US10266519B2
1-pyrazolyl-3-(4-((2-anilinopyrimidin-4-yl) oxy) napththalen-I-yl) ureas as P38 mapkinase inhibitors
There is provided a compound of formula (I) which is an inhibitor of the family of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase enzymes, and to its use in therapy, including in pharmaceutical combinations, especially in the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including inflammatory diseases of the lung, such as asthma and COPD.
US10266515B2
Provided herein are heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds that are useful for inhibiting plasma kallikrein. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of diseases wherein the inhibition of plasma kallikrein inhibition has been implicated, such as angioedema and the like.
US10266508B2
A furfural derivative having the chemical formula (1) where R represents hydrogen, an alkyl group or an acyl group, is prepared in a process, which process includes reacting a fructose- and/or glucose-containing starting material with a liquid hydroxyl group-containing compound of formula R—OH in the presence of an acid catalyst at a reaction temperature in the range of 150 to 300° C. to produce a primary acid reaction mixture including the furfural derivative of chemical formula (1); separating part of the liquid hydroxyl group-containing compound from the primary acid reaction mixture to yield a secondary acid reaction mixture; neutralizing the secondary acid reaction mixture to a pH-value of at least 3 to obtain a neutralized reaction mixture; and purifying the neutralized reaction mixture to recover the furfural derivative of chemical formula (1).
US10266505B2
The invention describes compounds that inhibit both HDAC and GSK3β (i.e., HDAC/GSK3β dual inhibitors). The invention further describes compositions containing these HDAC/GSK3β dual inhibitors, as well as methods and kits using these HDAC/GSK3β dual inhibitors to treat various medical conditions. The invention also provides methods and kits using a HDAC inhibitor and a GSK3β to treat various medical conditions, and compositions containing a HDAC inhibitor and a GSK3β. Medical conditions treatable with various embodiments of the invention include but are not limited to cancers and tumors.
US10266494B2
The invention relates to a novel process for preparing polyfluoroalkylated quinolines from ketimines in the presence of fluoroalkylamino reagents.
US10266491B2
Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I): (I) or a salt thereof, wherein Q, R1a, R1b, R2a, R2b, R3, R4, R5a, R5b, R6a, R6c, R7a, R7b, R7c, and R7d are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds as inhibitors of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds. These compounds are useful in treating, preventing, or slowing the progression of diseases or disorders in a variety of therapeutic areas, such as autoimmune diseases and vascular disease.
US10266485B2
The disclosure features novel lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include a novel lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, and PEG lipids. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactics such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactics to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US10266482B2
[Problem] To provide a method for inducing a long-term memory in a subject in need thereof.[Solution to problem] A method for inducing a long-term memory, comprising a step of administering a compound represented by Formula I below, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a solvate thereof to the subject.
US10266478B2
The present invention relates to a novel process for the preparation of a linear monomer alkyl lactyl lactate by a simple esterification reaction of acid with ester in presence of suitable catalysts or reagents. The present invention further relates to a process for the preparation of poly acid from alkyl lactyl lactate by using suitable catalyst.
US10266463B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods for extracting isoprene using minimum capital investment, operating cost, and relatively corrosion free environment are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the invention are directed to producing pure isoprene and gasoline quality raffinate (free or sulfur and acetylenes) which are of value in manufacturing rubbers and other polymers.
US10266450B2
A concrete composition and method include a portion of fine aggregate bearing a coating of a polymer or an admixture, which may be a continuous coating layer or a layer of powdered, discrete particles embedded in a binder. The polymeric coating may be an admixture in powdered form, a super absorbent polymer (insoluble in water, but absorbing water), or another polymer such as the acrylamides, co-polymers thereof, polyacrylamides, or the like (soluble in water). The coating absorbs water, but particles are too small to form significant voids. Water is absorbed into the concrete mix in far greater proportions (e.g. w/c ratio over 0.5) improving workability, doubling workability time, and improving ultimate compressive stress (strength).
US10266444B2
Methods of making multilayer glass structure are described. The method involves providing first and second glass sheets, and a first enamel composition layer and at least one separation layer between the first and second glass sheets, and firing the glass sheets to sinter the first enamel composition to the first glass sheet. The separation layer is a black pigment separation layer, a refractory material separation layer, or an oxidizer separation layer. The separation layer can improve separation of the first and second glass sheets after the firing.
US10266443B2
A device for manufacturing SiO2—TiO2 based glass by growing a glass ingot upon a target by a direct method. The device includes the target, comprising a thermal storage portion that accumulates heat by being preheated, and a heat insulating portion that suppresses conduction of heat from the thermal storage portion in a direction opposite to the glass ingot.
US10266440B2
An anaerobic digestion system may include a material grinding/pulping portion, a hydrolysis portion arranged downstream of the grinding portion, a multiple chamber anaerobic reactor arranged downstream from the hydrolysis portion and including a gas collection and reintroduction system, a collection system for collecting digestate and gas from the anaerobic reactor.
US10266439B2
A method for cleaning membranes and an inlet side of a membrane filtration module of an apparatus includes filling a basin with a treatment fluid; feeding an incoming fluid to the treatment fluid present in the basin and mixing and treating it with the latter fluid so as to obtain a fluid mixture; feeding the fluid mixture to the membrane filtration module; discharging permeate filtered by and retentate retained by the membranes; and periodically closing the fluid mixture feed-through line and opening the flushing discharge line, so that at least the inlet side of the membranes and the connection chamber of the membrane filtration module disposed underneath it are flushed.
US10266437B2
A drinking water supply device may comprise a mineral water supply module comprising a mineral cartridge to store condensed minerals, a mineral supply pipe provided with a micro channel to supply minerals to a water supply pipe, a mineral cartridge receiver detachably coupled to the mineral cartridge and connected to the mineral supply pipe, a mineral supply valve to open and close the mineral supply pipe, and a discharge pipe to discharge filtered water or mineral water. A method of cleaning a drinking water supply device may comprise of discharging residual minerals using a mineral drainage unit including a drainage pipe connected to the mineral supply pipe and a drainage valve to open and close the drainage pipe, supplying cleaning water to a channel in which minerals or mineral water flow of the mineral water supply module, and supplying rinsing water to the channel.
US10266426B1
Systems and methods for treating and disinfecting water contained in a potable water tank. The systems and methods generally use one or more UV LEDs that are positioned along various portions of the water tank and that are configured to emit UV light/irradiation into the water contained therein.
US10266424B2
The present invention pertains to a process for treating waste water from mining. The process involves contacting the mining waste water with an emulsion of a nano scale compound comprising iron, magnesium, or both. Mixing results in a substantially foam-like layer at the surface of the mixture which may be further oxidized to form treated water.
US10266418B2
Systems and methods for ammonia purification in the NH3 purification and liquefaction stage of a conventional two-column sour water stripping system using an adsorbent bed.
US10266416B2
The invention relates to a method for producing zeolite, zeolite-like or zeotype particles comprising the steps of: 1) Adding one or more metal precursors to a silica or alumina source; 2) Reducing the one or more metal precursors to form metal nanoparticles on the surface of the silica or alumina source; 3) Passing a gaseous hydrocarbon, alkyl alcohol or alkyl ether over the silica or alumina supported metal nanoparticle to form a carbon template coated zeolite, zeolite-like or zeotype precursor composition; 4a) Adding a structure directing agent to the carbon template coated zeolite, zeolite-like or zeotype precursor composition thereby creating a zeolite, zeolite-like or zeotype gel composition; 4b) Crystallizing the zeolite, zeolite-like or zeotype gel composition by subjecting said composition to a hydrothermal treatment; 5) Removing the carbon template and structure directing agent and isolating the resulting zeolite, zeolite-like or zeotype particles.
US10266413B2
A method to fractionate and isolate components of oxidized graphene material is provided that includes fractionating a system that includes graphene oxide, a solvent and water, wherein the fractionation creates two phases or fractions: (i) a water phase or fraction that contains highly oxidized graphene oxide, and (ii) a solvent-in-water emulsion phase or fraction that contains a graphene-based material. The graphene-based material is recovered from the solvent-in-water phase or fraction. Fractionation of the solvent-in-water emulsion phase or fraction may be repeated. The graphene-based material (uGO) may be used in a range of applications, e.g., a medical device, a nanoelectronic, an electromechanical system, a sensor, a composite, a catalysis, and energy storage device, and an optics application.
US10266412B2
The invention relates to a preparation method of graphene using graphene oxide. The method consists of the following steps. (1). Preparation of graphene oxide-dispersant solution; (2). Reduction of graphene oxide; (3). Obtaining graphene by suction filtration and drying process. Based on the preparation of anthracite, the invention could reduce production costs effectively comparing to traditional preparation methods of graphene, and make the reaction more fast and complete, facilitating the achievement of large scale industrial production.
US10266411B2
A method of producing a carbon nanotube-containing composition is a method of producing a carbon nanotube-containing composition for synthesizing carbon nanotube aggregates by introducing a ferrocene derivative, a sulfur compound, a carbon source, and a carrier gas into a gas phase flowing in a heating furnace within a temperature range of higher than 1,200° C. to 1,800° C. The carbon source substantially consists of benzene or toluene. The carrier gas includes hydrogen at 10% by volume to 85% by volume. The carrier gas has a linear velocity of 500 cm/min to 2,200 cm/min.
US10266401B2
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers (CUTs) and methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUTs may include monolithically integrated ultrasonic transducers and integrated circuits for operating in connection with the transducers. The CUTs may be used in ultrasound devices such as ultrasound imaging devices and/or high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices.
US10266393B2
The application describes MEMS transducers having a vent structure provided in a flexible membrane of the vent structure The vent structure comprises at least one moveable portion and the vent structure is configured such that, in response to a differential pressure across the vent structure, the moveable portion is rotatable about first and second axes of rotation, which axes of rotation extend in the plane of the membrane.
US10266390B2
A device includes a substrate, a routing conductive line over the substrate, a dielectric layer over the routing conductive line, and an etch stop layer over the dielectric layer. A Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) device has a portion over the etch stop layer. A contact plug penetrates through the etch stop layer and the dielectric layer. The contact plug connects the portion of the MEMS device to the routing conductive line. An escort ring is disposed over the etch stop layer and under the MEMS device, wherein the escort ring encircles the contact plug.
US10266375B2
A traction machine base includes a top member, a bottom member, a bottom member, first bolts, and second bolts. The top member is intended for supporting a traction machine. A plurality of attachment holes for fixing the top member are formed in the bottom member. A plurality of attachment holes for fixing the top member are formed in the bottom member. The first bolts pass through the attachment holes and fix the top member to the bottom member. The second bolts pass through the attachment holes and fix the top member to the bottom member. The top member is fixed to the bottom member using a smaller number of the first bolts than the number of the attachment holes. The top member is fixed to the bottom member using a smaller number of the second bolts than the number of the attachment holes.
US10266373B2
The present invention discloses an automatic resetting steel wire rope brake, which comprises two side plates, a fixed brake plate, a moving brake plate, two sides of the moving brake plate are respectively and rotatably matched with one end of a link arm, and the moving brake plate can do translational motion towards or away from the fixed brake plate under the drive of the two link arms; two ends of the sliding axle are respectively in sliding fit with arc-shaped grooves of the two side plates; a hooking part is formed on a swing-type latch hook, and is used for hooking and locking the sliding axle. According to the automatic resetting steel wire rope brake disclosed by the present invention, elevator ascending and descending over-speed protection and car accidental movement protection can be realized simultaneously.
US10266369B2
An energy-autonomous elevator system control element includes a piezoelectric layer and processing unit for detecting a control operation, a transmitting unit for wirelessly transmitting at least one signal to a remote elevator system controller, the at least one signal being generated automatically by the elevator system control element on the basis of the control operation, and an energy recovery unit for supplying electrical energy for the elevator system control element. The energy-autonomous elevator system control element can be used as a car operating panel or a landing operating panel in an elevator system.
US10266368B2
An assembly that includes a wedge and mandrel that share an axis of rotation and can be rotated independently or simultaneously to stow or deploy slit-tube longerons. A wedge is crescent shaped, with a height that increases along an outer perimeter as the arc of the crescent is traversed from a first end to a second end. The changing height of the wedge allows a slit-tube longeron to be flattened for stowage or can be disengaged to allow the tube to curl up for deployment.
US10266366B2
A cable reel of the present disclosure can include two flanges and a central drum being independently rotatable from one another. The drum, which can be configured to receive a cable, can be mounted on an axle. The two flanges can be rotationally mounted on the axle at opposing distal ends of the axle. Bearings in the flanges can allow for a full rotation of the flanges about the axle.
US10266352B2
A sheet conveying device includes: a sheet cassette including a first housing, a pressing plate, a raising plate, a first resilient member, and a second resilient member; a second housing; a sheet-cassette accommodating portion; a first electrode; a second electrode; a sheet conveyor; a driver; a first output device that outputs a first signal and a second signal; a second output device that outputs a rotation pulse signal; and a controller that receives the first signal, the second signal, and the rotation pulse signal. The controller counts pulses of the rotation pulse signal received from the second output device, determines the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal, and determines an amount of upward movement of the pressing plate based on the number of pulses of the rotation pulse signal.
US10266351B2
An automatic truck unloader for unloading/unpacking product, such as boxes or cases, from trailers and containers is disclosed. In one embodiment, a mobile base structure provides a support framework for a drive subassembly, conveyance subassembly, an industrial robot, a distance measurement subassembly, and a control subassembly. Under the operation of the control subassembly, an industrial robot having a suction cup-based gripper arm selectively removes boxes from the trailer and places the boxes on a powered transportation path. The control subassembly coordinates the selective articulated movement of the industrial robot and the activation of the drive subassembly based upon the distance measurement subassembly detecting objects, including boxes, within a detection space, and dimensions of the trailer provided to the control subassembly.
US10266342B2
A release device may include a lifting and pre-stopping element having an upper sliding surface, the part coupled to a drive such that the sliding surface is movable over the sliding plane into an enabled position and at the level of the sliding plane into a blocked position, the part having a stop which in the enabled position protrudes beyond the sliding plane. A blocking element, behind the part in the sliding direction, has an upper blocking element sliding surface, a blocking edge protruding beyond the sliding plane, and an extendable/retractable block coupled to the drive such that the block is movable below the blocking element sliding surface into an enabled position and above the blocking element sliding surface into a blocked position. The blocking edge may be in front of the block in the sliding direction, preventing contact between the piece good and the block in the blocked position.
US10266340B2
A refuse receptacle is disclosed, having a body with an upper and a lower portion, the upper portion having a top rim forming a gusset with a vertical wall and a horizontal wall, the lower portion having a bottom side with a base rim. On the back side of the upper portion is a handle attached to the body of the receptacle. The handle is attached to the upper portion by at least one projecting sidewall. A lid is included, having a convex upper surface and two sets of opposing sidewalk. The opposing sidewalls correspond with the top rim of the body. The lid includes at least one projection to attach to the handle with a securing plate and fastener. The lower portion includes a drainage plug so that liquids within the body can be easily drained. A pair of wheels arc connected by an axle and housed within wheel recesses.
US10266338B2
Disclosed herein is an overlap-structured container bag having an inner bag inserted into an outer bag. In the overlap-structured container bag comprises: (A1) weaving fabric used for a container bag of a hollow structure while a plurality of vertical reinforcing portions are formed; (A2) cutting container bag fabric in unit length; (A3) forming at least one of the lateral reinforcing portion on the inner bag when either one of the upper or lower portion of the cut container bag is selected as the inner bag; (A4) placing the inner bag into the outer bag by turning the open end of the outer bag inside out when the other one where the lateral reinforcing portion is not formed is selected as the outer bag.
US10266323B2
In connection with an information transmission member-equipped external member (outer lid member) to be mounted on a container lid, the opening of the container lid and the destruction of the information transmission member are carried out by a series of operations. Upon rotational movement of an opening/closing cover (3) and an outer cover (4) relative to each other, the opening/closing cover (3) is raised to destroy a predetermined site of an IC tag (40), and a tamper-evident bottom section (38) is cut off, whereby the outer cover (4) is separated from the opening/closing cover (3), and the opening/closing cover (3) is opened sideways to make the opening/closing cover (3) detachable from the container lid.
US10266322B2
A closure cap for a container, said closure cap having a cap housing which includes a substantially cylindrical recess having a top opening and a bottom opening, a plunger having a cover and a substantially cylindrical lateral surface that engages in the top opening of the recess of the cap housing, and a chamber defined by the recess of the cap housing and the plunger which engages in the recess by way of its lateral surface. The plunger and cap housing being movable relative to one another between (i) a first, non-active position, in which a bottom edge of the lateral surface is arranged above the bottom opening and (ii) a second, activated position, in which the bottom edge of the lateral surface opens the bottom opening.
US10266310B2
An auxetic structure consistent with the present disclosure may include a core cell, capable of rotation, including a plurality of first rib sections, and a plurality of second rib sections. The first rib sections may be transverse to a longitudinal axis of the auxetic structure and at least one of the first rib sections may extend from the core cell. The second rib sections may be transverse to a transverse axis of the auxetic structure and at least one of the second rib sections may extend from the core cell.
US10266305B2
A compartmentalization assembly is provided. The compartmentalization assembly includes a base having a surface with shaft seats and at least one separator including a panel and one or more shafts, each of the shafts can each be fittingly received into one of the shaft seats.
US10266302B1
A tiered pizza box for separately housing a first food item and a second food item, having: a lower box portion having a floor; a left wall; a right wall; a front wall; and a rear wall; an upper lid portion having a lid top; a left flap; a right flap; and a front flap; corner tabs; a plurality of corner slot sets; the tiered pizza box being configured to be folded into an assembled state, forming a lower interior space; and corner brackets configured to be inserted into the plurality of corner slot sets to form a support structure; a tier insert configured to rest on the support structure, forming an upper interior space; such that the first food item can be housed within the lower interior space, and the second food item can be housed within the upper interior space.
US10266297B2
A labeling device, comprising a scale control assembly (11) and a stripping assembly (12), the scale control assembly (11) being configured to obtain a material strip (10) and to lead out a predetermined length of the material strip (10); the stripping assembly (12) being configured to grasp a target label (101) on the material strip (10) led out by the scale control assembly (11) and to affix the target label (101) to a product (D) to be labeled at a pre-set position so as to obtain a labeled product. Said device controls, by means of the scale control assembly, the length of the material strip that is led out at each time when labeling the product to be labeled, so as to improve the precision of the stripping assembly grasping the label and affixing the label to the product to be labeled.
US10266284B2
A tethered spacecraft has a first endmass and a second endmass with a telescoping stacer spring and a tether arranged between the endmasses. The spring is coiled around a center rod and initially contained within a housing, the spring being biased to push the first endmass away from the second endmass. The spring housing is affixed to the first endmass, a first end of the spring being affixed to the spring housing, and tether are affixed to spring at one end and to the second endmass at the other end. A pretensioned loop holds the endmasses abuttingly together, and a burnwire release mechanism cuts the loop to deploy the spring. Upon deployment, the spring extends to its full length to form a cylindrical boom, and the endmasses continue to move outward along the spring centerline until stopped by the tether.
US10266277B2
The invention relates to a system (2) for generating non-propulsive energy in an aircraft, including: an auxiliary power unit (20) including a gas turbine (21) and a fuel cell (22); a pathway (23) for the intake of outside air into the aircraft; an exhaust pipe (24) of the gas turbine, the system being characterized in that the air intake pathway (23) includes a pipe (230) for cooling the fuel pipe, in that the pipe is in fluid communication with the exhaust pipe (24) of the gas turbine such that the ejection of the gas from the gas turbine into the exhaust pipe causes a suction of the air outside the aircraft into the cooling pipe (230) by Venturi effect. The invention also relates to a method for generating non-propulsive energy.
US10266273B2
An aircraft engine pylon having an upper fitting, an upper panel located below the upper fitting, a shear pin at least partially coupling the upper fitting and the upper panel, and tension fasteners at least partially coupling the upper fitting and the upper panel with the shear pin defining a shear force load path and the tension fasteners defining tension force load paths.
US10266266B2
An apparatus may include (i) a support structure, (ii) at least one shaft coupled to the support structure via at least one swing arm, wherein the swing arm allows upward movement, and restricts downward movement, of the at least one shaft from a resting position, (iii) a spool, wherein in the spool is shaped so as to rest on the at least one shaft when the at least one shaft is in the resting position, and wherein the spool is operable to unwind a tether coupled to a payload, and (iv) at least one fan coupled to the at least one shaft, wherein rotation of the spool when unwinding the tether also causes rotation of the at least one fan coupled to the at least one shaft, thereby controlling a descent rate of the payload.
US10266264B2
The present invention discloses an unmanned aerial vehicle, including: a fuselage; a battery accommodation cavity, disposed on the fuselage; a battery pack, including at least two battery blocks and mounted inside the battery accommodation cavity; a battery circuit board, electrically connected to the battery blocks in the battery pack; and a functional module, electrically connected to the battery circuit board, the battery blocks in the battery pack supplying power to the functional module via the battery circuit board at the same time. By using the solution of the present invention, endurance of the unmanned aerial vehicle is increased.
US10266263B2
An aerial system having an obstacle detection and avoidance system is described herein. The obstacle detection and avoidance system includes a pair of ultra-wide angle lens cameras orientated coaxially along an optical axis. Each ultra-wide angle lens camera includes a field-of-view lens having a vertical angle of view greater than 180 degrees. The pair of ultra-wide angle lens cameras is orientated such that a portion of each corresponding camera field-of-view overlaps to define a viewable region of interest including overlapping vertical field angle.
US10266259B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for increasing the mechanical energy of an aerial vehicle as part of an Airborne Wind Turbine are disclosed. The aerial vehicle is coupled to a distal portion of a tether and a ground station is coupled to a proximal portion of the tether. A mass possessing a gravitational potential energy is also coupled to the proximal portion of the tether. A connector is configured to releasably hold the mass at an elevation. Release of the mass transfers energy to the aerial vehicle by increasing tension in the tether.
US10266258B2
Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension.
US10266256B2
A monitoring system for a dual-stage, pressure-activated, mixed fluid gas shock strut, may comprise a controller, and a tangible, non-transitory memory configured to communicate with the controller, the tangible, non-transitory memory having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by the controller, cause the controller to perform operations comprising receiving, by the controller, a primary chamber temperature sensor reading, receiving, by the controller, a primary chamber pressure sensor reading, receiving, by the controller, a shock strut stroke sensor reading, and calculating, by the controller, an oil volume in a primary chamber of the shock strut. The instructions may cause the controller to perform further operations comprising calculating, by the controller, a number of moles of gas in a primary chamber of the shock strut and calculating, by the controller, a number of moles of gas in a secondary chamber of the shock strut.
US10266209B2
An engine compartment side panel is configured for toolless mounting and includes a main body having an outer surface, an inner surface, and a bottom edge. The side panel further includes at least one tab disposed at a location along a length of the bottom edge of the main body. In addition, a handrail is coupled to an outer surface of the main body at a plurality of handrail mounting locations and at least one mounting arm is coupled to an inner surface of the main body at a respective one of an at least one mounting arm mounting locations. Each mounting arm is configured to be removably coupled to an engine compartment support frame. Further, each of the at least one mounting arm mounting location is aligned with a respective one of the plurality of handrail mounting locations.
US10266200B2
An articulated work vehicle with linked front and rear frames includes a hydraulic actuator, a joystick lever operated by an operator, a control valve, a force imparting component, and a controller. The hydraulic actuator is driven hydraulically to change a steering angle of the front frame with respect to the rear frame. The control valve is linked to the joystick lever, to control flow of fluid supplied to the hydraulic actuator according to an operation amount of the joystick lever, and to restrict the operation amount of the joystick lever to a predetermined range. The force imparting component imparts an assist force or a counterforce to the operation of the joystick lever by the operator. The controller controls the force imparting component so as to decrease the assist force or increase the counterforce before the operation of the joystick lever is restricted by the control valve.
US10266186B2
The present invention relates to a bearing block for articulating a coupling rod to a car body of a track-guided vehicle, particularly a railway vehicle. A modular design is provided so as to be able to easily and yet effectively adapt the bearing block to different applications. To this end, the bearing block comprises a first crosspiece having a bearing shell situated in a first horizontal plane as well as a second crosspiece having a bearing shell situated in a second horizontal plane. The two bearing shells each have a respective mount for a vertically extending (common) pivot bolt or for a pivot pin allocated to the respective bearing shell. The modular design of the bearing block is particularly realized by the first and second crosspiece being implemented as separate structural components independently connectable to the car body of the track-guided vehicle.
US10266185B2
A system includes a railcar, a first deck, and a second deck. The second deck is positioned within the railcar above the first deck. The second deck includes a first portion, a second portion coupled to a first end of the first portion, and a third portion coupled to a second end of the first portion opposite the first end. The second and third portions can move towards a center of the first portion such that the first portion is positioned above or beneath the second and third portions.
US10266181B2
A vehicle control system to mitigate adverse effects relating to the performance and stability of a vehicle that experienced a tire blowout includes a computer programmed to determine a type of tire blowout based at least on a location of the tire blowout and a steering angle at the time of tire blowout, and based at least on the type of tire blowout, to limit at least one of a powertrain and a braking of a vehicle.
US10266179B2
The intent to exit a vehicle when a driver attempts to exit a vehicle is detected by an exit intent detection unit, and regardless of whether or not the shift range other than the parking range is detected by a shift range detection unit, a securing control unit controls a vehicle securing unit and secures the vehicle when an intent to secure is detected by a securing intent detection unit. Thus, unintended vehicle movement after exiting is suppressed by securing the vehicle in a stopped state during exiting.
US10266178B2
A vehicle includes an engine and a controller programmed to autostop and autostart the engine. The controller is further programmed to, in response to receiving signals indicative of a driver exiting the vehicle while the engine is auto stopped, autostart the engine, and after expiration of a predetermined duration, autostop the engine and inhibit vehicle propulsion until an ignition cycle is initiated.
US10266176B2
A vehicle collision avoidance assist system, including: a forward obstacle detecting device; and a controller including an automatic braking control executing portion to execute an automatic braking control for permitting a brake apparatus to automatically operate and an avoidance control executing portion to execute, in addition to the automatic braking control, an avoidance control for pen fitting a steering apparatus to automatically operate, wherein the avoidance control executing portion is configured such that, when the forward obstacle detecting device detects, as a forward obstacle, a continuous obstacle that continuously extends diagonally forward so as to be inclined with respect to a forwardly extending centerline that forwardly extends from a center of the own vehicle, the avoidance control executing portion executes the avoidance control to enable the own vehicle to avoid the continuous obstacle such that the own vehicle travels along the continuous obstacle.
US10266174B2
A travel control device for a vehicle executes a self-driving control based on traveling environment information on which the vehicle travels and traveling information on the vehicle. In the device, a traveling environment information acquisition unit acquires the traveling environment information. A traveling information detection unit detects the traveling information. An unstable behavior detector detects an unstable behavior in one or both of a rolling direction and a yaw direction of the vehicle. A steering wheel holding state detector detects a state in which a driver holds a steering wheel. The first unstable behavior reducer reduces the detected unstable behavior by correcting a steering angle. A second unstable behavior reducer reduces the detected unstable behavior by selecting a predetermined wheel and applying a braking force to the wheel. A vehicle behavior controller freely operates the unstable behavior reducers according to detection results.
US10266165B2
A braking system for a vehicle includes: a front axle wheel brake cylinder; a rear axle wheel brake cylinder; and a control electronics system for controlling a first brake pressure in the front axle wheel brake cylinder and/or a second brake pressure in the rear axle wheel brake cylinder. A limiting value z-critical is defined for the braking system, which specifies a maximum braking action, at which a traction stress on the front axle of the vehicle and a traction stress on the rear axle of the vehicle are equal. The braking system is mechanically configured for a z-critical of at least 0.7 g, and the braking system is controlled by the control electronics system during operation using a z-critical value of at most 0.7 g.
US10266158B2
An improved jack pad for supporting a jack foot having a foot plate includes a body having an upper surface and a lower surface joined by a side wall, and defining a recess configured for receiving the foot plate and having a retaining lip for securing the foot plate therein. The jack pad may provide for the drainage of water from the pad.
US10266152B2
A wiper blade for cleaning a vehicle windscreen having a carrier element configured to hold a wiper rubber is disclosed. A wiper blade adapter, fixed to the carrier element, is configured to detachably connect the wiper blade to a wiper arm. The wiper arm includes a wiper arm adapter disposed on the wiper arm that is oriented along a longitudinal extension of the wiper arm in an assembly direction. The wiper blade adapter includes a first adapter section attached to the carrier element, a second adapter section configured to directly connect to the wiper arm adapter, and indirectly connect to the wiper arm via the wiper arm adapter, a joint that articulates the first adapter section and the second adapter section, and an electrical connecting element having an electrical contact configured to reversibly establish an electrical connection between a heating element and a current supply disposed on the wiper arm.
US10266144B2
An airbag system has a curtain airbag, a first airbag and an airbag guiding member. The curtain airbag is installed along an A-pillar or a roof structure within a passenger compartment and deploys covering at least a window section of a door and a portion of the A-pillar. The first airbag is installed to a forward structure within the passenger compartment and deploys to an inflated orientation covering at least a portion of the forward structure. The airbag guiding member is installed to a side area of the forward structure adjacent to the door, a forward area of the door adjacent to the A-pillar or the A-pillar. The airbag guiding member moves to a position in which the airbag guiding member urges the curtain airbag and the first airbag into contact with one another as the curtain airbag and the first airbag move to their respective inflated orientations.
US10266142B2
A steering wheel of a vehicle includes a steering wheel armature made of metal, a steering wheel rear cover made of plastic, and an airbag module. The steering wheel rear cover is located on a bottom of the steering wheel armature and the airbag module is mounted above the steering wheel armature. An Ω spring assembles the airbag module onto the armature. At least a supporting rib extends from the steering wheel rear cover and is located between the Ω spring and the steering wheel armature for supporting the Ω spring. The supporting rib erases a gap between the Ω spring and the steering wheel armature and it is formed by plastic, thereby reducing noise efficiently.
US10266137B2
A vehicle is provided. The vehicle may include at least one crush can, a controller and a pump. The crush can may include front and rear chambers. The controller may receive a first signal indicative of a loading condition generated at the time of an impact, and the pump may displace a nano-porous liquid in response to a second signal from the controller into at least one of the front and rear chambers of the crush can.
US10266134B2
System and method are disclosed for vehicle accessory power management. An example vehicle includes an engine configured to operate in a start-stop mode, and a power management system. The power management system is configured to receive an input requesting use of a vehicle accessory in an accessory mode, and responsive to the input, reduce an electrical load, disable the start-stop mode, and enable use of the accessory mode.
US10266122B2
A cable cleat system that secures cables to a ladder rack. The cable cleat system includes a mounting bracket assembly with a bracket body and a floating support bracket slidably mounted to the bracket body. A metal locking tie is positioned between the floating support bracket and the mounting bracket assembly. The mounting bracket assembly is secured to a ladder rung of the ladder rack and the floating support bracket supports the cables secured to the ladder rack. The metal locking tie wraps around the cables supported by the floating support bracket. The floating support bracket and the metal locking tie slide along the bracket body for enabling thermal expansion and contraction of the cables secured to the ladder rack.
US10266120B2
A motor vehicle includes mating features in a sheet metal of the motor vehicle, an exterior rear view mirror assembly fixedly secured to the motor vehicle, where the exterior rear view mirror assembly includes a structural base frame that mates to the mating features of the sheet metal at a mounting plane, and a tuned mass damper secured to the structural base frame adjacent to the mounting plane. In an example, a primary axis of movement of the tuned mass damper is at least one of substantially parallel with or substantially perpendicular to the mounting plane. In another example, the tuned mass damper is configured to dampen resonant vibrations being generated by the motor vehicle.
US10266111B2
A method of generating warnings associated with a vehicle is provided. The method broadly includes the steps of: (a) receiving an indication that a warning relating to operation of an electric motor is appropriate; (b) generating a drive current for the electric motor; (c) superimposing a warning signal onto the drive current; and (d) driving the electric motor with the drive current and the superimposed warning signal such that the electric motor produces the warnings. The warning signal may produce an audio warning, a tactile warning, or a combination thereof.
US10266110B2
An application arrangement for motor vehicles includes a light face having a surface that is at least one of light-emitting or light-reflecting so as to emit and/or reflect light in a planar fashion. A transparent cover panel is assigned to the surface and forms an external face of the application arrangement. A plurality of separate application elements are disposed on the surface so as to at least partially screen the light of the light face from the external face.
US10266109B2
When a duration time period in which a turn signal lever is held at a first operation position P1L (P1R) is equal to or larger than an assist request confirmation time period, a driving support ECU starts a lane change assist control. When an operation force is released under a situation in which the turn signal lever positions at the first operation position, the turn signal lever returns to a neutral position PN. When the driving support ECU starts the lane change assist control, the driving support ECU continues flashing a turn signal until a turn signal turning-off condition depending on a state of the lane change assist control is established. When the turn signal lever is performed at a second operation position P2L (P2R) while the lane change assist control is being executed, the lane change assist control is stopped.
US10266104B2
An adjustable mounting device is provided comprising a base mount assembly including a first base mount and a second base mount pivotally coupled to each other, with the first base mount and the second base mount each being configured to be attachable to the vehicle. A light mount is pivotally coupled to the base mount assembly and is configured to be attachable to the light bar for mounting the light bar on the vehicle.
US10266102B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for configuring automotive lamp illumination control are provided. One example method includes, at a computing device, generating a graphical user interface for configuring at an automotive lamp illumination pattern. The graphical user interface includes user input elements and is displayed by way of a display device. An input command is received by way of at least one of the plurality of user input elements. The input command corresponds to the at least one of the user input elements. A message is transmitted to an automotive lamp control device by way of a communication path including a first communication port of the computing device and a second communication port of the automotive lamp control device, based on the received input command. The message is received at the automotive lamp control device, and an action is performed in response to receiving the message.
US10266099B2
The present invention discloses a main body of an automotive winch and automotive winch for vehicle thereof. The main body of an automotive winch comprises a main frame, a main rotating shaft and a driving shaft; a transmission assembly engages the driving shaft and the main rotating shaft, the transmission assembly comprises a small gear and a large gear; a pair of ratchet is disposed on the driving shaft; a retaining pawl engaging on the pair of ratchets is disposed on the main frame; retaining pawl spring surrounds the retaining pawl, and the retaining pawl locks the pair of ratchets when driven by the retaining pawl spring. The automotive winch of the present invention is used in accompany with a manipulating handle, and by which the lashing operation of the winch will be more convenient and safe, time-saving and less effort-consuming and the operating efficiency will be greatly improved.
US10266093B2
A trailer is provided having a trailer base and a trailer bed mounted to the trailer base. The trailer includes at least one actuator coupled to the trailer bed and the trailer base that raises and lowers the trailer bed. When the at least one actuator is extended, the trailer bed is raised to a vertical orientation. When the at least one actuator is retracted, the trailer bed is in the horizontal orientation. The trailer includes a lifting head protruding outwardly from the trailer bed. The position of the lifting head is adjustable along a longitudinal axis of the trailer bed.
US10266092B2
An elongated trailer has a front neck for connection to the fifth wheel apparatus associated with a suitable tractor. The bed has a lowered, intermediate load portion disposed approximately in the trailer middle. A hydraulic ram raises or lowers the tiltable trailer which is suitably journalled for rotation at its mounting point. A pivoted cover atop the cargo bed can be shifted between open cargo-loading positions and closed cargo-hauling positions by hydraulic cylinders when unlocked. Slidable, hydraulically actuated locking tracks on each side of the top parallel with the cover support latches that can be shifted into or out of engagement with rigid tangs projecting from sides of the cover to forcibly clamp the cover shut. Hydraulic controls accessible from the ground control the apparatus.
US10266089B2
A headrest in one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a first frame member, a second frame member, a displacement mechanism to displace the second frame member with respect to the first frame member, a first guide shaft, a first bearing portion through which the first guide shaft is inserted, a second guide shaft, a second bearing portion through which the second guide shaft is inserted, a first fixing portion that comprises a first insertion hole into which one end of the first guide shaft is inserted, and a second fixing portion that comprises a second insertion hole into which one end of the second guide shaft is inserted.
US10266088B2
A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback frame. A bolster insert is positioned on a side bolster of the seatback frame. A foam layer is positioned over the seatback frame. A trim cover is positioned over the foam layer. The foam layer and the trim cover are contoured to expose the bolster insert.
US10266081B2
A seating assembly includes a seat and one or more slide rails that slidably engage an underside of the seat and permit longitudinal movement of the seat along the slide rail. The seating assembly further includes one or more load-dissipating assemblies operably coupled to an underside of the slide rail.
US10266080B2
A vehicle seat is disposed on a floor portion of a passenger compartment, and includes first and second upper seat tracks, and a seat bottom disposed thereon. First and second lower seat tracks are each disposed longitudinally in the vehicle and secured to the floor portion at respective fore and aft attachment locations, wherein each of the first and second upper seat tracks is slidably disposed in a respective one of the first and second lower seat tracks. A support damper is disposed between the floor portion and one of the first and second lower seat tracks and disposed between the respective fore and aft attachment locations. The support damper is disposed at a longitudinal position between the respective fore and aft attachment locations at a maximum vertical deflection point of the respective one of the first and second lower seat tracks relative to the floor portion.
US10266079B2
The invention relates to an adjustable damping system for a vehicle seat for damping a movement of the seat part-side upper part relative to the body-side lower part in at least one spatial direction, wherein, for damping, at least one damping element is provided, which is adjustable by an adjustment device and is arranged between the seat part-side upper part and the body-side lower part. The damping system is further distinguished in that a first damping force of the damping element is settable by the adjustment device, wherein this first damping force can be determined by the adjustment device, with the aid of a total damping travel of the damping element, a basic damping force presettable by a damping setting device, a position of the seat part-side upper part, measurable by a sensor device, relative to the body-side lower part and a movement direction of the seat part-side upper part relative to the body-side lower part, wherein the movement direction can be determined from at least two temporally consecutive positions of the seat part-side upper part, measurable by the sensor device, relative to the body-side lower part.
US10266077B2
A child safety seat includes a seat back having a routing opening, a seat bottom connected to the seat back for cooperatively providing a seating space with the seat back, a bridge plate having a slot portion and a bending portion, and a safety harness having a shoulder strap and a central adjusting strap. The shoulder strap has two shoulder strap portions slidably routed from a front side of the seat back to a rear side of the seat back through the routing opening. Two rear ends of the two shoulder strap portions located at the rear side of the seat back are permanently coupled to each other through the slot portion. The central adjusting strap is slidably routed to the rear side of the seat back through the seat bottom to be detachably attached to the bending portion for adjusting tightness of the safety harness.
US10266074B2
A seat-track assembly is provided and may include a first track member having a series of locking features and a second track member slidably supported by the first track member. The seat-track assembly may also include a locking mechanism having locking pawls movable between a locked state engaged with the locking features to restrict relative movement between the first and second track members and an unlocked state disengaged from the locking features to permit relative movement between the first and second track members. The locking pawls may each include locking elements that are received within respective ones of the series of locking features in the locked state such that the locking elements restrict relative movement between the first track member and the second track member in two directions when the locking pawls are in the locked state.
US10266069B2
A control device for electric motor vehicle uses the motor as the traveling driving source. The control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to decelerate by the regenerative braking force from the motor. The control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to detect the amount of the accelerator operation, detect the motor rotation speed proportionate to the traveling speed of the electric motor vehicle, and calculate the motor rotation speed estimated value according to the state of the electric motor vehicle. Additionally, the control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to detect or estimate the resistance component unrelated to the gradient from the vehicle state and correct the motor rotation speed estimated value according to the resistance component. Further, the control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to calculate the feedback torque to stop the electric motor vehicle based on the motor rotation speed and calculate the feedforward torque to compensate the feedback torque based on the corrected motor rotation speed estimated value. The control device for electric motor vehicle is configured to calculate the motor torque command value and control the motor based on the calculated motor torque command value. When the amount of the accelerator operation is equal to or less than the predetermined value and the electric motor vehicle is just before the stop of the vehicle, the motor torque command value is converged to 0 based on the feedback torque and the feedforward torque together with the reduction in the traveling speed.
US10266068B2
A driving system for electric vehicles. The driving system may have two or more electric motors, each with voltage inputs, which are connected to the axles and tires of the vehicle. A variable input control may provide a signal that indicates its current operation position to a vehicle control unit. The vehicle control unit receives the information from the variable input control and determines how much power to send to each of the electric motors' voltage inputs.
US10266062B2
A system for charging a vehicle battery includes a relay configured to establish/interrupt electrical connection between the vehicle battery and a vehicle system supplied with power from the vehicle battery, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor a voltage of the battery, control the relay to interrupt the electrical connection when a voltage of the battery is less than or equal to a first predetermined reference value, and control the relay to establish the electrical connection when a predetermined condition is satisfied while the relay is electrically disconnected. The controller controls the relay to be electrically connected to charge the battery through an external power source while the electrical connection is interrupted, and then control a connection state of the relay based on the voltage of the battery, a voltage and current of the relay at a side of the vehicle system, and whether a vehicle is started.
US10266058B2
A vehicle charging interface unit for connecting a battery unit of a vehicle to a charging cable, the charging interface unit comprising a connection device establishing electric connection between the charging interface unit and the battery unit and two or more connectors for connecting the charging cable to the charging interface unit, wherein the charging interface unit further comprises a mechanical blocking device, configured to allow access to only one of the two or more connectors.
US10266053B2
A controller for a driving force transmitting apparatus mounted in a four-wheel-drive vehicle, includes: a driving force controller configured to calculate a command torque indicating a driving force to be transmitted to the sub-drive wheels via the driving force transmitting apparatus based on a traveling state of the four-wheel-drive vehicle and a road surface condition, and to control the driving force transmitting apparatus based on the command torque; and a road surface condition determiner configured to determine that the road surface condition is a high-μ condition when a duration of a non-slipping state where a vehicle speed is equal to or higher than a prescribed value and a slip ratio of each of both the main drive wheels is lower than a prescribed value has become equal to or longer than a prescribed time.
US10266051B1
A ground drive hose routing system and method for a self-propelled agricultural product applicator utilize drive hose bulkhead connection arrangements mounted on transversely movable axle members to define segments of a hose arrangement that are constrained to lie and move primarily in only one direction, to isolate horizontal hose movement related to track-width adjustment from vertical hose movement resulting from action of suspension members. For steerable wheels, an additional pivotable segment is utilized in conjunction with the drive hose bulkhead connection arrangements to accommodate turning motion while maintaining isolation between other primarily horizontally and vertically constrained movable segments of the hose arrangement.
US10266029B2
A semi-finished product (31) includes a first curved portion on one end of a plate-shaped bridge portion (33), and a second curved portion (37) on the other end of the bridge portion (33). The second curved portion (37) includes at the end a second lock portion (51) to lock with a first lock portion (41). The bridge portion (33) and the inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) are pressure-contacted and caulked on the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar (11) by first and second dies (61, 62). At least one of the inner circumferential surfaces (31c) of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) and the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar opposed to the inner surfaces (31c) is formed with an anti-slippage portion (38). The inner circumferential surfaces (31c) of the first and second curved portions (35, 37) and the outer circumferential surface of the stabilizer bar (11) have an anti-slippage material (Co) therebetween.
US10266016B2
The invention relates to improving the endurance of a bead of a radial tire for a heavy vehicle of construction plant type by reducing the compression to which the turn-up is subjected when the tire is driven on. According to the invention, for a tire for a heavy vehicle of construction plant type comprising two beads intended to come into contact with a rim having two rim flanges, a carcass reinforcement comprising at least one carcass reinforcement layer having a main part wrapped, within each bead, from the inside towards the outside of the tire, around a bead wire of substantially circular meridian section, to form a turn-up, a filling element extending the bead wire radially towards the outside and axially separating the main part and the turn-up, the distance (d) between a first segment of turn-up and the main part decreasing continuously, radially towards the outside, from the bead wire as far as a minimum distance (d1), the distance (d2) between a second segment of turn-up, extending the first segment of turn-up radially towards the outside, and the main part is substantially constant and equal to the minimum distance (d1) between the first segment of turn-up and the main part.
US10266013B2
A pneumatic tire in which a tread part is provided with a pair of central main grooves extending continuously around the circumference of the tire on both sides of a tire equator C, and central thin grooves extending continuously around the circumference of the tire on the tire-axially inner sides of the central main grooves and having less groove width than the central main grooves. The central thin grooves include a linear first central thin groove running along the tire circumference, and zigzagging second central thin grooves. The first central thin groove is provided on the tire-axially inner sides of the second central thin grooves.
US10266011B2
A pneumatic tire is provided that has enhanced traction performance. A shoulder main body portion of a first shoulder block is formed with a step portion projecting out in a tire circumferential direction. A height of the step portion is set lower than a height of a tread face of the shoulder main body portion and higher than the height of a lug groove. The step portion extends from a tire equatorial plane side end portion of the shoulder main body portion, beyond a tire width direction ground contact edge, to a tire shoulder portion.
US10266008B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition highly improving wet-grip performance, dry-grip performance, and durability while maintaining a good balance therebetween. A pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the composition containing 90% by mass or more of a diene rubber per 100% by mass of the rubber component, the composition further containing a hydrogenated terpene aromatic resin obtained by hydrogenation of double bonds of a terpene aromatic resin, the hydrogenated terpene aromatic resin having a degree of hydrogenation of double bonds of 5-100% and a hydroxyl value of 20 mg KOH/g or less, the hydrogenated terpene aromatic resin being present in an amount of 1-50 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber, the composition further containing specific inorganic filler in an amount of 1-70 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber.
US10266007B2
A system and method herein relate to vehicle control by adjusting a torque distribution of the vehicle. The system includes a first motor configured to provide a torque to a first wheel, and a delivery system configured to controllably apply a traction control compound to a route on which the first wheel is configured to travel. The system also includes a controller circuit having one or more processors. The controller circuit is configured to control the delivery system to apply the traction control compound to the route based on a monitored temperature of the first motor.
US10266000B2
An improved pail container includes a container body that includes an opening and a chamber that is configured to receive and hold, e.g., a liquid, and, a lid that is removably attachable to the container body; wherein the container body may include a base defining a bottom of the container body and a sidewall that is configured to project upward from the base and form the opening; wherein the base and the sidewall include the chamber; and wherein the container body includes at least one cavity for a user to hold the pail container.
US10265998B2
A pencil cutting tool 1 comprising a recess forming part 10 for boring a connecting recess 52 in an end face 51 of a pencil 50, wherein the recess forming part 10 comprises a main body 11 having a cylindrical insertion hole 12 for insertion of an end of the pencil 50 and a boring blade 40 disposed inside the insertion hole 12 so as to come into contact with the end face 41 of the pencil 50, the boring blade 40 has a semicircular cross section and a flat surface 40a extending along the axial line of the insertion hole 12, and the main body 11 has a discharge part 13 that is formed so as to face the flat surface 40a to discharge shavings from the insertion hole 12.
US10265996B2
Disclosed are an ink edge anti-counterfeiting method and an ink edge anti-counterfeiting network identification system. Tiny sawteeth (6) are randomly produced on ink edges of a product code (4) and/or an image-text and the sawteeth (6) are zoomed in on and photographed, feature information about the sawteeth (6) on the ink edges acquired through photographing is stored in an ink edge anti-counterfeiting network identification system database as anti-counterfeiting feature information, and sawtooth feature information to be checked is compared with the sawtooth feature information in the database to identify the authenticity. The method and system are simple and easy to implement, do not need to increase equipment investment, can realize an effective anti-counterfeiting function, and can avoid the problem in the existing digital anti-counterfeiting techniques, such as a telegram code, that the anti-counterfeiting feature information can be easily copied and stolen by internal staff.
US10265989B2
Provided are a functional cylinder body, including a plurality of layers having magnetic patterns and non-magnetic patterns formed adjacently, and a manufacturing method therefor. The functional cylinder body comprises at least: a cylinder main body; a first functional pattern part, which includes first patterns and first functional patterns, the first patterns having first recess patterns and first non-recess patterns formed by forming recesses on a first material layer made of any one of a magnetic material and a non-magnetic material, the first functional patterns being made of any one of the magnetic material and the non-magnetic material embedded in the first recess patterns; and a second functional pattern part, which is formed in a position of the cylinder main body shallower than a position of the first recess patterns and has magnetic patterns of the magnetic material and non-magnetic patterns of the non-magnetic material formed adjacently.
US10265982B2
A cassette case includes a bottom case and a top case. A tape is housed in the cassette case. A tape discharge portion discharges, from the cassette case, the tape that has been guided in the cassette case along a predetermined feed path. A first indicator portion indicates a type of the tape. A second indicator portion indicates a type of the tape, which is different from that indicated by the first indicator portion. An indicator member is a member independent from the top case and the bottom case, and is provided with the second indicator portion. An attachment portion is provided on the cassette case. The indicator member is removably attached to the attachment portion.
US10265978B2
Edge hold down (EHD) systems are described herein that enable high print quality to be achieved more consistently, particularly when using substrates that are rigid or include one or more defects. Each EHD system includes a tensioned band for holding down an edge of a substrate as it passes through a printer assembly without impacting the print area. The tensioned band can be affixed between an entry tension assembly and an exit tension assembly disposed downstream of the entry tension assembly in the media feed direction. The tensioned band holds the substrate substantially flat against a transfer belt during printing by applying pressure to the surface of the substrate. The tensioned band generally contacts the surface of the substrate substantially proximate to an outer edge that is parallel to the media feed direction.
US10265975B2
A control section of an inkjet recording apparatus forms a test chart between both ends of a recording medium in a recording-medium width direction by drawing a plurality of line sets, in each of which there are arranged a predetermined number of lines each extending in a recording-medium conveyance direction and each drawn with ink ejected from a single one of the plurality of ink ejection nozzles, by sequentially shifting the plurality of line sets by one line in the recording-medium width direction, each time the recording medium proceeds a predetermined distance in the recording-medium conveyance direction. Further, the control section detects, by using the detection section, presence/absence of ink on each of the plurality of lines drawn in the test chart, and determines presence/absence of a defective pixel, and a position of the defective pixel.
US10265971B2
A printing machine includes a printing assembly and a dryer unit having a dryer, with the dryer having at least one first energy output device. The at least one first energy output device is arranged such that it can be moved over an actuating distance between at least one active position and at least one stop position. The actuating distance extends in a continuously linear manner in or opposite to an actuating direction over at least 75% of its entire length. The actuating direction deviates by a maximum of 40° from at least one horizontal direction. The actuating direction deviates by a maximum of 40° from a normal direction of an average surface normal of an entire section, located in an active region of the at least one first energy device, of a transport path which is provided for a web-type printing machine. A method of operating a printing machine is also disclosed.
US10265969B2
An image processing device generates data for forming an image by layering, on a printing medium, a first layer and a second layer. The image processing device includes a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first dot arrangement in the first layer formed by a gloss printing material, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a printing amount of a color printing material for forming the second layer, and a halftone unit configured to perform halftone processing of converting the printing amount into second dot arrangement of the color printing material on the printing medium based on the first dot arrangement, wherein the halftone unit separately performs the halftone processing in a third area of the second layer and the halftone processing in a fourth area of the second layer based on the first dot arrangement.
US10265962B2
A printing assembly has a frame having two side walls, between which, a transport path for the transport of printing material, extends. A transport direction is defined by the transport path. The printing assembly has at least three cross bars which extend in a transverse direction between the side walls. They are arranged one behind the other with respect to the transport direction. The printing assembly has at least three printing heads which are arranged one behind the other. At least one first additional device, is arranged on each of the cross bars. At least one second additional device, is arranged on each of the crossbars.
US10265960B2
A method for manufacturing a liquid ejection head includes forming a first negative photosensitive resin layer containing a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator over a substrate, exposing the first negative photosensitive resin layer to light to form a latent image of a flow channel member, forming a second negative photosensitive resin layer containing a photopolymerizable compound and a photopolymerization initiator over the first negative photosensitive resin layer having the latent image, and exposing the second negative photosensitive resin layer to light to form a latent image of an ejection opening member. The first negative photosensitive resin layer has a thickness of 10 μm or less and further contains a sensitivity adjusting agent capable of reducing the sensitivity of the first negative photosensitive resin layer. The transmittance A of the first negative photosensitive resin layer is 0.70 or less for the exposure light for the second negative photosensitive resin layer.
US10265958B2
A print unit has a transport path for stock, which path defines a direction of transport. The print unit comprises at least two suction boxes, having inlet openings which point in the direction of the transport path for the stock. The inlet openings of the suction boxes extend along an inlet length which corresponds to a working width of the print unit. The suction boxes are arranged next to each other in a transverse direction. These suction boxes can be removed from the print unit individually and independently of each other. The suction boxes may each be connected to the same common suction line by flow connections.
US10265951B2
An inkjet printing apparatus and its control method which can suppress defective ejection and wasteful ink consumption are provided. For that purpose, pigment density Nx of the ink in a circulation path is calculated, and the ink in the circulation path is discharged on the basis of the pigment density Nx.
US10265918B2
A method for making a carcass for a pneumatic vehicle tire includes building up a carcass free from sidewalls with an inner liner, a single-ply or multi-ply carcass inlay and bead cores, at a carcass station on a carcass building drum, while creating ply turnups. The carcass produced without sidewalls is transferred to a transfer device. The carcass is kept on the transfer device while applying sidewalls to the carcass. The carcass is retained on the transfer device while transferring the carcass provided with the sidewalls to a shaping machine where the carcass is shaped into a toroidal shape.
US10265914B2
A method for forming a hybrid structure is provided. The method includes applying a sealant to a first component fabricated from a first material, coupling an isolation sheet to the sealant, and coupling a second component to the isolation sheet. The isolation sheet and the second component are fabricated from a second material that is different than the first material to facilitate preventing formation of a galvanic cell within the hybrid structure.
US10265910B2
A fabrication process and apparatus for producing three-dimensional objects by depositing a first polymer layer, printing a first ink layer on to the first polymer layer, depositing a second polymer layer on to the first ink layer, and printing a second ink layer on to the second polymer layer. The deposition and printing steps may be repeated until a three-dimensional object is formed. The inks used to form at least one of the first and second ink layers may include dyes or pigments so that the three-dimensional object may be a colored three-dimensional object.
US10265908B2
A blank sheet including a plurality of main fibers arranged in parallel with each other, auxiliary fibers and a resin that consolidates the fibers is heated to a temperature at which the resin softens, and then pressed against a fan blade mold with the direction of the main fibers aligned with the longitudinal direction of the fan blade mold. The fan blade mold is shaped so that the length thereof in the longitudinal direction along the surface of a center part thereof in the width direction is shorter than the length thereof in the longitudinal direction along the surface of end parts thereof in the width direction. When the blank sheet is pressed against the fan blade mold, a center part in the width direction of the blank sheet at an end part in the longitudinal direction is pulled with a greater force than end parts in the width direction of the blank sheet at the end part in the longitudinal direction, thereby preventing occurrence of wrinkling.
US10265907B2
Disclosed is a locking device for a molding unit for containers of thermoplastic material. The device includes a lock with at least one locking pin, the at least one locking pin being made of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and advantageously has at least one metal insert.
US10265899B2
A precursor for use in forming a multi-attribute pellet that includes virgin and recycled content is disclosed. The precursor may comprise a micro-pellet including recycled content. In embodiments, the micro-pellet may be in the range of about 300 pieces per gram to about 1200 pieces per gram. Embodiments of methods for forming precursors and methods for forming multi-attribute pellets are also disclosed.
US10265888B2
Provided are a mold allowing smooth removal of a molded article therefrom without deforming the molded article, and a method of producing the molded article using the mold. The mold includes a first mold piece (A), a second mold piece (B), and a plurality of third mold pieces (C). One of the first mold piece (A) and the second mold piece (B) has a protrusion cavity surface (2f) that protrudes toward the third mold piece (C) from a mating surface (1a) to contact with the third mold piece (C) and shapes an external profile of the molded article (Ma) together with a cavity surface (3f) of the third mold piece (C) when the mold pieces are clamped with each other.
US10265884B2
A kneader includes a kneader main body including a casing including a kneading chamber and a kneading portion that is disposed in the casing and kneads a material in the kneading chamber. The material supplied to the kneading chamber includes a resin material, an inorganic additive added to the resin material, and a coupling agent for enhancing affinity of the inorganic additive for the resin material. The kneader further includes a kneading monitoring portion that monitors a kneading state of the material by detecting a reaction product that is generated by a reaction between the coupling agent and the inorganic additive.
US10265878B2
A material handling system is presented having a frame member and a pair of fork members that form a holding area configured to receive sheet stock therein. The sheet stock includes a plurality of parts that are connected by small tabs of material. The material handling system is used to remove the sheet stock from a cutting tool and dislodge the parts from the sheet stock by impacting the sheet stock with the fork members by rotation or movement of the forks. This arrangement eliminates the need to remove individual parts from a cutting tool, and instead allows for removal of the sheet stock and parts in a single operation thereby improving the utilization rate of the cutting tool and streamlining the manufacturing process.
US10265873B2
A method and a gonioradiometer for the direction-dependent measurement of at least one photometric or radiometric characteristic of an optical radiation source. The emission direction of the photometric or radiometric characteristic is described using a system of planes (A, B, C), the planes of which intersect at an intersection line which passes through the radiation centroid of the radiation source, and using an emission angle (α, β, γ) which specifies the emission direction (α, β, γ) within a considered plane. A sensor or the radiation source is fastened to a multi-axis articulated robot. The robot is configured to only swivel about precisely one of its axes during a measuring process, in which measurement values relating to different emission angles (α, β, γ) within a considered plane of the system of planes (A, B, C) or to different planes at a considered emission angle (α, β, γ) are detected.
US10265870B2
In a cover structure of a robot, the robot includes two or more movable portions, is stored in a cover, and is mounted with an end effector in any one of the two or more movable portions. The cover is fixed to any one of the movable portions other than the movable portion mounted with the end effector among the two or more movable portions, and has a cover opening portion where the end effector is capable of passing.
US10265868B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a transfer robot having a cooling plate attached thereto for cooling a substrate during transfer between a processing chamber and a load lock chamber. In one embodiment, the cooling plate is a single, large area cooling plate attached to the transfer robot beneath the substrate being transferred. In another embodiment, the cooling plate is an array of substrates attached to the transfer robot beneath the substrate being transferred. The cooling plate may include a conduit path for circulating a cooling fluid throughout the cooling plate. The cooling plate may have an upper surface with a high emissivity coating applied thereto.
US10265865B2
A gripper device and method is provided. The method includes capturing, using an electronic device, information of an object that is indicative of holding position; determining, using the information, by a hardware processor, an optimal holding orientation and an optimal movement of at least one of (i) a plurality of fingers, or (ii) a plurality of suction cups of a gripper device; identifying the at least one of (i) the plurality of fingers, and (ii) the plurality of suction cups as one or more grasping components based on the information, the optimal holding orientation and the optimal movement; and enabling, using an actuator, the one or more identified grasping components to grasp the object based on the information, the optimal holding orientation and the optimal movement.
US10265864B2
A workpiece reverse support device has a pair of workpiece pinching members for abutting on their respective opposing side portions of the workpiece held by the robot hand so as to pinch the workpiece and a pinching state switching unit for switching the pair of workpiece pinching members between a pinching state of pinching the workpiece and a releasing state of releasing the workpiece. In a workpiece reverse support device for supporting a face/back reverse of a workpiece in a robot hand, flexibility of its installation state, namely installation location, installation posture, or the like can be enhanced.
US10265853B2
To provide a laser welding system that can correct divergence of a laser beam irradiation position with higher precision, and is capable of higher precision laser welding. A remote laser welding system (1) includes: a multi-axis robot (3); a laser head (5) provided to a leading end of an arm (31) of the multi-axis robot (3); a control unit (7) that controls operations of the multi-axis (3) and the laser head (5); and a laser light source (53), in which the laser head (5) includes: two galvano mirrors (51, 52) configured to be rotatable about rotational axes (X1, X2), respectively, and reflect a laser beam; and galvano motors (54) that rotationally drive the galvano mirrors (51, 52), and in which the control unit (7) includes an acceleration sensor (73) that acquires the acceleration of the vibration; and a command correction section (74) that corrects a control command to the galvano motors (54) which rotationally drive the galvano mirrors (51, 52), based on the acceleration of the vibration acquired by the acceleration sensor (73), so as to suppress divergence of the laser beam irradiation position due to vibration.
US10265850B2
The present disclosure is directed to a computer-implemented method of sensor planning for acquiring samples via an apparatus including one or more sensors. The computer-implemented method includes defining, by one or more computing devices, an area of interest; identifying, by the one or more computing devices, one or more sensing parameters for the one or more sensors; determining, by the one or more computing devices, a sampling combination for acquiring a plurality of samples by the one or more sensors based at least in part on the one or more sensing parameters; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, one or more command control signals to the apparatus including the one or more sensors to acquire the plurality of samples of the area of interest using the one or more sensors based at least on the sampling combination.
US10265845B2
The present invention is to provide an industrial robot, which is placed in vacuum for use, capable of efficiently cooling down hand- or arm-driving motors which are arranged inside the arm in air. The industrial robot is provided with a motor for rotating a second arm unit with respect to a first arm unit, a motor for rotating a hand with respect to the second arm unit, a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the second arm unit, and a reduction gear for reducing the rotation of the motor and transmitting it to the hand; the hand and the arm are placed in vacuum. The reduction gears and are coaxially arranged so that the center of rotation of the second arm unit with respect to the first arm unit coincides with the axial centers of the reduction gears. The interior space of the hollow first arm unit is kept at atmospheric pressure in which the motors and the reduction gears are arranged.
US10265826B2
A method of forming a recess in a surface of a substrate includes: providing an abrasive article comprising a structured abrasive member disposed along a peripheral surface of a support member, frictionally contacting the structured abrasive layer with a surface of a substrate, longitudinally advancing the structured abrasive layer relative to the surface of the substrate; and rotating at least one of the abrasive article or the substrate relative to the other around a rotational axis perpendicular to the surface of the substrate such that the structured abrasive layer maintains contact with and abrades the surface of the substrate. The structured abrasive member comprises a structured abrasive layer comprising shaped abrasive composites secured to a backing, wherein the backing is proximate to the support member. The shaped abrasive composites comprise abrasive particles retained in a binder material. The present disclosure also provides an abrasive wheel comprises a structured abrasive member disposed on a peripheral surface of a support wheel and display covers including a spherically concave recess abutting a cylindrical passage.
US10265820B2
In a machine tool, in particular a laser machine tool, a workpiece slide or tool slide is movable along a guide rail and has at least two guide carriages that are guided on the guide rail. The machine tool has a covering hood that is moved along with the slide, for covering that rail section of the guide rail that is located between the two guide carriages. The covering hood is a part that is not connected to the slide. The covering hood is guided on the guide rail in a displaceable manner between the two guide carriages and is entrained in the displacement direction by the rear guide carriage when the slide is displaced.
US10265806B2
A system for sealing an internal passage of a component includes a closure element positioned within the internal passage, and a joint material coupling the closure element to at least one passage wall that defines the internal passage. The system also includes a flexible braze element positioned proximate the closure element, the joint material, and the at least one passage wall.
US10265804B2
A method of producing holes in a component, in particular of turbomachines, wherein each hole extends from a first, outer surface to a second, inner surface of the component and wherein the method has, for example, the following steps: (i) producing a 3D model of the actual geometry of the component, at least for the region of the holes; (ii) adapting each hole on the basis of the actual geometry of the component; and (iii) generating a production program for each individual hole. In this way, the process quality and with it the quality of the holes increases, because the offset of holes caused by component tolerances is avoided and the drilling funnels are formed according to specification. Furthermore, drilling defects on account of the offset of holes and/or cores can be avoided. Overlapping holes caused by component tolerances are likewise avoided.
US10265802B2
A method of reworking an aerospace component includes removing a casting defect from a component manufactured of a non-fusion weldable base alloy to form a cavity. The cavity is then at least partially filled with a multiple of layers of discrete laser powder deposition spots of a filler alloy. A cast component for a gas turbine engine includes a cast component non-fusion weldable base alloy with a cavity filled with a multiple of layers of laser powder deposition spots of a filler alloy. The filler alloy may be different than the non-fusion weldable base alloy. A layer of non-fusion weldable base alloy is at least partially within the cavity and over the filler alloy.
US10265796B2
In one aspect, there is disclosed a drawn arc fastener welding process that includes the steps of providing a fastener positioned in a welding tool, providing a weld control, providing a work piece, contacting the fastener against the work piece, energizing a pilot current, lifting the fastener from the work piece and drawing a pilot arc, energizing a main arc for a predetermined duration, short circuiting the fastener relative to the work piece, cyclically redrawing an arc and short circuiting the fastener relative to the work piece at least one additional cycle, dynamically sensing an arc voltage and calculating a derivative signal of the voltage over time for each drawn arc and short circuit of the cycle wherein a position and motion of the fastener relative to the work piece is controlled and the energizing of the arc is controlled, and plunging the fastener into the work piece forming a weld.
US10265792B2
A hybrid article is disclosed including a coating disposed on and circumscribing the lateral surface of a core having a core material. The coating includes about 35% to about 95% of a first metallic material having a first melting point, and about 5% to about 65% of a second metallic material having a second melting point lower than the first melting point. The coating is sinter-bonded to the core. A method for forming the hybrid article is disclosed including disposing the core in a die, introducing a slurry having the metallic materials into a gap between the lateral surface and the die, and sintering the slurry, forming the coating. A method for closing an aperture of an article is disclosed including inserting the hybrid article into the aperture, and brazing the hybrid article to the article, welding the aperture with the hybrid article serving as weld filler, or both.
US10265791B1
A system for automatically brazing joints in a manifold has a loading station, a brazing station, and a cooling station. The brazing station has a plurality of brazing torches moveable to a joint in the manifold to braze the joint. First, second and third fixture frames extend from a common rotatable platform. The platform rotates each of the fixture frames to each of the loading station, brazing station, and cooling station in turn. The fixture frames support manifolds with joints requiring brazing. The torches are disposed on a lifting platform that lifts the torches up to a desired joint. The lifting platform is disposed on a sliding platform that slides the torches horizontally to the desired joint. The torches surround the joint and braze it from all sides simultaneously. While brazing is being performed at the brazing station, loading and unloading of manifolds may be done at the loading station, and cooling of already-brazed manifolds may take place at the cooling station.
US10265790B2
In order to prevent a reduction in the rate of operation and malfunction due to dirt in a machining tank, a wire electric discharge machine configured to perform electric discharge machining in the machining tank is provided with a camera for capturing an image of the inside of the machining tank and determining unit for detecting dirt in the machining tank based on the image captured by the camera. The dirt in the machining tank is detected by the determining unit.
US10265783B2
A universal clamping assembly for a key duplicating machine is described. The clamping assembly comprises a housing having a pair of opposed flat guide rail support surfaces and a sliding tip clamp is guidingly displaceable along each of the guide rail support surfaces and are urged against the tip of the key and key blank blades which are positioned on the guide rails. A pivoting clamp is displaceably engageable on a forward top edge of the respective key blades to apply a downward force on the key blades to ensure that the lower edge of the key blades is firmly resting against the guide rail support surfaces. A pair of cam operated side clamps is actuable to further clamp the blade on their sides at two distinct areas. The universal clamping assembly is capable of accommodating different key and key blank lengths, widths and thicknesses. The method of clamping the key and key blank is also described.
US10265779B2
Provided is a carbon fiber reinforced plastic machining method using a monitoring sensor which includes the step (S10) of electrically connecting a spindle and the monitoring sensor by a computer numerical control (CNC) device, the step (S20) of determining a start position in relation to machining of the spindle and a machining finish position, and the step (S30) of controlling the movement speed and rotation speed of the spindle in accordance with the determination result.
US10265774B1
The adjustable case preparation tool polymer body has a tungsten carbide blade or blades, an adjustment screw, and a lock nut to secure the adjustment. The adjustment screw bears on a pin, which slides in a tube, which is held by friction fit in the molded or 3D printed body. The screw attaches the tool to a handle, prep center, or rotor. Colors identify calibers, and a tool fits every cartridge in that caliber by interchanging lengths of pins and tubes. The tool can be used with interchangeable spindle sleeves in increments of diameter for a precise fit. The flash hole deburring tool will not enlarge or chamfer a flash hole, and the neck turner will not mar a case mouth. The embodiments work on a case held in a case holder, and cutting stops when the pin through the flash hole touches the solid face of the case holder.
US10265773B2
Using metal foams for the electrode of secondary lithium battery, preparing method thereof, and secondary lithium battery including the metal foam. A metal foam is used in an electrode of secondary lithium battery where the surface and the inner pore walls are coated with the active materials, a method of manufacturing such metal foam, and secondary lithium battery including the metal foam.
US10265768B2
The present process provides a method for synthesizing difficult to make oxide-free nanometals and such as Zn, Sn and Ti and alloys of the period 4 and 5 transition metal elements in a free and reduced state using a solution phase synthesis process. Also provided is a method for stabilizing their associated colloidal metal and alloy dispersions under kinetic control at modest temperatures (<95 degrees Celsius). A solution of an organic reducing agent containing at least two proximal nitrogen atoms is reacted with a separate solution containing one or more metal-organic salts dissolved in the same or different low molecular weight solvent as the reducing agent. The reaction products are stabilized with Lewis bases and Lewis acids and optionally can be concentrated by removing a portion of the volatile low molecular weight solvent by either the use of a partial vacuum or by chemical extraction into another phase.
US10265753B2
Provided is a hot press product made from a heated material. In some cases, the product includes a bulging portion formed around a positioning hole, in which an inner diameter of the positioning hole, which shrinks when a temperature of the hot press product returns to room temperature, is increased by the bulging portion.
US10265749B2
Machine for bending metal products, wherein the machine includes a drawing unit configured to feed at least one metal product along an axis of feed and toward a bending unit and a shearing unit configured to shear the metal product. The bending unit is mounted on a translating platform able to be translated in a direction of translation transverse to the axis of feed, and at least one part of the shearing unit is mounted on the translating platform.
US10265733B2
An apparatus that facilitates the manual sorting of objects is disclosed. The apparatus includes a display surface having a surface that can be selectively illuminated and that is adapted for receiving the objects. An identification reader reads identification information stored on the objects. A controller causes an area on the display surface corresponding to one of the objects to be illuminated based on the identification information and indicates a location to which the illuminated object is to be moved. In one aspect of the invention, the display surface includes an area adapted for positioning a receiver for the objects. The display surface provides an indication of a position in the receiver at which the one of the objects is to be placed.
US10265730B2
Vibratory device (1) for compacting machine comprising a shaft (3), at least one eccentric mass (4,5,6) rotatable arranged around the shaft (3) and at least one motor (8) arranged around the shaft (3). The motor (8) is arranged for rotating drive of at least one of the eccentric masses (4,5,6) around the shaft (3). The motor (8) comprise a winding unit (9) connected to, the shaft (3) and a rotor (10) rotatable arranged around the shaft (3) and connected to at least one of the eccentric masses (4,5,6). The rotor (10) is arranged to be actuated by at least one magnetic field to rotation around the shaft (3) and the winding unit (9) is arranged to generate the magnetic fields which actuates the rotor (10) to rotation.
US10265729B2
Disclosed is an NDT/NDI probe array and manufacturing method. The probe array includes a sheet of flexible circuit 10 with a plurality of lower pins 102 and corresponding, electrically connected, upper pins 104. The probe further comprises a backing block 12, a layer of piezoelectric ceramic 16 having a plurality of conductive elements 162, a matching layer 18 and a frame 14. An adhesive material such as epoxy is applied to the circuit, the backing, the ceramic and the matching layer, and all are aligned and stack pressed at least partially into the frame and permanently bonded in such a fashion that each of the lower pins of the flexible circuit is firmly and permanently in contact with a corresponding one of the conductive elements of the ceramic.
US10265728B2
A capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer (CMUT) cell comprising three electrodes: a first electrode coupled to a cell membrane; a second electrode embedded into a cell floor opposing the first electrode and separated therefrom by a gas or vacuum cavity; and a third electrode opposing the second electrode on the cavity side, wherein a dielectric layer is sandwiched between the second electrode and the third electrode to create a capacitive relation between the second electrode and the third electrode. The three electrode CMUT cell provides an ultrasound transducer with two actively driven (controlled) electrodes.
US10265726B2
Provided is a method for decorating a kitchen item by means of mechanical treatment in order to produce a decoration. The mechanical treatment involves removing and/or displacing part of a thermostable decorative composition by means of pressure and moving a tool or a compressed air jet over the surface of the decorative layer.
US10265723B2
Provided are a coating apparatus which coats an article using a plurality of coating nozzles and is capable of performing the coating without restriction of the posture of the article, a coating nozzle used for the same, and a coating method. A coating apparatus includes: a first air jet port 20; a plurality of coating material jet ports 22 dispersedly disposed in the periphery of the first air jet port 20 across the whole circumference; and a plurality of second air jet ports 24 dispersedly disposed in the periphery of the coating material jet ports 22 across the whole circumference. The coating apparatus includes a plurality of coating nozzles 18 each of which performs jetting via a circulating passage formed along the dispersing arrangement of the second air jet ports 24. A controlling unit 34 independently controls individual adjusting units of the plurality of coating nozzles 18.
US10265722B2
An adjustable paint roller assembly for facilitating ease of painting includes a frame that is complementary to and reversibly couplable to a tubular core of a roller cover. A first arm is coupled to and extends angularly from a first end of the frame. A distal section of the first arm is positioned substantially parallel to the frame. A terminus of the first arm is positioned substantially equally distant from a second end and the first end of the frame. A second arm is pivotally coupled to the first arm and extends from the terminus. A selector is coupled to the first arm and the second arm. The selector is positioned to position the second arm perpendicular to the distal section. The selector also is positioned to position the second arm linearly with the distal section.
US10265718B2
An atomizing device includes a first liquid chamber to store a liquid to be atomized; a nozzle plate unit disposed on the first liquid chamber and used to spray the liquid into first atomized droplets; and an indirect spray unit disposed at a position where the first atomized droplets are sprayed to accept the first atomized droplets. The indirect spray unit includes a channel structure having a droplet inlet disposed toward a position where the nozzle plate unit sprays out the first atomized droplets; and a droplet outlet disposed on one side wall of the atomizing device. The droplet inlet receives the first atomized droplets to enter the indirect spray unit. The first atomizing droplets undertake striking and rebounding repeatedly in the channel structure to form the second atomized droplets. The second atomized droplets are sprayed out from the droplet outlet.
US10265711B2
A spray head assembly comprising a body configured to receive a supply of fluid and a face in fluid communication with the body, the face having a plurality of nozzles arranged in a non-linear pattern for directing the fluid from the spray head, wherein the plurality of nozzles are configured to direct the fluid flow to form a wedge-shaped spray pattern between the face and a focal region at a focal length from the spray head, and wherein the spray pattern forms a linear spray arrangement in the focal region.
US10265705B2
An apparatus for measuring a characteristic of a sample includes a sample measurement apparatus (1404), which includes a light source (1406) configured to illuminate the sample; and a detector (1412) configured to receive light from the sample. The sample measurement apparatus is sized and dimensioned to fit within a centrifuge receptacle, the centrifuge receptacle (1416) coupled to a spindle configured to rotate the centrifuge receptacle to apply a force to the sample.
US10265701B2
A container for taking up and dispensing a substance includes a glass tubule, a glass punch that slides adjustably in the glass tubule, forming a seal, and a glass sleeve closed on one side, in which the glass tubule is accommodated. The glass sleeve is shorter than the glass tubule, so that the glass tubule projects out of the glass sleeve. The glass punch is longer than the glass tubule and projects out of the glass tubule at the end situated outside of the glass sleeve. The glass punch does not fill the glass tubule completely, so that a substance chamber remains in the region of the end of the glass tubule situated within the glass sleeve.
US10265700B2
A diabetes test system for measuring blood glucose levels is provided, which includes a glucose meter, at least one diabetic test strip, and a container or pouch for storing the diabetes test strips and protecting them during transport. Methods of packaging diabetes test strips are also provided. The glucose meter includes software for detecting the validity of the at least one diabetic test strip, and a communication device that transmits data relating to the blood glucose level of the user to an external device. A secure packaging system for diabetes test strips which eliminates gray market sales of such test strips is also provided.
US10265692B2
Methods and compositions for the catalytic oxidation of pharmaceutically active compounds, and more particularly to ex vivo methods for predicting in vivo metabolism of pharmaceutically active compounds, including predicting in vivo interaction between two or more pharmaceutically active compounds.
US10265687B2
Provided is a Na—Y molecular sieve and a method for preparing the Na—Y molecular sieve, an H—Y molecular sieve and a method for preparing the H—Y molecular sieve, a hydrocracking catalyst, and a hydrocracking method. The average grain diameter of the Na—Y molecular sieve is 2-5 μm, and the sum of pore volumes of pores in 1-10 nm diameter accounts for 70-90% of the total pore volume of the Na—Y molecular sieve. The H—Y molecular sieve obtained from the large-grain Na—Y molecular sieve can be used as an acidic component in the hydrocracking catalyst. When the hydrocracking catalyst containing the H—Y molecular sieve is applied in the hydrocracking reaction of heavy oils that contain macromolecules, it can provide better cracking activity and product selectivity in the hydrocracking reaction.
US10265685B2
The invention relates to the preparation of novel bi- or tri-metallic silicate micro-porous and/or meso-porous materials based on cerium, nickel, copper and/or zinc on a porous silicate framework matrix to use its molecular sieve effect to target preferentially the acidic organic molecules present in hydrocarbon feedstocks like crude oil, bitumen, VGO and the like. The chosen metals are selected based on their ability to activate steam and transfer oxygen for completing the oxidation of carboxylic compounds or decarboxylating them. These composite materials can be prepared under hydrothermal synthesis conditions in order to produce suitable porous solids where the metals are well dispersed and preferentially distributed inside the channels of the silicate framework where they can interact only with the molecules that can go inside the channels. According to the invention, the metallo-silicate materials are prepared under hydrothermal synthesis conditions Modification of the physical-chemical properties of the porous silicate materials can be accomplished by partial replacement of the silicon atoms by cerium, nickel, copper and/or zinc atoms in the material by isomorphous substitutions of these elements in a synthesis gel or by post-synthesis modifications like ion-exchange or impregnation/deposition. The materials can be used as prepared catalysts for the steam catalytic reduction of the total acid number (TAN) in acidic crude oil feedstocks and in the presence of steam and/or CO2 as oxidizing agent to complete decarboxylation and to keep the metal oxide active sites from reducing and deactivating as well as other partial upgrading reactions.
US10265679B2
In one aspect, the present invention provides a chromatographic stationary phase material for various different modes of chromatography represented by Formula 1: [X](W)a(Q)b(T)c (Formula 1). X can be a high purity chromatographic core composition having a surface comprising a silica core material, metal oxide core material, an inorganic-organic hybrid material or a group of block copolymers thereof. W can be absent and/or can include hydrogen and/or can include a hydroxyl on the surface of X. Q can be a functional group that minimizes retention variation over time (drift) under chromatographic conditions utilizing low water concentrations. T can include one or more hydrophilic, polar, ionizable, and/or charged functional groups that chromatographically interact with the analyte. Additionally, b and c can be positive numbers, with the ratio 0.05≤(b/c)≤100, and a≥0.
US10265678B2
There are provided porous fibers having excellent removal performance with respect to a material to be purified; and a purification column into which an adsorbent material obtained by bundling the fibers is incorporated. The porous fibers satisfying the following conditions (a) and (b) and having a shape in which three or more projected parts are continuously present in the lengthwise direction on the periphery part of a solid-state fiber: (a) The modification degree Do/Di in a cross section is 1.2 to 6.6 when the diameter of the inscribed circle is denoted by Di and the diameter of the circumscribed circle is denoted by Do., and (b) The specific surface area of pores is 50 m2/g or more.
US10265674B2
There is provided a method of producing a localized concentration of energy. The method includes creating at least one shockwave propagating through a non-gaseous medium so as to be incident upon a pocket of gas within the medium wherein the pocket of gas is attached to a non-planar surface shaped to concentrate the intensity of the shockwave which is incident upon the pocket of gas.
US10265669B2
A mixing container 1 with a top filling opening 5, with a connection flange 9, 9.1 which projects outward in the area of the top filling opening 5 in a radial direction for connecting the mixing container 1 to the mixing head of an industrial mixing machine and with a bottom discharge 13 that can be blocked and opened comprises a mixing receptacle 3, 3.1 forming the hollow chamber 4 of the mixing container 1 and with a wall 18, 19 encompassing its hollow chamber and flexible in a radial direction and comprises a container frame 2 holding the mixing receptacle 3, 3,1 and with the connection flange 9 and the discharge 13. The container frame 2 holds the mixing receptacle 3, 3.1, in such a manner that its wall 18, 19 surrounding the hollow chamber 4 is at least partially accessible in the circumferential direction for bringing about a deformation of it in the radial direction.
US10265667B2
A mixing system typically for use in a container for mixing its contents, the mixing system including a cap unit, an extension unit and a magnetic mixing unit that is attached to the cap unit by the extension unit. The magnetic mixing unit can be folded to permit insertion and/or removal of the system via a mouth of the container. The extension unit and magnetic mixing unit connect via a hinge formed by upper and lower hinge portions that meet at a pivot point. The hinge portions extend from the pivot point along a first axis. The magnetic mixing unit includes a first magnetic elongate member that extends from the lower hinge portion along a second axis that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis, and a second magnetic elongate member that extends from the lower hinge portion along the second axis in the opposite direction relative to the first elongate member. The magnetic member(s) may be provided by a plastic coated magnetic stir bar.
US10265661B2
A mixed powder and a material for molding have polytetrafluoroethylene as a main component. Each includes polytetrafluoroethylene that can be fibrillated, a non-hot melt processable component that is not fibrillated, and a hot melt processable component with a melting point of lower than 320° C. that is not fibrillated. The non-hot melt processable component that is not fibrillated is contained in a range of 20 to 40% by weight of the total weight. The hot melt processable component is contained at equal to or more than 0.1% by weight but less than 20% by weight of the total weight. A drawn porous body includes a plurality of fibrils, and a plurality of knotted portions that are connected to each other by the fibrils.
US10265655B2
The present invention involves the use of a two-step membrane system for gas separations. In this two-step membrane system, the membrane system comprises high selectivity and high permeance membranes. The two-step membrane system includes a first membrane section, a second membrane section and an ejector configured to increase the pressure of a lower permeate using the energy from a higher permeate gas pressure. The process provides increase in product recovery and product purity of the product gases. It can also save the cost compared to the system using compressors and external energy to drive the separation of gases.
US10265652B1
A buckle mechanism of a dust collecting barrel of a bag-type dust collector includes a first retaining seat and a second retaining seat. Two sides of the first retaining seat are provided with two first linking members. Two sides of the second retaining seat are provided with two second linking members. The first linking members and the second linking members are connected through two connecting rods. An operating rod is provided between the second linking members. A support unit is provided between the first linking members. The support unit is fixed to a barrel cover. The second linking members are driven to swing by the operating rod and the first linking members are linked so that the barrel cover is moved up and down to quickly complete the assembly and disassembly of a dust collecting barrel.
US10265650B2
A fuel filter may include a housing and a filter element positioned within the housing. A water collection chamber may be defined in the housing and may be constructed and arranged to collect water separated from a fuel. A water level sensor may be positioned within the water collection chamber. The water level sensor may be constructed and arranged to detect a water level in the water collection chamber. The water level sensor may include an electrically conductive plastic first terminal.
US10265637B2
A ride-on, wheeled toy picks up small objects from a plane surface. The ride-on toy can be driven by the feet of a child sitting on the toy or by the hands of a person standing behind the toy. The pick-up mechanism of the toy is a continuous gear and belt system with flexible sweeping fins. The pick-up mechanism can be activated or deactivated by a push button or switch.
US10265629B2
A swing comprising an adult seat and a child seat, said two seats connected together via a common frame and arranged such that the two seats face each other. The common frame comprises a rigid frame, said rigid frame having a first portion, a middle portion and a second portion, said middle portion being arranged between the first and second portions. The swing is arranged to be suspended from the first portion. The adult seat is attached to the second portion. The child seat is attached to the middle portion. In this way a simple construction is provided which is safe and easy to use for both adults and children.
US10265627B2
The present disclosure generally relates to virtual reality simulation, and more specifically, in some implementations, to devices, systems, and methods for use in a virtual reality sports simulation. A system for virtual reality simulation may include an accessory (e.g., one or more of a bat, a glove, or a helmet) for interacting with a virtual reality environment. The accessory may provide the user with haptic feedback that emulates sensations that the user would experience when playing a live-action sport to provide the user with a more meaningful and realistic experience when playing a virtual reality game. Further, virtual reality simulations disclosed herein may include incorporating data from a live-action event (e.g., a live-action sporting event) into a virtual reality environment to provide a user with a realistic experience.
US10265624B2
Systems and methods are provided for controlling the use of electronic systems based upon monitored physical activity. The method can be implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions. The program instructions are operable to: provision rules associated with a user and at least one of health metrics and physical activity of the user; monitor the at least one health metrics and physical activity of the user over a predetermined time; and manage access to any of a plurality of electronic systems based on the monitored at least one health metrics and physical activity being in compliance or non-compliance with the provisioned rules.
US10265622B2
A method and apparatus that incorporate teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, presenting at a display of a computer device a first graphical user interface depicting a game space of a gaming application, receiving a detected stimulation from a mobile communication device associated with a second graphical user interface depicting a virtual peripheral controller for capturing control information for controlling the gaming application, detecting a request to swap between the computer device and mobile communication device presentation of the first graphical user interface depicting the game space and the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller, and presenting at the display of the computer device an adaptation of the second graphical user interface depicting the virtual peripheral controller responsive to the detected request to swap. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10265614B2
A method and system for managing a challenge event from which a computer code that supports software development for a client computer is obtained. At least two participants are selected to participate in the challenge. Assets of software code are provided to the participants for assisting the participants to deliver respective submissions as outcomes of participation by the participants in the challenge event. A solution to the challenge event in a form of a computer code is received from only one participant previously chosen from the selected at least two participants as the only participant to submit the solution. The received solution is validated for quality and is accepted. In response to the validating and accepting of the received solution, the received solution is delivered to the client computer. The received solution is configured to be used by the client computer to support software development for the client computer.
US10265610B2
Disclosed herein are various systems and methods for transmitting information using modulated magnetic fields. A system comprises a transmitter having a first magnetic field source for transmitting a first modulated magnetic field to a receiver for decoding and a field controller coupled to the first magnetic field source for controlling the first modulated magnetic field. The system can further include a receiver having a first magnetometer configured to detect the first modulated magnetic field produced by the first magnetic field source and a decoder coupled to the first magnetometer for interpreting the first modulated magnetic field.
US10265606B1
A truck and a skateboard assembly comprised of two trucks and a deck. The truck of the present invention has three rigid bodies and two degrees of freedom. The three rigid bodies comprise: (1) the deck and baseplate assembly for the skateboard assembly, or the baseplate assembly for the truck; (2) the hanger assembly; and (3) the floating kingpin assembly. The three rigid bodies are joined together by three spherical joints and elastomerically coupled and constrained by elastomeric components. The truck of the present invention provides the combined functionality of deep deck lean, improved steering control over a wider range of speed, improved speed stability, and improved suspension compared to existing skateboard trucks.
US10265605B1
An apparatus for gliding over snow is disclosed. The apparatus comprises at least two decks coupled via a swivel arm. Each deck comprises a strap to receive a foot of a user, and a board coupled to the deck via a connector. The user stands on the decks to create swivel-motion with the help of the swivel arm. The swivel-motion created at the deck is transferred to the connector and to the board to create forward momentum and glide the board over the snow.
US10265595B1
A ball bat for impacting a ball and extending along a longitudinal axis may include a handle portion and a barrel portion coupled to the handle portion. The barrel portion may include circumferentially spaced launch angle boosters. Each of the launch angle boosters extend along the axis at an angle of at least 3° and no greater than 12° from the longitudinal axis.
US10265591B2
Embodiments of golf club weight attachment mechanisms are described herein. In some embodiments, a golf club head comprises a head body with an interior cavity, a shell portion, and a bracket with a weight member coupled to the bracket. In one embodiment, the bracket and the weight member can be configured to be fully contained within the interior cavity. Other examples and related methods are also described herein.
US10265589B2
A golf club head includes a head body having a crown, sole and skirt therebetween, the head body defining an opening in a front portion and having a frame support around the periphery of the opening. A face plate is mounted within the opening and has a transition radius along one or more edges to at least partially wrap around one or more of the crown, sole and skirt. The head includes thin wall zones in the crown and skirt, a hosel flush with the crown and a weight mounted in the sole proximate to the face plate, such that the golf club head has a center of gravity located relatively low and forward in proximity to the face plate.
US10265586B2
A golf club head is described having a club head portion, a shaft portion connected to the club head portion, and a grip portion connected to the shaft portion. The club head portion has a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a hosel portion, and a striking face. The striking face has a center face roll contour, a toe side roll contour, a heel side roll contour, a center face bulge contour, a crown side bulge contour, and a sole side bulge contour. The toe side roll contour is more lofted than the center face roll contour. The heel side roll contour is less lofted than the center face roll contour. The crown side bulge contour is more open than the center face bulge contour, and the sole side bulge contour is more closed than the center face bulge contour.
US10265579B2
Determining pace or speed based on sensor data may include determining an amount of contact time a user's foot has with a workout surface such as the ground. Contact time may be determined by identifying samples in the sensor data that correspond to various events such as a heelstrike, a toe-off and a subsequent heelstrike. In one example, these events may be identified by determining a sequence of three sample values (e.g., a triplet) that exceeds corresponding thresholds. The validity of an identified triplet (e.g., heelstrike, toe-off and heelstrike) may be confirmed by determining whether a difference between a last event sample and a middle event sample is greater than a difference between the middle event sample and an initial event sample. Once confirmed, a contact time may be determined from the triplet. A linear or non-linear relationship may then be applied to the contact time to determine a speed or pace.
US10265569B2
Provided is an exercise lifting bar having at least two hand grips, an integral loading surface for holding optional plate weights coupled to each hand grip, the paired or coupled grips and loading surfaces thereby defining a member; the members further being substantially cylindrical, collinear, and operable to translate relative to one another. Also included is a translation limiter to limit the motion between the members. Methods of assembly of the exercise lifting bar are also provided.
US10265567B2
An exercise machine having band grips mounted on arms that reciprocate at a pre-set incrementally increasing rate of reciprocation and at an applied force capacity greater than a resistive force applied by the user. The band grips are universally mounted for manipulation by the user for repositioning the hands at the beginning of each stroke of reciprocation without removing the hands from the grips, thereby exercising alternate opposing it is. muscle groups during alternate strokes of reciprocation and allowing the user to apply a desired resistive force, which force is measured and displayed for viewing by the user during exercise.
US10265565B2
An unweighting system includes a frame, a pair of front pulleys, a pair of rear pulleys, a first cable, and a second cable. The frame is configured to be attached to or placed at least partially around an exercise device and includes a front portion and a rear portion. The pair of front pulleys is coupled to the front portion. The pair of rear pulleys is coupled to the rear portion. A first cable passes through a first of the pair of front pulleys and through a first of the pair of rear pulleys. A second cable passes through a second of the pair of front pulleys and through a second of the pair of rear pulleys. The first and second cables are configured to couple with a user to unload a portion of the user's weight as the user exercises on the exercise device.
US10265555B2
An ant-falling device includes a shell, a first axle and a second axle supported therein, a buffer unit coupled at the first axle, and a reel spring for retracting the buffer unit. The buffer unit includes a rope reel and a driven gear. The second axle includes a driving gear, a first buckling member, and a handle that controls the driving gear to engage with the driven gear for retracting a rope via the rope reel. The shell includes a button, having a second buckling member, movably mounted thereon and being pushed by a spring. When the driving gear is engaged with the driven gear, the button is actuated to couple the second buckling member with the first buckling member to enable the rope being smoothly retracted. As the button is pressed, the first buckling member is released to disengage the driving gear with the driven gear.
US10265553B2
Described is a breathing system that covers a person's head with a flexible hood material. One aspect provides a protective hood, including: a flexible hood material having a closed top portion and a neck portion; a viewing window disposed within the flexible hood material; a breathing inlet disposed in the flexible hood material and providing for breathing air to enter into an interior of the protective hood; an exhalation valve disposed interior to the protective hood; and a sealing arrangement disposed at the neck portion of the flexible hood material; wherein at least a portion of expelled gas from the exhalation valve is released into an interior of the protective hood and rinses the interior of the protective hood.
US10265548B1
A segmented ultrasound body suit having a suit assembly with a plurality of separated segments having a torso and buttocks segment, a pair of mirror image arm segments, a pair of mirror image thigh segments, and a pair of mirror image calf segments. A plurality of cutouts is disposed in the segments. Each cutout is affixed within with a pad containing a power source and a switched ultrasound transducer and pressure switch. An ultrasound energy is transferred to a skin contact surface by a plate housed within the pad. A user dons any or all segments for chosen ultrasound treatment, with choice of off and on at each pad.
US10265547B2
An ultrasound gel is provided for use with internal ultrasound imaging and/or therapy. The gel can have acoustic properties that can closely match a soft tissue to be imaged/treated and can be of a high viscosity that is maintained when heated by the body. In some embodiments, the gel can act as a lubricant and, although water based, can be hydrophobic and not dissolve in bodily fluids. In some embodiments, the gel can be sterile, safe for ingestion, and include a preservative. The gel can be used for oral or non-oral applications and when used orally, can comprise a dental agent for inhibiting growth of dental microorganisms and/or prevent respiratory infections.
US10265542B2
Brachytherapy radioisotope carrier systems and methodology for providing real-time customized brachytherapy treatment to subjects with tumors difficult to control using conventional radiation therapy techniques. The invention generally relates to devices, methods and kits for providing customized radionuclide treatments, to help cure, slow progression or regrowth, or ameliorate the symptoms associated with tumors.
US10265541B2
A balloon applicator for irradiation of a cavity within living tissue is provided, comprising a double-lumen shaft and with a balloon connected to the shaft at a proximal and a distal position, in which a movement of a first portion of the shaft relative to a second portion of the shaft can be effected. In addition, a tool is provided which can be inserted into a lumen of the shaft and which is designed to effect the relative movement. Furthermore, a system is provided composed of balloon applicator and tool.
US10265539B2
A therapeutic light emitting diode lighting system to treat seasonal affective disorder, to be provided at an upper portion of a hot tub basin above an indicated maximum water level, the hot tub basin defining at least one seat portion and corresponding headrest defined by the hot tub basin such that a facial region corresponds to the headrest, the facial region corresponding to a facial area of a person seated in the seat portion and supported by the headrest, the therapeutic light emitting diode lighting system including at least one array of light emitting diode (LED) bulbs provided on the upper area, the LED bulbs configured to illuminate colors and wavelengths selected to treat seasonal affective disorder, the LED bulbs being angled to direct light at the facial region of the hot tub body.
US10265536B2
A method and system for use with an implantable medical device for subcutaneous implant within a patient to determine a likelihood of the patient experiencing a cardiac event that includes sensing a cardiac signal along a plurality of different sensing vectors, determining state information of each vector of the plurality of sensing vectors, determining a cross correlation of the determined state information of each vector of the plurality of sensing vectors, comparing the cross correlation of the determined state information of each vector of the plurality of sensing vectors to a threshold, and detecting the cardiac event in response to the comparing.
US10265535B2
A conductive fluid reservoir can be used to dispense conductive fluid to increase electrical connectivity between an electrode of a defibrillator and a patient. The reservoir includes a container that holds the conductive fluid, one or more outlets on the container, and an inflatable pouch located at least partially within the container. The inflatable pouch is capable of being inflated from a deflated state to an inflated state. In the deflated state, a free end of the inflatable pouch covers the one or more outlets. In the inflated state, the free end of the inflatable pouch is removed from the one or more outlets such that the conductive fluid is allowed to flow out of the container via the one or more outlets. Inflating the inflatable pouch causes the conductive fluid to be dispensed from the reservoir.
US10265533B2
Presented herein are techniques for protecting an implantable component of a medical device from the buildup of excessive heat following a charging process. In one embodiment, the implantable component includes a resonant tank circuit that includes an implantable coil that receives power from the external charging device via an inductive link. The implantable component includes a rechargeable battery that is electrically connected to the resonant tank circuit and that can be recharged using the power received from the external charging device. A controller in the implantable component is configured to determine when charging of the rechargeable battery should be terminated and, in response, detune the resonant tank circuit in accordance with a predetermined pattern to signal to the external charging device that charging of the rechargeable battery should be terminated.
US10265530B1
Some implementations provide an implantable wirelessly powered device for implantation in a patient's body, the device including: two or more electrode arrays configured to apply at least one electrical pulse to an excitable tissue, each electrode array including at least one electrode; two or more connector contacts, each integrally wired to a particular electrode array, each configured to drive the at least one electrode of the particular electrode array integrally wired thereto with the at least one electrical pulse and to set a polarity for each of the at least one electrode of the particular electrode array integrally wired thereto; a first antenna configured to: receive, from a second antenna and through electrical radiative coupling, an input signal containing electrical energy as well as polarity assignment information, the second antenna located outside the patient's body; and one or more circuits electrically connected to the first antenna and the connector contacts, the circuits configured to: create the one or more electrical pulses suitable for stimulation of the excitable tissue by using the electrical energy contained in the input signal; program each connector contact to set the polarity for the at least one electrode of the particular electrode array integrally wired thereto based on the polarity assignment information contained in the input signal; and supply the one or more electrical pulses to the connector contacts.
US10265529B2
This invention provides an apparatus for electrically stimulating a cell and a method for using the same. In particular, the apparatus of the invention comprises an array of electrodes and a controller for actuating individual electrodes.
US10265523B2
The present disclosure includes methods and devices for a non-invasive treatment of a neurodegenerative disease through a delivery of energy to a target nervous tissue, such as a vagus nerve of a patient. Such energy can be applied to the patient to generate an electrical impulse. The electrical impulse can be modulated to increase an activity of an anti-inflammatory cytokine in the patient to inhibit inflammation and treat the neurodegenerative disease. Such stimulation can bring about a reduction of neuro-inflammation in some patients suffering from one or more conditions, such as Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, postoperative cognitive dysfunction, or postoperative delirium.
US10265522B2
Electro-stimulator (1) includes electrode pad (60) that outputs current to provide electrical stimulation to a muscle, angular velocity sensor (51) that detects information on motion of a waist, and controller (30) that adjusts magnitude of the current output from electrode pad (60) based on a result of the detection by angular velocity sensor (51). Electro-stimulator (1) further includes belt (11) that supports electrode pad (60), angular velocity sensor (51), and controller (30). Thus, current flows through an abdomen, thereby providing electrical stimulation to the abdomen, and enabling proper training of abdominal muscles.
US10265518B2
Electrical neurostimulation leads for use in craniofacial peripheral nerve neurostimulation (e.g. occipital neurostimulation). Paddle leads, lead wires, lead wire anchors, tools, or other hardware can be designed for implantation in the craniofacial region. This can address problems of electrical neurostimulation in the craniofacial region such as lead migration, hardware breakage, patient discomfort, or other problems.
US10265515B2
Treatment of an aneurysm or other vascular defect can be facilitated or enhanced by a galvanic cell formed by an implantable medical device configured to be implanted at or within the aneurysm or other vascular defect. The implantable medical device can include a primary structure including an anodic metal and a cathodic metal. The anodic metal and the cathodic metal each form a fraction of a total surface area of the primary structure. A galvanic cell formed by the anodic metal and the cathodic metal is configured to induce a galvanic voltage within blood for a duration of time to promote thrombosis. The thickness of the anodic metal can be less than or equal to 5 μm, for example, to provide galvanic activity for between 5 and 30 minutes.
US10265514B2
A sensing and stimulation system includes a central hub, and a plurality of flexible arms extending from the central hub. Each of the arms includes at least one electrode and at least one sensor. Each of the arms is configured to perform sensing and stimulation including electrically stimulating biological material, and sensing biological responses and changes. The system includes a port configured to be alternatively connected to a remote control module for wireless operation of the system and a leaded connector for wired operation of the system.
US10265506B2
Some embodiments of a vascular access device are configured to reduce the likelihood of blood leakage during installation, even when the device is optionally installed using a single hand. In particular implementations, the vascular access device is configured as a peripheral intravenous (IV) device.
US10265501B2
A malleable cannula (50) for fluidically coupling with an anatomical structure includes a flexible cannula body wall (64) having a proximal end (68), a distal end (70), and a lumen (72) extending longitudinally between the proximal end (68) and the distal end (70). The proximal end (68) defines a first opening (80) to the lumen (72) and the distal end (70) defining a second opening (82) to the lumen (72). A channel is defined by a portion of the cannula body wall and extends longitudinally from the distal end (70) toward the proximal end (68). The channel has a first end oriented toward the proximal end of the cannula body wall. A malleable member (100) is provided within the channel and is fixedly connected to the cannula body wall (64) at the first end of the channel. The malleable member (100) is configured to assume and maintain a formed shape of the cannula body wall (64).
US10265496B2
A valve assembly (12) includes a first housing (22), a diaphragm member (24) having a plurality of individually pivotable sealing members (50), and a second housing (26) coupled to the end of the first housing over the diaphragm member. The second housing has a plurality of ports (78) spaced about the second member. The diaphragm member is structured to actuate between (i) a first state wherein the sealing members substantially seal the end of the first housing responsive to a pressure within the first housing being below a certain level, each of the ports being open in the first state, and (ii) a second state wherein the sealing members pivot away from and do not substantially seal the end of the first housing responsive to a pressure in the first housing being at or above the certain level, each sealing member substantially sealing a respective one of the ports in the second state.
US10265495B2
Systems and methods are provided for decreasing intracranial pressure and enhancing circulation, as well as for increasing the respiratory rate and encouraging spontaneous respiration. According to such methods, a valve system is coupled with a person's airway. The valve system has an exhalation valve and an patient port that interfaces with the person's airway. The exhalation valve includes a diaphragm having a textured surface. The diaphragm is positioned across an exhalation valve seat and contacts a distal end of the exhalation valve seat, and is configured to prevent or impede respiratory gas flow to the person's lungs until an expiratory pressure equals or exceeds an opening pressure of the exhalation valve, at which time the diaphragm moves away from the distal end to create an open exhaust channel.
US10265494B2
Systems and methods for respiratory therapy are disclosed. The system may include a nebulizer, an adaptor, and a nasal cannula. The nebulizer is operable to generate an aerosolized medicament and pass the aerosolized medicament through a nebulizer outlet port. The adaptor has a nebulizer coupling port configured to be coupled to the nebulizer outlet port. The nasal cannula is configured to provide a flow of breathing gas from a breathing gas source to the patient. The nasal cannula comprises at least one nasal prong and an attachment device positioned adjacent the at least one nasal prong. The attachment device is configured to secure the adaptor outlet port adjacent an outlet of the nasal prong. The method includes securing a nasal cannula to the patient, attaching an adaptor to the nasal cannula, generating an aerosolized medicament, transferring the aerosolized medicament into the adaptor, and providing a flow of breathing gas to the patient.
US10265489B2
An interfacing structure is arranged to cooperate with a frame to contact with the skin of a patient. The interfacing structure includes a clip portion joined to a cushioning component. The frame is more rigid than the clip portion and the clip portion is more rigid than the cushioning component.
US10265485B2
A medication concentration detecting device includes a medicine container, a three-way pipe, a light emitting member, a first light receiver and a processor. The medicine container has a chamber configured for accommodating nebulized medicine. The three-way pipe has a passageway connected to the chamber for the nebulized medicine to flow along the passageway. The light emitting member is disposed on the three-way pipe and configured for emitting a light beam toward the passageway. The first light receiver is disposed on the three-way pipe and configured for receiving the light beam and outputting a luminous flux signal. The processor is connected to the first light receiver and configured for calculating a luminous flux reference value according to the luminous flux signal. The luminous flux reference value is used for determining whether outputs a low nebulized medicine concentration warning.
US10265484B2
A dispensing assembly for a container filled with a medicinal substance or formulation, the container being suitable for administering the medicinal substance or formulation via inhalation, buccal or sublingual delivery. The dispensing assembly includes a housing (1) defining a patient port through which, in use, the medicinal substance or formulation is dispensed. The dispensing assembly further includes a cap (3) that can be engaged with and disengaged from the patient port to close and open the patient port and an adhesive tape (10) having one portion (12) affixed to the housing and a second portion (11) affixed to the cap, such that when the cap is disengaged from the patient port, the cap is still connected to the housing.
US10265476B2
A two body syringe carrier assembly for use in an injection device is presented where a force dampener is operatively connected to the two bodies to dissipate spring force at the completion of the penetration and/or injection steps. The injection device has a generally elongated tubular housing, a syringe containing medicament and having a needle, a needle shield slidably arranged to the housing and protruding a distance outside the front end of the housing, a plunger arranged to act on the syringe and a pre-tensioned drive member arranged the drive the plunger.
US10265468B2
A device provided for monitoring the delivery of fluids through a drip chamber. The device includes an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) source and an EMR detector. A device body is employed to position the source and detector about the drip chamber so that the source and detector define an optical path across the drip chamber. A processor device is employed to detect fluid drops from differences between detector signal values separated by a lag time. The device connects to a monitor which may continuously monitor the detected drips.
US10265467B2
The present invention discloses a needle device, comprising a needle base and a needle head being placed in the needle base, a first sleeve part slides on the needle base, a second sleeve part slides on the first sleeve part; at least one protrusion portion is arranged on upper surface of the needle base, a through hole is arranged at a rear end of the first sleeve part, at least one elastic limit portion is arranged in the through hole, the elastic limit portion prevents the protrusion portion from moving toward fixed end of the elastic limit portion when the protrusion portion moves to position between inner wall of the through hole and free end of the elastic limit portion; a limit apparatus is also arranged between the first sleeve part and the second sleeve part. After use of the needle device of the present invention, the needle head can be covered quickly by the sleeve part on the needle base, and the connection between the sleeve part and needle base is tight, the sleeve part will not rebound, security of products is improved effectively.
US10265464B2
A portable therapeutic fluid delivery device and a method for delivering a therapeutic fluid into a body of a patient are provided. In one aspect the therapeutic fluid delivery device and the method can be implemented using at least one housing securable to the body of the patient, a reservoir coupled to the at least one housing, a therapeutic fluid dispensing mechanism, a memory component, a controller, at least one bolus delivery button configured to signal the controller to initiate the delivery of the therapeutic fluid into the body of the patient; and, an inadvertent initiation prevention mechanism adapted for preventing the patient from activating the at least one bolus delivery button.
US10265459B2
An apparatus for extracorporeal treatment of blood (1) comprising a treatment unit, a blood withdrawal line, a blood return line, a preparation line and a spent dialysate line. A control unit (10) is configured to calculate values of a parameter relating to treatment effectiveness based on measures of the conductivity in the spent dialysate line. The value of the effectiveness parameter is calculated using one or more values representative of the conductivity in the spent dialysate line obtained relying on a mathematical model.
US10265450B2
Disclosed are systems for wireless energy transfer including transcutaneous energy transfer. Embodiments are disclosed for electrical connections between an implanted wireless receiver and an implanted medical device powered by the receiver. Methods for manufacturing and using the devices and system are also disclosed.
US10265449B2
The present invention provides a rotary blood pump with both an attractive magnetic axial bearing and a hydrodynamic bearing. In one embodiment according to the present invention, a rotary pump includes an impeller assembly supported within a pump housing assembly by a magnetic axial bearing and a hydrodynamic bearing. The magnetic axial bearing includes at least two magnets oriented to attract each other. One magnet is positioned in the spindle of the pump housing while the other is disposed within the rotor assembly, proximate to the spindle. In this respect, the two magnets create an attractive axial force that at least partially maintains the relative axial position of the rotor assembly. The hydrodynamic bearing is formed between sloping surfaces that form tight clearances below the rotor assembly.
US10265433B2
An embodiment includes a wound dressing comprising: a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam, including open cells, having first and second states; and a hydrogel (HG) included within the cells; wherein (a) in a first position a composite, including the SMP foam and the HG, is configured to be located proximate a hemorrhagic tissue with the SMP foam in the first state; (b) in a second position the composite is configured to be expanded to the second state against the hemorrhagic tissue when the SMP foam is plasticized at 37° C. depressing a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the SMP foam to below 25° C. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10265432B2
An air sanitization device is provided that utilizes radiant catalytic ionization to produce purifying plasma comprising highly oxidative molecules that greatly decrease the amount of volatile organic compounds, carbon monoxide and particulate matter within the HVAC system and the interior of transportation vehicle. The air sanitation device includes surfaces coated or impregnated with a noble alloy that comprises predominately titanium dioxide and a UV light source that directs UV light onto the surfaces of coated surfaces to generate, via the radiant catalytic ionization reaction the purifying plasma. Integration of the air sanitization device into a vehicle HVAC system greatly decreases irritant molecules within the vehicle.
US10265415B2
Peptides that specifically bind erythrocytes are described. These are provided as peptidic ligands having sequences that specifically bind, or as antibodies or fragments thereof that provide specific binding, to erythrocytes. The peptides may be prepared as molecular fusions with therapeutic agents, tolerizing antigens, or targeting peptides. Immunotolerance may be created by use of the fusions and choice of an antigen on a substance for which tolerance is desired.
US10265408B2
The present disclosure relates to novel cleavable conjugates of antibiotics and an antibacterial cell-penetrating peptide, and methods to make and use the novel cleavable conjugates of antibiotics and an antibacterial cell-penetrating peptide.
US10265406B2
The present application relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising biocompatible nanoparticles or nanoparticles aggregates which allows the appropriate delivery of said biocompatible nanoparticles or nanoparticles aggregates to a target site in a subject in need thereof. The composition indeed allows an accumulation of the biocompatible nanoparticles or nanoparticles aggregates it comprises into the targeted tissue of the subject of at least 4 milligram (mg) nanoparticles or nanoparticles aggregates per gram (g) of targeted tissue when at least 0.1 g of the pharmaceutical composition per kilogram (kg) of body weight is injected intravenously (IV) or intraarterially (IA) into said subject.
US10265400B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of conditions such as pain.
US10265396B2
Methods of making and using a magnetic ECM are disclosed. The ECM comprises positively and negatively charged nanoparticles, wherein one of said nanoparticles contains a magnetically responsive element. When the magnetic ECM is seeded with cells, the cells will be magnetized and can be levitated for 3-D cell culture.
US10265384B2
The present invention relates to solid pharmaceutical compositions for oral administration comprising a GLP-1 agonist, an absorption enhancer which is a salt of medium-chain fatty acid, and an enteric coating as well as uses thereof.
US10265377B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising non-naturally occurring zinc finger domains, fusion proteins comprising these zinc finger domains, polynucleotides encoding these proteins, cells expressing these proteins and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these proteins or polynucleotides as well as methods of modifying an Htt gene using these compositions for treating or preventing Huntington's Disease.
US10265371B2
Conjugates comprising a targeting moiety specific for the CXCR4 and based on the polyphemusin-derived peptide and a therapeutic or imaging agent are provided. Therapeutic and diagnostic methods with the conjugates which require specific targeting to CXCR4+ cells are provided as well.
US10265367B2
The present disclosure relates generally to oral compositions and methods for inhibiting the formation of plaque biofilm by salivary bacteria, and more particularly, to oral compositions comprising a combination of magnolia bark extract (MBE) and L-arginine, Nα-lauroyl ethyl ester (LAE). The oral compositions are useful for improving oral health, including inhibiting the formation of plaque biofilm by salivary bacteria and reducing plaque adherence to teeth.
US10265364B2
The present application is directed to composition comprising various maca extracts and the use of such compositions for treating certain diseases, disorders, and conditions.
US10265358B2
The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of Medicated Leaven Massa by pure strain fermentation, characterized in that the Medicated Leaven Massa is prepared by fermentation under suitable conditions with Penicillium chrysogenum as a single fermentative strain and the culture medium is made of 6 ingredients, including flour (and/or wheat bran), Artemisia carvifolia, Polygonum flaccidum Meissn., Xanthium sibiricum Patr., Semen Armeniacae Amarum., and Vigna umbellata.
US10265356B2
The present invention relates to a Myoviridae bacteriophage Esc-COP-4 that is isolated from the nature and can kill specifically enteroinvasive E. coli strains, which has a genome represented by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. NO: 1 (Accession NO: KCTC 12663BP), and a method for preventing and treating the infections of enteroinvasive E. coli using the composition comprising said bacteriophage as an active ingredient.
US10265350B2
The invention relates to products and compositions that may be beneficial in animal husbandry. Said products and compositions comprise microorganisms, such as bacteria, and probiotic bacteria in particular. Thus, provided herein are microbial strains, as well as selection criteria which will enable the skilled reader to find further strains useful in the present invention. The strains, as well as compositions comprising the same, may be administered to animals, farmed animals such as swine in particular. The administration may occur in the first days of life. By administration of the products or compositions of the inventions animal growth can be promoted and animal weight can be increased. Bacterial infections may also be prevented or treated by said compounds or compositions.
US10265348B2
Extract of a bacterial strain for its use in treatment and/or care of the skin and/or mucous membranes, as well as its cosmetic and/or dermopharmaceutical compositions. In particular, its use for sebum reduction and skin firmness.
US10265336B2
Compositions (e.g., pharmaceutical compositions, nutraceutical compositions or medical food compositions) comprising tannic acids, particularly tannic acids which are D-amino acid oxidase inhibitor with superior potency, purity and safety profile; and uses thereof for treating CNS disorder and obesity disorders including diabetes, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia or hypercholesterolemia.
US10265334B2
Provided herein are anhydrous compositions that include at least one viscosity increasing agent, at least one organic solvent and at least one humectant. Such compositions may also include at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) and/or at least one water repellant. Related compositions, methods and kits are also provided.
US10265333B2
The present invention relates to a lipid nanomaterial containing lysophosphatidylcholine or an ether derivative thereof, a method for preparing the same, a method for reducing erythrocyteolysis and hemagglutination using the compound, and a pharmaceutical agent containing the lipid nanomaterial. The present invention contains lysophosphatidylcholine or an ether derivative thereof as an active ingredient, and can be useful as a treatment agent for septicemia, bacterial infection diseases, and the like.
US10265331B2
CBP/β-catenin inhibitor shows a superior defibrosing effect for Cre/loxP/HCV-MxCre transgenic mouse which is an animal experiment model of hepatic fibrosis, and useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic drug for hepatic fibrosis.
US10265327B2
This invention relates to a new medical use for certain chemical compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The invention relates to compounds which are selective V1a antagonists for use in the treatment of phase shift sleep disorders, in particular jetlag. In another aspect, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for use in the treatment of phase shift sleep disorders comprising a compound according to the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US10265325B2
A method for the treatment of a neurodegenerative, psychiatric or neurological disease associated with a cholinergic deficit comprising administering GLN-1062 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof by nasal administration to a patient in need thereof.
US10265321B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating and/or preventing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) using salt-inducible kinase (SIK) inhibitors, such as macrocyclic SIK inhibitors of Formula (I), imidazolyl SIK inhibitors of Formula (II), and urea and carbamate SIK inhibitors of Formula (III-A) (e.g., urea and carbamate SIK inhibitors of Formula (III)).
US10265312B1
A method of preventing post-operative endophthalmitis involves injecting a colored antibiotic solution into the anterior segment of the eye during surgery, the antibiotic solution having moxifloxacin, cefuroxime, vancomycin, or some combination thereof, and the coloring agent being preferably a cobalamin (e.g., cyanocobalamin).
US10265304B2
The invention relates to compositions and methods for improving memory and related functions as alertness, attention, concentration, learning, and language processing. More particularly, the invention relates to compositions comprising at least two drugs selected from cinacalcet, baclofen, acamprosate, mexiletine, sulfisoxazole and torasemide useful to enhance memory and related functions in healthy subjects or subjects suffering from conditions or disorders having a negative impact on their memory.
US10265290B2
In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing cardiovascular-related disease and, in particular, a method of blood lipid therapy comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising eicosapentaenoic acid or a derivative thereof.
US10265289B2
The present invention provides an application of chlorogenic acid in preparing medicines for treating melanoma and a pharmaceutical composition comprising chlorogenic acid and used for treating melanoma.
US10265279B2
The instant invention relates to therapeutic combinations of LSD1 inhibitors and one or more other active pharmaceutical ingredient(s) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The combinations are particularly useful for treating neoplastic diseases, such as cancer, particularly small cell lung cancer (SCLC).
US10265275B2
A method of making a facile, surface-independent, polyphenol coating is disclosed. In general, the method includes contacting at least a portion of the substrate to be coated with an aqueous solution containing one or more salts and one or more nitrogen-free phenolic compounds. Substrates of all kinds may be used, and compounds used to make the coating may include epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), epigallocatechin (EGC) and epicatechin-3-gallate (ECG), tannic acid, gallic acid, pyrogallol, and/or other nitrogen-free phenolic compounds. The coating made using the method, methods of using the coating, and kits comprising the coating precursors are also disclosed.
US10265270B2
The present invention relates to a hot melt extrusion composition, a process for preparing a hot melt extruded product using the hot melt extrusion composition, a solid dispersion of decoquinate, and pharmaceutical uses of the composition and the solid dispersion of decoquinate. The hot melt extrusion composition comprises 5 to 30% of decoquinate, 60 to 90% of a polymeric carrier and 0 to 10% of a surfactant. The hot melt extrusion composition can be melted into a liquid at a temperature below the melting point of decoquinate to achieve complete mixing, effectively avoiding the possible thermal decomposition of decoquinate and other components of the composition during the hot-melt process, thus retaining their original structures and pharmacodynamic activity. In the solid dispersion of decoquinate according to the present invention, the active pharmaceutical ingredient and the formulation excipients are melted into amorphous material with homogeneity, possessing improved solubility and drug releasing rate as well as enhanced oral bioavailability and efficacy.
US10265267B2
The disclosure provides a method of treating chronic cough in a subject having idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising from about 2% by weight to about 6% by weight of cromolyn sodium and an ionic osmotic agent with a nebulizer.
US10265264B2
Pure saponins and processes for making such saponins are described herein. In addition, cosmetic compositions, such as skin care compositions, comprising such saponins and methods for improving skin health and appearance with such skincare compositions are also described herein.
US10265263B2
A stable, aqueous composition containing a crosslinked, nonionic, amphiphilic polymer capable of forming a yield stress fluid in the presence of a surfactant is disclosed. The yield stress fluid is capable of suspending insoluble materials in the form of particulates and/or droplets requiring suspension or stabilization.
US10265254B2
The present invention comprises ternary compositions of tamibarotene and/or ammonium lactate in Pemulen for treatment of effects of aging.
US10265249B2
A composition comprising a glyceride copolymer that may be combined with a fibrous structure, including a wipe.
US10265246B2
Techniques provided herein are directed toward accurately determining when an item is removed from a blister pack by utilizing capacitive sensors. The capacitive sensors may be positioned on each blister of the blister and may detect the presence of the skin of the finger and/or the whether the blister has been deformed, which can occur when an item is removed from the blister. Some embodiments may determine whether skin was detected at the time of extraction to determine whether extraction was intentional.
US10265243B2
Methods and systems for a drug supply with an associated dosing regimen are described. Sachets may to store at least one pharmaceutical drug. A dosing bag holds at least one sachet and stores a specific pharmaceutical dose. Dosing bag assemblies are formed from one or more than one dosing bag and can be connected together to form a package. A book may be formed to include a plurality of drug containing bags or bag assemblies, which may form pages in the booklet. The dosing bags may be removed from the pages to allow the patient to take the specific pharmaceutical dose with them. alternatively, the dosing bag may be opened in the booklet and the specific pharmaceutical dose may be taken.
US10265237B2
Systems and methods for exerting forces on a body, including a support structure defining a space and a plurality of surface contacting units that are configured to exert force upon the body, such that the weight is distributed away from the primary weight bearing regions to non-weight bearing regions of the body, or vice versa, without exerting significant shear or frictional forces on surfaces of the body. The systems and methods may be used to exert forces to cause fluid shift in different compartments of the body. Applications include treatment of various disease conditions including pressure ulcers, heart failure, high blood pressure, preeclampsia, osteoporosis, injuries of spine and to slow microgravity-induced bone and muscle loss. The systems and methods may be used to simulate gravity, weightlessness or buoyancy, in rehabilitation medicine. The system may include a chair, bed, a wearable suit or an exoskeleton.
US10265235B2
The present invention provides a fixture that may be releasably attached to the operating table to apply two countervailing forces to the leg on opposite sides of the knee. These forces permit the application of a precise and stable torque to the knee joint. In one embodiment, the fixture may be repositioned and fixed with respect to the operating table through the surgical drape without penetration of the surgical drape.
US10265233B2
The present disclosure provides an incubator capable of enabling a user to easily and sufficiently perform a required operation inside an infant accommodation space of the incubator, since substantially the entire area of a hand insertion opening is actually opened when the user opens a service door and inserts their hand into the hand insertion opening. In the incubator, the hand insertion opening is configured so as to be capable of being opened and closed by the service door in a first state in which a first support frame member is attached to a peripheral wall section of the infant accommodation space, and the hand insertion opening is configured so as to be capable of functioning as an aperture window in a second state in which a second support frame member, a third support frame member, and an aperture window forming member are respectively attached to the peripheral wall section.
US10265229B2
A suspension for a vehicle is provided. The suspension includes, for example, a frame, at least one drive assembly and at least one caster pivot arm. The at least one drive assembly and the at least one caster pivot arm are pivotally connected to the frame at a common pivot axis such that the drive assembly and the front caster pivot arm are pivotable relative to one another.
US10265226B2
One purpose of the present invention is to provide a water-absorbent resin having excellent water absorption characteristics and being capable of improving the shape-retaining characteristics of a water-absorbent material when used in the water-absorbent material. A water-absorbent resin obtained by performing reversed phase suspension polymerization of a water-soluble ethylenically unsaturated monomer in a hydrocarbon dispersion medium, using a radical polymerization initiator, said resin being capable of having both excellent absorption performance and shape retention in a water-absorbent material using the water-absorbent resin, as a result of fulfilling the conditions of: (1) having a water-retention capacity of physiological saline of at least 38 g/g; (2) having a water-absorption capacity of physiological saline under a load of 4.14 kPa of at least 15 ml/g; and (3) having a tan δ of a 50-fold swollen gel of at least 2.10×10−2.
US10265217B2
A phacoemulsification surgical console, and a related system and method. The console, system and method may include a cassette receiver suitable for receiving a surgical cassette, a controller suitable for controlling provided aspects of the phacoemulsification; and a pre-alignment feature along a lower portion under and proximate to the cassette receiver, extending outwardly from the lower portion, and suitable for aligning the surgical cassette to the cassette receiver. The pre-alignment feature may comprise a shelf.
US10265216B2
A device for dispensing a mist of an ophthalmic fluid includes a discharge opening for said mist, a mixing chamber communicating with said discharge opening, an air chamber holding a volume of air, a first drive operable to expel air from said air chamber, a fluid chamber for holding a volume of the fluid to be dispensed and communicating with said mixing chamber, a second drive for delivering a predetermined dose of said fluid to said fluid chamber, said air chamber communicating with said fluid chamber and with said mixing chamber, said device establishing one flow of expelled air flowing into said fluid chamber, so as to force liquid from said fluid chamber into said mixing chamber, and another flow of said expelled air flowing past said fluid chamber into said mixing chamber.
US10265215B2
Methods and apparatus provide a therapeutic fluid to devices implanted in the body, for example to containers of devices implanted in the eye of a patient. The methods and apparatus may comprise an injector to increase an amount of therapeutic agent injected into the device implanted in the eye, or a structure to receive the therapeutic fluid within the device implanted in the eye, or combinations thereof. The device implanted in the eye may comprise a reservoir chamber having a fluid with a density different than the therapeutic fluid, and the apparatus can be adapted to at least partially separate the implanted device fluid from therapeutic fluid within the reservoir chamber to increase and amount of therapeutic fluid placed in the reservoir chamber.
US10265210B2
A brace comprises a belt and removably attachable vertical strut(s). Each vertical strut can comprise one or more of a strut(s), thoracic pad(s), hip pad(s), lumbar support pad(s), chest support pad(s), de-rotation pad(s), or any other component suitable to assist or restrict movement of a wearer's body, reduce or apply a force to a wearer's body, correct the shape of a wearer's body, reduce pain, or provide support to a wearer's body. It is contemplated that each component can be removable or adjustable from a vertical strut or belt.
US10265209B2
Described is an exercise tool. More particularly, it is a therapy and exercise tool specifically devised as a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device to align, separate, and stretch toes. The foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprises a frame with a plurality of posts connected with the frame. The device is formed of an elastic material such that a user may place at least one of the plurality of posts between a user's toes and pull the post to stretch and elongate the post between the toes. Upon release, the elastic material of the post causes the post to attempt to return to its original shape, thereby causing it to expand out and conform its shape to fit snugly against the user's toes. Additionally, the elastic material allows the toe posts to be positioned and maintained at numerous locations between the user's toes for customizable positioning between the toes.
US10265190B2
A vertebral insert may include a first linkage, a second linkage, and a third linkage. The first, second, and third linkages may at least partially defining a cavity. The insert may be movable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration, and the movement of the first and second linkages with respect to one another may be configured to reciprocally move the insert between the collapsed and expanded configurations.
US10265188B2
A prosthesis for the replacement of multiple diseased or traumatized spinal facets comprises a portion that replaces at least a bony portion of the facets to be replaced and where the prosthesis attaches to the vertebra in a manner that does not require attachment to, or abutment against, the lamina. Multiple configurations of the prosthesis provide for replacement of the two inferior facets, the two superior facets, a superior and inferior facet, or all four facets. A method of installing the prosthesis is provided that is comprised of the steps of resecting at least a portion of the facets that carry the diseased or traumatized spinal facets and attaching the prosthesis in a manner that does not require attachment or abutment against the lamina.
US10265187B2
An intervertebral implant can include a housing having a first end and second end with a top side and bottom side therebetween, with at least one engagement opening in the top side and/or bottom side, the implant having a first dimension from the top side to the bottom side; a shaft rotatably located within the housing and having a shaft head exposed through an end opening in the first end, the shaft head having a tool coupling member; the cam mechanism operably coupled with the shaft such that rotation of the shaft rotates the cam mechanism; and at least one engaging surface operably coupled to the cam mechanism such that rotation of the shaft protrudes and/or retracts each engaging surface through an engagement opening, wherein when each engaging surface protrudes through the engagement opening, the implant has a second dimension that is greater than the first dimension.
US10265182B2
A spacer for a knee replacement prosthesis. The spacer may have a lower surface with a locking component adapted to interlock with a tibial tray, an upper surface optionally with a tibial post and a pair of smooth-surfaced and slightly concave condyle support platforms disposed on opposite sides of the tibial post, and a substantially hollow body with an internal reservoir that can be filled with antibiotic material. The reservoir may be accessible from a port on the hollow body that leads into the internal reservoir, and which permits refilling of the reservoir. In some embodiments, the reservoir may be refillable from this port without removal of the spacer from the patient; for example, a percutaneous needle may be inserted into the port. The spacer may dispense antibiotic from this reservoir to the surrounding area in order to treat an infection.
US10265176B2
A method of fusing a sacroiliac joint including a sacrum, an ilium, and a sacroiliac joint space defined therebetween. The method may include: approaching a posterior aspect of the sacroiliac joint space with a joint implant including a body extending a length between a distal end and a proximal end; and delivering the joint implant into the sacroiliac joint space such that the joint implant passes through an access region defined between the posterior superior iliac spine and the posterior inferior iliac spine. The joint implant may be oriented in the sacroiliac joint space such that a portion of the body of the joint implant is positioned within a joint plane of the sacroiliac joint space, and such that the distal end of the joint implant is positioned posteriorly of an anterior boundary of the sacroiliac joint space.
US10265175B2
This invention relates to and orthopedic implant having an expansion means adapted to increase the external surface area of the implant, the expansion means positioned to correspond to voids or depressions in the anatomy of a patient. Also described are method for the design and manufacture of such implants.
US10265174B2
An implant comprises a U-shaped suture channel which extends along a center line which has first and second end openings opposite each other opening to a common face. In an aspect the suture channel has a middle portion with a first size in cross section with respect to the center line of the suture channel and at least one of the end openings has a second size in cross section larger than the first size. In another aspect the first and second end openings of the U-shaped suture channel are formed by a first hole and a second hole extending into the implant from the common face in respective first and second directions extending into the implant from the common face, the first hole and the second hole communicating within the implant and providing the U-shaped suture channel through the implant, for guiding curved suture needles through the suture channel.
US10265169B2
A prosthetic implant delivery assembly can include a prosthetic implant and an elongate catheter. The prosthetic implant can include an expandable stent portion having a longitudinal axis extending from a first end portion of the stent to a second end portion of the stent. The catheter can include a longitudinal axis extending from a proximal end portion of the catheter to a distal end portion of the catheter and a plurality of arms extending axially from the distal end of the catheter. The first end portion of the stent can be releasably and pivotably coupled to at least one the arms of the catheter such that the stent can pivot about the at least one of the arms so that the longitudinal axis of the stent is tilted relative to the longitudinal axis of the catheter.
US10265165B2
Disclosed is a prosthetic heart valve incorporating one or more linking elements adapted for anchoring, aligning, stabilizing, fixing, or otherwise enabling the implantation of other prosthetic devices, including other prosthetic heart valves, in or around the heart.
US10265160B2
A graft includes a biological graft. An embroidered textile supports the biological graft. Sutures attach the biological graft and the embroidered textile together.
US10265155B2
An implantable device is provided for soft-tissue or soft tissue-to-bone repair, fixation, augmentation, or replacement that includes a biomimetic and biodegradable nanofiber scaffold. Also provided is a fully synthetic implantable multiphased scaffold which includes, in a single continuous construct, a plurality of phases to mimic the natural anatomy of a tendon or ligament and their insertion sites. Also provided are scaffold apparatuses for musculoskeletal tissue engineering.
US10265138B2
Disclosed herein in a method and system for creating and utilizing a virtual-three dimensional image in a real-world environment to guide medical procedures. The process may include receiving image data related to a patient and creating and displaying a three-dimensional holographic model of the patient utilizing the received image data, wherein creating a three-dimensional holographic model of the patient utilizing the received image data. Exemplary methods include organizing image data in a unique manner and utilizing subvolume skipping techniques allowing for more efficient accurate rendering of holographic images.
US10265135B2
A surgical system is disclosed. The surgical system can include a tray and a vacuum-fitted cover covering at least a portion of the tray. The surgical system can comprise a tray and a drape at least partially vacuum-fitted to the tray. A surgical drape is also disclosed. The surgical drape can comprise a cover including an opening and an interior cavity defined by a flexible wall which is configured to receive a support surface. The surgical drape can further comprise a closable portion configured to close the opening and seal at least a portion of the support surface within the interior cavity. The surgical drape can further include a valve in fluid communication with the interior cavity, wherein the valve is configured to enable the suction of air from the interior cavity and draw the flexible wall inwardly to closely envelop at least a portion of the support surface.
US10265134B2
The present invention is directed to a surgical drape that provides for effective and fluid collection while reducing the reducing the risk of staff or patient contact with fluid expelled from a patient during a medical procedure.
US10265128B2
A method of using a robotic guidance system for performing surgery on a spine is provided. The method includes utilizing a computerized tomographic scan image of a location on a spinal column of a patient, such that the computerized tomographic scan image is connected to a computer and visible on a monitor connected to the computer. The method also includes attaching a coupling component to the spinal column of the patient, coupling a marker to the coupling component, and imaging, with a fluoroscope, the view of the spinal column of the patient, wherein the fluoroscope image is transmitted to the computer and visible on the monitor and the at marker is clearly visible in the fluoroscope image. The method also includes positioning a cannula, with a robotic mechanism, to a first position relative to a vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, drilling a passage through the cannula into bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, inserting a guidewire through the cannula into the passage in the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient, and positioning a screw into the bone of the vertebra in the spinal column of the patient.
US10265127B2
Systems and methods for planning and performing image free implant revision surgery are discussed. For example, a method for generating a revision plan can include collecting pre-defined parameters characterizing a target bone, generating a 3D model, collecting a plurality of surface points, and generating a reshaped 3D model. Generating the 3D model of the target bone can be based on a first portion of the pre-defined parameters. Generating the reshaped 3D model can be done based on the plurality of surface points collected from a portion of the surface of the target bone.
US10265118B2
A surgical instrument comprises a handle assembly including an actuator mounted for manipulation through an actuation stroke. An elongate shaft extends distally from the handle assembly and defines a longitudinal axis. A reciprocating member extends at least partially through the elongate shaft, and is mounted for longitudinal motion through the elongate shaft in response to manipulation of the actuator through the actuation stroke. A drive mechanism includes a first rotating component coupled to the actuator about a first circumference to induce rotational motion in the first rotating component. A second rotating component is coupled to the first rotating component such that rotational motion in the first rotating component induces rotational motion in the second rotating component. The second rotating component is coupled to the reciprocating member about a second circumference such that rotational motion of the second rotating component induces longitudinal motion in the reciprocating member. The second circumference is greater than the first circumference.
US10265115B2
Methods and devices for treating nasal airways are provided. Such devices and methods may improve airflow through an internal and/or external nasal valve, and comprise the use of mechanical re-shaping, energy application and other treatments to modify the shape, structure, and/or air flow characteristics of an internal nasal valve, an external nasal valve or other nasal airways.
US10265103B2
A spinal prosthesis includes first and second spinal attachment members attachable to first and second spinal structures, respectively. One or more adjustable stopper elements are assembled on one or both of the first and second spinal attachment members. The one or more adjustable stopper elements are formed with a bore through which either of the first and second spinal attachment members is slidable. The one or more adjustable stopper elements include structure that limits relative movement between the one or more adjustable stopper elements and the spinal attachment member on which the one or more adjustable stopper elements are mounted.
US10265100B2
Transradial access devices, systems, and methods. An exemplary device of the present disclosure for providing access to a vessel or other luminal organ and to prevent overperforation of the same comprises a needle having a needle tip and at least one current element positioned thereon or embedded therein at or near the needle tip, a sheath positioned around at least part of the needle, and a protractor in communication with the needle, whereby engagement of the protractor causes the needle tip to protract from the sheath through the aperture, and whereby release of the protractor causes the needle tip to retract through the aperture into the sheath. Activation of the at least one current element can facilitation vasodilation of the vessel or other luminal organ.
US10265092B2
A computer-controlled surgical system may include a surgical instrument having a working end, the working end having a moveable mechanical component, and movement of the mechanical component performing a clamping and cutting function by the working end. The surgical system may further include a computer control system operably coupled to the surgical instrument and to first and second input devices. In response to a first command received from the first input device, the computer control system controls movement of the mechanical component within a first range of motion, and in response to a second command received from the second input device, the computer control system controls movement of the mechanical component within a second range of motion different from the first range of motion.
US10265083B2
A method of implant a knee prosthesis includes forming a bone void at an end of a bone, implanting a void filler in the bone void, and implanting a knee prosthesis onto the end of the bone so that a stem of the knee prosthesis is received by the void filler.
US10265064B2
A soft tissue repair device can include a housing having a handle, a deployment system having an actuation member, and an insertion system having an inserter and a slider. The slider can be coupled to the actuation member and movable relative to the inserter between deployed and retracted positions. First and second anchors can be carried on an external surface of the slider such that the anchors are spaced apart and portions of the anchors are coaxial with the slider and each other. A flexible strand can couple the anchors. The insertion system can cooperate with the deployment system to move the slider to the deployed position to deploy the first anchor upon activating the actuation member a first time, and to move the slider to the deployed position from the retracted position to deploy the second anchor upon actuating the actuation member a second time after the first time.
US10265059B2
A septal closure and port device for implantation in the atrial septum of a patient's heart includes an expandable frame having a central portion defining a lumen, and first and second opposing end portions. The frame is configured to expand and contract between a compressed, tubular configuration for delivery through the patient's vasculature and an expanded configuration in which the first and second end portions extend radially outwardly from the opposite ends of the central portion. The device can further include a valve member supported on the frame and positioned to block at least the flow of blood from the left atrium to the right atrium through the lumen of the frame. The valve member is configured to permit a medical instrument to be inserted through the lumen and into the left atrium, such as for performing a subsequent medical procedure in the left side of the heart.
US10265054B2
Provided herein is technology relating to collecting and containing samples and particularly, but not exclusively, to technology for collecting and containing a stool specimen. The technology provides a device for collecting and containing a stool specimen, the device comprising ergonomic features optimized for a geriatric user. The technology also provides an enclosing holder for securing the ergonomic stool specimen container in a leak-proof manner e.g., during mechanical shaking.
US10265052B2
A method of displaying an ultrasound image includes: displaying an ultrasound image representing an object; generating a first text and a plurality of icons representing information about a region of interest included in the object; displaying the first text and the plurality of icons on the ultrasound image; generating at least one second text when a first icon is selected from among the plurality of icons; and displaying the at least one second text on a region relating to information represented by the at least one second text.
US10265051B2
A probe of an ultrasonic imaging apparatus and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The probe for an ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a piezoelectric unit including a piezoelectric substance and an electrode; a printed circuit board (PCB) unit having a printed circuit board (PCB), configured to be formed at a lateral surface of the piezoelectric unit; a matching layer formed at front surfaces of the piezoelectric unit and the PCB unit; and a backing layer formed at a back surface of the piezoelectric unit and the PCB unit. The probe and a method for manufacturing the probe can reduce a variation of ultrasonic acoustic characteristics caused by a printed circuit board (PCB) because the PCB is not arranged among a piezoelectric substance, a matching layer, and a backing layer. A PCB is provided at a lateral surface of the piezoelectric substance, so that strength against impact can be increased either during channel division based on dicing or during the usage time of a probe. In addition, a single crystal (monocrystal) may be used as a piezoelectric substance or the like, such that a probe having a large bandwidth can be formed, and low-frequency ultrasonic signals and high-frequency ultrasonic signals can be transmitted and received. In addition, the probe and the method for manufacturing the same can easily perform channel division of the acoustic module, and make the divided acoustic module using a curvature, and thus can be applied to various technical fields without being limited to the shapes of probes.
US10265048B2
A portable ultrasound scanning system for performing a diagnostic ultrasound scanning process of a patient. The system comprises a portable housing containing ultrasound electronics of a complete ultrasound scanning system including a beamformer that regulate and control operation of the scanning system. A user interface is accessible at the housing. A cable is attached at one end to the housing and at a second end has a connector. An interchangeable probe having a plurality of piezoelectric transducer elements is interchangeably coupled to the connector for transmitting electrical signals between the ultrasound electronics in the housing and the transducer elements of the interchangeable probe.
US10265047B2
High frequency ultrasound transducers configured for use with high frequency ultrasound diagnostic imaging systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an ultrasound transducer includes a concave lens having an average thickness in a center portion that that is substantially equal to an odd multiple a ¼-wavelength of the center frequency of the ultrasound transducer.
US10265041B2
A multi-mode system and method for imaging a patient's breast with x-rays in one or more of a CT mode, a narrow-angle tomosynthesis mode, a wide angle tomosynthesis mode, and a mammography mode, using essentially the same equipment, on one or more compressions or immobilizations of the breast.
US10265031B2
Infusion systems, infusion devices, and related operating methods are provided. An exemplary method of alerting a user associated with an infusion device delivering fluid to the body of the user involves obtaining a first value for a physiological condition being influenced by the fluid, determining a metric corresponding to a future physiological condition of the user based at least in part on the first value, and automatically generating a first alert based on the metric. After automatically generating the first alert, the method continues by obtaining a second value for the physiological condition of the user and automatically clearing the first alert based at least in part on the second value.
US10265025B2
Methods and systems of catheterization include a flexible catheter adapted for insertion into a heart of a living subject. The catheter has a lumen for passing an electrically conductive fluid therethrough, which is propelled by a peristaltic pump. A fluid reservoir connected to the lumen supplies the fluid to the catheter. Electrocardiogram circuitry is connectable to the subject for monitoring electrical activity in the heart. An electrically conductive cable diverts induced charges in the fluid from the catheter electrodes, for example by shorting to a rotating element in the peristaltic pump.
US10265006B2
The present invention provides an optical sensor unit (10) for measuring gas concentration, comprising: sensor means (12, 13) and first thermal insulation means (14, 16) at least partially surrounding said sensor means (12, 13). The sensor means (12,13) includes at least one sensing layer (12) adapted to be irradiated with a predetermined radiation (100), and at least one gas-permeable layer (13) adjacent to one side of the at least one sensing layer (12) and adapted to pass gas, which concentration is to measured, through the gas-permeable layer (13) towards the at least one sensing layer (12). The optical sensor unit (10) is adapted to measure an optical response of the at least one sensing layer (12), which optical response depends on the gas concentration.
US10265005B2
According to embodiments, techniques for using continuous wavelet transforms and spectral transforms to determine oxygen saturation from photoplethysmographic (PPG) signals are disclosed. According to embodiments, a first and a second PPG signals may be received. A spectral transform of the first and the second PPG signals may be performed to produce a first and a second spectral transformed signals. A frequency region associated with a pulse rate of the PPG signals may be identified from the first and the second spectral transformed signals. According to embodiments, a continuous wavelet transform of the first and the second PPG signals may be performed at a scale corresponding to the identified frequency region to produce a first and a second wavelet transformed signals. The oxygen saturation may be determined based at least in part upon the wavelet transformed signals.
US10265004B2
In a blood information measuring apparatus, a plurality of types of light of a superficial layer wavelength set, a middle layer wavelength set, and a deep layer wavelength set are successively applied to a detected hypoxic region. A CCD captures an image under the light of each wavelength set, and an oxygen saturation image is produced independently from one wavelength set to another. A wavelength set determination section creates a histogram of each oxygen saturation image. The wavelength set determination section chooses one of the wavelength sets corresponding to the histogram having a maximum variance as an actual imaging wavelength set. Actual imaging operation is performed using the actual imaging wavelength set, and an oxygen saturation level of each pixel is calculated. The oxygen saturation level is reflected in the image, and the image is displayed on a monitor.
US10265000B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous and subcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US10264997B1
Systems and methods select accelerometer data to store on computer-readable media. Systems may comprise an accelerometer, a processor, and a computer-readable medium storing instructions executed by the processor. Accelerometer data from a critical time period are stored on a computer readable medium if an activity ratio for the critical time period exceeds an activity threshold. The numerator of the activity ratio comprises a count of data windows in the critical time period that satisfy one or more count criteria and the denominator comprises the total number of data windows in the critical time period.
US10264987B2
An apparatus for detection of ANEA comprising an introducer having at least one lumen. The introducer is introduced into brain tissue through an opening in the skull. A reference electrode is positioned at an introducer distal portion. A plurality of electrode members are advanceable within the at least one lumen with each member having an insulated portion and an exposed distal portion. The members have a non-deployed state in the introducer and a deployed state when outwardly advanced out of the introducer. In the deployed state, the members are substantially orthogonal to each other with the exposed distal portions defining a detection volume capable of determining an electric field vector produced by the ANEA and the direction of foci of the ANEA.
US10264983B2
In a medical monitoring system, one or more biometric monitors collect data of a plurality of monitored biometric parameters. An expression evaluator evaluates a user-defined expression incorporating one or more of the monitored biometric parameters to generate data for a user-defined biometric parameter. A further processing component performs processing and display of data of at least one parameter selected from the monitored biometric parameters and the user-defined biometric parameter. The further processing component operates in the same way regardless of whether the at least one parameter is selected from the monitored biometric parameters or the user-defined biometric parameter.
US10264979B2
An object information obtaining system disclosed herein includes a holding member that holds an object; a probe that detects acoustic waves at a plurality of positions and obtains a plurality of time-series detection signals, the acoustic waves having occurred inside the object and having propagated through the holding member; and a signal processor that obtains a first frequency signal on the basis of the plurality of time-series detection signals, that obtains a second frequency signal, in which phase modulation is corrected, by performing, on the first frequency signal, correction of phase modulation of the acoustic waves due to the holding member, and that obtains object information inside the object on the basis of the second frequency signal, in which the phase modulation is corrected.
US10264976B2
Flavonoid compounds may be prepared that are selective for certain cell organelles, and may be used as biological imaging agents. Organelles that may be imaged with flavonoid compounds include mitochondria and lysosomes. Advantageously, the flavonoids show specificity to certain organelles and may exhibit a florescence “turn-on” mechanism, where the flavonoids that have target an organelle exhibit a florescence response when excited.
US10264973B2
According to one embodiment, an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) device includes: a light source; a mirror to reflect a light from the light source; a light receiver to output the light from the light source to skin and receive a light reflected from the skin; a detector to detect an interference signal between the light reflected from the mirror and the light received by the light receiver; an image sensor to convert the detected interference signal into an image signal; a processor to output a second signal by filtering a first signal based on the image signal, calculate an error by using the first signal and the second signal, and output an error-compensated image by compensating for the calculated error; and a display to display the error-compensated image. In this configuration, the OCT device may reduce noise caused by the image sensor, to display a skin image with improved quality.
US10264970B2
A wrist-worn device monitors movements of a user. A sensor assembly of the wrist-worn device is configured to detect movement of the user and generate sensor data based on the movement detected. A controller connected to the sensor assembly obtains movement data based on the sensor data. An antenna connected to the controller is configured to operate at a desired frequency when a wrist of the user is received by the device such that the movement data is wirelessly transmittable from the wrist-worn device to an electronic device. The antenna may exhibit a different design and configuration depending on the size of the wrist-worn device.
US10264961B2
A method for visualizing a membrane on a retina of an eye includes recording a first image of the retina of the eye, wherein the membrane on the retina of the eye is not stained, recording a second image of the retina of the eye after the membrane on the retina of the eye has been stained, determining a first transformation such that mutually corresponding structures of the retina of the eye are located at mutually corresponding places in the second image and in the first image which was transformed with the first transformation, identifying image regions in the second image, which contain the membrane on the retina, based on the transformed first image and the recorded second image, and displaying the second image such that the identified image regions in the second image are highlighted relative to the surroundings of the identified image regions.
US10264959B2
The present invention is directed at minimally invasive systems in which the proximal end portion of the working channel has either zero or a limited range of movement in the lateral direction. A first embodiment has a slidable collar attached to a pair of flanges, wherein movement of the collar is bounded by an annular frame. A second embodiment has a substantially spherical element attached to the tube. A third embodiment has a plurality of caps. A fourth embodiment is adapted for a larger working channel.
US10264949B2
A finger engagement assembly for supporting a handheld dental tool on a user's hand. The finger engagement assembly includes a mounting member with a cylindrical shaped body extending along a grip axis and having an aperture extending there through. The mounting member has an inner surface that interfaces with a dental tool and an outer surface that interfaces with a finger engagement. The finger engagement includes a rotational coupling extending about the mounting member and is operable to rotate relative to the mounting member about the grip axis. A post extends from the rotational coupling in a first direction and supports a crossbar. The crossbar extends across the backs of a user's index and middle finger and is functional to retain a handheld dental tool, such as a dental mirror, to a user's hand, while allowing the dental tool to rotate relative to the finger engagement.
US10264943B2
A washer includes: a supply-water storage section configured to store supply water;a wastewater storage section configured to temporarily store wastewater anda wastewater heat recovery device including a water supply channel through which the supply water is supplied to the supply-water storage section and a drain channel through which the wastewater is drained from the wastewater storage section, and configured to exchange heat between the wastewater flowing in the drain channel and the supply water flowing in the water supply channel.the wastewater heat recovery device is disposed below the washing chamber, and is provided in a machine chamber in which a pump configured to deliver the supply water from the supply-water storage section to the washing chamber is disposed, andthe drain channel is connected to a drain hole of the wastewater storage section.
US10264937B2
Described are swivel systems and swivel assemblies for connecting a vacuum appliance to a vacuum accessory. The assembly can be adapted to be coupled to the accessory to permit the appliance to pivot relative to the accessory offset from a center of the accessory. The swivel system can include a vacuum adapter and a connector adapted to permit the vacuum adapter to pivot about a vacuum accessory. A plenum chamber can be formed in the adapter that is in fluid communication with one or more vacuum hoses to balance the airflow within the adapter.
US10264933B2
A toilet convenient to assemble and disassemble includes a toilet body (10) of which the upper end is provided with a supporting seat (30) and a toilet cover plate (20) of which the rear end is provided with a pivot shaft (40), wherein the supporting seat (30) is provided with an embedding hole (31) and the pivot shaft (40) is provided with an inserting column (41), the inserting column (41) being embedded into the embedding hole (31). In this way, whether the inserting column (41) is aligned to the embedding hole (31) or not can be seen clearly during the installation process, thereby the inserting column (41) may be directly aligned and embedded, thus, the operation is very convenient, blind installation is avoided and the installation efficiency is obviously improved.
US10264930B2
The present disclosure relates to a dispenser for interfolded napkins, including an inner container defining a dispensing opening, and an outer sleeve including a dispensing mouth. The outer sleeve forms at least one open end portion being arranged to receive the inner container, and the dispensing mouth forms an open end towards an open end portion of the sleeve. When the inner container is located in the outer sleeve, a supporting surface is biased towards the dispensing opening of the inner container and vertically movable inside the inner container between a lower position and an upper position, and, at least in a region adjacent the open end of the dispensing mouth, the outer contour of the upper ends of the side walls of the inner container deviates from the inner periphery of the sleeve, forming an access opening to the space between the upper position and the dispensing mouth.
US10264920B2
A fire table provides an aesthetic table surface while allowing for cooking over the fire using a removable cooking mount. The removable cooking mount is placed in a pan in an opening in the top of the fire table. The pan has a filler material to hide the burner assembly and acts to secure the removable cooking mount. A lazy susan can be used to cover the opening in the fire table when not in use for aesthetic and functional purposes.
US10264907B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to illuminated artificial trees constructed by interconnecting more than one artificial tree trunk section based on electrically connecting and rotationally coupling each tree trunk section to at least one other tree trunk section, each tree trunk section having an emitter of light visible externally to the tree trunk section and optically coupled to a light source within the tree trunk section, and each light source operably coupled to an external controller and power supply. In an illustrative example, each tree trunk section may have a light source optically connected by limited-length optical fiber to a light emitter within the tree trunk section. The light source may be a multi-color LED. The light source may be powered through rotatable male and female connectors mated between tree trunk section ends. Various examples may advantageously provide a consistently bright and tall tree with reduced energy consumption.
US10264898B2
A pillow which having a pillow user's most comfortable height and shape and which he can provide a comfortable sleep with a relaxed posture. The pillow has a first pillow section and a second pillow section joined at an angle that is between 75 and 105 degrees. A fold directing section is provided diagonally between an inner intersection and an outer intersection between the first pillow section and second pillow section.
US10264892B1
The sofa caddy is a storage apparatus. The sofa caddy is configured for use with a chair. The chair is further defined with a manchette, a bench, and a cushion. The bench is a horizontal support surface formed by the chair. The cushion is a padding structure that: 1) rests on the bench; and 2) is placed against the manchette. The manchette is a vertical structure that prevents the cushion from sliding off of the bench. The sofa caddy removably attaches to the chair. The sofa caddy comprises a base sheeting, a plurality of pockets, and a counterweight. The plurality of pockets and the counterweight attach to the base sheeting. The counterweight inserts between the cushion and the manchette to secure the soda caddy to the chair. The base sheeting drapes over the manchette of the chair. The plurality of pockets store the one or more domestic articles.
US10264891B2
An adjustable chair support system includes a first seat back support member spaced from a second seat back support member, and a seat back tensioning assembly that extends between the first and second seat back support members. The seat back tensioning assembly includes a carrier coupled to the first seat back support member, the carrier including an adjustable tension member and a first guide member, a pair of second guide members coupled to the second seat back support member, and a cable extending from the adjustable tension member into engagement with one of the pair of second guide members, with the first guide member, with the other of the pair of second guide members, and then returning to the adjustable tension member.
US10264889B2
A chair back assembly includes a substantially rigid back frame assembly, a back shell member operably supported by the back frame assembly and including a laterally extending top portion, a laterally extending bottom portion and a pair of longitudinally extending side portion extending between the top portion and the bottom portion and cooperating therewith to define an open space therebetween, wherein the pair of side portions are substantially rigid in a lateral direction, and wherein the back shell member is substantially rigid in a lateral direction and substantially flexibly resilient in a fore-to-aft direction, and a cover having a first surface adapted to support a seated user and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the cover is positioned over the back shell member to cover at least a portion of the open space.
US10264888B2
A foldable lounge chair cushion, including a plurality of connected cushion segments right and left front flaps, right and left rear flaps, a handle that can be hidden in a fold between successive cushion segments, and a rear center flap with a handle aperture, such that the connected cushion segments form a pleated structure, which can be folded-out for use and folded-up for storage and transportation.
US10264885B2
An apparatus that supports a person in a variety of positions so that a tattoo artist can comfortably apply a tattoo to the skin of the supported person is herein disclosed. The apparatus can be articulated to cause a person's legs and arms to be optimally positioned and supported to receive a tattoo.
US10264884B2
A sitting apparatus having: a frame; an upwardly facing surface on the frame for supporting a user in a sitting position; a first arm support on the frame defining a first surface against which a user's arm can be rested with the user in the sitting position on the upwardly facing surface; and a first connecting assembly acing between the frame and first arm support. The first connecting assembly and first arm support are configured so that the first arm support surface can pivot relative to the frame around at least first and second different axes to change a relationship between the first arm support surface and the frame.
US10264883B2
A surface platform mounting system and method. The system includes a platform and a plurality of anchoring plates. The platform defines at least one anchoring edge and at least one free edge. Each anchoring edge defines an inwardly extending channel. Each anchoring plate is configured to be secured within a respective channel and within a respective slot of the surface.
US10264880B1
A furniture and display system (1) having right side structure (2) and left side structure (1) that may be configured to be used as a chair or display in a retail setting. A rear panel (4, 10) of at least one of the two side structures has two panels which form a space to allow the rear panel of a corresponding side structure to be inserted therein to form an elongated shelf or seat. The design of the two pieces allows the side structures to be nested and/or placed together in multiple configurations.
US10264877B2
A height adjustment mechanism is provided. The height adjustment mechanism includes a lifting arm, a driving mechanism configured to drive and lock the lifting arm, and a control switch configured to control the driving mechanism; the driving mechanism is coupled to the lifting arm, and an angle is formed between the driving mechanism and the lifting arm. A height adjustment platform and method is also provided. The height adjustment platform includes a first working table, a bottom bracket, a lifting arm, a driving mechanism configured to drive and lock the lifting arm, and a control switch configured to control the driving mechanism; two opposite ends of the lifting arms are separately coupled to the first working table and the bottom bracket, the driving mechanism is coupled to the lifting arm, and the angle is formed between the driving mechanism and the lifting arm.
US10264875B2
In at least one aspect of this disclosure, a dental finger glove device can include a first finger portion configured to fit on a first digit of a user and a second finger portion configured to fit on a second digit of a user and connected to the first finger portion. An outer surface of the finger portion can include a mesh material for massaging teeth. The mesh material can include gauze or any other suitable material.
US10264873B2
An arm band case for portable electronic device is disclosed. The arm band case may be secured to the user with straps and includes a pocket having a transparent window that provides visibility to the touchscreen of the electronic device and a plurality of powered light sources that are configured to illuminate the arm band and thereby provide added visibility to the user when in use. The arm band case is formed of multiple layers that encapsulate the light sources while allowing access to the battery housed therein and while facilitating the transmission and dispersion of light to illuminate the arm band.
US10264869B2
A device (1) for dispensing artificial eyelashes, including a housing (10) provided with a dispensing opening (11), a carrying strip (30) onto which a plurality of artificial eyelash units (40) are attached, and a movement mechanism capable of being actuated to cause the strip to move (30) in order to convey the artificial eyelash units (40) toward the dispensing opening (11) and enable the artificial eyelash units (40) to exit through the dispensing opening (11). The carrier strip movement mechanism has a spool (21) that is rotatably mounted relative to the housing (10). The winding of the carrier strip (30) around the spool (21) causes the movement of the carrier strip (30). The carrier strip movement mechanism has an actuating member (23) for rotating the spool (21), allowing the carrier strip (30) to be wound around the spool (21). The housing (10) has an opening (12) and the actuating member (23) has a scroll wheel which can be moved via the opening (12).
US10264864B2
A carrying case comprises a housing having a bottom and a plurality of walls extending from the bottom thereof. A drawer is received by the housing when the carrying case is in a closed configuration. To move the carrying case from the closed configuration to an open configuration, the drawer is removed from the housing and rotated substantially ninety degrees relative to the housing such that the drawer extends substantially perpendicular to the housing when the carrying case is in the open configuration.
US10264862B2
This invention relates to a case convertible into a baby carrier. More specifically, the invention relates to a device convertible between a baby carrier and a case. The device comprises a pair of shell members (12, 14) being angularly displaceable relative to one another between an open baby carrier condition and a closed case condition. The device further comprises a closure member (16) for locking the shell members (12, 14) in the closed condition with the closure member (16) providing storage space in which baby caring articles can be stored.
US10264857B2
An attachment system of a wearable electronic device includes a removable module. The removable module includes a locking mechanism comprising a first portion having a substantially planar top surface and second portion that comprises a substantially non-planar bottom surface. The first portion and the second portion are coupled together. The locking mechanism also includes a first spring mechanism coupled between the first portion and the second portion. The first spring mechanism causes the first portion to be biased away from the second portion. The locking mechanism also includes a second spring mechanism. The second spring mechanism causes the substantially planar top surface of the first portion to be biased substantially flush with respect to the removable module and also causes the substantially non-planar bottom surface of the second portion to be biased proud with respect to the removable module.
US10264854B2
Articles of footwear, including athletic footwear, include one or more of: (a) a sole structure; (b) an upper having lateral and medial side elements engaged with the sole structure, the upper made from a polymer matrix structure that extends through at least a heel region; (c) a size adjustment mechanism located at the heel region; (d) a heel tongue element located adjacent the size adjustment mechanism; (e) a shoe securing mechanism; (f) an instep tongue member; and/or (g) a bootie member located at least partially within the foot-receiving chamber. Methods of manufacturing such articles of footwear also are disclosed.
US10264853B2
Provided is an insole design system that can determine design parameters in accordance with set rules and can explain the design parameters in an easy-to-understand manner.The present invention is provided with: a foot dimensions input unit (52) that receives input of the dimensions of the outer shape of a foot; a design parameter input unit (54) that, with respect to the shape of a specific portion of the surface of an insole, receives the input of design parameters determined with the position of a foot bone as a baseline; a bone position estimation unit (56) that, from the dimensions received by the foot dimensions input unit (52), estimates the position of the bone that is the baseline of the design parameters; and a data calculation unit (58) that calculates data for fabricating the shape of the surface of the insole from the design parameters received by the design parameter input unit (54) and the position of the bone estimated by the bone position estimation unit (56).
US10264851B2
An article of footwear having printed structures disposed on the article by a three-dimensional printer is disclosed. The printed structures include extended portions and fastener receiving portions. The extended portions are at least partially embedded in the upper. The fastener receiving portions are at least partially spaced apart from an exterior surface of the upper.
US10264844B2
A sports shoe, including a sole and an upper that rises up from said sole, wherein the upper includes an inner part or core, in which the sports shoe and/or the inner part or core has an inner housing volume (RZ) for a foot of a user defined, during use, by an inner surface of the upper and by an inner surface of the sole and/or by the inner volume of the inner part or core, positioned inside the upper, including an upper-shaped portion and a ground resting portion, the latter adapted to come into contact with the ground or with the inner surface of the sole.
US10264843B1
A sock-liner assembly includes a sock-liner defining an opening, a message element container coupled to the sock-liner in proximity to the opening, and a message element disposed within the message element container. The message element is configured to display a user-defined message through the opening of the sock-liner.
US10264842B2
Provided is a coupling structure of a visor hinge for a headband to connect a protective mask, which is configured to cover the wearer's face along with a viewing window, to both sides of a headband which assists the wearer in wearing the protective mask. The coupling structure includes base molds protruding from both sides of the headband, a slider located outward of each of the base molds, a button located outward of the slider, a stopper located outward of the button, and a hinge located outward of the stopper. Accordingly, it may be possible to easily adjust an angle and a distance of the protective mask with respect to the headband using the hinge, and the welding mask may be used more conveniently.
US10264839B2
Implementations of a headwear are provided. In some implementations, a headwear comprising a hood portion, a right shoulder portion, a left shoulder portion, a right handle, a left handle, and a back portion. In some implementations, the right handle and left handle are elongated pieces of material that extend from the front portion of the right shoulder portion and left should portion, respectively, downwardly toward a wearer's waist when the hood portion is placed on the wearer's head. In some implementations, the back portion of the headwear extends from the back portion of the hood portion, right shoulder portion, and left shoulder portion downwardly toward a wearer's waist when the hood portion is placed on the wearer's head.
US10264831B1
Post-operative apparel such as post-mastectomy garments are described herein. In various embodiments, a post-mastectomy garment may include first and second ends, an interior side and an exterior side opposite the interior side, and the interior and exterior sides may extend between the first and second ends. In some embodiments, a closing mechanism may releasably connect the first end to said second end. In various embodiments, two opposing openings through the garment may be provided and shaped to receive arms of a patient. In some embodiments, an adjustable chest support may extend outward from the interior side. One or more drain bulb pockets may be positioned on the interior side to receive one or more surgical drain bulbs. One or more tubing pockets may also be positioned on said interior side to receive excess drain tubing.
US10264827B1
A pair of pants including a fly that can be opened and closed via a bi-directional zipper that extends from a top end proximal to an upper terminus of the pants to a bottom end at the crotch point of the pants. The zipper includes a top slider and a bottom slider that travel on a common set of zipper teeth. The top slider separates the zipper teeth when moved in a direction away from the top end toward the bottom end and closes the zipper teeth when moved in the opposite direction. The bottom slider separates the zipper teeth when moved in a direction toward the top end and away from the bottom end and closes the zipper teeth when moved in the opposite direction. The pants allow a wearer to excrete urine while in a sitting position, particularly such as when the wearer is operating an aircraft.
US10264816B2
The present invention relates to improvements in filters for use in smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos. The improvements, particularly but not exclusively, relate to filter capabilities and to the manufacture of such filters. In one example, a filter for a smoking article comprises a first fibrous filter material having an average fiber denier in the range 7 to 9 and a second fibrous filter material having an average fiber denier of below 7. The application also describes a filter for a smoking article comprising various other filter arrangements including absorbent and/or adsorbent materials.
US10264807B2
The invention relates to fusarium toxin-cleaving polypeptide variants of a fusarium toxin carboxyl esterase with the SEQ ID NO:46. Each of the polypeptide variants has an amino acid sequence shortened by 47 amino acids at the N terminus, and the amino acid sequences have at least 70%, preferably 80%, in particular 100%, sequence identity, namely SEQ ID NO:1, to the amino acid sequence portion 48-540 of the SEQ ID NO:46. The invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides which code for the polypeptide variants, to a fusarium toxin-cleaving additive containing at least one polypeptide variant and optionally at least one auxiliary agent, to the use of the polypeptide variants or the additive, and to a method for hydrolytically cleaving at least one fusarium toxin.
US10264803B2
Cooked and homogenized cheese products and methods, using supplemental phospholipids to provide reduced melt restriction and modulate oiling-off. One embodiment provides a cooked cheese product having at least one natural cheese in the range of 20 to 92 percent weight; a protein supplement in the range of 0.25 to 30 percent weight; and a phospholipid supplement in the range of about 0.1 to 1 percent weight; wherein cooked cheese product is homogeneous does not contain significant levels of emulsifying salts. The phospholipid supplement can be in the range of about 0.25 to 1 percent weight, and preferably 0.4 percent weight. Homogenizing the cooked cheese product can be by a pressure in the range of about 70 to 246 Kg/cm.
US10264801B1
A crab gauge and cleaning tool with a base and a blade having an arched upper edge and a lower edge, a coupling for removably attaching the blade to the base such that when attached the blade extends upwardly from the base in a central area of the top surface and a blade storage for securing the blade to the base, and wherein the blade has a first mounting foot and a second mounting foot with the space between the mounting feet defining a measuring distance for measuring shellfish.
US10264798B2
A biopolymer-based food casing having an impregnation on the side facing the food is provided. The impregnation includes at least one hydrophobic, synthetic, organic polymer. By taloring the impregnation, the peelability of the casing may be adjusted to correspond to the type of food contained within the casing. The casing is used, especially, as an artificial sausage casing for raw sausage, scalded-emulsion sausage or cooked-meat sausage.
US10264796B2
A method for producing a seed of a plant resistant to seedling diseases is provided which includes contacting a non-pathogenic microbe corresponding to a seed-borne pathogen with a flower part of a host plant around the flowering time and collecting a seed of the host plant colonized by the non-pathogenic microbe obtained thereafter, and a method for controlling seedling diseases using the seed.
US10264787B1
Larvicide and pupicide formulation and methods of administration thereof, harmless for humans and other animals, able to kill all the instars larval stages and pupae in about two hours and fifteen minutes, respectively, with no impact on the environment. Larvicide/pupicide formulation and methods of administration thereof for killing larvae and pupae of Anopheles gambiae and An. stephensi, main vectors of malaria, and Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus, main vectors of dengue, Zika virus, chikungunya and yellow fever.
US10264786B2
Antiseptic compositions comprising at least one salt of EDTA are disclosed. These compositions have broad spectrum antimicrobial and antifungal activity and they also have anticoagulant properties. The antiseptic compositions have also demonstrated activity in penetrating and breaking down microbial slime, or biofilms. They are safe for human and medical uses and may be used as prophylactic preparations to prevent infection, or to reduce the proliferation of and/or eliminate existing or established infections.
US10264784B2
A method of manufacturing a flexible intrinsically antimicrobial absorbent porosic composite controlling for an effective pore size using removable pore-forming substances and physically incorporated, non-leaching antimicrobials. A flexible intrinsically antimicrobial absorbent porosic composite controlled for an effective pore size composited physically incorporated, high-surface area, non-leaching antimicrobials, optionally in which the physically incorporated non-leaching antimicrobial exposes nanopillars on its surface to enhance antimicrobial activity. A kit that enhances the effectiveness of the intrinsically antimicrobial absorbent porosic composite by storing the composite within an antimicrobial container.
US10264783B2
A gel-based and sprayable animal attractant composition is provided that comprises at least one synthetic scent. Generally, the gel-based animal attractant composition can be applied through the use of an aerosol spray can and can be formulated to attract specific types of animals, in particular ruminants. More specifically, the animal attractant can comprise a synthetic scent designed to mimic the urine of a doe in estrus.
US10264772B2
A line stopper for a fishing reel according to the discloser includes a line stopper member that includes a fishing line catching portion and a support shaft portion, and a supporting member that supports the line stopper member and fits in a through hole formed in a main body of the fishing reel. On one of the fishing line catching portion or the supporting member, a protrusion is provided at a left or right side or both the left and right sides of the support shaft portion in a width direction of the supporting member in a plan view where the fishing line catching portion and the supporting member overlap each other.
US10264769B2
Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, enhanced feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.
US10264768B2
Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, enhanced feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.
US10264764B1
An impact-activated illuminating leg wrap is configured to provide light on a moving animal. The impact-activated illuminating leg wrap includes a first layer joined to a second layer wherein the second layer further comprises a hook fastener. An upper strap is fixed to the loop fastener and attached to an upper strap loop fastener. The upper strap is adapted to be wrapped around a leg of an animal forming a rear leg wrap concave contour. An upper reflective strap is attached to the hook fastener and perforated with a series of upper reflective strap perforations. A series of upper reflective strap light emitting diodes is inserted through the series of upper reflective strap perforations and connected to the upper reflective strap. A first microcontroller is attached to the second layer with a first elastic strap.
US10264755B2
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated SM14307266, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123574. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the SM14307266 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US10264753B2
The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of cucumber, NUN 53025 CUP.
US10264752B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 79-97 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 79-97 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 79-97 RZ.
US10264750B1
A novel maize variety designated X13M656 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 X13M656 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13M656 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13M656, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13M656 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13M656 and methods of using maize variety X13M656 are disclosed.
US10264747B1
An inbred corn line, designated 5KKXJ0210, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line 5KKXJ0210, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line 5KKXJ0210 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 5KKXJ0210 with another corn line or plant and to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic corn plants produced by that method. This invention also relates to inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 5KKXJ0210, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 5KKXJ0210 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US10271465B2
Heat exchangers are adjacent to electric driving units. Electric blowers of electric blower units rotate at rotational speed corresponding to amounts of heat generation of the electric driving units and suck air (ventilation air and outboard air). The sucked-in air passes through the heat exchangers that are adjacent to the electric driving units.
US10271453B1
A chassis rail stabilizer that may be used to securely support a rack mount rail in a server rack, in particular during transportation of the server rack. The chassis rail stabilizer includes a first body with a front face and a back face, and four rail supporting sides. The stabilizer further includes a second body extending off of the front face of the first body and an offset threaded through hole that extends through the first and second bodies. The offset nature of the through hole is such that the stabilizer may be secured to a vertical mounting post in a server rack in one of four orientations. Each orientation causes one of the rail supporting sides to extend downward a different distance to support a top surface of the rail beneath.
US10271452B2
A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.
US10271450B2
Electrical and electronic devices are often installed in so-called racks. Racks of this type are shelf-like frames into which the devices are inserted and can be fastened, for example by means of screws. The racks commonly provide a pair of support rails for each device, upon which rails the device can be placed and can be inserted into the rack. The device can be subsequently fixed to the rack, for example screwed in. Within the scope of the invention, a device arrangement (1) is disclosed comprising at least one stacking device (4), wherein the stacking device (4) has adjustable feet (15) on the bottom surface (11) for supporting on a placement surface, comprising a base device (3), wherein the at least one stacking device (4) is arranged on the base device (3) so that these form a device tower (13), wherein the adjustment feet (15) of the stacking device (4) stand on the base device (3), wherein the device arrangement (1) comprises a 19-inch frame (2) and the stacking device (4) and the base device (3) are designed as insert devices with front plates (6) for the 19-inch frame (2), wherein the base device (3) and the at least one stacking device (4) are arranged as a device tower (13) in the 19-inch frame (2), and wherein the front plates (6) are connected to the 19-inch frame (2).
US10271431B2
The present invention relates to a contact arrangement (1), preferably for a power electronics system, comprising a printed circuit board (2) with a fastening hole (5), comprising a metal sleeve (8) which is inserted into the fastening hole (5), wherein the sleeve (8) makes contact with, preferably is soldered to, the printed circuit board (2), comprising a base (15) on which the sleeve (8) lies in order to make electrical contact, and comprising a fastening element (11) which protrudes through the sleeve (8), wherein one end of the fastening element (11) is fixedly connected to the base (15) and a head (12) is formed or arranged at the other end, wherein the head (12) of the fastening element (11) lies only on the sleeve (8) and not on the printed circuit board (2), and wherein the sleeve (8) projects beyond the printed circuit board (2) by way of a first projection (10) on that side which faces the base (15), wherein the first projection spaces apart the printed circuit board (2) and the base (15).
US10271428B2
To produce a wiring substrate having excellent electrical characteristics with conduction failure in a hole formed in a layer made of a fluororesin material sufficiently suppressed without conducting an etching treatment using metal sodium. A process for producing a wiring substrate, which comprises forming a hole in a laminate comprising a first conductor layer, a layer (A) which is made of a fluororesin material containing a melt-moldable fluororesin having specific functional groups and a reinforcing fiber substrate and which has a dielectric constant from 2.0 to 3.5, a second conductor layer, an adhesive layer and a layer (B) made of a cured product of a thermosetting resin laminated in this order, applying, to an inner wall surface of the hole, either one or both of a treatment with a permanganic acid solution and a plasma treatment without conducting an etching treatment using metal sodium, and then forming a plating layer.
US10271427B2
A printed wiring board includes a first conductor layer including a first conductor circuit and a second conductor circuit formed adjacent to the first circuit, a resin insulating layer formed on the first conductor layer such that the insulating layer is filling space between the first and second conductor circuits, and a second conductor layer formed on the insulating layer such that distance (T) between the first and second conductor layers is in the range of 4.5 μm to 10.5 μm. The resin insulating layer includes inorganic particles having average particle diameter (D1) such that ratio (D1/S) of the diameter (D1) to distance (S) of the space is less than 0.25 and that ratio (D1/T) of the diameter (D1) to the distance (T) is less than 0.25, where the distance (S) of the space between the first and second conductor circuits is in the range of 4.5 μm to 10.5.
US10271420B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB) with a first signal path and a second signal path therein, a first finger disposed on the first signal path, a second finger disposed on the second signal path, a controller disposed on the PCB and coupled to a first memory via the first finger and to a second memory via the second finger, and a damping device disposed on the second signal path. The first and second signal paths share a common segment between the controller and a branch point on the PCB. The damping device is disposed between the second finger and the branch point. The distance between the first finger and the branch point within the first signal path is smaller than the distance between the second finger and the branch point within the second signal path.
US10271413B2
The present invention relates to an electrostatic discharge protection device containing a first insulating substrate and a second insulating substrate; a first opposing electrode and a second opposing electrode which two are disposed between the first insulating substrate and the second insulating substrate; external electrodes connected to the first opposing electrode and the second opposing electrode; and a discharge inducing section disposed apart from the front end of the first opposing electrode and the front end of the second opposing electrode.
US10271404B1
The described embodiments relate to systems, methods, and apparatuses for establishing a network of sensor-responsive lighting units using an interface of each lighting unit. The interface of each lighting unit can include a channel selector switch for selecting a channel to which each lighting unit will be connected. In this way, the creation of a network can be created by placing the lighting units proximate to each other and selecting the same channel at the interface at each lighting unit. The lighting units can include sensors for detecting events occurring at each lighting unit, and information related to the detected events can be shared among other lighting units in the network. Each lighting unit can operate in different operating modes such as a testing mode for testing communications channels and a manual mode for allowing a lighting unit to operate independently of the information shared over the network.
US10271398B2
An adaptive shadow control system that compensates for blockage of one lighthead of a surgical lighting system by increasing the light output from one or more other lightheads of the lighting system. The system also includes control logic for automatic enablement/disablement of adaptive shadow control by detecting whether there is blockage of a lighthead and whether the respective light beams of a plurality of lightheads are being aggregated to form a single aggregated co-illumination light pattern at a work area.
US10271397B2
Disclosed is a control circuit of an LED lighting apparatus, capable of reducing total harmonic distortion (THD). The control circuit may include a THD reduction circuit configured to control a driving current on a current path corresponding to light emission of an LED group in response to a change of a rectified voltage.
US10271392B2
An LLC backlight driving control circuit is disclosed and includes an LLC resonant converter circuit configured to drive a current to alter periodically; a rectifying and filtering circuit configured to balance a light bar voltage difference; a control circuit configured to implement a constant current feedback; and two paths of LED light bars configured to provide LED backlight. The LLC resonant converter circuit, the rectifying and filtering circuit, the two paths of LED light bars, and the control circuit are connected in sequence to form a loop circuit. The LLC resonant converter circuit inputs a power supply current to the two paths of LED light bars and controls an output duty cycle of the LLC resonant converter circuit by acquiring a current flowing through a sampling resistor, thereby controlling a voltage that is outputted to the two paths of LED light bars.
US10271391B2
A driver for generating an output voltage to power an LED having a minimum operating voltage VLED min, comprising: (a) a first voltage converting stage comprising an input terminal and an output terminal; (b) a charge storage device electrically connected to the output terminal and having a charge output voltage VC; (c) at least one second voltage converting stage having an input electrically connected to the charge storage device, the second voltage converting stage being configured to increase said VC to at least VLED min; and (d) at least one mode controller to switch between at least a first mode and a second mode, in the first mode, the first voltage converting stage charges the charge storage device to power the LED without substantial contribution from the second voltage converting stage, and, in the second mode, the second voltage converting stage power to the LED.
US10271387B2
The present invention relates to a microwave interactive susceptor structure for the microwave heating of food products. In one aspect, the invention relates to a duplex design for the microwave interactive structure on cellulose-based substrates. In another aspect, the invention relates to a method of patterning the duplex microwave interactive structure on the substrates using a printing press with or without an alignment function.
US10271382B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to circular lamp arrays for use in a semiconductor processing chamber. Circular lamp arrays utilizing one or more torroidal lamps disposed in a reflective trough and arranged in a concentric circular pattern may provide for improved rapid thermal processing. The reflective troughs, which may house the torroidal lamps, may be disposed at various angles relative to a surface of a substrate being processed.
US10271380B2
Scalable telecommunications systems and methods are provided. In one embodiment, a node unit for a scalable telecommunications system comprises: a plurality of universal digital RF transceivers each configured to communicatively couple the node unit to external equipment; one or more universal digital transport interfaces each configured to communicatively couple the node unit to a respective transport link; a universal backplane communicatively coupled to the universal digital RF transceivers and universal digital transport interfaces; and a system controller; wherein each of the universal digital RF transceivers is configured to couple to a respective modular power amplifier and a modular duplexer inserted within the node unit. The system controller is configured to detect capabilities of at least one of the universal digital RF transceivers, the universal digital transport interfaces, the universal backplane, the modular power amplifier and modular duplexer, and adjust parameters of the node unit in response to the detected capabilities.
US10271359B2
A host (100) provides a service to a dockee (120) via wireless docking. The host has a host wireless communication unit (102) and a near field receiver (103). When the user places the dockee near the host within a near field communication (153) distance, a near field transmitter (123) transmits a service search signal comprising a dockee identifier and a dockee service list for indicating services which are relevant to the dockee. The host determines a matching service set of services that are available at the host, and transmits, via the host communication unit, a service available signal comprising the dockee identifier and the matching service set via the host communication unit. The dockee processor determines whether the received dockee identifier corresponds to the dockee identifier and any of the matching services is actually required by the dockee, and if so, initiates the wireless docking with the host.
US10271357B2
A method and apparatus for a user equipment (UE) performing a random access procedure are disclosed. For this end, the UE receives configuration information from the network. Here, the configuration information indicates: one or more prioritized events, and numbers (>1) of random access preambles respectively assigned for each of the prioritized events. The UE transmits a single random access preamble to the network, if the random access procedure is triggered by a first event other than the prioritized events. And, the UE transmits multiple random access preambles to the network, if the random access procedure is triggered by a second event belonging to the prioritized events. Here, the number of the multiple random access preambles corresponds to the number of random access preamble assigned for the second event in the configuration information.
US10271355B2
Methods, nodes, a system, and computer storage mediums for non-contention random access are provided. The method for non-contention random access includes that: a first node sends configuration information of non-contention random access to a second node through a downlink channel; and the second node obtains the configuration information of the non-contention random access, and sends a random access message on a Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) according to the configuration information.
US10271354B2
A device and/or method for dynamically adjusting a CCA threshold in an addressable unit that is suitable for communication in a wireless network, the method performed in the addressable unit and comprising autonomously increasing the CCA threshold with successful data transmissions and/or autonomously decreasing the CCA threshold with unsuccessful data transmissions.
US10271351B1
A method includes receiving a grant request message over a first uplink channel from a user equipment (UE) device requesting permission to operate on a second uplink channel within a Citizens Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) spectrum band. The UE device supports carrier aggregation of the first and second uplink channels. The method also includes determining whether operating the UE device on the second uplink channel at the corresponding maximum transmit power will cause impermissible interference within the CBRS spectrum band. When operating the UE device on the second uplink channel at the maximum transmit power will not cause impermissible interference, the method includes granting permission for the UE device to operate on the second uplink channel at the maximum transmit power.
US10271350B2
A system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for providing transfer block indications in uplink (UL) grant-free transmissions may include a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to transmit a first transport block (TB) to a base station (BS) during a first transmission time interval (TTI) using a grant-free UL transmission, receive a UL grant from the BS in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) region during a time window, determine a target of the UL grant, the target including at least one of the first TB, a second TB, or a previously transmitted TB, based on the UL grant, and transmitting the target of the UL grant to the BS.
US10271349B2
Provided are a scheduling apparatus and method for a multicast broadcast service. Scheduling information is configured with at least one of information related to a location in which each multicast broadcast service, which is identified by a unique identifier within one scheduling period, starts and information related to a location in which each multicast broadcast service ends, and a scheduling block including the configured scheduling information is generated. There is an advantage that power management of user equipment is easy, and a time delay when initially entering the MBMS and a channel change time when selecting a different MBMS are reduced.
US10271328B2
Provided are a method and a device for arranging a subframe structure of a short TTI according to the change in a control region in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a plurality of first downlink channels received during an sTTI and a second downlink channel received during a TTI are received. The number of symbols used for each of the plurality of first downlink channels is determined by a format indicator channel included in the first symbol of a subframe. Further, the plurality of first downlink channels are demodulated by using scheduling information included in each of the plurality of first downlink channels, and the second downlink channel is demodulated by using scheduling information included in a control region indicated by the format indicator channel.
US10271326B2
A data processing apparatus has a scheduler which maintains a queue of function calls to be scheduled for processing by processing circuitry. The scheduler identifies, for every function call in the queue, a target time window within which the processing circuitry should process the function call. The scheduler schedules processing of the function calls based on the target time window.
US10271314B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems of User Equipment (UE) centric access network selection. For example, a node B may transmit to a User Equipment (UE) a cellular communication message over a cellular communication medium, the message including a value of a predefined parameter, which is based on a cellular network load of a cellular network.
US10271312B2
Provided is a base station including a control signal generating section that generates a control signal which includes resource information identified by a group identifier assigned to a plurality of radio terminals, and a transmitter section that transmits the control signal generated by the control signal generating section.
US10271311B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a trigger method and related apparatus. The embodiments of the present invention include: determining time-frequency resource configuration information of a physical trigger channel PTCH; detecting one PTCH on a time-frequency resource occupied by the one PTCH indicated by the time-frequency resource configuration information of the PTCH; determining whether triggering exists according to a PTCH detection result, where the triggering is used to indicate that first information needs to be transmitted in a first information subframe or a first information opportunity associated with the PTCH; and transmitting the first information in the first information subframe or the first information opportunity associated with the PTCH if it is determined that the triggering exists.
US10271309B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for transmission and reception of an uplink grant during a gap created in radio resources assigned by a previous multiple Transmit Time Interval (multi-TTI) uplink grant in a system operating according to a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) scheme. In one embodiment, a method of operation of a radio network node in a cellular communications network is provided. The method includes transmitting a first uplink grant that assigns radio resources for a multi-TTI uplink transmission, and transmitting a second uplink grant during a gap in the radio resources assigned by the first uplink grant. In one embodiment, by utilizing the gap to transmit the second uplink grant, uplink radio resources assigned for uplink transmission can be maximized, which is particularly beneficial in high uplink traffic conditions.
US10271307B2
Provided is a method for denying transmission by a terminal in a wireless communication system. A terminal may receive an effective period and a threshold value, count the number of autonomous denial subframes during the effective period, and deny transmission in a current subframe if the counted number of the autonomous denial subframes is less than the threshold value.
US10271306B2
A data transmission method, apparatus, and system are disclosed. The method includes: determining, by a first HCD, a target communication resource in a first time period; determining, by the first HCD, a third target communication sub-resource used to transmit data between a first LCD and the first HCD, and sending third indication information to the first LCD by using a fourth target communication sub-resource, where the third indication information is used to indicate the third target communication sub-resource; and receiving, by the first HCD, first target data that is sent by the first LCD by using the third target communication sub-resource, and transmitting the first target data to the access network device; and/or acquiring, by the first HCD, second target data from the access network device, and sending the second target data to the first LCD by using the third target communication sub-resource.
US10271304B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems are described related to interference averaging to generate feedback information. In embodiments, an evolved Node B (eNB) may transmit an feedback management message to a user equipment (UE) that defines one or more PRB sets. The PRB sets may include at least one PRB of the channel. The UE may average interference measurements within the PRB set and may generate channel state information (CSI) feedback for the PRB set based on the average interference measurement. The UE may transmit the CSI feedback to the eNB.
US10271303B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, determining a request to transfer data to a group of wireless communication devices within an area. Wireless base stations of a wireless mobility network are identified, responsive to the request, wherein the wireless base stations provide wireless communication services within the area, including a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service. A wireless transmission is facilitated of a first broadcast message by the wireless base stations, wherein the first broadcast message identifies the group of wireless communication devices. The broadcast message is transmitted by way of the MBMS service of the wireless communication services. The first broadcast message initiates a state transition to an active state for a plurality of wireless communication devices of the group of wireless communication devices configured in an idle state. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10271302B2
A method and apparatus for paging terminals such as Low Cost User Equipment (UEs) in a wireless communication system such as the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. Terminals determine their signal quality level and, based on the signal quality, determine a number of repetitions of a message to use for decoding of the message. The message corresponds to part of a procedure for paging the terminal. The terminal receives and combines the determined number of repetitions of the message in order to decode the message.
US10271295B2
The present application is at least directed to an apparatus on a 5G network. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory including instructions stored thereon for performing configuration of an initial access signal in the 5G network. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory, capable of executing an instruction of monitoring transmission of a downlink sweeping subframe including a beam sweeping block carrying a downlink initial access signal. The processor is capable of also executing the instruction of detecting the downlink initial access signal carrying a synchronization channel. The processor is capable of also executing the instruction of determining, based on the synchronization channel, an identity of the beam sweeping block associated with the downlink initial access signal. The present application is also directed to an apparatus configured to perform downlink synchronization of a cell in the 5G network.
US10271294B2
A wireless communication device includes: a wireless communication module configured to receive a plurality of notification signals that are successively transmitted from another wireless communication device; and a processor that is connected to the wireless communication module, the processor calculating a clock error between a clock in the wireless communication device and a clock in the other wireless communication device based on one or more of the notification signals that are received, and determining a timing at which to make the wireless communication module ready to receive a next notification signal from the other wireless communication device in accordance with the calculated clock error and a time interval at which the next notification signal will be transmitted from the other wireless communication device, the time interval being a predetermined fixed time interval or contained in the notification signal that has been received immediately prior to the next notification signal.
US10271292B2
The invention relates to methods for informing an eNodeB on the transmit power status of a user equipment in a mobile communication system using component carrier (CC) aggregation. Furthermore, the invention is also related to the implementation of these methods by hardware and their implementation in software. The invention proposes procedures that allow the eNodeB to recognize the power usage status of a UE in a communication system using carrier aggregation. The UE indicates to the eNodeB, when the UE is close to using its total maximum UE transmit power or when it has exceeded same. This is achieved by the UE including indicator(s) and/or new MAC CEs to one or more protocol data units transmitted on respective component carriers within a single sub-frame that is providing the eNodeB with power status information. The MAC CEs may report a per-UE power headroom. Alternatively, the MAC CEs may report per-CC power headrooms and/or power reductions applied to the respective uplink CCs.
US10271291B2
A method for reporting power headroom is disclosed. Power headroom may be reported across all carriers (wideband), for a specific carrier, or for a carrier group. The formula used to calculate the power headroom depends on whether the carrier (or a carrier in the carrier group) has a valid uplink grant. If the carrier or carrier group does not have a valid uplink grant, the power headroom may be calculated based on a reference grant. The power headroom is calculated by a wireless transmit/receive unit and is reported to an eNodeB.
US10271280B2
At a source node in a wireless network, it is determined that target node(s) should be one of activated or deactivated. Message(s) are sent from the source node toward a base station providing wireless access for nodes to the wireless network. The message(s) include an identification of the target node(s) and are configured to indicate that the at least one target node should be one of activated or deactivated. A base station receives the message(s) and sends a message toward each of the target node(s) indicating that the target node(s) should be the one of activated or deactivated. The source and target nodes may be sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network. Methods, apparatus, computer products, and a computer program are disclosed.
US10271269B2
It is provided a method, including: monitoring if a first cluster head of a first cluster of first communication devices has disappeared, wherein an apparatus performing the method has access to the first cluster enabling a device-to-device communication of the apparatus with at least one of the first communication devices; and, if it is monitored that the first cluster head has disappeared: detecting a second cluster head of a second cluster of second communication devices, wherein the second cluster head is different from the first cluster head, and the second cluster enables the device-to-device communication between at least two of the second communication devices; and requesting an access to the second cluster for the device-to-device communication.
US10271266B2
A terminal device for use in a wireless telecommunications system comprises a transceiver to perform wireless communication with a base station and to obtain system information defining communication parameters from system information data received from that base station; system information storage; and a controller to detect whether the system information storage already holds at least some of the system information applicable to a newly communicating base station and to control the transceiver to obtain any portions of the system information not already held by the terminal device, in which: the system information comprises a plurality of system information blocks; and the controller is configured to detect parts of a system information block stored by the system information storage which are applicable to the newly communicating base station and to obtain other parts of that system information block as a partial system information block from the newly communicating base station.
US10271261B1
The present invention extends to methods, systems, devices, apparatus, and computer program products for prioritized transmission of different data types, including VHF airband radio communication data (e.g., being transmitted or received from a control tower) over bonded communication modules at a remotely operated aerial vehicle. Embodiments of the invention include portable (and potentially mobile and/or remotely operated) vehicles for wirelessly transmitting and receiving various data types over a bonded mobile network and a control device (which can be fixed or portable) capable of receiving data transmitted from the mobile node and transmitting data to it. Different data types can be assigned different priorities, facilitating selective transmission of higher-priority data, such as, for example, VHF airband radio communication data, when quality degrades on a network link.
US10271248B2
A system and method for performing a handover operation in a broadband wireless access (BWA) communication system. The BWA communication system includes a serving BS (Base Station), (Subscriber Station), and a plurality of neighbor BSs adjacent to the serving BS. The SS handover method upon receiving a handover request from the SS in the BWA communication system includes the steps of: a) receiving from the serving BS information of the plurality of neighbor BSs; b) measuring CINRs (Carrier to Interference and Noise Ratios) of pilot signals transferred from the neighbor BSs upon receipt of the neighbor BSs information; c) transmitting to the serving BS a handover request signal along with pilot signal CINR information of the neighbor BSs; d) upon receipt of the handover request signal, receiving from the serving BS information of a handover enable target BS contained in the neighbor BSs; and e) performing a handover function from the serving BS to the target BS.
US10271247B2
The present invention relates to a device-to device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system. The method comprises: separately receiving, from a serving cell, measurement bandwidth information about a frequency not included in information indicative of a measurement object for the purpose of supporting the mobility of the terminal; measuring the frequency not included in the measurement object for the purpose of supporting the mobility on the basis of the measurement bandwidth information; selecting a cell on the frequency; and performing discovery announcement on the cell.
US10271246B2
A mobile communication handover method which takes into account information about special equipment of the mobile telephone network subscriber station during a handover process for the mobile telephone network subscriber station wherein information about special equipment of the mobile telephone network subscriber station is transmitted from the mobile telephone network subscriber station to a mobile telephone network management unit, which takes the information about the special equipment into account during the handover process.
US10271238B2
A method and device for transmitting Internet Protocol (IP) data packet are disclosed by the present invention, the method comprising: an Access Point (AP) device obtains an IP data packet needing to be sent to an User Equipment (UE); said AP device use the type information of said IP data packet to determine the corresponding Data Radio Bearer (DBR) of said IP data packet; Said AP device sends said IP data packet to said UE through said DBR; in the embodiments of the present invention, when the AP device accesses the IP network locally or directly through the IP network, the Quality of Service (QoS) insurance of IP data packet in the air interface transmission is implemented, on the basis of the direct mapping between the type information and the data radio bearer.
US10271236B1
Collection of crowd-sourced access point quality and selection data for intelligent network selection can be utilized by mobile devices to self-learn and optimize access point device selection. A cloud-based application can be utilized in conjunction with the mobile device to build a database of access point quality and thresholds suitable for real-time and other jitter-sensitive services. The mobile device jitter measurements and selection thresholds can be collected and sent to a cloud platform, which creates an access point performance and selection threshold profile.
US10271233B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for automatic signal detection in an RF environment. An apparatus comprises at least one receiver and at least one processor coupled with at least one memory. The apparatus is at the edge of a communication network. The apparatus sweeps and learns the RF environment in a predetermined period based on statistical learning techniques, thereby creating learning data. The apparatus forms a knowledge map based on the learning data, scrubs a real-time spectral sweep against the knowledge map, and creates impressions on the RF environment based on a machine learning algorithm. The apparatus is operable to detect at least one signal in the RF environment.
US10271226B2
Adaptation of a network is disclosed. A proposed adaptation, determined by a sub-network component of the network based on an intended effect to the sub-network, can be received by a network-level arbitration component. The network-level arbitration component can determine if the proposed adaptation satisfies a rule based on predicted results on the network from implementing the proposed adaptation. Where the rule is satisfied the adaptation can be implemented. A result of the implementation can be compared to the predicted results to determine if the network should be reverted to a pre-implementation state. In an aspect, the network-level arbitration component can be a core-network component. In an embodiment, the network-level arbitration component can be a virtualized component on a network provider server, a cloud server, etc.
US10271214B1
A method of detecting, controlling and managing transmission of a transmitting device within a facility is disclosed. The method involves transmitting information to the transmission device, detecting a response transmission from the transmission device by a least one transmission detection facility, extracting identification information associated with the transmission device in response to the transmitted information; and determining a location of the transmission device based on the response transmission received by the at least one received transmission detection facility, wherein the response transmissions are sorted by the identification information, determining an allowability of the located transmission device within the set area and reducing a power level of a transmitted signal for a predetermined period of time, when allowability is indicated.
US10271212B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, and computer-readable storage medium for managing access to an application on a mobile computing device. In an embodiment, a method includes receiving a request from a user to return to the application and return to a previous screen of the application on the mobile computing device, and determining, using a processor, whether the previous screen of the application was in a secured area of the application. If it was in the secured area, then an authentication protocol is triggered prior to allowing the user to return to the previous screen in the secured area of the application on the mobile computing device. In another embodiment, geolocation dependent information is provided to a user via an application on a mobile computing device.
US10271211B2
In a communication control method for wireless communication between a first communication device and a second communication device through a wireless communication unit, identification information is notified from the second communication device to the first communication device by using a communication unit other than the wireless communication unit. Wireless communication between the first and second communication devices is performed by the wireless communication unit using the first communication parameter shared in advance, and authentication processing based on identification information is performed. When authentication is acquired by this authentication processing, the second communication parameter to be set with respect to a wireless communication unit is shared by the first and second communication devices through the above wireless communication. Parameters for wireless communication between the first and second communication devices are set in the wireless communication unit by using the second communication parameter shared in this manner.
US10271207B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless dongle for the wireless transmission of data from a computer to at least one field device of a process automation system. The dongle includes a connection interface for connecting the dongle to a computer, a wireless interface for transmitting the data from the dongle to a field device, a memory, an arithmetic unit configured to generate and test signatures and release codes, as well as to perform encryption, and a housing, wherein the wireless interface, the memory, the arithmetic unit, and the connection interface are arranged in the housing, wherein only the part of the connection interface relevant for the connection to the computer is omitted from the housing. The present disclosure further relates to a method for wirelessly transmitting data from a computer to a field device.
US10271204B2
The present disclosure pertains to a D2D enabled node for a wireless communication network, the D2D enabled node being adapted for a combination of carriers or bands comprising at least two carriers or bands (f1, f2), wherein the D2D enabled node is adapted to use at least one of the two carriers or bands (f1, f2) for D2D operation and at least one of the others of the at least two carriers or bands (f1, f2) for cellular operation. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.
US10271202B2
A document signing platform implemented on one or more computers implements a process for capturing data evidencing valid execution of a document. The process comprises: receiving, from an originator computing device, a submission comprising a document to be signed by a signatory; providing the signatory electronic access to the document and to an indication of a set of one or more substantiation actions to be performed; and receiving and recording event data from a signatory device associated with the signatory. The event data includes data associated with affixation of an electronic signature to the document, and additionally includes substantiation event data representing performance of the set of one or more substantiation actions on the signatory device. The process further comprises validating completion of the set of substantiation actions based on the received event data; and generating a certificate of evidence that comprises at least some of the event data.
US10271200B2
Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for provisioning wireless device profiles of a wireless computing device. In this context, a wireless device profile generally may comprise one or more network and device settings including network identifiers, network security types, network keys, and other configuration information that enables a computing device to connect to a particular wireless computer network. According one embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises establishing, with a first device, a first wireless connection of a first wireless connection type; receiving, from the first device via the first wireless connection, provisioning data for establishing, with a second device, a second wireless connection of a second wireless connection type that is different than the first wireless connection type; establishing, based on the provisioning data, the second wireless connection with the second device.
US10271199B2
A method and apparatus for performing a membership verification or an access control in a wireless communication system is provided. A mobility management entity (MME) performs the membership verification or the access control of a user equipment (UE), and transmits verified UE membership information to a target HeNB.
US10271197B2
A system for publishing digital content is described which, in one embodiment, includes a beacon device associated with a first user configured to transmit identification information and information indicating its current position. A browsing device includes a display configured and adapted to display to a second user a representation of a local geographical area, and to selectively display to the second user content information associated with the first user, based at least in part on whether the location of the beacon device is within the local geographical area.
US10271195B2
A method begins by a first user device of a plurality of user devices establishing information regarding a potentially adverse condition associated with the first user device and determining group constraints for a group regarding the potentially adverse condition. The method continues with the first user device selecting one or more other user devices of the plurality of user devices affiliated with the group to produce selected user devices. The method continues with the first user device determining a status associated with the first user device and issuing a status response message to at least some of the user devices of the plurality of user devices affiliated with the group, where the status response message includes the status associated with the first user device.
US10271165B2
Methods, apparatus and systems that are directed towards improved logistics node monitoring. Such a system may include a high-level managing node and a mid-level monitoring node that can communicate with low-level ID nodes associated with items being shipped. The mid-level node uses a central node control processor to coordinate monitoring for ID node signals, and a remote management communication interface coupled to the processor to provide the processor with access to the high-level node and a control input sent from the high-level node. A first command radio transceiver coupled to the processor provides a first command interface to the ID nodes and allows for transmission of an ID node instruction from the processor to at least one of the ID nodes. A first node monitoring radio receiver in the mid-level monitoring node is assigned to listen for ID node signals over a first channel.
US10271163B2
A system comprising at least a mobile device (110) and a plurality of gateways (120a-120g) whose positions are known, wherein the gateways (120a-120g) are operatively arranged to determine for each gateway a time differences of arrival (TDOA) of a signal originated by the mobile device (110). A solver unit (160) computes the position of the mobile device (110), based on said time difference of arrival (TDOA). The solver unit (160) implements ELM and a LMS algorithm to compute the mobile device's one-shot location estimate based on one or several packet transmissions, and includes a procedure to decide if an LMS algorithm needs to be run and a procedure to select or combine the location output from ELM and LMS for the one-shot location output. Further the solver unit comprises a tracking algorithm to realise the tracking of the moving device or to improve location accuracy should the device static.
US10271162B2
A method for providing an extensible solution for discovery message size includes determining a capsule size at a layer one protocol of a user equipment operating in a cellular network. The capsule size is forwarded to a layer two protocol of the user equipment where it is adjusted to accommodate layer two overhead. The adjusted capsule size is then forwarded to a layer three protocol.
US10271161B2
There are provided systems and methods for merchant item and service return processing using wireless beacons. A merchant may include a returns and customer service area at a merchant location for use in providing refunds, exchanges, or other services related to items sold by the merchant. The merchant location may include a wireless beacon at or nearby the area. The beacon may provide communication services with a device for the user. Using the beacon, the merchant may be informed that a user has arrived at the area and pull up a receipt and/or transaction history for the user with the merchant. The merchant may also be informed about past returns by the user that may assist the merchant in preventing fraud. Moreover, the merchant may also view similar items to the item purchased by the user for use in exchanges, which may include item delivery and/or availability information.
US10271147B2
Presented herein are techniques for detecting sensory outcome issues through an analysis of data representing the direction of incidence/arrival of a sensory input and inertial data representing movement of the recipient's head following detection of the sensory input. By correlating recipient head movement (including lack of movement) with the arrival direction of the sensory input, a sensory prosthesis system can determine whether or not the recipient acted as expected and, if not, whether a sensory outcome problem is present.
US10271144B2
A speaker unit according to an embodiment includes a diaphragm, a frame, and a current plate. The frame supports an outer circumferential portion of the diaphragm. The current plate is provided in the frame so as to be located at a backside of the diaphragm, and its principal surface is arranged in a direction along an amplitude direction of the diaphragm.
US10271130B2
Sound absorbing material and manufacturing method thereof and speaker using sound absorbing material
The present disclosure provides a sound absorbing material, a manufacturing method thereof and a speaker using the sound absorbing material. The speaker comprises a shell with a receiving space, a sound production unit disposed in the shell, and a rear cavity encircled by the sound production unit and the shell. The rear cavity is filled with a sound absorbing material. The sound absorbing material comprises MEL structured molecular sieves. The framework of the MEL structured molecular sieves comprises silicon dioxide.
US10271129B2
An acoustic device includes first and second acoustic cavities which are air tight. A first passive radiator includes a first passive radiator diaphragm that has a rear surface which is exposed to the first acoustic cavity. A second passive radiator includes a first passive radiator diaphragm having a front surface which is exposed to the first acoustic cavity, and a rear surface which is exposed to the second acoustic cavity. A first electro-acoustic transducer is supported on the second passive radiator diaphragm. The first electro-acoustic transducer is arranged such that a first radiating surface of the first electro-acoustic transducer radiates acoustic energy into the first acoustic chamber and a second radiating surface of the first electro-acoustic transducer radiates acoustic energy into the second acoustic chamber.
US10271123B2
A wearable electronic device includes a headphone including two sound generators and an elastic band connecting the two sound generators; a display portion including two ends and a middle portion located between the two ends; and two extension mechanisms each of which connects one sound generator with a corresponding end of the display portion, a distance between the corresponding end of the display portion and the one sound generator being variable.
US10271122B2
In a modular approach to complement a miniature multimedia recorder with additional components, provision is made for a miniature multimedia recorder set comprising a main device and an additional device, the main device comprising at least a sensor such as an audio or audio/video acquisition unit, a processor, a memory and a battery, and the additional device comprising an optional circuit for the main device, said main device comprising a first housing and said additional device comprising a second housing, characterized in that the first housing or the second housing comprises at least one magnet cooperating with a metallic part on the second or the first housing, respectively, said first and second housing comprising guiding elements to ensure proper positioning between the first and the second housing.
US10271118B2
Circuitry of a hybrid fiber-coaxial network may comprise a first transceiver configured to connect the circuitry to an optical link, a second transceiver configured to connect the circuitry to an electrical link, a first processing path, a second processing path, and a switching circuit. In a first configuration, the switching circuit may couple the first transceiver to the second transceiver via the first processing path. In a second configuration, the switching circuit may couple the first transceiver to the second transceiver via the second processing path. The first transceiver may comprise a passive optical network (PON) transceiver and the second transceiver may comprise a data over coaxial service interface specification (DOCSIS) physical layer transceiver. The switching circuit may be configured based on the type of headend to which the circuitry is connected.
US10271109B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for processing verbal queries relative to video content. A verbal query that is associated with a portion of video content is received. The verbal query specifies a relative frame location. An item depicted in the portion of the video content at the relative frame location is identified. Information about the item is determined as an answer to the verbal query. Information about the item is then presented to a user.
US10271108B2
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a method that includes identifying metadata related to television programming. The method further includes sending search requests that include the identified metadata to a search system for selecting at least one portable program module. The method further includes in response to a first one of the search requests, receiving first search results from the search system that identify the selected portable program module and outputting a representation of the selected portable program module to a display device for presentation concurrently with the television programming. The method further includes in response to a second one of the search requests, receiving second search results from the search system that no longer identify the selected portable program module and ceasing the output of the representation of the selected portable program module.
US10271100B2
A method for providing a consumption device message from a consumption device that includes a processor to a service usage data server comprising: (a) providing by said processor of said consumption device said consumption device message from said consumption device to said service usage data server that includes: (i) a deviceInfo element that describes information of said consumption device; (ii) a deviceID field of said deviceInfo element that describes an identifier of said consumption device; (iii) a deviceModel field of said deviceInfo element that describes a model of said consumption device; (iv) a deviceManufacturer field of said deviceInfo element that describes a manufacturer of said consumption device; (v) a deviceOS field of said deviceInfo element that describes both an operating system and version of said operating system of said consumption device; (vi) a peripheralDevice field of said deviceInfo element that describes whether said consumption device is an external peripheral; (b) wherein said deviceID field has a selected value to indicate said identifier of said consumption device is intentionally not revealed; (c) wherein said deviceModel field has said selected value to indicate said model of said consumption device is intentionally not revealed; (d) wherein said deviceManufacturer field has said selected value to indicate said manufacturer of said consumption device is intentionally not revealed; (e) wherein said deviceOS field has said selected value to indicate said operating system of said consumption device is intentionally not revealed; (f) wherein said peripheralDevice field has said selected value to indicate said whether said consumption device is said external peripheral is intentionally not revealed.
US10271099B2
A movie review generating method, system, and computer program product for dynamically generating movie reviews by capturing and aggregating the experience observed by an external observation system, and correlating the observation with the elements of the movie by creating soft-faceted boundaries around the elements.
US10271095B1
A system and method for identifying media segments using audio augmented image cross-comparisoning is disclosed, in which a media segment identifying system analyzes both audio and video content, producing a unique identifier to compare with previously identified media segments in a media segment database. The characteristic landmark-linked-image-comparisones are constructed by first identifying pairs of audio landmarks separated by a characteristic, or landmark, time. Digital images associated the audio landmarks are then image comparisoned, with the combination providing a characteristic landmark-linked-image-comparison. The audio landmarks are audio peaks that exceed predetermined thresholds. A landmark-time is the time between adjacent pairs of audio peaks. The pair of images associated with the audio peaks are reduced in pixel size and converted to gray scale. Corresponding pixels are compared to form a numeric comparison. One image may be mirrored before comparison to reduce the possibility of null comparisones.
US10271093B1
Devices and methods for routing content are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for routing content include receiving audio data representing a command from a first electronic device, determining content that is associated with the command, sending responsive audio data to the first electronic device, and sending instructions to the second electronic device to output the content associated with the command. In some embodiments, a method for routing contents includes determining a state of the second electronic device and sending instructions to output the content to a selected one of the first and second electronic devices based on the state of the second electronic device.
US10271090B2
A media control player includes a central processing unit, a graphics processing unit, an audio/video input, an audio/video output, a memory device, and a media control player housing. The media control player to receives broadcast content from a broadcast source and proprietary targeted messages from a proprietary targeted message source. The proprietary targeted messages are based on one or more viewers within a viewing area of a display device, sales data associated with the one or more viewers, and inventory data selected based at least in part on the sales data. The media control player combines the proprietary targeted messages and the broadcast content into a merged output signal, and provides the merged output signal to the display device such that the proprietary targeted messages are displayed in a message region of the display device and the broadcast content is displayed in a broadcast content region of the display device.
US10271088B2
An interactive television program guide with remote access is provided. The interactive television program guide is implemented on interactive television program guide equipment. A remote program guide access device is connected to the interactive television program guide equipment by a remote access link to provide a user with remote access to program guide functions. An interactive television program guide system based on multiple user television equipment devices in a single household is provided. The system provides a user with an opportunity to adjust program guide settings with a given one of the interactive television program guides. Program guide setting include features related to setting program reminders, profiles, program recording features, messaging features, favorites features, parental control features, program guide set up features (e.g., audio and video and language settings), etc.
US10271087B2
Methods and systems are disclosed herein for a media guidance application configured to monitor attentiveness of a user based on the brain activity of the user. For example, a media guidance application may monitor brain activity associated with an attentiveness level of the user and in response to determining the attentiveness level of the user does not correspond to the threshold attentiveness level, perform an operation associated with a low attentiveness level of the user (e.g., performing a scan operation through various content providers).
US10271086B2
A portable terminal includes a receiving unit which receives content information, an external device communication unit which conducts communication with an external information device, a display unit which displays the content information received by the receiving unit, an acquiring unit which acquires identification information identifying the content information displayed by the display unit, an operation unit which receives an operation indication from a user, and a control unit which conducts control such that if a transmission indication of the identification information is received by the operation unit while the content information is being displayed, the identification information acquired by the acquiring unit is transmitted to the external information device and the display of the content information by the display unit is terminated.
US10271078B2
Example techniques describe may facilitate a playback device joining a playback network. An example implementation involves a computing device, such as smartphone or tablet, receiving, from a playback device, a message indicating that the playback device is available to join a playback network. The computing device determines, based on a configuration table, an audio setting corresponding to the playback device and transmits, to the playback device, a message indicating (i) security parameters to be used by the playback device to join the playback network, (ii) the identified audio setting to be applied by the playback device upon joining the playback network.
US10271076B2
The present disclosure relates to a file generation device and a method, and a content playback device, enabling efficient access to arbitrary subsamples within a sample. As indicated by grouping_type=‘sgss’, a subsample sample group (entry) structure is used as an sgpd. mha1 is identification information indicating 3d audio. As indicated by entry_count=3, the sgpd includes three entries. The three entries are defined to be mha1 0, mha1 1, and mha1 2. To assign these meanings of the sgpd to levels, the sgpd entries are linked to leva entries in index order. The present disclosure may be applied to a content playback system equipped with a content server and a content playback device, for example.
US10271068B2
An idea used herein is to use the same function for the dependency of the context and the dependency of the symbolization parameter on previously coded/decoded transform coefficients. Using the same function—with varying function parameter—may even be used with respect to different transform block sizes and/or frequency portions of the transform blocks in case of the transform coefficients being spatially arranged in transform blocks. A further variant of this idea is to use the same function for the dependency of a symbolization parameter on previously coded/decoded transform coefficients for different sizes of the current transform coefficient's transform block, different information component types of the current transform coefficient's transform block and/or different frequency portions the current transform coefficient is located within the transform block.
US10271053B2
A method of encoding video is provides encoding of panic scenes efficiently. The method includes receiving an input video at an encoder, reviewing lookahead information from a second encoder that processed the input video ahead of the encoder that indicates positions of panic scenes within the input video that caused the second encoder to enter a panic encoding mode during which it skipped the encoding of frames, entering a pre-panic stage with the encoder ahead of said panic scenes, entering a semi-panic stage with the encoder during the panic scenes when it produces a bitstream having a number of bits exceeding a predetermined data size within an encoder buffer, and entering a full panic stage when the semi-panic stage does not bring the number of bits in the bitstream below the predetermined data size.
US10271051B2
A method implemented by a processor for coding a real signal, for example an image signal, into a quantized signal, comprises the following steps applied to each real sample of the real signal: converting the real sample into a digital representation, selecting, in the fractional part of the number, a predetermined number N of most significant non-zero bits, for each non-zero significant bit i selected, i varying from 1 to N, determining its distance Pi with respect to the neighboring selected non-zero significant bit of higher rank or, for the first non-zero significant bit selected, with respect to the decimal point, deducting from the distance Pi the minimum value of distance between two non-zero bits, coding the modified distance Pi on a predetermined number Mi of bits.
US10271039B2
A method for matching points between two images of a scene acquired by two cameras, the method including: extracting blobs from the reflection in the images and individually labelling the blobs with a unique identifier; selecting a selected epipolar plane and defining a conjugate epipolar line on each of the images; identifying plausible combinations including a light sheet label of the projected pattern and the unique identifier for a plausible blob selected from the blobs in each of the images; calculating a matching error for each of the plausible combinations; repeating the steps of selecting, identifying and calculating for at least some epipolar planes; determining a most probable combination by computing a figure of merit for the plausible combinations; identifying matching points in the frame from the most probable combination.
US10271027B2
Disclosed is a projection device including a MEMS mirror which oscillates about one or more oscillation axes to scan light from one or more lasers, across a display screen, to project pixels which define an image onto a display screen. Also disclosed is a display method including selecting a laser class for the projection device; calculating a relationship between maximum accessible emission limit and distance, for the selected laser class; and selecting a desired maximum accessible emission limit for an image which is to be projected by the projection device onto said display screen.
US10271020B2
Systems can include a tool configured to generate a first set of data representative of an object and a control station configured to receive the first set of data from the tool. A mobile device in communication with the control station can receive data from the control station including information regarding the object based on the data received from the tool. A user of the mobile device, such as a technician, can travel to the location of the tool, and, when the mobile device is within a predetermined proximity of the tool, the tool can communicate directly with the mobile device. The technician can use the mobile device to communicate with and control the tool in order to safely perform equipment analysis.
US10271019B1
Techniques are described for using an integrated lightbulb camera system for monitoring a property. The integrated lightbulb camera system can have a housing that includes one or more cameras, a power-line communication (PLC) chip, and one or more processors. The PLC chip can be configured to enable communications between the lightbulb camera system and one or more external devices. The one or more processors can be configured to control the one or more cameras to capture one or more images and control the PLC chip to transmit at least one of the one or more captured images over a power-line to at least one of the one or more external devices. The integrated lightbulb camera can also have a lightbulb compatible screw base that is configured to mount the housing to a lightbulb socket and accept electrical current that is provided to the housing.
US10271007B2
A video output apparatus that outputs video data in a first format to a conversion apparatus that converts and outputs the received data in the first format into data in a second format. The conversion apparatus sequentially outputs a blank signal, a vertical synchronization signal, and a blank signal. The video output apparatus includes a frame image data output unit that outputs the first frame image data to the conversion apparatus, a blank signal output unit that outputs a blank signal to the conversion apparatus, and a trigger signal output unit that outputs, to the conversion apparatus, a trigger signal to be converted into a vertical synchronization signal by the conversion apparatus.
US10271003B2
An image display device is a self-luminous type device including a light emitting portion, and a casing portion of a display device unit has a heat dissipating structure portion through which a part of the image display device is exposed for heat dissipation. In manufacturing the display device unit, when performing simple and reliable assembly while securing a high heat dissipation characteristic, for example, by using characteristics of a silicon substrate, high accurate positioning is performed in a display device positioning portion.
US10270996B2
An image sensor according to some example embodiments includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of transmission signal lines and a plurality of output signal lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of transmission signal lines and the plurality of output signal lines. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, which are configured to detect and photoelectrically convert incident light. The plurality of pixels include at least one autofocusing pixel and at least one normal pixel.
US10270992B1
A device includes a current source and sampling units. Each of the sampling units includes a transistor and a capacitor electrically coupled to a gate of the transistor. The sampling units are sequentially activated such that the capacitor samples a voltage of a column line of a pixel array and are activated together such that the transistor is turned on according to the sampled voltage of the capacitor, to drain a current from the current source through an output node to generate an output voltage thereat.
US10270984B2
A video recording device is described having an orientation sensor. The recording device rotates video data received from an image sensor according to signals received from the orientation sensor. The rotation occurs before the video data is compressed according to a video codec and stored on a tangible storage device. By rotating the video data before compression, the need for intensive, post-capture video rotation on the compressed video file is eliminated.
US10270981B2
A method for processing high dynamic range data from a nonlinear camera includes; generating an input image comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel having an initial pixel value, wherein the initial pixel values are generated using a camera transition curve; generating a first lookup table representing a combination of an inverse function and a re-compression function, the first lookup table having input values and output values, wherein each input value is linked to one output value, the inverse function is the inverse of the camera transition curve, the re-compression function is a smooth and continuous function having a slope at each input value which is greater than or equal to a corresponding slope of the camera transition curve, the first lookup table is generated such that the inverse function precedes the re-compression function; and generating a first image by converting the initial pixel values using the first lookup table.
US10270955B2
A system, method and computer program product for communicating between a primary audio video device and other audio video devices comprising: detecting orientation and position of the primary audio video device; detecting a distance between the primary audio video device and a primary subject in focus on the primary audio video device; locating other networkable audio video devices for communication; receiving subject data for a real time video of a subject from one or more of the located networkable audio video devices; determining from subject data which networkable audio video devices are near the primary subject; determining one or more primary subject audio video devices for use in recording audio for a video; and synchronizing determined one or more primary subject audio video devices for recording audio when one or more of the audio video devices is recording video of the primary subject.
US10270953B2
An approach is provided in which a mobile device receives a first message from an electronic tag that includes a computer network address and also a unique property identifier corresponding to a physical property. The mobile device activates a camera in response to receiving the first message and, in turn, transmits a second message to the computer network address that includes the unique property identifier and an image captured by the activated camera.
US10270950B2
A lens holder including a first portion made of a first plastic material capable of being laser welded to an imager assembly. The lens holder further includes a second portion made of a second plastic material capable of blocking infrared radiation. The first portion and the second portion are coupled together in nested relation.
US10270948B2
A substrate for a camera module includes: a first substrate; an image sensor installed on the first substrate and a memory chip installed to be embedded in the first substrate. The first substrate includes a soft substrate portion disposed at a central portion of the first substrate, and a hard substrate portion formed on upper and lower portions of the soft substrate portion, and at least a portion of the memory chip is disposed in an installation hole formed in the soft substrate portion.
US10270945B2
There are provided systems and methods for an interactive synchronization of multiple videos. An example system includes a memory storing a first video and a second video, the first video including first video clips and the second video including second video clips. The system further includes a processor configured to calculate a histogram based on a number of features that are similar between the first video clips and the second video clips, generate a cost matrix based on the histogram, generate a first graph that includes first nodes based on the cost matrix, compute a path through the graph using the nodes, and align the first video with the second video using the path, where the path corresponds to playback speeds for the first video and the second video.
US10270944B2
An image capturing device (1) includes: a microlens array (33) including a plurality of micro condenser lenses (34) arranged at a focal position of an imaging optical system for forming a plurality of erect equal-magnification images; and an imaging unit (31) including light-sensitive pixels (32x) provided at positions corresponding to the micro condenser lenses 34. Micro condenser lenses (34) have refractive powers to condense, among light rays incident from the imaging optical system, light rays incident at an incident angle within a predetermined limited angle range, onto positions different from positions on which light rays incident at an incident angle outside the limited angle range are incident. Effective light-sensitive regions of the light-sensitive pixels (32x) receive only light rays incident at an incident angle within the limited angle range among light rays entered micro condenser lenses (32).
US10270940B2
An image processing device includes circuitry to: acquire an image matrix including a target pixel from first image data having a first resolution; determine whether one or more detection patterns match the image matrix; and perform edge enhancement on the target pixel and convert the first resolution into a second resolution to convert the target pixel into second image data, if the image matrix matches any of the one or more detection patterns. The first image data includes a plurality of pixels each including first and second pixel values respectively indicating image information and whether each of the plurality of pixels is an area where a specific object is drawn. The one or more detection patterns, each including a plurality of pixels each including the first and second pixel values, are patterns to detect a pixel forming an edge portion where the first and second pixel values vary between pixels.
US10270932B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a computer program readable by a computer of a portable device comprising a memory storing a plurality of external programs activated by the computer program and being connectable to an image forming device that executes a formation operation, the computer program causes the portable device to perform: obtaining type information indicating each type of the plurality of external programs; determining whether the corresponding external program is a first type or a second type; pre-processing of activating the external program determined as the first type and obtaining a parameter indicating a condition of generating the image data designated by a user; instructing the image forming device to execute the formation operation; and post-processing of activating the external program determined as the second type with designating the image data formed in the formation operation.
US10270931B2
The processor of a printer prints a setting value settable in a setting item of one in which a setting value is set on a print medium on the basis of input to an input section in a setting mode for setting a setting value in the setting item of one. If the first setting value of the setting item of one is stored in a memory, the processor causes a printing mechanism to print a first image in association with the setting value corresponding to the first setting value of the setting item of one out of the setting values to be printed. If the first setting value is not stored, the processor causes the printing mechanism to print the first image in association with the setting value corresponding to a second setting value of the setting item of one out of the setting values to be printed.
US10270929B2
A distance image acquisition unit captures a low-resolution image of an object placed on a document board, and an object detection unit corrects the low-resolution image and generates a low-resolution corrected image. A camera image acquisition unit captures a high-resolution image of the object placed on the document board, and an image processing unit corrects the high-resolution image and generates a high-resolution corrected image. A display unit displays the low-resolution corrected image until the high-resolution corrected image is generated, and displays the high-resolution corrected image when the high-resolution corrected image is generated.
US10270925B2
The touch panel inputting device which is installed on a flat operation surface for receiving an operation performed by a operation body, detects a contact location of the operation body on the operation surface, based on light blocking of a flat scanning light path plane. The touch panel inputting device comprises: a first scanning light paths forming unit for forming first scanning light paths which are linear; and a second scanning light paths forming unit for forming second scanning light paths which are linear and intersect with the first scanning light paths. The first and the second scanning light paths form the scanning light path plane, and the scanning light path plane slopes with respect to the operation surface.
US10270922B2
A management system is configured to manage a stock of a consumable product and includes a setting unit configured to set a type of a notification used in stock management when an image processing apparatus is a management target, a determination unit configured to determine whether a type of an alarm corresponding to a notification related to the consumable product generated by the image processing apparatus serving as the management target, matches the set type of the notification used in the stock management, and a stock management unit configured to manage the stock of the consumable product in accordance with the alarm that has been determined to have the type matching the set type of the notification used in the stock management.
US10270920B1
The method and system allow a user to launch a client application on an web-enabled device and subsequently to navigate to an image source screen within the client application. After receiving an image source selection from the user, the client application retrieves images from the selected image source. The client application displays the retrieved images available for printing to a user, and in response to receiving a selection of an image, the client application transmits the image to a proprietary server. Moreover, upon receiving print order information, the client application additionally executes a location awareness application that determines a current location of the web-enabled device and subsequently, determines a proximal retail store to the current location of the web-enabled device. Thereafter, the remote printing system creates and transmits a print order that includes the selected image to the retail store for pickup.
US10270916B2
The disclosure provides a system and method for metering on a prepaid wireless access point the amount of data transferred between a wireless device and the Internet and inhibiting further data transmission when the amount of prepaid data available reaches or drops below a pre-determined threshold. Specifically, the wireless access point includes a metering client to track one of data usage or an amount of prepaid data available. When the metering client indicates that the amount of data available has dropped below a pre-determined threshold, the wireless access point inhibits further data transmission.
US10270912B2
Systems and methods of managing customer journeys are implemented using one or more processors in a computing system. Each journey may comprise a succession of interactions at interaction points such as telephone conversations, responses to an interactive voice response “IVR” system and viewing a web page. Customer journey scores are determined for customers at one or more interaction points along the customer journey and the customer journey score is used to determine whether and when an intervention should take place. Models for determining customer journey scores may be created for a set of customers based on one or both of subjective and objective data relating to a subset of the set of customers that have made some or part of the journey, e.g. customers that have responded to polls. An intervention may take place during the journey or after completion of the journey.
US10270910B2
A system and method are presented for the use of natural language processing to automate the disposition of completed interactions in an environment such as a contact center system. Communications may be inbound or outbound. A communication is received or placed by the contact center system and processed through the contact center system. After the interaction of the communication and the contact center is completed, data from the completed interaction may be processed through an automated customer interaction disposition system. Transcript data from the interaction may be processed through an NLP engine to generate data from the interaction. The data may then be automatically matched with a disposition/wrap-up code for the interaction.
US10270904B2
The present invention provides a system for managing and disabling phone ring tone profiles, the system comprising: a storage system comprising (a) a plurality of ringtones adapted to be activated when an incoming call is made; (b) at least one list of identified callers to execute at least one data processing system, said at least one data processing system comprising: an acquiring module operable to read an identifier of said incoming call or an incoming message; a detecting module operable to detect if the identifier exists in said at least one list in the system, to determine the caller from said list, and to detect how many incoming calls have been made within a predetermined period of time and a disabling module adapted to either activate or disable said ringtones.
US10270900B2
A method and an apparatus of data processing are disclosed. The method includes obtaining a message including a non-triggered event; determining an event type and a triggering time of the non-triggered event according to the message; and providing a reminder for the non-triggered event according to the event type and the triggering time, and/or controlling a state of the mobile terminal according to the event type and the triggering time. By determining a triggering time and an event type of a non-triggered event, a prompt may also be made before the triggering time even if a user has read the information. Alternatively, the user may also be helped to adjust the state of the mobile terminal to a state related to the event type, so that the mobile terminal is in a state required by the user during the execution of the non-triggered event, thus improving the user experience.
US10270897B1
In various embodiments, different mobile phone apparatuses are provided, comprising: a touchscreen including a backlight; a near field communication interface; at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the touchscreen, the near field communication interface, and the at least one non-transitory memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to initiate various capabilities and/or functionalities in connection with a lock screen displayed on the touchscreen.
US10270892B2
A cellular station including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a mobile communication device. The controller receives an RRC (Radio Resource Control) Connection Setup Complete message including CIoT data from the mobile communication device via the wireless transceiver, buffers the CIoT data and inquires a Mobility Management Entity (MME) about information of a Serving Gateway (S-GW) in response to receiving the RRC Connection Setup Complete message, and sends the CIoT data to the S-GW according to the inquired information of the S-GW.
US10270891B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for handling an unknown MAC PDU, the method comprising: receiving a MAC (Medium Access Control) PDU (Protocol Data Unit) including a LCID (Logical Channel Identifier); discarding a header field containing the LCID and a corresponding MAC SDU (Service Data Unit) indicated by the header field in the received MAC PDU if the LCID is not configured to the UE; and processing remaining parts of the MAC PDU after the header field and the corresponding MAC SDU are discarded from the MAC PDU.
US10270889B2
A method for processing data in a telecommunications network, the method being implemented in a first server of the telecommunications network and comprising the following steps: receiving a first session initiation request from a second server of a service provider, the first request comprising a service provider identifier; obtaining, from the service provider identifier, a set of technical parameters of the network adapted to a quality of service subscribed to by the service provider identified in the first request; generating at least one second session initiation request, the second request comprising the set of adapted technical parameters; transmitting said at least one second session initiation request to at least one resource control server of the telecommunications network.
US10270887B2
The present invention provides a server system, in particular for an aircraft or spacecraft, comprising an integration device which has at least two server modules which have in each case at least one program-controlled arithmetic-logic means, at least one memory which is coupled with the program-controlled arithmetic-logic means, and at least one communication interface which is coupled with the program-controlled arithmetic-logic means, comprising at least one data line which interconnects the two server modules for data communication by the communication interfaces thereof, and comprising a server interface which is configured to connect the integration device to a data network for data communication by the communication interfaces of the server modules, the integration device being configured to exchange data with the data network. The present invention also provides an aircraft or spacecraft and a method.
US10270884B2
A control method, a network system and a control platform for mobile-edge computing (MEC) are provided. The control method can select at least one of relay gateways in the device-to-device relay network as a mobile-edge cloudlet for a user equipment. An application service program may be performed by the mobile-edge cloudlet, that the user equipment may receive a corresponding response with respect to an application service without accessing to a core network.
US10270880B2
An electronic interactive business card system for mobile devices that provides electronic cards that contain direct contact links for the card owner's phone numbers, addresses, websites, and social media webpages. These cards can only be exchanged with approval of the original card owner. The system includes a central server for storing and automatically updating all electronic business cards to keep all cardholders and recipients completely updated on all their card contact information.
US10270878B1
Systems and methods are described to enable and manage the use of origin-facing points of presence (“POPs”) within a content delivery network (“CDN”). Origin-facing POPs can provide a second-tier caching mechanisms in a CDN, such that cache misses occurring at first-tier POPs may be processed by using information maintained at the origin-facing POPs, rather than requiring interaction with an origin server. Associations between origin-facing POPs and origin servers may be automatically created based on a distance between the respective origin-facing POPs and origin servers, such that an operator of the origin server is not required to specify a location of an origin facing POP. First-tier POPs may selectively retrieve content from origin-facing POPs in instances where the origin-facing POP is expected to provide the content more rapidly than the origin server.
US10270876B2
Some embodiments set forth probability based caching, whereby a probability value determines in part whether content identified by an incoming request should be cached or not. Some embodiments further set forth probability based eviction, whereby a probability value determines in part whether cached content should be evicted from the cache. Selection of the content for possible eviction can be based on recency and/or frequency of the content being requested. The probability values can be configured manually or automatically. Automatic configuration involves using a function to compute the probability values. In such scenarios, the probability values can be computed as a function of any of fairness, cost, content size, and content type as some examples.
US10270873B2
A function command is transmitted between a motor vehicle and a device outside the vehicle, in which the function command is transmitted via an interface apparatus which is outside the vehicle and provides a communication connection between the motor vehicle and the device. The interface apparatus provides an interface which is used to provide a plurality of valid function commands. The function command is compared with the plurality of valid function commands, and the function command is forwarded only if this function command conforms to the interface, and the function command is transmitted between the motor vehicle and the device only via the interface.
US10270870B2
Various user behaviors are passively monitored and recorded when a user/viewer interacts with a network video player, e.g. a web video player, while watching an online video clip. For one embodiment, a data collection agent (DCA) is loaded to the player and/or to a web page that displays the video clip. The DCA passively collects detailed viewing and behavior information without requiring any specific input or actions on the part of the user. Indications of user preferences are inferred by user actions leading up to viewing the video, while viewing the video, and just after and still related to viewing the video. The DCA periodically sends this information to a central server where it is stored in a central database and where it is used to determine preference similarities among different users. Recorded user preference information may also be used to rate a video itself.
US10270865B1
A method of handing off a communications session between a first device and a second device, to a third device. The method comprises: receiving information associated with a communications session between first and second devices, and storing it in a cache; storing a generated identifier of the session; sending a message comprising the identifier to the first device; receiving a request, comprising the identifier, from the first device to initiate handoff to a third device; outputting an address and the identifier, for delivery to the third device; receiving a connection request comprising the identifier from the third device; using the identifier to retrieve the information; sending at least one message to the third device comprising the information, a request to store the information on the third device, and a request to establish a further communications session with the second device; and serving the further session to the third device.
US10270862B1
In general, the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for invoking a non-search action based on a search query. A server system receives a search query from a remote computing device. The server system determines whether the search query includes reserved text that indicates an intent by a user that provided the search query to the remote computing device to perform a non-search messaging action instead of or in addition to obtaining search results. The server system provides to the computing device, in response to determining that the search query includes the reserved text, code for causing the remote computing device to display a draft communication that includes at least the search query without the reserved text, and for allowing the user to edit the draft communication before transmitting the draft communication for receipt by recipient users.
US10270855B2
A method with a computer generating a first set of access requests regarding a first set of encoded data slices and storage units of a dispersed storage network. A first data segment is encoded into the first set of encoded data slices. The method continues with the computer generating a second set of access requests regarding a second set of encoded data slices and the storage units. A second data segment is encoded into the second set of encoded data slices. The method continues with the computer grouping the first set of access requests and the second set of access requests to produce a set of combined requests. The method continues with the computer sending the set of combined requests to the storage units.
US10270848B1
Systems and methods directing requests to a particular node in a multi-tiered middleware environment are provided. In one embodiment, traffic requests can be dynamically routed to a desired server, and not be load balanced, based on an identification of the client generating the traffic requests.
US10270840B2
A technology/operating system-agnostic and protocol-agnostic service delivery system that includes a unified means data movement/transfer. By unifying the delivery of such services the need to deploy numerous different technology/OS-specific and/or protocol-specific applications/services conventionally used to provide such services is obviated. The unified nature of the system, not only provides for comprehensive delivery of services, such as data movement amongst all the servers in the enterprise's network but also provides for unified management of the services delivered, such as governance control over the services, unified tracking of services delivered, unified provisioning of updates/revisions to modules, and auditing processes for services delivered.
US10270834B2
An embodiment method for network optimization includes obtaining a first request to deliver a first data to a node in a network at a first data rate; obtaining a second request to deliver the first data to the node at a second data rate; and determining a flow decision schedule for a streaming session. The determining the flow decision schedule includes: scheduling a steady-state delivery period to deliver the first data at a steady-state data rate in accordance with the first data rate; and performing a best-effort allocation in accordance with the second data rate to determine a schedule for a supplemental delivery period, concurrent with at least a portion of the steady-state delivery period, to deliver the first data at a supplemental data rate.
US10270831B2
An audio combining system including a storage database, one or more audio sources and a computing device coupled together via a network. The computing device comprises a processor and an application executed by the processor configured to import audio data comprising a plurality of audio files and metadata describing the audio files from the one or more audio sources, associate the audio files into a plurality of groups based on one or more characteristics of the audio files, transmit the audio data to a storage database and storing the audio data on the storage database and present the plurality of groups to a user for selection, wherein upon selection the audio files comprising the selected group are played in a set order to the user.
US10270818B1
A system for generating and providing an inline resharing interface and sharing content includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to provide items of content for presentation; receive input identifying a selected item from the items of content; generate an inline sharing interface corresponding to the selected item, the inline sharing interface including a portion of original content from the selected item, an comment area, and an addressee area; and provide the inline sharing interface for presentation in place of the selected item.
US10270817B2
A server in a distributed environment includes a process that manages incoming client requests and selectively forwards service requests to other servers in the network. The server includes storage in which at least one forwarding queue is established. The server includes code for aggregating service requests in the forwarding queue and then selectively releasing the requests, or some of them, to another server. The queuing mechanism preferably is managed by metadata, which, for example, controls how many service requests may be placed in the queue, how long a given service request may remain in the queue, what action to take in response to a client request if the forwarding queue's capacity is reached, etc. In one embodiment, the server generates an estimate of a current load on an origin server (to which it is sending forwarding requests) and instantiates the forward request queuing when that current load is reached.
US10270814B2
The present invention relates to electronic units, communication systems and methods, information processing terminals and methods, and information processing apparatuses and methods which allow easy and quick communications. When a link pin 21A is inserted into a VCR 3, the VCR 3 reads the pin ID stored in the RF tag of the link pin 21A, and reports the pin ID and the address to a management server 1. When the management server 1 has already obtained the pin ID of a link pin 21B read by a television receiver 5, the management server 1 determines whether the group ID included in the pin ID reported by the VCR 3 is the same as the group ID included in the pin ID reported by the television receiver 5. When the management server 1 determines that they are the same, the management server 1 connects the VCR 3 to the television receiver 5. The present invention can be applied to various types of information processing apparatuses connected to a network.
US10270808B1
Auto-generated synthetic identities for simulating population dynamics to detect fraudulent activity
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to a system and method for detecting fraudulent computer activity. A computing system generates a plurality of synthetic identities. Each of the plurality of synthetic identities mimics information associated with a verified identity. The computing system receives, from a user, an input attempt. The input attempt includes a synthetic identity of the plurality of synthetic identities. The computing system compares input information in the input attempt to the plurality of synthetic identities. The computing system determines that the input information in the input attempt includes information from the plurality of synthetic identities, if it does, the computing system rejects the input attempt.
US10270806B2
Various techniques for providing defense against NXDOMAIN hijacking in domain name systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user input from a user to a search box in an application executing on a computing device connected to the Internet via a facility provided by an internal service provider (“ISP”) and resolving the received user input to the search box as a DNS query without using a caching server provided by the ISP. The method can then include determining whether the DNS query causes an NXDOMAIN condition and in response to determining that the DNS query causes an NXDOMAIN condition, indicating that the received user input does not have a corresponding IP address in the domain name system.
US10270802B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for online content referral are provided. A computer-implemented method may include receiving a request from an application, issuing a challenge to the application to determine a capability of the application, analyzing a result of the challenge to associate the application with an application type, determining whether the activity performed by the application is scripted, and classifying the activity as automated or semi-automated when it is determined that the activity is scripted.
US10270799B2
A system uses a probabilistic technique to determine the vulnerability of similar assets based on the data provided on some assets. The probabilistic technique includes stages of preparing data followed by calculating probability; a preparing data stage, including gathering the latest vulnerability reports of all assets in a system with the help of known scanners; creating open vulnerabilities; enriching the obtained data of open vulnerabilities; creating all vulnerabilities; enriching the obtained data of all vulnerabilities. Following this stage, probability calculation may be done for three cases, when asset information is known, when asset information is partially unknown, and when asset information is completely unknown based on the data taken from open vulnerabilities and all vulnerabilities categorized into blocks of 6 months based on the time at which they have been reported to NIST/MITRE.
US10270798B2
A method for assessing effectiveness of one or more cybersecurity technologies in a computer network includes testing each of two or more component stages of an attack model at a first computer network element twice. A first one of the tests is conducted with a first one of the cybersecurity technologies operable to protect the first computer network element, and a second one of the tests is conducted with the first cybersecurity technology not operable to protect the first computer network element. For each one of the twice-tested component stages, comparing results from the first test and the second test, wherein the comparison yields or leads to information helpful in assessing effectiveness of the first cybersecurity technology on each respective one of the twice-tested component stages at the computer network element.
US10270791B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for using search entity transition probabilities. In some implementations, data identifying entities and transition probabilities between entities is stored in a computer readable medium. Each transition probability represents a strength of a relationship between a pair of entities as they are related in search history data. In some implementations, an increase in popularity for a query is identified and a different query is identified as temporally related to the query. Scoring data for documents responsive to the different query is modified to favor newer documents. In other implementations, data identifying a first session as spam is received, and a spam score is calculated for either a second session of queries or a single query using transition probabilities. The second session (or single query) is identified as spam from the spam score.
US10270790B1
The present invention relates to an insider threat detection system which includes at least two stages: a front end sensor stage with activity detection from detectors, and a behavior reasoning component (BRC) with following automated reporting. As opposed to typical monitoring systems that seek to identify network activities as endpoint activities, work on a small number of static triggered rules or anomalous deviations from established norms, the present invention includes a behavior reasoning component (BRC) that uses network activity as precursor indicators to subsequent malicious or non-malicious behaviors, using BRC pattern classifiers, to predict likely malicious insider behaviors and alert security personnel to insider threat from high probability sabotage, fraud, or theft of sensitive, proprietary, classified data/information.
