US10309091B2
A deck includes a railing formed of a hollow post and a peg that is press fit into the interior of the hollow post. A frame member has at least one hole passing from an exterior of the frame member to an interior of the frame member, wherein the peg is inserted in the hole and is secured to the frame member through frictional contact with surfaces on the interior of the frame member.
US10309087B2
A stacked type quantitative toilet cleaning agent dispenser includes a housing, an inner box mounted in the housing and defining the housing a bottom chamber beneath the inner box and an aisle around the inner box and above the bottom chamber, and a cover covering the inner box and having a first water inlet in communication with the inside space of the inner box and a second water inlet. Further, the inner box has an open end tube that keeps the second water inlet in communication with the bottom chamber and isolated from the inner box. Further, the cover has a first water outlet below the elevation of the first water inlet. The aisle is disposed in communication with the space outside the housing via a second water outlet that is disposed below the elevation of the second water inlet.
US10309082B2
A fluid flow system comprising a supply line, a fluid control unit and at least one end user; wherein fluid flow through the system is facilitated only upon a certified verification signal generated by the end-user and certifying said verification signal by the fluid control unit.
US10309076B2
A safety landing may include a first support panel positionable within the shaft and having a first support surface and a second support surface spaced apart from the first support surface. At least a first platform may have a first end that is movably connected to the first support panel and a second end spaced apart from the first end. The first platform may have an upper surface, an opposing lower surface and an end surface at the first end. The first platform may be movably between a closed position in which the first platform extends laterally across the shaft, and in which the lower surface rests on the first support surface and an open position in which the first platform is generally upright and the end surface of the first platform rests on the second support surface.
US10309074B2
A modular foundation design for supporting a wind turbine or telecommunication tower, comprised of pre-cast concrete modules offering advantages of off-site manufacture and ease of transportation, but which deign is simple to construct. A base slab is provided comprised of sub-modules/base members arranged together in juxtaposed position which together provide a horizontal surface on which pre-cast pipe members may be stacked in end-to-end position to form a pedestal. Anchor rods extend through the pipe members into screw retainers in the base members, which rods serve to not only post-tension the pipe members and secure them together, but further advantageously serve to retain the base members together thereby assisting in distributing forces and loads applied to one sub-module/base member over the entire base slab. Coupling means to further couple the base members together may be added to better retain the base members together and still further improve distribution of forces.
US10309071B2
Modular structure for protecting an offshore vessel in a body of water from forces of ice features comprising a protective harbor wall, a flotation support, a pile, and a telescoping connection. The telescoping connection is operatively coupled to the protective harbor wall and the flotation support and constructed and arranged to axially move the protective harbor wall between a retracted position and a raised position. The protective harbor wall is constructed and arranged to enclose a harbor space and to counteract the forces of ice features. The flotation support supports the protective harbor wall and is constructed and arranged to change net buoyancy of the modular protective structure to submerge the structure such that the flotation support is positioned on a seabed. The pile is constructed and arranged to be partially disposed in the seabed to maintain the position of the flotation support on the seabed.
US10309063B2
A multifunctional and multi-story crossroad for intensive land use relates to urban road construction engineering and solves technical problems of urban traffic jams through space division and streamlined design, without occupying the land outside the road. It achieves: operating smoothly without red lights, large vehicle-free intersection space on the ground, large parking areas, long “side of the road” border between the parking area and roads, bicycle exclusive system. Technical elements include: learning from building design, multi-story crossroad, “Turning Right and Looping Back technique”, “exclusive bikeway interlayer”, “adding a lane”, and “large steps above ramp of a tunnel.” It is a combination of a smoothly flowing crossroad technique, viaduct and the tunnel. The main purposes are: for new construction and renovation of crossroad in congested cities, and development of city fast lanes, elevated roads and tunnels.
US10309061B2
A method for forming paper straps is provided. The method may include providing a paper strip from a base sheet and directing the paper strip through a first die to form an intermediate string. The method may further include directing the intermediate string from the first die through a second die, the intermediate string exiting the second die in a substantially non-twisted state. Related apparatuses and devices to form paper straps are also provided.
US10309059B2
Automated parameter tuning techniques for cross-directional model predictive control for paper-making under user-specified parametric uncertainties are developed. The CD-MPC design explicitly accounts for parametric model uncertainty while finding a value for the CD profile trajectory generation that minimizes the CD settling time of the measurement 2 sigma spread and does not exceed an overshoot limit for actuator 2 sigma spread. The inventive technique includes: (i) providing uncertainty specifications for the temporal parameters of the process model, (ii) specifying 2 sigma overshoot limits for the CD actuator profile, (iii) using robust stability theory to find a minimum bound for the profile trajectory tuning parameter, (iv) using a frequency domain technique to reduce the search range for the profile trajectory tuning parameter, and (v) performing an intelligent search for the tuning parameter that minimizes measurement 2 sigma settling time without exceeding the actuator 2 sigma overshoot limit.
US10309055B2
Exciting and flashy images are created on a garment with a method that includes the steps of selecting a stretch fabric having a front side and a back side. A front side of the fabric is dyed with a solid color. A back side of the fabric is dyed with a knock out image. The knock out image is visible when the stretch fabric is stretched and is not visible when the stretch fabric is in a relaxed state. In one case, the fabric is part of jersey and when the player stretches the fabric an image becomes visible. In another case, the image expands or seems to glow. This provides a dynamic flashy image that is exciting to advertisers and fans alike.
US10309052B2
An air flow pressure compensator system maintains substantially constants air flow within a clothes dryer system and adjusts the speed of one or more exhaust fans by monitoring one or more sensors/transmitters positioned in one or more exhaust ducts and/or one or more incoming air ducts. The system includes a compensator controller; a variable frequency drive electrically coupled to the compensator controller; and an anemometer and/or a differential pressure sensor/transmitter electrically coupled to the compensator controller that allow for real-time monitoring and system adjusting, which improve clothing drying time and dryer efficiency.
US10309048B2
Repeatable and reliable chemical treatment for loose fibers is achieved by spraying or immersing loose fibers in a chemical treatment bath, and continuously moving the soaked fibers through a continuous centrifuge. The continuous centrifuge controls the wet pickup of the chemical formulation on the fibers and assures a substantially even chemical distribution on the centrifuged fibers. The centrifuged fibers may be dried to fix the chemicals in the chemical formulation to the fibers and/or to remove water from the chemical formulation. Recycling of the chemical formulation from the continuous centrifuge allows for the process to be performed more economically and in a more environmentally friendly fashion.
US10309039B2
A multifilament, a monofilament, a non-woven or a tape, each having 1 to 2000 Denier per filament and a draw ratio of 1:2 to 1:11 and each made of a composition containing the components (A) a polyolefin, (B) for example a compound of the formula (B-1-a-1), (C) for example a compound of the formula (C-1-b-1), wherein b1 is a number from 2 to 20, and optionally (D) one or more inorganic and/or organic pigments.
US10309035B2
Method for preparing a crystal structure analysis sample for determining an absolute configuration of a chiral compound includes bringing a single crystal of a porous compound into contact with a solvent solution that contains a chiral compound, the single crystal of the porous compound including a three-dimensional framework, and either or both of pores and voids that are defined by the three-dimensional framework, and are three-dimensionally arranged in an ordered manner, the three-dimensional framework being formed by one molecular chain or two or more molecular chains, or formed by one molecular chain or two or more molecular chains, and a framework-forming compound, and comprising a chiral substituent of which the absolute configuration is known, the crystal structure analysis sample having a structure in which molecules of the chiral compound are arranged in either or both of the pores and the voids of the single crystal in an ordered manner.
US10309024B2
An apparatus for continuous simultaneous electroplating of two metals having substantially different standard electrodeposition potentials (e.g., for deposition of Sn—Ag alloys) comprises an anode chamber for containing an anolyte comprising ions of a first, less noble metal, (e.g., tin), but not of a second, more noble, metal (e.g., silver) and an active anode; a cathode chamber for containing catholyte including ions of a first metal (e.g., tin), ions of a second, more noble, metal (e.g., silver), and the substrate; a separation structure positioned between the anode chamber and the cathode chamber, where the separation structure substantially prevents transfer of more noble metal from catholyte to the anolyte; and fluidic features and an associated controller coupled to the apparatus and configured to perform continuous electroplating, while maintaining substantially constant concentrations of plating bath components for extended periods of use.
US10309020B2
The invention provides an electrolytic cell 10 for the production of ammonia (NH3), comprising an electrolytic cell unit 100 comprising a first electrode 110, a second electrode 120, and an electrolyte 133, further a voltage generator 210, a supply 220 of a dinitrogen comprising fluid 221, and a supply 230 of a water comprising fluid 231. The electrolyte is configured to allow transport of protons. The first electrode is permeable for protons, wherein the first electrode is at first side in contact with the electrolyte and at second side is in fluid contact with the supply of the dinitrogen comprising fluid. The second electrode is permeable for protons but impermeable to O2 and H2O. The second electrode is at first side also in contact with the electrolyte, and at second side in fluid contact with the supply of the water comprising fluid. The ammonia can be produced and stored in liquid form.
US10309019B2
The methods and systems of lower the grounding potential of an AC electrical grid for protecting a potable water delivery systems from corrosion due to a chemical redox reaction between protective concentration of disinfection chemicals in water and iron, lead and/or copper metal pipes within the potable water delivery system. The methods protect the surface of interactive metals more noble than zinc. These methods are also effective in corrosion protection of the national metallic infrastructure of metals more noble than zinc, such as street signs, lights stands, bridges, and any systems connected to the electrical grid.
US10309018B2
A composite article includes a substrate, at least one protective layer on the substrate, and an intermediate layer between the protective layer and the substrate. The intermediate layer includes a first material that occupies a first continuous region and a second material that occupies a second continuous region next to the first continuous region. The first continuous region and the second continuous region are each in contact with the substrate and the protective layer.
US10309017B2
A laminated hard coating comprising a layer A and a layer B, wherein the layer A and the layer B differ in composition and are laminated. Layer A contains (MaAlbCrcTad)(BxCyNz) and satisfies 0≤a≤0.35, 0.05≤d≤0.35, 0≤x≤0.15, 0≤y≤0.50, a+b+c+d=1, and x+y+z=1. M is at least one element selected from the group consisting of V, Nb, Mo, and W; a, b, c and d represent the atomic ratios of M, Al, Cr, and Ta, respectively; and x, y, and z represent the atomic ratios of B, C and N, respectively. The layer B comprises (TiαSiβ)(BxCyNz) and satisfies 0.05≤β≤0.35, 0≤x≤0.15, 0≤y≤0.50, α+β=1, and x+y+z=1. α and β represent the atomic ratios of Ti and Si, respectively, and x, y, and z represent the atomic ratios of B, C, and N, respectively. One or more layers of each of these layers have been alternately laminated.
US10309013B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining a clean endpoint time for a current run of a chamber. The clean endpoint time for the current run may be determined by determining that a chamber parameter, such as a chamber pressure, has stabilized. Historical clean endpoint time data is updated by adding the clean endpoint time for the current run of the chamber. A recommended clean endpoint time is then determined for the chamber based on the updated historical clean endpoint time data.
US10309012B2
A wafer carrier for carrying solar cell wafers during a deposition process is described. The carrier is coated with pyrolytic carbon, silicon carbide, or a ceramic material, and is adapted to receive and support the wafers.
US10309009B2
Disclosed is a carbon thin-film device and method for manufacturing the same. The method includes forming a functional group on a surface of a substrate and functionalizing the substrate, and depositing a carbon thin film through ALD on the substrate in which the functional group is formed.
US10309005B2
A deposition device according to one embodiment includes a processing container. A mounting table is installed inside the processing container, and a metal target is installed above the mounting table. Further, a head is configured to inject an oxidizing gas toward the mounting table. This head is configured to move between a first region that is defined between the metal target and a mounting region where a target object is mounted on the mounting table and a second region spaced apart from a space defined between the metal target and the mounting region.
US10309000B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide mixed reinforced aluminum matrix composite, where the aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide mixed reinforced aluminum matrix composite is prepared with an aluminum alloy serving as a matrix and with aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide serving as reinforcement agents via smelting in an intermediate-frequency induction melting furnace through the process of intermediate-frequency induction heating, vacuumizing, bottom blowing argon, and casting molding in view of low hardness and low tensile strength of aluminum matrix materials. The prepared aluminum-copper-iron quasicrystal and silicon carbide mixed reinforced aluminum matrix composite has a hardness of 80.3 HB which is improved by 50.64% and tensile strength of 285 Mpa which is improved by 60.42%, and corrosion resistance thereof is improved by 40%.
US10308984B2
Nucleic acids sequences that can be used for nucleic acid amplification, for example quantitative nucleic acid amplification, are provided herein.
US10308977B2
A device for processing a biological sample includes a first substrate having a first cavity, a second substrate having a second cavity, a filter element having a plurality of perforations, and an electrically conductive structure. The first cavity forms a first chamber segment of a chamber for accommodating the biological sample. The second cavity forms a second chamber segment of the chamber for accommodating the biological sample. The filter element is formed between the first cavity and the second cavity in order to hold back a plurality of organic cells of the biological sample on the plurality of perforations when the biological sample moves between the first cavity and the second cavity through the filter element. The electrically conductive structure is arranged on the filter element and is configured to cause lysis of the organic cells and/or to duplicate and/or detect defined segments of exposed DNA.
US10308973B1
Provided is a real-time imaging method of NAPDH-dependent metabolic activity in a cell and a use thereof, and more particularly, an imaging method capable of measuring concentration gradient and change in an intracellular coenzyme using a mutant of metagenome-derived blue fluorescent protein (mBFP) in real-time and an application method thereof. In particular, the method of imaging and quantifying the coenzyme contained in various biological samples may be performed by improving fluorescence in a short time even under anaerobic conditions, without adding a substrate required for coenzyme measurement or conversion without destroying cells, and without consuming the time required for formation of a special structure (fluorophore) for generating fluorescence unlike the existing quantitative systems. In particular, provided is a stable quantitative/imaging technique that is directly applicable to biological samples having various complex compositions without signal interference caused by impurities by removing an inherent enzymatic activity of mBFP.
US10308969B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a multimeric protein composed of a monomeric protein, wherein the monomeric protein is obtained by fusing a protein having an immunoglobulin fold structure to a protein that can serve as a subunit structure, the method including the steps of: (A) preparing the monomeric protein having an insoluble granular form in cells of a microorganism; (B) solubilizing the monomeric protein prepared in step (A) with an aqueous solution containing lauroyl-L-Glu; (C) diluting a solution obtained in step (B) in a buffer containing arginine hydrochloride to lower a concentration of lauroyl-L-Glu; and (D) replacing a solvent of a solution obtained in step (C) with a buffer using gel filtration chromatography or the like.
US10308963B2
The invention relates to improved processes of producing ethanol from starch-containing material wherein saccharification and/or fermentation is done at a temperature below the initial gelatinization temperature in the presence of glucoamylase and alpha-amylase, and optionally a protease and/or a cellulolytic enzyme composition; wherein the fermenting organism is a Saccharomyces yeast strain providing a higher ethanol yield boost and lower glycerol production compared to ETHANOL RED™ under the same fermentation conditions. The invention also relates to Saccharomyces yeast strains and derivatives thereof, as well as compositions comprising such yeast strains, suitable for use in a process of the invention.
US10308955B2
The present invention describes a recombinant retroviral vector which cannot by itself achieve complete reverse transcription as well as its uses, in particular for transiently transferring in vitro, ex vivo or in vivo at least one ribonucleic acid sequence of interest in a cell. Such a transient transgene expression is of interest in the context of research, therapy and more generally in the field of biotechnology.
US10308953B2
The present invention refers to a method for controlling undesired vegetation at a plant cultivation site, the method comprising the steps of providing, at said site, a plant that comprises at least one nucleic acid comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding a wild-type or a mutated protoporphyrinogen oxidase (PPO) which is resistant or tolerant to a PPO-inhibiting herbicide by applying to said site an effective amount of said herbicide. The invention further refers to plants comprising wild-type or mutated PPO enzymes, and methods of obtaining such plants.
US10308933B2
The present invention embraces methods for the diagnosis and treatment of learning or mental disorders such as schizophrenia using miR-25, miR-98, or miR-185.
US10308931B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions and devices for screening a protein library for proteins having a desired activity, such as capable of catalyzing the formation of a bond between two reactants. In an exemplary embodiments, a plurality of proteins are expressed in vitro from a plurality of nucleic acids, the plurality of proteins are exposed with two single stranded oligonucleotides having complementary sequences, each oligonucleotide having a reactant and a fluorophore, the fluorescence of the protein-reactant-oligonucleotide-fluorophore complexes is detected and the complexes showing detectable fluorescence energy transfer are isolated, thereby isolating proteins having the desired enzymatic activity.
US10308930B2
Methods for increasing somatic hypermutation of antibodies, especially in vitro expression of an isolated retroviral protein in an isolated mammalian immunoglobulin-producing cell, are provided.
US10308917B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating a disease or disorder associate with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Specifically, the invention relates to an oligomerized VEGF binding domain to provide VEGF antagonism, and thereby treat diseases associated thereof.
US10308913B2
The present invention provides chimeric negative-stand RNA viruses that allow a subject, e.g., an avian, to be immunized against two infectious agents by using a single chimeric virus of the invention. In particular, the present invention provides chimeric influenza viruses engineered to express and incorporate into their virions a fusion protein comprising an ectodomain of a protein of an infectious agent and the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain of an influenza virus protein. Such chimeric viruses induce an immune response against influenza virus and the infectious agent. The present invention also provides chimeric Newcastle Disease viruses (NDV) engineered to express and incorporate into their virions a fusion protein comprising the ectodomain of a protein of an infectious agent and the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domain of an NDV protein. Such chimeric viruses induce an immune response against NDV and the infectious agent.
US10308901B2
The present invention provides a kit, method, and device for removing an adhesive from a surface that includes a micro-adhesive material, such as a foam, and a solvent composition.
US10308890B2
There is provided a thermosetting resin composition including: an epoxy compound having an isocyanuric acid ring represented by the following formula (1); a solid lubricant; and a dicyanate compound, or the dicyanate compound and a bismaleimide compound.
US10308886B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that are useful in removing, lowering the amount of, or otherwise controlling hydrogen sulfide and mercaptans. The compositions and methods can be used in any industry where hydrogen sulfide poses problems, such as when dealing with crude oil based, natural gas based, and/or coal based products. The present disclosure provides compositions and methods that can reduce the amount of or eliminate hydrogen sulfide in a variety of mediums.
US10308873B2
A polymerizable compound-containing liquid crystal composition of the present invention relates to a liquid crystal composition containing a polymerizable compound represented by general formula (I) and a compound represented by general formula (II) and can be used for a liquid crystal display device imparted with liquid crystal aligning ability by polymerization. The polymerizable liquid crystal composition is required to cause no precipitation in a wide temperature range and have a low viscosity corresponding to fast switching, and a liquid crystal display device using the composition is required to have more stable alignment after polymerization and to cause no defect in display characteristics. In the present invention, the problems can be solved using a specified compound.
US10308871B2
Provided is a liquid crystal compound that has high stability to heat, light and so forth, a high clearing point, low minimum temperature of a liquid crystal phase, small viscosity, suitable optical anisotropy, large negative dielectric anisotropy, a suitable elastic constant and excellent compatibility with other liquid crystal compounds, a liquid crystal composition containing the compound and a liquid crystal display device including the composition.The compound is represented by formula (1). For example, R1 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 9 carbons or alkenyl having 2 to 10 carbons; R2 is alkyl having 1 to 10 carbons, alkoxy having 1 to 9 carbons or alkenyl having 3 to 10 carbons; ring A1 is 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; ring A2 is 1,4-cyclohexylene or 1,4-phenylene; Z1 and Z2 are a single bond; Z3 is —O— or a single bond; and L1 is F, CF3 or CF2H.
US10308863B2
A method of producing fluid from a formation containing hydrocarbons in which an aqueous polymer preflush fluid is injected into the formation followed by injection of an aqueous polymer displacement fluid, where the aqueous polymer preflush fluid has a total dissolved solids content that is greater than the total dissolved solids content of the aqueous polymer displacement fluid.
US10308856B1
A class of paste materials for thermal, and mechanical bonding, and in some cases electrical interconnection, of two solid surfaces includes particles and an organic vehicle which is partially or completely removed during processing. The paste includes hybrids of inorganic materials for meeting the thermal, electrical and mechanical bonding functionality requirements and organic materials for meeting the process, application and protection requirements. The inorganic materials include high thermal and optionally electrical conductivity materials in forms from nanoparticles to micro-powders. The organic materials may include small molecules, surfactant, oligomers, and polymers.
US10308853B2
The invention relates to a method for cooling or heating a fluid or a body by means of a vapour compression circuit containing a heat transfer fluid, said circuit being at least partially contained in an enclosure, and the relative humidity of the air in the enclosure being less than or equal to a threshold value H1 which is less than 50%, the flammability of the heat transfer fluid at relative humidity H1 being less than the flammability of the heat transfer fluid at 50% relative humidity.The invention also relates to a cooling or heating installation suited to the implementation of this method. The invention also relates to a method of protection against the risks of fire or explosion in an enclosure containing at least partially a vapour compression circuit containing a heat transfer fluid, as well as a method for reducing the GWP of a transfer fluid. The invention also relates to heat transfer fluids suited to the implementation of the above methods.
US10308850B2
The present invention is a curable composition comprising a component (A) and a component (B), the curable composition producing a cured product that has a solid-state Si nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum in which a peak is observed within a range from −80 ppm or more to less than −40 ppm, and a half-width of the peak is 500 to 900 Hz, the component (A) being a curable polysilsesquioxane compound that comprises a repeating unit represented by a formula (a-1), R1SiO3/2 (a-1) the component (B) being at least one silane coupling agent selected from a group consisting of a silane coupling agent that comprises a nitrogen atom in its molecule, and a silane coupling agent that comprises an acid anhydride structure in its molecule, and a method for producing the curable composition, and a cured product, and a method for using the curable composition, and an optical device.
US10308848B2
This disclosure provides a plywood article that is pre-cured or cured. The plywood includes a first wood veneer, a second wood veneer disposed opposite the first wood veneer and an adhesive composition disposed between the first wood veneer and the second wood veneer. The adhesive composition is either cured or not cured. Prior to cure, the adhesive composition consists essentially of an isocyanate component and Kaolin. After cure, the cured adhesive composition consists essentially of a self-polymerization product of the isocyanate component and the Kaolin. The Kaolin is present in an amount of from greater than 10 to 50 weight percent based on a total weight of the adhesive composition. Moreover, each of the first and second wood veneers independently has a moisture content of from 0 to 45 weight percent.
US10308843B2
A hot melt adhesive material and articles made using the hot melt adhesive to assemble structures in an article. The adhesive material typically is manufactured by blending amorphous polymer with a heterophase polymer having crystallinity into an adhesive composition.
US10308842B2
Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive composition, a pressure-sensitive adhesive film, and a method of manufacturing an organic electronic device using the same. The pressure-sensitive adhesive composition that may effectively block moisture or oxygen penetrated into an organic electronic device from an external environment, and exhibit reliability under harsh conditions such as high temperature and high humidity and excellent optical characteristics, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive film including the same are provided.
US10308837B2
Disclosed are particles that have an exterior surface coated with a thin polymeric coating, such as a coating that includes a sulfur-containing polymer. Also disclosed are compositions, such as fuel-resistant sealant and coating compositions, which include such particles. Aerospace vehicles having an aperture at least partially sealed with a sealant deposited from such a sealant composition are also disclosed.
US10308835B2
The invention is related to a cost-effective method for making a silicone hydrogel contact lens having a crosslinked hydrophilic coating thereon. A method of the invention involves heating a silicone hydrogel contact lens in an aqueous solution in the presence of a water-soluble, highly branched, thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material having positively-charged azetidinium groups, to and at a temperature from about 40° C. to about 140° C. for a period of time sufficient to covalently attach the thermally-crosslinkable hydrophilic polymeric material onto the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens through covalent linkages each formed between one azetidinium group and one of the reactive functional groups on and/or near the surface of the silicone hydrogel contact lens, thereby forming a crosslinked hydrophilic coating on the silicone hydrogel contact lens. Such method can be advantageously implemented directly in a sealed lens package during autoclave.
US10308832B2
There is provided a hydraulic transfer film which consists of a laminate that has, on a water-soluble film, both an extension-inhibiting resin layer and a luster ink layer containing a luster pigment and a binder resin, wherein: the laminate has protrusions and recesses on the surface opposite to the water-soluble film; and the resin forming the extension-inhibiting resin layer contains a resin (A) having a glass transition temperature of 80° C. or higher. There is also provided a process for manufacturing the same; and a process for producing a decorated molded product, using the transfer film.
US10308831B2
A protective coat layer-forming composition is used for forming a protective coat layer of a protective coat layer-laminated film including a base film made of a cyclic olefin resin and the protective coat layer formed on at least one side of the base film. The protective coat layer-forming composition includes a component (A) of a multifunctional acrylate monomer, a component (C) of an isocyanuric acid derivative having two or more (meth)acryloxy groups, a component (D) of a caprolactone oligomer derivative having three or more (meth)acryloxy groups, and a component (E) of a photopolymerization initiator.
US10308830B2
The invention pertains to a fluoropolymer composition comprising: —at least one fluoropolymer [polymer (A)]; —at least one benzoxazine compound [compound (B)] of formula (I), wherein each of Ra, equal to or different at each occurrence, is H or a C1-C12 alkyl group; Rb is a C1-C36 hydrocarbon group, possibly comprising heteroatoms, optionally comprising at least one benzoxazine group; j is zero or an integer of 1 to 4; each of Rc, equal or different at each occurrence, is a halogen or a C1-C36 hydrocarbon group, possibly comprising heteroatoms, optionally comprising at least one benzoxazine group; —at least one aromatic polyimide polymer [polymer (PI)]; —at least one organic solvent [solvent (S)], and to a method for coating a surface, specifically a metal surface, with a fluoropolymer, using said fluoropolymer composition.
US10308792B2
The subject invention is directed towards tire components comprising rubber compositions comprising (1) about 2 phr to about 45 phr of a trans-1,4-isoprene-butadiene copolymer which has about 4 weight percent to about 16 weight percent butadiene repeat units and from about 84 weight percent to about 96 weight percent isoprene repeat units, wherein the trans-1,4-isoprene-butadiene copolymer has a Mooney ML 1+4 viscosity which is within the range of about 35 to about 80; and (2) about 55 phr to about 98 phr of at least one other elastomer, preferably a diene based elastomer. The most preferred tire components are those which contain cord reinforcements and require adequate green strength to enhance the tire building and shaping process to maintain cord integrity in the final cured tire.
US10308791B2
The present invention relates to a thermally curable composition comprising: (a1) a solid rubber in an amount of 2.5% by mass or more, (a2) an olefinic double bond-containing polymer which is liquid or pasty at 22° C. in an amount of less than 5% by mass, (a3) a hydrocarbon resin in an amount of, in total with said component (a2), 5% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less, and (a4) a liquid polydiene in an amount of 15% by mass or more based on the total mass of the composition as a component (a); and at least one selected from the group consisting of the following (b1) to (b3): (b1) sulfur and one or more accelerator(s), (b2) peroxidic vulcanization system or disulfidic vulcanization system, and (b3) quinones, quinone dioximes or dinitrosobenzene, as a vulcanization system (b).
US10308787B2
The present invention provides a resin composition including: (A) a silicone resin containing a constitutional unit shown by the following composition formula (1) and having a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 500,000, (B) an epoxy resin-curing agent; and (C) a filler. This can provide a resin composition and a resin film that can mold a wafer in a lump, has good molding properties particularly to a thin-film wafer having a large diameter, gives low-warping properties, as well as good wafer protection performance, good adhesion properties, high reliability, and good heat resistance after molding, can perform a molding process favorably, and can be used for wafer level packaging favorably. The present invention also provides a method for producing the resin film, a semiconductor device molded with the resin film, and a method for producing the semiconductor device.
US10308778B2
Disclosed are a dynamic non-wicking PU foam and preparation and application thereof The PU foam is prepared from polyether polyol, toluene-2,4-diisocyanate, non-wicking additive and auxiliary agent. The dynamic non-wicking additive is composed of carboxylic acids, amines and alkyl alcohols in any proportion. The auxiliary agent is composed of silicone surfactant, amine promoter, tin catalyst, pigment and water. The dynamic non-wicking PU foam has a high stability and an extremely non-wicking effect. The shoes made of the dynamic non-wicking PU foam also have extremely good dynamic non-wicking and waterproof effects, thus ensuring both comfort and stability of quality.
US10308776B2
The present invention is directed to polyethylene films having improved properties. Particularly, relatively thick films having improved tear properties and methods of improving tear, and multilayer films having improved dart impact strength and methods of improving the Dart impact strength.
US10308771B2
An alkoxysilane functionalized polysiloxane polymer can be prepared from a mixture of reactants including: a) a polysiloxane polymer having two or more reactive functional groups selected from -A-NH2, -A-OH, -A-N═C═O, -A-COOH, or combinations thereof; and b) at least one alkoxysilane having a functional group that is reactive with the reactive functional groups on the polysiloxane polymer. The alkoxysilane functionalized polysiloxane polymer can be combined with additional components to form a coating composition.
US10308766B2
Provided is a solvent-soluble polyimide copolymer which satisfies storage stability and heat resistance at high levels and has excellent utility. The polyimide copolymer is obtained by copolymerizing (A) 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride with (B) diamine(s) and/or diisocyanate(s) and has no glass transition temperature observed at lower than 500° C. The component (B) is preferably at least one diamine and/or diisocyanate represented by the following Formulae (1) to (3): (wherein, X represents an amino group or an isocyanate group; R1 to R8 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; and at least one of the R1 to R8 is not a hydrogen atom).
US10308763B2
Disclosed herein are glycidol-based polymers, nanoparticles, and methods related thereto useful for a variety of applications, including, but not limited to, drug delivery. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10308757B2
A two-component curable epoxy resin system having an epoxy component containing a unique combination of two or more epoxy resins with at least one of the epoxy resins being an epoxy novolac type resin. The composite made from such resin system exhibits high glass transition temperature.
US10308755B2
The present invention provides a sheet-forming body containing a thiourethane bond-having compound and a thiol group-having compound, wherein, in an IR absorption spectrum thereof, the ratio of the peak intensity A of the absorption peak based on the carbonyl group in the thiourethane bond to the peak intensity B of the absorption peak based on the thiol group (A/B) is 20 or more and 250 or less. Using the sheet-forming body, rubber members, especially vulcanized rubber members can be strongly bonded, and the sheet-forming body and an adhesive sheet, which are excellent in handleability and workability, and a laminate produced by bonding rubber layers using the sheet-forming body are provided.
US10308746B2
Disclosed is a conjugated diene polymer comprising a conjugated diene as a monomeric unit. The conjugated diene polymer is obtained by a polymerization reaction in a reaction solution comprising a conjugated diene, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of limonene, terpinene, and terpinolene, and an organoalkali metal compound as a polymerization initiator. Mz/Mn is 1.7 or more and 4.0 or less, when Mz is a Z-average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, Mn is a number average molecular weight of the conjugated diene polymer, and the Z-average molecular weight and the number average molecular weight are values in terms of polystyrene by gel permeation chromatography.
US10308740B2
A low molecular weight copolymer is provided comprising propylene and ethylene, wherein the low molecular weight copolymer has a softening point in the range of 90 to 140° C., wherein the low molecular weight copolymer has a needle penetration that is equal to y, wherein y is defined by the following formula: y≤−0.000000262249x6+0.000172031278x5−0.046669720165x4+6.701746779438x3−537.286013331959x2+22,802.983472587x−400,204.018086126 wherein x in the above formula is the softening point of the low molecular weight copolymer, and wherein the low molecular weight copolymer has a molecular weight polydispersity index of about 3 to about 25, a crystallinity of about 18% to about 30% measured by X-Ray diffraction, and a Brookfield viscosity in the range of about 1000 to about 4000 cp at 190° C. measured by ASTM D 3236. Adhesive compositions comprising the low molecular weight copolymer are also provided.
US10308738B2
The present disclosure relates to a plant for performing polymerization, such as the polymerization of ethylene, having a recycle connection with two or more cooling channels arranged in parallel, a process for polymerization and downstream processes, and a plant for polymerization, comprising the following plant components in fluid communication: a) A reactor with an inlet side and an outlet side; b) A recycle connection positioned in fluid communication between the outlet side of the reactor and the inlet side of the reactor; wherein the recycle connection comprises two or more cooling channels arranged in parallel.
US10308734B2
Catalyst components component for the (co)polymerization of olefins CH2═CHR, in which R is a hydrocarbyl radical with 1-12 carbon atoms, optionally in mixture with ethylene, comprising Ti, Mg, Zn, Cl, and an electron donor compound characterized by the fact that more than 50% of the titanium atoms are in the +4 valence state, and that the amount of Zn ranges from 0.1 to 4% by weight based on then total weight of said solid catalyst component.
US10308726B2
The invention provides a crosslinked polymer, a hydrogel, a water-based fracturing fluid comprising the same, and methods of making and using thereof. The crosslinked polymer of the invention is represented by formula (I), wherein * denotes a combining site with a polymer starting material and *′ denotes an optional combining site with the polymer starting material, wherein the combining sites denoted by * and *′ may be located in the same polymer molecule, or in different polymer molecules, but there are at least two combining sites located in different polymer molecules; X1 and X2, which may be the same or different, are independently an oxy (—O—) or imino (—NH—) group; X3 is an oxy (—O—) or imino (—NH—) group when *′ denotes a combining site with the polymer starting material, or X3 is a halogen, NH2 or OH when *′ isn't a combining site with the polymer starting material. The crosslinked polymer of the invention can be used in water-based fracturing fluid, in personal care products, household care products and pet care products, in reusable hydraulic fracturing flowback fluid, in gel explosives or in fire extinguishing mortar.
US10308724B2
The subject matter of the invention is dextrans which have between 95% and 99% of α-1,6 glucosidic bonds, a weight-average molar mass Mw at least equal to 0.7×109 g.mol−1, and a dispersity index D of between 1.3 and 3. The invention also relates to a dextran saccharase which makes it possible to produce such dextrans, and to a method for producing said dextrans.
US10308723B2
The invention relates to antibody molecules having specificity for antigenic determinants of both IL-17A and IL-17F, therapeutic uses of the antibody molecules and methods for producing said antibody molecules.
US10308716B2
The invention relates to a method for producing polyclonal antibodies against an antigenic target protein which comprises inducing an immune response in a host by applying an immunogenic composition comprising membrane vesicles incorporating said antigenic target protein to said host and obtaining antibodies against said target protein from the host's serum. A more specific embodiment of this method comprises at least the following steps: a) synthesizing the target protein my means of an in vitro translation reaction in a reaction medium comprising a nucleic acid template coding for the target protein and a cell lysate which contains membrane vesicles; b) separating membrane vesicles comprising the synthesized target protein from the medium; c) providing the membrane vesicles comprising the synthesized target protein in a physiologically compatible medium; d) applying the membrane vesicles of step c) to a host; e) testing a serum sample of the host for a specific immune response against said target protein; and f) obtaining specific antibodies against said target protein from the serum of a host exhibiting a specific immune response against said target protein.
US10308705B2
The invention relates to synthetic liver-specific promoters and expression constructs for producing polypeptides and functional nucleic acids in the liver of a subject. The invention further relates to Factor VIII proteins containing modifications in the amino acid sequence of the Factor VIII protein, as well as nucleic acid constructs encoding the Factor VIII proteins and methods of using these compositions to treat a bleeding disorder.
US10308703B2
Death-domain receptor 3 (DR3) variants having increased binding affinity to TL1A, and composition comprising same, are provided. Further, methods of use of said peptides or composition, including, but not limited to treatment of autoimmune and/or inflammatory disease are provided.
US10308699B2
The present invention provides peptidomimetic macrocycles capable of modulating growth hormone levels and methods of using such macrocycles for the treatment of disease.
US10308697B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide fusion proteins that bind cells expressing one or more target molecules including, for example, one or more cell surface multisubunit signaling receptors (e.g., EGFRvIII-expressing cells that also express interferon receptors) and that induce anti-proliferative effects, and related compositions and methods for the treatment of cancer.
US10308683B2
The invention relates to a new bicyclic lipolantipeptide, representing a new class of lantipeptide, and salts thereof, their preparation from a culture of a Microbacterium arborescens, and their use as antimicrobial agent in the prevention and treatment of infections in humans, animals or plants.
US10308677B2
An improved method for coupling carboxylic acids and amines is disclosed that includes the steps of combining a hyper-acid sensitive linker connecting an amine and a resin, a carboxylic acid, a carbodiimide, an activator additive, and a base, and carrying out the activation and coupling at a temperature greater than 30° C.
US10308674B2
The present invention discloses a process for preparing L-arabinose from Gum Arabic comprising the steps of catalytical hydrolysis of L-arabinose from gum arabic followed by the purification steps including neutralization using alkali, adsorption bleaching, electrodialysis desalination, adsorption separation of impurities and crystallization, with the absolute purity of L-arabinose up to 98% and the recovery as high as 25%˜29% of material weight. The disclosed process has such advantages as low cost, environmental-friendliness and simple operation, showing promising in industrial production.
US10308664B2
The present invention claims complexing [18F] fluoride anion with diaryl and aryl fused-[2.2.2]cryptand to form [18F] fluoride diaryl and aryl fused-cryptate complexes suitable for performing radio-labeling reactions to generate [18F] fluorinated species.
US10308663B2
The invention provides protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor compounds, Their pharmaceutical compositions, uses, and methods of use, such as in the treatment of various cancers, and process for making the compounds. Also disclosed is an improved synthesis of protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitor and precursor compound thienopyridone (5).
US10308658B2
The invention relates to a salt, a hydrate or a crystalline form of an EGFR inhibitor, and use thereof. Specifically it relates to 4-[(3-chloro-4-fluorophenyl)amino]-7-methoxy-6-[3-[(1R,6S)-2,5-dioxa-8-azabicyclo [4.3.0] nonan-8-yl] propoxy] quinazoline dimethanesulfonate, hydrate and a crystalline form thereof; the invention also relates to a preparation method of the crystalline form disclosed herein, a pharmaceutical composition containing the crystalline form, and uses thereof for treating proliferative disorders.
US10308654B2
Disclosed are a preparation method for a kinase inhibitor and a use thereof. The kinase inhibitor is a compound represented by formula (I) wherein the groups are defined as described in the description. The compound of formula (I) has a kinase inhibitory activity and therefore can be used for the preparation of medicines for treating kinase activity-related diseases.
US10308642B2
An anti-hepatitis B virus agent comprising a compound represented by general formula [1], wherein R1 represents an aryl group, which may be substituted, or the like; R2 represents an aryl group, which may be substituted, or the like; and R3 represents a hydrogen atom or the like; or a salt thereof.
US10308637B2
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.
US10308634B2
The present application relates to novel substituted indazoles, to processes for preparation thereof, to the use thereof alone or in combinations for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to the use thereof for production of medicaments for treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, especially for treatment and/or prophylaxis of endometriosis and endometriosis-associated pain and other endometriosis-associated symptoms such as dysmenorrhoea, dyspareunia, dysuria and dyschezia, of lymphoma, rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis (especially psoriatic spondyloarthritis and Bekhterev's disease), lupus erythematosus, multiple sclerosis, macular degeneration, COPD, gout, fatty liver disorders, insulin resistance, neoplastic disorders and psoriasis.
US10308621B2
The present invention includes methods/processes and intermediates for preparing sulfamoyl chloride:
US10308617B2
The present disclosure is directed to triazole benzamide compounds of formula (I) and formula (II), pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods for modulating or activating a Parkin ligase The present disclosure is also directed to methods of treating and/or reducing the incidence of diseases or conditions related to the activation of Parkin ligase. R1, R2, R3, M1, M2, M3, L1, L2, and L3 are as defined herein.
US10308615B2
Compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed wherein the compounds have the structure of as defined in the specification. Corresponding pharmaceutical compositions, methods of treatment, methods of synthesis, and intermediates are also disclosed.
US10308614B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): and salts thereof, wherein: R1-R4 have any of the values defined in the specification, and compositions and uses thereof. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of BRG1, BRM and/or PB1. Also included are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and methods of using such compounds and salts in the treatment of various BRG1-mediated disorders, BRM-mediated disorders and/or PB1-mediated disorders.
US10308613B2
Problem to be SolvedIt is intended to provide an industrially preferable fluoroalkylating agent and use thereof.SolutionThe present invention provides a fluoroalkylating agent represented by the general formula (1) wherein R1 is a C1 to C8 fluoroalkyl group; R2 and R3 are each independently a C1 to C12 alkyl group or the like; Y1 to Y4 are each independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or the like; and X− is a monovalent anion. A compound of the general formula (3): R4—S—R1 having an introduced C1 to C8 fluoroalkyl group is easily obtained by reacting a compound of the general formula (2): R4—S—Z wherein R4 is a hydrocarbon group or the like; and Z is a leaving group, with the compound of the general formula (1).
US10308599B2
An isothiocyanate functional surfactant, wherein the protonated form of the surfactant includes the structure of formula (IA): wherein R1 includes the structure of formula (IIA), (IIIA), or (IVA), wherein X includes an integer ranging from approximately 0 to approximately 20, wherein R2 comprises a linear or branched aliphatic group containing approximately 8 to approximately 25 carbon atoms, and wherein R3 comprises an aliphatic or aromatic group containing approximately 1 to approximately 20 carbon atoms and at least one—N═C═S group.
US10308598B1
A copper protective agent is provided. The copper protective agent is represented by a general formula (GI): HS—R (GI); and R is a linear or branched alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms.
US10308597B2
This invention relates to compounds that inhibit creatine transport and/or creatine kinase, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of utilizing such compounds and compositions for the treatment of cancer.
US10308592B2
A hydrofluoroether compound is represented by the following general formula (1): wherein n is 1-2.
US10308590B2
Systems and methods for producing a colorless triethanolamine product stream with a degree of purity of greater than or equal to 99% by weight from the triethanolamine distillation columns in a non-reactive distillation process. The desired triethanolamine product stream can be obtained by increasing the bottom stream flow rate at the diethanolamine column by 80 kilograms per hour, and reducing the triethanolamine product stream flow rate by 500 kilograms per hour. This process can result in a reduction of the temperature at the triethanolamine column by up to 23.5 degrees. The reduced temperature can result in a triethanolamine product stream with an APHA color of 0 to less than 50, for example, 0 to 40, for example, 0 to 30, for example 0 to 20, and for example, 0 to 10.
US10308587B2
Provided herein are functionally substituted fluoropolymers suitable for use in liquid and solid non-flammable electrolyte compositions. The functionally substituted fluoropolymers include perfluoropolyethers (PFPEs) having high ionic conductivity. Also provided are non-flammable electrolyte compositions including functionally substituted PFPEs and alkali-metal ion batteries including the non-flammable electrolyte compositions.
US10308584B2
A method of making an (alk)acrylic ester in a microflow reactor.
US10308579B2
An improved method of manufacture of a bisphenol comprises heating a monohydric phenol to a first temperature sufficient to melt the monohydric phenol; adding a carbonyl compound to 2.0-3.0 molar equivalents, based on the moles of carbonyl compound, of the monohydric phenol in the presence of catalytic amounts of an organosulfonic acid catalyst and a reaction promoter at a second temperature sufficient to maintain unreacted monohydric phenol in a molten state; increasing the temperature to a third temperature higher than the second temperature, and mixing for a time sufficient to produce the bisphenol in a yield of 80 to 100%, based on the amount of carbonyl compound; wherein mineral acids, Lewis acids, and ion exchange resins are not used. The method is applicable to the manufacture of 2,2-bis(3,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propane, a useful intermediate for the manufacture of bi-functional poly(phenylene ether)s.
US10308574B2
According to one embodiment, a reduction catalyst includes a current collector including a metal layer; and organic molecules including a quaternary nitrogen cation, which are bonded to the metal layer. The organic molecules are represented by any of the following general formulae I to V.
US10308568B2
Spent aromatization catalysts containing a transition metal and a catalyst support are selectively poisoned in the disclosed reforming methods, resulting in improvements in overall aromatics yield and selectivity.
US10308555B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are drawn to a wave-absorbing material that includes a main composition, an auxiliary composition, and a sintering additive. The main composition includes at least one of Fe2O3, MnO, ZnO, and MgO. The auxiliary composition includes at least one of CeO2 and P2O5. The molar ratio of CeO2 to P2O5 ranges from about 1:1 to about 2:1. A method for preparing the wave-absorbing material is also provided.
US10308551B2
This disclosure provides a rubber composite for use in a variety of applications, and methods for its preparation.
US10308547B2
The present invention relates to a hollow glass, such as a bottle, glass, flask or pot, consisting of a glass substrate having, on at least one portion of its outer wall, a hydrophilic organic coating, for instance based on polyvinyl alcohol crosslinked with at least one acid selected from citric acid, polyacrylic acid and poly(acrylic acid-co-maleic acid).In order to manufacture this hollow glass, a solution containing the ingredients for forming the coating and at least one solvent is applied to the glass substrate by spraying, dip-coating or, when the hydrophilic organic coating is a partial coating, by spraying onto the outer wall of the glass substrate on which a mask has been applied, or by screenprinting; the glass substrate coated with said solution is dried; and the substrate is cured thermally or by UV radiation or by electron beam. It is possible to use this hollow glass for revealing a pattern thereon when said hollow glass is removed from a cold storage zone.
US10308540B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel process to control odors from manure by digesting the manure into Methane. Embodiments may comprise a two stage anaerobic digestion process to digest the wastes and remove the nutrients from the wastewater. The initial anaerobic digestion is carried out in a closed vessel to capture any gassed released and otherwise proceeds as current practices are. The wastewater from the first stage digestion is then pumped into a second reaction vessel. This vessel reproduces the conditions that produce natural gas (methane) in the geologic setting, with high temperatures and high pressures.
US10308531B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for a composition and/or a method for treating impurities in a circulating water system. The circulating water system impurities may be oversprayed paint in paint spray booth applications. The composition includes an aqueous solution of a cationized starch, a polybasic aluminum salt such as aluminum chlorohydrate or polyaluminum chloride and a solution of a medium to high MW aqueous flocculant. The composition is particularly useful when added to recirculating scrubber water in paint spray booths for effectively treating both water based and solvent based paints.
US10308529B2
The present invention relates to a desalination apparatus and a desalination method using the same. In one specific embodiment, the desalination apparatus comprises: a forward osmosis unit having a draw-solution part into which seawater flows, and a raw water part into which raw water flows, and having an osmosis membrane, formed between the draw solution part and the raw water part, so as to respectively generate first treated water and first concentrated water; a capacitive deionization unit, which is connected to the draw solution part through a first inflow passage, and into which the first treated water of the draw solution part flows so as to generate second treated water; and an electrodialysis unit, which is connected to the raw water part through a second inflow passage, and into which the first concentrated water of the raw water part flows so as to generate third treated water.
US10308528B2
A system for cleaning contaminants from a body of water includes a dam that restricts a flow of water in the body of water. The system also includes a generator that generates electric power from the body of water, and one or more electrodes that induce an electrocoagulation current upstream of the dam. A filter press then removes contaminants that are precipitated from the water of the body of water by the electrocoagulation current.
US10308526B2
Water treatment systems and associated methods are generally described. Certain embodiments of the water treatment systems and methods described herein may be used to treat water comprising one or more contaminants (e.g., oil, grease, suspended solids, scale-forming ions, volatile organic material) to remove at least a portion of the one or more contaminants. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the treated water may be used directly in certain applications (e.g., oil and/or gas extraction processes). In some embodiments, at least a portion of the treated water may undergo desalination to produce substantially pure water and/or concentrated brine.
US10308516B2
Provided is a method for continuous production of zeolite in which a starting material is continuously supplied to a tubular reactor to produce an aluminophosphate zeolite that contains, in the framework structure, at least aluminum atoms and phosphorus atoms or an aluminosilicate zeolite having 5≤SiO2/Al2O3≤2000. The tubular reactor is heated using a heat medium; a ratio (volume)/(lateral surface area) of the volume (inner capacity) to the lateral surface area of the tubular reactor is 0.75 cm or smaller; and seed crystals are added to the starting material. Through using a small-diameter tubular reactor and heating with a heat medium, it becomes possible to heat sufficiently the entirety of a starting material (zeolite precursor gel) in a short time, and to allow reaction to proceed at a high rate. The occurrence of irregular pressure fluctuations during continuous production of the zeolite can be prevented by adding seed crystals.
US10308493B2
A drink filling system including: a bottle molding section; a sterilizing section that sterilizes a molded bottle; a rinsing section that rinses the bottle; a filling section that fills and seals the bottle; and a conveying unit that conveys the bottle from the molding section through to the filling section. A chamber covers a portion extending from the sterilizing section to the filling section, and an atmosphere shut-off chamber is provided between a sterilizing section chamber and a rinsing section chamber. An exhaust unit is provided for the atmosphere shut-off chamber and/or the sterilizing section chamber, a clean air supply unit is provided for a filling section chamber so that a clean air flows from the filling section chamber into the atmosphere shut-off chamber through the rinsing section chamber or further flows into the sterilizing section chamber, and the air-flow flowing therein is exhausted by an exhaust unit.
US10308490B2
Methods of and apparatus for removing heat generated by cells of a battery pack. The methods and apparatus may employ one or more fan modules disposed between or next to cells of the battery pack, or one or more fans directly mounted to the battery pack or battery pack case housing the cells. Further, a motor controller isolation system operates to electrically isolate the motor controller of the electric vehicle when the battery pack is being charged. The motor controller isolation system may be integrated with the integrated battery pack and thermal and ventilation system. The integrated system, or “integrated battery unit (IBU),” is preferably manufactured in a manner that requires no, modifications to the electric vehicle in which the IBU is installed.
US10308483B2
Conveyors and people movers, such as escalators and moving walkways, for instance, may include a support member belt comprised of a plurality of support members guided on rails. The support members may be, for example, steps of an escalator or pallets of a moving walkway. Each support member may be secured to a pair of drag rollers that travels along the rails. Further, each support member may include a roller spindle that is held rotationally conjointly in or on a body of the support member. Between the roller spindle and the body of the support member, there may be a plug-in connection by way of which the roller spindle is maintained against an undercut under bias of a latching device.
US10308477B2
One or more elevators can be more efficiently controlled by considering the then-current spatial capacity of the elevator. Camera images or other sensor data indicative of the occupied space in the elevator are received and processed by a control device to determine whether or not the elevator should stop at a requested floor. If the elevator is determined to lack space for additional passengers, then the elevator can bypass the requested stop and proceed without delay. If space remains, however, the elevator can stop to accommodate additional passengers. Measured spatial capacity can also be used to coordinate the actions of multiple elevators operating within a building.
US10308472B2
A carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle which permits easy bundling of a plurality of small tows into one bundle, is provided with a dividing capability to divide into the original small tows spontaneously at the time of firing, and is suitable for obtaining a carbon fiber that is excellent in productivity and quality. A carbon fiber precursor fiber bundle that has a degree of intermingle of 1 m−1 or less between small tows, consists of substantially straight fibers without imparted crimp, a tow of which straight fibers has a moisture content of less than 10% by mass when housed in a container, and has a widthwise dividing capability to maintain a form of a single aggregate of tows when housed in a container, taken out from the container and guided into a firing step, and to divide into a plurality of small tows in the firing step by the tension generated in the firing step.
US10308470B2
Disclosed is a blade for a saddle folding unit that can saddle-fold a sheet. At the edge of a folding side of the sheet in the blade, a protrusion portion protruding in a pushing direction of the blade is provided.
US10308452B2
An image forming apparatus includes a stacking unit, an access detecting unit, a malfunction detecting unit, a counting unit, and a process deciding unit. The stacking unit receives, as stacked, a recording material. The access detecting unit detects an access to the stacking unit by an operator. The malfunction detecting unit detects that a conveyance malfunction of the recording material has occurred on a conveying path guiding the recording material supplied from the stacking unit. The counting unit counts, after the access detecting unit detects an access to the stacking unit by the operator in a state that the malfunction detecting unit does not detect that the conveyance malfunction has occurred, the number of the conveyance malfunction detected by the malfunction detecting unit. The process deciding unit decides a process to address the conveyance malfunction based on the number of the conveyance malfunction counted by the counting unit.
US10308449B2
A shuttle bar (20) for a freight-handling device for transferring cargo from road to rail and vice versa using horizontal transverse loading, for moving a railcar pallet of a freight car to a loading platform and vice versa, wherein the shuttle bar (20) includes lifting mechanism for raising and lowering of the railcar pallet from or onto a railcar undercarriage of the freight train as well as from or onto the loading platform, wherein the shuttle bar (20) includes a bar base frame (30), a lifting bar (31), and a lifting-bar drive device (32) for raising and lowering the lifting bar (31) relative to the bar base frame (30), as well as a freight-handling device for combined freight transport with such shuttle bars, and a freight-handling method.
US10308447B2
A separator placer assembly is used with a lumber stacker, which creates a stack of lumber, includes a frame, a separator transfer assembly, and a plurality of transfer arm assemblies. The separator transfer assembly includes a continuous loop chain, preferably a plurality of continuous loop chains, with upper and lower reaches mounted to the frame. Separators are transferred to lugs on the chain at a first position along the lower reach. The plurality of transfer arm assemblies, each with first and second arms, is mounted to the frame beneath the lower reach at a transfer position downstream of the first position. A separator supported by the lugs is removed from the lugs by the arms and released onto the stack of lumber.
US10308444B2
A suction failure recovering process of a component mounting method includes: executing an imaging process in which an image of a pitch-fed pocket of a carrier tape is obtained; executing a pocket position detection process in which a pocket position is detected; and executing a positional displacement determination process in which it is determined whether the detected pocket position falls into a permissible range or not. When it is determined that the pocket position does not fall into the permissible range, the imaging process, the pocket position detection process and the positional displacement determination process are executed sequentially and repeatedly until the pocket position falls into the permissible range. When it is determined that the pocket position falls into the permissible range, a suction position is corrected based on the pocket position at a time point at which the pocket position falls into the permissible range.
US10308442B2
A discharge device is constructed so that, when conveyance destinations for a preceding conveyed object and a closely spaced succeeding conveyed object are different, the objects can be conveyed without stopping the conveyance of the succeeding conveyed object. The device has: a) discharge members that extend and retract between a plurality of conveying bodies in a main conveying conveyor, come into contact with a conveyed object when the discharge members extend between the conveying bodies, and impart a conveying force to the conveyed object, the force being in a direction different from that of the conveying bodies; b) a base member that supports the discharge members; and c) a and base swinging unit that swings the base member. By swinging the base member, it is possible to make the discharge members on the upstream side and the downstream side in the conveyance direction individually extend and retract between the conveying bodies.
US10308440B2
A system and method for determining and controlling a speed of a conveyor belt configured for transferring material from a source of the material to a haul vehicle includes a motor and associated head pulley shaft operatively coupled to a conveyor belt head pulley configured for driving the conveyor belt. The motor is connected to a conveyor belt tensioner block configured to enable adjustment of a tension in the conveyor belt, and the head pulley shaft is rotatably supported within the conveyor belt tensioner block. A speed ring gear is mounted on the head pulley shaft and located at least partially within a bore through the conveyor belt tensioner block. A speed sensor is mounted on the conveyor belt tensioner block in a position radially outward from teeth of the speed ring gear as the speed ring gear and head pulley shaft rotate within the bore through the belt tensioner block. The speed sensor is configured to generate signals indicative of the speed of rotation of the head pulley shaft and speed ring gear. A system controller determines a speed of the conveyor belt from the speed of rotation of the head pulley shaft and speed ring gear, and controls the speed of the conveyor belt to control an amount and rate of transfer of material along the conveyor belt from the source of material to the haul vehicle during a time period.
US10308436B2
A modular conveyor belt constructed of a series of conveyor belt modules, some of which include retainers for removably retaining plates, such as cutting boards, to the outer surface of the belt. The longitudinal extent of each of the retained plates in the direction of belt travel exceeds the articulation pitch of the conveyor belt.
US10308428B2
Lift rod assemblies for waste receptacles having pedal-operated lids are provided. Such lift rod assemblies can include a first end configured to couple to the pedal and a distal second end configured to couple to the lid, and a spring configured to dampen a force in excess of a predetermined force threshold applied to the pedal by the user and transferred to the elongated lift rod assembly. Waste receptacles including such lift rod assemblies are also provided.
US10308426B2
A trash bag apparatus for trash bags having a main body, front and rear panels, detachable cutout sections that may be perforated and a flip section that provides a user access to the trash bags within the trash bag apparatus. The detachable cutout sections, when detached, enable dispensing of trash bags from the apparatus. The trash bag apparatus also contemplates a number of mounting holes that align with the holes of trash bags and bars or mounting structures of trash bag receptacles.
US10308420B2
A filling head gun assembly has a housing; a handle assembly connected to the housing; a filling head attached to the housing; and a plunger. The plunger extends through an opening of the housing and an activator reservoir attached to the plunger. The reservoir is moved into position to contact the filling head via the plunger to feed pressurized activator through the filling head to an aerosol can. A cover is releasably attached to an end of the filling head which provides a seal around the filling head.
US10308416B2
An apparatus for providing a thermal treatment to a product, such as food, is described. One embodiment of the apparatus includes lime and water contained separately within a sealed reaction vessel. The reaction vessel includes a flexible wall portion that is adjacent to a perforator that can puncture a membrane separating the lime and water. In one embodiment, the perforator is separate from and fee-floating within the water. In another embodiment, the reaction vessel is substantially surrounded by the product. The reaction vessel is hermetically sealed against underpressure or overpressure, permitting use with pressurized food. The reaction vessel can be incorporated into a variety of containers and the reaction vessel and container can be sterilized for packaging food.
US10308404B2
A valve assembly is configured to be coupled to a fluid container. The valve assembly includes a housing defining a fluid path extending between an inlet and an outlet, and a plunger sub-assembly secured within the fluid path. The plunger sub-assembly includes a retainer secured to the housing within the fluid path, a plunger, and a linear coil spring having a first end secured to the retainer and a second end secured to the plunger. The linear coil spring biases the plunger into the outlet in a closed position. The plunger sealingly closes the outlet in the closed position.
US10308402B2
Provided are a spout stopper that prevents a decrease in sealing performance to a cap without deterioration of liquid-shutting-off performance of a stopper body, and a packaging container using the spout stopper. The spout stopper includes: a stopper body including a cylindrical side wall; and a cap to be mounted from an upper end side that is one end of the side wall. A projection is formed at an upper end edge of the side wall so as to project outward from the side wall, and a top surface at an upper end of the side wall is in surface contact with a predetermined contact surface inside a cap over an entire circumference thereof in a state where the cap is mounted on the side wall.
US10308400B2
A closure includes a polymeric top wall portion, a polymeric annular skirt portion, a polymeric continuous plug seal and a polymeric top seal. The annular skirt portion depends from the polymeric top wall portion. The annular skirt portion includes an internal thread formation for mating engagement with an external thread formation of a container. The polymeric annular skirt portion includes an interior surface and an exterior surface. The plug seal depends from the polymeric top wall portion. The continuous plug seal is spaced from the interior surface of the polymeric annular skirt portion. The top seal includes sealing gussets integrally connected thereto. The top seal and the sealing gussets depend from the polymeric top wall portion. The top seal and sealing gussets are located between and spaced from the plug seal and the annular skirt portion.
US10308392B2
Problem to be SolvedProvided is a packing box that enables to easily release a slit lock in which slits of an insertion piece of an openable lid engage with side flaps connected to openable lid side edge portions of lid side members, even if the interior of a box body of the packing box is tightly filled with a product.SolutionThe top face lid (540) of the packing box (500) includes a part that can be torn along the tear inducing line (543) extending from the flap opposing edge (541) of the top face lid to the front end edge (542) of the top face lid (540), and the part is held and torn along the tear inducing line (543) by a human hand and is raised up with respect to the top face lid (540) to form the slit lock release gripping piece (544) that can be used for releasing engagement created by the slit lock engaging structure (LK), so that the engagement by the slit lock engaging structure (LK), which is the engagement between the insertion piece (550) and the side flap (530) in the slit (SL22) on the side in the lateral direction of the insertion piece (550) where the slit lock release gripping piece (544) is formed, can be easily released even if the interior of the box body of the packing box is tightly filled.
US10308391B1
Embodiment describe a container for a device that has two functional modes. In the first mode, the container holds the device for transport. In the second mode, the container acts as a stand for the device and holds the device for use by a user. In one embodiment, the container is made from recycled materials.
US10308373B2
The present invention proposes a cap having a collar portion with three or more contact regions arranged to contact the end of a fastener around which the collar portion is provided, the collar portion having a lobed shape in cross-section such that an outwardly projecting lobe extends between each neighboring pair of contact regions. An advantage of this lobed arrangement is that the cap can tolerate relatively large manufacturing tolerances at the fastener end. For example, the cap may be for fitting over a nut or fastener head, with the contact regions of the cap being arranged to contact corresponding contact regions on a cylindrical collar base portion of the nut or fastener head. The diameter of this cylindrical collar portion may not be well controlled, so that the manufacturing tolerance is high. The lobed shape of the cap base ensures that the contact regions will always provide a good frictional engagement with the nut, whether the cylindrical collar is undersized, oversized, or at its nominal diameter.
US10308372B2
A flight deck timer management system includes a database storing conditions representing a first monitoring mode defining at least a first rule, a first timing characteristic defining a first time period for compliance with the first rule, and a first advisory value relative to the first time period at which a first advisory is initiated. A control unit is configured to identify input states based on the input data, and to evaluate the input states in view of the first monitoring mode conditions. When the input states trigger the first monitoring mode, the control unit evaluates the input states in view of the first rule, initiates a first timer based on the first timing characteristic, monitors a first timing status of the first timer relative to the first advisory value, and generates display commands representing the first advisory when the first timer status reaches the first advisory value.
US10308363B2
A seat footrest includes a footpad having a supporting plate under a cushioned top side, an arcuate member mechanically coupled to the plate by a first end and pivotally coupled to a seat frame by a second end. The arcuate member is adapted for pivoting the footpad between a stowed position and one or more deployed positions. A lock pin is provided for releasably inserting into a first notch of the arcuate member for securing the footpad in the stowed position and one or more additional notches of the arcuate member for securing the footpad in the one or more deployed positions. A first biasing member is adapted for initiating deployment of the footpad upon release of the lock pin from the first notch, and a second biasing member is adapted for completing deployment of the footpad by raising the footpad to the one or more deployed positions.
US10308360B2
An example tote package is disclosed for carrying a load external to a UAV. The tote package may be generated by folding a sheet of material. The sheet may include a middle section, a first side section, and a second side section. When the sheet is folded, the middle section may create a bottom portion of the tote package. Additionally, the first side section may create a first side portion tapering up from the edge of the bottom portion to the middle of the top portion of the tote package. Furthermore, the second side section may create a second side portion tapering up from the opposite edge to the middle of the top portion. At the top portion, the first and second sections may connect to create a handle. The first side, second side, and middle sections may be folded to create front and back portions of the tote package.
US10308348B2
An unmanned moving vehicle piloting method and an unmanned moving vehicle watching device enabling it to pilot an unmanned moving vehicle, while keeping in visual contact with the vehicle from the vicinity of the vehicle from a third person viewpoint. In the vicinity of an unmanned moving vehicle, a watching aircraft is positioned, which is an unmanned aerial vehicle and includes a single or a plurality of rotors and image capturing means capable of capturing an image of surroundings of the watching aircraft and is able to stand still at one point in the air and piloting the unmanned moving vehicle, while viewing a third person viewpoint image captured by the watching aircraft. Moreover, the watching aircraft includes accompanying flight means for causing the watching aircraft to fly automatically, following movement of an unmanned moving vehicle. This enables the manipulator to concentrate solely on piloting the unmanned moving vehicle.
US10308341B2
A gas density control system for airships is provide. The system embodies a hybrid ballonet and low pressure gas storage tank combination for regulating the density and volume of the airship lift gas, wherein the ballonet is fluidly connected to the storage tank by a transfer hose. The base of the ballonet is also sealed along an exterior surface of the length curvilinear geometric shaped storage tank so that as the storage tank selectively rotates the ballonet either wraps or unwraps around the length, whereby the lift gas transfer to and from the storage tank to the ballonet, respectively. A transfer hose reel is provided to rotate with the storage tank so that as the ballonet wraps about the storage tank the transfer hose winds about the transfer hose reel, and vice versa. Thereby the system precisely adjusts the ballonet's volume, which in turn controls its lifting force.
US10308335B2
A watercraft comprises a motor, an inertial mass, and a fin. The motor oscillates the inertial mass about an axis, producing a torque reaction on and oscillation of the motor. Oscillation of the motor is communicated to the fin, producing thrust.
US10308329B2
Disclosed is a mount for attaching objects, like cameras and bindings to the surfaces of a surfboard. Further disclosed is related methods of fabricating or retrofitting a surfboard with said mount. The more specific details of the disclosed mount and related methods are described in connection with the figures.
US10308325B2
Mooring unit for mooring a ship comprising a base, an arm mounted on the base, and a hook supported by the arm for connecting a mooring line of the ship, wherein the arm is movable between a retracted position and an extended position, and wherein the unit comprises an actuating device for moving the arm from the extended position to the retracted position, wherein the arm is mounted on a first part of the base and wherein the first part of the base is rotatably mounted on a second part of the base that is rotationally fixed, to enable rotation of the first part of the base around a vertical axis perpendicular to the horizon.
US10308316B2
A rear wheel sprocket arrangement for a bicycle comprises a plurality of sprockets comprising at least seven (7) coaxially arranged sprockets having different numbers of teeth, wherein an entire gear range of the sprocket arrangement is at least three-hundred fifty percent (350%), and wherein an average percentage gear stage step lies within a range of fifteen percent (15%) to thirty percent (30%).
US10308313B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member and an operating member. The base member includes a hydraulic-unit attachment part to which a hydraulic unit is to be attached, and a first end portion to be mounted to a handlebar. The operating member is movably coupled to the base member. The operating member includes a first wire attachment part to which a first wire end of a control wire is to be attached.
US10308304B2
An arm rest assembly for a motorcycle is provided having a housing that receives a shaft of the arm rest. A user-operated button is movable between a first position to prevent vertical movement of the support relative to the housing, and a second position to permit vertical movement of the support. A locking mechanism is operable to secure a second sleeve of the assembly to a first sleeve of the assembly to prevent relative movement between the first sleeve and the second sleeve.
US10308297B2
This disclosure is to provide an elastic crawler drive mechanism including an elastic crawler (20) with engaging portions (22) disposed on an endless belt (21), and a sprocket (10) having teeth (12), wherein: engaging surfaces (F2) of the engaging portions (22) have flat engaging planes (22b) in contact with a part of tooth surfaces (F1) of the sprocket (10) when in contact with tooth bottom surfaces (11a) of the sprocket (10), and when the engaging portions (22) are in contact with the tooth bottom surfaces (11a), and simultaneously the engaging planes (22b) are in contact with the tooth surfaces (F1) of the sprocket (10), at least one of the tooth surfaces (F1) of the sprocket (10) and the engaging planes (22b) of the engaging portions (22) form gaps (C) between the tooth surfaces (F1) and the engaging planes (22b), on sides closer to the tooth bottom surfaces (11a) than contact portions (P) of the tooth surfaces (F1) and the engaging planes (22b).
US10308289B2
A front fender includes: a first member, at least a part of which is disposed upward with respect to a front tire of a wheel loader; a second member which includes an upper plate having an upper surface facing a lower surface of the first member, and a rear plate which is connected to a rear end of the upper plate and disposed rearward with respect to the front tire; an inclined plate which is connected to a lower surface of the upper plate and a front surface of the rear plate; and a connecting member which connects the upper plate and the first member. The inclined plate includes: a through hole which is provided immediately below the connecting member and through which the connecting member can pass; and a notch hole which is provided at a lower end of the inclined plate.
US10308282B2
A vehicle steering arrangement for a vehicle comprises a rack a position sensor, a steering column, a steering wheel, a torque sensor arranged to sense a torque applied onto the steering wheel and arranged to provide a torque signal representative thereof, an electronic control unit provided with a virtual steering model, a rack-mounted electromechanical actuator, and a force obtaining arrangement configured to obtain forces of steered wheels acting on the rack. The electronic control unit is configured to provide a virtual rack position based on the virtual steering model and at least a combination of the obtained forces and the torque signal, and is arranged to control the rack-mounted electromechanical actuator such that the current position of the rack is controlled towards the virtual rack position. The present disclosure also relates to an autonomous vehicle steering arrangement, a vehicle and a method of steering a vehicle.
US10308279B2
A fluid container, in particular a hydraulic tank for a motor pump unit, has an equalizing chamber that is adapted to contain a supply of fluid and air, and at least one return chamber into which a return flow of the fluid can flow, a fluid communication being provided between the return chamber and the equalizing chamber. The return chamber is provided with a suction port for a pump, in particular of the motor pump unit.
US10308273B2
A steering wheel heater device including: a heating wire; a power line connected in series to the heating wire, for supplying the heating wire with power; a ground line connected in series to the heating wire; a lead-out wire connected to a point along a wiring pattern formed of the heating wire; and a contact detection circuit electrically connected to the wiring pattern formed of the heating wire through the lead-out wire, wherein a portion of the wiring pattern is connected in series between the ground line and the contact detection circuit.
US10308264B2
The present disclosure relates to a speed control system of a railway vehicle in consideration of a braking characteristic, and more particularly, to a speed control system of a railway vehicle in consideration of a braking characteristic, which calculates in real time a time-to-target-speed-crossing (TTTSC) that is a time required for a speed of a train to exceed a speed of an automatic train operation (ATO) profile through a future speed estimation of the train, and controls the speed of the train to be interlocked with the TTTSC.
US10308261B2
A roller bearing unit for rail vehicles, having an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring, rolling elements arranged between the bearing rings, and at least one retainer element. The inner bearing ring and the retainer element are configured to be arranged on an axle. The retainer element is arranged radially between an axial end of the inner bearing ring and the axle, and radially between a contact part lying against the end face of the inner bearing ring, and the axle. The retainer element has at least one sealing element sealing the inner bearing ring.
US10308255B2
A slip control method and arrangement for a driveline including a continuously variable transmission is described herein. The driveline includes a clutch that is so controlled as to slip when a torque higher than the usable torque attempts to pass through. Accordingly, the clutch prevents the prime mover from stalling.
US10308239B2
A hybrid vehicle powertrain includes an internal combustion engine, first and second electric machines, traction wheels, and an output shaft having meshing gears configured to establish a final drive ratio between the output shaft and the traction wheels. The powertrain additionally includes a first mechanical linkage and a second mechanical linkage. The first mechanical linkage is configured to selectively transmit engine torque to the fraction wheels and selectively transmit electric machine torque to the traction wheels. The second mechanical linkage is configured to selectively transmit engine torque to the traction wheels. When transmitting engine torque to the wheels, the second mechanical linkage defines a fixed overdrive speed relationship between the engine and the fraction wheels.
US10308236B2
A method to control a hybrid vehicle with a parallel architecture and with a known speed profile divided into a plurality of reference time intervals with a constant speed or with a constant acceleration. The method includes the steps of determining a driving torque to be transmitted to the drive wheels, which allows the mean specific fuel consumption of the internal combustion engine to be minimized as a function of the power, of the mechanical energy requested in the reference time interval and of the constant speed or acceleration in the reference time interval; then determining the optimal distribution of the mechanical energy so as to globally minimize the cumulative fuel consumption over the entire actuation profile; and controlling the reversible electrical machine to deliver an additional driving torque as a function of the driving torque to be transmitted to the drive wheels.
US10308226B2
The invention relates to a wiper motor (10) for the cleaning of vehicle windows, with an output element (17) rotatable about an axis (19), wherein in the output element (17) at a distance (a) the first axis (19) a bearing mount (25) is constructed for a drive lever (30) for driving a wiper shaft (11), wherein the wiper shaft (11) is pivotably mounted in a further axis (16) arranged at least substantially parallel to the axis (19) of the output element (17), and wherein the drive lever (30) is received with an extension (35) in a clamping manner in the bearing mount (25) and extends at least substantially in a plane arranged perpendicularly to the axes (16, 19). According to the invention, it is provided that the extension (35) has a fastening region (36) in the shape of a spherical segment, which cooperates with the bearing mount (25), and that the extension (35) is pivot able about a center point of the fastening region (36).
US10308210B2
The invention relates to a method of folding an airbag (10), especially a driver airbag module, comprising a front airbag layer (11) which is connected at feast in portions to a rear airbag layer (12), the method comprising the following steps of: a) flatly spreading the airbag (10) onto a support surface (15) so that the front airbag layer (11) comes to rest on the rear airbag layer (12), b) folding, especially zigzag folding, at least in portions each of an upper airbag portion (20) and a lower airbag portion (21) in the direction of a transverse axis (Q) of the airbag (10), c) furling each of a left-hand lateral airbag portion (30) and a right-hand lateral airbag portion (31) in the direction of a longitudinal axis (L) of the airbag (10).
US10308206B2
A side airbag of a far side airbag device includes a rear inflation section that inflates and deploys on being supplied with gas and restrains at least rear portions of the chest and abdominal regions of a seated occupant, and a front inflation section that inflates and deploys by being supplied with gas through a through hole formed at a boundary between the rear inflation section and the front inflation section to restrain at least front portions of the chest and abdominal regions of the seated occupant. The far side airbag device includes a tension member that, on receiving tension and adopting a deployed state accompanying inflation and deployment of the side airbag, has a front end side connected to the rear inflation section, and a rear end side connected to a seatback frame.
US10308192B2
A method of supporting a mobile computing device in a vehicle comprising: providing a seating assembly disposed in an interior of a vehicle, the seating assembly comprising a seatback and a headrest adjustably coupled to the seatback; placing a mobile computing device between the seatback and the headrest; and adjusting the headrest relative to the seatback such that the seatback and the headrest support the mobile computing device. The seatback can further comprise a first lower support member including an upward extension, wherein, placing a mobile computing device between the seatback and the headrest includes placing the mobile computing device adjacent and forward the upward extension of the first lower support member; and wherein, the upward extension of the first lower support member further supports the mobile computing device. The method can further comprise connecting the mobile computing device to a connection port on the seating assembly.
US10308188B2
A storage assembly comprises a first cover having a first foot portion, a second cover having a second cover and a housing. The housing includes a first rail extending at a height direction and having a first end, a second rail extending at the height direction and having a second end, and a cavity forming a storage space. The first cover is moveable between a first stowed position and a first middle position when the first foot portion moves in the first rail, and pivotable via the first end from the first middle position to a first use position to cover the cavity, and the second cover is moveable between a second stowed position and a second middle position when the second foot portion moves in the second rail, and pivotable via the second end from the second middle position to a second use position to cover the cavity.
US10308187B2
A storage compartment including a roll top, which is trapezoidal from the front, and pivotable panels disposed next to the roll top. The panels are driven mechanically by way of radial cams, which are rotationally fixed to drive wheels around which the roll top runs.
US10308181B2
A vehicular event recording system suitable includes a camera and an event recorder having memory. An image processor processes image data captured by the camera for detecting objects. Based at least in part on processing by the image processor of captured image data, a potential lane leaving event or potential collision event or automatic braking event is determined. The event recorder receives vehicle data via a vehicle data bus of the vehicle. Captured image data and received vehicle data during a pre-event time period immediately preceding the determined event beginning is stored in memory of the event recorder. Captured image data and received vehicle data during a first post-event time period immediately following the determined event beginning is stored in memory of the event recorder.
US10308165B2
A method and device for controlling a light emission of a rear lamp of a vehicle. The rear lamp includes optical components having emission surfaces having at least three partial emission surfaces. At least a first and a second light function can be produced by the light emission of the emission surfaces. After a switchover process from the first to the second light function, the first partial emission surface, which emits light for the first light function, emits no light, the second partial emission surface, which emits light for the first light function, continues to emit light, and the third partial emission surface, which emits no light for the first light function, emits light.
US10308159B2
Disclosed is a caddy system for personal vehicle. As a two or three-wheeled vehicle. The term “personal vehicle” as used herein is intended as a broad classification for two and three wheeled motorcycles. It further includes three and four wheeled all-terrain (ATV) vehicles. In broad terms, the caddy includes a platform that is supported by a series of wheels. The caddy is designed to be tipped forwardly or rearwardly as needed to allow the vehicle to enter onto and exit off the platform. Once upon the caddy, a single user can easily move, maneuver, or manipulate the vehicle. This is ideal for storing and/or maintaining the vehicle.
US10308154B2
An integrated comfort item for a vehicle seat. Such comfort items include but are not limited to a blanket, pajamas or onesie stored on a roller that is mounted within an enclosure of the vehicle seat arm. The comfort item such as a blanket may be unrolled by the user when sitting in the vehicle seat. Upon conclusion of the journey, the user may then actuate the spring in the roller and roll the comfort item back onto the roller to store in the vehicle seat arm enclosure for future use.
US10308151B2
An armrest assembly includes a unitary armrest subassembly having a support substrate and a resilient web secured together by a mechanical fastening feature. The armrest subassembly also includes a cushion overlying the resilient web and a coverstock concealing the cushion and the resilient web and enclosing the receiver in the unitary armrest subassembly that holds those components.
US10308146B1
A seating assembly comprises a seat base operably coupled to a track assembly, a latch assembly, and a release bar including a front bar and a rear bar and configured to allow fore and aft movement of the seat base along the track assembly when a curve of the rear bar is depressed by the release cam. The latch assembly comprises a striker plate coupled to the track assembly, a dual cam latch configured to engage with a striker pin, and a sector arm that includes a pivot operably coupled to a release cam and the striker plate.
US10308145B2
A track assembly including a track and a support. The support may be configured for selective connection with the track. The support may include a lock plate that may be configured to selectively limit movement of the support relative to the track in at least one of a first direction and a second direction. The support may include an anchor that may be configured to selectively limit movement of the support relative to the track in at least one of the second direction and a third direction. The support may include a cam that may be configured to selectively engage and disengage at least one of the lock plate and the anchor from the track.
US10308144B2
A seat position adjustment apparatus for a vehicle may include fixed rails fixed on a bottom plane; first sliding rails configured to slide in forward and backward directions on the fixed rails respectively, and provided with cushion links rotatably coupled to the cushion frame; second sliding rails configured to move with the first sliding rails and slide on and protrude from the first sliding rails, and formed to support the cushion frame with the cushion links; a driving device mounted to the first sliding rails or the second sliding rails and configured to transmit power to the first sliding rails and the second sliding rails; and a seat back link rotatably mounted on the bottom plane or the fixed rails and rotatably coupled to and supporting a seat back frame.
US10308141B1
A vehicle occupancy alerting system for alerting a driver of a passenger positioned in a seat of a car includes a vehicle and a plurality of seats mounted within the vehicle. The plurality of seats includes a back seat. An occupant warning system is mounted on the vehicle and warns a driver of the vehicle that a person is on the back seat when the vehicle has been turned off.
US10308139B2
A vehicle management method is provided for managing an electric vehicle by using a management server based on vehicle-specific ID information that defines a condition of use transmitted from an onboard controller. The vehicle management method includes acquiring vehicle ID information from the electric vehicle by using the management server; determining the vehicle ID information to be valid if the vehicle ID information acquired falls within a use period set in advance and determining the vehicle ID information to be invalid if the vehicle ID information acquired falls outside a use period set in advance; and applying a prescribed limitation to charging of a battery of the electric vehicle having the vehicle ID information upon determining that the vehicle ID information is invalid.
US10308128B2
A vehicle is provided with a motor that is adapted to provide drive torque and a storage device that is connected to the motor and adapted to receive power for charging from an external supply. The vehicle also includes a user interface and a controller. The user interface is adapted to provide a charge level selection. The controller is configured to receive a present charge value of the storage device and to disable charging from the external supply in response to the present charge value corresponding to the charge level selection.
US10308118B2
When a vehicle is traveling in a state in which an abnormality has occurred in a second resolver, a PWM control unit periodically calculates an estimated electrical angle value of a second motor generator and generates a control command for an inverter using the estimated electrical angle value. The estimated electrical angle value in each cycle can be calculated by correcting an electrical angle estimation error with respect to a sum of an estimated rotation angle change value between cycles and an estimated electrical angle value in a previous cycle. The PWM control unit generates the control command for the inverter such that an output of the inverter is a constant potential while an absolute value of the electrical angle estimation error is greater than a predetermined value during traveling of the vehicle.
US10308115B2
An off-road vehicle with a driver's seat; a seat belt apparatus provided for the driver's seat; a seat belt detecting device for detecting the set state of the seat belt apparatus provided for the driver's seat; and a controller for controlling the off-road vehicle. The controller has a rotation speed control mode for controlling the rotation speed of the engine to a predetermined rotation speed or less, and the controller releases the rotation speed control mode when the seat belt detecting device detects the set state of the seat belt apparatus provided for the driver's seat.
US10308106B2
A traction system for vehicles comprises a first power source of the non-reversible type, a second power source of the reversible type and a transmission which is connected to the power sources and which includes a first differential device. The transmission further comprises a speed variator which is interposed between the first source and the first differential device and which comprises a continuous speed variation device, and a second differential device. The continuous speed variation device is of the toroidal friction wheel type and comprises a lateral motion input disc, a lateral motion output disc and at least two idle oscillating friction roller members. The lateral motion input and output discs have a friction surface of toroidal shape and the idle oscillating roller members have a friction surface shaped in the form of a spherical dome.
US10308105B2
The invention relates to a drive device for a hybrid-drive motor vehicle, having an internal combustion engine (12), a variable-speed transmission (14), and an electric machine (32) connected downstream of the variable-speed transmission (14). According to the invention the electric machine (32) is arranged in the motor vehicle as an independent structural unit (16) and is connected by at least one connecting shaft (20, 46) to one of the shafts (38, 40) of the variable-speed transmission (14).
US10308099B1
A sun visor assembly includes a body having a first face, a second face and an internal receiver between the first face and the second face. The sun visor assembly also includes a microphone that his held in the internal receiver as well as a baffle that is carried on the body and configured to efficiently and effectively direct sound toward the microphone.
US10308098B2
A motor vehicle visors that can be manually operated derives an option for an electric power assistance by method of motor, with motion delivery system and a control panel with a switch, comprises of the main visor panel with an extendable visor end; a motor, and mount bevel gear system affixed the main visor panels at about the windshield, door, and roof area of the vehicle, is optioned to pivot towards the driver or passenger side window draws shorter in length and pitches towards the roof when operated, as illustrated in FIGS. 12, 12A, 12C, 12D, and 12E, is optioned to pitch normal from the driver or passenger's views and toward as illustrated in FIG. 12A. With motor and motion delivery system within the main visor panel, options to slide the entire visor normal from the roof affixed mount to pursue longer extensions of shielding strong sunlight rays along the window of the door as illustrated in FIG. 1 or 13. A secondary visor panel, independent of the main visor, is manually operational, comprises of a motor and motion delivery system, derives a pitch motion position towards the windshield and back when essential, assist in shielding strong sunlight rays when the main visor panel is positioned at the side window as illustrated in FIG. 12F. At resting or forward pitching position of the main visors, there contain a magnet mount on the roof edge of windshield for suspension support of the main visor as illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 12A.
US10308095B2
A Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle, may include a first coolant line passing through a radiator; a second coolant line passing through an indoor air conditioning core and a high voltage battery core; a first coolant exchange line passing through a first heat exchanger; a second coolant exchange line passing through a second heat exchanger; a refrigerant line including the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger, and a compressor, in which coolant circulates; and a controller configured to control the first valve and the second valve to selectively connect the first coolant line or the second coolant line to the first coolant exchange line or the second coolant exchange line.
US10308093B2
A load distribution apparatus of magnetic wheel, includes: a plurality of cylinder parts including one sides respectively connected to a plurality of magnetic wheels and an upper space portion and a lower space portion whose interiors do not communicate to each other; and a passage part which serves as a moving path of fluid and interconnects the plurality of cylinder parts. The passage part is configured to evenly distribute a load applied to the magnetic wheels by moving fluids in the upper space portion and the lower space portion in such a manner that the fluids are not mixed.
US10308092B2
A roll stabilization system (1) for a motor vehicle which has a DC voltage converter (6) associated with an electric roll stabilizer (2). By way of the DC voltage converter, a feed voltage can be transformed into a supply voltage for the roll stabilizer (2). To produce as compact a structure as possible, the DC voltage converter (6) is integrated in the electric roll stabilizer (2).
US10308090B2
In a motor vehicle chassis, all four wheel suspensions each have associated therewith a hydraulic height adjustment device having a cylinder-piston arrangement which acts on a base point of the relevant spring and is supplied by a decentral hydraulic aggregate. The hydraulic height adjustment devices each comprise a complex, integrated electrohydraulic adjustment assembly comprising the allocated hydraulic aggregate and the associated cylinder-piston arrangement and having a specific adapter into which the allocated cylinder-piston arrangement is integrated in such a way that there are no exposed hydraulic lines between the allocated hydraulic pump and the associated cylinder-piston arrangement. The front wheel height adjustment devices and the rear wheel height adjustment devices differ in terms of the adapter.
US10308089B2
The ball joint assembly includes a housing that has an inner wall which surrounds an open bore that extends along a central axis. The ball joint assembly further includes a ball stud with a ball portion that is received in the open bore of the housing and with a shank portion that projects out of the open bore through an open end of the housing. At least one bearing is also disposed in the open bore. The at least one bearing has a curved bearing surface which is in slidable contact with the ball portion of the ball stud for allowing the ball stud and the housing to rotate and articulate relative to one another. The bearing is made as a single, monolithic piece of nylon 4/6.
US10308087B1
A universal equipment trailer allows the trailer to connect to a variety of towing vehicles, whether the towing vehicle uses a standard trailer hitch or kingpin hitch. A hydraulic or pneumatic system on the trailer can raise or lower a coupling assembly to place one of two available connectors in position for linking to the vehicle hitch. Because the coupling assembly locks into position once raised or lowered, the connection between the towing vehicle and the trailer is secure. The parts for the universal equipment trailer may also be supplied as a kit, allowing conversion of standard trailers to universal equipment trailers.
US10308086B2
A movable tow-bar assembly comprising: an elongate frame configured to be attached to a vehicle; a towing attachment comprising a sleeve that is shaped to receive a section of the elongate frame and allow translation of the towing attachment along a length of the frame; and a driving arrangement coupled with the towing attachment and the frame for effecting translational movement of the towing attachment along the length of the frame.
US10308085B2
A tow kit is disclosed having a thimble slider engaged with a plurality of tethers. The thimble slider may have a generally C-shaped body with a back portion and opposing end portions. The thimble slider may also have a channel formed within outer surfaces of the back and opposing end portions, and an elongated separator connected to an inner surface of the back portion and extending in a direction generally orthogonal to the back portion to define two portions. A tether can engage the channel to equally distribute weight applied to the two ends of the tether. A sling can engage the inner surface of the back portion. At least one other tether can engage the sling.
US10308083B2
A self-sealing pneumatic tire having at least one cohesive sandwich radially inward of the pneumatic tire is provided. The at least cohesive sandwich may include a cohesive material under pressure, facilitating a recovery capacity upon being pierced by a sharp object, whereby the molecules of the cohesive material cohesively reattach, self-sealing any passageway or space created by the sharp object. The self-sealing pneumatic tire may also provide a loculated-diamond-section layer located radially inward of the outer cohesive sandwich, further supporting the self-sealing pneumatic tire. The external rubber tread are disposed along the circumference of the tire in some embodiments can be separate from the surface of the tire yet secured in place by attachments. Once fully utilized, this external rubber tread can be replaced by a new version without having to replace the entire tire.
US10308081B2
A tire includes first and second laterally spaced sides and a tread interposed between the first and second sides. The tread includes a tread surface having at least one groove therein, the at least one groove including facing, first and second sidewalls separated by a groove bottom surface. A first pocket region of recessed serrations extends over at least a portion of the first sidewall and a second pocket region of recessed serrations extends over at least a portion of the second sidewall. The serrations of the first and second pocket regions are staggered in a circumferential direction relative to one another.
US10308078B2
A pneumatic tire has a sipe formed in a land portion of a tread surface. The sipe has a 2D center portion, a 3D center portion and 3D side portion. The 2D center portion is positioned in a sipe bottom side at a center in a length direction. The 3D center portion is positioned in a top surface side at the center in the length direction. The 3D side portion is positioned in one end or both ends in the length direction. The 3D center portion and the 3D side portion are open at the top surface. A three-dimensional shape of the 3D center portion has a structure in which wall surfaces are engageable with each other in the length direction. A three-dimensional shape of the 3D side portion has a structure in which wall surfaces are engageable with each other in the depth direction.
US10308072B2
A vulcanizable elastomeric composition for tire component is described. The vulcanizable elastomeric composition includes modified silicate fibers as fillers. Moreover, the tire component contains elastomeric materials which are obtainable by vulcanization of the vulcanizable elastomeric composition. A tire for vehicles which includes one or more of the tire components is also described. The vulcanized elastomeric materials are characterized by having good static and dynamic mechanical properties, and particularly low hysteresis. Advantageously, the tire which contains one or more of the tire components has a reduced rolling resistance.
US10308069B1
A front axle adaptor kit, having a front differential assembly, first and second shock absorber brackets, a spring support bracket, a track-bar bracket, and a dampener bracket to convert a two-wheel drive production truck to four-wheel drive enabling a drivetrain that allows all four wheels of the truck to receive torque from an engine of the truck. The truck has a transmission system and is retrofitted with a transmission to transfer case adaptor kit, and a transfer case parking brake system adaptor kit and support mount.
US10308062B2
Disclosed are an optical anti-counterfeiting element and an optical anti-counterfeiting product utilizing the same, the optical anti-counterfeiting element comprising: a substrate (2) having a first surface (31) and a second surface (32) that are opposed to each other, a sampling and synthesizing layer (21) on a first surface (31) of the substrate (2); and a micro-image layer (22) on a second surface (32) of the substrate (2), the micro-image layer (22) including a first region at least partially covered with a coating (221) and a second region comprising at least two sub-regions each at least partially covered with a color function layer (222, 223), the color function layers (222, 223) in respective sub-regions and the coating (221) in the first region have different color characteristics, respectively, and the micro-image layer (22) can be sampled and synthesized by the sampling and synthesizing layer (21) to form an image. Such optical anti-counterfeiting element and optical anti-counterfeiting product are easy to identify and difficult to counterfeit.
US10308058B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a printing apparatus includes a plasma treatment unit configured to acidify at least a surface of a print medium by applying plasma treatment to the surface of the print medium, a first primer applying unit configured to apply primer treatment by applying treatment liquid to the surface of the print medium having undergone the plasma treatment, and a first recording unit configured to perform recording by inkjet recording on the print medium having undergone the primer treatment.
US10308053B2
A printer according to the present invention includes a container configured to contain a roll body into which the belt-shaped mount is wound; an opening and closing cover configured to open or close the container; and a switching unit configure to be movable between a first position and a second position. When the switching unit is at the first position, printing is performed with the first ejection mode. When the switching unit is at the second position, printing is performed with the second ejection mode. A portion of the opening and closing cover contacts the switching unit so that the switching unit moves in a direction toward the second position, in response to a status change of the opening and closing cover from an opened status to a closed status.
US10308049B2
A cutting device of a scissors type includes a fixed edge, a movable edge, and a support shaft configured to support the fixed edge and the movable edge to be capable of mutually rotating. A movable edge main body of the movable edge including a cut-off edge is cut into, centering on the support shaft, a fixed edge main body of the fixed edge including a cut-off edge. The cutting device includes a receiving member provided along at least an edge front side of the fixed edge main body and an edge front side of the movable edge main body and a pressing section configured to press at least one of the fixed edge main body and the movable edge main body to tilt in the opposite direction of the receiving member to be received by the receiving member.
US10308038B2
An apparatus for holding three-dimensional parts for printing includes a frame with sides and a solid bottom and a part gripping membrane mounted across the face of the frame. A biasing membrane is mounted at the midpoint of the frame height to form an air chamber between the frame bottom and the biasing membrane and a vacuum chamber between the biasing membrane and the part gripping membrane positioned on the face of the frame. To grip a part, the gripping membrane is stretched over the part, positive pressure is applied to the air chamber to compress the granular material within the air chamber and further stretch the gripping membrane over the part, and then vacuum is applied to the vacuum chamber between the two membranes to maintain the granular material compression and grip on the part when air pressure is relieved from the air chamber.
US10308030B2
A tank is formed with a filling port for filling ink. A cap is attached to the filling port so as to close the filling port. A filling port sensor detects whether the cap is attached to or detached from the filling port. A recorder records an image on a recording sheet by using ink supplied from the tank. An operating interface receives an operation input. A memory stores an ink remaining amount in the tank. A controller controls a recording operation. In response to determining based on a detection signal of the filling port sensor that the cap is detached from the filling port and is again attached to the filling port, the controller receives a first input through the operating interface, the first input indicating that ink is filled into the tank; and updates the ink remaining amount stored in the memory, based on the first input.
US10308028B2
A waste ink storage mechanism of the present disclosure includes a waste ink tank, a waste ink tank fitting portion and a capacitance sensor. The waste ink tank stores a waste ink exhausted from a recording head. The waste ink tank is fitted to the waste ink tank fitting portion such that the waste ink tank can be fitted into and removed from the waste ink tank fitting portion. The capacitance sensor is provided in the waste ink tank fitting portion so as to detect that a liquid surface within the waste ink tank reaches a predetermined level. The waste ink tank includes: a first surface in which an inflow port through which the waste ink flows in is formed; and a second surface, and the capacitance sensor is arranged close to the second surface.
US10308027B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus performs first contact of an absorption member with a nozzle surface in which nozzles for liquid ejection are arranged, and performs second contact of the absorption member with the nozzle surface after the first contact. Pressure applied to, of the nozzle surface, a nozzle neighborhood area (a nozzle peripheral area) including the nozzles due to contact of the absorption member in the first contact is lower than pressure applied to the nozzle neighborhood area (a nozzle peripheral area) due to contact of the absorption member in the second contact.
US10308022B2
A liquid jet head includes: a nozzle plate including a nozzle array, the nozzle array including a plurality of nozzle holes each extending in a Z direction, the nozzle holes being arranged side by side in an X direction; a head chip disposed in a +Z direction with respect to the nozzle plate and including ejection channels communicating with the respective nozzle holes; a manifold disposed in a +Y direction with respect to the head chip, the manifold being configured to support the head chip by a face facing a −Y direction and including an ink flow path communicating with the ejection channels; and a drive board supported on the face facing the −Y direction of the manifold and electrically connected to the head chip.
US10308019B2
The present invention addresses the problem of enabling a charge control-type inkjet printer to enable real-time control during an operation and to maintain optimal printing conditions while operating. This charge control-type inkjet printer is provided with: a printing head including a nozzle unit for discharging ink; a pressure reduction valve for adjusting the pressure of the ink to be supplied to the nozzle unit of the printing head; and an ink container for accommodating the ink to be supplied to the nozzle unit of the printing head, wherein an imaging unit is further provided which images an image of ink that is discharged from the nozzle unit and is in a particulate state.
US10308010B2
Systems and methods are provided for enhanced dryers for printing systems. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a dryer for a continuous-forms printing system. The dryer includes heating elements located within an interior of the dryer that radiate infrared energy onto a web of printed media as the web travels through the interior, and an air knife that is interposed between the heating elements. The air knife includes a shell that directly absorbs infrared energy from the heating elements and also defines a passage for air to travel through the air knife onto the web. The shell directly absorbs infrared energy from each heating element that would otherwise overlap on the web with infrared energy from another heating element.
US10307993B2
To provide a heat-ray shielding film mainly composed of polyvinyl acetal resin and a method for manufacturing the same capable of exhibiting excellent optical characteristics and high weather resistance by using composite tungsten oxide fine particles having a high heat-ray shielding effect, and a heat-ray shielding laminated transparent base material using the heat-ray shielding film, the heat-ray shielding film containing fine particles having a heat-ray shielding function, polyvinyl acetal resin, and a plasticizer, wherein the fine particles having the heat-ray shielding function is expressed by a general formula MyWOz (wherein M is one kind or more elements selected from a group consisting of Cs, Rb, K, Tl, In, Ba, Li, Ca, Sr, Fe, Sn, Al, and Cu, satisfying 0.1<=y<=0.5, 2.2<=z<=3.0), which are composite tungsten oxide fine particles having a hexagonal crystal structure, the heat-ray shielding film further containing metal carboxylate.
US10307968B2
A holding structure (2) in an ultrasonic vibration welding device that welds workpieces by applying ultrasonic waves to the workpieces holds an ultrasonic vibration transmitter (horn) (5) bearing the transmission of longitudinally vibrating ultrasonic waves in holding members (8, 8). The horn comprises a horn body (51) having the length of one-half the wavelength λ of the ultra-sonic vibration. Holding structure (2) includes holders (7x, 7y) having a prescribed volume and thin sheet connectors (6a, 6b) placed at different positions (Pa, Pb) on the horn body (51). The horn body (51) is fixed to holding members (8, 8) by means of the respective holders (7x, 7y).
US10307963B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, facilitate creation and use of multi-material three dimensional models. In one aspect, a system includes one or more computer storage media having instructions stored thereon; and one or more data processing apparatus configured to execute the instructions to perform operations including (i) receiving input specifying different material properties of an object to be manufactured, (ii) generating from the input a three dimensional (3D) model of the object using overlapping volume representations of the different material properties of the object, wherein the overlapping volume representations employ different data formats and different resolutions, and (iii) storing the 3D model of the object for use in manufacturing the object.
US10307961B2
A 3D printer system and related methods. The 3D printer system includes a processor and an accessible memory. The accessible memory includes a CAD kernel and a product file that defines a CAD solid model. The 3D printer system is particularly configured to execute the CAD kernel using the processor, process the product file using the CAD kernel to produce the CAD solid model, and produce a solid physical object corresponding to the CAD solid model.
US10307959B2
The present invention is a three-dimensional printing system which is capable of printing with multiple different printing materials, including homogenous materials, such as cement paste, or heterogeneous materials, such as concrete. Functionality is accomplished by novel, critical structures including but not limited to a movable gate capable of controlling the flow of printing materials without clogging or becoming otherwise damaged. The system has a print head that discharges printing material through a discharge aperture. The movable gate is rotatably connected to the print head, allowing it to cover the discharge aperture and cut off the flow of printing material when actuated and rotated into position. Certain embodiments also include hose positioning systems to prevent hoses delivering printing material from disconnecting or damaging the printed structure.
US10307950B2
The present invention relates to a volume pulsed deformation plasticating and conveying method and device by an eccentric rotor. The rotation of the eccentric rotor and the rolling of the rotor in the inner cavity of a stator during constant reverse revolutions cause the volume of the material between the eccentric rotor and the stator to periodically change alternatively along the axial direction and the radial direction of the stator, thereby enabling the volume pulsed deformation plasticating and conveying of the material. The volume pulsed deformation plasticating and conveying device consists of a stator, of which the inner cavity comprises multiple alternatingly disposed spiral segments and straight segments, and an eccentric rotor comprising multiple alternatingly disposed eccentric spiral segments and eccentric straight segments. The eccentric rotor is disposed in the inner cavity of the stator. The eccentric spiral segments and the eccentric straight segments of the eccentric rotor correspond one-to-one with the spiral segments and straight segments of the stator. The present invention can be used as the extruding system of an extruder or be combined with different plunger injection units to form a plasticating injection device of an injection molding machine. The present invention has a short thermo-mechanical distance for the materials, low energy consumption, and wide adaptability.
US10307947B2
A method for manufacturing a detecting sensor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: positioning a magnet in a mold having a plurality of terminal receiving holes; positioning in the mold a plurality of magnetic field detecting sensor elements, each having a body and a terminal projecting from body; inserting the terminals into the terminal receiving holes; injecting molten resin into the mold; and curing the molten resin to form a housing having the magnet and the sensor elements embedded.
US10307943B2
A vacuum bagging system for vacuum bagging a fiber-reinforced polymer component for an aircraft or spacecraft includes a vacuum bagging film or membrane which is configured to cover and seal the component during molding. The vacuum bagging film or membrane is pre-formed, e.g. thermoformed, to a shape or to an external geometry of the component to be molded. A method of vacuum bagging a fiber-reinforced polymer component of an aircraft or space-craft, includes the steps of: arranging a component to be molded in a vacuum bagging assembly for forming a fiber-reinforced polymer component; pre-forming a vacuum bagging film or membrane to a shape or external geometry of the component; and arranging the vacuum bagging film or membrane on or over the component in the vacuum bagging assembly such that the film or membrane form-fittingly covers the component.
US10307942B2
A method for making apertures in a precursor web using a forming apparatus is described herein. The precursor web comprises a film layer and a nonwoven layer having molecular orientation and the forming apparatus comprises an arrangement of teeth. The forming apparatus heats and stretches the precursor web forming apertures therein.
US10307932B2
Disclosed is a method for the continuous impregnation of wood elements, such as wood chips. The method comprises the subsequent steps of subjecting the wood elements to vacuum, to contact with acetylation fluid, and to impregnation pressure. Preferably, the process is conducted in a plant having conveyors, such as transportation screws, in suitable positions between the zones in which the subsequent process steps are conducted. The impregnation method is used in connection with the acetylation of the wood elements, and preferably is followed by a continuous acetylation process conducted in an acetylation reaction zone downstream of the zone where the impregnation is conducted.
US10307917B2
An improved blade for use with an oscillating power tool is disclosed. A rectangular style blade includes side teeth to eject debris and allow rapid but well controlled blind plunge cuts. The side teeth are preferably asymmetric with a forward orientation to bias debris out and the blade inward. Preferably one or more openings or slots allow for additional debris removal. The side teeth also allow for controlled side cutting.
US10307914B2
A robot includes a head, a shoulder, and a rotary structure. The head includes a housing and a fixing frame. Connection assemblies are disposed between the housing anti the fixing frame. Each of the connection assemblies has a fixing shaft fixedly connected to the fixing frame and a flange rotatably installed to the fixing shaft, and the flange is fixedly connected to the housing. The rotary structure includes an adapter rotatably connecting the fixing shaft about an axis of the fixing shaft and a drive source rotating the adapter. The adapter has an installation disc portion for connecting the shoulder and a drive portion for connecting the drive source.
US10307910B2
Disclosed are an apparatus of recognizing a position of a mobile robot using search based correlative matching and a method thereof. An apparatus of recognizing a position of a mobile robot includes two wide angle cameras which obtain one pair of stereo images on a region of interest including a vertical direction and a horizontal direction in accordance with movement of a mobile robot; and a position recognizing unit which extracts an edge from the received stereo image, forms a virtual space using at least one key frame selected based on the extracted edge, and estimates the current position using the edge size which is calculated for the formed space.
US10307897B2
A torque reactor employs a first socket with a first drive element engaging the first socket and a second socket with a second drive element engaging the second socket. The first drive element has a first receiving channel and the second drive element has a second receiving channel. A shaft is received in the first receiving channel second receiving channel. A first engagement mechanism secures the shaft in the first receiving channel and a second engagement mechanism secures the shaft in the second receiving channel.
US10307896B2
A sleeve device includes a main unit having a sleeve with an open end face, a receiving space intercommunicating with the open end face, and a radial hole. An engaging member extends into the receiving space. A fixing member is mounted to an end of the receiving space opposite to the open end face. A pressing member is slideably received in the receiving space for pressing against the fixing member. The pressing member includes a cylindrical portion, an abutting portion, and a pressing portion, with the abutting portion and the pressing portion disposed on two ends of the cylindrical portion. A positioning member is slideably received in the radial hole for selectively pressing against an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion or the pressing portion. A ring is rotatably mounted around the sleeve and includes an inner periphery and a first recessed portion for selectively abutting the positioning member.
US10307889B2
A coated abrasive article includes a backing, a make layer, crushed abrasive particles, and a size layer. The crushed abrasive particles include: 35 to 100 weight percent of initial crushed abrasive particles having a first composition and first size grade, wherein a majority of the initial crushed abrasive particles are platey crushed abrasive particles, and wherein each platey crushed abrasive particle has a respective length, width, and thickness; and 0 to 65 weight percent of crushed filler particles having a second composition and a second size grade. The first and second compositions and/or size grades are different. The coated abrasive article has a direction of intended use, a majority of the platey crushed abrasive particles of the coated abrasive article are positioned with their thickness oriented substantially parallel to the direction of intended use. A method of making the coated abrasive article is also disclosed.
US10307884B2
An apparatus for controlling a movement of a grinding wheel of a semiconductor wafer grinding system includes: an interface to obtain a feedback signal including grinding force information indicating a force applied to a semiconductor wafer by the grinding wheel; and a control module to generate a control signal for controlling the movement of the grinding wheel based on the grinding force information. The control module generates the control signal to trigger a forward movement of the grinding wheel according to a desired velocity profile during the grinding, if the grinding force information indicates that a force applied by the grinding wheel is below a force threshold. The control module generates the control signal to trigger a movement of the grinding wheel slower than the desired velocity profile during the grinding, if the grinding force information indicates that the force applied by the grinding wheel is above the force threshold.
US10307879B2
Device and method for the finishing machining of an internal face of a workpiece, such as the track of a ball screw, including a workpiece holder and a finishing tool held on a finishing tool holder. A rotary drive is provided, by which the workpiece holder and the finishing tool is rotationally driven relative to one another about a rotational axis. A linear drive is provided, by which the finishing tool held on the finishing tool holder and the workpiece holder is driven in a translatory manner relative to one another along the rotational axis. An oscillating drive is provided, by which the finishing tool held on the finishing tool holder and the workpiece holder is driven in an oscillating manner relative to one another in the direction parallel to the rotational axis and wherein the finishing tool is pivotably held on the finishing tool holder about a pivot axis.
US10307878B2
A method produces a component, particularly a body component for a vehicle, or a component composite consisting of several components. The steps include forming a metal plate in a forming tool, particularly in a deep-drawing die, producing a reference marking at a predefined location of the metal plate, rough positioning of the formed metal plate by a positioning device such that the reference marking is situated in a predefined space area, identifying the reference marking of a position recognition device, such as a camera system, the position recognition device generating position data corresponding to the position of the reference marking, positioning of a first fixing element at the location of the reference marking based on the position data by an electronically controlled positioning device, and connecting the first fixing element with the formed metal plate, particularly by welding.
US10307876B2
A machine tool has a cover that prevents chips generated by machining and cutting fluid from scattering around and a plurality of movable nozzles with liquid discharge directions thereof being movable so as to wash out chips that have adhered to or accumulated on an inner surface of the cover. The machine tool is capable of changing a discharge direction of each of the movable nozzles individually. The machine tool compares the state of the inside of the cover before start of machining with the state of the inside of the cover after chips are generated to determine an adhesion or accumulation state of chips. The machine tool thus calculates the liquid discharge direction to wash out chips from the movable nozzles based on a result of the determination.
US10307874B2
The present invention relates to a method for sealing a heat transfer unit, which includes the steps of providing a heat transfer unit having at least one opening, welding the opening to form a welding section and close the opening, and pinching off the welding section and cutting part of the welding section to form a cutting end and complete sealing the opening of the heat transfer unit. By means of the method of the present invention, an extremely short dead zone can be obtained and high heat conduction efficiency is enhanced, further having the effects of reducing the arrangement space and shrinking steps of the heat pipe.
US10307870B2
An aluminum alloy brazing sheet achieves a stable brazability equal to by brazing using a flux, even if an etching treatment is not performed on the brazing site. The aluminum alloy brazing sheet is used to braze aluminum in an inert gas atmosphere without using a flux and includes a core material and a filler metal, one side or each side of the core material being clad with the filler metal, the core material being formed of an aluminum alloy that includes 0.2 to 1.3 mass % of Mg, the filler metal including 6 to 13 mass % of Si and 0.004 to 0.1 mass % of Li, with the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities, a surface oxide film having been removed from the brazing sheet, and an oil solution that decomposes when heated at 380° C. or less in an inert gas having been applied to the brazing sheet.
US10307863B2
A method controls an operation of a laser processing machine with redundant actuators including a first actuator and a second actuator. The method determines a feasible region for states of the first actuator and states of a reference trajectory of the first actuator defined by constraints of the laser processing machine, constraints on the reference trajectory and constraints on a range of motion of the second actuator. The method selects a subset of the feasible region, such that for any state of the first actuator and any state of the reference trajectory within the subset, there is an admissible control maintaining the state of the first actuator within the subset of the feasible region for admissible future states of the reference trajectory, and selects an admissible control action for controlling the operation such that the state of the first actuator remains in the subset of the feasible region.
US10307848B2
An electrical discharge machining electrode wire includes a core including a copper or a copper alloy, and a covering layer covering a periphery of the core and including a zinc. The covering layer includes an inner layer including a γ-phase of copper-zinc based alloy and covering the periphery of the core, and an outer layer including an ε-phase of copper-zinc based alloy and covering a periphery of the inner layer. An x-ray diffraction intensity of (0001) of the ε-phase is more than twice an x-ray diffraction intensity of (332) of the γ-phase.
US10307846B2
An electrical discharge machining (EDM) system, control system and related methods. Various embodiments include a control system for controlling a plurality of electrode devices in an EDM system to form holes in a workpiece. The control system can be configured to perform a process including: initiating a hole formation program for each of the plurality of electrode devices; determining whether at least one electrode has completed formation of a corresponding hole in the workpiece; and separating at least one electrode from the workpiece in response to determining that at least one electrode has completed formation of the corresponding hole.
US10307844B2
A method, and device, for producing gears in gearwheels with a skiving wheel that features cutting teeth, a workpiece spindle for receiving the gearwheel and a tool spindle, wherein the tool and workpiece spindles are positioned at an axial cross-angle relative to one another, wherein the gearing is produced in successive processing steps. Spacewidths between the teeth are incrementally cut deeper. The axial spacing between the tool and workpiece spindles and a turning angle is changed between the processing steps in such a way that a first cutting edge section of the cutting tooth engages on a tooth flank section of a first tooth flank produced during a preceding processing step with an at least reduced material removal referred to other cutting edge sections of this cutting tooth.
US10307839B2
Square end mill includes long end cutting edge disposed from end portion on outer peripheral side in radial direction to center in the radial direction when a cutting edge portion is viewed from end face side, and short end cutting edges disposed from other end portions on outer peripheral side in radial direction to middles on center side in radial direction, first gashes disposed on regions from lines connecting end portions on center side in radial direction of the short end cutting edges to center in radial direction to the long end cutting edge on rear side in the rotation direction, second and third gashes disposed on rear and front sides in rotation direction of the first gashes, and all gashes formed in curved surface shapes depressed to a shank side on opposite side in axial direction of the cutting edge portion.
US10307837B2
A clamping fixture for clamping a component, in particular a workpiece or tool, having a number of clamping jaws, distributed along a periphery, which are connected by appropriate elastic flexural webs to a main body, wherein the clamping jaws are adjustable by an axially movable actuating device in a radial direction from a release position into a holding position, which clamping fixture is characterized in that the flexural webs, in their release position, are inclined in relation to an axially parallel direction radially in a direction of their respective holding positions.
US10307836B2
In a clamping device (1) for machine tools (2) that is equipped with a power-operated chuck (5) and an electric drive motor (11) with a changeover function for triggering clamping movements, a motion converter (31) as well as a force accumulator (51) for maintaining the clamping force, which comprises several spring packs (52) supported on an adjustment element (32) of the motion converter (31), the spring packs (52) are each only arranged on one side of the adjustment element (32). In addition, a pressure piece (53) interacting with the adjustment element (32) is firmly connected to several spacer elements (57), each of which carries a stop disc (61) and passes through the spring packs (52) as well as a spacer (66). The spacer elements (57) and the spacers (66) can be adjusted relative to one another and the spacers (66) interact with spacer pins (71) which are guided through the pressure piece (53) and are supported on the wall (24) of the housing (21) opposite to the spring packs (52).Due to this embodiment, the spring packs (52) are always preloaded and do not have any axial play, and the adjustment movements of the pressure piece can thus be registered and evaluated directly. Rather, the spring packs (52) have a defined preload at all times, with the effect that the operating method is improved compared to embodiments of prior art.
US10307821B2
A transfer pump system has a pump base with a pump chamber, tangential discharge and an outlet. A riser tube extends from the outlet and terminates at a launder in order to move molten metal out of a vessel with relatively little turbulence. A riser tube for use in the system has a proximal end configured to be connected to the outlet and a distal end that terminates at or above the launder.
US10307817B2
A casting article according to another exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a circuit forming portion including an interior channel and an outer shell body that surrounds the interior channel. An engineered failure feature is formed in the outer shell body and is configured to increase compressibility of the casting article during a casting process.
US10307814B2
Methods for producing forged products and other worked products are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises using additive manufacturing to produce a metal shaped-preform and, after the using step, forging the metal shaped-preform into a final forged product. The final forged product may optionally be annealed.
US10307811B2
An apparatus is provided for protectively hold an elongated object during bending and stretching of the elongated object. The apparatus includes a shell, sleds and roller sets. The shell includes a wall, support portions longitudinally extending on an internal face of the wall, and grooves separated from one another by the support portions. Each of the sleds is inserted in a corresponding one of the grooves. Each of the roller sets includes rollers attached to a corresponding one of the sleds. Each of the rollers includes a tread. The treads together provide an axial tunnel. A surface of the elongated object is in contact with the concave treads of the rollers when the elongated object is rolled in the axial tunnel during bending or stretching of the elongated object.
US10307808B2
In the electric-resistance-welded pipe welding apparatus, after a metal strip that is traveling is bent into a cylindrical shape by rolls so that both ends in a width direction of the metal strip face each other, a power supply portion of an induction heating device or an energization heating device is provided immediately near the metal strip which is bent into the cylindrical shape, a joule heating is performed with respect to the both ends by a power supplied from the power supply portion, thereafter, and the both ends are welded while being pressed to and coming in contact with each other. The electric-resistance-welded pipe welding apparatus includes a ferromagnetic body that is movably inserted between the both ends at a position further to the upstream than the power supply portion when viewed along the traveling direction of the metal strip, the position corresponding to an opening portion between the both ends which face each other.
US10307805B2
A well cap assembly is disclosed which is well suited for use with a wellhead. The well cap assembly has a port component and a cap element. The port component has a bore extending therethrough, an upper neck portion, and an upper threaded portion. The port component further has a lower threaded portion and a barb formed on the upper neck portion. The barb can receive an external flexible tube which is temporarily secured to the port component. The cap element has an internally threaded portion which engages with the upper threaded portion of the upper neck portion and seals the bore of the port component. The cap element also has a tether for securing it to the port component.
US10307803B2
A system and method are disclosed for cleanliness of transmission windows for directed energy devices. A positive pressure gas chamber is fixed to the transmission window of a directed energy device, e.g., a laser or high power microwave. A gas source is connected to the positive pressure chamber in order to provide pressurized gas. The gas flows into the positive pressure chamber, and exits the positive pressure chamber through openings, thus pushing particulates out of the positive pressure chamber. The gas continues to flow during directed energy use, thus preventing undesirable material, e.g., dirt and moisture, from depositing on the transmission window.
US10307801B2
The invention relates to a rotating cleaner (1) comprising a housing (2) which has a cavity (10) and an inlet (9) which is connectable to a fluid supply line, a shaft (11) extending in sections into the cavity (10), a sprayer body (3) which has an interior space (14), said sprayer body (3) being connected non-rotatably with the shaft (11) and including an outlet opening (6), and further comprising a bearing (16) for rotatably supporting the shaft (11) in the housing (2). To improve the spray pattern, it is proposed that the fluid manifold (13; 13′) designed for uniform distribution of the fluid is arranged in the interior space (14).
US10307798B2
A cleaning device for removing contamination on a substrate holder used with an electroplating cell includes an arm, a cleaning agent supplier, a nozzle and a receiver. The cleaning agent supplier is coupled to the arm and configured to supply a cleaning agent. The nozzle is coupled to the cleaning agent supplier and configured to spray the cleaning agent onto the substrate holder to remove the contamination. The receiver is coupled to the arm and configured to receive the cleaning agent after the cleaning agent is sprayed onto the substrate holder.
US10307773B2
This coating system (2) for coating a workpiece (W1) with a liquid coating product, includes an ultrasonic spray head (14) for generating droplets of coating products, an electrode (32A) for generating an electrostatic field (E) between the electrode and the ultrasonic spray head (14) and a high-voltage generator (52) connected to the electrode for supplying the electrode with high voltage. The shape of the electrode (32A) is advantageously configurable on the basis of the geometry of the workpiece (W1).
US10307765B1
An apparatus includes: a disposal unit; a control unit configured to stop operation of the disposal unit; and a metal detector coil and associated circuitry, the metal detector coil located such that waste passing into the disposal unit for shredding passes through the metal detector coil. The control unit is triggered to stop operation of the disposal unit upon the detection of metal passing through the metal detector coil.
US10307763B2
Polycrystalline silicon fragments obtained by fracturing polycrystalline silicon blocks wherein a content ratio of polycrystalline silicon powder having a particle size of 500 to 1000 μm is 0.1 to 40 ppmw.
US10307755B1
Embodiments in accordance with the present disclosure are directed to configuring an analyzer apparatus for processing a particular sample-processing cartridge. The analyzer apparatus includes a portable container and sample-specific configuration circuitry. The portable container supports and integrates a sample-processing cartridge and the sample-specific configuration circuitry. The sample-specific configuration circuitry identifies configuration information specific to the sample-processing cartridge and configures the analyzer apparatus for a series of state configurations. The configuration can be performed by selecting which of a plurality of biological-sample stimulators to interact with the biological sample, identifying positions in the portable container for each of the selected ones of the plurality of biological-sample stimulators at different times, and while the selected ones of the plurality of biological-sample stimulators are in the identified positions, causing the interactions between the selected ones of the plurality of biological-sample stimulators and the biological sample.
US10307753B2
Disclosed here are pipette tips useful for acquiring or dispelling liquids, and include one or more design that may increase fluid delivery precision and/or accuracy, and may reduce certain repetitive motions.
US10307750B2
Catalysts useful in transforming biomass to bio-oil are disclosed, as are methods for making such catalysts, and methods of transforming biomass to bio-oil. The catalysts are especially useful for, but are not limited to, microwave- and induction-heating based pyrolysis of biomass, solid waste, and other carbon containing materials into bio-oil. The catalysts can also be used for upgrading the bio-oil to enhance fuel quality.
US10307743B2
The honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body made of a zeolite material containing at least a coarse particle zeolite having a large average particle diameter (coarse zeolite particles). A fine particle zeolite having an average particle diameter smaller than that of the coarse particle zeolite (fine zeolite particles), and an inorganic bonding material, the coarse particle zeolite (the coarse zeolite particles) is a chabazite type zeolite in which an average particle diameter of primary particles is 2 μm or more and 6 μm or less, and in the fine particle zeolite (the fine zeolite particles), an average particle diameter of primary particles is 0.02 μm or more and smaller than 2 μm, and in the zeolite material which is comprised the honeycomb structure body, a ratio of a volume of pores having pore diameters of 0.02 to 0.15 μm to a volume of all pores is 42% or less.
US10307742B2
A beta zeolite catalyst for the preparation of a BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene) mixture from polyaromatic hydrocarbons and a preparation method of the same are disclosed. The beta zeolite catalyst demonstrates high conversion of polyaromatic hydrocarbons and high BTEX production yield by containing optimum contents of the group VIB metals and cocatalysts, so that it can be effectively used as a beta zeolite catalyst for the production of BTEX.
US10307723B2
The application describes a process for the preparation of microcapsules, wherein the microcapsules have a volume average diameter d of 15 to 90 μηη and a percentage of the shell weight of 3 to 40%, with reference to the total weight of capsules, wherein the shell of the microcapsules comprises at least one polyurea and the core comprises at least one lipophilic component, comprising the step of adding hydroxyalkylcellulose to a dispersion of polyurea microcapsules, microcapsules and their uses.
US10307720B2
An intermediate medium heat exchanging device for a supercritical water oxidation system includes a material main loop, an intermediate medium loop and a replenishment branch. A material pump, a preheater, a spray desuperheater, a reactor and a regenerator are connected in sequence to form the material main loop; a buffer tank, a circulating pump, the regenerator, the preheater and a water cooler form the intermediate medium loop. A back pressure valve is located above the buffer tank. The replenishment branch includes a cooling water pump, an outlet of the cooling water pump is divided into two sub-branches, one sub-branch is connected with the spray desuperheater, and another sub-branch is connected with the buffer tank. The intermediate medium heat exchanging device is reasonable in structural design, and is able to maximumlly reduce the investment cost and ensure the stable operation of the system.
US10307719B2
A polymeric invert emulsifier is provided which is particularly suitable for use in demanding environments.
US10307718B2
A carbonation machine includes a pneumatic chamber with a movable wall. The wall moves outward to depress a pin of a gas release valve of a gas canister that is held in a canister holder of the machine when air pressure in the chamber is increased. An air release valve is closable to retain air in the chamber. An air pump is operable to pump air from the ambient atmosphere into the chamber so as to increase air pressure in the chamber. A controller is configured to close the air release valve and to operate the air pump to increase the air pressure in the chamber to move the movable wall outward to open the gas release valve of the canister to cause release of gas from the canister to carbonate a liquid, and to open the air release valve to enable the gas release valve to close.
US10307716B2
Disclosed herein are surface-modified membranes and other surface-modified substrates exhibiting switchable oleophobicity and oleophilicity in aqueous media. These membranes and substrates may be used for variety of applications, including controllable oil/water separation processes, oil spill cleanup, and oil/water purification. Also provided are the making and processing of such surface-modified membranes and other surface-modified substrates.
US10307714B2
The disclosure relates to a system and method for cleaning filters, such as membrane filters. More particularly, a method and system are disclosed for retaining a plurality of small particulates, preferably in the shape of beads, which contact sludge or other despots on the membrane filters to remove unwanted debris that would otherwise form on the cleaning filters. In various embodiments, the plurality of small particulates are retained in a permeable enclosure formed of wedgewire.
US10307708B2
A fuel tank system is disclosed that includes a fuel tank and a first fluid flow path between a gas space in the fuel tank and outside of the fuel system. A gas separation membrane is disposed with a first side in communication with the first fluid flow path and a second side in communication with a second fluid flow path. A fluid control device is in communication with the second fluid flow path and is configured to provide fluid flow from the second fluid flow path to a liquid space in the fuel tank or to outside of the fuel system. A prime mover is disposed in communication with the second fluid flow path, and is configured to move fluid on the second fluid flow path from the second side of the separation membrane to the fuel tank liquid space or to outside of the fuel system.
US10307698B2
A multiple cartridge fluid filter canister for mounting operatively in a standard filter housing includes spaced part upper and lower support plates that engage respective ends of a plurality of elongate filter cartridges that extend between the upper and lower support plates. The upper support plate carries an upper positioning element that depends from the upper support plate for engaging an upper end of a respective filter cartridge. The lower support plate carries a corresponding lower positioning element that extends upwardly from the lower support plate to engage a lower end of the filter cartridge. Annular seals surround the upper and lower positioning elements for respectively interengaging and sealing the upper and lower ends of the filter cartridge to restrict fluid flow between the cartridge and the upper and lower support plates. The upper and lower support plates define one or more inlets and outlets that communicate with corresponding fluid flow inlet and outlet lines in the filter housing.
US10307694B2
A phase splitter for separating a multiphase fluid into a relatively light phase and a relatively heavy phase includes a separator tube which comprises a fluid inlet through which the multiphase fluid enters the apparatus, a heavy phase outlet through which the heavy phase exits the apparatus and an inner diameter surface which defines a flow bore that extends between the fluid inlet and the heavy phase outlet. A swirl element positioned in the flow bore downstream of the fluid inlet causes the multiphase fluid to rotate and separate the heavy phase from the light phase. The light phase forms an elongated core which extends axially through the flow bore radially inwardly of the heavy phase from proximate the swirl element toward the heavy phase outlet. A core stabilizer is positioned in the flow bore between the swirl element and the heavy phase outlet and engages the distal end of the light phase core to thereby inhibit the light phase from exiting the apparatus through the heavy phase outlet.
US10307692B2
A chromatography column including: a tubular housing; a first end unit removably connected to a first end of the tubular housing; a second end unit removably connected to a second end of the tubular housing; an adaptor assembly movable within said tubular housing; an adaptor rod connected to said adaptor assembly, which adaptor rod is arranged to extend through an opening in the first end unit; a filter removably connected to the adaptor assembly; and a frame connected to said tubular housing for supporting the column on a floor. At least an actuating means is arranged on the frame, so that the column can be lifted and lowered in a substantially vertical direction.
US10307683B2
A playmate toy or similar children's toy is provided having associated wireless, batteryless ID tag that can be read from and/or written to using a radio-frequency communication protocol. The tag is mounted internally within a cavity of the toy and thereby provides wireless communication of stored information without requiring removal and reinsertion of the tag. In this manner, a stuffed animal or other toy can be quickly and easily identified non-invasively, without damaging the toy. Additional information (e.g., unique personality traits, special powers, skill levels, etc.) can also be stored on the ID tag, thus providing further personality enhancement, input/output programming, simulated intelligence and/or interactive gaming possibilities.
US10307675B2
Provided is a method for controlling a computer, etc., which makes it possible to improve the usability of city building games. The computer is provided with a storage unit configured to store game contents arranged within a game space, positions of the game contents, and a template defining positions of one or more of game contents, and progresses a game by arranging the game contents within the game space based on a command by a player. The method includes when the template is applied to a predetermined area within the game space based on the command by the player, moving, by the computer, the game contents arranged within the game space to the positions of the game contents defined by the template.
US10307674B2
A user-activity video signal can be received. The user-activity video signal can comprise a video capture characterizing a user's interaction with a software application on a client. The software application can have an interface display space on the client and the software application can execute on the client in operation with at least one remote backend computing system. Backend user interaction data corresponding to the user's interaction with the software application as generated by the at least one remote backend computing system can be received. A new video comprising a plurality of divided segments of the user-activity video signal can be generated automatically using the backend user interaction data and a plurality of predefined rules. The new video can be provided. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described.
US10307667B2
A hovering remote-control flying craft having a molded frame assembly includes a plurality of arms extending from a center body with an electric motor and corresponding propeller on each arm. In various embodiments, the motor and propeller are mounted downward-facing at a distal portion of each arm with a motor cover over the motor. The center body can be formed of a two-piece molded structure that sandwiches a circuit board to provide structural support for the frame. The circuit board can include a plurality of tabs that facilitate mounting of wire connectors, and can also provide antennas and emitters for both IR and RF communications. In some embodiments, a removable safety ring protects the propellers from lateral contact.
US10307663B1
A cue sport soccer game is disclosed including a playing surface, a first goal, a second goal, and playing pieces. The cue sport soccer game includes one or more indicator objects and/or one or more move indicators. The cue sport soccer game is to be played with a cue stick. The playing pieces include field pieces that are configured to slide on the playing surface strategically when struck by the cue stick. The field pieces may be struck strategically lightly or heavily to cause a game ball to be trajected in a grounded fashion or an elevated fashion respectively.
US10307654B2
A swim training system, a swim data computation method using the same, and a swim training method using the same are provided. The swim training system includes a training device and a processing device. The training device measures a tension in a connecting component which is fastened to a swimmer. The processing device selects a conversion parameter from a conversion parameter table in the processing device according to a swimmer information. Then the processing device performs a conversion between the tension and a swimming speed with the conversion parameter to obtain the swimming speed of the swimmer.
US10307643B2
An apparatus that displays an athletic activity notification user interface having a first display level that stacks athletic activity notifications along a first axis, and a second display level that positions athletic activity notifications along a second axis, perpendicular to the first axis, and whereby navigating through the user interface transitions athletic activity notifications from the second display leveled first display level.
US10307635B1
A rolling exercise device includes a support body having a lower body portion forming four spaced apart recessed corners having respective recesses open from below and around the exterior of the corners, an upper body portion forming four interconnected corner segments overlying the four recessed corners, and a concave cavity recessed in the upper and lower body portions from a top opening defined by a continuous interior rim of the upper body portion to an interior concave bottom wall surface of the lower body portion. The device also includes mounting seats supported in the recesses of the recessed corners and rollers rotatably mounted in the mounting seats and extending below the lower body portion so as to adapt the support body to be freely rolled across a surface supporting the rolling exercise device with at least a portion of a foot of a user extending into the concave cavity.
US10307630B2
An assisted chin/dip exercise apparatus has a main frame and an assist or foot bar pivotally mounted on the frame and linked to a weight stack or resistance for assisting a user standing on the foot bar during performance of chin and dip exercises. The main frame has a first, overhead handle assembly and a second, dip handle assembly below the first handle assembly. The first handle assembly includes a pair of adjustably mounted handles freely pivotable between a first, chin-up position in which the handles extend towards one another at a rearward angle with a small spacing between the handles and a second, pull-up position in which the handles extend in a forward direction and are spaced apart by a larger spacing sufficient to provide head clearance for a user stepping onto the foot bar or while performing a dip exercise.
US10307629B2
A jungle gym joint has a joint main body having joint shafts to which a plurality of pipes are connected and a rotary member having a short rod shape to one end side of which the pipe is connected. A folding portion is formed at a bifurcate portion of the rotary member where a flat plate portion of the joint main body is inserted thereinto, allowing the pipe to be folded. A cylindrical cover member is provided on an outer circumference of the folding portion. The cover member includes a restricting wall portion restricting the folding of the pipe by being brought into abutment with the flat plate portion or the bifurcate portion and a cutout portion formed by cutting out the circumferential wall to prevent the abutment of the circumferential wall with the flat plate portion or the bifurcate portion to thereby release the folding of the folding portion.
US10307627B2
The invention relates to fire-extinguishing foams or concentrates, which include a carbohydrate containing silane surfactant.
US10307621B2
A portable rescue tool that is powered by an electric motor. The electric motor has a drive output shaft that transfers rotational power to an angle rotary gearbox. The angle rotary gearbox has an output shaft that is oriented about 90 degrees from the rotational axis of the motor output shaft and is geared so as to increase the torque and reduce the speed of the rotational power. The angle rotary gearbox provides a reduced speed, high torque output at an output shaft that is delivered by a single chain drive to a main rotary actuator where two actuator arms are controlled to move away from each other and toward each other in the operation of the rescue tool. The portable rescue tool is designed to be of a low weight and enhanced cooling properties as present rescue tools.
US10307619B2
Images acquired during an image-guided treatment procedure sometimes exceed the scope of a reference library previously acquired for the purpose of monitoring and/or adjusting the treatment. In this situation, the reference library may be extended dynamically and/or in real time based on the newly acquired treatment images and/or other available information.
US10307614B2
A method of selecting a radiation therapy treatment plan for a patient. The treatment plan is implemented through a radiation delivery system including a gantry capable of rotating around a couch, in which the couch is movable in a linear direction relative to the gantry. The movement of the couch and the gantry creates a helical delivery path having a pitch. A radiation module delivers a radiation beam, where the beam has a beam weight corresponding to a radiation fluence. The method includes receiving, by a controller, an objective including a desired dose, a desired dose distribution, or a dose constraint, optimizing the pitch to obtain an optimized pitch, optimizing, the beam weight to obtain optimized beam weight, determining, based on the optimized pitch and the optimized beam weight a treatment plan or a treatment dose, and outputting the treatment plan or the treatment dose.
US10307608B2
A pair of awareness glasses includes a frame, a light source, a driving unit, light guide lenses, and diffraction grating patterns. The light source unit is disposed in the frame. The light source unit is configured to generate light in response to input power. The driving unit is configured to supply the input power. The light guide lenses are configured to guide the light to the eyes of a user. The diffraction grating patterns are formed on surfaces of the light guide lenses. The diffraction grating patterns are configured to diffract and reflect the light to the eyes of the user. The light output from each of the diffraction grating patterns has a peak wavelength between 444 nm and 484 nm.
US10307603B2
An implantable device includes a cylindrical housing, a metallic feedthrough, a metallic collar, and a battery. The cylindrical housing has a sidewall and an internal cavity, and is formed from a ceramic. One or more electrical components are integrated into the sidewall. The metallic feedthrough is joined to a first end of the cylindrical housing. The metallic collar is joined to a second end of the cylindrical housing. The battery is joined to the metallic collar.
US10307595B2
A therapeutic neuromodulation system configured for providing therapy to a patient. The therapeutic neuromodulation system comprises a plurality of electrical terminals configured for being respectively coupled to a plurality of electrodes implanted within tissue, analog output circuitry configured for delivering therapeutic electrical energy between the plurality of electrical terminals in accordance with a set of modulation parameters that includes a defined current value, a voltage regulator configured for supplying an adjustable compliance voltage to the analog output circuitry, and control/processing circuitry configured for automatically performing a compliance voltage calibration process at a compliance voltage adjustment interval by periodically computing an adjusted compliance voltage value as a function of a compliance voltage margin. The control/processing circuitry may also be configured for automatically adjusting at least one of the compliance voltage adjustment interval and the compliance voltage margin during the compliance voltage calibration process.
US10307565B2
An accommodation tool is disclosed with which an operator can easily wind and accommodate a flexible medical elongated body. An accommodation tool winds and accommodates the flexible medical elongated body, for example, a guide wire. The accommodation tool has an inner wall, an outer wall, and an interlock wall. The guide wire is wound around the inner wall. The outer wall defines an accommodation space for accommodating the guide wire between the inner wall and the outer wall, and that is disposed further outward in a radial direction from a centroid of the accommodation tool than the inner wall. The interlock wall interlocks one end portion of the inner wall and one end portion of the outer wall with each other.
US10307563B1
A sleep enhancement device for toddlers and young children, including: a containment assembly and an electronics assembly, wherein both assemblies cooperatively create the psychological appearance that the device is at least one of catching and destroying monsters and/or bad dreams, and provides a soothing, relaxing, deep, and/or healthy sleep.
US10307561B2
A vent arrangement for a respiratory pressure therapy device may include one or a plurality of vents configured with a variable aperture for communicating a flow of breathable gas. The vent arrangement may be configured with a cross section profile exposed to the flow of breathable gas communicating through the vent that does not change as the aperture size changes. A vent arrangement may include a plurality of the vents and the aperture size of each vent may be controlled independently or together, and may be controlled according to one or more input signals from one or more sensors. Examples of suitable input signals include flow, pressure, noise, accelerometer outputs, orientation of a patient or presence of any obstructions. A patient interface or an air circuit may include the vent arrangement, or the vent arrangement may be configured to connect with a patient interface or an air circuit.
US10307540B2
The present application relates to a needleless syringe for injecting an injection objective substance into an injection target area without using an injection needle. In one aspect, the needleless syringe includes a main syringe body containing the injection objective substance with the use of a sealing member, a pressurizing unit provided in the main syringe body and configured to pressurize the injection objective substance, a flow passage unit defining a flow passage of the pressurized injection objective substance to be discharged to the injection target area and a preparatory filling unit configured to fill the flow passage unit with a part of the injection objective substance by destroying a part of the sealing member before the injection objective substance is pressurized. According to some embodiments, it is possible to mitigate the load exerted on the nozzle during the injection and reduce the noise without deteriorating a syringe user convenience.
US10307539B2
A medicament delivery device includes a generally elongated tubular housing having opposite proximal and distal parts; a needle shield sleeve slidably and coaxially arranged inside the housing with a proximal part of the sleeve protruding a distance outside the proximal part of the housing; a syringe carrier mechanism having a syringe carrier slidably and coaxially arranged within the needle shield sleeve, a syringe having a stopper, a medicament, and a needle, the syringe being coaxially arranged within the syringe carrier; and a holding member connected to the syringe carrier; a first activator member an a second activator member; a drive mechanism adapted to accumulate a drive force for moving the syringe carrier mechanism in a first step and a second step. The second activator member is arranged within an information device for producing audible, visual, and/or tactile feedback to a user about a completed injection.
US10307533B2
Medical fluid-flow regulating devices are provided. Such medical fluid-flow regulating devices typically include a rotor and a flow-regulator element engaged or engageable with each other via a coupling that below a torque and/or fluidic-pressure threshold value allows the flow-regulator element to move upon rotation of the rotor and thereby regulate fluid flow. The medical fluid-flow regulating devices also include a blocking unit that above the torque and/or fluidic-pressure threshold value irreversibly blocks the rotor or the flow-regulator element or the coupling between the rotor and the flow-regulator element resulting in irreversible inactivation of the medical fluid-flow regulating device. Systems incorporating such medical fluid-flow regulating devices are also provided. Methods for detecting inactivation of such devices are also provided.
US10307530B2
In various embodiments, approaches to calibrating an implantable drug-delivery device feature a drug reservoir, an expandable electrolysis chamber, and an integrated strain gauge using a refill apparatus having one or more pumps, one or more refill reservoirs, an outlet fluid channel fluidically connected to the refill reservoir(s), and a needle having a lumen in fluid communication with the outlet fluid channel include inserting a needle into a refill port of the implantable drug-delivery device, monitoring a pressure change within the device, monitoring a pressure level of one or more components of the implantable drug-delivery device, and calibrating the monitored pressure level of the component(s) of the implantable drug-delivery device to the monitored pressure level of the outlet fluid channel.
US10307527B2
Systems, compositions, methods and kits employ protein shells, such as ferritin or viral capsid shells, herein called nanobubbles, to enhance X-ray images of cells or body tissue under certain x-ray imaging methods. The nanobubbles have sub-micron size such as about 10 nm, about 40, 60, or 100 nm and may be functionalized for effective delivery to or uptake by a target tissue, in vivo or a cell culture. The nanobubbles are hollow, having a central core which may be empty or contain a fluid, such that the shells effectively form long-lived bubbles in the imaged environment, and are of low electron density and have different scattering properties than the surrounding tissue. X-ray imaging by spatial frequency heterodyne imaging enhances visualization or detection of tissue regions bearing the shells. The protein shells may be further treated to assure biocompatibility and/or to resist undesired interactions with non-targeted tissue, such as scavenging by the liver, or attack by the immune system. For example the nanobubbles may be filled with a hydrophobic gas such as perfluoropropane (octafluoropropane) to maintain their shape and resist hydrophilic interactions and delay the degradation of the protein shells. The nanobubbles may also be coated or treated by a surface-functionalization processes to effectively target specific tissues or tumor types, allow parenteral delivery, and/or deliver drugs or other agents to the imaged sites—so that when visualized by X-ray scatter imaging the presence of the nanobubbles indicates the existence and extent of the tumor or diseased tissue.
US10307521B2
A hands-free breast pump system is disclosed. A breast shield having an adhesive inner surface for adhering to a woman's breast is disclosed. The breast shield may be connected to an adapter for transferring a vacuum generated by a pump to the breast. The adapter also allows milk expressed from the breast to drain from the adapter to a container. In the alternative, the breast shield may form part of a breast shield adapter system which is connected to a conventional breast shield by a drain line so that a conventional breast pump system is used to supply a vacuum and to collect the milk.
US10307518B2
A system for applying reduced pressure to tissue includes a multi-lumen reduced pressure delivery tube having a proximate end, a distal end, a primary lumen extending through the conduit from the proximate end to the distal end, and an ancillary lumen extending through the conduit from the proximate end to the distal end. A vacuum pump is coupled to the proximate end of the primary lumen, and a reduced pressure adapter is coupled to the distal end of the reduced pressure delivery tube. The adapter includes channels to direct liquid away from the ancillary lumens and into the primary lumen.
US10307516B2
Leak location devices and methods of using leak location devices that can be used in conjunction with negative pressure wound therapy systems are disclosed. In some embodiments, a leak location device can include a microphone for detecting sound pressure produced by a leak. Detected sound pressure can be compared to a threshold, which can correspond to background or ambient sound pressure. Background or ambient sound pressure can correspond to sound produced by a negative pressure source. The leak detection device can include a display configured to visually depict the detected sound, and a light source which creates a visual depiction of the coverage angle of the microphone.
US10307515B2
Systems and methods related to polymer foams are generally described. Some embodiments relate to compositions and methods for the preparation of polymer foams, and methods for using the polymer foams. The polymer foams can be applied to a body cavity and placed in contact with, for example, tissue, injured tissue, internal organs, etc. In some embodiments, the polymer foams can be formed within a body cavity (i.e., in situ foam formation). In addition, the foamed polymers may be capable of exerting a pressure on an internal surface of a body cavity and preventing or limiting movement of a bodily fluid (e.g., blood, etc.).
US10307513B2
Provided herein are methods of making a biomimetic hydrogel scaffold comprising a polycation and a polyanion. Also provided are anisotropic biomimetic hydrogel scaffold compositions suitable for use in tissue growth, including bone, muscle, and nerve growth an optionally comprising a carbon allotrope such as graphene. Also provided are methods of producing tissue comprising growing tissue on the biomimetic hydrogel scaffold comprising a polycation and a polyanion.
US10307508B2
A vacuum mixing system for the mixing of polymethylmethacrylate bone cement comprising at least one cartridge (4) having an evacuatable internal space (5) for the mixing of the bone cement, the internal space (5) of which comprises a cylindrical swept volume, a mixing element (12) that is arranged in the internal space (5) of the cartridge (4) such as to be mobile and can be operated from outside the vacuum mixing system in order to mix the content in the internal space (5) of the cartridge (4), and a dispensing plunger (2) having a cylindrical external circumference whose first base surface borders a base surface of the internal space (5) of the cartridge (4) and which can be or is locked to the cartridge (4) in detachable manner and which, in the detached state, is mobile in the cylindrical region of the internal space (5) of the cartridge (4).
US10307501B2
Provided is a decontamination apparatus that includes a motorized base with a transport system that is operable to autonomously move the decontamination apparatus. A plurality of UVC bulbs, each of which emits UVC light, are supported at a vertical elevation above the motorized base. A controller controls operation of the transport system to move the decontamination apparatus along a desired route while the UVC bulbs are energized during a decontamination process.
US10307498B2
The disclosed invention relates to a two-part liquid composition for cleaning and disinfecting a substrate, comprising: (A) a disinfectant medium comprising peracetic acid; and (B) a supplemental medium comprising a non-enzymatic cleaner, a corrosion inhibitor, and a chelator. The supplemental medium (B) may further comprise an enzymatic cleaner, a surfactant, a buffer, a pH modifier, or a mixture of two or more thereof. The substrate may be a medical device, for example, an endoscope.
US10307494B2
A biocompatible curable composition and a method of detecting a border of a tumor, a tissue of interest, or both including injecting the biocompatible curable composition and contacting the border of a tumor or a tissue, the biocompatible curable composition crosslinks to form a three-dimensional cured nanocomposite, and imaging the three-dimensional (3D) cured nanocomposite, and imaging the 3D cured nanocomposite by at least one of MRI, CT, ultrasound, and X-ray, to detect the border of the tumor or the tissue of interest or track tumor motion during radiotherapy treatment. The biocompatible curable composition comprising an organic polymer having a hydrolysable functional group, a metallic nanoparticle, and a polar or a non-polar solvent. A brachytherapy strand consisting of a biocompatible curable composition and a radio-isotope seed. The biocompatible curable composition is shaped into an elongated cylinder and forms a 3D cured nanocomposite with a radio-isotope seed embedded.
US10307492B2
The invention provides nucleic acids and nucleic acid expression vectors containing optimized mGluR6 promoters for expression of transgenes in the retina. The compositions and methods of the invention are useful for expression of gene products to preserve, improve, or restore phototransduction or vision.
US10307489B2
A dye-drug conjugate for preventing, treating, or imaging cancer having the following structure: wherein R1 and R2 are independently selected from the group consisting of —H, alkyl, alkyl-sulphonate, alkylcarboxylic, alkylamino, aryl, —SO3H, —PO3H, —OH, —NH2, and -halogen; wherein Y1 and Y2 is independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alkylsulphonate, alkylcarboxylic, alkylamino, ω-alkylaminium, ω-alkynyl, PEGyl, PEGylcarboxylate, ω-PEGylaminium, ω-acyl-NH, ω-acyl-lysinyl-, ω-acyl-triazole, ω-PEGylcarboxyl-NH—, ω-PEGylcarboxyl-lysinyl, and ω-PEGylcarboxyl-triazole; wherein X is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen, halogen, CN, Me, NH2, SH and OH; and R3 and R4 are independently a hydrogen, a therapeutic agent, or an imaging moiety, wherein the therapeutic agent is selected from the group consisting of a platinum-based therapeutic agent, a small molecule therapeutic agent, a peptide, a protein, a polymer, an siRNA, a microRNA, and a nanoparticle, wherein the imaging is a radio-isotope selected from the group consisting of F18, I-125, I-124 I-123, I-131, and small molecule labeled with any of these isotopes, or wherein the imaging moiety is a chelator-complexed radioactive isotope, wherein the radioactive isotope is selected from the group consisting of Cu-64, In-111, Tc-99m, Ga-68, Lu-177, Zo-89, Th-227 and Gd-157.
US10307484B2
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, solubility, or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of conditions such as pain.
US10307483B2
The invention relates to the formulation of pharmaceutical compositions of etanercept. The invention also relates to methods of removing buffer and of formulating pharmaceutical compositions of etanercept.
US10307463B2
The present invention is directed to a method of producing analgesia in a mammalian subject. The method includes administering to the subject an omega conopeptide, preferably ziconotide, in combination with an analgesic selected from the group consisting of morphine, bupivacaine, clonidine, hydromorphone, baclofen, fentanyl 1, buprenorphine, and sufentanil, or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the ω-conopeptide retains its potency and is physically and chemically compatible with the analgesic compound. A preferred route of administration is intrathecal administration, particularly continuous intrathecal infusion. The present invention is also directed to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising an omega conopeptide, preferably ziconotide, an antioxidant, in combination with an analgesic selected from the group consisting of morphine, bupivacaine, clonidine, hydromorphone, baclofen, fentanyl, buprenorphine, and sufentanil.
US10307451B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising optimized ratios of Red clover phytoestrogens as determined by a proprietary physiologically based pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic model. The compositions are useful for modulating, preventing or treating postmenopausal or climacteric symptoms, which include but are not limited to bone loss, bone remodeling, hot flushes and vaginal atrophy. The present invention also provides methods for modulating, preventing or treating postmenopausal or climacteric symptoms using the compositions disclosed herein.
US10307448B2
The invention discloses a method for manufacturing an extract of Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz in order to obtain the extract of Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz with improved contents of active ingredients, wherein the method comprising the steps of: soaking a raw sample of Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz with a processing reagent at 22 to 37° C. for 12 to 36 hours; boiling the soaked product at 1 atm, 95 to 105° C. for 15 minutes to 1 hour to obtain the processed sample of Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz; extracting the processed sample of Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz by 95% ethanol at 50° C.
US10307447B2
A process includes reducing one or more pieces of cannabis plant matter to a powder by freeze-drying the one or more pieces of cannabis plant matter, and then extracting one or more chemicals from the powder by pressurizing the powder in a pressure vessel with along with liquid or supercritical carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide dissolves the one or more chemicals. The powder is then depressurized to precipitate the one or more chemicals out of the carbon dioxide, and the precipitated chemicals can then be collected. For example, the freeze-drying ruptures the plant cells in the cannabis plant matter, thereby exposing or releasing the chemicals in the plant cells.
US10307439B2
Disclosed herein are nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleotide analogs, methods of synthesizing the same and methods of treating diseases and/or conditions such as a Coronaviridae virus, a Togaviridae virus, a Hepeviridae virus and/or a Bunyaviridae virus infection with one or more nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleotide analogs.
US10307438B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating a hepatitis E viral infection comprising administering to a human subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of the compound sofosbuvir, also known as (S)-isopropyl 2-(((S)-(((2R,3R,4R,5R)-5-(2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl)-4-fluoro-3-hydroxy-4-methyltetrahydrofuran-2-yl)methoxy)(phenoxy)phosphoryl)amino)propanoate. Some methods further comprise concomitantly administering ribavirin to the subject. In some methods, the treatment is ribavirin-free. In some methods, the subject is immunocompromised. In some methods, the subject is pregnant.
US10307437B2
This invention is about the compositions and methods for assessing and treating vascular endothelial dysfunction. Various aspects provide a method for treatment of vascular endothelial dysfunction, comprising administering a composition comprising nicotinamide mononucleotide and a pharmaceutical excipient to a subject. In one embodiment the dose is administered to subjects in response to the indicator. In another embodiment the dose is administered chronically to subjects.
US10307427B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I): Wherein variables are as defined above. The compounds have apoptosis signal-regulating kinase (“ASK”) inhibitory activity, and are thus useful in the treatment of ASK1-mediated conditions, including autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, cardio-renal diseases, including kidney disease, fibrotic diseases, respiratory diseases, COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, acute lung injury, acute and chronic liver diseases, and neurodegenerative diseases.
US10307424B2
The invention relates to pharmacology and can be used for treating liver diseases of various etiologies, inter alia, in combination with other preparations. Claimed is a drug with hepatoprotective activity comprised of 3-(4-bromophenyl)-6,6-dihydroxy-5-hydroxyiminohexahydro-2,4-pyrimidinedione and salts thereof of general formula (I), where X is selected from the group: H, Na, K, or from the group of hydroxyalkylammonia derivatives of general formula (II), where R1, R2 are selected from the group: H, CH3, CH2CH3, CH2CH2OH; R3 is selected from the group: H, CH2OH; and n=1, 2; the drug can be prepared in the form of tablets or capsules for enteral administration; or in the form of a liquid or lyophilized substance for parenteral administration; or in the form of rectal suppositories; or in the form of capsules or tablets, or sweets for sucking; and may additionally contain the hepatoprotector Heptral; or the hepatoprotector Essentiale; or the hepatoprotector ursodeoxycholic acid. This increases the effectiveness of a drug with hepatoprotective activity.
US10307422B2
Compounds, compositions and methods for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, such as retinitis pigmentosa, Leber's congenital Amaurosis, Syndromic retinal degenerations, age-related macular degeneration and Usher Syndrome, and hearing loss associated with Usher Syndrome are described herein.
US10307419B2
This invention relates to a tablet containing, as an active ingredient, 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4-yl -piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof, that has excellent disintegration ability, storage stability and photostability.The tablet of the present invention comprising an uncoated tablet containing 7-[4-(4-benzo[b]thiophen-4 -yl-piperazin-1-yl)butoxy]-1H-quinolin-2-one or a salt thereof as an active ingredient, excipients such as lactose, corn starch, and microcrystalline cellulose; disintegrants such as low-substituted hydroxypropylcellulose, croscarmellose sodium, and sodium carboxymethyl starch; binders such as hydroxypropylcellulose; lubricants such as stearate; and further comprising a coating layer, containing hypromellose; talc; titanium oxide; colorant; and the like, the coating layer being applied to the surface of the uncoated tablet.
US10307417B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising methylnaltrexone or a salt thereof, and compositions and formulations thereof, for oral administration.
US10307413B2
Described herein are compounds of Formula (A), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
US10307407B2
The present disclosure provides substituted 9H-pyrimido [4,5-b] indoles and 5H-pyrido [4,3-b] indoles and related analogs represented by Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, and solvates thereof, wherein R1a, W, B1, B2, G, X1, Y1, Y2, and Y3 are as defined as set forth in the specification. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula I to treat a condition or disorder responsive to inhibition of BET bromodomains such as cancer. The present disclosure is also directed to the use of compound of Formula I as synthetic intermediates.
US10307401B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the treatment of prostate cancer. The present invention relates to polyamides and prostate agents, for example, to inhibit an androgen receptor signaling axis, and the use of these compositions in the treatment of prostate cancer.
US10307397B2
Films (ODFs) that include botanical extract are provided, as well as methods of making and using the same.
US10307396B2
A pharmaceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 8.75-60 parts of silybin, 15-65 parts of phospholipid, 25-200 parts of a Pu'er tea extract, 6.25-40 parts of vitamin E, and 8.3-60 parts of L-carnitine. The composition can be used for treating non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases.
US10307393B2
The present invention provides applications of a small molecular flavonoid compound in preparing a medication for sensitizing/synergizing tumor radiation therapy as well as reducing radioactive damage. The small molecular flavonoid compound can be naringenin, hesperetin, luteolin and apigenin, etc. The medication contains a small molecular flavonoid compound and a plurality of conventional pharmaceutical additives; wherein the small molecular flavonoid compound is an active ingredient.
US10307391B2
The present invention relates to novel disulfur bridge linkers containing hydrazine used for the specific conjugation of compounds/cytotoxic agents to a cell-binding molecule, through bridge linking a pair of thiols on the cell-binding molecule. The invention also relates to methods of making such linkers, and of using such linkers in making homogeneous conjugates, as well as of application of the conjugates in treatment of cancers, infections and autoimmune disorders.
US10307389B2
The present invention relates to a succinate prodrug for use in the treatment or prevention of lactic acidosis.
US10307382B2
The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system, comprising a back layer that is impermeable to an active ingredient, a polymer matrix containing the active ingredient, and a protective layer that can be pulled off, wherein 5-aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride is used as the active ingredient and the basic polymer of the polymer matrix is an adhesive polyacrylate. Said transdermal therapeutic system is suitable for diagnosing and treating preliminary stages of skin cancer, such as actinic keratosis, and oncological skin diseases.
US10307378B2
The instant invention provides for novel cationic lipids of Formula A that can be used in combination with other lipid components such as cholesterol and PEG-lipids to form lipid nanoparticles with oligonucleotides. It is an object of the instant invention to provide a cationic lipid scaffold that demonstrates enhanced efficacy along with lower liver toxicity as a result of lower lipid levels in the liver. The present invention employs low molecular weight cationic lipids with one short lipid chain coupled with inclusion of hydrolysable functionality in the lipid chains to enhance the efficiency and tolerability of in vivo delivery of siRNA.
US10307376B2
Methods and systems for administration of pharmaceuticals using a unit dosage package that includes a first unit dosage that has a first drug and a second drug, a second unit dosage that has the first drug and the second drug, where the second unit dosage includes a different amount of the second drug than the first unit dosage and a unit dosage package is configured to hold the first unit dosage and the second unit dosage. In preferred embodiments the methods and systems are used for administration of weight loss medications.
US10307373B2
Provided is a drug delivery system for control of initial burst of a drug. More particularly, there are provided a drug delivery formulation including: a granule containing a biodegradable polymer and a drug; and a temperature-sensitive hydrogel, and a method for preparing the same. The presently disclosed drug delivery formulation can be prepared via a relatively simple process and allows a drug to be released slowly at a constant rate without initial burst and thus maintains a constant blood level of the drug for a long period of time. Consequently, it is capable of preventing the initial burst of the existing injection-type drug delivery formulations and slow-release granules and providing a desired release profile, including sustained release with time.
US10307370B2
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a human subject in need of such treatment. The methods comprise administering to the subject via inhalation an aerosol composition comprising rapamycin or a prodrug or derivative (including analog) thereof.
US10307345B2
Disclosed herein is a dental impression material that includes a two part addition curing silicone composition. The disclosed impression material contains a surfactant system composed of a fluorosurfactant and a fatty alcohol ethoxylate. The impression material disclosed herein exhibits improved storage stability than known systems using fluorosurfactants and silicone ether compounds.
US10307344B2
To provide a two-paste type sealer composition for root canal filling consisting of a first paste containing a polymer (a) of an acid group-containing polymerizable monomer in which a portion or the entirety of the acidic group in a molecule forms a salt with an alkaline metal, a non-acid reactive powder (b) and water (c), wherein the pH of the first paste is in the range from 3.5 to 5.5, and a second paste containing an acid reactive inorganic powder (d), water (c) and a thickener (e), wherein, a cured product of a kneaded material of the first paste and the second paste comprises 3 to 20 part by weight of the polymer (a), 15 to 60 part by weight of the water (c), and 30 to 70 part by weight of the acid reactive inorganic powder (d).
US10307342B2
There is provided an oral biofilm inhibitor having an exceptional inhibitory effect on oral biofilm formation. It is an oral biofilm inhibitor comprising a curable composition containing an antimicrobial agent, wherein a compressive strength of a cured product formed by curing the composition is 150 MPa or less, and a content of the antimicrobial agent is 0.001 to 3% by weight. An oral biofilm inhibitor thus obtained is used for inhibiting biofilm formation in an oral cavity by applying a curable composition containing an antimicrobial agent to a dental defect site for allowing the composition to cure at the dental defect site, and then disintegrating the cured composition.
US10307337B2
An improved oral administration coupler for delivery of fluids such as medications and nutritional fluids. Example oral administration couplers have a first end with an applicator for oral delivery to an infant, and a second end with a coupling compatible with an enteral fluid delivery syringe. A fluid delivery conduit extends in fluid communication from the first end to the second end, to deliver fluid from the syringe to the infant. In some example embodiments, the coupler is configured for back-of-mouth delivery, and can comprise a generally elongate and at least partially flexible tube or straw.
US10307332B2
An adjustable acupoint and organ pressing device includes a rod, a first pressing member mounted on one end thereof, and an adjustment unit mounted on the other end thereof and provided with a second pressing member facing the first pressing member. The adjustment unit includes a frame and an adjustment handle hingedly connected to the frame with a spring in between. The adjustment unit also includes a fine-adjustment handle hingedly connected to the frame with a fine-adjustment plate and a fine-adjustment spring in between for fine adjustment.
US10307331B2
A method of treating a mental disorder of a patient includes 1) generating, by an electroacupuncture device implanted beneath a skin surface of the patient at or near an acupoint corresponding to at least one of a trigeminal nerve and an occipital nerve of the patient, stimulation sessions at a duty cycle that is less than 0.05, and 2) applying, by the electroacupuncture device, the stimulation sessions to at least one of the trigeminal nerve and the occipital nerve by way a central electrode and an annular electrode located on the electroacupuncture device in accordance with the duty cycle.
US10307327B1
An ergonomic and two-hands operated device for exercising a male genital organ is disclosed. The device comprises a fixed member and a movable member. The device further includes a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket arranged to provide structural support for maintaining a spaced parallel relationship between the fixed member and the movable member. The device further includes a pair of handles to control the open and closing of the device. The device further includes squeezing means arranged to symmetrically compress and adapt to fit the shape of the male genital organ in a centered position. The squeezing means is adapted to provide a sealed grip around the male genital organ free of pinch points.
US10307323B1
A lip suction device. A rigid hollow form has an opening at a first end of the rigid hollow form and a cavity therein extending from the first end to a second end of the rigid hollow form. The rigid hollow form has an outer surface and a thickness at the opening between the outer surface and a surface of the cavity. The opening has an edge with a rounded shape, across the thickness at the opening, which is configured to form a substantially air-tight seal between a user's face and the edge when the rigid hollow form is pressed against the user's face near the user's lips. The rigid hollow form is configured so that when the user draws air into the user's mouth after forming a substantially air-tight seal, the user's lips are drawn into the rigid hollow form towards the second end of the rigid hollow form.
US10307322B2
A rolling walker comprises a frame, a seat supported by that frame, and a backrest supported by the frame. By one approach the backrest is configured to selectively move between a first position that provides back support for a person sitting in the seat facing in a forward direction and a second position that provides back support for a person sitting in the seat facing in a rearward direction. If desired, this backrest can be comprised of a material (such as a memory foam material) that biases the backrest towards that first position when the backrest is in the first position and that biases the backrest towards the second position when the backrest is in the second position.
US10307319B2
In one aspect, an orthosis for increasing range of motion of a body joint generally includes first and second dynamic force mechanisms for simultaneously applying a dynamic force to body portions on opposite sides of a body joint.
US10307313B2
An equipment mounting system includes a quick mount track (11) with tapered edges (3611, 3612) couple to a surface or structure. The quick mount track includes a backing plate (15), one or more mounting points positioned such that any forces exerted on a mount (50) coupled to the quick mount track is transferred directly through the quick mount track to the one or more mounting points. The quick mount track also includes a flush mounting surface (3610) that creates and maintains a seal between the quick mount track and the surface, and a chase (3605) is disposed in the quick mount track and defined by the flush mounting surface. A plurality of diamond contoured target regions (13) and a plurality of half diamond contour regions in the backing plate aid in coupling the mount to the quick mount track.
US10307309B2
A carded staple fiber nonwoven having a basis weight of between about 45 grams per square meter (gsm) and about 150 gsm, includes a blend of absorbing fibers, stiffening fibers and filler fibers. The carded staple fiber nonwoven is non-heat stiffened, has an air permeability of between about 100 m3/m2/min and about 500 m3/m2/min, and a pore radius mode of between about 60 μm and about 120 μm.
US10307301B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing the number of articles processed over a distance traveled in the machine direction of an assembly line. In particular, the orientation of the long dimension of the article is provided transverse to the machine direction, thus process rug the articles side-by-side instead of end-to-end.
US10307300B2
A substrate assembly is mechanically deformed to form various products. In part, the substrate assembly may advance toward a bonder apparatus. The bonder apparatus rotates about a longitudinal axis and includes a plurality of manifolds. The plurality of manifolds allow for substrate assemblies including different process product pitches to be processed on a single bonder apparatus.
US10307295B2
The application discloses a flexible strap for retaining protective eyewear on a wearer's head. The strap includes an energy absorbing material which is configured to deform to absorb kinetic energy on impact and which is held in contact with a first outer layer. A method of manufacture of the strap is also disclosed.
US10307283B2
A therapeutic device for slowly stretching a three-dimensional hip joint for reposition movement, where a chest-abdomen fastener fixing band (2) is fixed to a back cover (1); a shoulder fastener suspension band (3) is fixed to the back cover (1) and the chest-abdomen fastener fixing band (2); a pair of wing-shaped supporting bars (5) is fixed to the back cover (1); a pair of limb fixing bars (6) is connected to telescopic ends of a pair of hip joint forward-backward movement adjusters (9), and the pair of hip joint forward-backward movement adjusters (9) are fixed to the back cover (1); upward-downward lifting chute screws (4) are connected to hooks of the pair of wing-shaped supporting bars (5) and the limb fixing bars (6); and an inward-outward telescopic screw (8) is connected between the pair of limb fixing bars (6) which are provided with limb fastener fixing bands (7).
US10307281B2
A method for effecting neuromuscular mechanisms for treatment of specific non-restless leg syndrome, non-restless arms, and non-foot and leg cramps diseases, conditions, and/or illnesses utilizes a device for applying positive pressure to specific areas of the foot. Slight variations to the positioning and/or patient application of the device may be adopted to increase benefits for specific diseases, conditions, or illnesses. Such variations can include frequency or time intervals of use and variations in pressure and positioning of pressure.
US10307278B2
A low profile stepped delivery system for retracting trigger wires from a prosthesis to release the prosthesis from a delivery device. A rod is disposed within an axial bore of a handle. The rod has a first longitudinal surface and a second longitudinal surface. A first engagement mechanism is disposed on the first longitudinal surface and a second engagement mechanism disposed on the second longitudinal surface. A wire coiling assembly is disposed at an end of the of the handle and comprises a first rotary gear that is adapted to be rotated by the first engagement mechanism, a second rotary gear that is adapted to be rotated by the second engagement mechanism, a first wire spool that is coupled to a rotation of the first rotary gear, and a second wire spool that is coupled to the rotation of second rotary gear. The first wire spool is configured to secure a first trigger wire and the second wire spool is configured to secure a second trigger wire.
US10307276B2
The stent delivery device includes a pistol shaped handle with a barrel portion extending atop a grip portion. A trigger actuator is pivotably mounted to the pistol shaped handle and defines an angle with respect to the grip portion. A carrier is slidably mounted to the barrel portion of the pistol shaped handle. A mechanical linkage, which includes a roller clutch, interconnects the trigger actuator to the carrier. The angle is reduced responsive to pivoting the trigger actuator in an actuation direction toward the grip portion, and the angle is increased responsive to pivoting the trigger actuator in a re-set direction. The roller clutch is oriented in the mechanical linkage to rotate responsive to the trigger pivoting in the re-set direction, but the roller clutch is held against rotation responsive to pivoting the trigger in the actuation direction.
US10307272B2
A model-based neuromechanical controller for a robotic limb having at least one joint includes a finite state machine configured to receive feedback data relating to the state of the robotic limb and to determine the state of the robotic limb, a muscle model processor configured to receive state information from the finite state machine and, using muscle geometry and reflex architecture information and a neuromuscular model, to determine at least one desired joint torque or stiffness command to be sent to the robotic limb, and a joint command processor configured to command the biomimetic torques and stiffnesses determined by the muscle model processor at the robotic limb joint. The feedback data is preferably provided by at least one sensor mounted at each joint of the robotic limb. In a preferred embodiment, the robotic limb is a leg and the finite state machine is synchronized to the leg gait cycle.
US10307268B2
An intervertebral expandable implant with first and second vertebral body engagement surfaces includes first and second implant structures defining first and second angled wedge portions. The first angled wedge portion has first and second inwardly-facing rails and first and second inwardly-facing slots. The second angled wedge portion has first and second outwardly-facing rails and first and second outwardly facing slots. The first implant structure is slidably-engaged with the second implant structure with the first inwardly-facing rail positioned in the first outwardly-facing slot, the second inwardly-facing rail positioned in the second outwardly facing slot, the first outwardly-facing rail positioned in the first inwardly-facing slot, and the second outwardly-facing rail positioned in the second inwardly-facing slot.
US10307265B2
An implant is described for use in the spine, including two blades attached to a blade actuating member. Each blade includes a protruding portion that engages a corresponding channel in the blade actuating member. The blade or blades are extended or retracted when the blade actuating member is translated along a first axis. Each blade is retained in channels within the blade actuating member, and channels within the body of the implant, that constrain each blade to move in a direction near perpendicular to the direction of motion of the blade actuating member.
US10307263B2
A mobile cage system for restoring motion kinematics of the spine featuring a pair of opposing caps that form a cavity and a nucleus disposed in the cavity. The system allows for motion of the caps relative to the nucleus. The mobile cage system provides sufficient support so as to eliminate the need for incorporation of a metal plate or rod and pedicle screws that may be used for spinal fusions. The mobile cage system of the present invention also prevents vertical collapse of the vertebrae and complete bone fusion, and the mobile cage system helps preserve intervertebral motion of the spine.
US10307262B2
The invention is a subtalar implant able to expand after implantation. The subtalar implant has two or more expansion segments or wings. In all forms, the expansion wings are hinged on the distal portion of the subtalar implant which causes only the proximal portion of the wing to expand relative to the midplane of the implant. The expansion wings and the entire subtalar implant are threaded to prevent the implant from backing out of the sinus tarsi once implanted. In one form, the subtalar implant includes an integral expansion screw that, when rotated, expands the expansion wings. In another form, the subtalar implant includes a separate expansion screw that, when rotated, expands the expansion wings. The integral and the separate expansion screw includes a socket that accepts a like driver tool for rotating the expansion screw and expanding the expansion wings.
US10307261B2
A tibial implant having a stem and a tibial sleeve. The tibial sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end, where the proximal end includes an annular male portion. The tibial implant also includes an offset ring having a central bore that is offset from the center of the offset ring, where the bore of the offset ring receives the annular male portion of the tibial sleeve. The tibial implant further includes a base plate having a proximal end and a distal end, where the distal end of the base plate forms a female portion, and the female portion receives both the offset ring and the male portion of the tibial sleeve.
US10307259B2
An artificial knee joint, which includes an upper surface at which a post performs a motion relative to a cam of the thighbone coupling member, is configured such that a radius of curvature of an upper curved surface extending posteriorly from the upper surface is larger than that of a lower curved surface, so as to prevent the cam of the thighbone coupling member from deviating from an inflection point existing between the upper curved surface and the lower curved surface, and is configured such that the upper surface is inclined at a predetermined angle, so as to allow the thighbone coupling member to be restored while naturally descending along the upper surface even when the thighbone coupling member is dislocated, thereby increasing a jump distance without increasing an amount of bone to be cut.
US10307256B2
A knee replacement system, and a method for supplying and implanting a knee replacement system, for enabling natural knee movement in a leg in a patient, including: a medial femoral component having a medial femoral articulating surface with a sagittal plane profile including four medial femoral arcuate portions scaled by a first femoral scaling factor; a lateral femoral component having a lateral femoral articulating surface with a sagittal plane profile including four lateral femoral arcuate portions scaled by a second femoral scaling factor; a medial tibial component having a medial tibial articulating surface that articulates with the medial femoral articulating surface and includes a first raised medial edge that increases in width in an anterior direction; and a lateral tibial component having a lateral tibial articulating surface that articulates with the lateral femoral articulating surface and includes a second raised medial edge that increases in width in the anterior direction.
US10307248B2
A medical device includes an expandable conduit, a prosthetic heart valve and a delivery device, including a balloon catheter. The expandable conduit may include one or more inner or outer sleeves supported by a frame or stent. The sleeve(s) may be a bioprosthetic tissue wrapped, molded or sewn about the frame or stent. Coupled to an end of the expandable conduit is the prosthetic heart valve. The conduit and heart valve may be crimped on the balloon catheter for percutaneous deployment. The frame may be constructed of a balloon-expandable material for the conduit portion and a self-expandable material for the prosthetic heart valve portion. The prosthetic heart valve is anchored at the native heart valve and then the conduit to be expanded into place to protect the aorta. The self-expanding prosthetic heart valve avoids the need for balloon mounting. This provides for a smaller diameter and easier delivery.
US10307241B2
Devices and methods for providing protection from embolisms and microembolisms in a subject undergoing catheter-based intravascular procedures. The embolic protection devices have an expandable support frame comprising u-shaped members and leg members which facilitate proper placements in a defective valve annulus. The filtering devices expand in the vessels and allow blood flow to continue through the vessels, thereby catching and removing debris of the flowing blood. Also disclosed are embolic protection devices for use with a sutureless valve prosthesis which is implanted via catheter-based methods.
US10307238B2
Methods for delivering a sheet-like implant to a target site including a means of deploying and orienting the sheet-like implant within the body.
US10307225B2
A dental implant includes a screw body and screw threads. The screw body has an apical end and a coronal end. Screw threads include a primary thread and a secondary thread, which overlap in at least a portion of the screw thread. Thread depth progressively increases from the coronal end to the apical end. The coronal end may contain any suitable secondary characteristics, such as machined threads, grooves, micro-threads, or any other characteristics favorable to successful outcomes with dental implant treatment. A method of making such a dental implant is also disclosed.
US10307209B1
A surgical assistive apparatus and method to provide assistance during surgery, includes an organ boundary localization circuit that selects a test video frame from a captured sequence of video frames and derives a first global region boundary of an internal organ of interest in the selected test video frame by integration of an appearance likelihood result, a global segmentation result, and a global edge detection result associated with the internal organ of interest. A plurality of local region boundaries are determined for a plurality of local sub regions of the internal organ of interest and a second global region boundary is generated for the internal organ of interest based on the determined plurality of local region boundaries and the first global region boundary. The internal organ of interest is localized based on the generated second global region boundary.
US10307205B2
Apparatus and method for detecting metal disturbance during a medical procedure includes a probe having an insertion tube, a joint and a joint sensor, contained within the probe, for sensing a position of the insertion tube. The joint sensor has first and second subassemblies that are magnetic transducers. A processor is used for measuring force using the joint sensor, and has a threshold field value stored therein. The processor compares a sensed field value to the threshold field value and identifies a presence metal when the sensed field value is greater than the threshold field value.
US10307198B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument for use in disassembling an orthopaedic prosthesis includes a main component, a rod, and a spindle. The main component has a housing and an elongated body extending from the housing with a passageway is defined in the elongated body. The rod has an elongated shaft, with a greater length than the elongated body, extending from the head of the rod and configured to pass through the main component. The spindle threads into the housing to move the rod along a longitudinal axis.
US10307196B2
A bone fixation system includes at least one bone fixation member and a bone fixation instrument. The bone fixation member includes a strap and a locking mechanism. The strap can be pulled through the locking mechanism so as to form a loop about a target bone so as to secure first and second bone segments in an approximated, compressed configuration. The bone fixation instrument is configured to apply tension to the loop about the target bone. The fixation instrument includes a tension assembly that is configured to secure a free end of the bone fixation member to the fixation instrument. The tension assembly is further configured to pull the free end so as to increase tension in the loop while the tension in the loop is less than a select tension. The tension assembly is unable to further increase tension in the bone fixation member once the tension in the bone fixation member has reached the select tension. The fixation instrument further includes a cutter assembly that is configured to cut the free end of the bone fixation member so as to separate the free end from the loop.
US10307195B2
Devices and methods mix a bone cement and comprise at least one cartridge, wherein the cartridge comprises in its interior a cylindrical mixing chamber, a discharge piston movable in the cylindrical mixing chamber in the longitudinal direction and sealable against the walls of the mixing chamber, a mixing device for thoroughly mixing the content of the mixing chamber, which is arranged in the interior of the mixing chamber. The mixing device is operable externally via a mixing rod and the mixing rod is guided through a passage in the discharge piston such that it can be rotated and displaced in the longitudinal direction by the discharge piston. The cartridge comprises a discharge opening opposite the discharge piston, wherein, in the mixing chamber, a first component is contained between the discharge piston and the discharge opening, wherein a monomer fluid as a second component is introducable through the discharge opening into the mixing chamber. The device further comprises a locking element with which the mixing rod is affixable to the discharge piston such that the discharge piston is movable by means of the mixing rod in the mixing chamber in the longitudinal direction.
US10307194B2
A bone fastener includes a screw shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion is formed by a first manufacturing method and defines a distal face. The distal portion is formed onto the distal face by a second manufacturing method. In some embodiments, systems, spinal constructs, surgical instruments and methods are disclosed.
US10307190B2
Arthrodesis devices and arthrodesis procedures are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, an arthrodesis device includes a shape memory material connecting member attached to two points of fixation.
US10307177B2
A system for removing a kidney stone from a ureter may include: an elongate, flexible, outer shaft having a distal end configured to be advanced into the ureter and a proximal end; an elongate, flexible, inner shaft extending through at least part of the outer shaft; an expandable stone retention member extending through at least part of the inner shaft and moveable along the longitudinal axis relative to the inner shaft; an elongate, flexible camera positioned coaxially within the retention member shaft, such that a distal end of the camera is located at or near a distal end of the inner shaft; and a handle coupled with the proximal end of the outer shaft, a proximal end of the inner shaft, and a proximal end of the retention member shaft.
US10307176B2
A medical device for collecting a solid object together with a fluid in a living body, including: a cylindrical member having an inner cavity, a suction port provided on the distal end of the inner cavity, and a discharge port on a side wall and communicating with the inner cavity; an impeller in the inner cavity configured to carry the fluid from the suction port to the discharge port; and a filter in the inner cavity configured to collect the solid object. At least part of the wall surface of the cylindrical member, which defines a flow channel allowing movement of the fluid from the impeller to the discharge port, is inclined from a center axis of the cylindrical member toward a distal end with respect to a transverse direction of the cylindrical member.
US10307169B2
A medical device includes a clip having first and second arms biased toward an open configuration; a control wire removably connected to the clip, the control wire configured to control movement of the clip between an open configuration and a closed configuration; a separable yoke connecting the control wire to the clip, the yoke configured to be separated by a predetermined force applied by the control wire so that, when the yoke is separated, the control wire and the yoke uncouple from the clip; an elongated sheath housing the control wire; a handle coupled to the elongated sheath; and an actuator coupled to the control wire and configured to open the clip arms, close the clip arms and uncouple the clip from the control wire.
US10307158B2
Disclosed are an articulating assembly and a surgical instrument using the same. The articulating assembly includes a driver assembly configured to articulate an end effector of said surgical instrument, where said driver assembly includes: a screw portion rotatably mounted in a stationary handle of said surgical instrument, an axis of which is parallel to an axis of an elongated portion of said surgical instrument, wherein said screw portion is provided with at least two segments with opposite threads; two articulation plates in connection with said two thread segments, respectively, wherein a distal end of each articulation plate is in connection with said end effector of said surgical instrument; and a rotating sleeve coaxially sheathed on said screw portion so as to be in connection therewith through a gear assembly when being located at an articulation position.
US10307157B2
A surgical circular stapler has a handle assembly, a shaft, a stapling assembly, and a firing assembly. The shaft extends distally from the handle assembly. The stapling assembly is secured to a distal end of the shaft. Longitudinal translation of the firing assembly causes the stapling assembly to drive a plurality of staples in a circular array to secure two lumens of tissue together. The stapling assembly may further drive a blade to sever any excess tissue interior of the circular array of staples. The stapler further includes a lockout assembly configured to control firing of the stapling assembly. The lockout assembly may include one or more switches, the actuation of which is configured to prevent or permit firing of the stapling assembly. The lockout assembly may additionally or alternatively include one or more mechanical lockout features configured to control firing of the stapling assembly.
US10307156B1
According to particular embodiments, the present staple includes a low-profile bridge and has the capacity for high sustained compression. In some embodiments, the staple includes a bridge with a continuous cross-section, legs with teeth cut therein (e.g., opposed to protruding from, as discussed herein), and legs including an angle of about 24 degrees.
US10307153B2
A system for fastening soft tissue to bone includes a bone screw having a threaded shaft and a screw head having an underside with malleable protuberances that project toward a distal end of the threaded shaft. A fixation plate is coupled with the threaded shaft. The fixation plate has a proximal face that opposes the underside of the screw head, a distal face that faces away from the underside of the screw head, an outer peripheral edge that extends between the proximal and distal faces, a central opening for receiving the threaded shaft, and protrusions spaced from one another around the outer peripheral edge that extend distally beyond the distal face of the fixation plate. The system includes an insertion tool having a handle and a tubular shaft extending distally from the handle. The tubular shaft has a proximal shaft section having an inner diameter that closely matches an outer diameter of the screw head, and a distal shaft section having an inner surface with a groove that seats the outer peripheral edge of the fixation plate for releasable retaining the fixation plate within the distal shaft section.
US10307152B1
The present invention describes a bio-medically compatible gripping device capable of radial collapse in accordance with the shrinkage of a nylon or other polymeric material cored surgical cable undergoing tension while maintaining a firm grip for prolonged periods of time. It provides a gripping device capable of maintaining a non-damaging hold on the outer surface of a slippery delicate cable under high tension for a sufficient time in which the healing process can occur.
US10307141B2
What is disclosed is a system and method for breast cancer screening which determines whether hot spots, as seen in a thermal image of both breasts, can be classified as possibly malignant based on a measure of symmetry. A thermographic image of both breasts of a patient is received and analyzed to determine whether there exists, in each of a left breast and a right breast, a hot spot comprising a patch of pixels with an elevated temperature with respect to surrounding tissue. If a hot spot has been identified in each breast then a measure of symmetry comprising a ratio of an area of a smaller hot spot to an area of a larger hot spot is extracted from the thermographic image. The measure of symmetry is provided to a classifier system trained to classify an unclassified hot spot as malignant or non-malignant based on a measure of symmetry.
US10307134B1
An earpiece assembly has a pair of earpieces, a pair of foldable flex spring members, and a manifold with each foldable flex spring member connecting one of the earpieces to the manifold. A drum assembly has a diaphragm mounted therein and a tube extending therefrom with the diaphragm being particularly adapted to expand and contract in response to pressure changes within a patient when the drum assembly is in proximity to the patient. A stem assembly has a housing, a pressure sensor extending from the housing, a circuit board positioned within the housing, and a light source connected to the circuit board and extending from the housing. The stem assembly connects the manifold to the tube to connect the earpiece assembly to the drum assembly. The pressure sensor measures responses to pressure changes within the drum assembly and communicates with the circuit board, so that the circuit board can activate the light source to produce a flashing light pattern that corresponds to pressure changes within the patient.
US10307133B2
A therapeutic device comprises a therapy electrode that includes a substrate, a conductive layer disposed on a lower surface of the substrate, an electrically conductive gel reservoir configured to release an electrically conductive gel onto a surface of the conductive layer, and an acoustic sensor coupled to the therapy electrode. The acoustic sensor is configured to acoustically couple to a body of a subject to which the therapy electrode is applied and to detect sounds indicative of a state of health of the subject. The therapeutic device is configured to transmit data regarding the sounds detected by the acoustic sensor to an external system for processing and analysis.
US10307130B2
A dose calculation apparatus includes a specifying unit that specifies physical shape information of at least one of a body width and a body thickness of a subject using a ray-sum image generated from a plurality of medical images acquired by imaging the subject with an X-ray apparatus, an acquisition unit that acquires a correction coefficient corresponding to the physical shape information of at least one of the body width and the body thickness specified by the specifying unit from a storage unit configured to store a relationship between the physical shape information and the correction coefficient, and a calculation unit that calculates dose in accordance with a physical shape of the subject based on the correction coefficient acquired by the acquisition unit and a value representing X-ray intensity during taking of medical images.
US10307129B2
Provided is a tomography apparatus including: a data acquisitor configured to obtain a first image by using tomography data acquired as a first X-ray generator for generating X-rays having a first energy rotates around an object over a first angular range and obtain a second image by using tomography data acquired as a second X-ray generator for generating X-rays having a second energy rotates around the object over a second angular range; a controller configured to acquire motion information representing an amount of motion of the object over time by using the first and second images; and an image reconstructor configured to reconstruct a target image showing the object at a target time point by using the motion information.
US10307128B2
An X-ray imaging device and method acquiring a long-length image that is connected. A configuration data of the signal intensity depending on the position along a moving direction of the long-length imaging is acquired by acquiring a model data prior to the long-length imaging, to obtain an approximate configuration A long-length imaging is conducted and a brightness difference takes place along the data line in overlapping pixel regions relative to two X-ray images adjacent each other. An offset correction value C in pixels in the region other than the pixel regions from the difference Δ of pixel values in such overlapping pixel regions, the slot width D and the overlapping width d. An offset correction is conducted based on such offset correction value, C and the X-ray images following the offset correction are connected to generate the long-length imaging to obtain a long-length image that is naturally connected.
US10307122B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatus are disclosed that can provide a modular approach to an accessory shell for a portable DR detector that can accessorize features for various applications.
US10307121B2
An X-ray arrangement for a medical work station includes a frame having a first frame section supporting an X-ray transmitter and a second frame section opposite the first frame section and supporting an X-ray receiver. The medical work station further includes an adjustment device configured to change a relative pose of at least one of the X-ray transmitter or the X-ray receiver relative to the frame by adjusting at least one of the pose of the X-ray transmitter at the first frame section or the pose of the X-ray receiver (at the second frame section independently of one other. In one aspect, the frame may be shaped as a C-arm.
US10307112B2
A frostbite warning system for monitoring conditions adjacent a portion of a user, including an article of clothing that is configured to be disposed on the portion of the user's body, a temperature sensor that is configured to detect a temperature within the article of clothing and produce a first input signal that is indicative of the temperature within the article of clothing, a processor configured to receive the first input signal, compare the temperature in the article of clothing to a threshold temperature at which a first warning signal is produced, and produce the first warning signal when the temperature within the article of clothing is equal to or less than the threshold temperature.
US10307108B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a pseudo-CT prediction model that can be used to generate pseudo-CT images. An exemplary system may include a processor configured to retrieve training data including at least one MR image and at least one CT image for each of a plurality of training subjects. For each training subject, the processor may extract a plurality of features from each image point of the at least one MR image, create a feature vector for each image point based on the extracted features, and extract a CT value from each image point of the at least one CT image. The processor may also generate the pseudo-CT prediction model based on the feature vectors and the CT values of the plurality of training subjects.
US10307104B2
Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for sensing health characteristics of a user using a chair pad including a set of health sensors integrated therewith and including temperature sensors, body position sensors, and body fat sensors. A method for sensing health characteristics of a user including receiving, from the temperature sensors, temperature data corresponding to a sensed body temperature of the user, receiving, from the body position sensors, body position data corresponding to a sensed body position of the user, receiving, from the body fat sensors, body fat data corresponding to a sensed body fat of the user, and transmitting, to a computer workstation, health data corresponding to the temperature data, the body position data, and the body fat data for use in determining the body temperature, the body position, and the body fat of the user.
US10307102B2
A garment for bringing an EM transducer to contact with a thoracic skin surface area of a wearer is disclosed. The garment comprises a thoracic garment having a EM transducer placement portion and a pressure applying element associated with the EM transducer placement portion for applying a pressure on an EM transducer secured in an associated the EM transducer placement portion when the thoracic garment is worn by a wearer so that the EM transducer applies a respective pressure on a thoracic skin surface area of the wearer.
US10307101B1
A method, system, or apparatus for determining a hydration condition of a user. The apparatus includes a housing. The apparatus further includes a light source disposed at an edge of the housing in a first position, wherein the light source, when affixed to a surface of a body, is operable to emit light into the body from the first position. The apparatus further includes an optical sensor disposed at the edge of the housing in a second position, the second position being a fixed distance from the first position to measure backscatter of the light reflected by a muscular-walled tube of the body at a depth below the surface of the body.
US10307097B2
A method and a system for search/treatment of tinnitus are disclosed. The method includes outputting a tinnitus search interface, which comprises several response regions corresponding to the different frequency bands within audible frequency range of human beings, outputting an acoustic signal corresponding to the response region selected by a user, and storing the frequency information corresponding to the user's tinnitus frequency as a tinnitus frequency band. Accordingly, tinnitus may be rapidly diagnosed and treated.
US10307096B2
Provided is a biometric state determining method and apparatus. The biometric state determining apparatus may be configured to receive body data and biometric data of a user, and calculate a stress level based on an analysis of the received biometric data. The biometric state determining apparatus may calculate a biometric parameter based on a determined correlation between the calculated stress level and the received body data, and determine a biometric state of the user based on an analysis of the calculated biometric parameter.
US10307080B2
A respiratory monitor is disclosed that includes features for conducting multiple pulmonary function tests in a single device and for detecting the presence of nitric oxide in exhaled breath. Also described is a mouthpiece that allows for separate inhalation and exhalation pathways and for filtering inhaled and exhaled breath for predetermined species prior to exhalation into the respiratory monitor. The monitor further allows for wired, wireless and network connectivity and for cloud-based systems for communicating and correlating pulmonary data as well as relevant environmental data and displaying the data for use by patients and health care professionals.
US10307075B2
The present invention relates to an external standard reference system of a type inserted into the coil of a human magnetic resonance imaging equipment, and more specifically, to a system capable of analyzing metabolic components (quantity of metabolites) in a human body without an error and a limited range using an external standard reference analysis method, in order to enhance accuracy of diagnosis by utilizing magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the human magnetic resonance imaging equipment. A system for evaluating performance of magnetic resonance spectroscopy includes an outer container for inserting an RF coil and provided with a plurality of holes; a plurality of inner containers arranged to be inserted into the plurality of holes respectively and capable of being filled with metabolites different from each other in at least a type or a concentration; and a frame for fixing a head of an object arranged inside the outer container.
US10307073B2
A patient monitoring system includes a capacitive electrode connectable to a patient to detect an output signal and a signal generator unit that transmits a carrier signal to the capacitive electrode, the carrier signal having a carrier frequency and a carrier amplitude. The patient monitoring system further includes an amplifier unit that amplifies the output signal detected by the capacitive electrode to generate an amplified output signal. A gain determination module in the patient monitoring system determines an output amplitude of a carrier frequency portion of the amplified output signal, and determines a system gain based on a comparison between the output amplitude and the carrier amplitude. A voltage determination module in the patient monitoring system filters the output signal to isolate a physiological signal detected from the patient, and determines a voltage of the physiological signal based on the system gain.
US10307048B2
An otoscope device is disclosed comprising a portion configured to be introduced in an ear canal of a patient's outer ear; and an electronic imaging unit configured for capturing at least one image of the patient's outer ear, especially of the eardrum. The otoscope device further comprises electronic and/or optic means configured for determining spectral information, especially with respect to wavelengths shorter than 550 nm; and is configured for identifying and/or locating objects shown in the at least one image, especially the eardrum, in dependence on a specific amount of blue components and/or UV components of the image or of radiation reflected from the object. Further, a method is disclosed for identifying and/or locating objects in a subject's ear or to a method of identifying an eardrum.
US10307046B2
A method by which Spatial 3D stereoscopic video is generated with a dual camera subassembly in a hand held device. The 3D Left-Right Multiplexed Spatial Stereoscopic video stream is wirelessly coupled to a processing system for simultaneous visualization comparison with intraoral cavity digital dental impression 3D CAD formatted files, Cone Beam Panoramic Computed Tomography images, Optical Coherence Tomography planar images and Panoramic X-ray image digital files for Stereoscopic visualization on stereoscopic displays and occluding viewing glasses.
US10307044B2
An endoscope illuminating optical system to be disposed at a front end of an insertion portion of an endoscope includes a lens formed by a transparent-resin molding having a function of a front-end frame, which is configured to be disposed at a front-end side of the insertion portion, and a light guide which is disposed adjacent to the lens. A surface of the lens facing the light guide is a composite concave surface in which two axisymmetric concave surfaces are overlapped, and has a gourd-shaped effective cross-section. An effective range of a distal end surface of the light guide has a shape of an ellipsoid, or an oval, or a gourd, and has a long axis in a longitudinal direction of the gourd-shaped effective cross-section of the surface of the lens facing the light guide side, and a short axis in a direction perpendicular to the long axis. The cross-section of the composite concave surface includes an end surface of the light guide.
US10307030B2
The invention relates to a holding plate for a vacuum cleaner filter bag having a bag wall, the holding plate including a base plate made of a first plastic material with a passage opening, and a connecting element that is connected to the base plate by a material bond and is made of a second plastic material, for connecting the base plate to the bag wall by a material bond, in particular by means of ultrasonic welding, characterized in that the connecting element is arranged on the side of the base plate that is to be connected to the bag wall.
US10307028B2
A cleaner head for a vacuum cleaner having a suction inlet, a front blade and a rear blade. The front blade is located forward of or at the front of the suction inlet and is arranged to pivot about a first axis. The rear blade is located rearward of or at the rear of the suction inlet and is arranged to pivot about a second axis different to the first axis. Each blade pivots between a deployed position and a retracted position. The blades are configured such that when one of the blades is in the deployed position, the other of the blades is in the retracted position. Additionally, when one of the blades moves from the deployed position to the retracted position, the other of the blades moves from the retracted position to the deployed position.
US10307026B2
A dust cup assembly (100) and a handheld cleaner (1000) having the same are provided. The dust cup assembly (100) includes: a cup casing (1); a device housing (2) configured as a tube shape and disposed in the cup casing (1), wherein an outer end face of the device housing (2) at an axial side thereof abuts against or extends beyond a partial inner surface of the cup casing (1), and a dust removal chamber (A1) is defined between an inner surface of the cup casing (1) and an outer peripheral surface of the device housing (2) and surrounds the device housing (2) along a circumferential direction of the device housing (2); and a negative pressure device (3) located within the device housing (2) and enabling dusty air to enter the dust removal chamber (A1) for dust and air separation.
US10307025B1
A toilet fixture comprises an interactive structure in which support arms projecting from a toilet bowl interact with the toilet fixture to position a male user with respect to a toilet bowl in order to minimize deposits of urine on and outside of the toilet bowl. The structure enables a user to face the toilet bowl and place the urethral meatus beyond an edge of the toilet bowl and over a toilet reservoir and also facilitates directing a urine stream in a manner to minimize splash-back. Support arms extending radially outwardly from opposite sides of the toilet bowl each provide a rest for a shin and knee. The support arms may be tilted to better conform to the angular displacement of a shin while a user is kneeling. The support arms may be unitary with the toilet bowl or a toilet seat or may be releasably secured to the toilet bowl.
US10307021B2
A shower caddy with a knock down or telescoping frame is described. For shipment, on retailer shelves and while on display, the shower caddy can be maintained in a closed configuration. In this configuration, the total volume required for each unit is significantly less than when the frame is in an extended or open configuration, such as when configured for use. This leads to lower shipping costs because the volume required by plural units is reduced, lower storage costs because more units may be stored by a distributor or retailer as compared to a unitary item, and greater convenience to a consumer since the item is more easily transported to the home and may be more easily stored when not in use.
US10307018B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for preparing food by moving a flow of hot air over items of food to heat the food. An apparatus for preparing food according to the invention includes a food preparation chamber (3) with an outer wall (2), an inner wall (4) defining a food receiving space (5) with an air inlet (9) and an air discharge opening (10). The apparatus also includes a fan (12) for moving a flow of hot air successively through the air inlet (9), the food receiving space (5) and the discharge opening (10) and air guide means (6) for returning the flow of air from the discharge opening (10) towards the air inlet (9) separate from the food receiving space (5). A vent (18) is provided which is formed through the outer wall (2) for exhausting air from the food preparation chamber (3) to outside the apparatus and an air guide member (22) directs a portion of the flow of air towards the vent (18).
US10307010B2
A machine for dispensing a beverage (5) includes a beverage processing module (2) that has an outlet (20). The module (2) further has a first part (25) and a second part (26) that can be relatively moved between: a transfer configuration for introducing a beverage ingredient (4) between the first and second parts (25, 26) and/or removing the ingredient from therebetween; and a processing configuration for forming said beverage (5) from said ingredient (4) between the first and second parts (25, 26). The machine also includes:—a liquid driver (31) for driving a liquid along a liquid line (30) from a liquid source (32) via the processing module (2) to the outlet (20);—a drop collector (1) having a beverage guide (10) and a motor (11) for moving the guide (10) relatively to the outlet (20) into either a dispensing position for dispensing beverage (5) from the outlet (20) into a dispensing area (6) or a collecting position for dispensing residual beverage (5′) from the outlet (20) into a service area (7);—a control unit (3) for controlling the liquid driver (31) and the motor (11, 11a, 11b); and a user-interface (3′) for providing user-instructions to the control unit (3). The module (2) comprises a module actuator (21) for driving the first and second parts (25, 26) from the transfer configuration to the processing configuration and vice-versa, the actuator (21) being independent of the motor (11). The control unit (3) is arranged to activate the liquid driver (31) and the motor (11) upon receiving a user-instruction from the user-interface (32) independently of a presence or an absence of a receptacle (60) in the dispensing area (6).
US10307003B2
A plate comprises a planar central region with a perimeter and a lip with first and second sections, each including two ends. A first end of the first section extends from the perimeter up and away from the planar central region, and a first of the second section extends from a second of the two ends of the first section down and away from the planar central region. A plate comprises circular, mid and end regions. The mid-region protrudes from an outer edge of the circular region in a first direction away therefrom. The end-region protrudes from an outer edge of the mid-region in an opposite direction and away therefrom. The mid and end-regions include openings. A plate comprises a first area and a rim surrounding the first area. The rim has walls which intersect. Each of the walls is either straight or concave. Both of the walls includes openings.
US10307001B1
The present display system enables the display and rearrangement of one or more decorative elements on a base structure to create a decorative arrangement that can be easily and selectively adjusted to move or rotate the decorative elements. The display system generally comprises an attachment assembly mounted on a base structure and supporting a decorative element support. An angular adjustment lock and a lateral adjustment lock permits the decorative element support to rotate and translate relative to the base structure. The base structure comprises one or more mounts arranged on a face of the base structure. The mounts receive and support one or more attachment assemblies. Using the present display system, multiple decorative elements can be adjusted to create aesthetically pleasing compositions of complementary or connected decorative elements.
US10306999B2
A two piece, easy-to-assemble hutch for shipping and displaying items is provided. The hutch comprises two laterally opposing, hinged sidewalls, one or more elongated horizontal front panels, a rear wall and shelves made of two halves. The hutch is moveable between a first position in which each shelf is folded up against itself and a second position in which each shelf forms a substantially planar load supporting surface.
US10306995B2
An enclosure for enclosing an area including a frame and a canopy assembly. The frame includes an upper laterally-extending support, a first upstanding support coupled to a first end of the upper support, and a second upstanding support coupled to a second end of the upper support. The upper support is length-adjustable. The canopy assembly is connectable to the frame for defining an enclosed area, and includes a plurality of collars removably connectable to the frame, and at least one panel holdable in a plane defined by the supports of the frame. The circumference of at least one such collar is adjustable so that when the length of the upper support is adjusted, the collar circumference can be adjusted to accommodate the change in length.
US10306980B2
A quick and efficient method to raise and lower a storage platform, storage container, and/or storage box into any unused overhead space is disclosed. The design comprises a low profile philosophy allowing the storage platform, storage container, and/or storage box to be positioned more closely to the ceiling making better use of any overhead space such as the limited space directly above a garage door. The system relies on a main drive shaft that is designed to allow one or more belts to pass through the main drive shaft thereby creating a base around which the one or more belts can wrap. The present invention is superior to those of the prior art in that there are no weak points found in this system in contrast to those found in cable systems connected to a drum or a flat fiber reinforced strap bolted to a drum. The one or more lifting straps do not terminate on the main drive shaft as do other systems via a wire drum or flat drum but simply passes through the main drive shaft.
US10306979B2
A flat packed furniture system includes a plurality of boxes, each comprising a packaging piece and a set of furniture parts, such that the set of furniture parts is flat packed inside the packaging piece, such that a plurality of parts in the plurality of boxes is configured to be assemblable as a furniture item, which can be a cabinet, such that a plurality of packaging pieces in the plurality of boxes is configured to be reused as packaging for the furniture item. Also disclosed is a method for flat packing furniture, including flat packing, shipping, unpacking, assembling, repacking, and reshipping.
US10306978B2
The invention relates to a system and method to improve efficiency of poker game by using an upper and a bottom sophisticated dispenser in poker tables.
US10306973B2
An expandable, variable compression pouch with an exoskeleton construction, which is a hybrid construction that combines a soft, flexible shell with semi-flexible molded outer components on the back, sides, bottom and front of the flexible shell. These molded components form an exoskeleton that provides structural reinforcement where needed without limiting the essential qualities of expansion or contraction or form fit that is essential to achieve the unique features and superior function of the pouch of the present invention.
US10306972B2
Disclosed herein is a securement apparatus, such as a lanyard, that has increased tensile strength and shear strength when compared with a conventional securement apparatus. The securement apparatus includes a connector extending from a connector body, a strap coupled to the connector body, and a structural component. The structural component has a tapered geometry such that a first end that is contained within the connector body has a first width and/or height and a second end that transitions from the connector body into the strap has a second width and/or height that is less than the first width and/or height.
US10306956B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention a Friendship bracelet that appears as one but can be torn into two individual bracelets for each friend to wear and be connected to each other is disclosed. The invention described here allows a proper link between both friends who wear half of the bracelet. The result is a proper symbol that connects two friends to each other by wearing half of a bracelet that used to be one single bracelet before being torn in two. The friendship bracelet according to another embodiment of the present invention that appears as one but can be torn into a plurality of individual bracelets for each friend in a group to wear and be connected to one another is also disclosed.
US10306954B2
There is provided a side fastener chain. A plurality of elements are fixed on each of opposing edge portions of a pair of fastener tapes at a predetermined pitch. The elements include a base portion and a head portion. A ratio (Rt) of the sum dimension of a first partial thickness, which is measured from an upper surface of each element to an upper surfaces-side apex of the respective edge portion, and a second partial thickness, which is measured from a lower surface of the element to a lower surface-side apex of the edge portion, to a thickness of the element satisfies the following equation: 40%≤Rt. A ratio (Rtl) of the thickness of the element to the entire length of the element satisfies the following equation: 0
US10306933B2
A method of manufacturing a garment is provided that includes applying an adhesive layer to a first ply and/or a second ply in a first amount in a first zone where structural support is desired and in a second amount in a second zone where breathability is desired; arranging the first and second plies with respect to one another so that the adhesive layer is therebetween; and activating the adhesive layer to secure the first and second plies to one another.
US10306931B2
A support shirt that provides support through the shoulders and across the chest of a wearer is provided. A gradual curvature or tilt of the sleeves of the support shirt toward the chest of the wearer provides additional support and prevents slack from occurring along the sleeves during weightlifting or other athletic or work activities. The sleeves are attached to the shirt body at sleeve arm holes. Each sleeve has at one end a sleeve opening and an opposite end which attaches to the shirt body. A centerline of the shirt forms a curvilinear axis and extends longitudinally across a front portion of the upper shirt body and the sleeves from the sleeve arm holes to the sleeve openings.
US10306930B2
A heating device for an atomizing head of electronic cigarette is disclosed, including a sleeve-shaped heating element, and a liquid absorbing component wrapping around an outer surface of the heating element, the liquid absorbing component is formed by at least two liquid absorbing elements engaging each other. It is only required to position the liquid absorbing elements of the liquid absorbing component on the outer surface the heating element and engage the liquid absorbing elements together during assembling. The assembly can be quick and simple.
US10306929B2
An electronic cigarette and an atomizer device thereof are provided. The atomizer device includes a housing, a liquid reservoir chamber (115) formed in the housing, and an adjusting valve (13) engaging with the housing; a liquid injection channel (1131) is defined in the housing for injecting liquid solution into the liquid reservoir chamber (115); a first opening (1311) corresponding to the liquid injection channel (1131) is defined in the adjusting valve (13); the adjusting valve (13) is movable between a first position and a second position across a surface of the housing; when the adjusting valve is in the first position, the first opening (1311) communicates with the liquid injection channel (1131) to open the liquid injection channel (1131), and when the adjusting valve (13) is in the second position, the first opening (1311) misaligns with the liquid injection channel (1131) to close the liquid injection channel (1131).
US10306926B2
An atomizer (26) for an electronic smoking device (10) is provided comprising at least a first heating wire (40) and a second heating wire (50). The first and second heating wires (40, 50) are wound together to form a common heating coil (28). Further, the first and second heating wires (40, 50) differ in at least one physical parameter leading to different thermal properties of the heating wires (40, 50). Additionally, an electronic smoking device (10) comprising the atomizer (28) and a cartomizer (700) for an electronic smoking device (10) are provided.
US10306917B2
Rotary conveyor drum (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 59) for use in tobacco industry machines, for transferring a stream of rod-like elements (S), the drum having a first front base and a second front base and a lateral surface (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 50) onto which the rod-like elements (S) are delivered successively one by one, the lateral surface (20, 120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 50) being provided with spacer projections (22, 122, 222, 322, 422, 522, 52) between which the rod-like elements (S) are conveyed, the drum (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 59) being equipped with guiding means (21, 51) forcing the rod-like elements (S) to travel from the first front base to the second front base of the drum (19, 119, 219, 319, 419, 519, 59) during the rotation of the drum while the rod-like elements (S) are oriented substantially transversally to the spacer projections (22, 122, 222, 322, 422, 522, 52). The invention also relates to an apparatus comprising such a drum, to a machine for manufacturing multi-element rods and a method of transferring a stream of rod-like elements.
US10306915B2
Methods of making reconstituted tobacco include contacting a mixture including tobacco pulp with one or more fluid streams including one or more peroxides (e.g., hydrogen peroxide), recovering one or more fluids from the tobacco pulp mixture, and reusing the recovered fluids in at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step. In some cases, methods provided herein can recover one or more fluids including one or more peroxides, such that the at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step includes contacting tobacco pulp with a fluid including one or more peroxides.
US10306909B2
The present invention is based on the finding that free amino acids can both negatively or positively influence overall taste of free amino acid-based enteral nutritional compositions, and the amino acids can thus be categorized. A striking balance of both categories of amino acids to arrive at amino acid-based nutritional composition with improved taste, yet not compromising the (regulatory) dietary restrictions on essential amino acids and conditionally essential amino acids.
US10306908B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a bacterial strain belonging to Lactobacillus brevis subspecies brevis, which has more potent antiallergic activity than the known lactic acid bacteria strains and produces γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is another object of the present invention to provide beverages and foods containing cells of the aforementioned bacterial strain belonging to Lactobacillus brevis subspecies brevis, as well as antiallergic agents containing them as an active ingredient. The present invention provides a bacterial strain belonging to Lactobacillus brevis subspecies brevis, which: is capable of growing in effervescent alcoholic beverages, produces γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA), and has antiallergic activity.
US10306904B1
A system and a process for producing cold brew coffee are provided. The system and method include the use of an extraction tank adapted to receive ground coffee beans therein. Water is pumped into the extraction tank. A back pressure control valve is provided so as to pulse the back pressure within the tank. This pulsed back pressure increases turbulence within the tank. Combined with the flow rate and pressure within the tank, the turbulence allows for cold brewed coffee concentrate to be produced in a much quicker time than associated with prior art methods. A number of extraction tanks may be provided in the system of the present invention so as to increase yield.
US10306902B2
The present invention relates to a method for producing a dairy product using an enzyme having lactase activity.
US10306901B2
To provide sugar preserved vegetable foods containing sugar alcohol characterized in displaying a quality similar to that of conventional candied foods while being sugar free or with low sugar (reduced sugar).Sugar preserved vegetable foods, immersion syrup used therefor and method for manufacturing said vegetable foods, wherein 50% or more of the saccharides contained in the sugar preserved vegetable foods consists of sugar alcohol, this sugar alcohol comprising 50% to less than 99.5% maltitol, 0.5% to less than 50% sorbitol, and 5% or less of sugar alcohol with a degree of polymerization of 3.
US10306899B2
A system for processing a suspended beef carcass as the carcass is moved along a defined path. A robotic arm is carried on a moveable table and has mounted thereon a servo motor-driven band saw capable of effecting a splitting operation on the beef carcass. The band saw is counterbalanced by a mass having a weight less than the weight of the band saw, and the robotic arm has a maximum load-carrying capacity less than the weight of the band saw. A torque monitor for the servo motor detects breaks in the band saw or breaks in the support for the band saw. A vision-based sensor system detects location of a tail bone on the beef carcass and identifies an age-indicating indicia. The system includes a controller in communication with the carcass rail, the carcass processing device and motor, and the vision-based sensor system.
US10306898B2
A dry particulate mix for use in yeast leavened bakery products, includes: 3-90 wt. % of non-fermentable carbohydrates, including at least 3 wt. % of a non-fermentable sugar alcohol; 0-50 wt. % of fermentable sugars; two or more bakery ingredients selected from the group consisting of: 10-90 wt. % of viable yeast; 10-50 wt. % of baking powder; 5-90 wt. % of emulsifier; 3-50 wt. % of ascorbic acid; and 0.0001-1 wt. % of bakery enzyme; all of these percentages being calculated on the combined amount of these two to five bakery ingredients; and wherein the weight ratio of non-fermentable carbohydrates to fermentable sugars exceeds 1:1. A sweetened dough is obtainable by incorporating therein 3-75% by weight of the final dough of the dry particulate mix.
US10306896B2
A rounding device and method of rounding that provides improved rounding of semi solid material portions by introducing changes or variations in the contours or profiles of rounding bars to produce one or more changes in the axis of rotation of the semi solid material portion along the working length of the one or more contoured rounding bars and round the surfaces of the semi solid material portion with greater uniformity and consistency. By changing the axis of rotation of the semi solid material portion in the working length of the variable contour rounding bar one can improve the rounding and avoid blemishes and deformities that occur to the surface of the semi solid material portion in existing devices.
US10306895B2
A plant defense signaling peptide and applications thereof for inducing systemic immune responses in a plant. In some embodiments, methods for inducing systemic immune responses in a plant comprises applying to the plant a plant defense signaling polypeptide comprising a motif of SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 28, or a composition comprising the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide has up to 100 amino acids in length.
US10306894B1
An essential oil blend diluted in soybean oil against the bites of Anopheles stephensi, An. gambiae (the main malaria vectors in Asia and Africa, respectively); Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus (the main vectors of arboviruses listed above). Repellency tests, appraising the protection time for each species, were performed under laboratory conditions using human volunteers and nulliparous female mosquitoes. The results show that the natural repellent was extraordinarily effective against both Anopheles and Aedes genera.
US10306892B2
The present invention generally relates to the use of synergistic amounts of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai and chlorantraniliprole for the control of Diamondback Moth, Beet Armyworm, Soybean Looper, Corn Earworm, Cabbage Looper, and Southwestern Corn Borer. Specifically, the synergistic ratio of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. aizawai to chlorantraniliprole is from about 1:0.00003 to about 1:3.
US10306876B2
A multi-function tool includes a body, a clearing pin fastener, and a line holder assembly. The body includes a through-hole extending from a first surface to a second surface and defined by a threaded sidewall. The clearing pin fastener includes a head, a pointed end portion, and a threaded shank that is located between the head and the pointed end portion. The line holder assembly includes a line holder including a slit formed between a top portion and a bottom portion and configured to receive a line and a frame including a pair of opposing surfaces configured to hold the line holder in compression. The threaded shank is removably attached to the threaded sidewall so that the head is adjacent the first surface and the pointed end portion extends outward from the second surface. The line holder assembly is configured to rotate relative to the body about a pivoting axis.
US10306868B2
Generally, an animal monitoring system including a bolus administered to reside in an animal operable to sense changes in one or more physiological parameters of the animal and generate and transmit encoded bolus sensor data to a tag affixed on the outside of the animal which operates to sense changes in one or more environmental parameters surrounding the animal and to generate encoded tag sensor data and to receive encoded bolus sensor data each of which can be analyzed by the tag or a remote data processor to generate environmental parameter values and physiological parameter values to assess an environmental or physiological condition of or about the animal.
US10306864B2
A system comprising a robotic arm, a plurality of grabbers, a sensor, and a preparation cup. The robotic arm has a first end and a recessed portion. The grabbers are coupled to the robotic arm at the first end. The sensor is positioned inside the recessed portion of the robotic arm at a first distance from the first end and at a first angle. The preparation cup is coupled to wings having a body portion, a first extended portion, and a second extended portion. The body portion is coupled to a portion of the preparation cup, the first extended portion extends in a first direction and the second extended portion extends in a second direction. The wings are operable to be magnetically coupled to the plurality of grabbers via the first and second extended portions.
US10306863B2
A robotic arm maneuvers a teat preparation cup and executes instructions from a robotic arm controller. The controller comprises an interface, a memory, and a processor. The processor instructs the sensor to perform a first scan. If the first scan discovers a first set of teats, the processor moves the robotic arm a first distance and instructs the sensor to perform a second scan. If the second scan discovers a second set of teats, the processor moves the robotic arm to a location under the first teat, and instructs the sensor to perform a third scan. The processor determines if the third scan discovers a third set of teats. If each of the first set, second set, and third set of discovered teats comprises the first teat, the processor instructs the robotic arm to attach the preparation cup to the first teat.
US10306862B2
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV6698PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV6698PB and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10306861B1
Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated SM14310822, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-125667. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the SM14310822 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US10306857B1
A celery cultivar, designated TBG 34, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar TBG 34, to the plants of celery cultivar TBG 34 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar TBG 34 with itself or another celery cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a celery plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic celery plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to celery cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 34, to methods for producing other celery cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from celery cultivar TBG 34 and to the celery plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid celery seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar TBG 34 with another celery cultivar.
US10306856B1
An inbred corn line, designated 7HHLL2007, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line 7HHLL2007, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line 7HHLL2007 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line 7HHLL2007 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 7HHLL2007, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line 7HHLL2007 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US10306855B1
A novel soybean variety, designated BR33576426 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety BR33576426, cells from soybean variety BR33576426, plants of soybean BR33576426, and plant parts of soybean variety BR33576426. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety BR33576426 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety BR33576426, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety BR33576426, and methods of characterizing soybean variety BR33576426. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety BR33576426 are further provided.
US10306853B1
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting and/or producing a soybean plant or germplasm having resistance Phakosora pachyrhizi. A soybean plant, part thereof and/or germplasm that has been identified, selected and/or produced by any of the methods of the present invention is also provided. Also provided are single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with resistance to pathogens; and compositions including amplification primer pairs capable of initiating DNA polymerization by a DNA polymerase on soybean nucleic acid templates to generate soybean marker amplicons.
US10306852B2
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated G1992650A. Also included are seeds of canola G1992650A, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola G1992650A and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola G1992650A with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola G1992650A.
US10306850B2
The present invention relates to cultivated cucumber plants comprising a yield QTL on chromosome 2 and/or chromosome 6 of their genome.
US10306848B2
Methods and compositions for generating haploid organisms are described.
US10306845B1
Provided is a flower pot generating little root rot by controlling a water supply rate for a relatively long period of time even using a simple structure regardless of its size.The flower pot includes: an outer pot body; an inner pot body housed in the outer pot body with a gap as a water supply portion; a vertical position changeable member provided in a predetermined place to connect the outer pot body and the inner pot body; a flange provided on an upper end surface of the sidewall of the inner pot body; and a sealing portion formed of an elastic member and provided between the flange and the upper end surface of the sidewall of the outer pot body, in which water stored in the water supply portion is supplied to the inner pot body through a nonwoven fabric member.
US10306840B1
Agricultural silage covers and bale wraps are repaired and reinforced against the elements by an elastomeric coating applied directly to the silage cover after it has been filled with silage feed. The process involves applying a protective coating, typically an elastomeric acrylic coating, to the entire outer layer of the silage cover by spray coating after the coating material has been prepared. The final product is a silage cover with a permanent reinforced overall coating to assist in preventing additional tears and openings in the fabric of the silage cover and sealing holes and damage to the silage cover in an air-tight and moisture-proof manner, thereby protecting the silage feed.
US10306830B2
A winding mechanism, a string trimmer head, and a method of winding line. The head may include a body, and a spool supported by the body, a line being supportable by the spool. The winding mechanism may include a crank engageable to rotate the spool to wind the line onto the spool. The trimmer head may include a bump knob engageable with the spool, and the crank may include a crank body engageable with the bump knob to rotate the spool. The crank may further include an arm connected to the crank body and a handle connected to the arm and engageable by a user to pivot the crank.
US10306824B2
A system for dispensing seeds and a treatment. The system includes a first tube for dispensing the seeds via a first outlet, a second tube for dispensing the treatment via a second outlet, and a first valve at an upper portion and a second valve at a lower portion of the second tube. The second outlet is located between the discs of a furrow-opening wheel. The first valve is positioned outside of the furrow during operation and controls movement of the treatment from a container into the second tube. The second valve controls release of the treatment from the second outlet into the furrow. The second valve may open and close in response to pressure exerted by the treatment in the second tube. Depending on the treatment, the valves may release the treatment on, adjacent to, or both behind and in front of the dispensed seeds.
US10314218B2
A component mounting machine including: a nozzle that picks up a component; sliders and a ball screw that move the nozzle in horizontal and vertical directions; a reel unit that supplies components; a board conveyance device that holds and conveys a board on which components are mounted; a parts camera that irradiates a component held by the nozzle with light to image the component from below; and a controller that performs various control functions, is provided. The controller obtains a clearance height at which an obstacle between the parts camera and a predetermined mounting position on a board can be avoided, extracts from an HDD an imageable range of the component, and sets a target height of a lower surface of the component held by the nozzle when the nozzle passes above the parts camera, such that the target height is closest to the clearance height within the imageable range.
US10314215B2
A yarn or multi-fiber formed of a plurality of micron diameter stainless steel monofilaments which have been rendered more conductive by one or more coatings of electrolytically-deposited metal or metal alloy materials. The metallized yarn provided by the invention has a very low electrical resistance, with consequent benefit in electrical performance, and is particularly useful as an RFI/EMI shielding material.
US10314210B2
An electrical unit includes a casing, a cooling channel, a second inverter, and a heat transfer member. The casing contains a battery. The cooling channel is formed in the casing and adjacent to the battery or a first inverter. A cooling medium flows in the cooling channel. The second inverter is disposed in the casing apart from the cooling channel. The heat transfer member extends from the cooling channel or an outer wall of the cooling channel to the second inverter.
US10314202B2
In a heat spreading module for a portable electronic device configured such that a heat pipe is attached along a metal plate with which a heating element is brought into close contact, and heat of a heated region of the metal plate with which the heating element is brought into close contact is transferred to a place on the metal plate apart from the heated region by the heat pipe, the heat pipe is configured such that a container is formed of a pipe, a portion of the container arranged on the heated region is a heated portion, and a portion of the container apart from the heated region is a heat dissipation portion that dissipates heat to the metal plate, and the heated portion is formed in a flat shape, and the heat dissipation portion is formed to be thicker than the heated portion having the flat shape.
US10314197B2
A slide rail assembly for a rack system is configured to mount a chassis to a rack. A fixing member is arranged on one side of the chassis. The slide rail assembly comprises a guide rail having a first rail section, a second rail section and a third rail section. The first rail section is configured to support a portion of the chassis. A path is defined between the second rail section and the third rail section for allowing the fixing member on the chassis to pass through.
US10314196B2
A reinforced server sliding rail mounting structure for connection to a server rack and to a server includes an inner sliding rail, a first ball bushing, an intermediate sliding rail, a second ball bushing and an outer sliding rail. A front bracket has an upper reinforcing rib and a lower reinforcing rib respectively located on upper and lower bracket walls thereof such that when the intermediate sliding rail is moved outward into the front bracket, the upper and lower reinforcing ribs are respectively engaged into respective outer ball grooves of the intermediate sliding rail and reinforce the structural strength of the intermediate sliding rail. The structure may further include top and bottom reinforcing components respectively located on respective rear ends of the upper and lower reinforcing ribs.
US10314191B2
A bent part (42) extends from an edge part of a wall part (41) being parallel to the direction of insertion of a rail part (90a). The bent part (42) has an arm part (42a) extending in a direction crossing the direction of insertion, and a contact surface part (42b) extending from the arm part (42a) in a direction crossing the direction of the arm part (42a). An opening of a slit (43) formed between the wall part (41) and the bent part (42) faces an opening of a cutout (61) into which the rail part (91a) is to be inserted. The contact surface part (42b) is sloped such that the rail part (90a) is slidingly guided into the slit (43).
US10314188B2
An electronic device terminal protection structure includes: a groove including a socket that exposes a connector to the outside, and a cover covering the groove. The cover includes: a cover plate having a plate shape, a hinge member provided at one end of the cover plate, a latch member, provided at the other end of the cover plate to perform a sliding operation, and a packing inserted into the socket and that abuts against a side wall of the socket when the cover is closed. The groove includes: a hinge fixing portion to which the hinge member is pivotably fixed, a barb that is engaged with the latch member, and a guide slope that leads the cover in a direction of pulling out the packing from the socket when the latch member abuts against the guide slope during a sliding operation performed in conjunction with disengagement of the latch member.
US10314186B2
The present disclosure provides a conductive cover, a housing assembly and a terminal. The conductive cover includes a first portion, a second portion, a conductive suspended strip and a conductive connecting member. A slot is defined between the second portion and the first portion. The conductive suspended strip is located in the slot and has a length equal to a length of the slot. An insulating layer is provided between the conductive suspended strip and the first portion, and another insulating layer is provided between the conductive suspended strip and the second portion. The conductive connecting member bridges over the slot, is electrically connected with the first portion and the second portion, and is insulated from the conductive suspended strip.
US10314181B2
The invention provides a display screen assembly and a display device having the same. The display screen assembly includes a lamp panel (10) and a reverse electromagnet (21) provided at a rear side of the lamp panel (10). The technical solution of the invention effectively solves the problem in the prior art that a display screen assembly is difficult to dismount.
US10314175B2
There is provided an electric connection member having a substrate, an insulating adhesive layer provided on the substrate, and a conductive interconnect, wherein the electric connection member is provided with a recess that opens at a side of the insulating adhesive layer, the conductive interconnect is disposed in the recess, a metal nano-ink is disposed on the conductive interconnect, and all of the metal nano-ink is contained inside the recess.
US10314164B1
According to some aspects of the present disclosure, circuit board assemblies are disclosed. Example circuit board assemblies include a printed circuit board having a first surface and a second surface, and defining an opening having at least one side extending from the first surface to the second surface. The assembly also includes a bus bar having a first surface, a second surface, and at least one side. The bus bar is secured in the opening of the printed circuit board via a press-fit, such that a slot is defined between the at least one side of the bus bar and the at least one side of the opening defined by the printed circuit board. The assembly further includes an electrical lead positioned in the slot, and solder disposed between the electrical lead and the bus bar to electrically couple the electrical lead and the bus bar.
US10314152B2
An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element.
US10314146B1
A light emitting diode driver module including a computer device having a data processing device, and a data storage device storing a software instruction set and an electrical circuit including a lighting output stage, an input-output stage, stage a sensor stage, a video stage, a power control and distribution stage, and a transceiver stage. The power control and distribution stage further having a switching stage enabled for switching to open circuit operation when sensing an over-voltage condition, the switching stage having a reset feature and wherein, the instruction set enables signal transfer with and between the input-output signal stage, sensor stage, power control and distribution stage, transceiver stage and an input port.
US10314130B2
System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal.
US10314120B2
A system for powering a dual magnetron with a dual power supply is disclosed. A first power supply supplies a first voltage to a first magnetron. A second power supply supplies a second voltage to a second magnetron. A balancer circuit controls a drive current for altering a magnetic field of the first magnetron and a magnetic field of the second magnetron to maintain the first voltage and the second voltage at a substantially equal voltage.
US10314108B2
There is provided a relay apparatus including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to receive a first packet including an identifier for indicating a content, determine whether or not the content indicated by the identifier included in the first packet is saved in a cache, transmit a second packet including a source address of the first packet and the identifier when it is determined that the content is not saved in the cache, and transmit a third packet including an address of the relay apparatus and the identifier when it is determined that the content is saved in the cache.
US10314106B2
A method and an apparatus for channel access in a wireless communication system related to a 5th generation (5G) or pre-5G communication system for supporting a data rate higher than that of the 4G communication system such as long term evolution (LTE) are disclosed. The method includes receiving a feedback corresponding to data transmitted in a first subframe arriving after a first sensing period in an unlicensed band from at least one terminal, checking data reception state of the at least one terminal as one of acknowledgement (ACK), negative acknowledgement (NACK), and discontinuous transmission (DTX) based on the feedback, and determining a length of a second sensing period based on the data reception state of the at least one terminal.
US10314103B2
Techniques are disclosed for creating and using a pattern of radio resources to be shared in a cell between devices using an enhanced-coverage mode and at least one other category of devices. An example method includes forming (810) a resource pattern, the resource pattern indicating an allocation of first radio resources in a first cell to a first type of wireless device and indicating an allocation of second radio resources in the first cell to a second type of wireless device. The resource pattern is sent (820) to a second network node of the wireless communication system, e.g., a network node serving a neighboring cell, or to at least one wireless device, or to both. The resource pattern may be used in scheduling by the first network node or the second network node, or both.
US10314095B2
The present application discloses a method for data forwarding in a small cell system, comprising: sending by a master base station (MeNB) to a target secondary base station (SeNB) information of a source SeNB or a source SeNB cell where a user equipment (UE) is located; determining by the target SeNB whether a direct data forwarding is feasible; notifying, by the target SeNB, the MeNB whether the direct data forwarding is feasible; and determining by the MeNB whether it is a direct data forwarding or an indirect data forwarding. The method for data forwarding provided in the present application may support both the direct data forwarding and the indirect data forwarding based on actual situation of the network, reduce data loss and failure of data forwarding, and improve the efficiency of data forwarding.
US10314092B2
A method for resource allocation of a terminal configured to perform device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving information on the entire available resource region of the D2D communication from a serving base station; transmitting, to the base station, a request for resource allocation required for the D2D communication based on the information on the entire available resource region and channel information of the D2D communication; and receiving, from the base station, resource allocation information for the D2D communication, determined on the basis of the request for resource allocation.
US10314084B2
A first communication terminal, unconnected with a communication network, searches for a second communication terminal existing around the own communication terminal. In the communication network, one of a plurality of communication terminals functions as a master having a function of an access point, and the rest of the communication terminals function as slaves of the master. Based on the information included in a communication message received from one or more second communication terminals found through the search, the first communication terminal determines a second communication terminal which serves as a connection counterpart from among the second communication terminals, and configures a communication network with the determined connection counterpart.
US10314083B2
An offloading controller for traffic offloading in a multi-radio-access-technology (RAT) network is described. The offloading controller includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to determine a channel utilization threshold based on a likelihood of packet collisions in a contention-based access network. The multi-RAT network comprises a centralized resource management network and the contention-based access network. The instructions are also executable to determine whether to offload one or more user equipments (UEs) on the contention-based access network to the centralized resource management network by comparing a current channel utilization of the contention-based access network and the channel utilization threshold.
US10314080B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system that will be provided to support higher data transfer rate following a 4G communication system such as LTE. The present disclosure relates to a method of performing random access of a terminal, said method comprising: an operation of determining the number of received beams of a base station connected to transmitted beams of the terminal; an operation of determining an area of wireless transfer resource on the basis of the number of the received beams; and an operation of transmitting random access message in the random access resource defined by the beam resource corresponding to the determined number and the wireless transfer resource corresponding to the determined area.
US10314077B2
Methods and apparatuses are described in which an unlicensed spectrum is used for Long Term Evolution (LTE) communications. One method includes performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) for an unlicensed spectrum in a current gating interval to determine whether the unlicensed spectrum is available for a transmission in a next transmission interval, and gating OFF the transmission in the unlicensed spectrum for the next transmission interval when the determination is that the unlicensed spectrum is unavailable.
US10314071B2
A downlink Coordinated Multipoint (CoMP) scheduling algorithm used in a cellular communications network is disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a downlink scheduler (42, 46) implementing the disclosed algorithm for a generic cell (24, 30) is provided. The cell downlink scheduler (42, 46) is used in the cellular communications network (22) to enable downlink CoMP scheduling within a cell cluster (36) including the cell (24, 30) and one or more other cells (24, 30). According to at least some embodiments, the distributed downlink CoMP scheduling for the cell cluster (36) effectively reduces inter-cell co-channel interference.
US10314068B2
In the communication control method according to the present embodiment, a user terminal transmits a scheduling assignment indicating the location of a radio resource used in a reception of communication data by direct device-to-device communication. The user terminal transmits the communication data including initial transmission data and retransmission data by using the radio resource. The retransmission data is transmitted depending on the number of times of re-transmissions associated with a predetermined scheduling assignment by using a predetermined radio resource of which the location is indicated by the predetermined scheduling assignment.
US10314066B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications. A network may employ additional contention based parameters to support MU transmissions and to communicate to other devices a duration that protects MU transmission. For example, a first device may transmit a first message to reserve a subband of shared spectrum. The first message may be addressed to multiple devices and may indicate a channel access deferral duration to other devices within transmission range. The non-addressed devices may refrain from accessing the channel for an indicated duration. The addressed devices that receive the first message may respond to the first message with a second message, which may also be used to reserve the channel. The second message may additionally be used to identify those devices that received the first message. The first device may generate a trigger message based on the received second messages.
US10314049B2
A system for providing small cell backhaul communication includes a small cell backhaul network including a plurality of small cell network nodes. A software defined network (SDN) controller controls link configuration between the plurality of small cell network nodes of the small cell backhaul network. The SDN controller communicates control channel information with the plurality of small cell network backhaul nodes over a control channel using a communications protocol that enables software defined networking.
US10314047B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a wireless communication node that receives instructions in a control channel directing it to utilize a spectral segment at a first carrier frequency to communicate with a mobile communication device. Responsive to the instructions, the wireless communication node receives a modulated signal in the spectral segment at a second carrier frequency from the base station, the modulated signal including communications data provided by the base station. The wireless communication node down-shifts the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the first carrier frequency, and wirelessly transmits the modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the mobile communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10314045B2
A communication device for handling a narrowband internet of things (NB-IoT) communication comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise receiving a SystemInformationBlockType2-NB message broadcasted by a base station (BS) on an NB-IoT cell; receiving an RRCConnectionReconfiguration-NB message indicating a full configuration, from the BS on the NB-IoT cell; and using a plurality of values for timers T301, T310, T311 and constants N310, N311 in response to the RRCConnectionReconfiguration-NB message, wherein the values are comprised in the SystemInformationBlockType2-NB.
US10314017B2
A method, device and system for performing wireless communication in a wireless communication system. The wireless communication system includes a low power node and a macro base station with common baseband and user equipment, and the user equipment communicates with the low power node and the macro base station via a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving, by the user equipment, a downlink signal transmitted by the low power node and the macro base station; and transmitting uplink signals to the low power node and the macro base station, wherein the method further includes: transmitting all first uplink signals of the uplink signals to the low power node as a receiving node. According to the method, device and system, it is possible to improve the efficiency of uplink power control of a terminal and/or reduce the burden for uplink control channel transmission of a macro cell.
US10314011B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit first information specifying at least one communication resource requested to be allocated; and a receiver configured to receive second information specifying at least one communication resource allocated depending on the first information. The transmitter is configured to transmit a signal via the allocated communication resource and the receiver is configured to receive a signal via the allocated communication resource.
US10314003B2
A method for enabling angle-based positioning of a wireless device in a Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN, system comprises the steps of extracting directional information from beamforming information comprised in channel sounding feedback obtained from a wireless device and estimating an angular direction to said wireless device based on said extracted directional information.
US10313998B2
When a cellular telephone is powered down, it sends a power-down message to a network it was previously registered with. If the network does not send, or if the cellular telephone does not receive, an acknowledgement of the power-down message from the network, a status bit referred to as a flag is set (or reset) in a non-volatile memory device in the cellular telephone. The power-down sequence is concluded by the cellular telephone and, the cellular telephone is shut off or put into a reduced power consumption state. When the telephone is turned back on, i.e., returned to its previous state, the flag is evaluated or “tested” to see if it was set (or reset) during the course of powering down. The status or value of the flag when the phone is powered up is then used by the cellular telephone to determine whether it should make a network access request to a network the telephone was registered to, during the power-up operation in order to cause that cellular network to update its database regarding the whereabouts of the powered-up cellular telephone.
US10313997B2
A user equipment registration method for network slice selection, and a network controller and a network communication system are provided. The method includes: receiving a registration request of a UE; in response to receiving the registration request including slice selection information, determining whether having a capability for serving the UE according to the slice selection information, so as to transmit a first network function discovery request including the slice selection information or transmit a second network function discovery request for searching a target AMF; and selecting a network function for serving the UE according to a network function discovery response to perform a registration setting operation after receiving the network function discovery response corresponding to the first network function discovery request, or transmitting an interface connection release message to an access node after receiving another network function discovery response corresponding to the second network function discovery request.
US10313993B2
In one of its aspects the technology disclosed herein concerns a communications system comprising an access node (22) and a wireless terminal (26). A wireless terminal comprises receiver circuitry and processor circuitry. The receiver circuitry receives wireless communications over an air interface from a radio access network. The processor circuitry changes from using a first periodicity to using a second periodicity to detect a synchronization signal included in the received wireless communications.
US10313984B2
A user terminal includes a receiver that receives, from a radio base station, indication information to indicate whether or not uplink signals of a plurality of user terminals are non-orthogonal-multiplexed; a processor that switches between transmission power control methods based on the indication information; and a transmitter that transmits an uplink signal by using a switched transmission power control method.
US10313980B2
The present invention defines a method for controlling uplink transmission power of a terminal in a communication system which is operated by combining heterogeneous systems. Specifically, the present invention defines a method for selectively applying a power control command in order to control uplink power of a terminal in a communication system which is operated by combining an LTE/LTE-A system with a system which applies a new radio access technology, and a method for differently operating power control units depending on whether beam sweeping is applied or not. Such methods efficiently control transmission power of a terminal, and lower the generation of uplink interference signals, thereby improving system efficiency.
US10313978B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to perform communication with an external apparatus, a user interface configured to receive a user command, and a processor configured to, when an upload command to upload at least one content to the external apparatus is input, compute a time required to upload the at least one content to the external apparatus based on at least one parameter, determine whether an upload condition for uploading the at least one content satisfies a predetermined condition based on the computed time, control a time point for uploading the at least one content based on a result of the determination.
US10313973B2
The transmission of a reference signal, such as a CSI-RS, is enabled while maintaining a power saving effect when performing inter-cell cooperative transmission/reception or the like in a plurality of cells. In order to realize inter-cell cooperative transmission/reception, a CSI-RS which is used for estimating the state of a spatial propagation path of a communication line is generated by a CSI-RS generation unit, and the CSI-RS is disposed in a predetermined subframe by a disposition unit and transmitted. At this time, when a frame has ten subframes #0 to #9, the CSI-RS is disposed in the subframes #4 and #9, which are subframes excluding the subframes #0 and #5 incapable of transmitting a CSI-RS and are subframes other than subframes capable of acting as MBSFN subframes when discontinuous communication (Extended Cell DTX) is performed so as to achieve power saving, and transmitted.
US10313972B2
The present invention discloses a method, a device, and a system for synchronizing a physical layer state, and belongs to the field of communications technologies. The present invention realizes synchronization of the physical layer state of the first feature at the network side and the terminal after the terminal updates the RRC layer configuration corresponding to the first feature.
US10313959B2
The present invention defines an efficient measurement method for idle mode M2M/MTC device with low/no mobility in a mobile communication system. An example of the mobile communication system to which the present invention is application is 3GPP UMTS mobile communication system and 3GPP LTE/LTE-A mobile communication system as the next generation mobile communication system under discussion in 3GPP.
US10313957B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method in a network element for access controlling. The method comprises receiving an access request message from a terminal device and checking a data structure for maintaining state information of terminal devices from which the network element has received access request messages, in response to the reception of the access request message. The method also comprises determining whether the requesting terminal device is abnormal based on said checking of the data structure and rejecting the access request of the requesting terminal device in response to determining that the requesting terminal device is abnormal.
US10313955B2
A wireless relay receives a user network Identifier (ID) and a relay network ID. The wireless relay attaches to the relay network responsive to the relay network ID. The wireless relay broadcasts the user network ID and User Equipment (UEs) attach to the wireless relay responsive to the user network ID. The wireless relay exchanges user data with the UEs over user network carrier aggregation links. The wireless relay exchanges the user data with the relay network over relay network carrier aggregation links. Responsive to carrier aggregation loading, the wireless relay receives an instruction to terminate the user network carrier aggregation links, and the wireless relay terminates the user network carrier aggregation links. The wireless relay now exchanges the user data with the UEs over non-carrier aggregation links. The wireless relay continues to exchange the user data with the relay network over the relay network carrier aggregation links.
US10313945B2
Deploying multiple access points on multiple wireless communication channels to optimize coverage area. Additional channels provide additional communication capability which multiple AP's, and their associated stations, can collectively use. An additional set of AP's can be disposed in the additional communication channel, with multiple communication channels possibly physically intersecting. The system control element collects information from devices in the wireless communication system, and automatically configures which AP is assigned to which communication channel. The system control element determines which AP's are servicing which physical locations, in response to feedback from AP's and stations in those locations. The system control element assigns, or re-assigns, AP's in each physical location, with the effect of optimizing coverage.
US10313944B2
A relay station relays communication between a base station and a wireless terminal, and the relay station includes: a first wireless unit, a second wireless unit and a third wireless unit, each of which communicates with at least one of the base station and the wireless terminal, wherein when the first wireless unit is connected to the wireless terminal and the second wireless unit is connected to the base station and when there is a trigger of handover, the third wireless unit is used to execute at least one of handover to another base station and handover to switch a control channel with the wireless terminal.
US10313942B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method by which a network entity, which controls a control plane, determines whether to offload traffic of a user equipment (UE) to a wireless local area network (WLAN). The method can comprise a step of acquiring subscriber information on the UE from a subscriber information server, wherein the subscriber information can include a WLAN offloadability indication for a specific packet data network (PDN) connection. The method can comprise the steps of: determining WLAN offloadability for the specific PDN connection on the basis of the WLAN offloadability indication and configuration information; transmitting the WLAN offloadability indication to network nodes according to the determination; and transmitting the WLAN offloadability indication to the UE according to the determination.
US10313935B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling a waiting time related to determination of a radio link failure in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes receiving a message from a network, if a first timer for determination of the radio link failure is running and the message includes timer information related to the waiting time, starting a second timer related to the waiting time based on the timer information, and if the second timer expires before expiration of the first timer, determining a channel situation of a serving cell as a situation of the radio link failure.
US10313933B2
As one aspect of mobility enhancement of 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) long-term evolution (LTE)-wireless local area network (WLAN) aggregation, inter-eNodeB (eNB) handover without WLAN termination (WT) change is considered. A source eNB transmits a handover request message including a WT identifier (ID) and WT XwAP ID to a target eNB. The target eNB transmits a WT addition request message including the WT XwAP ID to a WT, and receives a WT addition request acknowledge message from the WT. The target eNB transmits a handover request acknowledge message indicating that a WT is kept to the source eNB. The source eNB transmits a WT release request message indicating that the WT is kept to the WT. The WT is a logical node that terminates a Xw interface on a WLAN.
US10313930B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the creation, maintenance and management of virtual overlay networks across multiple communication networks managed by service providers. The simple creation and management of network overlays is accomplished via a network orchestrator manager, allowing for automation of configuration of connected network devices throughout an entire organization's network, regardless of the physical location of each device.
US10313928B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to optimize power consumption and capacity in a multi-mode communication system are disclosed. A utilization factor controller is to estimate power consumption values corresponding to a plurality of first utilization factor and second utilization factor pairs, the first utilization factor corresponding to utilization of the first transceiver that is to communicate using a first protocol, the second utilization factor corresponding to utilization of the second transceiver that is to communicate using a second protocol different form the first protocol, the utilization factor controller to select a first utilization factor and second utilization factor pair based on the estimated power consumption value. A transmission time controller is to calculate first and second transmission times to be used by the first and second transceiver based on the selected first utilization factor and second utilization factor pair. A data allocator is to allocate data for transmission by the first transceiver and the second transceiver according to the first and second transmission times.
US10313917B2
A front-haul controller for a network coupling a BBU and an RRH that exchanges RF analog signals with a supported UE. The network comprises a plurality of nodes coupled by variable bit-rate network communications links. The BBU exchanges packets of frequency-domain samples with the RRH along the network. The front-haul controller monitors information about wireless spectrum occupancy at the RRH and at least one spectrum occupancy threshold and varies a bit-rate of the network link in accordance therewith. The front-haul controller can proactively adjust the bit-rate and/or the threshold during periods associated with at least one event that may impact the spectrum occupancy. The network link can be a FlexE, SONET, DWDM, LAG and/or ECMP link.
US10313906B2
Provided are a method and device for sending information. The method for sending information of the present invention comprises: before a sending station sends data, detecting a busy or idle condition of a channel; if the channel is in an idle state, increasing, by the sending station, the maximum time length for occupying the channel, and sending data, wherein the time length for occupying the channel when the data is sent is less than or equal to the increased maximum time length; and if the channel is in a busy state, reducing, by the sending station, the maximum time length for occupying the channel, and sending data, wherein the time length for occupying the channel when the data is sent is less than or equal to the reduced maximum time length.
US10313904B2
The present disclosure relates to a 5G or pre-5G communication system for supporting a higher data transmission rate after a 4G communication system such as LTE. In a wireless communication system of the present disclosure, a method for receiving, by a base station, a measurement result of a terminal includes: a process for allocating at least one of a plurality of measurement gaps, set for measuring a licensed band, for the measurement of an unlicensed band; a process for transmitting activation instruction information that instructs the activation of a measurement gap for the allocated unlicensed band measurement; and a process for receiving, from the terminal, a measurement result for the unlicensed band measured in the activated measurement gap by the terminal.
US10313891B2
Embodiments assign shared spectrum resources to access points. Embodiments group the access points into coexistence groups of access points, and generate a vertex graph including vertices that each represent one of the coexistence groups, where an edge connecting a pair of vertices in the vertex graph represents an overlap between coverage contours of a pair of coexistence groups represented by the pair of vertices, and the edge is assigned a weight that is proportional to the overlap as compared to other overlaps between coverage contours of other pairs of coexistence groups. Embodiments generate at least one vertex-colored graph by assigning a color to each vertex in the vertex graph, group the coexistence groups into groups of coexistence groups based on their corresponding assigned colors in the at least one vertex-colored graph, and map shared spectrum transmit frequencies to the groups of coexistence groups.
US10313889B2
A method of sharing radio resources for licensed assisted access (LAA) in unlicensed spectrum and related devices using the same are provided. In one of the exemplary embodiments, the disclosure is directed to a method used by a user equipment for sharing radio resources for LAA in an unlicensed spectrum. The method would include not limited to transmitting or receiving, through a LTE protocol, a first data in a licensed spectrum; transmitting or receiving, through the LTE protocol, a first control signal in the licensed spectrum for receiving a second data in an unlicensed spectrum; transmitting or receiving, through a LTE-unlicensed (LTE-U) protocol, the second data in the unlicensed spectrum within a first time window without transmitting a random access (RA) request; and stopping transmitting, through a Wi-Fi protocol, any RA request as long as the first time window has not expired.
US10313888B2
This disclosure relates to a method for primary channel selection by a first access point type communication device (AP) of a group of APs, the method comprising: detecting, by the first AP, a central frequency location and a bandwidth of a primary channel selected by at least one second AP of the group of APs; selecting, by the first AP, a central frequency location and a bandwidth of a primary channel for the first AP, wherein the selection of the central frequency location and bandwidth of the primary channel for the first AP is based on the detected central frequency location and bandwidth of the primary channel for the at least one second AP.
US10313887B2
There is provided systems and methods for Network Function Virtualization (NFV) in a control plane. The NFV framework is be used to define a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs), each of which can correspond to a function enabling operation of a communication network. There is provided a method and system for managing a plurality of network slices in a communication network, the method comprising: instantiating a Global Control Plane set apart from the plurality of network slices, the Global Control Plane configured to at least partially manage each of the plurality of network slices.
US10313880B2
A reference picture buffer may supply an asymmetric macroblock to a video encoder to improve the bandwidth between the encoder and buffer. The macroblock width may be sized to match the minimum burst width of the buffer. The size of the macroblock may be kept unchanged by reducing the macroblock height.
US10313866B2
A method for establishing and monitoring a Bluetooth low energy wireless network comprises the following steps. A first Bluetooth wireless device in the plurality of Bluetooth low energy wireless devices is controlled from a broadcast state into a detection state. In the detection state, the first Bluetooth wireless device receives a first connectable broadcast signal transmitted from a second Bluetooth wireless devices of the Bluetooth low energy wireless device. The first Bluetooth wireless device establishes a first Bluetooth connection with the second Bluetooth wireless device according to the first connection request. A trigger instruction is transmitted from the first Bluetooth wireless device to the second Bluetooth wireless device via the first Bluetooth connection, in order to control the second Bluetooth wireless device to enter into a detection state.
