position and a second, forward thrust mode position. Movement into the second position may be actuated separately and differently from movement into the first position. An actuator intermediate lock may inhibit actuation of the intermediate forward thrust mode of operation until a plurality of preconditions is met.
US10343776B2
Directed fragmentation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In one embodiment, the UAV includes various components, such one or more motors, batteries, sensors, a housing, casing or shell, and a payload for delivery. Additionally, the UAV includes a controller. The controller determines a flight path and controls a flight operation of the UAV. During the flight operation, the controller develops a release timing and a release location for one or more of the components based on the flight path, the flight conditions, and terrain topology information, among other factors. The controller can also detect a disruption in the flight operation of the UAV and, in response, direct fragmentation of one or more of the components apart from the UAV. In that way, a controlled, directed fragmentation of the UAV can be accomplished upon any disruption to the flight operation of the UAV.
US10343773B1
An aircraft includes a flying frame and a pod assembly that is selectively attached to the flying frame. The pod assembly has an aerodynamic outer shape. The flying frame includes an airframe having first and second wings, a propulsion system attached to the airframe and a flight control system operably associated with the propulsion system. The flying frame has a vertical takeoff and landing mode in which the first wing is forward of the pod assembly and the second wing is aft of the pod assembly. The flying frame has a forward flight mode in which the first wing is below the pod assembly and the second wing is above the pod assembly. The flying frame is operable for flight both with the pod assembly and without the pod assembly attached thereto. The flying frame is operable to jettison the pod assembly during flight.
US10343772B2
A pitch horn assembly for an aircraft including a blade attachment member having a first end, a second end configured to be coupled to a rotor blade; and a blade attachment axis extending between the first end and the second end of the blade attachment member; a moveable arm configured to be coupled to the blade attachment member at a pitch horn axis, the moveable arm having a first end configured to be coupled to a pitch link; a second end; and a moveable arm axis extending between the first end and the second end of the moveable arm; an extendable member configured to be coupled to the blade attachment member and the moveable arm of the pitch horn, wherein the extendable member moves the moveable arm about the pitch horn axis. An embodiment provides a method of adjusting a pitch-flap coupling in an aircraft.
US10343765B2
A spinner for a gas turbine engine may include a substantially-flat inner surface having frustoconical geometry. A flange having semi-toroidal geometry may extend from the spinner with an inner curved surface of the flange being tangential to the inner surface. A mating portion may extend substantially tangentially from the inner curved surface of the flange and configured for fastening to a fan hub.
US10343762B2
An aircraft has a fuselage, an engine disposed within the fuselage, a rotatable wing disposed above the fuselage and selectively rotatable about a wing rotation axis, and a plurality of interconnect driveshafts disposed within the rotatable wing, and at least one drive system component that is connected between the engine and the interconnect driveshaft is disposed along the wing rotation axis.
US10343757B2
Methods and systems are provided for operating a vehicle including an engine comprising a turbocharger including a compressor and a turbine. The engine further includes a bypass path configured to selectively route gas from downstream of the compressor to upstream of the turbine. In one embodiment, the method comprises selectively increasing gas flow to the engine by adjusting gas flow through the bypass path from downstream of the compressor to upstream of the turbine. In this manner, the performance of the engine may be adjusted for various operating conditions.
US10343754B1
A water propulsion apparatus operatively connected to a body moving on or through a body of water, may produce a propulsive force by sweeping fins in an oscillating motion in a generally transverse direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the body. The fins may be mounted on opposite sides of a frame and are rotatable about a first axis coplanar to the center longitudinal axis of the frame. Drive members rotatable about a second axis that is canted relative to the first axis may be operatively connected to the fins. The oscillatory motion of the fins may be controlled by torque applied at the canted second axis by reciprocating the drive members in a generally vertical plane parallel to the center longitudinal axis of the frame. The oscillating fins may provide a propulsive force during both oscillating directions of the fins as they sweep back and forth.
US10343753B1
The swimming safety tether is lifesaving support for a swimmer. The swimming safety tether provides a rope suspended from an arm over a swimming pool. The rope passes through the pull switch of an alarm and provides a number of gripping points that the swimmer may grasp. A swimmer needing assistance may grasp the rope and pull. The force on the rope may trigger the alarm to produce visual and audible indications of distress. The swimmer may attempt to pull themselves to safety using the rope while the visual and audible indications attempt to attract assistance.
US10343744B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, an operating member, and a hydraulic unit. The operating member is pivotally coupled to the base member about a pivot axis. The hydraulic unit is provided on the base member and comprises a hydraulic cylinder, a piston, and a hydraulic reservoir. The hydraulic cylinder includes a cylinder bore being at least partly provided above the pivot axis in a mounting state where the bicycle operating device is mounted to a bicycle. The piston is movably provided in the cylinder bore. The cylinder bore and the piston define a hydraulic chamber. The hydraulic reservoir includes a reservoir chamber connected to the hydraulic chamber. The reservoir chamber is provided above the cylinder bore without overlapping with the cylinder bore in a transverse direction parallel to the pivot axis in the mounting state.
US10343741B2
A bicycle component for an at least partially human-powered bicycle has a shock absorber device. The shock absorber device includes a damper device which can be controlled by a control device. A detection device is provided with a sensor device for receiving a signal. The sensor device is arranged on at least one component of the bicycle which is pivoted in the case of a steering movement. The detection device is suitable for detecting, and is designed to detect, the difficulty in the terrain as a function of the acquired signal, and is configured to control the damper device as a function of the detected difficulty in the terrain, with the result that a damping property of the damper device can be adjusted by way of a signal of the detection device.
US10343740B2
Provided is a traveling apparatus including a front wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support a front wheel; a rear wheel supporting member configured to rotatably support a rear wheel; a driving unit configured to drive at least one of the front wheel and rear wheel; an adjusting mechanism configured to adjust a wheel base length between the front wheel and the rear wheel by a user changing relative positions of the front wheel supporting member and the rear wheel supporting member; a control unit configured to control the driving unit based on a target speed associated with the wheel base length; and a failure detection unit configured to detect a failure in the traveling apparatus. When the failure detection unit detects the failure, the control unit stops the control based on the target speed associated with the wheel base length and performs control to extend the wheel base length.
US10343739B2
A drinking bottle cage includes a fastening member for fastening to a bicycle frame. The fastening member has connected therewith, in particular integrally formed with, a bottom holding member and a fixing member. The bottom holding member includes a projection in particular configured as a pin, said projection engaging with a recess provided at the bottom of the drinking bottle when the drinking bottle is fixed.
US10343734B2
The present invention generally relates to vehicle and machinery in agriculture, construction, forestry, mining and powersport. It further generally relates to track systems and traction assemblies used with such vehicles. The track assembly includes components having particular features that, alone or in combination, participate in decreasing the vibrations 5 undergone by the vehicle. According to embodiments, split frames are used with suspension, tandem subassemblies, “tridem subassemblies”, adjustable damping components, drive shaft openings, lowering of resulting the track band tension and rosta assemblies.
US10343723B2
A mud flap is attachable to a selected group of through-holes of a vehicle running board. Plugs clamp to inclined surfaces of the through-holes, thereby firmly affixing a bracket portion of the integrally molded mud flap body to the running board. A flap portion of the mud flap body is connected to the bracket portion of the mud flap body only by a hinge portion. The hinge portion has a straight front surface, a straight rear surface and a thickness that is less than the overall thickness of the mud flap body. The flap portion has at least one wall portion that does not conform to any yz plane, stiffening the flap portion and inducing it to rotate around the hinge portion as a unit when a front-to-rear shear force impinges on the flap portion. A notch may be formed to interrupt an otherwise convexly curved rear flap portion surface so to receive a downwardly depending running board reinforcing member when the flap portion flexes out of its rest position.
US10343719B2
A body arrangement for a front-end structure of a motor vehicle has a lower main longitudinal member arrangement, on the front end of which there is arranged a shock-absorbing transverse member, an upper member arrangement, which runs above a wheel suspension, and a tension strap which is fastened at a first fastening point to a front region of the main longitudinal member arrangement and at a second fastening point to the upper member arrangement. The first fastening point and the second fastening point are spaced apart in a vehicle transverse direction. The tension strap is arranged such that, in the event of a frontal collision of the motor vehicle with a small overlap, in the case of which a collision partner strikes the upper member arrangement of the motor vehicle laterally with respect to the longitudinal member arrangement, the tension strap, under tension, supports the upper member arrangement on the main longitudinal member arrangement.
US10343716B2
A universal axle-hub assembly is provided for an off-road vehicle. The universal axle-hub assembly comprises a wheel hub that receives a constant velocity (CV) axle snout into an opening extending through an axle support of the wheel hub. An outboard-most portion of the opening is a splined portion that engages with similar splines disposed on an outboard-most portion of the CV axle snout. An inboard-most portion of the opening is a smooth portion that receives a smooth portion of the CV axle snout. The axle support extends through an entirety of the width of a bearing that supports the wheel hub, such that the bearing supports the smooth portion of the CV axle snout and substantially eliminates shear forces acting on the splined portion of the CV axle snout. A bearing carrier supports the bearing and may be fastened onto a trailing arm or a spindle of the off-road vehicle.
US10343710B2
A vehicle steering system includes a clutch provided on a power transmission path extending from a steering wheel to steered wheels, a reactive-torque motor configured to apply a steering reactive torque to the steering wheel, a steering operation motor configured to steer the steered wheels, and a clutch engagement controller configured to engage the clutch when a steered angle of the steered wheels has reached a steered angle limit value and the steering wheel is rotated by an amount equal to or greater than a first prescribed value in a direction opposite to a direction toward a steering neutral position, with respect to a first steering angle that is a steering angle of the steering wheel at a time when the steered angle reaches the steered angle limit value, in a case where the clutch is in a disengaged state.
US10343709B2
A restoring torque generating device for generating a restoring torque acting on a steering handle of a vehicle comprising a first spring unit for generating a first restoring torque, a second spring unit for generating a second restoring torque, a driver cooperating with the first and the second spring unit. The driver can be coupled with a steering shaft of the vehicle such that during a rotation of the steering shaft in a first direction of rotation it acts on the first spring unit and during a rotation of the steering shaft in an opposite, second direction of rotation it acts on the second spring unit.
US10343707B2
A steering column may include an adjustment unit with a steering spindle that is mounted rotatably about its longitudinal axis in a casing tube, a supporting unit that supports the adjustment unit, and a clamping device that controls movement between the adjustment unit and the supporting unit in a longitudinal direction. The clamping device may comprise an actuating element that interacts with a clamping mechanism for clamping the supporting unit to the adjustment unit. The clamping device may further comprise a locking part. In the securing position a form-fitting element of the locking part engages non-displaceably in the longitudinal direction with a form-fitting element of an engagement part connected to the adjustment unit. In the release position the form-fitting element of the locking part may be spaced apart from the form-fitting element of the engagement part to release the adjustment unit. The actuating element may be connected to a lifting mechanism separate from the clamping mechanism. The lifting mechanism may be connected to the locking part and may convert actuation of the actuating element into a working stroke of the locking part. The working stroke of the lifting mechanism is assignable independently of a clamping stroke of the clamping mechanism.
US10343706B2
A steering column system includes a steering column shaft, a steering input device coupled to the steering column shaft, an energy absorbing mechanism operatively engaged with at least one of the steering column shaft and the steering input device, a column adjustment assembly configured to translate the steering column shaft between a retracted position and a driving position, and at least one signal indicating if the steering column shaft is in the retracted position or the driving position. When the steering column shaft is in the retracted position, directional control of a vehicle is automated, and when the steering column shaft is returned to the driving position as indicated by the at least one signal, the energy absorbing mechanism is operational.
US10343705B1
The stroller having wheels with integral skis is a stroller that can be rolled on wheels or pushed on skis. The skis are integral to the stroller can may be deployed by pulling a handle at the bottom rear of the stroller. Pulling the handle causes a first cable to rotate a distribution bar which causes a second cable and a third cable to be pulled. Pulling the second cable causes rotation of the front axle, which pivots the front skis into position below the front wheels. Pulling the third cable causes rotation of the rear axle, which pivots the rear skis into position below the rear wheels. The handle may be placed into a catch to hold the skis in the deployed position. When the handle is released, a torsion spring in each wheel may cause the skis to return to their positions above the wheels.
US10343693B1
In a computer-implemented method, data about potential vehicle operator impairment is retrieved. The data is generated by monitoring a vehicle operator, the environment ahead of the vehicle, and/or force in one or more directions. A number of impairment scores are generated by analyzing the data about potential vehicle operator impairment. A specific time period during which the vehicle operator tends to be most impaired is determined based on the impairment scores. Recommendations to reduce operator impairment of the vehicle operator are identified and communicated to the vehicle operator.
US10343692B2
A method of preventing dieseling of an engine for a mild hybrid electric vehicle includes steps of: determining whether an ignition switch is set to an OFF position; determining whether an engine stop condition is satisfied when the ignition switch is set to the OFF position; determining a target time point that completes a rotation of a mild hybrid starter and generator (MHSG) according to an engine speed when the engine stop condition is satisfied; and controlling a speed of the MHSG from a time point when the engine stop condition is satisfied to the target time point to reduce a speed of the engine.
US10343683B2
A power transmission system of a vehicle and a gear-shift control method are provided. The power transmission system includes a first drive assembly (101) and a second drive assembly (102). The first drive assembly includes a first automatic transmission (2) and a first motor (1) connected with the first automatic transmission (2) for outputting power to two wheels of the vehicle. The second drive assembly (102) includes a second automatic transmission (2000) and a second motor (1000) connected with the second automatic transmission (2000) for outputting power to the other two wheels of the vehicle. The first and second automatic transmission are configured to be shifted to a preset gear or a gear adjacent to the preset gear, such that when one of the first and second automatic transmission is shifted to the preset gear, the other one of the first and second automatic transmission is shifted to the preset gear or the gear adjacent to the preset gear.
US10343671B2
A power transmission apparatus for a hybrid vehicle may include a planetary gear set as a torque branching device disposed on the same axis with the engine; and a final reduction device having a final reduction gear receiving a torque of the engine and a torque of the second motor/generator, wherein, the torque of the engine is delivered to the final reduction gear through the planetary gear set, an intermediate shaft, and an output gear formed on an output shaft, and the torque of the second motor/generator is delivered to the final reduction gear through a shifting device facilitating multi-stages of torque transmission.
US10343668B2
An air disc brake system for a heavy-duty vehicle comprising an axle. A spindle is attached to an end portion of the axle. At least a portion of an air disc brake assembly is supported by the spindle. A suspension beam has an axle support portion connectable with the axle. An end portion of the suspension beam is spaced from the axle support portion for attachment with the heavy-duty vehicle. The suspension beam may pivot about the end portion of the suspension beam. An actuator actuates the air disc brake assembly. The actuator has a movable member to actuate the air disc brake assembly. Structure is associated with the suspension beam for supporting at least a portion of the actuator. A surface defines an opening in the suspension beam through which the movable member may extend or that may receive and support a portion of the actuator.
US10343666B2
A method of actuating a parking brake for a vehicle having an electromechanical brake device in a situation whereat driving dynamics state information is not available in the vehicle and whereat a driver operates the parking brake includes producing an electromechanical braking force with a magnitude that is less than a maximum braking force of the parking brake.
US10343663B2
A brake mechanism is provided, including: a main body, for connecting to a vehicle, having a penetrating hole for a wire to dispose therethrough, the wire having an insertion end which is smaller than the penetrating hole in radial dimension; a handle, restrictably pivoted to the main body via a pivot portion, having an assembling portion; the insertion end being directly axially penetrable through the penetrating hole to be fixedly connected to the assembling portion.
US10343657B2
A vehicle pedal sensor assembly for use in a vehicle brake pedal including a base and a pedal arm pivotally mounted to the pedal base. A sensor housing includes a non-contacting pedal position sensor and a contacting pedal force sensor. The sensor housing is mounted to the base of the vehicle brake pedal. A magnet is mounted to the pedal arm. The pedal position sensor senses a change in the magnitude and/or direction of the magnetic field generated by the magnet in response to a change in the position of the pedal arm for determining the position of the pedal arm. A pedal force application member exerts a force against the pedal force sensor in response to the change in the position of the pedal arm for determining the position of the pedal arm. The force sensor may be a piezoelectric element, a load cell, or a strain gauge.
US10343653B1
An assembly for correcting an attitude of at least a selected portion of a structure, where the assembly includes a controller affixed to a structure operatively coupled with one or more jacks operable to change the attitude of the structure; and a remote device configured to communicate wirelessly with the controller to change the attitude of a selected portion of the structure. Also disclosed is a method for adjusting an attitude of a movable structure.
US10343648B2
A retractor assembly includes a housing; a spool rotatably coupled to the housing and defining an axis; a webbing coiled about the spool; a disc in contact with the webbing and movable parallel to the axis; and a linear variable differential transformer including a core movable parallel to the axis with the disc.
US10343647B2
A belt retractor having a belt shaft having a shaft body, a profile head and a torsion bar, wherein the torsion bar arranged in the shaft body is connected on one end to the shaft body and on a second end to the profile head, and the profile head can be securely attached to the vehicle, and having a belt pretensioner, wherein a pretensioner drive wheel of the belt pretensioner is directly connected in a rotationally fixed manner to the profile head of the belt shaft, and mass bodies can be engaged with the pretensioner drive wheel so as to transmit force to drive the belt shaft in winding direction. The pretensioner drive wheel (16) is configured by means of two parts, the profile head (1) of the belt shaft and a push-on ring (2) that is pushed onto the profile head (1) and is positively and non-positively connected thereto, wherein respectively mutually opposite dome-shaped partial receiving socket segments (3), which form together receiving sockets for the mass bodies, are formed on the profile head (1) and on the push-on ring (2).
US10343631B2
Systems and methods for decreasing vehicle power consumption are provided. In one example embodiment, a method includes sending one or more first control signals to one or more control systems of an autonomous vehicle, the autonomous vehicle operating in a first mode and configured to provide a service to one or more users of the service. The one or more control signals cause the one or more control systems to autonomously park the vehicle at the location. The method includes sending, after the autonomous vehicle has autonomously parked at the location, one or more second control signals to the one or more control systems of the autonomous vehicle causing the autonomous vehicle to operate in a second mode, wherein the second mode requires less power than the first mode.
US10343629B2
Embodiments include a vehicle power distribution unit comprising a plurality of connection paths respectively connecting a plurality of electric loads to a vehicle battery, and a power saving module configured to receive a key fob input indicating user selection of one of a plurality of vehicle power modes, and disconnect a subset of the plurality of electric loads from the vehicle battery based on specifications associated with the selected vehicle power mode. Other embodiments include a vehicle system comprising a power distribution unit including a plurality of connection paths respectively connecting a plurality of electric loads to a vehicle battery; a key fob configured to enable user selection of one of a plurality of vehicle power modes; and a power saving module configured to disconnect a subset of the plurality of electric loads from the vehicle battery based on specifications associated with the selected power mode.
US10343626B2
An objective is to provide a hitherto not-existing retention component that is for a wiring bundle and can be manufactured without tying the wiring bundle, a wire harness including the retention component, and a manufacturing method and a manufacturing device for the wire harness.A metal mold that is used has a penetration hole in which a wiring bundle is to be penetratingly disposed, an annular retention portion-molding space for surrounding the outer circumference of the wiring bundle, and an engagement portion-molding space communicatively connected with the retention portion-molding space. The wiring bundle is disposed in the penetration hole, a melt resin is poured in the retention portion-molding space from the engagement portion-molding space, and solidified through cooling to mold a retention portion integrally with a engagement portion in a state of being closely adhered to an outer circumference of the wiring bundle.
US10343618B2
A landscaping blower nozzle assembly includes an inlet section for allowing air into the assembly, an elbow section and a motor. A nozzle is insertable into the elbow section such that the motor moves the elbow section in a moveable motion back and forth though at least 180 degree of motion for aiding the operator in the movement and removal of leaves and other debris. A breakaway coupler prevents damage to the blower nozzle when coming into contact with a rigid surface or structure. A tensioner assembly prevents distortion of the nozzle tip when subjected to high velocity air from the blower motor.
US10343615B2
A storage unit intended for mounting on the rear of a golf cart type vehicle is designed to protrude from the rear of the golf cart to provide more storage space. The storage unit is further designed to be removable, and may be subdivided with movable partitions. Several features are described for its attachment onto the rear of the golf cart in different ways, including specific types of attachments and frameworks for use with and without rear shelf wells on the golf cart. These are designed for greater security in holding the storage unit onto the golf cart, and include adjustable or removable bottom protrusions for use with a rear shelf well, or the attachment frame system without a rear shelf well. In addition, a system is described to allow the storage unit to be folded, such that it can be more compactly folded and shipped, stored or transported.
US10343598B2
A safety sign device is for a vehicle. The safety sign device includes a first sign having proximal and distal end, a first hinge being coupled to the proximal end of the first sign, the first hinge being coupled to a side of the vehicle, and a second sign being coupled to the side of the vehicle and being substantially parallel to the side of the vehicle. The first hinge is configured to extend and retract the first sign between a retracted position and an extended position. The first and second signs may be transverse to each other in the extended position, and may be flat against the side of the vehicle in the retracted position. The safety sign device includes a first flexible arm coupled to the first hinge and having an elongate housing, and visual indicators carried by the elongate housing.
US10343594B2
A rear structure of a vehicle includes a lamp and a dividing member. The lamp includes at least one lamp part, and is disposed on a rear portion of the vehicle. The dividing member is a member for dividing the lamp at least in a vehicle up-down direction. The dividing member is formed in such a manner that blinking of a single lamp part of the lamp is directly viewable both from above and below the dividing member when viewed from the rear side of the vehicle.
US10343585B2
The invention relates to an agricultural machine for spraying a phytosanitary liquid over cultivated land, said machine comprising means for moving the machine, a spray boom having at least one arm, a mechanism for inclining the boom and/or at least one of the arms in relation to a frame of the machine and vertically when the machine is on a flat and horizontal surface, and a mechanism for raising/lowering the boom along an axis fixed in relation to the frame of the machine. At least one of the arms is provided with at least one sensor, each sensor measuring a distance between the surface of the land and said sensor or, if necessary, between the crop and the sensor. The control unit is connected to each sensor, provided with a memory for storing information provided by each sensor, and able to control the raising/lowering mechanism according to information stored in the memory.
US10343582B2
A flatbed vehicle carrier assembly comprising a carrier body subassembly including a carrier floor supported by a carrier body slide enabling sill frame. An intermediate subframe subassembly is capable of sliding and being pivotally integrated with a slide enabling tilt and pivotal control subassembly, which is pivotally secured therebetween to a mounting platform support assembly. A pivot control device provides a means to rotate and rearwardly transfer and posture the intermediate subframe. The carrier body sill frame is slideably assembled to the intermediate subframe, being driven by a longitudinal control actuator. A ramp can be pivotally integrated into a loading end of the carrier body subassembly. The carrier and ramp floors are fabricated of a series of interlocking extrusion members. The edge rails can include one or more hook receptacles for receiving flat hooks for tie downs or a slot for receiving one or more sliding latching element assemblies.
US10343578B2
A control system for a dump truck includes a signal reception unit that receives a rising command signal to cause the dump truck including a vessel and a hydraulic cylinder configured to raise and lower the vessel to start a rising action of the vessel, and a vessel control unit that varies an extension speed of the hydraulic cylinder nonlinearly with respect to elapsed time when the signal reception unit receives the rising command signal.
US10343576B1
A adjustable cup holder includes a base, a retainer and a biasing element. The base includes a first cup well and a second cup well, the retainer is carried on the base and is displaceable between a home position and a raised or deployed position for holding taller items in a more stable manner. The biasing element biases the retainer toward the deployed position.
US10343573B2
A vehicle seat assembly, comprising a first seat component and a second seat component, is provided. The second seat component is adjustable relative to the first seat component—preferably about a pivot axis—and a resetting device is provided, by means of which a resetting force is exerted on the second seat component in direction of a neutral position, when the second seat component is adjusted with respect to the neutral position. The resetting device at least includes the following:—a spring element in which a portion is rotated about an axis of rotation, when the second seat component is adjusted with respect to its neutral position, and the spring element thereby is tensioned, so that via the tensioned spring element at least a part of the resetting force is provided, and—a force transmission element.
US10343570B1
An armrest mounted in a seat assembly includes an armrest mounting assembly. The mounting assembly supports the armrest and is adapted to provide rotation of the armrest between a stowed and use position. The mounting assembly includes a bracket supporting a mounting plate having a stop rod rotation channel, a pivot rod installation aperture, a retention tab, and a pivot cradle. The pivot rod has an end portion shaped to engage the mounting plate. The armrest mounting assembly provides an efficient securing mechanism for a pivoting armrest.
US10343568B2
A cargo liner for a vehicle may include a cargo area portion sized and configured to extend over a horizontally-oriented cargo area of a vehicle. The cover may also include a seatback portion coupled to the lower portion. The seatback portion may be sized and configured to extend upwardly over a seatback of a vehicle seat. The seatback portion may include a first section, a second section, and a third section. Each of the first section, the second section, and the third section may extend from an upper edge of the upper portion to the cargo area portion. The cargo liner may include a guard portion elevating mechanism that is manipulable to cause the guard portion to transition between a lowered state and an elevated state wherein at least a segment of the guard portion proximate the cargo bed portion extends upwardly to provide a rear barrier.
US10343564B2
In a vehicle seat including an upper rail, a lower rails, a lock mechanism for normally locking the upper rail relative to the lower rail, and a lock release member for selectively unlocking the upper rail relative to the lower rail, a deformation restraining member is fixedly attached to the lower rail, and extends toward a part of the lower rail so as to define a small gap relative to the lower rail.
US10343552B2
A heterogeneous electrical energy storage system (HESS) is managed by determining a power demand of a dynamic electrical power load in a system having multiple rechargeable energy storage components, each of the energy storage components having a respective capacity, energy delivery rate, energy density, specific energy, and cycle characteristic. In response to determining the power demand of the electrical power load, one or more of the energy storage components are discharged to supply power to the electrical power load in accordance with at least one of: a respective remaining capacity measured for at least some of the energy storage components, and the power demand of the electrical power load relative to one or more respective rate limits currently applied to the energy storage components.
US10343550B2
A circuit for controlling a hybrid drivetrain, including an alternating current electric machine, a first battery, a second battery, a first pair of complementary transistor switches arranged to complete a first direct current circuit to charge the first battery or to complete a second direct current circuit to discharge the first battery, a second pair of complementary transistor switches arranged in parallel and arranged to complete a third direct current circuit to charge the second battery or to complete a fourth direct current circuit to discharge the second battery, an inverter arranged to convert direct current electrical energy from the first and second batteries into alternating current electrical energy, arranged to supply the alternating current electrical energy to the electric machine, and also arranged to transmit voltage modulations caused by damping vibrations within the drivetrain, and a control unit operatively arranged to control the first and second pair of switches.
US10343548B2
An onboard battery includes a battery module; and high-voltage devices. An inside of a housing case is partitioned into respective predetermined parts by a partition plate in the onboard battery. The partition plate has a disposition hole. The onboard battery includes, as the high-voltage devices, a first high-voltage device disposed on the partition plate and a second high-voltage device configured to be cooled by a convection caused by a cooling fan and attached to the partition plate with a part of the second high-voltage device protruding downward from the disposition hole. The partition plate has a discharge hole for a heat emitted from the first high-voltage device. The discharge hole communicates with a heat exhaust path for a heat emitted from the second high-voltage device.
US10343536B2
In some embodiments, a device in a network receives vehicle characteristic data regarding a set of vehicles. The device identifies, based on the received vehicle characteristic data regarding the set of vehicles, a particular ground-based charging coil with which charging coils of the set of vehicles are expected to be in a close proximity. The device determines, based on the received vehicle characteristic data regarding the set of vehicles, a set of power levels and times at which the particular ground-based charging coil is to be powered. The device dynamically controls the particular ground-based charging coil to be powered at the determined set of power levels and times.
US10343530B2
A method for braking a vehicle, which is moving along a carriageway, by a braking device which has at least one friction brake and at least one regenerative brake for braking at least one wheel of the vehicle, wherein an anti-lock braking operation is carried out by the braking device, at least one braking torque which is to be applied to the wheel by the braking device being at least temporarily limited to a prespecifiable value by a regulating device of the vehicle during the anti-lock braking operation to at least temporarily prevent locking of the wheel relative to the carriageway, wherein the braking torque for braking the wheel is applied to the wheel at least partially by the regenerative brake at least during a portion of the anti-lock braking operation, and also to a vehicle which executes the disclosed method.
US10343526B2
A collected-current monitoring device includes a current-value obtaining unit for obtaining current values I1 and I2; a first RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 1 of the current value I1 at a window width W; a second RMS-calculation unit for calculating a root mean square (RMS) 2 of the current value I2 at the window width W; a determining unit for determining whether a combination of the RMS 1 and the RMS 2 satisfies an abnormality condition; an abnormality-signal output unit for outputting an abnormality signal when the abnormality condition is satisfied; an information-obtaining unit for obtaining railway vehicle information; and a setting unit for setting a set-parameter that includes at least one of the window width W or the abnormality condition depending on the railway vehicle information.
US10343523B2
The disclosure relates to an operating unit for an in-vehicle system to control an operation of at least one in-vehicle electric device of a vehicle. The operating unit includes at least one touch screen, at least one rotary knob that is arranged on the touchscreen and at least one shaft that extends through the touchscreen and is connected in a non-rotatable manner to the rotary knob. In order to simplify operation of the operating unit via haptic feedback from the operating unit, the operating unit comprises at least one electromagnetic latching arrangement that is connected to the shaft and renders it possible to latch different rotary positions of the rotary knob in a non-contact manner.
US10343518B2
A PTO support assembly for a work vehicle train includes a work vehicle having a PTO drive shaft and a work implement, towed by the work vehicle, having a PTO shaft. The PTO support assembly has a mounting base with a connection interface coupled to the work implement. A support member is coupled to the mounting base and has a support interface for contacting the PTO shaft. The PTO support is adjustable to a support position in which the support interface is maintained at a height corresponding to a height at which the PTO shaft is engaged with the PTO drive shaft.
US10343514B2
A rear (1) of a motor vehicle has a bumper (2) configured as a beam and arranged in a transverse direction (Y) of the motor vehicle. A trim panel (3) covers the bumper (2), and an end plate (4) is provided for at least one end pipe (5) of an exhaust gas system of the motor vehicle. An opening (7) penetrates the trim panel (3) below the bumper (2), and the end plate (4) penetrates the opening (7). Supports (8) are connected to the bumper (2) behind the trim panel (3) and extend down from the bumper (2). The trim panel (3) is mounted in the supports (8) below the bumper (2), and the end plate (4) is mounted in the trim panel (3).
US10343513B2
A work vehicle is disclosed that includes an elastic support mechanism for supporting an exhaust muffler. The elastic support mechanism includes a support platform member, an elastic cylindrical members and an bar-shaped member. The support platform member is supported by a rear-linking frame bar to adjust a position of the support platform member along one of lateral and longitudinal directions of the body frame. An elastic cylindrical member supported by one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. The elastic cylindrical member has an axis extending along the other of the lateral and longitudinal directions, and is supported at a single position, in a direction of the axis, of said one of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler. A bar-shaped member supported by the other of the support platform member and the exhaust muffler is fitted into the elastic cylindrical member to be supported by the elastic cylindrical member.
US10343511B2
In a vehicle in-wheel motor drive device, an in-wheel motor unit is supported by a supporting member in a posture in which a direction from a first axis to a center-of-gravity position of the in-wheel motor unit has a horizontal direction component in an axially perpendicular plane perpendicular to the first axis, and the supporting member is provided with a stopper brought into contact with the in-wheel motor unit to regulate vibrations having a component in a vertical direction around the first axis of the in-wheel motor unit before an elastic member reaches an elastic limit.
US10343505B2
Method of functioning the retractable hard top system for convertible vehicles which implies splitting the ceiling in the middle (through the longitudinal axis of the vehicle), moving the rear window with the frame-like area around it on top of the trunk lid, opening the upper areas of the rear wings and folding compactly the remaining components of the roof inside the lateral areas of the trunk. This method significantly increases the usable volume of the luggage compartment and offers an easier access to the items carried in the trunk. Also, this method requires a less complex operation system which leads to less expensive manufacturing and maintenance costs.
US10343503B2
Linear motor actuated moonroofs are provided to include first and second channels and a glass sheet with a first and second edge each contained in the first and second channel, respectively. Each of the first and second channel has a plurality of magnets, which are configured to interact with a plurality of coils positioned on the top and/or bottom surface of the glass sheet proximate to the first and second edges. The plurality of coils are selectively energized by a control module to induce a movement of the glass sheet relative to the first and second channels. In some examples, the moonroof and associated components are contained within a cassette. The plurality of coils are preferably affixed to the glass sheet surfaces by a lithographic or silk-screen printing process.
US10343489B2
An evaporative HVAC apparatus is disclosed for use in a vehicle air conditioning system. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides a housing positioned substantially in front of a vehicle evaporator and having an inner surface that defines an air passage extending therethrough. At least one thermal core is positioned within the housing. The at least one thermal core comprises at least one absorbent wicking layer sandwiched between a pair of substantially planar thermal layers. At least one fluid line is in fluid communication with the at least one wicking layer. Thus, as air from a vehicle blower moves through the evaporator and subsequently through the housing, a fluid is selectively delivered to the at least one wicking layer through the at least one fluid line which, in turn, permeates each of the thermal layers and evaporates into the air located immediately adjacent an exposed first surface of each of the thermal layers, thereby affecting the temperature of said air before it enters a cabin area of the vehicle.
US10343487B2
A vehicle having a heating and cooling system includes a refrigerant loop having first and second heat exchangers, and a coolant loop. The coolant loop includes a plurality of valves directing a first flow of coolant through a first refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger, a second flow of coolant through a second refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger, and a third flow of coolant including a first portion of the first flow of coolant exiting the first refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger and a first portion of the second flow of coolant exiting the second refrigerant-to-coolant heat exchanger through an auxiliary coolant loop, and a control module for controlling the plurality of valves to direct the flows of coolant dependent upon a mode of operation. The auxiliary coolant loop is for heating/cooling one or more components, such as a battery, dependent upon the mode of operation.
US10343483B2
A heat pump system for vehicle includes a cooling device including a radiator and a first water pump by a cooling line and circulating a coolant along the cooling line to cool an electric component; a battery module provided on a battery cooling line selectively connected to the cooling line through a first valve; a HVAC module including an internal heater connected to the cooling line through a first connection line, a cooler connected to the battery cooling line through a second connection line, and an opening or closing door provided between the internal heater and the cooler and controlling external air passing through the cooler to be selectively introduced into the internal heater depending on cooling, heating, and heating and dehumidifying modes of the vehicle; and a centralized energy (CE) module connected to each of the battery cooling line and the cooling line.
US10343467B1
A tire inflation system safety valve includes at least an air line disposed between a rotary union and a tire communicating with an axle supporting a hubcap, the rotary union axially aligned with the axle and mounted to the hubcap. The air line facilitating pressurized air transferred between the rotary union and the tire. The tire inflation system safety valve including at least a valve housing providing a valve activation chamber, a fluid conduit, supported by the valve housing, having a downstream end and an upstream end and in fluid communication with the valve activation chamber, and a diaphragm disposed within the valve activation chamber and communicating with the fluid conduit. The diaphragm, in response to the pressurized air of a predetermined pressure, automatically precludes air transfer between the upstream end of the fluid conduit and the downstream end of the fluid conduit.
US10343465B2
Wear resistance is improved. To that end, a pneumatic tire of the disclosure herein includes, on a tread surface 1, a sipe 4 extending in a direction intersecting a tire circumferential direction. A sipe width of the sipe becomes maximum at a predetermined depth direction position P1 at predetermined extending direction position P2 of the sipe, and gradually increases at the predetermined depth direction position P1 from both ends in the sipe extending direction to the predetermined extending direction position P2, and also gradually increases at the predetermined extending direction position P2 from both ends in the sipe depth direction to the predetermined depth direction position P1.
US10343456B2
A wheel assembly for a surface vehicle is presented. The wheel assembly comprises a tire comprising an envelope structure which by its inner surface encloses a cavity. The envelope structure comprises an outer, surface-engaging side having a circumferential surface, and opposite side walls which are integral with and extend from the surface-engaging side. The sides walls by their free ends define an inner, rim-engagement side of the tire by which the tire is connectable to a wheel hub. Each of the opposite side walls comprises a surface pattern defining a suspension assembly within the side wall to thereby prevent stretching of the tire envelope towards its maximal volume when the envelope is compressed with gas, while allowing deformation of the tire envelope when loaded or depressurized such that the surface engaging side of the tire maintains a substantially constant contact with the surface.
US10343454B2
A bearing device for a vehicle wheel (1) includes: an outer ring (2), serving as an outer member; an inner member in which the inner member including a hub ring (3) that has an integral wheel mounting flange (3B) to which a wheel is mounted, and at least one inner ring (4) that is press-fitted to a small-diameter step part (3A) of the hub ring; ball rows (5) that are accommodated in a freely rolling manner; and a bottomed-tube-shaped cover (11) fitted to an inner-side opening (2B) of the outer member. In order to retain grease enclosed between the outer member and the inner member near the ball rows, an outside damming member (11D), which is formed of a ring-shaped elastic body extending radially inward, is provided at a side (11A) of the cover.
US10343450B2
Aerodynamic wheel covers may include a hub assembly coupled with a hub of a large vehicle, such as a truck. A base assembly may be coupled to the hub assembly, and a disk assembly may be coupled with the base assembly such that removal and installation of the disk assembly may be accomplished without tools.
US10343446B2
A writing instrument according to an embodiment of the invention including, a chuck that chucks a writing lead, wherein the chuck includes a first chuck pawl which comes into point contact or line contact with the writing lead to press the writing lead so as to apply first contact stress to the writing lead; and a second chuck pawl which presses the writing lead so as to apply, to the writing lead, second contact stress that is lower than the first contact stress, and the first contact stress is configured such that, when a prescribed impact is applied to the writing lead, a contact portion of the writing lead subjected to the first contact stress fractures and absorbs the prescribed impact.
US10343443B2
According to one aspect, the invention relates to an optical security component intended for being observed under direct reflection. The component comprises a structure engraved on a layer of a material having a refraction index n2, a thin layer of a dielectric material having a refraction index n1 other than n2, deposited on the structure, and a layer of a material having a refraction index no other than n1, encapsulating the coated structure of the thin layer. The structure has a first pattern modulated by a second pattern such that, in at least one first region (61, 86), the first pattern comprises a low-relief with a first set of facets, the shapes of which are determined such as to generate at least one first concave or convex cylindrical reflective element, and the second pattern forms a first subwavelength grating acting, after depositing the thin layer and encapsulating the structure, as a first wavelength-subtractive filter; in at least one second region (62, 86), the first pattern comprises a low-relief with a second set of facets in which the shapes are determined such as to generate at least one concave or convex cylindrical reflective element (64), and the second pattern forms a second subwavelength grating acting, after depositing the thin layer and encapsulating the structure, as a second wavelength-subtractive filter, separate from the first wave-length-subtractive filter. Each subwavelength grating can be a zero order diffraction grating such as a DID.
US10343440B2
A method prints on a printing material using inks and dampening fluids. An ink printing machine uses ink print heads to apply an image to a front side of the printing material and a dampening fluid print head to apply a dampening fluid image, thus reducing or avoiding water-related cockling of the printing material. The method includes: providing the image to be printed, calculating n different color separation matrices, calculating n ink amount matrices An from the color separation matrices, and calculating a total ink amount matrix A. For every element of the total ink amount matrix: calculating a matrix B as B=G*A, with a weighting matrix G and determining the maximum of the matrix B, calculating a dampening fluid matrix C, calculating the dampening fluid image from the dampening fluid image matrix C, and printing the ink image and the dampening fluid image.
US10343434B2
An image forming apparatus includes a function control processing unit, a clock oscillation unit, power supply control unit including a power supply control processing unit which starts as a power supply of the image forming apparatus is turned on to control energization of constituent elements and control a startup operation of the function control processing unit. Further, the image forming apparatus has a warming-up operation mode in which when the power supply of the image forming apparatus is turned on, the power supply control processing unit starts up to make the clock oscillation unit start operating to transmit a clock signal to the function control processing unit, and in which the power supply control processing unit restarts itself and starts up the function control processing unit after a lapse of a predetermined standby time set beforehand, with the function control processing unit kept inactive.
US10343433B2
A skew sensor calibration unit including a scanner providing a scanned image of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along a transport path, the scanned image including a leading edge of the sheet and a skew detection pattern printed thereon by a printhead. A calibration module measures a top skew of the sheet based on position signals from a plurality of skew sensors indicating a position of a leading edge of a sheet as the sheet is conveyed along the transport path, measure an image skew of the sheet relative to the printhead based on the scanned image, and generates a calibration factor that when applied to the measured top skew provides a calibrated top skew that matches the image skew.
US10343432B2
A printing apparatus includes: a case having a door; a duct installed on an inner side of the door in the case and communicating with an outside of the case; a cover installed in the case and having an opening, the opening allowing an inside of the case and the outside of the case to communicate with each other via the duct of the door being closed; a fan configured to perform at least one of drawing of air into the case or exhausting of air from the case via the opening and the duct with the door being closed; and a shutter configured to open the opening during drive of the fan and close the opening while the door is open.
US10343430B2
An assembly is provided for moving a carriage, the assembly comprising a carriage beam arranged for supporting the carriage, which is moveably arranged along the carriage beam, a cable carrier for supporting a cable, the cable carrier being attached to the carriage and comprising a plurality of carrier segments distributed along a length of the cable carrier, and a flexible support element arranged along the carriage beam for supporting the cable carrier along a track.
US10343418B2
A method for printing on a hollow body which is brought by stretching into a final form during production from a perform includes, before the preform is stretched, printing on preform with at least one ink. The print is applied in a distorted manner such that presentation of a pattern which is required on the hollow body after the stretching of the preform appears upon the preform being stretched.
US10343417B2
A method of generating a diagnostic plot for a printing system includes printing a first half of a diagnostic pattern representative of a first state of the printing system, and printing a second half of the diagnostic pattern representative of a second state of the printing system. Variation of the diagnostic pattern from an adjacent diagnostic pattern indicates the printing system is out of specification.
US10343415B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an inkjet head and the like in which an ink chamber can be separated by a simple structure with high accuracy. An inkjet head according to the present invention includes: a head chip including a plurality of nozzles that ejects inks, a plurality of pressure chambers respectively in communication with the plurality of nozzles, and a piezoelectric element that generates pressure change inside each of the plurality of pressure chambers to eject an ink; an ink chamber to store an ink; and a holding portion that is jointed to an ink supply hole forming surface of the head chip and holds the ink chamber. The holding portion is characterized in including: an outer peripheral wall holding portion to hold an outer peripheral wall of the ink chamber; and a separation wall holding portion to hold a separation wall of the ink chamber, and the ink chamber is separated into a plurality of portions by the separation wall and the separation wall holding portion.
US10343411B2
A liquid ejecting head is mounted on a carriage in which a first positioning hole defined by a first inner surface is provided. The liquid ejecting head includes a first positioning member and a first intermediate member. The first intermediate member includes a first expansion portion being capable of being inserted into a first positioning hole and abutting on the first inner surface by expanding in a radial direction intersecting with an insertion direction of the first expansion portion. The first expansion portion includes a first insertion hole into which the first positioning member is inserted and expands in the radial direction by the first positioning member being inserted into the first insertion hole.
US10343405B2
A manufacturing method of a fluid control device is provided. Firstly, a housing, a piezoelectric actuator and a deformable substrate are provided. The piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric element and a vibration plate having a bulge. The deformable substrate includes a flexible plate and a communication plate. The flexible plate includes a movable part. Then, the flexible plate and the communication plate are stacked on and coupled with each other to form the deformable substrate. Then, the housing, the piezoelectric actuator and the deformable substrate are sequentially stacked on each other and coupled with each other. A synchronous deformation process is implemented by applying at least one external force to the deformable substrate, so that the flexible plate and the communication plate of the deformable substrate are subjected to a synchronous deformation, and a specified depth between the movable part and the bulge of the vibration plate is defined.
US10343403B2
A method for forming a film that covers a side wall of a through hole in a substrate having the through hole, the method including, in the following order, the steps of providing a substrate having a through hole that passes therethrough from a first surface to a second surface, which is a surface opposite to the first surface, forming, on the first surface, a lid member that blocks an opening of the through hole open on the first surface, recessing, in a direction away from the first surface, a surface of the lid member that blocks the opening by removing part of the lid member through the opening, and forming a film that covers the side wall of the through hole.
US10343401B2
A flow path unit is formed by laminating a plurality of lamination plates, and has a first damper chamber extending in a manner overlapping with a plurality of pressure chambers with respect to a longitudinal direction in which the plurality of pressure chambers is aligned, as seen from an opening side of a plurality of nozzles. The first damper chamber is provided at a height between the pressure chamber and the common liquid chamber, as measured along the laminating direction in which the plurality of lamination plates is laminated, and a first support part is provided inside the first damper chamber.
US10343384B2
Method and system for applying film to a plastic work piece to be cured, including providing a plastic work piece disposed on a surface of a base member, a free region remaining around the plastic work piece, an application frame having a frame housing with a frame opening and a frame edge enclosing the frame opening, and a film suitable for covering a plastic work piece during the curing thereof. Film is applied on the frame edge where the film covers the frame opening, and a lip region of the film is fastened to the frame edge. The application frame can move relative to the plastic work piece, where the plastic work piece passes through the frame opening until the frame edge, the lip region fastened thereto, is placed on the free region, wherein the film is deformed by the plastic work piece and rests against the plastic work piece.
US10343381B2
A glueless dustless composite flooring material system providing PVC-based flooring having layers providing different qualities of hardness, wear-resistance, sound deadening, and decorative patterns, avoiding the use of moisture-susceptible compressed dust filler, with layers fused together, avoiding the manufacturing complexity and delamination risks of using glue or adhesive, with a quickly-cured, UV-cured top coating providing long-lasting high performance and shortening and simplifying the manufacturing, which can be done in a sheet-form, essentially continuous-run manner, with an ability to quickly and simply change the optional design printing and texturing produced, and having an optional underlayment layer.
US10343379B2
Multiple layer panels including a pair of substrates and an interlayer disposed therebetween are provided. In some cases, the multiple layer panels may utilize substrates having different thicknesses, and such configurations may help reduce glass thickness and overall panel weight. However, panels of the present invention may still exhibit sufficient strength, rigidity, and acoustic performance and can be suitable for use in a wide range of automotive, aeronautical, and/or architectural applications.
US10343371B2
An article may be made of multilayer composite material. The multilayer composite material may include central element (I) between first and second reinforcement layers (B) to form structure (B)-(I)-(B). The central element (I) may include: first and second structural layers (A), each of the first and second structural layers (A) including at least one mat of needle punched thermoplastic fibers selected from polyester fibers, polyamide fibers, polypropylene fibers, or mixtures thereof bonded through thermosetting resin; and third reinforcement layer (B) between the first and second structural layers (A). The first, second, and third reinforcement layers (B) each may include fibrous material, including one or more types of fibers selected from glass fibers, natural fibers, carbon fibers, basalt fibers, aramid fibers, or mixtures thereof.
US10343367B2
The present invention concerns a film (1), which contains at least one inner layer (3, 4, 5) and two outer layers (2, 6) enclosing at least one inner layer (3, 4, 5) where the, at least one, inner layer (3, 4, 5) contains a polymer A in a quantity from 70 to 100 wt. %, preferably 80 to 99 wt. % and especially preferably from 90 to 99 wt. %, relative to the total weight of the inner layer (3, 4, 5), which is characterized by special interesting properties, where the outer layers (2, 6) contain a mixture of polymer A and a polymer B, where polymer B is selected from the group consisting of low-density polyethylenes, said film (1) having a thickness from 30 to 70 μm, preferably 35 to 60 μm and especially 40 to 55 and an elastic restoring capacity of more than 95% at an elongation of 55%. The present invention also concerns a process for the production of a film, the use of the wealth. As a stretch-sleeve up film and articles provided with the oil of the invention, such as packaging. The present disclosure is directed to a stretch-sleeve film and articles including the stretch-sleeve film. The stretch-sleeve film includes at least three layers including two skin layers and a core layer. The core layer includes at least 75 wt % of an ethylene/a-olefin copolymer (A) characterized by (i) a density from 0.890 g/cc to 0.920 g/cc; (ii) a Mw/Mn from 2.0 to 4.0; (iii) a ZSVR less than 6.0; and (iv) a CDC from 85 to 150. At least one skin layer includes a polymeric material selected from the ethylene/a-olefin copolymer (A), a low density polyethylene, a medium density polyethylene, and combinations thereof. The stretch-sleeve film has an elastic recovery at 55% stretch of at least 95%.
US10343366B2
A method can be used to produce a component from a sandwich material in sheet or strip form, which sandwich material comprises at least two metallic surface layers and a plastic layer disposed between the metallic surface layers. The method may involve at least partially heating the sandwich material along an edge region to soften the plastic in the edge region. The plastic may then be substantially completely displaced out of the edge region by exerting a force on at least one of the metallic surface layers. In this way a plastic-free edge region is produced in which the metallic surface layers are in contact in sub-regions or at points. Further, a component comprised of a sandwich material may include at least two metallic surface layers and a plastic layer disposed between the metallic surface layers. The sandwich material may have, at least along one edge, a plastic-free region in which the metallic surface layers are in contact in sub-regions or at points.
US10343364B1
A device supports first and second flaps on a box traveling on a conveyor, the conveyor traveling at a speed in a direction. The device includes a cam track having a selected profile. The device includes a drive mechanism, wherein at least a portion of the drive mechanism travels proximate the cam track in the direction at substantially the speed of the conveyor. First and second mounting blocks are pivotally attached to the drive mechanism, including first and second cam followers for engaging the cam track; first and second fingers; and first and second hooks attached to the first and second fingers and configured to engage and hold the first and second flaps on the box. Relative positions of the first and second fingers with respect to the box change as the drive mechanism travels along the cam track.
US10343361B2
A machine for retreading tires includes a rotatable hub and an expandable rim disposed around the moveable hub. The expandable rim includes a plurality of shoes, each shoe having a flange segment on either side of a rim segment of the plurality of shoes. An adapter is attached to each of the flange segments such that an expandable rim width is decreased. A method for modifying a width of an expandable rim for use in a tire retreading machine comprising is also disclosed.
US10343355B2
A system for additively manufacturing a composite part (102) comprises a delivery guide, movable relative to a surface. The delivery guide is configured to deposit at least a segment of a continuous flexible line along a print path. The continuous flexible line comprises a non-resin component and a thermosetting resin component that comprises a first part and a second part of a thermosetting resin. The print path is stationary relative to the surface. The delivery guide comprises a first inlet configured to receive the non-resin component, and a second inlet configured to receive at least the first part of the thermosetting resin. The delivery guide is further configured to apply the first part and the second part of the thermosetting resin to the non-resin component. The system 100 further comprises a feed mechanism, configured to push the continuous flexible line out of the delivery guide.
US10343347B2
A method for assembling a tank, including: providing a plastic first shell, a plastic second shell with an opening, and at least one connecting member with a plastic end part configured to be arranged in or around the opening, the first and second shell delimiting an internal volume of the tank, and the connecting member being dimensioned for connecting the first and second shell in the internal volume of the tank; welding a circumference of the first shell to a circumference of the second shell; arranging the end part in or around the opening; and connecting the end part of the connecting member to a wall part of the second shell by heating an external area of the second shell surrounding the opening and/or by heating the end part of the connecting member.
US10343341B2
The present invention provides a thermal caulking device which can quickly heat and cool an object to be caulked with low electrical power. Provided is a thermal caulking device which caulks a portion of a plastic part 7 as an object to be caulked, the thermal caulking device including: a metal tip 3 having a pressing part 3a which presses the object to be caulked and a heating rod 3c which is provided upright at a center part of the pressing part 3a; heating means 10c for heating the heating rod 3c; a cooling pipe 9 which cools the heating rod 3c; cooling fluid supply means 4 for supplying a cooling fluid to the cooling pipe 9; a holder 1 which holds the metal tip 3 and the cooling pipe 9 so that the cooling pipe 9 delivers the cooling fluid toward the heating rod 3c; and control means 6 for controlling the heating means 10c and the cooling fluid supply means 4, wherein the control means 6 heats the pressing part 3a from the heating rod 3c by the heating means 10c, and after the object to be caulked is thermally caulked by the pressing part 3a, supplies the cooling fluid from the cooling fluid supply means 4 to the cooling pipe 9 to cool the pressing part 3a from the heating rod 3c.
US10343335B2
Certain examples described herein relate to producing three-dimensional objects using additive manufacturing systems. These examples combine the use of material volume coverage vectors to define object data with octree data structures and models for tracking material placement error and available volumes. Material volume coverage vectors correspond to a volumes of three-dimensional objects and define a probabilistic distribution of materials available to an additive manufacturing system including combinations of said materials. In certain examples, a bottom level of the error tracking octree model is constructed to contain at least a portion of the data values for a set of obtained material volume coverage vectors. This is then used in an error distribution process to generate manufacturing control data for the additive manufacturing system.
US10343322B2
The present disclosure relates to devices for extruding plastics, notably mixtures of elastomers which are intended to be used in the manufacture of tires.
US10343315B2
The present invention relates to an injection molding method using a fiber-reinforced composite material as an insert, and an injection molded product, and provides an injection molding method comprising: a step of preparing a fiber-reinforced composite material having a high-strength fiber, which is an insert material, impregnated in a resin; an insert formation step of manufacturing an insert by molding the fiber-reinforced composite material into a preliminary shape; and an injection molding step of manufacturing an injection product by arranging the insert in an injection mold and injecting a resin.
US10343313B2
A structural polymeric composite includes a stiffening layer. The composite is made in a continuous extrusion process in which the stiffening layer is pulled through a cross-head die as a polymer is extruded over it. The layer includes a film or textile carrier, a filler of carbon fibers, fiberglass, organic fibers or minerals forming a mat. A binder may be dispersed over the mat and a second carrier applied. The mat is subjected to heat and pressure to soften the carriers and binder so they penetrate into the interstices of the filler and binds mechanically with them and the carriers and binder bind chemically with each other to form the stiffening layer. A polymer is then extruded over the stiffening layer, which may be used flat, provided with holes or punches for composite action with the polymer, formed into a profile, or segmented to provide spaced-apart stiffening layers.
US10343309B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polymer sheet for use as an immobilization element, wherein the sheet is at least partly made of a polymer material comprising a polymer from the group of polycaprolactone, a copolymer of polyethylene with at least one α-olefin having 3-10 C atoms, or a mixture of two or more of the aforementioned polymers, a photo-initiator, and a photo-cross-linker, wherein the polymer sheet has a thickness of 1.0 to 5 mm and wherein the polymer sheet is at least partially cured by exposing to UV radiation for the at least partially cross-linking of the polymer.
US10343304B1
Polymer composites containing carbon nanotubes often exhibit high glass transition temperatures, which can complicate their use in additive manufacturing processes. Extruded filaments containing carbon nanotubes and residual solvent can have desirably lowered glass transition temperatures. Extruded filaments can contain a polymer as a continuous phase, a nanomaterial such as carbon nanotubes homogeneously mixed throughout the continuous phase, and above 0% to about 15% solvent by weight. Methods for making extruded filaments can include producing a solvated composite by dissolving a polymer and a nanomaterial in a solvent, producing a partially desolvated composite by reducing a solvent content of the solvated composite to a range of about 10% to about 30% by weight, forming particles of the partially desolvated composite, supplying the particles to an extruder, and extruding a filament having the polymer as a continuous phase and the nanomaterial homogeneously mixed throughout the continuous phase, which also contains residual solvent.
US10343300B2
A method for manufacturing a porous body includes a structure forming step that is repeatedly performed a plurality of times and includes: a pore-forming material placing step of placing a pore-forming material 50 for forming pores in the porous body; an aggregate placing step of placing aggregate particles 51 which are part of raw materials of the porous body; a binder placing step of placing binder particles 52 which are part of the raw materials of the porous body; and a binding step of heat-fusing at least part of the placed binder particles 52 to bind aggregate particles 51 together.
US10343297B2
A die cutter blanket for a counter-die of a rotary die cutting machine has a cover that surrounds the counter-die forming a cylindrical sleeve around the counter-die. The cover is made from a first material having a first hardness value. The cover has a key adapted to fit into a slot of the counter-die in order to fix the cover around the counter-die. The die cutter blanket also includes a bar made from a second material having a hardness value greater than the first hardness value, which is disposed entirely inside the key, axially along the length of the key. The bar is peripherally coated by the first material.
US10343295B2
A cutter including a cutting head and an adjustable handle pivotally coupled to the cutting head. The adjustable handle includes a first adjustment assembly to change a length the adjustable handle extends from the cutting head. The adjustable handle also includes a second adjustment assembly to change the position of the adjustable handle with respect to the cutting head.
US10343291B2
A gripping mechanism according to the present invention is provided with: two gripping pieces pivoted about a pivoting axis; a gripper main body that supports the gripping pieces at a distal-end portion; a pulley that is supported about a rotation axis that is parallel to the pivoting axis; an opening wire that is wound around the pulley that has one end secured to the gripping pieces or the gripper main body, and that causes tensile forces that cause the rotation axis to be moved in one direction pulley, wherein the pulley is disposed so that a resultant force of the tensile forces in the opening wire that acts on the rotation axis becomes greater than the pulling force, and so that a moment that causes the gripping pieces to be pivoted in the directions in which the gripping pieces are opened relative to each other is generated.
US10343289B2
Systems, methods, and software products that provide enhanced efficiency in automated and semi-automated manufacturing processes by employing process intelligence to verify that a user-selected manufacturing process to be applied to a workpiece corresponds to the manufacturing process actually designated for that workpiece, thereby avoiding potentially costly manufacturing errors.
US10343282B2
A method able to easily fit a movable shaft part in the corresponding hole. The method includes grasping the base part by the robot and arranging the base part at vertically upward of the top face of the female component so that the plurality of shaft parts are suspended from the base part, moving the base part downward by the robot, and, if a tip end (106c) of at least one shaft part is not inserted into the hole so as to butt against the top face of the female component when moving the base part vertically downward by the robot, moving each of portions of the base part, from which the shaft parts are suspended, in a horizontal direction.
US10343280B1
Methods for minimizing redundancy of surface coverage of a workspace using a robotic device and a base station are presented, the methods including: creating a polar map of the workspace defined by a number of cells; creating a policy by dividing the workspace into a number of zones each defined by a portion of the number of cells and by ordering the number of zones for surface coverage; selecting a zone of the number of zones for surface coverage by the robotic device; creating a cell matrix of the portion of number of cells representing the selected zone; assigning the selected zone to the robotic device; covering the selected zone by the robotic device; reporting an actual zone coverage to the base station; updating a coverage matrix corresponding with the cell matrix of the selected zone to indicate coverage; and calculating a penalty.
US10343266B2
A bit holder assembly includes a barrel having a shank receiving end, a bit receiving end, and an inner wall extending between the shank receiving end and the bit receiving end. The bit holder assembly also includes a shank sized and shaped to be received within the barrel. The shank is insertable into the barrel from the shank receiving end. The bit holder assembly further includes a shuttle having an annular recess. The shuttle is sized and shaped to be received within the barrel and is insertable into the barrel from the bit receiving end. The bit holder assembly also includes a retaining member sized and shaped to be received within the annular recess. The retaining member is configured to retain the shuttle within the barrel.
US10343256B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of dressing a tool which can be used for the gear manufacturing machining of a workpiece on a dressing machine, wherein the dressing takes place with line contact between the dresser and the tool; wherein a specific modification of the surface geometry of the tool is produced in that the position of the dresser with respect to the tool during dressing is varied in dependence on the tool width position.
US10343255B2
A polishing apparatus for polishing a substrate is provided. The polishing apparatus includes: a polishing table holding a polishing pad; a top ring configured to press the substrate against the polishing pad; first and second optical heads each configured to apply the light to the substrate and to receive reflected light from the substrate; spectroscopes each configured to measure at each wavelength an intensity of the reflected light received; and a processor configured to produce a spectrum indicating a relationship between intensity and wavelength of the reflected light. The first optical head is arranged so as to face a center of the substrate, and the second optical head is arranged so as to face a peripheral portion of the substrate.
US10343252B2
An apparatus for detecting an abnormality in polishing of an edge portion of a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes: a substrate holder configured to rotate the substrate; a pressing device configured to press a polishing tool against the edge portion of the substrate to polish the edge portion; a measuring device configured to measure a position of the polishing tool relative to a surface of the substrate; and a controller configured to determine an amount of polishing of the substrate from the position of the polishing tool, calculate a polishing rate from the amount of polishing of the substrate, and judge that an abnormality in polishing of the edge portion of the substrate has occurred if the polishing rate is out of a predetermined range.
US10343250B2
A device and method to aid in lapping a spherical washer to a steam turbine component are provided. The device includes a drive head, the drive head made up of a drive cap and a hollow cylindrical portion projecting from the drive cap. The drive cap abuts a surface of the spherical washer. The cylindrical portion fits within and is concentric to an inner diameter of the spherical washer. The device also includes an expanding gasket including an outer diameter having a contour configured to fit a contour of an inner diameter of the spherical washer and an inner diameter slides onto the cylindrical portion such that the gasket and cylindrical portion are concentric. The drive head attaches to a drive unit which imparts a torque to lap the spherical washer with respect to a steam turbine component. The expanding gasket expands and holds the spherical washer during the lapping.
US10343245B2
A liquid drainage mechanism drains oil (liquid) from a Y-axis slider that moves along a predetermined path. The liquid drainage mechanism includes an outflow hole and a nozzle flow passage that are provided in a C-axis rotary mechanism and configured to flow the oil in a stator, a nozzle configured to move integrally with the Y-axis slider and discharge the oil, and a Y-axis guide member configured to guide the Y-axis slider. The nozzle is disposed at a position that is close to but not in contact with the Y-axis guide member, and the nozzle discharges the oil so that the oil reaches the Y-axis guide member.
US10343241B2
A robot cell (1) may include a multi axis robot arm (3), which terminates in a gripper (4) arranged to handle a pallet (2), and a sawing device (10), which is arranged to separate a nailed pallet part from a pallet (2) handled by said gripper (4). The sawing device (10) may include a saw blade immersed in a liquid bath, which is contained in a trough (11) of the sawing device (10). Such that separation of said nailed pallet part is performed in a liquid environment.
US10343238B2
Provided is a lead-free solder alloy that has excellent tensile strength and ductility, does not deform after heat cycles, and does not crack. The In and Bi content are optimized and the Sb and Ni content are adjusted. As a result, this solder alloy has an alloy composition including, by mass, 1.0 to 7.0% of In, 1.5 to 5.5% of Bi, 1.0 to 4.0% of Ag, 0.01 to 0.2% of Ni, and 0.01 to 0.15% of Sb, with the remainder made up by Sn.
US10343235B2
A laser welding method of the present invention is a laser welding method for irradiating with a laser beam a groove portion 6 formed along a circumferential direction by butting axial end portions of cylindrical bodies 5a, 5b together to weld the groove portion, the method comprising: a welding process S2 of irradiating the groove portion 6 with the laser beam over the entire circumference to weld the groove portion; and a strain correction process S4 of irradiating the groove portion 6 with the laser beam over the entire circumference, the laser beam having a heat input amount smaller than a heat input amount per unit area of the laser beam emitted in the welding process S2.
US10343230B2
Welding-type systems and user interfaces having a color display for displaying physical setup instructions are disclosed. Example interface devices include a process selection input device, a display device, a memory, and a processor. The memory stores weld connection setup graphics and physical welding connections. Each of the plurality of weld connection setup graphics is a graphic of a perspective view of a power supply. The processor, in response to identifying a selected welding process type via the welding process selection input device, displays one of the plurality of the weld connection setup graphics via the display device. The processor detects a physical welding connection made at the power supply, determines, based on the detected physical welding connection, that the detected physical welding connection is incorrect for the selected welding process type, and displays an alert on the display device to indicate an error in the detected physical welding connection.
US10343225B2
The invention is a monolithic end-mill cutter set (A) that can be made of ceramic and/or other materials having high strength and toughness and comprising a shank part (B) along a longitudinal axis (4) and a cutter part (C), comprising: a cutting diameter (1) varying between 2 to 20 mm, at least one web thickness (18) found at a blade (26) part, at least one helix angle (10) having a cutting edge (13) thereon, a core diameter (16) that is at least 0.7 times the cutting diameter (1), at least one corner radius (5) found at the tip part of the blades (26) between the flutes (9) and axial and positive radial rake angles (17) at which cutting operation is made. It has a wide helix angle interval and a positive rake angle. Titanium Aluminum Nitride TiAlN coating can be made on the monolithic end-mill cutter set (A) via PVD coating method in order to extend the service life of the end-mill cutter set (A), increase the abrasion resistance, and minimize the problem of sticking of rake on the cutter set (joining).
US10343219B2
Disclosed herein is a method comprising disposing a container containing a metal and/or ferromagnetic solid and abrasive particles in a static magnetic field; where the container is surrounded by an induction coil; activating the induction coil with an electrical current, to heat up the metallic or ferromagnetic solid to form a fluid; generating sonic energy to produce acoustic cavitation and abrasion between the abrasive particles and the container; and producing nanoparticles that comprise elements from the container, the metal and/or the ferromagnetic solid and the abrasive particles. Disclosed herein too is a composition comprising first metal or a first ceramic; and particles comprising carbides and/or nitrides dispersed therein. Disclosed herein too is a composition comprising nanoparticles comprising chromium carbide, iron carbide, nickel carbide, y.-Fe and magnesium nitride.
US10343217B2
A method for manufacturing a component includes providing a metallic first powder having a plurality of first particles with a first mean particle diameter. A second powder added to the first powder has a plurality of second particles with a second mean particle diameter less than the first mean particle diameter. Energy is applied to at least the second powder so as to selectively heat the second particles. The first powder is combined with the heated second powder to form a modified powder including modified powder particles. Modified powder particles have an interior portion containing an interior composition, and an outer surface portion with an outer composition different from the interior composition.
US10343215B2
The machine is of the type which uses an energy beam which acts on a powder layer in a working zone. The machine has a device for layering said powder and which includes a means for storing powder, a means for distributing powder, a feeding means that transfers powder from the storage means to the distributing means, and a metering means that controls the quantity of powder transferred from storage means to distributing means. The storage means is positioned higher than the working zone, the feeding means utilizes gravity, and in use, the feeding means and the metering means move with the distributing means. The machine has two separate working zones and two separate working trays that move independently of one another. Each of the working trays is associated with only one working zone, and the layering device is common to both working zones.
US10343209B2
A rotary press device (33) includes a restriction section (36) configured to restrict a motion of a roll (30) around a central axis of a roll (30) against movement of the roll (30) around a central axis of a hub main body (8) during rotary forging. In an example, the restriction section (36) has guide teeth (44) meshed with teeth formed on a processing surface of the roll (30).
US10343196B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for in-pipeline maintenance, delivery and management of sensors are provided herein. A multi-component, in-pipeline sensor management system includes a self-propelled sensor explorer component comprising (i) one or more communication sub-components and (ii) one or more navigation assistance sub-components, wherein the self-propelled sensor explorer component is configured to move through a liquid within a pipeline; a sensor coupling unit comprising one or more attachment structures, wherein the one or more attachment structures enable the system to attach to one or more sensors within the pipeline; and a sensor maintenance unit comprising (i) a cleansing unit, wherein the cleansing unit comprises (a) an inlet valve for one or more cleaning liquids and (b) an outlet valve for one or more waste liquids, (ii) a cleaning liquid storage component coupled to the inlet valve, and (iii) a waste liquid collector coupled to the outlet valve.
US10343192B2
The present invention provides a liquid supplying device that can determine whether a CLC can be used appropriately. A liquid supplying device for supplying a liquid from a liquid source to a cleaning device is provided. The liquid supplying device includes a flow rate control device that measures a flow rate of a liquid from the liquid source and controls the flow rate based on the measured value, an IN-side pressure gauge provided between the liquid source and the flow rate control device and an OUT-side pressure gauge provided between the flow rate control device and the cleaning device.
US10343190B2
The invention provides a cleaning blade 1, having an elastic body 11 formed of a rubber base material molded product, and a surface treatment layer 12 on at least an area of the elastic body 11 to be brought into contact with a cleaning object. The surface treatment layer 12 is formed by impregnating a surface portion of the elastic body 11 with a surface treatment liquid containing an isocyanate compound and an organic solvent, and hardening the liquid. The surface treatment layer 12 has an indentation elastic modulus of 21 MPa to 56 MPa. The elastic body 11 has an indentation elastic modulus greater than 20 MPa and 35 MPa or less. The difference in indentation elastic modulus between the surface treatment layer 12 and the elastic body 11 is 1 MPa to 21 MPa.
US10343184B2
Provided is a drug-eluting coronary stent. In the drug-eluting coronary stent according to the present invention, electrospinning is used, thereby making it possible to precisely control a total content of an everolimus-based drug bound thereto and form a uniform layer in spite of not using a polymer causing late thrombosis, or the like.
US10343177B1
Spray nozzle systems and methods of use are described herein. The spray nozzle system may include a stationary tube, a rigid rotor, and a sub-medium supply source. The stationary tube may be in fluid communication with a pressurized air source. The substantially rigid rotor is in fluid communication with the pressurized air source. The substantially rigid rotor includes a substantially rigid conduit that is in fluid communication with the passages of the stationary tube and the rotor. A portion of the conduit is substantially arched such that an outlet of the conduit is offset a radial distance in a radial direction from the rotor axis. Pressurized air ejected from the outlet produces directional components of the pressurized air in the direction of rotation about the rotor axis; and during use, the pressurized air rotates the rotor and sucks sub-medium from the sub-medium supply source into the stationary tube passage.
US10343174B2
Disclosed herein is a rock mill lifter having in one example: a radially outward surface with a radially inward recess having a radially inward surface which is substantially parallel to; a calculated radially outward lift surface of the lifter at a minimum allowed lifter height. The rock mill lifter in one example may further include: a circumferential following surface having; a radially inward recess configured to wear to be; substantially parallel to the radially inward surface of the radially inward recess.
US10343166B2
The disclosure provides devices, systems and methods for the generation of encapsulated reagents and the partitioning of encapsulated reagents for use in subsequent analyses and/or processing, such as in the field of biological analyses and characterization.
US10343162B2
A microfluidic device, including a matrix array of controllable shape-changing micropillars where a shape of the shape-changing micropillars is changed by a fluid.
US10343155B1
A continuous resin regeneration system includes a process by which resin in need of being recharged is continuously cycled out of a filtration “column” as new resin is flowed in. Downstream filtration columns also undergo this cycling but at slower and related rates as the first column with the dirtiest water will naturally degrade resin faster than the downstream columns. Contaminated water is cleaned by the continuously cycled resin in multiple columns. The degree of cleaning of earlier filtration columns affects the resin flow rate of later filtration columns.
US10343150B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst comprising a mesoporized zeolite, comprising the steps of: preparation of a protonic mesoporized zeolite, which contains at least one network of micropores and at least one network of mesopores, and treatment in a gas or liquid phase containing ammonia or ammonium ions. The invention also related to the obtained catalyst and the use of this catalyst in hydroconversion processes.
US10343139B2
Disclosed herein are new processes for adsorbing oxygen using adsorbent compositions comprising RHO zeolites kinetically selective for oxygen. The RHO zeolites can be used in pressure swing adsorption processes for separating oxygen from oxygen containing streams, such as for, but not limited to, purifying a crude argon feed stream or separating oxygen from an air feed stream.
US10343130B2
A method processes a stable emulsion having components from whole-cell biotransformations such as cells, soluble cell components, organic solvents and/or water. In this connection, the emulsion, which is stable after the biotransformation, is mixed with further parts of organic phase, and subsequently the mixture is continuously stirred until a catastrophic phase inversion of the emulsion takes place while mixing; subsequently, this phase-inverted mixture is transferred to a settling container, where the phases of the emulsion separate from one another and can be separated from one another.
US10343123B2
A device for loading an in particular higher-viscosity liquid, such as a silicon resin, for example, with air or another gas. The device has a pressure vessel receiving the liquid and the gas, in which pressure vessel an agitator, having a drive shaft set through the pressure vessel at least in part, is arranged. In order to enable the particularly fast and homogeneous intermixing of the liquid and gas, the drive shaft is arranged in a conveying pipe and drives a conveying organ, in particular a screw conveyor, which transports the liquid through the conveying pipe to at least one outlet, and there is an running-off surface underneath the outlet from the conveying pipe for the liquid flowing out of the outlet. Upon actuation of the agitator, the liquid is thus not only well intermixed together with the air already received therein, but at the same time conveyed through the conveying pipe to the running-off surface, on which it can discharge in a thin layer and has a particularly large exchange area with the gas as a result.
US10343107B2
Systems and methods for separating CO2 and H2S from a natural gas stream are provided herein. The system includes a first loop of co-current contacting systems configured to remove H2S and CO2 from a natural gas stream and a second loop of co-current contacting systems configured to remove the H2S from the CO2.
US10343095B2
Filter media comprising a pre-filter layer and related components, systems, and methods associated therewith are provided. In some embodiments, the pre-filter layer may be designed to impart desirable properties to the filter media, such as a high gamma and/or long service life, while having relatively minimal or no adverse effects on another property of the filter media that is important for a given application. For instance, a pre-filter layer may be used to improve the upstream removal of fine particulate matter, which may clog a downstream efficiency layer comprising submicron fibers and reduce filtration performance. The pre-filter layer may be configured to increase service life and/or increase the gamma of the filter media. Filter media, as described herein, may be particularly well-suited for applications that involve filtering air, though the media may also be used in other applications.
US10343094B2
An apparatus for separating a granular material from a conveying air stream (5) comprising a deflecting surface (2) for the laden conveying air stream (5) against which flow may take place substantially tangentially is described. In order to allow advantageous separation conditions, it is proposed that the deflecting surface (2) adjoins a guiding surface (3) curved in the opposite direction in the flow direction for a largely laminar flow separation.
US10343079B1
A toy building brick system includes a base brick having a cubic shape such that the base brick comprises six outer walls. The base brick has an open interior and each of the outer walls comprises a female receiver such that six female receivers are formed in the base brick. In this manner, the base brick defines an all-female brick. A plurality of inserts is provided and each of the inserts is removably engaged with one of the female receivers such that an outer surface of each of the inserts faces outwardly of the open interior.
US10343072B2
Provided is a method of producing a rhythm game according to an embodiment of the inventive concepts that includes extracting a main sound source of a music signal by based on a plurality of channel signals included in the music signal; extracting a peak period from the main sound source; and designating a rhythm note that requires a tap input from a user to correspond to a timing of the peak period.
US10343068B2
A system and method for dynamically determining parameters of crafting activities for individual users in a virtual space are disclosed. The crafting activity parameters may be determined based on rate of usage of the virtual space by the users. In some examples, a user usage rate of the virtual space may be determined to measure an amount of time a user spend in the virtual space during a period of real-world time. Based on the determined user usage rate of the virtual space, crafting activity parameters may be determined, for example, to balance differences in time spent in the virtual space by the users. In some implementations, for such determinations of the crafting activity parameters, one or more user normalization standards may be obtained.
US10343064B2
A service provision apparatus and a method of controlling a service provision apparatus for providing game service are disclosed herein. The service provision apparatus for providing game service includes an input acquisition unit, a character placement unit, and a character movement unit. The input acquisition unit acquires a first user input and a second user input based on input events. The character placement unit places a character based on information about a location within a game space included in the first user input. The character movement unit controls the movement of a character, selected based on control region information included in the second user input, based on information about a location within the game space, i.e., a destination, included in the second user input.
US10343059B2
Handheld controllers having flexible thumbstick guards are disclosed herein for use with a handheld controller having a thumbstick or other pivotal control member. A representative guard has a tubular neck that sealably connects to a shaft portion of the thumbstick, and a skirt that sealably connects to an interior portion of the handheld controller around the control opening. The guard has a flexible joint portion interconnecting the neck and the skirt to allow the neck to move relative to the skirt upon pivoting the control member relative to the body.
US10343054B2
An automatic card handling device, automatic card handling devices within a network, and methods of use are disclosed. An automatic card handling device includes a shuffling apparatus with a controller and configured to deliver a set of shuffled cards, and a communication module operably coupled to the controller. The communication module is configured for establishing an electronic communication with a local or world-wide network and thereafter sending and receiving information related to the operation of the automatic card handling device across the network. A network of automatic card handling devices may include a plurality of automatic card shufflers. The network may also include at least one server operably coupled to the plurality of automatic card shufflers. In addition, the server may be operably coupled to a service center through a world-wide network.
US10343046B2
A method for displaying representations of facial expressions on devices includes receiving, by a processor on a device, data from a sensor coupled to the device. The method includes identifying, by the processor, responsive to the received data, a level of progress that a user of the device made towards a goal. The method includes selecting, by the processor, responsive to the identification, an icon representing a facial expression. The method includes modifying, by the processor, a level of power for each of a plurality of light indicators embedded in the device to display the icon.
US10343041B2
An apparatus for measuring loft and lie of a golf club head with better accuracy is disclosed herein. More specifically, the present invention discloses an apparatus that utilizes a high precision camera that focuses on the striking face portion of the golf club head, working in conjunctions with encoders near the shaft portion of a golf club head, to instantaneously provide precision measurement of the loft and lie of the golf club head and feedback to the operator in order to allow for more precision adjustment to the loft and lie of the golf club head.
US10343033B2
A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball, and is tuned to vibrate, immediately after impact, at a predetermined frequency. A slot is included in a portion of the golf club head and works with the flexure to further tune performance.
US10343032B2
A golf club head including a crown, a sole, a hosel, a face and a flexure. The flexure provides compliance during an impact between the golf club head and a golf ball, and is tuned to vibrate, immediately after impact, at a predetermined frequency.
US10343029B2
A golf club includes a shaft-insertion hole, a shaft inserted to the shaft-insertion hole, and a ferrule attached to the shaft. The ferrule includes an upper part exposed to the outside, and a lower part located between the shaft-insertion hole and the shaft. The lower part of the ferrule includes at least one through hole. The through hole includes a chamfered portion on an outer surface side of the lower part. Preferably, the lower part includes a plurality of through holes. The through holes may be provided at respective four or more positions in a circumferential direction of the lower part. The through hole may have a minimum hole area of greater than or equal to 3 mm2 and less than or equal to 12 mm2.
US10343028B2
An apparatus for cleaning golf equipment. The apparatus includes a flexible outer layer shaped to form an exterior surface of a pouch, a flexible inner layer shaped to form an interior surface of the pouch, and a water impermeable layer disposed between the flexible outer layer and the flexible inner layer, with each having edges that are coupled together to form an opening of the pouch. The flexible inner layer is made from a textured fabric for wet-cleaning golf equipment and the flexible outer layer may also be made from a textured fabric for drying and dry-cleaning the golf equipment. The apparatus includes an anti-wicking barrier disposed on the interior surface. The anti-wicking barrier may prevent moisture from inside the pouch from escaping the pouch.
US10343018B2
The present invention is directed to golf balls having improved aerodynamic performance due, at least in part, to the selection of the dimple plan shapes. In particular, the present invention is directed to a golf ball that includes at least a portion of its dimples having a plan shape defined by high frequency periodic functions along a simple closed path. In addition, the present invention provides methods for producing dimples having a plan shape defined by a high frequency periodic function along a simple closed path.
US10343013B2
The invention relates to an elliptical trainer including: a frame having a first end and a second end; a rocker-rod mechanism hingedly connected to the first end of the frame; a pedal mechanism connected to the frame and the rocker-rod mechanism, the pedal mechanism being linked with the rocker-rod mechanism on the frame; a resistance adjustment mechanism provided at the first end of the frame, the resistance adjustment mechanism being connected to the pedal mechanism through a transmission mechanism for adjusting the movement resistance of the pedal mechanism. In the apparatus of the invention, there are two resistance adjustment ways i.e. manual resistance adjustment and electronic-controlled resistance adjustment, the user can select any one or both according to requirements. By combining the manual adjustment and the electronic controlled adjustment, the adjustable range of movement resistance is increased, and not only a wide range resistance control is achieved, but also fine-tuning of the movement resistance can be achieved manually.
US10343010B2
An adjustable dumbbell device includes a handle bar, a housing attached to one end of the handle bar, a weight element engageable into the housing, a pawl slidably received and engaged in the housing, and an actuating device rotatably engaged onto the handle bar and having a cam member for engaging with the pawl and for actuating the pawl to engage with the weight element and for detachably anchoring the weight element to the housing and the handle bar. The housing includes a guide channel for slidably engaging with the pawl, and a guide pin engaged with the pawl for guiding and limiting the pawl to slide relative to the housing.
US10343007B2
An athletic tire training device includes a compressible body having a flat surfaced top, flat surfaced base, a surrounding wall extending between the top and base, and an interior wall extending between the top and base. The surrounding wall has an exterior surface with flat sides. The interior wall surrounds an open interior volume. The body has a weight of at least 20 pounds. The training device is usable in a variety of functional training exercises.
US10343006B2
A preloaded resistance pack and exercise device. The resistance pack includes an elastomeric resistance element coupled to a hub and disposed on a plate. The hub includes a pair of radially extending wings that lie against a surface of the plate. The plate includes a pair of raised tabs that lie within a rotational path of the wings. An initial rotation of the hub relative to the plate causes the wings to slide over and beyond the raised tabs and at least partially stretches the resistance element. Interaction between the tabs and wings prevents the hub from rotating back to an initial position and maintains the resistance element in a preloaded, tensioned condition. The exercise device is configured to detect a number of the resistance packs coupled thereto as well as data associated with exercise movements employing the resistance packs.
US10343004B2
A trampoline support handle system with which a trampoline, in particular a mini or smaller trampoline version, can be held in place during use by inserting existing legs of the trampoline into hollow tubes mounted on a frame of the system that seats underneath the trampoline on a floor. The system also includes an additional hollow tube into which an extendable and height adjustable long handle bar is inserted for a user to steady themselves during exercise or use. The system provides a more robust and long lasting solution to handle systems for trampolines.
US10342998B2
A hood comprising a flexible envelope and a reservoir of oxygen comprising a calibrated outlet orifice that leads into the internal volume of the envelope, the outlet orifice being closed off by a removable stopper, characterized in that the reservoir of pressurized oxygen comprises two independent storage compartments, a first compartment of which communicates with the outlet orifice and a second compartment of which is isolated from the outlet orifice via a sealed partition provided with a member for opening the partition, the opening member being switchable between a first configuration which prevents fluidic communication between the second compartment and the outlet orifice and a second configuration that allows fluidic communication between the second compartment and the outlet orifice, the opening member being sensitive to the pressure difference between the second compartment and the first compartment and being configured to automatically switch from the first to the second configuration when the pressure difference between the second compartment and the first compartment is less than a given threshold.
US10342988B2
Provided is a magnetic stimulation device, which does not feel hot to the user. The magnetic stimulation device (1) comprises: a contact plate (2) to be disposed near the user's head; an exciting coil (3) to be held above the contact plate (2); a casing (4), which covers at least the upper side of the exciting coil (3), in which openings (17, 18) are provided above the center of the exciting coil (3) winding, and in which a gap that is open on the outside of the exciting coil (3) is formed between the casing and the contact plate (2); and a suction fan (5) for drawing out air between the contact plate (2) and the casing (4) from the openings (17, 18) of the casing (4).
US10342985B2
The present invention relates to a treatment apparatus using high frequency waves, and to a method for controlling same. The treatment apparatus using high frequency waves comprises: a high frequency wave generating unit; a plurality of needles for providing, into the skin of a user, high frequency energy transferred from the high frequency wave generating unit; and a driving unit for inserting the plurality of needles into the skin of the user, wherein the apparatus further comprises a control unit for controlling the driving unit such that the plurality of needles are inserted into a first target point within the skin and then move to a second target point.
US10342970B2
The disclosure is directed to programming implantable stimulators to deliver stimulation energy via one or more implantable leads having complex electrode array geometries. The disclosure also contemplates guided programming to select electrode combinations and parameter values to support efficacy. The techniques may be applied to a programming interface associated with a clinician programmer, a patient programmer, or both. A user interface permits a user to view electrodes from different perspectives relative to the lead. For example, the user interface provides a side view of a lead and a cross-sectional view of the lead. The user interface may include an axial control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different axial positions along the length of a lead, and a rotational control medium to select and/or view electrodes at different angular positions around a circumference of the lead.
US10342966B2
A barrel adapter mountable to a syringe barrel includes a barrel tip, a needle assembly, a stylet assembly slidably disposed within a needle lumen of the needle assembly, and a plug within the lumen of the needle. An implant delivery syringe includes a barrel, a plunger assembly, and the barrel adapter. The syringe may include a needle retraction mechanism having a biasing member and an actuable locking arrangement. When the actuable locking arrangement is actuated, the biasing member causes the needle to axially translate over the stylet during retraction to dislodge the plug and cause delivery of an implant to a target location. The plug may be a biodegradable polymer plug such as a water-soluble polymer, PLGA, and/or CARP. The stylet may be retracted following delivery. Methods of assembling implant delivery syringes with drug implants are also provided.
US10342965B2
Disclosed are nanotopography-based methods and devices for interacting with a component of epithelial tissue and increasing the permeability of the tissue. Devices include structures fabricated on a surface to form a nanotopography. A random or non-random pattern of structures may be fabricated such as a complex pattern including structures of differing sizes and/or shapes. Microneedles may be beneficially utilized for delivery of an agent to a cell or tissue. Devices may be utilized to directly or indirectly alter cell behavior through the interaction of a fabricated nanotopography with the components of epithelial tissue.
US10342960B2
Angioplasty and other dilatation devices are provided with scoring elements which incorporate a drug to be delivered to a body lumen, typically a blood vessel. The scoring elements have drugs and other active substances coated over a portion thereof or incorporated within internal structure of the element so that the drug is released into the luminal wall closely associated diseased regions of the body lumen as the scoring structure is radially expanded into the wall.
US10342952B2
A catheter assembly includes a catheter, a coating, a fluid containing sleeve, and a container. The catheter may include one or more distal drainage openings. The coating may be disposed on an outer surface of the catheter. The fluid containing sleeve may have an outer foil layer and be configured for positioning over the outer surface of the catheter to maintain the coating in a hydrated state. The container may enclose the catheter and the fluid containing sleeve. Substantially all fluid in the container may be disposed in the fluid containing sleeve.
US10342942B2
A method of controlling a flow rate of gases supplied to a patient by a respiratory assistance device includes controlling the supply gases flow rate so as to deliver gases to the patient according to a predetermined gases pressure/flow rate profile for at least a portion of the breathing cycle. A profile may be achieved that provides the patient with a particular benefit or therapy.
US10342940B2
Sleep apnea can be treated with pressure support therapy using a target pressure level. Detected respiratory events during consecutive multi-session testing period are compared to determine statistical metrics covering gradual changes in therapy efficiency. Adjustments to the target pressure level are based on changes in variability, and maybe made in between therapy sessions.
US10342934B2
Disclosed herein is a sprayer which may include, but is not limited to, a main body with a neck an inner cross section area of which gradually decreases; an air blowing module installed for air in the inside of the main body to be discharged to the outside; a liquid medicine container installed at a lower side of the main body and having air holes at a lid of the liquid medicine container; a nozzle cap having a minimum diameter part at an inner intermediate portion and assembled to the neck of the main body; a nozzle a rear end of which is open and connected to an end of a liquid supply pipe; and a rib which is configured to support in such a way that a central axis of the nozzle can position on a central axis of the nozzle.
US10342933B2
A medical treatment system including a treatment chamber, a source of an aqueous mist containing a medication, a source of an oxygen-enriched gas, and a control system adapted to alternately surround a human body part with a mist containing a medication and the oxygen enriched gas, which can be used to treat various skin disorders including infected lesions, bacterial infections such as acne (i.e. Propionibacterium acnes), fungal infections such as Athlete's foot (i.e. fungal genus Trichophyton), conditions associated with hair loss including alopecia as well as ulcerations and frostbite resulting from poor circulation. A method of treating skin disorders is also disclosed, that includes providing a mist containing a medication and enriched oxygen gas to the site being treated as well as providing oxygen to the patient during treatment.
US10342925B2
Provided is a cassette unit suitable for use with an auto-injector having a drive unit. The cassette unit comprises a cassette unit housing defining a cassette unit housing cavity arranged for receipt of a syringe; a needle projection aperture; a needle cover defining a needle sheath for sheathing of a needle tip of the syringe; a removable cap that in a capping position fits over and thereby, acts such as to close off, the needle projection aperture, the removable cap defining a cap interior; provided to the removable cap, a cap insert; and provided to the cap insert, a connector defining one or more needle cover gripping elements for gripping the needle cover and the connector defines a central hub and the one or more needle gripper elements attach to the central hub and in spaced arrangement relative to each other, wherein the connector locates within the removable cap such that the central hub of the connector is in spaced relationship with a forward end wall or surface of the cap interior and the needle cover gripping elements project away from the forward end cap wall or surface of the cap interior and towards the open end of the cap, and wherein the removable cap is shaped to allow for limited axial travel of the cap insert there within.
US10342916B2
A power injector (200) is disclosed that includes a number of features to address leakage of contrast media from a syringe that may occur while operating the power injector (200), for instance when loading fluid into a syringe after being installed on a powerhead (210) of the injector (200) and/or when purging air from such a syringe. One or more drainage channels (240) may be incorporated on a faceplate mounting (234) which in turn receives a faceplate (310), which in turn receives a syringe. A cover assembly (260) may utilize a form-in-place gasket (274) between its top cover (262) and its bottom cover (290). A bezel (330) includes an overlay (334) that is disposed over a touch screen display (380) that is aligned with a display aperture (264) through the top cover (262), and the bezel (330) may include a gasket (350) to seal against the top cover (262).
US10342907B2
A ventricular assist device incorporating a rotary pump, such as a rotary impeller pump is implantable in fluid communication with a ventricle and an artery to assist blood flow from the ventricle to the artery. The device includes a pump drive circuit supplying power to the pump, one or more sensors for sensing one or more electrophysiological signals such as electrogram signals in and a signal processing circuit connected to the sensors and the pump drive circuit. The signal processing circuit is operative to detect the sensor signals and control power supplied to the pump from the pump drive circuit so that the pump runs in a pulsatile mode, with a varying speed synchronized with the cardiac cycle. When an arrhythmia is detected, the pump drive circuit may also run the pump in an atrial arrhythmia mode or a ventricular arrhythmia mode different from the normal pulsatile mode.
US10342905B2
A fluid flow system for a patient is disclosed. A fluid drive module includes a fluid drive element, a housing, and a chamber located between the housing and the fluid drive element. A controller or control module modifies the speed of the fluid drive element during use, such as to prevent thrombus or otherwise improve flow conditions. Methods of alternating fluid flow are also provided.
US10342900B2
A method of modifying the surface of a medical device to release a drug in a controlled way by providing a barrier layer on the surface of one or more drug coatings. The barrier layer consists of modified drug material converted to a barrier layer by irradiation by an accelerated neutral beam derived from an accelerated gas cluster ion beam. Also medical devices formed thereby.
US10342895B2
A pulverulent semisynthetic material, derived from a natural marine biomaterial, namely the aragonitic inner layer of the shell of bivalve molluscs selected from the group including Pinctadines, notably Pinctada maxima, margaritifera, and Tridacnes, notably Tridacnagigas, maxima, derasa, tevaroa, squamosa, crocea, Hippopushippopus, Hippopusporcelanus, in pulverulent form, with addition of insoluble and soluble biopolymers and calcium carbonate transformed by carbonation; it also relates to the method of preparation thereof and to the uses thereof.
US10342893B2
Compositions of, methods of making, and methods of using alkaline earth phosphate bone cements are disclosed. A bone cement composition includes a powder comprising a basic source of calcium, magnesium, or strontium, a setting solution comprising H3PO4 and a buffer, and a biocompatible polymer that is incorporated into the setting solution. The powder is mixed with the setting solution to form a bone cement paste that either (a) sets into a hardened mass, or (b) is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation to form dry powders, the dry powders then being mixed with a second setting solution to form a radiation-assisted bone cement paste that sets into a hardened mass.
US10342890B2
An antibacterial wound dressing is based on or derived from gel-forming fibers such as carboxymethyl cellulose or alginate fibers having silver ions linked thereto at some but not all of the exchangeable sites such that the distribution of silver ions over the exchangeable sites is substantially uniform. The silvered fibers for the wound dressing can be prepared by contacting an assembly of precursor gel-forming fibers having exchangeable sites under conditions which do not cause irreversible gelling of the fibers with an amount of a solution containing silver ions so as to link silver ions at some but not all of the exchangeable sites, the whole of the assembly of precursor gel-forming fibers being contacted essentially simultaneously with the entire solution containing silver ions.
US10342886B2
A wax melt blank is produced with an extrusion process and intended to later be cut to length into individual wax melts. The wax melt blank includes at least about fifty percent by weight of wax, a fragrance, and up to about fifty percent by weight of a filler. The wax, the fragrance, and the filler are homogeneously dispersed within the wax melt blank.
US10342878B2
The present invention is related to a compound conjugating a drug with a glycosaminoglycan, such as hyaluronic acid (HA), where the drug is useful for the treatment of diseases such as inflammation, auto-immune disease, allergy, infection and preferably cancer. The conjugated compound of the present invention can increase the concentration of drug at the specific site of disease by an interaction of the glycosaminoglycan used as target drug delivery carrier and the CD44 cell surface receptor, then enhancing the therapeutic efficacy and reducing the systemic side effect of the site-delivered drug.
US10342865B2
A method for predicting whether a patient will be a long-term survivor on treatment of a disease by adoptive cell transfer (ACT), is disclosed comprising: (i) analyzing a blood-derived sample obtained from the patient for one or more prognostic markers of long-term survival on treatment of a disease by ACT, and; (ii) based on the analysis of step (i), predicting whether the patient will be a long-term survivor on treatment of the disease by ACT. Also disclosed are methods for treating a patient by ACT, methods for selecting a patient for treatment by ACT, and methods for selecting a patient for treatment of a disease by ACT.
US10342858B2
The present disclosure is directed to vaccines, antibodies, and/or immunogenic conjugate compositions targeting the SSEA3/SSEA4/GloboH associated epitopes (natural and modified) which elicit antibodies and/or binding fragment production useful for modulating the globo-series glycosphingolipid synthesis. The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions which can modulate the globo-series glycosphingolipid synthesis. Particularly, the present disclosure is directed to glycoenzyme inhibitor compound and compositions and methods of use thereof that can modulate the synthesis of globo-series glycosphingolipid SSEA3/SSEA4/GloboH in the biosynthetic pathway; particularly, the glycoenzyme inhibitors target the alpha-4GalT; beta-4GalNAcT-I; or beta-3GalT-V enzymes in the globo-series synthetic pathway. Moreover, the present disclosure is also directed to the method of using the compositions described herein for the treatment or detection of hyperproliferative diseases and/or conditions.
US10342856B2
The invention relates to a hemostatic composition in powder form comprising collagen of the fibrillar type comprising a content of fibrous collagen and/or fibrillar collagen of at least 70% by weight relative to the total weight of the collagen, and at least one monosaccharide, and optionally, at least one compound selected from coagulation factors and glycosaminoglycans. The invention further relates to a method for preparing such composition, and to a unit comprising such composition and a spraying device.
US10342844B2
Present invention relates to a composition to inhibit cancer cell proliferation, wherein said composition comprises oil palm extracts. The composition is useful for prevention of pancreatic cancer by inhibiting clonogenicity, inducing apoptosis, regulating gene expression, inducing anti-invasive effect, and induces cell cycle arrest in S phase. Present invention also discloses a composition that inhibits NF-κB activity and reduces cell invasion, cell migration and metastasis. Present invention further discloses the use of therapeutically effective amount of a composition in inhibiting the growth of pancreatic cancer.
US10342828B1
Provided are a device and method for oxygenating fecal matter in a patient. The device includes an interior material defining a plurality of oxygen packets including oxygen to be introduced into the patient's digestive tract. An outer coating applied to an exterior of the interior material protects the interior material from an environment of the patient's digestive tract when the device is consumed, and is dissolved by a substance within the patient's digestive tract to expose the interior material to the patient's digestive tract after a delay.
US10342824B2
A dietary supplement for treating side effects of medication which can cause metabolic acidosis includes calcium carbonate, ascorbic acid. The calcium carbonate including a total daily calcium carbonate amount of between 100 milligrams and 10 grams of calcium carbonate. The ascorbic acid including a total daily ascorbic acid amount between 200 milligrams and 6 grams milligrams of calcium carbonate. The supplement includes a frequency of daily doses of the supplement of between 1 and 6 doses daily of the supplement. The frequency of daily doses, the total daily calcium carbonate amount, and the total daily ascorbic acid amount being set based on a titration for symptoms of a patient.
US10342823B2
Topical and oral compositions for treating and/or preventing acne are disclosed. The compositions include effective amounts of taurine and magnesium, wherein the effective amounts are sufficient to treat and/or prevent the acne. A method for treating and/or preventing acne in a subject in need thereof is also disclosed. The method includes administering to the subject topical and/or oral compositions including taurine and magnesium in amounts sufficient to treat and/or prevent the acne.
US10342813B2
A terminally sterilized aqueous calcium gluconate solution comprising 1 to 15 wt. % calcium gluconate and from 1 to 19 wt. parts of calcium saccharate per 100 wt. parts of calcium gluconate packaged in a flexible plastic container with the remainder water.
US10342810B2
Provided herein are 19-nor C3,3-disubstituted C21-pyrazolyl steroids of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; wherein , R1, R2, R3a, R3b, R4a, R4b, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined herein. Such compounds are contemplated useful for the prevention and treatment of a variety of CNS-related conditions, for example, treatment of sleep disorders, mood disorders, schizophrenia spectrum disorders, convulsive disorders, disorders of memory and/or cognition, movement disorders, personality disorders, autism spectrum disorders, pain, traumatic brain injury, vascular diseases, substance abuse disorders and/or withdrawal syndromes, and tinnitus.
US10342809B2
Neuroactive 19-alkoxy-17-substituted steroids, prodrugs thereof, and methods of treatment using same
The present disclosure is generally directed to neuroactive 19-alkoxy-17-substituted steroids as referenced herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as, for example, an anesthetic, and/or in the treatment of disorders relating to GABA function and activity. The present disclosure is further directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
US10342808B2
A rocuronium bromide injection solution-prefilled syringe of the present invention includes a syringe comprising an outer cylinder made of synthetic resin, a gasket which is accommodated inside the outer cylinder and liquid-tightly slidable inside the outer cylinder, and a seal member for sealing a distal end opening of the outer cylinder; and a rocuronium bromide injection solution filled inside the syringe. The gasket is formed by vulcanized chlorinated butyl rubber added calcined clay, and said calcined clay is only added as an inorganic filler classified as an inorganic reinforcing agent and an inorganic filling agent.
US10342807B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, treating or delaying an Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia including a G protein-coupled receptor19 (GPCR19) agonist or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt as an active ingredient and a food composition for preventing, treating or delaying an Alzheimer's disease or dementia. The GPCR19 agonist according to the present invention has an effect of improving cognitive and behavioral disorders without harming the health of objects when administrated to the objects and has an effect of preventing the Alzheimer's disease or dementia or delaying or treating the progression of the disease in the objects with the disease by suppressing apoptosis of the brain tissue, enhancing immunity, and reducing formation of an amyloid β (Aβ) plague.
US10342800B2
The invention relates to a dosing regimen for sedation with the fast-acting benzodiazepine CNS 7056 in combination with an opioid, in particular fentanyl, whereas CNS 7056 is given in a dose of 2 to 20 mg, preferably between 4 and 9 mg and most preferably between 5 and 8 mg.
US10342795B2
The present invention relates to substituted 4,5,6,7-tetrahydro-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives and 2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo[1,2-b]pyrazole derivatives of formula (I) and also compounds of formula (I′) wherein the variables have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as ROS1 inhibitors. The invention further relates to processes for preparing novel compounds of the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the present invention as an active ingredient as well as the use of compounds of the present invention as a medicament.
US10342789B2
The invention relates to the field of medicine, in particular to the field of veterinary medicine. The invention specifically relates to muscarinic antagonists (including long acting muscarinic antagonists (LAMAs)) for the treatment of airway disease, such as pulmonary disease, preferably recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), summer pasture associated obstructive pulmonary disease (SPAOPD), and inflammatory airway disease (IAD) in animals, preferably equines such as horses.
US10342788B2
Provided herein are compounds according to Formulas (I) or (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and compositions comprising the same, for use in various methods, including treating cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, Alzheimer's disease, lung disease, osteoarthritis, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases.
US10342775B2
The present disclosure relates to emulsions for parenteral administration comprising 1000 to 5000, preferably 1500 to 3000 IU, vitamin A per ml, wherein the emulsions are free of polysorbates and polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymers. The present disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing the compositions of the disclosure as well as to the use of the compositions of the disclosure.
US10342767B2
A pharmaceutically acceptable composition and method of therapy for a kinase-dependent malignancy in a patient in need of such therapy is provided. The composition contains, as the only active agents, the combination of (a) an inhibitor of c-Fos, (b) an inhibitor of Dusp-1, and (c) an inhibitor of a tyrosine kinase. The composition is administered to the patient in a dosing regimen for a period sufficient to provide therapy for kinase-dependent malignancy. Also provided is a method to eradicate leukemia initiating cells (LIC) or cancer stem cells (CSC) in a patient being treated with a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
US10342765B2
This invention provides a compositions for transport of a therapeutic agent. The compositions contain a therapeutic agent and a monoterpene or an analog thereof. In one aspect, the monoterpene is perillyl alcohol (POH) or an analog thereof. In one aspect, the therapeutic agent is provided in an amount effective to treat the disease or subject of choice.
US10342762B2
Small-volume oral transmucosal dosage forms or NanoTabs® comprising a predetermined amount of a pharmaceutically active drug are provided. Exemplary applications include use of the NanoTabs® to administer a drug for the treatment of acute, post-operative or breakthrough pain.
US10342759B2
The present invention is concerned with a sterile aqueous ophthalmic solution comprising about 0.05% to about 0.5% (w/w) of N—(N-acetylcysteinyl-)chitosan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a carrier solution, wherein the N—(N-acetylcysteinyl-)chitosan has a content of free thiol groups in an amount of from 80 μmol/g polymer to 280 μmol/g polymer. The invention is also concerned with a container containing said ophthalmic solution as well as the use thereof in the prevention or treatment of dry eye syndrome or dry eye signs and/or symptoms.
US10342755B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition, in which a high-content of oil-soluble components is stabilized using a natural surfactant, and more specifically to a cosmetic composition, in which by using a plant-derived natural surfactant and a high-pressure emulsification method without using PEG-based or ionic surfactants that may cause skin irritation, a transparent gel formulation containing a high-content of oil-soluble components can be realized, thereby effectively combining the advantage of an oil formulation excellent in moisturizing power, and the advantages of a moisture gel formulation, which is easy to use without flowing down, and has a fresh feeling of use.
US10342746B2
A personal care composition comprising a cosmetically acceptable base and inorganic particulate material, for example, a shower gel or hair shampoo, and a method of making the personal care composition. A cleaning composition comprising a base and inorganic particulate material, for example, a hard surface cleansing composition, and a method of making the cleaning composition. A composition, for example, a personal care composition, use of an inorganic particulate material having a d50 of from about 0.1 μm to about 200 μm in such a composition, and a method for making such a composition.
US10342741B1
A medicine container includes a hollow base having a central channel extending therethrough; a sorting assembly slidingly engaged with the base and configured to block passage of the central channel; a dispensing opening extending through the thickness of the hollow base and in communication with the central channel; a first wheel assembly positioned above the base and rotatably relative to the central channel; a first plurality of removable storage modules rotatably and slidingly engaged with the first wheel assembly, the first plurality of removable storage modules are configured to store medicine and dispose of the medicine via the central channel.
US10342738B2
A metering device that improves the aseptic transfer of powder and reconstitution fluid into the metering device for medical use. In some implementations, the metering device comprises a housing, containing a metering chamber that defines a volume. The housing also has a connection portion, an extraction portion, and a metering member in fluid communication with the metering chamber. In other embodiments, the metering device additionally includes a dispensing aid that facilitates the dispensing of powder from a first container into the metering chamber through the connection portion. The connection portion is capable of insertion into a second container that contains fluid, thereby allowing a mixture of powder and fluid to form in the metering chamber. The mixture, then ready for use, is removable from the metering chamber through the extraction portion by an extraction device.
US10342734B2
The invention relates to a bag (10) for storing a therapeutic solution, including at least one compartment (11) for receiving a solution and defined by a diaphragm (12). The bag further includes at least one appendage (13) forming an extension of the diaphragm (12) and comprising a writing area (14). The bag for storing a therapeutic solution according to the invention makes it possible to write on the bag with a reduced risk of contamination.
US10342732B2
A sexual stimulation device includes a main body having a generally blunt first end, a top surface, a bottom surface, and a dildo that extends outward from the bottom surface of the main body. The dildo including a curved shaft that forms an obtuse angle. A flap is positioned along the bottom surface adjacent to the second dildo. One or more removable and reconfigurable handles are secured to the blunt first end of the main body.
US10342727B2
A method of massaging allows a user to use a massage tool to selectively apply pressure to an arm or leg. The massage tool includes a body having a curved surface, a strap and a handle. In the method, the strap is placed around the arm or leg, the strap is tightened, and a handle attached to the tool is moved. As a result of this method, the force of the curved surface of the tool may be accurately adjusted to provide for the release of tension in specific muscles.
US10342725B2
A wearable robotic exoskeleton system and method is provided to offer mobility to a user wherein the exoskeleton system implements at least a safety state and an operational state, and wherein when in the operational state, the user is enabled to control the gait implemented by the exoskeleton system by varying gripping pressure applied to external supports.
US10342724B2
In a joint assembly of a walking assistance robot that is capable of performing an operation with 3 degrees of freedom, similarly to a user's joint, a rolling motion and a sliding motion are simultaneously made, and a rotation center changes so that the joint assembly can make a similar motion to that of an actual knee joint of the user. Thus, when the user wears the walking assistance robot and walks, misalignment can be prevented from occurring in the knee joint.
US10342718B2
An incontinence pad (1) includes a permeable front-side sheet (3), a back-side sheet (2), an absorber (4) enveloped by an enveloping sheet (5) and disposed between the permeable front-side sheet and the back-side sheet, and an embossment (10) formed in a front surface of the permeable front-side sheet (3). An overlapped portion (9) is formed on a front side of the absorber (4) along a longitudinal direction by overlapping the side portions of the enveloping sheet (5), and at least a part of the embossment (10) overlaps the overlapped portion (9). An adhesive for bonding the side portions of the enveloping sheet (5) is not applied to a longitudinal area of the overlapped portion (9) where the embossment (10) is formed.
US10342717B2
An absorbent article comprises a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core comprises an absorbent material. The absorbent article further comprises a distribution material between the topsheet and the absorbent core. The distribution material is notionally divided in a front region, a back region and a middle region located between the front and the back region. Each of the front, back and middle regions is ⅓ of the length of the distribution material. At least one of the front, back and middle regions of the distribution material comprises one or more layers. The one or more layers of the distribution material comprise a fibrous structure made of wet-laid fibers.
US10342706B2
Disclosed are compositions that comprise an organic electrochemical mediator and a gasotransmitter salt which converts into a gasotransmitter via electron transfer. Also disclosed are bandages and wound dressings comprising the subject gasotransmitters, and methods of making a gasotransmitters, comprising exposing the compositions to a voltage sufficient to reduce the water soluble organic mediator. Further disclosed are methods of treating a variety of trauma and disease states by applying a therapeutically effective amount of at least one gasotransmitter thereto, and methods of generating an effective dose of the gasotransmitter generated from electrolytic reaction involving the gasotransmitter-generating compositions.
US10342700B2
The present invention includes a device for effecting deformation of a sclera of an eye, including an expandable, mesh tube having holes dispersed through an entire surface thereof and with first and second tapered ends, and inserted unexpanded to deform the sclera when expanded. A central portion is intrascleral, with the first and second tapered ends external to the sclera on top of an intact scleral surface to deform during expansion, and simultaneously causes the sclera to be deformed so that the sclera moves towards the inside of the eye while simultaneously causing the sclera to move towards the outside of the eye. The mesh tube includes struts, connecting points of the struts are of different sizes, the first and second tapered ends and the connecting points within the tapered ends are thicker than the connecting points of the mesh tube, and the mesh tube includes fixation tabs.
US10342696B2
Hypothermic therapy headgear for patients includes a headpiece for engaging the head of the patient and a cooling member engaged to the headpiece for contacting at least one surface portion of the patient. The cooling member includes at least one cooling surface for contacting the surface portion of the patient, and at least two endothermic reaction components. The endothermic reaction components have an initial state where the endothermic reaction components are separated from contact with each other, and a treatment state in which the endothermic reaction components are placed into contact, wherein an endothermic reaction takes place and cools the cooling surface and the corresponding portion of the patient. An activation device selectively places the endothermic reaction components into the treatment state when a patient is in need of hypothermic therapy. A thermal therapy device and a method for administering thermal therapy are also disclosed.
US10342694B1
A dental guard including a generally u-shaped band having a curved central portion and a pair of opposite aft ends, each of the aft ends of the band including a laterally extending cylindrical protrusion; and a pair of bite pad assemblies adjustably mountable onto the opposite aft ends of the band. Each of the bite pad assemblies includes a longitudinal channel configured for receiving one of the aft ends of the band for adjusting the location of the bite pad assembly on the band to adjust the length of the dental guard. Each of the bite pad assemblies also includes an elongate slot defined in a sidewall of the bite pad assembly adjacent to and open to the channel, the slot being configured to receive the laterally extending cylindrical protrusion of the aft end of the band and the slot including a plurality of spaced apart receivers for fixedly but releasably receiving the protrusion to enable adjustable positioning of the bite pad assembly relative to the aft end. The receivers are configured to enable the aft end of the band to pivot relative to the bite pad assembly when installed thereon to enhance fit of the dental guard to the user and optimize placement of the dental guard relative to a buccal side of the front teeth of the user.
US10342692B2
A spine support device includes a support plate having front and rear faces, a central opening, and a pair of stabilizing stirrups formed on the rear face of the support plate in spaced parallel relationship to augment the support provided by the support plate when positioned at its front face in contact with a portion of a person's back surrounding a region of spinal vertebra visible through the central opening in the support plate. The support plate has opposing inner side edge portions at opposing sides of the central opening and opposite peripheral side edge portions spaced outwardly therefrom with the stabilizing stirrups therebetween. The opposing inner side edge portions and the opposite peripheral side edge portions of the support plate have respective alternating peak and valley shapes for accommodating interconnecting facets of the spinal vertebra region visible through the central opening in the support plate.
US10342691B2
A knee orthosis provides varying levels of support to a patient during a stance phase and a swing phase of a gait cycle. The orthosis comprises an upper auxiliary support, a lower auxiliary support, an actuator, a sensor configured to detect a plurality of leg movements during the gait cycle and to output a plurality of detection signals corresponding to the detected leg movements, and a processor configured to determine whether the knee is in the stance phase or the swing phase of the gait cycle, to control the actuator to apply pressure on the lower auxiliary support when the knee is in the stance phase, and to release pressure when the knee is in the swing phase.
US10342690B2
A device and method for selectively engaging or penetrating a layer of a luminal organ wall where the luminal organ wall has a plurality of layers including an outermost layer and an innermost layer adjacent to the lumen of the organ. The device and method select one of the plurality of layers of the organ wall other than the innermost layer and deploy from within the lumen of the organ a tissue device through the innermost layer to a specific depth to engage or penetrate the selected one of the plurality of layers. The device and method may be employed to create luminal pouches or restrictive outlets. In a stomach organ, the device and methods may be employed to treat obesity by forming a gastric pouch with or without a restrictive outlet.
US10342679B2
A bone infusion apparatus for interbody grafts includes a container; a retainer, the retainer including a recess for receiving therein bone graft material; and a lid including a plunger assembly. A method of preparing bone including cadaver bone for use in cervical fusion includes: placing cadaver bone combined with bone collected from a patient into a recess of the retainer; placing the retainer in the container; filling the container with a liquid; attaching a lid the container; depressing a plunger of the lid such that a press head advances toward the retainer causing a dynamic pressure to act on the cadaver bone combined with the bone collected from the patient; suctioning the liquid from the container; removing the combined bone from the retainer; and placing the combined bone removed from the container into a vertebral interspace of the patient.
US10342678B2
An implant holder is provided with a first guide lumen and second guide lumen. The implant holder has a first position wherein the implant holder couples to an interbody implant, aligns the first guide lumen with a first hole in the interbody implant, and aligns the second guide lumen with a second hole in the interbody implant. The implant holder has a second position wherein the implant holder releases the interbody implant.
US10342667B2
Systems for joint arthroplasty include prostheses which are secured to bone with sliding anchors. Examples include unicondylar and bicondylar knee prostheses for hemi-arthroplasty and total arthroplasty. Instruments guide the anchors into proper engagement with the prosthetic components. Methods of using the prostheses and instruments are disclosed.
US10342666B2
A method of stabilizing a patient's ulnohumeral joint including the steps of: obtaining a stabilizing assembly having a mounting portion and a buttressing portion; and implanting the stabilizing assembly into an operative position wherein the mounting portion of the stabilizing assembly is anchored at a proximal region of the patient's ulna and the buttressing portion is situated to abut the patient's humerus so as to limit subluxation at the ulnohumeral joint while allowing movement between the patient's ulna and humerus at the patient's ulnohumeral joint.
US10342661B2
A prosthetic mitral valve with a compressible and expandable base structure that, when expanded, is circumferentially oval, elliptical, or D-shaped, with a major axis and a minor axis ratio of from about 3:4 to about 4:5. Embodiments of the base structure comprise a primary member and a secondary member surrounding the primary member and coupled thereto. Three flexible leaflets are attached to commissure sections of the primary member in a tri-foil configuration. Embodiments of the prosthetic mitral valve include an atrial ring disposed at the inflow end of the stent.
US10342660B2
A medical device apparatus may include a medical implant including an anchor member configured to actuate between a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration operatively connected to a delivery system, the delivery system including an outer sheath and an inner catheter disposed within the outer sheath, and a sheathing aid connecting the delivery system to the medical implant, the sheathing aid being configured to guide the medical implant into the outer sheath upon relative closing movement therebetween. The sheathing aid may include a plurality of tethers extending from the inner catheter to a proximal end of the anchor member, and a release mechanism slidably disposed within a coupler ring coupled to a distal end of the inner catheter. The plurality of tethers may be releasably coupled to the release mechanism.
US10342658B2
A thin, biocompatible, high-strength, composite material is disclosed that is suitable for use in various implanted configurations. The composite material maintains flexibility in high-cycle flexural applications, making it particularly applicable to high-flex implants such as heart pacing lead or heart valve leaflet. The composite material includes at least one porous expanded fluoropolymer layer.
US10342647B2
An apparatus and method for removing amalgam and waste particles from dental office suction effluent. The apparatus includes an upper chamber and a solids collection canister removably secured thereto. Dental office suction effluent drawn through a dental suction wand enters the upper chamber along a lateral flow path above a substantially cylindrical internal wall portion. A gas component of dental office suction effluent changes direction by more than 60° before it exits the upper chamber through an exit port. A riser conveys a liquid and solids component of dental office suction effluent through a drain into the solids collection canister. A flow restrictor allows liquids and gases to exit the solids collection canister interior volume but prohibits solids from exiting the solids collection canister interior volume.
US10342638B2
The present invention provides systems and methods of managing planning and delivery of an orthodontic treatment using planning tools, treatment guidelines, instructions and appointment planning tools customized to the individual patient being treated, as well as tools and methods for tracking delivery and patient progression through an orthodontic treatment plan.
US10342635B2
A marking device includes a handle defining a hollow interior, and a delivery assembly slidably mounted to the handle. The delivery assembly includes a cannula, a stylet assembly, an imaging marker, and an actuator. The cannula has a cannula distal end with a marker recess. The imaging marker is disposed within the marker recess. The actuator is operably coupled to the delivery assembly and is operable to transition the delivery assembly through at least three configurations: a first configuration characterized in that the cannula is positioned in an extended position and the stylet assembly is positioned in a ready position; a second configuration characterized in that the cannula is positioned in the extended position and the stylet assembly is positioned in an implant position; and a third configuration characterized in that the cannula is positioned in the retracted cannula position and the stylet is retracted into the handle.
US10342628B2
Surgical incise drapes including incision edge protectors are described. Methods of protecting the exposed edges of a surgical incision are also discussed.
US10342627B2
A drape for use in cranial surgical procedures including a sterile sheet and a plurality of fluid-collection pouches surrounding a cranial region fenestration. The drape further includes a thoracic region fenestration for concurrent or directly subsequent thoracic surgical procedures. Advantageously, the drape allows for a superior aseptic surgical field and superior drainage facilitated by a multi-pouch configuration.
US10342624B2
Provided is a medical manipulator system including: a manipulator including an end effector configured to treat a patient and a driver configured to drive the end effector; an operation input unit configured to generate an operation command for the manipulator; a storage configured to store a history information of each operator; and a controller comprising one or more processors, the one or more processors configured to: receive identification information of an operator by inputting of the operation input unit; get the history information of the operator from the storage based on the identification information; estimate a skill of the operator based on the history information; set a maximum operating speed of the manipulator and/or an operating range of the manipulator in proportion to the skill; qualify the operation command based on the maximum operating speed and/or the operating range; and control the driver based on the qualified operation command.
US10342621B2
Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and individualized kinematic knee replacement analysis computing devices that obtains prosthesis data for a selected prosthesis. Anatomical and pathoanatomical data for a specific patient is generated. The anatomical data comprises at least a coronal mechanical lateral distal femoral angle that is specific to the patient. Bone and cartilage resection data is generated based at least in part on the prosthesis data, the anatomical data, and the pathoanatomical data. A recommended three-dimensional knee replacement surgeon plan for the patient, comprising the bone and cartilage resection data for facilitating implantation of the prosthesis in the patient, is output.
US10342605B2
A method of forming a jaw member of an end effector includes providing a metal support base; engaging a plurality of ceramic stops to the metal support base; and coupling an insulative plate and a sealing plate to the metal support base by aligning the plurality of ceramic stops through a plurality of openings defined in the insulative plate and a plurality of openings defined in the sealing plate.
US10342601B2
An end effector assembly for an electrosurgical device includes first and second jaw members movable between spaced-apart and approximated positions for grasping tissue therebetween. The jaw members cooperate to define a tissue grasping area. One or both of the jaw members includes an inner electrode. One or both of the jaw members includes first and second outer electrodes disposed on either side of the inner electrode. The inner and outer electrodes are configured to conduct energy through tissue grasped within the tissue grasping area to seal tissue. The inner and outer electrodes define different configurations such that, upon conduction of energy through tissue grasped within the tissue grasping area, tissue disposed adjacent the outer electrodes is boiled before boiling of tissue disposed adjacent the inner electrodes.
US10342597B2
A jaw member includes a seal plate and a jaw housing configured for use with an electrosurgical forceps. The seal plate includes a top surface and a tab. A first portion of the tab extends substantially perpendicular to the top surface and a second portion of the tab extends substantially parallel to the top surface to define a cavity between the tab and the top surface.
US10342591B2
An orthopedic impacting tool including a motor, an energy storage chamber, a striker, and an anvil. The motor stores energy in the energy storage chamber and then releases it, causing the striker to apply a controlled force on an adapter to create a precise impact for use in a surgical setting. The tool may further comprise a combination anvil and adapter. Alternatively, the tool may comprise a gas spring assembly system for generating an impact force. The tool further allows forward or backward impacting for expanding the size or volume of the opening or for facilitating removal of a broach, implant, or other surgical implement from the opening. An energy adjustment control of the tool allows a surgeon to increase or decrease the impact energy. A light source and hand grips improve ease of operation of the tool.
US10342584B2
Lamina plates can include various features that allow a surgeon to couple the plate to a vertebra, such as a plurality of receiving holes for receiving a spinal fixation element. The plate can be shaped and the receiving holes positioned such that spinal fixation elements can be installed with reduced exposure of the spine and along a trajectory that enhances purchase with bone. The lamina plate can include one or more features for coupling at least one receiver head to the plate for receiving a spinal stabilization element. Since the receiver head can be coupled to the plate after the plate is implanted, it does not restrict the range of angles or trajectories at which the spinal fixation elements can be installed.
US10342575B2
A guidance system for assisting with the insertion of a needle into a patient body is disclosed. The guidance system utilizes ultrasound imaging or other suitable imaging technology. In one embodiment, the guidance system comprises an imaging device including a probe for producing an image of an internal body portion target, such as a vessel. One or more sensors are included with the probe. The sensors sense a detectable characteristic related to the needle, such as a magnetic field of a magnet included with the needle. The system includes a processor that uses data relating to the sensed characteristic to determine a 3-D position of the needle. The system includes a display for depicting the position of the needle. The needle can include a donut-shaped magnet disposed about the needle cannula, or a removable stylet with a magnetic element and a strain gauge for detection of the needle distal tip.
US10342571B2
Systems and methods for removal of thrombus from a blood vessel in a body of a patient are disclosed herein. The method can include: providing a thrombus extraction device including a proximal self-expanding member formed of a unitary fenestrated structure, a distal substantially cylindrical portion formed of a net-like filament mesh structure, and an inner shaft member connected to a distal end of the net-like filament mesh structure; advancing a catheter constraining the thrombus extraction device through a vascular thrombus, deploying the thrombus extraction; retracting the thrombus extraction device to separate a portion of the thrombus from the vessel wall and to capture the portion of the thrombus within the net-like filament mesh structure; and withdrawing the thrombus extraction device from the body to remove thrombus from the patient.
US10342557B2
Disclosed herein is an intravascular device for removing thrombosis and recovering a blood flow, wherein the attachment of thrombosis can be facilitated since a plurality of minute protrusions are formed on the surface of the stent structure. The present inventive concept is able to significantly minimize any separation of the thrombosis when the device for removing thrombosis and recovering a blood flow is transferred to the outside of a human body in such a way that a plurality of minute protrusions are formed on the surface of the stent structure, and the attachment of the thrombosis to the stent can be facilitated.
US10342550B2
A first embodiment can be a device comprising a means to reduce SLOSH energy absorption in a fluid containing organism by reducing the flow of one or more outflow vessels of the cranium by compressing said vessels.
US10342540B2
The present disclosure is directed to a medical instrument. The medical instrument may include a delivery device and a retraction mechanism including a target tissue anchor and a first stabilizing anchor, wherein the target tissue anchor attaches to target tissue and connects to the delivery device.
US10342531B2
A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge.
US10342529B2
Improved surgical instruments are provided including improved suture passers, improved drill guides for forming holes in bones adjacent a joint at locations referenced to the joint anatomy, and improved osteotomy guides.
US10342528B2
A surgical suturing instrument includes a handle assembly, an elongate member extending distally from the handle assembly, and an end effector attached to the distal end of the elongate member. The end effector may include a first jaw member movable relative to a second jaw member between an open position and an approximated position for grasping tissue. Each of the jaw members defines a knife slot, a first needle slot, and a second needle slot extending along a longitudinal axis of the end effector. The end effector also includes a knife assembly and an upper assembly pivotably coupled to an upper knife flange of the knife assembly. The upper assembly includes an upper bellcrank, a first needle, a first suture passing through a first aperture defined by the first needle, a second needle, and a second suture passing through a second aperture defined by the second needle.
US10342524B2
A device for closing an aperture in a vessel wall comprising a covering member having a longitudinal axis and positionable inside the vessel against the internal opening of the aperture and having a dimension to prevent egress of fluid through the aperture and having a first opening. A first retainer is positionable external of the vessel. A flexible connecting member operatively connects the covering member and the first retainer, wherein the first opening of the covering member is configured to restrict movement of the connecting member.
US10342521B2
A removal pouch that is utilized for removing body tissue from the interior of the body as part of a minimally invasive surgical procedure. The specimen removal pouch includes an elongated body and a gas vent. The elongated body has an interior portion to collect specimen from a body cavity of a patient. The gas vent is configured to allow passage of gas from the interior portion of the elongated body to an external environment during removal of the pouch from within the body cavity of a patient.
US10342517B2
A wireless intelligent ultrasound fetal imaging system includes an ultrasound transducer, an ultrasound AFE module, a ZYNQ module, a machine vision module and a mobile terminal. The ultrasound transducer transmits ultrasound wave toward a pregnant mother's fetal, and receives echo wave from the fetal. Through the ultrasound transducer, the ultrasound AFE module actuates transmission and reception of the ultrasound signal, and digitizes the received signals. The ZYNQ module performs image processing on the digital signals, and sends the processed image to the machine vision module for image recognition. The machine vision module conducts tracking and recognition of 3D and 4D images. The ZYNQ module also integrates the recognized image with the corresponding deflection angle of ultrasound transducer. The integrated image data is then sent to and displayed on the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal further accesses cloud computing resource for sharing and analyzing fetal images.
US10342511B2
An ultrasound transducer element including a cell group constituted by a plurality of ultrasound transducer cells, wherein each of the plurality of ultrasound transducer cells includes a lower electrode arranged on a substrate, a membrane including an upper electrode arranged facing the lower electrode with a cavity positioned therebetween, and a plurality of pillars forming the cavity by supporting the membrane, and each cavity mutually communicates with one another.
US10342509B2
A beamforming device, an ultrasonic imaging device, and a beamforming method, which allow a simple spatial smoothing operation, are disclosed. A beamforming device according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a spatial smoothing unit for transforming a received signal into another space, using a transformation function configured by low frequency components, calculating a transformed signal by a spatial smoothing operation using a transformation function in a transformation space, and estimating an averaged spatial covariance matrix; a weighted value operation unit for operating a weighted value of the transformed signal from the averaged spatial covariance matrix which has been estimated by the spatial smoothing operation; and a synthesis unit for generating a beam signal, using the transformed signal and the weighted value of the transformed signal.
US10342505B2
A method for adjusting a radiation dose during imaging of an object within a subject is provided. The method includes identifying a task in a first frame that contains the object, the first frame generated via exposing the subject to a radiation beam; and adjusting the radiation beam based at least in part on the task prior to generating a second frame that contains the object, the second frame generated via exposing the subject to the radiation beam.
US10342503B2
An X-ray image processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a transformed image generation unit, a scattered ray image generation unit, and a scattered ray reduced image generation unit. The storage unit stores a medical image. The transformed image generation unit generates a transformed image by transforming pixel values, of a plurality of pixel values constituting the medical image, which are higher than a reference value obtained based on a representative value of the plurality of pixel values into pixel values lower than the reference value. The scattered ray image generation unit generates a scattered ray image based on the transformed image and a scattering function. The scattered ray reduced image generation unit generates a scattered ray reduced image with reduced scattered rays by using the medical image and the scattered ray image.
US10342502B2
The disclosure relates generally to the field of vascular system and peripheral vascular system data collection, imaging, image processing and feature detection relating thereto. In part, the disclosure more specifically relates to methods for detecting position and size of contrast cloud in an x-ray image including with respect to a sequence of x-ray images during intravascular imaging. Methods of detecting and extracting metallic wires from x-ray images are also described herein such as guidewires used in coronary procedures. Further, methods for of registering vascular trees for one or more images, such as in sequences of x-ray images, are disclosed. In part, the disclosure relates to processing, tracking and registering angiography images and elements in such images. The registration can be performed relative to images from an intravascular imaging modality such as, for example, optical coherence tomography (OCT) or intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).
US10342495B2
A system for providing an early risk recognition monitoring by measurement of a peripheral tissue perfusion of a patient instead of clinically significant changes in systemic blood pressure and/or blood flow comprises a wristband device for gathering measurement data of the patient. The device measures a first temperature (t1) of the patient at the first wrist (or distal antebrachium) point and a second temperature (t2) of the patient at the second finger point, whereupon the system determines altered peripheral tissue perfusion by determining temperature gradient (Δt) between said first and second points. If the gradient (Δt) exceeds or deceeds a predetermined range, the system construes the exceeding as a peripheral vasoconstriction and the deceeding as a peripheral vasodilatation, and thereby provides a first early risk recognition phase (p1) and transmits it as a warning indication to end devices of health care personnel.
US10342489B2
Method and apparatus for inserting at least a portion of a sensor into a patient is provided.
US10342486B2
A clip sensor device for optical measuring vital signs of a subject is provided. The clip sensor device includes a internal supporting frame formed from an elongated plate configured to be folded into a desired orientation. A measuring probe is mounted on an upper surface of the frame. The measuring probe comprises a transmitter and receiver and configured for generating a time response of the blood perfused body tissue to the applied optical signal that is indicative of the vital signs of the subject. The clip sensor device also includes a pressing member mounted on the upper surface of the internal supporting frame. The pressing member includes one or more spring elements configured to provide a predetermined pressure on the blood perfused body tissue due to the deformation of the spring elements when said portion of blood perfused body tissue is applied against the pressing member.
US10342477B2
The measurement system 110 comprises a light source 120 configured and arranged for emitting a light beam via a polarization modulator 130 to a target position inside the skin 160, wherein the polarization modulator 130 is configured and arranged to simultaneously provide, in use, a first and a second region in a cross-section of the light beam in the target position, the first and the second region being distinct and having a corresponding first and second direction of polarization, the first and the second polarization direction being different from each other, and the measurement system also comprises a detection unit 150 to simultaneously detect a first and a second intensity of reflected light 145, the first intensity corresponding to light reflected from the first region of the light beam in the target position 160, and the second intensity corresponding to light reflected from the second region of the light beam in the target position 160, and the measurement system further comprises a processor being coupled to the detection unit 150 for determining a difference between the first and the second intensity.
US10342474B2
The present invention collects data on circadian intervals between two cardiac contractions (RR intervals) and, on the basis of the collected data on circadian RR intervals, provides a system for analysis of the human circadian heart rhythm autonomic nervous system balance, and analysis of heart rate (HR). The invention focuses on HR fluctuations that are divided into three groups: slow fluctuations of the circadian period, higher frequencies compared with circadian, and chaotic. The division into parts is executed by applying adequate empiric and mathematical methods to determine a series of envelope curves, closely and individually related to the principal circadian series, followed by their separation from the input HR series, and then applying HR variability (HRV) methods to increase accuracy of the analysis of HRV results and add new HR regulation criteria to the analysis outcomes.
US10342470B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a sensor configured to store in memory indications of sensor use information and formulas or indications of formulas for determining the useful life of a sensor from the indications of sensor use information. A monitor connected to the sensor monitors sensor use and stores indications of the use on sensor memory. The monitor and/or sensor compute the useful life of the sensor from the indications of use and the formulas. When the useful life of the sensor is reached, an indication is given to replace the sensor.
US10342467B2
A device includes a first portion, an information element, a second portion, and an encoder element. The first portion includes a planar substrate and at least one optical element coupled to the substrate. The optical element has an axis and the axis is substantially normal to the substrate. The information element sensor is coupled to the substrate. The information element sensor is configured to provide an information signal. The second portion includes a membrane configured to couple to the planar substrate. The membrane has a contact surface configured to couple with tissue. The encoder element is coupled to the membrane. The information signal corresponds to proximity of the encoder element.
US10342466B2
A method may include receiving, at a processor, a first electromagnetic radiation signal and a second electromagnetic radiation signal from a regional oximetry sensor having two or more detectors and two or more emitters. The method may also include receiving, at the processor, a trigger signal that has a frequency corresponding to a periodic physical activity of a patient. Additionally, the method may include generating, via the processor, one or more ensemble averaged signals based at least in part on the first and second electromagnetic radiation signals and the trigger signal. Further, the method may include calculating, via the processor, a regional oxygen saturation value based at least in part on the one or more ensemble averaged signals and displaying, via a display, the regional oxygen saturation value.
US10342455B2
A method for detecting physiological information, adapted to a wearable multi-axis accelerometer for detecting the physiological information, the method comprises obtaining a detecting signal in a sampling time via the multi-axis accelerometer; detecting peaks of the detecting signal in a first searching time interval to obtain a plurality of first peaks; calculating first time intervals between every two adjacent first peaks, and taking maximum of the first time intervals as a second searching time interval; detecting peaks of the detecting signal in the second searching time intervals to obtain a plurality of the second peaks; and obtaining the physiological information from the detecting signal based on the second peaks.
US10342452B2
An evoked potential monitoring system including a control unit having stimulator circuitry and a probe assembly coupled to the control unit. The probe assembly includes a stimulus probe and a stimulator handpiece selectively coupled to the stimulus probe. The handpiece includes a handle, control circuitry, and a switch. The control circuitry is electrically coupled to the stimulator circuitry. The switch is electrically coupled to the control circuitry and extends to an exterior portion of the handle. In this regard, movement of the switch remotely controls the stimulator circuitry to continuously increment or decrement a stimulation energy level delivered to the stimulus probe over a series of discrete, incremental steps.
US10342450B2
An apparatus comprises a data processing unit and a stimulator. The data processing unit receives first electroencephalographic data based on a measurement of a brain of a person exposed to one or more estimated or measured non-zero amounts of anesthetic drug substance. The data processing unit performs a first comparison between the first electroencephalographic data and corresponding data of a reference brain function, and outputs information about the first comparison. The stimulator provides the brain of the person exposed to the anesthetic drug substance with brain stimulation on the basis of a direct or indirect reception of the information about the first comparison.
US10342447B2
System and method for non-contact acquisition of current physiological data representing a subject. A first electromagnetic wave representing current physiological status of a first subject is modified by a second electromagnetic wave representing current physiological status of a second subject in proximity to the first subject. A parameter of the first electromagnetic wave representing a first physiological status of a first subject is measured with electronic circuitry to extract a parameter of the second electromagnetic wave. Historical physiological data associated with the second subject is acquired. The current physiological data representing current physiological status of the second subject is then derived based on historical physiological data of the second subject and a comparison between the first and second parameters.
US10342446B2
A thermal powered medical device generates power from a temperature differential between a living body and a differential temperature source. The power is supplied to power one or more electrical components of the medical device.
US10342441B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for estimating a user's heart rate using a PG signal are presented. In some implementations, the heart rate is estimated by computing a frequency-domain PG, identifying one or more features in the frequency-domain PG, selecting qualified features from the one or more features, and constructing one or more traces. In some implementations, an accelerometer signal can be used for motion cancellation to eliminate traces that are motion artifacts.
US10342436B2
An object information acquiring apparatus, comprises an irradiating unit configured to irradiates an object with pulsed light; an acoustic wave detection unit configured to detect an acoustic wave generated from the object irradiated with the pulsed light and convert the acoustic wave into an electric signal; a storage unit configured to store a normalized light fluence distribution, which is a light fluence distribution normalized for a region of a predetermined size; and a processing unit configured to acquire characteristic information on the object using the stored normalized light fluence distribution and the electric signal.
US10342411B2
A surgical system includes an extended working channel, a magnetic field generator, a sensor, a workstation, a computer readable recording medium, and a remote control handle. The extended working channel is sized for insertion into the working channel of a bronchoscope and to receive one or more instruments therethrough. The sensor is associated with a distal end of the extended working channel for detecting a magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator. The workstation includes a display and is operably connected to the sensor. The computer readable recording medium is associated with the workstation for storing a software program that enables association of the sensed magnetic field with a location of the sensor and that generates one or more images including one or more fields for presentation on the display. The remote control handle enables manipulation of the one or more fields generated by the software.
US10342402B2
An extraction cleaner includes a portable extractor and a base adapted to be moved to perform a cleaning operation on a floor surface when the portable extractor is operably mounted to the base. The portable extractor includes a recovery tank assembly and a supply tank assembly provided on the housing adjacent to the recovery tank assembly.
US10342393B1
A towel holding device configured to support a towel from an object is disclosed herein. The towel holding device includes an attachment mechanism, the attachment mechanism configured to attach the towel holding device to the object; a towel holding member, the towel holding member configured to removably hold the towel in the towel holding device; and a housing portion, the towel holding member being disposed inside of the housing portion, the housing portion configured to be displaceable relative to the attachment mechanism and the towel holding member so that the towel is capable of being inserted into the towel holding device. A towel holding system using the towel holding device is also disclosed herein.
US10342388B2
A packaging for a powdered material includes a tub for receiving the material, the tub having a base and a peripheral wall with a top edge; an outer sleeve around at least the peripheral wall of the tub, thereby supporting the tub; a removable membrane for separating the powdered material in the tub from the environment; and a lid assembly having a peripheral rim for connection over the top edge of the peripheral wall of the tub and defining a wide access opening and a lid, hingedly attached to the rim for reclosing the access opening. A method of manufacturing such a package for a powdered material includes sliding the tub in the sleeve, such that at least the peripheral wall of the tub is enclosed by the sleeve, whereby sleeve supports the tub and the tub and sleeve form a container for the powdered material.
US10342384B2
A pellet barbecue configured to recirculate exhaust gas, allowing for the reduction of oxygen in the cooking chamber. The pellet barbecue is configured with an exhaust gas recirculation system, and an angled bottom fire pot. The electric gas recirculation fan pulls gases from a gas recirculation channel, and blows it onto the angled bottom fire pot. The gas recirculation channel is equipped with a movable mixer flap to control how much of the gas pulled by the gas recirculation fan is exhaust gas or outside air. The pellet barbecue controller monitors the conditions in the cooking chamber, and controls the gas recirculation fan speed and positioning of the mixer flap to maintain a desired temperature, while optimizing the concentration of wood taste compounds from the pellets in the cooking chamber.
US10342378B2
Systems and methods for brewing still beverages in commercial environments are provided. A brewing machine ordinarily used for brewing tea or coffee may be utilized to brew a still beverage. A pre-prepared still beverage mixture may be added to a brew basket or filter within the brewing machine. The brewing machine may then be activated. Water may flow through or be added to the pre-prepared still beverage mixture as it exits the brew basket or filter and enters a dispenser or reservoir. Sweeteners, flavorings and/or pulp may be added to the pre-prepared still beverage mixture as it enters the dispenser or reservoir. This may change the flavor, intensity, texture, and/or taste of the brewed still beverage according to the needs of the operator or the preferences of those who will drink the brewed still beverage.
US10342375B2
A mobile-phone controlled intelligent steam cooker is provided, including a steam cooker, a remote control server and a mobile terminal. The steam cooker includes a steam pot and a steam oven. The steam oven includes a water tank, a water pump, a steam generator, a check valve connector, and a leakproof check valve. The steam oven includes a power panel and a control panel. The control panel includes a remote Wi-Fi module and a microprocessor. The remote Wi-Fi module receives an instruction from the mobile terminal forwarded by the remote server, and also sends state information of the steam cooker and the latest cloud recipes provided by a developer from the remote server to the mobile terminal. The steam oven includes an operation panel. Local and remote control of the steam cooker through an intelligent terminal is achieved by connecting a communication module to the intelligent terminal.
US10342374B2
A mailbox accessory assembly having novel guide channels for providing interchangeable message panels is provided. The mailbox assembly can be incorporated into a mailbox so that the moving of the mailbox door to a closed condition secures the message panels within the mailbox accessory assembly.
US10342357B2
A bed frame wall protector kit having a pair of headboard bracket sleeves, each having a slot sized to receive a headboard bracket and where the pair of headboard bracket sleeves protect a wall from the headboard brackets. The sleeves can also include double-sided tape to allow for attachment to a headboard, once a headboard is attached to the headboard brackets.
US10342355B2
The chair of the present disclosure balances safety, comfort, ergonomics, numerous desk geometries, a variety of floor surfaces, the physics of cantilevered elements, the height of floor obstacles, and a large range of body types/sizes. It can address the recommendations of ergonomic experts and adds the unique forward footrest/exercise bar for stretching, core workouts, and to increase the variety of ergonomic seating positions. The entire product can fold into a compact light weight package for easy transport and stowage.
US10342351B2
The invention relates to a portable chair (1) having two front chair legs (2, 3), two rear chair legs (4, 5), two front chair arms (6, 7), two rear chair arms (8, 9), and two connection elements which are connected via a connection rod. The front chair legs and the rear chair legs each have a free end (2a, 3a, 4a, 5a) which is oriented towards an underlying surface (10), and the front chair arms and rear chair arms each have a free end (8c, 9c) which is oriented towards a seat surface (11) that is defined or can be defined by free ends (6a, 7a) of the front chair arms and free ends of the rear chair arms (8, 9).
US10342350B2
An anchor for rocking furniture including left and right flat-bottomed elements longer than wider, with width less than half the spacing between rockers of rocking furniture to be anchored. A forward element releaseably impedes the flat-bottomed elements from separating by more than the rocker width at a first point forward of a back leg of the furniture plus a gap substantially less that the width of the wider flat-bottomed element at the first point. The forward element is vertically positioned between flat-bottomed elements above the height of the rocker at the first point. A rearward element impedes flat-bottom elements from separating by more than the rocker width at a second point rearward of the back leg plus a gap substantially less that the width of the wider flat-bottomed element at the second point. The rearward element is vertically positioned between the flat-bottomed elements below the rocker at the second point.
US10342339B2
A multiuse foldable furniture including a main body and two sets of side supports, the main body includes a seat plate and a back plate, the seat plate is hinged with the back plate, the two sets of side supports are respectively disposed at two sides of the main body; each set of side support includes a front support, a back support, and a retracting sleeve, the retracting sleeve is slidably sleeved outside the front support, the retracting sleeve is hinged with the back plate, the top of the front support is hinged with the back plate, the top of the back support is hinged with the seat plate, a supporting connector is set between the front support and the back support, an inner side and an outer side of both ends of the supporting connector are hinged with the front support and the back support, respectively.
US10342338B2
A tray table assembly including a tray table movable horizontally along a predetermined path between a stowed position within a stowage module and a deployed position outside of the stowage, a linear translation member adapted to adjust a position of the tray table relative to a passenger seat, and a multi-bar linkage assembly affixed at one end to the tray table and at an opposing end to the linear translation member, the multi-bar linkage assembly comprising a plurality of links arranged to deploy the tray table along the predetermined path between the stowed and deployed positions.
US10342334B1
An upper-shelf assembly having a vertical rear wall extending the width of the assembly, and a bottom surface in communication with the vertical rear wall. Horizontal and vertical base tracks are mounted with the sides of the cabinet's side walls, the horizontal base tracks retractable in a horizontal orientation, and the vertical base tracks retractable in a vertical orientation. The assembly includes a rest or storage position where the assembly is positioned with the cabinet's selected shelf, a first position where the bottom surface is horizontally extended from the selected shelf and, a second position where the assembly is horizontally extended and then vertically lowered from the selected shelf so that goods stored on the bottom surface of the assembly have easier visibility and are easier to access, remove or replace.
US10342333B2
A double-wide, drive in storage rack assembly for supporting loads on pallets including horizontal truss beams and stiffener panels at load-supporting levels constructed to increase the rigidity of the rack and/or minimize the amount of steel used in the rack. In some examples, the storage rack assembly includes mill-building bracing.
US10342330B2
A base assembly integrated into an appliance including a lower frame and an upper operating component. A plurality of inter-assembleable and planar shaped members include each of a bottom and upwardly supported and interconnected front, back and sides, these collectively defining an enclosure having an upper surface adapted to support the operating component and a lower surface adapted to secure upon the lower frame. Mounting hardware including at least a plurality of threaded fasteners secures the bottom to locations along the front and back. Pluralities of vertically spaced tabs and opposing vertically spaced slots are configured along each of opposite edges of the sides and along each of first and second pairs of opposite edge extending brackets secured to each of the front and back and which overlap the side edges. The planar shaped members and mounting hardware are adapted to being shipped in a first flat-packed arrangement and subsequently assembled on site in a second use arrangement.
US10342314B2
A liquid cosmetics case in which the number of parts is reduced and a liquid content is discharged by opening or closing a valve nozzle through rotation. The liquid cosmetics case includes a case body having an opened upper portion and filled with a liquid content therein, a solder unit coupled to the opened upper portion of the case body and having a discharge tube in which a discharge hole is defined in a central portion thereof, a valve unit inserted into the discharge tube to open or close the discharge hole according to elevation of a valve nozzle, a valve actuator unit rotatably coupled to an upper portion of the solder unit to convert the rotation movement into a vertical linear movement of the valve nozzle and open or close the discharge hole, and an applicator unit coupled to an upper end of the valve actuator unit.
US10342312B2
A lice removal device (10) comprising a main housing (12) including a first aperture (15) at a first end (14) thereof and a second aperture (17) at a second end (16) thereof. A fan unit (18) is provided within the main housing (12) to draw air in through the first aperture (15) and expel air outwardly through the second aperture (17) A comb unit (43) is securable to the first end of the main housing (12), the comb unit (34) comprising a comb housing (36) and a blade unit (38). The blade unit (38) includes a first side member (46) having a plurality of teeth (44) extending outwardly therefrom and a second side member (48) located adjacent and parallel to the first side member (46) to define an elongate opening (50) such that air is drawn across a first side of the teeth (44) and into the elongate opening (50).
US10342311B2
The invention discloses an infrared intelligent constant-temperature electric blower. The infrared intelligent constant-temperature electric blower comprises a blower body, an infrared temperature measuring device, an LCD device, a touch control button, an MCU processor and two silicon controlled rectifiers; the blower body is internally provided with a fan and a heating device; the infrared temperature measuring device is installed at an air outlet of the blower body; the LCD device is embedded on the outer side wall of the blower body; the touch control button is embedded on the outer side wall of the blower body; the MCU processor is internally arranged in the blower body, the input end is connected with the infrared temperature measuring device, and the output end is connected with LCD device; the two ends of one silicon controlled rectifier are connected to the MCU processor and the fan respectively.
US10342301B1
A novelty money-holding device that replaceably attaches to a garment of a user and releasably holds paper money so as to allow the paper money to be releasably attached to the garment of the user. The novelty money-holding device includes a safety pin, a plurality of binder clips, and an apparatus that attaches the plurality of binder clips to the safety pin. The safety pin replaceably attaches to the garment of the user. The plurality of binder clips are attached to the safety pin and releasably hold the paper money so as to allow the paper money to be releasably attached to the garment of the user.
US10342300B2
A closure comprising: a first surface having a plurality of first projections extending outwardly from said first surface and terminating at a distal end to present a plurality of first heads respectively; a second surface having a plurality of second projections extending outwardly from said second surface and terminating at a distal end to present a plurality of second heads respectively; said plurality of first heads different from said plurality of second heads; whereby the space between adjacent first upstanding projections define a first cavity to capture said second heads of said second surface; and wherein the space between adjacent second upstanding projections to define a second cavity to capture said first heads of said first surface.
US10342297B2
Base and cover members 3, 8 are pivotally connected by a pin 13. The cover member can be rotated between an opened position and a closed position. A stopper member 9 with first and second claws is mounted on the pin to rotate around the pin. The cover member has an engagement wall 7. An end 15b of a belt 15 is inserted through the cover member, the cover member is rotated from the opened position to the closed position, and the belt is pulled in a direction of drawing the belt out of the belt buckle, and thereby, the belt is locked between the second claws and a bottom wall 5 of the cover member. At the same time, the rotational moment rotating the cover member toward the closed position is generated by the engagement wall of the cover member being pressed by the belt.
US10342296B2
Systems and methods capable of changing the aesthetic appearance of a safety seat by covering portions thereof with an ornamental accessory. The systems includes the ornamental accessory and an attachment system configured for removably securing the ornamental accessory to a belt system of the safety seat.
US10342286B2
A shoe, and a method for tightening such a shoe, in particular to a sports shoe, having a sole and a shoe upper, wherein the shoe upper has a first material section, which at least partially extends around the foot of the wearer of the shoe. To enable the tightening of the shoe on the foot of the wearer in a comfortable manner, a second material section is arranged on the outside of the first material section, in which the second material section at least partially covers the first material section, wherein the second material section is a plastic material having a shape memory effect.
US10342276B2
Headwear comprising a common baseball cap with an additional section of material permanently attached to the rear of the baseball cap. In a preferred embodiment, the section of material may either be tucked into and concealed under the baseball cap or selectively deployed over the head, ears, and neck of the wearer. The deployable protective material includes an elastic outer edge to ensure a secure fit around the wearer's head, ears, and neck. The securely fitted material provides protection to the wearer's head, ears, and neck from uncomfortably cool, hot, and/or wet climatic conditions and from uncomfortable, unfavorable, or otherwise personally damaging surrounding conditions to which the wearer may be exposed. Additionally, the sewing method for attaching the selectively deployable material to the baseball cap provides a comfortable fit and feel to the wearer whether the material is concealed under the cap or deployed from the rear of the cap.
US10342273B2
A glove includes a glove core and a glove component. The glove core includes a palm portion, a dorsum portion and a side portion of hand. A side of the glove component is adhered on a surface of the glove core, and the glove component covers a part of the palm portion and a part of the dorsum portion of the glove core, a part of the palm portion and a part of the side portion of hand of the glove core, or a part of the dorsum portion and a part of the side portion of hand of the glove core, such that the glove core can be combined with the enhanced glove component, forming a structure which is simple in structure and can be formed easily. Furthermore, the robustness of the glove can be improved significantly to be provided with practicability and progressiveness.
US10342264B2
An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
US10342257B2
The present invention relates to containers having caps with smoking tools attached thereon, including an ashtray with a poker protruding inwards from its associated cap, and a jar for smoking materials having a combination scoop and packer protruding inwards from its associated cap. More than one container may be temporarily attached to another container via a single or multiple caps having means of attachment to another cap, and the caps may contain means for grinding material. The present invention makes loading and packing into, and removing ash from, a smoking device faster, easier, neater, and more convenient.
US10342255B2
Embodiments of this disclosure include systems and methods configured to transfer water from a first chamber to a second chamber while a user ignites a combustible substance.
US10342254B2
There is provided a filter for a smoking article, the filter including a hollow tube of filter material having an outer diameter and an inner diameter. The filter further includes a flow restrictor disposed in the hollow tube. At least one cross sectional dimension of the flow restrictor is larger than the inner diameter of the hollow tube, such that the flow restrictor engages with the hollow tube to retain the flow restrictor in the hollow tube. There is also provided a smoking article including such a filter.
US10342240B2
A method for preserving cooking oil comprises contacting the oil with oil-permeable cementitious material in the form of either stand-alone blocks, pellets, granules, or balls and which has been hydraulically hardened from a paste comprising (a) >50 wt % of (i) white OPC clinker, (ii) white OPC or (iii) a mixture of white OPC clinker and white OPC, and (b) optionally further ingredients selected from silica, titania, lime, calcium sulphate, hydrated alumina, natural feldspars, diatomaceous earth, Na and Ca forms of natural and synthetic zeolites, clays, pillared clays, activated clays/earths, silicate minerals selected from calcium silicate, magnesium silicate, aluminum silicate, agalmatolite, amphiboles, attapulgite, granite porphyry, kaolinite, porphyry, rhyolite, talc and wollastonite, wherein the porosity of the cementious material is 30-55%. The treatment of the cooking oil takes place in a location separate from the frying chamber.
US10342239B2
Filled dough producing apparatus is disclosed for making a food product, such as baozi, a traditional Chinese food; by folding and constricting close a circular dough wrapper around and encasing its dough filling in an apparatus that comprises a folding tubular assembly made of an assembly of multiple jointed corrugated tubes. Been flexible radially and axially, the filled dough producing apparatus changes shapes by flexing fully opened to expose a filled dough receiving pocket, and by flexing fully closed the receiving pocket into a filled dough cavity.
US10342232B1
A binder, and related processes, has been developed for biological agent defeat formulations. This highly iodinated binder is based on the polymer polyethylene tetraiodoterephthalamide. The materials have been formulated with metal fuel particles, such as aluminum, and various oxidizers, such as metal oxides. The binder-thermite composites may be actuated to initiate oxidation, therein generating heat. Upon thermal decomposition of these materials, iodine, a biocide, is released allowing for sterilization of biological agents.
US10342223B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to mollusk with fluorescent coatings. Also disclosed are aquarium kits comprising a tank, mollusk and an excitation light source.
US10342211B2
A feline litter box sieve system includes a screened lid connected by a hinge to a support frame that suspends an empty litter box in the top opening of a trash receptacle. L-shaped hooks suspend the support frame in the trash receptacle. Used litter is poured from a full litter box onto the screen. Clumps and feces are retained by the screen. Pivoting the lid to an open position dumps retained clumps and feces from the screen into the trash receptacle. While the lid is open, the held litter box containing unclumped sifted litter may be removed for use.
US10342210B2
The present invention relates to a Solanum lycopersicum seed designated 72-001 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Solanum lycopersicum plant produced by growing the 72-001 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the tomato cultivar, represented by tomato variety 72-001 RZ.
US10342200B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01067525. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01067525. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01067525 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01067525 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10342199B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068883. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068883. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068883 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068883 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10342197B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064349. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064349. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064349 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064349 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10342190B2
A plant cultivation apparatus includes a lighting device configured to apply artificial light to plants, the lighting device being supported movably in a vertical direction and a height of the lighting device from the plants being adjustable, a projection part projecting from a lateral side of the lighting device, and a light reflector disposed outside the lateral side of the lighting device to reflect light from the lighting device back to the plants, the light reflector including a vertically extending slit that defines a movable range of the lighting device in the vertical direction in which the height of the lighting device from the plants is adjustable.
US10342183B2
A pot for a plant may include a container having an axis that is vertical, a base, a sidewall extending upward from the base, an interior, an exterior, drain holes extending from the interior to the exterior and an interior bottom. The container may be configured to receive and be stacked with a second container inside of the container. In one example, the legs of the second container may be configured to extend through the drain holes of the container beyond the interior bottom of the container. In another example, the legs of the second container may be visible from the exterior of the first container.
US10342182B2
A plant growth system is provided, which includes: one or more plant growth substrates comprising an MMVF slab and a single MMVF block; one or more detectors arranged to monitor at least one of the water and nutrient levels of at least one of the plant growth substrates; at least one irrigation device arranged to supply water and nutrients to the plant growth substrates; and control mechanism connected to said detectors and said at least one irrigation device. The supply of water and nutrients by the at least one irrigation device is controlled by the control mechanism in dependence on the monitored water and/or nutrient levels. In this manner, the water and nutrient levels of the substrates can be accurately controlled.
US10349552B2
Supporting input/output (I/O) connectivity for a printed circuit assembly (PCA) in a hot aisle cabling or a cold aisle cabling arrangement includes a chassis, the chassis being connected to a rack in a data center, and a PCA slidably connected to the chassis via a tray, in which the PCA comprises a number of bill of material (BOM) options to customize the PCA and a single basic input/output system (BIOS) image, and in which the PCA is physically shifted on the chassis to accommodate a cold aisle cabling or a hot aisle cabling arrangement of the data center.
US10349551B2
Technology is provided for a device drawer assembly having a cable pass-thru module. The drawer assembly includes a chassis having a front opening and a rear wall opposite the front opening. A drawer is disposed in and moveable relative to the chassis. A cable support arm is coupled to the rear wall at a first end and coupled to the drawer at a second end. A pass-thru module is attached to the chassis adjacent the front opening and positioned between the drawer and the chassis. The pass-thru module includes drawer connectors and system connectors and one or more cables are each connected to a corresponding one of the drawer connectors. The cables are positioned between the drawer and the chassis and extend along the cable arm to terminate proximate a rear portion of the drawer for connection to one or more devices contained in the drawer.
US10349544B2
In an electronic device, a socket side first fitting part and a socket side second fitting part, which constitute one shape of a recess and a projection, are formed near a hinge on a principal surface of a socket of a second unit from which a first unit is detachable. In a state in which a principal surface of an input unit and a principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other, an input unit side first fitting part and an input unit side second fitting part, which constitute another shape of the recess and the projection, are formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to respectively fit to the socket side first fitting part and the socket side second fitting part of the socket.
US10349543B2
An assembly structure is formed of generally rigid layers of material bonded to generally flexible layers so as to form apparatus including hinges, bearings, and other translating and rotating subunits along with embedded functional devices.
US10349541B2
A device for the tool-free mounting of modules on a top-hat rail and for the damage-free, tool-free unmounting of the same. The device has a double leg spring, with a first leg coil spring and a second leg coil spring, which are arranged coaxially about a common spring axis. First and second spring legs of the double leg spring are dimensioned identically and in each case form a hook bent in the direction of an opposite end of the double leg spring. The double leg spring also has a common intermediate leg at another end, which leg forms a hook bent in the direction of a first end.
US10349535B2
A display device includes a curved display module which includes a signal receiver receiving an image signal from an outside source, an image display part displaying an image corresponding to the image signal and being curved, and a frame surrounding at least a portion of an edge of the image display part and a stand which includes a signal transmitter transmitting the image signal and a coupling part in which a curved groove is defined where a portion of the curved display module is accommodated in the groove.
US10349532B2
A method and structure are provided for implementing stub-less printed circuit board (PCB) vias and custom interconnect through laser-excitation conductive track structures. Stub-less printed PCB vias are formed which terminate at desired signal layers by controlled laser excitation without stubs or the need to back-drill to remove such stubs.
US10349518B1
A method of manufacturing an embedded circuit board includes: a first adhesive coated copper is provided, which includes a first copper layer pre-formed with at least two first positioning holes and a first adhesive layer formed on a surface of the first copper layer; at least one first electronic element are adhered to the first adhesive layer, electrodes of the first electronic element face their corresponding first positioning hole; a second adhesive coated copper and a semi-cured film are provided, the first adhesive coated copper and the second adhesive coated copper are pressed on opposite surfaces of the semi-cured film, thereby embedding the first electronic elements in the semi-cured film; the first adhesive layer is partially removed to define first holes for exposing electrodes of the first electronic element; the electrodes are electrically connected with the first copper layer. A circuit board made by the method is also provided.
US10349512B2
A high-frequency module includes: a multilayer wiring board; a plurality of components mounted on an upper surface of the multilayer wiring board; a sealing resin layer laminated on the upper surface of the multilayer wiring board and sealing the plurality of components; a shield wall disposed within the sealing resin layer and between the predetermined components; and a surface layer conductor disposed between the upper surface of the multilayer wiring board and the shield wall so as to overlap the shield wall in a plan view of the multilayer wiring board. The shield wall is formed in a polyline shape having bent portions in the plan view, and has, at the bent portions, projection portions penetrating the surface layer conductor.
US10349510B2
A nozzle for additive manufacturing includes a plasma gas tube operable to provide plasma gas to a plasma flame, and a source material tube arranged concentrically inside the plasma gas tube such that the source material passes through the plasma flame. An apparatus and method for additive manufacturing are also disclosed.
US10349505B2
A high-voltage supply for an x-ray emitter, in particular to provide a cathode current and a cathode voltage, has at least two electrical conductors, which are incorporated in a common insulating body. Each electrical conductor is assigned a connector element, which is configured for electrically conducting contact with a corresponding connector of the x-ray emitter. Such a high-voltage supply for supplying the cathode voltage and the cathode current is provided in an x-ray emitter. The high-voltage supply extends at least in part over an inner region of a radiation protection housing of the x-ray emitter.
US10349499B2
Provided is a remote control for controlling a luminaire that is wirelessly controllable with a terminal device. The remote control includes: a receiver that receives an input from a user; a first communication circuit that communicates wirelessly; and a first controller that generates a control signal and transmits the control signal to the luminaire via the first communication circuit, in which the control signal corresponds to the input received by the receiver and includes identification information unique to the terminal device as a source address.
US10349496B2
A lighting control system which enables illumination control based on the location of a person present in a predetermined area, and a lighting control device for the lighting control system. In the lighting control system and the lighting control device according to the present invention, a lighting control system includes a plurality of light sources installed in a control area, at least one radio wave transmission device, a portable terminal configured to receive a radio wave signal emitted from the at least one radio wave transmission device, and a lighting control device configured to select a target light source serving as a light source of a control object from a plurality of light source based on an intensity of the radio wave signal received by the portable terminal from the radio wave transmission device and to control a lighting state of the target light source.
US10349492B2
A wavelength tunable light source has a light source, a wavelength monitor circuit that receives a portion of light emitted from the light source, and a processor that controls a wavelength of the light emitted from the light source based upon an output value of the wavelength monitor circuit, wherein the wavelength monitor circuit has a wavelength filter that outputs four light components with optical phases shifted by 90 degrees from one another and multiple photo detectors that detects the four light components output from the wavelength filter, and wherein the processor selects at least one of the four light components, calculates a ratio of a monitor value of the selected light component to a total sum of monitor values of the four light components, and adjusts the wavelength of the light source so as to bring the ratio to be closer to a target ratio at a designated wavelength.
US10349491B2
A system and method for adjusting light emitter output for a railway track inspection system based on data feedback from one or more sensors. The system includes: a power source; a light emitting apparatus emitting light energy toward a railway track; a 3D sensor acquiring three-dimensional data of the railway track; a shaft encoder emitting pulses at a rate that corresponds to a speed of the railway track vehicle; and an algorithm operable on processor to: analyze the three-dimensional data from the 3D sensor; receive pulses from the shaft encoder; and adjust a light emitter control output value based on the analyzed three-dimensional data and the received pulses. A controller in communication with the processor is configured to control the light intensity of the light emitting apparatus in response to the light emitter control output value.
US10349489B2
An adaptable skylight includes a frame facing an interior of an enclosure having an opening for allowing light to pass. An opacity-control pane adjacent the opening allows a variable amount of light to pass, and an artificial light source illuminates the frame. An aircraft skylight assembly includes a variable pane, an artificial light source for illuminating portions of the skylight assembly, and a controller configured for adjusting an amount of external light transmission through the variable pane and an amount of artificial light illumination. An internal ambiance lighting system includes the adaptable skylight having a dimmable pane for providing transmission of a variable amount of external light into an enclosure, the artificial light illuminates the frame surrounding the adaptable skylight, and the controller automatically adjusts external light transmission through the adaptable skylight and illumination of the frame based on a lighting preference.
US10349487B2
A method of controlling information apparatus is provided. Illumination devices are displayed in room units. In response to a selection of a first illumination device in a first room unit, a first room corresponding to the first room unit is displayed with first brightness not lower than second brightness of a background image when the first illumination device is in an on-state. In response to a selection of the first illumination device, the first room is displayed with third brightness lower than the second brightness when the first illumination device is in an off-state. A first control command is output to network for turning off power of the first illumination device, when the first room with the first brightness is selected. A second control command is output to network for turning on power of the first illumination device, when the first room with the third brightness is selected.
US10349479B2
The purposes of the devices described herein are to provide an LED lighting device capable of efficiently and economically emitting light having a selectable color temperature or a warm-on-dim feature when driven with AC power and to provide LED lighting devices which have an improved power factor and a reduced total harmonic distortion when powered with AC power.
US10349473B2
A strike barrier for use in an LED retrofit lamp is provided. The present invention provides the strike barrier with two silicon controlled rectifiers (SCRs) whose input is connected to a bridge rectifier and output is connected to a string of LED through a Zener diode. The strike barrier is compatible with UL ANSI requirement for a normal mode and an abnormal mode.
US10349468B2
A method for producing a textile sheet heating element includes forming a knitted material and, in one and the same work step, inserting heat conductors as warp threads. Contact conductors that touch the heat conductors are inserted spaced from one another as weft threads or weft thread groups. A warp knitting machine or Raschel machine is used to produce the sheet heating element. The production speed of the knitting or Raschel machine is varied as a function of stitch formation. The warp knitting machine or Raschel machine has a magazine weft insertion system with feeding chains to feed in weft threads and a weft carriage to insert weft threads. Both the feeding chain and the weft carriage are paused for preset periods as a function of stitch formation.
US10349467B2
The present invention relates to a cooking hob (10) including at least two cooking zones (16, 18) and a balance system for adjusting the temperature of a cooking vessel (20) after said cooking vessel (20) has been moved from a first cooking zone (16) to a second cooking zone (18). The cooking zones (16, 18) comprise or correspond with a vessel recognition device in each case. The cooking hob (10) includes a sensor device for detecting the temperature of the first cooking zone (16). The balance system is provided for activating a boosted power level (30) at the second cooking zone (18) for an estimated time in order to compensate the energy loss (Qs) of the cooking vessel (20) during setting said cooking vessel (20) on the second cooking zone (18). The boosted power level (30) is estimated on the basis of a pre-set power level (28) of the second cooking zone (18), the temperature of the first cooking zone (16) before the cooking vessel (20) has been set on the second cooking zone (18) and an estimated time for activating the boosted power level (30). Further, the present invention relates to a method for adjusting the temperature of a cooking vessel (20) on a cooking hob (10), after said cooking vessel has been moved from one cooking zone (16) to another cooking zone (18).
US10349460B2
A technique is disclosed to facilitate dual active connections by a UE device using a transmitter. A first connection is established with a first access node for wireless communication services. A first coexistence indicator provided/sent by the UE device to the first access node indicating that the UE device supports multiple concurrent connections. In response to providing the first coexistence indicator, the UE device receives a first transmit pattern and a first receive pattern. The transmitter may be configure to transmit according to the first transmit pattern for the first connection while sharing transmission resources with at least one other connection. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also described and claimed herein.
US10349459B2
A relay node RN, a donor eNodeB DeNB and a communication method are disclosed, where the RN includes: a sending module, configured to send an indication message to a donor eNodeB DeNB, where the indication message is used to indicate whether the RN supports data stream aggregation; a receiving module, configured to: when the DeNB determines, according to the indication message, that the RN supports data stream aggregation, receive a request sent by the DeNB, where the request is used to request to communicate with user equipment UE by means of data stream aggregation between the RN and the DeNB; and a configuration module, configured to reconfigure a bearer between the RN and the DeNB according to the request, where the sending module is further configured to instruct the DeNB to communicate with the UE by means of the data stream aggregation between the DeNB and the RN.
US10349444B2
Techniques for priority access to a priority access channel are described. In at least some embodiments, a portion of the radio spectrum is divided into general access (GA) channels and priority access (PA) channels. Levels of access to the different channels are controlled based upon priority levels of devices attempting to access the channels. For instance, embodiments employ a channel database that tracks available GA channels and PA channels, and notifies various devices of the available channels. The channel database may also track keys for PA channels that enable authentication of devices for priority access to PA channels. In at least some embodiments, tracking available GA channels and PA channels enables underutilized radio channels to be identified for various uses, such as for wireless broadband communication.
US10349407B2
A method and an apparatus for supporting multiple frequency bands efficiently in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes generating first system information including a frequency band indicator indicating a frequency band supported by the base station and an additional frequency band indicator indicating at least one frequency band supported by the base station, and broadcasting the first system information.
US10349406B2
The wireless device receives one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for a logical channel in a plurality of logical channels. The configuration parameters indicate a mapping restriction of the logical channel to one or more radio resource types in a plurality of radio resource types. The wireless device triggers a buffer status report (BSR) transmission when data becomes available for the logical channel with the mapping restriction and when a selected set of one or more logical channels with the same mapping restriction meet a first criteria. The wireless device receives an uplink grant indicating radio resources of a first radio resource type. The wireless device constructs a transport block comprising the BSR. The wireless device transmits the transport block via the radio resources of the first radio resource type.
US10349403B2
In wireless communication systems that support 5G or NR protocols, subframes used for communication may have different numerology options. Numerology options may refer to the characteristics of the subframe such as a tone spacing within each symbol of the subframe, a symbol duration for each symbol of the subframe, a number of symbols in the subframe, etc. A subframe may include a control channel (e.g., the PDCCH) and a data channel (e.g., the PDSCH). In an aspect, the control channel and the data channel within the subframe may have different numerologies. As such, a need exists to signal the numerology of the subframe to users and to determine whether and how to multiplex the control channel and the data channel into the subframe.
US10349401B2
In one aspect of the teachings herein, a transmitter uses a burst numbering scheme to dynamically number the transmit slots comprising a burst transmission on a secondary carrier operated in unlicensed spectrum, where the secondary carrier is time aligned with a primary carrier that operates in licensed spectrum and uses a fixed numbering scheme for its transmit slots. By assigning the transmit slot numbers dynamically, the transmitter has foreknowledge of the transmit slot numbers of the transmit slots within the transmit burst, and can therefore carry out processing that is dependent on the transmit slot number(s) assigned to the transmit slots comprising the burst, even when the burst start time is variable. Correspondingly, a receiver also has foreknowledge of the transmit slot numbers associated with a received burst that was dynamically numbered by a transmitter according to a burst numbering scheme known to the receiver.
US10349393B2
The present invention relates to a transmission of a random access in a specific cell from a plurality of serving cells in a mobile communication system using a carrier aggregation technology, and a method for efficiently transmitting uplink channels other than the random access in another cell. In particular, the method for a terminal to transmit an uplink channel to a base station comprises the steps of: confirming whether an uplink channel for a second carrier having an uplink timing different from a first carrier is included in a subframe transmitting a Random Access Preamble for the first carrier; if included, confirming whether the sum of the electric power required for the transmission of the random access preamble and the electric power required for the transmission of the uplink channel exceeds the maximum transmission electric power of the terminal; and, if exceeding, transmitting the random access preamble preferentially before the uplink channel. In addition, the terminal for transmitting an uplink channel to a base station comprises: a transmitter/receiver for transmitting/receiving a signal to/from the base station; and a control unit for confirming whether the uplink channel for a second carrier having an uplink timing different from a first carrier is included in a subframe for transmitting a random access preamble for the first carrier, and if included, confirming whether the sum of the electric power required for transmitting the Random Access Preamble and the electric power required for transmitting the uplink channel exceeds the maximum transmission electric power of the terminal, and if exceeding, controlling the transmission so that the random access preamble is preferentially transmitted before the uplink channel.
US10349392B2
A communication technique for fusing 5G communication, which supports a higher data transmission rate than a 4G system, with an IoT technology is provided, and may be applied to an intelligent service (e.g., a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car, or a connected car, a health care application, a digital education application, a retail business application, a security and a safety related services, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. Accordingly, a method for transmitting an uplink signal by a user equipment (UE) is provided and includes receiving, from a base station, information on a channel sensing type (LBT type), sensing a channel for an unlicensed band based on the information on the channel sensing type, and transmitting, to the base station, the uplink signal in the unlicensed band after sensing of the channel for the unlicensed band.
US10349388B2
Disclosed herein is a sounding method of a station (STA) for sending feedback information about a downlink (DL) channel state in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. The sounding method includes receiving an NDP announcement (NDPA) frame providing notification of the transmission of a null data packet (NDP) frame; receiving the NDP frame; receiving a trigger frame comprising resource allocation information allocated to the STA; generating feedback information using the NDP frame; and sending a feedback frame comprising feedback information through uplink (UL) multi-user (MU) transmission using a frequency resource indicated by the resource allocation information. The feedback information may be generated in a frequency granularity (FG) unit with respect to a transmission bandwidth having a size smaller than or equal to the size of a transmission bandwidth of the NDP frame.
US10349380B2
A base station transmits to a second base station, a first message comprising a first RAN area identifier of the first base station. The first base station receives from the second base station, a second message comprising a second RAN area identifier of the second base station. The first base station transmits to a wireless device, RRC message(s). The RRC message(s) comprises the first RAN area identifier. The RRC message(s) indicates a state transition of the wireless device to an RRC inactive state. The first base station receives packet(s) for the wireless device. The first base station transmits to the second base station, and in response to receiving the packet(s), a RAN paging message when the first RAN area identifier is identical to the second RAN area identifier. The RAN paging message comprises an identifier of the wireless device and the first RAN area identifier.
US10349373B2
A system for ascertaining the position of a mobile beacon comprising at least one first and at least one second lighting device, each comprising a communication module for setting up a data network between the at least one first and at least one second lighting device by means of a wireless communication link, the mobile beacon, which is configured to emit an identification signal with a beacon identification number unique within the system, wherein the respective communication modules of the at least one first and at least one second lighting device are configured to ascertain a respective signal strength at which the identification signal is receivable by the respective communication module. The mobile beacon has a timer and is configured to transmit, in addition to the beacon identification number, a counter reading of the timer corresponding to a time of emission of the first identification signal.
US10349370B2
A device performs registering with a first access network to generate a first registration, detecting a triggering event, and registering with a second access network to generate a second registration while maintaining the first registration with the first access network. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10349365B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. Disclosed is a method for transmitting a synchronization signal for direction communication between terminals. A method for transmitting a synchronization signal according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: mapping a synchronization signal for direction communication between terminals to a sub-frame comprising a first slot and a second slot; and transmitting, to a counterpart terminal, the sub-frame to which the synchronization signal is mapped, wherein the synchronization signal is mapped to four orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDM) symbols of the sub-frame, and at least two OFDM symbols of the four OFDM symbols may be adjacent to each other.
US10349356B2
A value of a first parameter in a subframe n is determined based on a TPC command for a PUCCH received in a subframe (n-KPUCCH). A value of a second parameter in the subframe n is determined based on a TPC command for a PUSCH received in a subframe (n-KPUSCH). A value of KPUCCH is specified based on a first UL-DL configuration. A value of KPUSCH is specified based on a second UL-DL configuration. The value of the first parameter for a subframe i of which an instruction as an uplink subframe is not performed by the first UL-DL configuration is set to the value of the first parameter for a subframe (i−1). The value of the second parameter for a subframe k of which an instruction as an uplink subframe is not performed by the second UL-DL configuration is set to the value of the second parameter for a subframe (k−1).
US10349355B2
A mobile device includes an inertial sensor generating inertia signals based upon motion of the mobile device. The mobile device further includes a high power module that consumes more power than the inertial sensor. A processor is programmed to determine whether the mobile device is being carried by a user who is walking based upon the inertia signals. The processor deactivates the high power module or maintains the high power module in a low power mode based upon a determination that the mobile device is being carried by a user who is walking.
US10349344B2
A network element selection method and a network element selector are provided. The network element selection method includes: receiving, by a network element selector, a request message sent by a base station, where the request message includes information about user equipment UE and a service chain head, the service chain head includes a session index, and the session index is empty or the session index is allocated by a first controller serving the UE; determining, by the network element selector based on the session index, a controller providing a service; and sending, by the network element selector, the request message to the controller providing the service, so that the controller providing the service serves the UE. In this application, the network element selector is deployed to provide a load balance function.
US10349343B2
A method by which a station (STA) performs active scanning in a wireless LAN system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: setting, by the STA, a timer for maintaining a basic service set (BSS) configuration parameter set which has been acquired from an access point (AP) in the past; and when the AP is to be accessed before the time expires, transmitting to the AP, a probe request frame including an AP configuration sequence number (AP-CSN) indicating a version of the BSS configuration parameter set, wherein the STA sets the value of the timer for maintaining the BSS configuration parameter set on the basis of the length of the AP-CSN.
US10349341B2
A station makes a unidirectional announcement (that is, an indication, notification or advertisement) of types of services that are available to devices in or via a wireless network, for example, a wireless local area network (WLAN). The announcement is receivable by mobile devices within radio communication range of the wireless network that are in the pre-associated state, because the announcement is conveyed using low-level layer 2 frames. A mobile device that receives such a layer 2 frame may determine the announced service type or types from the received layer 2 frame. The mobile device may determine whether it can make use of any of the announced service type or types. The mobile device may provide results of the determination to a network selection algorithm implemented at the mobile device.
US10349329B2
Communication using a radio access network (RAN) including a primary cell for license spectrum access and a secondary cell for unlicensed spectrum access may be improved to provide optimal performance while considering characteristics of the primary cell and the secondary cell. The apparatus may be a core network entity. The core network entity is connected to a RAN including a primary cell utilizing a licensed spectrum and a secondary cell utilizing an unlicensed spectrum. The core network entity determines an authorization for data traffic to be offloaded to the secondary cell based on data traffic characteristics. The core network transmits an indication of the authorization to the RAN.
US10349328B2
A method includes receiving one or more data packets from an external network when a user device connects to a first network. The user device is configured for dual connectivity with the first network and a second network. The method also includes transmitting a measurement configuration to a modem of the user device and receiving a measurement report from the modem. When it is feasible for the modem to perform a network change, the method includes transmitting a network change command to the modem. The network change command causes the modem to perform the network switch to connect the user device to the second network.
US10349324B2
Embodiments of a user equipment (UE), an access node and a slice-based handover method are provided. In an embodiment of the method, a service request is sent from a UE to an access node. Multiple candidate slice instances provided by cells of the access node and its neighbor nodes that support the service request are then selected. Various measurement objects with respect to each candidate slice instance are measured and a measurement report is sent to the access node by the UE. A target cell with at least one slice instance that supports the service request is decided from the candidate slice instances according to the measurement report. Finally, a control command is sent to the UE by the access node to configure a connection between the UE and the target cell.
US10349320B2
A user equipment (UE) is described that includes a PDCCH receiver configured to receive a PDCCH with a DCI format, the PDCCH scheduling a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in subframe n and a second PUSCH in subframe n+1, the DCI format including an information field for indicating that a starting position of the first PUSCH is later than an initial boundary of an initial symbol of the subframe n. The UE also includes a channel sensor configured to perform a first channel access before the first PUSCH. The UE further includes a PUSCH transmitter configured to transmit the first PUSCH and the second PUSCH, in a case when the first channel access is successful. The channel sensor is further configured to, in a case when the first channel access is not successful, perform a second channel access before the second PUSCH.
US10349317B2
A target network node in a mobile communication system includes a receiver configured to receive a handover request message from a source network node, the handover request message including association information indicative of association among a plurality of bearers, a processor configured to check whether bearers associated with each other based on the association information are capable of being set up to determine acceptance or rejection of handover, and to generate a handover message indicative of the determined acceptance or rejection of handover, and a transmitter configured to transmit the handover message to the source network node.
US10349313B2
A method of coordinating a plurality of radio access networks (RANs) includes aggregating, with a gateway, communications interfaces between a plurality of RANs and a packet core network through the gateway. A plurality of radio nodes (RNs) in each of the RANs is communicatively coupled to the gateway and to user equipment (UE) devices associated with the RNs in each of the RANs. The gateway also controls and coordinates mobility of the UE devices within and among the RANs.
US10349311B2
Systems and methods of performing end-to-end QoS control during the access of Wi-Fi-enabled communications devices to remote networks. The systems and methods employ a bandwidth manager, a policy server, a near-end gateway located within a Wi-Fi network, and a far-end gateway located within a service provider network. Throughout the duration of a call placed by a wireless device user using a Wi-Fi-enabled communications device, the bandwidth manager can have access to service profiles stored in a database of the policy server for use in monitoring levels of bandwidth usage, for tunneled and/or local breakout traffic, at least at the near-end gateway to the service provider network and at the far-end gateway to a remote network, and performing end-to-end QoS control by dynamically making adjustments, as needed, to one or more service profiles at least at the near-end gateway and/or at the far-end gateway based on the monitored bandwidth usage levels.
US10349310B2
Embodiments of a high-throughput (HT) receiving station and method for determining a rate for response frames in non-HT format are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. The rate may be a non-HT basic rate that is a highest of a basic rate set that is less than or equal to a non-HT reference rate that is selected based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of a received spatial stream.
US10349308B2
A communication control method is a method for performing offload to transfer a traffic load of a cellular base station to an access point. The communication control method comprises a step of maintaining without releasing the first connection, by a user terminal that have established a first connection with the cellular base station, even when the offload is started after establishing a second connection with the access point; and a determining step of determining, by the user terminal, whether the offload is continued or canceled after the offload is started.
US10349307B2
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a method of removing interference at a terminal. The method may include the steps of: receiving information on a plurality of measurement sets for an interfering cell from a serving cell; performing a first measurement on a subframe indicated by a first measurement set from a plurality of measurement sets based on a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) received from a remote radio head (RRH) and a macro base station in the interfering cell; and performing a second measurement on a subframe indicated by a second set of measurements based on a CRS received from the macro base station in the interfering cell; and reporting a result of the first measurement and a result of the second measurement to the serving cell.
US10349294B2
The present invention relates to a method for efficiently transmitting and receiving a device to device (D2D) signal by utilizing relay user equipment (rUE) in a wireless access system supporting D2D communication. As one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which rUE efficiently relays a D2D signal in a wireless access system supporting D2D communication can comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station, an upper layer signal including a reference value for measuring signal quality; measuring signal quality for at least one access link; selecting an access link to be relayed on the basis of the reference value; and relaying a D2D signal for the selected access link.
US10349282B2
A spectrum management system includes circuitry that determines available spectrum for a secondary communication system. The available spectrum is determined based on a disturbance tolerance of a primary communication system that is managed by the spectrum management system and a disturbance tolerance of another primary communication system that is managed by another spectrum management system. The circuitry then causes the setting of a spectrum for the secondary communication system based on the available spectrum and whether or not a spectrum request is received from the secondary communication system.
US10349280B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for securely performing connection release and network redirection in a wireless communication system. A wireless device may establish a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a first cell. The wireless device may receive a RRC connection release message from the first cell. The RRC connection release message may include an indication to redirect the wireless device to a second cell. The RRC connection with the first cell may be released. It may be determined whether security has been established with the first cell when the indication to redirect the wireless device to the second cell is received. A new serving cell may be selected based at least in part on whether security has been established with the first cell when the indication to redirect the wireless device to the second cell is received.
US10349279B2
A system is described for controlling an actuating unit that restricts physical access such as a motorized garage door actuator unit. The system comprises a mobile wireless communication device, an electro-mechanical access control security device, and a receiving unit controlling the electro-mechanical access control security device, the receiving unit paired with the mobile wireless communication device for receiving user input for activating the electro-mechanical access control security device via a peer-to-peer communication directly with the mobile wireless communication device, and a pre-authorization of communication of the receiving unit with the mobile wireless communication device, the mobile wireless communication device receiving the pre-authorization from a central security server.
US10349278B2
Provided in the embodiments of the present invention are a method for accessing a long-term evolution LTE network, said method being used in an electronic device, said electronic device being in communication with a mobile telephone and LTE network; the method comprises: acquire identity information and authentication information of a mobile telephone; on the basis of the identity information and the authentication information, perform verification of authentication, integrity protection, and ciphering of the mobile telephone; and control the mobile telephone having undergone successful authentication, integrity protection, and ciphering in accessing the LTE network by means of support of an evolved packet system EPS established by the LTE network; the present invention also discloses an electronic device and a computing storage medium.
US10349272B2
A method of obtaining a virtual SIM for a mobile device comprises sending, to a TTA for authentication, a request for a virtual SIM for a mobile device associated with the TTA. The authenticated request is sent from the mobile device to an NRS application (or to a combined NRS/PCSS application). The mobile device subsequently receives information identifying a PCSS application (or a combined NRS/PCSS application) in a computing environment that provides a virtual SIM for the mobile device.
US10349263B2
Embodiments of a mobile device and methods automatically connecting to a Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0 are generally described herein. In some embodiments, subscription information for one or more service providers (SP) that operate Wi-Fi networks is stored in a subscription data object of the mobile device. The subscription information includes home service provider information, policy information and pre-provisioned credentials. The mobile device may be configured to determine, without user interaction, if the subscription information is applicable to an available Wi-Fi network and perform without user interaction, an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) based authentication using the pre-provisioned credentials with the available Wi-Fi network to establish a Wi-Fi connection with the available Wi-Fi network. This automatic connectivity may allow a mobile device to roam across Wi-Fi hotspots of Wi-Fi networks and offload traffic to Wi-Fi networks.
US10349260B2
The present disclosure provides a system and method for interacting with low-powered devices. The system includes a server and a gateway device that connect and communicate with low-powered devices. The system and method connects a user through a gateway device to a low-powered device by temporarily loading a profile for the low-powered device onto the gateway device. The profile of the low-powered device contains the necessary connection information to facilitate a connection. The profile of the low-powered device is only temporarily stored on the gateway device and is deleted from the memory of the gateway device after a connection is established.
US10349254B2
An information processing system includes a mobile terminal including an electric wave receiving unit configured to receive an electric wave that includes belonging information of an electronic apparatus sent by a short range wireless communication, and an electronic apparatus display unit configured to receive a selection of the belonging information from a user, and request the information processing apparatus to perform a use start of the at least one electronic apparatus, the information processing apparatus including an information administration unit configured to read the information from a memory unit, which stores the belonging information and the at least one electronic apparatus, in response to the request from the mobile terminal to send the information, and return the read information to the mobile terminal, and an apparatus connection administration unit configured to request the at least one electronic apparatus to start a preparation of the use start.
US10349243B1
Various systems are provided comprising: a building including one or more facilities each including at least one broadcast short-range communications unit having a fixed location, an application/computer code configured for execution by at least one of a plurality of mobile devices, and at least one server, that, together, are configured to cooperate to trigger one or more mobile device actions including causing to be output visual information, based on particular location-relevant information that is, in turn, based on at least one value.
US10349242B2
Provided are devices, computer-program products, and methods for calibration of a signal strength map for purposes of providing wireless positioning services through fingerprinting. Fingerprinting involves generating a map of the signal strengths in an area covered by a Wi-Fi network. In some implementations, a wireless probe request may be received. In these implementations, the wireless probe request may be associated with location information. In some implementations, the signal strength of the wireless probe request may be detected. In these implementations, the signal strength may indicate a signal characteristic between an origination and a destination for the wireless probe request. In some implementations, the wireless probe request may be responded to with a response message. In these implementations, the response message may include the signal strength of the wireless probe request. In these implementations, the response message and the location information may further facilitate generating an entry in a fingerprinting database.
US10349240B2
A method and system for responding to demand-based charging in a communication network, such as a 5G wireless communication network. Service providers and/or infrastructure providers adjust network usage pricing dynamically based on demand. Customers such as Virtual Network operators respond to pricing adjustments by adjusting their network usage, service requirements, and/or by re-negotiating the pricing structure. Network usage can be adjusted by controlling network traffic generated in response to activity of end-user devices of the Virtual Network.
US10349235B2
Apparatus and method for transmitting message reception information in wireless communication system
An apparatus and method are provided for receiving information related to an instant message (IM) transmitted from another electronic device through a Short Message Service (SMS) network and transmitting information related to message reception through the SMS network. An electronic device includes a reception unit for receiving a first message through a first network, a generation unit for generating a second message including information related to reception of the first message, and a transmission unit for transmitting the second message through the first network. The first message includes information associated with an IM transmitted from the another electronic device through a second network.
US10349234B1
A communications system is provided employing two-way integration approach providing access to notifications and actions occurring on unmanaged communication devices through the use of TV. The system includes installation of an application on unmanaged devices providing the ability to access all notifications and actions occurring on the unmanaged devices using TV. The unmanaged device obtains an input directly from TV from an application server which in turn obtains its input primarily from a TV. The input is not limited to the TV only, and can come from other sources.
US10349226B2
A system and method for the delivery and display of information, including an information inventory containing information to be delivered, an information serving engine, a targeting engine, a subscriber database and a subscriber-information matching arrangement, the system and method configured for the delivery of information based on various factors.
US10349221B1
A method and system of localizing a mobile device having a processor and a memory. The method comprises localizing the mobile device along a sequence of positions describing a route being traversed in an indoor facility based on a set of data fusion inputs, monitoring a processing time associated with the localizing and when the processing time exceeds a time threshold, localizing the mobile device based on a subset of the set of data fusion inputs.
US10349220B2
An in-vehicle device includes: an in-vehicle storage unit which stores an in-vehicle device ID as an identifier; a first communication unit which sends the in-vehicle device ID to a portable terminal; a vehicle position acquisition unit; and a second communication unit which sends the in-vehicle device ID and the vehicle position to the server, the portable terminal includes: a portable storage unit which stores a portable terminal ID as an identifier for identifying the portable terminal; a portable terminal position acquisition unit; and an authentication information sending unit which sends, to the server, authentication information, and the server associates the portable terminal ID and the in-vehicle device ID based on a difference between the portable terminal position included in the received authentication information and the received vehicle position.
US10349219B2
According to some embodiments of the invention, movement measurements may be obtained from a movement sensor (e.g., an accelerometer) of a mobile device in a vehicle. In addition, location measurements may be obtained from a location sensor (e.g., a GPS) of the mobile device in the vehicle. The movement measurements and the location measurements may be cross-referenced to each other to remove erroneous measurements, such as physically impossible measurements. The remaining measurements may be used to draw conclusions about the movements or locations, such as to identify a movement event (e.g., a braking event, an acceleration event, or the like).
US10349208B1
A system coupled to a packet-based network is configured to predict the locations of one or more mobile devices communicating with the packet-based network. The system comprises a request processor configured to detect location events associated with mobile devices communicating with the packet-based network, each location event corresponding to a time stamp and identifying a geo-place in a geo database. The system further comprises an off-line prediction subsystem configured to train a plurality of off-line prediction models and an on-line prediction model using various historical location events. The off-line prediction subsystem is further configured to generate off-line prediction results corresponding to the off-line prediction models. The system further comprises an on-line prediction subsystem configured to construct a feature vector using the off-line prediction results and recently detected location events in response to a request received in real-time, and to generate on-line prediction results by applying the on-line prediction model to the feature vector.
US10349205B2
A server computing system including a storage device and a processing device. The storage device storing application records including application attributes and location data indicating a geographic area associated with an application. The processing device configured to receive a search query comprising a search term, identify application records stored by comparing the search term with the application attributes, and determine a search location. The processing device also configured to: for each of the identified application records, compute a distance scoring feature based on a distance between the search location and the geographic area indicated in the application record and determine a relevance score for the application record based on the distance scoring feature; select download addresses from the application records based on the relevance scores; and transmit the download addresses to the client computing device.
US10349202B1
Systems and methods according to aspects of the invention verify requests for information over a network. Computing devices communicating over a network transmit numerous signals with various types of information including spatial information, temporal information, device-specific information, and transmission specific information. This information may be used to generate statistical records of valid request for information. Various combinations of these signals may be used to determine whether a request for information is a valid request based on the statistical records associated with the signals. Where a request for information has been verified, the system and method may provide the information. Where the request for information has not been verified, the system and method may deny the request for information. Thus the system and method may be used to prevent and block scraping and spamming attacks.
US10349198B2
A method for compensating for acoustic influence of a listening room on an acoustic output from an audio system including at least a left and a right loudspeaker, the method comprising determining a left frequency response and a right frequency response, designing left and right compensation filters, and during playback applying the left and right filters to left and right input signals. The method further includes determining mono and side responses and designing mono and side compensation filters, and, during playback, applying the mono compensation filter to a mono signal based on the left and right input signals, and applying the side compensation filter to a side signal based on the left and right input signals. The filters are thus combined to provide left and right output signals which have been left/right filtered and mono/side filtered.
US10349197B2
According to an aspect of an embodiment, an audio generation method includes: receiving an audio signal through at least one microphone; generating an input channel signal corresponding to each of the at least one microphone based on the received audio signal; generating a virtual input channel signal based on the input channel signal; generating additional information including reproduction locations of the input channel signal and the virtual input channel signal; and transmitting a multi-channel audio signal and the additional information, the multi-channel audio signal including the input channel signal and the virtual input channel signal.
US10349193B2
An interface device (12) is provided, adapted to wirelessly couple at least one hearing device to a cellular phone (10), wherein the interface device (12) is adapted to be mechanically coupled to the cellular phone (10) by means a cellular phone protection shell (14).
US10349192B2
A hearing assistance device such as a hearing aid includes an antenna for wireless communication with another device. The antenna includes two antenna elements and a cross-feed that provides for electrical connection between the two antenna elements. The cross-feed having a flared structure configured to reduce an effect of head loading on the performance of the wireless communication by approximately minimizing capacitive coupling between the cross-feed and a wearer when the hearing assistance device is worn by the wearer.
US10349187B2
An acoustic sensor integrated MEMS microphone structure and a fabrication method thereof. A diaphragm (3e) and back-pole (7) which forms a condenser structure are formed on a substrate (1) having at least one recessed slot (1a) on the top. A sensitive electrode is formed on the substrate (1), the sensitive electrode comprising a fixed portion (3b) fixed on the substrate (1) via a sacrificial layer (2), and a bending portion (3a) inserted into the recessed slot (1a), wherein the bending portion and the side wall of the recessed slot form the condenser structure. The integrated structure integrates the condenser structure of the microphone and condenser structure of the acoustic sensor on a substrate (1), thereby increasing the integration level thereof and reducing the overall size of the package. Meanwhile, the microphone diaphragm (3e) and the sensitive electrode of the acoustic sensor can be fabricated on a same substrate (1) at the same time, from the same material, and using the same fabricating process to increase production efficiency.
US10349185B2
An MEMS microphone comprises a substrate (100), a support portion (200), a superimposed layer (600), an upper plate (300) and a lower plate (400). The substrate (100) is provided with an opening (120) penetrating the middle thereof; the lower plate (400) is arranged above and spanning the substrate (100); the support portion (200) is fixed on the lower plate (400); the upper plate (300) is attached on the support portion (200); an accommodation cavity (500) is formed from the support portion (200), the upper plate (300) and the lower plate (400); the superimposed layer (600) is attached on an central region of the upper plate (300) or the lower plate (400), and insulation is achieved between the upper plate (300) and a lower plate (400).
US10349181B2
Provided are an actuator fixing device and a panel vibration type sound-generating display device including the same. A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image, a cover bottom configured to cover the display panel, and a plurality of sound-generating actuators supported by the cover bottom, the sound-generating actuators being configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound, at least two of the sound-generating actuators being adjacent to each other.
US10349180B2
A shallow speaker and a method of manufacture for the shallow speaker. The method of assembly uses two different alignment jigs at two different stages of the assembly to ensure alignment of the speaker components. During manufacture, a subassembly of components is created in the speaker frame, and then removed along with the first alignment jig. A second alignment jig is then placed in the speaker, and the bobbin and voice coil added. The subassembly is then connected to the frame, and the voice coil connected to the external connection terminal. Finally, the cone and dust cap are installed.
US10349179B2
An apparatus includes a surface arranged to be mechanically displaced, a first permanent magnet coupled with the surface, at least one supporting member for supporting the surface, a base, a second permanent magnet, a coil coupled with the second magnet, and a signal port electrically coupled with the coil. An electrical signal is configured to travel between the signal port and the coil. The electrical signal in the coil is proportional to mechanic displacement of the surface when a force equilibrium state of the surface is broken by the electrical signal in the coil or the mechanic displacement of the surface from a position of the force equilibrium state The coil is arranged at least partially between the first magnet and the second magnet or around one of the first magnet, the second magnet. Either the same or different polarities of the first and second magnets are arranged to directly face each other at a distance.
US10349177B2
A wireless stereo sleep mask is an apparatus that is used to block light from entering a user's eyes, while simultaneously providing the user a way to wirelessly interact with a smartphone or other similar devices. The apparatus includes an eye cover, an elastic strap, a first speaker, a second speaker, a control unit, and a wireless transceiver. The eye cover prevents light from disturbing the user. The first speaker and the second speaker are positioned in proximity to the user's ears. The control unit allows the user to adjust the volume of the first speaker and the second speaker. The elastic strap ensures the user is comfortable while wearing the eye cover. A microphone integrated into the control unit provides the user the ability to speak during phone calls, and to control the present invention using voice commands.
US10349176B1
A method for processing signals, a terminal device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are provided. The method includes the following. When a user talks through the headphone, a first sound signal of external environment and a second sound signal of a talking party are alternately recorded with a headphone. A third sound signal of external environment is obtained, by eliminating voices in the first sound signal according to the second sound signal. Feature audio in the third sound signal of external environment is identified and reminding information corresponding to the feature audio is acquired. Inquire of the user whether the third sound signal is critical according to the reminding information, when the talk ends. An input operation of the user is detected and the third sound signal is processed according to the input operation of the user.
US10349175B2
An example method is performed by a media playback system comprising a plurality of audio drivers configured to output audio content according to a first radiation pattern that produces an inherent directional effect. Based on data indicating characteristics of a listening area in which the media playback system operates, the system determines first and second transfer functions corresponding to the first and second audio drivers, respectively. One or both of the transfer functions configure the first and second audio drivers to output audio content according to a second radiation pattern that produces a modified directional effect relative to the first radiation pattern. The system applies the transfer function to audio content thereby causing the first and second audio drivers to play back audio content according to the second radiation pattern.
US10349173B2
A nonlinear control system and a loudspeaker protection system. In particular, a nonlinear control system including a controller, an audio system, and a model is disclosed. The controller is configured to accept one or more input signals, and one or more estimated states produced by the model to produce one or more control signals. The audio system includes one or more transducers configured to accept the control signals to produce a rendered audio stream therefrom. An active loudspeaker with an integrated amplifier is disclosed. A loudspeaker protection system and a quality control system are disclosed. More particularly, a system for clamping the input to a loudspeaker dependent upon a bank of representative models is disclosed.
US10349171B2
An electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device may include a first speaker configured to output a first audio signal, a second speaker configured to output a second audio signal, a communicator configured to communicate with a peripheral device, and a processor configured to receive information related to a time at which the first audio signal is received and a time at which the second audio signal is received from the peripheral device which receives the first audio signal and the second audio signal and to determine a distance to and a direction of the peripheral device with reference to the electronic device based on the received information.
US10349164B2
An assemblage of substantially round particles with a mean diameter between 0.1 and 4 mm, more preferable between 0.3 to 2 mm and most preferable between 0.8 to 1.2 mm, wherein the density of the assemblage determined by ISO 697 is between 250 kg/m3 and 400 kg/m3 is disclosed. The substantially round particles comprise at least one microporous material and optionally at least one binder, wherein the assemblage comprises a pore volume, wherein the pore volume comprises pores resulting from void space between different ones of the substantially round particles and pores within the substantially round particles.
US10349160B2
A headset controller takes a first touch sensor, a second touch sensor, a first pressure sensor, and a second pressure sensor as a control medium for users. The headset controller can generate four different output instructions by the users touching or pressing the operating interface. The headset controller integrates various sensing methods to generate the needed output instructions.
US10349155B2
Optical switches include a first hybrid coupler configured to accept an input and to provide two branches. A phase tuner on a first branch includes a phase shifter. A first heater is positioned on the first branch and a second heater is positioned on the second branch, each configured to compensate for phase error. A second hybrid coupler configured to recombine the two branches. A first photodetector and a second photodetector are positioned at outputs of the second hybrid coupler and are configured to measure crosstalk between the outputs of the second hybrid coupler. A controller is configured to activate the first heater or the second heater to reduce the measured crosstalk.
US10349154B2
Methods and systems for intra data center optical switching of optical signals use an intra data center optical switch to optically transmit N optical wavelengths as an optical signal transmitting a data stream generated by a data center system included within N data center systems. The data center system may selectively receive one of N−1 optical wavelengths as another optical signal corresponding to one of N−1 other data center systems excluding the data center system from the intra data center optical switch. In this manner, intra data center optical switching may be performed without utilizing Ethernet and optical switches, which may result in reduced power consumption for data center communication.
US10349147B2
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a product placement event that is triggered by a placement stamp in a media program. The placement stamp may identify an occurrence of a product in the media program, where the occurrence is not an explicit advertisement. The method further may include searching a product description database according to a product identifier of the product placement event and receiving product advertising information matching the product identifier in an entry of the product description database. The product description database may have been updated, and the product advertising information may differ from what the product advertising information would have been if the product description database had not been updated. The method may further include presenting a product advertisement according to the product advertising information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10349145B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for delivering programming content to vehicles (e.g., seagoing vessels) in a cost-effective manner. In some embodiments, programming content may be delivered to vehicles over previously deployed networks (e.g., satellite networks), using excess network capacity which may not otherwise be used to deliver data. By opportunistically employing excess network capacity (e.g., as the capacity becomes available), data constituting programming content may be delivered to vehicles over a period of time, such as via multicast transmission. A vehicle may store received data on one or more onboard servers. After an item of programming content has been received, the item may be made accessible to the vehicle's crew and/or passengers, such as by streaming the item to one or more suitably configured playback devices. Content may be served to playback devices “on demand” and/or according to a programming schedule.
US10349140B2
Systems and methods for incorporating social content items into a produced video are provided. The system presents a producer interface to a user that allows the user to query for social content items. The user may then select and arrange social content items in an on-air queue. In an on-air mode, the system generates a broadcast-ready on-air format of the social content items and provides a video stream including the broadcast-ready social content items in the on-air queue to a video production system. The broadcast-ready social content items are incorporated into a produced video by the video production system. The user may navigate through the social content items in the on-air queue while on camera as part of the produced video.
US10349138B2
Various embodiment(s) for a service system, a digital device, and a method of processing a service therefor are disclosed in the present specification. In this case, according to one embodiment of the present invention, a method of processing a service in the digital device includes the steps of downloading and installing one or more STB applications configured to process the service, outputting an icon configured to approach the installed STB applications on a first service board supporting an RF mode, receiving a selection of an STB application icon among the STB applications, and outputting content processed by the selected STB application according to a result of a service authentication and a second service board for the selected STB application.
US10349115B2
A multimedia content management system includes a mobile computing device and a backend server. The mobile computing device includes a memory programmed with a mobile application, a processor module, a wireless communication module configured to communicate over a wireless communication link, and a first multimedia device configured to capture a first video and a second video. The mobile application is configured to transmit the first video and the second video over the wireless communication link via the wireless communication module. The backend server is communicably coupled to the mobile computing device via the wireless communications link and configured to execute a persistent internet accessible request protocol for receiving, updating, and storing transmitted videos. The multimedia content management system is useful for hosting and remotely managing multimedia content.
US10349110B2
A commercial television-interfacing dongle and system and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a wireless transceiver is located within a housing, which also interconnectively includes a television input, television output, a processor, memory, a control interface, and a universal serial bus (USB) interface. The control interface and the USB interface connect to the commercial television. The commercial television interfacing dongle may establish a pairing with a proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device having a display and receive and process virtual remote control functionality input instructions from the proximate wireless-enabled interactive programmable device. Following receipt and processing of the virtual remote control functionality input instructions, the commercial television-interfacing dongle sends a command to the commercial television via a commercial television control protocol.
US10349107B2
A method for displaying multimedia content is described. The method includes causing playing of multimedia content on a first device; responsive to a first user input, on a second device, comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing the playing of the multimedia content: causing an action comprising one of: playing, fast forwarding, rewinding, or pausing of the multimedia content on the second device at a start position that is based on the user input and a current position of the playing of the multimedia content on the first device.
US10349098B2
A method is provided for multiplexing video services with data services in a constrained delivery pipeline. A soft upper bound for the video data bandwidth for a current schedule window BWvideosoft(i) is generated, wherein the soft upper bound for the video data bandwidth such that an average video data bandwidth over a time period T is no greater than a hard upper bound for the video data bandwidth BVvideo. The video data is then multiplexed with the other data according to the soft upper bound for the video data bandwidth BWvideosoft(i).
US10349085B2
A device determines a Compact Multi-Pass Transform (CMPT) from a plurality of CMPTs. Additionally, the device decompresses CMPT parameters for the CMPT. In instances where the device decodes video data, the device applies the CMPT to a coefficient block to reconstruct a residual block and decodes, based on a predictive block and the residual block, a current block of a picture of the video data. In instances where the device encodes video data, the device applies the CMPT to a residual block to construct a coefficient block and generates for output information indicating coefficient values for the coefficient block.
US10349062B2
Decoding method for a moving picture included in a coded stream, including: determining whether a prediction mode (PM) of a target block (TB) is a PM in which motion vector (MV) is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, based on coded stream included information; and executing a decoding process when the PM of the TB is determined as the PM in which MV is not transmitted from an encoding to decoding side, wherein a calculation method of a MV used in the second step is selected among plural calculation methods including at least: a first method to select one MV among MVs used in plural adjacent blocks adjacent to the TB; and a second method to calculate a MV based on a MV used in a block that is located at the same position as the TB in another frame positioned backward of a frame including the TB.
US10349057B2
Systems and methods for optimizing video coding efficiency based on characteristics of video content
Certain embodiments herein relate to optimizing the efficiency of video coding. Such optimization may be based on characteristics of video content, such as the size and type of video frames. The size of video frames may be compared to a threshold size to determine whether an intracoded frame should be inserted into a Group of Pictures (GOP) instead of a predetermined type of video frame. As an example, an intracoded video frame may be inserted into the GOP when an abrupt or gradual size change in the sequence of video frames is determined. As another example, unipredicted frames may also be inserted into the GOP instead of bipredicted frames using a similar comparison.
US10349048B2
There are provided a plurality of methods for detecting a scene change in a streamed video, the streamed video comprising a series of pictures. An example method comprises calculating, for a plurality of positions, a difference between the costs of coding macro-blocks at the same position in successive pictures. The method further comprises identifying a new scene when the sum of the differences for a plurality of positions meets a threshold criterion. There is further provided a method of determining the perceptual impact of a packet loss on a streamed video the method comprising: identifying a packet loss; and determining if the lost packet contained information relating to a picture at the start of a new scene, wherein a new scene is detected using one of the methods disclosed herein.
US10349045B2
Provided is a three-dimensional (3D) viewing device, comprising a body adapted to connect to a head-worn device, having a space therein, and a base side and opposite lateral sides neighboring thereto, the body comprising two openings symmetrically formed on the opposite lateral sides respectively; two displays disposed in the space; two light sources disposed in the space at the base side, and oriented toward the two displays respectively; and two sets of projection lenses disposed in the space at the two openings respectively, adapted to project the images of the two displays out of the two openings toward the two eyes of the head-worn device user, respectively. A 3D viewing and interacting system thereof is also provided.
US10349043B2
A three-dimensional display device is disclosed. The three-dimensional display device includes a two-dimensional display panel and a slit grating; the two-dimensional display panel includes a plurality of first display units for displaying a left eye image and a plurality of second display units for displaying a right eye image, and the first and second display units are alternately arranged in a row direction and a column direction of the two-dimensional display panel; the slit grating includes a plurality of grating units arranged in a form of an array, a slit is formed between every adjacent grating units in each row of grating units arranged in the row direction of the two-dimensional display panel, slits and grating units are alternately arranged in the column direction of the two-dimensional display panel.
