US10465140B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a grease composition, for an outer ring rotation type rolling bearing, which is capable of satisfying all of high-temperature durability, low-temperature property, peeling resistance, and rust-preventive property. A grease composition (7) to be enclosed in the outer rig rotation type rolling bearing for use in automotive electric auxiliary machines contains base oil, a thickener, a peeling-resistant additive, a wear-resistant additive, and a rust-preventive agent. The base oil is mixed oil of trimellitic acid ester oil and synthetic hydrocarbon oil mixed therewith in a mass ratio of (70:30) to (90:10). The thickener consists of a diurea compound shown by a formula (1). R1—NHCONH—R2—NHCONH—R1 (1) wherein a reference symbol R2 denotes a divalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of 6 to 15, and a reference symbol R1 denotes a cyclohexyl group.
US10465134B2
A char recycling system capable of easily determining whether or not a char exhausting pipe is blocked by char. The char recycling system comprises: a stand pipe (31) forming a vertically-downwards flowpath (33) through which char is conveyed; and a differential pressure gauge (41) that measures the pressure difference between the pressure in a downstream area (45) in the vertically-downwards flowpath (33) and the pressure in an upstream area (46) in the vertically-downwards flowpath (33). The pressure difference fluctuates when char accumulates between the downstream area (45) and the upstream area (46) in the vertically-downwards flowpath (33). As a result, this kind of char recovery system is capable of easily determining whether or not the vertically-downwards flowpath (33) is blocked by char, on the basis of the measured pressure difference.
US10465127B2
The invention concerns a process and a facility for reducing the concentration of heavy polycyclic aromatic compounds (HPNA) in the recycle loop of hydrocracking units, which comprises a fractionation column.In accordance with this process, a stream is withdrawn from the fractionation column at the level of at least one plate located between the supply plate and the plate for withdrawing the heaviest distillate fraction; the stream is stripped in an external stripping step by a stripping gas, in the presence of a portion of the residue. The separated gaseous effluent is recycled to the column, advantageously as a stripping gas, and the liquid fraction is recycled to the hydrocracking step; a residue is purged in the stripping step.
US10465123B2
Provided is a method of increasing an amount of coke-oven gas, including the step of: introducing steam into a gas way of a carbonization chamber of a coke oven such that a water-gas reaction is conducted at 500° C. or higher during a process of carbonizing coal in the carbonization chamber of the coke oven, wherein the starting point of steam into the gas way is moved up prior to a time point at which an amount of generation of coke-oven gas is maximized, so as to increase the steam introduction time, thereby maximizing a reaction of steam with carbon existing in the carbonization chamber of the coke oven.
US10465122B2
A method for the treatment of polymeric and/or organic waste using a heat-resistant process container provided with a valve and filled with prepared waste and which is closed in a gas-tight manner. The container is moved with the waste into a process furnace for thermal treatment. The waste is degassed therein via the valve during the thermal treatment, and immediately after degassing, the heated process container is moved from the process furnace into a cooling chamber in which the residual heat is removed from the process container and stored in a thermal storage. After cooling, the process container is removed from the cooling chamber and the contents of the process container are emptied into a separating device.
US10465119B2
Provided is an externally heated carbonization furnace that includes a plurality of rotary kilns connected in series, each of which includes an outer cylinder, a kiln inner cylinder that rotate relative to the outer cylinder, and a heater that supplies heating gas to a section between the outer cylinder and the kiln inner cylinder. The externally heated carbonization furnace further includes a drive device that rotates at least one of the kiln inner cylinders and the kiln inner cylinder different from the at least one of the kiln inner cylinders and a control device that controls the drive device according to moisture content of a treated object in the kiln inner cylinder.
US10465111B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a core shell particle having high luminous efficacy and a narrow emission half-width; a method of producing the same; and a film formed of the core shell particle. The core shell particle of the present invention includes: a core which contains a Group III element and a Group V element; a first shell which covers at least a part of a surface of the core; a second shell which covers at least a part of the first shell; and a coordination molecule in at least a part of an outermost surface, in which at least oxygen is detected by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, and a molar ratio of the oxygen to the Group III element contained in the core, which is acquired by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis, is 6.1 or less.
US10465104B2
A cement composition for use in a well that penetrates a subterranean formation comprising: hydrated lime; a silicate; and water, wherein the composition is substantially free of a hydraulic cement. A method of treating a subterranean formation comprising: introducing the cement composition into the subterranean formation; and allowing the cement composition to set.
US10465100B2
A sealant composition includes: a main component; and a high strength fiber with a specific surface area of about 2000 m2/g to about 30000 m2/g, wherein the amount of the high strength fiber is about 0.5% to about 3% based on the weight of the main component. The high strength fiber has a high specific surface area and has active groups such as a hydroxyl group and a carboxyl group on its surface, and allows the fiber resin matrix to form a chemical bond at the interface, thereby improving the reaction ability and bonding strength of the fiber resin matrix, and enhancing the overall strength of the uncured sealant, and mitigating the phenomenon of liquid crystal puncturing.
US10465095B2
A composite caulk comprising paper wool, perlite, a particulated wood material having a particle size below 2 mm, a particulated fire retardant bark material having at least one axis of length with a dimension below 2 mm and a polyvinyl-acetate based aqueous dispersion adhesive; and wherein said composite caulk forms a heterogeneous caulk which can be dispensed using a handheld caulking gun.
US10465092B2
The present invention relates to a radiation-curable coating composition, especially for producing a scratch-resistant coating on polycarbonate surfaces, comprising at least one urethane acrylate of an isocyanurate trimer of 1,6-hexamethylene diisocyanate and butanediol monoacrylate. The invention also relates to a method for producing scratch-resistant coatings on polycarbonate surfaces, to the use of the coating composition, and to a substrate coated accordingly.
US10465087B2
Crosslinkable random copolymers comprising atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) initiators and crosslinked copolymer films formed from the copolymers are provided. The random copolymers, which are polymerized from one or more alkyl halide functional inimers and one or more monomers having a crosslinkable functionality, are characterized by pendant ATRP initiating groups and pendant crosslinkable groups.
US10465085B2
The present disclosure provides an example where a white ink can include an aqueous ink vehicle and from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of a white flocculated colorant mass. The white flocculated colorant mass can include white metal oxide pigment, an alumina coating, and polymeric dispersant associated with a surface of the alumina-coated pigment. The white metal oxide pigment can have an average particulate size from 100 nm to 2,000 nm. The alumina coating on the white metal oxide pigment can form an alumina-coated pigment where the alumina coating is predominantly alumina, and the white metal oxide pigment content to alumina content can be from 99:1 to 9:1 by weight.
US10465078B2
The invention relates to an aqueous dispersion of polymer, based on structured polymer particles, said particles comprising a core polymer phase, based on a polymer P1 with Tg1 ranging from 60 to 120° C., a second polymer phase enveloping said core, based on a polymer P2 with a Tg2 ranging from −60 to 40° C. and a third outer polymer phase (or shell) based on a polymer P3, with a Tg3 ranging from Tg2−5° C. to Tg2+5° C. and having an Mn not exceeding 150 000, with the weight contents of said polymers P1, P2 and P3 being, relative to the total weight of polymer (P1+P2+P3): P1 from 5% to 60%, P2 from 40% to 85%, P3 from 5% to 25% with the sum of said weight contents being 100%.
US10465076B2
Provided is an aqueous amine-free coating composition including at least one heterocyclic polymer, wherein the heterocyclic polymer is in the form of powder having a d90 less than or equal to 20 μm. Also provided is an aqueous amine-free non-stick coating composition including such an aqueous composition for a coating, and the respective methods for producing same. Further provided is a method for producing an item on one of the faces of a metal substrate, from at least one layer of coating composition or one layer of non-stick coating composition according to the invention.
US10465069B2
Provided are a polyphenyl ether resin composition and a prepreg and a laminated board containing same. The polyphenyl ether resin composition comprises the following components: (1) a tetrafunctional or higher multifunctional acrylate-modified thermosetting polyphenyl ether resin; and (2) a vinyl resin cross-linking agent, the weight of the vinyl resin cross-linking agent being 40-100 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the tetrafunctional or higher multifunctional acrylate-modified thermosetting polyphenyl ether resin. The modified thermosetting polyphenyl ether resin, due to containing a tetrafunctional or higher multifunctional acrylate active group, can cross-link more vinyl resin cross-linking agents. Not only the prepared high-speed electronic circuit substrate has low dielectric constant and dielectric loss, but also double bonds in side chains of the vinyl resin cross-linking agent are reacted completely in a resin curing system, so that the high-speed electronic circuit substrate has a better thermo-oxidative aging resistance.
US10465066B2
A polypropylene composite resin composition and an automotive interior part molded using the polypropylene composite resin composition are provided herein. The polypropylene composite resin composition contains: (a) an easily injection moldable polypropylene polymer, (b) a thermoplastic elastomer for improving impact resistance, (c) a platy inorganic filler surface-treated with an organosilane having affinity for a phytoncide, (d) a phytoncide having deodorizing capability and aromaticity, (e) a processing oil preventing pyrolysis of the phytoncide, and (f) a surfactant for improving the compatibility between the base resin and the phytoncide at specific compositional ratios. The automotive interior part molded using the polypropylene composite resin composition disclosed herein provides a pleasant environment for drivers by removing the offensive odor from volatile organic compounds (VOCs), etc. and maintaining the intrinsic scent of the phytoncide for a long time.
US10465065B2
Disclosed herein is a compound composition for a vehicle interior material using a natural fiber, which has use for enhancing physical properties, such as shock resistance, tensile strength, flexural strength, elongation, flexural modulus of elasticity, and heat deflection temperature, while realizing a reduction in weight of a vehicle. The compound composition is composed of a base resin obtained by mixing a high-fluidity polypropylene resin and a high-impact polypropylene resin, the base resin being a thermoplastic resin, a reinforcing filler that is a lightweight, eco-friendly, and low-density natural fiber, an impact modifier that is ethylene-propylene-octene rubber, an inorganic filler that functions as a nuclear agent, and a maleic-anhydride compatibilizer.
US10465061B2
A process for manufacturing a polycarbonate composition includes melt polymerizing a dihydroxy compound and a carbonate compound in the presence of a catalyst to form a polycarbonate; and adding 1 to 400 ppm of glycerol tristearate to form the polycarbonate composition, wherein the polycarbonate composition is unquenched.
US10465060B2
Provided is a polyamide resin composition comprising a polyamide resin, a PAN carbon fiber, carbon black, and a black dye, wherein the polyamide resin composition contains the PAN carbon fiber in an amount of 7.5 to 25% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, contains the carbon black in an amount of 0.01 to 0.55% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, and contains the black dye in an amount of 0.01 to 1.0% by weight, based on the weight of the composition.
US10465059B2
Processes for decrosslinking crosslinked plastic and devulcanizing vulcanized rubber include advancing such materials through single screw or twin screw extruders including special ultrasonic treatment zones wherein threadless shaft (single screw) or shafts (twin screw) rotate under an ultrasonic horn having a distal end aligned with the shaft or shafts and being shaped complimentary thereto. Special arcuate (single screw) or double-arcuate ultrasonic treatment flow paths confine the materials to flow under the horn where the material is subjected to ultrasonic waves to decrosslink the material, in the case of crosslinked plastic, or devulcanize the material, in the case of vulcanized rubber, with the extrudate leaving the die as a continuous stream or rope as is typical of virgin plastic or rubber.
US10465057B2
A method for producing a polyethylene-based resin laminated foam sheet according to the present invention is a method for producing a polyethylene-based resin laminated foam sheet 1 with thickness of 0.05 to 0.5 mm in which an anti-static layer is adhered by lamination on at least one surface of the foam layer, including: a step of performing coextrusion and foaming of a laminate which is obtained by combining and laminating, in a die 10, a melt resin composition 6 for forming a foam layer obtained by kneading a low density polyethylene A and a physical foaming agent and a melt resin composition 9 for forming an anti-static layer obtained by kneading a low density polyethylene B and an anti-static agent, wherein the anti-static agent is a polymeric anti-static agent C which has a melting point to allow a melting point difference in the range of from −10° C. to +10° C. compared to that of the low density polyethylene B and has a melt flow rate of 10 g/10 minutes or more.
US10465056B2
The method for producing a transparent conductive substrate includes forming metal meshes on a flexible non-conductive substrate with high transmittance. It's unnecessary to use palladium as a catalyst in this method. The metal meshes are in the form of nano/micro wires and the conductive substrate has high transmittance of 80%-90% at visible light wavelengths of 390-750 nm.
US10465055B2
The present invention relates to method for treating a substrate or a surface thereof bearing Si—H groups to confer to it a physical and/or biochemical surface-modified property, wherein it comprises at least a step consisting of exposing, within a liquid medium, said substrate or a surface thereof with at least a polymer, said polymer containing: at least three reactive sites able to attach to said substrate or said surface by reacting with Si—H groups and further creating covalent bonds, and at least a molecule or a part thereof able to confer said modified property to said substrate or said surface thereof, said step being carried out in efficient conditions to promote the covalent grafting of said polymer to said substrate or surface thereof and the molecular weight of said polymer being greater than 1000 g/mol.
US10465036B2
A polymerizable composition which can suppress generation of turbidity, optical distortion, and striae in a transparent resin obtained therefrom, a transparent resin obtained from the polymerizable composition, an optical material containing the transparent resin, a plastic lens containing the optical material, and a method for manufacturing the transparent resin. The present disclosure is a polymerizable composition containing a polythiol compound having at least three mercapto groups and a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound. The polyiso(thio)cyanate compound contains only a polyiso(thio)cyanate compound having no aromatic ring, and a thiol equivalent ratio which is a measured value of a thiol equivalent of the polythiol compound with respect to a theoretical value of the thiol equivalent is 0.900 or more and less than 1.000.
US10465032B2
A composition contains at least one siloxane having ethylenically unsaturated, radically-polymerizable groups, and at least one hydrocarbon having 2 to 6 ethylenically-unsaturated, radically-polymerizable groups, and can be used as a release coating, said composition allowing a good degree of release behavior from adhesive compounds while at the same time also achieving a high level of adhesion of the coating to the carrier material.
US10465026B2
A system and method for charging a chromium-based catalyst to a mix vessel; introducing a reducing agent through an entrance arrangement into the mix vessel, and agitating a mixture of the chromium-based catalyst, the reducing agent, and a solvent in the mix vessel to promote contact of the reducing agent with the chromium-based catalyst to give a reduced chromium-based catalyst.
US10465020B2
A process for producing a polyolefin comprising contacting one or more olefinic monomers in the presence of one or more catalysts, wherein one or more of the catalysts has the following structure: wherein M is a Group III or Lanthanide metal that is in a +3 formal oxidation state and wherein the contacting occurs in the absence of any activator is provided.
US10465016B2
Provided is a modified rubber for a tire (A) obtained by modifying a natural rubber and/or a synthetic rubber with a compound represented by formula (1): wherein X is an acid to form a salt with a guanidine site.
US10465015B2
A method of extracting lentinan from lentinan containing mushrooms comprising the step of contacting the mushrooms with an ionic liquid so as to obtain a lentinan rich ionic liquid solution.
US10465013B2
Disclosed is an antibody which binds to quetiapine, which can be used to detect quetiapine in a sample such as in a competitive immunoassay method. The antibody can be used in a lateral flow assay device for point-of-care detection of quetiapine, including multiplex detection of aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine, and risperidone in a single lateral flow assay device.
US10465011B2
The present invention relates to monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind to human Factor XI and activated Factor XI (“Factor XIa”), and pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment comprising the same.
US10465010B2
Provided herein are antibodies, or antigen binding portions thereof, that bind to glucocorticoid-inducible TNF receptor (GITR). Also provided are uses of these proteins in therapeutic applications, such as in the treatment of cancer. Further provided are cells that produce the antibodies, polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies, and vectors comprising the polynucleotides encoding the heavy and/or light chain variable region of the antibodies.
US10465003B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods utilizing anti-TNF antibodies having a heavy chain (HC) comprising SEQ ID NO:36 and a light chain (LC) comprising SEQ ID NO:37 for use in the treatment or prevention of Type I Diabetes (T1D).
US10465002B2
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind to Kallidin or des-Arg10-Kallidin. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, as well as nucleic acids encoding anti-Kallidin or des-Arg10-Kallidin antibodies, recombinant expression vectors and host cells for making such antibodies, or fragments thereof. Methods of using antibodies of the invention to modulate Kallidin or des-Arg10-Kallidin activity or detect Kallidin or des-Arg10-Kallidin or, either in vitro or in vivo, are also provided by the invention. The invention further provides methods of making antibodies that specifically bind to des-Arg9-Bradykinin and des-Arg10-Kallidin-like peptide.
US10464999B2
The invention provides antibodies that specifically bind transthyretin (TTR). The antibodies can be used for treating or effecting prophylaxis of diseases or disorders associated with TTR accumulation or accumulation of TTR deposits (e.g., TTR amyloidosis). The antibodies can also be used for diagnosing TTR amyloidosis and inhibiting or reducing aggregation of TTR, among other applications.
US10464998B2
This invention relates to methods and compositions for treating fibrosis, by administering compositions comprising anti-LPS immunoglobulin enriched colostrum preparations. In particular, the invention relates to methods and compositions for the treatment of liver fibrosis and/or lung fibrosis. Prophylactic or therapeutic compositions and diagnostic methods are also disclosed and claimed.
US10464996B2
The invention encompasses the discovery that Fc-containing polypeptides that include branched glycans and that are sialylated on the branched glycan (e.g., on an α 1,3 and/or α 1,6 arm in the Fc region's N-linked glycosylation site), with, e.g., a NeuAc-α 2,6-Gal or NeuAc-α 2,3-Gal terminal linkage, are useful in treating neurodegeneration, e.g., in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's Disease. The present disclosure provides, in part, methods for treating neurodegeneration or neurodegenerative diseases by administering compositions containing such Fc-containing polypeptides as well as methods for evaluating, identifying, and/or producing (e.g., manufacturing) such polypeptides for the treatment of neurodegeneration.
US10464995B2
Fibronectin type III (10Fn3) binding domains having novel designs that are associated with reduced immunogenicity are provided. The application describes alternative 10Fn3 binding domains in which certain immunogenic regions are not modified when producing a binder in order to maintain recognition as a self antigen by the host organism. The application also describes 10Fn3 binding domains in which HLA anchor regions have been destroyed thereby reducing the immunogenic contribution of the adjoining region. Also provided are 10Fn3 domains having novel combinations of modified regions that can bind to a desired target with high affinity.
US10464993B2
The present invention relates to a therapeutic polypeptide and methods for its creation and use for modulating an immune response in a host organism in need thereof. In particular, the invention relates to the administration to an organism in need thereof, of an effective amount of a pre-coupled polypeptide complex comprising a lymphokine polypeptide portion, for example IL-15 (SEQ ID NO: 5, 6), IL-2 (SEQ ID NO: 10, 12) or combinations of both, and an interleukin receptor polypeptide portion, for example IL-15Ra (SEQ ID NO: 7, 8), IL-2Ra (SEQ ID NO: 9, 11) or combinations of both, for augmenting the immune system in, for example, cancer, SCID, AIDS, or vaccination; or inhibiting the immune system in, for example, rheumatoid arthritis, or Lupus. The therapeutic complex of the invention surprisingly demonstrates increased half-life, and efficacy in vivo.
US10464989B2
This disclosure describes, generally, a modified form of CD 16, genetically-modified cells that express the modified CD 16, and methods that involve the genetically-modified cells. The modified form of CD 16 can exhibit increased anti-tumor and/or anti- viral activity due, at least in part, to reduced susceptibility to ADAM17-mediated shedding upon NK cell stimulation.
US10464988B2
The present application provides antibody-TCR chimeric constructs comprising an antibody moiety that specifically binds to a target antigen fused to a TCRM capable of recruiting at least one TCR-associated signaling module. Also provided are methods of making and using these constructs.
US10464983B2
Variant peptides of calcitonin gene-related peptide alpha (αCGRP), calcitonin gene-related peptide beta (βCGRP), and adrenomedullin (AM) are disclosed, wherein the variant peptides have high binding affinity and agonistic or antagonistic activity for at least one receptor complex of CLR:RAMP1, CLR:RAMP2, and CLR:RAMP3. Also disclosed are methods of use of the variant peptides in therapeutic treatments.
US10464979B2
Disclosed herein are FGF23 c-tail fusion proteins, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the FGF23 c-tail fusion proteins, and methods of treatment using the FGF23 c-tail fusion proteins. This application discloses fusion proteins comprising a FGF-23 c-tail protein fused to a heterologous amino acid sequence, wherein said fusion protein modulates serum phosphate levels but does not substantially modulate serum 1, 25 VitD levels. In some embodiments, the FGF-23 c-tail protein is fused to the heterologous amino acid sequence via a linker. This invention also encompasses vectors comprising the nucleic acids disclosed herein, and a host cell comprising the vector or polynucleotides encoding the proteins of the invention.
US10464946B2
The present invention relates to crystalline forms of N-(3-(2-(4-(4-methylpiperazin-1-yl)phenylamino)thieno[3,2-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)phenyl)acrylamide, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same. The crystalline forms can be easily used for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition containing the same as an active ingredient.
US10464934B2
Compounds are provided that are modulators of the CCR2 receptor. The compounds have the general formula (I): and are useful in pharmaceutical compositions, methods for the treatment of diseases and disorders involving the pathologic activation of CCR2 receptors.
US10464932B2
A series of 3-imino-5-methyl-1,2,4-thiadiazinane 1,1-dioxide derivatives of formula (I), substituted in the 5-position by a phenyl moiety NH which in turn is meta-substituted by an optionally substituted fused bicyclic heteroaromatic ring system containing at least one nitrogen atom, being selective inhibitors of plasmepsin V activity, are beneficial as pharmaceutical agents, especially in the treatment of malaria.
US10464922B2
The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
US10464919B2
The present invention relates to novel tricyclic derivative compounds, and more specifically to tricyclic derivative compounds, optical isomers thereof, racemates thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have excellent activity against PARP-1, tankyrase-1 or tankyrase-2. The tricyclic derivative compounds, optical isomers thereof, racemates thereof or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof according to the present invention have inhibitory activity against PARP-1, tankyrase-1, or tankyrase-2, and thus can be effectively used for the prevention or treatment of neuropathic pain, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, diabetic neuropathy, inflammatory diseases, osteoporosis, or cancer.
US10464909B2
The present disclosure relates to inhibitors of zinc-dependent histone deacetylases (HDACs) useful in the treatment of diseases or disorders associated with an HDAC, e.g., HDAC6, having a Formula I: where R, L, X1, X2, X3, X4, Y1, Y2, Y3, and Y4 are described herein.
US10464901B2
Provided are a compound represented by the following Formula I-1 or I-2, and a composition for preventing or treating dementia or Alzheimer's disease, the composition including the compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier:
US10464893B2
Derivatives of pyrrole-2,5-diones having formula (I): (I) are described, together with agronomic compositions containing said derivatives having formula (I) and the use thereof for the control of phytopathogenic fungi in agricultural crops.
US10464880B2
The present invention relates to a method for the purification of cadaverine from an aqueous cadaverine salt composition comprising one or more involatile impurities, the method comprising: (1) mixing the aqueous cadaverine salt composition with one or more bases to provide an aqueous cadaverine composition having a pH of at least about 12; (2) distilling or evaporating the aqueous cadaverine composition to produce an aqueous cadaverine solution, wherein one or more solvents are added to the evaporation/distillation system before the evaporation/distillation stops, and the one or more solvents comprise at least one or more high boiling point (HBP) solvents having a boiling point of at least 185° C. (1 atm); and (3) subjecting the aqueous cadaverine solution to one or more rectification steps to provide a cadaverine product.
US10464878B2
The present disclosure provides treprostinil derivatives that can act as prodrugs of treprostinil. The treprostinil derivatives can be used to treat any conditions responsive to treatment with treprostinil, including pulmonary hypertension, such as pulmonary arterial hypertension.
US10464875B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid or ester, preferably α,ß ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acids or esters, by the liquid phase reaction of formaldehyde or a suitable source thereof with a non-cyclic carboxylic acid ester in the presence of a basic metal salt.
US10464870B2
Provided is a method for preparing a diol. In the method, a saccharide and hydrogen as raw materials are contacted with a catalyst in water to prepare the diol. The employed catalyst is a composite catalyst comprised of a main catalyst and a cocatalyst, wherein the main catalyst is a water-insoluble acid-resistant alloy; and the cocatalyst is a soluble tungstate and/or soluble tungsten compound. The method uses an acid-resistant, inexpensive and stable alloy needless of a support as a main catalyst, and can guarantee a high yield of the diol in the case where the production cost is relatively low.
US10464869B2
Disclosed are processes for producing halogenated olefins, and preferably tetrafluorinated propene(s), from one or more alkanes having both fluorine substituents and non-fluorine substituents, preferably with a high degree of conversion and selectivity. Preferably the process comprises the use of a catalyzed reaction in which the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of activated carbons halogenated mono- and di-valent metal oxides, mono- and di-valent Lewis acid metal halides, zero-valent metals, and combinations of these.
US10464868B2
A method for producing xylenes from a heavy reformate feed includes the steps of introducing the heavy reformate feed and a hydrogen feed to a dealkylation reactor, reacting the heavy reformate feed with the hydrogen gas in the presence of the dealkylation catalyst in the dealkylation reactor to produce a dealkylation effluent, introducing the dealkylation effluent to a splitter unit, separating the dealkylation effluent into a light gas stream, a toluene stream, a benzene stream, a C9 aromatics stream, a C10+ aromatics stream, and a mixed xylene stream in the splitter unit, introducing the toluene stream, the C9 aromatics stream, and a hydrogen stream into a transalkylation reactor, reacting the toluene stream and the C9 aromatics stream in the presence of the transalkylation catalyst to produce a transalkylation effluent, introducing the transalkylation effluent to the splitter unit, and separating the transalkylation effluent in the splitter unit.
US10464867B2
The present application relates to a distillation device. The distillation device of the present application can minimize energy loss occurring in a purification process of the olefin monomer, the solvent, and the raw material including, for example, 1-octene, iso-octene, and n-hexane, used in a polymerization process of the polyolefin elastomer, and can increase economic efficiency by isolating a high-purity product.
US10464866B2
The present application relates to an apparatus for purifying cumene comprising: a first dividing wall type distillation column which takes in a stream from an alkylation reactor and comprises a first benzene output line and a benzene/cumene/polyisopropylbenzene stream output line; a second dividing wall type distillation column which takes in a stream from a transalkylation reactor and a benzene/cumene/polyisopropylbenzene stream, includes a transalkylation reactor stream input line, a benzene/cumene/polyisopropylbenzene stream input line, a second benzene output line, and a first polyisopropylbenzene stream output line; and a third distillation column which takes in a polyisopropylbenzene stream, includes a second polyisopropylbenzene output line, and a heavies output line.
US10464853B2
A source of phosphate for agriculture and food industry comprises a phosphate salt in solid form of formula Mn(HPO4)y.zH2O in which M is Na, K, NH4, n=2, and y=1; or M is Ca, n=1, y=1; or M is Al or Fe, n=2, y=3; and in which z is 0, 1 or 2, wherein said phosphate salt has a phosphate content expressed as a P2O5 content of between 30 and 50% by weight of the phosphate salt, and it has a cadmium content lower than 0.40 ppm.
US10464852B2
Separation methods and systems for converting high concentrations of animal wastes into nutrients and other useful products such as struvite and potassium struvite. Advantageously, the system and methods do not require the addition of external chemicals other than an acid and a base.
US10464849B2
A method for producing a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material includes impregnating a set of ceramic fibers with a non-fibrous ceramic material, resulting in a precursor matrix, stabilizing the precursor matrix, resulting in a stabilized matrix, and densifying the stabilized matrix using a frequency assisted sintering technology (FAST) process, resulting in a densified CMC material. The resulting densified CMC exhibits superior strength and toughness, relative to prior CMCs.
US10464846B2
A method of decreasing the water load needed to form a fibrous panel. The process includes admixing a mineral wool, a cellulose, and a binder to provide a pre-mixed slurry, admixing a mineral filler with water to provide a mineral filler slurry, admixing the pre-mixed slurry and the mineral filler slurry to form a dispersion, flowing the dispersion onto a foraminous support wire to provide a green board, dewatering the green board to form a dewatered green board and drying the dewatered green board to provide a fibrous panel.
US10464845B2
A first glass substrate, a die including a penetrating space, a seat member, and a punching member are set so as to be arranged in this order. Subsequently, the seat member is punched by the punching member to remove part from the seat member through the penetrating space of the die. The part removed, is placed on the first glass substrate by the punching member so as to allow the part to serve as at least one spacer. Thereafter, the second glass substrate is placed on the first glass substrate with the at least one spacer in-between to form a glass panel unit.
US10464840B2
Near-infrared shielding includes a glass material. The shielding provides transmittance at wavelengths between 390 to 700 nm, but near infrared absorbing species are distributed throughout the glass material and the shielding blocks light in the near infrared range. Further, the glass material has a near zero or negative coefficient of thermal expansion, allowing the glass material to heat up when the shielding is blocking a near infrared laser, without expanding much.
US10464836B2
A glass wafer has an internal surface and an opposing external surface separated by a wafer thickness. A hermetic, electrically conductive feedthrough extends through the wafer from the internal surface to the opposing external surface. The feedthrough includes a feedthrough member having an inner face exposed along the internal surface for electrically coupling to an electrical circuit. The feedthrough member extends from the inner face partially through the wafer thickness to an exteriorly-facing outer face hermetically embedded within the wafer.
US10464817B2
EMM-26 is a novel synthetic crystalline material having a single crystalline phase with a unique T-atom connectivity and X-ray diffraction pattern which identify it as a novel material. EMM-26 has a two-dimensional pore system defined by 10-membered rings of tetrahedrally coordinated atoms having pore dimensions of ˜6.3 Åט3.2 Å. EMM-26 may be prepared with a organic structure directing agent, such as 1,6-bis(N-methylpyrrolidinium) hexane dications and/or 1,6-bis(N-methylpiperidinium) hexane dications. EMM-26 may be used in organic compound conversion and/or sorptive processes.
US10464815B2
A thermochemical energy storage system and method of storing thermal energy are disclosed. The energy storing system described herein comprises a reactor comprising a CO2 sorbent comprising i) CaO and mayenite or ii) Li4SiO4, or a combination thereof, and b) a CO2 source, wherein the CO2 source is in fluid communication with the reactor to allow flow of CO2 between the CO2 source and the reactor. Further, methods are disclosed for storing thermal energy through a wide temperature range.
US10464810B2
To obtain hydrogen from a gaseous C2minus feed, it is cooled from a first to a second temperature level at a first pressure level forming one or more condensates. A gaseous remainder is cooled to a third temperature level and subjected to a counterflow absorption at the first pressure level, obtaining a top gas rich in hydrogen and methane and a sump liquid. The former is heated and subjected to pressure swing adsorption at the first pressure level, forming a product stream rich in hydrogen and depleted in or free from methane. The condensate(s) and/or the sump liquid is/are expanded to and fed into a low pressure demethanizer at the second pressure level. The counterflow absorption is carried out using fluid taken from the demethanizer at the second pressure level, compressed in gaseous form to the first pressure level and cooled to the third temperature level.
US10464797B2
A beverage dispensing system comprises a container, an attachment mechanism, and a cartridge. The container may hold a mixing solution or liquid, such as water, to be mixed with the contents of the cartridge. The attachment mechanism is generally located within the container. The attachment mechanism may comprise an engagement assembly, a piercing portion, and a valve assembly. The engagement assembly may generally receive the cartridge within the attachment mechanism. The piercing portion may generally pierce the cartridge, thereby releasing the contents of the cartridge into the container. The valve assembly may generally open upon engagement of the cartridge with the attachment mechanism. The cartridge generally engages with the attachment mechanism to open the cartridge to be dispensed into the container, thereby combining the contents of the cartridge with the liquid within the container to create a drinkable beverage.
US10464795B2
A gravity based dispenser for use with a bottle of liquid. The dispenser hangs about the neck of a user and allows the user to selectively dispense water from the water bottle while the user maintains a valve of the dispenser in an open position. In a closed position, the valve of the dispenser prevents the flow of liquid from the bottle to which the dispenser is attached. The valve is biased to the closed position. In this way, a user may use water to wash their hands using a single water bottle without using unnecessary quantities of water.
US10464777B1
A yarn feeder may comprise a metric-sized motor and a winding wheel, and a drive shaft axially protruding from a first end of the motor is configured to connect to a rotating member. The winding wheel formed in a tube shape comprises a first end and a second end, and an interior channel is adapted to axially penetrate through the winding wheel from the first end to the second end thereof. The interior channel is configured to accommodate the motor, and the rotating member is coupled with the interior channel such that the motor is configured to drive the winding wheel through the rotating member. The motor in the present invention is a metric-sized motor which is not only easy to buy in the market but also reduces manufacturing cost and the volume of the yarn feeder.
US10464768B2
A conveying apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a feeding-out member movable along a shaft member extending in a first direction and rotatable in a medium conveyance direction; a conveyance member configured to convey the medium from the feeding-out member along a medium conveyance route; a load applying member that applies a load in a direction opposed to the medium conveyance direction; a guide member placed at one end portion of the medium conveyance route in the first direction, and configured to restrict movement of the medium in the first direction; and an inclination member inclined with respect to the first direction and in contact with the medium between the feeding-out member and the conveyance member in the medium conveyance route, thereby making a conveyed distance of the medium shorter at a first side near the guide member than at a second side far from the guide member.
US10464767B2
An adhesive tape cartridge including a housing and an adhesive tape roll is provided. The adhesive tape roll is disposed in the housing and winds an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape includes a first adhesive layer, a second adhesive layer, and a separation material layer. The first adhesive layer comprises an adhesive with a first pigment added. The second adhesive layer is disposed on one side of the first adhesive layer in a thickness direction and comprises an adhesive with a second pigment added. The separation material layer is disposed on the one side of the second adhesive layer in the thickness direction. A volume ratio of the second pigment in the second adhesive layer is smaller than a volume ratio of the first pigment in the first adhesive layer.
US10464762B2
A robotic carton unloader is configured for automatic unloading of cartons from a carton pile. In various embodiments, the robotic carton unloader may include a mobile body, a movable robotic arm attached to the mobile body and comprising an end effector, a conveyor system having a front portion, and a lift attached to the mobile body and the front portion of the conveyor system to move the front portion. In some embodiments, the conveyor system may comprise a front-end shelf conveyor configured to be moved (e.g., raised, lowered, laterally moved, tilted, etc.) relative to the body of the unloader. The front-end shelf conveyor may be moved separately for positioning below the robotic arm in order to receive cartons from a small distance. The front-end shelf conveyor may be moved via various mechanisms (e.g., scissor lifts, pedestal lifts, etc.).
US10464758B2
A transportable drive-over conveyor system comprising a drive-over hopper for receiving grain or other material and having a belted conveyor for conveying the grain or other material, a transition section pivotally connected at an upstream end to the drive-over hopper, an auger mounted at a downstream end of the transition section, wherein the transition section transfers the grain or other material from the belted conveyor to the auger.
US10464757B2
A conveyor belt link that can form a substantially flat, continuous conveyor belt surface when coupled with multiple, identical conveyor belt links. In one embodiment, the conveyor belt link for a conveyor belt assembly comprises a base for carrying an item, the base having a first end, a second end, a first linking member projecting from the base, and a second linking member projecting from the base. The first end of the base terminates at a first angle (relative to a horizontal axis), the second end terminates at a second angle (relative to the horizontal axis), and the first and second angles of the ends are substantially supplementary. The first linking member comprises one of a cylinder and a channel and the second linking member comprises the other of the cylinder and the channel.
US10464752B2
A conveyance facility for conveying a bag includes a carrier including a support supporting the bag, and traveling wheels. A conveyance path includes a straight section and a curve section. In the curve section, a pulley rotatable along the curve section and in frictional contact with the support; and a guide rail guiding the traveling wheels are provided. The guide rail includes a rotation guide rail guiding one traveling wheel of a pair of the traveling wheels, and rotating with the pulley; a fixed guide rail guiding another traveling wheel of the pair of traveling wheels, and being provided along the rotation guide rail; and an upper guide rail and a side guide rail guiding the support.
US10464747B2
The current invention relates to a bin used in combination with a liner for various purposes, including but not limited to the disposal of trash and the collection of recycled material. The bin having an exterior surface, an interior surface, a body, a closed bottom end, an open top end, and an interior chamber. The bin including at least a slideable top portion allowing for the top opening of the bin to be adjusted in periphery thereby enabling liners of various sizes to be secured in the interior chamber of the bin. In addition, a bin including an adjustable bin lid member within a bin lid enabling liners of various sizes to be secured in the interior chamber of the bin. Furthermore, a bin including a vertical moving floor plate within the interior chamber of the bin for supporting liners of various lengths.
US10464746B2
A garbage can has a container having a lid moveable between a closed position and an open position and a suction motor having a suction motor inlet end in air flow communication with the interior volume of the container and a suction motor outlet end in air flow communication with the ambient exterior to the container.
US10464739B2
Methods and packages for storing film strips while reducing or eliminating stress cracking during storage, including use of packages having an inner surface made from polymeric materials exhibiting various physical properties and including films and pouches that are annealed.
US10464731B2
Temperature controlled transport enclosure with tracking technology utilizing thermoelectric devices
A portable, self-contained, temperature-controlled enclosure capable of maintaining a constant, user-specified temperature within the enclosure independent of the outside environment. The device is ideal for the transport of material that is highly temperature sensitive and requires a stable temperature environment. The portable enclosure includes capability of cellular and GPS location beacon identification, comprehensive internal status and operation monitoring, and wireless communication capability of the device status, temperature and humidity parameters, and location using BLUE TOOTH, WIFI and/or cellular technology. The system is powered by an onboard rechargeable battery, external DC power, or external AC power.
US10464724B2
A container comprising a base and a lid defining a first compartment therebetween for storing unused snus, wherein at least the lid or the base includes a separating element which is stretchable to enable a user to form or enlarge a second compartment for storing used snus on the other side of said separating element to the first compartment.
US10464716B1
A container including a container body having a neck finish having a longitudinal axis. A fitment is fitted at least partially within the neck finish. The fitment has a slot extending at least partially around the longitudinal axis. An adhesive is positioned within the slot between said neck finish and said fitment. The adhesive has a Tan Delta from about 0.65 to about 3.
US10464714B2
The invention relates to a closing assembly for containers, such as bottles and/or jars, which allows a hermetically isolated additive to be dispensed into the inside of said container, via a cartridge, characterised in that the assembly comprises a closing device having a main body (3) with joining means that allow detachable connection to a removable cartridge (4) storing the additive to be released, where said removable cartridge (4) houses a piercing projection (5) that can be actuated by direct contact with an actuator (2) connected to said main body (3).
US10464704B2
According to one embodiment, a label peeling device includes a tray, a pressing unit, and a control unit. The tray is configured to support a label sheet thereon. The pressing unit is configured to be driven in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the label sheet. The control unit is configured to drive the pressing unit toward a central portion of the label sheet supported on the tray. The control unit performs peeling control to peel a liner sheet and a label body of the label sheet from each other by pressing an edge of the label sheet and thereby curving the label sheet.
US10464696B2
A space device includes: an adhesion part to adhere to a target existing in the space; and a propulsion part to obtain propulsion power. The space device that adheres to the target at the adhesion part moves together with the target by the propulsion part, thereby conveying the target to a predetermined target position.
US10464694B1
A spacecraft includes at least a first thruster support mechanism (TSM) and a second TSM, each TSM including a pointing arrangement, an elongated structural member and thruster for performing orbit raising north-south stationkeeping, east-west stationkeeping, and momentum management. A first pointing arrangement is articulable only by way of first and second revolute joints, the first revolute joint being rotatable about a first axis fixed with respect to the spacecraft. The second pointing arrangement is articulable only by way of third and fourth revolute joints, the third revolute joint being rotatable about a third axis fixed with respect to the spacecraft. The first axis and the third axis are asymmetrically arranged with respect to a spacecraft coordinate system origin such that the first and third axis are at acute angles to a spacecraft pitch axis and the acute angle of the first axis is less than that of the third axis.
US10464687B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining an angular position of a control shaft. The systems and methods receive at least three electrical signals from a synchro transducer coupled to a control shaft. The systems and methods further calculate two values associated with at two of the at least three electrical signals, determine an estimate of the angular position of the control shaft based on the at least two values, and generate an output signal indicative of the angular position of the control shaft based on the estimate.
US10464677B2
In a preferred embodiment, a modular lavatory system for replacing a conventional lavatory monument in an aircraft cabin includes a base lavatory module including a fore sidewall, an aft sidewall, and an aisle wall that form a housing enclosing a toilet unit. A first sidewall of the fore sidewall and the aft sidewall may include a widening region positioned above a passenger seat headrest height. The modular lavatory system may include at least two interchangeable modules configured for mounting against the other sidewall of the base lavatory module. A footprint of the base lavatory module may be smaller than the conventional lavatory monument footprint, such that an extra cabin space is created proximate the other sidewall of the base lavatory module after replacement of the conventional lavatory monument with the modular lavatory system. The at least two interchangeable modules may each be dimensioned for installation within the extra space.
US10464674B2
There is described a system and method for setting virtual boundaries on an interactive sidewall display system in a vehicle, the virtual boundaries defining individual passenger-specific regions for user interaction.
US10464669B2
A system for collision avoidance includes memory storing instructions which, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform determining a direction of flight of a first drone, causing broadcasting, in the direction of flight based, a beamformed signal of beacon frames, determining a new flight direction of the same first drone, in response to the new flight direction, causing broadcasting of the beacon frames in the new flight direction, detecting second beacon frames from a second drone associated with a direction from which the second beacon frames are arriving; in response, causing the first drone to perform, without input from a pilot, one or more of a change in elevation, heading, speed, or type of operation, directed toward causing the first drone to follow a flight path that is separated from the second drone.
US10464662B2
An autopilot actuator includes first and second motors each including a rotatable motor output shaft such that either one or both of the motors can drive an actuator output shaft. An autopilot main unit enclosure is removably mounted to the helicopter proximate to a cyclic control and commonly houses autopilot actuators as well as main autopilot electronics. A cyclic vibration isolator is removably supported by an actuator shaft for co-rotation and coupled to the cyclic control to attenuate a cyclic vibration frequency at the actuator shaft while output rotations of the actuator shaft below a resonant frequency are coupled to the cyclic control. A force limited link includes first and second ends and a variable length between. The force limited link having a relaxed length when less than an unseating force is applied and the variable length changes when an applied force exceeds the unseating force to permit pilot override.
US10464661B2
According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a volitant vehicle comprising, a body (112), a control unit being configured to compute an estimate of the orientation of a primary axis (130) of said body with respect to a predefined reference frame, wherein said primary axis is an axis about which said vehicle rotates when flying; and at least one propeller (104) attacked to the body, wherein each of said at least one propeller has an axis of rotation (110) which is fixed with respect to said body, is configured to simultaneously produce a thrust force and a torque, said thrust force having a component along the primary axis, said torque having a component along the primary axis constructively contributing to the vehicle rotating about said primary axis, said torque having a component perpendicular to the primary axis, and all of said at least one propeller rotate with the same handedness about their respective thrust forces.
US10464655B2
A boat includes a planing hull, a propeller, a main rudder, and a pair of flanking rudders. The planing hull has port and starboard sides, a transom, a hull bottom, and a centerline running down the middle of the boat, halfway between the port and starboard sides. The propeller is positioned forward of the transom and beneath the hull bottom. The main rudder is positioned aft of the propeller. The main rudder has a rotation axis about which the main rudder rotates. The flanking rudders are positioned forward of the propeller. One of the flanking rudders is positioned on the port side of the centerline, and the other flanking rudder is positioned on the starboard side of the centerline.
US10464653B2
A control system for a steerable thrusting device is disclosed comprising a mobile device and application which interface with an electronic controller to command the output power and directional heading of the steerable thrusting device. In at least one embodiment, the mobile device serves the functions of a mapping and input device that communicates bi-directionally with a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and direction device-equipped electronic controller, which in turn controls the power and heading of the thrusting device on a marine vessel. Data can be stored on the mobile device or procured in real-time via network access to a dedicated database and communicated to the electronic controller in order to execute specific functions of the thrusting device control system. The data created in the control system is capable of being shared amongst similar devices via the use of a cloud network.
US10464645B2
A method of adjusting buoyancy of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) includes measuring buoyancy drift of the UUV when underwater. After docking the UUV with a subsea station, a quantity of a flowable buoyancy-adjustment material held onboard the UUV is changed by transferring that material from the station to the UUV or from the UUV to the station. A buoyancy adjustment system for a UUV includes: an onboard tank for holding a variable quantity of the buoyancy-adjustment material and upwardly-opening and downwardly-opening passageways communicating with the tank for transferring the buoyancy-adjustment material to or from the UUV. The subsea station includes: a dock for docking a UUV; a holding tank for holding the buoyancy-adjustment material; and at least one upwardly-opening or downwardly-opening passageway aligned with the dock and communicating with the holding tank for transferring the buoyancy-adjustment material to or from the docked UUV.
US10464641B1
In some aspects of the disclosure, an attachable lighting device has a lighting assembly which includes a light housing, an attaching base, and one or more optical sources. The light housing is attached to the top of the attaching base and contains the one or more optical sources. The attachable lighting device has a receiving base which is attachable to an attachment surface of a boat. The attaching base is attachable to the receiving base.
US10464637B1
An inflatable watercraft for supporting a user on water includes a flexible water-proof and air-tight bladder having a first end, an opposing second end, a top side, a bottom side, and two opposing lateral sides. The first end is substantially open to expose an interior surface of the bladder and an interior volume of the bladder. A first seal is fixed with the interior surface of the bladder proximate the open first end of the bladder. As such, to inflate the watercraft the user holds the first seal open while scooping air into the bladder until the bladder achieves a substantially inflated configuration. The user then places the first seal in the closed configuration to prevent air from escaping the bladder. Additional seals and means for inhibiting air leaking from the bladder are provided. Multiple forms of watercraft are contemplated.
US10464633B2
A driving system for an electric vehicle comprises a motor (3) comprising a first output shaft (11) and a gearbox (17) comprising a second output shaft (27) attachable to a wheel (33) of the electric vehicle. The first output shaft (11) is capable of driving the second output shaft (27) to rotate by engagement of gears of the gearbox (17). The first output shaft (11) is hollow, and the second output shaft (27) extends through the first output shaft (11) so that the second output shaft (27) is disposed coaxially with the first output shaft (11). An electric vehicle comprising the driving system is disclosed. The driving system is possible to improve the balancing, the passing ability and the visual appearance of the electric vehicle.
US10464632B2
A swing arm extends rearwardly from an engine, and a pair of side cases is arranged leftwardly and rightwardly of the swing arm. The swing arm is supported at a body frame by a single rear shock absorber. The engine is supported at the body frame by a plurality of vibration absorbing support members. Each vibration absorbing support member has a structure in which a rubber member is arranged between an outer cylinder and an inner cylinder. The engine is attached to the inner cylinder with use of an engine support shaft, and the body frame is attached to the outer cylinder with use of an engine bracket. The rubber member has projections being in contact with an inner surface of the outer cylinder and recesses not being in contact with the inner surface of the outer cylinder. The swing arm is rigidly and pivotally connected to the engine.
US10464625B2
A riding luggage storage system includes two side boxes symmetrically arranged, a side box pull rod movably arranged on each of the side boxes, a rolling structure installed on the outer lateral side of each side box, and two side boxes quickly mountable to form a draw-bar box. The luggage storage system has a compact and reasonable integral structure, and has at least one side boxes, with movably installed pull rods. A box body can be carried directly and artificially and moved between different places directly. The box body is easy to carry and suitable for carrying by riding vehicles such as motorcycles and bicycles.
US10464601B2
Automatic tilting vehicle is provided that includes left and right front wheels supported by knuckles, a rear wheel steered by a steering actuator, a vehicle tilting device, and a control unit. The control unit calculates a target tilt angle of the vehicle and a target steered angle of the rear wheel based on a steering angle and a vehicle speed, controls the vehicle tilting device so that a tilt angle of the vehicle becomes the target tilt angle, and controls the steering actuator so that a steered angle of the rear wheel becomes the target steered angle. When the vehicle is turning and decelerating, a steered angle of the rear wheel is controlled not to be the target steered angle but to zero, and a tilt angle of the vehicle is reduced by a gyro moment of the rear wheel.
US10464600B2
Electronically controlled hydraulic valves can be directly mounted to rear steering cylinders of a four wheel steering machine to improve steering, reduce space consumption, reduce leak points and allow ease of routing. The valves can receive hydraulic fluid from a pump and release hydraulic fluid to tank, while controlling an amount of hydraulic fluid to the steering cylinder via inlets and outlets in direct contact. The valves can be controlled by a controller that is also in communication with position sensors configured to sense positions of the front and rear steering cylinders, so that the directly mounted valves in the rear can be correspondingly controlled to follow steering in the front.
US10464591B2
One steering column assembly for use with a vehicle includes a jacket, a steering shaft rotatably supported by the jacket, and a retractor for moving the steering shaft from an extended position to a stowed position. The retractor does not interfere with rotation of the steering shaft when the steering shaft is at the extended position, and the retractor includes explosive material and a detonation device. The detonation device is in communication with the explosive material for detonating the explosive material when an impact event is sensed or predicted, and detonation of the explosive material results in the steering shaft moving from the extended position to the stowed position.
US10464589B2
A steering control device includes a steering wheel configured to allow a traveling direction of a vehicle to be adjusted depending on performed turning operation, an input operation unit disposed in a center region of the steering wheel and configured to receive input operation by an operator, a switching unit connected to the steering wheel and the input operation unit and configured to switch a turn of the steering wheel between a turn of the steering wheel together with the input operation unit and a turn of only the steering wheel, and a controller configured to control the switching unit such that only the steering wheel turns in accordance with an input of an input signal indicating a start of a self-driving mode in which a turn of the steering wheel is controlled.
US10464586B2
A pallet sled includes an upper frame including spaced-apart arms adapted to receive feet of a pallet therebetween. A lower frame supports the upper frame. A plurality of pivotable arms connect the lower frame to the upper frame. A handle is pivotably connected to the lower frame and the upper frame, such that pivoting the handle selectively raises and lowers the upper frame relative to the lower frame.
US10464583B2
A monitor vehicle for a rail system includes a wheeled trolley, an overhead vehicle body, at least one supporting structure, and at least one first sensor. The wheeled trolley is operable to move over one or more rails of the rail system. The supporting structure connects the wheeled trolley and overhead vehicle body. The first sensor is on the wheeled trolley and configured to detect at least one first parameter of the one or more rails of the rail system.
US10464582B2
A carbody support device of a railway vehicle, including support mechanisms installed between a front bogie and a carbody and between a rear bogie and the carbody in a traveling direction, and supporting the carbody against the respective bogies. The support mechanisms regulate both the front bogie and the rear bogie inclining in the same vehicle width direction with respect to the carbody when the railway vehicle travels through a curve, while the support mechanisms permit the front bogie and the rear bogie inclining in different vehicle width directions.
US10464559B2
A damage reduction device according to an embodiment of the present technology includes an input unit, a prediction unit, a recognition unit, and a determination unit. The input unit inputs status data regarding a status in a moving direction of a moving body apparatus. The prediction unit predicts a collision with an object in the moving direction on the basis of the status data. The recognition unit recognizes whether the object includes a person. The determination unit determines, when the collision with the object is predicted and it is recognized that the object includes a person, a steering direction of the moving body apparatus in which a collision with the person is avoidable, on the basis of the status data.
US10464558B2
A vehicle driving assistance apparatus includes a sensing unit configured to sense an object outside a vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to obtain surrounding situation information, determine whether the object approaches the vehicle from a traveling lane or a lateral lane based on a location of the object outside the vehicle, and generate a control signal to control at least one of a drive apparatus of the vehicle, a steering apparatus of the vehicle, or a brake apparatus of the vehicle. The vehicle driving assistance apparatus enables the vehicle (i) to avoid collision between the vehicle and the object or (ii) to perform an action that reduces an impulse on the vehicle from the collision, and provide the control signal to a vehicle control system of the vehicle.
US10464549B2
An electric drive direction confirmation system and method for a vehicle are provided. The system and method include receiving a gear selector input signal corresponding to a gear selection from an electronic gear selector on the vehicle, determining whether the gear selector input signal corresponds to a directional movement gear selection, and, when determined that the gear selector input signal corresponds to the directional movement gear selection, sending a drive command to temporarily urge the vehicle in a direction corresponding to the gear selection.
US10464547B2
A vehicle includes drive wheels, an energy source having an available energy, a torque-generating device powered by the energy source to provide an input torque, a transmission configured to receive the input torque and deliver an output torque to the set of drive wheels, and a controller. The controller, as part of a programmed method, predicts consumption of the available energy along a predetermined travel route using onboard data, offboard data, and a first logic block, and also corrects the predicted energy consumption using the onboard data, offboard data, and an error correction loop between a second logic block and the first logic block. The controller also executes a control action with respect to the vehicle using the corrected energy consumption, including changing a logic state of the vehicle.
US10464542B2
Brake fluid reservoir valve for installation in the reservoir's outlet tube. It includes an outer sleeve fixed in the reservoir tube and equipped with an outer stop and a hollow piston housed in the sleeve. The top of the piston is closed and bordered by a groove accommodating an o-ring seal that rests upon the upper edge of the sleeve whenever the piston enters the sleeve. The piston has windows beneath the groove communicating with the interior of the piston and lugs near its lower extremity. Openings are provided in the extension of the piston beneath the lugs. A compression spring is inserted between the piston and the outer sleeve, between the stop and the lugs.
US10464538B2
A device and a method for adaptive activation of a brake system of a rail vehicle are provided, wherein the brake system is controlled according to a predetermined first and second slip parameter range, wherein the first slip parameter range is a macro slip range with a higher permissible slip range, and the second slip parameter range is a micro slip range with a lower permissible slip range, and wherein a maximally available brake force in the micro slip range and an average brake force of the brake system achieved in the current slip range are determined.
US10464517B2
A side air bag device restraining an occupant at the early stage of the deployment. A seat back has a side support part bulging in a vehicle forward direction at a side part in a vehicle width direction. A seat frame of the seat is provided inside the seat. The side air bag device has an air bag deploying to restrain an occupant and an inflator supplying inflating gas. A side frame part of the seat frame is inside the side support part, and the side air bag device is on an outer side of the side frame. The air bag has a main chamber deploying forward and to an outer side of the side support part and a sub-chamber deploying inside the side support part. The sub-chamber deploys further toward a forward side than a vehicle forward edge of the side frame, at least a front part of the side support part protrudes and deforms toward an occupant side.
US10464515B2
A method for motorcycle accident detection and notification utilizes a wireless communication device and a motorcycle including an instrument system and an overturn detection system. The wireless communication device can be a portable wireless communication device carried by the motorcycle driver or a built-in wireless communication device of the motorcycle. The followings steps are executed. Obtain the motorcycle speeds and the corresponding time point data. Detect whether the motorcycle is overturned, and if affirmative, the overturn sensor sends out an overturning signal and then the instrument system, by comparing the differences between the speeds before and after the overturning signal is generated, determines whether an accident is to be notified. If affirmative, an accident signal is sent to the wireless communication device which will then send accident notification messages to emergency contact persons, thereby enabling them to inform the police and to rescue the motorcycle driver.
US10464510B2
A power supply device that includes a plurality of electricity storage elements each including lead terminals; a conductive connector connected to the lead terminals; a circuit board including a conductive path; a conductive relay terminal electrically connected to the conductive path, the connector being disposed so as to be in contact with the relay terminal; and a resin holder configured to hold the plurality of electricity storage elements, wherein the holder includes an electricity storage element holder configured to hold the electricity storage elements, a connecting member holder configured to hold the connector, and a fitting groove into which the lead terminals can be fitted, and the connecting member holder is formed so as to traverse the fitting groove.
US10464500B2
An aftermarket vehicle head unit integration cartridge for use with an aftermarket head unit is provided. The aftermarket head unit preferably includes a dedicated slot for insertion of the cartridge. The cartridge preferably supports communication between a plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit and a plurality of electronic components in the vehicle. The plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit may include, for example, an audio processing system, a video processing system, an analog I/O and/or a digital I/O, and/or a plurality of electronic components. The plurality of electronic components in the vehicle may include an audio system, an analog I/O, a digital I/O/databus, and/or a steering wheel control unit. The cartridge may include a flashable memory for use in reconfiguring the cartridge. The cartridge may be configured to capture and condition the signals from at least one of the plurality of the vehicle-based electronic components. The conditioned signals from the vehicle-based electronic components may be conditioned for use by the aftermarket head unit.
US10464499B2
A wheel holder for a bicycle carrier for a vehicle includes at least one body and at least one fastening member. The wheel holder is configured to receive and retain a wheel having a tread. The at least one body provides a first wheel receiving surface and a second wheel receiving surface. The first and second wheel receiving surfaces are separated by a distance in a first plane. The first plane is aligned with a rotation plane of the wheel of the bicycle after the wheel has been mounted to the wheel holder. A void is formed between the first and second wheel receiving surfaces. The void is configured to receive a portion of the wheel of the bicycle such that the first and second wheel receiving surfaces provide a first support point and a second support point on the tread of the wheel separated by the void.
US10464483B2
An on-vehicle image processing device is provided. The on-vehicle image processing unit includes a signal conversion circuit arranged to convert an image signal acquired from an imaging unit into image data of a predetermined standard responding to an external command, and a control circuit arranged to acquire the image data, display an image of the imaging unit on a display unit through starting multiple modules in order, and perform data processing to the image. Upon a user performing a reversing operation, the control circuit starts a first module to display the image data acquired from the signal conversion circuit on the display unit as it is, and subsequently starts a second module to perform predetermined data processing to the image data.
US10464480B2
A vehicular display device includes a surrounding information obtaining unit configured to obtain surrounding information indicating a surrounding situation of a host vehicle, and a display ECU configured to inform a driver of the presence of a warning object that needs to be recognized by the driver through displaying of an in-vehicle display unit when the warning object is detected based on the surrounding information. The in-vehicle display unit has a display screen in a region surrounded by a grip of a steering wheel in a planar positional relationship when the driver views the steering wheel. The display ECU is configured to display a host vehicle mark in a central position of the steering wheel in a right-left width direction and display a warning object mark indicating the warning object in a position corresponding to a direction of the warning object relative to the host vehicle on the display screen.
US10464476B1
Lighting may be provided using light sources such as lighting systems with arrays of light-emitting diodes. A lighting system may be integrated into a seat, a door panel, a dashboard, or other interior portions of a system such as a vehicle. The interior portions of the vehicle may be illuminated using lighting systems to provide ambient light, to provide custom surface textures and other decorative patterns, to provide icons, text, and other information, and to provide custom gauges and other illuminated regions. Illuminated regions may overlap sensors such as capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors. The light-emitting diodes in a lighting system may supply light that passes through openings in a cover layer. The layer may be formed from fabric, leather, or other materials. Lens structures may guide light through the openings.
US10464467B2
A stabilized attachment assembly (200) and ratchet load binder (100) using the stabilized attachment assembly (200) is provided. The stabilized attachment assembly (200) includes an attachment member (230) to which a lever arm (250) is coupled. The ratchet load binder (100) includes a tubular member (110) rotatably driven by a ratchet handle assembly (120). The attachment assembly (200) is threadedly engaged in one open end (116) of the tubular member (110) and an attachment member (130) is threadedly engaged in an opposing open end (116) of tubular member (110) and both are linearly displaced towards or away from one another responsive to rotation of the tubular member (110) in a particular direction. A user holds the lever arm (250) in one hand while reciprocally operating the ratchet handle assembly (120) with another hand.
US10464466B2
A cargo securement system is disclosed and includes a track securable to a fixed mounting location within a cargo area. A slidable mount is movable along the track and securable at different positions along a longitudinal length to provide different securement positions adaptable to the cargo.
US10464464B2
An adjustable vehicle loading ramp system that removably cooperates with a vehicle mounted hitch receiver and provides a rearward directed supplemental hitch receiver. The loading ramp system includes a pair of ramp sections that are movably connected to a mounting system to provide a plurality of lateral distances between the respective ramp sections. The assembly is stowable to achieve a compact orientation of the loading ramp system relative to a tailgate of a vehicle and an in-use position wherein the ramp sections can be deployed to provide a supported incline into the bed or cargo area of the underlying vehicle.
US10464456B2
A method for adjusting an adjustable component in a seat assembly includes the steps of: (1) providing a seat assembly having an adjustable support plate and a sensor; (2) supporting a seat occupant on the seat assembly; (3) moving the support plate into contact with the seat occupant; (4) sensing a pressure value applied to the support plate using the sensor as the support plate contacts the seat occupant; and (5) retaining the support plate in a deployed position. The movement of the support plate is configured to cease when the pressure value is initially detected or when the pressure value exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10464454B1
A vehicle seat is provided that includes a seat base, a cushion on the seat base, one or more channels formed in the cushion, and a moisture sensor located in the seat base to sense liquid in the one or more channels. The sensed liquid indicates a wet seat condition which may be used to control usage of the seat and drying of the seat.
US10464453B2
A motor vehicle seat includes at least a seat area, a backrest and, if necessary, a headrest as seat elements. The motor vehicle seat includes at least one detachable bolting unit assigned to the seat area and/or the backrest. Furthermore, at least one handle is provided to act on the bolting unit(s). The seat elements can assume several different functional positions. The single handle is arranged to act on at least an electrical drive assigned to the bolting unit(s) and thus to execute all functional positions.
US10464450B1
An apparatus for supporting an appendage of a seated user, generally in a vehicle, including adjustable support arms attached a seat with a platform disposed at a distal end of second support arms so that the appendage of the user, such as a child, are supported thereon for comfort of the user.
US10464447B2
In a slide rail device for use in a vehicle, a lock control member comprises a pair of facing walls which face a pair of side walls of an upper rail and extend in upward and downward direction, and a pair of anti-rattle projections which project from the pair of facing walls toward the pair of side walls of the upper rail.
US10464443B2
Systems and methods for managing power of an aerial vehicle, an illustrative system including an aerial vehicle including a power storage module and at least one component, and a computing device communicatively coupled to the aerial vehicle, the computing device including a processor and a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to receive data indicating a state of charge of the power storage module, receive data indicating a rate of power consumption of the at least one component, generate, based on at least one of the state of charge of the power storage module or the rate of power consumption of the at least one component, a power command to switch the at least one component to a power-saving state, and transmit the power command to the aerial vehicle.
US10464433B2
A method for ascertaining positional data describing a position of a motor vehicle relative to a stationary charging device as a destination. At the charging device end, a plurality of electromagnetic transmission signals are emitted from respectively different transmitting positions that are arranged in a transmitting position pattern and have respectively at least one signal characteristic that can be differentiated by the motor vehicle during reception. After which, for each reception signal received, signal strength data that describe its reception strength are produced, and the positional data are determined from the data, taking into consideration transmitter information describing the transmitting position pattern and an assignment of the transmitting positions to the signal characteristics.
US10464432B2
A vehicle includes a power receiving device, a power storage device, and an electronic control unit. A power receiving unit is configured to contactlessly receive electric power from a power transmitting unit of a power transmission device located outside the vehicle. The electronic control unit configured to set a charge start time at which the power storage device starts being charged, and start charging the power storage device with electric power received by the power receiving device irrespective of the charge start time, when the vehicle starts moving before the charge start time, from the condition where the position of the power receiving unit is adjusted relative to the power transmitting unit, and the vehicle is brought back into the condition where the position of the power receiving unit is adjusted relative to the power transmitting unit, within a predetermined time subsequent to start of movement of the vehicle.
US10464427B2
In one embodiment, a propulsion system includes roaming vehicles including a reaction plate installed on a bottom of each of the roaming vehicles, a surface stator matrix installed with a running surface for the roaming vehicles and including single sided linear induction motors (SSLIMs). Each of the SSLIMs include two windings installed orthogonally to one another. The propulsion system also includes motor drives configured to electrically couple to the SSLIMs via a switching panel, and a control system configured to receive information related to the roaming vehicles, receive a desired motion profile for the roaming vehicles across the surface stator matrix, determine which of the SSLIMs to activate and a performance of the SSLIMs based on the desired motion profile, the information, or some combination thereof, and send control signals to the motor drives to control the SSLIMs to produce the motion profile.
US10464423B2
Vehicles that are capable of connecting to the AC grid are described that comprise a prime mover and at least one motor generator. In one embodiment, a vehicle may be constructed as a plug-in hybrid system and using the powertrain under controller instruction to either place power on an AC power line (to service AC grids) or to draw power from the AC power line to add electrical energy to the batteries on the vehicle. In some aspects, vehicles may test whether the power needed to service the AC power line may be satisfied by the on-vehicle batteries or, if not, whether and how much power to extract from the prime mover. In some aspects, vehicles may have a thermal management system on board to dynamically supply desired heat dissipation for the powertrain, if the powertrain is using the prime mover to supply power to the AC grid.
US10464415B2
A two-speed transfer case for a four-wheel drive vehicle is provided. The transfer case has a two-speed gear reduction unit, a range clutch, and a range shift mechanism. The range shift mechanism is operably disposed between an input shaft and a rear output shaft and includes a range cam defining a guide slot having a unique profile for converting rotation thereof into linear movement of the range clutch. The guide slot includes low-range dwell segment and a high-range dwell segment interconnected by a range shift segment. The range shift segment defines a plurality of interconnected cam portions, wherein each cam portion is associated with a different load required to move the range clutch between a high-range and low-range position. The transfer case further includes a mode shift mechanism for establishing a high-range drive connection and a low-range drive connection associated with the dwells of the range cam.
US10464414B2
A working machine including a working assembly that can be driven by an engine, with the engine being connectable to the working assembly via a power branching transmission including a first mechanical power branch and a second electric or hydraulic power branch, the first and second power branches being combined by a summation transmission that can be coupled to the working assembly on the output side and provides a variable transmission ratio between the first mechanical power branch and the working assembly that can be adjusted by the rotational speed of the second electric or hydraulic power branch. A blocking device is provided for blocking the variability of the transmission ratio that can be adjusted between the first mechanical power branch and the output side of the summation transmission by the rotational speed of the second electric or hydraulic power branch.
US10464412B2
Methods and systems are provided for determining a position of active grille shutters (AGS) using a light sensor positioned behind the AGS. In one example, a method may include diagnosing a position of the AGS in response to an output of a light sensor positioned behind the active grille shutters (AGS), and responsive to the diagnosed position, adjusting an engine operating parameter. Further, the AGS diagnostic may be performed in response to an indication of ambient light external to a vehicle being over a threshold level.
US10464409B2
A hydraulic hybrid powertrain for a vehicle is disclosed. The powertrain has an internal combustion engine selectively drivingly engaged with an input of a stepped-ratio transmission through a torque converter and through a speed direction changing device. An output of the stepped-ratio transmission is selectively drivingly engaged with a vehicle output. An intermediate gear set is drivingly engaged with the speed direction changing device and drivingly engaged with the input of the stepped-ratio transmission. A hydraulic machine in fluid communication with a hydraulic accumulator assembly, a transmission shaft of the hydraulic machine being drivingly engaged or selectively drivingly engaged with the intermediate gear set for providing energy to the intermediate gear set and for absorbing energy from the intermediate gear set. Also disclosed are methods of operating the hydraulic hybrid powertrain.
US10464408B2
Methods and systems are provided for identifying degradation of active engine mounts coupled to a vehicle engine. By correlating the monitored vibrational pattern to a selected active mounts operating mode, the conditions of active engine mounts may be distinguished. Timely diagnosis of active engine mounts may improve active engine mount health and prevent noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) issues.
US10464407B2
A roll rod device for a vehicle includes a mounting flange mounted to a vehicle body; a housing of a cylindrical shape integrally formed at the mounting flange; a roll rod having a first end coupled to the housing to be slid and moved and a second end on which a bush unit is mounted; and an attenuation unit mounted to the first end of the roll rod and attenuating a vibration and an impact force while being slid and moved, or being compressed and tensioned in an axis direction of the roll rod inside the housing.
US10464404B2
A door sash formed from a single plate material and in which a weather strip is fitted, includes an overlapping section, a stepped section, a tubular section and flange sections. The overlapping section is formed by making the plate materials overlap each other. The stepped section, which extends from a car-interior-side end portion of the overlapping section, has a step bent toward the side on which a window glass is disposed. The tubular section is formed to extend from the stepped section. The flange sections respectively formed to protrude from a car-exterior-side end portion of the overlapping section to both a side on which a window glass is disposed and a side on which a weather strip is fitted. A periphery of an end portion of the plate material extending from the tubular section is formed to come into contact along the plate material forming the stepped section.
US10464400B2
A vehicle includes a door frame coupled to a vehicle frame at a hinge. A door operating mechanism is coupled to the door and vehicle frames for applying rotational force to the door frame about the hinge. The door operating mechanism including external cogs of an inner gear that mesh with inner cogs of an outer gear and a single oblong bearing that biases the inner gear in partial engagement with the outer gear.
US10464398B2
A vehicle anti-fogging device is applied to a vehicle provided with an air conditioning apparatus for controlling a temperature of air blown into a vehicle interior, and includes a thermosiphon. The thermosiphon is formed separately from the air conditioning apparatus and exchanges heat with vehicle interior air to condense the vehicle interior air. The thermosiphon includes a first heat exchanger configured to radiate heat from the refrigerant to the vehicle exterior air, a second heat exchanger configured to absorb heat from the vehicle interior air into the refrigerant, and a refrigerant pipe that connects the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger to form a closed loop refrigerant circuit through which the refrigerant circulates.
US10464397B2
A thermal system with high aspect ratio vents for a vehicle. The thermal system comprises: at least one HVAC unit; a first vent with a first high aspect ratio, the first vent coupled to the HVAC unit and configured to generate a first plane of air in a passenger compartment of the vehicle; and a second vent coupled to the HVAC unit and configured to generate a second plane of air in the passenger compartment, the second vent positioned so that the second plane of air intersects the first plane of air.
US10464385B2
A jounce bumper can be dimensioned for securement along an end member of a gas spring assembly adjacent a sensing device. The jounce bumper can include a bumper body with a sensing passage extending their through such that the sensing device can communicate through the sensing passage. A gas spring assembly including a sensing device and such a jounce bumper as well as a suspension system including one or more of such gas spring assemblies are also included.
US10464382B2
A tow hook assembly includes a U-shaped tow hook received in a housing. The U-shaped tow hook includes first and second legs where the first and second legs each include forward and rearward locking flanges. The legs of the U-shaped tow hooks are received in a housing. The housing includes springs which bias the U-shaped tow hook in a forward direction and the locking flanges prevent the U-shaped tow hook from moving in a forward direction. The springs allow the U-shaped tow hook to deflect in a rearward direction upon a forward impact with the U-shaped tow hook.
US10464374B1
A Zero-turn lawn-mower that selectively restricts movement of front wheels to achieve controlled movement while on slope is disclosed herein. Lawn-mower includes a mower frame, at least one front wheel disposed underneath mower frame, at least one cam, an actuating rod and a dawg. The cam is fixedly connected to mower frame and in the vicinity of front wheel and is further defined with a notch. Actuating rod of said lawn mower is swivelably connected to mower frame and operable by a driver, typically by a rod pedal. Dawg extends from actuating rod to selectively engage with notch to restrict angular movement of front wheel and selectively disengage from notch to enable angular movement of front wheel. This provides the user to control drift of the mower on an angled or inclined surface. Furthermore, A spring is provided at other end of pedal to reduce tension and provide smooth rotation of actuation rod.
US10464368B2
A paint palette system for holding and dispersing paint wherein a painter can pour paint into a low profile receptacle for later removal with a paintbrush or like tool is provided. A disposable and removable paint retaining fabric retains the paint in a drip-less and mess free fashion. The paint can be transported and stored in an improved manner allowing for a faster and more efficient painting effort.
US10464366B2
The invention relates to a plasmonic optical security component comprising two layers (2, 4) made of transparent dielectric material and a metal layer (3) arranged between said transparent dielectric material layers in order to form two dielectric-metal interfaces (31, 32). The metal layer is structured to form, on a first coupling region, a first periodic, two-dimensional coupling array (C1) which is capable of coupling surface plasmon modes, which are supported by said dielectric-metal interfaces, to an incident light ray, the first coupling array having a profile which does not have point symmetry in any of the directions thereof, and, on a second coupling region, a second periodic, two-dimensional coupling array (C2) which is capable of coupling surface plasmon modes, which are supported by said dielectric-metal interfaces, to an incident light ray, the second coupling array having a profile which does not have point symmetry in any of the directions thereof and is different from that of the first coupling array.
US10464361B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for printing a predetermined pattern on silk fibroin materials using water based “inks.” Such technique may be useful for micro- and nano-engineering applications.
US10464355B2
A printing apparatus, a printing method, and a control apparatus are provided that are capable of reliably preventing a printing unit from colliding, when a first press member or a second press member is displaced, with a displaced press member, and then allowing the printing unit to quickly restart a printing operation. A printing apparatus includes a transport unit configured to transport a work as a recording medium, a printing unit configured to perform printing on the work while moving in a width direction of the work, a first press member configured to press one side of the work in the width direction, a second press member configured to press another side of the work in the width direction, and a detecting unit configured to detect each of a displacement of the first press member in a vertical direction.
US10464342B1
A method for printing including disposing a first ink onto a substrate to form a first ink layer on the substrate in an area where a diagnostic image will be printed; disposing a second ink onto the first ink layer to form a second ink diagnostic image, wherein the first ink has a first color density and the second ink has a second color density that is different from the first ink color density, wherein the second ink drops hit and displace areas of the first ink layer creating holes which provide a density contrast; curing or drying after forming the second ink diagnostic image; wherein the second ink diagnostic image is rendered visible by the contrast between the second ink diagnostic image and the substrate as compared to the first ink layer and the substrate.
US10464336B2
A diaphragm pump includes a pump chamber, a diaphragm, and a diaphragm deformer. The pump chamber is box-shaped and includes at least an inlet opening, an outlet opening, and a diaphragm attaching opening. The pump chamber is provided with an inner space. A diaphragm is made of an elastically deformable material, and is provided in the pump chamber so as to cover the diaphragm attaching opening. The diaphragm deformer elastically deforms the diaphragm to change a capacity of the inner space. The outlet opening is located at a highest position in the inner space of the pump chamber.
US10464335B1
An ink level detecting device rotationally coupled to an ink reservoir of an ink supply system is configured to detect an ink level of the ink reservoir. When an ink level of the ink reservoir is greater than a predetermined level, a weight distribution of the ink reservoir and the ink is toward a first side of the rotating portion. When the ink level of the ink reservoir is less than the predetermined level, the weight distribution of the ink reservoir and the ink is toward a second side of the rotating portion opposite to the first side.
US10464333B2
A fluid supply integration module in a fluid dispensing device includes an on-board reservoir to store fluid, and a fluid interconnect to fluidically couple an external fluid supply container to the on-board reservoir. The fluid supply integration module includes a check valve system disposed between the on-board reservoir and the fluid interconnect. The check valve system includes a first check valve to permit fluid to flow in a first direction and a second check valve to permit air to flow in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US10464327B2
There are provided an inkjet recording device that can stably secure liquid-repellent performance on a surface of a liquid-repellent film formed on a nozzle surface for a long term, and a maintenance method thereof. The inkjet recording device includes: an inkjet head that has a nozzle surface in which a nozzle opening of a nozzle to eject a liquid is formed and on which a liquid-repellent film is formed with an amorphous fluorine resin material; a cleaning portion that wipes off and cleans a surface of the liquid-repellent film by a wiping member; and a liquid-repellent performance recovery processing portion that performs liquid-repellent performance recovery processing to recover liquid-repellent performance on the surface of the liquid-repellent film by heating the liquid-repellent film.
US10464325B2
A method for processing a silicon substrate includes forming a structure having a bottom surface and a depth of 200 μm or more or 300 μm or more from a first surface of a silicon substrate, forming a protective film on an inner wall of the structure, and performing plasma etching so as to selectively remove the protective film disposed on the bottom surface of the structure with respect to the protective film disposed on the substantially perpendicular side wall of the structure, wherein the plasma etching is performed under the condition in which plasma with a sheath length at least 10 times the depth when the depth is 200 μm or more, or at least 5 time the depth when the depth is 300 μm or more, is generated and a mean free path of ions generated in the plasma is longer than the sheath length.
US10464324B2
A method of manufacturing a fluid flow structure may include coupling a flex circuit to a carrier. The flex circuit may include at least one conductor. The method may include coupling an orifice side of a fluidic die to the carrier at an opening on the carrier. The fluidic die may include at least one electrical terminal. The method may include coupling the electrical terminal to the conductor, and overmolding the fluid flow structure with a moldable material. The overmolded fluid flow structure may include a channel molded therein, and the channel may be fluidically coupled to the fluidic die. The conductor may be surrounded by the moldable material.
US10464317B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a drive element, a drive circuit that outputs a signal for driving the drive element, and a wiring board. The wiring board is provided with a power supply wire through which power is supplied to the drive circuit, a first drive signal wire through which a first drive signal is supplied to the drive circuit, and a second drive signal wire through which a second drive signal is supplied to the drive circuit and that is not electrically connected to the power supply wire and the first drive signal wire on the wiring board, each of the first drive signal wire and the second drive signal wire is provided with a buried wire that is buried in a groove, and the first drive signal wire and the second drive signal wire are different from each other in number of the buried wires.
US10464315B1
A method of operating a printer enables activation signals of variable lengths to be generated for operation of a sintering head. The activation signals are generated with reference to a distance between activation signals for a first component to be a first determined distance and a duration of the activation signals for the first component to be longer than the first predetermined distance. This distance and duration are set to values that enable the generation of activation signals before the first predetermined distance is reached to maintain an activation signal until the generation of the activation signals is terminated. By generating a different number of activation signals, the duration of an initial activation signal can be varied.
US10464309B2
A printing apparatus includes a transfer drum configured to rotate while supporting a plurality of transfer members on each of which an image is formed by discharging ink from a printhead, a rotating member configured to apply a processing liquid while being pressed against each of the plurality of transfer members, and a concave portion formed lower than a surface of each of the plurality of transfer members between the adjacent transfer members. In addition, the printing apparatus includes a driving unit configured to driven-rotate the rotating member in accordance with rotation of the transfer drum in a state in which the rotating member is pressed against the plurality of transfer members, and driving-rotate the rotating member in a state in which the rotating member faces the concave portion.
US10464308B2
Disclosed is a double-station printing device for printing a steel grade on rims, comprising a first station driving cylinder, a second station driving cylinder, a second moving platform, sensor supports, visual sensors, support frames, lifting cylinders, guide posts, lifting platforms, steel grade printers and the like. In the working process of the device, a wheel inlet roller bed continuously feeds wheels, and a first station and a second station alternatively receive the wheels, thereby avoiding long-time waiting of the wheels on the wheel inlet roller bed.
US10464303B2
A three-dimensional printing apparatus including a body, a rotation module, a tank, an elevating module, a forming platform, a curing module, and a control module is provided. The rotation module and the elevating module are disposed on the body. The tank is disposed on the rotation module. The forming platform is disposed on the elevating module. The curing module disposed in the body and under the tank. The control module is electrically connected to the rotation module, the elevating module, and the curing module. The forming platform dips into the forming material in liquid in the tank and the curing module cures the forming material between the forming platform and an inner bottom of the tank to form a solidification layer. Then the elevating module and the rotation module respectively drive the forming platform to rise and rotate relatively to the tank simultaneously.
US10464295B2
Disclosed herein are a protective film having a structure capable of protecting an adherend and an electronic appliance including the same. The protective film includes a protection layer comprising polyolefin, and an adhesive layer laminated on the protection layer and comprising a silicone adhesive.
US10464294B2
Disclosed is a mass plywood panel assembly including at least two engineered wood panel assemblies. Each wood panel assembly includes a first layer including a first set of billets, a second layer including a second set of billets and a third layer including a third set of billets of sheets. The first set of billets, the second set of billets, and the third set of billets are all oriented longitudinally along the length of the wood panel assembly and the at least two engineered wood panel assemblies are connected by an end joint, thereby forming the mass plywood panel assembly. Methods of manufacturing mass plywood panel assemblies are also disclosed.
US10464293B2
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in moisture resistance and has a moderate adhesive force. In the interlayer film for laminated glass according to the present invention, when a process composed of sputtering and measurement by TOF-SIMS is performed n times, n Rations of Ion Intensity of Magnesium/Ion Intensity of Thermoplastic Resin obtained from the first to n-th sputtering and measurement processes are collected to calculate an average value1≤n≤10 of 10 values of Ratio1≤n≤10 measured within a range of 1≤n≤10, an average value11≤n≤20 of 10 values of Ratio11≤n≤20 measured within a range of 11≤n≤20, an average value21≤n≤30 of 10 values of Ratio21≤n≤30 measured within a range of 21≤n≤30, an average value31≤n≤40 of 10 values of Ratio31≤n≤40 measured within a range of 31≤n≤40, and an average value41≤n≤50 of 10 values of Ratio41≤n≤50 measured within a range of 41≤n≤50, among these five average values, the average value indicating the smallest value is the average value1≤n≤10 or the average value11≤n≤20 and the average value indicating the largest value is the average value21≤n≤30, the average value31≤n≤40, or the average value41≤n≤50.
US10464291B2
A copper heat dissipation material having a satisfactory heat dissipation performance is provided. The copper heat dissipation material has an alloy layer containing at least one metal selected from Cu, Co, Ni, W, P, Zn, Cr, Fe, Sn and Mo on one or both surfaces, in which surface roughness Sz of the one or both surfaces, measured by a laser microscope using laser light of 405 nm in wavelength, is 5 μm or more.
US10464289B2
A film is mated with a paper to form a space therebetween. The film is made of plastics material. Separation of the paper from the film can provide access to an article stored in the space provided between the paper and the film.
US10464280B2
A trim component for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The trim component comprises a fiber panel, a structure and a cover coupled to the fiber panel and/or the structure. The fiber panel may comprise fibers and a resin binder. The structure may comprise resin such as a molded plastic. The structure may provide a border formed on a periphery and/or an edge of the fiber panel. The structure may be on the cover or the fiber panel. The structure may reinforce a gap and/or tear in the fiber panel. The structure may comprise a molded feature. The feature may comprise the border, a rib, or a connector. The cover may be coupled to an outer surface of the fiber panel and/or the structure. The trim component may be a trim panel, an instrument panel, a door panel, or other interior trim part.
US10464276B2
A rotary-tool mandrel for a unit for converting a flat substrate, on which a sleeve (13) is intended to be fitted, the mandrel includes a cylindrical core (14), a peripheral wall (17) that is able to take up a rest position and a locking position by exerting a radial pressure on the sleeve (13) in order to lock it in position on the mandrel (12), a pressure fluid circuit (21) provided between the peripheral wall (17) and the cylindrical core (14) for exerting the radial pressure on the sleeve (13), and a cooling fluid circuit (24) for allowing a fluid to flow in the region of the cylindrical core (14) and for cooling the mandrel (12).
US10464272B2
A step of forming a layered body including a resin layer (a) containing a resin A having positive intrinsic birefringence and a resin layer (b) containing a resin B having negative intrinsic birefringence, the resin layer (b) being provided on one side of the resin layer (a); a first stretching step of stretching the layered body in one direction at a temperature T1; and a second stretching step of, after the first stretching step, stretching the layered body in another direction that is approximately orthogonal to the previous stretching direction at a temperature T2 which is lower than the temperature T1 to obtain a phase difference plate are performed. By these steps, a phase difference plate wherein a slow axis of the resin layer (a) after the stretching treatment and a slow axis of the resin layer (b) after the stretching treatment are approximately parallel to each other, and in-plane retardation Rea and NZ coefficient NZa in the resin layer (a) after the stretching treatment, and in-plane retardation Reb and NZ coefficient NZb in the resin layer (b) after the stretching treatment satisfy specific relationship is obtained.
US10464267B2
Continuous fiber tow structures are used to form lattice reinforcing bodies to be embedded in a molded polymer matrix. The lattice structures are formed and shaped to reinforce a portion of a predetermined three-dimensional article. Optionally, some or all of the tow members of the structure may be formed with internal vascular passages for passage of a heat transfer fluid through the structure in the function of the molded polymer article. A liquid polymer is molded around the lattice structure, fully embedding the structure. The liquid polymer which may contain short-reinforcing fibers, is then solidified to form the composite reinforced polymer article. And connections may be made to the composite article for the flow of the fluid through vascular passages in the lattice structure within the article.
US10464259B2
The present disclosure provides a system for printing a three-dimensional object. The system may comprise an open platform configured to hold a film of a viscous liquid comprising a photoactive resin. The open platform may comprise a print window. The system may comprise a deposition head comprising a nozzle in fluid communication with a source of the viscous liquid. The deposition head may be configured to move across the platform and deposit the film over the print window. The system may use multiple viscous liquids. The system may comprise an optical source that provides light through the print window for curing at least a portion of the film of the viscous liquid. The system may comprise a controller operatively coupled to direct movement of the deposition head and projection of the light, thereby printing at least a portion of the 3D object.
US10464257B2
The present invention relates to a method of printing a composite material (1), for example polymeric, carbonaceous, siliconic or metallic comprising steps of: i) providing a plurality of bundles (2) of reinforcement fibers (4), wherein the reinforcement fibers (4) have a length in the range 3-50 mm and are in the number of about 1,000-100,000 in each bundle (2); ii) aligning the bundles (2) along a predetermined path (X, X′); iii) incorporating at least part of the bundles (2) into a matrix (6, 8), for example polymeric, carbonaceous, siliconic or metallic, preserving the alignment along said path (X, X′); iv) laying and solidifying at least one layer (8) of the matrix (6, 8) of step iii) to make the composite material (1).
US10464248B2
A rubber-coating device for a steel wire is provided with: a heating device for heating water to a specified temperature range; heat transfer rollers, which contact the steel wire and inside which a water passage is formed; and an extruder for coating rubber on the steel wire that is heated by the heat transfer rollers.
US10464239B2
A tooling system may include an outer mold line (OML) tool and one or more inner mold line (IML) tools. The OML tool may have an OML tool surface. Each one of the IML tools may have an IML tool surface and may be receivable within the OML tool 202. Each IML tool may be formed of expandable material. Each IML tool may apply an internal compaction pressure to a composite assembly positioned between the OML tool surface and the IML tool surface when the expandable material is heated.
US10464236B2
The invention relates to a device for heating preform bodies or flat or preformed semi-finished products from thermoplastic material (3), comprising at least one base body (1.0, 2.0), on the surface of which at least a first layer or coating is formed, which comprises at least one electric heating resistor in the form of a flat, geometrically arranged conductor loop. The base body also has contact elements, by which the at least one heating resistor can be connected to a power source, wherein, as a result of the geometrically arranged conductor loop(s), a defined temperature profile can be generated, which can be transmitted contactlessly to the preform body or the semi-finished product by an outer contact layer formed on the first layer or coating, by contact the surface of a preform body or semi-finished product and/or by using convection or thermal radiation. During a transmission of the defined temperature profile, the preform body or the semi-finished product is arranged at a distance to the contact layer(s).
US10464234B1
A concrete mixing apparatus includes: a rotatable mixing drum; an internal combustion engine including an exhaust system for discharging exhaust gas containing carbon dioxide; a diverter pipe connected in fluid communication with the exhaust system and the mixing drum; and means for cooling the exhaust gas upstream of the mixing drum.
US10464232B2
A sheet manufacturing apparatus capable of suppressing adhesion of defibrated material to the inside of the apparatus is provided. A sheet manufacturing apparatus has a defibrating unit that defibrates into defibrated material feedstock containing fiber; mesh that captures at least part of the defibrated material conveyed from the defibrating unit by gas, and passes the gas; an opening to which the defibrated material captured by the mesh, and gas of a different state than the gas from the defibrating unit, are introduced; and a sheet forming unit that forms a sheet using the defibrated material introduced from the opening.
US10464222B2
A folding knife that uses a four bar linkage mechanism to open and close. The knife can include a means of one hand opening and closing as well as a means to become latched in, and released from, a fixed position. The four bar linkage knife includes a blade, a handle, and the motion of a four bar linkage to open and close the knife. The four bar knife provides inherent safety because the four bar linkage motion can not fold onto the users hand.
US10464220B2
An apparatus and a method for detecting damage to a linear guide on which a robot is mounted, by using a simple configuration. The apparatus has: a length measuring sensor configured to measure a position of a predetermined portion of the robot at predetermined time intervals; a current detecting section configured to detect a current value of a drive motor for driving a slide; and a judging section such as a processor, configured to, when the measured distance between the predetermined portion of the robot and the length measuring sensor is out of a range defined by a predetermined first threshold, and when the current value of the drive motor is equal to or higher than a predetermined second threshold, judge that the linear guide has been damaged.
US10464216B2
According to one embodiment, an object holding apparatus includes a suction device, a suction pad, and a proximal sensor. The suction device is configured to suction gas. The suction pad is connected to the suction device, and is configured to hold an object based on suction by the suction device. The proximal sensor is configured to detect that the object is in close proximity to the suction pad. The suction device is controlled to perform suction when the proximal sensor detects that the object is in close proximity to the suction pad.
US10464211B2
A computer-implemented method for generating a control signal for a tele-presence robot by a computing device based on a movement of an operator, the method includes calculating a direction where at least part of the operator is positioned based on a camera acquiring an image of the at least part of the operator; calculating an orientation where the at least part of the operator points; and generating at least one motion parameters of the tele-presence robot as the control signal based on the direction in combination with the orientation, wherein the direction and the orientation are reflected to the at least one motion parameters differently.
US10464204B2
A tool arm mount couples a tool arm to an aerial work platform. The tool arm mount includes a first mounting hook that hangs on a first rail of the aerial work platform and a second mounting hook that hangs on a second rail of the aerial work platform. The first mounting hook defines a first channel in which the first rail is received, and the second mounting hook defines a second channel in which the second rail is received. The first and second mounting hooks are coupled to a spine of the tool arm mount. The tool arm mount also includes a first lock that locks the first mounting hook to the first rail.
US10464197B2
Tool-free adjustment members in a fastener driving tool. The fastener driving tool can be used to seal closed containers such as, for example, corrugated fiberboard cartons, by applying staples to the folded flaps or other closure parts to secure them in place. The tool-free adjustment members provide customizable drive settings for a variety of different sized staples and different workpiece conditions.
US10464195B2
A method for controlling a screwdriver that has an electromotor, the electromotor having a clear ratio of rotational speed (n) to torque (M) at a defined effective voltage (Ueff soll), involving the following method step: —defining an effective voltage (Ueff soll) for operating the electromotor, —defining a cut-off rotational speed (nab) that corresponds to a pre-defined cut-off torque (Msoll) at the pre-defined effective voltage (Ueff soll), —operating the screwdriver under load with the pre-defined effective voltage (Ueff soll), —during operation of the screwdriver: —determining the rotational speed (n), —shutting down the electromotor when the cut-off rotational speed (nab) is attained.
US10464190B2
A substrate, an edge polishing detection method and device and a positioning method and device for the same, an exposure apparatus and an evaporation device are provided. The substrate includes a base substrate and at least one edge polishing detection pattern on the base substrate. The at least one edge polishing detection pattern is provided at an edge of the base substrate and made of a conductive material.
US10464178B1
A docking assembly for docking and retrieving a filament holding device includes a motor casing rod defining a recess, filament holders and docking stations. Each filament holder defines a filament receiver channel for receiving the rod and a stop member that is selectively engaged with the recess of the rod, thus coupling a filament holder to the rod for retrieval of the filament holder. Each docking station includes a deployment latch operable to rotate when the rod is inserted into the docking receiver channel so that the deployment latch urges the stop member to the deployed configuration for coupling together the rod and the filament holder. Thus, a filament holder is captured for removal from the docking station. The docking apparatus includes a release lever that operates in reverse of the deployment latch so as to release a filament holder from the rod back to its docking station.
US10464174B2
A wire includes, in terms of % by mass with respect to a total mass of the wire, as a total in a steel outer skin and a flux, 0.03 to 0.09% of C, 0.1 to 0.6% of Si, 1.3 to 2.6% of Mn, 0.01 to 0.5% of Cu, 0.05 to 0.5% of Ti, 0.002 to 0.015% of B, and 0.05% or less of Al, and further including, in the flux, 5 to 9% in terms of TiO2, 0.1 to 0.6% of in terms of SiO2, 0.02 to 0.3% in terms of Al2O3, 0.1 to 0.8% of Mg, 0.05 to 0.3% in terms of F, 0.05 to 0.3% in terms of Na and K in a fluorine compound, 0.05 to 0.2% of Na2O and K2O, and 0.1% or less in terms of ZrO2.
US10464169B2
Metallic nanorods are welded together in a controllable fashion. A suspension of metallic nanorods coated with an anionic polymer is contracted with linking molecules each comprising a liquid crystal with at least two available carboxylic acid moieties. The nanoparticles to self-assemble into dimers. Irradiation of the dimers with femtosecond radiation forms a metallic junction between them and welds the dimers into fused dimers.
US10464165B2
A combined machining apparatus includes a tool holder, a first automatic exchanger capable of containing at least one laser machining head and mounting the at least one laser machining head on the tool holder, and a second automatic exchanger capable of containing at least one mechanical machining tool and mounting the at least one mechanical machining tool on the tool holder.
US10464161B2
A power supply unit for a resistance welding apparatus, said power supply unit comprising a converter circuit adapted to convert an alternating power supply current, AC, applied via a residual current protection circuit to an input of said converter circuit into a pulsed electrical current supplied from an output of said converter circuit to a primary coil of a transformer of said resistance welding apparatus, and at least one switching element provided between the output of said converter circuit and protective earth.
US10464159B2
An apparatus may include a power supply to generate an output current. The apparatus may further include a plasma torch to apply the output current across a gap and a user interface to receive a selection for enabling a pierce current mode. The apparatus may further include a controller to temporarily increase an output current setting at the plasma torch from a first level to a second level, responsive to the selection of pierce current mode.
US10464154B2
A method for encoding information includes specifying a digital value and providing a symbol (28, 70, 80, 90, 100) comprising a plurality of polygons (72, 82, 92, 94, 102) meeting at a common vertex (74, 84, 96, 98, 104) and having different, respective colors selected so as to encode the specified digital value.
US10464147B2
A combined structure of an arbor and an arbor seat, including: an arbor, having a first assembling portion which has at least one first hole, each first hole having a first central axis; an arbor seat, having a second assembling portion which is disposed in the axial direction, and the first assembling portion and the second assembling portion being insertably connected with each other, the second assembling portion having at least one second hole which has a second central axis, when the first and second assembling portions are connected with each other in the axial direction, each second central axis is noncoaxial and nonoverlapped with the at least one first central axis; and wherein at least one said fastener is inserted into one said first hole and one said second hole, and urges one said first hole and one said second hole in axially opposite directions.
US10464144B2
A machine for cutting or beveling a pipe. A cutter unit rotates around the pipe while cutting any surface of the pipe after gripping and fixing the pipe. The machine includes: a main body which a pipe passes through the center portion thereof to be fixed; and a cutter unit coupled to the main body unit rotates around the fixed pipe to cut or bevel the pipe. The cutter unit may have a rotating unit on one side to pull the cutter unit aside and a locking unit on the other side to restrain or release the cutter unit. An entry control unit operating the cutter unit includes: a lever gear-engaged with an outer side surface of an entry control plate; and a clutch formed on a rotation shaft of the lever such that the restraint is released when the lever is lifted or pressed in the axial direction.
US10464139B2
The tool according to the invention comprises a tool body and a cassette for machining a roller. At least one machining device can be fastened, in particular detachably, onto and/or in the cassette. In particular, the machining device is a cutting device, preferably for grooving a roller. The tool has a positioning device for orienting the cassette in the tool body at a predetermined position.
US10464138B2
A tool holder holds a cutting tool that cuts a workpiece while revolving about a rotational axis. The tool holder has a fixed part and a cutting part. The fixed part is held by a main shaft of a machine tool. The cutting part is provided integrally with the fixed part and has an asymmetric shape with respect to the rotational axis. The cutting tool is attached to the cutting part. The cutting part has a one-side part and an other-side part. The one-side part has a largest protruding amount from the rotational axis in the cutting part when viewed from an axial direction. The other-side part is located on a side of the rotational axis opposite to the one-side part. A bulk density of the one-side part is smaller than a bulk density of the other-side part.
US10464130B2
A powder or powder granulate includes a chromium content >80 Ma %, which contains 2 to 20 Ma % iron, optionally up to 5 Ma % dopant, and optionally up to 2 Ma % oxygen, wherein the chromium-containing particles at least partially have pores. The powder displays significantly improved compression behavior and allows the production of sintered components having a very homogeneous distribution of the alloy elements.
US10464123B2
A production method for producing cast parts from metal using a sand casting mold (1). The sand casting mold (1) is produced in this case in a molding box (2) by means of a negative-pressure molding method. According to the invention, the sand casting mold (1), which is under negative pressure, in the molding box (2) is first of all filled with molten metal (5). The molding box (2) with the sand casting mold (1), which is under negative pressure therein, is then completely or partially impinged upon by a cooling fluid (4) and after, at the same time as, or before the cooling fluid impingement is opened at places with cooling fluid impingement. As a result of this, cooling fluid (4) is sucked into the sand casting mold (1) which is under negative pressure, as a result of which the solidifying cast part (3) is quenched more quickly.
US10464111B2
A method of forming tailored cast blanks including determining at least one of a thickness pattern or profile pattern for a blank, generating a layout for a series of blanks having the determined thickness or profile pattern and casting a strip in accordance with the layout, including varying the caster width during casting of the strip.
US10464096B2
A nozzle assembly for residential splash pads can include a housing disposed at an interface of the residential splash pad and one or more channels configured to direct a flow of a fluid out of the nozzle assembly and into the residential splash pad. An energy-emitting fixture (such as an LED) can be disposed within the housing and configured to emit energy into the residential splash pad. The nozzle assembly can include a generator and a turbine connected to the generator. The nozzle assembly can further include a flow-diverting mechanism to direct the flow of the fluid to the turbine and increase the velocity of the flow of the fluid at a turbine interface.
US10464091B2
A dispensing apparatus in which product is dispensed by moving, preferably by manually applied forces from a user, an actuation mechanism, preferably a lever, from a first position to a second position and in which a potentiometer sensor, preferably a rotary potentiometer sensor, senses the relative movement of the actuation mechanism with time and permits the amount of fluid dispensed to be accurately calculated.
US10464081B2
A low-flow emitter includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing includes a first thread portion, and a first passage defined in the first thread portion. The second housing includes a second thread portion, and a second passage defined in the second thread portion corresponding with the first thread portion in a thread connection. Part of the thread connection between the first and second housings is a loose fitting thread connection. A spiral passage is formed along the loose fitting thread connection between the first and second housings. Water flow rate is able to be controlled by a rotation of the first housing with respect to the second housing.
US10464073B2
A dry-wet combined sorting system for municipal solid waste comprising a dry type smashing and winnowing device and a wet type water sorting device. The system is compact in structure; smashing knives with different revolving speeds and the same revolving direction are provided, thereby enabling continuous processing of the system which is high in processing efficiency and simple in operation; meanwhile, multiple protection devices are provided, so that the whole system is safe and reliable; perishable organic matters, light combustible matters and inorganic matters can be separated completely; the light combustible matters are picked out by the dry type smashing and winnowing device, which ensures their low water content and facilitates their subsequent energy-oriented utilization. Therefore, the municipal solid waste is into valuable thing for it can be utilized sufficiently as a resource, and the system has very high environmental benefits and social benefits.
US10464071B2
A system and method are disclosed for preparing a treatment fluid and includes charging packets containing an additive encased within a liner to a first container packet storage area of a first container; passing the packets to a packet shredder; breaching the liners of the packets to expose the additive; passing exposed additive to a mixer; passing an aqueous solution to the mixer from a second container; and mixing the exposed additive with the aqueous solution to form the treatment fluid. The first container can also include a first container proppant storage area, and proppant is passed from the first container proppant storage area to the mixer. The treatment fluid can be charged to a well bore penetrating a subterranean formation. The system and method can also include a silo positioned in fluid flow communication with the first container and partitioned into a silo packet storage area and a silo proppant storage area.
US10464067B2
Air-matrix digital microfluidics (DMF) apparatuses and methods of using them to prevent or limit evaporation and surface fouling of the DMF apparatus. In particular, described herein are air-matrix DMF apparatuses and methods of using them in which a separate well that is accessible from the air gap of the DMF apparatus isolates a reaction droplet by including a cover to prevent evaporation. The cover may be a lid or cap, or it may be an oil or wax material within the well. The opening into the well and/or the well itself may include actuation electrodes to allow the droplet to be placed into, and in some cases removed from, the well. Also described herein are air-matrix DMF apparatuses and methods of using them including thermally controllable regions with a wax material that may be used to selectively encapsulate a reaction droplet in the air gap of the apparatus.
US10464065B2
A self-contained apparatus for isolating nucleic acid, cell lysates and cell suspensions from unprocessed samples apparatus, to be used with an instrument, includes at least one input, and: (i) a macrofluidic component, including a chamber for receiving an unprocessed sample from a collection device and at least one filled liquid purification reagent storage reservoir; and (ii) a microfluidic component in communication with the macrofluidic component through at least one microfluidic element, the microfluidic component further comprising at least one nucleic acid purification matrix; and (iii) at least one interface port to a drive mechanism on the instrument for driving said liquid purification reagent, through the microfluidic element and the nucleic acid purification matrix, wherein the only inputs to the apparatus are through the chamber and the interface port to the drive mechanism.
US10464062B2
A three-dimensional microfluidic platform including a substrate and a heterogeneous structure is provided. The heterogeneous structure located on the substrate includes prepolymer pattern, cured products, or a combination of at least one prepolymer patterns and at least one cured products, where the material characteristics of the cured products are different from each other, and the material characteristics of the prepolymer patterns are different from each other.
US10464054B2
The invention relates to a catalyst comprising a support based on alumina or silica or silica-alumina, at least one element of group VIII, at least one element of group VIB and γ-ketovaleric acid. The invention also relates to the process for the preparation of said catalyst and the use thereof in a hydrotreatment and/or hydrocracking process.
US10464053B2
A method to make a phosphorus modified zeolite can include providing a zeolite having at least one ten member ring, making an ion-exchange, steaming the zeolite, and introducing phosphorus on the zeolite. The zeolite can be mixed with one or more binders and shaping additives, and then shaped. A metal can be introduced, and the catalyst can be washed, calcined, and steamed in an equilibration step. The steaming can be at performed at a steam severity (X) of at least about 2. The steaming can be performed at a temperature above 625° C. The catalyst can be used in alcohol dehydration, olefin cracking, MTO processes, and alkylation of aromatics by alcohols with olefins and/or alcohols.
US10464042B2
The invention relates to an adsorbent article. The adsorbent article contains zeolitic particles which include at least one zeolitic adsorbent. The zeolitic particles are immobilized with at least one resin. According to one embodiment, the resin is in the form of particles, which can be melted to form bridges at points of contact between the zeolitic particles, thus immobilizing the zeolitic particles. The average size of the zeolitic particles can be between 0.03 mm and 3 mm. The zeolitic particles contain at least one zeolite and the zeolite content of the article is at least 60 weight percent, based on the weight of the article. The invention also relates to a method for separating a fluid from another fluid or from impurities, by contacting the fluid with the adsorbent article.
US10464039B2
In mixing of raw materials having different flow rate ratios (volume ratios) (different flow rates), in order to achieve a good mixing effect, the present invention includes: for raw materials having different flow rates, a high-flow-rate side flow path (102) through which a raw material on a high-flow-rate side flows; a low-flow-rate side flow path (103) through which a raw material on a low-flow-rate side flows; branch flow paths (102a, 102b) which are branched from the high-flow-rate side flow path; and a residence flow path (104) which is a flow path after the branch flow paths (102a, 102b) and the low-flow-rate side flow path (103) merge. The branch flow path (102a) and the branch flow path (102b) merge in a way of sandwiching the low-flow-rate side flow path (103).
US10464033B2
The present invention concerns an apparatus for treating and cooling foundry molding sand, comprising a mixing container and a mixing tool rotatable about a drive shaft, wherein there is provided an air feed for the feed of air into the container interior. To provide an improved apparatus with which a more uniform fluidized layer is produced as far as possible over the entire cross-section of the mixing container, wherein moreover the proportion of the solid particles entrained with the gas flow is to be reduced, it is proposed according to the invention that the mixing tool has at least two mixing vanes spaced from each other in the vertical direction and at least one mixing vane has a mixer blade with a surface which is inclined relative to the horizontal.
US10464021B2
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and systems for dewatering solutions via forward osmosis.
US10464017B2
The present invention is an apparatus and method having dynamically reconfigurable air flow paths for supporting polishing and non-polishing operations. The invention includes a first baghouse section and a second baghouse section coupled to the first baghouse section via conduit. A set of valves is disposed along the conduit to direct air flow through the baghouse apparatus. A controller configures the baghouse apparatus by actuating at least one valve in the set of valves. The controller automatically configures the baghouse apparatus in either a polishing operation or a non-polishing operation based on a predetermined criteria.
US10464016B2
The invention relates to a system for membrane assisted humidity harvesting, a turbine provided therewith and method therefor. The system according to the invention comprises:—a membrane unit with: a membrane, a feed flow inlet and a feed flow outlet on a first side of the membrane, and a recirculation inlet and a recirculation outlet on a second side of the membrane; wherein the membrane is configured to allow vapor to permeate through the membrane from the first side to the second side of the membrane; a condensing system provided on the second side of the membrane, configured for condensing vapor; and a recirculation pump configured for producing a recirculation flow on the second side of the membrane.
US10464015B2
In one embodiment, a separation membrane includes: a porous support structure; and at least one alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support structure. In another embodiment, a method for separating acidic gases from a gas mixture includes exposing the gas mixture to a separation membrane at an elevated temperature, where the separation membrane includes a porous support and at least one molten alkali metal hydroxide disposed within pores of the porous support.
US10464008B2
A process for purifying a by-product stream comprising primarily CO2 that emanates from a an ethylene glycol plant, where the by-product stream may contain organic chlorides and water. The process employs an adsorbent to remove one or more organic chlorides from the by-product stream to produce pure or substantially pure CO2. To improve the efficiency of the organic chloride adsorbent, prior to the organic chloride adsorption process, a moisture adsorbent may be employed to remove at least some of the water from the by-product stream.
US10463996B2
A filter which can be attached to a connection flange, wherein the filter has an exchangeable filter insert having a hollow cylindrical filter material body enclosed on its faces by two end plates, wherein the filter has a cup-shaped housing, which can be sealed in the assembled state on the free edge against a sealing surface of the connection flange by means of a circumferential seal, and wherein the seal is arranged on the outside circumference of a circumferential seal carrier forming a part of the filter insert. The filter seal is a sealing ring having a rectangular cross-section in an unloaded state, radial contours being arranged on the outer circumference of the seal carrier, and, during assembly of the housing, the seal can be pressed into the engagement contours and is permanently malleable, undergoing axial shortening and radial expansion on the inner circumference thereof.
US10463993B2
The invention in at least one embodiment includes a system for treating water having an intake module, a vortex module, a disk-pack module, and a motor module where the intake module is above the vortex module, which is above the disk-pack module and the motor module. In a further embodiment, a housing is provided over at least the intake module and the vortex module and sits above the disk-pack module. In at least one further embodiment, the disk-pack module includes a disk-pack turbine having a plurality of disks having at least one waveform present on at least one of the disks.
US10463992B2
A high-rate sedimentation tank includes a hopper configured to be supplied with raw water including floc, at least one circular orifice pipe disposed at a lower portion of the hopper and configured to have the floc deposited therein as a sludge while passing the floc included in the raw water therethrough, and a sludge outlet configured to discharge the sludge deposited by passing through the circular orifice pipe to an outside of the hopper.
US10463985B2
Embodiments described herein generally relate to humidification-dehumidification desalination systems, including apparatuses that include a vessel comprising a humidification region (e.g., a bubble column humidification region) and a dehumidification region (e.g., a bubble column dehumidification region), mobile humidification-dehumidification (HDH) desalination systems (e.g., systems having a relatively low height and/or a relatively small footprint), and associated systems and methods. Certain embodiments generally relate to methods of operating, controlling, and/or cleaning desalination systems comprising a plurality of desalination units (e.g., HDH desalination units).
US10463980B2
Provided is a multi-dynamic platform including an upper support that can be integrally attached to a mobile element and defines an upper plane, a base support that can be fixed to the ground and defines a base plane, at least one intermediate support arranged between the base and upper supports, articulated quadrilaterals each including two lower hinges, connected to one of the base or intermediate supports, two upper hinges, connected to one of the intermediate or upper supports, two rods which connect the lower hinges to the upper hinges in a crossed manner, and motor means configured to move the articulated quadrilateral internally according to its single degree of freedom defining an axis of rotation, the articulated quadrilaterals being at least two in number and being substantially placed one on top of the other and defining reciprocally oblique axes of rotation.
US10463977B1
A thumb glove for use by a video game player to improve the quality of his or her game play by securing the thumb of the player to an upward extending thumbstick of a hand-held video game controller. The thumb glove has a tubular sleeve defining a thumb cavity that receives the player's thumb and an attachment mechanism that securely attaches the tubular sleeve to the thumbstick. The tubular sleeve can have a knuckle opening in a top wall thereof to receive the knuckle of the thumb and one or more vent slots in the side walls thereof to allow air to flow through the thumb cavity and cool the thumb. The attachment mechanism can comprise a base and a plurality of engaging members that tightly grasp the thumbstick or it can comprise a tubular member that receives and engages a portion of the thumbstick inside the tubular member.
US10463971B2
The present specification describes systems and methods for filtering a video game user's match performance data or loadout data through validation mechanisms. For the performance data, the validated, signed performance data are written to a leaderboard service of the video gaming system. For the loadout data, the validated, signed performance loadout data are transmitted back to the client device and used when playing a game. Free computing and/or networking resources of the client game device are used as an intermediate between the client devices, validation services, and/or leaderboard services.
US10463970B2
An information processing system is provided which determines whether a session in which an invited user has been invited to participate is still valid or not before participation in the session. The information processing system includes: storing status information indicating whether each of a plurality of sessions offering a service possibly participated in by the user is valid or not; and storing a plurality of items of invitation information about a plurality of invitations each being an invitation for the invited user to participate in one of the sessions. Each client device acquires one of the plurality of items of invitation information about the invitation for the user using the client device to become the invited user, and displays on a display screen the acquired item of invitation information in a manner reflecting the status information.
US10463968B1
Systems and methods for incentivizing user participation in gameplay events that take place in an online game are presented herein. The gameplay events may include one or more time intervals that take place during the duration of the gameplay event. The time intervals may be associated with incentivizing one or more actions and/or activities by the users during the intervals. The users may be distributed awards based on their performance during the intervals. The awards associated with time interval performance may impact awards distributed based on final ranking in the gameplay event.
US10463967B2
A list of attribute categories associated with a plurality of graphical assets to construct a simulated element of a graphical simulation is received. An element profile for the simulated element using the list of attribute categories is determined, wherein the element profile comprises an attribute value for each attribute category of the list of attribute categories. A list of graphical assets from the plurality of graphical assets that match the element profile is identified. A set of graphical assets from the identified list of graphical assets to be used to construct the simulated character is selected non-deterministically from the list, and the simulated element is subsequently constructed using the selected set of graphical assets.
US10463966B2
A game device includes a processor implementing a character process that performs a character control process; a game process that performs a game parameter calculation process; and a display process that displays a game image based on results of the game process. The processor implements the character process that performs a process that controls a master character that is operated by a player, and a process that controls a plurality of subordinate characters that are subordinate to the master character. The processor implements the game process that performs a process regarding a game event that involves a first subordinate character and a second subordinate character based on a first relationship parameter between the first subordinate character and the second subordinate character, a second relationship parameter between the master character and the first subordinate character, and a third relationship parameter between the master character and the second subordinate character.
US10463963B2
A computer device has a display and a user interface which detects user input. A memory stores information about other users and their associated game progress information. When a game with a game parameter is started, the processor will change the game parameter depending on the stored information. The updated parameter is displayed.
US10463951B1
A vertically stacked educational building block device, which comprises a base, a building block base, a building block set and at least one picture card. The building block base comprises a bottom wall, several parallel and equidistantly arranged grid bars on two sides of top end of bottom wall, two sidewalls located at both ends of bottom wall and two top bars connected to the top end of grid bars and sidewalls. The building block device can be combined with a picture card to generate another game mode, which can be played by two persons together, so as to enhance the content and gameplay of the game, the building block game is more diversified, the fun of is enhanced, exciting the interest and benefit of play.
US10463948B2
A self-propelled skateboard with at least one front wheel, a rear wheel, and a board, that is propelled without the rider's foot touching the ground. A driving force is generated the rider's weight is continuously shifted up and down in synchrony with the rocking motion of the eccentrically mounted rear wheel, which causes the board to be repeatedly pushed down and bounced back. Mounting multiple axles and one-way sprag clutch bearings on the rear wheel allows the rider to propel the board up inclined surfaces and to stop his/her motion and rest on the board, yet keep the skateboard continuously running.
US10463940B1
A portable golf swing train apparatus which can be used on the driving range or while playing a round of golf. The apparatus includes a base which can be secured on a golf bag. When the base is positioned on the golf bag, the golf bag provides sufficient support for deploying a swing training structure in an elevated position in front of the golfer. Guiding and alignment structures are provided on the training structure for establishing a swing guiding plane, a club path guiding circle, a correct beginning stance, and correct intermediate downswing positions for the golfer's club, arms and wrists.
US10463939B2
A golf swing training device comprises an upwardly extending support to be positioned on the ground in front of a golfer; a visual guide mounted on the support; the visual guide including a golf-ball viewing window through which a golf-ball is viewed by the golfer. The size of the viewing window may be adjustable.
US10463934B2
A golf club head comprises a body, a track formed in or attached to the body and having a length and a weight and weight retainer. The weight is continuously repositionable such that it can be positioned at any selected point along the track between its ends. The weight has a major dimension, and the weight retainer comprises a fastening member having a diameter not greater than about one half of the major dimension of the weight.
US10463933B2
The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and a tungsten weight member coupled to the toe and a tungsten heel weight member coupled in a hosel cavity.
US10463929B2
Golf club head embodiments disclosed herein comprise a crown having a stepped portion located between a front portion of the crown and rear portion of the crown, such that the crown transitions steeply in height across the stepped portion from the front portion down to the rear portion. The stepped portion of the crown may extend from adjacent to the hosel in a toeward and rearward direction.
US10463922B1
A method and a bowling ball enclosure are provided for encasing and reducing temperature fluctuations of and within a bowling ball. The bowling ball enclosure includes an inner layer and an outer layer that are made of a polymer material, the inner layer forming an interior region that receives the bowling ball, at least one of the inner layer and the outer layer being monolithic. The bowling ball enclosure also includes a bottom portion and a top portion, the top portion being reinforced with a stiffener to support the top portion, the stiffener being connected to at least one of the inner layer and the outer layer, the top portion being positionable from a first position to a second position to encapsulate the bowling ball. In the first position, the top portion being in an open position to receive the bowling ball into the interior region. In the second position, the top portion being in a closed position to encapsulate the bowling bowl, the top portion being folded towards the bottom portion to decrease the amount of empty space in the interior region. A bottom perforated circulating ring support is located between the bowling ball enclosure and a support surface, wherein the bottom perforated circulating ring support provides for a circulation of air between the support surface and the bottom of the bowling ball enclosure.
US10463920B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball that can strike a good balance in approach performance under a rough condition and a wet condition while maintaining a flight distance on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a golf ball body and a paint film formed on a surface of the golf ball body, wherein the golf ball body has a spherical core, an intermediate layer covering the spherical core, and a cover covering the intermediate layer, and the paint film has a multi-layered construction composed of two or more layers, wherein a 10% elastic modulus (Pi10) of an innermost layer of the paint film is greater than a 10% elastic modulus (Po10) of an outermost layer of the paint film and a 10% elastic modulus (C10) of a material constituting the cover, and a thickness (Ti) of the innermost layer of the paint film is greater than a thickness (To) of the outermost layer of the paint film, a 10% elastic modulus (M10) of a material constituting the intermediate layer is greater than the 10% elastic modulus (C10) of the material constituting the cover, and a difference (Po10−C10) between the 10% elastic modulus (Po10) of the outermost layer of the paint film and the 10% elastic modulus (C10) of the material constituting the cover is −4.0 kgf/cm2 or more and 50 kgf/cm2 or less, and a Shore D hardness (Hc) of the material constituting the cover is 40 or less.
US10463908B1
The present invention relates to a multi grip assembly including: a support bar formed in the shape of a bar having a predetermined length, including a coupling hook detachably coupled to an upper portion of the health device, and a pair of position movement rails left and right formed through an inside along a longitudinal direction with respect to a center; a pair of grips movably coupled to the pair of position movement rails and gripped by both hands of the user, wherein each of the pair of grips includes: a grip body of a closed figure shape in which a user's hand is gripped; and a support bar coupling ring coupled to an upper portion of the grip body and fitted in the pair of position movement rails to move along the pair of position movement rails by an external force, wherein the pair of position movement rails include a plurality of grip fixing grooves which are recessively formed in a lower inner direction at predetermined distances along the longitudinal direction to fix a position of the support bar coupling ring.
US10463907B2
Apparatuses and systems associated with bench press equipment are disclosed herein. In embodiments, a bench press apparatus may include a bench with a bar rack structure. The bar rack structure may include a first side structure located on a first side of the bench and a second side structure located on a second side of the bench, the first side of the bench being opposite to the second side of the bench. A connection structure may couple the first side structure to the second side structure and provide rigidity between the first side structure and the second side structure. The bench press apparatus may further include a platform located between the bench and a surface. The platform may extend along an end of the bench and at least a portion of the first side and the second side of the bench. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10463902B2
A magnetic control exerciser includes a base, a pulley device and damping device respectively disposed on the base. A first rope is coiled on the pulley device, wherein a first handlebar and a second handlebar are respectively transversally connected to a first end and a second end of the first rope. A second rope has two opposite ends respectively connected to the pulley device and the damping device for providing a damping and promoting the effect of the magnetic control exerciser in accordance with the present invention. The first handlebar has an original horizontal height higher than that of the second handlebar for providing different exercising modes. A seat is secured on the base for user to easily operate the first handlebar and the second handlebar.
US10463900B1
A fire apparatus includes a chassis, a body assembly coupled to the chassis, a front cabin coupled to a front end of the chassis forward of the body assembly, a front axle coupled to the front end of the chassis, at least one rear axle coupled to a rear end of the chassis, and a ladder assembly including at least one extensible ladder section. The ladder assembly has a proximal end that is coupled to the chassis rearward of the front cabin and between the front axle and the at least one rear axle. The ladder assembly is operable through a sweep angle greater than fifteen degrees while at a depression angle greater than eight degrees.
US10463895B2
A personal safety apparatus and systems include a mast connected to a base. The mast includes a plurality of mast sections and is vertically extendable from the base between a collapsed position and an extended position. A jib is rotatably connected to the mast. The jib is moveable between a first position wherein the jib is generally parallel to the mast and a second position wherein the jib extends outward from the mast. The jib includes a first jib arm and a second jib arm. The second jib arm is moveable relative to the first jib arm. An anchor point is secured to the jib. The anchor point is configured to connect to a cable configured to secure to a person.
US10463890B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing broccoli with increased sulforaphane content using high-voltage pulsed electric field treatment. According to the method, broccoli with increased sulforaphane content can be eaten raw or can be chopped to appropriate sizes before eating without the need to crush the broccoli. In addition, sulforaphane can be extracted from the broccoli with increased sulforaphane content. The broccoli with increased sulforaphane content and the sulforaphane extract produced therefrom can be used as an active ingredient of a food, feed or cosmetic composition to exhibit the activities of sulforaphane, including antioxidative and anti-inflammatory activities.
US10463873B1
A phototherapeutic system for providing phototherapy inside a user's mouth comprises a housing; and a plurality of radiation sources disposed in the housing, wherein the plurality of radiation sources is configured to provide to the user's mouth a plurality of beams, wherein at least two beams of the plurality of beams have different wavelengths, and wherein a portion of the housing is configured to receive a pressure resulting from the user's mouth so as to prevent the housing from moving during the phototherapy.
US10463871B2
Disclosed embodiments enable apparatus and methodologies that are provided for three-dimensional construction of tissues in the body at locations internal to the body.
US10463868B2
A device for treating a body surface of a living body by means of a dielectric barrier discharge plasma, with a planar, flexible dielectric (4) by which an electrode (1) attached to a high voltage source (3) is screened off from the body surface and which is suitable for placing on the body surface, functioning as counter-electrode, and is designed with a structured surface (7) which provides a gas space for the plasma discharge between dielectric (4) and body surface, which device permits the conduct of plasma treatment and the delivery of curative or healing substances without a change of the position of the device, by virtue of the fact that a layer (11) composed of a solid, open-pore matrix of a curative or healing material is arranged on the surface (7) of the dielectric (4).
US10463859B2
Systems and methods are provided for delivering neurostimulation therapies to patients for treating chronic heart failure. A neural fulcrum zone is identified and ongoing neurostimulation therapy is delivered within the neural fulcrum zone. This neural fulcrum zone may be identified by monitoring a patient's response to incrementally increased intensity settings at a first frequency. If the incremental intensity increases do not result in the identification of the neural fulcrum zone, the frequency may be changed to provide finer resolution identification of the neural fulcrum zone.
US10463842B2
A cage can be positioned around a medical balloon, such as an angioplasty balloon, to assist in a medical procedure. The cage can include a plurality of strips, each extending between a set of rings including first and second rings. As the balloon expands, the first and second rings move closer together and allow the strips to expand outward. The cage may have wedge dissectors on the strips.
US10463834B2
A medical device control handle or catheter includes deflection assembly and at least one of the following: a disk actuator, a lever actuator and a ring actuator for actuating additional puller wires in manipulation of multiple features of the medical device or catheter independently of each other. The disk actuator has a common rotational axis with but is rotationally independent of the deflection assembly. The lever actuator has a separate rotational axis. The ring is mounted outside of the control handle and rotatable relative to the control handle to actuate another puller wire for manipulating another feature of the catheter.Each of the disk, lever and ring actuators are of a design that allows existing control handles and catheters to be readily modified to include these actuators.
US10463831B2
A method for forming a catheter tube assembly includes providing a reinforcement structure and disposing a catheter tube over the reinforcement structure. The reinforcement structure includes a first outer wall reinforcement portion, a second outer wall reinforcement portion, and a septum reinforcement portion connecting the first outer wall reinforcement portion to the second outer wall reinforcement portion. The catheter tube includes an outer wall and a septum. The catheter tube is disposed over the reinforcement structure such that the catheter tube septum envelopes the septum reinforcement portion of the reinforcement structure.
US10463829B2
A regional anesthesia injection apparatus comprising an injection volume determiner. The apparatus configured to determine a volume of a regional anesthetic injection into a target tissue; an injection pressure determiner configured to determine a pressure of the injection; and a controller coupled to the injection volume determiner and to the injection pressure determiner and configured to provide an injection signal to control injection of fluid into the target tissue based on the determined pressure and the determined volume.
US10463814B2
A medical apparatus which comprises a sharpened outer cannula and a blunt inner cannula slidingly disposed within the outer cannula is configured to allow one-hand operation by user to operate the medical apparatus. The apparatus also contains a visual position indication system adapted to indicate the position of the inner cannula.
US10463813B2
A breath actuated nebulizer for administration of an inhaled medication to a patient is provided with a generally cylindrical body in a horizontal orientation to the patient. Within the body is a Venturi configured to nebulize a liquid medication in a reservoir. Within the body is a shaft integrated with a baffle and diaphragm that slides horizontally in response to the breathing of a patient. During inhalation by the patient, the diaphragm flexes shifting the baffle over the Venturi, allowing nebulization to occur. When the patient exhales, the diaphragm flexes to a default position in which the baffle is distal to the Venturi, thereby stopping the nebulization. The diaphragm is biased to rest in this default position until the patient inhales again.
US10463808B2
Described is a medicament delivery device (1), comprising a piston rod (11), and a container carrier (7) for retaining a medicament container, such as a syringe (8), within the body (2). At least one longitudinal rib (2.2) associated with the piston rod (11) is arranged to engage the carrier (7). At least one of the carrier (7) and the at least one rib (2.2) comprises a resilient material adapted to be deformed by the engagement between the carrier (7) and the at least one rib (2.2).
US10463774B2
A processor of a medical device configured to communicate with a remote server can be programmed to protect the medical device from exposure to unauthorized or malicious software. A system or method to implement this form of protection can include, for example, at least one processor on the medical device, a control software module that controls the operation of the medical device and is executable on the processor, a data management module that manages data flow to and from the control software module from sources external to the medical device, and an agent module that has access to a limited number of designated memory locations in the medical device. In addition, a hemodialysis apparatus can be configured to operate in conjunction with an apparatus for providing purified water from a source such as a municipal water supply or a well. A system for controlling delivery of purified water to the hemodialysis apparatus can comprise a therapy controller of the hemodialysis apparatus configured to communicate with a controller of a water purification device, and a user interface controller of the hemodialysis apparatus configured to communicate with the therapy controller, and to send data to and receive data from a user interface.
US10463769B2
Provided herein are bioactivated polymer/extracellular matrix (ECM) composites and methods of preparation and use thereof. In particular, heparinized cysteine-polymer/ECM composites, and methods of preparation and use thereof, are provided. In some embodiments, provided herein are compositions comprising a composite of: (a) extracellular matrix (ECM), and (b) a polyester covalently linked to a bioactive agent. In some embodiments, the composite is a homogeneous composite. In some embodiments, the ECM is decellularized ECM. In some embodiments, the ECM is not substantially crosslinked.
US10463767B2
A moldable bone composition consists of a mixture of: cortical bone and cancellous bone. The cortical bone is formed in three portions, a mineralized shaving portion and a demineralized shaving portion and a mineralized powder portion. The cancellous bone is formed in a mineralized crushed cancellous portion. The portions are free-dried and mixed together to form a freeze-dried moldable bone composition.
US10463759B2
A disinfecting vanity mirror includes a mirror panel having a top end, a bottom end and lateral edges when mounted on a wall. The mirror is moveably mounted on a hinge along one lateral edge mounted to space the panel from the wall to create a plenum space behind the mirror panel to allow air to enter through the bottom end to rise and exit through the top end. A source of UV light is provided in proximity to the plenum space to sanitize the air moving upwardly through the plenum space. A controller is programmed to interrupt or discontinue the generation of UV light when a motion detector senses motion in proximity to the mirror and/or in accordance with a programmed sequence of on and off times for energizing and de-energizing the source of UV light.
US10463758B2
The invention relates to a device for evaporating volatile substances, comprising a heat source (5) evaporating volatile substances from a refill (2), a heat detector (4) which can detect the heat from said heat source (5), and indicating means (7) connected to said heat detector (4) emitting an indication when the heat detector (4) detects the heat from said heat source (5), and characterized in that said heat detector (4) is placed above said heat source (5).The invention allows the indicating means to be activated virtually in a simultaneous manner with the placement of the heat emitter.
US10463757B2
An agent for removing malodor from a painting booth includes a volatile organic compound (VOC) degrading microorganism and a volatile fatty acid (VFA) degrading microorganism. The VOC degrading microorganism is configured to degrade VOC. The VFA degrading microorganism is configured to degrade VFA generated when the VOC is degraded.A method of removing malodor is also disclosed.
US10463752B2
Protein polymer-gold nanoparticles, compositions comprising protein polymer-gold nanoparticles, and uses of protein polymer-gold nanoparticles. A protein polymer-gold nanoparticle comprises a gold core and a plurality of protein polymer molecules coordinated to the gold core via a poly-histidine tag present on each protein polymer molecule. A protein polymer molecule comprises one or more elastin-like polypeptide domain and a coiled-coil region of Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein domain or a variant thereof. For example, the protein polymer-gold nanoparticles can be used in methods of small molecule delivery to an individual.
US10463751B2
The invention relates to compositions including polynucleotides encoding polypeptides which have been chemically modified by replacing the uridines with 1-methyl-pseudouridine to improve one or more of the stability and/or clearance in tissues, receptor uptake and/or kinetics, cellular access by the compositions, engagement with translational machinery, mRNA half-life, translation efficiency, immune evasion, protein production capacity, secretion efficiency, accessibility to circulation, protein half-life and/or modulation of a cell's status, function, and/or activity.
US10463747B2
The invention describes the development of more potent peptide vaccines to prevent or treat infections or cancer and their administration to a subject in order to elicit a T cell response in the subject. Small synthetic peptides from the known sequences of viral, bacterial, parasitic or tumor antigens are modified so they can spontaneously form complexes with a synthetic nucleic acid, such as Poly IC, that functions as an immunological adjuvant. The peptide-nucleic acid complexes are dramatically more immunogenic as compared to the separate components. The procedure for developing the vaccine involves the conjugation of a synthetic peptide containing a C residue to poly-K using a bi-functional cross-linking reagent (SMCC). The peptide/poly-K complex was then formulated with CMC and poly-IC to produce a self-adjuvant vaccine that was 36-fold more effective as compared to the same peptide administered mixed with the same adjuvant (but not complexed to it).
US10463741B2
The present invention provides a composition for use as the protectant for a live attenuated influenza virus vaccine, comprising the following components at the following concentrations: human serum albumin: 1.0-15.0 g/L, sugar: 15.0-95.0 g/L, and sodium glutamate: 0.5-15.0 g/L. The present invention also provides a process for preparing a live attenuated influenza vaccine with the composition according to the present invention, comprising the following steps: dissolving the components of the composition according to the present invention sequentially into a pH buffer solution, adjusting the pH to a specified value, performing filtration sterilization, and adding virus stock to give the live attenuated influenza vaccine. The present invention further provides a live attenuated influenza vaccine, which may be used as an injection or nasal spray.
US10463739B2
A formulation comprising a melt-processed solid dispersion product comprising an active agent, a pharmaceutically acceptable thermoplastic polymer of N-vinyl lactams, and a pharmaceutically acceptable polyvinyl alcohol-polyalkylene glycol graft copolymer. A method for producing said formulation.
US10463734B2
Nanoparticles comprising a metal oxide and a platinum cluster having a height to base ratio greater than 1 and compositions containing the same are disclosed. Methods of using the nanoparticles in producing hydroxyl radicals and in photodynamic therapy, for example, in the treatment of hyperproliferative disease such cancer, are also disclosed.
US10463715B2
The application provides new compositions and methods for stimulating the production of natural killer (NK) cells in a subject. NK cells can be selectively expanded with a combination of stimulating ligands. Methods and compositions for the administration of stimulatory ligands modified to self-insert into tumor cells, thereby stimulating an increase in the number of NK cells in proximity to a tumor, are also described.
US10463714B2
The present invention relates to Protoxin-II variants, polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using the foregoing.
US10463713B2
The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of viral infection.
US10463712B2
Treatment with catestatin changes the proportion of two major phyla Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes in the gut microbiota in an opposite manner observed in intestinal disorders like IBD, IBS or non-intestinal disorders like obesity. Specifically, administration of an effective amount of catestatin increased the relative percentage of Bacteroidetes and decreased the relative percentage of Firmicutes in the gut microbiota.
US10463695B2
The ratio of zinc and cadmium is of significance for error-free proliferation and differentiation of cells. An understanding of the role of cadmium in the etiology of cancer offers possibilities to gain a better understanding of cancer as well as possibilities to prevent, treat and/or alleviate cancer. The concentration of Zn(II) in fetal serum, human serum from umbilical cord blood or healthy donors, and in avian serum including intact eggs and egg products has significance for the reliability and repeatability of cell and tissue culture method using said serum, or serum containing products, or eggs. Disclosed is a method in the manufacture of serum products, in particular serum products intended for use in in vitro culture of mammalian cells or tissues, wherein the concentration of Zn(II) is determined, and preferably adjusted to a desired interval. Different products consisting of or containing serum or serum fractions are also disclosed.
US10463694B2
Provided are multiply functional telodendrimers. The telodendrimers can be used for combination drug delivery. The telodendrimers may have one or more crosslinking groups (e.g., reversible photocrosslinking groups). The telodendrimers can aggregate to form nanocarriers. Cargo such as combinations of drugs, imaging probes, and other materials may be sequestered in the core of the aggregates via non-covalent or covalent interactions with the telodendrimers. Such nanocarriers may be used in drug delivery applications and imaging applications.
US10463692B2
The composition includes a chemical depilatory that may be used in a method of destroying cancer and/or tumor cells and removing the resulting debris from the body. The composition includes thioglycolate and is directly applied to the cancer and/or tumor target cells to interrupt and disable their functioning. This method is unique because it enables the composition to affect the cancer and/or tumor cells without being transported by a carrier through the body to them. This anti-cancer and anti-tumor treatment not only targets the abnormal cells, but also eradicates the microorganisms in the tissue at the target site, which prevents the abnormal growth from recurring due to the presence of residual microorganisms that may trigger formation of dysplastic cells.
US10463688B2
A method and corresponding composition to inhibit outgrowth of C. difficile spores and/or to inhibit growth of C. difficile vegetative cells in a mammal in which an amount of a nylon-3 polymer or nylon-3 copolymer or a pharmaceutically suitable salt thereof is administered to the subject.
US10463677B2
An aqueous composition of latanoprost and SAE-CD is provided. The composition possesses improved stability over otherwise similar compositions excluding SAE-CD. Methods of and systems for treating diseases, disorders, conditions or symptoms of the eye that are therapeutically responsive to latanoprost are also provided.
US10463673B2
The present invention is directed to nanoparticulate compositions comprising meloxicam particles having an effective average particle size of less than about 2000 nm.
US10463671B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising inhibitors of human histone methyltransferase EZH2 and one or more other therapeutic agents, particularly anticancer agents such as prednisone, and methods of combination therapy for administering to subjects in need thereof for the treatment of cancer.
US10463669B2
The present application relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing compound 5-fluoro-3-phenyl-2-[(1S)-1-(7H-purin-6-ylamino)propyl]-4-3H)-quinazolinone, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof for preventing and treating liver cancer, and the composition of the present application inhibits ROS-PI3K-AKT-TERT signal transduction, and thus can be favorably used in the treatment of a liver cell cancer, in which a protein involved in the signal transduction is overexpressed, especially, advanced liver cell cancer.
US10463668B2
Described herein are methods for treating and preventing graft versus host disease using ACK inhibitors. The methods include administering to an individual in need thereof an ACK inhibitor such as ibrutinib for treating and preventing graft versus host disease.
US10463666B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition which comprises progestogens, preferably drospirenone, estrogens, preferably ethinylestradiol and 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolate, can be employed as oral contraceptive and moreover prevents disorders caused by folate deficiency in the consumers, in particular cardiovascular disorders and, after conception of the embryo, congenital malformations caused by folate deficiency such as, for example, neural tube defects, ventricular valve defects, urogenital defects, and cleft lip, jaw and palate, without masking the symptoms of vitamin B12 deficiency, and at the same time even in the case of homozygous or heterozygous polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase facilitates unimpaired utilizability of the folate component 5-methyl-(6S)-tetrahydrofolate by the body and thus its biological activity for preventing the abovementioned congenital malformations caused by folate deficiency. In addition, a prolonged protective effect is maintained after discontinuation of the contraceptive.
US10463662B2
Disclosed herein are non-platinum-based (NPB) anti-cancer compounds useful for targeted chemotherapy, e.g., to generate anti-cancer effects for the treatment of cancer and other disorders while having no or minimal toxicity. The compounds N have the general formula I: (I) wherein A represents an aromatic core; at least one of Ra and Rb is an electron transfer promoter as defined herein, e.g., NH2; and at least one of Rc is a leaving group as defined herein, e.g., halogen; and the remainder of the molecule is as defined herein. Pharmaceutical compositions, methods, uses, kits and commercial packages comprising the anti-cancer compounds are also disclosed.
US10463657B2
A method for treating osteoporosis and related methods are disclosed. The methods generally comprise administering to a patient in need of treatment an effective amount of tris(8-quinolinolato)gallium(III) or an analog thereof.
US10463654B2
Provided are methods for treating cancer in a patient by administering at least one antibiotic selected from the group consisting of clofazimine, rifabutin and clarithromycin, in combination with an aryladamantane compound. In an embodiment, the aryladamantane compound is [3-(4-chlorophenyl)-adamantane-1-carboxylic acid (pyridin-4-ylmethyl)amide], or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10463653B2
The present invention relates to therapeutic uses of compounds of formula (1) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10463649B2
The present invention includes compositions and methods for inhibiting MCL-1, including novel inhibitors of MCL-1, and compositions and methods for treating a subject with cancer that is refractory to one or more MAPK pathway protein inhibitors.
US10463639B2
An exemplary embodiment relates to novel protein modulators capable of altering function of the mutant CFTR protein and their use for treating diseases associated with CFTR protein malfunction. The invention provides compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and methods of correcting the cellular alteration of a mutant CFTR protein wherein the CFTR mutation is a mutation ΔF508-CFTR, or another mutation of class II.
US10463628B2
The present invention is a composition comprising a plurality of nanoparticles of at least one noble metal each coated with a plurality of linker molecules, at least some of which are attached to at least one of a plurality of glycosaminoglycan chains.
US10463627B2
Provided herein are therapeutic nanoparticles having a diameter of between 10 nm to 30 nm, and containing a polymer coating, and a nucleic acid containing a sequence complementary to a sequence within a micro-RNA identified as having a role in cancer cell metastasis or anti-apoptotic activity in a cancer cell (e.g., miR-10b) or a sequence within an mRNA encoding a pro-apoptotic protein that is covalently linked to the nanoparticle. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing these therapeutic nanoparticles. Also provided herein are methods of decreasing cancer cell invasion or metastasis in a subject having a cancer and methods of treating a metastatic cancer in a lymph node in a subject that require the administration of these therapeutic nanoparticles to a subject.
US10463616B2
The instant invention is drawn to a hepatocyte targeted composition comprising insulin associated with a lipid construct comprising an amphipathic lipid and an extended amphipathic lipid that targets the construct to a receptor displayed by an hepatocyte. The composition can comprise a mixture of free insulin and insulin associated with the complex. The composition can be modified to protect insulin and the complex from degradation. The invention also includes methods for the manufacture of the composition and loading insulin into the composition and recycling various components of the composition. Methods of treating individuals inflicted with diabetes.
US10463613B2
The disclosure provides a method of treating chronic cough in a subject having idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising from about 2% by weight to about 6% by weight of cromolyn sodium and an ionic osmotic agent with a nebulizer.
US10463609B2
Dendrimer-based compositions and methods are provided, that are useful for administering pharmaceutical compositions to target cells and tissues for treatment of ocular diseases including macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and retinitis pigmentosa.
US10463604B2
The present invention relates to a method for protecting the skin against UV rays, using at least two cosmetic skincare and/or make-up compositions, comprising: the application, to at least part of the skin of the body or face, of at least a first layer of a first cosmetic composition comprising an oil phase and, optionally, an aqueous phase, followed by the application, on said first layer, of at least a second layer of a second anhydrous composition comprising at least 70 wt.-% powders selected from among fillers and pigments, and an oil phase, said method being characterized in that at least one of the two compositions contains at least one UV filter, preferably a liposoluble UV filter. The liposoluble UV filter is preferably in the second composition.The first composition is a make-up foundation or skincare base. The second composition is advantageously a loose or compact powder.The method can be used to improve the sensory properties of cosmetic products applied to the skin, preferably the face, while maintaining a satisfactory level of sun protection.
US10463603B2
The present invention relates to the cosmetic use of dedifferentiated plant cells of a plant of the Rosa sp. genus, or of an extract or a lyophilizate of said cells, as an active agent for caring for aged skin or aged hair. It also relates to rose dedifferentiated cells, in particular Lancôme rose dedifferentiated cells.
US10463601B1
A method of preparation of a topical composition for wrinkle or lines reduction when applied to face and neck is disclosed. The method of preparation of topical composition uses the following ingredients: Purified Water, Vitamin C tablets (natural 1000 mg), Vitamin E capsules (natural 1000 mg), emulsified wax, Essential Oils (Argan, Johoba, Coconut, & Lavender, Tea Tree Oil), & Cornstarch. The method of preparation of topical composition uses the following amounts of each ingredient: 2¾ cup Purified Water 12 Vitamin C Tablets; 15 Vitamin E Capsules; 1 Tablespoon plus ¾ teaspoon Emulsified Wax granules; 1 Tablespoon Johoba Oil; 2 teaspoons Argan Oil; 2 teaspoons Coconut Oil; 4 Tablespoons Cornstarch; ½ teaspoon Lavender Oil, 0.03 ounces Tea Tree Oil or 1 cubic centimeter (cc) syringe. The topical composition can be used with minor changes for both genders with equal effectiveness.
US10463596B1
The present invention is directed to a scalp care composition comprising from about 1% to about 99% of a volatile carrier wherein less than about 10% is a volatile solvent; from about 0.05% to about 10% of a polymeric rheology modifier and mixtures thereof; from about 0.03% to about 1% of particulate scalp benefit agent; from about 0.1% to about 5% of a solubilizing agent wherein the composition is shear thinning and has a zero shear viscosity value measured at 0.01 Pa of greater than about 1,500 Pa s.
US10463594B2
A method for perming or coloring hair, in which hair is treated with a cosmetic composition including a protein-glutaminase and not including an alkaline substance. A method of enhancing hair-permeation of an active ingredient included in a cosmetic composition, in which a protein glutaminase is included in the cosmetic composition. The cosmetic composition does not include an alkaline substance, and the active ingredient is at least one of a hair perm agent and a hair coloring agent.
US10463587B2
The present invention relates to topical compositions comprising 10-hydroxystearic acid or a salt thereof in combination with 12-hydroxystearic acid or a salt thereof. The present invention also relates to a method to retard or inhibit the recrystallization of 10-hydroxystearic acid or a salt thereof in a topical composition, said method comprising formulating 10-hydroxystearic acid or a salt thereof in the presence of 12-hydroxystearic acid or a salt thereof.
US10463585B2
A cosmetic composition is provided, the composition comprising a safe and effective amount of a skin care active with A log P less than −2.0, a safe and effective amount of a fatty alcohol; and a safe and effective amount of a glyceryl ester. The combination of fatty alcohol and glyceryl esters surprisingly enhances penetration of skin care actives with low A log P values into skin.
US10463576B2
An infant bottle is provided. The infant bottle comprises an open-top receptacle for receiving liquid, a nipple sealably connectable to the open-top end of the receptacle, a formula compartment disposed adjacent the open-top end of the receptacle, an open-top end of the formula compartment corresponding and fitted within the open-top end of the receptacle, and a formula release mechanism to empty the contents contained in the formula compartment into the receptacle. A removable warming cover substantially covering at least a portion of the outer surface of the receptacle and comprising a sleeve of material for receiving the receptacle, a base comprising a rechargeable battery, and a heating element operatively connected to the battery, is also provided. A method of using the same is also provided.
US10463564B2
A rehabilitation device for treating carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow is disclosed. The rehabilitation device includes upper and lower members clamping a wrist from above and below. An upper bulge element and a lower bulge element are correspondingly positioned in the middle of the inner faces of the upper and lower members, respectively, for pressing against a gap between the ulna and radius of the wrist from above and below. The upper member has two positioning elements on the inner face to the lateral sides of the upper bulge element. A strap wraps around outer faces of the upper and lower members so as to tight the upper and lower members on the wrist from above and below. By swinging the palm up and down, the bulge elements press into the gap and provide massage and relaxation to the ligament inside.
US10463562B2
Provided is an exoskeleton assembly configured to be coupled to a wearer, including a plurality of members corresponding to body segments of the wearer. An adjustable first member includes a first component and a second component. The assembly further includes a first locking mechanism and a second locking mechanism, each configured to alternate between a locked position and unlocked position. When the first locking mechanism and the second locking mechanism are in the respective unlocked positions, the first component and the second component are free to slide relative to each other thereby adjusting the length of the first member. When either the first locking mechanism or the second locking mechanism is in the respective locked position, the first component and the second component are not free to slide relative to each other. The first member may be a spine assembly, a hip assembly, or a leg assembly.
US10463559B1
A glass object that includes a first glass article, a second glass layer in contact with the first glass article and having an exterior surface and a thickness, and an image formed from a pattern of cremated remains, the image being disposed within the thickness of the second glass layer between the first glass article and the exterior surface of the glass object and being free from contact with the first glass article, and a method of making the same.
US10463546B2
A disposable garment that prevents urine leakage, has superior appearance, and reduces reluctance of the wearer to wear the garment.The disposable garment (1) comprises a torso band (21) comprising a torso band opening (21a); and a chassis (20) disposed on a lower side of the torso band (21); wherein the chassis (20) comprises a stretchable composite sheet, the stretchable composite sheet being a multi-layer structure comprising a first air permeable sheet (203), a second air permeable sheet (205), and a liquid diffusion fiber sheet (201) and a linear elastic body (202) disposed between the first air permeable sheet (203) and the second air permeable sheet (205), and the chassis (20) has stretchability that imparts a pressing force against a wearer.
US10463544B2
A unitized cast system for immobilizing and supporting a body part. The unitized casting system includes a first inner layer for padding and dissipating heat against the patient's skin. A second layer is formed from a thermoformable structural material such as perforated plastic. A protective third outer layer is provided to provide insulation for the second layer. These three layers are formed together to form a unitized cast system that is easily formed and applied to the patient.
US10463534B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of cataract surgery and more particularly to methods and apparatus for performing a capsulorhexis. This invention is in the field of medical devices. The present invention relates to a device constructed from metals, polymers or other materials that are amenable to precise surface modifications and methods for its use, wherein (1) the device assists in capsulorhexis and (2) a patterned surface having milli-, micron-, and/or nano-sized micropatterning characteristics that imparts surface stabilizing and self-adhesive properties.
US10463532B2
An implant is placed in the choroid in the posterior eye segment. The conjunctiva is incised, and an injection needle is inserted between the conjunctiva and the sclera. The tip of the injection needle is advanced to the vicinity of the optic disc along the surface of the sclera. After placing a vitrectomy lens over the cornea so that the eyeground can be observed, the tip of the injection needle that appears white is observed while observing the eyeground through the vitrectomy lens and pressing the sclera using the injection needle. The injection needle is moved to determine an appropriate insertion position of the implant in the vicinity of the optic disc, and is inserted diagonally into the sclera. The tip of the injection needle is advanced into the choroid, and the implant is inserted into the choroid through the tip opening formed at the tip of the injection needle.
US10463531B2
A system is provided for stimulating a portion of skin, the system including at least two electrodes; a motor and an electrical system, the electrical system including a power source; and an end effector operably coupled to the motor and the electrical system, the end effector having at least one embedded electrode, from the at least two electrodes, disposed and operably coupled to the electrical system at which the end effector is configured to be in electrical communication with the portion of skin, wherein the motor is configured to subject the end effector to repetitive movements while contacting the skin to provide mechanical stimulation to the skin, wherein the at least one embedded electrode is configured to serve as a source electrode and another of the at least two electrodes is configured to serve as a return electrode, and wherein the power source is configured to bias the source electrode to the return electrode and form an electric field with the portion of skin.
US10463527B2
An ostomy belt has an elastic support membrane with a fibrous surface and an aperture for accessing a stoma. The aperture is formed by the user in a preferred location, and the area around the aperture is stabilized against stretch by applying a patch of relatively inelastic hook material to the fibrous surface about the aperture. An elastic membrane of an adhesive bandage is similarly stabilized about an opening in the bandage, by a hook patch that may have a flap for securing an IV tube.
US10463526B1
A support surface having a plurality of small, independent, cylinder shape, vertically mounted air cells integrated on a hospital bed, nursing home or home care beds or as a mattress replacement. The pneumatic support surface is electronically controlled and operated by a caregiver through the only external part of the system: a smartphone or a tablet. The support surface is capable to perform separately or in succession, within two hours, several cycles of a plurality of known procedures for the prevention of pressure sores plus a unique procedure focused on the most-risky parts of the body combined with a program that provides optimum conditions for best and faster healing of existing pressure injuries.
US10463519B2
A delivery system includes an inflatable delivery balloon formed with a plurality of constraining elements which create constrained regions in a body portion of the balloon, interposed between unconstrained regions. The constrained regions create recesses for receiving a medical device or part of a medical device. The constraining elements are preferably formed by woven or braided material, advantageously embedded within the wall of the inflatable balloon. The constraining elements provide a structure that will not flatten upon inflation of the balloon and also a structure which can readily be folded or wrapped for endoluminal delivery purposes, and which retains flexibility of the delivery device.
US10463514B2
This invention is directed to an expandable stent for implantation in a body lumen, such as an artery, and a method for making it from a single length of tubing. The stent consists of a plurality of radially expandable cylindrical elements generally aligned on a common axis and interconnected by one or more links. A Y-shaped member is comprised of a U-shaped member and a link having a curved portion and a straight portion to improve the flexibility and thereby improve the fatigue performance of the Y-link junction.
US10463510B1
A braided implant configured as a flow diverter for treating an aneurysm. The implant can include a braided mesh configured to maintain a substantially consistent target porosity over up to a 1 mm vessel diameter range over a predetermined length in a tapered vessel.
US10463503B2
A transforaminal lumbar interbody (TLIF) implant, installation tool, and method of use includes a TLIF implant having a cavity, a first slot extending along an outside surface of a first lateral wall, and a second slot extending along an outside surface of a second lateral wall, the slots configured to receive an installation tool for holding the TLIF implant. The cavity houses a first impacted blade and a second impacted blade. When driven by the installation tool, guides in the walls of the cavity direct the impacted blades along the inside of the cavity such that ends of the blades extend from the cavity and beyond the implant body. The end of the first impacted blade extends from an upper side of the cavity and beyond the implant body, while the end of the second impacted blade extends from a lower side of the cavity and beyond the implant body.
US10463499B2
A humeral anchor assembly is provided that includes a humeral anchor and at least one screw. The humeral anchor is configured to form a part of or support a part of a shoulder prosthesis. The humeral anchor has a distal portion configured to be anchored in a proximal region of a humerus and a proximal portion. The proximal portion includes a proximal face configured to engage an articular component within a periphery thereof. The proximal portion also includes at least one aperture disposed adjacent to the periphery. The at least one screw is disposed through the at least one aperture. The screw has a first end portion engaged with the proximal portion of the anchor and a second end portion disposed in or through cortical bone of the humerus.
US10463493B2
Disclosed herein are annular prosthetic devices, such as annuloplasty rings, that include suture clips integrated into or mounted within an annular frame. The clips can quickly secure to sutures to obviate the need to tied knots in the sutures during implantation. Embodiments comprise an annular frame having an open central region and a plurality of suture clips spaced angularly apart around the frame. Each of the suture clips can comprise two opposing tabs that extend toward each other such that the suture clip forms a gripping region between ends of the tabs and the gripping region is configured to grip a suture inserted through the suture clip between the two tabs. The annular frame and the plurality of suture clips can be formed from a single piece of flat material with the suture clip tabs being formed by laser cutting the piece of flat material, or the suture clips can be movable along a track formed in the annular frame.
US10463488B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to prosthetic valves and methods of use thereof. In one implementation, a method of implanting a prosthetic valve within a native mitral valve may be provided. The method may include delivering the prosthetic valve into a heart chamber. The prosthetic valve may be constrained in a contracted delivery configuration. The prosthetic valve may include an annular valve body with a plurality of ventricular anchors and a plurality of atrial anchors attached thereto. The method may also include unconstraining the plurality of ventricular anchors and the plurality of atrial anchors while maintaining the valve body in the contracted delivery configuration. The method may also include unconstraining the valve body from the contracted delivery configuration while the unconstrained atrial anchors are positioned within an atrium and while the unconstrained ventricular anchors are positioned within a ventricle.
US10463486B2
An apparatus (20, 20a) includes a plurality of flexible tube guides (35), an annular assembly of tubes (34), each of the tubes being slidably disposed within a respective one of the tube guides, a plurality of threads (58), each of which comprising a distal end that is carried by a respective one of the tubes, and an expandable annular structure (36) coupled to the tube guides, configured to expand the assembly of tubes, from a collapsed configuration, over tissue (42) of a subject, by moving the tube guides radially outward. The apparatus further includes a plurality of control wires (40) coupled to the tube guides, configured to position the tubes, subsequently to the expansion of the assembly, for deployment of the threads from the tubes and into the tissue, by flexing the tube guides.
US10463473B2
An accommodating intraocular lens with variable optical power, comprising at least two optical elements, at least one of which is movable relative to the other in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis, wherein the optical elements form a lens with different optical power at different relative positions of the optical elements. At least two of the optical elements of the lens comprise at least one additional optical correction surface, which correction surfaces are adapted for simultaneous variable correction of one or more optical aberrations of the natural eye in which the degree of correction depends on the relative position of the optical elements.
US10463469B2
The present invention aims to provide a method for producing a porous tissue regeneration substrate that allows a wide choice of solvents and easy adjustment of the bulk density and pore size of the porous substrate. The present invention also aims to provide a method for producing an artificial blood vessel and an artificial blood vessel. The present invention relates a porous, tubular artificial blood vessel containing a bioabsorbable material, the artificial blood vessel including: a skin layer having a relatively small pore size as an innermost layer; and a porous layer positioned around the skin layer and having a relatively large pore size.
US10463465B2
An applicator 102 has a fluid supply inlet (14), an outlet (4) and a barrel (1) having a barrel outlet (2) and a barrel inlet (15a). The barrel inlet (15) is in fluid communication, or selective fluid communication, with the fluid supply inlet (14).A one way outlet valve (3) is in fluid communication with the barrel outlet (2) and with the outlet (4). The applicator 100 has piston actuation means (32) for moving a piston (5) relative to the barrel (1). The applicator further comprises pressure limiting means (10) for limiting a maximum pressure of fluid entering the barrel (1) from the fluid supply inlet (14).
US10463457B2
A dental block for producing a dental prosthesis comprises a green body including zirconia and having a chemical composition comprising between 6.0 wt % to 20 wt % of yttria (Y2O3). The green body is subsequently sinterable, with regular sintering in air and with no post HIP processing, to product a translucent sintered body with a total light transmittance of at least 36% to light with a wavelength of 400 nm at a thickness of 0.6 mm.
US10463455B2
A method of fabricating a denture, comprising milling a preliminary try-in denture from denture material comprising a layer of denture base material contiguous with a layer of denture tooth material. Denture base material is removed from the block to form a first part of the, labial, buccal, gingival, and flange regions of the denture base to form a preliminary denture. A preliminary mold is created from this preliminary denture. The preliminary denture is then further modified with deformable waxes in gingival and anterior tooth recesses to form a preliminary try-in denture, which is fitted to a patient and adjusted to optimal dimensions. The adjusted try-in denture is then reproduced by further molding methods, producing the final denture.
US10463450B2
An oral shield system for protecting an area in a patient's mouth, the system including an oral shield device having a molded body that forms a contoured surface and a pair of wings that extend from the body, and an elongate handle attached to the oral shield device.
US10463440B2
Surgical manipulators and methods disclosed comprise an energy applicator extending from an instrument and actuators to move links to position the energy applicator. A force/torque sensor sense forces/torques applied to the instrument. Controller(s) control operation of the manipulator in a semi-autonomous mode wherein the manipulator moves the energy applicator along a tool path comprising a target position and advances the energy applicator along the tool path by moving the energy applicator to the target position. The controller(s) transition from the semi-autonomous mode to a manual mode wherein operation of the manipulator is controlled in response to forces/torques applied to the instrument. In the manual mode, the controller(s) enable movement of the energy applicator to one or more positions different from the target position. The controller(s) transition from the manual mode back to the semi-autonomous mode by moving the energy applicator back to the target position on the tool path.
US10463439B2
A steerable catheter system may include a flexible elongate catheter body, a drive mechanism at the proximal end of the catheter body, and at least one group of pullwires extending along a length of the catheter body. The catheter body may include a distal articulating section and a proximal non-articulating section. Each group of pullwires includes at least two pullwires, and each of the pullwires is anchored at a first end to the distal end of the catheter body and at a second end to the drive mechanism. The pullwires of each group are positioned close to one another in the catheter wall to concentrate the forces and cause deflection along the articulating section of the catheter body and diverge away from one another to reach a more separated distribution around a circumference of the catheter body to distribute the forces and prevent deflection along the non-articulating section.
US10463437B2
A robotic surgical instrument comprising: a shaft; an articulation at a distal end of the shaft configured to articulate an end effector, the articulation driveable by a pair of driving elements; and an instrument interface at a proximal end of the shaft, the instrument interface comprising: an instrument interface element configured to drive the pair of driving elements, the instrument interface element displaceable over a displacement range, the pair of driving elements fast with the instrument interface element such that a displacement of the instrument interface element is transferred to the pair of driving elements; a tensioning mechanism configured to tension the pair of driving elements; and an alignment mechanism configured to set the displacement position of the instrument interface element to a predetermined alignment position when the end effector has a predetermined configuration, the alignment mechanism being independent of the tensioning mechanism.
US10463418B2
Volumetrically oscillating plasma flows, the volume of which controllably expands and contracts with time, are disclosed. Volumetrically oscillating plasma flows are generated by providing an energy with a power density that changes with time to the plasma-generating gas to form a plasma flow. The changes in the energy power density result in plasma flow volumetric oscillations. Volumetric oscillations with a frequency of above 20,000 Hz results in ultrasonic acoustic waves, which are known to be beneficial for various medical applications. System for providing volumetrically oscillating plasma flows and a variety of surgical non-surgical applications of such flows are also disclosed.
US10463416B2
Intramedullary nails, systems, and methods. The intramedullary nail may include a generally elongate body extending from a first, distal end to a second, proximal end. The distal end may include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the distal end intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the distal end of the nail. The proximal end may also include one or more openings configured to receive one or more bone anchors that extend transversely through the proximal end of the intramedullary nail, and thereby configured to secure the proximal end of the nail. In some embodiments, the proximal end may further include a cross-locking feature, which includes a second bone anchor that interlocks with a first bone anchor, for example, for enhanced bone purchase and bony fixation.
US10463408B2
The present application relates to repair systems, and more particularly to fifth metatarsal repair systems and methods of use. The repair systems described herein can include a fixation device with a threaded section. The repair systems described herein can include one or more grippers designed to be deflected outward to grip the sidewalls of an intramedullary canal of the fifth metatarsal. The repair systems described herein can include an end cap. The end cap can include a fastener including thread designed to engage the threaded section of the fixation device. The end cap can include a cap designed to move relative to the fastener.
US10463401B2
A spinal construct adaptor comprising a member disposable between an inner surface of a bone fastener that defines an implant cavity and a spinal rod disposed with the implant cavity. A capture element is connected with the member and engageable with the spinal rod. Implants, spinal constructs, systems, instruments and methods are disclosed.
US10463396B2
An access device for surgical procedures includes a multiport end cap having a rigid body with a flexible support sealingly mounted to the rigid body with a plurality of separate access ports for accommodating introduction of individual surgical instruments into a body of a patient. At least one of the access ports is sealingly attached to the flexible support and extends in a proximal direction therefrom. The flexible support is of a material more flexible than those of the rigid body and access ports to provide for relative angular movement of at least one of the access ports to provide flexibility for positioning surgical instruments introduced through the access ports. The flexible support can include at least one flexible bellow.
US10463386B2
Components and corresponding systems are described for providing removal of a clot or fragment thereof to address an acute ischemic stroke condition. In particular, a filter design is presented that provides metal elements below a bundle of polymer fibers to provide more mechanical strength while cushioning the vessel wall from direct contact with the metal elements. Designs of stent retrievers are presented with polymer covers or mounted on the exterior of a microcatheter. Corresponding systems are described that can use various combinations of the components, generally in combination with an aspiration catheter. Corresponding procedures are described that can effectively use the various devices and systems.
US10463383B2
A stapling instrument comprising a staple cartridge jaw including staples removably stored therein, an anvil configurable in an unclamped condition and a clamped condition, a closing member configured to move the anvil to the clamped condition, a firing member movable to eject the staples from the staple cartridge jaw during a staple firing stroke, and a rotatable drive member coupled to the firing member is disclosed. The closing member is operably isolated from the rotatable drive member. The stapling instrument further comprises an electric motor operably engaged with the firing member, a battery electrically couplable to the electric motor, a handle, and a sensing system. The electric motor and the battery are positioned in the handle. The sensing system is responsive to the clamped condition of the anvil and the movement of the firing member. The sensing system comprises a lockout configured to prevent a function of the stapling instrument.
US10463376B2
An implantable medical device includes first and second material capture elements which are disposed in opposing orientations and have their narrow ends facing one another. The first and second material capture elements are connected by a flexible connector, which enables the implantable medical device to curve within a curved vessel of a patient. The flexible connector is either closed or has a lumen passing therethrough and includes a closure element for closing the lumen after deployment of the device within a patient. The structure enables the device to be positioned reliably within a curved vessel and benefits from the advantage of a double-ended device.
US10463367B2
A cartridge assembly is disclosed. The cartridge assembly includes a channel and a removable assembly in releasable engagement with the channel. The removable assembly includes a cartridge body and a support plate. The cartridge body includes an engagement structure disposed adjacent a proximal end thereof. The support plate is configured to mechanically engage the cartridge body and includes an engagement structure disposed adjacent a proximal end thereof. The engagement structure of the cartridge body is configured for longitudinal alignment with the engagement structure of the support plate. The engagement structures of the cartridge body and the engagement structure of the support plate are configured to mechanically engage the engagement structure of the channel when the removable assembly is engaged with the channel.
US10463359B2
A device is for anchoring a suture to a bone. The device includes a suture engaged with an elastically deformable ring biased toward an unstressed state in which an outer diameter of the ring is D. The ring is compressible for insertion through a hole in a bone stabilization device having a diameter smaller than the diameter D.
US10463354B2
A method for retracting tissue in a surgical procedure includes inserting a first blade of a retractor system into an incision in a body of a patient. The retractor system includes a first articulating arm and a second articulating arm. The first articulating arm is coupled to a retractor assembly blade. The retractor assembly blade has a handle portion and the first blade. The second articulating arm is coupled to a bracket securing a second blade. The method includes retracting tissue using the first blade, inserting the second blade into the incision in the body of the patient and retracting tissue using the second blade.
US10463353B2
A surgical device for suturing body lumen is described, as well as methods for suturing tissue employing the surgical device. The device can include a body having a shaft and a foot for insertion into an opening in a body lumen. The device can include tissue ports between configured to receive tissue surrounding the opening in the body lumen. The foot can include a suture secured to needle capture devices. The device can include needles that can be advanced through tissue and into the needle capture devices. The needle capture devices can then be withdrawn, thereby harvesting the suture, which can then be used to close the opening in the body lumen.
US10463351B2
A medical instrument is provided including a device having an expandable portion and a transitional portion. The transitional portion has a spiral cut on the outer surface, and is aligned with the distal portion of a catheter. The transitional portion may be secured to the catheter by a sleeve which is coupled to both the catheter and the transitional portion. Alternatively, the portion of the transitional portion having the spiral cut may be embedded within the catheter.
US10463345B2
Ultrasound signal processing device including: transmitter causing transmission array composed of all or some transducer elements of ultrasound probe to transmit ultrasound; reception aperture setter designating reception array having center position corresponding to center position of transmission array; transmission time calculator calculating, for each of measurement points arranged within area of reach of ultrasound, transmission time from transmission of ultrasound until arrival of ultrasound at measurement point; reception time calculator calculating reception time from reflection of ultrasound at measurement point until arrival of ultrasound at reception transducer element; delay amount calculator calculating total propagation time being sum of transmission time and reception time, and calculating delay amount for reception transducer element based on total propagation time; delay processor specifying reception signal value corresponding to delay amount, from reception signal sequence corresponding to reception transducer element; and adder generating acoustic line signal for measurement point based on specified reception signal value.
US10463338B2
Provided are a mammography apparatus, a control device, a mammography apparatus control method, and a mammography apparatus control program that can effectively reduce the subject's pain caused by the compression of the breast by a compression plate.A mammography apparatus includes a compression plate that compresses a breast, a moving unit that moves the compression plate in a compression direction in which the breast is compressed and a decompression direction in which the breast is decompressed, a radiation source that emits radiation, and a control unit that controls the moving unit such that the compression plate is moved to a first position in the compression direction and is moved to a second position in the decompression direction and performs control such that the radiation is emitted from the radiation source to the breast in a state in which the compression plate is located at the second position.
US10463337B2
An X-ray detector that is detachably mountable in a mounting unit, the detector comprises a storage unit configured to store identification (ID) information, which is assigned to the X-ray detector according to its usage, of the X-ray detector, a position detecting unit configured to detect a mounting position information of the X-ray detector and a communication unit configured to transmit the mounting position information of the X-ray detector and ID information of the X-ray detector to a workstation.
US10463332B2
A system includes acquisition of a spectral topogram of a target, determination, based on the spectral topogram, of an attenuation associated with each of a plurality of regions of the target and a composition of each of the plurality of regions, determination of imaging parameters associated with the plurality of regions based on the determined attenuation and composition, and acquisition of an image of the target based on the imaging parameters.
US10463327B2
According to one embodiment, an X-ray diagnostic apparatus includes a couch, an imaging unit, and processing circuitry. The couch includes a couch top on which a subject lies. The imaging unit includes an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector, and a holding device. The holding device movably holds the X-ray generator and the X-ray detector. The processing circuitry generates an X-ray image of the subject, based on an output of the X-ray detector, sets a first interference determination area including a device projecting from the subject, based on an image of the device included in the X-ray image, and controls the holding device such that movement of the imaging unit is restricted in the first interference determination area.
US10463326B2
A C-arm X-ray apparatus with a surgical positioning and linear navigation function is provided. The apparatus includes a C-arm, an image enhancer, an X-ray tube, a support frame, a trolley, a monitor and a central controller. The image enhancer is disposed at one end of the C-arm, and the X-ray tube is disposed at the other end of the C-arm which is mounted on the support frame and capable of rotationally sliding along the support frame, the support frame is mounted on the trolley and capable of sliding horizontally along the trolley, and the monitor and the central controller are electrically connected with the image enhancer and the X-ray tube, where a positioning module is further disposed on the C-arm and cooperates with the image enhancer and the X-ray tube.
US10463324B2
A photon-counting system includes photon-counting detectors that output photon-counting signals to indicate a number of photons impinging on the photon-counting detectors. The system also includes analog-to-digital conversion circuits, which convert one of the photon-counting signals into a digital photon-counting signals, and a processor that processes the digital photon-counting signals to extract information from the photon-counting signals. The information extracted can include a photon-counting rate. An intelligent multiplexer that, based on the photon-counting rate, modifies interconnection of the photon-counting detectors and analog-to-digital conversion circuits and provides digital photon-counting signals for a selected set of the analog-to-digital converters to the processor.
US10463318B2
A method and device for multi-sequence scanning are provided. According to an example of the method, when at least two mergeable scanning sequences are obtained from a plurality of scanning sequences, a target scanning area including respective scanning areas of the at least two mergeable scanning sequences may be determined; and then a scanning on the target scanning area may be performed with the at least two mergeable scanning sequences. As at least two scanning sequences satisfying a preset mergeable condition may be extracted from a plurality of scanning sequences, the at least two scanning sequences satisfying the preset mergeable condition may be performed at once.
US10463317B2
Systems and methods for estimating irradiation dose for patient application based on a radiation field model and a patient anatomy model are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes providing a database of patient anatomy models. The method also includes providing a radiation field model of an X-ray system. Further, the method includes receiving a measure of an anatomy of a patient. The method also includes determining a patient anatomy model among the patient anatomy models that matches or is similar to the anatomy of the patient based on the measure of the patient and a corresponding measure of each of the patient anatomy models. The method also includes estimating an irradiation dose for application to the patient by the X-ray system based on the radiation field model and the determined patient anatomy model.
US10463316B2
A medical information processing system includes setting circuitry, generating circuitry and output control circuitry. The setting circuitry is configured to set a region of interest in a three-dimensional image that is generated by emitting X-rays to a breast of a subject and imaging the breast from different directions. The generating circuitry is configured to generate reference information in which positional information about the region of interest is associated with a schematic diagram of the breast. The output control circuitry is configured to cause output circuitry to output the reference information.
US10463309B2
A dual modality sensor comprises a tissue-contact electrode having a first surface configured for receiving an electrical signal from a user's tissue when attached thereto; and a mechanical sensor overlying the cutaneous electrode and configured to sense a mechanical displacement of the first surface through the electrode. The electrode and the mechanical sensor thereby provide electrical and mechanical signals which originate from precisely the same tissue location.
US10463307B2
A device is described that can include a probe, a mobile device, and at least one processor. The probe can examine a corresponding anatomical part of a body. The mobile device can have a camera to take an image of the anatomical part of the body. The mobile device can execute a patient-application to process the image. The at least one processor can be configured to transmit the processed image to a server via a communication network. Related apparatuses, systems, methods, techniques and articles are also described.
US10463303B2
An apparatus for use in securing a reusable medical device to an exterior surface of a patient's body includes a cushion, a first adhesive member, and a second adhesive member. The cushion includes a bottom side, a top side opposite the bottom side, and an opening adapted to receive at least a portion of the reusable medical device therein. The first adhesive member includes an upper adhesive surface and lower adhesive surface opposite the upper adhesive surface. The second adhesive member is interposed between the cushion and the first adhesive member, and includes a first adhesive surface and a second adhesive surface opposite the first adhesive surface.
US10463285B2
Various embodiments of a sealed package and a method of forming such package are disclosed. The package includes a housing, a substrate hermetically sealed to the housing, and a light source disposed on a first major surface of the substrate. The package further includes a detector disposed on the first major surface of the substrate and having a detecting surface. The package also includes a masking layer disposed on at least one of the first major surface and a second major surface of the substrate, where the masking layer includes a first aperture aligned with an emission axis of the light source in a direction orthogonal to the first major surface of the substrate. The masking layer further includes a second aperture aligned with a detection axis of the detector in a direction orthogonal to the first major surface of the substrate.
US10463282B2
A system and method is provided for analyzing a glucose state. A method may include identifying a target glucose state and an initial glucose state. The method may include calculating a target return path for a transition from the initial glucose state to the target glucose state. The target return path may comprise at least one intermediate glucose state associated with the transition from the initial glucose state to the target glucose state. The target return path may be calculated based on a hazard associated with the at least one intermediate glucose state of the target return path.
US10463277B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods of locating a patent within a facility. In one example, the system includes a beacon and a sensor. The beacon is positioned in a location of the facility. The beacon includes an infrared emitter and a processor. The processor is in communication with the infrared emitter. The processor is configured to instruct the infrared emitter to periodically emit an infrared emission. The processor modulates the infrared emission with a unique identification of the beacon that corresponds to the location of the beacon. The sensor is worn by the sensor wearer. The sensor includes an infrared receiver and a processor. The processor is in communication with the infrared received. The infrared receiver is configured to demodulate the received infrared emission to identify the unique identification of the beacon.
US10463265B2
An implantable electrode array is provided, the electrode array comprising a substrate, the substrate having a front side and a back side, and a first number of first electrodes. The first electrodes are formed as contact pads, and are arranged on the front side. The substrate comprises a second number of prefabricated holes at predetermined positions, the holes extending from the front side through the substrate towards the back side, and being arranged such the holes may be penetrated by elongated electrodes placed at the predetermined positions.
US10463264B2
An implantable pressure sensor that wirelessly provides pressure data to a wireless receiver. The pressure sensor includes a first flexible membrane exposed to the region whose pressure is being monitored. In contact with this first flexible membrane is a force transducer, for measuring this pressure, that is itself suspended on an internal flexible membrane. This internal flexible membrane allows the force transducer to not only be displaced away from the first flexible membrane, but it allows for the force transducer to also be oscillated, either out-of-contact with the first flexible membrane or in-contact therewith for static/dynamic pressure sensor calibration. Another embodiment suspends an internal housing on a third flexible membrane wherein the internal flexible membrane forms the upper surface of the internal housing. An actuator for displacing/oscillating the force transducer is located within the internal housing. This permits establishing a constant distance between the force transducer and the actuator.
US10463261B2
Methods, systems, and devices for determining pulseless electrical activity (PEA) are described. The method may include determining by using a first sensor on a person, a heart rate of the person based on sensed electrical activity of the person. A pulse rate of the person may be determined using a second sensor, the pulse rate of the person being based on at least one sensed parameter other than the sensed electrical activity. The method may then include determining a correlation of the determined heart rate and the determined pulse rate and then generating an alert event based at least in part on the correlation being outside of a predetermined threshold.
US10463258B2
According to an example embodiment, a technique in a monitoring device for remote monitoring of at least one vital sign of a living subject is provided, the technique including capturing one or more sensor signals that are descriptive of respective characteristics of a body of the subject from a distance, deriving, on basis of said one or more sensor signals, at least a first biometric signal that is descriptive of a second predefined vital sign of said subject for transmission to a server device, detecting presence of another monitoring device that is operating to derive a first biometric signal that is descriptive of a first predefined vital sign of the same subject for transmission to the server device, and controlling derivation of said first biometric signal in the detected another monitoring device in response to detecting said another device.
US10463254B2
Exemplary embodiments of systems and methods can be provided which can generate data associated with at least one portion of a sample. For example, at least one first radiation can be forwarded to the portion through at least one optical arrangement. At least one second radiation can be received from the portion which is based on the first radiation. Based on an interaction between the optical arrangement and the first radiation and/or the second radiation, the optical arrangement can have a first transfer function. Further, it is possible to forward at least one third radiation to the portion through such optical arrangement (or through another optical arrangement), and receive at least one fourth radiation from the portion which is based on the third radiation. Based on an interaction between the optical arrangement (or the other optical arrangement) and the third radiation and/or the fourth radiation, the optical arrangement (or the other optical arrangement) can have a second transfer function. The first transfer function can be at least partially different from the second transfer function. The data can be generated based on the second and fourth radiations.
US10463251B2
Ophthalmological device including an applanation tonometer tip having a bi-curved cornea-contacting surface and method of using such device for measurement of intraocular pressure. The cornea-contacting surface includes a first rotationally symmetric portion a curvature of which is substantially adapted to that of a typical cornea and a second rotationally symmetric portion that is peripheral to and adjoining the first portion. In operation, the applanation of the cornea in an area corresponding to the first portion of the cornea-contacting surface is substantially negligible.
US10463245B2
A cannula assembly can allow an operator to control both an endoscope and a surgical tool with a single hand. In some embodiments, for example, a scope tube may be combined with a tool tube to allow such control. The tool may be manipulated, for example, by causing the tool to rotate, and/or to move forward and backward in relation to the cannula assembly.
US10463243B2
An apparatus for intraoral imaging has an intraoral camera that defines a field of view with a first dimension and a second dimension orthogonal to the first dimension. A projector has a laser diode energizable to emit a light beam; a collimator in the path of the emitted light beam; first beam-shaping optics disposed to shape the collimated light beam in the second dimension to form a linear light pattern; focusing optics disposed to focus the shaped collimated beam at a focal plane; and a scanner that is disposed substantially at the focal plane and that is energizable to scan the formed linear light pattern along the second dimension to successive positions of the field of view. A control logic processor coordinates energizing the laser diode and scanner with image capture by the intraoral camera.
US10463237B2
A method comprises steering a deployment catheter to locate a distal end of the deployment catheter at a position within a patient anatomy. The method further includes articulating a delivery catheter extending through and from the distal end of the deployment catheter while the distal end of the deployment remains at the position and deploying an instrument through the delivery catheter.
US10463229B2
To develop a clinically useful composition and an endoscopic observation method that utilizes WOS properties. The composition for improving diagnostic performance, containing lipids as a component is characterized in that, by administering or loading said composition orally, by intubation or via an endoscope, the lipids are absorbed by gastric tumors, facilitating the detection of tumors and qualitative diagnoses by endoscope. Tumors are thus whitened by administering or loading this composition for improving diagnostic performance prior to endoscopic observation, making it easier to discover and qualitatively diagnose tumors by endoscopic observation.
US10463217B1
An autonomous cleaning robot includes a drive operable to move the autonomous cleaning robot across a floor surface; a cleaning assembly configured to clean the floor surface; a receiver configured to receive an indication of cat activity in a cat box; and a controller configured to navigate the autonomous cleaning robot to the cat box to execute a cleaning mission in response to the received indication of cat activity.
US10463216B2
A wand and hose assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a suction wand fluidly connected to the end of a suction hose by a duct and the duct incorporates an articulating joint for allowing articulated movement of the suction wand relative to the end of the suction hose. The wand and the duct are arranged for telescopic sliding movement relative to one another, and the articulating joint is moveable into a position in which the wand can slide telescopically through the duct for retraction into the suction hose.
US10463212B2
A robot cleaner comprising: a first housing including a controller and a driving wheel of which driving is controlled by the controller; a second housing provided at one side of the first housing, the second housing having a brush module or mop module mounted thereto; a front bumper provided at a front portion of the second housing, the front bumper configured to be movable to the inside of the second housing when the front bumper is in contact with an obstacle; at least one sensing means provided at the inside of the front bumper to sense a movement of the front bumper to the inside of the second housing; side bumpers respectively provided at left and right side portions of the second housing, the side bumpers each being configured to movable to the inside of the second housing when the side bumper is in contact with an obstacle; and a link member provided at the inside of the side bumper to allow the side bumper and the front bumper to interlock with each other such that, when the side bumper is moved to the inside of the second housing, at least one portion of the front bumper is moved together with the side bumper to the inside of the second housing.
US10463204B2
A coreless roll of absorbent sheet products is made of a spirally wound web of absorbent substrate including at least two superposed plies of absorbent substrate, the web of absorbent substrate being wound such as to define an axial hollow passageway centrally positioned relatively to the coreless roll and extending from one edge to another edge of the coreless roll. The web of absorbent substrate further includes a stiffening insert, the stiffening insert being inserted in-between two superposed plies of absorbent substrate, the stiffening insert being positioned such as to line the axial hollow passageway, the stiffening insert having a length such that the stiffening insert extends at least around three quarter of a circumference of the passageway, preferably substantially completely around a circumference of the passageway.
US10463201B2
The inventive technology disclosed herein, in embodiments, relates to a shower stall system that may include an inventive shower drain adaptor ring 11; an inventive anti-ligature grab rail system 30; and inventive, drop-in shower installation related apparatus and methods. Note that all of these may find application in a prison environment, but may find application in other environments as well (e.g., grab rail in kitchen, shower drain adaptor ring in residential shower, etc.).
US10463187B2
In one aspect, a cooking device includes independently controllable cooking zones. In one aspect, a cooking device includes a first cooking zone with heated air configured to move horizontally there through in a first direction and a second cooking zone with heated air configured to move horizontally there through in a second direction different than the first direction. In one aspect, the first and second directions are opposite directions. In one aspect, the heated air flows from one side of the cooking device.
US10463178B2
A structured blanket assembly for use in locations such as a beach which provides for end and side walls to prevent unwanted materials from getting on blanket, while allowing for disassembly for transport and cleaning.
US10463170B2
A collapsible play yard including a structural support frame, a liner attached to the frame and one or more folding systems. The structural support frame includes an upper frame and a plurality of leg members. The proximal end of each leg member attaches to the upper frame member which is the single point of contact between the leg member and the remainder of the frame. The collapsible play yard can include a first folding system to shorten the width of the play yard and a second folding system to shorten the height of the play yard. Each folding system can be folded and unfolded independent of the other.
US10463169B1
Learn-to-walk system includes a walker having a toddler retainer for retaining a toddler and a substrate support for supporting the toddler retainer on a substrate. The substrate support includes caster assemblies that enable the substrate support to move on the substrate. The toddler retainer rotates relative to the substrate support such that while the substrate support remains in a stationary position, the toddler retainer is rotatable. An elongate armature has a first end region coupled to the toddler retainer or substrate support in a manner to allow swiveling thereof relative to the armature such that the walker is movable into different positions relative to the armature. A second end region of the armature is coupled to an object, so that the substrate support is limited in its movement relative to the object by the armature. The toddler retainer may also be configured to secure to walking wings.
US10463167B2
A bed bug protective encasement for a mattress comprising a cover having an elongated opening with a first end and a second end formed therein, the elongated opening being adaptable to receive the mattress within the cover. A primary zipper is disposed along the elongated opening and having a slider movable from the first end to the second end to close the elongated opening. A flap attached to the cover adjacent the second end of the elongated opening is foldable over the second end of the elongated opening, the primary zipper extending onto the flap and terminating near a distal end of the flap. A secondary zipper system has a first zipper attached to a side of the flap and a second zipper attached to an opposite side of the flap, to secure the flap when the flap is folded over the second end of the elongated opening.
US10463156B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a food and drink holder configured to be removably mounted to a cup holder attached to seats or an arm rest is provided that includes a drink receptacle. The drink receptacle includes a generally cylindrical sidewall having a central axis, and the sidewall is configured to be removably mounted in an opening in the cup holder. The food and drink holder also includes a food receptacle having a pair of sidewalls, a front wall, an end wall, a bottom wall, and a top end.
US10463140B2
An attachment apparatus for attaching an electronic device to at least one appendage of a user can include first and second receptacles that are each configured to releasably receive at least a portion of a respective digit of a user. Each of the first and second receptacles can be configured to at least partially receive the respective digit via relative movement between the receptacle and the respective digit in a first direction, and release the respective digit via relative movement between the receptacle and the respective digit in a second direction that is crosswise to the first direction.
US10463139B2
A hydration sleeve can include: a band of sleeve material shaped and dimensioned to fit around a user's limb; a bladder pocket connected to the band of sleeve material; an opening extending into the bladder pocket to permit insertion of a hydration bladder into the bladder pocket; and a mouthpiece port extending through the band of sleeve material. Other embodiments and features, including single-use hydration bladders and garments incorporating hydration sleeves are described.
US10463136B2
Backpacks with adjustably spaced ventilation systems are disclosed and, more specifically, backpacks whose ventilation systems make minimal contact with the wearer and may be easily disengaged when not desired.
US10463135B2
An equipment carrier configured to secure at least one piece of equipment to a user, and corresponding method. The equipment carrier includes at least one equipment holder configured to be secured to the user. The equipment holder includes an engaging portion configured to receive the equipment. At least one tether includes a first portion attached to the equipment and a second portion attached to the user at a second location offset from the engaging portion. The at least one tether applies a tension force on the equipment to retain the equipment with the engaging portion of the equipment holder. The tension force is negligible when the equipment is disengaged from the equipment holder and positioned near the second location.
US10463128B1
A security device for preventing theft of an instrument may include a primary cord having a first looped end and a second looped end; a secondary cord connected to the primary cord proximate to the first looped end and the second looped end; and an internal support cable attached to a central portion of both the primary cord and the secondary cord. The first looped end and the second looped end may be designed to be locked together to secure the security device around the instrument.
US10463126B2
What is disclosed is an attachment for a portable media device that case that is configured for attachment to a flexible strap. An end of the flexible strap is configured to slide along the attachment in a track to form an adjustable loop. A plurality of straps can be provided to allow a user to vary the color and/or shape of the strap. What is further disclosed is a portable media case having the track integral with the case. The case is configured to provide protection to a mobile device, including but not limited to a mobile phone. The case with flexible strap forming a loop provides a mechanism to secure a mobile device in the hand of a user or to mount the device. Alternatively the attachment can be formed as an insert into an opening in a case such that the insert and strap are removable from the case.
US10463121B2
The present disclosure provides an umbrella and a method for manufacturing the umbrella, and, the umbrella includes an umbrella frame, an umbrella cloth, and a plurality of positioning fasteners, the umbrella frame defines a plurality of installing portions matching to the positioning fasteners; the umbrella cloth define a plurality of avoiding holes corresponding to the installing portions; the positioning fastener includes a head part and a rod part, the rod parts of the positioning fasteners pass through the avoiding holes, to fasten with the installing portions, the umbrella cloth is clamped between the head parts of the positioning fasteners and the umbrella frame, to fix the umbrella cloth on the umbrella frame. The technical proposal of the present disclosure can improve the production efficiency of the umbrella.
US10463119B1
A band for a wearable device includes a first strap having a magnetic insert defining an array of holes, and a second strap having a magnetic protrusion configured to be at least partially disposed in a respective hole of the array of holes and to magnetically couple to the magnetic insert. A method of manufacturing a magnetic strap for a wearable device includes disposing a magnetizable insert between a first layer and a second layer, and coupling the first layer to the second layer such that the magnetizable insert is retained between the first layer and the second layer. The magnetizable insert includes a magnetizable material suspended in a polymer.
US10463114B2
Described are methods for the manufacture of a plurality of shoes, an apparatus to perform such method, as well as shoes manufactured by such method. According to certain examples, the method for the manufacture of a plurality of shoes includes providing a plurality of first shoe components for the manufacture of the plurality of shoes, and moving the plurality of first shoe components with a transport means which is at least partially comprised of the plurality of first shoe components.
US10463107B2
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes a sole structure having a fluid-filled bladder element. The bladder element includes multiple fluid-filled cushioning components each having a single central opening extending completely therethrough and a continuous fluid-filled cavity surrounding the central opening. The cushioning components are spaced apart from one another so that an outer surface of each of the cushioning components is substantially decoupled from an outer surface of an adjacent one of the cushioning components. A method of manufacturing a sole structure of an article of footwear comprises forming such a bladder element.
US10463105B2
An article of footwear (100), apparel (500, 600), and/or sporting equipment (300, 400), and methods of manufacturing thereof, having a hydrogel present on at least a portion of an externally-facing side of the article. The hydrogel is effective in reducing soil accumulation on the article, and/or for reducing soil adhesion to the article.
US10463104B2
A method of making a sole for an article of footwear is disclosed. The method includes steps of attaching a double sided acrylic adhesive film to a composite plate. The composite plate is then attached to an outer member of the article of footwear using the acrylic adhesive film.
US10463102B2
An article of footwear includes an upper defining an interior void and a first cable movable in a tightening direction to move the upper into a tightened state and movable in a loosening direction to move the upper into a loosened state. The article of footwear also includes a tightening grip operable to be moved away from the upper in a first direction to move the first cable in the tightening direction and a cable lock operable in a locked state to restrict movement of the first cable in the loosening direction and operable in an unlocked state to permit movement of the first cable in the loosening direction. A release grip is operable to be moved away from the upper in a second direction to move the cable lock from the locked state to the unlocked state, whereby the release grip is separate from the tightening grip.
US10463099B2
A helmet for rotational energy management can include an outer energy management layer comprising an outer surface and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The inner surface can comprise a first slidable finish comprising a first glaze comprising a thickness less than or equal to 2 millimeters (mm). An inner energy management layer can be disposed within the outer energy management layer and further comprise an outer surface oriented towards the outer energy management layer and an inner surface opposite the outer surface. The outer surface can comprise a second slidable finish that directly contacts the first slidable finish. The second slidable finish can comprise a second glaze comprising a thickness less than or equal to 2 mm. A space between the first slidable finish and the second slidable finish can be devoid of a lubricant and devoid of any interstitial slip layer.
US10463093B2
A garment assembly includes a garment and a seat. The seat includes a front surface, a rear surface, a first side surface and a second side surface and defines an aperture that extends through the seat from the first side surface to the second side surface. The assembly further includes an at least partially elastic member including a first end section attached to the garment, a second end section attached to the garment, and an intermediate section extending through the seat aperture. At least one of the first end section and the second end section are elastic, and the intermediate section is elastic, such that the seat is deployable between a stowed position and a deployed position and exterior to the garment in the stowed and deployed position. The seat is configured to extend substantially vertical while stowed and substantially horizontal while deployed.
US10463092B1
One aspect provides a breath conditioner. The conditioner, in one example, includes an enclosure for disposition of a user, the enclosure configured to collect substantially all exhaust breath of the user. The conditioner, in this example, may further include a one-way air intake valve in fluid communication with the enclosure for admitting ambient air through the enclosure to the mouth or nose but substantially precluding the exhaust breath from exiting, and an exhaust breath aromatizing stage in fluid communication with the enclosure for scenting the exhaust breath. The conditioner, in this example, may further include an exhaust breath purification stage in fluid communication with the enclosure for filtering the exhaust breath, the purification stage positioned in fluid flow relationship between the enclosure and the aromatizing stage, and a one-way discharge valve in fluid communication with the enclosure for discharging the exhaust breath to the ambient atmosphere.
US10463088B2
It is a clothing or accessory for protection against ionizing radiation comprising a body of flexible material threadable by an operator and reinforcing protection means comprising of one or more layers or plates protecting against ionizing radiation integrated within said body. The garment comprises at least two parts, each provided with a magnetic element for setting, adjusting, arranging or closing the garment or accessory when one of the parts is activated by the operator to cooperate with the other part. Each magnetic element is composed of at least two groups each comprising at least one positive magnet and at least one negative magnet, the groups of the same magnetic element being set directly or indirectly on the same support and/or between them and being able to co-operate with the groups of opposing polarities of the other magnetic element.
US10463086B2
This outerwear garment makes traveling while clothed in outerwear and restrained in a car seat restraint device safer for children and adults. By allowing the partial removal and repositioning of the front of the garment, proper security of car seat restraints can be achieved while keeping the wearer warm, and without necessitating full removal of the garment.
US10463083B2
The invention relates to a monitor device for monitoring the closed or open state of an article, the monitor device being in the form of an electronic circuit comprising a button closure system comprising two rows of elements (11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22, 23, 24) made of electrically conductive material, each element of one row being couplable and un-couplable with an element of the other row. A detector-and-signaling device is connected firstly to at least one of the elements, referred to as a “first terminal” (21), and secondly to at least one of the other elements, referred to as a “second terminal”. The detector-and-signaling device (4) is configured to detect the state of electrical continuity between the first and second terminals (21, 24), and to issue a signal as a function of said detected continuity state. In a direction parallel to the rows of elements when said elements are in the coupled state, the first terminal (21) and the second terminal (24) are spaced apart from each other by at least one element (22, 23) of the button closure system (I5), said at least one element (22, 23) having no electrical connection with said terminals (21, 24) when the elements of the button closure system (I5) are in the uncoupled state.
US10463078B2
An aerosol delivery device having condensing and non-condensing vaporization functionality is provided. The aerosol delivery device may comprise at least one housing, and a first element and second element contained within the at least one housing. The first and second element may be configured to activate and vaporize components of an aerosol precursor composition, and thereby form respectively a condensing vapor and non-condensing vapor. In response to a flow of air through at least a portion of the at least one housing, the condensing vapor or non-condensing vapor may be combinable with the air to form an aerosol.
US10463071B2
A container for a consumable recipient product. The container also contains a non-consumable donor product carrier which contains a donor product which emits a substance to impart a characteristic to the recipient product in the container. The donor product carrier includes a barrier layer, disposed between the donor product and the recipient product, through which the substance can travel.
US10463070B2
A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 10 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
US10463069B2
A nicotine liquid formulation comprising nicotine, an acid, and a biologically acceptable liquid carrier, wherein heating an amount of said nicotine liquid formulation using low temperature electronic vaporization device, i.e. an electronic cigarette, generates an inhalable aerosol, and wherein at least about 50% of said acid in said amount is in said aerosol, and wherein at least about 90% of said nicotine in said amount is in said aerosol.
US10463065B2
The invention relates to the development of a simple and eco-friendly process of extraction of sweet glycosides: steviosides from the leaves of Stevia rebaudiana. In particular, certain embodiments provide enhanced isolation of steviosides by enzyme assisted extraction, in combination with metal salts, followed by pressurized aqueous extraction. Thus obtained stevia extract was further processed for clarification and purification using multi-stage membrane filters (micro-filtration, ultra-filtration and nano membrane filtration) to obtain high purity steviosides from the Stevia leaves. This improved process confirms the isolation of high purity steviol glycosides i.e., Stevioside and Rebaudioside-A as the final products, with improved organoleptic properties. Thus, this superior process helps in obtaining pure steviosides from the Stevia leaf extract, without impurities and obnoxious residues, using easy operational technology without any damage to the environment.
US10463057B2
A chocolate processing system, including: a chamber, defining a rotation axis, the chamber including a first and second portion cooperatively defining a chamber lumen, the first and second portion actuatably separable at a seam, and a precursor inlet; a precursor dispenser, including an actuatable compartment coupled to the precursor inlet of the chamber; a reducer, arranged within the chamber lumen; a rotationally actuatable processing shaft, intersecting the chamber lumen; an agitator coupled to the processing shaft and extending into the chamber lumen; a motor including a drive shaft, the drive shaft coupled to the processing shaft and the chamber; a temperature control system including a transfer surface, the transfer surface thermally connectable to the chamber; and a mold, defining a mold lumen, the mold circumferentially arranged about the chamber at a seam.
US10463044B2
Methods and compositions are provided for increasing or enhancing the efficacy of antibiotics, such as by increasing antimicrobial activity, against a variety of microbes by co-administration with synthetic amphiphiles, including lariat ethers and hydraphiles. Methods and compositions for overcoming antibiotic resistance are also provided.
US10463042B2
The claimed invention is directed to compositions and methods effective in preventing microbial contamination or reducing microbial count associated with a contaminated surface, comprising a biocidal system comprised of a primary biocide, a pH buffer agent, a surfactant, all in an aqueous based carrier, wherein the compositions may be considered environmentally friendly.
US10463041B2
Stable, solid triamine compositions are disclosed. The pressed, cast, extruded or other solid compositions are suitable for antimicrobial, sanitizing and disinfectant applications. Ready-to-use solutions are obtained by dissolving the solid triamine compositions with water and the methods of use thereof are particularly suitable for cleaning, disinfecting, sanitizing, rinsing and/or lubricating. Beneficially, the solid triamine compositions are at least partially neutralized, allowing activity of 90% and greater of the biocidal triamine, and provide at least substantially similar or superior performance and micro efficacy to liquid formulations.
US10463038B2
A method for operating a protective device for elements in a hybrid or electric vehicle, wherein at least one electric machine and at least one electrical power system, generates noise in the ultrasonic range.
US10463030B2
A guard-equipped fishing hook 50 includes: a fishing hook 30; a guard 10 formed by bending a wire-like material in a V shape; and a base 20 fixed to a shank 30b of the fishing hook 30 and having a guard attachment hole 24 formed therein, the guard attachment hole 24 holding the guard 10 such that the guard is positioned in front of a hook tip 30a when an insertion end 10a as a bent end of the guard 10 is inserted into the guard attachment hole 24. The guard 10 is made of a superelastic alloy. The guard attachment hole 24 is formed so as to be gradually tapered from an opening 24a thereof to a deepest end thereof. A bending angle θ of the insertion end 10a of the guard 10 is larger than an opening angle α of the guard attachment hole 24.
US10463029B1
This disclosure relates to a rodent model of Steel Syndrome. Disclosed herein are genetically modified rodent animals that carry a mutation in an endogenous rodent Col27a1 gene, equivalent to a mutation in humans causing Steel Syndrome.
US10463025B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems and methods for attracting different types of wild birds, as chosen by a user. In one implementation, a top section is configured to engage a cap, and a bottom section positioned opposite the top section includes at least one feeding station. A supporting member extends vertically from the bottom section to the top section. The supporting member, the top section, and the bottom section forma frame. A reversible insert has an elongated body extending between a first edge and a second edge. The first edge has a plurality of ports, and the second edge one or more slots. The frame is adapted to receive the reversible insert in an orientation based on a size of the bird seed.
US10463024B2
A highly automated system to identify, measure, manage and control individual animals in grazing environments to monitor, analyze, model, predict, promote, optimize, and mitigate a variety of conditions and interactions relating to the grazing environment and an animal's health, welfare, performance, productivity, efficiency, quality, economic and genetic value. The system having a transmitters that identify individual animals. A weighing device that weighs the animal while the animal consumes substances and a dispensing device that controls substance provision to individual animals. A computer considers a number of factors in generating control signals sent to the system to dispense a prescribed amount of mineral, vitamin, medicinal or supplement compound to an individual animal. The system models, predicts and estimates a number of conditions related to the animal and its grazing environment that improve animal welfare, increases production, and preserves and conserves resources.
US10463019B1
In one illustrative embodiment of a coated feeder, a coating is integrated into the structural components of the feeder. The coated feeder may include a base, ridge, and back, which may all be integrally formed with one another. The coating may include an exterior surface opposite concrete. The surface of the coating adjacent the concrete may include at least one tab, at least one linear protrusion, at least one hook, and at least one channel.
US10463015B2
A system comprising a teat preparation cup coupled to a vacuum pump. A first pressure sensor measures the vacuum level of the vacuum pump. A second pressure sensor measures vacuum level inside the preparation cup. The system further comprises a controller comprising an interface, a memory, and a processor.The processor determines if the vacuum pump has sufficient vacuum level and communicates instructions to induce a partial vacuum in the teat preparation cup. The processor determines if the teat preparation cup has a vacuum level greater than a vacuum threshold value and when this condition is achieved, communicates instructions to initiate a teat preparation cycle comprising allowing fluid flowing from a fluid source container through the teat preparation cup into a fluid disposal container.
US10463010B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068189. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068189. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068189 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068189 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10463008B1
An inbred corn line, designated IAE01, the plants and seeds of the inbred corn line IAE01, methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred corn line IAE01 with itself or with another corn plant, and hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line IAE01 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 IAE01, to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line IAE01 and to the inbred corn lines derived by the use of those methods.
US10463006B2
The invention provides a new and distinct hybrid variety of melon, NUN 68106 MEM as well as seeds and plants and fruits thereof.
US10462985B2
A nozzle body apparatus having a conduit mounting member with a conduit input adapted to be connected such that liquid passing through a liquid conduit flows into the conduit input and out through a conduit output. A component mounting member has a component input releasably connected to the conduit output, a component attachment element, and a component output. Liquid passing out the conduit output flows into the component input then through a sprayer component connected to the component attachment element to the component output and then to a nozzle. The component mounting member is connectable to the conduit output in a first orientation where the component attachment element extends from the conduit output in a first direction, and is connectable to the conduit output in a second orientation where the component attachment element extends from the conduit output in a second different direction that is different from the first direction.
US10462978B2
A flip-chip fluorescent lens includes a light-permeable member and a fluorescent member. The light-permeable member includes a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. A light condensing portion protrudes from the first face. The second face is recessed toward the light condensing portion to form a chamber in which the fluorescent member is filled. The fluorescent member is exposed and is made of a mixture of a transparent colloid and fluorescent powder. A lighting module includes the flip-chip fluorescent lens and a light-emitting member covered by the fluorescent member and detachably engaged with the flip-chip fluorescent lens. The lighting module can be placed into a container to form an organism cultivation apparatus for growing plants. A lighting module modification method is provided to change the color of the light emitted by a lighting module to be modified.
US10462972B2
A method for pruning a fruit plant. An exemplary method step includes obtaining an image of the fruit plant that has branches. Next, creating exclusion zones surrounding the branches. Then pruning the fruit plant based upon the exclusion zones.
US10462971B2
A cotton harvester with a hydraulic manifold and at least one hydraulic motor mechanically coupled to a drum and fluidly coupled to the hydraulic manifold, the hydraulic motor configured to selectively rotate the drum. Wherein, the hydraulic manifold is configured to selectively provide any one of a braking force and a torque to the drum through the at least one hydraulic motor.
US10462969B2
An outer stalk divider for an attachment for harvesting row crop, in particular for a corn picker or corn header, includes a base body that extends in a traveling direction and a surface that extends in the traveling direction on an upper side, a hood, which is situated at the front on the base body as viewed in the traveling direction, and tapers in the traveling direction, and a cover element which, in the traveling direction, is situated behind the hood and on the upper side. The cover element extends at least partially along the surface of the base body, and is at least partially arched in design on an outer surface facing away from the surface. The cover element may be adjustable relative to the base body.
US10462963B2
An agricultural cutting blade has top and bottom surfaces and mounting apertures extending through top and bottom surfaces. A cutting edge support surface (e.g. that may be a flat, pointed or rounded) is formed on the cutting blade body with the cutting edge support extending along a side of the cutting blade body transversely between the top and bottom surfaces. A clad material deposited upon the cutting edge support such as by laser cladding process. The clad material can be built up, that is layered in partial or full overlapping relation to provide at least 2 and often more than 4 layers of clad material at one or more locations. A cutting edge provided by the clad material that may be a ground surface into a laser clad bead.
US10462957B2
An agricultural machine arrangement including at least one traction machine and at least one attachment device adapted to the traction machine, with a driver assistance system optimizing the operation of the traction machine and/or of the respective attachment device. The driver assistance system includes a computing unit and at least one display unit, wherein the computing unit processes information generated by machine-internal sensor systems, external information and information stored in the computing unit and wherein the traction machine and the attachment device include a control device for open-loop and closed-loop controlling the traction machine and/or of the attachment device. The driver assistance system forms an automatic traction machine adjusting unit and/or an automatic attachment device adjusting unit and the respective automatic adjusting units independently or as a function of one another bring about an optimization of the mode of operation of the traction machine and/or of the soil cultivation device.
US10470350B2
A work machine including a flow device for flowing molten solder from under a circuit board, and a backup pin for supporting the circuit board from below while a lead of a leaded component is being inserted into a through-hole, which are moved separately under the circuit board. Thus, when the circuit board needs to be supported, the backup pin can be moved to any position, and when solder needs to be applied, the backup pin can be moved to a position that does not obstruct operation of the flow device. Accordingly, as well as guaranteeing operation of the flow device, it is possible to support the circuit board with the backup pin as required, thus improving practicality of the work machine.
US10470337B2
A cooling device includes an immersion tank to store a coolant where an electronic component is immersed and cause the coolant to evaporate by heat from the electronic component into vapor, a condenser tube including a starting end to which the vapor is supplied and a termination end from which the condensed vapor is discharged, an isolating part arranged in a midway part of the condenser tube, a coolant tank to accommodate the termination end of the condenser tube and the isolating part inside and store the coolant discharged from the condenser tube, an air tube that has a starting end coupled to the coolant tank and a termination end coupled to the starting end of the condenser tube, a liquid tube to supply the coolant from the coolant tank to the immersion tank, and a steam tube to supply the vapor from the immersion tank to the condenser tube.
US10470336B2
A liftable and lockable fan is provided. The fan includes: a housing having a side wall; a tab mounted in the side wall, including an upwardly extending lower portion, an outwardly facing locking projection above the lower portion, and an inwardly facing surface above the outwardly facing locking projection; the tab having a first tab position in which the outwardly facing locking projection extends from the side wall and is configured to engage with an exterior locking surface, and a second tab position in which the outwardly facing locking projection is at least partially retracted into the housing; the housing having a recess above the outwardly facing locking projection; and a top cover rotatably mounted to the housing, including a handle on a first end of the cover, an arm on a second end of the cover.
US10470322B2
A card socket component for an electronic device includes a housing, a bearing plate fixed in the housing, a card holder, and an elastic component. The housing has a through hole. The card holder has a tray and a baffle connected to the tray. The tray passes through the through hole of the housing, and is slidably connected to the bearing plate. The elastic component includes an elastic member and a lever. The elastic member is elastically disposed on the bearing plate in a sliding direction of the card holder. The lever is rotatably connected to the bearing plate, a first end of the lever abuts against the elastic member, and a second end of the lever is able to abut against the tray. Also provided is an electronic device.
US10470319B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel configured to display an image; a window disposed on the display panel and including a transmission area transmitting the image and a non-transmission area adjacent to the transmission area; and a case member configured to receive the display panel and coupled to the window. The window includes a substantially flat base member and a protective member disposed on the base member. The protective member includes a first portion overlapping the non-transmission area and having a first upper surface. The first upper surface is curved. The protective member also includes a second portion overlapping the transmission area and connected to the first portion.
US10470296B2
Provided is a printed circuit board including a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device mounted on a printed wiring board, the printed wiring board including a first and a second differential signal wirings each formed of a pair of signal transmission lines. The pair of signal transmission lines forming the first differential signal wiring are wired to have a relative arrangement in which one signal transmission line and another signal transmission line cross with each other at least once in the first differential signal wiring in a wiring direction thereof. The pair of signal transmission lines forming the second differential signal wiring are wired to have a relative arrangement in which one signal transmission line and another signal transmission line cross with each other at least once in the second differential signal wiring in a wiring direction thereof.
US10470288B1
Provided herein are high energy ion beam generator systems and methods that provide low cost, high performance, robust, consistent, uniform, low gas consumption and high current/high-moderate voltage generation of neutrons and protons. Such systems and methods find use for the commercial-scale generation of neutrons and protons for a wide variety of research, medical, security, and industrial processes.
US10470287B1
Provided herein are high energy ion beam generator systems and methods that provide low cost, high performance, robust, consistent, uniform, low gas consumption and high current/high-moderate voltage generation of neutrons and protons. Such systems and methods find use for the commercial-scale generation of neutrons and protons for a wide variety of research, medical, security, and industrial processes.
US10470279B1
A luminaire includes a universal driver control interface to control various types of driver circuits. The luminaire receives, via a voltage divider, an analog voltage feed as a first driver control signal from at least one driver control wire connected to a driver circuit. The luminaire converts, via an analog-to-digital converter, the analog voltage feed into a digital voltage value. The luminaire compares the digital voltage value with a respective range of unique voltage values in a voltage lookup table for each type of driver circuit to determine a respective type of driver circuit protocol. Based on the determined respective driver circuit protocol identifier and a light source control setting, the luminaire outputs a second driver control signal, via the at least one driver control wire, to the driver circuit.
US10470276B2
A method of performing a diffused light color temperature switching control for an LED lamp includes using at least a first LED lighting load emitting a first color temperature light and at least a second LED lighting load emitting a second color temperature light, using a light diffuser covering the first LED lighting load and the second LED lighting load to create a diffused light with a diffused light color temperature, using a power allocation circuitry working with a power allocation algorithm to manage different electric powers respectively delivered to at least the first LED lighting load and at least the second LED lighting load while keeping a total electric power unchanged to generate diffused lights with different diffused light color temperatures.
US10470273B2
A light emission drive device includes a current supply unit, which supplies driving current to a light emitting element, which performs light emission of a first function and light emission of a second function, a controller, which controls the driving current so as to have a current value depending on a dimming voltage, and a dimming voltage generator, which generates the dimming voltage. The dimming voltage generator applies a voltage, obtained according to the resistance value of a connected external resistor, to a voltage buffer, and controls the output voltage of the voltage buffer according to whether to perform light emission of any one of the first function and the second function so as to generate the dimming voltage.
US10470271B2
A lamp driving circuit has an AC/DC converter receives a dimmer voltage from a TRIAC dimmer with an on/off switch to turn on or off a lamp module having a number of LED lamp groups. The driving circuit also has an energy storage circuit and an MCU to control the switching of each of the lamp groups. The energy storage circuit provides a prolonged supply voltage to the MCU for a period of time after the dimmer is turned off so that the MCU can sense the off-time of the dimmer and count the number of consecutive times the dimmer is turned off and on during a preset time in order to control the color temperature of the lamp module. The MCU is programmed to store information regarding the color temperature the user has selected between a number of color temperatures such as 3000K, 4000K and 5000K.
US10470270B2
A lighting system includes a lighting device that further includes a housing, and light emitting diode (LED) modules positioned in an opening of the housing to emit light away from the housing. Each LED module includes a substrate, a plurality of module-level conductors, and a plurality of LED sets, each of which comprises a first section including a first group of LEDs, one or more additional sections (each including an additional group of LEDs), a first conductive element that electrically connects the first section to a first one of the module-level conductors, and one or more additional conductive elements. The lighting system also includes control circuitry configured to generate commands to control drive currents delivered to a first group of LEDs in each LED set and each additional group of LEDs in each LED set so that the lighting device emits light of a specified color temperature.
US10470267B2
A lighting fixture includes a solid-state light source and control circuitry. The control circuitry is configured to receive one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to the amount of ambient light detected by an ambient light sensor, and determine a range of values for the one or more ambient light level measurements corresponding to a desired amount of light detected by the ambient light sensor. The control circuitry is then configured to drive the solid-state light source such that the one or more ambient light level measurements received from the ambient light sensor fall within the determined range of values.
US10470260B1
A lamp power supply realize 0 percent flicker and 0 flicker index with feedback setting the product of voltage and current of the lamp equal to the reference voltage times a constant.
US10470251B2
A self-regulating electric heater cable includes a monolithic heater core of PTC material encapsulating a pair of bus wires, and a conductive layer disposed on an outer surface of the heater core such that the conductive layer levels the voltage generated at the outer surface of the heater core when an electric current is passed through the bus wires. The conductive layer draws the current evenly through lobes of PTC material encapsulating the bus wires. The conductive layer may be a coating, such as a conductive ink or paint, or may be an extruded or wrapped material applied to the heater core. Standard heater cable layers are applied over the conductive layer, including an electrically insulating layer that contacts a portion of the conductive layer and also may be separated, at points, from the conductive layer by one or more air gaps.
US10470249B2
Disclosed is an attachment between a bus bar and a nano-carbon heater used for de-icing and/or anti-icing in an aircraft or other vehicle. The attachment between the bus bar and the heater is created through a coupling agent, a pre-preg glass fabric, and a conductive adhesive. This attachment allows for electrical connections to be made to the heater via the bus bar, and the attachment is strong enough to withstand stress from thermal cycles.
US10470245B2
A remote antenna unit for a distributed antenna system is provided. The remote antenna unit includes a remote unit processor and a multifunctional port. The remote unit processor is configured to control communication operations of the remote antenna unit. The multifunctional port is configured to interface at least one of communications between at least one component of an extension card and the remote unit controller and power to the extension card.
US10470238B2
In some implementations, a power saving method includes receiving, from a base station, at a user equipment (UE), a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration. The UE determines a WLAN listen interval that includes at least one Traffic Indication Map (TIM) period and at least one TIM transmission period. The UE selects, based on the DRX configuration, a TIM message to monitor within an associated TIM transmission period from the at least one TIM transmission period in the listen interval. The UE determines a WLAN wakeup time that overlaps the associated TIM transmission period. During the associated TIM transmission periods, the UE receives, from an Access Point (AP), the selected TIM message.
US10470236B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for communicating data from multiple data terminals to an aggregator terminal over a communication link having changing link conditions. In some embodiments, source data is received at multiple data terminals, each in communication with an aggregator terminal over a communication link. For example, during a live newscast, one mobile camera may receive live video of an event from a first position while another mobile camera receives live video of the event from a second position. For various reasons (e.g., as the cameras move) each communication link may experience independently changing link conditions. Each data terminal encodes the source data (or store source data for later encoding) as a function of its respective link conditions, and transmits encoded source data over its respective communication link to the aggregator terminal.
US10470232B2
A method of controlling a call between first and second user terminals, the method comprising: during the call, detecting a failure of a connection between the first user terminal and a packet-switched network; and in response, causing the call to be conducted at least part way via a PSTN network, via a connection between the first user terminal and the PSTN network. The call may be initiated by the first user terminal (such that the first user terminal is the caller and the second is the callee). The call may be initially conducted, prior to the failure, via a packet-switched connection between the first user terminal and a packet-switched network. The method may be implemented by a client application run on the first user terminal. Alternatively, the method may be implemented by a server.
US10470231B2
An information processing apparatus is disclosed comprising a control circuitry configured to control communication with another information processing apparatus using a first communication mode, control communication with the another information processing apparatus using a second communication mode, establish a first connection with the another information processing apparatus using the first communication mode and prompt the another processing apparatus to execute a process through the first connection after establishing the first connection with the another information processing apparatus but prior to completing, through the first connection, a second connection with the another information processing apparatus using the second communication mode.
US10470230B2
Methods for signaling and receiving mobility terminal capabilities with respect to synchronized or unsynchronized dual connectivity operations. An example method suitable for implementation in a mobile terminal configured for dual connectivity information includes receiving (810) a request from a network node for signaling capability information to the network node. The method further includes signaling (820) to the network node, in response to the request, capability information that includes an indication of which carrier aggregation band combinations are supported by the mobile terminal for dual connectivity operation and an indication of a level of synchronization with which the mobile terminal can support dual connectivity operation for one or more of the supported carrier aggregation combinations.
US10470229B2
Methods and terminals for sharing content are described. In one method, an application is activated, upon detection of an event for executing the application, on a terminal, and an application screen having at least one content is displayed. Upon detecting a touch input for selecting, at least one content is selected. Upon detecting a touch input on a transmission button on the application screen, the selected at least one content is transmitted to an external terminal. In another method, an application screen having at least one icon for executing function is displayed; a touch input for selecting an icon associated with content to be received from an external terminal is detected; at least one identifier broadcast by the external terminal is displayed; and at least one content is received from the external terminal corresponding to the selected identifier, upon detection of a touch input for selecting at least one identifier.
US10470220B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-generation (4G) communication system such as long term evolution (LTE). A method of operating a remote node in a wireless communication system includes: determining each of instantaneous channel states between host nodes and the remote node based on reference signals received from the host nodes during some of time intervals for a channel estimation; determining a host node for random access among the host nodes based on the determined instantaneous channel states; and when a value indicating a state of a channel between the determined host node and the remote node is larger than a threshold value, transmitting a signal for the random access to the host node.
US10470218B2
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include determining that a user equipment (UE) is approximately stationary for a threshold period of time within a particular geographic area based, at least in part, on a radio access network (RAN) node to which the UE is attached; notifying the UE that the UE has been associated with the particular geographic area; and transitioning the UE into an idle mode from an active mode, wherein the transitioning is performed without notifying a core network that the UE has transitioned to the idle mode. Determining that the UE is approximately stationary can include monitoring mobility signaling from the UE and comparing an amount of time that the UE has been attached to the RAN node with a threshold period of time. The core network can be notified when the UE moves out of the particular geographic area.
US10470217B2
Methods for facilitating random access between a network node and a terminal device are disclosed. One method includes transmitting to a terminal device access configuration information required for the terminal device to receive a first random access message from a network node. The method further includes transmitting the first random access message to the terminal device based on the access configuration information.
US10470210B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for performing RLC retransmission based on contention-based PUSCH in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting a MAC PDU including at least one RLC PDU received from a RLC entity and an identifier of the UE using a CB grant to an eNB; determining whether the MAC PDU transmission using the CB grant is failed or not; indicating result of the determining for the MAC PDU transmission using the CB grant; receiving the at least one RLC PDU at a next transmission opportunity if the MAC PDU transmission using the CB grant is failed, without considering that RLC status report including NACK for the at least one RLC PDU is not received.
US10470206B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a first access point (12) out of at least two access points for handling communication of a wireless device (10) served by the first access point (12) in a wireless communication network (1). The first access point (12) coordinates communication with a second access point (13) out of the at least two access points in the wireless communication network (1), which coordination is performed over a backhaul connection between the first access point (12) and the second access point (13). The first access point determines a delay of the backhaul connection to the second access point (13). The first access point (12) schedules a transmission to or from the wireless device (10) based on the determined delay, wherein the transmission from or to the wireless device (10) is delayed.
US10470205B2
The present disclosure pertains to a radio node for a Radio Access Network. The radio node is adapted for communicating in the Radio Access Network based on a scheduled slot aggregation comprising a plurality of slots, wherein a slot format of at least one slot of the slot aggregation is adapted based on a structure of the slot aggregation. The disclosure also pertains to related methods and devices.
US10470201B2
A message transmitting method, a message receiving method and apparatuses are provided. A method comprises: according to the size of a message packet to be transmitted, determining a resource used for transmitting the message packet, wherein the resource at least comprises a first priority resource block, and the time interval between respective first priority resource blocks is smaller than that between other priority resource blocks, and transmitting at least a first priority part of the message packet by using the at least one first priority resource block. A relatively frequent resource can be used to transmit a core part of a (vehicle to vehicle) V2V message packet, thus ensuring transmission timeliness and reliability of the V2V message.
US10470196B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for load balancing and load distribution using a set of alternative configurations. In one novel aspect, the UE receives and stores a set of alternative configurations. The UE selects a new alternative configuration upon detecting one or more triggering events and performs a cell selection based on the new alternative configuration. In one embodiment, the UE receives the set of alternative configurations from a broadcast signaling channel. In another embodiment, the UE applies a new configuration upon detecting one or more triggering events. In another embodiment, the UE selects the new alternative configuration using a hash function based on a UE identifier, wherein the hash function hashes to a priority class, and wherein each priority class maps to an alternative configuration. In one embodiment, a prohibition timer is used to prevent too frequent resource changes.
US10470193B2
In dependence on interference information, one or more resource block groups are allocated from a frequency carrier for use by one set of plurality multiple sets of UEs. The frequency carrier includes one or more first resource block groups to be used for a beam forming mode and one or more second resource block groups to be used for a MIMO mode. This allocating can allow decreased interference between UEs using the beam forming mode and UEs using the MIMO mode. This may be applied to UEs having different DoA groups, so that different RBGs are assigned to different DoA beam forming groups to decrease interference with UEs in MIMO mode.
US10470186B2
Proposed is a method for determining transmission using a network allocation vector (NAV) in a wireless LAN system. Specifically, after a receiving device receives a trigger frame, which triggers an uplink multiple user transmission, from a transmitting device, whether to transmit an uplink physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) corresponding to the trigger frame is determined using the NAV of the receiving device. In this case, if the NAV is established by an intra-basic service set (BSS) frame, whether to transmit the uplink PPDU is determined without taking the NAV into consideration.
US10470177B2
Apparatus and method are provided to determine the starting subframe of a data channel. In one novel aspect, the UE monitors one or more control channel candidates, which at least one of the control channel candidate occupies a plurality of the subframes. The UE detects a control channel intended for the UE, decodes the control channel and determines the starting subframe of the data channel based on the control channel and a known gap. The UE further obtains a subframe indicator from the control channel. The subframe indicator signals either the number of subframes between the starting subframe of the data channel and the starting subframe of the control channel, or the number of subframes of the control channel, or the starting subframe of the data channel. In one embodiment, predefined rule can be applied to the subframe indicator to determining the starting subframe of the data channel.
US10470175B2
The invention relates to a method for efficiently configuring a mesh network in a white space band and to a device therefor. In order to configure a mesh network in a white space band, a first station, which is accessible to a geographical position database through direct Internet access, notifies at least one second station through a gate announcement frame, for which the first station itself serves as a mesh gate; at least one second station receives a first multi-hop management action frame including position information on each of at least one, mesh point that subscribes to a mesh network; and a second multi-hop management action frame including information on an available channel in the white space is transmitted to at least one mesh point. Therefore, a mesh network may be configured in a white space band.
US10470164B2
A method and system for allocating shareable wireless transmission resources. A resource pool is established. The resource pool is divided into a plurality of physical layer allocation units usable for wirelessly transmitting control information and traffic data. The allocation units are assigned at the media access control layer for the wireless transmission of the control information and traffic data. The system and method of the present invention also allows mobile stations to be dynamically grouped into multicast groupings to reduce system overhead resource requirements.
US10470163B2
Provided are a method of receiving a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) service by a terminal in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus supporting the method. The method may include: receiving from a base station a broadcast identifier (ID) and the total number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) within a system bandwidth; selecting a specific PRB from one or more PRBs within the system bandwidth by using the received broadcast ID and total number of PRBs; and receiving the MBMS service on the selected specific PRB.
US10470162B2
The present invention provides a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, from a network, a configuration indicating at least one or more resource pool; receiving at least one or more index on each of the at least one or more resource pool; selecting, on the basis of the at least one or more index, one resource among the at least one or more resource pool; and performing direct communication through the selected resource pool, wherein the index is information indicating the usage of the at least one or more resource pool.
US10470160B2
A pre-5G communication system is provided to support a higher data transmission rate higher than that of a 4G communication system such as LTE. A method, for transmitting/receiving a signal between a plurality of linked devices including a first device and a second device, includes allowing the first device to pair with the second device through a near field radio interface, and to share identification information of the second device, allowing the first device to receive from a cellular network through a cellular wireless interface, a paging message including a page record for the second device, and allowing the first device to transmit a page request message to the second device through the near field wireless interface based on the received paging message.
US10470159B2
Provided is a method for transmitting and receiving message through a message transfer technology that uses a fronthaul interface between a central unit (CU) and a distributed unit (DU) configuring a 5G base station. The method includes generating a downlink message to be transmitted to one or more DUs associated with the CU, transmitting the downlink message to the one or more DUs through a fronthaul interface, and receiving an uplink message from the one or more DUs through the fronthaul interface.
US10470157B2
Determining a location quality based on base station identification is disclosed. The location quality can be based on an error attributed to a location determined based on historical data related to an identified base station. Application of supplemental data to the historical base station data can improve location quality by reducing the error. Supplemental data can comprise Voronoi data, geographic data, historical UE density data, historical UE timing advance data, or combinations thereof. Voronoi data can be associated with an area less than a service area of the base station. Geographic data can indicate areas where UEs are not likely to be located. UE density data can indicate probably UE locations. Timing advance data can indicate annular regions where a UE should be located. As such, the supplemental data can constrain a location determined for a UE and correspondingly can reduce error associated with the location.
US10470155B2
A system includes radio frequency (RF) communication devices, for example, in luminaires, located in a service area offering a location determination service, and a portable device used in commissioning the communication devices. The communication devices transmit a primary location determination system's RF signals for receipt by the portable device. The portable device determines its location using a secondary system. The RF communication devices' transmitted RF signals include an identifier. A received signal strength indication (RSSI) of each signal received by the portable device is measured, and stored with an estimate of the portable device's corresponding location. The portable device is moved to another location to measure RSSI of RF signals. When the number of measurements or number of locations is sufficient, the locations of each of the respective luminaires or communication devices may be determined using the RSSI values and the portable device's estimated indiscriminate location.
US10470141B2
The present disclosure concerns radio communication. In one of its aspects, this disclosure presents a method of assisting a receiving side PDCP entity of a network to facilitate its handling of a HFN de-synchronization incident. The method is performed by an apparatus such as a UE and comprises: while a RRC connection is in progress; detecting (120), e.g. by means of a transmitting side PDCP entity of the UE, a condition indicative of the transmitting side PDCP entity experiencing a HFN de-synchronization or a risk of HFN de-synchronization; and in response thereto maintaining (130) the RRC connection and concurrently sending a control message to the receiving side PDCP entity, the control message comprising information that the RRC connection is lasting and, thus, unbroken as well as information that the transmitting side PDCP entity is experiencing the HFN de-synchronization or the risk of HFN de-synchronization. Hereby it is made possible to allow for a limited, or reduced, signaling when handling HFN de-synchronization incidents.
US10470139B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for transmitting a power headroom reporting for LTE-WLAN aggregation system, the method comprising: configuring Long Term Evolution (LTE) network and Wireless-LAN (WLAN) network over which the UE transfers data in LTE-WLAN aggregation system; receiving a cell index used for the WLAN network from an eNB, wherein the cell index for WLAN network is currently not used for any cell of the LTE network configured for the UE; and transmitting a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE) including information for the WLAN network with the cell index, wherein the cell index indicates that the MAC CE includes the information for the WLAN network.
US10470138B2
A first station is configured to perform a method and system to transmit frames to a second station where the first station is associated with a first basic service set (BSS) and the method manages interference of the transmission amongst overlapping basic service sets (OBSSs). The first station detects a received frame on a wireless medium. The first station determines whether the received frame is from a second station, which is associated with a second BSS. The first station determines a received signal strength of the received frame. The first station determines that the received signal strength is below a first OBSS preamble detection level, where the first OBSS preamble detection level is associated with a first transmission power. The first station then sets the first transmission power as a maximum transmission power used by the first station for all frame transmissions during a time period.
US10470136B1
Power control can be employed, whereby a power control adjustment can be determined by a relay distributed unit (DU) device, based on a measurement of the power level of received access uplink transmissions, and a measurement of the power level of a reference signal received from a donor DU via a backhaul downlink transmission. The power control adjustment can be transmitted to the donor distributed unit device, which uses the power control adjustment to reduce the amount of power of downlink transmissions to the relay distributed unit device.
US10470130B2
A method for operation of a battery consumption analysis server communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices over radio channels to receive packages of data recorded at each mobile device containing application use, and battery charging and discharging events. By receiving independent sets of information from the mobile device wherein independent sets comprise at least one of wireless phone activities and battery use, combining this information in such a way that the battery consumption or over consumption of specific applications are identified, the apparatus and method configures a display to identify the correspondingly bad applications to a user.
US10470127B2
A wireless fire alarm notification system uses wireless repeater devices to annunciate an alarm to slave devices from the control panel. A notification device provides a local synchronization signal via wire to a secondary notification device. A method enables the activation or deactivation of child device without the child device having to query their parent repeater. A circuit to test the integrity of an active battery charger, a battery, and an isolation circuit is also shown. A method for qualifying that an RF signal meets a specified minimum acceptable level is described. A method for wirelessly sending events to avoid RF link overload is provided. A programming checksum method confirms that an annunciator has latest programming information. A method to automatically process messages from new devices without having to hardcode repeaters to support these new devices is also described.
US10470122B2
Embodiments of wireless communication devices and method for discontinuous reception (DRX) mode in RRC_IDLE state of wireless communication are generally described herein. Some of these embodiments describe a wireless communication device having processing circuitry arranged to determine to use an extended paging discontinuous reception (DRX) value to increase a paging cycle length. The wireless communication device may transmit a non-access stratum (NAS) message to the network, indicating that the wireless communication device desires to use the extended paging DRX value. The wireless communication device may receive a message from the network that includes an information element (IE) indicating whether the network supports the extended paging DRX value. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US10470121B1
Two methods for energy-efficient idle listening enhancement for WLAN systems are provided. The first method performs a change of operation of a station (STA) from an active mode to an idle listening mode without notifying the change to an access point (AP) associated with the STA. In the idle listening mode, the AP may transmit frames to the STA using a higher bandwidth, but the STA can only sense channels in a lower bandwidth to save energy. The second method transmits a frame to the AP associated with the STA to notify the AP the change of operation of the STA from the active mode to the idle listening mode. In the idle listening mode, the AP may transmit frames to the STA using the lower bandwidth, and the STA can only sense channels in the lower bandwidth to save energy.
US10470120B2
A power compensator for use in a cellular communication base station includes a voltage booster and an adaptive voltage boost controller. The voltage booster is coupled between a first port and a second port to apply a voltage boost to a power signal to generate a compensated power signal that is provided to a remote radio unit (RRU) of the base station. The adaptive voltage boost controller is configured to control the voltage boost applied by the voltage booster to compensate for a voltage loss across the power cable between the power compensator and the RRU. In operation, the adaptive voltage boost controller determines a value of the voltage boost to be applied by the voltage booster based on temperature data and electrical current sample data. The adaptive voltage boost controller then sends a control signal to the voltage booster to adjust the voltage boost based on the determined value.
US10470118B2
Some aspects of the disclosure provide various methods, apparatuses and computer-readable medium configured for wireless communication. A method operable at a user equipment (UE) may include transmitting a connection request message configured to request initial connection with a radio access network (RAN) node. The connection request message may include information configured to indicate a service profile of the UE. A method operable at the RAN node may include receiving the connection request message from the UE. The connection request message may include information configured to indicate the service profile of the UE. A method operable at a serving node may include receiving a connection request message from the RAN node. The connection request message may be configured to establish communication with the UE and may include a service profile corresponding to the UE.
US10470114B2
Systems and methods for recording and communicating engine data are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a wireless communication unit. The wireless communication unit includes one or more memory devices. The wireless communication unit includes one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to access data indicative of one or more transmission parameters, each of the one or more transmission parameters being associated with an aerial vehicle. The one or more processors are configured to select one wireless network of a plurality of wireless networks based on the accessed data. The one or more processors are configured to connect with the selected wireless network. The one or more processors are configured to transmit engine data from the wireless communication unit to a ground system via the selected wireless network.
US10470113B2
In one aspect, a first device includes a processor, a display accessible to the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to determine a quality, at a location, of service for a service of a particular cellular service type, where the service is associated with a cellular service provider. The instructions are also executable to, based on the quality of service at the location, use subscriber identification module (SIM) data to communicate at least with a second device through the service, the second device being different from the first device.
US10470106B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus receiving or storing an indicator relating to an access point, the indicator indicating whether the first access point supports joint association and address provisioning. The apparatus is configured to transmit a request for joint association and address provisioning toward the access point, and to receive from the access point a response to the request for joint association and address provisioning.
US10470097B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method for performing, by a first user equipment (UE) connected with one or more UEs, a handover procedure in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: transmitting, to a serving cell, first information including a channel quality between the first UE and the one or more UEs based on a predetermined configuration; receiving, from the serving cell, second information indicating a second UE to perform a handover procedure with the first UE among the one or more UEs in response to the first information; and performing the handover procedure with the second UE indicated to perform the handover procedure by the second information.
US10470093B2
The invention relates to methods, user equipments, computer programs, computer program products and carriers for access network selection between a first network and a second network. Said first and second networks comprise one or more access candidates. An access network selection procedure is performed for one or more access candidates of the second network, sequentially performing for the access candidates of the second network connection establishing attempts to one or more access candidates, by selecting a new access candidate from said one or more access candidates, and performing connection establishing attempts to said access candidate until a connection to the access candidate is established or a stop criterion for said access candidate is fulfilled.
US10470088B2
A user equipment (UE) operating in a communication system comprising a base station and one or more UEs. The UE may be configured to operate on or “camp” on two different networks with one radio. In this exemplary system, the radio may be normally connected to the first network (NW1) and may from time to time be “tuned away” from NW1 to a second network (NW2). The UE may inform NW1 that it has tuned away to another network, e.g., using start and end indicators. This information may prevent NW1 from wasting downlink capacity by unnecessarily allocating downlink resources to the UE during the tune-away. Alternatively, or in addition, this information may prevent NW1 from penalizing the UE, e.g., by reducing its future downlink allocations, since the UE does not respond to NW1 commands during the tune-away.
US10470085B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor which when executing computer instructions performs the operations including receiving network operator-approved credentials associated with a first communications device. Pre-assigned network resources are accessible by the first communications device by way of the network operator-approved credentials. The processor also performs operations including replicating the network operator-approved credentials, and receiving a request from a second communications device for access to the pre-assigned network resources of the first communications device. A copy of the replicated network operator-approved credentials is forwarded to enable the second mobile device to access the pre-assigned network resources. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10470083B2
A network node determines a system load of the network node for the UE. When the UE is capable of receiving control information on EPDCCH, the system load is determined based on a first and a second system load metrics on a physical resource shared by PDSCH and EPDCCH, which first load metrics comprises a load due to EPDCCH and a load due to multiplexed PDSCH and which second load metrics comprises a load due to multiplexed EPDCCH and a load due to PDSCH. When the UE is not capable of receiving control information on EPDCCH, the system load is determined based on the first system load metrics on the physical resource shared by the PDSCH and EPDCCH and a third system load metrics on a physical resource for carrying PDCCH. The network node further determines whether or not to allocate resources to the UE based on the determined system load metrics.
US10470070B1
A test device for testing a power of a signal at a cell site using RFoCPRI™ is disclosed. The test device may comprise a receiver to receive a signal from a test point near a baseband unit (BBU) of a cell site. The test device may also comprise a processor to determine power of the signal. The processor may identify IQ data from the signal, determine an offset based on a noise floor determined from at least one specification of a remote radio head (RRH) of the cell site, and generate a power spectrum based on the IQ data and the offset. The processor may transmit the power spectrum to an output (e.g., display), where the power spectrum may be representative of the power of the signal between the RRH and antennas of the cell site.
US10470069B2
The present invention provides a method and related communication device for handling a secondary node (SN) change in dual connectivity. A target SN receives the latest secondary cell group configuration for a user equipment from a source SN via a master node (MN).
US10470067B2
Technology for a user equipment (UE) to report periodic channel state information (CSI) is disclosed. The UE can generate a plurality of CSI reports for serving cells for transmission in a subframe. Each CSI report can correspond to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) reporting type among a plurality of CSI processes having a CSI process index (CSIProcessIndex) and a serving cell index (ServCellIndex). The UE can determine different priorities corresponding to each of the plurality of PUCCH reporting types. The UE can drop CSI reports corresponding to all CSI processes except a CSI process having the lowest CSIProcessIndex. The UE can drop CSI reports corresponding to all ServCellIndexes except a CSI report with the lowest ServCellIndex. The UE can multiplex at least one non-colliding CSI report from among CSI reports that are not dropped and hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback bits for transmission to an eNodeB.
US10470065B2
This application relates to the communications field, and provides an apparatus, a fault location system, and an antenna system, which can be used to locate a faulty node in a DAS, thereby accurately locating a fault source in the DAS. The apparatus includes a signal transmission module sending a detection signal to the branch circuit through an input end of the DAS, and sends a signal processing module the received detection signal and an echo signal returned by the branch circuit, The signal processing module superposes the received detection signal and echo signal. The signal analysis module performs spectrum conversion on the superposed signal, to obtain a frequency difference and amplitude spectrum graph, where the frequency difference and amplitude spectrum graph indicates a correspondence between a location of each node on the main circuit and the branch circuit and an amplitude of the echo signal corresponding to the node.
US10470063B2
Embodiments comprise: a plurality of channel filters, each channel filter to remove all but a specified portion of a wireless network spectrum; a plurality of radios each configured to receive one of the specified portions of the wireless network spectrum associated with one of the channels; wireless device identification logic to analyze the digital data stream for each channel to identify wireless devices and to packetize the transmissions using the identity of the sender and/or recipient; a plurality of wireless networking stacks each associated with one of the wireless devices identified by the wireless device identification logic; stack forwarding logic to receive packets from the wireless device identification logic and to forward the packets to wireless networking; and a communication feature extraction module to extract a specified set of features from the digital data stream generated by the radios.
US10470060B1
A system and method for network control and optimization may be integrated into an application executed by a computing device so that the application and/or the user of the application can control the digital data network by which the application may access remote data. In one embodiment, the digital data network may include a cellular digital data network and a WiFi network.
US10470059B1
The present disclosure is directed to the dynamic selection and autonomous re-deployment of software-defined radio in wireless infrastructure. In some embodiments, the present disclosure is directed to a deployment manager that facilitates the dynamic selection and re-deployment of edge applications, e.g., in WAP infrastructure which the deployment are based on a pre-defined policy (e.g., Quality-of-Service (QoS), Quality of Experience policies (QoE), etc.).
US10470058B2
A computing device (such as a computer gaming console) uses only a single radio to concurrently communicate with a wireless network access point and wireless client devices such as game controllers or peripherals. To establish and maintain both a high-throughput link with the access point, and a low-latency link with the client device(s), the single Wi-Fi radio of the computing device is configured to periodically switch between a channel used for the high-throughput link and a different channel that is used for the low-latency link—thus implementing a combination of frequency division multiplexing (FDM) and time division multiplexing (TDM). The console may use aspects of the Wi-Fi protocol standard to ensure that periodically switching its single radio between the two channels is accomplished while maintaining reliable communication on both channels.
US10470054B2
A mobile communications transmission system provides a plurality of mobile communications cells in a building or campus. It comprises a first baseband unit and a first gateway device, which is connectable to a data network. At least one transceiver unit is connected to the first baseband unit. The at least one transceiver unit is configured to provide at least one first mobile communications cell. By way of this first mobile communications cell, a subscriber device in the building can exchange information with the data network. A first control device is connected to the first baseband unit and the first gateway device. The first baseband unit and the first gateway device are installed in the building or campus in which the at least one transceiver unit provides the at least one first mobile communications cell, whereas the first control device is accommodated remote therefrom at an operating company.
US10470053B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a guided wave launcher generates, in response to an output RF signal, a guided electromagnetic wave along a surface of a transmission medium, wherein the guided electromagnetic wave propagates along the surface of the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and wherein the guided electromagnetic wave has a non-optical carrier frequency. A mismatch probe generates a mismatch signal based on the output RF signal, wherein the mismatch signal indicates an impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. A controller generates one or more control signals in response to the mismatch signal, wherein the one or more control signals adjust one or more adjustable circuit elements of an impedance matching circuit, wherein adjustment of the one or more adjustable circuit elements facilitates reducing the impedance mismatch of the guided wave launcher. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10470052B2
A system for network communication, preferably including: a plurality of nodes, a central routing server, a plurality of routers, a plurality of antennae, and/or one or more Internet sources. A method for configuring radio communication devices, preferably including: determining an installation region, determining candidate radio cluster locations, evaluating candidate radio cluster locations, and/or determining information associated with radio installation.
US10470051B2
An electronic apparatus and a method for a spectrum management device are provided. The electronic apparatus includes processing circuitry configured to: acquire, for a predetermined primary system, an interference radiation map representing interference amounts of secondary systems at locations in a management region of the spectrum management device to the primary system; and determine an exclusion zone for the primary system based on the interference radiation map, where secondary systems in the exclusion zone cannot use a spectrum which is being used by the primary system.
