US10526414B2
Provided herein are methods for inhibiting, delaying, or reducing tumor growth and metastases of Plexin-B1-expressing cancer cells in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an isolated binding molecule which specifically binds to semaphorin-4D (SEMA4D) in combination with an effective amount of at least one other immune modulating therapy.
US10526413B2
The invention relates to antibody or antibody fragments thereof that bind to OX40, methods of producing these antibodies and fragments, and to methods of using the same.
US10526412B2
An antibody or a fragment thereof directed against an epitope including or being constituted by at least six contiguous amino acids in the SEQ ID NO: 1 or a conformational epitope comprising or being constituted by at least six amino acids of SEQ ID NO: 1 which are always in the order of the sequence, and its use for the prognosis and/or the diagnosis of a cancer.
US10526411B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods relating to antigen binding proteins against CCR7, including antibodies, nucleic acids, vectors, methods of making the antigen binding proteins, and methods of using the antigen binding proteins.
US10526405B2
An IL-31 dog pruritus model is provided. This model comprises administering canine IL-31 to dogs to produce a pruritic response; quantitatively measuring pruritic responses in the dogs which were administered canine IL-31; administering a candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor; and assessing the effectiveness of the candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor in reducing prurtic behavior in the treated dogs by challenging the dogs with canine IL-31 following the administration of the candidate dog IL-31 inhibitor.
US10526404B2
The present invention provides multispecific antibodies, and antigen binding fragments thereof, that potently neutralize a cytokine and that may thus be useful in the prevention and/or treatment of inflammatory and/or autoimmune diseases. In particular, the present invention provides a multispecific antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, comprising at least two different domains specifically binding to at least two different, non-overlapping sites in a cytokine and an Fc moiety. The invention also relates to nucleic acids that encode such antibodies and antibody fragments and immortalized B cells and cultured plasma cells that produce such antibodies and antibody fragments. In addition, the invention relates to the use of the antibodies and antibody fragments of the invention in screening methods as well as in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and treatment of inflammatory and/or autoimmune diseases.
US10526397B2
The invention provides modifications within human or humanized single domain antibody fragments (sdAbs) that prevent recognition by pre-existing antibodies, to isolated polypeptides that include these modifications, and to methods and uses thereof.
US10526395B2
A method for generating detergent-solubilized G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) in powdered form. The powdered GPCRs is storable at temperatures of −20° C. or lower and for durations of 365 days or longer without substantial loss of functionality of the GPCRs after rehydration as compared to a pre-frozen state. The method can maintain minimal detergent to protein ratio in molar concentrations. The method can further generate GPCRs with specific water or deuterium content as required in certain experiments, such as mass spectrometry, NMR spectroscopy, or quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS).
US10526374B2
Disclosed are a protein and a gene each of which is a factor involved in latent infection with a herpesvirus. An antibody against the factor was detected in approximately 50% of patients suffering from mental disorders, whereas the antibody was hardly detected in healthy persons. Further, a mouse having SITH-1 introduced therein developed a mental disorder such as a manic-depressive illness or depression-like disorder. Based on these findings, it is possible to provide a method for objectively determining a mental disorder and an animal model of a mental disorder.
US10526372B2
Novel compounds and methods for the inhibition of biological barrier permeability and for the inhibition of peptide translocation across biological barriers are identified. Assays for determining modulators of biological barrier permeability and for peptide translocation across biological barriers are provided. Methods for treating diseases relating to aberrant biological barrier permeability and peptide translocation across biological barriers are provided. Such diseases include celiac disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, diabetes, cancer, inflammatory bowel diseases, asthma, COPD, excessive or undesirable immune response, gluten sensitivity, gluten allergy, food allergy, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, immune-mediated or type 1 diabetes mellitus, systemic lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, scleroderma and autoimmune thyroid diseases.
US10526368B2
Provided herein are compositions and related methods useful for free radical scavenging, with particular selectivity for mitochondria. The compounds comprise a nitroxide-containing group attached to a mitochondria-targeting group. The compounds can be cross-linked into dimers without loss of activity. Also provided herein are methods, for preventing, mitigating and treating damage caused by radiation. The method comprises delivering a compound, as described herein, to a patient in an amount and dosage regimen effective to prevent, mitigate or treat damage caused by radiation.
US10526365B2
A method of making and a modified allergen having reduced allergenicity and preserved immunogenicity compared to corresponding native allergenic material. The preserved immunogenicity is elicited by a IgG-mediated antibody response, all or part of the primary amine groups of the lysine residues of the native allergenic material are functionalized with carbamoyl or thiocarbamoyl moieties, and all or part of the primary amine groups of the arginine residues of the carbamoyl- or thiocarbamoyl functionalized allergenic material are further functionalized with dialdehyde or diketal moieties. The raw allergenic material is selected from the group consisting of DP mites extract, Der p1, ovalbumin and Lipid Transfer Protein (LTP), the average percentage of modified primary amine groups of the lysine ranges between 75% and 100%; and the average percentage of the substituted arginine residues ranges between 25% and 10%.
US10526359B2
There are provided, inter alia, methods for decreasing mucus elasticity or decreasing mucus viscosity in a subject in need thereof, the methods including administering to the subject an effective amount of a thiosaccharide mucolytic agent, and compounds and pharmaceutical compositions useful for the methods.
US10526356B2
The invention relates to bisphosphites having 2,4-tert-butylphenyl units and a method for the preparation thereof. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of the compounds as ligands in a ligand-metal complex. The compound, and also the complex, may be used as a catalytically active composition in hydroformylation reactions.
US10526349B2
The disclosure includes high purity compounds having CCR5 and/or CCR2 antagonism, or a salt thereof, and processes for synthesizing the same.
US10526347B2
Azaindazole compounds for treating various diseases and pathologies are disclosed. More particularly, the present invention concerns the use of an azaindazole compound or analogs thereof, in the treatment of disorders characterized by the activation of Wnt pathway signaling (e.g., cancer, abnormal cellular proliferation, angiogenesis, fibrotic disorders, bone or cartilage diseases, and osteoarthritis), the modulation of cellular events mediated by Wnt pathway signaling, as well as genetic diseases and neurological conditions/disorders/diseases due to mutations or dysregulation of the Wnt pathway and/or of one or more of Wnt signaling components. Also provided are methods for treating Wnt-related disease states.
US10526344B2
Provided herein are compounds useful for appending amino acids to nucleophiles.
US10526339B2
Glucosepane is a structurally complex protein post-translational modification (PTM) believed to exist in all living organisms. Glucosepane possesses a unique chemical structure that incorporates a surprising, never-before-prepared non-aromatic tautomer of imidazole, rendering it a challenging target for chemical synthesis. In this application, the inventors report the first total synthesis of glucosepane and related compounds according to the chemical structure: Methods of synthesis, compounds obtained therefrom, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment provide embodiments of the present invention.
US10526335B2
The invention relates to the use of compounds of general structure (I) in modulation of the Wnt pathway [Formula should be inserted here] wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are each, independently, H or an alkyl group; D is selected from the group consisting of H, halogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, and dialkylamino, each (other than H and halogen) being optionally substituted; Ar is an aryl or heteroaryl group, optionally substituted; Cy is an aryl, heteroaryl or a saturated ring containing at least one heteroatom, each being optionally substituted; and n is an integer from 1 to 3.
US10526334B2
(−)-Jorumycin, ecteinascidin 743, saframycin A and related compounds, methods of preparing the same, formulations comprising the compounds, and methods of treating proliferative diseases with the same are provided.
US10526333B2
The present invention provides RUT analogs with various biological activities. In particular, the biological activities comprise anti-inflammatory activity, vasodilator effects, migration/invasion-suppressive activities, ability against damage due to remodeling between the epithelium and endothelium, collagen deposition and cardiac fibrosis suppress, Snail protein inhibitory effect, etc., which may improve cardiac, vasodilation, and lung functions. The RUT analogs disclosed herein also exhibit a lower cytotoxicity comparing to RUT.
US10526313B2
BA-1049 (R) and its active metabolite are disclosed. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical formulations containing BA-1049 (R) or its active metabolite.
US10526312B2
The instant invention describes compounds having metalloenzyme modulating activity, and methods of treating diseases, disorders or symptoms thereof mediated by such metalloenzymes.
US10526308B2
The present invention regards new adipate-type compounds suitable as an intermediate in organic chemistry, a platform chemical for the production of other chemicals, and as a monomer and co-monomer useful for the preparation of polymers and copolymers. The invention also regards the process of preparing the new adipate-type compounds from bio-based raw materials such as sugars.
US10526306B2
A method for purifying crystals in a glass or metal container. A hydrocarbon is introduced into feed material containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The feed material and hydrocarbon is placed in a glass or metal container. The hydrocarbon is then removed within a few minutes after introduction, leaving at least some hydrocarbon in the feed material. Pressure is allowed to build within the container in an oven or in a jacketed vessel for 2-3 weeks. During this time, THC acid crystals precipitate out and fall to the bottom of the container. The contents of the container are poured into a Buchner funnel and a vacuum is applied thereto in order to pull terpenes into a beaker. The terpenes are placed into an oven in order to purge off any remaining solvent. The funnel is then scraped to acquire THC acid crystals.
US10526304B2
The present invention relates to nebivolol synthesis method and intermediate compound thereof. Specifically, the present invention relates to a method for synthesizing nebivolol, intermediate compound thereof, and a method for preparing the intermediate compound.
US10526303B2
In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to 7,8-dihydoxyflavone and 7,8-substituted flavone derivatives, such as those described by formula provided herein, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods related thereto. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing diseases or conditions related to BDNF and TrkB activity, such as psychiatric disorders, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and autism spectrum disorders, stroke, Rett syndrome, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease by administering effective amounts of pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds disclosed herein to a subject in need thereof. In certain embodiments, it is contemplated that the 7,8-substituted flavone derivatives disclosed herein are prodrugs of 7,8-dihydoxyflavone and analogs.
US10526291B2
Disclosed herein are compounds that are inhibitors of BRD4 and their use in the treatment of cancer. Methods of screening for selective inhibitors of BRD4 are also disclosed. In certain aspects, disclosed are compounds of Formula I-IV.
US10526287B2
Provided are novel compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are useful for treating a variety of diseases, disorders or conditions, associated with LSD1. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods for their use in treating one or more diseases, disorders or conditions, associated with LSD1.
US10526282B2
The present specification relates to a fluorine-based compound for a brancher, a polymer using the same, a polymer electrolyte membrane using the same, a fuel cell using the same, and a redox flow battery including the same.
US10526280B2
A compound, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, having a formula I of: wherein R1 is H or optionally-substituted alkyl; R2 is optionally-substituted alkyl; R3 and R4 are each independently H or optionally-substituted alkyl; R5 is H, optionally-substituted alkyl, acyl, or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 and R7 are each independently H, deuterium, optionally-substituted alkyl, or R6 and R7 together form a carbocyclic; R8 is optionally-substituted thiazolyl, optionally-substituted thiophenyl, or substituted phenyl, provided that if R8 is 4-halophenyl, then R2 is substituted alkyl or branched alkyl or at least one of R6 or R7 is not H; and R30, R31 and R32 are each independently H, deuterium, halogen, substituted sulfanyl, or optionally-substituted alkoxy.
US10526279B2
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of Teriflunomide (Formula-I). The present invention describes the synthesis of Teriflunomide without isolating the intermediate Leflunomide. Teriflunomide is prepared from 5-Methyl isoxazole-4-carboxylic acid by converting to its acid chloride and coupling with 4-trifluoromethyl aniline to obtain Leflunomide (which is not isolated) followed by ring opening reaction using aq. Sodium Hydroxide to form Teriflunomide. In other words, the process is telescoped from 5-methylisoxazole-4-carbonyl chloride.
US10526278B2
Modulation of quorum sensing in Gram-negative bacteria, particularly strains of Pseudomonas which form biofilms, by compounds including those of formula I and formula II: where: AR is optionally substituted phenyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl or heterocyclic, and R1 is optionally substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, or alkylthioalkyl or alkyl substituted at the omega position with optionally substituted phenyl, cyclohexyl or cyclohexenyl. In particular compounds inhibit quorum sensing and biofilm formation. Pharmaceutical compositions for treatment of bacterial infections and methods of treatment of such infections are provided.
US10526269B2
The invention relates to a process of the oxidative dehydrogenation of an alkane containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms and/or the oxidation of an alkene containing 2 to 6 carbon atoms, wherein oxygen, water and the alkane and/or alkene are fed to a reactor and are contacted with a mixed metal oxide catalyst containing molybdenum, vanadium, niobium and optionally tellurium in the reactor, and wherein the molar ratio of water as fed to the reactor to oxygen as fed to the reactor is smaller than 1:1.
US10526254B2
An iron-ion supply material capable of efficiently supplying iron ions to plants is provided. An iron-ion supply material that acts as an iron-ion supply source for supplying iron ions contributing to plant growth comprises an iron powder having an iron content of 80% by mass or more, wherein 50% by mass or more of the whole iron powder has a particle size of 100 μm or more and 10 mm or less.
US10526250B2
The invention relates to boron nitride agglomerates, comprising lamellar, hexagonal boron nitride primary particles, which are agglomerated with one another with a preferred orientation, the agglomerates formed being flake-shaped.The invention also relates to a method for producing said boron nitride agglomerates, characterized in that lamellar, hexagonal boron nitride primary particles are agglomerated in such a way that they line up with one another with a preferred orientation.The flake-shaped agglomerates according to the invention are suitable as filler for polymers for making polymer-boron nitride composites and for hot pressing of boron nitride sintered compacts.
US10526240B2
It is related to a metal/polymer nanocomposite film comprising gold nanoparticle which has gold mirror feature, comprises acrylic based oligomer, acrylic based monomer, 2-mercapto thioxanthone which is an one-component type II. radicalic photoinitiator and chloroauric acid.
US10526237B2
A cover glass lamination structure includes: a glass substrate having opposed first and second surfaces; an ultraviolet (UV) textured layer disposed on the first surface; and a coating layer disposed on the UV textured layer, wherein an inner edge of the coating layer extends beyond an inner edge of the UV textured layer and is attached to the first surface.
US10526221B2
A system and method for static mixing in a waste water settling tank to increase recovery of first entrained solids and solvated materials, comprising a settling tank having a recirculation ring and a hopper bottom defining a sludge hopper having a flat bottom portion, a fluid containment assembly, and a fluid deflector assembly with an optional fluid dispersion assembly. The system further comprises an inlet pipe for introduction of waste water containing second entrained solids and solvated materials into the settling tank and a discharge outlet in proximity to the underside of the fluid deflector assembly with nozzle facing downward. Influent waste water is directed both downward into the fluid containment assembly and upward into the center of the fluid deflector assembly and an optional fluid dispersion assembly to distribute the influent into contact with previously introduced waste water to cause coalescence of the first and second entrained solids.
US10526220B2
A method for static mixing in a waste water settling tank to increase recovery of entrained solids and solvated materials, the method comprising delivering an influent stream at a substantially constant flow rate to a settling tank; discharging a first portion of said influent stream toward a fluid deflector and a second portion of the influent stream into a fluid containment assembly to distribute the influent into contact with previously introduced waste water to create mixing zones and cause coalescence of the entrained solids.
US10526217B2
The present application discloses a method for producing acrylate with low pollutant discharge. The method has the advantages of high raw material utilization efficiency, low concentration, low salinity and low toxicity of wastewater pollutant, easy treatment of wastewater and etc.
US10526205B2
A photo-absorbing composition having a structure from the group consisting of wherein DASM is a small molecule comprising one or more electron donor portions and one or more electron acceptor portions and NG is a nanographene structure, and m, n, and o are integers greater than or equal to 1.
US10526202B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of high quality synthesis gas rich in hydrogen during the process of upgrading the residual hydrocarbon oil feedstock by rejuvenating the spent upgrading material in Reformer in absence of air/oxygen without supplying external heat source other than the heat generated inside the process during combustion of residual coke deposited on the upgrading material. The present invention further relates to the apparatus used for preparation of syngas wherein said syngas thus produced is used for production of hydrogen gas. Furthermore, the present invention also provides system and method for preparing pure hydrogen from syngas.
US10526194B2
The present invention relates to a system for transporting and storing a liquid and for transporting said liquid from the container to a destination outside of the container. The system comprises a container with a neck portion, a cap assembly secured on the neck portion and a coupler assembly configured to be mechanically coupled to the cap assembly for a liquid connection to and/or from the container, comprising a male probe to be connected to a female part of the cap assembly. The female part has an essentially cylindrical body defining an axial bore extending from an insert opening for the male probe to an opposed plug opening for a plug which serves to close off the bore fluid-tight. According to the invention, a seal cover is provided over the bore, essentially parallel to the plug, which serves to close off the bore airtight.
US10526173B2
A method for securing a lifting movement of a load mechanically coupled to a hook of a lifting device by flexible links, wherein the flexible links can be, when the load is placed on the ground, either in a stretched state or in a relaxed state. The method includes detecting an initiation of a transitional phase between an initial instant when the load is placed on the ground and a final instant when the load is suspended in the air; and emitting a detection signal of a proscribed lifting situation, if the flexible links are, at least at an instant of the transitional phase, in the relaxed state.
US10526164B2
A flexible pipe containment sled includes a platform and a first sled portion coupled to a bottom surface of the platform. The first sled portion is disposed at a first side of the platform. The sled also includes a second sled portion coupled to the bottom surface of the platform. The second sled portion is disposed at a second side of the platform opposite to the first side of the platform. The sled also includes a passage formed between the first and second sled portions. The passage is configured to allow a flexible pipe to pass through the passage while the flexible pipe containment sled is placed on a surface.
US10526160B2
A system (10) for winding multiple elongated elements (12, 14) simultaneously under a substantially same tension on a single spool (16) comprises one pendulum arm (18) and one set of actuators (22) acting on the pendulum arm (18) and balancing with the sum of tensions of each elongated element (12, 14). The system (10) further comprises one or more balancing arms (26, 40): A first balancing arm (26) is attached to the pendulum arm (18), the other balancing arms (if any) are attached to the first balancing arm (26). Each balancing arm (26) is pivotable upon a balancing arm axis (28). A first set of one or more reversing pulleys (30) is positioned at one side of the first balancing arm axis (28) and a second set of one or more reversing pulleys (32) is positioned at the other side of said balancing arm axis (28). Each of the reversing pulleys (30, 32) guides an elongated element (12, 14) to be wound.
US10526151B2
In one example, a printing device is described. The printing device may include a transport roller to move a print medium through the printing device, a sensor to detect a trailing edge of the print medium, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions. In one example, the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to move the print medium toward an output of the printing device via the transport roller after a printing to the print medium, detect the trailing edge of the print medium via the sensor during a movement of the print medium via the transport roller, and hold the print medium in a position in contact with the transport roller, in response to a detection of the trailing edge of the print medium via the sensor.
US10526138B2
A storage receptacle can include a storage bin and a pedal mounted to the receptacle. The pedal can rotate downward when pressure is applied in order to pull on a first cable coupled to the pedal. The first cable is connected to a spring, and the spring is connected to a second cable. The second cable connects the spring to a door via an upper pulley of the receptacle. The second cable causes the door to open when the second cable is pulled based on force applied to the pedal. A bottom pulley can be coupled to the pedal via the first cable and configured to translate an upward pull of the first cable to a downward pull of the spring and second cable. The spring controls the motion of the door such that the door does not open too quickly upon a force being applied to the pedal.
US10526136B2
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for efficiently managing bulk material are provided. The disclosure is directed to a portable support structure used to receive one or more portable containers of bulk material and output bulk material from the containers directly into the blender hopper. The portable support structure may include a frame for receiving and holding the one or more portable bulk material containers in an elevated position proximate the blender hopper, as well as one or more gravity feed outlets for routing the bulk material from the containers directly into the blender hopper. In some embodiments, the portable support structure may be transported to the well site on a trailer, unloaded from the trailer, and positioned proximate the blender unit. In other embodiments, the portable support structure may be a mobile support structure that is integrated into a trailer unit.
US10526135B1
The present invention comprises a liquid storage tank which is adapted to hold a bladder which is to be filled with fluids, in particular, water, in conjunction with a water treatment facility. The liquid storage tank is uniquely constructed in a modular manner from basic predetermined structural components so as to be readily or quickly assembled and disassembled, in accordance with various embodiments as may be required or desired.
US10526134B2
Apparatus and method for reducing airborne proppant adjacent a fracking material handling system. In some embodiments, a proppant storage chamber is configured to store a volume of proppant. A blow-in adapter mates with a first port of the chamber to facilitate a flow of proppant into the chamber at an inlet pressure. A filter assembly covers and filter a first aperture of the chamber to reduce an emission of airborne proppant during the transfer of the proppant into the proppant storage chamber. A vacuum adapter mates with a second port of the chamber to supply a negative pressure to the chamber during the filling process to maintain an internal pressure within the chamber below a predetermined pressure threshold.
US10526133B2
A method of warming food dispensable from an aerosol dispenser. The aerosol dispenser is made from materials which can go into a single recycling stream having a single class of materials, as defined by the Society of the Plastics Industry, and particularly may exclusively comprise Class 1 materials suitable for eating in a microwave oven. Consumer products, such as food, contained in the aerosol dispenser may be heated in a microwave oven prior to dispensing. Upon dispensing, food retains residual heat, and is suitable for eating or further cooking. Other heated products in the aerosol dispenser may be comfortably applied to the skin, used as air freshener, used for cleaning, etc. The aerosol dispenser may have indicia indicating the aerosol dispenser is suitable for microwave heating. The aerosol dispenser can have indicia indicating the aerosol dispenser is suitable for heating in a microwave oven. The indicia may be thermochromic, indicating when a desired temperature has been reached. The aerosol dispenser can have a safety valve, to safely relieve product and/or propellant pressure upon overpressurization in a microwave oven. The safety valve may be single use or reusable.
US10526132B2
An article with a can and a dispenser, the can having a valve with a valve cup, valve stem housing and depressible valve stem and the dispenser having a base, a straw attached to the base, a sleeve extending over at least a portion of the straw, a trigger hingedly attached to the base and/or straw at a hinge point with a trigger section that engages the sleeve above the hinge point and a trigger arm that extends below the hinge point, and a plunger extending through a side of the base and into a flow channel of the dispenser while maintaining fluid communication through and/or around the plunger within the flow channel of the dispenser where the dispenser is attachable to the can by inserting the stationary valve stem housing into the flow channel of the dispenser base while inserting the dispenser base into the valve cup.
US10526130B2
An insulating container having a base and a lid is provided. The lid may be rotatable about a hinge from a closed configuration to an open configuration and may be secured, via one or more latching devices, in either the closed configuration or the open configuration. In some examples, the rotatable lid may be non-destructively removable from the base. Some example arrangements include a removable lid that, when removed, may be secured to the base via an additional portion of the latching device. Additional features of the insulating container include handles that are integrally formed with the base, a recess formed in the base and housing a spigot, and/or a spigot guard.
US10526126B2
A rectangular air packaging device and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The device includes at least one inflatable main body and at least one inflation valve. The inflatable main body includes a plurality of inflation units. Each inflation unit has an inflation chamber. The inflation valve communicates with the inflation chamber, so as to inflate the inflation unit. After being bended and heat-sealed, the inflation units form a plurality of side walls. Two adjacent side walls of the side walls are arranged roughly with a right angle, so that the side walls form a rectangular containing cavity, so as to contain item to be packaged and to provide air cushioning effect to the item to be packaged.
US10526125B2
A compact assembly for storing a product therein includes a housing, a container member, and a resilient member. The container member is disposed within the housing. The container member defines a cavity to store the product. The resilient member is disposed between the housing and the container member. The resilient member cushions the container member to prevent forces acting on the housing from being applied to the container member.
US10526118B2
A disclosed technique includes an assembly comprising a cup with a first visual sealing indicator and a lid with a second visual sealing indicator wherein, in operation, the lid is screwed on the cup to a sealing indicator position where the first visual sealing indicator and the second visual sealing indicator are aligned. Another disclosed technique includes an assembly comprising a cup with a first audible sealing indicator and a lid with a second audible sealing indicator wherein, in operation, the lid is screwed on the cup to a position past where the first audible sealing indicator and the second audible sealing indicator have contacted each other producing an audible sound. Another disclosed technique includes a cup with a raised central bottom area and an insert with bracing wings wherein, in operation, the bracing wings stabilize and secure the insert in the cup.
US10526111B1
A collapsible, reusable bulk material container assembly, kit and method for assembling and using same are disclosed. Upper ring and base members are locked together by peripheral post members, forming an upright rigid framework that operatively supports a woven fabric bulk material receiving sleeve. A cover connected to the upper ring seals the container. Intermediate support bands may be attached to and along the post members to resist outwardly directed forces applied to the post members through the sleeve by contained bulk material. The container is reconfigurable to a collapsed storage or shipping module that retainably contains the post members, support bands and woven fabric sleeve. The post members may be segmentable or collapsible for containment within the collapsed module. Component parts of the container assembly are detachable, reusable and recyclable. One configuration of the container is sized to replace a conventional 55-gallon drum.
US10526107B2
A blank of sheet material is provided for forming a container convertible from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. The blank includes a glue panel, a front panel, a top panel, a rear panel, and a bottom panel coupled together in series by a plurality of generally parallel fold lines. The glue panel includes an opening mechanism and is configured to couple in face-to-face relationship to the bottom panel when the container is formed. The blank also includes a pair of top side panels extending from opposing side edges of the top panel, and a pair of bottom side panels extending from opposing side edges of the bottom panel. An edge perforation line extends along an edge between the top panel and the rear panel, and a face of each of the top panel, the bottom panel, and the pairs of side panels is devoid of perforation lines extending therethrough.
US10526085B2
The present invention includes an electric distributed propulsion for anti-torque modules for a helicopter and methods of use comprising: two or more generators connected to a main gearbox transmission; at least a first and a second plurality of variable speed motors connected to one or more fixed pitch blades to provide anti-torque thrust connected to the two or more generators, and at least a first and a second yaw control computer independently connected to each of the at least first and second plurality of variable speed motors, wherein each of the first and second yaw control computer serves as a primary and a backup yaw control computer to provide redundant control to both the first and second plurality of variable speed motors.
US10526074B2
A system for the control of the door assemblies of a bay of a landing gear of an aircraft, that is retractile and is able to be deployed, the opening of the bay for the landing gear being able to be closed by a forward door assembly and an aft door assembly, comprises a coupling mechanism of the forward door assembly and the aft door assembly, that is configured such that the aft door assembly is not completely closed, but is ajar, as soon as the forward door assembly is opened during the deployment of the landing gear and the aft door assembly is completely closed at the complete closing of the forward door assembly when the landing gear is retracted.
US10526058B2
A ballast and de-ballast system and method for an articulated tug barge (ATB) or integrated tug barge (ITB) are described herein. The system includes a tug ballast tank located on the tug, the tug ballast tank being configured to hold ballast water; and a barge trim tank located on the barge, the barge trim tank being configured to hold ballast water. The system further includes at least one umbilical line connecting the tug ballast tank to the barge trim tank. The system is configured to transfer ballast water between the tug ballast tank and the barge trim tank via the at least one umbilical line.
US10526054B2
A self-propelled vehicle used to lay pipe sections within trenches located on sloped terrain, and a method for using it, including: an undercarriage carrying a vehicle chassis and capable of climbing sloped terrain; a rotating platform which can be maintained level relative to the sloped terrain; and a boom with an angled boom head, capable of using two independent winch cables to lift and position individual pipe sections having differing lengths and diameters. The vehicle may be used to sequentially lift two or more pipe sections, one at a time, and to swing and position the pipe sections in a trench, end-to-end.
US10526052B2
The present invention relates to a liquefied gas carrier having a width of less than 32.3 m to pass through the old Panama Canal, which includes a liquefied gas tank having a liquefied gas storage capacity of 70K or more, preferably 78.7K.
US10526051B2
The present invention relates to an evacuation system for positioning and maintaining a position of an inflatable floatable unit in relation to a maritime structure during evacuation of persons at sea, comprising a maritime structure from which persons are to be evacuated, an inflatable floatable unit configured to be deployed from the maritime structure, and a bowsing system comprising a first bowsing line extending from the maritime structure to the inflatable floatable unit, and a first bowsing winch configured to, by means of the first bowsing line, bowse and position the inflatable floatable unit in relation to the maritime structure after it has been deployed from the maritime structure into the water, wherein the bowsing system further comprises a first hydraulic cylinder having a piston with a first piston end extending outside the first hydraulic cylinder, and a first hydraulic accumulator which is in fluid communication with the first hydraulic cylinder, the first piston end being connected with the first bowsing line between the first bowsing winch and the inflatable floatable unit. Furthermore, the present invention relates to a bowsing method for positioning and maintaining a position of an inflatable floatable unit in relation to a maritime structure during evacuation of persons at sea.
US10526021B2
An anti-flutter structure, or reinforcement panel, for a roof panel supported on transversely extending roof bows. The reinforcement panel is attached to at least one of the roof bows with the flanges being disposed above the roof bow. The flanges extend longitudinally, and are resiliently compressed by the roof panel. The reinforcement panel has a body and flanges laterally flanking the body. The body is attached to one of the roof bows with the flanges being disposed above the roof bow. The anti-flutter material is disposed between the flanges and the roof panel.
US10526015B2
A push arm is coupled to a vehicle frame proximate an intersection of a first side member and a first cross-member. A rear surface of the push arm is located adjacent to a front suspension structure with a gap defined therebetween. The push arm extends forward and laterally outward such that a front surface of the push arm is located outboard of and spaced apart from a front end of the first side member. An energy absorbing structure is positioned within the gap and is attached to the rear surface of the push arm and is spaced apart from the front suspension structure in a non-impacted state. The energy absorbing structure is configured such that in response to an off-center impact event, impact force to the energy absorbing structure pushes the energy absorbing structure into contact with the front suspension structure.
US10526006B2
A torque transmitting assembly is provided. The assembly includes a ball nut having an outer diameter and keyway slot therein, and a pulley positioned on the ball nut. The pulley includes a cylindrical outer surface, a bore extending through the pulley such that the pulley includes an inner surface, and at least one torque member formed on the inner surface and projecting radially inward to be received by the keyway slot.
US10526005B2
A power converter for a three-phase electric rotary machine including first and second winding sets includes: first and second inverters corresponding to the first and second winding sets, respectively; and a control unit including a command calculation unit that calculates first and second voltage command values related to voltages to be applied to the first and second winding sets, and an excess correction unit that corrects first and second voltage command corresponding values corresponding to the first and second voltage command values. When one of the first and second voltage command corresponding values exceeds a limitation value which is set in accordance with a voltage capable of being outputted, the excess correction unit performs an excess correction process for correcting the other of the first and second voltage command corresponding values in accordance with an excess amount over the limitation value.
US10526001B2
The sleigh bed platform is intended for use in ice fishing for transport of equipment such as a tent shelter and sized to accommodate a single reclining person for rest on the ice. Sleigh bed invention is very light easy to pull across thin ice. Three laminated plastic layers with a inner component of expanded polystyrene form a rigid truss and thermal barrier that makes the sleigh bed a comfortable resting place. Expanded polystyrene is insulation and extremely buoyant providing a float in cases of breaking thru lake ice. Multiple soft rope handles secure loads with no sharp edges around the bed. A second invention use is for evacuation of injured skiers. Lightweight sleigh bed is easy to carry to an injured skier. A rigid front handle facilitates moving down hill with a passenger secured to the sleigh bed.
US10526000B2
A child stroller apparatus includes a rear and a front leg frame respectively having a first and a second side segment, and a handle frame having a grip portion and a third side segment that are respectively connected fixedly with a first and a second joining part pivotally connected with each other, the second and third side segments being respectively connected pivotally with the first side segment. A latch is disposed between the first and second joining parts, and can lock the grip portion in an unfolded position relative to the third side segment. A cable has two opposite ends respectively anchored with the grip portion and the third side segment, wraps around a prominent portion provided on one of the first and second joining parts, and is tensioned to bias the grip portion to fold toward the third side segment.
US10525992B2
A light signal, in particular for rail-bound traffic routes, includes a control device which controls a light source, and an optical system for visualizing a signal term. In order to more precisely adjust brightness boundaries, light distribution and phantom light intensity, a transmission-controllable smart-glass element is provided in an aperture segment of the light flow.
US10525980B2
An arousal support system includes: a dialogue processing unit configured to output a dialogue speech in a form of a question, and obtain response speech which is a response of a driver to the dialogue speech; a response time measuring unit configured to measure a response time from the dialogue processing unit outputs the dialogue speech till the dialogue processing unit obtains the response speech; a database storing the response time measured by the response time measuring unit; a statistic calculating unit configured to calculate a statistical value of the response time based on one or more response times stored in the database; and a first estimating unit configured to derive, based on the response time measured by the response time measuring unit and the statistical value calculated by the statistic calculating unit, an estimated value of wakefulness of the driver.
US10525977B2
A server and a method for automatically controlling regenerative braking of an eco-friendly vehicle are provided. A regenerative braking level is calculated by considering driving information and a driving environment of a vehicle using a regenerative braking controlling server. The calculated regenerative braking level is transmitted to a regenerative braking controlling apparatus mounted within the vehicle and thus, even though a vehicle driver does not directly set the regenerative braking level, the regenerative braking level transmitted from the regenerative braking controlling server is received through the regenerative braking controlling apparatus of the vehicle to perform regenerative braking, thereby enhancing driving convenience and stability, and fuel efficiency.
US10525976B2
The present disclosure relates to a vehicle (1) having a torque generating machine (4); and one or more driven wheel (WD). A driveline (6) is provided for transmitting torque from the torque generating machine (4) to said one or more driven wheel. The driveline (6) includes a torque transmitting means (8). A first decoupling mechanism (11) is operable to decouple the torque transmitting means (8) from the torque generating machine (4). The first decoupling mechanism (11) is closed to couple the torque transmitting means (8) to the torque generating machine (4) and is opened to decouple the torque transmitting means (8) from the torque generating machine (4). A second decoupling mechanism (12) is operable to decouple the torque transmitting means (8) from the one or more driven wheel. The second decoupling mechanism (12) is closed to couple the torque transmitting means (8) to the one or more driven wheel and is opened to decouple the torque transmitting means (8) from the one or more driven wheel. A controller (2) is provided having at least one electronic processor for controlling operation of the first and second decoupling mechanisms (11, 12). The at least one electronic processor (P) being configured to determine a target operating speed of the torque generating machine (4), control the operating speed of the torque generating machine (4) in dependence on the determined target operating speed, close the first decoupling mechanism (11) when the operating speed of the torque generating machine (4) at least substantially matches the determined target operating speed and close the second decoupling mechanism (12) after closing the first decoupling mechanism (11). The present disclosure relates to a corresponding method of controlling first and second decoupling mechanisms (11, 12) to control the transmittal of torque from a torque generating machine (4) to one or more driven wheel of a vehicle (1).
US10525974B2
The present invention provides a parking trajectory calculation apparatus and a parking trajectory calculation method capable of calculating a parking trajectory from an arbitrary parking start position. An aspect of the present invention recognizes a parking space for parking a subject vehicle in a preset limited area Area1, calculates a first parking trajectory from P1 to P0 for guiding the subject vehicle from the arbitrary parking start position to the parking space by causing the subject vehicle to first move backward, calculates a second parking trajectory from P2 to P0 by causing the subject vehicle to move backward after moving forward if the first parking trajectory from P1 to P0 cannot be calculated, and ends the calculation of the parking trajectory if the second parking trajectory from P2 to P0 cannot be calculated.
US10525968B2
In a method for controlling a drive system (3, 203) of a hybrid vehicle (1, 201), a performance-oriented mode or a consumption-oriented mode can be selected for the drive system, whereby, when the consumption-oriented mode is selected, in the case of a first condition, the method involves: controlling the drive system in a parallel boost hybrid mode of operation in which the internal combustion engine (5, 205) and additionally the first electric machine and/or the second electric machine delivers a drive torque until a criterion is met that depends on the duration of the operation and/or on the energy conversion in the parallel boost hybrid mode of operation, and if the criterion is met, changing over to a serial hybrid mode of operation in which the drive torque is delivered by means of the second electric machine (11, 211), and the internal combustion engine (5, 205) powers the first electric machine (9, 209) in order to generate electrical energy.
US10525962B2
A vehicle control device comprises: a downshift control part (51) configured, upon issuance of a downshift request for downshifting an automatic transmission (200), to execute a downshift control of downshifting the automatic transmission (200) and driving an engine torque regulating mechanism to increase an output torque of an engine (10); a vehicle attitude control part (53) configured, upon satisfaction of a condition that the vehicle is traveling and a steering angle-related value pertaining to a steering angle of a steering device increases, to execute a vehicle attitude control of reducing the output torque of the engine (10) to generate deceleration of the vehicle so as to control vehicle attitude; and a downshift suppression part (55) configured, when the vehicle attitude control is executed, to suppress the execution of the downshift control.
US10525959B2
The invention relates to an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system and to a method for operating an electrohydraulic motor vehicle braking system. Said electrohydraulic braking system comprises a first brake circuit with at least one wheel brake, a second brake circuit with at least one wheel brake, a first cylinder-piston assembly being designed to be fluidically coupled to at least one of the first or second brake circuits and which is used to produce hydraulic pressure in at least one of the first or second brake circuits; the first cylinder-piston assembly comprises at least one first piston, a second piston-cylinder assembly comprises at least one second piston, and a electromechanical actuator which acts on the second piston of the second cylinder-piston assembly; the second cylinder-piston assembly is designed to be fluidically coupled to the first cylinder-piston assembly in order to provide hydraulic pressure for actuating the first piston-cylinder assembly and generated in the second piston-cylinder assembly when actuating the electromechanical actuator; and the second piston-cylinder assembly is designed to be fluidically coupled to the first brake circuit and/or to the second brake circuit such that when actuating the electromechanical actuator in the second piston-cylinder assembly, the first and/or the second brake circuit can be impinged upon with hydraulic pressure generated in the second piston-cylinder assembly.
US10525957B2
A vehicle includes a plurality of brake assemblies configured to control braking of a respective wheel of the vehicle. The brake assemblies includes a first brake assembly integrated with a smart actuator unit including a first actuator controller and a first electro-mechanical actuator that is configured to adjust a brake force applied to a first wheel coupled to the first brake assembly. A second brake assembly excludes an actuator controller and has installed therein a second electro-mechanical actuator that is configured to adjust a brake force applied to a second wheel coupled to the second brake assembly. At least one electronic actuator driver unit is remotely located from the first and second brake assemblies, and is configured to output a high-power signal that drives the first and second electro-mechanical actuators in response to receiving a digital command signal from the first actuator controller.
US10525955B2
A check valve of this negative pressure-type booster device is provided with: a cylindrical section that is integrally formed with a shell disposed on one side, communicates with a connection pipe, and is formed in a cylindrical shape protruding toward the inside of a housing; and a valve body section that is disposed inside the cylindrical section, and is axially fitted, within the cylindrical section, to the cylindrical section such that air is permitted to flow from a negative pressure chamber to the connection pipe while the air is prohibited from flowing from the connection pipe to the negative pressure chamber.
US10525954B2
A pneumatic brake booster for a hydraulic motor-vehicle brake system, including a booster housing, having a front and a rear housing shell, and at least one connecting pin, which is arranged in the booster housing such that the at least one connecting pin extends axially parallel to the center axis and which supports the booster housing from the inside by two supporting formations and which protrudes through the booster housing from the inside to the outside on at least one side by an end segment. In order to ensure simple intermediate handling of the brake booster before and during the assembly of the brake system and to improve the durability and corrosion resistance, the housing shells are arranged in such a way that the housing shells are each connected to the connecting pin such that the housing shells are secured against being axially moved apart from each other.
US10525953B2
A pneumatic brake booster including a booster housing having at least one housing shell. The housing shell is designed to be substantially pot-shaped with a center axis, a base portion and a lateral portion, and the base portion has a curved or conical wall region. In order to offer a brake booster by which it is possible to cost-effectively realize improved adaptability to customer- and application-specific requirements with respect to the spatial connection arrangement, at least one flattened surface area is formed in a radial outer region of the base portion, is designed to be elongate in the circumferential direction and has, at its radial outer edge, at least two notches which are arranged with respect to one another in a defined grid pattern with a circle angle.
US10525950B2
A braking controller and method in a towing vehicle towing one or more towed vehicles as a combination vehicle provides brake control of the one or more towed vehicles based on a level of braking force applied to the towing vehicle. A non-enhanced braking mode applies a first level of braking force to the towed vehicles in a predetermined reduced proportion relative to the level of braking force applied to the towing vehicle, and an enhanced braking mode applies a second level of braking force to the towed vehicles greater than the first level of braking force. The enhanced braking mode strategy is used unless trailer capability information reported by one or more the trailers fails to match against expected trailer capability information.
US10525948B2
The braking system includes a first and a second braking actuators associated with wheels of a respective axle or a respective bogie of a railway vehicle and to which there are connected a first electro-pneumatic control assembly and a second electro-pneumatic control assembly respectively, each comprising a charging solenoid valve and a discharging solenoid valve adapted to cause an increase and a reduction, respectively, of a pneumatic pressure supplied to the corresponding braking actuators, and a control unit arranged to control the electro-pneumatic control assemblies as a function of a target braking pressure, so that the assemblies cause the application of respective pressures to the corresponding braking actuators.
US10525946B2
A brake controller is applied to a vehicle that includes a tractor and a trailer. The brake controller includes a first braking unit that controls a first brake device, a second braking unit that controls a second brake device, a distance sensor that detects a distance between the vehicle and an object, an execution unit that controls the first braking unit and the second braking unit in accordance with the distance detected by the distance sensor and executes an automatic brake control, and a prohibition unit that prohibits the execution unit from executing the automatic brake control. The brake controller prohibits execution of the automatic brake control under the condition that the tractor and the trailer are coupled to each other and the second braking unit includes a failure.
US10525932B2
A pretensioner includes a driving wheel and a power transmission unit. A spool is rotatably disposed in the driving wheel. The spool winds a webbing. The power transmission unit transmits power to the driving wheel. The power transmission unit includes a resin-made long body and a passage of the resin-made long body. The resin-made long body rotates the driving wheel. The passage is formed in an outer circumference of the driving wheel. The passage includes a wall surface, a cover member and a stopper. The wall surface is disposed on one side surface of the driving wheel. The cover member is fixed in the wall surface from the other side surface of the driving wheel. The stopper stops a tip portion of the resin-made long body which has rotated the driving wheel. The stopper is configured by a fastening member connecting the cover member and the wall surface.
US10525927B2
An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (20) of a vehicle (12) having a seat (16 or 22) for receiving the occupant (20) includes an inflatable protection device (14) inflatable from a stored condition in the vehicle (12) adjacent a reaction surface (19, 23, 36) to a deployed condition between the reaction surface and the vehicle occupant (20). The protection device (14) includes a front portion (62) presented toward the seat (22) and an inflatable volume for receiving a penetrating occupant (20′) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition. A rear portion (64) connected to the front portion (62) has an inflatable volume spaced from the front portion (62) by a space (110). The front portion (62) is positioned between the vehicle occupant (20) and the rear portion (64) when the protection device (14) is in the deployed condition. The inflated front portion (62) is movable in a fore-aft direction relative to the rear portion (64) to engage the occupant (20) regardless of the distance between the reaction surface (19, 23, 36) and the occupant (20).
US10525924B2
Provided is an occupant leg restraint device suitable for restraining legs of an occupant when an automobile has an oblique collision. An occupant leg restraint device 1 has an airbag 4 that inflates in front of legs of an occupant in a front seat of an automobile, and an inflator 5 for supplying gas to the lower part of the airbag 4 to inflate the airbag 4. The airbag 4 has a first pane 11 on the occupant side and a second panel 12 on the side opposite thereto. A plurality of pockets 60 recessed from the first panel 11 in the direction away from the occupant are provided in the upper part of the airbag 4. Knees N of the occupant enter the pockets 60, and fit into and engage with the pockets 60, and the lateral movement of the knees N is thereby restrained.
US10525918B2
A deformation structure has at least a first layer and a second layer, which are spaced apart from each other and displaceable relative to each other in the deformation direction or load direction. The first layer and the second layer have complementary protrusions and recesses, which are designed in such a way that the protrusions of the first layer can plunge into the recesses of the second layer and the protrusions of the second layer can plunge into the recesses of the first layer. The first layer and the second layer are connected to each other by deformable webs in such a way that, in the event of a high impulse in the deformation direction, the protrusions of the first layer plunge into the recesses of the second layer and the protrusions of the second layer plunge into the recesses of the first layer such that deformation of the deformation structure in the deformation direction occurs at a relatively low force level and, in the event of a low impulse in the deformation direction, the protrusions of the first layer hit the protrusions of the second layer such that further deformation of the deformation structure in the deformation direction occurs at a relatively high force level.
US10525906B2
A branch structure in which a branch harness is connected to a trunk harness includes connecting terminals. The trunk harness includes a plurality of trunk lines which are parallel-arranged. The branch harness includes a plurality of branch lines. The connecting terminals are respectively connected to the plurality of the trunk lines so as to electrically connect the plurality of the branch lines to the plurality of the trunk lines respectively. The trunk lines include connecting parts recessed in a radial direction. The connecting parts are arranged along an arrangement direction of the plurality of the trunk lines. The connecting terminals respectively includes connecting plate parts connected to the connecting parts in surface contact.
US10525904B2
A constant electrical power supply independent device with an integrated system capable of wirelessly transmitting infrared images and can be temporarily installed/mounted on various platforms including air, seal, and land vehicles.
US10525896B2
The present disclosure provides a cargo rack for a utility vehicle. The cargo rack comprises a base structure, a front wall structure extending upward from the base structure and having a top edge, a pair of opposing sidewall structures, wherein each sidewall extends upward from the base structure and having a top edge, and a back wall structure extending upward from the base structure and having a top edge. The cargo rack base structure is structured to be disposed within a reservoir of a vehicle front body cowl such that the entirety of the cargo rack base structure is disposed within the cowl reservoir.
US10525893B2
A vehicle includes a passenger compartment containing several passenger seats. A middle console is provided on the floor of the vehicle in a space formed between two of the passenger seats.
US10525890B2
A rear vision system for a vehicle includes a camera mounted with the vehicle and capturing a field of view rearward of the vehicle, a rearview mirror including a display substrate thereon, and an image sensor directed toward an interior of the vehicle and configured to capture image data of an object. The system further includes a controller in communication with the camera and receiving a first video image of the first size corresponding with the field of view, with the image sensor to determine a position of the object within the image data, and with the display substrate to present a portion of the first video image thereon of a size less than the first size. The portion of the first video image is selected to correspond with an expected portion of the field of view based on the determined position of the object.
US10525889B2
A method of manufacturing a rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle includes providing an electro-optic reflective element and a back plate. First and second spring-loaded electrical connectors are disposed in respective passageways of the back plate. A circuit element is provided that has an electrically conductive trace electrically connected to control circuitry. The back plate is attached at the reflective element, and the circuit element is attached at the back plate. With the back plate attached at the reflective element and with the circuit element attached at the back plate, the spring-loaded electrical connectors are biased into electrical contact with a respective electrically conductive element at the reflective element and a respective electrically conductive trace at the circuit element to electrically connect the electrically conductive trace to the electrically conductive element.
US10525875B2
A device for a vehicle for displaying at least one symbol has a translucent plastic layer with a non-translucent coating, wherein a symbol face for a symbol to be displayed by the device is recessed from the non-translucent coating. Furthermore, the device has a non-translucent intermediate component, which is applied outside the symbol face and surrounding the symbol face on the non-translucent coating and which forms a light shaft adjoining the symbol face. Furthermore, the device has a diffuser element, which is arranged and designed inside the light shaft and spaced apart from the symbol face by a gap in order to convert light penetrating the diffuser element to diffuse light for illuminating the symbol face.
US10525872B2
A system for mounting a light to a vehicle and methods for making and using same is disclosed herein. The system allows for a mounting assembly to be coupled to a front, a rear, or both the front and the rear of the roof of a vehicle. Lights can be mounting via light mounting brackets at various angles using a plurality of detents. The mounting assembly includes hollowed mounting fasteners for routing a light cable through the mounting fastener thereby requiring fewer holes through the roof of the vehicle to prevent water intrusion into the vehicle. The mounting fastener can be covered by a boot for preventing water intrusion into the vehicle. The mounting assembly advantageously can include a diffuser for reducing noise and vibration levels resulting from the coupling between the mounting assembly and the vehicle.
US10525867B2
An autonomous traveling unit is provided with a pair of toggle mechanisms. The toggle mechanisms respectively have displaceable bodies provided with cam followers. A workpiece loading unit is provided with a member in an X shape to be clamped. The cam followers are respectively advanced to a pair of opposing corners (a first crossing portion and a second crossing portion) of the member to be clamped. When advancing to the pair of opposing corners, the cam followers are respectively brought into abutment on the member to be clamped, whereby the workpiece loading unit is restrained on the autonomous traveling unit.
US10525857B2
A vehicle seat including a frame-shaped seat frame, a seat pad, a separate member provided to the seat frame, and a seat cover covering the seat pad and the seat frame, wherein the seat pad includes a main body portion configured to be arranged to a seating side of the seat frame and a hooking portion protruding in a direction opposite to the seating side from an edge of the main body portion, wherein at least a portion of the separate member protrudes into the frame shape of the seat frame and is exposed from the hooking portion at a rear side of the seat frame, wherein an extending portion is provided to the hooking portion and protrudes into the frame shape of the seat frame at the rear side of the seat frame, and wherein the extending portion greatly protrudes into the frame shape of the seat frame as compared to the separate member and is arranged between the seat cover and the separate member.
US10525853B2
A method, apparatus, and system for retaining a stow strap is disclosed. The stow strap may be usable with a stowable automotive seat. A seat stowing mechanism may be housed at least partially within the inner portion of the seat. A stow strap may be interoperable with the seat stowing mechanism, wherein the stow strap passes from the inner seat to the outer rear seatback surface of the seat through an opening in the outer rear seatback of the seat. Pulling the stow strap imparts a force in a first direction on the seat stowing mechanism. A stow strap retaining mechanism may be spaced from the opening and may provide a reactive force in a return direction to return the stow strap toward the outer rear seatback surface when the stow strap is pulled away from the rear seatback surface.
US10525846B2
A vehicle energy management device includes: a storage device that stores a table indicating a control level with respect to a control content of a control target device executed by each electronic control device; an information acquisition device that acquires information related to a remaining amount of energy and a travel environment of the vehicle; a level setting device that sets a target value for suppressing a power consumption of a whole of the vehicle based on remaining amount information of the energy, refers to the table according to the target value and travel environment information, and sets the control level for each control target device to reach the target value for the whole of the vehicle; and a control unit that controls each electronic control device to execute a control for a respective control target device according to the control content indicated by the control level.
US10525844B2
A vehicle charging system may determine a charging schedule for an electric vehicle based on real-time cost information and a likelihood of communication errors related to charging commands. The vehicle charging system may determine a first cost to immediately charge the electric vehicle upon plug-in. The vehicle charging system may determine a second cost to delay charging the electric vehicle according to a charging schedule, the charging schedule including communicating charging commands with the vehicle at a later time. The vehicle charging system may determine a likelihood of communication errors related to the charging commands. The vehicle charging system may select a charging option of immediately charging the electric vehicle or delaying charging the electric vehicle based on the first cost, second cost, and the likelihood of communication errors.
US10525841B2
A vehicle includes an electric machine configured to provide propulsive force to the vehicle, and a power inverter configured to supply power from a traction battery to the electric machine using a first and second switch configured as a half-bridge, wherein the first switch is controlled by a gate driver. The gate driver is configured to operate in a soft turn-off mode when a load current exceeds a threshold for a time period defined by a mask timer, operate in a fast turn-off mode when the load current is below the threshold, and in response to a turn-off request received prior to expiration of the mask timer after the load current exceeds the threshold, enable the soft turn-off mode.
US10525834B2
A vehicle charge control device includes a charge unit and a correction unit. The charge unit is configured to perform a charge operation for suppressing a deterioration in a battery by charging the battery until a charge end phase in which an acceptance current of the battery is smaller than a predetermined current value, the battery being mounted on a vehicle. The correction unit is configured to correct a charge rate of the battery based on a behavior of the acceptance current. In addition, the correction unit is configured to correct the charge rate based on the behavior in the charge end phase, in synchronization with the charge operation.
US10525832B2
The disclosure provides a battery which can include a power supply and power supply circuit, the power supply circuit connected to the power supply. The power supply can discharge through the power supply circuit. An electronic switch can control the power-on or off of the power supply, thereby avoiding the generation of sparks during the power on process and allowing for the normal use of the battery and the safety of the aircraft. The disclosure also provides an aircraft having the battery.
US10525815B2
A transmission for a vehicle includes first and second input interfaces, an output interface, first and second speed ratio transmission sections, first and second planetary transmission sections, and a coupling section. The first input interface is arranged for coupling to an internal combustion engine. The second input interface is arranged for coupling to an electric motor. The first planetary transmission section has an internal gear connected to the first input interface, a planet carrier connected to the second input interface, and a sun gear connected to an input of the first speed ratio transmission section. The second planetary transmission has an internal gear connected to the first input interface, a planet carrier connected to the second input interface, and a sun gear connected to an input of the second speed ratio transmission section. The coupling section supports the respective planet carriers against one another in at least one operating mode.
US10525814B2
A drive system is configured to split driving force produced by an engine to a first motor side and an output gear side, and add driving force produced by a second motor that is driven with electric power generated by the first motor, to the driving force delivered from the output gear. A first planetary gear mechanism performs differential operation, using a first input element that receives the driving force produced by the engine, a first reaction-force element coupled to the first motor, and a first output element. A second planetary gear mechanism performs differential operation, using a second input element coupled to the first output element, a second output element coupled to the output gear, and a second reaction-force element. A first clutch mechanism selectively couples the first input element with the second reaction-force element. A first brake mechanism selectively inhibits rotation of the second reaction-force element.
US10525806B2
There are provided a front roof, a rear roof, a glass unit including a rear-window glass, a rear roof support link which openably supports the rear roof at a vehicle body, a front-roof support link mechanism which openably supports the front roof, the front-roof support link mechanism being connected to the rear roof support link such that closed states of both the front roof and the rear roof are achieved by means of the rear roof support link and the front-roof support link mechanism, and a glass-unit support link mechanism which is connected to the rear roof support link and configured to support the glass unit in a closed position.
US10525799B2
A utility vehicle includes a door. The door includes an inner door panel disposed close to a cabin, and an outer door panel attached to an outer end of the inner door panel. The outer door panel is attached to an outer end of an upper portion of the inner door panel to expose a lower portion of the inner door panel when viewed from outside the vehicle.
US10525797B2
An antifogging system of a vehicle includes a windshield provided between a space inside a vehicle cabin and a space outside the vehicle cabin, an antifogging coating provided on a surface of the windshield facing the vehicle cabin and configured to absorb water adhering to a surface the coating into the coating, an air conditioner configured to vaporize water absorbed in the antifogging coating, a humidity sensor configured to detect a humidity in a temperature boundary layer formed along a surface of the antifogging coating facing the vehicle cabin, and a control unit configured to operate the air conditioner when the humidity is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold.
US10525788B2
Provided is an intake system of an air conditioning system for a vehicle, which is configured for simultaneously satisfying two conflict conditions of improving heating performance by increasing the inflow of inside air and of reducing the generation of moisture on a window glass, wherein a scroll case, in which a blower is mounted, is provided with a second partition member for dividing a passage, which is formed at an outlet port and includes a blower chamber around a blower fan, into an upper passage and a lower passage, and a flow guide for guiding air, which is separated by a first partition member and is introduced into the scroll case from an inlet case, to the respective upper and lower passages.
US10525785B2
An air suspension assembly includes a top and a piston. A bellows connects the top and the piston defining a first chamber. The piston includes an upper portion defining a bore in communication with the first chamber. A body extends outwardly from the upper portion to a proximal end defining a second chamber. A decoupler is disposed in the bore in communication with the first chamber and the second chamber. The decoupler includes a partition member extending across the decoupler isolating the first chamber from the second chamber for changing pressure in response to a pressure applied to the air suspension assembly. The decoupler includes a cap portion disposed in the bore, defining a hole, and an extension portion extending outwardly from the cap portion to a distal end defining a third chamber in communication with the hole, the first chamber, and the second chamber to receive the partition member.
US10525783B1
The invention disclosed herein comprises a vehicle having improved suspension systems for wheels, motorized wheels and the seat of the user. The wheel suspension system includes a sleeve housing a non-round core snugly surrounded by an elastomeric shock-absorption material. Since both ends of the sleeve have downstanding arms forming the “forks” supporting a caster axle, irregularities in the terrain encountered by the caster exert torsion upon the core; embedding the core in elastomeric material dampens the shock. The suspension system for the wheel assembly (including any motorized drive shaft) essentially includes pivot-mounting the wheel assembly (wheel-motor) beneath the chassis frame, so that irregularities in the terrain encountered by the drive wheel cause the wheel assembly to flex inwardly (for bumps) or outwardly (for holes); in the resting position there is an elastomeric bumper or compression spring horizontally mounted adjacent to a stop-plate on the pivoting cradle carrying the wheel assembly (or wheel-motor), so that further inward flexion is dampened. The seat suspension system includes elastomeric bumpers essentially acting as fulcrums, to dampen shock by absorbing it directly and by cantilevering the seat for further shock absorption.
US10525775B2
Tire comprising a crown reinforcement formed of two working crown layers having unequal axial widths, layer C of rubber compound between ends of the working crown layers, layer S of polymer compound in contact with at least one working crown layer and in contact with the carcass reinforcement and the crown reinforcement comprising a layer of circumferential reinforcing elements arranged radially between two working crown layers. Distance d between the end of the axially narrowest working layer and the working layer separated from the axially narrowest working layer by the layer C is 1.1ø
US10525773B2
A wheel assembly comprising a rigid wheel including a radially outer rim wall presenting a polygonal shape with a plurality of outermost vertices connecting a plurality of planar faces, and a flexible tire mounted on the outer rim wall. The tire is supported by the vertices of the rim wall and is separated from the rim faces by a space, portions of the tire located between the vertices being configured to flex inwardly when subject to ground engaging pressure.
US10525766B2
A wheel with adjustable radius or tread firmness including a hub assembly, primary spokes, a suspension assembly positioned at the outer end of each primary spoke, and treads attached to the outer end of each suspension assembly. The hub assembly includes a radius lock and a tensioner lock. When each is in a locked position, the radius and tread firmness of the wheel remains constant. When the radius lock or the tensioner lock is in an unlocked position, the radius or the tread firmness, respectively, is adjusted by rotating the wheel relative to internal components of the hub assembly. This relative rotation adjusts the tension on internal cords to adjust the length of the primary spokes or flexibility of the suspension assemblies, respectively. Optionally, secondary spokes may be positioned between each of the primary spokes and the suspension assemblies. The radius and tread firmness is adjustable under a load.
US10525765B2
A combination structure of a hub and spokes is provided, including: a hub shell, having separate small and large flanges, the small and large flanges having first and second assembling holes, respectively; a plurality of first spokes, assembled to one of the first assembling holes and a wheel rim; a plurality of second spokes, including cylindrical spokes and aero bladed spokes, the cylindrical spokes and aero bladed spokes being alternatively assembled to the second assembling holes and to the wheel rim; as viewed along an axial direction of the hub shell, every two of the second spokes which are neighboring to each other intersect with each other to define an intersecting area, each first spoke extends and passes through one of the intersecting areas.
US10525762B2
A side-knock type mechanical pencil comprising a body with a side-mounted knock button coupled to the body of the mechanical pencil and adapted to slidingly engage with a lead tube with a frustoconical hub for translating the motion of the knock button actuation to linear extension of the lead.
US10525760B1
A marker pen that allows a user to mark, write, or draw on hard to reach surfaces is disclosed herein. The marker pen includes an angularly displaceable tip to allow a user to mark, write or draw at various angles with respect to the body the marker pen. The angular displacement of tip is facilitated by a tip holder, which facilities the coupling between the tip and body of marker pen. The tip holder includes a first case, second case, and rotational shaft passing through concentric openings formed on first and second case. The tip is snugly fit onto a rotational shaft that allows it to be moved between a predetermined angular range.
US10525754B2
Provided is an ink jet recording method for recording an image on a recording medium by making use of an aqueous reaction liquid containing a reactant and first and second inks which are aqueous inks containing a coloring material. This method has a step of applying the reaction liquid to a first recording medium, a step of applying the first and second inks, in order of mention, to the first recording medium to form a first image and a step of bringing a porous layer of a liquid absorption member into contact with the first image and thereby absorbing a liquid component therefrom. The second image has brightness higher than that of the first ink.
US10525750B2
A portable printing cabinet having a housing with a substantially enclosed interior and an opening formed in a side surface thereof, a printing device located within the interior of said housing, and a paper tray positioned outside of the housing and in communication with the opening of the housing is provided.
US10525743B2
A printer includes: a holding member configured to hold a roll of paper; an elastic member configured to support the holding member so that the holding member is slidable in a vertical direction; a first detection unit configured to detect a position of the holding member; and a second detection unit that detects a near-end of the roll of paper based on a detection result by the first detection unit.
US10525739B2
In certain examples, a printing device comprises a print head, a dryer, a heat exchanger, a distribution system and a controller. The heat exchanger is coupled to an exhaust of the dryer to produce pre-heated air. The distribution system is coupled to the heat exchanger and a plurality of regions of the printing device. The controller causes the distribution system to distribute the pre-heated air from the heat exchanger among the plurality of regions based on an operating parameter of the printing device.
US10525736B2
A smaller recording apparatus is provided, and includes a transport device that transports a print target medium using an endless transport belt placed around a plurality of rollers, an inkjet head that performs a recording on a medium on the endless transport belt, and a cleaning unit that cleans the endless transport belt. The cleaning unit includes a cleaner, making contact with the endless transport belt in a width direction thereof, so as to clean the endless transport belt with a cleaning liquid; a cleaning liquid tank, storing the cleaning liquid and includes at least a part of the cleaner; and a moving mechanism, supporting the cleaner and the cleaning liquid tank, and moving the cleaner in a horizontal direction between a contact position where the cleaner makes contact with the endless transport belt and a separated position where the cleaner is separated from the endless transport belt.
US10525726B2
A printing method includes a step of forming a first image by ejecting a pretreatment liquid, and a step of forming a second image on the first image by ejecting a colored ink onto the first image. Here, the first image is allowed to include an extra portion by which the edge of the first image exists on the outside of the edge of the second image. Further, an amount of the ejection of the pretreatment liquid onto the extra portion per area at a position on the extra portion is allowed to be decreased further as the position is located further toward the outside from the edge of the second image.
US10525725B2
There is provided an image recording method including applying a first ink and a second ink, each of which contains a surfactant and the like, to a recording medium. Critical micelle concentration c1 (mass %) of the surfactant and concentration c2 (mass %) of the surfactant in each ink satisfy a relationship of “c1×2≤c2”; an HLB value of the surfactant is smaller than 13; content V1 (mass %) of the surfactant in the first ink is larger than content V2 (mass %) of the surfactant in the second ink.
US10525719B2
A valve unit includes a flow path member having an opening surface that has a flow path opening of a liquid flow path, a valve having a sealing surface configured to seal the flow path opening, and a sealing member disposed on one of a peripheral portion of the flow path opening in the opening surface and a portion of the sealing surface facing the peripheral portion. The sealing surface is configured to be moved forward and backward relative to the opening surface to open and close the flow path opening. The sealing member is configured to be in contact with the peripheral portion of the flow path opening and the sealing surface when the valve is closed. The sealing member includes a fluorinated polyether.
US10525718B2
A reservoir for an inkjet printer, comprising: a 1st compartment (10), comprising at least one 1st part (101) called the upper part, and a 2nd part (102) called the lower part delimited by a convergent shaped wall (14), and a 2nd compartment (20) delimited by a lateral wall, the 2nd part of the 1st compartment (10) being placed in the 2nd compartment (20), the wall (22) of which surrounds it radially, when these 2 compartments are assembled to each other, 1st drawing off means (26) to connect the inside with the outside of the 1st compartment (10), and 2nd drawing off means (28) to connect the inside with the outside of the 2nd compartment (20); a cover (40) to close the 1st compartment (10).
US10525711B2
A method of manufacturing a liquid ejecting head has a first molding step, a step of performing positioning and a second molding step. In the first molding step, a first member, a second member, and a third member are molded by injecting a resin at different locations inside of a set of a fixed mold, an intermediate movable mold, and a movable mold. In the step of performing positioning, the set is detached in a first direction and the intermediate movable mold and the movable mold are moved in a second direction. In the second molding step, a resin is injected to the inside of the set that is clamped to bond. During a period from the first molding step to completion of the second molding step, the first member, the second member, and the third member are held by insert mold pieces used for molding the members, respectively, in the first molding step.
US10525709B2
A nozzle plate includes a nozzle open to one surface of the nozzle plate to eject ink, and a diamond-like carbon (DLC) layer disposed adjacent to the one surface. The DLC layer has surface irregularities including recesses and protrusions. The protrusions adjoining one another have ends to be in contact with the ink. The ends are located at mutually different positions in a direction intersecting the one surface.
US10525707B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a flow path forming substrate, a vibration plate that is formed on one surface side of the flow path forming substrate, a plurality of piezoelectric elements that are provided on the vibration plate, a protective substrate that is bonded to the one surface side of the flow path forming substrate and has a flow path, a flow path member that is bonded to a side of the protective substrate opposite to the flow path forming substrate, a drive circuit that is mounted in a space formed so as to be surrounded by the flow path forming substrate, the protective substrate, and the flow path member, a filler that is filled between the drive circuit and the protective substrate, and a protective film that is formed on an inner wall, in which the protective film has an exposure hole exposing a surface of the filler.
US10525704B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a scanner unit, a scanner drive section that drives the scanner unit, a head unit that is provided with an ejection section, a drive signal generation section that generates a drive signal driving the ejection section, a casing in which the head unit is disposed, a temperature information output section that outputs temperature information indicating a value corresponding to a temperature in the casing, and a stop control section that decides a time length of the stop period in which generation of the drive signal is stopped based on the temperature information, in which the time length is longer when the scanner unit is driven than when the scanner unit is not driven.
US10525699B2
A tablet printing device includes a first conveying disk that conveys a tablet while sucking and supporting a side surface of the tablet and an inkjet head capable of applying print processing to the front and back surfaces of the tablet conveyed by the conveying disk. The tablet is conveyed while being supported by a second conveying disk at its front and back surfaces and subjected to inspection of the side surface by a side surface inspection device. The tablet is transferred from the second conveying disk to the first conveying disk at a tablet delivery part and then supported by a suction hole formed in an end surface of the first conveying disk with the front and back surfaces fully exposed. The front and back surfaces are subjected to print processing ead, followed by print inspection, and only a non-defective tablet is discharged through a non-defective tablet discharge part.
US10525690B2
A method of manufacturing an inductor core includes controlling a flow of magnetic material and a flow of binder material to a nozzle such that the flow magnetic material merges with the flow of binder material at a focal point of a preheater, preheating the magnetic material and the binder material by energizing the preheater, mixing the magnetic material and the binder material according to a ratio based on a magnetic permeability distribution of the inductor core, and depositing the magnetic material and the binder material on a surface to form the inductor core having three layers with recessed patterns defined between the layers for receiving a coil.
US10525687B2
A tandem system of metering and donor rolls is used to apply two different adhesives to a fully adhesive backed multilayer sheet to produce variably distributed adhesives and properties. Each of the two adhesives is unique and is cured differently to create a layer of adhesive that has differing adhesive properties on the sheet. A clear adhesive is applied to a top portion of cards before they are cut from the sheet and has a higher tackiness than the adhesive applied to the rest of the cards on the sheet in order to reduce glue buildup on blades cutting the cards from the sheet.
US10525677B2
An interlayer film for laminated glass that has a one-layer structure or a two or more layer-structure includes a first layer containing a thermoplastic resin, wherein the first layer has a glass transition temperature of 10° C. or lower, and wherein the interlayer film has an equivalent stiffness of 2.4 MPa or greater at 25° C.
US10525666B2
An optical laminate structure includes a light control laminate having at least one light reflection layer, a first quarter wave plate laminated on one of surfaces of the light reflection layer, and a second quarter wave plate laminated on another surface of the light reflection layer. The light reflection layer includes a right-handed circularly polarized light reflection layer or a left-handed circularly polarized light reflection layer, and an angle formed by a polarization axis of the S-polarized light or P-polarized light incident from a position inclined from an axis perpendicular to a surface of the light control laminate by 45° or more and 65° or less and a slow axis of the first quarter wave plate on a side to which the S-polarized light or P-polarized light is incident is 5° or more and less than 45°.
US10525660B2
The present invention provides a tape with a given width, said tape being composed of an assembly of filaments extending in a direction substantially parallel to the length of the tape, and between which a powder of a polymeric material is distributed, each face of said tape being associated with a nonwoven of polymeric fibers.
US10525654B2
A manifold skin/side trim combination for a domestic kitchen appliance built into a cabinet is provided. The combination includes a manifold skin having a main skin body having a first surface and a second surface, and an opening in the first surface; and a side trim of the domestic kitchen appliance configured to be positioned adjacent to a front face of the cabinet, the side trim having a main section, an insertion extension that extends into the opening, and a transition section that connects the insertion extension to the main section such that the insertion section extends at an extension angle greater than zero degrees relative to the main section. An outside surface of the main section of the side trim is in the same plane as the second surface of the main skin body, and the second surface is adjacent to the first surface.
US10525651B2
The disclosure relates to a wood material panel pressing device for pressing a fibrous press cake in order to produce a wood material panel, including an inspection device that is designed to emit a signal in the event of a disruption. According to the disclosure, the inspection device has a camera and an evaluation unit, the camera is arranged in an intake region of the wood material panel pressing device and the evaluation unit is designed to automatically carry out a method featuring the steps: (i) continuous recording of images (B) of the intake region, (ii) continuous detection of measurement data for evaluation region pixels of images (B), which belong to a predefined evaluation region comprising at least one region bordering a target horizontal of the fibrous press cake at the top, such that evaluation data is obtained, and (iii) emission of a signal if the evaluation data changes by more than a predefined tolerance value (DT).
US10525650B2
A baler is provided that includes a housing that defines a baling chamber and a plunger movable along an axis within the baling chamber to compress the crop material. The baler includes a first guide rail coupled to an exterior surface of the baling chamber and a second guide rail coupled to the exterior surface of the baling chamber. The baler includes at least one bearing coupled to the plunger to guide a movement of the plunger within the baling chamber. The bearing has a first bearing surface, a second bearing surface and a third bearing surface. The first bearing surface engages the first guide rail, the second bearing surface engages the first guide rail and the third bearing surface engages the second guide rail to constrain a vertical movement and a lateral movement of the plunger relative to the baling chamber.
US10525649B2
A servo motor controller comprises: a position command generation unit; a position detection unit; a position control unit that generates a velocity command for position control based on a position command and a position FB; a force command generation unit that generates a force command for instructing force to be applied to a subject by a driving target; a force detection unit; a force control unit that generates a velocity command for force control based on the force command and a force FB; a selection unit that selects one of the position control and the force control; and a storage unit that stores a force threshold. The selection unit selects one of the velocity commands for the position control and the force control of a smaller value. If the force FB is smaller than the force threshold, the selection unit selects the velocity command for the position control.
US10525645B2
In manufacturing a functional plastic lens by loading a functional sheet S having a difference in the accuracy of bending in directions, into a mold 50 and by performing insert molding to integrally mold a lens body with the functional sheet S, a direction in which the accuracy of the bending to the functional sheet S is high is made to be a reference axis A, and the functional sheet S is loaded into the mold 50 to inhibit a filling direction of resin and the reference axis A from being orthogonal to each other. With this arrangement, the functional plastic lens having high quality is provided.
US10525642B2
A preform is infused with a resin to form a composite laminate. The preform is placed between a mold and a vacuum bag. An offset tool is placed to permit the vacuum bag to lift away from a surface of the preform in a controlled amount. A charge of the resin is injected between the vacuum bag and the preform to lift the vacuum bag off the surface of the preform and move the vacuum bag toward the offset tool, so that the resin occupies a volume between the vacuum bag and the preform. The preform is infused with the resin by applying a super-atmospheric pressure to an outer surface of the vacuum bag to transport the resin from the volume between the vacuum bag and the preform into a volume within the preform. The resin in the preform is cured, forming the composite laminate.
US10525632B2
Methods, systems, and devices for precision locating additively manufactured components for assembly and/or post processing manufacturing are provided for herein. In some embodiments, at least one component can be additively manufactured to include one or more kinematic features on one or more surfaces of the component. The kinematic feature(s) can be configured to engage complementary kinematic feature(s) formed in a second component so the two components can form an assembly. Alternatively, the kinematic feature(s) can be configured to engage complementary kinematic feature(s) associated with a post-processing machine such that the one or more post-processing actions can be performed on the component after the component is precisely located with respect to the machine by way of the kinematic features of the component and associated with the machine. A variety of systems and methods that utilize kinematic features are also provided.
US10525629B2
An additive manufacturing (AM) system comprising a process distortion compensation computing system configured to determine a digital nominal model that represents a physical target object excluding a distortion, and a digital distortion model that represents the physical target object including at least one distortion. The AM system further comprises an AM peripheral device configured to form a three-dimensional physical object based on a digital compensation model. The process distortion compensation computing system determines a material volume difference between the digital nominal model and the digital distortion model, and generates the digital compensation model that compensates for the material volume difference.
US10525623B2
Provided is a mold opening/closing device that can prevent a ball screw shaft from reaching a risky speed while using a ball screw having a cantilever supporting structure. A mold clamping device according to the present invention is provided with: a ball screw having a ball screw shaft and a ball screw nut that meshes with the ball screw shaft; and a motor that drives the ball screw. One end of the ball screw shaft is supported by a fixation plate or a movable plate so as to be rotatable or non-rotatable, while being restricted in movement in an axial direction and thereby serving as a fixed end, and the other end thereof serves as a free end. Further, the mold clamping device is characterized in that a distance between the ball screw nut and the fixed end is shorter than a distance between the fixed plate and the movable plate.
US10525616B2
An improved guide rail in particular for a transport device or stretching unit is distinguished inter alia by the following features—the cooling device comprises at least one cooling duct which extends in a zigzag shape inside the guide rail and which is formed by connected transverse bores, and/or—the guide rail comprises at least two half-shells or halves between which a flexible tube is arranged in a sandwich-like manner to form at least one cooling duct, and/or—at least one cooling duct is arranged outside the guide rail so as to extend parallel thereto, and, in the longitudinal direction of the guide rail, in each case bores extending transversely thereto are made, into which bores outwardly projecting heat lines and/or heat pipes are inserted.
US10525614B2
A built-in and process-adaptive formulation of antimicrobial commodity thermoplastic resins with mixed compositions comprising of a polymer, a backbone linker, and a non-labile antifouling and biocompatible coupling agent which is melt-processable and enabled to be manufactured into finished products in the form of solid, monolith, tube, composite, fiber, film, sheet and varnish without the prerequisite of biocides or antimicrobial additives is disclosed. The said formulation is adapted to thermoforming and thermal curing processes including but not limited to melt compounding, spinning, extrusion, molding, compression foaming and drawing. The antimicrobial property is attributed to the persistent formation of a non-stick bacteria-repellent tethered layer in which the antifouling component of the said formulation is heterogeneously phase separated and/or surface migrated to the surface after product forming in order to minimize adsorption and/or colonization of bacteria.
US10525609B2
A cutting device for spiral cutting a vegetable includes a mounting surface that engages the vegetable and is rotated using a motor, which causes rotation of the vegetable. The mounting surface may be moved toward a cutting surface using a lever arm that transmits only a portion of a manual force applied to the lever arm in a direction toward the mounting surface, facilitating precise movement of the mounting surface and a consistent size and shape of the resulting vegetable strands. Movement of the vegetable relative to the cutting surface may pass the vegetable through a slotted blade and a secondary blade. The spacing of cutters in the slotted blade determines the width of vegetable strands produced by the cutting apparatus, while the placement of the secondary blade determines the thickness of the strands. The position of the secondary blade may be adjustable to control the thickness.
US10525606B2
A knife structure allowing rapid and safe replacement, and secure positioning of, a blade disposed along with its handle structure; wherein the knife structure includes the blade, an engaging and pushing plate, and an engaging and positioning base; a first connecting member is fixed to the engaging and pushing plate and is movably engaged in the blade and the engaging and positioning base; an engaging block is fixed to the engaging and positioning base and is movably engaged in the blade and the engaging and pushing plate; and the first connecting member is locked to the engaging and positioning base upon assembly of the knife structure. Once unlocked via a pushing and unlocking key, the first connecting member can be used to push the engaging and pushing plate and the blade simultaneously, allowing the blade to be pushed out of engagement with the engaging block and then detached for replacement.
US10525605B2
A cutting device is disclosed. The cutting device has a body member, a cutting member that is removably attachable to the body member, and a cover member that is movably disposed on the body member, the cover member including a protrusion. The body member has a recess configured to receive the protrusion. The recess includes a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction.
US10525602B2
An automation component or clamping device includes a basic housing, at least one jaw movably guided in a jaw guide of the basic housing, and a piston movably guided in the basic housing, wherein the piston has a piston surface, wherein the piston is coupled in terms of movement to the jaw, and wherein a piston rod extending on the piston transversely with respect to the piston surface, wherein the centroid of the piston surface is spaced apart from the central longitudinal axis of the piston rod.
US10525601B2
An example robot includes: a motor disposed within a housing at a joint configured to control motion of a member of a robot; a controller including one or more printed circuit boards (PCBs) disposed within the housing and including a plurality of field-effect transistors (FETs) disposed on a surface of a PCB of the one or more PCBs facing the motor; a rotary position sensor mounted on the controller; a shaft coupled to a rotor of the motor and extending therefrom to the controller; and a magnet mounted within the shaft at an end of the shaft facing the controller.
US10525593B1
Embodiments herein describe a robotic pick and stow storage system with a built-in consolidation function that increases the storage density. The system can include a stowing robot, a consolidation robot, and individual containers. The stowing robot may pick an item, identify a free space in the container large enough for the item, and then place the item in the free space. The items placed in the container may have a space between it and a neighboring item or items (referred to herein as a stow buffer) due to uncertainties or inaccuracies in the stowing process. The embodiments herein describe a stow and consolidation action that reduces the stow buffers thereby providing additional space in the container for more items. The consolidation robot can tilt and vibrate the container such that the items move closer together thereby generating free space for additional items in the container.
US10525586B2
A robot includes a robot main body including an A-arm which rotates around an A-rotation axis, a B-arm which is cantilevered off the A-arm and rotates around a B-rotation axis, and a C-arm which is connected to the B-arm, to which an end effector is attached, and which rotates around a C-rotation axis. The A-arm includes a first restriction that is not exposed to the outside of the robot main body. The B-arm includes a clamp which is connected to the end effector and restricts a position of a flexible wiring or pipe, a second restriction that is not exposed to the outside of the robot main body and contacts on the first restriction, and a hole through which the wiring or the pipe is inserted. The C-arm includes a through-hole which penetrates the C-arm along the axial direction of the C-rotation axis.
US10525582B2
A power tool includes a housing, a power output element for outputting power, a motor for driving the power output element to output power, and a surface light source device for providing illumination. The surface light source device is mounted on the housing and the surface light source device includes a light exit surface allowing the surface light source device to emit light.
US10525576B1
Disclosed is a hammer assembly includes a hammer with a head portion and a handle portion with a cavity, and a nail holder assembly that includes a holder component and a sliding component, wherein the nail holder assembly is configured to be removably stored in the cavity of the handle portion of the hammer.
US10525574B2
A driving tool including a driver configured to drive out a fastener, a piston to which the driver is connected, a cylinder in which the piston is disposed so as to be reciprocated, a head valve which is slidably mounted to an outer circumferential side of the cylinder and controls a flow of compressed air into the cylinder, and a seal portion which is provided to face an opening edge of the head valve. The seal portion includes a lip portion protruding along an outer circumferential surface of the head valve.
US10525572B2
An electric ratchet wrench includes a driving member rotatably mounted in a body for driving a fastener. A pawl device is pivotably mounted to the driving member. First and second ring gears are rotatably mounted around the driving member and mesh with the pawl device. A direction switching rod is pivotably mounted to the driving member. A spur gear is mounted on a transmission shaft rotatably received in the body and meshes with the first and second ring gears. A clutch member is mounted on the transmission shaft and is releasably coupled with another clutch member coupled to a motor. The transmission shaft can be driven by the motor to drive the spur gear, the first and second ring gears, and the driving member.
US10525567B2
The present invention provides a CMP abrasive pad conditioner, comprising a bottom substrate; an intermediate layer located on the bottom substrate, the intermediate layer including a hollow portion and an annular portion surrounding the hollow portion, the annular portion being provided with a plurality of bumps; and a diamond film located on the intermediate layer, and forming a plurality of abrasive projections corresponding to the bumps of the intermediate layer; in this case, a top surface of the abrasive projections is formed with a patterned configuration and the top surface is provided with a center line average roughness (Ra) between 2 and 20.
US10525562B2
A rotary table device includes: a case; a spindle having an axis hole that is provided rotatably in the case and extends through along an axis direction of a center portion; a rotary joint having a rotary shaft attached non-rotatably to the axis hole of the spindle; and a clamp mechanism arranged in a rear end side of the case and having a component attached non-rotatably to the spindle, the rotary shaft having an attachment flange unit with the spindle in a front end portion, the rotary shaft inserted to the axis hole from the front end side of the spindle to be attached to the spindle by the attachment flange unit, a rear end portion of the rotary shaft projecting from a rear end surface of the spindle, the component of the clamp mechanism mounted to a rear end portion of the rotary shaft projecting from the rear end surface of the spindle from a rear end side, and contacting with and externally fit to an outer circumferential surface of the rear end portion.
US10525560B2
A tool holder has a main body and a holding pin onto which a rotary tool having a corresponding holding bore can be placed. At least one channel for transporting coolant or lubricant, the channel leading to the outer circumference of the holding pin, is arranged in the tool holder. In order to enable cooling of the cutting edges of the rotary tool without great production complexity, at least one longitudinal groove for conducting the coolant or lubricant in a longitudinal direction of the holding pin is arranged on the outer circumference of the holding pin.
US10525558B2
A chuck body includes a base, a fixed gripper finger, a cylinder mount, a slide, and a movable gripper finger. The base includes a planar member. The fixed gripper finger is fixedly provided on the planar member at a position spaced from a longitudinal end of the planar member. The cylinder mount is mounted on the planar member, and includes a cylinder and a linear actuator operably engaging the cylinder to linearly move the cylinder in a longitudinal direction of the planar member toward and away from the fixed gripper finger. The slide is secured to a distal end of the cylinder and is integrally movable with the cylinder. The movable gripper finger is secured to the slide and positioned to cooperate with the fixed gripper finger to grip an associated work object when moved toward the fixed gripper finger by the linear actuator.
US10525554B2
The invention features methods and apparatuses for thermally regulating a laser processing head. A thermal regulation device includes a body shaped to matingly engage a laser processing nozzle and to define a fluid flow boundary of a liquid flow passage between the body and an exterior surface of the laser processing nozzle when the thermal regulation device is affixed to the laser processing nozzle. The thermal regulation device also includes an inlet formed in a first end of the body and configured to provide liquid to the liquid flow passage, the liquid remaining external to an exterior surface of the laser processing nozzle. The thermal regulation device also includes an outlet formed in a second end of the body opposite the first end. The outlet is configured to exhaust liquid from the liquid flow passage.
US10525552B2
The present invention involves laser machining polymer substrates to form a stent with laser parameters that minimize damage to the substrate in a surface region adjacent to the machined edge surface. The wavelength and pulse width are selected for this unique application and they can be controlled to minimize the surface modifications (such as voids, cracks which are induced by the laser-material interaction) which contribute to the variation in mechanical properties with distance from the edge surface, bulk mechanical properties, or a combination thereof.
US10525544B2
Systems and methods of the present invention are directed to welding systems having a welding power supply and wire feeder, where the power supply and wire feeder communicate over the welding power cables. In exemplary embodiments, the wire feeder communicates with the power supply over the welding cables using current draw pulses which are generated and recognized by the power supply. Similarly, the power supply generates voltage pulses which are transmitted over the welding power cables and recognized by the wire feeder.
US10525536B2
A tool for roughening a borehole surface. The tool includes a coupling portion for clamping the tool in a drilling machine; and a tool head for machining the borehole surface, where the tool head comprises a cutter that is circumferentially disposed on the tool head, and where the tool head has at least one slit, which passes through from one side to the other and which, starting from an end face of the tool head, and extends axially along a longitudinal axis of the tool.
US10525534B2
A workpiece is conveyed from a first fixed point to a second fixed point by a conveyor in a chucked state. A phase of the workpiece that is being conveyed by the conveyor is detected by a detector. The workpiece conveyed to the second fixed point by the conveyor is seated on a seating part. A workpiece seating phase of the seating part is adjusted by an adjustor to the phase of the workpiece detected by the detector.
US10525532B2
Process for additive manufacturing of at least one part. At least one layer of powder is deposited on a working surface using a layering device for distributing the powder mobile in translation along the surface and at least partly fusing the layer deposited using a beam of energy. The depositing and fusing steps are repeated in order to form the part by stacking of fused layers. The distribution component of the layering device is mobile in a direction substantially parallel to the direction of the length of each fused layer of the part. The depositing and fusing steps are repeated in order to form the part so that the length of the part extends along a direction substantially parallel to the stacking direction of the fused layers and so that the head of the part is oriented substantially perpendicular to the working surface.
US10525531B2
The present invention relates to a method for prolonging lifetime of a triod electron beam source when forming a three-dimensional article through successively depositing individual layers of powder material that are fused together so as to form the article, the method comprising the steps of: adjusting a cathode heating power at a predetermined value above a threshold heating value, which threshold heating value creates a predetermined X-ray signal emanating from the triod electron beam source, fusing the three-dimensional article with the electron beam source having the cathode heating power at a predetermined value above a threshold heating value.
US10525519B2
A container, such as a beverage or food can is provided, which includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a bottom portion extending between the first and second sidewalls. The material of the bottom portion is stretched relative to the first sidewall and the second sidewall to form a thinned preselected profile, such as a dome. The material of the container at or about the dome has a substantially uniform thickness. The container is formed from a blank of material, which has a base gauge prior to being formed. After being formed, the blank of material of the container at or about the dome has a thickness less than the base gauge. Tooling having a clamp bead, or a progressive clamp bead, for selectively forming a blank of material into a container, as well as an associated method are also disclosed.
US10525515B2
A method for deriving the position of a pushing roll, applied even when there is a difference between the actual processed shape and a theoretical solution (a numerical analysis solution) due to changes in a state of a processing machine or the bending characteristic of the material to be processed. The rolls have a pyramid-like shape, and the operation amount of a pushing roll is changed while continuously feeding a material, thereby bending the material. Also, for each position of the fixed pushing roll, the radius of curvature of the material is measured and the bending characteristic is grasped in advance. From the design shape, the radius of curvature and the operation amount for bringing the pushing roll into contact are obtained. The operation amount of the pushing roll is then determined.
US10525513B2
Reliably safe remediated construction aggregate derived from excavated contaminated spoil remediated with a system and method using a sorbent in a verified process of testing and analysis of spoil before and after remediation and of adjusting amounts of sorbent and supplemental water mixed with contaminated spoil.
US10525512B2
A device for conveying and holding a sheet of glass, includes a conveyor and a holder configured to hold a sheet of glass in position, in particular in a horizontal position, wherein the conveyor comprises at least two spaced-apart and parallel lateral conveying systems extending longitudinally in the conveying direction and intended to be positioned in such a way as to support the lateral sides of the sheet of glass, and the holder comprises at least one holding system placed above the lateral conveying systems and above the sheet of glass and intended to limit the amplitude of the movements of the sheet of glass.
US10525511B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a pipe pig. The pipe pig comprises a first mounting hub coupled to a mandrel and a first sealing element. The pipe pig further comprises two chassis, each of which is coupled to the mounting hub and the sealing element.
US10525499B2
The control unit, when a first condition in which a minimum value of a suppliable time that is a time it takes for an amount of liquid contained in each supply-side sub tank to reach an amount corresponding to a switching preparation time necessary for switching between the refill-side sub tank and the supply-side sub tank is less than or equal to a maximum value of a full refill refilling time that is a period from when refill processing for performing refilling of the liquid from the main tank is started in each of the plurality of refill-side sub tanks until a state is achieved in which the refill-side sub tank is fully re-filled with liquid and can supply the liquid is satisfied, the refill processing is performed on the plurality of refill-side sub tanks.
US10525498B2
A slot coating apparatus having an improved coating bead region is disclosed. An embodiment of the invention provides a slot coating apparatus configured to coat a coating liquid containing a high concentration of particles over a substrate, where the slot coating apparatus includes: a first slot die that is arranged at a downstream side of the coating liquid; a second slot die that is arranged at an upstream side of the coating liquid and is positioned facing the first slot die; a coating bead cover that extends from one side of the first slot die along a movement direction of the substrate; and a pressure adjustment device that is disposed at the second slot die side and is configured to form a pressure gradient between the downstream and the upstream.
US10525493B2
A pump for a receptacle (10), in particular a bottle intended to contain a cosmetic product. The pump (1) has a pumping chamber (8) with a variable volume defined at least partly by a deformable membrane (3). The pump (1) functioning by varying the volume of the chamber (8) by elastic deformation of the membrane (3) between an initial state in which the chamber (8) has a maximum volume and a deformed state in which the volume of the chamber (8) is minimum. The chamber (8) being provided with an inlet orifice (22) and an outlet orifice for the product. The pump (1) has a means for deforming the membrane configured to exert a pressure on the membrane (3) and a guide rod (20) passing through the membrane (3). The membrane (3) slides along the rod (20) when it undergoes said deformation.
US10525487B2
A garden watering device is configured for use in handheld and ground-based operation. The garden watering device includes a device body having a water inlet and a handle. The garden watering device also includes at least one water distribution member adapted to spray in multiple patterns. In one example, the at least one water distribution member includes an elongate tube with a series of discharge outlets and a multi-pattern head with at least one flow outlet. The garden watering device also includes a flow route selector that routes water to either the elongate tube or the multi-pattern head.
US10525485B2
A water extractor includes an outer duct with an inlet and an outlet, and an inner duct with an inlet and an outlet. The inner duct is positioned in the outer duct. The water extractor further includes a gap between the inner duct and the outer duct. The gap is tapered between a first position and a second position.
US10525482B2
A magnetic separator is provided with one or more components that may enhance separation of magnetic and nonmagnetic materials. The one or more components may comprise at least one of a slide and a scraper blade.
US10525469B2
A hand-held molecular diagnostic test device includes a housing, an amplification (or PCR) module, and a detection module. The amplification module is configured to receive an input sample, and defines a reaction volume. The amplification module includes a heater such that the amplification module can perform a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on the input sample. The detection module is configured to receive an output from the amplification module and a reagent formulated to produce a signal that indicates a presence of a target amplicon within the input sample. The amplification module and the detection module are integrated within the housing.
US10525462B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for sorting a particle based on a characteristic of a particle.
US10525458B2
With respect to a clean air device, in order to provide a device structure and an air cleaning unit inspecting method capable of supplying clean air through a filter and also capable of measuring the amount of dust in a workroom space in which blown air forms a laminar flow such that an increase in the amount of dust can be accurately detected, the clean air device comprises an air cleaning unit, a rectifying unit arranged downstream of the air cleaning unit configured to rectify air blown from the air cleaning unit and form a laminar flow, and a workroom arranged downstream of the rectifying unit, wherein at least one suction port is provided on a wall surface in a space formed between the air cleaning unit and the rectifying unit, configured to draw out the air in the space to an exterior.
US10525449B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a nickel-based catalyst promoted with aluminium compounds with increased resistance to thermal deactivation and to the nickel-based catalyst thus obtained. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of said catalyst in a steam reforming process starting from hydrocarbons for producing hydrogen or synthesis gas.
US10525446B2
The invention pertains to a process for in-situ regeneration of activated carbon loaded with trihalomethane (THM). Based on the invention, this is achieved with alkaline hydrolysis of the THM with increased temperatures within the activated carbon in halogen-free, good water-soluble, or gaseous compounds. After completion of the chemical hydrolysis treatment, the activated carbon is cleared of reagents and reaction products by rinsing with water and diluted acids, and is then available for reloading in the untreated water flow. During the entire cleaning process, the activated carbon bed must not be moved.
US10525442B2
Method and apparatus for controlling metals in a liquid are described. The liquid is contacted with a hexahydrotriazine and/or a hemiaminal material, and metal is adsorbed from the liquid onto the material. The hexahydrotriazine and/or hemiaminal material may be made from a diamine and an aldehyde.
US10525441B2
The invention relates to a processing system comprising at least one pressurization device; at least one separation device; at least one conversion section; at least one valve unit between the at least one pressurization device and the at least one conversion part; at least one valve unit between the at least one conversion part and the at least one separation unit; where the conversion section comprises at least two parallel conversion units; where each conversion unit comprises at least one heating device, at least one reactor device, and at least one cooling device.
US10525434B1
A chemical reactor for use in a chemical process wherein a reactant and/or a target product is prone to produce undesirable byproducts through secondary reactions. The reactor is configured with a first flow passage for passing a flow of an overly reactive reactant; a permeable first wall for controlled flow of the overly reactive reactant into a second flow passage providing a flow of a second reactant; a permeable second wall having a catalyst supported on an inner surface thereof for catalyzing reaction of the reactants flowing in the second flow passage; the permeable second wall passing through a flow containing the target product; and a non-permeable third wall defining a third flow passage for exiting the product mixture. The reactor can be employed in selective oxidation, oxidative dehydrogenation, and alkylation processes to reduce the formation of byproducts.
US10525433B2
A process for preparing nanocapsules having a core-shell structure, comprising:(a) preparing an oil-in-water emulsion by emulsification of an oily phase that comprises a core material, in an aqueous phase, under high shear forces, wherein one or both of the oily phase, and the aqueous phase comprises a sol-gel precursor; (b) subjecting the emulsion obtained in (a) to a high pressure homogenization to obtain a nano-emulsion; and (c) applying conditions for hydrolyzing and polycondensing the sol-gel precursor to obtain nanocapsules having a metal oxide shell encapsulating the core material, said nanocapsules have a particle size distribution of: d10=10-80 nm, d50=30-200 nm, and d90=70-500 nm, in diameter. The invention also relate to nanocapsules having the above particle size distribution and to composition comprising the nanocapsules.
US10525432B2
There is described a versatile and environment-friendly one-pot process for the preparation of nanoparticles of noble metals in hydrogel, obtainable at room temperature using quaternized hydroxyethylcellulose.
US10525431B2
A cold-wall reactor for suspension-bed hydrogenation includes a reactor body including a reaction product outlet, cold hydrogen gas inlet and feed inlet. The reactor body includes a housing, surfacing layer and thermal insulation liner. An inner lining cylinder is fixedly arranged inside the reactor body with an outlet connected with the reaction product outlet. A side wall of the inner lining cylinder and an inner side wall of the reactor body define a cavity serving as a first circulation channel. A second circulation channel is arranged on the inner lining cylinder side wall. The inner lining cylinder communicates with the first circulation channel through the second circulation channel. In suspension-bed hydrogenation, material temperature is more uniform, reaction efficiency is improved, materials coking is reduced, thermal insulation liner issues are prevented, and the temperature of the outer wall of the reactor body is lower than the temperature of the medium.
US10525427B2
A reactor for hydrocarbon production that separates wax reaction products from lightweight gaseous reaction products. The reactor has a housing, a catalyst bed, a product recovery zone, and a stripping zone. The catalyst bed can be provided in multi-tubular and other fixed bed configurations. The stripping zone receives light-weight gas reaction products from the product recovery zone, while a gas outlet of the housing receives non-lightweight gaseous hydrocarbon reaction products from the product recovery zone. A wax outlet of the housing receives wax products from the product recovery zone.
US10525423B2
A nanofiltration membrane comprising a selective layer comprising or consisting of poly(amide-imide) cross-linked with polyallylamine is provided. A method of manufacturing a nanofiltration membrane and use of a nanofiltration membrane in a water softening process that is carried out at a low pressure of less than about 2 bar are also provided.
US10525422B2
Method of preparing thin film composite forward osmosis membranes using polyethylene porous supports
The present invention relates to a thin film composite forward osmosis membrane with a polyethylene porous support, and a thin film composite forward osmosis membrane which is low cost, has excellent durability and chemical resistance, and outstanding performance (water flux and specific salt flux) may be provided in the present invention.
US10525417B2
Nanoporous selective sol-gel ceramic membranes, selective-membrane structures, and related methods are described. Representative ceramic selective membranes include ion-conductive membranes (e.g., proton-conducting membranes) and gas selective membranes. Representative uses for the membranes include incorporation into fuel cells and redox flow batteries (RFB) as ion-conducting membranes.
US10525415B2
Systems and methods for processing produced water containing organic compounds include a processing vessel; a filtration layer including a filtration material; and a cleaning system that provides a washing solution to the filtration material during a cleaning cycle. The filtration layer is configured such that at least a portion of produced water that enters the processing vessel during a processing cycle of the processing system passes through the filtration layer before leaving the processing vessel. The filtration material is a metal compound such as a metal hydroxide or a metal oxyhydroxide that is substantially insoluble in aqueous solution. The washing solution includes a reagent capable of reducing the metal compound to a reduced compound soluble in aqueous solution while not decomposing the organic compounds. The organic compounds such as crude oil may be recovered from the filtration layer material after the cleaning cycle, and the filtration layer may be regenerated.
US10525409B2
Processes for reducing the amount of a gaseous iodide-containing impurity present in a recycle gas stream used in the production of ethylene oxide, in particular a vinyl iodide impurity, are provided. Processes for producing ethylene oxide, ethylene carbonate and/or ethylene glycol, and associated reaction systems are similarly provided.
US10525406B2
A method of separating gas and a method of making a gas separation membrane. The method of separating gas includes flowing a gas stream through a membrane, in which the membrane comprises a crosslinked mixture of a poly(ether-b-amide) copolymer and an acrylate-terminated poly(ethylene glycol) according to formula (I) or formula (II); and separating the gas stream via the membrane. In formulas (I) and (II), each n is of from 2 to 30; and each R is independently —H or —CH3.
US10525401B2
Some embodiments of the disclosure correspond to, for example, a method for controlling a scrubber containing an adsorbent. The scrubber may be configured to cycle between scrubbing at least one pollutant/gas from a stream of gases with the pollutant/gas being adsorbed onto the adsorbent, and regenerating at least some of the adsorbent and thereby purging at least some of the one pollutant and/or first gas from the adsorbent via a regeneration gas flow. The method may include flowing a stream of gases through the scrubber, the scrubber including the adsorbent and adsorbing at least some of the one pollutant/gas from the stream of gases onto the adsorbent during an adsorption phase over a first time period. The method may also include purging at least a portion of the one pollutant/gas from the adsorbent during a regeneration phase over a second time period with a regeneration gas flow, and cycling therebetween.
US10525393B2
The present invention is a filter mechanism provided in a pump or the like, and the purpose thereof is to provide a filter mechanism that can eliminate foreign matter adhering to the surface of a filter and thereby can prevent clogging of filters because of foreign matter. According to the present invention, an area toward the inside in the direction of the radius of the filter is linked to an intake opening (235) of the pump (for example, a trochoid pump (22)) and, via the pump (22) to a pump ejection opening (trochoid pump ejection opening (215)), and an area between a filter (5) and (an inside wall surface (3i) of) a first casing (3) is linked to a low-pressure ejection opening (discharge opening (237)) for a working fluid.
US10525392B2
A filtration material of the present invention comprises a bulky fiber sheet layer having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, and a triboelectrically-charged nonwoven fabric layer in which two or more types of fibers different in constituent resin are mixed, wherein constituent fibers of the triboelectrically-charged nonwoven fabric layer penetrate into the bulky fiber sheet layer. A three-layer filtration material of the present invention comprises bulky fiber sheet layers having a thickness of 0.5 mm or more, and a triboelectrically-charged nonwoven fabric layer, which is located between the bulky fiber sheet layers, wherein the constituent fibers of the triboelectrically-charged nonwoven fabric layer penetrate into the bulky fiber sheet layers, and both bulky fiber sheet layers contain fibers having a limiting oxygen index of 20 or more, and have a mass per unit area 0.5 times or more than that of the triboelectrically-charged nonwoven fabric layer. A filter element of the present invention comprises the filtration material in a pleated state.
US10525382B2
A method of installing a filter underdrain system includes: positioning a grout pad on a filter floor; positioning an underdrain block onto the grout pad such that the grout pad is displaced when the underdrain block is positioned on the grout pad; and inserting filler grout around the underdrain block.
US10525381B2
A system and method of cleaning a desanding vessel is provided including determining that sand has settled in the accumulation zone of the vessel, isolating and depressurizing the vessel and introducing a flush or wash fluid into the vessel. The wash fluid is introduced via a flush inlet at or near the process gas outlet of the vessel, and at a purge rate to fluidize sand in the accumulation zone and form a slurry. The slurry is collected from the vessel at a flush outlet downstream from the flush inlet. The purge rate is maintained for elutriation of the fluidized sand in the slurry, through the vessel and out of the flush outlet.
US10525378B2
An at least two shaft reactor/mixer, in particular for process engineering treatment of highly viscose, elastic and/or solid containing reaction substance and mixture, in which at the housing inner wall inwardly directed static mixing elements are arranged, which interact with scrapers of the at least two shafts in such a way, that in the area of the spaces between the scrapers the static mixing elements and the housing inner wall sheer forces, in particular a flow disturbance, are generated in an enhanced manner. In addition, there is a system including an end cap for a one or multiple shaft reactor/mixer and a discharge screw connector block being connectable with the end cap in a detachable manner.
US10525377B2
The present invention relates to a coalescence filter for purifying a fluid which contains a carrier and at least one liquid contaminant by coalescing of the at least one contaminant, wherein the coalescence filter includes an inlet for supplying the fluid to a filter element present in the coalescence filter, wherein the filter element includes a primary coalescence medium which is provided for coalescing of the at least one contaminant in the primary coalescence medium during the displacement of the fluid through the primary coalescence medium, wherein the coalescence filter further includes an outlet for discharging the coalesced contaminant from the filter element, wherein the primary coalescence medium comprises at least one layer of a porous material, wherein the primary coalescence medium has a total thickness of at least 3.5 mm.
US10525368B1
In an aspect, a character figure is provided, and includes a body, a hair holder and a clump of hair. The hair holder is mounted to the body and encloses an interior volume therewith. The hair holder at least in part defines hair pass-through apertures including at least first and second hair pass-through apertures. The clump of hair has a central region with a knot that is positioned in the interior volume. The clump of hair further includes a first and second end portions extending from the central region. The first end portion passes through the first hair pass-through aperture to an exterior of the character figure. The second end portion passes through the second hair pass-through aperture to the exterior of the character figure. The knot is unable to pass-through any of the hair pass-through apertures that hair from the clump of hair passes through.
US10525340B2
To allow users who usually play games on a personal computer to enter input to game consoles for domestic use without being stressed.A controller system for game consoles is made up of a game console controller 100 and a mouse 200. The mouse 200 is identical to an ordinary mouse. The game console controller 100 has a structure resembling a part of a keyboard that is used for common personal computers and equipped with at least six keys 120 in a 2-by-3 array. The mouse 200 and the game console controller 100 can be attached to and removed from each other via a cable 210 extending from the mouse 200. The connection between them is an USB connection.
US10525336B2
An image processing system, an image processing method, a program, and an information storage medium for saving more time and effort than ever in excluding an unwanted image from an image to be delivered, the latter image being one in which is disposed an image captured of a user during play of a game, the captured image being disposed in a region occupying a portion of an image indicating the content of the game being played. A play image acquiring section acquires a play image indicative of game play content. A captured image acquiring section acquires a captured image captured by a camera during play of the game. A user image generating section generates a user image occupying in the captured image a region in which is disposed an image of the user as a delivery target. A delivery image to be delivered is generated on the basis of the play image and the user image.
US10525335B2
A system and method for operating a head mounted display (HMD) is provided. The HMD has a head attachment portion and a viewing module coupled to the head attachment portion. The viewing module includes an inner side having a view port into a screen configuring for rendering a virtual reality scene and an exterior housing. A communications module for exchanging data with a computer system is provided and the computer system is configured to generate the virtual reality scene for the screen. A depth camera is integrated into the viewing module and is oriented to capture depth data of an environment in front of the exterior housing. One method includes processing, by the computer system, the depth data captured by the depth camera to identify hands of a user wearing the HMD in the environment. The hands are rendered into the virtual reality scene. The hands are tracked such that movements of the hands appear as movements of virtual hands extending into the virtual reality scene.
US10525331B2
[Problem] In the past, a prescribed action could not be executed through an enjoyable operation. [Solution] The information processing device according to one embodiment comprises an output unit for outputting one or more blank areas corresponding to one or more items of blank area information, and one or more objects; a receiving unit for receiving a move command with respect to the object; a mover unit for moving the object in response to a move command received by the receiving unit; and an execution unit for, in cases where the position of an object moved by the mover unit exists in a predetermined positional relationship with respect to the blank area, executing an action that corresponds to the blank area or moved object.
US10525328B2
An automatic playing card shuffler system including an automatic playing card shuffler and deck of modified playing cards. The modifications relate to asymmetrical information on each card face, back and/or side for identifying playing card orientation. The asymmetrical information is discernable by one or more image-capturing and/or sensors associated with the automatic playing card shuffler. Accordingly, the orientation of the playing cards may be monitored by the automatic playing card shuffler. The orientation data can be analyzed by a processor of the automatic playing card shuffler to determine unusual orientation patterns indicative of advantage play or cheats. Another version utilizes two distinct marks to identify important cards and less important cards.
US10525325B1
A binding system includes a base plate and a strap. The strap has a first end and a second end, the first end being affixed relative to the base plate. A strap adjustment assembly is mounted to the base plate. The second end of the strap is connectable to the strap adjustment assembly such that the strap adjustment assembly is operable to at least one of automatically tighten the strap relative to the base plate and automatically loosen the strap relative to the base plate in response to an input signal.
US10525315B1
A grip assembly for an item if sporting equipment. The grip assembly is built around a core that is an elongated tubular body dimensioned for mounting on a grip mounting portion of the sporting equipment. The tubular body is formed with a three dimensional open structure located between an inner and an outer wall. The outer surface of the outer wall can also be equipped with a sleeve or other cover to facilitate the grip of a user. Sensors and transmission equipment located within the grip structure can be used to transmit data on forces that the grip is being subjected to, to reception equipment located for convenient viewing by a user.
US10525306B2
A functional training rig kit includes a box and a plurality of components adapted to fit within the box. At least some of the components and the box include elements by which the components are adapted to be attached to the outside of the box to provide at least one functional training rig attached to the outside of the box.
US10525296B2
A supervised fire suppression system (10) is disclosed that includes a valve assembly for controlling the release of a fire extinguishing agent from a container (17), an actuator (25) operatively associated with the valve assembly for actuating the valve assembly in the event of a fire, wherein the actuator may be removed from the system for periodic inspection and/or maintenance, and an externally mounted supervisory switching device (16, 30) configured to interact with the actuator to provide an indication relating to removal or disengagement of the actuator from the system for periodic inspection and/or maintenance.
US10525294B2
A control system for use with a fire-fighting device includes a remote component having a touch sensitive screen configured to receive a user-requested parameter of fluid and to display a plurality of indicators associated with the fire-fighting device. The control system also includes a base component including a programmable logic controller having predefined logic stored thereon. The base component automatically controls operation of the pump based on the predefined logic and the user-requested parameter of fluid. The remote component receives signals from the base component and presents, via the touch sensitive screen, at least one of a first of the plurality of indicators indicative of a water volume associated with a first water source stored at a fire fighting device, and a second of the plurality of indicators indicative of a water pressure associated with a second water source remote from the fire-fighting device.
US10525282B2
A brachytherapy ring applicator, kit, and method of use is provided. The brachytherapy ring applicatory includes a tandem, ring colpostat, and a bracket assembly. The tandem has a connector on a proximal end of the tandem and a treatment end on a distal end. The ring colpostat includes a ring member on a distal end of the ring colpostat. The bracket assembly is configured to be locked to both a shaft of the tandem and to a shaft of the ring colpostat such that the distal end of the tandem is firmly maintained in a fixed position relative to the distal end of the ring colpostat, and each of the tandem and the colpostat are entirely self-supporting from the bracket assembly to their distal ends.
US10525278B2
The present invention relates to a light therapy device article of manufacture, system and method for providing light is delivered to the skin by means of one or more optical fibers in therapeutic dosages from light source in wavelengths of 614-624 nm, 668-684 nm, 751-772 nm, and 813-846 nm. The light source may be comprised from one or more light emitting diodes LED disposed on a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) and ferrule adapter assembly configured to deliver light to the skin directly of the patient from the light source disposed on the PCB adjacent a scalp surface. A control circuit operably connected to the PCB is adapted to provide energy to one or more zones of LEDs to address hair loss treatment regimen including splotchy balding, receding hairline balding, crown balding and total scalp surface therapy. Accordingly, a portable, cordless, hands-free light therapy device may configured as a headdress to be worn by the patient to minimize the negative psychological association of hair loss, while still providing effective hair growth treatment at an affordable price.
US10525275B2
Systems and methods for phototherapeutic modulation of nitric oxide in mammalian tissue include use of a first wavelength and first radiant flux of light to stimulate enzymatic generation of nitric oxide, and use of a second wavelength and second radiant flux of light to stimulate release of nitric oxide from endogenous stores of nitric oxide. Pulsed light and/or partially non-overlapping light impingement windows may be used. Non-coherent light impinged on tissue may include a peak wavelength in a range of from 410 nm to 440 nm in the absence of light emissions having a peak wavelength of from 600 nm to 900 nm.
US10525271B2
Presented herein are techniques for initiating a night-time mode of operation in an implantable hearing prosthesis in response to detection of night-time recharging operations. More specifically, an implantable hearing prosthesis comprises a rechargeable battery that is configured to be recharged via an external night-time charging device, such as a pillow charger. The implantable hearing prosthesis is configured to detect inductive charging of the rechargeable battery by the external night-time charging device. In response, the implantable hearing prosthesis is switched to a night-time mode of operation.
US10525266B2
An example of a system may include an electrode arrangement, a neural modulation generator configured to use electrodes in the electrode arrangement to generate a modulation field, a communication module configured to receive commands, a memory configured to store modulation field parameter data, and a controller configured to control the neural modulation generator to generate the modulation field. The controller may be configured to implement a trolling routine to troll the modulation field through neural tissue positions, and implement a marking routine multiple times as the modulation field is trolled through the neural tissue positions to identify when the modulation field provides patient-perceived modulation. The marking procedure implemented by the controller may receive a marking command that indicates that a modulation intensity achieved the patient-perceived modulation, and store in the memory the modulation field parameter data that affects the modulation intensity in response to receiving the marking command.
US10525265B2
A microphone system including a first sensor configured to output a first signal based on an ambient sound relative to a recipient of the system, a second sensor configured to output a second signal corresponding to a noise reference, and first signal processing circuitry configured to process the first signal based on the second signal and output a third signal based on the processed first signal, wherein the system is configured to limit a gain of the third signal based on the presence of impulsive energy in the second signal.
US10525245B2
A tattoo machine camera assembly comprises a camera assembly coupled to a tattoo machine. The tattoo machine camera assembly further comprises a camera mount for coupling the camera assembly to the tattoo machine. The camera mount may be formed separately from the tattoo machine or formed integrally with the tattoo machine. The tattoo machine camera assembly may be formed so that the camera is resistant to vibration created by the operation of the tattoo machine. A method of video recording the tattooing process may also be implemented.
US10525229B2
An anesthetic administration device comprising an infusion device, which is in fluid connection with a regional anesthetic needle by means of a feed tube. The infusion device comprises one or more anesthetic flow devices capable of triggering forward flow, and optionally backward flow, of the local anesthetic through the regional anesthetic needle. Forward, and optionally backward flow, of the local anesthetic through the regional anesthetic needle is controlled by a controller that comprises one or more actuator switches. The one or more actuator switches are positioned on the device 1 such that they may be operated by hand.
US10525227B1
A nasal EPAP dilator is employed as an intranasal device which effect differing degrees of inhibition/easing for exhalation/inhalation. A nasal dilator incorporates an outer housing that functions as a pair of connected mirror image nasal dilators, combined with a differential-action valve mechanism modulating the airflow through the passages defined by the dilators, when inserted. The valve greatly inhibits exhalation, while opening easily to inhalation which in combination with the dilating effect is thereby eased over the absence of the nasal dilator. The nasal dilator housings include spars or a screen for structural support and a stoppage mechanism for the valves and to moderate the degree of movement of a plurality of valves so that the valves can open for inhalation, and are restrained to mostly close during exhalation.
US10525215B2
A system for generating and inhaling vapor of herbs includes a container, a base, a mouth, and an upper surface. An aperture in the surface displaced from a lip of the mouth. The container shown partially filled with water, and a diffuser positioned upon the water. The region within the container above the diffuser defines a vapor chamber. A diagonally-oriented tube includes upper and lower end secured within the aperture. Herbs are placed in an upper end of an herb-burning bowl and a lower end of the bowl having a filter limiting debris from entering the water. An inhalation cylinder having upper end attachable within an open mouth. A vacuum pump includes vacuum input from cylinder and positive pressure output about a level of the vacuum input. The pump providing pressure from bottom to top of the inhalation cylinder and the water surface diffuser to the mouth.
US10525212B2
A single use injector is a disposable injection device that is specifically optimized for production using the blow fill seal (BFS) manufacturing process and includes various mechanisms that render the device inoperable and facilitate its safe disposal after use. The single use injector incorporates an ampoule aseptically filled with a medication that is coupled to a hermetically sealed component system. The hermetically sealed component system incorporates various mechanisms that are actuated during the use of the injection device. The injection device is encased in a removable overtube that prevents contamination. upon removal of the overtube, the injection device is activated, by compression of a needle cap that irreversible punctures the ampoule in order to inject the medication through a needle. The injection device additionally incorporates a shield that deploys over the needle following injection of the medication into a patient.
US10525205B2
A dispense mechanism for a drug delivery device for the delivery of a primary medicament in a primary cartridge and a secondary medicament in a secondary cartridge includes a primary drive member and a secondary drive member serve for driving a primary and a secondary lead screw. The primary drive member and the secondary drive member are configured to rotate during dose dispense. A coupling member serves for rotationally coupling the primary drive member to the secondary drive member and moves from a first position in which the primary drive member is rotationally decoupled from the secondary drive member into a second position in which the primary drive member is rotationally coupled to the secondary drive member during dose dispense. Rotation of the primary drive member moves the coupling member from the first position into the second position.
US10525204B2
The present disclosure provides for a drive assembly for a drug delivery device. The drive assembly comprises a housing; a piston rod having a longitudinal axis, a distal end and a proximal end and being axially movable in a distal direction relative to the housing and a mid-body axially fixed inside of the housing and coupled to the piston rod. The mid-body comprises at least one metal ratchet arm configured to prevent the piston rod from moving in the proximal direction. Moreover, a drug delivery device with such a drive assembly is presented.
US10525203B2
An autoinjector comprising a body (1, 2), and a reservoir (S) containing fluid and including a piston (P) and a needle (A), such as a pre-filled syringe, said autoinjector further comprising a piston rod (5) that is suitable for co-operating with the piston (P) of said reservoir (S), said piston rod (5) being movable between a rest position and an injection position in which said piston rod (5) has moved the piston (P) of the reservoir (S) so as to inject the fluid through the needle (A), an actuator spring (6) being provided so as to urge said piston rod (5) towards its injection position, the autoinjector further comprising a force-adjustment system (7, 8) that exerts a force (F2) on said piston rod (5), said force (F2) adding to the force exerted by said actuator spring (6) on said piston rod (5) at the beginning of injection, so as to amplify the force exerted on said piston (P) by said piston rod (5) at the beginning of injection.
US10525201B2
A medicament delivery device has a drive mechanism that includes a first resilient member and a delay plunger rod assembly that includes a proximal plunger, a distal plunger, a chamber formed between the proximal and the distal plungers, an aperture, and a delay device in the chamber. The distal plunger is positioned and configured in relation to a hold and release mechanism such that, as the drive mechanism exerts a pressure on the medicament container, the distal plunger acts against the delay device, delaying a release of a signal generating member after a release of the drive mechanism to allow remaining contents of medicament in a medicament container to be completely expelled before the signal generating member is released.
US10525198B2
A flow meter for intravenous liquids comprising a vertical inlet passage (2), a parallel indicating chamber (9), a ‘U’ shaped flow-resistant liquid passage (6), and an exit chamber (11). Liquid to be dispensed enters the inlet passage (2) via inlet (5) and moves down the passage to a junction with both the ‘U’ shaped flow-resistant passage (6), and the indicator passage. From the junction, the liquid rises up the indicator passage to a height proportional to the flow rate set by an external flow meter, and also through the flow resistant passage, which has an outlet (8) that delivers the liquid to the exit chamber (11) and from there to a patient through an outlet (12). The meter may be formed by an assembly of two injection molded components, thus reducing manufacturing costs.
US10525194B2
A fluid delivery device comprises a hydraulic pump chamber having a hydraulic fluid. A fluid reservoir is coupled to the hydraulic pump chamber and is configured to contain a fluid deliverable to a patient. A first actuator is coupled to the hydraulic pump chamber and is configured to pressurize the hydraulic pump chamber and configured to transfer energy through the hydraulic pump chamber to the fluid reservoir. A second actuator is coupled to the hydraulic pump chamber and is configured to pressurize the hydraulic pump chamber and configured to transfer energy through the hydraulic pump chamber to the fluid reservoir.
US10525193B2
A medicament delivery device comprises a housing containing a medicament delivery mechanism including an injection needle. A sterilizing mechanism is connected to the housing. An adhesive surface provides for securing the housing to a patient's skin during a medicament delivery process. The sterilizing mechanism is configured such that, in use once the housing is secured to a patient's skin, the sterilizing mechanism can be operated to sterilize an area of the patient's skin to serve as an injection site.
US10525191B1
An ear canal irrigator system having a hand-held spray bottle and a conduit tube connected to the spray bottle by a series of components that allow the tube to be connected without being screwed on and also prevents leakage of fluid. The system further includes an insertion tube connected to the conduit tube by a connecting piece having a splash guard, whereby the insertion tube is configured to be placed at or near the ear canal of a user. The insertion tube is shorter in length that the conduit tube and has a smaller diameter than the conduit tube so that when the fluid flows through the connecting piece into the insertion tube, the fluid has a more powerful fluid stream.
US10525189B2
An extracorporeal alarm suppression method is arranged to be carried out in a continuous renal replacement therapy and/or chronic hemodialysis device and includes the steps of monitoring vascular access pressure, including arterial and/or venous pressure, of a patient using a vascular access pressure monitoring means; detecting an access pressure alarm situation if the arterial or venous pressure is out of predetermined alarm limits; when a first access pressure alarm situation is detected, setting the device to an alarm suppression state reducing the blood flow and therapy flows using an alarm suppression state setting means; detecting that a predetermined alarm suppression state condition is met using a predetermined alarm suppression state condition detecting means, the predetermined alarm suppression state condition including at least a predetermined waiting time having passed or a parameter threshold having been reached after the first access pressure alarm situation has been detected; and when a further access pressure alarm situation is detected after the predetermined alarm suppression state condition has been met, setting the device to a safety state using a safety state setting means, the safety state being a state in which the blood pump is stopped.
US10525185B2
A method of determining a system compressibility value of a medical membrane pump drive is provided which includes moving to a first and second pressure level and detecting a first and second operating parameter value of the membrane pump drive. The system compressibility value is determined on the basis of the detected operating parameter values and the membrane of the membrane pump drive is supported at a rigid surface during the determination of the system compressibility value.
US10525177B2
An implantable system includes a ventricular assist device (VAD), a cuff for attachment to a heart, and a latching mechanism attached to the VAD. The VAD includes an inlet cannula. The cuff defines an outward facing circumferential groove and an opening for the inlet cannula. The cuff includes a plurality of ridges disposed at least partially within the outward facing circumferential groove. The latching mechanism is reconfigurable between an unlatched configuration in which the latching mechanism accommodates insertion of the inlet cannula into the opening and a latched configuration in which the latching mechanism is engaged with the cuff to restrain the position of the inlet cannula relative to the cuff and engaged with at least one of the plurality of ridges to block rotation of the VAD relative to the cuff.
US10525174B2
A vacuum powered ‘pimple puller’ configured to extract pus and other biomaterial from within an individual's or animal's clogged pore with mild suction provided by an external vacuum source, which is channeled through the body of the present invention. The force of the vacuum is focused on the target area of skin by one of a variety of applicator tips designed to be affixed to the head of the present invention while in use. It is the intent of the present invention to successfully remove biomaterial from a pore by rupturing the skin's surface, while minimizing the risk of infection.
US10525173B2
The present disclosure discloses a hybrid implant system for fixing and repairing orthopedic fracture and a manufacturing method therefor. The hybrid implant system comprises an implant body having holes on both ends and a locking part configured for attaching the implant body to a broken bone through the holes. The hybrid implant system further comprises a healing assembly made from a material promoting healing of the bone. The implant body has at least one window on a side, the at least one window is aligned with a broken location of the bone, and the healing assembly is inserted into the window in a self-locking manner towards an interior of the implant body.
US10525170B2
Medical devices with a hydrogel layer covalently attached to a portion of the outer surface of the medical device are provided along with methods for applying the coating. The hydrogel layer can include a first polymer species comprising polyethylene glycol (PEG) and a second polymer species. Examples of the second polymer species include PEG and polyacrylamide (PAM). The first and second species can be at least partially cross-linked. Methods for forming the hydrogel coatings on the medical devices are provided including nucleophilic conjugate reactions, such as Click reactions.
US10525161B2
It is disclosed a biocomposite of hydroxyapatite on graphene oxide sheets and its use for bone tissue engineering applications, such as bone repair, bone augmentation, as well as coating of biomedical implants. Processes for preparing said biocomposites are also described.
US10525159B2
The present invention relates to a liquid preparation for soft contact lenses, particularly hydrogel contact lenses or silicone hydrogel contact lenses. The liquid preparation for contact lenses according to the present invention contains a hydrolyzed hyaluronic acid derivative having a monoether of a linear or branched alkyl group or alkenyl group having 6 or more and 20 or less carbon atoms and glycerol in a side chain. The liquid preparation for soft contact lenses according to the present invention may contain at least one cationic bactericide selected from the group consisting of an alexidine salt, a chlorhexidine salt, a polyhexamethylene biguanide salt and a quaternary ammonium salt. The liquid preparation for soft contact lenses according to the present invention is capable of suppressing adsorption of a cationic bactericide to soft contact lenses, and suppressing occurrence of corneal staining in a wearer.
US10525158B2
The present invention is generally related to a lens care system and method for disinfecting and cleaning contact lenses. A lens care system or method of the invention is based on electrolysis of an aqueous chloride solution for generating germicide species (e.g., chlorine, hypochlorous acid, hypochlorite, or combinations thereof) and subsequent in-situ electrolysis of hypochlorous acid or hypochlorite in the aqueous solution for neutralizing the generated germicide species.
US10525157B2
Alkaline in-use solutions that may be used to disinfect and/or sanitize hard surfaces and which may act as anti-biofilm agents, comprise a disinfectant/sanitizer cleaner solution and an activator solution that are mixed together to form the alkaline in-use solutions. Disinfectant/sanitizer cleaner solution may comprise quaternary ammonium compound and hydrogen peroxide. Activator solution may comprise alkaline buffering agent, chelating agent and soluble silicon dioxide.
US10525155B2
A sterilizer may include: a first pipe having an inner wall with a light reflecting property; a second pipe disposed in the first pipe so as to pass fluid therethrough and formed of a light transmitting material; and a plurality of UV LEDs arranged on the inner wall of the first pipe and configured to irradiate sterilization UV light onto the fluid.
US10525154B2
A system for providing ultraviolet treatment to light absorbing liquids, such as biological liquids in a medical instrument, is disclosed. The system can include an ultraviolet impenetrable housing configured to enclose a portion of the medical instrument containing the biological fluid. At least one ultraviolet radiation source is integrated within the housing that emits ultraviolet radiation towards the medical instrument and the biological fluid. A control unit is configured to direct the ultraviolet radiation source to treat the biological fluid with ultraviolet radiation.
US10525152B2
A new approach to targeting imaging agents to macrophage-rich sites of interest is disclosed. Compositions of the invention are rHDL and HDL-like liposomal compositions, protein constituents of which, apolipoproteins A-I and/or A-II or fragments thereof are used not only as structural but also as targeting agents. This is achieved by certain controlled chemical or enzymatic modification of apolipoproteins A-I or A-II or fragments thereof. Such modification converts these apolipoproteins to substrates for macrophage scavenger receptors and results in the improvement of contrast agent-(HDL/modified apolipoprotein)-particle association with macrophages and/or absorption (uptake) by macrophages when compared to that of the contrast agent-(HDL/apolipoprotein)-particle constructed with non-modified naturally occurring apo A-I. The compositions can be used for noninvasive specific in vivo molecular detection and localization of macrophage-rich sites of interest using imaging techniques such as computed tomography (CT), gamma-scintigraphy, positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
US10525143B2
A conjugate represented by general formula (I), wherein R0 is a C1-6 alkyl, B is an anesthetic, and A is a linking group, and a quaternary ammonium salt is formed at the linking position between B and R0. The conjugate has a prolonged analgesic effect, and can be used in postoperative analgesia or treatment for chronic pain.
US10525130B2
The present invention provides stable pharmaceutical antibody formulations, including liquid drug product formulations and lyophilized drug product formulations, comprising an IgG4 binding agent and a citrate buffer, wherein the pH of the formulation is at or below both pH 6 and the pI of the binding agent. The formulations can be used in the treatment of chronic bowel diseases or rheumatoid arthritis.
US10525124B2
Mixed allergen compositions of two or more different allergens are provided. In some instances, the mixed allergen compositions include: a nut allergen; an animal allergen; and at least one of: a non-nut plant allergen; a biotic agent; and a vitamin. Also provided are methods of administering the mixed allergen compositions to a subject. The mixed allergen compositions find use in a variety of applications, including health maintenance, immune balance, gut balance, immune support, health improvement and therapeutic applications.
US10525123B2
Methods for inducing an immune response against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in HIV-infected subjects undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART) are described. The methods include administering an adenovirus vector primer vaccine and a modified vaccinia virus (MVA) vector booster vaccine encoding mosaic HIV antigens.
US10525121B2
The present invention relates to methods for inducing an immune response to influenza in a subject comprising administering a nanoemulsion vaccine composition comprising an influenza immunogen or protein.
US10525120B2
Embodiments herein relate to compositions of and methods for live viruses. In certain embodiments, a live, attenuated virus composition includes, but is not limited to, one or more live, attenuated viruses and compositions to reduce inactivation and/or degradation of the live, attenuated virus. In other embodiments, the live, attenuated virus composition may be a vaccine composition. In yet other compositions, a live, attenuated virus composition may include at least one carbohydrate, at least one protein and at least one high molecular weight surfactants for reducing inactivation and/or degradation of the live, attenuated virus.
US10525119B2
Cold spot genes of S. pneumoniae are disclosed that encode surface proteins that are universally conserved among known strains and have exceptionally low incidence of allelic variation. Cold spot polypeptides encoded by the genes that are antigenic on the S. pneumoniae cells on which they are expressed are candidates for immunogenic compositions capable of eliciting antibodies able to react with all or nearly all strains of S. pneumoniae, thus providing an improvement over currently available S. pneumoniae vaccines that protect inoculated individuals against a maximum of about 23 of the 94 or so known serotypes of S. pneumonia.
US10525110B2
The technology relates in part to methods for inducing partial apoptosis of cells that express an inducible caspase polypeptide. The technology further relates in part to methods for inducing partial apoptosis of cells that express an inducible modified caspase polypeptide, having a modified dose response curve to the multimeric ligand inducer. The technology also relates in part to methods for cell therapy using cells that express the inducible caspase polypeptide or the inducible modified caspase polypeptide, where the proportion of caspase polypeptide-expressing cells eliminated by apoptosis is related to the administered amount of the multimeric ligand inducer.
US10525100B2
Provided are activating transcription factor 5 (ATF5) peptides having a truncated ATF5 leucine zipper region and, optionally, a cell-penetrating region, compositions comprising the ATF5 peptides, and methods of inhibiting proliferation of and promoting cytotoxicity in a neoplastic cell using the ATF5 peptides.
US10525098B2
The disclosure provides methods of reducing MMP-9 expression and/or MMP-9 activity in a mammalian subject. The disclosure also provides methods of increasing TIMP-1 expression and/or TIMP-1 activity in a mammalian subject. The methods comprise administering a therapeutically effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide to a subject in need thereof.
US10525093B2
A composition comprising cannabis extract and melatonin is provided, along with formulations for delivering the composition to a subject. The composition can include a base ingredient such as polyethylene glycol, gelatin, tapioca and/or pectin; natural sweeteners; and oils of peppermint, lavender, ginger, citrus, mango, etc. The formulation can include tablets, capsules, lozenges, troches, suppositories, tinctures, a transdermal patch, a vaporizer, a metered dose inhaler, etc. The formulation avoids harmful preservatives (e.g., BHT, BHA), heavy metals and stabilizers while addressing sub-therapeutic dosing and optimizing the synergistic qualities of the ratios of the individual cannabinoids (both acidic and neutral forms), terpenes and flavonoids.
US10525082B2
Disclosed are methods of making a genetically modified immune cell for modifying a tumor microenvironment (TME) and methods of modifying a tumor microenvironment (TME). In some embodiments, the method can include delivering a first vector to an immune cell, wherein the first vector comprises a nucleic acid encoding a protein that induces T-cell proliferation, promotes persistence and activation of endogenous or adoptively transferred NK or T cells and/or induces production of an interleukin, an interferon, a PD-1 checkpoint binding protein, HMGB1, MyD88, a cytokine or a chemokine. Methods of modulating the suppression of the immune response in a tumor microenvironment, minimizing the proliferation of tumor and suppressive cells, and increasing the efficiency of an anti-cancer therapy, anti-infection therapy, antibacterial therapy, anti-viral therapy, or anti-tumoral therapy are also provided.
US10525080B2
The present invention is directed to a method and a composition for producing and using a plant-based biocidal solution. The plant-based biocidal solution contains a bioactive material and a plant-based substance formed from the cellular material of a plant. The plant-based substance is capable of binding to the bioactive material. In some embodiments, the bioactive material is hydrogen peroxide. The hydrogen peroxide can be added exogenously or generated endogenously. In accordance with further embodiments, the plant-based biocidal solution can be applied to a target, thereby impairing the target. In some embodiments, the target can be a pathogen. In accordance with another embodiment, the plant-based substance of the plant-based biocidal solution can form a microscopic duster, a complex, or an aggregate for providing sufficient bioactive material to overcome the defense mechanism of the target.
US10525076B2
The present disclosure relates generally to compounds comprising oligonucleotides complementary to a cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) RNA transcript. Certain such compounds are useful for hybridizing to a CFTR RNA transcript, including but not limited to a CFTR RNA transcript in a cell. In certain embodiments, such hybridization results in modulation of splicing of the CFTR transcript. In certain embodiments, such compounds are used to treat one or more symptoms associated with Cystic Fibrosis.
US10525068B2
Novel marine lipid compositions comprising triglycerides and omega-3 rich phospholipids are described. The compositions are characterized by providing highly bioavailable omega-3, increased tissue incorporation of omega-3 and reduced concentration of pro-inflammatory cytokines.
US10525059B2
The present invention relates to a tablet comprising Afatinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the tablet is obtained by direct compression. The present invention further relates to a process for manufacturing a tablet of the invention as well as the use of the tablet of the invention.
US10525040B2
Various compounds, compositions, and methods for inhibition of Rit1 are presented. In especially preferred aspects, contemplated compounds and compositions are suitable for treatment of cancers and other diseases associated with Rit1 signaling.
US10525038B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising: (a) at least one angiotensin receptor blocker or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and (b) at least one chemokine receptor pathway inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising: (a) at least one angiotensin receptor blocker or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and (b) at least one chemokine receptor pathway inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which inhibits a component of the chemokine receptor pathway other than the chemokine receptor. Oral sustained release pharmaceutical compositions comprising the pharmaceutical composition, as well as injectable sustained release pharmaceutical compositions comprising the pharmaceutical composition are described. The invention further relates to tablets, capsules, injectable suspensions, and compositions for pulmonary or nasal delivery comprising the pharmaceutical composition. Also described are: methods for assessing the efficacy of the pharmaceutical composition; methods for assessing the inhibition or partial inhibition activity of the pharmaceutical composition; methods for the treatment, amelioration or prevention of a condition or disease comprising administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition; and the use of the pharmaceutical composition for the manufacture of a dosage form for the treatment of a disease.
US10525031B2
Compounds, methods, and compositions are provided for the treatment of cancer, neurological disorders, and fibrotic disorders. Specifically, the invention includes administering an effective amount of a compound of Formula I, II, or III, or a pharmaceutically acceptable composition, salt, isotopic analog, prodrug, or combination thereof, to a subject suffering from a cancer, neurological disorder, or fibrotic disorder.
US10525017B2
The present invention relates to a composition which can effectively control bacteria by containing meso-2,3-butanediol, which is an isomer of 2,3-butane diol, and has excellent antiseptic power even without containing a chemical antiseptic agent.
US10525009B2
The present invention provides improved formulations of 6-mercaptopurine that exhibit better bioavailability and faster dissolution than previous formulations.
US10525005B2
Methods of delivering cromolyn to a patient in need thereof, methods of treating amyloid-associated conditions and inflammatory or allergic lung diseases, and packs and kits comprising cromolyn are described.
US10525004B2
The present invention relates to composition comprising vesicles and associated with the vesicles, a chemical agent, for use in a method of treatment by therapy wherein the chemical agent is delivered trans- and/or intra-epithelially to a human or animal body, wherein the constructs comprise an amphiphilic block copolymer having a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic block.Methods for forming the composition are also provided.
US10525002B2
A compound, composition, and method for the protection of skin from the harmful effects of radiation, and particularly the harmful effects of high energy visible (HEV) radiation, are disclosed. The compound is a melanin derivative that can be formulated into compositions containing the melanin derivative and a suitable carrier. The composition is topically applied to the skin to reduce the risk of photoaging and improve skin repair due to damage from radiation.
US10524995B2
Disclosed herein are mouthwashes comprising a complex of a zinc ion source and an amino acid. Methods of making and using the compositions are also provided.
US10524987B1
There is provided a smart baby bottle for preventing tooth decay in infants, including a first compartment containing a first liquid (such as milk), a second compartment containing a second liquid (such as water), and an electrical two-way solenoid valve for controlling a flow of the second liquid from the second compartment into the first compartment. The baby bottle also includes a pacifier which can be mounted interchangeably to both compartments as needed. The solenoid valve receives electrical signals from a plurality of electrical sensors. The electrical two-way solenoid valve automatically opens and allows flow of water from the second compartment into the first compartment, when milk contained in the first compartment is completely finished by an infant. Hence, the infant's teeth are rinsed with the water subsequent to milk—thereby reducing tooth decay in infants considering that there will be reduced exposure to liquids containing sugar.
US10524986B2
A pill organizer includes a housing including a plurality of internal compartments and an external compartment, at least one pill holder for being received into one of the plurality of compartments, the at least one pill holder including a plurality of chambers, and a plurality of spaced apart ribs extending from an upper surface of the housing.
US10524973B2
A movement assistance device is provided with thigh frames, lower leg frames, and knee joint mechanisms which are disposed on the outer side and the inner side, respectively, of each knee of a person to be assisted. Each of the thigh frames has a first main frame, which extends in the longitudinal direction of a thigh from a base disposed on one side of the hip of the person to be assisted to the outer knee joint mechanism, a second main frame, which obliquely extends on the front side of the thigh from the base to the inner knee joint mechanism, and a body support member, which is extended between the two main frames on the rear surface side of the thigh.
US10524972B2
A lower extremity orthosis is configured to be coupled to across at least one joint of a person for gait assistance and can incorporate knee, thigh, hip and ankle/foot assistive orthotic devices which can be used in various combinations to aid in the rehabilitation and restoration of muscular function in patients with impaired muscular function or control.
US10524966B2
Disclosed is a disposable absorbent article having an outer shell and a detachable disposable absorbent core insert supported on an inside surface of the outer shell. The core insert is attached to the inside surface and is detachable therefrom. The inside surface further includes a retaining structure for receiving the absorbent core insert, the core insert being attachable with the retaining structure and detachable from the retaining structure.
US10524957B2
Injection devices for delivering pharmaceutical compositions into the eye are described. Some devices include a resistance component for controllably deploying an injection needle through the eye wall. The resistance component may be disposed on a removable injector attachment or on a portion of the injection device housing. Other devices may include a filter for the removal of air, infectious agents, and/or other particulate matter from the composition before the composition is injected into the eye. Related methods and systems comprising the devices are also described.
US10524954B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods and devices to prevent or treat upper airway disorders in mammals related to impaired airflow. One aspect of this invention is a tongue retractor (LTR) that indirectly retracts tongue base by its implant site in the frenulum area. This simplifies the insertion, adjustment and maintenance of the device. Another aspect of this invention describes a highly localized and fully implantable LTR that is inserted into the base of tongue to stiffen lax surface mucosa or mechanically couple it to internal tongue structures. Another aspect of this invention is an LTR inserted in or around the pharyngoglossal fold. This site allows retraction and stiffening of tongue base tissue as well as the soft palate and lateral pharyngeal wall.
US10524946B2
In one aspect, a gastric balloon structure includes multiple isolated non-concentric inflatable chambers and a valve system for introducing fluid into each chamber, where the structure assumes, upon inflating, a curved shape conforming to a natural three-dimensional kidney shape of the gastric cavity.
US10524945B2
Stents can become twisted during deployment within tortuous vessels such that proper expansion against the vessel wall is inhibited. Stents can be twisted prior to deployment in a direction opposite the direction of twisting during deployment to facilitate full expansion of the stent against the vessel wall along the stent's entire length.
US10524942B2
An implant with an open-worked, hollow cylindrical main structure composed of a multiplicity of crosspieces, wherein the implant adopts a compressed state and an expanded state. So as to achieve a greater level of radial rigidity and an increased collapse pressure in the expanded state compared to conventional implants, wherein the deliverability is not adversely affected at the same time, the density of the crosspieces in the expanded state is greater than the density of the crosspieces in the compressed state, at least in one portion of the implant. The invention further provides a system including a catheter with a balloon and an implant of the type disclosed above.
US10524941B2
This disclosure provides for a medical device to be implanted in the vasculature and a method for treatment in the vasculature. The device has an outer layer of a first material and an inner layer of a second material attached to the outer layer. The inner layer further has a plurality of elastomeric tensioners. If the device experiences relaxation, resulting in a decreased radial force against the vessel wall, the elastomeric tensioners may provide a contraction force to the inner layer and the outer layer, resulting in a maintained radial force on the vessel wall.
US10524938B2
A production method for a medical linear member is provided which is not abraded upon production and which includes a flat shape in a cross section.The method includes the steps of: forming a first spiral body (1) of an oval shape in a horizontal section by spirally winding a base body (3), in which a plurality of wires (2) formed of a shape-memory alloy is arrayed, around a winding core (4); subjecting the first spiral body (1) to first shape-memory treatment; cutting the first spiral body (1) into a first predetermined length; forming a second spiral body (5) of a flat shape in a horizontal section by compressing the first spiral body (1) in a direction along a short diameter; subjecting the second spiral body (5) to second shape-memory treatment; and removing the winding core (4) from the second spiral body (5).
US10524933B2
An apparatus and method for measuring a version angle of a restored neck of a femur during a hip replacement procedure. The apparatus includes a broach. The broach has a distal end that is insertable into a medullary canal of the neck of the femur. The broach also has a proximal end that extends along a neck axis of the broach. The apparatus also includes a protractor. The protractor includes a rod which is attachable to the proximal end of the broach to extend away from the neck axis of the broach for measuring the version angle of the restored neck of the femur relative to a vertical direction. The method includes inserting the broach, flexing the knee at approximately ninety degrees, orienting the tibia vertically, attaching the protractor to the proximal end of the broach and using it to measure the version angle.
US10524931B2
A stemless humeral component for replacing the humeral head of a patient's humerus includes a support flange having a number of cantilevered legs extending distally away from a bottom surface thereof. Instruments and methods for surgically installing the stemless humeral component are also disclosed.
US10524914B2
The present invention refers to a thoracic prosthesis constituted by a right hemisphere ED and a left hemisphere ES joined together, or to only one of the two hemispheres, or to only one portion of the latter. The present invention further relates to a method for the preparation of a synthetic thoracic prosthesis PT constituted by a right hemisphere ED and a left hemisphere ES joined together by only one of the two hemispheres or by a single portion of the latter; all of the above being prepared without any direct interaction with human body and prior to implantation therein.
US10524912B2
The present disclosure describes tissue gripping devices, systems, and methods for gripping mitral valve tissue during treatment of a mitral valve and while a tissue fixation device is implanted in the mitral valve. The tissue gripping device includes a flexible member and one or more tissue gripping members coupled to one or more arms of the flexible member. The flexible member is formed from a shape-memory material, such as nitinol, and the tissue gripping member(s) are formed from a material that is more rigid than the shape-memory material. The tissue gripping member(s) are attached to the flexible member by threading or looping suture lines around and/or through the tissue gripping member(s) and the flexible member and/or by applying a cover material to the tissue gripping device to hold the tissue gripping member(s) against the flexible member.
US10524910B2
A rod (508) is transfemorally advanceable to the heart. An implant (460) comprises (i) a first frame (462), compressed around a first longitudinal site of a distal portion of the rod, (ii) a second frame (464), compressed around a third longitudinal site of the distal portion, (iii) a valve member (50), disposed within the second frame, and (iv) a flexible sheet (466), coupling the first frame to the second frame, and disposed around a second longitudinal site of the distal portion, the second longitudinal site being between the first longitudinal site and the third longitudinal site. An extracorporeal controller (569) is coupled to a proximal portion of the rod, and is operably coupled to the distal portion of the rod. Operating the controller bends the distal portion of the rod causing articulation between the frames. Other embodiments are also described.
US10524893B2
A vascular repair device assembly includes a main prostheses, first internal prostheses, an optional second internal prostheses, and at least two sub-prostheses. Methods for delivering vascular repair devices include delivering a vascular repair device through a blood vessel to the aneurysm site, aligning a proximal open end of a main prosthesis cranially to the site of the aneurysm patient and directing a distal end of at least one additional one vascular repair device through a proximal end of at least a first internal lumen, and aligning the proximal end of the additional vascular repair device into a distal end of the at least one sub-prosthesis.
US10524891B1
A medical device for retrieving an inferior vena cava filter from an inferior vena cava having a handle having a distal end, wherein a longitudinal axis is defined thereby; a grasping assembly coupled to the handle, wherein the grasping assembly comprises a grasper for grasping the inferior vena cava filter positioned within the inferior vena cava, and an articulation assembly coupled to the grasping assembly for causing the grasping assembly to move laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle. Methods of retrieving an inferior vena cava filter from an inferior vena cava are also disclosed.
US10524888B1
The present invention is an oral hygiene system for providing pressurized water to a person's teeth or gums for oral hygiene. The oral hygiene system includes a main valve assembly, a filter assembly, a pressure tank assembly, a syphon assembly and a waterpik assembly. The main valve assembly is connectable to a water line, and includes a valve unit for controlling water flow. The filter assembly includes a filter cartridge, and is in fluid communication with the main valve assembly. The pressure tank assembly is in fluid communication with the filter assembly. The syphon assembly is capable of storing a liquid, and can include a syphon tube capable of dispensing the liquid into the water received from the pressure tank assembly. The waterpik assembly is in fluid communication with the syphon assembly, and is capable of allowing a user to provide pressurized water to a person's teeth or gums.
US10524886B2
A method and system are provided for providing patient data useful for dental procedures, including scanning a dental structure of a patient when coupled to a geometric structure to provide a virtual model representative of the coupling and the dental structure, and relating the virtual model to a body reference of the patient.
US10524876B2
A system for monitoring cleaning efforts of care givers using stethoscopes including one or more stations capable of cleaning a head portion of a stethoscope presented thereto. The system includes an identification apparatus operably associated with each of a plurality of stethoscopes. The identification apparatus serves to identify a particular stethoscope and, thus, a particular care provider. A mechanism for detecting and signaling each time a particular stethoscope comes within predetermined radius of a cleaning station forms part of the system. Another mechanism for detecting and signaling each time a particular stethoscope is presented to a station to have a cleaning event performed thereon also forms part of the system. An analysis unit is operably connected to each detecting mechanism and is configured for calculating the cleanliness level of each stethoscope. A method for monitoring cleaning efforts of care providers using stethoscopes is also disclosed.
US10524869B2
An apparatus may be used to form an opening in a sinus wall. The apparatus comprises a first cutting member and a second cutting member. The first cutting member comprises a helical blade. The second cutting member is slidably disposed about the first cutting member. The second cutting member comprises a sharp distal edge. An outer sheath is slidably disposed about the first and second cutting member. The sheath may be retracted to uncover the helical blade. The second cutting member may be advanced over the first cutting member to form a circular opening in the sinus wall. The sheath may include an obliquely angled distal edge. A cleaning instrument may be used to clean debris from the first cutting member.
US10524864B2
A catheter is disclosed for locating radiation tagged tissue within a mammalian body and treating tagged tissue or untagged tissue adjacent to the tagged tissue in a single procedure. The catheter includes in or on a distal end thereof one or more detectors for locating labeled tissue. A lumen extending from a proximal end of said tube to the distal end of said tube, includes a retractable and extendable needle positioned adjacent the distal end of said tube for delivering a liquid treatment modality. I the alternative the injector for delivering the treatment modality may be placed adjacent to the catheter for delivery of the treatment.
US10524860B2
In surgery using monopolar HF, there is a constant risk of patients suffering burns at the neutral electrode. Said problem stems from the fact that numerous methods have been devised by which relatively high HF currents are applied for extended periods of time. The present invention solves said problem by providing a neutral electrode, device that is to be used for applying an HF current to a biological tissue. Said improved neutral electrode device comprises at least one latent heat accumulator for absorbing heat. Thus heat peaks can be at least temporarily accumulated until the accumulated thermal energy can be safely released.
US10524858B2
This disclosure is directed to a catheter having a dual node multiray electrode assembly at the distal end of the catheter body. The dual node multiray electrode assembly includes a proximal multiray array with a plurality of spines connected at one end, each spine having at least one ablation electrode, and a distal node. The dual node multiray electrode assembly may have an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration wherein the spines are arranged generally along a longitudinal axis of the catheter body. The distal node may be configured to be deployed within a vessel and the proximal multiray array may be configured to engage tissue forming an ostium of the vessel with the ablation electrodes. In some embodiments, the relative distance between the proximal multiray array and the distal node is adjustable.
US10524856B2
An apparatus comprises an end effector, a shaft assembly, and an interface assembly. The end effector is operable to manipulate tissue, the shaft assembly is in communication with the end effector and a portion of the shaft assembly extends proximally from the end effector. The interface assembly is in communication with the shaft assembly. The interface assembly comprises a housing portion, a shaft cartridge, and a base portion. The housing portion can engage the shaft cartridge. The shaft cartridge is able to rotate and articulate the end effector, and the shaft assembly extends from the shaft cartridge. The base portion and the housing portion are able to enclose the shaft cartridge.
US10524854B2
A surgical instrument can comprise a first jaw and second jaw, wherein the first jaw is movable relative to the second jaw to capture tissue having a tissue thickness. A tissue cutting force monitor is configured to determine the tissue thickness of the captured tissue and communicate the tissue thickness to a controller, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the speed of a tissue-cutting element during a cutting portion of a firing stroke based on the tissue thickness communicated from the tissue cutting force monitor. The controller is configured to reduce the speed of the tissue-cutting element when the tissue cutting force monitor communicates a thicker tissue thickness to the controller. The controller is configured to increase the speed of the tissue-cutting element when the tissue cutting force monitor communicates a thinner tissue thickness to the controller.
US10524851B2
An electrosurgical unit having detection circuitry for reducing radiofrequency leakage current in an electrosurgical unit. The electrosurgical unit includes a radiofrequency generator configured to generate electrosurgical energy, the radiofrequency generator including a detection circuit having a resistor ladder and an isolation transformer in electrical communication with the resistor ladder. The detection circuit is configured to detect a change in impedance across the isolation transformer and correlate the change in impedance to one of a plurality of predetermined energy thresholds.
US10524848B2
A method for treating a sinus cavity is provided. The method includes the steps of inserting a plasma applicator into a sinus cavity defined in a bone mass, positioning the plasma applicator adjacent a tissue formation, generating a selectively reactive plasma effluent at the plasma applicator and directing the selectively reactive plasma effluent at the tissue formation. The selective nature of the reactive plasma enables treatment of specific targets inside the sinus while minimizing the effect on other tissues. Such treatment includes, but not limited to, sterilization of bacterial colonies, vaporization of unwanted tissues or foreign masses, stimulation of tissues by enriching the content of reactive oxygen and nitrous oxide pathways, and combinations thereof.
US10524847B2
A surgical instrument for thermally-mediated therapies in targeted tissue volumes and for causing thermal effects in polymer tissue-contacting members. In one embodiment, the instrument has a working end with an interior chamber that is supplied with a biocompatible liquid. An energy source causes a liquid-to-vapor phase change within the interior of the instrument. The vapor phase media then is ejected from the working surface of the instrument, and a controlled vapor-to-liquid phase change in an interface with tissue applies thermal energy substantially equal to the heat of vaporization to ablate tissue. The vapor-to-liquid phase transitions, or internal energy releases, can be provided about thin-film flexible structures for engaging body lumens and cavities. An exemplary embodiment can be used for shrinking, sealing, welding or creating lesions in tissue—while causing limited collateral thermal damage and while totally eliminating electrical current flow in the engaged tissue.
US10524836B2
A dynamic strut for external fixation constructs has first and second sub-struts that are axially adjustable in length and rotational position relative to one another, with the first sub-strut supporting a first dual universal joint with a first attachment peg for connection to an external fixator, and the second sub-strut supporting a second dual universal joint with a second attachment peg for connection to an external fixator. The first and second dual universal joints each include first and second ball-and-socket joints, whereby the associated attachment peg is adjustable in orientation. Set screws fix orientation of the attachment peg relative to the first ball-and-socket joint and the housing. Angular orientation of the first dual universal joint is fixed while angular orientation of the second dual universal joint is adjustable. The second sub-strut supports an axially movable shaft that supports the second dual universal joint. An adjustor allows the first and second sub-struts to axially translate relative to each other to increase or decrease length.
US10524830B2
A surgical tunneler assembly is used to pass a cable or other elongate member through the skin. A surgical tunneler may include a lance including a first segment, a second end segment, and a connector on each one of the first end segment and the second end segment. A cable adapter includes a lance connection portion and a cable connection portion. The lance connection portion engages and disengages the connectors. The cable connection portion engages and disengages a cable. A handle engages and disengages the lance.
US10524823B2
When an image representing an organ in which an excision region has been identified in such a manner that a blood vessel region in the organ is visually recognizable is generated from a three-dimensional image of the organ, an input specifying a depth of cutting is received, and a portion of a boundary surface within the specified depth of cutting along the boundary surface from an outer edge of the boundary surface toward an inside is determined as a cutting surface, and the boundary surface being between the excision region and a non-excision region in the organ. The image representing the organ in such a manner that only a partial blood vessel region, which is present in a neighborhood region of the cutting surface in the blood vessel region of the organ, is visually recognizable is generated from the three-dimensional image.
US10524816B2
A device (100) for creating a tunnel through soft tissue, comprises an elongated insertion member including a lumen extending therethrough to a distal opening, the elongated insertion member being sized to be inserted into the body via an opening of no more than 35 mm diameter and a tunneling member (108) received in the lumen for movement between an insertion configuration in which a tissue penetrating distal tip is received within the lumen and a tunneling configuration in which the distal tip extends distally from the distal opening by a desired distance in combination with a handle (104) coupled to a proximal end of the insertion member, the handle remaining outside the body and including a first actuator (106) for moving the tunneling member between the insertion and tunneling configurations.
US10524811B2
Systems and methods for treating thrombosis and or emboli in a peripheral vasculature of a patient are disclosed herein. The method can include providing a thrombus extraction device including a proximal self-expanding coring portion formed of a unitary fenestrated structure and a distal expandable tubular portion formed of a braided filament mesh structure; advancing a catheter constraining the thrombus extraction device through a vascular thrombus in a vessel; deploying the thrombus extraction device from the catheter from a constrained configuration to an expanded configuration; retracting the thrombus extraction device proximally so that the coring portion cores and separates a portion of the vascular thrombus from the venous vessel wall while the mesh structure captures the vascular thrombus portion; and withdrawing the thrombus extraction device from the patient to remove the vascular thrombus portion from the vessel.
US10524808B1
Devices and techniques for adjusting an alignment for a first metatarsal may include making a plurality of cuts along the length of the first metatarsal. In different applications of the technique, a plurality of transverse cuts may or may not be made intersecting the longitudinal cuts. In either case, the cuts can separate the first metatarsal into two individual portions and release a removable wedge of bone. The different portions of the metatarsal can be moved relative to each other to adjust an anatomical alignment of one portion relative to another portion, for example in multiple planes. After suitably adjusting the alignment of the different bone portions, the portions can be fixed together.
US10524797B2
An adapter assembly for connecting a loading unit to a handle assembly is provided. The adapter assembly includes a sleeve, a removable trocar assembly releasably securable with the sleeve, and a locking assembly configured to releasably secure the trocar assembly within the sleeve. The locking assembly includes first and second button members and corresponding first and second locking members for releasably securing the trocar assembly.
US10524791B2
Devices and methods for clamping tissue and/or moving two tissue structures together by moving two plates or arm together. The pressure or force applied to the tissue may be used to bring the tissue together, to seal an opening or to cut through and remove a portion of the tissue. In one procedure disclosed, a clip applier may be used to apply one or more clips to the left atrial appendage of the heart to prevent clots from the left atrial appendage from embolizing and causing harm to the patient, such as a stroke.
US10524788B2
A compressible adjunct is used with a surgical instrument including a staple cartridge deck. The compressible adjunct includes a first biocompatible material, a second biocompatible material with a lower melting temperature than the first biocompatible material, and a body including a face positionable against a length of the staple cartridge deck. The face includes a plurality of attachment regions spaced apart from one another, wherein the plurality of attachment regions include the second biocompatible material, wherein the face is selectively attachable to the staple cartridge deck at said plurality of attachment regions, and a plurality of non-attachment regions extending between the plurality of attachment regions, wherein the second biocompatible material is selectively disposed outside said non-attachment regions.
US10524785B2
A surgical instrument including a housing, an endoscopic portion, a shaft portion and an end effector is disclosed. The endoscopic portion extends distally from the housing and defines a longitudinal axis. The shaft portion is selectively connectable to a distal end of the endoscopic portion. The end effector is selectively connectable to a distal end of the shaft portion.
US10524784B2
A surgical staple includes a body having a first leg, a second leg, and a backspan. The first and second legs each have a first end portion and a second end portion. The backspan has a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion. The first portion of the backspan includes a looped member having a first end portion and a second end portion. The second portion of the backspan extends between the first end portion of the first leg and the first end portion of the looped member. The third portion of the backspan extends between the first end portion of the second leg and the second end portion of the looped member. The second portion of the backspan and the third portion of the backspan are in lateral contact.
US10524781B2
The present invention relates to a needle instrument for an eye-bag relocating operation. The needle instrument includes a body unit having a rectangular cross-section and grabbed by a needle holder during the operation; a needle unit having one needle side and the other needle side on both sides of the body unit to be tapered and having round tips, wherein one needle side is formed to be duller than the other needle side; and a thread pressing and coupling unit provided on one end of the body unit and formed at a position that corresponds to ⅕ to ⅙ of an entire length from an end of the needle instrument and is spaced apart from the end of the body unit by 0.5 to 1 mm.
US10524777B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided for securing soft tissue to bone, for securing one or more objects using a surgical filament, and for drawing two or more tissues together so they can be secured in a desired location. One exemplary embodiment of a surgical repair construct that is configured to atraumatically pass through soft tissue to secure tissue in a knotless manner includes a snare linkage, a collapsible loop, and a flexible suture pin. The snare linkage can include a collapsible snare for receiving the collapsible loop, and in use the snare can be collapsed around the collapsible loop and advanced distally towards the bone until the snare is proximate to the tissue, while the collapsible loop can be collapsed distally towards the bone to bring the tissue into proximity with the bone. Other exemplary systems, devices, and methods for use with soft tissue repair are also provided.
US10524773B2
A surgical tissue connector system for moving a first internal body tissue to a position away from a second internal body tissue and then holding the first internal body tissue in the position. Tissue connectors are secured to cords such that the length of cord between the tissue connectors can be easily adjusted in a laparoscopic work space.
US10524765B2
A method of refining an anatomical model includes acquiring a two-dimensional echocardiogram that has a variable intensity, relating the two-dimensional echocardiogram to a plurality of mapping points that exist in three-dimensional space, and determining a confidence value for each of two or more mapping points that corresponds to an intensity at a point on the two-dimensional echocardiogram.
US10524762B2
A phantom for simulating fetal heartbeat. The phantom includes a housing and a fetal heartbeat simulator. The housing has an exterior shaped like a female human pelvic region and surrounds an interior. The fetal heartbeat simulator includes a tube having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end being positioned within the interior of the housing. The tube is filled with a first fluid having a first compressibility. A second fluid, having a compressibility that is greater than the compressibility of the first fluid, is disposed at the distal end of the tube. A pressure mechanism operably coupled to the proximal end of the tube is configured to selectively compress and decompress the first and second fluids.
US10524761B2
An enhanced stethoscope device and method for operating the enhanced stethoscope are provided. The enhanced stethoscope device generally operates by providing stethoscope sensors, ultrasonic sensors, and other sensors to obtain a series of measurements about a subject. The series of measurements may be correlated, such as by machine learning, to extract clinically relevant information. Also described are systems and methods for ultrasonic beamsteering by interference of an audio signal with an ultrasonic signal.
US10524750B2
A scanning system includes a first base, a bed panel, a bed board, a second base and an X-ray mechanism. The bed panel, movably located on the first base, includes a first image-receiving module. The bed board is movably located on the bed panel. The second base, located aside to the first base, includes a second image-receiving module. The X-ray mechanism, connected with the first base, includes an X-ray tube. While the bed panel and the bed board are moved away from the second base, and the X-ray mechanism is moved toward the second base; then, the X-ray tube would undergo a vertical movement to a position aside to a lateral side of the first base by facing the second base.
US10524746B2
A radiation image capturing system includes the following. A radiation irradiating apparatus irradiates the radiation image capturing apparatus according to control by a generator. A control device transmits an external synchronizing signal to the radiation image capturing apparatus, transmits an irradiating request signal to the generator, and synchronizes the radiation image capturing apparatus with the radiation irradiating apparatus. When the external synchronizing signal is received, the radiation image capturing apparatus switches the control mode. After the control mode is switched, the radiation image capturing apparatus starts a readout process of the image data at a timing delayed a predetermined amount of time from a timing that the external synchronizing signal is received. The control device transmits the irradiating request signal to the generator at a timing delayed a predetermined amount of time from a timing that the irradiating request signal should be transmitted to the generator.
US10524743B2
A method of designing an x-ray emitter panel 100 including the step of determining a pitch scale, r, to be used in placing x-ray emitter elements 110 on the panel 100, thereby arriving at a specific design of x-ray emitter panel 100 suitable for a specific use.
US10524740B2
New and improved CT imaging systems are presented which are low cost, fully self-contained and easily installed/used. Example improvements include implementation of an integrated and self-contained drive system for moving a scanner component relative to a fixed or static platform/base which also acts as an imaging table. The CT imaging system is also greatly simplified to improve ease of use and to reduce cost.
US10524733B2
A method for improving the signal to noise ratio of an EEG signal in which a wavelet packet decomposition having a plurality of levels is first applied to a time slice of the EEG signal. A default signal is set to the first wavelet packet and a default peak response is then calculated for the first wavelet node. An update signal is set to the default signal combined with another of the wavelet nodes and an update peak response signal is then calculated of the update signal. If the update peak response signal exceeds the default peak response, the default peak response is set equal to the update peak response and the default signal is set equal to the update signal. Otherwise, the value of the current node is set to zero which effectively eliminates the signal data of the current wavelet node. These steps are reiterated for all of the wavelet nodes and, thereafter, a composite waveform of the EEG signal is reconstructed from the non-zero wavelet nodes.
US10524731B2
A sensing assembly for sensing contact with an object is disclosed. The contact sensing assembly may comprise an elongate tubular body. An electrode may be connected to the elongate tubular body. A vibration element is operatively connected with the electrode and configured to deliver a vibration-inducing signal to induce vibration of the electrode. A sensor is configured to monitor the electrode for a perturbation in the induced vibration. The perturbation results from contact between the electrode and the object.
US10524717B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a detection device. The detection device includes: a fixed member fixedly mounted to a target position; a first movable member arranged to face towards and in parallel with the fixed member, and movably connected to the fixed member by a first elastic member; at least one first electrode, having one end being fixed to the fixed member and the other end extending towards the first movable member along a first direction; and at least one second electrode, having one end being fixed to the first movable member and the other end extending towards the fixed member in a second direction, the second direction being parallel to the first direction. Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a fatigue detection system.
US10524715B2
The systems, environment, and methods, described herein support evaluation of an individual for ASD while in the home environment. Through data collected by a wearable data collection device donned by the individual, eye contact with the caregiver, verbal interaction, and repetitive verbalizations and motions of the head and body may be tracked and objectively quantified during evaluation. Further, the wearable data collection device may support monitoring of brain activity and other physiology which, in turn, may be analyzed by the systems and environment described herein during evaluation to recognize patterns that predict evaluation outcome and other clinical features. Various software modules and tools supported by the wearable data collection device provide training, ongoing progress tracking, and management solutions for individuals living with ASD.
US10524703B2
The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US10524702B2
The present invention discloses a system of monitoring patients in hospital beds, the system comprising: at least one image capture element (2) disposed in a hospital bed (10) and configured to generate an image parameter (11) of a patient (12) disposed in the hospital bed (10). The system further comprises at least one processor, configured to generate a temperature map (13) of the patient (12) from the image parameter (11). Also disclosed is a method (40) of monitoring patients in hospital beds.
US10524696B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of an athletic coaching system that includes at least one inward-facing head-mounted thermal camera (CAM) and a computer. Each CAM from among the at least one CAM is configured to take thermal measurements of a region below the nostrils (denoted THRBN) of a user. THRBN are indicative of an exhale stream of the user (e.g., an exhale stream from a nostril and/or from the mouth). The computer is configured to: receive measurements of movements (Mmove) involving the user; generate, based on THRBN and Mmove, a coaching indication; and present, via a user interface, the coaching indication to the user. In one example, the coaching indication is indicative of a change the user should make to one or more of the following: cadence of movements, stride length, breathing rate, breathing type (mouth or nasal), and duration of exhales.
US10524694B2
Tubes (e.g., catheters, endotracheal or chest tubes and bypass grafts) are provided, comprising a catheter and a plurality of sensors. Briefly stated, a wide variety of tubes (e.g., catheters, endotracheal or chest tubes, bypass grafts, balloon catheters, urinary catheters, central lines and dialysis catheters), as well as related delivery devices (e.g., guidewires) are provided with a number of sensors to monitor the integrity, patency and efficaciousness of the device.
US10524693B2
A registration device for patient registration comprises at least one reference marker adapted to be sensed by an imaging system and/or at least one position element adapted to be localized by a position sensing system, and fixation element for positioning the registration device in a patient's body cavity at a location comprising soft tissue. The registration device is adapted to be introduced into and positioned in the patient's body cavity, particularly in the viscerocranium such as the nasal cavity, the nasopharynx, the ear canal(s) and/or the neurocranium such as a cerebral ventricle.
US10524681B2
In one example, a medical device system for at least one of delivery of electrical stimulation pulses or sensing of physiological signals, the system including an elongated carrier; and a thin film wound around the elongated carrier, wherein the thin film includes a plurality of electrical contacts, a plurality of electrodes located distal to the plurality of electrical contacts, and a plurality of conducting tracks, each of the plurality of conducting tracks providing an electrical connection between at least one of the plurality of electrodes and one of the plurality of electrical contacts, and wherein the thin film is wound around the elongated carrier from the distal end of the elongated film to the proximal end of the elongated thin film.
US10524663B2
Methods and apparatus for assessing and correcting phase variations and motion artifacts in a coherent tomogram of a sample. Coherent techniques are used scan a broadband optical beam across a sample in a specified scan pattern and to acquire a cube of complex data constituting a full tomogram. Generalized motion of the sample is then quantified based at least on a phase variation measured during the course of scanning the broadband optical beam in the specified scan pattern. Generalized motion includes both actual motion and apparent motion due to organized variation of some physical parameter such as temperature. Intensity structure of speckle imaged during the course of coherently acquiring the full tomograpm may be used to correct for motion of the sample in a plane transverse to a depth axis along the incident beam.
US10524659B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communicator configured to receive a plurality of biometric (bio) signals of a user from an external device; and a processor configured to determine a body condition of the user according to whether each of the received plurality of bio signals is in a normal range, wherein the processor, is further configured to control the communicator to transmit information about the determined body condition to an external device corresponding to the determined body condition among a plurality of external devices, and wherein the determination of a body condition varies as a function of the user having either a symptom or a disease.
US10524657B2
A system for performing measurements of an eye comprises: a measurement tool that measures the eye, at least one rest that maintains a facial measurement position and defines a centering rest portion that maintains a lateral facial measurement position; an adjuster mechanism that moves an objective of the measurement tool relative to the eye; and a processing unit configured to control the system. The unit controls the system to position, for a first eye, the objective at a predefined first pre-scan position; scan the objective away from the first pre-scan position until the system detects a pupil of the first eye; and trigger one or more measurements of the first eye dependent on the system detecting the pupil of the first eye.
US10524655B2
An ophthalmic device having a single or dual compartment configuration selectively emits infrared and visible light beams onto one or a pair of target eyes. The device performs eye fundus imaging and aids in the detection of ailments as indicated by anomalies in the pupillary reflex.
US10524654B2
The present invention provides an ophthalmologic apparatus that includes an acquiring unit that acquires a tomographic image of a fundus of an eye to be inspected, and a display control unit that controls a display unit to display, in a state of corresponding to the acquired image, a comparison area corresponding to another tomographic image to be compared with the acquired tomographic image.
US10524653B2
An apparatus for producing a fundus image includes: a processor and a memory; an illumination component including a light source and operatively coupled to the processor; a camera including a lens and operatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to: execute an automated script for capture of the fundus image; and allow for manual capture of the fundus image.
US10524647B2
A smartphone endoscope system includes a smartphone with first and second imaging sensors, and an imaging optics attachment. The imaging optics attachment includes a first and second imaging apparatus, the first imaging apparatus including a first light source, a beam splitter, an objective lens, and a fiber optic imaging bundle, wherein the fiber optic imaging bundle delivers excitation light to a target which emits a fluorescence emission and a reflectance emission both collected by the fiber optic imaging bundle and transmitted to the first imaging sensor. The second imaging apparatus includes a second light source, a DRS source fiber delivering broadband light to the target which produces a diffuse reflectance emission, a DRS detection fiber, a collimator, a slit, and a transmission grating wherein the transmission grating diffracts diffuse reflectance emission and creates diffracted light which is transmitted to a second imaging sensor.
US10524644B2
An endoscope with an optical channel is held and positioned by a robotic surgical system. A capture unit captures (1) a visible first image at a first time and (2) a visible second image combined with a fluorescence image at a second time. An image processing system receives (1) the visible first image and (2) the visible second image combined with the fluorescence image and generates at least one fluorescence image. A display system outputs an output image including an artificial fluorescence image.
US10524643B2
An image sensor module includes a circuit board, an image sensor, and a turning prism. The circuit board has first and second side sections each extending in a respective plane transverse to a plane of a center section to define a module interior volume. The image sensor has a bottom plane mounted on an inner face of the circuit board within the module interior volume. The turning prism has a mounting surface secured to a top plane of the image sensor. An electronic component arrangement is operatively mounted on the inner face of the circuit board between the image sensor and a circuit board rearward end. A number of wires providing power and data connections to the circuit board are operatively connected to contacts located on the circuit board in the interior volume between the electronic component arrangement and the circuit board rearward end.
US10524641B2
Navigation guidance is provided to an operator of an endoscope by determining a current position and shape of the endoscope relative to a reference frame, generating an endoscope computer model according to the determined position and shape, and displaying the endoscope computer model along with a patient computer model referenced to the reference frame so as to be viewable by the operator while steering the endoscope within the patient.
US10524640B2
An endoscopic treatment instrument includes a guide sheath. The guide sheath includes a second distal end, which has an inside diameter to insert the insertion portion therethrough so that the distal end of the insertion portion is configured to protrude relative to the second distal end. The guide sheath is inserted through the guide pipe so that the second distal end is configured to protrude relative to the first distal end of the guide pipe.
US10524638B2
Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device.
US10524633B2
The present invention relates to a dishwasher that can save wash water for cleaning and a method of controlling the dishwasher. A method of controlling a dishwasher according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention is a method of controlling a dishwasher having a circulation channel through which wash water is supplied to wash a plurality of arms by a wash pump after collecting the wash water, sprayed in to a tub from the plurality of wash arms, in a sump, and the method includes: performing a first water-supplying for supplying a predetermined amount of wash water into the dishwasher by opening a water supply valve; performing a first washing where the plurality of wash arms spray the wash water into the tub to be circulated by operating the wash pump; performing a first draining for saving recycling wash water as much as the volume of the circulation channel and draining the rest of the wash water to the outside of the dishwasher by operating the wash pump and the drain pump; and performing a second water-supplying for supplying the amount of wash water except the amount of the recycling wash water from a predetermined amount of wash water into the dishwasher by opening the water supply valve.
US10524631B2
A floor-cleaning device has a cleaning roller for processing a surface to be cleaned. The cleaning roller is designed as a hollow body having an internal liquid space. The hollow body has at least one opening for liquid to exit the liquid space. In order to convey liquid to the surface of the hollow body under certain conditions only, the hollow body opening is associated with a force-actuated automatic valve element which, depending on the amount of centrifugal force acting upon the valve element, can be moved to a closing position in which the hollow body opening is closed and/or to an open position in which the hollow body opening is exposed. The valve element allows liquid to exit the liquid space at a first speed of the cleaning roller and to block liquid from exiting when the rotational speed increases.
US10524628B2
A robot cleaner comprising: a cleaner body including a wheel unit for autonomous traveling and a suction unit sucking air containing dust; a sensing unit disposed at one side of the cleaner body; a dust container accommodated in a dust container accommodation part formed at the other side of the cleaner body, the dust container collecting dust filtered from sucked air; and a dust container cover disposed to cover a top surface of the dust container, wherein an upper end of the sensing unit is formed at a position protruding upward from a top surface of the cleaner body and a top surface of the dust container cover.
US10524625B2
Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
US10524614B2
A powered cooking accessory for use in an oven includes a body receivable within an interior of the oven and a first electronic device received within a portion of the body. The accessory further includes a device coupling extending from the body and having a power coupling exposed thereon and electrically connected with the electronic device. The device coupling has an identification element encoded with information regarding at least one characteristic of the accessory and is coupleable with the oven to receive electrical power from the oven and to communicate the information encoded with the identification element to the oven.
US10524610B2
A device (1) for preparing a beverage includes an outlet opening (15) which flows into a storage tank (6) provided with a dispenser (17) for dispensing the beverage into a container. A control unit (7) supplies the beverage to the storage tank (6) in response to a signal from an operating unit (9) for at least two consecutive preparation cycles (B1, B2). The volume of the beverage prepared in at least two consecutive preparation cycles is supplied in a more or less constant and uninterrupted flow via the dispenser (17) of the storage tank (6) to the container.
US10524607B2
A coffee brewer for a coffee capsule includes a frame body, a holding mechanism and two reloading mechanisms. The holding mechanism includes a holding seat for holding the coffee capsule. Each of the reloading mechanisms includes a rack member having a wing portion and rotatable between a loading position and an unloading position, a pin member movable by the holding seat to rotate the rack member to the loading position, and a restoring spring resiliently biasing the rack member to rotate toward the unloading position.
US10524606B2
A multi-purpose jug with temperature indicator, wherein the jug is formed from a material having high thermal conductivity, including a liquid crystal thermometer attached to a side of the jug, the thermometer being arranged to indicate temperatures of liquid within the jug from 35 degrees Celsius to greater than 65 degrees Celsius, wherein the liquid crystal thermometer is in the form of a label adhered to the external side of the jug and is sealed with a layer of resin covering the label.
US10524601B2
An article includes a surface adapted for presence in an environment containing odoriferous nitrogen-containing compounds, a bonding agent, and bacilli bacteria. A method for binding bacilli to a surface is also disclosed. First, the surface is provided. The surface is then heated and placed under pressure. Then, the bacilli and a bonding agent may be applied to the surface, either alone or as a pre-mixed composition. The pre-mixed composition may be in the form of an aqueous dispersion. A method for controlling odors from odoriferous nitrogen-containing compounds is also disclosed. The method includes applying bacilli bacteria to a surface and placing the surface in an area likely to include odoriferous nitrogen-containing compounds.
US10524594B2
The invention discloses a new portable baby sleeping bag, including a sleeping cradle. The front part of the sleeping cradle is provided with a first accommodation cavity. The rear part of the sleeping bag is provided with a second accommodation cavity. The first accommodation cavity is provided with a first frame. The second accommodation cavity is provided with a second frame. The inner bottom surface of the second frame is provided with a receiving groove. An adjustment mechanism for adjusting the height of the backrest is provided between the bottom surface of the backrest and the bottom surface of the receiving groove. The width and the height of the first frame are respectively smaller than the width and height of the second frame. The bottom of the middle front part of the sleeping cradle is provided with a sealing edge.
US10524590B2
A wrench support rack including a base, and at least one clamp assembly attached to the base and comprising a vertical stop spaced apart from a push member. The space in between the vertical stop and the push member forms a groove configured to receive a stem of a wrench. The vertical stop includes an upper ridge portion configured to engage a stem of a wrench and limit vertical movement of a wrench disposed in the groove. The push member includes an inward protrusion configured to press a stem of a wrench in to the vertical stop and limit horizontal movement of a wrench disposed in the groove.
US10524588B2
A cabinet includes a plurality of vertically spaced-apart shelves adapted to hold product for display in a retail location. The cabinet is formed from a blank which is folded to form the cabinet.
US10524585B2
An infant carrier includes a carrying handle having a coupling shell pivotally connected with a coupling portion of a seat body, and a latch assembled in the coupling shell. The carrying handle is adjustable to multiple angular positions, which include a carry position for facilitating transport of the infant carrier with the carrying handle, and a recline position inclined relative to the carry position. The latch can engage with the coupling portion for locking the carrying handle in position, or disengage from the coupling portion for allowing rotation of the carrying handle. A safety mechanism is disposed in an inner cavity between the coupling shell and the coupling portion, and is operable to allow the latch to engage with the coupling portion for forcing the carrying handle to stop in an intermediate safety position during adjustment of the carrying handle from the carry position toward the recline position.
US10524582B2
Knitted fire barrier fabrics for use in forming a flame retardant article having a core include, for example, a plurality of flame-retardant yarns formed non-uniformly around a circumference of a knitting textile cylinder in a knitting process so as to define the knitted fire barrier fabric having at least one differential zone of material in a longitudinal direction of the knitting textile cylinder, and wherein the knitted fire barrier fabric being disposable on the core so that the at least one differential zone of material of the knitted fire barrier fabric providing a differential protective capacity to at least one selected portion of the flame retardant article.
US10524579B1
A corner chair assembly for seating and cooling a competitor includes a frame that is coupled to an enclosure of a competition ring. A power module and an actuator are coupled to the frame. A fan it coupled to a first plate, which is coupled to and extends between a first side and a second side, proximate to a top, of the frame. The actuator and the fan are operationally coupled to the power module. A second plate is hingedly coupled to a lower edge of the first plate. The actuator is configured to selectively urge the second plate from a stowed configuration, wherein the second plate is positioned coplanarly with the first plate, to a deployed configuration, wherein the second plate extends substantially perpendicularly from the first plate. The second plate is configured to seat a competitor, positioning the fan to blow air onto the competitor.
US10524571B1
A wall mounted shelf wherein a diagonal bracket can support an upper shelf, bar or beam several inches above the vertical wall bearing plate. A lower shelf, bar or beam can be hung from the upper shelf. A triangular platform comprises the diagonal bracket, the wall and a top shelf. The diagonal bracket transmits a large force vector into the vertical wall bearing plate as opposed to traditional knee braces that transmit a pivoting vector on the vertical wall bearing plate away from the wall. The result is a cost saving heavy duty shelving system using traditional lumber. An optional variable length diagonal bracket is disclosed. Another embodiment uses the same diagonal pair of brackets to store tires or other objects against the wall and eliminates the shelves and provides a chin up bar. Another embodiment replaces the lower shelf with a chin up bar between two diagonal brackets. Other embodiments include a tire storage mode, a lower bar used for hanging storage which replaces the lower shelf, and a (partially) removed lower shelf for hanging storage such as a bike rack.
US10524563B2
A two-piece table includes a one-piece tabletop portion and a one piece table leg portion. The tabletop portion is made of four or more distinct independent, hinged segments which allow the tabletop fold, origami style, into a small package. The tabletop further includes four corners having various chamfered ends or corners which allows for the creation of a handle in the longer ends or corners of the tabletop. The table leg portion is a foldable, unitary structure including four legs and a top portion on which the table top rests without any attachment. The top portion of the table leg portion fits into a slot or groove on the underside of the tabletop. The table leg portion is hinged and folds into a square.
US10524556B2
A packaging and distribution device, for example a device for treatment with an electric current, includes: a refill containing a product to be distributed, including a vessel defined at least partially by a flexible wall; a pressing member for pressing on the flexible wall in order to apply pressure to the product contained therein, wherein the pressing member includes two flaps hingedly connected to one another, each connected to a mechanical system biasing the flap to bear against the refill.
US10524549B2
A wearable device comprises a main body and at least one belt. The main body comprises a casing, and the casing comprises at least one first engaging member and at least one first positioning member. The at least one belt comprises a connecting portion and an adapter. The adapter is connected to the connection portion of the at least one belt, and comprises at least one second engaging member and at least one second positioning member. The at least one first positioning member is connected to the at least one second positioning member correspondingly for positioning the belt on the main body. The at least one first engaging member is engaged with the at least one second engaging member correspondingly, so that the belt is fixed to the main body. Consequently, the main body and the belt connect to each other firmly and are easy to be assembled and disassembled.
US10524541B2
A footwear assembly includes a shoe having a vamp and an outsole. The shoe includes a first room defined between the vamp and the outsole, and a first opening is formed in the top of the shoe and communicates with the first room. A first connection member is located on outside of the first opening. A water-proof sock is inserted in the first room via the first opening, and has a neck portion formed along the second opening of the water-proof sock. The neck portion is able to be foldable relative to the water-proof sock and has a second connection member which is connected to the first connection member when the neck portion is foldable relative to the water-proof sock.
US10524535B2
An insole of an embodiment of the disclosed technology is formed by way of taking an insole of an existing shoe (or footwear), tracing the existing insole on to a flat sheet of material, and cutting out a new insole in the same shape (side edge dimensions) as the original or substantially there-so. The material is resilient but can be made malleable at a higher temperature using such materials known in the art. It is raised to a higher temperature, then placed into the existing shoe on top of or in place of the existing insole. A person then wears the shoe with the new (hot) insole causing the insole to compress. Upon cooling and while still wearing same, the insole retains a new compressed shape formed to bottom contours of the foot of the wearer.
US10524529B2
The present invention provides a lightweight protective helmet having an improved ventilation system therein. The protective helmet comprises an outer shell and an inner liner that are joined together to form a shell/liner composite. The ventilation system interacts with one or more ventilation ports in the protective helmet to control the flow of ambient air in and out of the interior of the protective helmet. The ventilation system may be integrated or encased within the shell/liner composite, or it may be adapted to be used on the exterior of the helmet. In addition, the ventilation system may include one of several types of interchangeable insert members to allow active or passive control of ambient air into the interior of the helmet.
US10524524B2
The present invention relates generally to methods for the delivery of beneficial respirable compounds such as moisture, anti-inflammation compounds, anti-irritants, fragrances, aromatherapy compounds, and low dose medications slowly and continuously over time using a mask containing a thickened aqueous gel media delivery system combined with, supported by, and coating solid bodies inside the filter. The present invention also relates generally to methods for the removal of harmful industrial gasses from inhaled air using a disposable filtration mask containing a fluid filter media composed of a thickened aqueous gel that can be readily modified by means of additives to enhance its filtration properties for specific gasses individually, or in combination. The fluid filter media is combined with, supported by, and coats solid bodies inside the filter which optimize contact between the fluid filtration gel and the incoming air containing harmful industrial gasses. The present invention also relates generally to methods for the removal of hydrophilic bio-particulates from inhaled air using a disposable filtration mask containing a fluid filter media composed of a thickened aqueous gel that wets the bio-particulates, increasing their effective size and mass, and then retains them using the surface tension and viscosity of the thickened aqueous gel.
US10524523B1
A padded double-strap hand wrapping apparatus and method of wrapping the hands prevents injury to the knuckle, hand, and wrist areas, resulting in a supportive and protective hand wrap which can be used in conjunction with boxing and bag gloves. The hand wrapping apparatus is operable along a wrapping path by wrapping the knuckles inside a resilient wrap body having a padded insert fabricated from a deformably resilient material. The fingers are inserted inside a correspondingly sized finger retention members that couple to the upper end of the wrap body. A left and right strap, connected at their proximal ends to the wrap body, are wrapped at a desired tautness to achieve a compression against the hand. The straps form an orthogonal relationship that reinforces the wrapping around the wrist, knuckles, and wrap body. Left and right strap fasteners securely fasten the corresponding strap after wrapping around the hand.
US10524521B2
Disclosed is a system (1) for activating the deployment of an inflatable safety vest, characterised in that it comprises a case (2) designed to be solidly connected to the inflatable safety vest and equipped with a first opening (21) into which a box (3) can be removably inserted, said box comprising at least an electronic card, connection means and an energy-storage device. The upper part of the aforementioned first opening (21) is provided with a housing (22) which is equipped on the base and connected to the case (2) and into which at least the upper part (31) of the box (3) can be inserted so that it is hermetically connected to the case (2).
US10524520B2
A suit pattern contains: setting, as left and right shoulder rear virtual base points, points specified by moving forward from the center line of the back region by a length that is one-half the circumference of the chest multiplied by 0.177±0.005, and then moving upward perpendicularly from that point approximately one-fourth of the length of the movement length; setting as left and right shoulder front-rear virtual base points, points specified according to the intersection of a line perpendicular to a position that is 0.56±0.05 times the length from the front body front-end edge to the front-end edge of the sleeve hole, and absolute horizontal line from the left or right shoulder front-rear base point; setting as left and right front-rear virtual base points and the cut-off front-rear end section of the sleeve hole at a fixed adjustment angle; and stitching each of the front-rear shoulder ridge lines together.
US10524510B2
A heater for a vaporization device includes a fluid reservoir and a porous and permeable heating element made of an electrically conductive material and located within the reservoir. The reservoir and the heating element located within the reservoir define a fluid volume sufficient to capture and retain a fixed volume of fluid ejected from an ejection head in the vaporization device. Application of electrical energy to the heating element vaporizes the fixed volume of fluid in a fixed amount of time.
US10524507B2
The invention relates to a device that can be used to try electronic cigarette liquids, intended for the retail sale of electronic cigarettes, providing a system that allows the end client to try different electronic cigarettes without having to put together a complete assembly for each type of liquid, said device taking the form of a block provided internally with a set of clearomizers and vacuum pumps that convey the aroma into a single tube to the exterior. Alternatively, it can be assembled with a single vacuum pump or without any vacuum pump, using instead direction aspiration, or manual selection prior to the selected test or aspiration.
US10524506B2
A burning type heat source (50) includes: a single longitudinal hollow (51) extending along the first direction (D1); and a lateral hollow (52) extending along a second direction (D2) crossing the first direction (D1), the lateral hollow (52) communicating with the longitudinal hollow (51). The ignition end (50Ae) is provided at the ignition end (50Ae) side in the first direction relative to a burning position at an end of a second inhalation.
US10524503B2
A smoking article having a proximal end and a distal end is provided, including a combustible heat source disposed at the distal end; an aerosol-forming substrate downstream of the combustible heat source; a mouthpiece downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate and disposed at the proximal end; and a tubular element, which is slideable from a first position towards the distal end to a second position. In the second position, the tubular element at least partially extends over the combustible heat source and is configured to reduce the air supply to the combustible heat source. The tubular element is configured to modify a heat output of the combustible heat source, and to control a resistance-to-draw of the smoking article by selectively covering air inlets.
US10524502B2
A broiler-type heating device for electronic smoking devices such as electronic cigarettes and vaporizers includes a heating element located above the storage area where the inhalant material is located. The heating element is in electrical communication with a lower connector located below the storage area. A partition defines the bottom of the internal storage area and separates the storage area from the lower connector. The heating device may be two separate pieces, a chamber and a cradle, that are removably connected. The heating element is located in the chamber above the storage area, which is located in the cradle.
US10524496B2
A fruit and vegetable juicing device having a feed tube, a juice collector and a grating disc carrying a frusto-conical sieve, the grating disc having a first array of grating teeth, a secondary processing surface with a second array of grating teeth; each tooth having one leading edge and one trailing edge, wherein the juice collector has either an internal helical ramp with an elevated discharge nozzle or a circumferential trough having a lowest point that leads to a discharge nozzle.
US10524486B2
The present disclosure relates to a flowable edible product dispensing apparatus, including: a programmable controller; a touchscreen interface including an indicator of at least one edible item for selection, the operator interface in communication with the programmable controller a dispensing system in communication the operator interface; the programmable controller, being wirelessly connected to the internet, and being operable to associate the at least one edible item with the least one flowable edible and/or inedible product; and the dispensing system dispenses an amount of the at least one flowable edible and/or inedible product associated with the selected edible item when the at least one edible and/or inedible item is selected.
US10524462B2
An apparatus for catching bugs is provided which includes a catch box having an interior region and an elongated handle attached to the catch box. The elongated handle includes a flexible tube member and a flexible rod member disposed within the flexible tube member. The apparatus includes a trap adapted to move back and forth within the interior region of the catch box. The flexible tube member is attached to the catch box and the flexible rod member is attached to the trap. The flexible rod member is adapted to provide back and forth movement of the trap within the interior region of the catch box to thereby define a closed chamber in the interior of the box for trapping bugs.
US10524454B2
Implementations described and claimed herein provide systems, apparatuses, and methods for exercising and entertaining a pet. In one implementation, a pet exercise and entertainment device includes a launch funnel for launching projectiles for a pet to retrieve. The launch funnel has a feeder and a chute. The feeder is configured to receive a projectile and transport the projectile to an intake end of the chute. A sensor is configured to sense the projectile in the intake end of the chute and to command one or more motors to power up in response to sensing the projectile. An actuator is configured to release the projectile from the intake end of the chute into the launch end of the chute after a pre-determined time has elapsed. One or more wheels, rotated by the one or more motors, are configured to launch the projectile from the launch end of the chute.
US10524444B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PWYC94 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PWYC94, cells from soybean variety 5PWYC94, plants of soybean 5PWYC94, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PWYC94. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PWYC94 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PWYC94, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PWYC94, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PWYC94. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PWYC94 are further provided.
US10524437B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid DR2379TH. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid DR2379TH and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10524434B2
The invention relates to a planter forming part of a hydroponic system. The planter includes a longitudinal body defining at least two longitudinally extending liquid channels and at least two plant holders defined in the body, the plant holders spaced on the outer circumference of the longitudinal body, each one of the at least two plant holders in fluid flow communication with one of the at least two longitudinally extending liquid channels.
US10524432B2
System and methods for monitoring the growth of an aquatic plant culture and detecting real-time characteristics associated with the aquatic plant culture aquatic plants. The systems and methods may include a control unit configured to perform an analysis of at least one image of an aquatic plant culture. The analysis may include processing at least one collected image to determine at least one physical characteristic or state of an aquatic plant culture. Systems and methods for distributing aquatic plant cultures are also provided. The distribution systems and methods may track and control the distribution of an aquatic plant culture based on information received from various sources. Systems and methods for growing and harvesting aquatic plants in a controlled and compact environment are also provided. The systems may include a bioreactor having a plurality of vertically stacked modules designed to contain the aquatic plants and a liquid growth medium.
US10524425B2
One variation of a method for automating transfer of plants within an agricultural facility includes: dispatching a loader to autonomously deliver a first module—defining a first array of plant slots at a first density and loaded with a first set of plants at a first growth stage—from a first grow location within an agricultural facility to a transfer station within the agricultural facility; dispatching the loader to autonomously deliver a second module—defining a second array of plant slots at a second density less than the first density and empty of plants—to the transfer station; recording a module-level optical scan of the first module; extracting a viability parameter of the first set of plants from features detected in the module-level optical scan; and if the viability parameter falls outside of a target viability range, rejecting transfer of the first set of plants from the first module.
US10524419B1
A mower deck stabilizer releasably and adjustably engages the mower deck to the mower frame to provide a counterbalancing force to the cantilevered load of a side-mounted catcher.
US10524417B2
A walk-behind, self-propelled machine includes a clutch having a driving state where a motor drives wheels to rotate and an unlocked state where the wheels freely rotate relative to the motor. The clutch includes a movable member and a driving member. The movable member is capable of moving between a locked position where the clutch is in the driving state and an unlocked position where the clutch is in the unlocked state. The driving member transfers power to the wheels by means of friction. When the clutch is in the driving state, the motor drives the wheels to rotate in a first direction, when the motor stops rotating, the wheels rotate in a second direction opposite to the first direction and can drive the driving member to move by frictional force so that the driving member pushes the movable member to move from the locked position to the unlocked position, and after the motor (40) is turned off, the wheels rotate without driving a motor shaft to rotate, so that a relatively small force can push or pull the walk-behind, self-propelled machine.
US10524416B2
A work vehicle includes an imaging device for imaging a plant growing in a field and a control device for controlling a sowing device. The control device includes a growth state determination section for determining a growth state of the plant in the field based on result of imaging by the imaging device and a sowing instruction section for instructing the sowing device to carry out a seed sowing operation based on result of determination of the growth state determination section.
US10524415B2
A header for a combine harvester comprising a drive arm assembly, bearing assembly and knife head assembly is disclosed. The drive arm assembly includes a drive arm with a proximal end operatively connected to a drive mechanism for reciprocating motion therewith and a distal end opposite the proximal end. The bearing assembly is attachable to the distal end of the drive arm and includes an eccentric hub. The knife head assembly includes a knife head and a housing mounted to the knife head. The housing houses the bearing assembly.
US10524414B2
A lawnmower with a plurality of blade holding elements in a horizontally rotating blade assembly holds a plurality of blades in a blade channel. The blade assembly is covered by a blade assembly guard that is only open underneath at a point where blades in the blade assembly would cut grass during normal operation. A blade assembly access panel in the upper portion of the blade assembly guard allows blades or a blade assembly to be easily replaced.
US10524411B2
Described is a high-speed transplanting mechanism that includes an angle-adjusting device about an angle of a duckbill entering soil, the mechanism comprising a rear arm, a front arm, a restoring spring, a control wire, a control wire sleeve and a control adjuster. The front arm is hinged on the mounting base of the planting device, the rear arm is hinged on the duckbill planting device, and the another end of the rear arm and the front arm are axial sliding connection. The control adjuster comprises an adjuster body and a handle fixed on the adjuster body. The restoring spring is positioned between the first limit plate on the rear arm and the second limit plate on the front arm. The end of the control wire is fixed on the second limit plate and, in turn, the other end of the control wire passes through the first limit plate, the restoring spring, the second limit plate and the control wire sleeve, and finally fixed to the adjuster body. The angle of the duckbill into the soil can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the control wire. The pot seedling can be supported and pushed upright by the forward inertia force as the wheel turns the soil, breaking through the theory of zero-velocity seedling transplanting. The planting pot seedling speed of the disclosed mechanism is more than 60 seedlings per minute, and the quality and efficiency of planting pot seedlings are improved.
US10531599B2
An electromagnetic interference shielding structure is provided. The electromagnetic interference shielding structure includes a shield pad and a shield can. The shield pad is configured to surround at least one circuit element mounted on a printed circuit board, and to be grounded to a ground pad formed on a printed circuit board. The shield can include an upper plate, and a sidewall extending from the upper plate and partly embedded in the shield pad.
US10531592B1
A system and method for efficient allocation of remote storage devices to computing devices in a rack is disclosed. An end of the rack switch is provided with physical storage devices and a storage service. The switch includes ports that are coupled to network interface cards of computing servers. The storage service allows each of the computing servers to access the physical storage devices. The network interface card includes a controller that can be configured into virtual storage controllers to allow access to different storage volumes.
US10531591B2
A storage system for mounting equipment includes a plurality of vertical structural side members positioned at corners of the storage system. A plurality of horizontal structural members is coupled to the plurality of vertical structural side members. Specifically, each of the horizontal structural members has a plurality of corners, and each corner of each horizontal structural member is coupled to one of the vertical structural side members. Each vertical structural side member is an extrusion having a length selected to accommodate a desired height in a facility in which the storage system is installed.
US10531588B2
An information processing apparatus includes a case body, a container that has a first holder that accommodates a first electronic part and a pulling-out space into which the first electronic part is pulled out from the first holder, and that is accommodated in the case body, and a second holder that accommodates a second electronic part, that is coupled to the container via a rotation shaft, and that is shifted between an accommodated state in which the second holder is accommodated in the pulling-out space and a developed state in which the second holder is outside the pulling-out space in accordance with rotation with respect to the container.
US10531587B2
A method and apparatus for modular power distribution includes an end module and at least one switching module having a switching module electrical power interface configured to electrically connect to at least one of the end module electrical power interface, to another switching module electrical power interface, or to at least one voltage converter module, and having at least one of a switching element, an input/output connector, a switching module communication interface, or a bus bar connector, wherein the modules are physically secured.
US10531586B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing comprising at least one electronic component disposed within the electronic device, a first separation member configured to separate a first cavity at least partially exposed to an exterior of the electronic device through the housing from a second cavity in which the at least one electronic component is disposed; and a driver disposed in a third cavity spatially coupled with the second cavity in an interior of the housing, the driver configured to generate an air pressure differential between the second cavity and the first cavity. The method operates the device responsive to detecting a water immersion condition by outputting a sound by a speaker device, detecting the outputted sound through a microphone device, determining whether the detected sound matches a predetermined reference value and if so, operating a driver device to discharge the residual water.
US10531585B2
A mechanism for locking and unlocking a photoelectric module, comprising: a base, and a handle, a clipping cover (3), a lock latch (4) and a hood placed above the base—the base is provided with a cuboid-shaped lock latch limiting slot and two sides of the lock latch limiting slot latch turning slots (1-3); an upper end on a left side face of the base (1) is provided with a handle turning slot a left end of the lock latch is a handle fitting position (4-1), an upper bottom face of a right end of the lock latch is provided with a tab (4-3), and lock latch rotation shafts (4-2)are provided between the handle fitting position and the tab solves the problems of restricted internal room of the tube shell and complicated tube shell installation procedure.
US10531567B2
The present invention provides an entry sheet for drilling which provides higher hole position accuracy than that of a conventional entry sheet for drilling. The present invention provides an entry sheet for drilling, including a metal foil, and a layer including a resin composition and formed on at least one surface of the metal foil, wherein the resin composition includes a resin and tungsten disulfide as a solid lubricant, and the content of the tungsten disulfide included in the resin composition is 10 parts by mass to 200 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the resin included in the resin composition.
US10531564B2
A device includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) section, a second PCB section and a flexible section. The first PCB section a first battery connection for providing an electrical connection to a first terminal of the battery and a first mechanical coupling apparatus. The second PCB section includes a second battery connection for providing an electrical connection to a second terminal of the battery and a second mechanical coupling apparatus. The flexible section is coupled to the first and second PCBs, and when in a first position, the battery connections are not electrically coupled to a respective one of the terminals of the battery. When in a second position, the first mechanical coupling apparatus is mechanically coupled to the second mechanical coupling apparatus and the battery is electrically coupled to the first and second battery terminals.
US10531560B2
An apparatus for toggling circuits includes a plurality of parallel channels each having a first end and a second end, a plurality of ports transverse to the plurality of parallel channels, wherein each port has a plurality of valves corresponding to the plurality of parallel channels, wherein each valve selectively opens and closes in response to an input and wherein opening a valve fills a portion of a port with a conducting fluid. The apparatus also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the input of each valve and configured to complete an electric circuit between the first end of the parallel channel and the port corresponding to the valve when the controller opens the valve. A method executed by a computer and a corresponding computer program product are also disclosed herein.
US10531554B2
A three-dimensional magneto-optical trap (3D GMOT) configured to trap a cold-atom cloud is disclosed. The 3D GMOT includes a single input light beam having its direction along a first axis, an area along a second and third axis that are both normal to the first axis, and a substantially flat input light beam intensity profile extending across its area. The 3D GMOT may also include a circular, diffraction-grating surface positioned normal to the first axis and having closely adjacent grooves arranged concentrically around a gap formed in its center. The circular, diffraction-grating surface is configured to diffract first-order light beams that intersect within an intersection region that lies directly above the gap and suppresses reflections and diffractions of all other orders. The 3D GMOT may further include a quadrupole magnetic field with its magnitude being zero within the intersection region.
US10531549B2
Provided is an X-ray apparatus and a method of controlling an X-ray apparatus capable of detecting a sign of breakage of a filament. A method of controlling an X-ray apparatus for performing control involving controlling a filament current flowing through a filament of a cathode part to maintain constant a tube current flowing between the cathode part and an anode part with a target, includes: monitoring the current value of at least one of the filament current and the tube current; detecting the mode of change in the current value; determining the presence or absence of a sign of breakage of the filament based on the mode of change in the current value; and issuing a warning based on the determination.
US10531546B1
A modular coordinated lighting system comprising one or more wireless lighting devices that can communicate over a network and coordinate their operation to provide illumination to an area is provided. Wireless control present in one wireless lighting device can be used to propagate the wireless control of that wireless lighting device to an entire of group of lights in a lighting system. In this manner, a user can easily install wireless lighting devices that work in coordination to illuminate an area as if they are one lighting device. A networked wireless lighting device may also be configured through the user input method to operate different groups of wireless lighting modules such that lighting groups may be created. Multiple lighting groups allow a user to configure lighting provided by the modular coordinated lighting system based on their preference.
US10531537B2
A photocontrol circuit includes a set of light level detection circuitry and a low power consumption power supply that powers the set of light level detection circuitry. In response to a determination that light sensed in ambient environment is at or below the light level threshold, the light level detection circuitry switches a 0 to 10V dimming input line to approximately 10V, controlling a luminaire to emit maximum light. In response to a determination that light sensed in ambient environment is above the light level threshold, the light level detection circuitry switches the 0 to 10V dimming input line to less than approximately 0.5 Volts, thereby controlling the luminaire to emit minimum or no light. The photocontrols embodiments described herein advantageously employ the 0 to 10V dimming line as the luminaire control line, unlike previous photocontrols which typically switch the power input to the luminaire. The photocontrol circuit may be housed in a photocontrol module comprising a base and a cover.
US10531530B2
Systems and methods for controlling a power adaptor Light-Emitting Diode (LED) indicator are described. In some embodiments, a method may include: detecting a coupling of a power adaptor to a voltage source; setting a plurality of transistors in a first configuration, where the first configuration provides power an LED coupled to the power adaptor via a cable; detecting a de-coupling of the power adaptor from the voltage source; and setting the plurality of transistors in a second configuration, where the second configuration ceases to provide power to the LED.
US10531526B2
An embodiment of a microwave heating apparatus includes a solid state microwave energy source, a chamber, a dielectric resonator antenna with an exciter dielectric resonator and a feed structure, and one or more additional dielectric resonators each positioned within a distance of the exciter resonator to form a dielectric resonator antenna array. The distance is selected so that each additional resonator is closely capacitively coupled with the exciter resonator. The feed structure receives an excitation signal from the microwave energy source. The exciter resonator is configured to produce a first electric field in response to the excitation signal, and the first electric field may directly impinge on the additional resonator(s). Impingement of the first electric field may cause each of the additional resonators to produce a second electric field. The electric fields are directed into the chamber to increase the thermal energy of a load within the chamber.
US10531523B2
A microwave heating apparatus includes: a body defining a microwave heating chamber therein; a drawer door moveably mounted on the body to open or close the microwave heating chamber; a door switch button disposed on the body or the drawer door and configured to control the drawer door to be opened or closed; a speed adjusting button disposed on the body or the drawer door and configured to control a moving speed of the drawer door; a driving device with a controllable operating speed mounted on one of the body and the drawer door, connected with the other of the body and the drawer door in a transmission way, and configured to drive the drawer door to move; a controller communicated with the door switch button, the speed adjusting button and the driving device respectively.
US10531522B2
A method for assembling an induction heating device includes the steps of interposing at least one ferrite bar between a coil assembly and a support plate, and snap engaging a central polymeric fastening element on the support plate. At least one end of the ferrite bar is inserted in a radial seat of the central polymeric fastening element. The coil assembly is snap engaged with the central polymeric fastening element in order to sandwich the ferrite bars between the support plate and the coil assembly.
US10531513B2
A method includes configuring serving cells for UE, the serving cells including at least six serving cells configurable for the UE; receiving PUCCH format configuration information for transmitting uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells, the PUCCH format configuration information including configuration information of PUCCH format 4; determining a total number of HARQ-ACK bits, SR bits, and periodic CSI bits to be transmitted in a subframe; selecting, at least based on the determined total number, a PUCCH format to transmit at least one of HARQ-ACK, SR, and periodic CSI, the selected PUCCH format being one of PUCCH formats including the PUCCH format 4 and PUCCH format 3; and transmitting the uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells in the subframe using the selected PUCCH format, the uplink control information associated with the configured serving cells including the at least one of HARQ-ACK, SR, and periodic CSI.
US10531500B2
Described embodiments provide systems, methods and apparatus for operating a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). The MANET includes a plurality of nodes that are identified as stationary nodes or mobile nodes. One or more of the identified stationary nodes are set as backbone nodes. A backbone network is formed by the one or more backbone nodes and an alias is determined for each backbone node. Channel access is allocated to each backbone node based upon the determined alias for the one or more backbone nodes.
US10531494B2
An embodiment method at a network device for scrambling a downlink reference signal for a UE for demodulation of a downlink random access message during a random access procedure to the network includes scrambling the downlink reference signal using one of a temporary UE ID provided to the UE during the random access procedure, a random access ID generated during the random access procedure, or a dedicated UE ID assigned by the network.
US10531491B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method by which a station (STA) performs uplink transmission in a wireless communication system, the method for performing uplink transmission comprising the steps of: receiving a trigger frame from an AP; and performing uplink transmission as a response to the trigger frame, wherein, when a network allocation vector (NAV) of the STA receiving the trigger frame is idle and clear channel assessment (CCA) result is idle, the uplink transmission is performed.
US10531489B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and specifically, to a method and a device for the method which comprises the steps of: aggregating a LCell and a UCell in order to communicate with a base station; and transmitting a slotted uplink physical channel via only one slot among a plurality of slots of a subframe #m of the UCell, wherein the transmission of the slotted uplink physical channel includes performing a first CCA procedure X-time prior to a reference time point of the first slot of the subframe #m, and if the first CCA procedure fails, performing a second CCA procedure Y-time (Y>X) prior to a reference time point of the second slot of the subframe #m.
US10531477B2
Devices and methods for determining a schedule of unicast transmissions between wireless transceivers using a principal controller. A receiver receives information of a set of transmissions between the transceivers for a period of time, a priority of each transmission, and a topology of a network of transceivers, i.e. neighborhood nodes having controllers and devices. A processor sequentially partitions the transmissions based on priority and the topology of the network, groups of concurrent transmissions that do not interfere with each other, beginning with a highest priority group, and ending, with a lowest ending priority group. Apply a predetermined optimization assignment, comparing all transactions according to the priority optimization assignment, to determine a prioritized order of transmission for each transmission in each group. Assign each transmission a respective time slot within a sequence of time slots of the time period via priority optimization assignment order of transmissions, to obtain the transmission schedule.
US10531476B2
A method of managing Radio Access Network (RAN) processing within a data center of a centralized radio access network (CRAN), wherein the data center comprises a plurality of compute resources that perform at least part of the RAN processing of a plurality of connected remote radio access points, includes assigning, to packets from the plurality of remote radio access points, an identification information that originates from the RAN; deciding, by schedulers based on a scheduling algorithm, on which of the compute resources processing of the packets is to take place; and using the identification information to route the packets within the data center. The compute resources are implicitly addressed through the identification information.
US10531472B2
A communications system for device-to-device communications includes a group of plural communications devices, each configured to perform device-to-device communications via a wireless access interface with one or more other communications devices of the group. One of the communications devices is configured to detect interference in communications resources of the wireless access interface caused by signals transmitted by another communications device, and to provide, in response to detecting the interference, an indication of the interference to one or more of the communications device. By the communications device of the first group of communications devices detecting the interference and communicating an indication of the interference to the other members of the group, then members of the group can adapt the transmission and reception of data via the wireless access interface to avoid resources of the wireless access interface which is subject to interference.
US10531463B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of multiband wireless communication. For example, a multiband wireless communication device may include a receiver to receive a first message from a mobile device, the first message including multiband capability information indicating a plurality of supported wireless communication bands of the mobile device; a controller to select a selected wireless communication band from the plurality of supported wireless communication bands; and a transmitter to transmit a second message to the mobile device, the second message including an indication of the selected wireless communication band.
US10531460B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for UE receiving data in a wireless communication system, the method for receiving data comprising the steps of: receiving control information through a channel through which the control information is delivered; and confirming an information bit which is included in the control information and is related to reserving a resource, wherein the information bit simultaneously indicates whether UE which has transmitted the control information reserves the resource, and if the resource is reserved by the UE, the location of the resource.
US10531455B2
A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. The method includes: receiving, at a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D data transmission resource, the configuration information including information of a D2D data allocation period and being transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB); determining, at the UE, a D2D data transmission resource offset and a period associated with a D2D data transmission resource bitmap in each D2D data allocation period, the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including at least one bit corresponding to bit value “1”; and determining a pool of subframes corresponding to the bit value “1” of the D2D data transmission resource bitmap, the period associated with the D2D data transmission resource bitmap including the pool of subframes, the pool of subframes corresponding to D2D data transmission resources through which a D2D data transmission is capable.
US10531454B2
Methods and systems for waking up a wireless receiving stations having wake-up radio (WUR) circuits. A method of providing a wake-up signal in a communications channel for a plurality of receiving stations, comprising: generating a plurality of series of waveform coded symbols, each series being incorporated into a respective wake-up-radio (WUR) frame that is intended for a respective receiving station and has a respective predefined bandwidth; combining the respective WUR frames into a multiband WUR data unit having a bandwidth that is greater than a sum of the predefined bandwidths of the wake-up radio frames; transmitting a wake-up signal including the multiband WUR data unit in the communications channel.
US10531446B2
In a communication system capable of executing terminal-to-terminal communication in which wireless communication is performed directly without an intervention of a base station device between a first terminal device that is in a state in which cellular communication with the base station device can be executed and a second terminal device that is not in the state in which cellular communication with the base station device can be executed, the base station device generates control information necessary for the first terminal device to search for the second terminal device, and transmits the generated control information to the first terminal device.
US10531436B1
In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for method for efficient allocation of bandwidth in a wireless network. The method can include: identifying a plurality of network interfaces on a first user device; initializing a virtual network resource associated with the plurality of network interfaces; receiving, at the virtual network resource, data packets from an app executing on the first user device, the data packets destined for a remote device; sending a first portion of the data packets to the remote device via a first one of the plurality of network interfaces; and sending a second portion of the data packets to the remote device via a second one of the plurality of network interfaces. An aggregation platform can be configured to receive and reconstitute the first and second portions of the data packets, and to transmit the reconstituted data packets to the remote device.
US10531435B2
A resource processing method and device are provided. In the method, a first UE transmits configuration information of a transmission and/or reception resource or resource pool to a second UE, and the resource or resource pool is used for indicating resource information used in information interaction between the second UE and the first UE.
US10531434B2
The present invention provides a method and device for configuring an uplink operating frequency band for user equipment from among all the uplink system bands. The user equipment transmits an uplink control channel on the uplink frequency band. The uplink operating frequency band includes six resource blocks in a frequency domain. The uplink control channel is transmitted using the lowest frequency resource block and the highest frequency resource block from among the six resource blocks within the uplink operating frequency band.
US10531421B1
Systems and methods for providing accurate data about the distribution of UEs after disaster include a movable eNodeB that is moved to at least three locations. The coordinates for the at least three locations are determined and the distance between the eNodeB and a plurality of UEs is measured. The location of each UE relative to the eNodeB is calculated based on the distance between the eNodeB and the plurality of UEs using trilateration. The coordinates for the UEs is then calculated based on the coordinates for the at least three locations and the determined location of the UEs relative to the eNodeB.
US10531415B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over RF channels. In some implementations, information is obtained. An encoder network is used to process the information and generate a first RF signal. The first RF signal is transmitted through a first channel. A second RF signal is determined that represents the first RF signal having been altered by transmission through the first channel. Transmission of the first RF signal is simulated over a second channel implementing a machine-learning network, the second channel representing a model of the first channel. A simulated RF signal that represents the first RF signal having been altered by simulated transmission through the second channel is determined. A measure of distance between the second RF signal and the simulated RF signal is calculated. The machine-learning network is updated using the measure of distance.
US10531412B2
Wireless communication is performed by stations (nodes) in a wireless mesh network by forming nodes into a mesh network without the need of network-wide synchronization and without needing to form active links between potential neighbors. Nodes obtain information on neighbors in the network by listening to transmitted beacons from these nearby nodes. Synchronization and active links are established when a data transmission session is triggered and initiated by the route setup process. The link formation process performed when establishing a new route performs both beamforming and synchronization. In situations in which a new route does not intersect other active routes then independent synchronization is performed; but when intersecting routes exist, the new route is synchronized with all intersecting routes where nodes are configured to serve both routes.
US10531404B2
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 status reporting in a carrier aggregation with at least one SCell operating in an unlicensed spectrum, the method comprising: receiving, by a MAC entity, an uplink grant to transmit data on an unlicensed cell from an eNB; checking, by the MAC entity, whether the unlicensed cell is available for transmitting the data using the uplink grant; determining, by the MAC entity, not transmitting the data using the uplink grant if the unlicensed cell is not available for transmitting data; and triggering, by the MAC entity, a PHR when the UE determines that the data is not to be transmitted.
US10531402B2
A power allocation method and apparatus belong to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: determining, by UE, a first start time point of a first control subframe and a second start time point of a second control subframe; determining, based on the first start time point and the second start time point, whether a priority of a first target subframe is higher than a priority of a second target subframe; and if the priority of the first target subframe is higher than the priority of the second target subframe, allocating, based on first uplink channel information and second uplink channel information, power to the UE in a base station or a cell group in which the first target subframe is located, and allocating reserved power of the UE to the UE in a base station or a cell group in which the second target subframe is located.
US10531392B2
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).The method includes: receiving information on a battery threshold of a terminal from a base station; determining whether to use a reception beam width wider than a currently used reception beam width, by comparing a battery level of the terminal with the battery threshold; transmitting additional resource request information to the base station when it is determined that a wider reception beam width is used; and when an additional resource corresponding to the additional resource request information is allocated from the base station, blocking a power supply of at least one antenna reception circuit among multiple antenna reception circuits corresponding to multiple antenna elements in order to form at least one reception beam having the wide reception beam width.
US10531386B2
A base station according to one embodiment comprises a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink control channel for a radio terminal to receive, in an idle mode, a paging message; and a controller configured to retransmit a paging message addressed to the radio terminal, if an extended DRX using a second DRX cycle longer than a first DRX cycle is configured to the radio terminal.
US10531383B2
A communications system for communicating data to and from a communication terminal, including infrastructure equipment forming a mobile communications network arranged to transmit and receive signals representing data to and from the communication terminal via a wireless access interface. The communication terminal is configured to transmit and receive signals representing data to/from the infrastructure equipment and to enter a reduced-power state, during which the communication terminal is configured to periodically recover data from the signals received from the infrastructure equipment, to measure a parameter indicating a characteristic of at least some of the signals received from the infrastructure equipment during the reduced power state, and to exit the reduced power state and to transmit a message to the infrastructure equipment, the message requesting resources of the wireless access interface, in dependence upon the measured parameter relative to a predetermined threshold.
US10531380B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a method for a STA transmitting/receiving a frame in a wireless communication system, the method for transmitting/receiving a frame comprising the steps of: receiving a beacon frame comprising TIM information and trigger frame information; and entering into doze mode, wherein the trigger frame information comprises information indicating the existence or not of resource allocation for random access, and the trigger frame information comprises UL MU frame type information.
US10531375B2
A network selects a transmission mechanism for delivering a Point to Multipoint (PTM) compatible service based on cell identification (cell ID) information identifying the serving cells of user equipment (UE) devices interested in receiving the PTM compatible service. In some situations, the cell ID information is obtained by the network using a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) counting procedure where cell ID information is requested in a MBMS Counting Request Message and provided by each UE device in a MBMS Counting Response Message.
US10531371B2
A method for transmitting a discovery signal in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises the steps of: selecting from a resource pool n (n>0) resource units for transmitting a discovery signal; and transmitting the discovery signal by using the selected n resource units, wherein, when the n resource units are selected, the kth (0
US10531370B2
The present specification relates to a method for transmitting data by a first neighbor awareness networking (NAN) device in a wireless communication system. The method for transmitting data may comprise the steps of: performing a service discovery for a first service with a second NAN device through a service discovery frame (SDF); and exchanging data for the first service with the second NAN device on the basis of the performed service discovery. Here, when at least one of authentication and association is required in transmitting the data for the first service, attribute information which is required for the data transmission among information on authentication attributes and information on association attributes may be included in the service discovery frame.
US10531368B2
The present invention is directed to a method and system for selecting a wireless network for offloading network traffic from another network. In one embodiment, a method and system for offloading network traffic in a wireless user terminal from a first network, such as cellular network, onto a second network, such as a WiFi network, includes determining a measure of the relationship between the user of the wireless user terminal and the owner of the access point for the second network. The measure of the relationship can be used to provide an indication of the likelihood that the owner of the access point will grant access to the user of the wireless user terminal.
US10531358B2
A system and method for routing IP-based messaging, voice and video calling, comprising detecting network parameters of a network that a device is connected to, detecting a location of the device and routing the call based on the network parameters and the location.
US10531357B2
Processing of data channels provided in electromagnetic waves by an access point and methods thereof
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for receiving second signals from a switch responsive to the switch receiving first signals a first waveguide system, wherein the first waveguide system facilitates generating the first signals responsive to receiving first electromagnetic waves that propagate along a transmission medium. The system further facilitates selecting a communication device according to the second signals, and transmitting a first wireless signal directed to the communication device, wherein the first wireless signal conveys first data supplied by the second signals. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10531356B2
A method for native call and VoIP call integration is disclosed, comprising: receiving, at a switch in a mobile operator network, an incoming call for a mobile device; querying a convergence gateway from the soft switch via an application programming interface (API) at the convergence gateway to determine whether the mobile device is currently engaged in a voice over IP (VoIP) call using a VoIP calling software application on the mobile device; delivering the incoming call via the soft switch over IP as a VoIP call to the VoIP calling software application on the mobile device.
US10531355B2
A management apparatus, a measurement apparatus, a management method, a measurement method, and a digital device. The management apparatus at a user equipment side of a wireless communication system includes: a measurement unit, configured to perform wireless resource management measurement on reference signals of a target cell; an interference determination unit, configured to determine whether the interference of the measurement result meets a preset condition, and marking the measurement result with the interference meeting the preset condition as a high interference measurement result; a filtering unit, configured to perform layer-3 filtering on the measurement result; and a mobility management unit, configured to perform mobility management on the user equipment according to the high interference measurement result. Reliable and accurate measurement of reference signals in a small cell scenario is realized.
US10531351B2
A method for configuring resources of a radio access network (RAN) including a radio unit includes monitoring, by a data plane node, a quality of at least one portion of a link between the radio unit and a central processing unit of the RAN; determining, by the data plane node, that the quality of the at least one portion of the link has changed relative to a previous quality of the at least one portion of the link; generating, by the data plane node according to local control logic programmed into the data plane node, a decision specifying a placement for one or more RAN functions; and transmitting, by the data plane node to one or both of the radio unit and the central processing unit, a notification including the decision specifying the placement for the one or more RAN functions.
US10531349B2
A method and apparatus for controlling inter-PLMN handover based on CSG lists of equivalent PLMNs is provided. A method for receiving subscriber information of a terminal at a Mobility Management Entity (MME) includes transmitting an update location request message for the terminal to a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and receiving an update location acknowledgement message with the subscriber information of the terminal from the HSS, wherein the update location request message comprises a list of equivalent Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs) among which the MME supports inter-PLMN handover of the terminal. The method and apparatus for controlling inter-plan handover to a CSG cell according to the present invention is characterized in that a control apparatus of a core network acquires the allowed CSG lists for determining a User Equipments (UEs) capability of access to a CSG cell and determines whether to permit inter-PLMN handover based on the allowed CSG lists.
US10531347B2
The present invention discloses a positioning method. When a primary cell PCell and a serving cell SCell that are of user equipment UE have different uplink-downlink configurations at a same subframe location, and the UE does not support simultaneous transmission and reception, the method includes: receiving, by a first device, positioning information of the UE, where the positioning information includes positioning assistance information, or positioning assistance information and a UE identifier, and the positioning assistance information includes at least positioning reference signal PRS information, or PRS information and a Cell ID; determining, by the first device and according to the positioning information, that the UE performs PRS measurement at the same subframe location of the SCell that has same configuration, and avoiding, by the first device, scheduling data or configuring a sounding signal sounding at the same subframe location of the PCell and the SCell that have different configurations.
US10531344B2
A computing device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to monitor a radio access technology type being used by a user equipment (UE) device to wirelessly communicate with a base station. The processor may be further configured to detect a change from a first radio access technology type to a second radio access technology type; determine that the second radio access technology type has been sustained for at least a particular time period; and report information identifying the change from the first radio access technology type to the second radio access technology type to a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) device.
US10531343B2
The present invention discloses for the ability for processing circuit switched (CS) services in an evolved packet network. For example, embodiments provide a method that includes: by a mobility management entity (MME), receiving a mobile terminated (MT) service indication from a mobile switching center (MSC); sending the MT service indication to user equipment (UE); and receiving an MT service response returned by the UE and performing subsequent operations according to the MT service response. In the method of the present invention, when an MT service arrives, the MME does not trigger the evolved NodeB (eNodeB) to hand over the packet switched (PS) services of the UE but notifies the UE of the MT service and performs subsequent operations according to the MT service response returned by the UE, thus avoiding the waste of network resources caused by a meaningless handover of PS services.
US10531342B2
A Network Node, a Radio Access node and methods therein for handling and supporting Hand Over, HO, in a wireless communication network are disclosed. The method in a Radio Access node comprises receiving, from a Network Node, a VoIP session notification identifying a traffic flow associated with VoIP related to a UE. The method further comprises receiving, from the Network Node, a VoIP state report for the identified traffic flow, said VoIP state report comprising a determined VoIP state, and a prediction related to a time to a VoIP state change. Further, the method comprises, when the UE is a candidate for HO: deciding whether to delay or to trigger the HO based on the VoIP state and the prediction.
US10531333B1
A communication technique of fusing a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data transmission rate beyond a fourth generation (4G) system with an Internet of things (IoT) technology and a system thereof are provided. The communication technique may be used for an intelligent service (for example, a smart home, a smart building, a smart city, a smart car or a connected car, health care, digital education, a retail business, a security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. A method for defining media access control (MAC) sub-header structures suitable for a next generation mobile communication system and applying the MAC sub-header structures to provide a high data transmission rate and a low latency in the next generation mobile communication system is provided.
US10531330B2
The present disclosure describes devices, systems, and methods for frame start optimizing in telecommunication systems. Some aspects may involve receiving, by an aggregation device in the telecommunication system, frames from transmitter devices. Some aspects may also involve determining that buffering may be required to sequence the frames for an aggregation operation performed by the aggregation device. The aggregation operation may include a process that combines frames from transmitter devices. In response to determining that the buffering is required, frame adjustment signals may be transmitted to the transmitter devices. The frame adjustment signals may instruct the transmitter devices to transmit subsequent frames such that the buffering is reduced for a subsequent aggregation operation performed by the aggregation device using the subsequent frames.
US10531326B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for efficiently controlling carrier aggregation of a terminal in a network using LTE or a next generation radio access technology. The method of the terminal may include receiving IDLE mode measurement configuration information for measuring a channel state in an RRC IDLE mode from a base station, performing at least one of storing and applying the IDLE mode measurement configuration information, and transmitting IDLE mode measurement result information measured in the RRC IDLE mode based on the IDLE mode measurement configuration information to the base station.
US10531323B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing at least one report relating to a wireless communications spectrum. At least one device is operable for wideband scan; to detect and measure at least one signal transmitted from at least one signal emitting device autonomously, thereby creating signal data; to analyze the signal data in near real-time, thereby creating analyzed data; generate the at least one report in near real-time; and to communicate at least a portion of the at least one report over a network to at least one remote device.
US10531316B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for using shared antennas for multi-protocol communication. Example devices may include a first antenna, a second antenna, memory and at least one processor configured to access the memory and execute computer-executable instructions to determine a first request for a first wireless radio to transmit first data for a first duration, determine a second request for a second wireless radio to receive second data during the first duration, and determine that a first signal strength associated with the first wireless radio is less than or equal to a first threshold. Certain embodiments may be configured to determine that communication associated with the first wireless radio has a higher priority than communication associated with the second wireless radio, cause the first wireless radio to transmit the first data using a first antenna for the first duration, and cause a second antenna to be idle.
US10531315B2
In modern networks, frequent handovers (e.g., ping-pong) from one AP device to another is a situation that can lead to increased latency, excessive resource utilization, poor quality of service, or radio link failure (RLF). Conventional networks employ mobility robustness optimization (MRO) procedures to balance tradeoffs between setting low thresholds before initiating a handover procedure, thereby increasing the likelihood of ping-pong issues, and setting those thresholds to higher values, thereby increasing the likelihood of RLF. Conventional MRO procedures are tailored to terrestrial-only networks and furthermore merely react to existing issues. Hybrid networks, having both terrestrial and aerial AP devices often witness ping-pong issues and may be implemented with urgency not conducive to using MRO procedures. An architecture is presented that can predict and mitigate ping-pong and other issues in connection with hybrid networks before those issues occur.
US10531313B2
A method that comprises identifying a group of user equipment (UEs) in a radio access network, where the group includes a transmitting UE and a plurality of receiving UEs. The method further comprises sending control information including probe signal parameters to the transmitting UE and to the receiving UEs. The method also comprises receiving, from the receiving UEs, performance metrics relating to receipt of a probe signal sent by the transmitting UE based on the probe signal parameters. The method may be implemented by a scheduler. As such, based on the feedback received, the scheduler may carry out more judicious pairing of UEs for uplink and downlink transmission, which may be particularly suitable when the UEs communicate in half-duplex fashion.
US10531286B2
A proxy server receives, from a client device, a partial query entered at the client device. The partial query includes a first substring of a full query. The first substring is replaced with a first anonymized string that is correlated with the first substring. The first anonymized string is forwarded to a web server. A second anonymized string stored by the web server in association with the first anonymized string is received from the web server in response to the first anonymized string. The second anonymized string is translated into a first de-anonymized string that is correlated with the second anonymized string. A first autocomplete suggestion including the first de-anonymized string is sent to the client device.
US10531277B2
Apparatuses, devices, and methods of initializing an electronic device such as a wrist-worn device are provided. An optical input device may read the display of the wrist-worn device to obtain input corresponding to a pairing token presented at the display. An optical input processor may process the input to identify the pairing token. The pairing token may be provided to the wrist-worn device during a handshake process in order to establish a wireless communications session with the wrist-worn device. An initialization process may be performed via the wireless communication session. The initialization process may initialize the wrist-worn device such that a user may operate the wrist-worn device following the initialization process.
US10531272B2
A mechanism for consistent public land mobile network (PLMN) specific supplementary services across different PLMNs or different service areas/regions of a PLMN is provided. A visited PLMN in which a subscriber unit is receiving or is attempting to receive service may be identified. Home PLMN specific supplementary services provisioned for the subscriber unit may be mapped to visited PLMN specific supplementary service codes set forth in the visited PLMN. These visited PLMN specific supplementary service codes may be used to replace the home PLMN specific supplementary service codes and transmitted to the visited PLMN using outgoing Mobile Application Part messages.
US10531267B2
A personal safety network (PSN) is provided in which authorized members of the network may rapidly and efficiently communicate with each other regarding threats, emergencies, or other circumstances. The PSN provides virtually real-time, multi-way messages among at least the members of a predetermined group of authorized members of the PSN. The PSN may integrate sensor data from security devices such as cameras, badge readers, and smart locks, with messages created by authorized members. The PSN may also include a location data database for maintaining virtually real-time location information for authorized members. Messages may be composed using speech recognition as an alternative to typing. A system administrator may provide temporary access to first responders or other authorized entities to message threads and underlying messages maintained by the PSN. Pre-processing and de-duplication methods are disclosed for managing congestion during periods when a large number of messages are received by the PSN.
US10531266B2
An emergency response computer system is used in operative communication with mobile computing devices for a set of device users to automatically coordinate emergency responders. The system can produce a report for emergency responders that identifies the locations of mobile computing devices, and the report can be helpful in identifying the locations of people and evacuating them when there is a mass emergency. The system can evaluate the content of emergency messages as well as proximity of the locations of the mobile computing devices that sent the emergency messages and the timing of the emergency messages to determine whether a mass emergency event is occurring and the appropriate level and type of emergency responders (police, fire, and/or medical). The system can identify and connect with video cameras throughout the geographic area that is covered by the system's emergency responders.
US10531248B2
An electronic device for forwarding a communication service is provided. The electronic device includes a communication module configured to receive a communication service request from an external electronic device; a display; and a processor configured to detect that the communication module receives the communication service request from the external electronic device, transmit a request signal of transmitting information of electronic devices registered in a vehicle electronic system to the vehicle electronic system, in response to receiving information of electronic devices, control the display to display a list of electronic devices registered in the vehicle electronic system, in response to receiving a user input for selecting one of the electronic devices registered in the vehicle electronic system, forward the received communication service request to the selected electronic device.
US10531243B2
A method for transmitting data in a mobile device includes transmitting, to a reception device, a connection request message comprising information indicating whether the transmission device supports message transmission having temporal correlation; receiving, from the reception device, a connection response message comprising information indicating whether the reception device supports the message transmission in response to the connection request message; and if both the transmission device and the reception device support the message transmission, transmitting, to the reception device, at least two of messages having temporal correlation, the at least two of messages comprising identification information, wherein the identification information indicates that the at least two of messages have temporal correlation.
US10531238B2
A companion determining device determines presence of a companion of a tracked user. The device includes a receiver, a receipt determiner and a presence determiner. The receiver receives a user identifier from an external device via a near-field wireless communication link. The receipt determiner determines whether the receiver has received the user identifier sent from the external device. The presence determiner determines presence of a companion acting with the tracked user based on determination by the receipt determiner.
US10531237B2
Techniques for wirelessly receiving, at a mobile device, information related to another mobile device determined to be in a line of sight relative to the mobile device, are presented. In an aspect, a method includes, determining by a first mobile device, a location of a mobile object determined to be in a line of sight relative to the first mobile device, and wirelessly receiving descriptive information associated with a second mobile device having a location substantially corresponding to the location of the mobile object.
US10531234B2
An electronic apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor executes a program stored in the memory to perform operations including: acquiring a series of position information of a user; detecting whether or not a loss part, in which position information corresponding to a predetermined time or a predetermined number of times of measurement is lost, is present in the series of position information acquired; and specifying the detected loss part in a case where the loss part is detected.
US10531232B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a receiver of a first device, electromagnetic waves that are generated by a transmitter of a second device at a physical interface of a transmission medium, where the electromagnetic waves propagate without requiring an electrical return path, and where the electromagnetic waves are guided by the transmission medium to the receiver of the first device. The first device can detect a physical object in proximity to the transmission medium according to a change in the parameter associated with the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10531230B2
Systems and methods for confirming the presence of a person or asset for a given purpose, and recording this information in a distributed ledger. The distributed ledger records and confirms presence indicia in connection with a transaction said facilitates remote and/or automated signatures. The systems and methods detect the presence of one or more humans and/or computing devices at a specific location at the time of a transaction, and contemporaneously recording information concerning the transaction in a distributed ledger. Presence can be determined using network presence sensing (NPS), other types of sensors, or the combination of NPS with other sensors.
US10531226B1
Determining qualified devices using zone information is disclosed. Traffic data associated with the presence of a set of devices at a location is received. At least some of the devices included in the set are qualified as qualified devices. A set of sessions associated with at least some of the qualified devices is crated. Information associated with the set of sessions is provided as output.
US10531222B2
Some disclosed methods may involve receiving audio reproduction data, including audio objects, differentiating near-field audio objects and far-field audio objects in the audio reproduction data, and rendering the far-field audio objects into speaker feed signals for room speakers of a reproduction environment. Each speaker feed signal may correspond to at least one of the room speakers. The near-field audio objects may be rendered into speaker feed signals for near-field speakers and/or headphone speakers of the reproduction environment. Reverberant audio objects may be generated based on physical microphone data from physical microphones in the reproduction environment and from virtual microphone data that is calculated for near-field audio objects. The reverberant audio objects may be rendered into speaker feed signals for the room speakers.
US10531218B2
A system of crosstalk cancelled zone creation in audio playback comprising: main transducers emitting stereo soundwaves of an audio playback; a local system comprising at least two or more close-proximity-transducers (CPTs), each is arranged proximal to one of left and right-side ear canals of a listener. Each of the CPTs comprises: a position tracking device for tracking the relative positions of the main transducers to the CPT and the other CPTs; a control unit for receiving the relative position data from the position tracking device and generating control signal according to the relative position data for the generation of crosstalk cancellation (XTC) soundwaves. Each of the CPTs is configured to generate XTC soundwaves corresponding to the stereo soundwaves arriving at the corresponding ear of the listener. The generated XTC soundwaves are synchronized with the audio playback and with respect to the relative positions.
US10531217B2
Embodiments relate to obtaining filter coefficients for a binaural synthesis filter; and applying a compensation filter to reduce artefacts resulting from the binaural synthesis filter; wherein the filter coefficients and compensation filter are configured to be used to obtain binaural audio output from a monaural audio input. The filter coefficients and compensation filter may be applied to the monaural audio input to obtain the binaural audio output. The compensation filter may comprise a timbre compensation filter.
US10531211B2
A diagnostic circuit is used for detecting the load status of an audio amplifier. The audio amplifier includes two output terminals for connection to a speaker. The diagnostic circuit may include a first circuit, which configured to generate a first signal indicating whether a signal provided via the two output terminals comprises an audio signal. A second circuit can be configured to detect a first measurement signal being indicative for the output current provided via the two output terminals, and to compare the first measurement signal with at least one threshold in order to generate a second signal indicating whether the output current has a low current amplitude profile or a high current amplitude profile. A third circuit can be configured to generate a diagnostic signal as a function of the first and the second signal.
US10531208B2
The present invention relates to recipient customization of a bone conducting hearing device. Customization of the bone conducting hearing device may include attaching the bone conducting hearing device to a recipient, establishing communication between the hearing device and an external device, generating at least one control setting with the external device, and storing the at least one control setting in a memory device in the hearing device.
US10531206B2
A processor comprises instructions to adjust a bias of an input signal in order to decrease a duty cycle of a pulse modulated optical signal. The bias can be increased, decreased, or maintained in response to one or more measured values of the signal. In many embodiments, a gain of the signal is adjusted with the bias in order to inhibit distortion. The bias can be adjusted slowly in order to inhibit audible noise, and the gain can be adjusted faster than the bias in order to inhibit clipping of the signal. In many embodiments, one or more of the bias or the gain is adjusted in response to a value of the signal traversing a threshold amount. The value may comprise a trough of the signal traversing the threshold.
US10531205B1
A fitting system is configured to determine a first power consumption metric for a first hearing device included in a binaural hearing system configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device during a communication session, determine a second power consumption metric for a second hearing device included in the binaural hearing system, determine that the first power consumption metric is lower than the second power consumption metric, and assign, based on the determination that the first power consumption metric is lower than the second power consumption metric, a first operating role to the first hearing device. The first operating role specifies that the first hearing device is to be wirelessly connected with the external device during the communication session.
US10531199B2
A vehicle sound system and method of generating sound having a plurality of frequency responses are provided. The vehicle sound system includes selecting each of a plurality of acoustic panel assemblies based on a frequency range of sound pressure vibrations the acoustic panel assembly is capable of generating, and positioning the plurality of acoustic panel assemblies within a vehicle at a respective locations within the vehicle based on the frequency range of sound pressure vibrations the acoustic panel assembly is capable of generating.
US10531198B2
An apparatus for decomposing a signal having an number of at least three channels includes an analyzer for analyzing a similarity between two channels of an analysis signal related to the signal having at least two analysis channels, wherein the analyzer is configured for using a pre-calculated frequency dependent similarity curve as a reference curve to determine the analysis result. The signal processor processes the analysis signal or a signal derived from the analysis signal or a signal, from which the analysis signal is derived using the analysis result to obtain a decomposed signal.
US10531196B2
A method for adjusting audio being outputted through a beam forming loudspeaker array. Program audio is rendered to drive the loudspeaker array to produce sound beams having i) a main content pattern that is aimed at a listener, superimposed with ii) several diffuse content patterns that are aimed away from the listener. In response to receiving an alert message that refers to alert audio, the portion of the program audio in the main pattern is moved into the diffuse patterns, and the alert audio is rendered to drive the loudspeaker array so that the portion of the program audio in the main pattern is replaced with the alert audio. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10531186B1
An acoustic device with a housing that is configured to be worn draped over the shoulders of a user in a deployed configuration. The housing includes an intermediate portion with opposed first and second ends, a first leg portion that depends from the first end of the intermediate portion, and a second leg portion that depends from the second end of the intermediate portion, wherein each leg portion comprises a distal end spaced farthest from the intermediate portion. The two leg portions can be essentially identical. An acoustic driver is carried by each leg portion and is configured to project sound outwardly from the housing. An acoustic waveguide is located entirely in each leg portion. A waveguide is acoustically coupled to each driver. A waveguide outlet is located in the same leg as the driver and its associated waveguide. The outlets are configured to project outwardly from the housing sound from the driver that was acoustically coupled to the waveguide. Each waveguide extends from the driver, along the leg portion to proximate the intermediate portion, and then turns and extends back along the leg portion to the waveguide outlet.
US10531183B2
A waveguide housing for a speaker assembly. The speaker assembly includes first and second drivers coupled to the waveguide housing where the first driver generates a midrange sound signal and the second driver emits a high-frequency sound signal. The waveguide housing includes a first plurality of sound channels configured to receive the midrange sound signal from the first driver such that the midrange sound signal travels through the first plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a first plurality of openings in the waveguide housing. The waveguide housing also includes a second plurality of sound channels configured to receive the high-frequency sound signal from the second driver such that the high-frequency sound signal travels through the second plurality of sound channels and is emitted from the waveguide housing by a second plurality of openings in the waveguide housing.
US10531182B2
The present disclosure generally concerns multi-function control of one or several audio playback devices, such as one or several speakers of a home music system. In one example embodiment described herein, a user interface arrangement for controlling multiple functions of one or several audio playback devices comprises first and second rotatable knobs (110A; HOB). The first rotatable knob (100A) has a first rotational axis extending in a first axial direction, wherein the first rotatable knob (100A) is rotatable around said first rotational axis to control a first function and wherein the first rotatable knob (100A) is further configured to be displaced axially in said first axial direction of the first rotational axis to control a second function. Furthermore, the second rotatable knob (HOB) has a second rotational axis extending in a second axial direction, wherein the second rotatable knob (HOB) is rotatable around said second rotational axis to control a third function and wherein the second rotatable knob (HOB) is further configured to be displaced axially in said second axial direction of the second rotational axis to control a fourth function.
US10531180B2
An electronic device, method, and computer program product provide acoustic limiting of an audio output using a feed-forward, filter-based, acoustic control system. An audio signal is received that has more than one acoustic frequency spectra intended for conversion to an acoustic output by transducers of an electronic device. A determination is made of an expected acoustic magnitude respectively for each acoustic frequency spectrum of the more than one acoustic frequency spectra. A determination is made whether the expected acoustic magnitude of any acoustic frequency spectra will exceed an acoustic output threshold. The acoustic control system attenuates the first acoustic frequency spectrum to generate a filtered audio signal with an attenuated acoustic frequency spectrum that is less than or equal to the acoustic output threshold. The filtered audio signal is transmitted to the at least one transducer to the produce the audio output that does not exceed.
US10531175B2
A headphone and earbud device for receiving an audio signal may include a headphone including a speaker acoustic device to amplify the audio signal and to define a speaker chamber to cooperate with an aperture and an earbud to be detachably connected to the speaker chamber to transmit the audio signal to the speaker chamber.
US10531156B2
Disclosed herein is a reception apparatus including: a reception portion configured to receive audio video content; a trigger extraction portion configured to extract trigger information for operating an application program transmitted along with the audio video content and executed in interlocked relation to the audio video content; a table acquisition portion configured to acquire a correspondence table for associating the trigger information with commands for controlling the operation of the application program; a command determination portion configured such that, based on the acquired correspondence table, the command determination portion determines the commands associated with the extracted trigger information; and a control portion configured to control the operation of the application program in response to the determined commands.
US10531154B2
A method for censoring a broadcast includes sending a notification that viewing content is being recorded by a broadcaster and available for viewing. They method also includes identifying one or more viewers that have accepted the notification and identifying the one or more viewer's viewers' relationship level to the broadcaster. The method also includes generating a buffer for the viewer. The method also includes determining a sensitive content occurrence frequency of the broadcaster and adjusting the buffer length based on the relationship level for the viewer. The method also includes parsing the broadcast of the broadcaster to identify sensitive viewing content, and, in response to a determination that the sensitive viewing content exceeds the viewer's relationship level, censoring the sensitive viewing content based on the adjusted buffer length of a buffered version of the broadcast transmitted to the viewer.
US10531145B2
A home screen display unit displays a home screen indicating a plurality of menus. If an execution menu of a game application is selected in the home screen, a game screen display unit displays in full screen a game screen indicating an execution result of the game application. If an execution menu of an application other than a game is selected in the home screen, a browser screen display unit displays in full screen a browser screen indicating an execution result of the application other than a game. A screen transition control unit allows a direct transition from the game screen to the browser screen if a predetermined operation is performed while the game screen is displayed, and allows a direct transition from the browser screen to the game screen if the predetermined operation is performed while the browser screen is displayed.
US10531141B1
Disclosed herein is a system and method for extending a breakout in a broadcasting environment. In one example, a method involves: (i) receiving a traffic log including traffic log entries, each corresponding to a VC and a start time; (ii) operating in a traffic log mode comprising; (iii) receiving a breakout-mode request; (iv) responsive to receiving the breakout-mode request, (a) terminating operation of the traffic log mode, (b) generating a simulation log, and (c) operating in a first breakout mode; (v) receiving a breakout-extension request; (vi) responsive to receiving the breakout-extension request, terminating operation of the first breakout-mode, and operating in a custom log mode; and (vii) responsive to all the VCs indicated in the generated custom log being sent to the air-chain system, terminating operation of the custom log mode, and operating in a second breakout mode.
US10531135B2
There is provided a method in a network recording apparatus, the method comprising: receiving a video; determining how many clients the video is being distributed to; and encoding and storing of the video dependent upon how many clients the video is being distributed to.
US10531132B2
A channel stream is received and demultiplexed into a video packetized elementary stream (PES), audio packetized elementary stream (PES), and program clock reference (PCR). Indexing circuitry stores the video PES and the audio PES in a buffer, locates a presentation time stamp (PTS) in the video PES and stores that PTS in the buffer, locates a start of each group of pictures (GOP) in the video PES and stores those locations in the buffer, and locates a PTS in the audio PES and stores that PTS in the buffer. Control circuitry empties the buffer of an oldest GOP in the video PES if the PCR is greater than the PTS of a second oldest GOP stored in the buffer, and empties the buffer of each PES packet of the audio PES that has a PTS that is less than the PTS of the oldest GOP stored.
US10531120B2
The present disclosure describes a system and method for multi-layered image and video delivery using reference processing signal. A multi-layered encoder and a multi-layered decoder, both comprising at least one enhancement layer processor that uses reference processing and a base layer processor are provided. A multi-layered encoder and a multi-layered decoder that use reference processing and are capable of frame-compatible 3D video delivery are also described.
US10531117B2
Techniques and tools for sub-block transform coding are described. For example, a video encoder adaptively switches between 8×8, 8×4, and 4×8 DCTs when encoding 8×8 prediction residual blocks; a corresponding video decoder switches between 8×8, 8×4, and 4×8 inverse DCTs during decoding. The video encoder may determine the transform sizes as well as switching levels (e.g., frame, macroblock, or block) in a closed loop evaluation of the different transform sizes and switching levels. The encoder and decoder may use different scan patterns for different transform sizes when scanning values from two-dimensional blocks into one-dimensional arrays, or vice versa. The encoder and decoder may use sub-block pattern codes to indicate the presence or absence of information for the sub-blocks of particular blocks.
US10531109B2
The present invention relates generally to images. More particularly, an embodiment of the present invention relates to the pixel group segmented quantization and de-quantization of the residual signal in layered coding of high dynamic range images. By assigning the pixels in the residual image to different pixel groups based on the pixel value of the corresponding pixel in the decoded base layer signal, and by applying pixel group quantizing functions to assigned pixels a more efficient coding can be achieved.
US10531102B2
An encoding device for encoding a bit stream including an image frame may include an encoder configured to determine a position of a pixel having a last non-zero coefficient in a conversion coefficient block constituting the image frame with reference to a predetermined pixel of the conversion coefficient block, identify a sub-block including the last non-zero coefficient, among a plurality of sub-blocks constituting the conversion coefficient block, convert a position of the last non-zero coefficient determined with reference to the predetermined pixel of the conversion coefficient block into a position with reference to a predetermined pixel of the identified sub-block, and encode the sub-block including the last non-zero coefficient and the converted position of the last non-zero coefficient.
US10531101B2
Disclosed is a method of decoding residual coefficients of a transform unit from a bitstream of video data. The method receives the transform unit (1500) from the bitstream of video data in which the transform unit has upper (1503) and lower (1502) level square layers. The upper level layer represents a square arrangement of at most four significant coefficient group flags with each of the significant coefficient group flags representing a non-overlapping region of the lower level layer. The method determines determining the significant coefficient group flags of the square upper level layer for the received transform unit, and determines values of residual coefficients of the square lower layer according to the determined significant coefficient group flags to decode the transform unit of the bitstream of video data. Corresponding encoding methods are also disclosed.
