US10214469B2
A method for producing high-efficiency methanol capable of reducing emission of carbon dioxide. The method includes: a first step of preparing mixed gas by using steam and natural gas as raw materials and converting C2+ hydrocarbon contained in the natural gas into methane on a catalyst; a second step of preparing a synthesis gas including carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen by reforming the mixed gas in a reformer filled with a reforming catalyst; and a third step of preparing methanol by using the synthesis gas as the raw material and reacting the synthesis gas.
US10214467B2
The present invention describes a process for the simulated moving bed separation of xylenes which can be used for the treatment of paraxylene-rich feeds (more than 25% by weight of paraxylene), in which the operating conditions are optimized by means of a specific relationship between the cycle time and the desorbant flow rate.
US10214462B2
A process for post synthesis treatment of ZSM-5 catalyst for converting ethylene to liquid fuel products providing substantially improved catalyst life. The treatment comprises either a base treatment, an acid treatment or a two-step treatment where one is with an acid and the other is with a base. The base treatment is provided by a weak sodium hydroxide such as less than 1 Molar concentration. The acid treatment is stronger acid where, for example, a hydrogen chloride solution at greater than 2 Molar concentration is used.
US10214460B2
An improved ignition and/or booster composition contains a boron-containing constituent such as boron carbide or a metal boride, and, an oxidizer such as potassium perchlorate. A gas generator and a vehicle occupant protection system containing the composition are also included.
US10214449B2
Dark colored roofing granules include an inert base particle coated with a composition including a metal silicate, a non-clay latent heat reactant, and a dark colored but solar reflective pigment.
US10214434B2
A method for precipitating metal waste is characterized in that the waste which contains one or more dissolved metal salts, is mixed with a boron compound, and the pH is adjusted to a value at which precipitation takes place in the presence of precipitation nuclei necessary for the formation of metal borates.
US10214430B2
A method of treatment of liquid including supplying liquid to be treated to at least one liquid treatment module having a liquid inlet, a permeate outlet and a brine outlet, monitoring liquid pressure within the at least one liquid treatment module and upon exceedance of a liquid pressure threshold in the at least one liquid treatment module, reducing the liquid pressure in the at least one liquid treatment module by performing at least one of the following functions: opening a liquid pressure reducing valve at the brine outlet, increasing a liquid volume output of a circulation pump which removes brine from the at least one liquid treatment module, equilibrating liquid pressures between a liquid pressure inside the at least one liquid treatment module and inside a liquid feed tank and opening a liquid pressure reducing valve at the liquid inlet.
US10214422B2
A method of producing interlayer distance controlled graphene, an interlayer distance controlled graphene composition, and a supercapacitor are provided. A method of producing an interlayer distance controlled graphene involves dispersing a graphene oxide in a solution by using a surfactant, forming a reduced graphene oxide by adding a reducing agent into the solution containing the dispersed graphene oxide, and adding a pillar material that is activated at its both ends by a N2+ group into the solution containing the reduced graphene oxide to control an interlayer distance of the reduced graphene oxide.
US10214409B2
A refrigerator includes a main body defining a storage space therein, a door that opens and closes the storage space, and a hot water module including an instantaneous heater for heating water. The hot water module measures a flow rate of water along with a temperature of water introduced to the instantaneous heater to ensure the proper amount and temperature of water is dispensed.
US10214407B2
Systems and methods using container holders configured to provide a stable support for containers held therein in order to efficiently cool the containers after a hot-fill or elevated temperature operation. The container holders can allow a fluid to pass from an inner volume of the container holder to outside the container holder through side apertures and/or an open bottom end of the container holder. Groups of containers and container holders also may be cooled. Groups of containers in container holders can be processed through the cooling operation at a speed different from a speed for holderless containers.
US10214404B2
An apparatus (100) for automated capping and de-capping of test tubes (112) having an ejector pin (230) system for individualized cap (113) ejection.
US10214399B2
A bottle jack may be manufactured differently or converted (retro-fitted) by replacing a conventional shaft in a main lift piston to be inserted and removed, at will, without tools. The threads in the main lift piston may remain or be removed. A yoke or other head is fitted to provide registration, horizontal restraint, or both against a lifted object, component, or surface to prevent sliding off the head in use. In a smooth-walled-shaft embodiment, a set of risers (spacers, adjusters, trims, or shims) provide an extension height of the shaft, elevating the head with respect to the piston prior to beginning to lift the hydraulic piston.
US10214390B2
A plurality of steps are linked by endless step chains. Each of the steps includes: a step main body; first shafts that are disposed on the step main body; first step rollers that are disposed on the first shafts, and that are guided by the first guide rails; second shafts that are parallel to the first shafts; and second step rollers that are disposed on the second shafts, and that are guided by the second guide rails. The first shafts move along first pathways, and the second shafts move along second pathways. The second pathways are positioned inside the first pathways when viewed parallel to respective shaft axes of the first shafts. The step chains link each of the steps by joining the second shafts of each of the steps, and are disposed within a range of the step main body in an axial direction of the first shafts.
US10214374B2
A sheet feeder comprises a sheet stacking unit which stacks sheets, a sheet pickup unit which picks up a sheet from one side of the stacked sheets on the sheet stacking unit, a sheet separating and feeding unit which separately feeds sheets one by one to a conveyance path, an orientation holding unit which holds a feed orientation of a sheet, and a biasing unit which biases the orientation holding unit from a retracted position to a projecting position. A projection amount of the orientation holding unit from an inclined surface increases as the number of stacked sheets decreases, and the projection amount from the inclined surface decreases as the number of stacked sheets increases.
US10214365B2
The invention relates to a conveying arrangement comprising at least one mover (20) which has at least one magnet (19), preferably a permanent magnet, and cooperates with a drive surface (13) so that the mover (20) can be slidably and/or rotatably moved with respect to the drive surface (13) in at least two degrees of freedom, at least one protective device (40) being provided and arranged between the drive surface (13) and the mover (20).
US10214361B2
We disclose an apparatus for maintaining a flow of grain moving toward a rotating sweep conveyor. A rake extends longitudinally along the sweep. The rake is disposed along the leading sidewall of the sweep such that the rake is in the path of movement of the sweep as the sweep rotates within the bin. The rake has a plurality of projections that protrude from a shaft. A reciprocating drive assembly is connected to the driven roller and to the shaft. The reciprocating drive assembly causes the shaft to move forward and backward along the longitudinal axis of the sweep. The reciprocating shaft movement causes the projections to engage grain piles in the path of the sweep, causing the pile to collapse into a flowable particulate to be received by the sweep.
US10214356B2
A transporting element for accommodating and for transporting spherical, cylindrical or egg-shaped articles, in particular foodstuffs, in particular eggs, along a conveying route, has a plurality of mounts arranged one beside the other along the longitudinal extent. The transporting element is designed in the form of a channel-like body with an accommodating space curved in the form of part of a circle, as seen in cross section, and encloses an angle of at least 180°. The mounts are designed in the form of slot-form apertures in that region of the channel-like body that is curved in the form of part of a circle. The apertures extending parallel to one another, and transversely to the longitudinal extent of the channel-like body, as far as longitudinal crosspieces on either side, these forming a respective longitudinal periphery.
US10214354B2
An automated distribution center includes an array with storage locations arranged along aisle(s) having a floor, and a mezzanine platform above the floor, the floor and mezzanine being configured for human picker access to the storage locations, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) configured for traverse of the floor and mezzanine to the storage locations, and for transporting a storage container to and from the storage locations, the floor and mezzanine each having an undeterministic traverse surface for the AGV, the AGV is configured so that the surface provides holonomic selectable paths for the AGV substantially everywhere on the surface, each path being selectable by the AGV, and an order filling station, where one or more goods are picked from container(s) to fill order(s), wherein the AGV is configured to pick the container from a storage location and transport the container on the surface between the storage array and the station.
US10214345B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a protective collar that covers the edges of a manhole or other personnel entryway. One device comprises at least two pieces and a hinge that connects the two pieces, which allows the device to be folded for storage. Another device includes a skirt portion that extends further into the manhole. A further device includes at least one light to provide light into the manhole. A still further device includes a surface port that provides a connecting point for a line, and a subsurface port that provides a connecting point for another line. A still further device includes another portion to cover any equipment that has been inserted into the manhole. A still further device includes at least one rung to assist in personnel in entering and exiting the manhole.
US10214343B2
A pack provided with: a group of tobacco articles; and a sealed wrap, which encloses the group of tobacco articles, has a pull-out opening for the tobacco articles, has an inner pressure that is different from the atmospheric pressure, and consists of a heat-sealable sheet of wrapping material, which is folded around the group of tobacco articles and is stabilized by means of heat-sealing.
US10214336B2
A combined wine glass and wine bottle package includes a wine glass constructed from molded plastic with an upper shell-shaped body defining an upwardly narrowing tapered flume of generally uniform thickness and a contoured lower base defining an annular moat surrounding a central punt. A wine bottle is sized to fit substantially into the wine glass in an inverted orientation with a removable bottle cap nested within the central punt, and with an upper rim of the wine bottle snap-fitted into a shallow groove formed in the wine bottle near a lower end thereof. This entire package is sterile-wrapped in a sealed shrink-wrap plastic or the like. The package can be opened when desired to permit removal of the wine bottle from the wine glass, following by bottle opening and pouring of the contents into the wine glass.
US10214324B2
A cap-type synthetic resin container lid is easily removable from a container without separating to form scrap pieces, The container lid includes thin-walled inversion pieces that extend upward beyond a top panel wall from their lower ends which connect to the outer surface of a skirt wall, a restraint wall that is connected to the upper ends of the thin-walled inversion pieces and that has a specific site in the circumferential direction, and an operating section connected to the outer surface of the skirt wall via a connecting piece that extends radially out from the skirt wall at a position in alignment with the specific site. Locked projections and locking projections, on the restraint wall and the connecting piece respectively, restrict expansion of the restraint wall.
US10214318B2
A pallet including a pallet deck supported along a base plane. The pallet deck defines a load support surface within a given perimeter. The load support surface includes at least a tapered portion which tapers in increasing height relative to the base plane from a tapered portion inner perimeter to a tapered portion outer perimeter such that the load support surface has a concave configuration.
US10214311B2
A plastic container includes a lower supporting base portion; a sidewall portion extending upwardly from the base portion; and a neck portion extending upwardly from the sidewall portion. The neck portion includes a tamper-evident formation, threads, and a dispensing opening at the top of the neck portion. In embodiments, a closure may be provided to form an assembly. In an embodiment, the weight of the neck portion is 2.3 grams or less; a vertical distance from the lower surface of the tamper-evident formation to a top of the dispensing opening is 0.30 or less; and/or the container may be filled with a beverage. In embodiments, the volume of the container may be at least 500 ml. A preform and method for making a container are also disclosed.
US10214303B1
A launch vehicle includes an upper stage and an integral fairing. In a launch configuration, the integral fairing is configured to enclose, between an aft portion and a forward portion, one or more payloads. The integral fairing includes a mechanical attachment with the upper stage proximal to the aft portion, and a nose cap proximal to the forward portion and a passive venting arrangement that equalizes pressures internal and external to the integral fairing. The integral fairing is configured to permit deployment of at least one payload, while avoiding: (i) separation of the integral fairing into two or more parts, (ii) separation of the integral fairing from the upper stage, and (iii) articulation of the mechanical attachment. The upper stage may provide single stage to orbit capability.
US10214302B2
A deployable structure comprises a mast and two storage rollers each supporting a flexible solar generator, the two storage rollers being articulated on the mast. The mast comprises at least one longitudinal rod and two lateral arms, inclined angularly in two opposite directions that are symmetrical relative to the longitudinal rod, each lateral arm comprising an end provided with a hollow guide. Each storage roller has a longitudinal axis comprising a bent end forming a pivot respectively articulated inside the hollow guide of a corresponding lateral arm, the pivot of each storage roller having an axis of revolution different from the longitudinal axis of the corresponding storage roller.
US10214296B2
The invention relates to an architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter, comprising turboshaft engines (1, 2) that are connected to a power transmission gearbox (3), and comprising a low DC voltage onboard network (7) for supplying helicopter equipment during flight, characterized in that it comprises: a hybrid turboshaft engine (1) that is capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable flight of the helicopter; an electrotechnical pack (20) for quickly restarting said hybrid turboshaft engine in order to bring said engine out of said standby mode and to reach a mode in which it provides mechanical power, said restart pack (20) being connected to said onboard network (7); and at least two sources (4, 16, 18) of electrical power for said onboard network (7).
US10214284B2
A pitch bearing for connecting first and second articles is provided. The first article includes a first curved outer surface and the second article includes a second curved outer surface opposite the first curved outer surface. The pitch bearing includes an axisymmetric structure interposed between the first and second curved outer surfaces. The axisymmetric structure includes compliant layers and stabilizing layers interleaved between the compliant layers. The compliant layers and the stabilizing layers proximate to the first article haves a curvature matching that of the first curved outer surface. The compliant layers and the stabilizing layers proximate to the second article have a curvature matching that of the second curved outer surface. A shear stiffness of each of the stabilizing layers is greater than a shear stiffness of each of the compliant layers.
US10214271B1
Systems and methods are for monitoring underwater impacts to marine propulsion devices. The systems can comprise a marine propulsion device that is trimmable up and down about a trim axis; a trim sensor that senses at least one of a current trim position of the marine propulsion device relative to the trim axis and a rate at which the marine propulsion device is trimmed relative to the trim axis; and a controller that is configured to compare the rate at which the marine propulsion device is trimmed relative to the trim axis to a stored threshold value to thereby determine whether an underwater impact to the marine propulsion device has occurred.
US10214264B2
A foot clamping and locking mechanism with an auto-release for releasably securing a user's foot to a pedal may include a pedal comprising a pedal base having a top plate; an arm extending from the pedal; a cuff attached to the arm, the cuff sized to wrap over top of a user's foot; and a trigger extending upward from the top plate, the trigger operatively attached to the arm such that, when the user steps on the trigger, the arm causes the cuff to lock down onto the user's foot.
US10214260B1
The detachable motorcycle windshield is a windshield. The detachable motorcycle windshield is configured for use with a motorcycle. The detachable motorcycle windshield removably attaches to the fairing of a motorcycle. The detachable motorcycle windshield is foldable. The detachable motorcycle windshield comprises a windshield, a bracket, and a pouch. The bracket attaches the windshield to the motorcycle. The windshield breaks down into a plurality of sections that are stored in the pouch. The bracket is stored in the pouch.
US10214258B2
A seatpost assembly, including a first seatpost portion, a second seatpost portion axially displaceable relative to the first seatpost portion along an axial axis, and an engagement element with a circumferential coil portion having a first termination and a second termination. The engagement element may be elastically deflected in a relaxing direction toward an engaged orientation to provide restraint of the axial displacement at a restraining interface with one of the first and second seatpost portions; and in a deflecting direction toward a released orientation for reduced restraint. The engagement element has an axially maintained engagement with the other one of the first seatpost portion. Where one of: (i) the released orientation corresponds to a radially outwardly expanded orientation of the engagement element relative to the deflected position; and (ii) the released orientation corresponds to a radially inwardly contracted orientation of the engagement element relative to the deflected position.
US10214255B1
A drag-reducing undercarriage panel for a vehicle includes a planar main body sloping into an arcuate front section extending rearward over at least a portion of the planer main body creating a curved front edge; a pair of spaced outer members extending outward from opposite sides of a front portion of the planar main body; and multiple attachment sections for attaching the undercarriage panel to a vehicle. The undercarriage panel reduces or eliminates turbulent air beneath a moving vehicle caused by the vehicle's rotating front tires and uneven and rough undercarriage.
US10214250B2
A vehicle includes a truck bed and an extruded tailgate that is rotatably secured to the bed. The extruded tailgate forms laterally extending internal, external, upper, and lower panels. The exterior surfaces of each of the internal, upper, and lower panels define T-slots that are configured to receive accessory components.
US10214243B2
A vehicle frame includes two frame rails fixed relative to each other and each having a tubular shape defining an exterior surface and an interior surface, a crush-initiating notch on each exterior surface, and a reinforcement extending along each interior surface and positioned in a vehicle-rearward direction from the notches.
US10214231B2
Disclosed is a trolley baseplate including a plate body having a head end and a tail end, a first locking mechanism on the plate body adjacent to the head end and a second locking mechanism on the plate body adjacent to the tail end. The second locking mechanism is placed corresponding to the first locking mechanism and the structures of the two locking mechanism are fitting. When front and back trolleys are concatenated, the tail end of the front trolley and the head end of the back trolley can be locked to each other by means of the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism. The trolleys with the above structures can be concatenated more conveniently, and are not liable to overturn upon sudden braking or turning, which can effectively shorten the time for the staff to fasten two trolleys together.
US10214228B2
A hand truck for moving water heaters and toilets has a fixed frame with one or more fulcrum wheels on a rear side, at least one floor stabilizing arm coupled to and extending from a front side, at least one outrigger support beam extending from the rear of the fixed frame, the at least one outrigger support beam further comprising a wheel at a distal end; and an extendable frame having a vertical beam, a horizontal beam coupled to the top of the vertical beam, and at least one lifting arm extending perpendicularly to the horizontal beam; the extendable frame vertically adjustable in relation to the fixed frame.
US10214226B2
A train safety assembly has an onboard apparatus of a first train safety system and a specific transmission device for transmission with a trackside part of a second train safety system. The onboard apparatus is started using a version of a first software and the specific transmission device is started using a version of a second software. The versions of the first and second software are checked for their compatibility. In order to be able to provide the train safety assembly for use on a track section, which is equipped with the trackside part of the second train safety system, and to put same into operation in a faster and more cost-efficient manner, if the started versions of the first and second software are incompatible, the transmission device is automatically restarted with another version of the second software, and the started first and second software are checked for their compatibility.
US10214225B2
A friction control composition having high and positive frictional properties for sliding steel surfaces includes a water insoluble hydrocarbon that enables a reduced water content, a rheological additive, a freezing point depressant, a friction modifier, and a lubricant.
US10214212B2
A system for controlling from a path of a first vehicle a second vehicle to a complementary path, the system comprising a first vehicle sub-system having a memory for time and (X, Y) position co-ordinates of the first vehicle's path; a GPS receiver for determining time and actual (X, Y) position coordinates of the first vehicle, means for comparing the first vehicle's actual position with path position at determined times as test path errors and means for transmitting the test path errors and a second vehicle sub-system having a memory for time and (X, Y) position coordinates of the second vehicle's path; a GPS receiver for determining time and actual (X, Y) position coordinates of the second vehicle, means for receiving the test path errors, means for computing a modified path of the second vehicle taking account of the test path errors and means for controlling the second vehicle.
US10214209B2
A driver assistance system in a motor vehicle includes a detection system for detecting upcoming events which permit an increase in current speed as a result of the lifting of a restriction on a currently valid speed, a functional unit for determining an acceleration strategy for increasing the speed, and an information system for issuing request information to the driver to allow automatic implementation of the acceleration strategy. The functional unit initiates the automatic implementation of the acceleration strategy upon confirmation by the driver of the request information. The request information can be issued to the driver already at a defined point in time before the upcoming event that lifts the restriction on the current speed. If the driver confirms the request information before the upcoming event that lifts the restriction on the current speed has been reached, the functional unit initiates an acceleration strategy that is composed of two-stages.
US10214203B2
A system and method for modifying the engine pull-up (EPU) logic within a hybrid vehicle based on max motor torque that accounts for the drop or change in available motor torque due to the opening/slipping of a torque converter bypass clutch during engine starts is disclosed. An engine pull-up threshold is determined from max available motor torque at a virtual impeller speed, where the virtual impeller speed is the impeller speed that would result if the torque converter bypass clutch was open/slipping and transferring the same amount of torque.
US10214202B2
A hybrid system includes a transmission control module, a power source, a transmission, and a drive train. The transmission control module partially operates the hybrid system and receives operating information from various components of the system, calculates power losses in the drive train, and calculates the driving torque needed to reach a target power profile determined from a driver's input.
US10214200B2
In a hybrid vehicle including an engine; a first motor configured to generate reverse voltage by rotation; a planetary gear mechanism configured to have three rotational elements connected with a drive shaft coupled with an axle, the engine and the first motor; a second motor configured to input and output power from and to the driveshaft; first and second inverters configured to drive the first and second motors respectively; and an electric storage device, a first control controlling a rotational speed of the engine such that a first electric current to flow through the electric storage device is maximized in a state of gate interruption of the first and second inverters is executed at the time of an evacuation travelling being performed when an ON operation of an accelerator is performed during an inverter failure in which the first and second inverters cannot be normally actuated.
US10214196B2
The electronic control unit sets a target value of a charging amount of the electrical storage device and increases the charging amount to the target value during traveling on the freeway. The electronic control unit computes a first travel cost being cost per unit travel distance of fuel used when the EV travel is made by using the electric power charged in the electrical storage device at a time when the HV travel is made on the freeway, and the second travel cost being cost per unit travel distance of the electric power used when the EV travel is made by using the electric power charged in the electrical storage device by the charging mechanism at the destination. The electronic control unit sets the target value on the basis of a comparison result between the first travel cost and the second travel cost.
US10214192B2
In one embodiment, a solenoid valve for a vehicle braking system includes a magnet assembly having a winding support, a coil winding, a housing, and a cover disc. The solenoid value further includes a valve cartridge having a capsule, a valve insert, a valve seat, and an armature. The valve insert can be connected to the capsule, the armature can be guided within the capsule in an axially movable manner and has a closing element. The closing element and the valve seat can form a valve that can control a fluid flow through the valve cartridge. The coil winding can be wound on the winding support to form an electrical coil, which can be controlled using control signals applied to electrical connectors. The electric coil generates a magnetic force that can move the armature against a force of a return spring.
US10214173B2
A curtain airbag capable of applying tension in a vertical direction to improve occupant ejection mitigation performance. The curtain airbag is housed in an upper portion of a side surface inside a vehicle cabin and deployed along the side surface. The curtain airbag includes: a main chamber having a protection area for the occupant, and receiving an inflation gas and being inflated along a side window of a vehicle; a first chamber that overlaps an upper edge of the side window of the vehicle, the first chamber extends by being deployed toward an upper side of the main chamber along the upper portion of the side surface inside the vehicle cabin. The main chamber includes a second chamber positioned in a below portion of the first chamber to overlap the vehicle beltline upon deployment.
US10214172B2
A vehicle side airbag device includes a side airbag, an inner tether that extends in the seat forward direction at the seat width direction inner side of the side airbag in the inflated and deployed state and has a distal end portion anchored to the side airbag, and an outer tether that extends outward in the seat width direction from the seat rear side of the side airbag in the inflated and deployed state and has a distal end portion anchored to the side airbag. An upper end portion of the distal end portion of the outer tether is positioned further toward an upper end side of the side airbag than an upper end portion of the distal end portion of the inner tether.
US10214170B2
A combination seat belt restraint system cutter and glass break tool mounted onto and around the seat belt of an automotive vehicle at a predetermined position for use in cutting the web of the seat belt in the event of a seat belt release latch jam or inoperability resulting in the severing of the seat belt at said position resulting in the tool being freed for use in breaking the glass of a window of the vehicle. The combination tool also being maintained in a fixed position adjacent the safety belt extension/retraction aperture by a strap.
US10214168B1
A slide wiring device includes: a metal rail; a slider slidably arranged on the metal rail; a wire harness in which a plurality of electric wires are armored by an armoring member made of a resin, the wire harness being coupled to the slider and configured to move in the metal rail along with movement of the slider; and a resin rail that is arranged inside the metal rail, and is configured to confine movement of the armoring member. The armoring member is configured to move on the resin rail along with the movement of the slider.
US10214167B2
A sliding door electrical wire guide module includes a sliding door and an electrical wire guide apparatus that are integrated with each other. The electrical wire guide apparatus includes: an electrical wire guide body for spanning a distance between a vehicle body and the sliding door and that is capable of undergoing curving deformation; a door-side bracket that is coupled to one end portion of the electrical wire guide body and is fixed to the sliding door; a body-side bracket that is coupled to the other end portion of the electrical wire guide body and is to be attached to the vehicle body, and a lock portion that is formed on the body-side bracket and is detachably locked to a receiving portion provided on the sliding door.
US10214160B2
A wire module includes multiple wires and a wire protection member including a supporting plate portion with a main surface on which the multiple wires can be arranged. A partitioning portion that partitions the plurality of wires in a width direction of the supporting plate portion is formed due to the supporting plate portion being partially cut and raised. A partitioning plate portion includes a first partitioning portion and a second partitioning portion that are cut and raised from mutually opposite sides in the width direction of the supporting plate portion and come into contact with each other in directions of supporting each other in their upright states, in a state of being mutually upright.
US10214153B2
A selectively openable and closable, outdoor storage bag includes a body portion made of a flexible, waterproof, plastic coated fabric bag material, the bag material comprising a plurality of waterproof welded seams that define a predetermined shape of the body portion and an opening, the body portion defining an interior space within the body portion; a closure mechanism joined to the body portion by a welded seam proximate a periphery of the opening, the closure mechanism configured to selectively open and close the opening and provide a seal that is at least water-resistant when the opening is closed; a flap of the plastic coated fabric bag material that extends from the body portion and covers the closure mechanism; and a plurality of anchor points attached to an exterior surface of the body portion, wherein the body portion of the bag is waterproof and the seal is at least water-resistant.
US10214151B1
A multipurpose utility rack of a UTV (utility task vehicle) is disclosed. The utility rack includes an upper assembly containing a rectangular portion that rigidly connects a first side rail parallel to a second side rail, a first side assembly forming a third side rail with one or more brackets that connects the first side assembly to the upper assembly, a second side assembly forming a fourth side rail with one or more brackets that connect the second side assembly to the upper assembly, wherein the first side assembly and the second side assembly connect to the upper assembly with the third side rail parallel to the fourth side rail, with the third side rail perpendicular to the first side rail, and with the fourth side rail perpendicular to the second side rail.
US10214132B2
A kit for securing cargo within an interior of a vehicle is provided. The vehicle has an occupant restraint system including a coupling member. The kit includes a harness having at least one connecting ring. The harness is configured to hold the cargo. The kit includes a first strap having a first connector at a first end releasably coupled to the coupling member and a second connector at a second end coupled to the at least one connecting ring. The kit includes an energy absorbing element defined on the strap between the first end and the second end. The energy absorbing element is deformable to absorb a force acting on the cargo.
US10214128B2
A seat cushion of a vehicle seat includes a cushion made of foam and at least one motor assembly located in the cushion. The at least one motor assembly includes a housing having a first portion and a second portion, and one of the first portion and the second portion includes a meltable feature located near a location of contact of the first portion and the second portion. The meltable feature melts to secure the first portion of the housing to the second portion of the housing to retain a motor within the housing.
US10214127B2
Described are passenger seat assemblies including spreaders with a transitional region having a forward surface with a radius of curvature of about 3.5 to 3.7 inches and an aft surface with an angular profile configured so that the aft surface is located forward of a plane formed by a surface of the at least one seat back in a fully upright position. The passenger seat assemblies also include leg assemblies with a forward leg portion having a forward surface that is substantially aligned with a forward base frame tube, and an aft surface with an angular profile having a shape of an “r.”
US10214125B2
An air-circulation promotion apparatus for a vehicle includes a driver's seat and a front passenger seat provided in the vehicle, and a face outlet port of a vehicle air conditioner disposed in front of those seats. A seat outlet port that blows a sucked air from a side surface of a seat back of the seat toward a rear area of the vehicle is disposed in the seat. An air present between the face outlet port and the seat flows rearward of the seat by aid of wind blown out of the seat outlet port. This makes it possible to circulate a comfortable air rearward of the seat to create a vehicle interior environment having no air retention. A circulation fan is provided in the seat and can be integrated with a seat ventilation system or a seat air conditioner.
US10214121B2
A method is provided for assembling a child restraint. The method includes the steps of coupling a seat-pivot-and-lock unit to a tiltable juvenile vehicle seat and coupling a seat support to the tiltable juvenile vehicle seat.
US10214119B2
A track adjuster may include a cross member, an end stop bracket, an adjustable end stop lever, and/or a connection member that may be configured to actuate the adjustable end stop lever. The adjustable end stop lever may be configured to rotate between a first position in which the adjustable end stop lever engages the end stop bracket and prevents movement of a seat from a comfort range into an easy entry range, and a second position in which the adjustable end stop does not prevent movement of the seat from the comfort range into the easy entry range. The cross member may be configured for rotating independently of the adjustable end stop lever.
US10214110B2
Power supply device includes a power supply circuit with a low voltage load circuit and a high voltage load circuit connected to a plurality of batteries connected in series. A power supply circuit includes an equalizer that can prevent uneven consumption of each battery; a disconnect switch that enables the battery on the low voltage side to be electrically cut off; and a disconnect relay that enables the battery on the high voltage side to be electrically cut off. A machine controller starts an engine controller by turning on an engine key relay after turning on the disconnect relay.
US10214106B2
A driving assistance apparatus which is mounted in a vehicle includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire external information, a notification request generation unit configured to generate a notification request based on the external information, a switching unit configured to switch between an on state and an off state of a notification function according to an input from a vehicle occupant, a first information notification unit configured to display a first display for giving notification of the external information in a predetermined display area of a display device based on the notification request when the notification function is in the on state and the notification request is generated, and a second information notification unit configured to display a second display for giving notification of predetermined information different from the external information in the predetermined display area when the notification function is in the off state.
US10214102B2
A dual drive driveline for a vehicle has a power source, a hydrostatic pump drivingly engaged with the power source, a first axle, a second axle, and a first hydrostatic unit in fluid communication with the hydrostatic pump. The first hydrostatic unit is drivingly engaged or selectively drivingly engaged with the first axle, and the first hydrostatic unit is not drivingly engageable with the second axle. A second hydrostatic unit in fluid communication with the hydrostatic pump, the second hydrostatic unit being drivingly engaged or selectively drivingly engaged with the second axle, and the second hydrostatic unit not being drivingly engageable with the first axle. A control unit is adapted to control a hydraulic displacement of at least one of the hydrostatic pump, the first hydrostatic unit and the second hydrostatic unit.
US10214096B1
An air filter housing for is disclosed. The air filter housing is created by a base filter section and a top filter section. The top filter section is a hood of a vehicle. This allows the filter to be changed and inspected by simply lifting up the vehicle hood. Air channels are formed in a bottom portion of a two-layer hood allowing air to be delivered to the air intake of a combustion engine. The hood interfaces with the base filter housing section and seals the filter by pressure created by the hood.
US10214091B2
A range includes at least two different motor vehicles with a structural body having a central underbody part delimiting a lower part of a cab. The central underbody part of the first vehicle receives two seats. The central underbody part of the second vehicle receives four seats. Each central underbody part includes first interface elements allowing mounting thereon of components associated with the function of an internal combustion drive engine mounted on a rear structural part of the structural body which is firmly attached to the central underbody part. Each central underbody part also includes second interface elements allowing mounting thereon of components associated with the function of an electric drive motor to be mounted on the rear structural part. A rear edge of the central underbody part of each vehicle is equipped with a same interface element for connection to the rear structural part of the structural body.
US10214085B2
A trim structure of a vehicle includes a deck cover constituting a vehicle interior upper portion at a vehicle rear side. The trim structure is provided between a seat and the deck cover and at an upper end of a door main body. The deck cover includes: left and right cover side portions opposed to each other; a rear window opening opening at a vehicle rear side of the seat; and a rear window configured to be openable and closable. The trim structure includes a straightening trim body located between a lower portion of a front end of one of the cover side portions and the seat and projecting to the upper end of the door main body. The straightening trim body is formed so as to straighten traveling wind to the rear window opening in an open state, the traveling wind flowing into a vehicle interior.
US10214081B2
A visor can be manually positioned in a number of directions such that it is manually rotatable about an axis of rotation, and wherein that axis of rotation is itself manually pivotable through a range of angles about a pivot member. The visor manually repositionable, and includes a visor blade, a blade holder for securing the visor blade, a visor clip, and a pivot ball for connecting the blade holder and the visor clip. The pivot ball is repositionable throughout a range of angular motion; and the pivot ball has an axis.
US10214070B2
A vehicle height adjustment device includes a changer, a vehicle height controller, and a malfunction detector. The changer is configured to change a relative position of a body of a vehicle relative to an axle of a wheel of the vehicle. The vehicle height controller is configured to change the relative position based on a detection value detected by a detector configured to detect the relative position so as to control a vehicle height, which is a height of the body. The malfunction detector is configured to detect a malfunction in at least one of the changer and the detector, the malfunction causing the vehicle height controller to continue to control the vehicle height to increase.
US10214061B2
A valve assembly for a central tire inflation system is provided. The valve assembly includes a first housing having a first port connected to a second port via a cavity. The second port is in fluid communication with a wheel assembly. A biasing member is disposed in the cavity adjacent a first perforation formed in the first housing. A valve member is contacted by the biasing member. The valve member includes a first frustoconical portion having a continuous outer surface connected to a second portion having a continuous outer surface, a first end connected to the second portion and a second end connected to the first frustoconical portion wherein the continuous outer surfaces of the first frustoconical portion and the second portion allow a pressurized fluid to flow between the housing and the outer surfaces of the valve member.
US10214058B2
A run flat tire having a side wall part reinforced by a side reinforcing rubber part is disclosed. The side reinforcing rubber part is formed from a rubber composition having a ratio (M50H/M50N) of tensile stress (M50H) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 100° C. to tensile stress (M50N) in 50% elongation at a measurement temperature of 23° C. of from 1.0 to 1.3.
US10214053B2
The invention is directed to a pneumatic vehicle tire having a carcass and a belt built up on the radial outside of the carcass. The tire includes a profiled tread which is built up on the belt on the radial outside of the belt. The belt is formed from at least four belt plies which are arranged one on top of the other from the radial inside to the radial outside. The first belt ply and the second belt ply are crossing working plies. The reinforcing elements of the first and second belt plies are arranged at an angle of 10° to 45° to the circumferential direction. The reinforcing elements of the fourth belt ply are arranged at an angle of 40° to 75° to the circumferential direction and the reinforcing elements of the third belt ply are arranged at an angle of 0° to 5° to the circumferential direction.
US10214052B2
A run-flat tire of the present invention is a pneumatic radial tire for passenger vehicles which has a carcass composed of plies of radially arranged cords toroidally extending between a pair of bead portions, and the a W/L ratio of the section width W to the outer diameter L of the tire is 0.25 or less.
US10214041B2
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for printing a security card. A security image is printed onto the receiving layer of a dye receptive reverse transfer film, which can then be applied to the card and bonded with the card. The printing of the security image occurs by transferring overcoat material from an overcoat panel of the dye carrying film onto the receiving layer of the dye receptive reverse transfer film in a pattern, which forms the visual security image. This process can be used in conjunction with the printing of a primary image by printing Yellow, Magenta, Cyan dyes and Black resin (YMCK) to the receiving layer in a reverse transfer printing method to provide a security card having a primary image and a security image. The security image printing may occur before or after the YMCK printing.
US10214039B2
A tape reel device includes a cartridge case (20) rotatably accommodating a spool (22b) around which an ink ribbon (22a) is wound, and a brake (3) for providing back tension to the ink ribbon (22a) unwound from the spool (22b). The brake (3) includes a sliding contact member (35) in sliding contact with end surface of the rotating spool (22b), a coil spring (36) urging the sliding contact member (35) in shaft direction of the spool (22b), and a rotation restrictor (37) for restricting rotation of the sliding contact member (35). The rotation restrictor (37) includes an engaging portion protruded from the cartridge case (20) to be inserted into the sliding contact member (35), and a to-be-engaged portion (44) which is protruded from inner circumference of the sliding contact member (35) and with which the engaging portion engages in rotation direction of the spool (22b).
US10214038B2
Some embodiments relate to a digital printing system and method for depositing ink droplets onto a target surface in dependence upon a received electrical printing signal containing data indicating the desired image to be printed while improving the uniformity of intended tone reproduction of the printed image.
US10214032B2
Provided is a printing apparatus enabling a user to easily perform jam processing. The printing apparatus includes a printing unit, a cassette in which a plurality of sheets to be printed by the printing unit are mounted, and which is capable of being drawn out from the device by a user, a roller pair which is capable of being in an abutting state and a separate state and transports the sheet supplied from the cassette by interposing the sheet, in the abutting state, and a mechanism which changes the roller pair from the abutting state to the separate state as the cassette is drawn out.
US10214031B2
The invention provides an inkjet print apparatus and a recovery method of an inkjet print apparatus, which can suppress deterioration of productivity. For that purpose, timing, at which a recovery operation is practiced in accordance with a facing time period of a print head and a print medium and a not facing time period thereof, is set.
US10214023B1
A print head has an ink source to supply and receive ink, a first channel to receive ink from the ink source, a second channel to return ink to the ink source, and a manifold structure connected to the two channels to receive ink from the first channel and return ink to the second channel. A method of operating a print head includes providing ink from an ink source at a first pressure through a first channel, routing the ink through an inlet port of at least one single jet, moving the ink through the single jet to an outlet port of the single jet, routing the ink from the outlet port of the single jet, directing the ink to a second channel, and returning ink through the second channel to the ink source at a second pressure.
US10214020B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a back pressure control unit including a back pressure control element that has a first opening, a second opening, a first liquid flow channel that enables the first opening and the second opening to communicate with each other, and a valve body that controls the flow of liquid in the first liquid flow channel, and a housing that houses the back pressure control element and in which a liquid introduction opening that communicates with the first opening and a discharge channel that communicates with the second opening are formed, and a head unit including a third opening connected to the discharge channel of the back pressure control unit, a second liquid flow channel that communicates with the third opening, a first filter disposed in the second liquid flow channel, a pressure generation chamber, a nozzle, and a pressure generation element.
US10214019B2
Example circuits and methods are described involving a flexible substrate for a fluid cartridge, comprising an integrated circuit connected to the flexible substrate, and electrical connector pads arranged on the flexible substrate for connection to the integrated circuit.
US10214005B2
Apparatus (1) for changing a blade of a rotary die cutter, particularly for flexographic printing machines: a magnetic cylinder (3) configured to receive and support a die-cutting blade (5, 5′); a station (7) for inserting the blade (5, 5′) has a retention device (70) configured to retain the blade (5) in the insertion station; a guiding device (71) guides the blade (5, 5′) toward the magnetic cylinder (3); a station (9) for extracting the blade (5, 5′), has an extraction device (90) configured to remove the blade (5, 5′) from the magnetic cylinder (3).
US10213993B2
Described herein is composite article comprising a substrate; and on at least one face of the substrate a multilayered coating disposed thereon. The multilayered coating comprises (i) an abrasion-resistant layer adjacent to the substrate, wherein the abrasion-resistant layer comprises inorganic oxide nanoparticles and a polymer binder; and (ii) an antireflection layer adjacent to the abrasion-resistant layer opposite the substrate, wherein the antireflection layer comprises a fluorosilane polymer, wherein the fluorosilane polymer comprises: at least one monomeric unit A represented by the formula (I) wherein R1 represents H or methyl, L1 represents a covalent bond or a divalent aliphatic group having from 1 to 10 carbon atoms, each Y1 independently represents a hydrocarbyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, each Y2 independently represents a hydrolyzable group, g is 0, 1, or 2; and at least one divalent monomeric unit B represented by the formula (I) wherein R2, R3, and R4 represent H, methyl, trifluoromethyl, or F, wherein at least one of R2, R3, and R4 is F, Rf1 represents a covalent bond or a divalent group selected from the group consisting of —(CF2O)a—, —(CF2CF2O)b—, —(CF2CF2CF2O)c—, —(CF2CF2CF2CF2O)d—, —(CF2CF(CF3)O)e—, and combinations thereof, wherein a, b, c, d, and e represent integers in the range of from 0 to 130, and wherein 1≤a+b+c+d+e≤130, and Rf2 is a perfluoroalkyl group.
US10213992B2
A multilayer protective film comprising a first layer, a second layer and a PSA layer. The first layer at least comprises a polyester-based polyurethane, a polycarbonate-based polyurethane or a combination or blend of both. The second layer at least comprises a polycaprolactone-based thermoplastic polyurethane. The PSA layer comprises a pressure sensitive adhesive. One major surface of the first layer is bonded to one major surface of the second layer, and the PSA layer is bonded to an opposite major surface of the second layer such that the second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the PSA layer.
US10213987B2
Disclosed is a rubber metal laminate comprising metal, an adhesive layer and a perfluoroelastomer layer, the perfluoroelastomer layer being formed from a vulcanizate layer of a blend comprising 2 to 10 parts by weight of a vinylidene fluoride-chlorotrifluoroethylene copolymer, based on 100 parts by weight of a perfluoroelastomer. The rubber metal laminate of the present invention can effectively improve the interlayer adhesion of the perfluoroelastomer to the metal and pockmarked surface (the state that crater-like irregularity is formed) of the perfluoroelastomer layer laminated on the metal.
US10213983B1
A three-dimensional sticker is disclosed that includes a body. The body has the following components: a rigid main sheet constructed from a thermoformable plastic layer, and a flexible/stretchable ink layer adhered the main sheet. Additionally, the body may employ an adhesive layer comprising a repositionable adhesive adhered to the rigid main sheet and a thermoformable release liner detachably adhered to the adhesive layer. The body is thermoformed into a three-dimensional shape with an anchor region and an elevated region. The anchor region is substantially planar and defines an anchor plane, and the elevated region is outside of the anchor plane. The adhesive layer and release liner may be present in the anchor region and elevated region. Additionally, the three-dimensional sticker may comprise a multi-part construction wherein the parts can be separated from each other for easier transport and installation.
US10213979B2
A detection unit for detecting a press position and a load at the press position; an input/storage unit for inputting and storing a value serving as a reference for determining a bend point in a relation between the press position and the load at the press position; a slope calculation unit for calculating a slope of the load based on the press position and the load at the press position, which have been detected; and a bend-point determination unit for determining a point, at which the calculated slope of the load exceeds the value serving as the reference for determining the bend point, as the bend point are provided.
US10213970B2
Disclosed is an infusion method for the manufacture of a fiber-reinforced composite component with semi-finished textile products in an open molding tool, in which at least one local gas reception space is designed for the reception of volatile substances, such as resin gases and residual air contained in the matrix material and/or in the system, which gas reception space is blocked off from the matrix material by a local semi-permeable membrane; also disclosed is a system for the execution of such a method.
US10213963B2
A conveyor belt obtained by bonding together conveyor belts to be adhered using an adhesive rubber is provided. The conveyor belts to be adhered include a rubber composition containing an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, an organic peroxide (X1), and carbon black (Y1), the organic peroxide (X1) being contained in an amount of from 0.011 to 0.020 molar equivalents relative to the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer in the conveyor belts to be adhered. The adhesive rubber includes a rubber composition containing an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, an organic peroxide (X2), and carbon black (Y2), the organic peroxide (X2) being contained in an amount of from 0.017 to 0.022 molar equivalents relative to the ethylene-α-olefin copolymer in the adhesive rubber. A content ratio (X2/X1) of the organic peroxide (X2) to the organic peroxide (X1) is from 1.20 to 2.00.
US10213959B2
A method for removing substrate material from a part produced by a 3-D printer. The method includes providing a housing having a working chamber defined therein. The method further includes providing a spray header disposed along at least a portion of the perimeter of the working chamber. A pump is configured and arranged to convey a fluid at varying pressures through the spray header. Fluid contacts a part inserted into the working chamber and then flows to the bottom of the working chamber to a fluid outlet.
US10213948B2
A co-rotating twin screw extruder for forming fragments is disclosed. The extruder comprises of an intake zone for receiving one or more excipient(s) suitable for oral dosage or one or more excipient(s) suitable for oral dosage along with one or more active pharmaceutical ingredient, a melt zone for softening at least one excipient to form a viscous mass or melt and a fragmenting zone for fragmenting and cooling the viscous mass into cooled fragments and an extruder outlet for recovering the cooled fragments from the extruder.
US10213944B2
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for co-extruding multiple polymeric material flow streams into a mold cavity to produce a molded plastic article. At least one interior core stream of a first polymeric material is surrounded by inner and outer streams of at least one other polymeric material. The interior core stream serves as an interior layer of a resultant molded plastic article while the inner and outer streams serve as inner and outer layers, respectively, of the resultant plastic article. The interior core stream is selectively directed to flow into or past a downstream branch channel in a mold cavity. The downstream branch channel branches from a primary channel in the mold cavity at a branch junction. The branch channel defines a protrusion portion of the resultant molded plastic article. The leading edge of the interior core stream is selectively controlled in the branch channel to position the leading edge at or near to the terminal end of the branch channel without having the leading edge of the interior core stream breakthrough a flow-front of the inner and outer streams. The resultant molded plastic article includes an interior layer formed of the first polymeric material that extends into, through and to a distal end of the protrusion while still being encased by inner and outer layers formed from the inner and outer flow streams.
US10213943B2
A suitable combination of a composition for formation of a resin mold with a pattern and a composition for formation of resin to which the pattern is transferred from the resin mold is found.
US10213939B1
Provided is a method for producing stone inlay tesserae for forming a mosaic pattern surface, the method comprises the steps of: providing at least one core made from a natural stone material; providing a mold having an internal surface that defines an internal cavity for accommodating the at least one core, the internal cavity has a volume larger than that of the at least one core, such that an internal space is formed between the internal surface of the mold and the at least one core when the at least one core is placed within the mold; adding a molding composite into the mold to fill the internal space; solidifying the molding composite, thereby forming a hybrid tessera column comprising a stone inlay and an external layer seamlessly around the at least one core; demolding the hybrid tessera column from the mold; and cutting the hybrid tessera column into a plurality of stone inlay tesserae.
US10213931B2
A hair clipper with a blade set, includes at least one stationary or one adjustable cutting comb and one shearing blade driven in oscillation in the transverse direction essentially parallel to the front edge of the cutting comb. The hair clipper may have a hair transport element, which has a transport toothing, which is arranged essentially along the cutting edge of the shearing blade at a distance from the cutting edge of the shearing blade. The shearing blade is arranged between the cutting comb and the hair transport element. The cutting edge of the shearing blade extends beyond the front edge of the hair transport element.
US10213929B2
The disclosure provides a pair of vibrissa and eyebrow scissors having a fixed blade and a moveable blade capable of being rinsed separately. The pair of vibrissa and eyebrow scissors comprises a scissors head and a scissors body, wherein a driving device is arranged in the scissors body. The scissors head further comprises a blade separation device; the blade separation device is connected with the fixed blade or the moveable blade; and by operating the blade separation device, the fixed blade and the moveable blade that are in a laminating state are separated from each other. On the basis of the traditional vibrissa and eyebrow scissors, the disclosure is provided with a blade separation device which may separate the moveable blade from the fixed blade, so that the rinsing effect can be enhanced.
US10213925B2
The present invention provides a workpiece contact state estimating device and a workpiece contact state estimation method to estimate an actual state of contact of a workpiece A with a peripheral object on the basis of a feasible contact acting force range, which is a feasible range of the value of a contact acting force (the force acting on a manipulator 1 generated by contact) prepared in advance for each of a plurality of types of contact states that are feasible as the states of contact of the workpiece A with the peripheral object, and a measurement value of the contact acting force at the time of contact of the workpiece A with the peripheral object.
US10213922B2
In order to set control with a high degree of freedom while taking into account a time response waveform, a robot control apparatus includes a control section that acquires a driving position of a driving section that drives a robot and a detection value of an operation force operating on the robot detected by a force detector, and controls the driving section based on the detection value, a first setting value, and a second setting value; a first display section that displays a detection waveform that is a time response waveform of the detection value; a second display section that displays a storage waveform that is a time response waveform of the operation force stored in a storage medium in advance; and a receiving section that receives setting of at least the second setting value.
US10213921B2
A method includes receiving, from an imaging device associated with a robotic apparatus, an image signal; identifying an object of interest that is represented in the image signal, wherein the object of interest is identified by the robotic apparatus using the image signal based on irradiation of the object of interest by an external agent; receiving, by the robotic apparatus from the external agent, a task indication that is representative of a task to be performed by the robotic apparatus. Responsive to receipt of the task indication, the method further includes saving a robotic context including information associating the task to be performed with the object of interest, and causing the robotic apparatus to perform the task with respect to the object of interest.
US10213914B2
A blow molding toolbox has a casing, a cover, and multiple reinforcing elements. The casing has multiple connecting recesses, multiple guiding slots, and multiple positioning recesses. The connecting recesses are deposited on an external surface of the casing at corners of the casing. The cover is pivotally connected to the casing and has a same structure as the casing. Each one of the reinforcing elements is connected to the casing at one of the corners of the casing to cover a corresponding connecting recess of the casing or is connected to the cover at one of the corners of the cover to cover a corresponding connecting recess of the cover, and each reinforcing element has a body, at least one fixing tube, and at least one tapping screw. The reinforcing elements may increase the structural strength of the blow molding toolbox.
US10213913B2
There is provided a tool storage assembly. The assembly includes a plurality of modular bases. The bases are selectively connectable together at peripheral side portions thereof. The assembly includes a plurality of retaining members coupled to the bases. The assembly includes a plurality of actuators each associated with a respective ones of the retaining members. Selective actuation of selective ones of the actuators releases corresponding selective ones of the retaining members. Remaining ones of the retaining members form a plurality of customized storage receptacles thereafter.
US10213912B2
An impact driver includes a motor, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer that is movable forward and rearward with respect to the spindle and that has an inner peripheral portion facing the spindle, and an anvil struck in a rotational direction by the hammer. A grease supply path is provided to supply grease to the inner peripheral portion of the hammer.
US10213910B2
This invention relates in general to restraint systems for automotive vehicles and more particularly, to systems and methods for an assistive device including a C-shaped tool for use in depressing the actuator button of a car seat restraint harness to assist in unlocking the buckle.
US10213909B2
An apparatus to service the driveline of a vehicle is presented. The apparatus includes two members, a pivot element, and a bridge lock. The members each have an elongated handle segment and a jaw segment. The pivot element is configured to pivotally connect both members together near the jaw segments. The bridge lock is configured to be movably positioned along the handle segments. The jaw segments combine to define a profile which is adapted to secure to the splined coupling interface of a vehicle propeller shaft. The bridge lock is adapted to provide holding pressure to the handle segments, so as to lock the jaw segments when secured to the splined coupling interface.
US10213907B2
An impact driver or impact tool includes a motor, a motor housing that houses the motor, a grip housing integrally provided with the motor housing, a hammer case is disposed frontward of the motor housing, a spindle rotated by the motor, a hammer housed inside the hammer case and configured to be rotated by the spindle, and an anvil housed inside the hammer case which anvil is configured to be impacted by the hammer. In this impact driver, a length from a rear end of the motor housing to a front end of the anvil (i.e., the front-rear length of a main body) is less than 128 mm.
US10213900B2
Provided is an abrasive material having a grinding force more appropriate to the purpose of surface finishing. The abrasive material is intended to be used for surface finishing by spraying onto a workpiece, and comprises a plurality of abrasive material particles each comprising a core, a binder, and an abrasive grain layer formed on a surface of the core via the binder, wherein the binder is a mixture of a non-curable adhesive used as a main ingredient to provide tackiness and another agent used to adjust hardness according to a desired surface roughness of the workpiece. The hardness of the binder is adjusted to be higher or lower than that of the non-curable adhesive itself as a main ingredient. The binder may have the property of a cured material or the property of a fluid.
US10213897B2
A clamping apparatus with a control mechanism includes a cam, a cam post, a handle, and a handle plate. The cam is configured to rotate into a clamped position in which the clamping apparatus is in a clamped state and an unclamped position in which the clamping apparatus is in an unclamped state. The cam post is rotatable with the cam. The handle is movable into a first position and a second position. The handle plate is rotatable with the handle. The handle plate is configured to rotate the cam post in a first direction when the handle moves from the first position to the second position. The handle plate is configured to rotate in a second direction without rotating the cam post in the second direction for a predetermined distance when the handle moves from the second position to the first position. The first direction is opposite to the second direction.
US10213889B2
In a machine tool and a control apparatus thereof, a repetitive movement unit is configured so that the cutting tool performs one repetitive movement with respect to multiple relative rotations between the workpiece and the cutting tool and so that a rotation angle of the relative rotation between the workpiece and the cutting tool during relative movement at a second speed is smaller than a rotation angle of the relative rotation during relative movement at a first speed in one repetitive movement. This configuration limits degradation of machining efficiency when the cutting tool machines the workpiece by performing one repetitive movement with respect to multiple relative rotations between the workpiece and the cutting tool.
US10213888B2
There is provided a chip sweeping robot which is capable of possessing adaptability to various machine tools and automatically sweeping a wide range efficiently. To this end, a chip sweeping robot configured to sweep chips, which are scattered on an upper surface of a table of a machine tool at the time of machining a workpiece attached to the table, by traveling in accordance with a travel route set on the upper surface, includes: a robot body which autonomously travels on the upper surface; a rotating brush which sweeps the chips out forward in a traveling direction by being rotated from a lower side to an upper side forward in the traveling direction; and a blade which scoops out the chips, which pass through the rotating brush, forward in the traveling direction and sends the chips to a rotating region of the rotating brush.
US10213887B2
A turret tool post includes a turret turnably supported by a post body, turret turning part having a turret turning shaft and the like to turn the turret, a tool attachment part turnably holding a rotatable tool and attached to the turret, and tool-attachment-part turning part turning the tool attachment part to turn the rotatable tool. The tool-attachment-part turning part and the turret turning part are provided independently and arranged to face each other. The tool-attachment-part turning part includes a tool turning motor installed inside the turret and an attachment-part transmission shaft connected to the tool turning motor.
US10213886B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for making tools and/or handling equipment available for a treatment machine, wherein a mobile magazine contains at least two different types of tools and/or handling equipment together.
US10213885B2
A drill press includes a main housing, a drill unit supported by the main housing for relative movement therewith, and a magnetic base for coupling the drill press to a ferromagnetic workpiece. The magnetic base includes a ferromagnetic body having spaced, substantially parallel first and second rails. Each of the first and second rails includes a flat bottom surface engageable with the ferromagnetic workpiece. A coil is positioned between the first and second rails for generating a holding force on the ferromagnetic workpiece. The coil defines a central axis that is parallel with the bottom surface of each of the first and second rails.
US10213878B2
An arc welding/brazing process is disclosed that is useful to join together a first copper piece and a second copper piece without damaging more heat-sensitive materials that may be located nearby is disclosed. The arc welding/brazing process includes using a non-consumable electrode wire, which electrically communicates with a weld control in a straight polarity orientation, to strike an arc across a gap established between a leading tip end of the electrode wire and the first copper piece. The current that flows through the arc when the arc is established heats the first copper piece such that the first copper piece becomes joined to a second copper piece. The joint between the first copper piece and the second copper piece may be an autogenous weld joint or a braze joint.
US10213874B2
A double side welding method used for producing a differential gear for welding a weld part to join a ring gear fitted on a gear case from both sides. The method uses welding distortion caused by welding to improve product accuracy. The method includes welding from both sides of a weld part where a first member and a second member, which are the objects being joined, face each other. The method is performed by first welding, which is performed from one side, and second welding, which is performed from the other opposite side from that first welding. Heat quantity adjustment, that adjusts the quantity of heat input to the weld part for the second welding, is performed after the first welding, and is carried out such that an amount of welding distortion that is the objective arises.
US10213873B2
A scrap removal device for a laser processing device includes a gas deflector having an optical channel; a looped gas channel; and a looped gas outlet. The looped gas outlet is connected to the looped gas channel, the optical channel is configured for a laser beam to transmit through, the looped gas channel surrounds the optical channel, and a section of the looped gas channel close to the looped gas outlet is inclined. The scrap removal device further includes a gas source furnished on the gas deflector and in communication with the looped gas channel for providing a gas flow to flow into the looped gas channel. The gas flow is joined with the laser beam transmitting along a looped processing path when flowing out of the gas deflector through the looped gas channel and the looped gas outlet.
US10213861B2
A system for re-configuring a welding system provides the ability to download applications to a welding power source or system, and to store the configuration data and applications to one or more of a series of welders, thereby simplifying configuration and re-configuration of power sources.
US10213859B2
In various embodiments, apparatuses for receiving and supporting one or more components during processing thereof at process temperatures greater than approximately 1000° C. feature refractory metal shelves separated by refractory metal support posts.
US10213855B2
A method for forming a plurality of aligned holes includes aligning a first surface defining a first hole with a second surface defining a second hole, wherein the first hole at least partially aligns with the second hole to form a gap. A virtual hole diameter is measured, wherein the virtual hole diameter is a diameter of a virtual hole through the gap and the virtual hole diameter is a smallest bisector of the gap. Responsive to the virtual hole diameter having a first virtual hole diameter, a first cleanup hole having a first cleanup hole diameter is formed through the gap, wherein the first cleanup hole is concentrically aligned with the virtual hole. A first fastener having a first size is inserted into the first cleanup hole, and the first surface is attached to the second surface using the first fastener. Additional implementations are described.
US10213850B2
A cutting insert for metalworking operations is retained within a cutting insert holder by a resilient tab on the holder that engages a recess on the stem of the insert. The cutting insert and the holder may be fabricated using rapid prototyping techniques such as 3D printing.
US10213847B2
A chamfering tool that chamfers an opening edge of a target hole formed in a work, the chamfering tool including a support shaft, a base shaft having the support shaft on a tip end side thereof and being eccentric with respect to the support shaft, and a blade portion having a rake face that is a step surface of a step protrusion portion protruded laterally from the support shaft or that is an end surface of the support shaft. The blade portion including an edge line in a shape of a curve and being bulged to a side away from a center axis of the support shaft, and the edge line being inclined with respect to an axial direction of the support shaft.
US10213845B2
A rotary tool designed as a modular drill, extending in an axial direction along an axis of rotation. It comprises two coupling parts: a carrier; and a cutting head that is attached to the carrier so as to be exchangeable. The carrier includes pin receiving means, into which a coupling pin of the cutting head is introduced in a clamping manner and so as to be reversibly exchangeable. The pin receiving means and the coupling pin have torque sections and clamping sections that correspond to one another and are oriented parallel to the axis of rotation. In addition, to prevent axial pull-out, stop surfaces are provided on the pin receiving means and on the coupling pin, the stop surfaces being effective in an axial direction and corresponding to one another. These stop surfaces preferably extend horizontally and therefore perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
US10213834B2
A method of fabricating an article for magnetic heat exchange, is provided which comprises plastically deforming a composite body comprising a binder having a glass transition temperature TG and a powder comprising a magnetocalorically active phase or elements in amounts suitable to produce a magnetocalorically active phase such that at least one dimension of the composite body' changes in length by at least 10%.
US10213833B2
A method of forming tooling for fabricating a part made from a metal powder is described herein. The method includes forming a first sheet and second sheet. The first sheet includes a first protrusion defining a first cavity and a first flange extending about the first protrusion. The second sheet includes a second flange. Additionally, the method includes arranging the first sheet and the second sheet to abut together the first flange of the first sheet and the second flange of the second sheet and to define an enclosure. The enclosure includes a void defined between the first cavity of the first sheet and the second sheet. The void has a shape of the part. The method further includes welding together the first flange of the first sheet and the second flange of the second sheet along a portion of the first flange spaced away from the first protrusion.
US10213830B2
A sintered alloy is produced from mixed powder containing first hard particles, second hard particles, graphite particles, and iron particles. The first hard particles are Fe—Mo—Ni—Co—Mn—Si—C-based alloy particles, the second hard particles are Fe—Mo—Si-based alloy particles, the mixed powder contains 5 to 50 mass % of the first hard particles, 1 to 8 mass % of the second hard particles, and 0.5 to 1.5 mass % of the graphite particles, when total mass of the first hard particles, the second hard particles, the graphite particles, and the iron particles is set as 100 mass %.
US10213829B2
Disclosed is a cylinder liner having a high bonding strength to a cylinder block. Further disclosed is a method for producing the same. The cylinder liner uses a silicon-aluminum alloy as a material; a plurality of protrusions are formed on the external surface thereof; and the protrusions each contain a pillar section extending from the external surface, and a head section formed at the end of the pillar section.
US10213827B2
Provided are a method and a system for a slag thickness detection and a slag-adding prediction. The method includes: acquiring real-time measurement data and real-time auxiliary data of a slag point on a surface of a protective slag layer of a casting mold; calculating a real-time slag thickness value corresponding to the slag point by using the real-time measurement data and the real-time auxiliary data of the slag point; and predicting a location on the surface of the protective slag layer where a slag-adding is to be performed and a slag-adding time when the slag-adding is to be performed based on a change in the real-time slag thickness value corresponding to the slag point by taking a preset slag thickness value as a reference.
US10213820B2
A press molding method of this disclosure includes: disposing a plurality of inner peripheral molding dies inside an outer shape cutting molding die having an annular cross section, the outer shape cutting molding die being configured to press-mold an identical outer shape member from a base material formed of a metal plate, the identical outer shape member having an outer shape identical to a final-shaped member, the inner peripheral molding dies being configured to press-mold all through-holes and all unevenness disposed on the final-shaped member to the base material or the identical outer shape member; and shifting all timings of press moldings to the base material and the identical outer shape member with the outer shape cutting molding die and the plurality of inner peripheral molding dies to one another.
US10213818B2
The invention relates to the field of pressure treatment of metals and can be used in the production of a cold-rolled strip. The problem addressed by the invention is that of being able to exclude a pickling operation in the preparation of semifinished rolled stock for cold rolling. Complete de-scaling of the surface of the semifinished rolled stock without using picking is provided by carrying out preliminary cold rolling of the semifinished rolled stock in rolling-mill rolls according to prescribed values for compression and for the ratio of compression to deformation zone length. The rolling can be carried out in one of two consecutively mounted mills.
US10213816B2
A pipeline pig that can traverse dual- or multiple-diameter pipes or pipelines has collapsible and expandable sealing elements that support the pig, provide a sliding (dynamic) seal with the pipe wall, and maintain the necessary pressure for driving or cleaning as the elements collapse and expand. The sealing elements each have an internal cavity sized to house a first volume of a fluid and a reservoir sized to house a second volume of the fluid. The cavity and reservoir are arranged so that a portion of the volumes of the fluid can move between each. An accumulator maintains a pressure of the first and second volumes of the fluid so that regardless of the sealing element's current size, or whether the element is transitioning between sizes, the element can maintain a sliding seal engagement with the pipe wall and perform the primary function of driving or cleaning (or both).
US10213815B1
A method for the prevention or remediation of flooding waters in a geographic area using one or more thrusters to increase the velocity of a portion of the water in a channel draining the flooding waters away from the geographic area, mixing the portion of the accelerated waters back in to the remainder of the waters in the channel thereby increasing the average velocity of the waters in the drainage system and increasing the rate of removal of the flooding waters from the geographic area, the thrusters having the one or more inlets approximately at ninety degrees from the centerline of the thruster and cleaning the thruster inlets by reversing the flow through the thruster while the flooding waters are still passing the thruster.
US10213800B2
A spray head includes a main body, a central shaft, a securing ring, a spout and a knob. The main body has a handle and a chamber, the chamber provided with a connecting opening allowing the central shaft to be inserted thereof. A disk body is disposed between the connecting section and the sleeve, the central shaft entering into the main body through the connecting opening, and the sleeve inserted into the chamber and engaging with the stepped edge such that the connecting section extends out of the chamber. The spout is provided with an outer shell and an inner tube. The knob has a stopper, and an end of the stopper has a screw, the screw of the knob inserted from the cone of the spout and engaging with the threaded aperture of the inner tube of the central shaft.
US10213799B1
The present application is directed to a cordless Multi-Use Portable Hand-Held Sprayer with a pump connected to an electric motor which is powered by a rechargeable battery that has been designed to produce a continuous spray from an internal liquid on-board liquid containing reservoir, or from external liquid sources through a suction tube when larger quantities of liquid are required, followed by a positive shut-off. It is made from non-corrosive materials that will not be affected by fluids containing salts or acids. More particularly, a battery powered multi-use portable Hand-Held sprayer device is provided which can be constructed in multiple sizes, mini, small, medium and large, for multiple uses, and configured to pick-up liquid from any liquid source, as well as configured to hold any liquid in an internal reservoir. The unit's nozzle is adjustable from a fine mist to a strong direct line spray.
US10213796B2
A fluid discharging system having a pump and a discharging spray head having at least one nozzle through which fluid to be discharged exits is provided. The pump has a stator and a rotor which is attached in a chamber of the stator and can be rotated in relation to the stator about a rotational axis and axially along the axis. The axial displacement of the rotor in a first axial direction is configured such that it brings about pump filling operation. A fluid is drawn via an inlet into the stator chamber, and the axial displacement in an opposite second axial direction is configured such that it brings about discharging operation. The fluid in the chamber is expelled out of an outlet of the pump. The outlet of the pump is arranged in the rotor, and the discharging spray head is fluidically connected to the outlet of the pump.
US10213792B2
A modular floorstanding centrifuge comprising at least the following modules, the modules being preassembled, coherent components capable of being mounted as a whole, including a floor plate, a wall module adapted to be mounted on the floor plate together with two side wall elements capable of being attached to opposing edge regions of the floor plate, and a ceiling element adapted to interconnect the side wall elements, and a guard ring module adapted to be mounted on the wall module and comprising a guard ring attached to at least one side wall element and/or a ceiling element, wherein the ceiling element and the at least one side wall element are joined together and the at least one side wall element is mounted on the ceiling element such that it is capable of being attached to an edge region of the ceiling element pertaining to the underlying wall module.
US10213791B2
A screw centrifuge has a rotating, cylindrical drum (11) with openings (14,15) for discharge of settleable solids (16), floating solids (17), and separating liquid (18). A rotatable shaft (12) has openings (22) for infeed of the solids to be separated, and two sections of screw flights (13,13′,13″,23,23′) working in opposite directions. A baffle disc (20) is arranged on the shaft between the infeed opening (22) and the discharge opening (14) for the settleable solids (16). The flight (13′,13″) of the screw for the settleable solids (16) surrounds the flight (23,23′) of the screw for the floating solids (17), and also work in opposite directions. The screw section for the floating solids (17) is designed as a multi-channel screw. The outer flight (13′,13″) of the screw for the settleable solids (16) can also have several channels.
US10213789B2
Generally, described herein are milling devices. A milling device (100) includes a rotatable screw (110) in an outer periphery of which spiral grooves (110a, 110b) are formed; a barrel (120) surrounding the portion of the screw (110) where the spiral grooves (110a, 110b) are formed and in an inner periphery of which a spiral groove (120a) is formed; a loader (130) for loading cereal grains into a space (135) between the screw (110) and barrel (120); a compressor (140) attached to a distal end of the barrel (120) and accumulating and pressurizing in a nearly airtight state the cereal grains ground in the space (135) and fed therein as the screw (110) rotates; and a discharge port (150) provided in a front face of the compressor (140) and blasting the cereal grains fed in and pressurized by way of rotation of the screw (110).
US10213785B2
Method and apparatus for amplifying a target nucleic acid sequence of a reaction mixture in a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The method includes contacting the reaction mixture with EMR frequency absorbing particles formed from a material having a transition metal, transition metal oxide or a transition metal hydroxide, or a nitride, a phosphide or an arsenide of a Group III metal doped with the transition metal or a transition metal oxide, or silicon dioxide doped with the transition metal, transition metal oxide, or transition metal hydroxide; and irradiating the EMR absorbing particles with EMR having a frequency of about 200 kHz to 500 THz to amplify the target nucleic acid sequence, wherein the Group III metal is any one of Al, Ga, and In, and the transition metal is any one of Mn, Fe, Co and Cu.
US10213783B2
A nucleic acid extracting device includes an upper module, a lower module, and a material for capturing nucleic acid. The lower module has a sample reservoir receiving a sample, an elution reservoir receiving an elution, and a nucleic acid capturing chamber with the material disposed therein. The upper module has a sample channel that communicates with the sample reservoir, and an elution channel that communicates with the elution reservoir. The nucleic acid capturing chamber communicates with the sample channel and the elution channel. When a sample enters the nucleic acid capturing chamber via the sample channel, a nucleic acid in the sample is absorbed by the material in the nucleic acid capturing chamber, and the elution enters the nucleic acid capturing chamber, via the elution channel, to wash the nucleic acid out of the nucleic acid capturing chamber.
US10213778B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved catalytic converter capable of significantly reducing emissions by reducing the activation time of a catalytic device thereby improving emissions reduction performance, and an exhaust emission emissions reduction control method using the improved catalytic converter. The improved catalytic converter includes: a housing and two or more catalyst substrates disposed inside the housing, wherein the two or more catalyst substrates are separated inside the housing along a longitudinal direction, and the two or more catalyst substrates have a different diameter and a different volume.
US10213774B2
Disclosed in certain embodiments are ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres. Disclosed in certain embodiments is a method of forming ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres including: 1) shaping a mixture into microspheres where the mixture includes a silica material and of particulates selected from at least one high-density material with an absolute bulk density of at least 0.3 g/cc, ZSM-5 zeolite crystals, and combinations thereof; 2) calcining the microspheres; and 3) reacting and subsequently heating the microspheres with at least one alkali solution to form ZSM-5 zeolite in-situ on the microspheres, where the ZSM-5 zeolite microspheres contain substantially no clay or calcined clay material.
US10213766B2
A method comprising a) drying a support material comprising silica at temperature in the range of from about 150° C. to about 220° C. to form a dried support; b) contacting the dried support with methanol to form a slurried support; c) subsequent to b), cooling the slurried support to a temperature of less than about 60° C. to form a cooled slurried support; d) subsequent to c), contacting the cooled slurried support with a titanium alkoxide to form a titanated support; and e) thermally treating the titanated support by heating to a temperature of equal to or greater than about 150° C. for a time period of from about 5 hours to about 30 hours to remove the methanol and yield a dried titanated support.
US10213760B2
A catalytic reactor is provided comprising a plurality of first flow channels including a catalyst for a first reaction; a plurality of second flow channels arranged alternately with the first flow channels; adjacent first and second flow channels being separated by a divider plate (13a, 13b), and a distributed temperature sensor such as an optical fiber cable (19). The distributed temperature sensor may be located within the divider plate, or within one or 10 more of the flow channels.
US10213758B2
A polymer is disclosed, which includes a structure of Formula 1 or Formula 2. R1 is a C2-18 alkylene group or a C6-18 arylene group, R2 is a C1-18 alkyl group, and R3 is a functional group of Formula 3. Each of X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and X6, being the same or different, is H or methyl. Each of p, q, and r, being the same or different, is an integer of 1 to 60. R4 is —C2H4—, —C3H6—, Each of m and n, being the same or different, is an integer of 0 to 50, and m+n≠0.
US10213756B2
A blending appliance includes a housing with a jar receiving area defined between an upper housing and a support base. A blender jar includes a base portion and a receptacle portion, and is configured to be laterally received within the jar receiving area of the housing. A magnetic coupling system includes an upper magnetic coupler disposed in the base portion of the blender jar and a lower magnetic coupler disposed in the support base of the housing. The upper and lower magnetic couplers are magnetically coupled to one another for driving a blade assembly disposed in the receptacle portion of the blender jar. A brake mechanism is disposed on the upper magnetic coupler and is configured to stop rotation of the upper magnetic coupler when the blender jar is removed from the jar receiving area.
US10213747B2
Membranes, methods of making the membranes, and methods of using the membranes are described. The membranes can comprise a support layer, and a selective polymer layer disposed on the support layer. The selective polymer layer can comprise an oxidatively stable carrier dispersed within a hydrophilic polymer matrix. The oxidatively stable carrier can be chosen from a quaternary ammonium hydroxide carrier (e.g., a mobile carrier such as a small molecule quaternary ammonium hydroxide, or a fixed carrier such as a quaternary ammonium hydroxide-containing polymer), a quaternary ammonium fluoride carrier (e.g., a mobile carrier such as a small molecule quaternary ammonium fluoride, or a fixed carrier such as a quaternary ammonium fluoride-containing polymer), and combinations thereof. The membranes can exhibit selective permeability to gases. The membranes can selectively remove carbon dioxide and/or hydrogen sulfide from hydrogen and/or nitrogen. Further, the membranes can exhibit oxidative stability at temperatures above 100° C.
US10213742B2
A micro flow filtration system comprises a fluid circuitry (3) and a first reservoir (1) outside the circuitry (3) suitable for containing a fluid. The fluid circuitry (3) comprises a tangential flow filtration module (10) capable of separating the fluid sample into a retentate stream and a permeate stream upon passage of the fluid sample into the tangential flow filtration module (10) through an inlet feed (18). The fluid circuitry (3) further comprises a second reservoir (2) integrated in the fluid circuitry (3), a pump (5) for creating and driving a fluid flow, optionally at least one pressure sensor (6, 7 or 8) for acquiring and detecting data about the fluid sample, optionally a pressure regulator (9) for regulating the flow in the fluid circuitry (3) and a plurality of conduits (22) forming the fluid circuitry (3) together with the second reservoir (2), the TFF-module (10), the pump (5), the pressure sensor (6, 7 or 8) (if present) and the pressure regulator (9) (if present). The volume of the first reservoir (1) outside the circuitry (3) is significantly larger than the volume of the second reservoir (2). The first reservoir (1) outside the fluid circuitry (3) is connected to the circuitry (3) via a connection conduit (31) such that the fluid flows unidirectionally into the circuitry (3) until the first reservoir (1) is empty so that a continuous fluid flow from the first reservoir (1) to the circuitry (3) is established.
US10213727B2
A CO2 recovery device includes: a CO2 absorption tower in which CO2 included in an exhaust gas is absorbed by a CO2 absorption liquid; and a CO2 absorption liquid regeneration tower that heats and regenerates the CO2 absorption liquid that has absorbed CO2. The CO2 absorption liquid regeneration tower includes: a main body part in which the CO2 absorption liquid is temporarily stored; a boot part provided downward from a tank end of the main body part, having a relatively smaller capacity than the main body part; a flowmeter provided to the boot part, and measuring the liquid surface level of the CO2 absorption liquid that changes between the main body part and the boot part; and a control device controlling the liquid surface level of the CO2 absorption liquid between the main body part and the boot part on the basis of the measurement result of the flowmeter.
US10213723B2
A filter element for fluids, including: a filter bellows made of a filter medium, the filter medium placed in the filter bellows along pleated edges in a zig-zag shape, in pleats that extend between opposite end edges of the filter bellows; wherein an end pleat having a pleated edge and an opposite free end margin is arranged on each opposite end face of the filter bellows, pleated edges that are consecutive along an end edge of a pleat end at opposite surfaces of the filter bellows; wherein a segment of one of the end edges extends obliquely to one of the pleated edges in such a manner that, in the one segment, the pleated edges on a first one of the opposite surfaces have a different length than the pleated edges of an opposite one of the opposite surfaces; and wherein the pleats are laterally sealed by the end edges.
US10213706B2
A process and an apparatus for the purification of a crude acrylic acid composition containing maleic anhydride as an impurity comprising the following steps: (a) carrying out at least one dynamic melt crystallization stage (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d) with the crude acrylic acid composition to prepare a first purified acrylic acid composition and a first residue containing at least 3.5% by weight maleic anhydride, (b) adding a solvent (26) which is capable of dissolving maleic anhydride to the first residue in an amount that the weight ratio of the solvent to the maleic anhydride is 0.3 or more to prepare a ratio-adjusted residue and (c) carrying out at least one further dynamic melt crystallization stage and/or at least one static melt crystallization stage (18, 18a, 18b) with the ratio-adjusted residue to prepare a second purified acrylic acid composition and a second residue.
US10213705B2
A process for recovering processing liquids from a feed stream which contains processing fluid, water, and at least one alkaline earth metal cation. The process includes reacting at least one alkaline earth metal cation with a suitable anion to form a substantially water-insoluble salt precipitate, the precipitate being formed in one of a fractionation column having a forced recycle loop or a flash vessel having a forced heated recycle loop.
US10213704B2
The present invention relates to methods and systems for remediating one or more impurities (e.g., diacetyl) that are present in manufacturing an alcohol (e.g., ethanol) from cellulosic biomass. The methods and systems include reacting the one or more impurities with at least one treatment compound (e.g., an oxidizing agent, an alkali compound, or a mixture thereof) to form a reaction product that can be separated from the alcohol.
US10213703B2
A viewing instrument has an optical module having a first light pathway for conveying visible light reflected from an object to an eye of a user viewing the object; a thermal radiation detecting module having a thermal radiation detector adapted to detect thermal radiation emitted from the object being viewed to thereby generate one or more signals; an aiming module having at least one visible light-emitting member electrically connected with the thermal radiation detecting module, wherein the aiming module is adapted to receive the one or more generated signals from the thermal radiation detecting module, and in response to the received one or more signals, project a visible mark along the first light pathway to the eye of the user. The invention also provides a toy gun having the viewing instrument as described above.
US10213692B2
System and method for automatic computer aided optical recognition of toys, for example, construction toy elements, recognition of those elements on digital images and associating the elements with existing information is presented. The method and system may recognize toy elements of various sizes invariant of toy element distance from the image acquiring device for example camera, invariant of rotation of the toy element, invariant of angle of the camera, invariant of background, invariant of illumination and without the need of predefined region where a toy element should be placed. The system and method may detect more than one toy element on the image and identify them. The system is configured to learn to recognize and detect any number of various toy elements by training a deep convolutional neural network.
US10213685B2
A system and method for enabling one network to use the functionality of another network is provided. The system comprises a first network system having a first network functionality and a second network system having a second network functionality. A server connected to the second network system passes directions through the first network to enable a component connected to both the first network system and the second network system to perform a second network functionality.
US10213684B2
A device for generating and automatically controlling a displacement force of a mobile entity located in real time includes elements for generating a force of movement, the elements being controllable so as to generate a force in a plurality of different directions. The device also includes: elements for receiving a radio signal; elements for transmitting an electromagnetic signal, the electromagnetic signal being transmitted in response to an activation signal and allowing a moveable entity including the device to be located in real time; and control elements connected to the reception elements and to the elements for transmitting an electromagnetic signal. The control elements are configured to control the elements for generating at least one force of movement, in response to information for controlling a received electromagnetic signal, and for generating an activation signal, in response to synchronization information of a received radio signal.
US10213673B2
A golf device including an elongated portion. The golf device may include a sub elongated portion recessed in the elongated portion. The golf device may include an arch portion slideably engageable inside the sub elongated portion.
US10213670B2
A training apparatus includes a panel that forms an obstruction proximate an entrance plane of a goal. The panel has one or more apertures that permit an object passage through the entrance plane of the goal. The training apparatus also includes a rotary assembly coupled to the panel and one or more doors in operable communication with the rotary assembly. The rotary assembly has an axis of rotation and at least one arm that rotates there-about. Each door is located proximate a respective aperture and movable between a closed position and an open position based on motion by the rotary assembly.
US10213660B1
The invention provides golf club heads having aerodynamic features that disrupt air flow over the face when the club is swung. The features are milled into the face of the club head, including curved faces found in wood-type club heads. During a swing, the features cause the boundary layer to separate at a point closer to the rear of the club head during a swing, resulting in reduced drag. The invention also provides golf club heads with faces having a central region of symmetrical surface roughness. The symmetrical roughness in the central region of the face of wood-type club heads allows for shots with less spin and greater distance.
US10213659B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a hollow body portion having a front portion, a rear portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a bottom portion, a top portion with a crown portion having an opening, and a cover portion configured to couple to the crown portion to cover the opening. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10213655B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having an excellent initial velocity when being hit at a head speed of 50 m/sec and an improved initial velocity when being hit at a head speed of 40 m/sec. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a spherical core and a cover covering the spherical core, wherein the golf ball has a rebound equivalence energy ratio (R40) ranging from 65.50% to 99.0% at a deformation amount of 7%, and a rebound equivalence energy ratio (R50) ranging from 20.0% to 70.0% at a deformation amount of 19%, in a compression test (measurement temperature: −70° C., compression speed: 30 mm/min) applying a load to the golf ball along a radial direction of the golf ball.
US10213653B1
A golf ball with an aerodynamic design is disclosed herein. The aerodynamic design has a protrusion at a center of a hex geometry representing an increase in ball radius greater than 0.0005 inches from a minimum ball radius. The minimum ball radius is located between 0.01 and 0.04 inch (11%-46%) from the center of the hex geometry.
US10213652B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US10213651B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US10213647B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for determining when an athlete is in possession of a ball by analyzing image data are provided. A camera is worn by an athlete and is turned on when the athlete is in proximity of a ball. The camera is used to generate an image of a ball. The size of the ball is determined and compared to a threshold. The athlete is considered to be in possession of the ball when the size of the image exceeds the threshold.
US10213645B1
Systems and methods for motion attribute recognition are defined using data stream pre-processing to orient, align and segment motion data before using non-parametric classification recognition to search a motion data exemplar database or using parametric classification recognition to find attributes by comparing pre-processed motion data with support vector machines. Results from the non-parametric classification recognition and the parametric classification recognition may be fused to produce a single result. Active learning and metric learning are used to improve searches of the database and comparisons to the support vector machines.
US10213633B2
An approach is that uses a first amount of energy used by a motor to open a vent and reducing the amount of energy to a second amount of energy to maintain the vent in an open position.
US10213631B2
A lineman safety harness adapter system for use in association with a harness, having: a first harness adapter having a first strap having a first top end and a first bottom end loop configured to receive a first locking element at a first bottom end, a second strap having a second top end and a second bottom end loop configured to receive a second locking element at a second bottom end, a third strap having a third top end and a third bottom end loop configured to receive a third locking element at a third bottom end; the first strap, the second strap, and the third strap meeting at the first top end, the second top end, and the third top end into a first top loop configured to receive a fourth locking element.
US10213624B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for tracking and/or imaging impact of a particle beam treating a tumor using one or more imaging systems positionable about the tumor, such as a positron emission tracking and/or imaging system, where resulting tracking/imaging data: dynamically determines a treatment beam position, tracks a history of treatment beam positions, guides the treatment beam, and/or images a tumor before, during, and/or after treatment with the charged particle beam.
US10213621B2
A radiation therapy treatment method includes providing a patient model, dosimetric constraints, delivery motion constraints, and delivery coordinate space of a radiation delivery device, where the delivery coordinate space is represented as a mesh with vertices connected by edges, where the vertices correspond to directions of a beam eye view (BEV) of the radiation delivery device, where each BEV has corresponding area elements resulting from beam collimation. BEV region connectivity manifolds are constructed from the patient model, the dosimetric constraints, the delivery coordinate space, and existing beam trajectories, wherein each of the BEV region connectivity manifolds represents connections between contiguous 2D target regions, where each of the 2D target regions is defined at each of the vertices of the delivery coordinate space. Beam trajectories are selected based on region connectedness information in the BEV region connectivity manifolds, the dosimetric constraints, the delivery motion constraints, and the existing beam trajectories. Radiation is delivered using the radiation delivery device in accordance with the beam trajectories.
US10213619B2
A method and apparatus for determining the circadian input of a light source includes selecting a circadian input to be measured based on an action spectrum corresponding to a wavelength sensitivity of photoreceptors for a circadian regulation system, where the circadian input is configured to stimulate a retinaldehyde photopigment, and for measuring spectral intensity across the action spectrum to determine the circadian input of the light source.
US10213618B2
Disclosed is a therapeutic lamp platform combination light therapy mask. According to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, provided is a phototherapy device comprising a therapeutic lamp platform including a mask including a plurality of radiant lamps having a mixed combination of different wavelength radiant energy and disposed to communicate the radiant energy to a user treatment area, the plurality of radiant lamps further disposed to provide radiant therapy to provide a first treatment session including a first set of wavelength radiant energy, and a second treatment session including a second set of wavelength radiant energy including at least one wavelength radiant energy not provided in the first treatment session; and a frame for supporting the mask on a user.
US10213617B2
Configurations are described for utilizing light-activated proteins within cell membranes and subcellular regions to assist with medical treatment paradigms, such as hypertension treatment via anatomically specific and temporally precise modulation of renal plexus activity. The invention provides for proteins, nucleic acids, vectors and methods for genetically targeted expression of light-sensitive proteins to specific cells or defined cell populations. In particular the invention provides systems, devices, and methods for millisecond-timescale temporal control of certain cell activities using moderate light intensities, such as the generation or inhibition of electrical spikes in nerve cells and other excitable cells.
US10213614B2
A device uses cold plasma to treat cancerous tumors. The device has a gas supply tube with a delivery end. The gas supply tube is configured to carry a gas to the delivery end. A syringe is provided having an opening. The syringe is connected to the supply tube and configured to carry the gas to the opening. A first electrode is positioned inside said syringe, and a second electrode is positioned adjacent to the opening. The first and second electrodes excite the gas to enter a cold plasma state prior to being discharged from the opening of the syringe. An endoscopic tube can be used instead of the syringe. An exhaust tube can be provided to remove gas introduced into the body cavity by the cold plasma jet.
US10213610B2
Methods and devices for testing and configuring implantable medical device systems. A first medical device and a second medical device communicate with one another using test signals configured to provide data related to the quality of the communication signal to facilitate optimization of the communication approach. Some methods may be performed during surgery to implant one of the medical devices to ensure adequate communication availability.
US10213609B2
Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed for relaying information from a cardiac pacemaker to an external device. Logic on the pacemaker modulates a heartbeat clock of the pacemaker to encode information onto a blood pressure sequence by adding or subtracting a small subinterval to or from a pulse repetition interval of the pacemaker. A muscle stimulator beats the heart according to the modulated sequence. A monitoring device external to the body monitors the blood pressure to retrieve the encoded information, or message. The encoded information is then decoded to determine the information in the message. This information may concern the pacemaker as well as other devices within the body that communicate with the pacemaker such as blood monitors, etc. Since the message is conveyed via simple modulation of the heart beat intervals, no separate transmitter is required in the pacemaker which would otherwise increase cost and decrease battery life.
US10213598B2
A method and apparatus for the concurrent treatment of multiple oral diseases and defects while promoting general oral hygiene utilizing direct current electricity and methods for manufacturing the same. Electrodes are used to deliver a direct current to the gingival tissues of a mouth in order to achieve a number of therapeutic, prophylactic, and regenerative benefits. These benefits include killing oral microbes, increasing oral vasodilation, reducing oral biofilm, improving oral blood circulation, reversing oral bone resorption, promoting oral osteogenesis, treating gum recession, and fostering gingival regeneration. Other benefits include the treatment of gingivitis, periodontitis, and oral malodor, and other systemic diseases correlated with oral pathogens.
US10213597B2
A cochlear implant electrode arrangement is described that prevents post-surgical retraction of the electrode array from the cochlea. The arrangement includes an electrode lead that carries cochlear stimulation signals from an implanted signal processor, through an oval shaped posterior tympanotomy opening in the facial recess of a patient, to an electrode array implanted in a cochlea of the patient. A retraction limiter slides over the electrode lead through the posterior tympanotomy with projection arms aligned along the long diameter of the posterior tympanotomy, then is rotated to align the projection arms along the short diameter of the posterior tympanotomy, and secured to the electrode lead so that the projection arms prevent post-surgical retraction of the electrode lead back through the posterior tympanotomy.
US10213594B2
An electrical connector, in particular for a medical device that is intended to be secured to the skin of a user, is disclosed. The connector includes a base for solidly connecting to the device and a plug for solidly connecting to an electric conductor. The plug includes a connection means and the base includes a plurality of connection means, each being adapted to engage with the connection means of the plug in order to establish a connection between the base and the plug.
US10213592B2
An aseptic coupling device includes: a main body defining a front face; a membrane coupled to the front face, the membrane including a first portion coupled to the front face and a second portion folded over on the first portion; and a low friction member positioned between the first and second portions of the membrane.
US10213589B2
An assembly for mounting medical connector caps includes a carrier formed from a sheet of material and having an array of holes. The assembly also includes a plurality of medical connector caps. Each cap is inserted into one of the holes of the array. The assembly also includes a plurality of sealing tabs. The tabs may be retained on the carrier by friction fit into the holes of the carrier. The carrier may also include a mounting hole to hang on a pole of an IV line.
US10213586B2
A two-part bioactive agent delivery system, the system including a disposable part comprising an agent reservoir, a bolus chamber, the volume of the bolus chamber being less than the volume of the agent reservoir, an agent outlet, and a valve having a first position communicating the agent reservoir with the bolus chamber and a second position communicating the bolus chamber with the outlet; and a reusable part including a valve driver, a power source and control electronics, the control electronics being adapted to control the valve driver to actuate the valve to deliver bioactive agent from the agent reservoir to the agent outlet; the system further having a spring extending between the agent reservoir piston and a surface of the reusable part or of the disposable part to pressurize the agent reservoir when the spring is compressed and the agent reservoir contains a quantity of bioactive agent.
US10213578B2
A catheter assembly includes an outer catheter and an inner catheter. The inner catheter has an accommodation unit which can be positioned on a farther distal side than an outer catheter body in a state where an inner catheter body is inserted into the outer catheter body, extends in a proximal direction from the inner catheter body, and can accommodate an outer catheter distal portion so as to surround an outer circumference thereof in a state where the outer catheter distal portion formed at a distal end of the outer catheter body is reduced in diameter. The outer catheter distal portion can be separated from the accommodation unit and can expand in diameter by moving the inner catheter body in a distal end direction relatively with respect to the outer catheter body from a state of being accommodated in the accommodation unit.
US10213572B2
A nitric oxide delivery system can include a cassette which is a single use disposable component used to store liquid N2O4, activate upon operator demand, convert N2O4 to NO2 via a heating element(s) controlled by a console to deliver NO2 at a controlled flow rate, direct concentrated NO2 to a contained pair of conversion cartridges and exhaust NO gas to the console for delivery to the patient.
US10213567B1
Supraglottic airway devices such as the laryngeal mask airway (LMA) device are used in anesthesia practice to maintain an open airway in patients undergoing anesthesia. LMA devices are also used as a conduit for the insertion of endotracheal tubes (ETT) through the laryngeal opening into the patient's trachea (endotracheal intubation). In scenarios where the conventional method of tracheal intubation is challenging or not possible, modified LMA devices have played a pivotal role for several decades. However, present embodiments of LMA devices suffer from significant shortcomings that the device in this patent aims to address. Currently available modified LMA devices have many limitations when used as a conduit for the insertion of ETT. The apparatus shown the present description aims to address those major limitations and to significantly improve the success rate of tracheal intubation.
US10213563B2
The invention relates to an injection device for self-administration of doses of a liquid drug. The injection device carries a needle cannula (15) which is concealed by a telescopically movable shield (20). Further a stopping means (30) interconnects the shield with the helical rotatable scale sleeve (25) such that the shield can only be operated proximally when the scale sleeve is rotated away from its zero position. Once the scale sleeve returns to its zero position during expelling of the dose, the shield and the stopping means is allowed to slide distally and thus return to the locked position.
US10213560B2
An injection device includes a housing, a dose setting member being operable in a first direction to set a desired dose to be dispensed, and a piston rod being adapted to cooperate with a piston so as to cause a set dose to be injected from a cartridge. Further, a first part and a second part of the injection device are provided, which are adapted to perform a relative rotational movement with respect to each other during dispensing of a dose, and which are adapted to provide a non-visual feedback signal to a user only at the end of dispensing of a set dose. The dose setting member is further operable in a second direction which is opposite to the first direction to cancel a set dose. A third part is movable between a dose setting or cancelling position and a dose dispensing position relative to the first part and/or the second part, which third part contacts the first part and/or the second part in its dose setting or cancelling position or in its dose dispensing position.
US10213548B2
Systems and methods for automatic flow termination for fluid delivery, including a housing configured for coupling a fluid delivery tube to a needle configured for subcutaneous delivery of fluid within a tissue of a patient and a spring-loaded activation mechanism having a first orientation corresponding to a condition where the housing is disposed substantially adjacent to the tissue and the needle lodged within the tissue and a second orientation corresponding to a condition where the housing is disposed away from the tissue or the needle being dislodged from the tissue. A flow termination mechanism is coupled to the activation mechanism and having an open configuration allowing flow from the fluid delivery tube to the needle when the activation mechanism is in the first orientation and a closed configuration substantially terminating flow from the fluid delivery tube to the needle when the activation mechanism is in the second orientation.
US10213544B2
A method for performing a photopheresis procedure is provided comprising collecting MNCs in a suspension comprising RBCs and plasma and lysing the red blood cells in the solution, preferably by combining the suspension with a solution to cause lysis. In one example, the solution for causing lysis of the red blood cells comprises ammonium chloride, and the suspension including the ammonium chloride is incubated to cause lysing. After lysing, the suspension may be washed to remove plasma and hemoglobin freed by the lysis of the red blood cells, and an ultraviolet light activated substance is added to the suspension. The suspension is then irradiated with ultraviolet light.
US10213541B2
A blood reservoir may be used in combination with other elements such as a heart lung machine (HLM), oxygenator, heat exchanger, arterial filter and the like to form an extracorporeal blood circuit that may be employed in a procedure such as a bypass procedure. The blood reservoir may be configured to receive, filter and store blood from a number of sources including vent blood (from within the heart), venous blood (from a major vein), purge blood (from a sampling line) and cardiotomy or suction blood (from the surgical field).
US10213532B2
A manually operable pump for the effective removal of fluids to include blood, blood clots, fluid, and air from a body cavity of a subject is provided. The manually operable pump is adapted to be connect to a range of fluid conduits and is equipped with one-way valves that effectively permit flow of fluid through the pump in only one direction. The sensitivity of the one-way valves is such that when properly positioned, fluid can flow through the valves and out of the pump without manual compression of the pump and with the aid of gravity power alone.
US10213531B2
The invention concerns a method for coating a vascular endoprosthesis, wherein the vascular endoprosthesis is at least partially wetted with a first solution of an active ingredient and the areas of the vascular endoprosthesis at least partially wetted with the first solution of the active ingredient are at least partially wetted with a liquid containing water and/or at least an alcohol. The additional wetting with a liquid containing water/alcohol imparts a different consistency to the active ingredient layer, specifically making it is less transparent and lacquer-like and more chalklike and opaque. It has been found that such an active ingredient layer provides better transfer of the active ingredient to the blood vessels in which the vascular endoprosthesis is implanted.
US10213527B2
An isolated peptide is disclosed. The peptide comprises a titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence connected to a heterologous biologically active amino acid sequence via a beta sheet breaker linker, wherein: (i) the titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence is selected to bind coordinatively with titanium oxide; (ii) the titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence is selected to induce a beta sheet structure; and (ii) the titanium oxide binding amino acid sequence binds to titanium oxide with a higher affinity than said biologically active amino acid sequence binds to the titanium oxide under physiological conditions. Use of the peptides and titanium devices comprising same are also disclosed.
US10213524B2
The present invention relates to a coating, a substrate, a method for coating a body and a method for producing the body substrate, such as a dental or a bone implant. The coating has a high degree of mechanical stability and comprises elements, such as Sr based compounds, which optimize the tissue response to the implanted body thus stimulating healing, bone or tissue growth in the vicinity of the implant. An implant coated with this coating has the ability of sustained release of strontium in a non-toxic concentration of strontium in the vicinity of the implant.
US10213523B2
Methods and devices are described for using a controlled extensional strain to organize prefibrillar collagen and/or elastin solutions into an organized array of fibrils. The organized array of collagen fibrils produced by the disclosed methods and devices can be used for tissue engineering applications.
US10213513B2
This document provides methods and materials related to treating myelomas. For example, methods and materials relating to the use of a composition containing albumin-containing nanoparticle/antibody complexes (e.g., ABRAXANE®/anti-CD38 polypeptide antibody complexes) to treat myelomas are provided.
US10213512B2
A topical therapeutic hydrophobic breakable composition includes a carrier comprising (a) about 60% to about 99% by weight of at least one hydrophobic oil; (b) at least one viscosity-modifying agents selected from the group consisting of a fatty alcohol, a fatty acid and a wax; and (c) a tetracycline antibiotic, characterized in that at least part of the tetracycline antibiotic is suspended in the composition; the viscosity of the composition is at least about 30% higher than the viscosity of the carrier without the tetracycline antibiotic; and is higher than the viscosity of the hydrophobic oil and the tetracycline antibiotic without the viscosity modifying agents. The tetracycline is chemically stable in the composition for at least six months; wherein more than about 90% of the tetracycline has not broken down. The composition is packaged as a breakable foam that breaks easily upon application of shear force.
US10213511B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of inducing the self-renewal of stem/progenitor supporting cells, including inducing the stem/progenitor cells to proliferate while maintaining, in the daughter cells, the capacity to differentiate into hair cells.
US10213504B2
The present invention refers to pharmaceutical products comprising immunogenic compositions for modulating the immune system, which comprise a therapeutically effective amount of a Immunological Response Shifter (IRS) comprising two or more immunoactive antigenic agents presenting pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPS) and/or danger associated molecular patterns (DAMPS) and/or Stress Response Signals (SRS), in association with an antibiotic and one or more physiologically acceptable carriers, excipients, diluents or solvents. IN other embodiments, the present invention refers to methods to treat severe bacterial infections, sepsis and modulating the immune system.
US10213498B2
The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10213496B2
The invention is directed to T cell epitopes wherein said epitopes comprises a peptide or polypeptide chain comprising at least a portion of an immunoglobulin constant or variable region. The invention also relates to methods of using and methods of making the epitopes of the invention.
US10213491B2
Neonatal seizure is different from adult seizure, and many antiepileptic drugs that are effective in adults often fail to treat neonatal seizure. Gluconic acid, a natural organic acid enriched in fruits and honey, and the glucose oxidase enzyme, is shown herein to potently inhibit neonatal epilepsy both in vitro and in vivo. Sodium gluconate is shown to inhibit epileptiform burst activity in cell cultures and protect neurons from kainic acid-induced cell death. Sodium gluconate also inhibited epileptiform burst activity in brain slices in a manner that was much more potent in neonatal animals than in older animals. Consistently, in vivo EEG recordings also revealed that sodium gluconate inhibited the epileptic seizure activity in a manner that was much more potent in neonates than in adult animals. Mechanistically, sodium gluconate inhibits voltage-dependent CLC-3 Cl− channels both in neuronal cultures and in hippocampal slices. Together, these data suggest a novel antiepileptic drug gluconate that potently inhibits neonatal seizures through blocking CLC-3 Cl− channels.
US10213489B2
Invention; is about the kit that enables three-dimensional healing with the platelet-rich fibrin framework support used in hard and soft tissue healing.
US10213485B2
The present invention provides a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) preparation in the form of an injection or the like that is highly safe for central nerves and highly stable and can be used for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration or for administration into the spinal or cerebral parenchyma for the treatment of central nervous system diseases. The HGF preparation of the present invention contains an HGF protein as an active ingredient and lactose, glycine, sodium chloride, a pH buffering agent and a surfactant as additional ingredients.
US10213483B2
Disclosed is A method of treatment of a disorder or condition where it is desirable to inhibit the growth of cells, or a method of treatment which involves cytostatic therapy by administering an oligopeptidic compound to a subject in need thereof. The oligopeptidic compound is capable of interacting with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) The compound comprises a PCNA interacting motif which is: which is: [K/R]-[F/Y/W]-[L/I/V/A/M]-[L/I/V/A/M]-[K/R] (SEQ ID NO. 28).The oligopeptidic compound has 9-70 subunits and at least one signal sequence. The signal sequence is a nuclear localization signal sequence and/or a cell penetrating signal sequence. In the compound a PCNA interacting motif is N-terminal to a signal sequence.
US10213482B2
The present invention relates to a peptide, or a salt thereof, comprising or consisting of the amino acid sequence IHMVYSKRSGKPRGYAFIEY, comprising one or more post-translational modifications, for the treatment, prevention or amelioration of a hyper autophagy-related autoimmune disease or disorder.
US10213462B2
The invention is directed to the removal of serum gal-3 from circulation by plasmapheresis, comprising at least in part donor apheresis, using gal-3 binding agents in either a fixed bed, or in a form easily removed, such as by being complexed with magnetic particles. This method, on its own, brings a sharp reduction and relief from the inflammation and fibroses that can be induced by circulating gal-3. The process may be combined with the administration of gal-3 binding agents, such as modified citrus pectin, to further lower unbound gal-3 levels, to the point where gal-3 in the tissues may be addressed. This method may also be combined with removal of TNF receptors to provide an effective treatment for cancer.
US10213460B2
This disclosure is directed to the methods of enhancing hematopoietic stem cells (HSPC) and progenitor cell (HSPC) engraftment procedure. Treatment in vivo of a HSPC donor with compounds that reduce PGE2 biosynthesis or PGE2 receptor antagonists alone, or in combination with other hematopoietic mobilization agents such as AMD3100 and G-CSF, increases the circulation of available HSPCs. Compounds that reduce the cellular synthesis of PGE2 include non-steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds such as indomethacin. Treatment ex vivo of HSPC with an effective amount of PGE2 or at least one of its derivatives such as 16,16-dimethyl prostaglandin E2 (dmPGE2), promotes HSPC engraftment. Similar methods may also be used to increase viral-mediated gene transduction efficacy into HSPC.
US10213451B2
This invention provides methods, processes, compounds and compositions for modulating the gene expression or secretion of adhesion proteins, angiopoietins or their receptors to cure diseases, for anti-angiogenesis and for treating parasites, wherein the adhesion proteins or receptors comprise fibronectin, integrins family, myosin, vitronectin, collagen, laminin, glycosylation cell surface proteins, polyglycans, cadherin, heparin, tenascin, CD 54, CAM, elastin and FAK; wherein the angiopoietins comprise angiopoietin 1, angiopoietin 2, angiopoietin 3, angiopoietin 4, angiopoietin 5, angiopoietin 6, angiopoietin 7, angiopoietin-like 1, angiopoietin-like 2, angiopoietin-like 3, angiopoietin-like 4, angiopoietin-like 5, angiopoietin-like 6, and angiopoietin-like 7; wherein the cancers comprise breast cancer, leukocyte cancer, liver cancer, ovarian cancer, bladder cancer, prostate cancer, skin cancer, bone cancer, brain cancer, leukemia cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, CNS cancer, melanoma cancer, renal cancer, cervical cancer, esophageal cancer, testicular cancer, spleenic cancer, kidney cancer, lymphatic cancer, pancreas cancer, stomach cancer and thyroid cancer.
US10213448B2
A method for treating cancer is disclosed. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising monoethanolamine, its prodrug or hybrid molecule or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically effective carrier. Also disclosed is a composition comprising monoethanolamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and a pharmaceutically effective carrier, wherein the pharmaceutical composition is formulated for oral, intravenous, intraperitoneal, subcutaneous, dermal, or intranasal administration.
US10213445B2
The present disclosure provides methods utilizing the diazeniumdiolate-based prodrugs for the treatment of cancer via various mechanisms and procedures. The disclosure also provides kits comprising the diazeniumdiolate-based prodrugs.
US10213443B2
The invention relates to a topical suspension formulation that includes a tetracycline, a liquid medium and a polymeric gelling agent. The tetracycline may be in the form of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, or polymorphs and is in a suspended form within the formulation. The liquid medium is selected such that it does not dissolve or substantially minimally dissolves the tetracycline. The gelling agent is a polymeric hydrocarbon gelling agent. Preferably, the tetracycline has a particle size of less than or equal to about 20 microns.
US10213440B2
Formulations for oral transmucosal compositions including a synergistic combination of low doses of testosterone with an aromatase inhibitor (AI) that are combined with transmucosal absorption enhancers are disclosed. Oral transmucosal compositions can be for fast release or slow release, and can be administered to increase bloodstream testosterone levels and thereby reduce symptoms of testosterone deficiency. Oral transmucosal compositions include liquid dosage forms, solid dosage forms, and chewing gums. Further dosage forms include mucoadhesive thin strips, thin films, tablets, patches, and tapes, among others. Other dosage forms are: mucoadhesive liquids such as gel-forming liquids; gel-forming semisolids; and gel-forming powders, among other dosage forms that exhibit mucoadhesive properties, and provide oral transmucosal delivery of testosterone and AI. Oral transmucosal compositions will deliver testosterone and AI directly into the patient's bloodstream, and provide high bioavailability of testosterone and AI; therefore, the required doses are lower.
US10213431B2
The present invention is directed to preservative-free solutions of brimonidine and timolol for lowering intra-ocular pressure and treatment of glaucoma.
US10213426B2
Methods are provided herein for selectively killing senescent cells and for treating senescence-associated diseases and disorders by administering a senolytic agent. Senescence-associated diseases and disorders treatable by the methods using the senolytic agents described herein include cardiovascular diseases and disorders associated with or caused by arteriosclerosis, such as atherosclerosis; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; osteoarthritis; senescence-associated ophthalmic diseases and disorders; and senescence-associated dermatological diseases and disorders.
US10213420B2
Provided herein is a combination therapy comprising a compound of Formula I and peginterferon alfa-2a, or another interferon analog. The combination therapy is useful for the treatment of HBV infection. Also provided herein are compositions comprising a compound of Formula I and peginterferon alfa-2a, or another interferon analog.
US10213416B2
The present invention relates to substituted benzoxazolone derivatives as acid ceramidase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions containing these inhibitors and methods of inhibiting acid ceramidase for the treatment of disorders in which modulation of the levels of ceramide is clinically relevant. The invention also provides substituted benzoxazolone derivatives for use in the treatment of cancer, inflammation, pain, inflammatory pain or pulmonary diseases.
US10213413B2
The present invention relates to N1-benzyl substituted pyrazoles as antiviral agents directed against respiratory syncytial virus.
US10213391B2
The present invention comprises compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of CBD and curcumin in various combinations to treat pain. CBD and curcumin are preferably from natural sources. A method of using the combination of CBD and curcumin compositions to treat pain is also described.
US10213386B2
Described herein are pharmaceutical formulations of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) inhibitor 1-((R)-3-(4-amino-3-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-1H-pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidin-1-yl)piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-en-1-one. Also disclosed are methods of using the Btk inhibitor, alone or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for the treatment of autoimmune diseases or conditions, heteroimmune diseases or conditions, cancer, including lymphoma, and inflammatory diseases or conditions.
US10213378B2
A method for preventing or treating tetanus infection in a subject, comprising administering a non-adjuvanted tetanus toxoid vaccine to the skin. The vaccine can be delivered by intradermal injection or microneedle patch and does not require cold storage.
US10213374B2
Disclosed herein are oral care compositions comprising naringin:Zinc complexes having a 2:1 naringin to zinc molar ratio. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
US10213369B2
An oral care composition containing a stannous ion source, a zinc ion source, a polyphosphate, and a thickening agent. The thickening agent contains polyvinylpyrrolidone, a polysaccharide gum and carboxymethyl cellulose. The compositions have excellent rheology properties.
US10213359B2
Post-scar formation reduction apparatus comprises a biocompatible scar interface layer, a compressible pressure chamber overlying the scar interface layer, and an at least substantially uniformly compressible pressure element in the pressure chamber which extends over the scar interface layer. The pressure element has a bulk modulus enabling a predetermined uniform or substantially uniform compression of the pressure element in at least a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the scar interface layer on application of a specific pressure. Evacuator is also provided which at least partially evacuates the pressure chamber, whereby the pressure element is uniformly or substantially uniformly compressed in the direction of the scar interface layer and the pressure chamber positively urges the compressed pressure element towards the scar interface layer.
US10213354B2
An autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) for transporting beds and other items. The wheeled transportation device (1) comprises a base, with a lower part having a number of wheels (8, 12, 22). The autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) comprises at least one movable first engagement member (13) adapted to engage a frame part (14) of a bed, the movable first engagement member being movable between a resting engagement member position at or below a plane and horizontal surface (6) of the wheeled transportation device (1), and an activated engagement member position in which the movable first engagement member (15) engages the frame part (14) of the bed. The autonomous wheeled transportation device (1) comprises a further engagement member (19) located above said at least one substantially horizontal and plane surface (6), and adapted to engage a patient support base of the bed.
US10213351B2
A mobile screening apparatus has a patient compartment having a floor, and end wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. The second sidewall has an expanding wall that is movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The mobile screening apparatus also has a scanner positioned in the patient compartment. The scanner has a length dimension extending longitudinally within the patient compartment. A scanning table is positioned within the patient compartment. The scanning table is movable in relation to the scanner. The patient compartment is positioned upon a chassis of a vehicle. A generator is connected to the scanner so as to supply power to the scanner. In particular, the scanner is a lung scanner.
US10213349B2
A patient incontinence and lifting pad is an apparatus utilized to absorb urine excreted by a bedridden patient as well as to facilitate turning and lifting the patient. The apparatus includes a bed pad on which the patient is able to lie as well as an attached first securing strap and a second securing strap used to anchor the bed pad to a hospital bed railing or similar structure. An elongated band of the first securing strap and the second securing strap may be attached to itself in order to anchor the bed pad. An absorbent incontinence pad insert for absorbing urine is inserted within a slot on the bed pad and may be removable/replaceable. The absorbent incontinence pad insert may be held in place within the slot by a peripheral hook fastener strip.
US10213342B2
The present invention relates to an ophthalmic knife and methods of its use for treatment of various conditions including eye diseases, such as glaucoma, using minimally invasive surgical techniques. The invention relates to a multi-blade device for cutting the tissues within the eye, for example, a trabecular meshwork (TM).
US10213341B2
A laser probe with a replaceable optic fiber may include a reusable handle, a reusable housing tube, a reusable handle adapter, a reusable machine adapter, and a replaceable optic fiber. The handle adapter may interface with a proximal end of the handle. The machine adapter may interface with a surgical machine. The replaceable optic fiber may include an optic fiber having a first optic fiber end and a second optic fiber end, a first connector, and a second connector. The optic fiber may be disposed within the first connector and the second connector. The first connector may be temporarily fixed within the handle adapter and the second connector may be temporarily fixed within the machine adapter.
US10213329B2
The present disclosure comprises devices, systems, and methods having an inverted sheath configured to cover, and in some instances constrain, a medical device and to retract through eversion, thus enabling the deployment of medical device at the treatment site. A constraining sheath can evert hydraulically. A constraining sheath can be configured to neck down a medical device to achieve a lower delivery profile. Furthermore, a constraining sheath can comprise a balloon to expand or positionally or structurally adjust a medical device.
US10213322B2
A method of inserting an intervertebral disc implant into a disc space includes accessing a spinal segment having a first vertebral body, a second vertebral body and a disc space between the first and second vertebral bodies. The method includes securing a first pin to the first vertebral body and a second pin to the second vertebral body, using the first and second pins for distracting the disc space, and providing an inserter holding the intervertebral disc implant. The method also desirably includes engaging the inserter with the first and second pins, and advancing the inserter toward the disc space for inserting the intervertebral disc implant into the disc space, whereby the first and second pins align and guide the inserter toward the disc space.
US10213306B2
In one embodiment, a method of repairing a heart valve accesses an interior of a patient's beating heart minimally invasively and inserts one or more sutures into each of a plurality of heart valve leaflets with a suturing instrument. The suture ends of the sutures are divided into suture pairs, with each pair including one suture end from a suture inserted into a first valve leaflet and one suture end from a suture inserted into a second valve leaflet. One or more tourniquet tubes is advanced over the suture pairs to the leaflets to draw the sutures together to coapt the leaflets and then the sutures are secured in that position.
US10213304B2
An apparatus for treating regurgitation of blood through a diseased heart valve having at least two leaflets includes a lollipop-shaped body member having a proximal end portion, a distal end portion, and an intermediate portion extending between the end portions. The intermediate portion includes an expandable occluding member having an adjustable diameter so that, during at least a portion of the cardiac cycle, at least one of the heart leaflet coapts with a portion of the occluding member to mitigate or prevent regurgitation of blood through the diseased heart valve. The proximal end portion is physically connected to the occluding member and includes a connecting mechanism for operably mating with an adjustment member for adjusting the position and diameter of the occluding member within the diseased heart valve. The distal end portion includes an anchoring member for securing the apparatus in a heart chamber containing the diseased heart valve.
US10213302B2
Heart valve prostheses are provided for replacing a cardiac valve. The heart valve prosthesis includes a self-expanding frame including a first portion and a second portion. In the collapsed configuration, the first portion is positioned adjacent to the second portion. In the expanded configuration, the first portion moves to be positioned within an interior area of the second portion.
US10213293B2
A prosthetic implant material for use in a prosthetic implant, comprising a gel and optionally a gas.
US10213292B2
Some materials used to make anchors for soft tissue repair, for example, have beneficial properties, including stiffness, bioabsorbability, and osteoconductivity. These materials, however, are not flexible and are challenging to make flexible wings out of for winged anchors. Wing flex is desirable for achieving high fixation strength in winged anchors. Accordingly, an anchor is provided having a hybrid structure including a core body made from a biocomposite, bioabsorbability, osteoconductivity or biocompatible non absorbable material and a wing assembly made from different and more flexible material. Examples of the hybrid anchor take advantage of properties of the different materials strategically placed. A no-hole-prep example of the hybrid anchor reduces the time to install the anchor. A modular example of the hybrid anchor provides a customizable anchoring solution to meet a variety of diverse clinical needs.
US10213286B2
A medical device and method of delivery of the medical device within a patient's body are disclosed by the present invention. The medical device includes a first elongate member and a second elongate member. The first elongate member further includes a proximal end portion and a distal end portion. The first elongate member is made of a first material. The second elongate member includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the second elongate member is attached to the first elongate member and the second portion of the second elongate member is attached to the first portion of the second elongate member at one of its transverse edge. The first portion and the second portion of the second elongate member are configured to form a defined non-planar shape such that the first portion is a first arm of the defined non-planar shape and the second portion is a second arm of the defined non-planar shape. The second elongate member is made of a second material different than the first material of the first elongate member.
US10213285B1
A patch for repairing an intra-abdominal defect is disclosed in one embodiment of the present invention as including a mesh layer providing a grid of material perforated by apertures through the mesh. This mesh is used to reinforce an area around an intra-abdominal defect. A containment layer is secured proximate an edge of the mesh layer. A filler is distributed across the apertures of the mesh to contain a fluid from passing through the mesh. The mesh layer, containment layer, and filler are connected to form a chamber to selectively expand upon receipt of a quantity of fluid between the containment layer and the filler.
US10213281B2
A non-surgical treatment for receding gums utilizes the fact that tissue responds to continuous controlled mechanical forces with growth. The treatment system includes an impression of the upper and/or lower teeth, including the surrounding existing gums, so that a vacuum can be established within the impression around teeth and gums. Before use, selected portions of the impression are carved out a desired amount to create a location for the expansion and regrowth of the gums. Additionally, one or more channels may be included in the impression for delivery of the vacuum to all areas encompassed by the impression. The treatment system also includes a vacuum source operatively attached to the impression so as to be able to deliver a vacuum to the impression once the impression is place in the patient's mouth over the teeth and gums.
US10213275B2
A multifunctional diagnostic tray configured to clasp an oral structure when positioned in a mouth. The tray may be digitally designed from surface scan data of the mouth and manufactured. The tray provides a temporary positioning reference location that may be viewed in a tomography scan data set. The tray may be used to orient and verify the tomography scan data set and the surface scan data set to create a combined master data file that may be used to determine the appropriate location for a dental implant or other dental procedure.
US10213270B2
A torque applying tool suited for torquing small surgical fasteners. The tool includes a torque limiting clutch accessible when a housing of the tool is removed, so that torque limits can be sensed without subjecting the blade or working shaft to deforming forces. Torque can be adjusted by turning a nut threaded to the blade or working shaft. The torque limiting clutch is formed in interacting cam members bearing interacting ratchet surfaces, the cam members urged together by a spring located between the clutch and the housing, away from interference with torque sensing when first establishing a predetermined maximum torque of the tool. The tool is small and disposable, and includes a rubber grip coating.
US10213265B2
A manipulator and a manipulator system adjust the initial tension easily yet unerringly during assembling. The manipulator includes a main unit, an elongated portion that extends from the main unit, a distal end that is connected to the elongated portion, a wire for transmission of power for putting the distal end into actuation, a drive unit for generation of power to the wire, a rotary unit which is located in the main unit, around which the wire is wound and which is rotated by the drive unit, and an elastic unit for connecting the wire to the rotary unit.
US10213264B2
This disclosure covers various concepts to use for obtaining measurement of tension in catheter pullwires to improve controllability of a robotic surgical system.
US10213253B2
A method for use with an intra-body probe, a distal end of which includes an ablation electrode and a temperature sensor, is described. While (i) the ablation electrode is driving an ablating current into tissue of a subject, and (ii) fluid is passed from the distal end of the intra-body probe at a fluid-flow rate, a processor receives a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor. The processor estimates a temperature of the tissue, based at least on the sensed temperature and at least one parameter selected from the group consisting of: the fluid-flow rate, and a parameter of the ablating current. The processor generates an output in response to the estimated temperature. Other embodiments are also described.
US10213245B2
Systems and methods for continuous infusion of a fluid, which may be heated, into a balloon catheter. A system for balloon inflation, the system comprising a catheter having an inflow lumen and an outflow lumen, a balloon positioned at a distal end of the catheter, the balloon being in fluid communication with the inflow and the outflow lumen, and an infusion device in fluid communication with the balloon through the inflow and outflow lumens, the infusion device configured for continuously circulating a fluid into and out of the balloon to maintain the balloon at a constant pressure and volume by matching a flow of the fluid into the balloon via the inflow lumen with a flow of the fluid out of the balloon via the outflow lumen in order to keep the balloon volume and pressure constant during an entire infusion.
US10213242B2
A fastening device for surgical holding systems includes a holding element and a fastening element with a ball joint, which can be locked by way of rotating an eccentric ring in the holding element. The joint socket defines a joint inner surface of the ball joint and the joint head a joint outer surface of the ball joint. When the eccentric ring clamps the joint head with respect to the joint socket, the position of three contact locations of the ball joint which lock the ball joint are unambiguously defined due to the shape of at least one of the three elements: joint socket, joint head and eccentric ring.
US10213237B2
A fixation system includes an elongate plate and an extension plate. The elongate plate includes an inner wall and has a longitudinal axis. The extension plate has first and second attachment portions offset from one another. An engagement portion extends outwardly from the first attachment portion. The engagement portion is couplable to the inner wall of the elongate plate. The second attachment portion defines an aperture for receiving a fastener. The second attachment portion is revolvable about the longitudinal axis of the inner wall when the engagement portion is coupled to and movable about the inner wall. A fastener is received into the first attachment portion to attach the extension plate to the elongate plate. Another fastener is received into the second attachment portion and into a bone part.
US10213230B2
A kit having instructions for use for performing uterine lavage in a female patient includes a uterine lavage catheter configured for insertion into a woman's uterus to remove viable blastocysts from the uterus, and one or more first containers having a sufficient dosage amount of a GnRH antagonist to cause desynchronization of the endometrium of the patient prior to, during and/or following recovery of viable blastocysts from the uterus.
US10213229B2
Insertion devices and associated systems and methods for the percutaneous placement of patient leads are disclosed herein. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a cannula having a lumen and a first dilator. The first dilator can be positioned within the lumen and the first dilator and the cannula can be used to create a percutaneous entry point. An additional dilator can be positioned over the first dilator and advanced into the percutaneous entry point to expand the percutaneous entry point. A final dilator can be inserted into the patient and two leads can be advanced into the patient through the final dilator.
US10213227B2
This transcatheter device for the ablation of calcified tissue at the flaps of an aortic valve, is characterized in that it comprises a flexible body (1) acting as a catheter and having a soft and flexible end piece (2) that engages with a previously inserted wire guide (g) suitable for passing through the flaps of the valve above the part where the calcified tissue needs to be removed, said end piece (2) having at least one cutting system (3) comprising two motorized rotating cutting heads (3a) and (3b) disposed coaxially one above the other, the head (3a) located at the end of the end piece and acting first to remove the calcified tissue, has arrangements suitable for making a rough cut by grinding, while the other head (3b) has arrangements suitable for making a fine cut by grinding, said cutting system being mounted in combination with a vacuum suction means (4), said end piece (2) being provided with an adjustable guide means (5) suitable for engaging with the calcified tissue over the course of the ablation operation performed by the cutting system (3) in combination with a spiral path effect applied to the end piece.
US10213223B2
An arthroscopic surgery method for ankle ligament reconstruction of this embodiment is removed using an ultrasonic treatment tool, blowing away a synovial membrane, and secures the view for a remnant ligament. Then, bone holes are produced to a fibula, a talus and a calcaneus using the ultrasonic treatment tool.
US10213222B2
A method and apparatus for transecting soft tissue, such as a ligament, and more particularly, the transverse carpal ligament. A pair of hollow introducer needles can be used to rout a thread-like, smooth and non-abrasive cutting element around tissue, such as a soft tissue, to enable a transection of the soft tissue using minimally invasive techniques. The cutting element is routed into position about the target soft tissue such that the cutting element both enters and exits the body from the same side of the soft tissue. The smooth and non-abrasive exterior surface of the cutting element serves to provide a kerf-less cut.
US10213216B2
A method for providing therapy to a patient, the method comprising: providing microfracture therapy to the acetabular cup of the patient, wherein providing microfracture therapy to the acetabular cup of the patient comprises forming at least one hole extending from the acetabular shelf to the cortical bone bed of the acetabular cup, such that blood may flow from the cancellous bone underlying the cortical bone bed to the surface of the cortical bone bed, whereby to form a blood clot at the surface of the cortical bone bed.
US10213212B2
Disclosed are methods and devices for obtaining patent hemostasis of the radial artery by compressing the uninstrumented ulnar artery to increase radial artery flow. The device comprises a band having an inflatable bladder for applying blunt pressure to the ulnar artery. The method comprises applying a pressure to the homolateral ulnar artery and applying a pressure to the radial artery at the access site to obtain hemostasis at the access site.
US10213209B2
An occluding device for occluding fluid flow through a lumen of a body vessel. The device comprises a coil and fibers attached to the coil. The coil has about 5 to 60 grams of initial tension to facilitate the coil to fold when deployed. The fibers extend from the coil at a length.
US10213206B2
A device for performing a remote ischemic conditioning treatment. The device includes an inflatable cuff and a cartridge which is a source of gas for inflating the cuff. A first valve controls the flow of gas from the cartridge to the cuff so as to maintain a predetermined pressure in the cuff during an ischemic period. A second valve allows gas to escape from the cuff during a reperfusion period of the remote ischemic conditioning treatment. A controller which may be battery-powered is used to control the opening and closing of the valves. The cartridge may contain a gas, or materials which, under certain conditions, react to produce a gas. The chemical reaction may be initiated by an electrical pulse or signal from the controller.
US10213198B2
A fastener cartridge assembly for use with a surgical end effector. The fastener cartridge assembly can comprise a cartridge body having fastener cavities, fasteners removably positioned in the fastener cavities, a layer of material releasably secured relative to the cartridge body, a connector configured to secure the layer of material to the cartridge body at a location distal to at least one fastener cavity, and an actuator. The layer of material can be a tissue thickness compensator. When actuated, the actuator can overcome the connector, and can overcome the connector prior to the removal of the fasteners from the fastener cavities. The actuator can be actuated at a location proximal to at least one fastener cavity, and can extend distally past at least one fastener cavity toward the connector.
US10213197B2
Polymeric fibers, and apparatuses for and methods of processing such fibers to be useful as sutures, where at least one end of a fiber includes a termination feature. The termination feature is formed through the application of energy to a coiled region of the fiber.
US10213192B2
A surgical instrument includes an element connectable with a fixture. A first member is independently and selectively movable relative to the element and includes a part engageable with an incision in a cranial-caudal orientation relative to a body to space apart tissue. A second member is independently and selectively movable relative to the element and includes a part engageable with tissue of an anterior portion of the incision relative to the body. A third member is independently and selectively movable relative to the element and includes a part engageable with tissue of a posterior portion of the incision relative to the body. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US10213188B2
Disclosed herein are a high voltage switching circuit which includes one or more main switching devices connected to one or more current sources, and a control circuit unit configured to control a potential difference between terminals of each of the main switching devices within a predetermined range by receiving current from the one or more current sources.
US10213183B2
A three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging method and a three-dimensional ultrasonic imaging system. The method comprises: transmitting an ultrasonic wave to a fetal head; receiving an ultrasonic echo, obtaining an ultrasonic echo signal, and obtaining the three-dimensional volume data of the fetal head according to the ultrasonic echo signal; according to the characteristics of a median sagittal section of the fetal head, detecting the median sagittal section in the three-dimensional volume data; and displaying the median sagittal section. The ultrasonic imaging method and the ultrasonic imaging system can obtain the three-dimensional volume data of the fetal head by ultrasonically scanning the fetus and can also automatically detect and display the median sagittal section of the fetal head, thus solving the problem that it is difficult for a doctor to precisely and manually position the median sagittal section.
US10213181B2
The present invention is a stethoscope diaphragm including a disc and a rim. The rim includes a plurality of features extending from an inner circumference of the rim.
US10213173B2
A whole body SPECT system (10) includes a patient support (14) and a static gantry (12) which includes a plurality of rings (40a,40b,40c) of radiation detectors (42). The patient support (14) supports a patient and moves the patient in an axial direction (18) through the static gantry (12). One or more processors (20,24,32) connected to the plurality of detectors records strikes of gamma photons in the radiation detectors (42) and reconstruct the recorded strikes of the gamma photons into a whole body image.
US10213172B2
An imaging method includes executing a low-dose preparatory scan to an object by applying tube voltages and tube currents in an x-ray source, and generating a first image of the object corresponding to the low-dose preparatory scan. The method further includes generating image quality estimates and dose estimates view by view at least based on the first image. The method includes optimizing the tube voltages and the tube currents to generate optimal profiles for the tube voltage and the tube current. At least one of the optimal profiles for the tube voltage and the tube current is generated based on the image quality estimates and the dose estimates. The method includes executing an acquisition scan by applying the tube voltages and the tube currents based on the optimal profiles and generating a second image of the object corresponding to the acquisition scan. An imaging system is also provided.
US10213169B2
Embodiments are described herein for determining anatomical landmarks on a patient by virtue of anatomical landmarks being called up from a database with an anatomical model and being converted into individual body dimensions and an individual position of the patient. As a result, anatomical landmarks may be called up from a database, calculated individually for the patient and used as an item of reference location information. The positioning of the patient table is thus considerably accelerated, wherein the accuracy is also improved. Thus, the item of reference location information may be calculated individually for the same patient in a different position or a different patient with different body dimensions by virtue of this item of reference location information being recalculated by the conversion rule for the respective patient.
US10213161B2
Embodiments include a method of determining an oxygen content in a bodily tissue or in blood of a human or animal body, wherein a variable representative of oxygen content in the bodily tissue or in the blood is detected at least over one cardiac cycle and is correlated with a contraction state of a heart. Embodiments include a device configured to be inserted into the human or animal body, wherein the device includes at least one sensor unit that detects a signal representative of an oxygen content along a measurement path. Embodiments include a reflector provided on the device, wherein the reflector is arranged in the measurement path between a transmitter and a receiver of the at least one sensor unit to reflect the signal.
US10213160B2
An apparatus for monitoring EMG signals of a patient's laryngeal muscles includes an endotracheal tube having an exterior surface. Conductive electrodes are formed on the endotracheal tube. The conductive electrodes are configured to receive the EMG signals from the laryngeal muscles when the endotracheal tube is placed in a trachea of the patient. At least wireless sensor is formed on the endotracheal tube, and is configured to wirelessly transmit information to a processing apparatus.
US10213158B2
A system and method implement biometric sensing with sensor fusion. A first sensor is coupled with a user and is capable of sensing a first characteristic of the user. A second sensor is coupled with the user and is capable of sensing a second characteristic of the user. A memory stores software with machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor implement an algorithm to correct for motion artifacts included within the second characteristic based upon activity of the user determined from the first characteristic.
US10213155B2
A method and apparatus for receiving, from a wearable sensor, current lactate level information of a user; setting, by the user, a target fatigue value; determining target lactate level information based on the target fatigue value; receiving characteristics of a physical exercise including information of an end of the physical exercise; determining adjusted characteristics of the physical exercise in order to match the current user lactate level information in the end of the physical exercise with the target lactate level information, based on the current lactate level information of the user, the target lactate level information and the characteristics for the physical exercise; and providing feedback to the user based on the adjusted characteristics of the physical exercise.
US10213144B2
An electrode structure, which can be used as a biosensor, is provided that has non-random topography located on one surface of an electrode base substrate. The non-random topography of the electrode structure and the electrode base substrate of the electrode structure are of unitary construction and unitary composition and thus there is no interface is located between these elements of the electrode structure.
US10213135B2
A monitoring and feedback device to assist a horse rider in achieving proper balance and posture by measuring one or more load data parameters, such as load magnitude, load angle, or torque, for both stirrups simultaneously and providing visual or audible feedback on that load data to the rider or a non-riding instructor. Load measuring brackets are attached to the stirrup bar of a saddle and each measures one or more of the load data parameters applied. Processing circuitry generates signals for transmitting, either wired or wireless, feedback signals representing the load data to a visual display or sound headset and thereby provides real time information to a rider or non-riding instructor.
US10213128B2
An apparatus and method for imaging a tissue. The method includes transmitting a first microwave frequency signal to and receiving a first total signal from the tissue at a first position. A second microwave frequency signal is transmitted to and a second total signal received from the tissue at a second position. The first total signal is calibrated with respect to the second total signal and an image is constructed from the calibrated signal.
US10213122B2
Diffuse optical flow (DOF) sensors can be used to assess deep tissue flow. DOF sensors positioned on a foot can provide fluctuating light intensity data to an analyzer, which can then determine absolute and/or relative blood flow. The determined absolute and/or relative blood flow can be signaled to an operator, for example a surgeon for intra-operative use. DOF sensors may be utilized to assess pedal revascularization, for example to guide interventional procedures and to evaluate their efficacy. A support structure can carry a plurality of DOF sensors, such that when the support structure is placed onto a patient's foot, the DOF sensors are disposed adjacent different locations on the foot. The different locations may correspond to different topographical regions of the foot, for example different pedal angiosomes.
US10213118B2
Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single, patient-worn cuff.
US10213115B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method of detecting ischemia with a pressure sensor. The method can include obtaining a pressure signal and determining a pressure rate of change. The method can also include identifying at least one of impaired relaxation and impaired contractility in order to detect ischemia.
US10213109B2
A configuration is provided for firmly fixing a transmitting and receiving unit for IVUS and a transmitting and receiving unit for OCT in a probe of an imaging apparatus for diagnosis in which space saving is achieved. The probe includes a cylindrical housing in which an ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit is arranged on a distal side and a light transmitting and receiving unit is arranged on a proximal side. Two signal wires are connected to the ultrasonic wave transmitting and receiving unit and which extend toward the proximal side substantially parallel to each other and which are arranged in the housing so as to cause the distance between the two signal wires to be smaller than a width of a ball lens portion of the light transmitting and receiving unit.
US10213107B2
Methods and devices for implanting an intra-ocular pressure sensor within an eye of a patient are provided herein. Methods include penetrating a conjunctiva and sclera with a distal tip of a fluid-filled syringe and positioning the pressure sensor within a vitreous body of the eye by injecting the sensor device through the distal tip. The sensor device may be stabilized by one or more anchoring members engaged with the sclera so that the pressure sensor of the sensor device remains within the vitreous body. Methods further include advancing a sensor device having a distal penetrating tip through at least a portion of the sclera to position the sensor within the vitreous body and extracting of the sensor devices described herein by proximally retracting the sensor device using an extraction feature of the sensor device.
US10213103B2
A module for ophthalmological devices which enables ophthalmological devices to carry out keratometry and topography measurements of the eye. The proposed topography module is provided for ophthalmological devices with a distance-independent keratometer. The topography module, which is used to generate the luminous pattern, is arranged in a fixed or moveable manner in the beam path between the ophthalmological device and the eye. A control unit is provided to control the topography module for generating luminous patterns. The provided evaluation unit is also suitable to carry out keratometric as well as topographic evaluations of the reflection images of an eye, captured and transmitted by the detection unit. The invention enables ophthalmological devices, which are equipped with a distance-independent keratometer, to carry out additional topographical measurements on the eye.
US10213096B2
An image pickup apparatus includes a silicon layer, a rewiring layer including low-permittivity insulating bodies having a permittivity that is lower than a permittivity of silicon oxide, and a cover glass, and a cutout portion is provided in the silicon layer, wirings are provided on the cutout portion, the wirings do not cover at least a part of the low-permittivity insulating bodies in the rewiring layer, the low-permittivity insulating body being exposed at the cutout portion, and the cutout portion is covered by a second protection film including a metal material via a first protection film including an insulating material.
US10213095B2
The invention discloses a percutaneous puncture and dilation visible irrigation-suction system and a method of using the same. The system comprises a main tube, which is contiguous with the sheath tube and has an end for an endoscope insertion. The sheath tube comprises an inner sheath and an outer sheath joined together in a sleeve type. There is a space between inner and outer sheath. The inner sheath is connected to main tube, together building a channel via which the endoscope is inserted and withdrawn. The sheath tube is connected to main tube after completing puncture and dilation, then endoscope system is introduced for observation and operation. The present invention provides a percutaneous puncture and dilation visible irrigation-suction system and a method of using the same, with a continuous controllable visible negative pressure aspirator, achieving high irrigation and powerful suction efficiency, as well as clear endoscopic view.
US10213094B2
The slack correction mechanism includes a distal-end pulley that is rotatable with respect to a given axis, a distal-end wire wound around the distal-end pulley, a first supporting part including a first base, a first friction portion around which the distal-end wire is looped on one side and a first biasing portion that biases the distal-end wire in a pulling direction on one end side with respect to the first friction portion, the first supporting part being adapted to support one side of the distal-end wire, and a second supporting part including a second base, a second friction portion around which the distal-end wire is looped on the other side and a second biasing portion that biases the distal-end wire in a pulling direction on the other side with respect to the second friction portion, the second supporting part being adapted to support the other side of the distal-end wire.
US10213092B2
A sheath assembly 6 includes at least three flexible, tubular members 6a, 6b and 6c through which linear members can be inserted, a first holder 61 configured to hold one end side of the tubular members 6a, 6b and 6c, and a second holder 62 configured to hold the other end side of the tubular members 6a, 6b and 6c, wherein the first holder 61 and the second holder 62 hold the at least three tubular members 6a, 6b and 6c such that sections of the tubular members 6a, 6b and 6c orthogonal to an axial direction thereof are linearly aligned.
US10213083B2
The present invention relates to a street or industrial vacuum cleaner (1) on a chassis (50) and self-propelled using at least one drive motor comprising a guide element preferably taking the form of a handlebar (70) with at least one handle (740), a hand grip (730) and means or elements (710) for attachment to the chassis (50) of the vacuum cleaner (1), said attachment means or elements (710) making it possible, by the transmission of the movement applied to the hand grip (730), to steer said vacuum cleaner (1), characterized in that the handle (740) comprises a telescopic zone with a sliding part (745) able to move between a first position referred to as an extended position and a second position referred to as a retracted position, preferably with a return spring (780) and at least a switch (770) for detecting the position of the sliding part (745), said switch (770) being able to cause the street vacuum cleaner drive motor to switch off or reverse if the sliding part (745) is in the retracted position.
US10213075B2
A vacuum cleaner includes a cleaner body that includes a suction motor, wheels that are configured to move the cleaner body, a driving motor that is configured to drive the wheels, a suction unit that is configured to communicate with the cleaner body, a connector coupled to the suction unit, the connector being rotatably connected to the cleaner body, a sensor that is disposed on the connector and configured to sense a movement of the connector, an elastic member that is configured to provide an elastic force to the connector toward an initial position of the connector, and a controller that is configured to control the driving motor based on movement information sensed by the sensor.
US10213070B2
A carriage assembly for a sequential roll paper product dispenser is presented. The carriage assembly is placed within tracks of the dispenser and allows for automatic advancement of roll paper products.
US10213069B2
Dispensing towels includes, using a motor assembly configured to cause a leading edge of the toweling to be extended from a housing of the dispenser and to cause the toweling to be subsequently retracted back into the housing, (a) the step of extending the toweling exterior of the housing for grasping by a user; and (b) subsequent thereto, the steps of (1) retracting the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly; (2) sensing a leading edge of the toweling, using a sensor, while retracting the toweling; and (3) ceasing retracting of the toweling into the housing using the motor assembly as a function of sensing the leading edge of the toweling using the sensor. The toweling is advanced by the motor assembly such that a line of perforations in the toweling, along which the user tears the toweling, is located downstream of the sensor.
US10213060B2
A shower track guide system for a shower enclosure may include an elevated track positioned above a base and at least one stand disposed between the base and the track. The track may be mounted to the at least one stand. A shower door may be movable along a top of the track to permit access to the shower enclosure. The stand may elevate the track above the base to permit water to flow underneath the track.
US10213059B2
A method of assembling a shower door sealing assembly includes inserting a bumper into a channel that extends along an outer perimeter of at least one vertical side of a door frame having two vertical sides and a horizontal side that extends between the vertical sides. The bumper is coupled to the door frame via a friction fit between the channel and the bumper. The method also includes installing the door frame within a showering enclosure in an orientation in which the vertical sides of the door frame are parallel to a wall of the showering enclosure and the at least one horizontal side is parallel to a floor of the showering enclosure.
US10213056B1
The bathroom support system is a stability assistance device. The bathroom support system is removably installed in the bathing structure. An individual uses the bathroom support system as a supporting structure by holding onto the bathroom support system during bathing activities. The bathroom support system comprises a telescopic structure, a plurality of supports, and an alarm system. The plurality of supports and the alarm system attach to the telescopic structure. The telescopic structure adjusts the size of the bathroom support system to match the space provided in the bathing structure. The plurality of supports: 1) stabilize the bathroom support system; and, 2) provide anchor points, which are grasped by the individual for stabilization. The alarm system is a safety device that allows the individual to call for assistance from an appropriate authority if it is required.
US10213050B2
A method of calibrating a grill is provided including performing a first calibration run. A first calibration run includes monitoring a current of a leveling mechanism as the first grilling surface moves into contact with a second opposite grilling surface to determine a first location of the grilling surface. The current of the leveling mechanism is also monitored as the first grilling surface moves out of contact with the second grilling surface to determine a second location of the first grilling surface. A first calibration setting including the first location and the second location is stored in the control.
US10213046B2
A cooking apparatus includes a communicator that communicates with a terminal, a link-state manager that manages link-state information indicating whether or not a link to the terminal is active, a heater that performs a heating operation on a cooking tool, a receiver that receives a user operation, and a controller that controls the communicator or the heater which is a control target, on the basis of the user operation. In the case where the link is active, when the user operation is performed on the receiver, the controller causes the communicator to transmit instruction information to the terminal. The instruction information indicates an instruction to switch an image being displayed on the information display apparatus from a first image to a second image.
US10213045B2
Provided is a cooking vessel which comprises heat transfer structures for directing a flame, which is concentrated on the center of a vessel part, to be diffused to the edge of the vessel part, thus allows heat to be sufficiently diffused to parts other than the center while the heat is conducted from the outer side to the inner side of the bottom of the vessel part, can be made lightweight, and allows a reduction in material and production costs. The cooking vessel, which comprises the vessel part in which to put and cook contents and handle parts installed on the vessel part, has the heat transfer structures installed on the outer side of the bottom of the vessel part, wherein the heat transfer structures are formed in a shape that allows the radial formation of multiple flame diffusion paths for flame diffusion to the edge of the vessel part.
US10213043B1
A corn creamer may include a creamer base. A rotatable sleeve drive shall may be carried by the creamer base. A creamer sleeve may he drivingly engaged for rotation by the sleeve drive shaft. The creamer sleeve may have a sleeve wall and a sleeve interior formed by the sleeve wall. At least one creamer blade assembly may include at least one blade shaft carried by the sleeve wall of the creamer sleeve. At least one creamer blade may be carried by the at least one blade shaft in the sleeve interior of the creamer sleeve. In some, applications, a hand drill may be coupled to the sleeve drive shaft to rotate the sleeve drive shaft as an ear of corn is inserted into the rotating creamer sleeve. The at least one creamer blade of the at least one creamer blade assembly may contact the corn kernels on the ear of corn to remove the corn kernels typically for preparation of creamed corn.
US10213042B2
A system for mounting decorative objects, such as Christmas trees, is disclosed. The system can include a base and a plurality of inserts. The base can comprise a plurality of feet that have a retracted position for ready storage and a deployed position for supporting a tree. The base can further comprise a locking mechanism for locking the feet in the retracted position, the deployed position, or both. The base can further comprise an adapter for receiving one or more inserts. The inserts can comprise a consistent outer diameter, for insertion into the adapter, and a variety of inner diameters for use with a variety of tree diameters. The insert can be installed on the trunk of a tree and then installed into the adapter on the base simplifying the tree erection process.
US10213036B2
A hand to mouth bite counting device is provided that may be worn on a hand, wrist or arm of a user to silently and continuously count the number of bites of food taken by the user. The bite counting device may include a sensing device that collects data corresponding to a sensed movement, and a processor that implements an algorithm to process the collected data and determine whether data collected within a given interval of time corresponds to a bite of food taken by the user. The processor derives a set of attributes from the data collected within the given interval of time to define the sensed movement. The device also provides feedback, goal setting functionality, and long-term statistics to serve as a dietary aid.
US10213033B2
The invention relates to the lid (100) of a container, in particular a beverage can having at least one pour opening (103) penetrating the lid panel (101) which is reclosable by at least one closure member (120), where the at least one closure member (120) can be moved by an actuating element (103) from a closed position, in which the at least one pour opening (103) is closed, to an open position, in which the pour opening (103) is at least partially exposed, at least one planar seal element (130) is arranged between the lid panel (101) and the closure member (120), and at least one sealing area is provided at the closure member (120) which when closing the pour opening (103) coacts with the at least one planar seal element (130), and where the at least one sealing area is formed as a seal ridge (121).
US10213032B1
An insulated beverage container has a handle that extends from a side surface of the container and houses a battery, electrical connections, a luminescent strip and a speaker. An outside surface of the handle is provided with a control switch to activate the electrical components. The container is provided with an attachable lid. A user activates the switch to produce sounds from the speaker.
US10213028B2
An inflatable beach complete bed unit containing a mattress, a base, a pillow, a side tray, a parasol and a long rectangular hollow shape on a side of the bed unit. A complete unit to use at the beach so one can enjoy the moment neatly and without misplacing or losing any personal items and other beach essentials in the sand.
US10213015B1
A table includes a table top having an underside, a top structure, a base structure, and a control mechanism. The top structure is attached to the table top and includes hollow supports cylinders arranged parallel to each other and a top support bar configured to support a tilt assembly. The support cylinders extend downwardly away from the table top. The base structure includes hollow legs extending upwardly and configured to receive at least a portion of the support cylinders. The control mechanism is operably connected to movement mechanisms disposed within the support cylinders and the legs. The control mechanism is configured to directly and simultaneously control each movement mechanism so as to raise and lower the support cylinders relative to the legs. The tilt assembly is affixed to the underside and to the top support bar and is configured to pivot about a pivot axis.
US10213002B2
A capsule-type heater device is provided. According to the present invention, a heating means is made from silicon carbide such that the durability thereof can be improved compared with a heating means made from metals, and a heating means is arranged inside a pair of ceramic cases so as to improve heat exchange efficiency of a thermal medium including air, which passes through the ceramic cases, thereby maximizing energy efficiency.
US10212993B2
A closure device for releasably connecting two parts with each other includes a first closure member and a second closure member attachable to the first closure member and in a closed position is held on the first closure member. The second closure member has a rigid second locking protrusion, wherein the second locking protrusion can be brought into engagement with the first locking protrusion in an engagement direction and in the closed position engages the first locking protrusion in a positive locking manner. The first closure member includes a first magnetic member and the second closure member includes a second magnetic member, the first magnetic member and the second magnetic member being constituted to magnetically attract each other when the second closure member is attached to the first closure member for closing the closure device.
US10212992B2
A slider for slide fasteners may include a slider body and a closure part. The closure part may include a closure portion for closing the gap between a free end portion of a pull tab attachment post and an upper blade; an upper engaging portion provided above the closure portion and engageable with the free end portion of the pull tab attachment post and a leg portion provided below the closure portion. The leg portion may include a rod portion extending from the closure portion along the coupling post and a lower engaging portion coupled to the rod portion and engageable with a lower blade.
US10212989B2
A flexible member includes a reinforced area reinforced by first and second reinforcement portions, wherein: the area is defined by the posterior edge of a first reinforcement portion and the anterior edge of a second reinforcement portion; the first and second reinforcement portions are smoothly continuous with each other without gaps; the perimeter of the area is completely surrounded by the first and second reinforcement portions; the virtual first center line of the area extends obliquely forward and upward; and the angle formed between the first center line and the tread surface of the sole is about 40° to 55°.
US10212974B1
Apparatus for protecting against injury to the human body. The garment may protect against hip, tailbone, and/or spinal cord injury. The garment may have a waist belt with depending hip pads releasably secured to the legs. Also, a torso strap may extend upwardly from the waist belt with additional padding. The torso strap may be Y-shaped.
US10212969B2
A method for making electronic cigarette cartridges. The method includes a step of making the cartridges along a dedicated production line. The step of making the cartridges includes a step of making a casing by assembling one or more components along a first stretch of the production line and a step of making an electric module by assembling one or more electronic elements along a second stretch of the production line. The steps of making the casing and the electric module are steps which are synchronized and independent relative to one another. Once the steps of making the casing and the electric module are complete, the method includes a step of assembling the casing with a respective electric module to obtain the finished cartridge along a shared third stretch of the production line.
US10212966B1
A smoking article provides one or more sheets of material that can be rolled to a tube or shell or tube-like shape and then packaged in an unfilled or partially filled condition, one end portion of the tube or shell or tube-like shape being at least partially closed. In one embodiment, multiple sheets are rolled layers that can optionally be wrapped around a form casing (or pre-rolled inside) and then packaged with one end closed or partially closed. In another embodiment, a rod that assists in loading tobacco into the shell cavity is provided. In one embodiment, the plug takes the form of a mouthpiece.
US10212964B2
An additive assembly for an e-vaping device includes an adsorbent material that includes adsorbed carbon dioxide. The additive assembly may be in fluid communication with a vaporizer assembly that forms a generated vapor. The adsorbent material may release the carbon dioxide into the generated vapor based on at least a portion of the generated vapor adsorbing on the adsorbent material. The additive assembly may include a flavor material including a flavorant. The adsorbent material may generate heat based on at least a portion of the generated vapor adsorbing on the adsorbent material, and the flavor material may release flavorant into the generated vapor based at least in part on the heat generated by the adsorbent material. One or more of the adsorbent material and the flavor material may be included in beads. Adsorbent material and flavor material may be included in multiple additive structures within the additive assembly.
US10212961B2
The invention provides a sweetener composition comprising a core nano particle in association with a sweetener carbohydrate.
US10212957B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for preparing an oil-dispersible carotenoid preparation, comprising (by weight parts): mixing 100 parts of carotenoid microcapsule, 100-400 parts of vegetable oil and 0.1-1 part of oil-soluble antioxidant; and grinding the mixture in a colloid mill in a nitro—gen atmosphere and at 10-30° C. to obtain a uniform oil-dispersible carotenoid preparation, wherein the preparation contains 2%-14% carotenoid with an average particle size of up to 0.1-1 μm, and 100 parts of carotenoid microcapsule contains 10.5-35.8 parts carotenoid, 0.1-1 part of water-soluble antioxidant, and the remainder is a water-soluble colloid. The advantages of the present invention lie in that the oil-dispersible form has a high stability as the surface of the carotenoid particles is still protected with a dense water-soluble colloid, and that an oil-dispersible carotenoid preparation containing carotenoid with a content of up to 2%-14% and an average particle size of only 0.1-1 μm can be prepared.
US10212956B2
There are provided methods of treating edible matter comprising applying a composition comprising performic acid to the edible matter or a substrate therefor. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US10212950B2
Composition, batter material using same, food or drink and feed, and method of producing composition
A composition containing a starch at a content of equal to or higher than 75% by mass, wherein the composition contains a low molecular weight starch as the starch at a content of equal to or higher than 3% by mass and equal to or lower than 45% by mass, the low molecular weight starch being obtainable from a starch containing amylose at a content of equal to or higher than 5% by mass as a raw material, wherein a peak molecular weight of the low molecular weight starch is equal to or higher than 3×103 and equal to or lower than 5×104, wherein a degree of swelling in cold water of the composition at 25 degrees C. is equal to or higher than 7 and equal to or lower than 20, and wherein a content of an oversieve fraction of a granulated material in the composition on 0.5 mm mesh is equal to or lower than 50% by mass.
US10212934B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising a triazole compound as component I and as a component II a compound selected from (II-1) to (II-8) and to the agrochemical compositions and the uses thereof.
US10212932B2
Provided is an antimicrobial photoreactive composition comprising a photocatalytic multijunction composite that is photoreactive in ordinary room lighting and comprises at least one photocatalytic heterojunction that is primarily carbon based. The composition further comprises at least one surface-coupling material, optionally at least one additive selected from a charge-transfer augmenting material, a light-capturing augmenting material, an antimicrobial augmenting material(s), or a combination thereof, and a carrier. The composition can be coupled to a surface or embedded in a cationic polymer matrix to form an antimicrobial film that is removable. Further provided is a method of disinfecting a surface comprising applying the antimicrobial photoreactive composition to a surface.
US10212930B2
Grease-like compositions are provided for repelling insects and preventing undesirable behavior in hoofed animals. The compositions utilize nontoxic mineral, synthetic, or vegetable oil based gels containing silica, clay, urea, polytetrafluoroethylene, or metallic soap thickeners and capsaicin.
US10212925B2
The threading apparatus and methods of threading various types of fishing hooks and lures of this invention provide convenience and ease of use applicable to a wide range of hook sizes, shapes, and types. The threading apparatus is fabricated as a single molded part body made from an elastomeric material such as TPE with molded sectors including: slotted clip sector, chamfered frustoconical sector, non-chamfered frustoconical sector, slotted hook eyelet positioning curb, an at least one set of elongated hook shank holding ribs, and an exit sector. The invention provides simplified and enhanced threading operations which include hooks with particularly small eyelets or thin shank diameters, weighted hooks, and for fly hooks (lure hooks) or bodied hooks with particularly short exposed shank length. The facility for enhanced threading operations relies on the molded elastomeric material properties of the threading apparatus body including a durometer range comprehending flexibility without significant deformation memory.
US10212911B2
Materials and methods for improving plant traits and for providing plant benefits are provided. In some embodiments, the materials, and methods employing the same, can comprise endophytes.
US10212906B1
A novel maize variety designated X13M651 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13M651 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13M651 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13M651, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13M651 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13M651 and methods of using maize variety X13M651 are disclosed.
US10212895B2
A cleaning device with a frame can be driven on a ground surface and with a vibrating screen which is mounted on the frame such that it can be moved to a limited extent and which is connected to a contact element. A vibrating roller is attached to the frame such that it can be rotated about a rotary axis, and it has an outer surface, in which radial elevations are formed. A pre-tensioning element pre-tensions the vibrating screen such that the contact element lies against the vibrating roller.
US10212894B2
Described herein is a module for covering a surface with vegetation. The module comprises a drainage board having an upper surface for supporting a growth medium. The drainage board has a plurality of moisture receptacles extending downwardly from the upper surface for collecting moisture. The module also comprises a plurality of sidewalls having a multiplicity of apertures therethrough. Each sidewall is coupled to the drainage board and extends upwardly therefrom. The sidewalls cooperate with each other so as to provide a perimeter for surrounding the growth medium. The module may also include other features. For example, the sidewalls may be pivotally coupled to the drainage board (e.g. along a living hinge), the module may include couplers for securing adjacent modules together, the sidewalls may include a reinforcing rib, the drainage board may include an opening for receiving an irrigation nozzle therein, and there may be edging for covering the sidewalls.
US10212890B2
An apparatus for disintegrating large rectangular bales of forage or bedding material and reforming the disintegrated material into small rectangular bales includes an inclined conveyor having spikes projecting therefrom to remove slices of material from the large bale and a spiked roller to move the slice rearwardly onto a tumbler bed that receives the slice and affects disintegration thereof. The tumbler bed includes a plurality of transverse assemblies having disks interleaving with the disks on adjacent assemblies, each assembly rotating faster than the assembly immediately forwardly thereof. The disintegrated material falls through the tumbler bed as discrete components that land on a collecting conveyor that conveys the material rearwardly to a small rectangular baler for repackaging. The apparatus further includes a hold-down mechanism that presses the slices toward the tumbler bed to enhance disintegration. An approach conveyor feeds the large rectangular bales loaded thereon to the inclined conveyor for processing.
US10212881B2
An improved self-propelled grain harvester and threshing machine characterized by the sieves, cleaning fan and grain tank being beneath the grain harvester's threshing system which puts the center of gravity in the bottom of the machine and eliminates the need for conveying the grain throughout the machine for cleaning and to the top of the machine for storage. This configuration eliminates several clean grain conveying systems and reduces the length of the reprocess tailings elevator giving the machine a safe low profile and center of gravity when the machine is empty and the center of gravity lowers as the grain tank fills.
US10212878B1
An agricultural seeder implement includes an opener including a first complemental element and a second complemental element, and a soil distributing assembly mounted to the opener for movement between a lowered position and a raised position. The soil distributing assembly is disabled from moving beyond the lowered position, when an element of the soil distributing assembly is engaged to the first complemental element when the soil distributing assembly is in the lowered position, and is disabled from moving beyond the raised position, when the element is engaged to the second complemental element when the soil distributing assembly is in the raised position. The element extends through a slot in the opener that extends from a first end wall defining the first complemental element to a second end wall defining the second complemental element.
US10212874B2
In one embodiment, a method for receiving a plurality of data points of a contour wayline having a starting point and an ending point, the contour wayline describing a curved path; generating a description of a curve corresponding to a number of data points; providing curved extensions of the contour wayline based on the description of the curve; and using the curved extensions and the contour wayline for auto-guidance.
US10219417B2
An electronic device including an electronic module, a casing, and at least one air port is provided. The casing accommodates the electronic module. The air port is disposed on the casing to communicate the inside of the box to the outside. The air port includes an inclined blocking element. The inclined blocking element has a plurality of inclined openings, and the inclined openings are inclined relative to a horizontal direction.
US10219416B2
An electric power conversion apparatus comprises a terminal block for connecting a conductive member, the terminal block including: a terminal; a movable fastener that switches by movement between a first state and a second state, the first state being a state of holding the conductive member connected with the terminal, the second state being a state of releasing the conductive member; a storage unit that stores at least a part of the movable fastener in at least one of the first state and the second state; and vent holes that are provided in the storage unit.
US10219415B2
Technology is provided for a server facility cooling system. The system can include a coolant tank containing an electrically insulating liquid and one or more servers submerged in the liquid. At least a portion of the heat generated by the servers is transferred to the liquid. An elongate cooling loop extends vertically between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is located in the air and the second end is located underground. A heat exchanger is positioned between the coolant tank and the cooling loop to transfer heat from the liquid to the cooling loop. A cylindrical cooling tower is positioned around the first end of the cooling loop.
US10219407B2
In some embodiments, a cooling system for an inductive charger includes a thermal conditioning assembly in fluid communication with an inductive charging assembly. The inductive charging assembly can include a dock and an inductive charging module. The dock can be configured to receive a portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, that is configured to accept inductive charging from the inductive charging module. The thermal conditioning assembly can include a fluid transfer device and a thermal conditioning module, such as a thermoelectric device. In various embodiments, heat (e.g., heat produced during inductive charging) can be transferred from the inductive charging assembly to the thermal conditioning module and/or to a fluid flow produced by the fluid transfer device, thereby cooling the inductive charging assembly and/or the portable electronic device.
US10219401B1
The present invention provides a device for controlling the time period required to remove a server from a slot. The time period is sufficient for data to be saved from the server prior to power being shut off to the server and its removal from the slot. The device has an arm with a proximal end and a distal end. The arm is mounted for rotation about a first axis from a closed position to an open position. A mechanism applies a motive force to the arm to bias the arm to the open position.
US10219400B2
A server rack including a bottom panel, a top panel opposite to said bottom panel, a plurality of housing units configured for receiving rack-mountable equipment, the plurality of housing units being horizontally side-by-side arranged between the top panel and the bottom panel, the bottom panel comprising two support rails for supporting the server rack.
US10219398B2
An enclosure assembly for electronic equipment using a housing and a sled. The sled is a combination of a bracket with a skid, the skid preferably of a low friction material, where the sled slides into the housing in order to complete the assembly.
US10219391B2
A method for pretreating a copper surface for the subsequent formation of a firmly adhesive bond between the copper surface and a plastic material substrate. The method comprises bringing a copper surface into contact with: a) hydrogen peroxide; b) an acid; c) a nitrogen-containing, five-membered, heterocyclic compound; and d) a lactam, amide, or polyamide, connected at one or more of its nitrogen atoms with at least one residue of formula (I), wherein: n is an integer from 1 to 100; R1 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon residue with 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R2 is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon residue with 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and each R1 and R2 in a —(CHR1—CHR2—O)— moiety is selected independently of each R1 and R2 in another —(CHR1—CHR2—O)— moiety.
US10219389B2
An antenna assembly is formed in a multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) for transceiving in a millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency band. A ground plane is formed on at least a portion of a planar surface of the multilayer PCB. Two metal components are physically attached to the multilayer PCB and electrically coupled to the ground plane. A monopole antenna is positioned vertically through one or more layers of the multilayer PCB. The antenna is positioned proximate to one lateral side of the multilayer PCB, and aligned between the two metal components. Vertical stubs are formed through the multilayer PCB, vertically aligned with the monopole antenna, and spaced to a side of the monopole antenna opposite to the one lateral side of the multilayer PCB. Each vertical stub is electrically grounded to the ground plane. The two metal components and the vertical stubs shape beam directivity of the monopole antenna.
US10219384B2
A printed circuit board structure that includes at least one insulation layer, at least one conductor layer, and at least one embedded component having a contact pad that has an outer barrier layer, in which structure at least two conductor paths/conductor layers are connected to at least two connections using vias, and each via runs from a conductor path/conductor layer directly to the barrier contact layer of the corresponding connection of the component.
US10219377B2
A display device includes a display panel having a first area and a second area that is adjacent to the first area in a first direction, a first printed circuit board including a first body part facing the first area in a second direction that is different from the first direction and a first extension part extending from the first body part, a second printed circuit board including a second body part facing the second area in the second direction and a second extension part extending from the second body part and facing the first extension part in the second direction, and a connecting flexible circuit board having one end connected to the first extension part and the other end connected to the second extension part.
US10219369B2
A circuit board includes a rigid board including a first wiring layer formed on its upper surface side, and a flexible board including a base material having flexibility and disposed on an upper surface side of the first wiring layer, a second wiring layer formed on the base material, and a via wiring formed in a through-hole passing through the second wiring layer and the base material. The via wiring has a protrusion protruding from an upper surface of the second wiring layer, and extending on the upper surface of the second wiring layer positioned on an outer circumferential side of the through-hole.
US10219363B2
An XRF analyzer can include an x-ray source and an x-ray detector; an x-ray source heat-sink adjacent a side of the x-ray source; and an x-ray detector heat-sink adjacent a side of the x-ray detector. In one embodiment, the x-ray source heat-sink can be separated from the x-ray detector heat sink by a material having a thermal conductivity of less than 20 W/(m*K). In another embodiment, the x-ray source heat-sink can be separated from the x-ray detector heat sink by at least 3 millimeters of a thermally insulating material. In one embodiment, the x-ray source heat-sink can be separated from the x-ray detector heat sink by a segment of the engine component casing. Separation of the heat sinks can help avoid heat from the x-ray source adversely affecting resolution of the x-ray detector.
US10219361B2
A driver circuit receiving wireless communication over a wireless network is disclosed. The driver circuit includes a lighting load, a main driver, and an auxiliary driver. The lighting load is selectively illuminated based on an output voltage being provided to the lighting load that is at least a forward voltage of the lighting load. The wireless communication is indicative of whether the lighting load is to be illuminated. The main driver is for controlling current and voltage within the driver circuit such that if the wireless communication indicates the lighting load is to be illuminated, then the current delivered to the lighting load is regulated by the main driver, and if the wireless communication indicates the lighting load is not to be illuminated, then the output voltage delivered to the lighting load is controlled by the main driver is below the forward voltage.
US10219358B2
The utility model discloses a vertical driving power supply for a lamp a LED controller with Bluetooth, comprising a mobile terminal for issuing the manipulation instructions; and a control module with Bluetooth, which is wireless communicating with the mobile terminal, so that the manipulation instructions from the mobile terminal are converted to a control signal that is output; and a driving circuit connected to an output terminal of the control module with Bluetooth, controlling of turn on or off a control signal provided by the control module with Bluetooth. which can improve the intelligent control of the LED lights, and make the operation process more interesting.
US10219357B2
A Bluetooth beacon for a luminaire assembly includes a module and an antenna associated with the module. The Bluetooth beacon is monted such that the antenna is communicatively visible from a light emitting side of the luminaire assembly. The Bluetooth beacon is configured to provide a signal extending a predetermined distance from the luminaire assembly such that a Bluetooth receiver on a user device can receive a signal from the Bluetooth beacon.
US10219349B2
An organic electroluminescence device according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a base material in which a recess is provided at an upper surface of the base material; a reflective layer that is provided at least along a surface of the recess; a filling layer that is filled into an inside of the recess via the reflective layer, the filling layer having light transmissivity; a first electrode that is provided at least on a layer above the filling layer, the first electrode having light transmissivity and light reflectivity; an organic layer that is provided on a layer above the first electrode, the organic layer including at least a light-emitting layer; and a second electrode that is provided on a layer above the organic layer, the second electrode having light transmissivity and light reflectivity. A part of the reflective layer contacts a part of the first electrode.
US10219344B2
In one aspect, an integrated circuit (IC) includes a first magnetic field sensor configured to sense a ring magnet, a second magnetic field sensor configured to sense the ring magnet and processing circuitry configured to receive a first signal from the first magnetic field sensor and to receive a second signal from the second magnetic field sensor. The processing circuitry is further configured to control an on/off state of at least one light emitting diode (LED) and brightness of the LED based on movement and position of the ring magnet with respect to the first and second magnetic field sensors.
US10219339B1
A current driver integrated circuit (IC) is coupled to control current flow through a diode. In one example, the diode is a Light Emitting Diode (LED) having an anode coupled to a supply node supplied by a battery and a cathode coupled to a drive terminal of the current driver IC. During operation the current driver IC is enabled and sinks an output current from the supply node, through the LED, through the drive terminal, and onto a ground node. As current flows through the LED, the battery is discharged. Changes in battery voltage cause an output voltage between the cathode of the LED and the ground node to change. Despite variations in output voltage, the current driver IC maintains a current level of the output current to be within five percent of a desired output current level across an output voltage range of at least 2V.
US10219332B2
A power supply includes an AC input power connector; an AC-DC converter circuit coupled to the AC input power connector; a constant-current constant-voltage control unit configured to receive DC power from the AC-DC converter circuit; a light emitting diode (LED) lamp unit configured to receive power from the constant-current constant-voltage control unit; and a capacitor coupled in parallel with the LED lamp unit.
US10219330B2
This disclosure includes an electronic oven and an accompanying control system that avoid boiling or splattering in a heating chamber of the oven while an item is being heated in the chamber. A disclosed method which can be executed by the control system includes evaluating sensor data from a visible light sensor and sensor data from an infrared light sensor. The controller is communicatively coupled to the visible light sensor and the infrared light sensor. The method is directed towards generating a splatter prediction in response to the evaluation of the sensor data from the visible light sensor and the sensor data from the infrared light sensor. The method is further directed towards decreasing a power level of the microwave energy source in response to the splatter prediction. The controller is also communicatively coupled to the microwave energy source.
US10219327B2
To determine the temperature of boiling water in an induction hob including induction heating coils which can be individually driven and which, in a common heating mode, form a cooking point for a cooking vessel containing water, the cooking vessel is positioned over at least two induction heating coils. The induction heating coils are operated in the heating mode to bring the water in the cooking vessel to boil and each induction heating coil heats that region of the cooking vessel base arranged above it. During the heating mode, the oscillation response at each induction heating coil is used to detect whether temperature of the region of the cooking vessel base above this induction heating coil increases. The induction heating coils are operated in the heating mode until one induction heating coil detects that the temperature gradient of the cooking vessel base above the induction heating coil has reached zero.
US10219326B2
A production method produces a cable core for an induction cable in a simple and simultaneously reliable manner. In the method, a raw conductor is fed continuously to a processing machine and separated in a recurring manner at specified length positions at a separating point so that there are two wire ends. The ends are then pulled apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the cable and then connected again by a connector which has an insulating spacer which separates the wire ends from each other by a specified distance. The connector is preferably configured as an injection molded part, in particular using the online process. A plurality of such cable cores are connected to each other via a cabling process and then enclosed by a cable sleeve to produce the induction cable.
US10219317B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for handling of data transmission and reception for SeNB related bearer release in a dual connectivity system, the method comprising: receiving, from a Master eNB (MeNB), a 1st message for requesting to release a SCG (Secondary Cell Group) bearer or a SCG part of a split bearer configured in the SeNB; releasing downlink part of the SCG bearer or the SCG part of the split bearer configured in the SeNB; receiving, from the MeNB, a 2nd message for indicating that a UE has released the SCG bearer or the SCG part of the split bearer configured in the SeNB; and releasing uplink part of the SCG bearer or the SCG part of the split bearer configured in the SeNB.
US10219313B2
A random access procedure control method and apparatus is provided for controlling a random access procedure efficiently in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation. The method for controlling random access procedure of a terminal in a wireless communication system having a primary cell and at least one secondary cell includes initiating a random access procedure in the primary cell and the at least one secondary cells, detecting a random access failure of a terminal performing the random access procedure, determining whether the random access failure is detected in the primary cell or the at least one secondary cell, and determining whether to continue the random access procedure according to a result of the determining of whether the random access failure is detected.
US10219308B1
Systems and methods are described for configuring device to device communication using a plurality of transmission devices. Application requirements may be retrieved for a recipient wireless device, at a source wireless device, wherein the source wireless device transmits data to the recipient wireless device using a device to device transmission. A device to device transmission configuration based on the retrieved application requirement may be determined. Data associated with the recipient wireless device may be transmitted to a number of wireless devices based on the determined configuration such that the number of wireless devices transmit the data to the recipient wireless device as device to device transmissions.
US10219305B2
A communication system includes a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Core Network (CN); a 3GPP Home Node-B GateWay (HNB-GW); a Communication Apparatus (CA) coupled to the CN and embedded in a Communication Device (CD), wherein said CA transforms a 3GPP Home Node-B (HNB) into a mobile or location independent portable entity, wherein said CA interconnects to the CN by interconnecting to the HNB-GW over a 3GPP Iuh Interface, wherein said CA includes multi-layered protocol stacks for implementing 3GPP control plane functionality, user plane functionality and management functionality.
US10219303B2
A NB-IoT system and a preamble transmission method thereof are provided. The NB-IoT system includes a base station and a user equipment. The base station broadcasts a random access resource configuration. The random access resource configuration includes an NPRACH access intermitting setting. The NPRACH access intermitting setting allocates an NPRACH pause period and an NPDCCH. The user equipment receives the random access resource configuration, and transmits a preamble repeatedly in an NPRACH during a NPRACH transmission period according to the random access resource configuration. The base station detects the preamble in the NPRACH during the NPRACH transmission period, and transmits a random access feedback message in the NPDCCH during the NPRACH pause period. The user equipment receives the random access feedback message in the NPDCCH during the NPRACH pause period, and adjusts a transmission behavior of transmitting the preamble during the NPRACH transmission period.
US10219301B2
An example method includes generating, by a first user device, a first number representing a contention resolution priority for the first user device contending for at least one first resource over a first data period for transmitting a packet of data in a device-to-device (D2D) wireless network, determining if a second device, in the D2D wireless network, is contending for resources overlapping with the at least one first resource of the first data period, if the second device is contending for resources overlapping with the at least one first resource of the first data period, determining if a second number representing a contention resolution priority for the second user device is greater than the first number, and if the second number is greater than the first number, inhibiting the first user device from communicating using the at least one first resource of the first data period.
US10219293B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for avoiding padding only MAC PDU in a D2D communication system, the method comprising: receiving a sidelink grant from a base station (BS) when the TX UE communicates with a receiving UE (RX UE) directly; checking size of the received sidelink grant; and transmitting a Medium Access Control Protocol Data Unit (MAC PDU) including at least one byte of Radio Link Control Service Data Unit (RLC SDU) if the size of received sidelink grant is larger than a minimum size of MAC PDU including only MAC header and Radio Link Control (RLC) header for Sidelink Traffic Channel (STCH).
US10219291B2
A method and apparatus for enabling scheduling and control of direct link communication in a cellular communication system may be disclosed. A method for use in a first wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may include transmitting a request for device-to-device (D2D) communication resources to an enhanced Node B (eNB). The first WTRU may receive an allocation of resources for multiple transmission time intervals (TTI) to be used for D2D communications from the eNB. The first WTRU may schedule D2D communications with a second WTRU to be performed during the allocated resources. The first WTRU may perform D2D communications with the second WTRU using half duplex communications during the allocated resources.
US10219286B2
Embodiments of a station (STA) and method for communication on primary and secondary channel resources are generally described herein. The STA may transmit a grant frame to indicate a transmission of a data payload by the STA during a grant period. The grant frame may indicate whether the data payload is to be transmitted on primary channel resources or on secondary channel resources. The STA may transmit the data payload to a destination STA on the secondary channel resources when the grant frame indicates that the data payload is to be transmitted on the secondary channel resources. The grant frame may be transmitted on the primary channel resources and on the secondary channel resources when the grant frame indicates that the data payload is to be transmitted on the secondary channel resources.
US10219284B2
A method of scheduling wireless communications may include assigning a first band of a wireless communications standard for wireless communications between a wireless communications supervisor of a wireless network and one or more wireless devices. The one or more wireless devices may include one or more hotspot devices. The method may also include assigning a second band of the wireless communications standard for wireless communications between the one or more hotspot devices and one or more slave wireless devices. The one or more hotspot devices may be configured to relay information between the one or more slave wireless devices and the wireless communications supervisor. The method may also include determining a power adjustment for communications by the one or more hotspot devices. The power adjustment may be determined based on a congestion of one or more channels within one or more of the first band and the second band.
US10219273B2
Methods and devices are provided for communicating data in a wireless channel. In one example, a method includes adapting the transmission time interval (TTI) length of transport container for transmitting data in accordance with a criteria. The criteria may include (but is not limited to) a latency requirement of the data, a buffer size associated with the data, a mobility characteristic of a device that will receive the data. The TTI lengths may be manipulated for a variety of reasons, such as for reducing overhead, satisfy quality of service (QoS) requirements, maximize network throughput, etc. In some embodiments, TTIs having different TTI lengths may be carried in a common radio frame. In other embodiments, the wireless channel may partitioned into multiple bands each of which carrying (exclusively or otherwise) TTIs having a certain TTI length.
US10219272B2
A method for communicating a signaling field in a wireless communications system comprises transmitting, by a wireless device, a frame through a medium. Transmitting the frame includes transmitting a first portion of a signaling field in the frame using a first channel and transmitting a second portion of the signaling field in the frame using a second channel. The first channel includes a first frequency and the second channel includes a second frequency different from the first frequency. Contents of the first portion are different from contents of the second portion. In an embodiment, transmitting the frame further includes transmitting a third portion of the signaling field using a third channel. The third channel includes a third frequency different from the first and second frequencies. Contents of the third portion are different from the contents of each of the first and second portions.
US10219270B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provided techniques for wireless communications by a base station. An exemplary method generally includes transmitting, on a narrowband region within a wider system bandwidth, a directional primary synchronization signal (DPSS), receiving feedback information from one or more user equipments (UEs) based on the DPSS, wherein the feedback information comprises an indication of a bandwidth capability of a UE that transmitted the feedback information, and allocating resources to the one or more UEs within at least one of the wider system bandwidth or the narrowband region based, at least in part, on the feedback information.
US10219268B2
There is provided mechanisms for receiving transmission resources using beams. A method is performed by a wireless radio transceiver device. The method comprises receiving, using a first beam, a current transmission resource from an access node using a first transmission format. The method comprises transmitting an indicator to the access node to use a second transmission format for a later transmission resource to be transmitted to the wireless radio transceiver device. The method comprises receiving the later transmission resource at least partly using a candidate beam, where the candidate beam is different from the first beam.
US10219264B2
Embodiments provide a method, a user equipment, and a base station for transmitting information. The method includes receiving a downlink assignment sent by a base station. The downlink assignment includes a trigger flag that is used to indicate a trigger state of aperiodic channel state information (CSI). An uplink resource used to send the aperiodic CSI is determined. The aperiodic CSI to the base station is sent on the uplink resource according to the trigger flag.
US10219253B2
Method and apparatus are provided for mapping an operating frequency band of a mobile station device in a mobile communication system. As operating frequency band position at the time of idle mode of respective mobile station devices is arranged so as to be distributed throughout a unique frequency bandwidth of a base station device.
US10219252B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) may transmit a control message during a special subframe of a radio frame. The UE may determine a payload size of the control message according to a radio resource configuration, or the UE may determine a payload size based on a number of bits associated with information to be sent in the control message. The UE may identify uplink resources of the special subframe to use for the control message based on explicit signaling or implicitly based on information to be sent in the control message. Designated resources for control message transmissions in a special subframe may remain the same or may change in subsequent transmission opportunities. The UE may determine to use the same or different resources of a special subframe in a subsequent transmission opportunity depending on when the UE receives downlink messages.
US10219241B2
To determine a location of a client device in a wireless network having at least first and second network devices, with known locations, one of the network devices transmits a message to the other network device and the other network device responds with an acknowledgement message. A client device receives the message and the acknowledgement message as well as respective times indicating actual times at which the message and the acknowledgement message were processed by one of the first and second network devices. The client device determines its location based on the times at which it received the message and the acknowledgement message and the difference between the actual processing times. This location may be refined by determining an angle between the client device and at least one of the network devices having multiple antennas and being configured for steered beam communications.
US10219239B2
An information processing system configured to identify a detection target based on first identification information having a limit on number of registrations in an operating system of a first mobile terminal and second identification information that does not have the limit, the information processing system includes the first mobile terminal, the detection target, and an information processing apparatus.
US10219231B2
A method for transmitting beamformed signals includes beamforming a synchronization signal in accordance with a first set of spatially separated transmission beams, thereby producing first beamformed synchronization signals, transmitting the first beamformed synchronization signals, determining if a first synchronization cycle is complete, and when the first synchronization cycle is not complete, rotating the first set of spatially separated transmission beams, and repeating the beamforming, the transmitting, and the determining until the first synchronization cycle is complete.
US10219221B2
In some embodiments, a user equipment device (UE) implements improved communication methods which include radio resource time multiplexing, dynamic sub-frame allocation, and UE transmit duty cycle control. In some embodiments, the UE may communicate with base stations using radio frames that include multiple sub-frames, transmit information regarding allocation of a portion of the sub-frames of a respective radio frame for each of a plurality of the radio frames, and transmit and receive data using allocated sub-frames and not using unallocated sub-frames. In some embodiments, the UE may operate according to a sub-frame allocation based on its current power state. The UE may transmit information to the base station and receive the sub-frame allocation based on at least the information. In some embodiments, the UE may switch transmit duty cycles based on an occurrence of a condition at the UE. The UE may inform the network of the switch.
US10219219B2
The disclosure generally relates to identifying a Bluetooth Low Energy (BTLE) enabled Wi-Fi network receiver and automatically connecting to the BTLE-enabled network receiver via a Wi-Fi signal without using a Wi-Fi scanning operation. In some aspects, an initial connection may be established between the network receiver and a BTLE-enabled device during which the Wi-Fi scanning operation of the device is disabled. Thereafter, the device may automatically detect the BTLE-enabled network receiver via BTLE signal and automatically connect to the network receiving using a Wi-Fi signal without using the Wi-Fi scanning operation. In this way, the battery life of the device may be conserved by disabling the Wi-Fi scanning operation. Although the electronic device may be within the Wi-Fi range of the network receiver, the device may not search for or connect to the network receiver if it is outside of the BTLE range of the network receiver.
US10219214B2
Solutions are proposed to facilitate the support of 3GPP PS_Data_Off feature. The PS_Data_Off feature prevents transport via 3GPP access of all IP packets except those related to 3GPP PS_Data_Off Exempt Services. In one example, signaling storms due to frequent PS_Data_Off reconfiguration are prevented. In another example, for multi-SIM devices and for devices that supporting WiFi access, UE reconfigures the PS_Data_Off feature upon a triggering condition is satisfied. In yet another example, upon status change of PS_Data_Off feature, UE initiates RAT change to improve performance, to reduce power consumption and cost, and to maintain service continuity. Furthermore, new AT commands and parameters are introduced to enable the PS_Data_Off feature.
US10219207B2
A method and system for providing a continued service to user equipment (UE) under overload conditions is disclosed. A primary network undertakes a protective measure under unable to serve conditions by commanding a change in the UE network access behavior so that the UE can move to the secondary PLMN. After receiving the indication from the primary network, the UE connects to the secondary network and continues to obtain the services from the secondary network. The secondary PLMN ID can be sent to the UE in system information. Further, the information like overload indication, secondary PLMN ID and the time for which the UE can obtain the services from the secondary PLMN ID can be sent to individual UEs over dedicated messages either on an Access Stratum (AS) message or over a Non Access Stratum (NAS) message.
US10219206B2
In one or more mobile stations of a wireless communication network, a method for network node selection in a wireless communication system by a mobile entity may include receiving, from a home network, a message comprising a policy associated with network node selection, determining whether the home network policy has precedence over a policy of a visited network based on the message, and selecting a network node based on the policy of the home network, in response to determining the home network policy has precedence over the visited network policy. The policy may include at least one of mobility or routing policies. The message may include an indication of precedence between the home network and one or more visited networks. A communication apparatus, for example a mobile entity, may be configured for performing these and other aspects of the method.
US10219202B1
A WiFi router based appliance control system and method. The router monitors the activity of various router connected devices, and compares this against various user selected criteria according to an overall combined activity scheme, where some activities may be rewarded and some penalized. Depending on the results, the router may in turn use various algorithms to control various router controlled devices, in a manner encouraged to encourage overall compliance with these schemes. Thus for example if the router may balance social media use versus exercise or energy use, and take steps (restricting web pages, altering thermostat settings) to encourage compliance with various user determined criteria. In some embodiments, the router may cooperate with external servers to extend the range of activities monitored and range of reward/penalty criteria.
US10219195B2
Embodiments provide a terminal control method, a radio network controller, and a base station. The method includes: determining, by an RNC, that a downlink serving base station of a terminal that establishes a connection with both a macro base station and a micro base station is the macro base station; acquiring, by the RNC, a target power control value, where the target power control value can be used to ensure that channel quality of an uplink control channel from the terminal to the macro base station reaches a target threshold; and sending, by the RNC, the target power control value to the micro base station.
US10219177B2
A method includes: generating a packet, where first L time domain sequence bits of a second symbol in the packet are the same as first L time domain sequence bits of an information bearing section in a time domain sequence of a first symbol in the packet, the first symbol includes a cyclic prefix CP and the information bearing section, the second symbol is a symbol following the first symbol, a length of the CP is 16 bits, and a length of the information bearing section is 64 bits, where 1≤L≤64; and sending the packet to a receive end, so that the receive end receives and parses the packet.
US10219173B2
Operations of a UE and eNB are provided when there is a cell which can perform cell on/off. In this case, the UE may performs receiving signal on downlink channel and processing with the signal on the downlink channel. In addition, the signal on the downlink channel may includes a discovery signal when the cell is off-state, and the discovery signal is a signal used for cell identification and/or measurement.
US10219172B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for testing mobile terminals in an OFDMA system, in which all or part of available downlink radio resources in a cell are transmitted. A processing unit in a test apparatus splits a set of contiguous resource blocks into separate contiguous portions. A first contiguous portion of the set of resource blocks is allocated to users of a first type, and a second contiguous portion of the set of resource blocks is allocated to users of a second type. A transmitter in the test apparatus transmits test signals to the users of the first type and the second type using the at least one contiguous set of resource blocks.
US10219170B2
A device and method for performing channel estimation, including in a first iteration of channel estimation, determining a channel estimate based on at least a first pilot symbol of a reference signal received at the device; and in each respective iteration of one or more ensuing iterations determining a reference channel estimate based on at least one subsequent pilot symbol of the reference signal; decoding a data signal received at the device based on the reference channel estimate; determining a data channel estimate based on at least one data symbol from the decoded data signal; and calculating a channel estimate for the respective iteration based on the reference channel estimate, the data channel estimate, and a channel estimate from a previous iteration.
US10219169B1
A wireless access point supporting a wireless local area network (WLAN) including multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications with associated stations, is disclosed with hardware processing circuitry to perform hybrid spatial mapping operations for multi-user (MU) MIMO downlinks including: explicit channel sounding and crosstalk damping circuits. The explicit channel sounding circuit determines from communication channel feedback, a MU-MIMO precode matrix “Q” for spatially mapping a transmission of an MU-MIMO downlink communication packet to corresponding ones of a group of stations. The crosstalk damping circuit is responsive to crosstalk feedback from at least one of the stations in the MU-MIMO group to incrementally adjust elements of the precode matrix “Q” in a direction which reduces the amount of crosstalk; and to spatially map subsequently transmitted MU-MIMO downlink communication packets with the adjusted precode matrix “Q′”. A complementary wireless station is disclosed.
US10219164B2
Disclosed in some examples are systems, machine-readable media, methods, and cellular wireless devices which implement a Listen-Before-Talk (LBT) access scheme for a device operating according to a cellular wireless protocol in an unlicensed channel. A cellular wireless device may utilize the cellular wireless protocol in the unlicensed channel after the LBT access scheme has determined that a channel (a defined range of frequencies) in the unlicensed channel is idle for a particular period of time.
US10219163B2
Devices and methods enable optimizing a signal of interest based on identifying and analyzing the signal of interest based on radio frequency energy measurements. Signal data is compared with stored data to identify the signal of interest. Signal degradation data is calculated based on noise figure parameters, hardware parameters and environment parameters. The signal of interest is optimized based on the signal degradation data. Terrain data may also be used for optimizing the signal of interest.
US10219161B2
A method and apparatus operate a device on a licensed spectrum and an unlicensed spectrum. The device can operate on a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) channel using a WWAN transceiver via a WWAN Radio Access Technology (RAT) base station using a WWAN RAT. The device can communicate with a WWAN RAT Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) base station using the WWAN RAT via a WWAN RAT WLAN receiver on a WWAN RAT WLAN channel operating on a WLAN frequency. Activation of WLAN frequency-based personal access point using a WLAN personal access point transceiver on the device can be detected. A personal access point WLAN channel of the WLAN frequency-based personal access point can be selected that provides the least desense of the WWAN RAT WLAN channel on the WWAN RAT WLAN receiver.
US10219159B2
There are provided a method and apparatus for transmitting a discovery reference signal (DRS) through transmitting the DRS to a user equipment through a channel of an unlicensed band, receiving measurement report for measurement performed based on the DRS from the user equipment, and scheduling the cell of the unlicensed band based on the measurement report and providing a service to the user equipment through the cell of the unlicensed band.
US10219158B2
This disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for protection of control plane functionality of a network node of a communications network providing wireless communication to a mobile terminal. The network node is configured to support control plane signaling with the mobile terminal. A communication context for the mobile terminal is maintained, wherein the communication context is associated with a control signaling message exchange between the mobile terminal and the network node. One method includes establishing, for a received message, a communication context to which it belongs; determining, in relation to information in the established communication context, the received message to be a message conforming to a protection rule or a message violating a protection rule; and handling the message in accordance with rules of a protection policy. Related network nodes, computer programs, and computer program products are disclosed.
US10219151B2
A unique pre-shared key plug-in is installed on a Chromebook device. Identification data associated with the Chromebook device is received, from the unique pre-shared key plug-in through a Chromebook client management system API. A unique pre-shared key is assigned to the Chromebook device using the identification data. The unique pre-shared key is sent to the Chromebook device. The Chromebook device is configured to seamlessly authenticate for a wireless network using the unique pre-shared key.
US10219143B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data transmission method, a mobility management entity, and a mobile terminal. The method includes: receiving, by a mobility management entity, a small data transmission parameter that is sent by a home subscriber server HSS or a user equipment, where the small data transmission parameter includes an indication of whether the user equipment supports small data transmission; determining, by the mobility management entity, a small data transmission policy according to the small data transmission parameter; sending, by the mobility management entity, the determined small data transmission policy to the user equipment; and performing, by the mobility management entity, the small data transmission with the user equipment according to the small data transmission policy. The present invention proposes a relatively complete small data transmission solution, thereby implementing effective transmission of small data.
US10219136B2
Various systems for monitoring wheeled vehicles (such as shopping carts) are disclosed. The system can include an RF antenna unit that is buried and is configured for bi-directional communication with the electronics on the cart. In some embodiments, the antenna comprises a plurality of transmitters, which can emit synchronized signals. In some embodiments, the antenna comprises a radiating cable, which can emit a signal along some, substantially all, or all of its length.
US10219135B1
Technologies are disclosed herein for utilizing near field communication (“NFC”) to improve the security, performance, and configuration of computing systems. In particular, NFC can be utilized to power an NFC-equipped server computer on or off, to log directly into an operating system executing on the NFC-equipped server computer, to stream firmware debugging data from an NFC-equipped server computer to an NFC-equipped mobile device, to initiate the update or recovery of firmware, to provide hardware inventory data, or to pair hardware devices. Firmware debugging data can also be streamed from a firmware to an NFC-equipped mobile device. NFC can also be utilized to disable functionality provided by a mobile device while the device is in motion, such as when a user of the mobile device is operating a motor vehicle.
US10219127B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a recognizing unit configured to recognize a terminal which is a transmission source of a signal on the basis of a detection result of the signal for radiRs111o communication for allowing terminals to perform direct communication with each other via a radio transmission path; a recording unit configured to record history information including a recognition result of the terminal and information for determining whether or not the terminal detected by a predetermined detecting unit is held by a user, for each first period; a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the terminal is held by the user on the basis of the history information recorded during a second period which is longer than the first period; and a processing unit configured to execute predetermined processing on the basis of the recognition result of the terminal and the determination result.
US10219122B1
Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture provide for receiving a text message from a user; identifying, based on (i) the text message and (ii) at least one intent rule, a message intent associated with the text message; identifying a current state of the conversation based on at least one conversation state rule and at least one of the following: (i) the message intent, (ii) the text message, and (iii) an outgoing message; and outputting the outgoing message to the user.
US10219121B2
A message receiving method and apparatus using a customized tag including: receiving a message including a first customized tag from a message transmitting device; determining whether the first customized tag is included in the message, and, if the first customized tag is determined to be included in the message, extracting the first customized tag from the message; analyzing the first customized tag based on an extraction result; and controlling a message receiving device based on a control operation described in the first customized tag.
US10219118B2
The disclosure relates to a transmission node and a method for wirelessly providing a number of data packets to a plurality of receivers in a cell of a transmission node of a cellular telecommunications system. The method comprises the steps of storing a number of network coded data packets at the transmission node and cyclically transmitting the stored network coded data packets from the transmission node to the plurality of receivers. The number of transmitted network coded data packets in a cycle is at least equal to the number of data packets to be provided to each receiver of the plurality of receivers and each network coded data packet is a linear combination of two or more data packets to be provided to each receiver.
US10219117B2
Systems and methods for radio access interfaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiments, a vehicle telematics device includes a processor, a communications device, and a memory, wherein the vehicle telematics device communicates with a mobile communications device using the communications device, wherein the mobile communications device is in communication with a remote server system via a mobile network connection, and wherein the vehicle telematics device provides data to the mobile communications device, where the data is to be transmitted to the remote server system, provides command data to the mobile communications device, where the command data instructs the mobile communication device to transmit the data to the remote server system using at least one communication protocol, and causes the mobile communications device to transmit the data to the remote server system using the at least one communication protocol based on the command data.
US10219104B2
Systems and methods are provided to coordinate meetings between users of mobile devices on a mobile communications network. Users of the mobile communication network send one another meeting invitations over the network. The system receives the current geospatial position of one or more such users, as well as category selections that relate to attributes of potential meeting locations meetings. The system selects meeting locations for users using the current geospati.al positions of the users and the category selections such that meeting locations are located at a geospati.al positions between the users. The system can additionally select meeting locations that factor in user preferences and historical activities.
US10219100B2
Embodiments relate generally to electrical and electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, and portable and wearable media devices. Media devices may include RF transceivers and proximity sensors for detecting a user, another wireless device, or both that are positioned in proximity of the media device and take one or more actions upon detecting proximity. Activity, content, data, playlist, media playback, command, control, data or file synchronization, and other functions may be handled by the media device subsequent to detecting proximity of another device and/or user in proximity of the media device. Moreover, those functions may be transferred back to the another device when the another device moves out of a proximity range of the media device. RF signatures, RF signal strength, RSSI, and proximity detection sensors may be used to detect proximity, location, and presence (e.g., of a user or other persons) relative to the media device.
US10219087B2
In a hearing aid (26) that can be inserted into the ear canal (12) of a patient, comprising an actuator (31) effecting a mechanical stimulation of the tympanic membrane (14), the actuator (31) comprises an inner surface (32) associated with the tympanic membrane (14) and an outer surface (42) associated with the ear canal (12) and is configured as an areal disk actuator, whose deformation stimulates the tympanic membrane (14) by areal deformation. On the actuator (31) at a distance from the outer surface (42) a cover plate (43) is arranged which together with the outer surface (42) delimits a preferably lenticular cavity (48).
US10219085B2
An antenna unit is disclosed. A hearing device, such as a hearing aid, having an antenna device is disclosed. The antenna unit allows wireless communication to and from the hearing device.
US10219083B2
A hearing system comprising a) a multitude M of microphones, M≥2, adapted for picking up sound from the environment and to provide corresponding electric input signals rm(n), m=1, . . . , M, n representing time, rm(n) comprising a mixture of a target sound signal propagated via an acoustic propagation channel and possible additive noise signals vm(n); b) a transceiver configured to receive a wirelessly transmitted version of the target sound signal and providing an essentially noise-free target signal s(n); c) a signal processor configured to estimate a direction-of-arrival of the target sound signal relative to the user based on c1) a signal model for a received sound signal rm at microphone m through the acoustic propagation channel, wherein the mth acoustic propagation channel subjects the essentially noise-free target signal s(n) to an attenuation αm and a delay Dm; c2) a maximum likelihood methodology; and c3) relative transfer functions dm representing direction-dependent filtering effects of the head and torso of the user in the form of direction-dependent acoustic transfer functions from each of M−1 of said M microphones (m=1, . . . , M, m≠j) to a reference microphone (m=j) among said M microphones, wherein it is assumed that the attenuation αm is frequency independent whereas the delay Dm may be frequency dependent. The application further relates to a method. Embodiments of the disclosure may e.g. be useful in applications such as binaural hearing systems, e.g. binaural hearing aids systems.
US10219082B2
A hearing aid system (100, 200) adapted for providing an enriched sound and a method of providing such an enriched sound.
US10219077B2
A display device includes a foldable display panel module to fold in a folding region, a folding sensor to sense a folding state of the foldable display panel module, a support on the foldable display panel module in the rigid region, a vibrator on the foldable display panel module in the folding region, and a vibration controller to control a vibration operation of the vibrator based on the folding state.
US10219076B2
An audio signal processing device includes a sound acquisition unit configured to acquire audio data generated by collecting a sound in a sound collection target space, a selection unit configured to select, based on a priority of each of a plurality of areas in the sound collection target space, one or more of the areas in the sound collection target space, and an output unit configured to output processed data, for which predetermined signal processing for the areas selected by the selection unit is executed on the audio data acquired by the sound acquisition unit, and the predetermined signal processing for an area not selected by the selection unit is not executed on the audio data.
US10219070B2
Invention relates to the field of acoustic systems used to convert electrical signal into sound, and the design of the housing where the electroacoustic loudspeaker is mounted and may be used in household and industrial applications as an acoustic system. The acoustic transducer has a housing, made from coconut endocarp, containing at least one opening for mounting a loudspeaker, and can have additional openings for wires and/or connectors to the signal source, sound-absorbing or dampening materials, mounting elements, for example, hooks for mounting with use of a flexible cord or any other similar fastening elements, connectors, phase inverter, electronics unit, protective decorative mesh or cloth. The proposed acoustic system provides improved sound quality by reducing the level of parasitic acoustic resonances, excited by the loudspeaker in the housing during sound generation by the loudspeaker's membrane.
US10219069B2
A headphone system comprising a physiological sensor and a method of fitting a headphone system comprising a physiological sensor to a user is provided. The headphone system comprises a headphone having a speaker, a physiological sensor configured to be positioned for measuring physiological data, and a processor connected to the physiological sensor to receive the measured physiological data and process the measured physiological data to output physiological information and a fitting parameter. An application program is associated with the headphone, and is configured to receive the physiological information and the fitting parameter. The application program may evaluate at least the fitting parameter to indicate to a user whether the headphone is properly positioned, and issue a first notification in dependence on the evaluation of the fitting parameter.
US10219068B2
A method and system for a headset with major and minor adjustments, where the headset comprises a headband, a headband endcap at each end of the headband, a headband slide coupled to each headband endcap, ear cups operatively coupled to the headband slides, and a floating headband coupled to the headband endcaps. A major adjustment of the headset may include actuating a headband slide in a vertical direction. The ear cups may be operatively coupled to the headband slides utilizing ball detents that may hold the position of the ear cups with respect to the headband slides. The ball detents may comprise a portion of a ball on the headband slide and holes in the ear cup or may comprise a portion of a ball in the ear cup and holes in the headband slide. Each headband slide may be coupled to a headband endcap via a headband pivot.
US10219059B2
Disclosed herein is an overhead passenger service unit (PSU) for a vehicle, comprising: a mounting mechanism for mounting the PSU above at least one vehicle seat; a dynamic seat row marker that provides an indication of a seat position and a status portion indicating a status of a passenger or trip aspect that is readily viewable from a vehicle aisle and is changeable during a trip; and a programmable active display that is readily viewable from a passenger seat and provides trip changeable information about the trip to the passenger.
US10219058B2
An electronic device with a full-screen display and L-shaped sound channel is disclosed. The device includes a display, a cover, a frame and a sound assembly. The frame includes bottom and side walls, and the sound assembly includes a sound output hole, a sound channel and a sound generating module. The sound output hole is defined between a notch of the cover and the side wall. The sound channel is formed in the frame and includes first and second channels. The first channel is formed by horizontal cutting and the second channel is formed by vertical cutting. The first and second channels are interconnected and communicate with the sound output hole. Sound generated by the sound generating module is transmitted to the sound output hole through the sound channel. A method for manufacturing the electronic device is also disclosed.
US10219055B2
Disclosed is a loudspeaker module comprising a module housing, wherein a loudspeaker unit is accommodated in the module housing; the loudspeaker unit comprises a unit housing and a unit front cover; an end surface of a sidewall of at least one side of the unit housing is provided with an ultrasonic surface welded to the module housing by means of ultrasound; and an ultrasonic line bonded with the ultrasonic surface by means of ultrasound is provided at a position on the module housing corresponding to the ultrasonic surface. The loudspeaker module of the present invention solves the technical problems of a complex assembly process, poor sealing performance and poor appearance of the loudspeaker module in the prior art, and the loudspeaker module of the present invention has a simple assembly process, good sealing performance, high quality appearance, excellent acoustic performance, high production efficiency and low production cost.
US10219054B2
A protective member for an acoustic component includes a sound-transmissive sheet composed of an elastomer. The protective member for an acoustic component may further include an adhesive layer disposed on an edge region of the sound-transmissive sheet. The sound-transmissive sheet in the protective member may have waterproofness, and may be used with a waterproof case.
US10219051B2
A communication platform (e.g., a flexible satellite) includes electrical to optical converters configured to convert input electrical signals to input optical signals, an optical switching network connected to the electrical to optical converters that choose which input optical signals to route to which output beams, tunable optical filters (connected to the switching network) that are configured to select programmable sub-bands of the input optical signals to create output optical signals, and optical to electrical converters (connected to the tunable optical filters) that are configured to convert the output optical signals to output electrical signals for the output beams.
US10219048B2
A method of generating references to related videos is provided. Closed caption text of a primary video is analyzed to identify at least one keyword contained within the closed captioned text and a separate pre-determined listing of keywords. A keyword identified within the closed caption text and a context thereof is compared to keyword-context pairings provided within the listing. Information of a reference video related to the primary video is obtained by taking actions required by a rule in the listing associated with a matched keyword-context pairing when the keyword identified from the primary video and the context thereof is determined to match one of the keyword-context pairings in the listing. An annotation of the reference video relative to the primary video is created. A video processing electronic device and at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon for performing the method are provided.
US10219046B2
A method, system, and framework provide the ability to distribute media content. Title information for a media asset is acquired into a computer database. Distribution requirements (e.g., file requirements for files required to distribute the media asset) for retailers and territories are maintained in the database. Desired retailers are selected. Based on the title information and the desired retailers, territories with distribution requirements that match the title information are automatically selected. File requirements for the selected desired retailers and selected territories are displayed. An order is created (the order is based on the title information, the selected desired retailers, the selected territories, and the file requirements). Files identified by the file requirements are received. Based on the order, the received files are automatically submitted (for distribution of the media asset) to the selected retailers.
US10219041B2
Systems and methods for incorporating online user generated media content (e.g., videos) into an interactive video gaming environment are provided. Media assets that are associated with different measures of quality generated by users are stored on a remote server. A player action is received by the remote server. A determination is made as to which one of the plurality of levels of the interactive video gaming environment corresponds to the action. One of the videos associated with one of the measures of quality is selected based on the determination of the level corresponding to the action. The selected video is transmitted to the player.
US10219035B2
A system and method for treating an individual at an end user location coping with neurodegeneration are provided. A signal feed includes audiovisual content including personal imagery or video comprising persons, places, or things that are personal to the life of the specific individual. A control device is configured to access the signal feed and select specific audiovisual content. The control device generates an output feed for presenting the selected audiovisual content through one or more displays at the end user location to treat the neurodegeneration of the specific individual by refreshing a memory of the specific individual with the personal imagery or video.
US10219032B2
A client device, which can be a set-top box or a gateway device, can be operative to continue processing content (e.g., a television program) in its pipeline, while it is requesting a different content (e.g., tuning or obtaining a targeted ad). Instead of seeing a blank screen or a muted still-shot, the user in some circumstances would be able to continue to see a segment of the processed content information.
US10219031B2
This invention is new to the field in two ways: [1] it sends audio/video signals wirelessly between tablet computing devices and smartphones to projection devices instead of using attached cables, and [2] it does not require an app, a second computing device, a driver, a download, or a “jailbreak” of the computing device to function properly.
US10219024B2
[Object] To cause presentation layout control of a content to be performed with ease.[Solving Means] A metafile is received by a reception section. The metafile includes acquisition information used for a client terminal to acquire a predetermined number of data streams of a content that can be delivered by a delivery server via a network. The metafile also includes reference information for referencing a file including presentation control information for performing presentation control of the content or the presentation control information for performing presentation control of the content. A processing section carries out processing based on the received metafile.
US10219006B2
The VPS and vps_extension( ) syntax structures are updated with some cleanups for the HEVC Extensions in scalable video coding, multi-view coding and 3D video coding areas. In addition, four options of adding syntaxes to support mixed video sequences in various layers for the VPS extension are described.
US10218999B2
A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: decoding a residual block by quantizing and inverse transforming an entropy-decoded residual block; generating a prediction block via motion compensation; and decoding an image by adding the decoded residual block to the prediction block, wherein on the basis of the maximum number of motion vector candidates of the motion vector candidate list related to the prediction block, a motion vector candidate list is adjusted by adding a particular motion vector candidate or by discarding a portion from among the motion vector candidates, and in the prediction block generation step, a prediction motion vector of the prediction block is determined on the basis of the adjusted motion vector candidate list. Accordingly, the complexity of arithmetic operations is reduced during encoding/decoding of an image.
US10218996B2
Among motion vectors detected relative to a reference image for each of a plurality of areas of a base image, motion vectors related to a moving object are determined. Based on a point of interest and a movement direction of the moving object, one of more of the motion vectors related to the moving object are determined as candidate vector(s), and a representative vector of the moving object is calculated based on the candidate vector(s). A motion vector detection apparatus capable of calculating a motion vector that expresses an angular velocity at a specific position of an object, and a method of controlling the motion vector detection apparatus, are provided.
US10218995B2
A first super-resolution enlarger (103) works on moving pictures input with a standard resolution, implementing a process for a super-resolution enlargement including information on frequency components in the spatial and temporal directions that has been potentially contained in the input moving pictures but unable to express to a sufficient degree by the standard resolution, and provides super-resolution enlarged signals, which are returned to the standard resolution at a first resolution converter (104). The super-resolution enlarged signals as returned to the standard resolution are encoded at a second encoder (107). A first encoder (102) encodes moving pictures input with the standard resolution, and a multiplexer (109) multiplexes a sequence of encoded bits from a first encoder (102), a sequence of encoded bits from the second encoder (107), and the like. The second encoder (107) employs local decoded signals in the first encoder (102) or processed signals thereof, as reference signals.
US10218993B2
A video encoding method includes a step of encoding substreams which are rows of largest coding units (LCUs) in parallel with each other, and a step of transmitting a bit stream including the encoded substreams, where the number of the substreams may be the same as the number of entry points.
US10218991B2
Encoded data is decoded based on tile data division information, tile data position information, block line data division information, and block line data position information. The tile data division information indicates whether the encoded data is composed of tile data items that serve as encoded data items of tiles. The tile data position information indicates positions of the tile data items. The block line data division information indicates whether each tile data item is composed of first block line data and second block line data. The first block line data serves as encoded data of a first block line that is a set of blocks arranged linearly. The second block line data serves as encoded data of a second block line next to the first block line. The block line data position information indicates a position of the second block line data.
US10218987B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for performing image compression are disclosed. According to one exemplary method, the method includes identifying a canonical image set from a plurality of images uploaded to or existing on a cloud computing and/or a storage environment. The method also includes computing an image representation for each image in the canonical image set. The method further includes receiving a first image. The method also includes identifying, using the image representations for the canonical image set, one or more reference images that are visually similar to the first image. The method further includes compressing the first image using the one or more reference images.
US10218980B2
Provided is a camera. The camera further includes a motion area detection sensor that is configured to receive reflected wave signals by emitting radio frequency electromagnetic wave beam to each of divided areas set in a target capture region, determine whether motion has occurred in each of the divided areas depending on changes of reflection speed of each of the received reflected wave signals, generate motion information data based on the determination result, and input the motion information data into the controller. The controller is configured to compress a series of image frame data from the capturing unit according to the motion information data from the motion area detection sensor.
US10218976B2
Provided is a process including: obtaining video data; forming a transform matrix; dynamically forming a first modified quantization matrix; quantizing the first transform matrix with the modified quantization matrix; serializing the first quantized transform matrix to form a first sequence of values; compressing the first sequence of values with entropy coding to produce compressed video data; and forming a video bitstream that includes the compressed video data and a header, the header containing a parameter that instructs a decoder to decode the first block with a quantization matrix different from the modified quantization matrix.
US10218975B2
An example device includes a memory device configured to store encoded video data, and processing circuitry coupled to the memory device. The processing circuitry is configured to determine that a rectangular transform unit (TU) of the stored video data includes a number of pixel rows denoted by a first integer value ‘K’ and a number of pixel columns denoted by a second integer value ‘L,’ where K has a value equal to an integer value ‘m’ left shifted by one, and where L has a value equal to an integer value ‘n’ left shifted by one, to determine that a sum of n and m is an odd number, and based on the sum of n and m being the odd number, to add a delta quantization parameter value to a quantization parameter (QP) value for the rectangular TU to obtain a modified QP value for the rectangular TU.
US10218972B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for encoding and decoding an image by skip encoding. The image-encoding method by skip encoding, which performs intra-prediction, comprises: performing a filtering operation on the signal which is reconstructed prior to an encoding object signal in an encoding object image; using the filtered reconstructed signal to generate a prediction signal for the encoding object signal; setting the generated prediction signal as a reconstruction signal for the encoding object signal; and not encoding the residual signal which can be generated on the basis of the difference between the encoding object signal and the prediction signal, thereby performing skip encoding on the encoding object signal.
US10218968B2
A gaze contingent display technique for providing a human viewer with an enhanced three-dimensional experience not requiring stereoscopic viewing aids. Methods are shown which allow users to view plenoptic still images or plenoptic videos incorporating gaze-contingent refocusing operations in order to enhance spatial perception. Methods are also shown which allow the use of embedded markers in a plenoptic video feed signifying a change of scene incorporating initial depth plane settings for each such scene. Methods are also introduced which allow a novel mode of transitioning between different depth planes wherein the user's experience is optimized in such a way that these transitions trick the human eye into perceiving enhanced depth. This disclosure also introduces a system of a display device which comprises gaze-contingent refocusing capability in such a way that depth perception by the user is significantly enhanced compared to prior art. This disclosure comprises a nontransitory computer-readable medium on which are stored program instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations relating to timing the duration the user's gaze is fixated on each of a plurality of depth planes and making a refocusing operation contingent of a number of parameters.
US10218962B2
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for three-dimensional imaging with wide field of view and precision timing. In accordance with one aspect, a three-dimensional imaging system includes an illumination subsystem configured to emit a light pulse with a divergence sufficient to irradiate a scene having a wide field of view. A sensor subsystem is configured to receive over a wide field of view portions of the light pulse reflected or scattered by the scene and including: a modulator configured to modulate as a function of time an intensity of the received light pulse portion to form modulated received light pulse portions; and means for generating a first image corresponding to the received light pulse portions and a second image corresponding to the modulated received light pulse portions. A processor subsystem is configured to obtain a three-dimensional image based on the first and second images.
US10218957B2
A method of sub-PU (prediction unit) syntax element signaling for a three-dimensional or multi-view video coding system is disclosed. A first syntax element associated with a texture sub-PU size is transmitted only for texture video data and a second syntax element associated with a depth sub-PU size is transmitted only for depth video data. The first syntax element associated with the texture sub-PU size is used to derive an IVMP (inter-view motion prediction) prediction candidate used for a texture block. The second syntax element associated with the depth sub-PU size is used to a MPI (motion parameter inheritance) prediction candidate for a depth block.
US10218954B2
A method and system can generate video content from a video. The method and system can include generating audio files and image files from the video, distributing the audio files and the image files across a plurality of processors and processing the audio files and the image files in parallel. The audio files associated with the video to text and the image files associated with the video to video content can be converted. The text and the video content can be cross-referenced with the video.
US10218947B1
A display system includes a display screen, a plurality of subsystems, and a control system. The plurality of subsystems each generate an excitation beam that carries image information and a servo beam. For each subsystem, a servo feedback detector receives feedback light of the servo beam, detects the servo feedback mark, and produces a monitor signal. For each subsystem, a control unit is operable to adjust optical energies carried by the excitation beam using a scaling factor. Two adjacent subsystems of the plurality of subsystems are configured such that in operation the areas scanned by the excitation beams of the two subsystems overlap in an overlap region. The control system is configured to determine a range of the overlap region based on the monitor signals from the servo feedback detectors of the adjacent subsystems, and to determine the scaling factors for the excitation beams for the overlap region.
US10218942B2
A device can include a processor; memory operatively coupled to the processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; a camera that includes circuitry that operatively couples to the processor and that includes a mount that positions the camera in a deployed state; and a housing that includes a camera socket that receives the camera in an undeployed state.
US10218941B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include (i) identifying, by a server computer system, a provider computing device for use in capturing street-level image data, where the provider computing device controls a camera positioned to capture street-level imagery outside the vehicle, (ii) determining, by the server computer system, a configuration that controls use of the provider computing device to provide street-level image data captured by the camera to the server computer system, (iii) sending, by the server computer system, the configuration to the computing device, and (iv) receiving, from the computing device, street-level image data captured by the computing device using the camera responsive to the configuration. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10218927B2
An image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel blocks, each including a light receiving section including unit pixels which share a floating diffusion; a first driving section disposed at one side of the light receiving section and including a reset transistor; and a second driving section disposed adjacent to the first driving section and including a driver transistor, wherein the pixel blocks include a first pixel block and a second pixel block which is adjacent to the first pixel block, and, with respect to a boundary where the first pixel block and the second pixel adjoin each other, the first driving section of the first pixel block has a shape symmetrical to the first driving section of the second pixel block and the second driving section of the first pixel block has a shape asymmetrical to the second driving section of the second pixel block.
US10218923B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for pixel binning and readout. The method and apparatus may determine a region of interest and a region of non-interest within an image frame according to a detected feature. In various embodiments, the method and apparatus may readout each row in the region of interest resulting in a high resolution region and combine the pixels within the region of non-interest resulting in a low resolution region.
US10218919B2
An image pickup system includes an image pickup section configured to pick up an optical image formed by an interchangeable lens and output picked-up image data having a predetermined sampling frequency, a super-resolution synthesizing section and a resizing section configured to generate image data having higher resolution from picked-up image data corresponding to a partial region in a screen, and a control section configured to determine, on the basis of an MTF characteristic value corresponding to the partial region among a plurality of MTF characteristic values and the predetermined sampling frequency, an upper limit of the resolution of the generated image data.
US10218913B2
Provided are systems and methods for determining timestamp information for High Dynamic Range and/or Wide Dynamic Range composite images. For example, an apparatus is provided that comprises an image sensor configured to capture a plurality of sub-frames of a scene, wherein each sub-frame comprises an image of the scene captured using an exposure time that is different from at least one other exposure time of at least one other sub-frame of the plurality of sub-frames. The apparatus is configured to receive, for each of the plurality of sub-frames, sub-pixel image data corresponding to a first portion of an image frame, determine composite image data corresponding to the first portion of the image frame based on values of the received sub-pixel image data for the plurality of sub-frames, identify an indicator based on the sub-frames corresponding to the received sub-pixel image data, and determine timestamp information, based on the identified indicator.
US10218907B2
An imaging device includes an angular velocity sensor for detecting an angular velocity of shake and a motion vector detection unit for detecting a motion vector of an object from a plurality of images successively imaged by an imaging element. A frame rate change unit changes a value of a frame rate related to an image used to detect the motion vector of the object according to the angular velocity of shake of the imaging device. The object angular velocity calculation unit calculates an angular velocity of an object with respect to the imaging device based on the angular velocity of shake of the imaging device and the motion vector of the object. A panning controller performs control to reduce a difference between the angular velocity of the object and the angular velocity of shake of the imaging device using drive control of a shift lens group.
US10218905B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is provided with: an accessory lens mount configured to movably attach to a camera, the camera having an objective; a plurality of different optical elements attached to the accessory lens mount such that each of the different optical elements is movable to a co-operating position with the objective by the accessory lens mount to a corresponding position by a user; and an optical mode indicator configured to enable automatic optical mode adjustment of the camera to suit with the optics formed by the objective and the optical element that is moved to the co-operating position with the objective.
US10218901B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure allow user experience of photographing to be improved. In operation, it is determined whether a picture composition of a first object and a second object needs to be adjusted based on a predefined composition rule. If the picture composition needs to be adjusted, an adjusting pattern is determined based on the predefined composition rule. Then, the adjusting pattern is provided to a user to indicate the user to adjust the picture composition based on thereon.
US10218896B2
A focus adjustment device includes a direction judgment unit and a control unit. A direction judgment unit calculates an evaluation value based on an image signal of a focus detection region, thereby judging a drive direction of a focus lens. The control unit controls a focus adjustment operation on the basis of the drive direction. The control unit causes the direction judgment unit to repeatedly judge the drive direction, and when the focus lens is slightly driven in a first direction judged on the basis of a first evaluation value and then the focus lens is slightly driven in a second direction judged on the basis of a subsequently calculated second evaluation value, the control unit forbids the slight driving of the focus lens in the first direction even though a drive direction judged on the basis of a further subsequently calculated third evaluation value is the first direction.
US10218894B2
There is provided an image capturing apparatus. An image capturing unit acquires a signal in a first acquisition mode or a second acquisition mode for each pixel of an image sensor. In the first acquisition mode, an image signal obtained by adding focus detection signals of a plurality of photoelectric conversion units of the pixel is acquired. In the second acquisition mode, the focus detection signals are acquired in addition to the image signal. The image capturing alternately captures a recording image and a focus detection image having a smaller number of pixels than the recording image, applies all pixels to the first acquisition mode when capturing the recording image, and applies at least a part of the pixels to the second acquisition mode when capturing the focus detection image.
US10218890B2
There is provided a device for attachment to an image recording apparatus, the device comprising a blocker, attachable to said image recording apparatus, configured to inhibit said apparatus from recording an image when attached thereto; a transducer, connected to the blocker, configured to detect the change of position of the blocker between an attached position, wherein said apparatus is inhibited, and another position; and a controller, connected to the transducer, configured to store the position of the blocker when attached to said image recording apparatus and indicate if the blocker has changed position after it has been attached.
US10218883B2
A digital imaging and analysis system and method. The digital cameras and logger is encased by a weatherproof housing for easy deployment and maintenance of the camera and logger and protection from harsh conditions. The digital camera is associated with a memory to which imagery acquired by the digital camera is saved. The digital camera and logger can be customized and pre-programmed and the imagery subject to custom visualization. Sensors are electronically associated with the digital camera and are triggered to permit the digital camera to acquire the imagery and image the same image footprint in RGB, HSV, l*a*b* color spaces. Selectable regions of interest with respect to the imagery are saved in the memory.
US10218881B2
[Object] To quickly and correctly reproduce an image intended by a photographer, a cinematographer, and the like on the occasion of post-production.[Solving Means] The development apparatus includes: an imaging unit that performs shooting and generates RAW data; a first conversion unit that converts the generated RAW data into image data by interpolation; an acquisition unit that acquires an exposure index value corresponding to an illuminance of a shooting environment; a first correction unit that corrects a value of the image data based on the exposure index value; and an output unit that associates the RAW data and the acquired exposure index value with each other and outputs the associated RAW data and exposure index value.
US10218880B2
A method for image processing acquires a digital image as a collection of image pixel data and identifies the acquired digital image as a faded image. One or more statistical values is calculated to characterize the distribution of digital image values over a range for a first color channel. The range of values for each of the color channels is expanded. At least first and second non-overlapping sub-ranges of the expanded range of values are identified for each of the color channels, wherein a boundary between the sub-ranges is defined according to the calculated statistical value for the first color channel. The first sub-range is expanded and the second sub-range for each of the color channels compressed to form a color balanced image that is displayed.
US10218878B2
A printer performs a method for correcting density irregularity that includes: acquiring imaging data by imaging, using an imaging device mounted in a printer, a correcting pattern that is used to correct density irregularity, which contains a strip region (first pattern) with first density and a strip region (second pattern) with second density different from the first density; and correcting the density irregularity based on the imaging data.
US10218874B2
An information processing system includes a first information processing device and a second information processing device that operates based on a request received from the first information processing device. The first information processing device includes a processor configured to implement a storage unit that stores a portion of information stored in the second information processing device, and a first communication control unit that transmits a job execution request to the second information processing device based on the stored information. When a communication connection between the first and second information processing devices is not established, the transmission of the job execution request is controlled to transmit the job execution request based on the portion of the information after the communication connection is established. The second information processing device executes a predetermined job based on the job execution request received from the first information processing device.
US10218872B2
A document reading device (20) includes: a document conveyance section (6) and a document reading device (5). A conveyed document reading region (161b) has: a document discharge guide (51) arranged downstream of an image reading position (163a) in a document conveyance direction; and a transparent reading sheet (52) provided along a surface of the contact glass (161) and a surface of the document discharge guide (51), the document conveyance section (6) has a reading guide (62) forming a document conveyance path oppositely to the conveyed document reading region (161b), and the reading guide (62) has, on part of a surface opposing the conveyed document reading region (161b), a black reference member (620) optically read by an image reading section (163) for the purpose of correcting black reference data of an image of the document conveyed by the document conveyance section (6) and read by the document reading device (5).
US10218870B2
An image scanner includes a transparent plate, a scanning device, a driving device, a positioning member, a light absorbing portion and a white reference portion. The transparent plate has an original placing surface. The scanning device irradiates an original with light by means of a light source and scans reflected light from the original. The driving device reciprocates the scanning device along the transparent plate. The positioning member positions the original placed on the original placing surface of the transparent plate. The light absorbing portion, which is disposed on the original placing surface side of the positioning member and at substantially a central portion of the positioning member in moving directions of the scanning device, absorbs ambient light entering to the original placing surface side of the positioning member through the transparent plate. The white reference portion is provided to the original placing surface side of the positioning member.
US10218863B2
An information processing apparatus includes a sonic wave output unit that outputs a sonic wave. A horn restricts an output direction of the sonic wave output from the sonic wave output unit. A cover member is provided on the sonic wave output unit, wherein a region on the cover member corresponding to an opening of the horn is provided with a horizontally arranged slit having a width equal to or larger than a horizontal width of the opening.
US10218862B2
An information processing terminal functions as an operator of an image forming apparatus. The information processing terminal includes a display device for displaying a screen; a generator for generating a system home screen; a generator for generating an extended function screen; a display screen setter for setting the screen to be displayed on the operator according to an operation performed with respect to a predetermined icon included in the screen displayed on the display device, wherein the system home screen is set as an initial value; a switcher for switching the set screen; a determiner for determining the set screen according to the operation; and a display controller for displaying, on the display device, the extended function screen together with an icon for displaying the system home screen, upon determining that the extended function screen is set by the display screen setter.
US10218856B2
Present disclosure disclose a voice signal processing method, includes: receiving a first voice coded signal from a first terminal; performing voice decoding processing on the first voice coded signal to obtain a voice decoding parameter and a first voice decoded signal; performing, by using the voice decoding parameter, virtual bandwidth extension processing to obtain a bandwidth extension voice decoded signal corresponding to the first voice decoded signal; after combining the first voice decoded signal and the bandwidth extension voice decoded signal, performing voice coding processing to obtain a second voice coded signal; and sending the second voice coded signal to a second terminal that establishes a call connection to the first terminal, where a maximum frequency bandwidth supported by the first terminal is less than a maximum frequency bandwidth supported by the second terminal. Thus, Service quality of terminals that have asymmetric maximum frequency bandwidth support capabilities can be improved.
US10218853B2
A wireless conference call telephone system uses body-worn wired or wireless audio endpoints comprising microphones and, optionally, speakers. These audio-endpoints, which include headsets, pendants, and clip-on microphones to name a few, are used to capture the user's voice and the resulting data may be used to remove echo and environmental acoustic noise. Each audio-endpoint transmits its audio to the telephony gateway, where noise and echo suppression can take place if not already performed on the audio-endpoint, and where each audio-endpoint's output can be labeled, integrated with the output of other audio-endpoints, and transmitted over one or more telephony channels of a telephone network. The noise and echo suppression can also be done on the audio-endpoint. The labeling of each user's output can be used by the outside caller's phone to spatially locate each user in space, increasing intelligibility.
US10218845B1
An automated computer implemented method and system for connecting a user with another user comprises: receiving a request from a first user mobile device to connect with a second user mobile device for a communication event, wherein the request comprises a category, time estimate, subject matter of the request and a first user availability; identifying a recipient identifier corresponding to the second user mobile device; notifying the second user of the request for communication from the first user via a user interface on the second user mobile device; determining a second user availability for the second user mobile device; electronically communicating a connection opportunity for the first user and the second user; and connecting the first user and the second user to engage in the communication event based on the substantially matched availability in a manner that avoids phone tagging.
US10218838B2
Agencies issue multiple devices to personnel for maintaining distinct identities over the course of assigned investigations. To provide flexible capabilities to agencies, a phone is converted for use with multiple attached telephone numbers. Accordingly, a single phone may be used to manage multiple identities over the course of one or more investigations. Using a multiple attached number, a given device can place and receive calls over the network to and from contacts. In addition to providing multiple attached numbers, calls using the multiple attached numbers may be monitored live and recorded to establish evidence.
US10218835B2
Techniques of category-based fence are described. A category-based fence can correspond to a group of signal sources instead of a point location fixed to latitude and longitude coordinates. The group of signal sources can represent a category of entities, e.g., a particular business chain. The signal sources can be distributed to multiple discrete locations. A category-based fence associated with the group, accordingly, can correspond to multiple locations instead of a single point location and a radius. Each signal source in the group can be associated with a category identifier unique to the group and uniform among signal sources in the group. The category identifier can be programmed into each signal source. A mobile device can enter the category-based fence by entering any of the discrete locations when the mobile device detects the signal identifier. The mobile device can then execute an application program associated with the category-based fence.
US10218832B1
A mobile terminal unlock method for security protection is provided. The method includes: obtaining a trigger signal for unlock, and generating a first password according to the trigger signal; generating a corresponding unlock signal according to a preset correspondence between the unlock signal and the first password and with reference to the first password, and sending the corresponding unlock signal; obtaining an unlock password that is obtained by means of parsing by a user according to the unlock signal; matching the unlock password with the first password; determining whether the unlock password is consistent with the first password; and if a determining result is yes, unlocking a password lock; or if a determining result is no, obtaining a trigger signal for unlock again.
US10218830B1
The present disclosure provides a decoration component. The decoration component includes a first decoration enclosure, a second decoration enclosure, and a cover. The first decoration enclosure has a first through-hole and a receiving groove surrounding the first through-hole. The second decoration enclosure is received in the receiving groove and protrudes beyond the receiving groove in an axial direction of the first through-hole, and the second decoration enclosure has a second through-hole corresponding to the first through-hole. The cover is coupled at a side of the second decoration enclosure facing away from the first decoration enclosure, and the cover covers the second through-hole. The present disclosure further provides a housing component and a mobile terminal.
US10218827B2
An enclosure and a method for forming an enclosure are disclosed. The enclosure may be formed from metal, such as aluminum, and further include a non-metal portion allowing for transmission and receipt of electromagnetic waves. The non-metal portion may be interlocked to the enclosure and in particular, to a region within the enclosure including a first material having a relatively high strength and stiffness compared to the non-metal portion. Interlocking means may include forming dovetail cuts into the enclosure to receive the non-metal portion, a hole or cavity drilled into the enclosure which includes internal threads, and a rod inserted into the first material to provide a tension to the non-metal portion. Methods of assembling internal components using anodization are also disclosed.
US10218824B2
For example, a first wireless station may be configured to, during a first beamforming training with a second wireless station, communicate one or more first frames with the second wireless station via a first sectorized antenna of a plurality of sectorized antennas of the first wireless station, the first frames including a first Identifier (ID) of the first sectorized antenna, to communicate one or more beamformed transmissions with the second wireless station based on the first beamforming training; and to communicate a second frame with the second wireless station via a second sectorized antenna of the plurality of sectorized antennas of the first wireless station, the second frame to initiate a second beamforming training between the second sectorized antenna and the second wireless station, the second frame including a second ID of the second sectorized antenna.
US10218821B2
Apparatus and method of transmitting and receiving packet in a broadcasting and communication system
A method and apparatus of transmitting/receiving a packet in a system are provided. The method includes dividing each symbol corresponding to each row of a two-dimensional array having a predetermined symbol size (T) as a width into a predetermined number (m) of regions, sequentially arranging source packets to be transmitted, starting from a first column of a first row of the two-dimensional array, setting a remaining part of a region in which last data of a source packet is allocated in a last row in which the source packet is arranged to a predetermined value, arranging a next source packet, starting from a starting point of a region next to the region in which the last data is allocated in the last row in which the source packet is arranged, constructing a source block by arranging all of the source packets in the two-dimensional array, FEC-encoding the source block, and transmitting the FEC-encoded source block.
US10218818B2
Implementations include a method, systems, and computer program products for adaptively configuring codecs to transmit encoded data to better utilize available bandwidth of reachable networks. One implementation is a method of transmitting encoded data from a host to a target. The method includes, selecting a communication network reachable by the host, estimating an available bandwidth from the host to the target via the selected communication network, configuring a codec from a plurality of codecs implemented in the host according to the estimated available bandwidth, encoding data using the configured codec, and transmitting the encoded data to the target.
US10218817B2
In one example, a device directory server may maintain a digital rights management list for a user device belonging to a device group associated with a user. The device directory server may maintain a primary digital rights management list associating a user device with a primary online account for a user having a content license for a digital content item. The device director server may receive a status update indicating the user device is still in use by the user if sent by the user device. The device directory server may determine whether a status update has been received from the user device. The device directory server may deactivate the user device on the primary digital rights management list when no status update has been received within a pruning period for the user device to be associated with the primary online account.
US10218812B2
In various embodiments, the systems, methods and computer-readable mediums (collectively “system”) discussed herein may be configured to enable a single mobile application to receive dynamically customized content. The criteria and/or preferences that influence the dynamically customized content may be defined by a user and/or may be automatically detected by a user device. The criteria and/or preferences may be associated with the mobile application and/or a mobile device operating the mobile application. The criteria and/or preferences may be provided as part of a request for content to a content distribution system.
US10218808B2
Provided is a process having steps including obtaining a specification of a data analysis to be performed in parallel on a computing cluster; parsing the specification of the data analysis; determining which data is implicated in each portion of the data analysis to be assigned to a plurality of computing nodes of the computing cluster; determining that a portion of the implicated data is not already present in memory of at least some of the plurality of computing nodes of the computing cluster; distributing the portion of the implicated data according to an index that positions related values of the data on the same computing nodes of the computing cluster; determining which computing nodes of the computing cluster have data relevant to which rules in the data analysis and send relevant rules to the corresponding computing nodes; executing the rules on the computing nodes; and aggregating results of executing the rules.
US10218777B2
A method of collaboratively executing a task using first to N-th mobile devices in an ad-hoc network includes determining collaborative mobile devices out of the second to N-th mobile devices, receiving information corresponding to the collaborative mobile devices, dividing the task into first to M-th sub tasks, assigning each of the first to M-th sub tasks to at least one of the collaborative mobile devices, requesting executions of the first to M-th sub tasks to the collaborative mobile devices, and receiving execution results of the first to M-th sub tasks from the collaborative mobile devices. M and N are integers greater than one.
US10218769B2
Methods and systems for monitoring digital pictures and videos on mobile devices are described herein. A method for monitoring digital images on mobile devices includes receiving a designation of a target device and monitoring settings for the target device via a monitoring application on a monitoring device. The monitoring settings are sent to a target application on the target device, and target device information based on the monitoring settings is received from the target application, where the target device information includes digital image information. The target device information is sent to the monitoring device.
US10218767B2
The present disclosure discloses a method, a system and a browser for executing a browser active object. In the present invention, a proxy object is run in a page process and an active object is run in an independent process, so that a true plug-in is separated from the page process. The present invention further discloses an inter-process script execution method, system and browser. The present invention further discloses a browser active object executing method and system, and a browser.
US10218761B2
Method and device for adjusting bit rate in video calling based on VoLTE, and mobile terminal are provided. The method includes: determining whether the data receiver transmits a TMMBR packet for the first time or has received a TMMBN packet from a data transmitter, or whether the number of times a same TMMBR packet has been retransmitted exceeds a predetermined time; if yes, estimating downlink reception bit rate and calculating downlink packet loss rate of RTP packet; calculating transmission bit rate of the data transmitter which is requested by the data receiver based on the estimated downlink reception bit rate and the calculated downlink packet loss rate of RTP packet; and transmitting the TMMBR packet to the data transmitter based on the transmission bit rate of the data transmitter. A bit rate can be dynamically adjusted based on actual network bandwidth, which may improve quality of video calling.
US10218754B2
Various aspects and embodiments facilitate management of digitally emulated physical resources. Users can access a management system to create pairings between digitally emulated resources and physical resources. The paired resources can be consistently managed through the system, such that any user from any source can access and dynamically reserve physical and digital resources. In further embodiments, the system can create pairings between the digital emulation and physical resources based on merge operations performed on multiple digital emulations of resources, copy and pasting for other digital emulation of resources, and digital altering of existing resources. The system enables efficient management, control, and implements security for digital and physical resources using, for example, a “digital room.” Security rules and enforcement can be specified within the digital rooms based on access rights, content displays, and can be specific to each resource controlled by the digital room.
US10218750B2
A method for exposing imaging system events in connection with an event driven imaging system includes detecting an imaging system event occurred, wherein the imaging system event corresponds to an imaging examination being performed, generating a signal indicative of the detected imaging system event, and transmitting the signal over a computer network for reception by at least one device communicating over the network. A method for exposing imaging system protocol information in connection with an imaging system includes detecting at least one of utilizing of medication to, an addition of or a deletion of an imaging system protocol from the imaging system, generating a signal indicative of the protocol, and transmitting the signal over a computer network for reception by at least one device communicating over the network.
US10218749B2
Systems, methods, and computer systems are disclosed for establishing a screen share session. One such method comprises a collaboration server receiving a message from an application executing on a mobile communication device. The message identifies that a voice call remote to the collaboration server has been initiated by the mobile communication device and established between a calling party using the mobile communication device and one or more called parties. The collaboration server determines that the calling party and the one or more called parties in the remote voice call have an active collaboration presence with the collaboration server. The collaboration server initiates a display of a screen share user interface control on a first computing device associated with the calling party and one or more second computing devices associated with the one or more called parties. The screen share user interface control is configured to enable the calling party and the one or more called parties to establish a screen share session.
US10218746B2
Call transferring method and device for a multi-channel terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving an incoming call request from a first remote subscriber and setting up a call with the first remote subscriber based on a first service channel; and connecting the first service channel with a second service channel to forward service data of the first remote subscriber to a second remote subscriber and forward service data of the second remote subscriber to the first remote subscriber through the first and second service channels, wherein the first and second service channels are set up based on a current subscriber identity card. The method and device may improve flexibility of call transferring.
US10218745B2
A smart home system using a portable device in which a gateway function is installed in the portable device to provide a smart home service using a multiplex gateway, and a control method thereof is provided. The smart home system includes one or more portable devices and one or more home appliances located in a home, each of the one or more portable devices and one or more home appliances having a gateway, a home network to interconnect the one or more portable devices and the one or more home appliances, and a master device selected from among the one or more portable devices or the one or more home appliances, the master device activating the gateway thereof to connect the home network with an external communication network, wherein the master device transfers a home appliance control command to a corresponding one of the one or more home appliances.
US10218736B2
Embodiments of the present technology relate to cyber attack vulnerability analyses. In one embodiment, a method includes determining an external infrastructure of an entity, the external infrastructure including one or more cyber assets utilized by the entity, collecting infrastructure information regarding the one or more cyber assets, performing passive cyber security vulnerability testing on the one or more cyber assets using the collected infrastructure information, and assessing cyber security vulnerabilities of the one or more cyber assets. The method may further include calculating an association score for the one or more cyber assets based on the assessed cyber security vulnerabilities, and automatically recommending, based on the association score, computer network changes to reduce the cyber security vulnerabilities.
US10218734B2
The disclosure is directed to a system for improving security of SSL communications. The system can include an device intermediary between one or more servers, one or more clients, a plurality of agents, and a web service. The servers can be configured to receive SSL connections and issue SSL certificates. The device can include a virtual server associated with a respective one of the servers, such that the SSL certificate of the respective server is transmitted through the device. The device can generate service fingerprints for the one or more servers. Each service fingerprint can include information corresponding to an SSL certificate of the virtual server, one or more DNS aliases for a virtual IP address of the respective virtual server, one or more port numbers serving the SSL certificate, and an IP address serviced by the device. The device also can transmit the service fingerprints to a web service.
US10218733B1
System and method for evaluating communication between a plurality of computing devices is disclosed. A plurality of communication between a user computer and at least one a destination computer is monitored by a security appliance. Selective information from the plurality of communication is extracted by the security appliance. Extracted selective information between a pair of communication is compared for a match. An activity record is generated for the user computer and at least one destination computer, based on the match.
US10218727B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network receives, from a supervisory device, trace information for one or more traffic flows associated with a particular anomaly. The device remaps network addresses in the trace information to addresses of one or more nodes in the network based on roles of the one or more nodes. The device mixes, using the remapped network addresses, the trace information with traffic information regarding one or more observed traffic flows in the network, to form a set of mixed traffic information. The device analyzes the mixed traffic information using an anomaly detection model. The device provides an indication of a result of the analysis of the mixed traffic information to the supervisory device.
US10218722B2
The present invention discloses a computer implemented method for developing an anomaly detector which is adapted to detect/predict anomaly in one or more network terminals and optimize the behavior of the network terminals. The said method is adapted to collect and monitor the behavior of the network terminals and compare it with the behavior profile of the network terminals in order to detect the anomaly parameter. The behavior profile is the normal interaction of the software and hardware components of the network terminals. A system for implementation and execution of such anomaly detector is also disclosed.
US10218719B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for providing protection against alteration of data, such as a credential, associated with a transaction. A first communication is received from a requesting system. The first communication includes a credential and corresponds to an indication that an extended-duration task is being initiated and a request to listen to a status of the credential. A device-listening data store is updated to associate the credential with an identifier associated with the requesting system. When an event is detected that indicates that the credential has been modified or cancelled, the device-listening data store is queried based on the credential. In response to the query, the identifier associated with the requesting device is received. A second communication is generated that corresponds to an alert that identifies a status of the credential as having been modified or cancelled. The second communication is transmitted to the requesting system.
US10218713B2
A method, computer program product, and system for authenticating a computing device by geographic attestation includes a processor utilizing executing an authentication application utilizing location services executing on the computing device to obtain location data from the location services. The processor obtains the location data and creates and encodes a data structure in a secured area of a memory; the data structure is only accessible to the authentication application. The processor transmits to an authentication server, an authentication request that includes the encoded location data, requesting access to secure content. The processor obtains a request to query identifiers proximate to the computing device for additional location information and queries the identifiers and transmits this additional location information to the authentication server. The processor receives a notification and based on obtaining the notification, erases the secured area and turns off the location services on the computing device.
US10218712B2
Access control within a network is established by combining multiple factors to prevent unauthorized access to a computer and/or network target system. The factors which may be combined are selected from a combination of three main factors confirmation that the accessing device which is attempting access is by an authorized user; the access request is made by a device that corresponds to an authorized degree of importance; and the accessing device is connected from a network that corresponds to the authorized degree of importance.
US10218709B2
Share permissions and organization of content in an application with multiple levels of organizational hierarchy is provided. In some examples, an application (or a hosted service) may provide content generation and processing capability far different types of content. Content may be organized in hierarchical levels and users may be enabled to share different levels of content with other users, see the sharing status, define/manage sharing parameters for different levels and perform actions on shared content such as copying, moving, creating, editing, etc.
US10218698B2
Attributes of a session, between a source device and a verification device, for sending first verification data, such as a password and an account identifier, are determined. The verification device generates user device data based on an identifier, such as a mobile device number (MDN), for a user device associated with the account identifier. An identifier, such as an MDN, associated with the source device and an encryption key associated with the verification device are determined based on session attributes. Second verification data is generated based on the identifier associated with the source device. The second verification data is encrypted using the encryption key and forwarded to the verification device. The verification device decrypts the second verification data and compares the identifier for the user device to the identifier for the source device to determine whether the first verification data was sent from the user device.
US10218691B2
Disclosed are various approaches for providing single sign-on capabilities for a user on a client device. A user's credentials can be authenticated by an identity provider application. The identity provider application can facilitate single sign-on capabilities for browser-based applications and native applications on the client device.
US10218688B2
Techniques for providing intuitive feedback to a user regarding which applications have access to a data stream captured by a privacy-sensitive device, such as a camera, a microphone, a location sensor, an accelerometer or the like. These techniques apprise the user of when an application is receiving potentially privacy-sensitive data and the identity of the application receiving the data. In some instances, this feedback comprises a graphical icon that visually represents the data stream being received and that dynamically alters with the received data stream. For instance, if an application receives a data stream from a camera of a computing device of the user, the described techniques may display an image of the video feed captured by the camera and being received by the application. This graphical icon intuitively alerts the user of the data stream that the application receives.
US10218682B1
The present document describes systems and methods that utilize a cryptographic service for establishing a cryptographically protected communication session, such as a TLS connection, between a client computer system and a TLS termination point. The cryptographic service retains cryptographic material associated with a server that is represented by the TLS termination point. The TLS termination point uses the cryptographic service to perform cryptographic operations associated with establishing and maintaining the cryptographically protected communication session. The cryptographic service may be provided by the server itself, a cryptographic server, or a cryptographic accelerator such as an HSM. In some embodiments, the cryptographic service tokenizes unencrypted data to be provided to the TLS termination point. If a cryptographic accelerator is used, the cryptographic accelerator may include facilities to accelerate asymmetric cryptographic operations as well as symmetric cryptographic operations.
US10218674B2
Systems and methods for network identifier allocation for virtual machines are described. An example method may include: determining that a first network identifier has not been assigned to a virtual machine, transmitting a network identifier request to a server, and assigning a network identifier to the virtual machine based on a data packet directed to the virtual machine, the data packet comprising the second network identifier.
US10218670B2
A computing system may generate an email application and a calendar application. The email application may be configured to retrieve at least one task from a task database, retrieve at least one email from an email database, and concurrently present the at least one retrieved task and the at least one retrieved email in an email user interface, the at least one retrieved task and the at least one retrieved email being adjacent and non-overlapping within the email user interface. The calendar application may be configured to retrieve the at least one task from the task database, retrieve at least one appointment from an appointment database, and concurrently present the at least one retrieved task and the at least one retrieved appointment in a calendar user interface, the at least one retrieved task and the at least one retrieved appointment being adjacent and non-overlapping within the calendar user interface.
US10218664B1
A system, apparatus, and methods are provided for queuing and resending organically generated invitations by members of a user community. During operation, the system sends a first invitation organically generated by a first member of the community to an invitee. For one or more time periods after the invitee receives the first invitation, the system performs the following steps. First, the system queues all invitations organically generated by members of the community and addressed to the invitee within the time period. Next, if the invitee is not a member of the user community when the time period expires, (1) if the queue is not empty, the system de-queues and sends at least one queued invitation to the invitee; and (2) if the queue is empty, the system resends to the invitee at least one of the invitations that was previously received by the invitee.
US10218661B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for dynamic, granular messaging persistence in a messaging system. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for dynamic, granular messaging persistence in a messaging system is provided. The method includes monitoring operational performance of a message broker and receiving a message for queuing in a message queue of the message broker. The method also includes parsing the message to extract different fields and corresponding priorities and selectively storing in fixed storage, data for corresponding ones of the different fields based upon consideration of corresponding ones of the priorities and the monitored operational performance. Finally, the method includes queuing the message in the message queue.
US10218649B2
A messenger service method is provided that includes determining whether a user has created information for activating a search in a communication session. The communication session may be between the user and at least one other participant. The method includes transmitting the created information and a message input by the user. The method includes receiving a search result. The received search result may be generated based on the message and the information.
US10218647B2
Methods and apparatus to support multiple-writer/multiple-reader concurrency for software flow/packet classification on general purpose multi-core systems. A flow table with rows mapped to respective hash buckets with multiple entry slots is implemented in memory of a host platform with multiple cores, with each bucket being associated with a version counter. Multiple writer and reader threads are run on the cores, with writers providing updates to the flow table data. In connection with inserting new key data, a determination is made to which buckets will be changed, and access rights to those buckets are acquired prior to making any changes. For example, under a flow table employing cuckoo hashing, access rights are acquired to buckets along a full cuckoo path. Once the access rights are obtained, a writer is enabled to update data in the applicable buckets to effect entry of the new key data, while other writer threads are prevented from changing any of these buckets, but may concurrently insert or modify key data in other buckets.
US10218641B2
Techniques for handling dynamic cascade port/LAG changes in an extended bridge are provided. According to one embodiment, a first network device in an extended bridge can maintain a shadow table that stores information regarding one or more ports and one or more LAGs used to interconnect the network devices in the extended bridge. The first network device can further receive, from a user via a device UI, a command relating to a change to a port or a LAG, update the shadow table based on the change, transmit a change message to one or more other network devices affected by the change, and start a timer associated with the one or more other network devices. In various embodiments, the updating and the transmitting can be performed without blocking the user from entering further commands via the device UI.
US10218636B2
Methods and systems for a resource reservation network that supports bi-directional co-shared sessions. A session creation module (SCM) creates a bi-directional parent session (Sp), between first and second session partners, by: allocating co-shared network resources over a first network hop, and allocating network resources over a second network hop. The SCM further creates a bi-directional derivative session (Sd) between the first session partner and a third session partner, by: allocating network resources to the Sd over a third network hop, and not allocating specifically for the Sd all the network resources required for the Sd over the first network hop.
US10218619B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network identifies an upcoming network formation event. The device instructs one or more nodes in the network to use a network formation broadcast schedule during the event. The device determines that a degree of functionality in the network during the event exceeds a threshold amount. The device instructs the one or more nodes to use a normal broadcast schedule, in response to determining that the degree of functionality in the network during the event exceeds the threshold amount. Channels of the network formation broadcast schedule are active more frequently than channels of the normal broadcast schedule when in use.
US10218609B2
Provided are a method and device for synchronizing an interface parameter. According to the method, related information, sent by a remote Terminating Provider Edge (TPE) of a first Pseudo-Wire (PW) in a first segment of PW of a Switching Provider Edge (SPE), of the first PW is received or recorded, wherein the related information of the first PW carries an interface parameter of the remote TPE of the first PW, and the interface parameter is used for establishing a Label Switch Path (LSP); and the related information of the first PW is sent to a remote TPE of a second segment of PW of the SPE. By the solution, a problem caused by incapability of opposite equipment in timely perceiving updating of an interface parameter of local equipment is solved, and the opposite equipment can use a correct interface parameter value for negotiation and PW establishment.
US10218599B2
A system for pagination of data based on recorded URL requests, includes a data store comprising a computer readable medium storing a program of instructions for performing the pagination of data based on recorded URL requests; a processor that executes the program of instructions; a data segmentation module to receive a log of the URL requests, and to segment the log for a specific source; a referral tree construction module to construct a referral tree for the specific source based on the segmented log and HTTP referrer fields associated with the log; a tree enhancement module to enhance the referral tree based on site-specific rules; a signal computation module to perform signal computation on a plurality of nodes associated with the enhanced referral tree; a classification module to identify each of the plurality of nodes subsequent to the signal computation is performed on the enhanced referral tree; and a page construction module to construct a web page based on the enhanced referral tree subsequent to the classification module identifying the plurality of nodes.
US10218598B2
A method for analyzing a binary-based application protocol of a network. The method includes obtaining conversations from the network, extracting content of a candidate field from a message in each conversation, calculating a randomness measure of the content to represent a level of randomness of the content across all conversation, calculating a correlation measure of the content to represent a level of correlation, across all of conversations, between the content and an attribute of a corresponding conversation where the message containing the candidate field is located, and selecting, based on the randomness measure and the correlation measure, and using a pre-determined field selection criterion, the candidate offset from a set of candidate offsets as the offset defined by the protocol.
US10218593B2
Embodiments are directed to a service function configured to receive, from a service function forwarder, a data packet comprising a bit field to indicate that a packet drop is to be monitored; apply a policy for the data packet; determine that the data packet is to be dropped based on the policy; set a drop-propagate bit in a header of the data packet; and transmit the data packet to the service function forwarder. Embodiments are directed to a service function forwarder configured to receive a data packet from a service function, the data packet comprising a bit set to indicate that a packet drop is to be monitored; generate an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message, the ICMP message comprising a destination address for the ICMP message identified from the data packet; transmit the ICMP message to the destination address; and drop the data packet from the service function chain.
