US10550382B2
Devices for separating materials from a host fluid are disclosed. The devices include a flow chamber, an ultrasonic transducer, and a reflector. The ultrasonic transducer and reflector create an angled acoustic standing wave oriented at an angle relative to the direction of mean flow through the flow chamber. The angled acoustic standing wave results in an acoustic radiation force having an axial force component that deflects the materials, so that the materials and the host fluid can thus be separated. The angled acoustic standing wave can be oriented at an angle of about 20° to about 70° relative to the direction of mean flow through the flow chamber to deflect, collect, differentiate, or fractionate the materials from the fluid flowing through the device at flow rates of about 400 mL/min up to about 700 mL/min.
US10550370B2
The present disclosure provides engineered transaminase enzymes having improved properties as compared to a naturally occurring wild-type transaminase enzyme. Also provided are polynucleotides encoding the engineered transaminase enzymes, host cells capable of expressing the engineered transaminase enzymes, and methods of using the engineered transaminase enzymes to synthesize a variety of chiral compounds.
US10550368B2
Tissue processing devices are provided. The tissue processing devices can be used to process and transport tissue in a closed and continuous environment. The devices can be used for adipose tissue transfer, including autologous fat grafting.
US10550358B2
A method of producing beer having a tailored flavour profile is provided comprising the successive steps of: (a) fermenting wort containing fermentable sugars with yeast to produce beer containing 1-10 vol. % ethanol and flavour substances diacetyl; acetaldehyde; dimethyl sulfide; ethyl acetate; isoamyl acetate; ethyl valerate; ethyl hexanoate; iso-amyl alcohol and 2-methylbutan-1-ol; (b) contacting the fermenting wort or beer with porous adsorbent particles, selectively adsorbing the beer flavour esters ethyl acetate, ethyl hexanoate, ethyl valerate and isoamyl acetate; (c) separating the adsorbent particles; (d) desorbing a portion of the beer flavour esters from the adsorbent particles; and (e) adding a fraction of the desorbed beer flavour esters to the flavour adjusted beer or to another beer, wherein the amount of beer flavour esters added is 5-95 wt. % of the amount of beer flavour esters removed by the adsorbent particles.
US10550344B2
Naphtha boiling range compositions are provided that can have improved combustion properties (relative to the research octane number of the composition) in spark ignition engines and/or compression ignition engines. The improved combustion properties can be achieved by controlling the total combined amounts of n-paraffins and isoparaffins that include a straight-chain propyl group (R1—CH2—CH2—CH2—R2). For such a straight-chain propyl group, R2 can correspond to any convenient CxHy group that can appear in a paraffin or isoparaffin. R1 can correspond to a hydrogen atom, making the straight-chain propyl group a terminal n-propyl group; or R1 can correspond to any convenient CxHy group that can appear in a paraffin or isoparaffin.
US10550335B2
Deasphalter rock from high lift deasphalting can be combined with a flux to form a fuel oil blending component. The high lift deasphalting can correspond to solvent deasphalting to produce a yield of deasphalted oil of at least 50 wt %, or at least 65 wt %, or at least 75 wt %. The feed used for the solvent deasphalting can be a resid-containing feed. The resulting fuel oil blendstock made by fluxing of high lift deasphalter rock can have unexpectedly beneficial properties when used as a blendstock.
US10550332B2
The invention relates to a process for the manufacture of diesel range hydrocarbons wherein a feed is hydrotreated in a hydrotreating step and isomerised in an isomerisation step, and a feed comprising fresh feed containing more than 5 wt % of free fatty acids and at least one diluting agent is hydrotreated at a reaction temperature of 200-400° C., in a hydrotreating reactor in the presence of catalyst, and the ratio of the diluting agent/fresh feed is 5-30:1.
US10550326B2
The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more polymerisable compounds, preferably of formula P Pa-(Spa)s1-(A1-Z1)n1-A2-Q-A3-(Z4-A4)n2-(Spb)s2-Pb P and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II, and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.
US10550325B2
The invention is in the field of nanostructure synthesis. The invention relates to methods for producing nanostructures, particularly Group III-V and Group II-VI semiconductor nanostructures. The invention also relates to high temperature methods of synthesizing nanostructures comprising simultaneous injection of cores and shell precursors.
US10550324B2
Disclosed are a production method for a nitride fluorescent material, a nitride fluorescent material and a light emitting device. The production method is for producing a nitride fluorescent material that has, as a fluorescent material core, a calcined body having a composition containing at least one element Ma selected from the group consisting of Sr, Ca, Ba and Mg, at least one element Mb selected from the group consisting of Li, Na and K, at least one element Mc selected from the group consisting of Eu, Ce, Tb and Mn, and Al, and optionally Si, and N, and the method includes preparing a calcined body having the above-mentioned composition, bringing the calcined body into contact with a fluorine-containing substance, and subjecting it to a first heat treatment at a temperature of 100° C. or higher and 500° C. or lower to form a fluoride-containing first film on the calcined body, and forming on the calcined body, a second film that contains a metal oxide containing at least one metal element M2 selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ti, Zr, Sn and Zn and subjecting it to a second heat treatment at a temperature in a range of higher than 250° C. and 500° C. or lower.
US10550314B2
Embodiments for a high temperature fracturing fluid comprise an aqueous fluid, carboxyl-containing synthetic polymer, metal oxide nanoparticles having a particle size of 0.1 to 500 nanometers, and a metal crosslinker which crosslinks the carboxyl-containing synthetic polymers to form a crosslinked gel, wherein the metal oxide nanoparticles are dispersed within the crosslinked gel.
US10550310B2
A method for increasing production in a liquid hydrocarbon reservoir formation comprising the steps of introducing a nanoencapsulated composition solution capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid hydrocarbon fraction, where the nanoencapsulated composition solution comprises a nanocapsule and a carrier fluid, such that the nanocapsule is dispersed in the carrier fluid; allowing the nanoencapsulated composition solution to interact with the liquid hydrocarbon fraction such that the surface tension of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is reduced such that at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is capable of being displaced; introducing a water fraction into the wellbore under conditions such that at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction is displaced from the liquid hydrocarbon reservoir formation; and recovering the at least a portion of the liquid hydrocarbon fraction and at least a portion of the nanoencapsulated composition solution using the wellbore.
US10550309B2
Systems, compositions, and methods for synergistic additives for use in the scavenging of sulfur-containing compounds encountered in oilfield operations are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise injecting a sulfide scavenging additive that does not comprise a significant amount of an aldehyde into at least a portion of a subterranean formation where one or more sulfur-containing species are present; and injecting a synergistic additive comprising at least one base into at least the portion of the subterranean formation.
US10550299B2
A compound and method of use thereof consisting of an A-staged thermoplastic-polyimide (TPI) adhesive, a viscous uncured liquid of polyamic-acid polymer (PAA), the TPI precursor, synthesized and dissolved in a polar aprotic organic solvent, and including, as appropriate, combinations of particulate ceramic and/or metallic thermally conducting, electrically insulating, and thermally conducting, electrically conducting fillers for interface-bonding to create a robust joint between surfaces with conventional lamination processes that utilize relatively moderate temperatures and applied pressures.
US10550298B2
Provided is a PSA sheet that provides highly reliable adhesion and great stretch removability from adherends. This invention provides a PSA sheet. The PSA sheet exhibits a shear adhesive strength of 0.5 MPa or greater, a tensile strength at break of 10 MPa or greater, and an elongation at break of 300% or greater.
US10550288B2
To provide a fluorinated ether compound, a fluorinated ether composition and a coating liquid that are able to form a surface layer which is excellent in water/oil repellency, abrasion resistance, fingerprint stain removability, lubricity and outer appearance, and an article having such a surface layer. A fluorinated ether compound represented by A1-O—(Rf1O)m1-Q1-[C(O)N(R1)]p1—R11—C[—R12—SiR13n1X13-n1]3, wherein A1 is a C1-20 perfluoroalkyl group; Rf1 is a fluoroalkylene group having no branched structure; m1 is an integer from 2 to 210; Q1 is a single bond or a fluoroalkylene group having no branched structure; R1 is a hydrogen atom, etc.; p1 is 0 or 1; R11 is a single bond, an alkylene group, etc.; R12 is an alkylene group, etc.; R13 is a monovalent hydrocarbon group, etc.; X1 is a hydrolyzable group; and n1 is an integer of from 0 to 2.
US10550275B2
An UV-LED curable clear ink composition for ink jet printing including 44 to 80% by mass of a photo-polymerizable mono-functional monomer, 15 to 50% by mass of a photo-polymerizable poly-functional monomer and 5 to 15% by mass of an acylphosphine photo-polymerization initiator, and having a viscosity at 25° C. of 1 to 50 mPa·s, wherein the photo-polymerizable mono-functional monomer and the photo-polymerizable poly-functional monomer include a photo-polymerizable monomer having at least one of functional groups including an amide group and an amino group, and the photo-polymerizable monomer is contained in an amount of 5 to 20% by mass based on a total amount of photo-polymerizable mono-functional monomer and photo-polymerizable poly-functional monomer.
US10550254B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising: a heterophasic polypropylene containing i) a matrix phase of a propylene homopolymer and/or a propylene copolymer with up to 3 wt. % of ethylene and/or at least one C4-C8 α-olefin, the wt. % based on the weight of the copolymer and ii) a disperse phase of an ethylene-C3-C8 α-olefin copolymer, wherein the ethylene content is at least 40 wt. % based on the weight of the ethylene-C3-C8 α-olefin copolymer, one or more of a compatibilizer, wherein the compatibilizer is i) a non-aromatic polyester having an average M/E ratio of at least 10 and/or ii) a block copolymer comprising a polypropylene block and a polyester block, said polyester being a non-aromatic polyester and having an average M/E ratio of at least 10, wherein M is the number of backbone carbon atoms in the polyester, not including the carbonyl carbons and E is the number of ester groups in the polyester.
US10550249B2
A polyolefin composition is foamed by a process in which a nucleator is used, and the nucleator comprises 80% or more of unagglomerated fluororesin particles and/or agglomerates of fluororesin particles in which both the unagglomerated particles and the agglomerates are less than 1 μm in size.
US10550245B2
High impact polystyrene may be formed with increased swell index and reduced or eliminated discoloration. A process of forming high impact polystyrene may include providing a polymerization system including a polymerization reactor and a devolatilizer. High impact polystyrene may be formed in the polymerization reactor, and sent to the devolatilizer. A polar antioxidant having a hindered phenol structure and an aliphatic amine group, and with a phosphite antioxidant may be added to the polymerization system. In another process, a chemical retarder and a fluorescent whitening agent may be added to the polymerization system. In another process, a chemical retarder that inhibits free radical rubber crosslinking may be added to the polymerization system.
US10550231B2
The present invention relates to a masterbatch for use in a process of preparing a composite material comprising a blend of a first semi-crystalline polymer with at least 5 wt % carbon nanotubes. Good dispersion of the carbon nanotube is obtained within the masterbatch and evidenced by the blending of the masterbatch with a second semi-crystalline polymer miscible with the first one in respective proportions to obtain a composite material containing about 1 wt % of carbon nanotubes wherein said composite material yields an agglomerate area fraction U % lower than 2 and a surface resistivity lower than 105 ohm/sq.
US10550229B2
Provided is a polycarbonate-based resin composition containing: a polycarbonate-polyorganosiloxane copolymer (A) containing a specific polycarbonate block (A-1) and a specific polyorganosiloxane block (A-2); and an aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) except the copolymer (A), the polycarbonate-based resin composition having a structure in which a domain (d-1) containing the polyorganosiloxane block (A-2) is present in a matrix containing the resin (B) as a main component, and a domain (d-2) containing at least one selected from a block derived from the aromatic polycarbonate-based resin (B) and the polycarbonate block (A-1) is present inside the domain (d-1).
US10550224B2
Polyester pressure-sensitive adhesives are described. The polyester includes at least two different diacid residues and at least two different diol residues. The at least two different diacid residues include, based on the total moles of the at least two diacid residues, 20 to 80 mole percent of a residue of at least one aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and 20 to 80 mole percent of at least one of a residue of adipic acid or sebacic acid. The polyesters may include at least one pendant group containing an alkenyl group.
US10550216B2
Provided is a multi-component copolymer having excellent crack growth resistance and wear resistance. The multi-component copolymer comprises conjugated diene units, non-conjugated olefin units and aromatic vinyl units, wherein: a peak top molecular weight of non-conjugated olefin parts linking only the non-conjugated olefin units is 500 or more and less than 40,000.
US10550211B2
Provided is a process of effectively producing an ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer having excellent mechanical and thermal properties. A process for producing an ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer comprises: producing an ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer from ethylene and unsaturated carboxylic acid ester using a late-transition-metal complex catalyst; and heating the ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid ester copolymer at a temperature capable of converting the ester group into a carboxylic acid group, thereby converting into the ethylene/unsaturated carboxylic acid copolymer.
US10550210B2
The present invention is directed to polyisocyanates and polyurethanes derived therefrom. In various embodiments, the present invention provides polyisocyanates, methods of making the polyisocyanates from fused bicyclic alcohols, polyurethanes, and methods of making the polyurethanes from the polyisocyanates.
US10550207B2
The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a supported hybrid metallocene catalyst which can be used to prepare a polyolefin, a supported hybrid metallocene catalyst prepared by using the method, and a method for preparing a polyolefin using the supported hybrid metallocene catalyst.
US10550202B2
There is provided is a hydroxyalkyl alkyl cellulose exhibiting good flowability and high compressibility. More specifically, provided are a hydroxyalkyl alkyl cellulose having a volume-based average particle diameter, determined by dry laser diffractometry, of 50 to 100 μm, and having, on a basis of a dynamic image analysis to divide all particles into fine particles, spherical particles and fibrous particles, a volume fraction of the fibrous particles consisting of long and short fibrous particles relative to all of the particles of 45 to 70%, and a volume fraction of the fine particles relative to all of the particles of less than 2.0%; a solid preparation including the hydroxyalkyl alkyl cellulose; and others.
US10550190B2
Phosphate-based linkers with tunable stability for intracellular delivery of drug conjugates are described. The phosphate-based linkers comprise a monophosphate, diphosphate, triphosphate, or tetraphosphate group (phosphate group) and a linker arm comprising a tuning element and optionally a spacer. A payload is covalently linked to the phosphate group at the distal end of the linker arm and the functional group at the proximal end of the linker arm is covalently linked to a cell-specific targeting ligand such as an antibody. These phosphate-based linkers have a differentiated and tunable stability in blood vs. an intracellular environment (e.g. lysosomal compartment).
US10550187B2
Methods and devices for treating a luminal pathology affecting an anatomical lumen of a patient comprising forming, in situ, a continuous cohesive layer of covalently-crosslinked hydrogel in a luminal wall of the anatomical lumen.
US10550183B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising an anti-CD7 chimeric activating receptor (CAR) and an anti-CD7 protein expression blocker, and methods of using such compositions in cancer therapy.
US10550180B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for ACTH. Another embodiment of this invention relates to the antibodies binding fragments thereof described herein, comprising the sequences of the VH, VL and/or CDR polypeptides described herein, and the polynucleotides encoding them. The invention also contemplates conjugates of anti-ACTH antibodies and binding fragments thereof conjugated to one or more functional or detectable moieties. The invention further contemplates methods of making said anti-ACTH antibodies and binding fragments thereof. Embodiments of the invention also pertain to the use of anti-ACTH antibodies and binding fragments thereof for the diagnosis, assessment, prevention and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with ACTH, such as Cushing's Disease, Cushing's Syndrome, Parkinson's disease, obesity, diabetes, sleep disorders depression, anxiety disorders, cancer, muscle atrophy, hypertension, hyperinsulinemia, cognitive dysfunction, Alzheimer's disease, galactorrhea, stress related conditions, cardiac conditions, metabolic syndrome, hyperaldosteronism, Conn's syndrome and familial hyperaldosteronism.
US10550179B2
Chimeric antigen receptors containing mesothelin antigen binding domains are disclosed. Nucleic acids, recombinant expression vectors, host cells, antigen binding fragments, and pharmaceutical compositions, relating to the chimeric antigen receptors are also disclosed. Methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject, and methods of making chimeric antigen receptor T cells are also disclosed.
US10550165B2
(Objective) An objective of the present invention is to provide therapeutic agents that, in association with stimulation of PDGFRα-positive cells such as bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, promote their mobilization into blood and accumulation in a damaged tissue, and induce tissue regeneration in a living body.(Means for solution) Multiple peptides were synthesized, and the migration-promoting activity of each peptide was evaluated. As a result, the present inventors successfully identified multiple peptides that have migration-promoting activity on a PDGFRα-positive bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell line (MSC-1). Further, the present inventors confirmed that the identified peptides also have migration-promoting activity on skin fibroblasts, which are PDGFRα-positive cells.
US10550159B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to a non-lipidated and non-pyruvylated Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B polypeptide and methods of use thereof. In another aspect, the invention relates to an immunogenic composition including an isolated non-lipidated, non-pyruvylated ORF2086 polypeptide from Neisseria meningitidis serogroup B, and at least one conjugated capsular saccharide from a meningococcal serogroup, and methods of use thereof.
US10550152B2
The invention provides peptides that can reactivate p53 mutants efficiently and specifically, as well as methods that allow the identification, selection and isolation of such peptides, in a precise, cost and time effective manner. In particular, there are provided mutant p53 reactivating peptides that can restore the native wild type p53 folding, and hence the tumor suppressor activity, to the mutant p53 protein. Such peptides are useful for treating various conditions and diseases in which p53 is mutated.
US10550144B2
6-aryl-9-glycosidpurines of general formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof with alkali metals, ammonia, amines, or addition salts with acids, wherein Gly represents β-D-arabinofuranosyl or β-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl, Ar represents benzyl or furfuryl, each of which can be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more, preferably one to three, substituents selected from the group comprising hydroxyl, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy, amino, mercapto, carboxyl, cyano, amido, sulfo, sulfamido, acyl, acylamino, acyloxy, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylmercapto, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, for use for regulation, in particular inhibition, of aging in plants in vivo or plant cells in vitro, and for regulation of growth and development of plants in vivo, plant tissues, plant organs and plant cells in vitro.
US10550143B2
C, O-spiro aryl glycoside compounds are provided. Specifically provided are C, O-spiro aryl glycoside compounds represented by the formula (I), wherein the definitions of each variable group are described in the specification. Also provided are methods of preparing and using the C, O-spiro aryl glycoside compounds. The C, O-spiro aryl glycoside compounds can be used as SGLT2 inhibitors and for treating diseases, such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, and adiposity.
US10550142B2
The present specification relates to a novel quercetin-based compound separated from post fermented tea, an isomer thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof or a solvate thereof, the compound being capable of being widely used in post fermented tea-related industries and various fields in which the compound may be used.
US10550141B2
The present invention relates to: a compound as a ligand in a variety of catalytic organic synthetic reactions; a method for producing the compound; a synthetic intermediate of the compound; and a transition metal complex which has the compound as a ligand. The compound includes a compound represented by the following general formula (1A):
US10550134B2
A heterocyclic compound and an organic electroluminescence device including the same, the heterocyclic compound being represented by Formula 1:
US10550130B2
The present invention provides benzo-thiazolo-imidazole compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such benzo-thiazolo-imidazole compounds and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent and/or excipient. Further provided are methods of treatment of cancer comprising the administration of said compounds and compositions and methods of using said compounds and compositions for the manipulation of cultured cells.
US10550128B2
A hydrogenated Diels-Alder adduct of the formula (III) a hydrogenated Diels-Alder adduct of the formula (IV) and a lactone compound of formula (V) are disclosed and described.
US10550127B1
The present invention relates to compounds of general formula I, wherein the groups R, R1, R2, m and n are defined herein, which have valuable pharmacological properties, in particular bind to the GPR40 receptor and modulate its activity. The compounds are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by this receptor, such as metabolic diseases, in particular diabetes type 2. Furthermore, the invention relates to novel intermediates, useful for the synthesis of compounds of formula I.
US10550123B2
The present invention relates to a series of novel compounds, methods to prevent or treat viral infections in animals by using the novel compounds and to said novel compounds for use as a medicine, more preferably for use as a medicine to treat or prevent viral infections, particularly infections with RNA viruses, more particularly infections with viruses belonging to the family of the Flaviviridae, and yet more particularly infections with the Dengue virus. The present invention furthermore relates to pharmaceutical compositions or combination preparations of the novel compounds, to the compositions or preparations for use as a medicine, more preferably for the prevention or treatment of viral infections. The invention also relates to processes for preparation of the compounds.
US10550110B2
Tetrahydroquinoline sulfonamide derivatives of formula (I), the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts thereof, the hydrates and/or solvates thereof, and the use of same as inverse agonists of retinoid-related orphan receptor gamma (RORγt) are described. Pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, as well as the use thereof for the topical and/or oral treatment of RORγt receptor-mediated inflammatory diseases, in particular acne, psoriasis and/or atopic dermatitis are also described.
US10550092B2
The present invention relates to novel oxazolidinones (Formula I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt having ring A characterized by N-containing monocyclic, bicyclic or spirocyclic substituents, to their preparation, and to their use as drugs for treating Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other microbial infections, either alone or in combination with other anti-infective treatments.
US10550075B2
Integrated process for the production of urea and urea-ammonium nitrate, comprising: reacting ammonia and carbon dioxide to form a reaction mixture (4) containing urea and unconverted materials, and also comprising the recovery of unconverted materials in a first recovery stage at a first pressure and in a second recovery stage at a second pressure, wherein ammonia-containing offgas (19) released by said second recovery stage are condensed at said second pressure, and said condensed offgas (20) are recycled to said first recovery stage.
US10550058B2
It is intended to provide a method capable of industrially and efficiently producing acetic acid having a good potassium permanganate test value without a large cost.A method for producing acetic acid according to the present invention is a method for producing acetic acid comprising: a carbonylation reaction step; an evaporation step; a lower boiling point component removal step; and a first overhead stream recycle step of recycling at least a portion of an aqueous phase and/or an organic phase obtained by condensing a first overhead stream obtained in the lower boiling point component removal step to a reaction vessel, wherein a crotonaldehyde concentration in a first acetic acid stream obtained in the lower boiling point component removal step is controlled to not more than 2.2 ppm by mass. The catalyst system may further contain an ionic iodide. The method for producing acetic acid may further comprise an acetaldehyde separation and removal step of distilling at least a portion of the aqueous phase and/or the organic phase obtained by condensing the first overhead stream to separate and remove acetaldehyde.
US10550057B1
Disclosed is a two-step process to make a dialdehyde. In the process a diepoxide is first hydrolyzed with an alcohol solvent to an intermediate which is then subjected to a double-Pinacol rearrangement to obtain a dialdehyde. The dialdehydes have utility as chemical intermediates, and particular utility in processes to make enol ether compounds which can be used in applications as plasticizers, diluents, wetting agents, coalescing aids and as intermediates in chemical processes.
US10550054B2
An azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene and one or more (hydro)halogen-carbon compounds including between 1 and 3 carbon atoms. Also, a preferred azeotropic or quasi-azeotropic composition including hydrogen fluoride, 3,3,3-trifluoropropene, and one or more compounds selected from among 1,1,1,2,2-pentafluoropropane, 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 3,3,3-trifluoro-2-chloropropene, E-3,3,3-trifluoro-l-chloropropene, trifluoropropyne, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropane, 1,1,1,3,3-pentafluoropropene, 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropene and 2-chloro, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoropropane.
US10550045B2
The invention relates to the field of gas chemistry and, more specifically, to methods and devices for producing aromatic hydrocarbons from natural gas, which involve producing synthesis gas, converting same into methanol, producing, from the methanol, in the presence of a catalyst, a concentrate of aromatic hydrocarbons and water, separating the water, air stripping hydrocarbon residues from the water, and separating-out the resultant concentrate of aromatic hydrocarbons and hydrogen-containing gas, the latter being at least partially used in the production of synthesis gas to adjust the ratio therein of H2:CO 1.8-2.3:1, and can be used for producing aromatic hydrocarbons. According to the invention, the production of aromatic hydrocarbons from methanol in the presence of a catalyst is carried out in two consecutively-connected reactors for synthesizing aromatic hydrocarbons: in a first, low-temperature isothermal reactor for synthesizing aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, and in a second, high-temperature adiabatic reactor for synthesizing aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons from aliphatic hydrocarbons formed in the first reactor, and the subsequent stabilization thereof in an aromatic hydrocarbon concentrate stabilization unit. At least a portion of the hydrogen-containing gas is fed to a synthesis gas production unit and is used for producing synthesis gas using autothermal reforming technology. The installation carries out the method. The achieved technical result consists in increasing the efficiency of producing concentrates of aromatic hydrocarbons.
US10550043B2
A fertilizer supplying animal nutrients including a core particle having an outer surface and comprising compounds containing animal nutrients, and a coating of urea on the outer surface of the core particle, and further a process of making the fertilizer including the steps of: screening animal nutrient core particles comprising a powdered substance containing an animal nutrient, to a preselected particle size; spraying melted urea onto the surface of the nutrient core particles to produce a coating on the nutrient core particles; granulating the nutrient core particles with sprayed melted urea to produce nutrient core granules; and cooling the nutrient core granules.
US10550037B2
The present invention relates to a copolymer, especially for use as a dispersant for solid particles, in particular for use as dispersant for mineral binder compositions, having a polymer backbone and side chains bonded thereto, comprising at least one ionizable monomer unit M1 and at least one side chain-bearing monomer unit M2, wherein the copolymer has a gradient structure in at least one section A in a direction along the polymer backbone with regard to the ionizable monomer unit M1 and/or with regard to the side chain-bearing monomer unit M2.
US10550032B2
A coated glazing comprising: a transparent glass substrate, wherein a surface of the substrate is directly or indirectly coated with at least one layer based on a transparent conductive coating (TCC) and/or at least one layer based on a material with a refractive index of at least 1.75, and wherein said surface has an arithmetical mean height of the surface value, Sa, of at least 0.4 nm prior to said coating of said surface.
US10550026B2
A method for treating ammonia-containing water containing ammonia, metal ions that form a complex with ammonia, and a reducing substance includes a first step of oxidizing the reducing substance by adding hydrogen peroxide to the ammonia-containing water; a second step of aerating the resultant water treated in the first step to remove the ammonia; a third step of forming an insoluble solid at a pH of 7 to 12 by adding at least one compound selected from the group consisting of iron salts, aluminum salts, calcium salts, and calcium hydroxide to the water treated in the second step; and a fourth step of separating the insoluble solid formed in the third step by solid-liquid separation.
US10550020B2
In a system for decomposing organic compounds in water for use in semiconductor manufacturing, a chemical reactor vessel having a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, a persulfate anion addition system upstream of the reactor vessel, and a light emitting device contained within the reactor vessel. The light emitting device provides light capable of decomposing persulfate anions.
US10550008B2
A low energy fluid purification system and method of implementation including some embodiments having a vacuum-rated first chamber placed in or near a body of water with higher temperature near the surface and lower temperatures at greater depths. The vacuum-rated first chamber holds a quantity of non-potable water and a low pressure area less than or equal to the water's vapor pressure. Vaporization occurs when the higher temperature surface water is brought into contact with the low pressure area. A tubular vapor transport passage allows the vaporized water to pass to a lower temperature and lower pressure condensation chamber. The lower temperature condensation chamber is cooled by lower temperature water from a selected depth below the surface. As the temperature of the vapor lowers, the vapor will condense. This condensation is collected as a quantity of potable water. Additional embodiments and methods are also provided.
US10550001B2
Provided is a metallic impurity-free graphite material utilizing Joule heat generation with well-balanced resistances at room temperature and at high temperatures. The graphite material has a specific resistance at 25° C. (ρ25) of 10.0 μΩ·m or more and 12.0 μΩ·m or less; a specific resistance at 1600° C. (ρ1600) of 9.5 μΩ·m or more and 11.0 μΩ·m or less; a ratio (ρ1600/ρ25) of specific resistance at 1600° C. to that at 25° C. of 0.85 or more and 1.00 or less; a temperature at which the minimum specific resistance (ρmin) appears of 500° C. or higher and 800° C. or lower; a ratio (ρmin/ρ25) of the minimum specific resistance to the specific resistance at 25° C. of 0.70 or more and 0.80 or less; and a bulk density of 1.69 g/cm3 or more and 1.80 g/cm3 or less.
US10549997B2
The present invention relates to the process for the scalable production of Fe3O4/Fe, Sn & Zn doped graphene nanosheets from a naturally abundant seaweed resources such as Sargassum tenerrimum, Sargassum wighti, Ulva faciata, Ulva lactuca and Kappaphycus alvarezii. The granules remained after the recovery of liquid juice from the fresh seaweeds were utilized as a raw material and a deep eutectic solvents (DESs) generated by the complexation of choline chloride and FeCl3, ZnCl2 and SnCl2 were employed as template as well as catalyst for the production graphene nanosheets functionalized with metals. Pyrolysis of the mixture of seaweed granules and DES at 700-900° C. under 95% N2 and 5% H2 atmosphere resulted formation of metal doped graphene sheets with high surface area (120-225 m2·g−1) and high electrical conductivity 2384 mS·m−1 to 2400 mS·m−1. The nanosheets thus obtained could remove substantial amount of fluoride from fluoride contaminated drinking water (95-98%).
US10549994B2
The invention relates to a method and an arrangement for the continuous production of compressed oxygen from air using mixed conducting ceramic membranes. The aim of the invention is to provide a way of isolating pure oxygen from the air and compressing said oxygen to pressures above the ambient pressure, without using mechanical or electromechanical compression of air or oxygen. To achieve this aim, according to the invention water in various aggregate states is conducted in a circuit and the configuration of the equipment is designed such that the desired high oxygen pressure is produced in a separate area from the membrane module and the oxygen produced is prevented from mixing with the freshly produced water vapour.
US10549978B2
Beverage shrinkage monitoring technology is disclosed and is used to reduce beverage shrinkage at bars, clubs, restaurants, and other establishments that dispense beverages. Bottles are topped with wireless (RFID/Bluetooth/WiFi) enabled liquor/wine nozzles that only pour when handled by appropriate staff members who wear RFID wristbands or bracelets. The wireless (RFID/Bluetooth/WiFi) enabled liquor/wine nozzles also report sales to a point of sales (POS) system. Beer taps include proprietary wireless (RFID/Bluetooth/WiFi) enabled beer tap adapters that are mounted to or embedded in the beer taps.
US10549974B2
Mounting plates for elevating platforms, including a mounting plate with interior and exterior reinforcement pieces elongated vertically and with rounded corners; a single-piece mounting plate inserted through slots in the platform wall; and a single-piece mounting plate with top and side tabs that wrap around the platform exterior to transform tension stress into shear stress.
US10549953B2
An elevator belt position tracking system including a magnetic field producer located in operational proximity to an elevator sheave carrying an elevator belt to produce a magnetic field encompassing the elevator belt, a magnetic sensor located in operational proximity to the sheave carrying the elevator belt, the magnetic sensor comprising a plurality of signal channels spaced apart along a width of the magnetic sensor. The respective signal channels are activated by the proximity of the elevator belt to the signal channels as the elevator belt passes through the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field producer to determine a lateral position of the elevator belt on the sheave.
US10549950B2
The method of performing maintenance of an elevator is performed by unlocking and opening a landing door at a lowermost landing manually, activating a first stop button in the shaft, whereby a safety circuit of the elevator is opened so that operation of the car is completely prevented, entering into the shaft, closing the landing door, climbing down from the lowermost landing to the pit, turning a drive switch in a maintenance control unit positioned in the pit into a maintenance drive mode, whereby the first stop button is by-passed so that the car can be driven from the maintenance control unit upwards and downwards in the shaft.
US10549946B2
A cable retractor is disclosed and includes a housing. A spool is disposed within the housing and is mechanically coupled to the housing and rotatable about an axis. A spring mechanism is operatively attached to the spool and is configured to urge the spool to rotate in a first rotational direction about the axis. An electrically operated rotation regulator is operatively attached to the spool and is configured to, when activated, prevent the spool from rotating in the first rotational direction.
US10549944B2
A paper-made reel includes an impeller-like winding drum made of paper, and flange plates made of paper attached to one end and the other end of the winding drum, the winding drum includes a hollow shaft portion core, and a plurality of blade portions extending in radial directions from the shaft portion core, the shaft portion core and the blade portions are integrally formed by folding a sheet, the blade portions are formed in a state where the sheet is double-folded, and the winding drum and the flange plates are connected to each other by locking locking pieces formed at both ends of the winding drum to the flange plates.
US10549943B2
A printed unit block aligning device includes a supporting element and an alignment transfer rail. The supporting element is opened and closed between a supporting position and a releasing position. The alignment transfer rail receives the group of the printed unit blocks dropped in response to move of the supporting element to the releasing position, aligns the printed unit blocks in each line unit block in a vertical direction, and feeds the printed unit blocks vertically at a constant speed using alignment transferring element. An electrical controlling element is provided that electrically controls timing of dropping the printed unit blocks from the supporting element onto the alignment transfer rail. While a speed of transfer of the horizontal feeding and transferring element are uniform for any imposition structure, the electrical controlling element controls timing of dropping the printed unit blocks in a manner that depends on the numbers of layers in each vertical line in different imposition structures.
US10549930B2
The present application discloses braking devices for use in a pneumatic tube system (PTS). The braking devices are adapted for in-line incorporation with a pneumatic tube and are operative to stop a pneumatic carrier within a pneumatic carrier system. The in-line braking devices allow for decelerating a carrier to a stop over a distance to reduce the forces applied to a carrier and its contents.
US10549927B2
An automated positive pressure solid phase extraction apparatus and method comprising two tiered lifts devices each individually controllable to individually vertically translate within an elevator framework between a base on which the elevator framework is mounted and a manifold plate supported by the framework in a substantially horizontal plane parallel with and vertically above the two tiered lifts devices and a rectilinearly translating shuttle assembly comprising a shuttle supporting labware for rectilinear travel into and out of the elevator framework to handoff the labware to one of the two tiered elevator lifts or both.
US10549925B2
An apparatus is for conveying cases from an upstream end to one of a first downstream end and a second downstream end. The apparatus includes a conveyor and a diverter assembly that receives the case and dispenses the case toward the first downstream end or the second downstream end. The diverter assembly is pivotable to thereby direct the case toward the first downstream end or the second downstream end, and the diverter assembly is configured to clamp the case to thereby stop conveyance of the case as the diverter assembly pivots and also pivot the case to clear an obstruction presented by an adjacent conveyor.
US10549919B2
A device for singulation of used beverage or food containers received in bulk into individual objects, including: a first receiving area arranged for simultaneously receiving and keeping a plurality of containers; a second receiving area positioned at a higher vertical level than the first receiving area, wherein the device further includes a transporting device including a container elevating member for transporting a container from the first receiving area to the second receiving area, wherein the elevating member is attached to the transporting device, moves along and is locked to a circumferential path around a first axis upon activation of the transporting device, and the first axis is inclined at an angle of 1° to 45° relative the horizontal plane.
US10549916B2
A mobile drive unit includes a pivot between the front chassis unit and the rear chassis unit, which both support a support structure that pivotally supports a payload housing.
US10549914B2
A storage system is described where goods are stored in containers and the containers are stored in stacks. Above the stacks runs a grid network of tracks on which load handling devices run. The load handling devices take containers from the stacks and deposit then at alternative locations in the stacks or deposit then at stations where goods may be picked out. The framework may be provided with one or more of the following services: power, power control, heating, lighting, cooling, sensing, and data logging. The provision of these services within the framework rather than across the system as a whole, allows for flexibility in storage whilst reducing cost and inefficiency.
US10549908B2
The present disclosure provides for end walls for a freight container. The end walls include those for a rear wall and a front wall for the freight container. The rear wall includes rear corner posts each having a recess to receive a rear door hinge in the rear corner post and a corner fitting mounting block. The rear wall further includes corner fittings each having a receiving block, a sill member connected to a first rear corner posts by a member hinge, a header member connected to a second rear corner posts by a member hinge, a first rear wall door and a second rear wall door. The front wall includes front corner posts having gussets, anti-racking blocks, corner fittings with receiving blocks, a sill member, a header member and a front wall door.
US10549906B2
A packaging device for a windscreen wiper blade has a housing configured to receive the blade, having a first support surface configured to contact a portion of an upper part of the blade, a second support surface configured to contact a first portion of a lower part of the blade, a third support surface configured to contact a second portion of the lower part of the blade, a centering means, and a hooking means for hanging the packaging device vertically. The centering means blocks the blade at the center of the housing when the packaging device is hung. The first support surface extends opposite an area situated between the second support surface and the third support surface, and the first, second, and third support surfaces together immobilize the blade inside the housing in a position that is at least partially straightened out relative to a resting position of the blade.
US10549905B2
The present invention has as its object the provision of an aerosol product for forming a gel composition. The aerosol product has high storage stability and can form a desired gel composition easily and stably.The aerosol product for forming a gel composition of the present invention has a double-structure container including a propellant filling space and two liquid concentrate filling spaces and having a discharging mechanism for simultaneously discharging the contents filled in the two liquid concentrate filling spaces. The propellant filling space is filled with a propellant composed of a compressed gas, a first liquid concentrate filling space is filled with a first liquid concentrate composition containing water and a water-soluble alginic acid salt, and a second liquid concentrate filling space contains a second liquid concentrate composition containing water and a dissociative calcium salt. The first liquid concentrate composition and the second liquid concentrate composition are mixed to form a gel composition.
US10549881B2
Embodiments provide a packing box whereby strength is improved and efficiency of opening, content retrieval, etc. is improved. Embodiments provide a packing box obtained from an upper cover and a lower box configured from cardboard for accommodating articles therein, in which: the upper cover is obtained from a top board that covers the entire interior of the lower box and side boards that extend vertically downward from each side of the top board and substantially covers the side surfaces of the lower box; and at least one notch is provided on one of the lower edges of the upper cover.
US10549880B2
Rigid box for smoking articles having a parallelepiped shape and provided with: a first panel which defines a top wall; a second panel which is folded 90° with respect to the first panel and defines a first lateral wall; a third panel which is folded 90° with respect to the second panel and defines a bottom wall; a fourth panel which is folded 90° with respect to the third panel and defines a second lateral wall opposite the first lateral wall; a fifth panel which is folded 90° with respect to the fourth panel and rests on an inner surface of the first panel; a sixth panel which is folded 90° with respect to the fifth panel and divides the inner volume of the rigid box; and a seventh panel which is folded 90° with respect to the sixth panel and rests on an inner surface of the third panel.
US10549879B2
Various embodiments are directed to a container comprising: a spout, a base portion, and a plurality of alternating long sidewalls and short sidewalls extending away from the base portion to the spout. The plurality of alternating long sidewalls and short sidewalls collectively define a vertical portion extending away from the base portion, a downward sloping planar top portion extending away from the spout, and a gradually curved transition region extending between the vertical portion and the downward sloping planar top portion. The container comprises a strength protrusion surrounding the spout and defined within the downward sloping planar top portion and one or more vertical grooves defined within at least one of the long sidewalls or the short sidewalls.
US10549871B2
This invention is to register printed film on product while wrapping the printed film from a single roll. This is achieved by using a sensor that can read a mark on the film in order to insure that a predetermined length of film is pulled off the roll and the printed portion of the film is in registration with the product. The marks on the film establish the amount of film needed to wrap the product. A sensor such as a photo sensor reads the mark and determines whether the proper length of the film has been pulled off the roll. When the amount of film pulled of the roll does not coincided with sensor reading, the distance between where the product stops and the sealing bar is varied. This allows the length of the film to be adjusted until the sensor readings and the length of the film coincides.
US10549870B2
A walking type winding machine includes a front protection ring being fixed on a steering part and a steering counting device. The steering counting device includes a first sensor for sensing the steering of a machine body, and the first sensor is connected to a controller of the walking type winding machine. The steering part includes a second sensor which is supported by an elastic component such that the second sensor is movably installed on the steering part, and the second sensor is used for sensing the backward movement of the frame of the steering part with respect to the second sensor. The walking type winding machine makes the control of a film winding path become simple and accurate, and it can protect important components of the steering part, improve walking steering sensitivity, and mitigate the impact on the machine body when colliding with an obstacle.
US10549866B1
An aircraft may include a first pair of forward-facing flash position lamps disposed at a first wing tip, the first pair of flash position lamps comprising a first flash position lamp and a second flash position lamp, a second pair of forward-facing flash position lamps disposed at a second wing tip, the second pair of flash position lamps comprising a third flash position lamp and a fourth flash position lamp, and a controller in electronic communication with the first pair of flash position lamps, wherein at least one of the first flash position lamp and the second flash position lamp are configured to flash, while maintaining a combined intensity of the first pair of forward-facing flash position lamps above a desired intensity, to indicate a change in direction of the aircraft.
US10549865B2
A lightning protected gas turbine engine includes an engine mount structure, an engine case, a gas turbine engine, and a conductive rod. The engine mount structure has at least one engine mounting pad thereon, and the engine case is coupled to the engine mount structure. The gas turbine engine is disposed within the engine case and includes at least a rotationally mounted shaft. The conductive rod has a first end and a second end, and extends through the engine case and into the gas turbine engine. The first end of the conductive rod is electrically coupled to the shaft, and the second end of the conductive rod is electrically coupled to the at least one engine mounting pad.
US10549855B2
Abundant space above an airliner's ceiling lends itself well for replacement of a single food cart blocking aisles with overhead conveyance of passengers' meals. A linear levitating motor for quaintness and easy controls, in fastened to airplane's structure track system, is a motive element. By movements of the motor's mover and attached to it elevator meals are delivered to passengers at several points simultaneously. Overhead moving trays holders are lowered over the center aisles for distribution of meal trays by attendants, and elevated to return to the galley for new load. Same system is used to collect discards.
US10549849B1
An aircraft includes a first rotor assembly, a second rotor assembly, and a rotor phase angle control system. The system includes a phase adjustor operably associated with the first rotor assembly and the second rotor assembly. The method includes sensing vibrations exerted on the aircraft and offsetting a phase angle of the first rotor assembly and the second rotor assembly to minimize the vibrations.
US10549843B2
A system is configured to change the pitch of blades of at least one turbine engine propeller provided with multiple blades. The system includes a control means acting on a connecting mechanism connected to the blades of the propeller. The control means includes a stationary body and a movable body translatable along a longitudinal axis (X) relative to the stationary body and defining two chambers. A fluid supply means is configured to be connected to a fluid supply source and to supply the chambers. The fluid supply means includes at least one channel. The channel is arranged and extends along an axis (Q) parallel to the longitudinal axis in an overthickness of a wall of the stationary body, the overthickness extending radially inside relative to the longitudinal axis.
US10549840B2
An adjustable balance module for the balancing of rotatable blades. The adjustable blade balance module includes a frame that retains and covers an adjustment screw with a mass that translates along a threaded shaft of the adjustment screw. The adjustment screw is incrementally controlled by an adjustment dial that is accessible from an exterior surface of the blade.
US10549834B2
In a first step of a watercraft control method, a command signal to activate an automatic cruise function is received. In a second step, a target vessel velocity of a watercraft is set. In a third step, an actual vessel velocity of the watercraft is obtained. In a fourth step, a command signal is generated that is a signal to perform an automatic cruise control to control a thrust of the watercraft such that a difference between the target vessel velocity and the actual vessel velocity falls in a predetermined range of values. In a fifth step, it is determined whether or not a predetermined interruption condition has been established. In a sixth step, a command signal is generated that is a signal to perform the automatic cruise control with the thrust having a different magnitude from the thrust to be generated under normal circumstances without establishment of the interruption condition when the interruption condition has been established.
US10549829B1
The present technology relates to a snorkel which includes a breathing tube having a first end received in a mouth of a user and an upper opening in a second end opposite the first end. The snorkel further includes a housing around the upper opening which includes a slot. The housing and slot together trap an air pocket within the housing when the housing is submerged underwater, with the upper opening of the breathing tube positioned in the air pocket to prevent water from entering the upper opening.
US10549827B2
A life vest includes a main body, a pair of front coupling member, and a pair of rear coupling member. The main body is divided into a front part surrounding an abdomen and a chest portion, and a rear part surrounding a back portion and having an storage space defined therein. The pair of front coupling members extend from the front part. The pair of rear coupling members are disposed adjacent to the pair of storage spaces and respectively include buckles of different kinds.
US10549823B2
A system and method dampen sound. In one embodiment, the system is a damping system that has a first damper. The damping system also has a second damper. In addition, the damping system has a false ceiling bracket. Moreover, the damping system has an assembly bushing. The damping system also has a positioning ring.
US10549821B2
A transparent modulatable kayak with shading system includes two pairs of fitting devices, reversibly connecting multiple kayaks. The tubular body of the paddle is reversibly divisible at the center. The inner volume of the hull has a container housing a cloth adapted to shade the user on the seat. The upper surface of the hull has a plurality of recesses, of which at least one pair is positioned at the bow and at least one pair is positioned at the stern, each housing a portion of the tubular body of the paddle. The tubular body includes, at each end, at least one coupling device adapted to reversibly connect at least one of the corresponding coupling devices of the cloth. The hull is made of any natural or synthetic polymer adapted to ensure the floating of the kayak and its total transparency.
US10549812B2
A trailing link multi-link suspension assembly for a cycle having improved stability includes a first arm having a first arm fixed pivot and a first arm shock pivot. A shock link has a shock link fixed pivot and a shock link floating pivot. A shock absorber has an inline configuration, a gas spring, a first shock mount, and a second shock mount. A wheel carrier has a wheel carrier first pivot and a wheel carrier second pivot spaced apart from one another, and a wheel mount that is adapted to be connected to a wheel. A control link has a control link floating pivot and a control link fixed pivot, the control link floating pivot being pivotably connected to the wheel carrier second pivot, and the control link fixed pivot being pivotably connected to the first arm control pivot. A mechanical trail distance increases as the suspension assembly compresses relative to a fully extended state.
US10549807B2
A self-balancing personal vehicle is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the vehicle provides a chassis having an at least one primary wheel positioned and configured for being in rolling contact with the ground. At least one drive motor is positioned and configured for selectively driving the at least one primary wheel. At least one self-balancing system is configured for automatically assisting the vehicle in maintaining a substantially upright position during use. At least one harness assembly is engaged with a suspension frame secured to the chassis, the harness assembly being sized and configured for removably receiving and suspending an at least one user a distance above the chassis. At least one control bar is positioned and configured for allowing the user to grasp said control bar while suspended within the harness assembly, for selectively repositioning their body and shifting their weight, relative to the at least one primary wheel.
US10549806B2
A rear frame is formed of a laminate that includes a plurality of carbon fiber layers laminated one on top of another and hardened and integrated with each other by a plastic. A different color layer having a color different from a color of the carbon fiber layers is disposed between the carbon fiber layers in the laminate. When a carbon fiber layer on the outside is lost by a piece of flying gravel and a lost portion reaches the different color layer, a surface of the different color layer is exposed from the lost portion. An exposed portion having the different color can be easily recognized from the outside. The appearance of the exposed portion allows arrival of a replacement time of the rear frame to be recognized. As a result, it is possible to enable easy visual recognition of an optimum replacement timing.
US10549802B2
A method for controlling a drive for displacing a saddle into a travel or a mounting position, comprising measuring an acceleration and a lateral inclination of the two-wheeled vehicle continuously within a first time interval and a speed of the two-wheeled vehicle after the first time interval; carrying out a first acceleration comparison, which checks whether the acceleration is greater than a minimum positive acceleration, at least for a second time interval; carrying out a first speed comparison if the first acceleration comparison is positive, the first speed comparison checks whether the speed is higher than a minimum speed; displacing the saddle into the travel position if the first speed comparison is positive; and carrying out a second acceleration comparison if the first acceleration comparison is negative, the second acceleration comparison checks whether the acceleration is less than a minimum negative acceleration at least for a third time interval.
US10549784B2
An exemplary brake booster device includes, among other things, a brake booster mounted on a vehicle component, and an actuator that, in response to a force applied to the actuator by a gearbox housing, pivots to move the brake booster upward. The actuator includes at least two pivot elements spaced from each other, and a displacement mounted in a jointed manner between the at least two pivot elements.
US10549783B2
An auxiliary frame for a vehicle including a first shell element and a second shell element, rigidly connected to the first shell element, to define a cavity. The auxiliary frame includes a cross bridge for bearing a vehicle drive unit. The cross bridge is connected by a screwed connection to the first shell element and/or to the second shell element. The auxiliary frame includes a sleeve-like spacer element for the inserting of a screw for vehicle body connection. The spacer element is arranged at one of its ends at a through-hole of the first shell element and extends within the cavity in the direction of a through-hole of the second shell element. The spacer element has a sleeve-like portion for receiving a screw of the screwed connection of the cross bridge.
US10549776B2
A coordinate obtaining unit of an automatic steering control apparatus obtains a subject-vehicle coordinate point indicating a current position of a subject vehicle, and a target coordinate point indicating a target position of the subject vehicle. A subject-vehicle state quantity obtaining unit obtains a subject-vehicle state quantity indicating a traveling state of the subject vehicle. A target trajectory determining unit calculates an interpolation coordinate point for interpolating between the subject-vehicle coordinate point and the target coordinate point or between a target coordinate point previously obtained and a target coordinate point subsequently obtained, and determines a target trajectory of the subject vehicle based on the interpolation coordinate point. A steering controller controls a steering control device of the subject vehicle so that the subject vehicle travels following the target trajectory, based on the subject-vehicle state quantity and the target trajectory.
US10549771B2
A steering apparatus for a steer-by-were system includes a driving member rotating in conjunction with a steering wheel and having a first stopper protruding from the driving member; a change gear receiving rotational force from the driving member, changing a rotational speed, and outputting a changed rotational speed; and a driven member receiving the rotational force output from the change gear, rotating at a rotational speed different from that of the driving member, and having a second stopper, which protrudes from the driven member, disposed within a rotation radius of the first stopper. The second stopper comes into contact with the first stopper at a predetermined steering angle during rotation of the driving member.
US10549770B2
A method for steering a vehicle, wherein forces for steering wheels are generated by a steering torque. The steering torque is applied by a mechanical steering system and/or a steering actuator. The method includes in the automatic phase: automatic steering of the vehicle, where a control unit calculates an automatic torque and actuates the steering actuator so that the steering torque corresponds to the automatic torque. During the engagement phase when a manual torque applied to the steering wheel by the driver is detected, the method includes maintaining the calculated automatic torque as a steering torque by ignoring or compensating the manual torque until the manual torque has exceeded a defined threshold torque greater than zero. During a transfer phase, the method includes reducing the automatic torque after exceeding the threshold torque, wherein the steering torque corresponds to the sum of the manual torque and automatic torque.
US10549762B2
A system and method to distinguish between a lane change and a turn of a vehicle as an intended movement of the vehicle based on a driver-initiated motion toward an adjacent lane that is adjacent to a lane occupied by the vehicle include obtaining input from one or more sources. The one or more sources include a sensor system or a communication system. The method also includes processing the input from the one or more sources to obtain indirect information that indicates a direction of travel in the lane adjacent or to obtain direct information specific to a location of the vehicle, determining whether the lane change or the turn is more likely to be the intended movement based on the indirect information or the direct information, and modifying an action of a vehicle system based on the determining whether the lane change or the turn is more likely.
US10549752B2
A lane departure detection system detects that an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) is departing from the lane in which the ADV is driving based on sensor data captured when the ADV contact a deceleration curb such as a speed bump laid across the lane. When the ADV contacts the deceleration curb, the lane departure detection system detects and calculates an angle of a moving direction of the ADV vs a longitudinal direction of the deceleration curb. Based on the angle, the system calculates how much the moving direction of the ADV is off compared to a lane direction of the lane. The lane direction is typically substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the deceleration curb. A control command such as a speed control command and/or a steering control command is generated based on the angle to correct the moving direction of the ADV.
US10549747B2
System and methods are provided for improving launch performance of a hybrid vehicle. During a stall condition prior to launch, the engine of the hybrid vehicle can produce engine torque beyond a standard stall torque limit. Negative motor torque that offsets the increase in engine torque in accordance with the standard stall torque limit is produced by the motor. This results in loading the automatic transmission of the hybrid vehicle with additional torque that would otherwise not be possible. During a launch condition following the stall condition, the motor torque is dropped to 0 Nm, and the brakes are released, allowing the hybrid vehicle to accelerate. The full torque generated by the engine is provided to the automatic transmission and used to drive one or more wheels of the hybrid vehicle.
US10549744B2
Systems and methods for operating a driveline of a hybrid vehicle are disclosed. In one example, an engine may enter or stay in one of two cylinder deactivation modes or enter or stay in a combustion mode in response to a request to downshift a transmission while a vehicle in which the engine resides is coasting.
US10549738B2
A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate a vehicle brake according to a specified brake torque, receive user input to exceed the specified brake torque, and actuate a brake fluid valve to attain a brake fluid pressure to maintain the specified brake torque.
US10549732B2
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. A controller deceleration command input receives a deceleration command signal which is compared against predetermined threshold deceleration rate value or against a current deceleration value being executed by the combination vehicle and, based on a result of the comparisons, either the enhanced or the non-enhanced braking modes are implemented by the controller.
US10549720B2
A recovery system and method with repeating communication functionality includes a station configured to send a first message and at least a first remote transmitting unit responsive to the central station and configured to transmit a second message to a locating unit. At least a second remote transmitting unit includes a receiver which receives the second message, a controller configured to process the second message, and a transmitter for transmitting a third message to the locating unit.
US10549715B2
A pretensioner includes a drive wheel provided with a plurality of engaging teeth for rotating a spool, the spool for winding up a webbing for fastening a passenger; and an elongated resin component that transmits power to the drive wheel during an emergency, wherein the plurality of teeth is positioned such that, when one engaging tooth is caused to contact a tip of the elongated resin component in an approximately planer manner, another engaging tooth adjacent to the one engaging tooth in a direction opposite to a rotation direction can contact a side surface of the elongated resin component.
US10549713B2
Control for airbag deployment and/or the like is facilitated in a simple configuration. An airbag includes upper vent holes and lower vent holes. The upper vent holes are placed upward of the head facing portion and are open to an occupant side. The lower vent holes are placed downward of the upper vent holes and are open to the opposite side from an occupant.
US10549708B2
An air belt apparatus for a vehicle may include an air belt coupled to an inflator formed at a predetermined position in a seat back, the air belt being configured to be placed on a shoulder portion of a driver, and a seat belt including a webbing passing through the air belt, the webbing being extracted from a retractor spaced from the inflator with a predetermined distance.
US10549703B2
A fastening claw has an annular section with a radial inner side, from which at least two flexible, tongue-type elements project inwards and obliquely upwards towards an upper side of the fastening claw. The tongue-type elements have free ends which define a central, open region of the fastening claw, into which region a securing element can be introduced from the underside of the fastening claw and can be clamped between the free ends of the tongue-type elements.
US10549701B2
A configurable, easily assembled and disassembled cargo carrier having at least one floor member with at least one downward facing flanged edge, at least two side members where each side member has an outward facing flanged top edge and an inward facing flanged bottom edge, at least one corner brace to securedly connect one of the side members to another of the side members, thereby forming a corner of the cargo carrier, fasteners for securing the floor member to the side members and the corner braces to the side members, and a chassis attachment system for securing assembled cargo carrier to a chassis.
US10549700B2
An accessory support for a vehicle cargo area includes a guide assembly adapted to provide vertical and lateral adjustability and at least one support member slidably carried by the guide assembly. The guide assembly includes a first pair of guide rails each including one or more vehicle z-axis oriented guide channels and a second pair of guide rails each including one or more vehicle y-axis oriented guide channels.
US10549697B2
A portable ladder system pivotally mounted to a ladder support member that is configured to be removably secured to the edge of the bed of a truck trailer. The portable ladder system can be mounted to multiple locations along the edge of a bed and does not need to be mounted to a traditionally constructed stake pocket. The portable ladder system can be quickly and easily attached in a locked fashion and detached from the bed without the use of tools.
US10549685B2
Provided is a soft upper trim of a vehicle door, in which an upper substrate, a foam, and a transparent skin are laminated, and particularly, to a soft upper trim for switch assembly of a vehicle door, in which a switch, which is configured to preserve continuity of a transparent skin and display lock and unlock symbols on the transparent skin, is easily assembled to an upper substrate, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US10549677B2
A vehicle system includes an information processing device and a vehicle. The vehicle includes: a detection unit configured to detect an illuminance change; an acquisition unit configured to acquire position information; a first sending unit configured to send, to the information processing device, (i) illuminance change position information and (ii) traveling information; a first receiving unit configured to receive a turn-on condition from the information processing device; and a turn-on unit configured to turn on a headlight according to the traveling information and the turn-on condition. The information processing device includes a learning unit configured to learn, as the turn-on condition, traveling content of the vehicle before the vehicle reaches the position where the illuminance change is detected, by using the travelling information, and a second sending unit configured to send the turn-on condition to the vehicle.
US10549673B2
A method for paving wherein the paving operator or a person in the vicinity of the paver remotely controls the flow of paving material from a dump truck into the hopper of the paver.
US10549670B1
A seat locking system for locking selectively a pivotable seat in a retracted position and in an extended position. The seat locking system includes a lock and a pivotable locking pawl adapted to selectively engage the lock.
US10549665B2
A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion S1 and a seat back S2. The seat back S2 includes a seat back frame F2 constituting a framework thereof, a pressure-receiving member 30 located in the seat back frame F2 and configured to support an upper body of an occupant, elastically supporting members 26, 27 elastically supporting the pressure-receiving member 30 in the seat back frame F2, and a cover material covering the seat back frame F2 and the pressure-receiving member 30. The seat back is configured such that when a backward movement load is applied from the upper body of the occupant seated on the seat cushion S1 to the seat back S2, the pressure-receiving member 30 moves backward to allow the upper body of the occupant to sink into the seat back S2. A vibrating unit 50 is attached to the pressure-receiving member 30.
US10549662B2
A system includes a climate control module and a thermal device control module. The climate control module, based on at least one of a user input and a first input from a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of a seat of a vehicle, generates one of (i) a heating command signal indicating an instruction to heat the seat and (ii) a cooling command signal indicating an instruction to cool the seat. The thermal device control module, in response to one of the heating command signal and the cooling command signal, controls at least one of a blower and at least one TED to one of heat and cool the seat based on a second input from at least one sensor that measures at least one of a pressure applied to the seat, a force applied to the seat, and a strain within the seat.
US10549660B2
A vehicle seating assembly comprises a body with a center portion and four corner portions and a seating surface. A supporting layer is disposed below the body. A thermal transfer node is disposed in the body. The thermal transfer node includes a heat sink and a thermoelectric device. The heat sink is located between the seating surface and the thermoelectric device. The heat sink and the thermoelectric device are configured to draw heat away from the heating surface. A fluid moves proximate the thermal transfer node and into the supporting layer to draw heat away from the thermal transfer node. A phase change material is disposed between the seating surface and the heat sink.
US10549657B2
An adjustment device, in particular for adjusting motor vehicle seats, has: a) a rotatably mounted drive element; b) a rotatably mounted output element; c) a first sprag freewheel, by means of which the output element can be blocked steplessly in different positions in both adjustment directions, and which can be released via a release element; d) a second sprag freewheel, which is coupled to the first sprag freewheel via the release element and by means of which the output element can be blocked steplessly in different positions in both adjustment directions; e) an actuating element for releasing the second sprag freewheel; and f) an additional locking means for securing the first sprag freewheel against rotation with at least one rotatably mounted locking lever.
US10549646B2
An autonomous ground treatment appliance, in particular a robotic lawnmower, includes a housing, a running gear, a control unit, at least one wheel unit, and a sensor unit. The control unit is configured to control the autonomous ground treatment appliance. The at least one wheel unit is mounted on the housing so as to be at least partially movable relative to the housing. The sensor unit is configured to ascertain a position of the wheel unit relative to the housing.
US10549643B2
A vehicle system includes a relay and coil of a contactor. The relay is configured to transfer current between a traction battery and an electrical load when closed. The system also includes a controller configured to operate a switch such that current flow from the traction battery through the coil and switch, and bypassing the relay, causes the relay to close to permit pre-charging of the load.
US10549634B1
A power-take-off (PTO) electrical generator system for mechanically driving a rotary screw type air compressor employed in a space-confined environment of a utility truck, includes: a controller mounted to a portion of an existing utility truck, a PTO operably coupled to an existing engine of the existing utility truck as well as the controller, an electrical generator located at the existing utility truck and operably coupled directly to and driven by the PTO, an air compressor directly coupled to and mechanically driven directly by the electrical generator and located at a space-confined section of the existing utility truck, and a cooling fan assembly located at the existing utility truck and directly coupled to the air compressor. The electrical generator is intermediately positioned between the PTO and the air compressor.
US10549630B2
An erroneous fuel feed prevention device includes paired flaps having a surface slanted relative to a direction of insertion of a fuel feeding nozzle. A turn shaft part, a support hole, and paired extension portions are provided. A first biasing member is configured to bias flaps of the paired extension portions to turn in a closing direction. A first restriction portion and a second restriction portion are configured to restrict the flaps from turning in an opening direction. While slanted surfaces are pressed by the fuel feeding nozzle, each of the flaps slide outward in radial directions of the fuel feed passage to release turning restriction states of the first restriction portion and the second restriction portion, and after the release, the flaps turn in an integrated manner with the extension portions being in contact with the respective other flaps.
US10549629B2
Disclosed is a method for controlling depressurization in a fuel tank of a motor vehicle, including: the initial controlled opening of the isolation valve in order to lower the pressure inside the tank; determination of a blockage condition in the roll over valve on the basis of at least one item of information relating to the pressure gradient in the tank following the initial opening of the isolation valve; and, if the roll over valve blockage condition is met, the controlled closing of the isolation valve, followed by its controlled re-opening in order to continue lowering the pressure in the tank.
US10549622B2
An engine mount may include: a support device; a bracket device; and a vibration proof device which connects the support device and the bracket device, and, in which the vibration proof device may include a nozzle device fastened to the support device, and has a nozzle plate dividing an internal space of the vibration proof device into a first liquid chamber and a second liquid chamber, and a flow path penetrating the nozzle plate; a first insulator defining the first liquid chamber together with the nozzle plate; a first core protruding from the first insulator toward one side, and fastened to the bracket device; a second insulator defining the second liquid chamber together with the nozzle plate; and a second core protruding from the second insulator and fastened to the bracket device.
US10549610B2
A vehicle door includes an outer panel, an inner panel including an inner wall portion, a side wall portion, and a flange portion, an impact beam provided so to extend between the outer panel and the inner wall portion on a surface parallel to inner wall portion, and a bracket including a fixed portion, a joint portion, and a recessed portion. The recessed portion recesses toward an inner-panel side such that a tip end of the impact beam is distanced from the bracket. In an extending direction of the impact beam, a yield strength of a region from the fixed portion to a tip end position of the impact beam for a load applied from the outer panel-side is lower than a yield strength of a region from the tip end position of the impact beam to the joint portion for the load applied from the outer-panel side.
US10549608B2
A vanity mirror assembly for a vehicle sun visor includes a cover assembly configured to be slideably supported within a frame and to cover a reflective element while in a closed position and to at least partially expose the reflective element to a vehicle interior while in an open position. The cover assembly includes a substantially rigid body portion, one or more flexible arms extending from the substantially rigid body, and a biasing member configured to drive the one or more flexible arms away from the substantially rigid body and into a corresponding groove of the frame.
US10549604B2
An independently-controlled PTC (Positive Temperature Coefficient) heater includes a PTC unit including first and second PTC elements for generating heat by an applied power, a guide frame having an opening to which the first and second PTC elements are mounted, first and second electrode plates configured to respectively make surface contact with one surfaces of the first and second PTC elements which are exposed through the opening, a common electrode plate configured to make surface contact with the other surfaces of both the first and second PTC elements which is exposed through the opening, and an insulation member configured to insulate the first electrode plate, the second electrode plate and the common electrode plate from an outside; and a heat diffusion fin provided at a side of the heating tube.
US10549602B2
A computer-implemented air quality amelioration method, computer program product, and system for a self-driving vehicle, the method including detecting a value of an air quality within a cabin of the self-driving vehicle and performing an amelioration action to improve the value of the air quality based on the detection of the value of the air quality being less than a predetermined value.
US10549594B2
A leaf spring device includes a main leaf made of a steel plate including an elastic section configured to generate elastic force when bent; and an eye section formed in an end portion of the elastic section, the elastic section and the eye section being tempered. There is also provided a method for manufacturing the leaf spring device. The eye section is formed by rolling the end of the elastic section into a circular form. The eye section is tempered at a higher temperature than the elastic section.
US10549590B2
An assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a towing hook orifice covering plate (10) and a skin (20), wherein the towing hook orifice covering plate comprises a covering plate modeling surface (10a) facing the outside of a bumper and a covering plate structural surface (10b) facing the inside of the bumper. The covering plate structural surface has oppositely arranged rotary lugs (13a, 13b) that are perpendicular to the covering plate structural surface and extend therefrom, and the rotary lugs have arc surfaces (131a, 131b) away from the covering plate structural surface. The skin (2) has grooves (21a, 21 b) for accommodating the rotary lugs, and the grooves comprise first arc sections (211a, 211b), linear sections (212a, 212b) and second arc sections (213a, 213b), wherein the linear sections are located between the first arc sections and the second arc sections. The assembly has a rotating axis defined by the rotary lugs and solves the interference problem in the prior art by changing the position of the rotating axis. The assembly maintains the vehicle outlook by not changing the appearance of the covering plate modeling surface, and can satisfy the requirements for the opening of the towing hook orifice covering plate and for the gap between the towing hook orifice covering plate and the skin.
US10549588B2
The invention relates to the vehicles for off-road driving, both on land and on water, which can be used for construction of vehicles with good cross-country ability, (all-terrain vehicles). An all-terrain vehicle comprises a cabin with a glazing and a door, a passenger compartment, a frame, an engine with an exhaust system, a transmission gearbox, a steering gear, a running gear comprising a final drive system connected with at least two pairs of axle shafts with the wheels mounted on them having the low pressure tires, a suspension connected with the wheel tires, a tire inflation system, a heating system, a control system, is different in that it comprises an air line connected simultaneously with all wheel tires and associated with a tire inflation system.
US10549585B2
A tire pressure control system for a vehicle has a supply of compressed air connected to a vehicle tire through an air conduit having a valve and an air pressure sensor that senses the air pressure in the vehicle tire. A microcontroller is connected to control the valve to supply compressed air to the vehicle tire or to vent compressed air from the vehicle tire. The microcontroller has instructions to: calculate a valve operation required to achieve a target pressure; operate the valve according to the calculated valve operation; measure an adjusted air pressure after the calculated valve operation is completed; calculate a further valve operation to achieve the target pressure if necessary; and compare the results of the valve operation to the calculated valve operation and recalibrating the algorithm based on any differences.
US10549584B2
A pneumatic tire includes a plate-like member in which a plurality of through holes and slits having both ends positioned within a plate surface are formed, and a supporting member which is inserted into the slits and supports plate-like portions in both sides of the slits in opposite directions to each other, wherein the plate-like member is attached to an inner surface of the tread portion by mounting portions which are respectively positioned closer to an outer side than both ends of the slits, so that a space is formed between the plate-like member and the inner surface of the tread portion.
US10549582B2
There is provided a pneumatic tire which exhibits excellent durability while improving driving comfort. A pneumatic tire includes: a buttress portion; and a plurality of circumferential grooves formed on the buttress portion and extending in a tire circumferential direction. A ridge extending in the tire circumferential direction is formed in each of the plurality of circumferential grooves. A length of the ridge is not smaller than 50% of a length of the circumferential groove in the tire circumferential direction.
US10549574B2
A protective coating method of a material such as aromatic polyurethane substrates is effected through a process that promotes coating adhesion to the substrate while providing a wood-like aesthetic. Closed cells on the surface of the aromatic polyurethane are opened via sanding techniques to promote adhesion. Once a sufficient surface is achieved, the substrate is coated using spray techniques to protect the aromatic polyurethane from ultra-violet light exposure. The wood-like appearance is achieved through embossing a wood-grain on the deformable surface and subsequently filling the grain with a contrasting agent to highlight its appearance through a reverse-roll-coating technique. Abrasion properties are achieved through a final clear top coat that allows both the contrast agent and the top coat to fully cure.
US10549566B2
According to embodiments, an image processing apparatus includes an erasing unit configured to perform an image erasing process on each of a plurality of conveyed recording media, and a control unit configured to control the image erasing process performed by the erasing unit. The control unit stops the image erasing process with respect to at least one of the recording media when a conveyance error occurs in the recording medium, determines a situation of the at least one of the recording media causing the conveyance error, restarts the image erasing process after the conveyance error is cleared, counts a number of the recording media conveyed to the erasing unit in accordance with a counting method according to the determined situation of the recording media, and continues the restarted image erasing process performed until the counted number of the recording media reaches a target number.
US10549562B2
There is provided a printing apparatus including: an ink jet head that prints on a print medium; a camera that captures an image on the print medium; an LED light source that irradiates a capturing area of the camera with light at a predetermined angle with respect to a print surface of the print medium; a carriage that mounts the ink jet head, the camera, and the LED light source; and a processor that executes calculation based on captured-image-data-of-unprinted-area obtained by capturing an image on the print medium by the camera and captured-image-data-of-test-pattern obtained by capturing an image of a test pattern by the camera, the test pattern being printed on the print medium by the ink jet head, and that acquires corrected captured-image-data representing a captured image of the test pattern, the corrected captured-image-data in which an influence of light irradiation by the LED light source is adjusted.
US10549558B2
A cutter unit is attached to a carriage in a predetermined direction, the carriage moving in a cutting direction of a sheet. A first set of first fitting sections and a second set of second fitting sections are provided as groups of fitting sections provided at positions, which face each other, on the carriage and the cutter unit. The first fitting sections and the second fitting sections each of which are fitted to each other in a predetermined direction. When the cutter unit is attached to the carriage, the fitting of the first fitting sections starts before the fitting of the second fitting sections.
US10549557B2
A printing method and apparatus are disclosed, in which a printed document is separated from a continuous strip of paper by a cutting device having a movable blade that can adopt a rest position, in which the blade is retracted to leave free a passage for inserting the strip in a cutting zone, and at least one cutting position, in which the blade is advanced to obstruct the passage, with sensor means that is able to indicate when the blade is in the two positions.
US10549552B1
An apparatus and a method for creating a watermark are disclosed. For example, the apparatus may be a dryer module of a printing device. The dryer module may include a pair of transport rollers, a temperature gradient transport belt coupled to the pair of transport rollers to rotate around the pair of transport rollers, a heat source located above the temperature gradient transport belt, wherein the heat source applies heat to a print media that moves below the heat source via the temperature gradient transport belt, and a processor communicatively coupled to the rollers and the heat source, wherein the processor controls a speed of the temperature gradient transport belt via the pair of rollers and an amount of heat that is applied by the heat source to dry a printing fluid dispensed on selected portions of the print media at a desired rate to create the watermark on the print media.
US10549544B2
An ink-jet recording apparatus configured to record an image based on image data on a sheet, the ink-jet recording apparatus includes a first roller pair, a second roller pair, a carriage, a recording head, and a controller configured to: control the first roller pair and the second roller pair to perform intermittent conveyance of the sheet; control the carriage and the recording head to record a one-pass image on the sheet; and calculate an overlap amount, in the conveyance direction, of a one-pass image to be recorded on the sheet in a predefined one pass and a one-pass image to be recorded on the sheet in a next one pass after the predefined one pass.
US10549542B2
Disclosed are a laser printer for pathological embedding cassettes and a printing method thereof. The laser printer includes an ink jet cartridge (3) filled with pigment ink, where a conveyor belt (6) is disposed below the ink jet cartridge (3), the semiconductor laser (4) is disposed on a side of the ink jet cartridge (3), and a photoelectric sensor (10) for detecting the position of an embedding cassette (1) is disposed on the conveyor belt (6). The beneficial effects brought by the printer and the printing method thereof are as follows: 1. By ejecting pigment ink droplets on an embedding cassette and irradiating the ink droplets with a laser beam from a semiconductor laser, the ink droplets have a rapid increase in temperature and are cured, so that colors are applied on a plastic surface and can be easily recognized. 2. With a combination of a guide groove and a semilunar pushing wheel, the conveyance of the embedding cassettes is implemented effectively to facilitate an operator in picking up and placing the embedding cassettes. 3. The position of an embedding cassette can be directly precisely detected using a photoelectric sensor, so as to ensure the precise irradiation of the ink droplets by the semiconductor laser, thereby improving the curing quality.
US10549540B2
A liquid cartridge is configured to be inserted into a liquid consuming apparatus in a first direction along a horizontal direction against an urging force directed in a second direction opposite the first direction, and thereby to be mounted to the liquid consuming apparatus. The liquid cartridge is configured to pivot about a pivot center in the liquid consuming apparatus. The liquid cartridge includes a lower face, and the lower face includes a first portion and a second portion which are positioned further in the second direction than the pivot center. The second portion is positioned further in the second direction than the first portion and is positioned further in the upward direction than the first portion.
US10549529B2
According to one embodiment, a driving device includes a head driver configured to generate and apply a driving signal to an actuator for ejecting a liquid from a pressure chamber connected to a nozzle, the driving signal including a contraction pulse, the contraction pulse causing the actuator to contract a volume of the pressure chamber, and end application of the contraction pulse when a flow rate of the liquid from the nozzle has a negative value in a liquid ejection direction from the nozzle.
US10549528B2
According to an embodiment of this invention, a printing apparatus capable of cleaning a transfer member continuously while downsizing the apparatus and a cleaning method of the same are provided. The printing apparatus includes a cleaning roller configured to apply a cleaning liquid to the transfer member while rotating in contact with the transfer member, a liquid tank configured to reserve the cleaning liquid so that a part of the cleaning roller is immersed in the cleaning liquid, and a removal unit configured to remove a blot by contacting the surface of the cleaning roller which rotates in the liquid tank.
US10549520B2
A structure includes a first body section that has a wall that spans in a vertical direction. The wall has a relatively thin thickness with respect to a length and a width of the wall. A second body section is arranged next to, but spaced apart from, the first body section. A gusset connects the first body section and the second body section. The gusset extends obliquely from the wall of the first body section with respect to the vertical direction such that the gusset is self-supporting. The first body section has a geometry that corresponds to an end-use component exclusive of the gusset.
US10549510B2
The present invention is related to a flexible multilayer packaging film with high gas barrier properties comprising: one or more support layer(s) (1,10); one or more barrier layer(s) (6,60), each of the one or more barrier layer(s) (6,60) comprising an organic layer (2,20) and an inorganic layer(3,30); wherein said multilayer film has an oxygen transmission rate of less than 0.1 cm3/m2/24 h/atm, preferably less than 0.05 cm3/m2/24 h/atm, most preferably less than 0.03 cm3/m2/24 h/atm measured at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity.
US10549505B2
An active lattice capable of self-transforming responsive to a stimulus, such as heat or moisture, includes a plurality of links interconnected to each other at a plurality of nodes. At least a subset of links includes at least two materials that have different coefficients of expansion in response to an external stimulus. The two materials can be arranged in an alternating, periodic or aperiodic pattern. Embodiments can be used in apparel and sportswear, manufacturing, aviation and automotive applications, and furniture and interior products.
US10549503B2
A plate-shaped carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite has a longitudinal length-to-widthwise length ratio of more than 1. The carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite is such that at least two layers that are a first carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite layer in which carbon fibers are placed in the carbonaceous matrix and are oriented in the longitudinal direction and a second carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite layer different in the arrangement of the carbon fibers from the first carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite layer are stacked, the first carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite layer forms an outermost layer of at least one plate surface, the thickness thereof is 70% or more of the thickness of the carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite, and the longitudinal bending elastic modulus is 150 GPa or more. The first carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite layer in which the carbon fibers are aligned in the longitudinal direction is placed only on an outermost layer of one or both of plate surfaces and another site is a carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite layer different in the arrangement of the carbon fibers from the first carbon fiber-reinforced carbon composite layer; hence, the longitudinal bending elastic modulus is significantly increased and warping, peeling, or cracking during usage and interlayer delamination due to gases produced during manufacture are suppressed.
US10549484B2
A method is described for opening a heat bonded sterile connection that includes a skin of material blocking flow between the connection site. The method includes applying external pressure to the connection site.
US10549480B2
The invention is about an ultrasonic welding-based microfluidic device. It is mainly made of a first element and a second element welded one to the other via at least one structure (10, 10′). The structure (10, 10′) comprises an elongated welded portion for said welding, a welding channel (12, 12′) extending between the first and second elements and along one side of the welded portion, and a draining channel (13) communicating with the welding channel (12, 12′) and the microfluidic path (20, 20′) of the device. The invention is further about a method of manufacturing such a device.
US10549479B2
A maple sap line system and method for spin welding provides secure, unobstructed lines for collecting sap by creating a hermetically sealed connection between a lateral line and a mainline. A fitting connects the mainline to the lateral line. The fitting is spin welded to the mainline at a contact interface. The fitting comprises a protruding member that easily melts to create the frictional weld. The fitting has an elongated body comprising barbs that receive the lateral line. The fitting has a channel that enables fluid communication between the mainline and the lateral line. The flanges in the fitting register with a chuck to rotate the fitting against the main line at a high rpm. Molten debris formed in the channel is dislodged by drilling with a collared drill. The drilling provides fluid communication and creates a smooth inner surface in the mainline, and cuts off flanges from the fitting.
US10549474B2
A system and method are provided for implementing a process by which printed rolls of substrate material web have additional material layers interleaved between the rolled material web layers to substantially eliminate back transfer or roll offset of printed images on the back sides of the rolled material substrates. In a process for pre-printing thermoforming grade plastic materials to produce rolls of substrate material for use in a thermoforming process, ink compositions, particularly adapted for the thermoforming process, are deposited on substantially continuous webs of substrate material. The webs of substrate material are then re-rolled with separate layers of low surface energy substrate material interleaved between the layers of the printed substrate material in order to substantially eliminate imaging defects produced by back transfer of printed images on to the backs of layers of the printed substrate material stored in rolls.
US10549470B1
A method and system for forming a self-sealing volume includes an elastomeric composite structure. The structure includes layers of a cast polyurethane derived from a neat polyurethane monomer reaction mixture that does not substantially react at room temperature. The polyurethane monomer reaction layer includes a reaction product of an organic polyisocyanate and a reactive hydrogen-containing material reacted with a mixture of a monomeric polyol and polymeric polyols. The structure may further include one or more layers of a fabric that have been precoated with an aliphatic polyurethane, and one or more sealing layers. A fuel impermeable inner liner may be positioned in an inner region. The sealing layers may comprise at least one of partially vulcanized natural rubber (NR), polyisoprene (IR), styrene butadiene (SBR), or a blend of SBR with NR or IR. A dimensionally correct, self-sealing volume may be created by inflating the volume during its cure.
US10549465B2
In some embodiments, an injection molding apparatus comprises: a first mold section comprising a first molding surface, wherein the first mold section is configured for attachment to a presser; a second mold section and disposed opposite the first mold section, a thermoelectric device disposed in one of the first and second mold sections and in thermal communication with at least one of the first and second mold surfaces; an electrical control system disposed in electrical communication with the thermoelectric device; the presser in mechanical communication with the first mold section and configured to move at least one of the first and second mold sections toward the other to define a molding space; and an injector for introducing a material to be molded into the molding space; wherein at least one of the first and second mold sections is formed from a ceramic material.
US10549459B2
The ejection device comprises: a pushing device (14) translatable along a first axis (A1) between a retracted position and an ejection position, an ejection element (28) translatable along a second axis (A2) between a retracted position and an ejection position, a transfer device (26) connecting the pushing device (14) and the ejection device (28). The transfer device (26) comprises at least two links (44), translatable relative to one another and relative to the pushing device (14) and the ejection element (28).
US10549455B2
The disclosed invention describes a novel approach to the utilization of the fine mineral matter derived from coal and/or coal refuse (a by-product of coal refining) to convert a non-biodegradable plastic into a biodegradable plastic. The fine mineral matter could also be based on volcanic basalt, glacial rock dust deposits, iron potassium silicate and other sea shore mined deposits. The conversion of the non-biodegradable plastic into biodegradable plastic in soil further increases nutrients availability in soil with the transition metals released as a result of biodegradation of the biodegradable plastic.
US10549446B2
A device for moving a plate oriented in a plane P in a direction parallel to that plane P, said plate including at least two opposite edges parallel to one another, said plate including at least two arms parallel to one another and movable in a plane parallel to said plane P, one of said arms being directly moved by a first actuator, the other arm being driven by said first arm via a connection member, a drive member mounted on the free end of each of said two arms such as to be pivotable about an axis perpendicular to said plane P and moved by a second actuator, each drive member engaging with an actuation member arranged along one of the edges of the plate.
US10549445B2
A draw stud assembly for use with a knockout punch tool having a movable piston, includes a connector attachable to the movable piston, a draw stud, and a quick connect mechanism. The quick connect mechanism includes mating first and second thread segments on the connector and the draw stud, respectively. The connector and the draw stud are movable between a first relative orientation where the mating first and second thread segments are misaligned to permit axial movement between the connector and the draw stud, and a second relative orientation where the mating first and second thread segments are aligned and engaged to inhibit axial movement between the connector and the draw stud.
US10549431B2
A modular gripper has a body with a trident section and cylindrical section. A powering assembly is positioned in the cylindrical section. A pair of oppositing jaws is pivotally secured between a center wall and a pair of side wall, respectively, of the trident section. The piston rod moves a cam assembly on the center wall. The cam assembly passes through a body having a trident section and cylindrical section. The trident section comprises a trident structure that includes, at one end, a pair of side walls along with a center wall. The cylindrical section includes a fluid driven powering assembly. A pair of opposing jaw member are pivotally secured to the trident portion about separate pivot pins. A cam assembly is operatively connected to a piston rod of the fluid driven powering assembly. The cam assembly extends laterally outward with respect to a cylinder bore axis to receive a cam bush that engages with a through slot on each of the pair of opposing jaw members. The jaws rotate with respect to one another in response to fluid power in the cylindrical section. A pair of side plate members, each slide plate member has an elongated blind slot that receives an end of the cam assembly, the ends travel in the blind slot. Cam slots in the pair of opposing jaws, via a cam bushing.
US10549423B2
A controller includes a machine learning device that learns an operating parameter for an operation of bonding a radiation plate by a robot. The machine learning device observes operating parameter data and heat conductor state data as state variables that express a current state of an environment. In addition, the machine learning device acquires determination data indicating a propriety determination result of the operation of bonding the radiation plate, and learns the operating parameter in association with the heat conductor state data, using the state variables and the determination data.
US10549419B1
A wire cutback template for use in cutting layers of insulating material from a cable. The method of using the template is also described.
US10549408B2
A fire hydrant valve removal tool has a torque multiplier at the top end, a torque stabilizing bushing which keeps the transmission of torque straight from the top of the hydrant above ground to the valve in the bottom of the hydrant underground, a hydrant mounting adapter which at the lower end matches the flanges and holes of the hydrant so that the valve removal too may be bolted directly to the hydrant for stability, a drive which fits over the hydrant stem all the way down to the valve, and improved valve keys having a conical internal section allowing easy fitting over the hydrant stem. In addition the present invention teaches a rescue key which is designed to easily slide down into the valve body itself and apply torque to the guides/blades of the valve itself.
US10549404B1
A sanding glove including: a glove body fabricated from a base layer of material, wherein the glove body includes a hand opening, a backing, a palm, a thumb compartment, an index finger compartment, a middle finger compartment, a ring finger compartment and a small finger compartment, wherein each of the finger compartments include palm sides, back sides and fingertip ends; a first strip of hook fastener material attached to the palm side of the thumb compartment; second, third, fourth, and fifth strips of hook fastener materials attached to the palm side of the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the small finger compartments; and wherein a loop backed sanding pad of any desired shape can be attached to at least one of the strips of hook fastener material to facilitate sanding.
US10549402B1
Embodiments relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”), methods of fabricating PDCs, and applications for such PDCs. In an embodiment, a method includes providing an at least partially leached polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) body. A residual amount of acid may remain in and/or on the at least partially leached PCD body. The method further includes removing and/or neutralizing at least some of the residual amount of acid from the at least partially leached PCD body and/or a substrate to which the at least partially leached PCD body is attached.
US10549393B2
Rotary base for securing tools to a work table with a cylindrical support base and truncated upper end, in whose interior and concentric thereto, there is a threaded lower cover and a cylindrical base piston and with a truncated upper end with means to secure tools. The base piston is arranged on the threaded lower cover and is vertically displaced on this threaded lower cover through the interior of the support base, actuated by a lifting system between a lower unlocking position in which the base piston rotates freely around its axis with respect to the support base and an upper locking position in which the rotation of the base piston with respect to the support base is locked by means of friction of its truncated upper end against the truncated upper end of the support base.
US10549334B2
A coil spring manufacturing device includes a mandrel around which a wire is wound, a feed mechanism which feeds the wire toward the mandrel, guide members which guide the wire, a chuck which fixes a distal end of the wire, and a clamp mechanism. The clamp mechanism sandwiches the wire from both sides before the distal end of the wire reaches the mandrel. Further, the clamp mechanism can be rotated about a fulcrum by rotation actuator, and can also be slid in a direction along an axis of the mandrel by sliding actuator. In a state in which the wire is sandwiched by the clamp mechanism, the clamp mechanism is rotated, and if necessary, is slid. Thereby, a bent portion for a negative pitch portion of a coil spring is formed at a part of the wire.
US10549330B2
A live pilot sensing apparatus is presented herein. The apparatus includes a pneumatic cylinder, sensing plate, and at least one stabilizing plate. The cylinder includes a piston and is configured to connect to the die of a stamping system. The sensing plate is configured to connect with the distal end of the piston. The stabilizing plate is configured to connect with an exposed segment along the cylinder piston, between the sensing plate and cylinder. Moreover, the piston is configured to react upon substantial contact between the sensing plate and a portion of a foreign object within the stamping system.
US10549326B2
Provided is a rinsing head for a pipe or sewer inspection system, comprising imaging means arranged at the front end and rinsing means arranged axially behind the imaging means. The rinsing means comprises a number of rinsing nozzles with openings arranged on its lateral surface and spaced apart from each other circumferentially. The rinsing nozzles are connected via to an inlet opening for pressurized water provided at the rear end of the rinsing means. A WLAN module is arranged within the rinsing head and coupled to a camera module of the imaging means operatively. An antenna unit of the WLAN module is arranged axially behind the rinsing nozzles with at least one antenna arranged at least partially radially around the inlet opening for pressurized water. The WLAN module and the antenna unit are adapted to transmit image and/or video data provided by the camera module to a control/display means.
US10549322B2
A second liquid film of the second processing liquid covers an upper surface of the first liquid film of the first processing liquid, on the upper surface of the substrate. In the substrate processing apparatus, extraneous matters on the upper surface of the substrate are removed from the upper surface of the substrate and moved toward the inside of the second liquid film by the first processing liquid which is vaporized between the second liquid film and the substrate by performing heating of the first liquid film at a temperature not lower than the boiling point of the first processing liquid and lower than the boiling point of the second processing liquid. It is thereby possible to suitably remove the extraneous matters from the substrate while suppressing any damage on the upper surface of the substrate.
US10549321B2
A method of cleaning deposited material from a molding surface (10) of a mold (1) for forming ophthalmic lenses, including bringing a cleaning head (20) into contact with the molding surface (10), the rotational axis (22) of the cleaning head (20) being arranged normal to the molding surface (10), rotating (220) the cleaning head (20) around the rotational axis (22) while maintaining the contact between the cleaning head (20) and the molding surface (10), moving the cleaning head (20) to perform a precession motion (110) around a central normal (11) on the molding surface (10), while rotating (220) the cleaning head (20) around the rotational axis (22) and while maintaining the contact between the cleaning head (20) and the molding surface (10). During the precession motion (110) the rotational axis (22) includes an inclination angle (α1,α2) with the central normal (11) on the molding surface (10).
US10549300B2
A mounting head (T) for mounting a pump or a valve on a neck (22) of a reservoir (2), the mounting head (T) having a mounting member (3) for imparting an axial mounting movement from an axial arrangement placed on the neck (22). The mounting member (3) has a centering mechanism (35, 36, 4) bringing the dispenser member (1) into an axial arrangement on the neck (22) if offset. The mounting head (3) has mounting tabs (31) movable axially so as to bring the dispenser member (1) from the axial arrangement towards the final position, and movable radially inwards so as to return the dispenser member (1) into an axial arrangement. An outer clamping collar (4) simultaneously moves the mounting tabs (31) radially inwards from a spaced-apart rest position.
US10549299B2
A pump dispenser has a deformable pump chamber constituted by first and second part-chambers each having a respective resiliently deformable faceted chamber wall and a connecting conduit communicating between them. They may be moulded in one piece and require no separate restoring spring. The first and second part-chambers may be disposed in line between a pump body providing an inlet valve from a container and a movable actuator cap providing a valved outlet.
US10549298B2
A pivot-to dispense soap pump includes an actuator that dispenses soap when actuated. The actuator is configured to move downward when actuated by user input. The downward movement may be in either one of a linear movement, maintaining the actuator is a horizontal orientation, or a pivoting movement about a pivot point. The pivot point is located on a distal end of the actuator, which is opposite the nozzle. The pivoting motion allows a user to depress the actuator proximate to the nozzle, thereby allowing the user to dispense soap into the same hand used to actuate the actuator. As a result, efficient, one-handed soap pumping and dispensing is enabled.
US10549288B2
A device having a centrifuge operating discontinuously in batch-type manner for separating syrup from sugar massecuites including a centrifuge housing having a wall and a base, as well as a cylindrical centrifuge drum in a centrifuge housing having discharge openings. A first receiving container serves for the reception of a green discharge. A second receiving serves for the reception of a white discharge. A control device and valve or shut-off assemblies controllable by the control device are provided at or in the discharge opening or in connecting lines for the purposes of separating the green discharge and the white discharge. At least one sensor is provided in the transport path of the syrup. The sensor includes a measuring device for the measurement of a physical value which is representative of the difference between green discharge and white discharge. The control device controls the valve or shut-off assemblies in dependence on the measured values of the physical value transmitted by the sensor.
US10549284B2
Provided is a stress distribution element for a mill shell joint, comprising an elongated body having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongated body varies in one dimension from the proximal end to the distal end to distribute stress forces from the proximal end to the distal end. The invention also provides a stress distribution system, a stress distribution assembly, a mill shell section, a mill shell and a method of distributing stress incorporating the stress distribution element.
US10549283B2
A jaw crusher retraction assembly having a base, a first and second mount boss, a resiliently biased component and an actuating cylinder. The cylinder and resiliently biased component are mounted axially between respective regions of the base and the first and second bosses so as to minimize stress in the retraction assembly components and to provide a compact overall design.
US10549281B2
A detection apparatus having a read head including a plurality of microfluorometers positioned to simultaneously acquire a plurality of the wide-field images in a common plane; and (b) a translation stage configured to move the read head along a substrate that is in the common plane. The substrate can be a flow cell that is included in a cartridge, the cartridge also including a housing for (i) a sample reservoir; (ii) a fluidic line between the sample reservoir and the flow cell; (iii) several reagent reservoirs in fluid communication with the flow cell, (iv) at least one valve configured to mediate fluid communication between the reservoirs and the flow cell; and (v) at least one pressure source configured to move liquids from the reservoirs to the flow cell. The detection apparatus and cartridge can be used together or independent of each other.
US10549272B2
A container for storing a biological sample for molecular diagnostic testing and/or histological testing is provided. The container includes a first chamber for receiving a sample holder therein, a second chamber, and a closure for enclosing the container. A breakable membrane, such as a piercable foil, extends within the container and separates the two chambers. When the breakable membrane is broken, fluid can pass between the first and second chambers. The membrane may be broken through an activator on the closure, such as a depressible member or a rotatable carrier, causing the sample holder to break through the membrane.
US10549268B2
Embodiments of the present invention include a filter element for decomposing contaminants including a substrate, and a photocatalytic composition comprising at least a photocatalyst. The embodiments of the present invention also includes a system for decomposing contaminants including a substrate, and a photocatalytic composition comprising at least a photocatalyst; and a method using the system.
US10549266B2
A low-platinum catalyst based on nitride nanoparticles and a preparation method thereof. A component of an active metal of the catalyst directly clades on a surface of nitride particles or a surface of nitride particles loaded on a carbon support in an ultrathin atomic layer form. Preparation steps including: preparing a transition-metal ammonia complex first, nitriding the obtained ammonia complex solid under an atmosphere of ammonia gas to obtain nitride nanoparticles; loading the nitride nanoparticles on a surface of a working electrode, depositing an active component on a surface of the nitride nanoparticles by pulsed deposition, to obtain the low platinum loading catalyst using a nitride as a substrate. The catalyst may be used as an anode or a cathode catalyst of a low temperature fuel cell.
US10549265B2
A highly effective catalyst for the preparation of diethyl oxalate using carbon monoxide using Pd/α-Al2O3 and CeO2 as a promoter. High conversion rates with greatly extended catalyst life is achieved with the CeO2-enhanced Pd catalysts. The catalysts can be used for the production of high-value diethyl oxalate, and eventually ethylene glycol, from coal-derived syngas.
US10549263B2
The present invention relates generally to an advanced oxidation process for providing advanced oxidation products to an environment. More particularly, the present invention provides a wick structure and hydrophilic granules for use in an advanced oxidation process, and methods of making the same. The wick structure and hydrophilic granules may be configured to collect and concentrate water vapor, so that the water vapor may subsequently be used to generate advanced oxidation products that react with and neutralize compounds in an environment, including microbes, odor causing chemicals, and other organic and inorganic chemicals.
US10549259B2
In the method for scrubbing a chemical from a medium, wherein the improvement comprises the steps of using a carbide derived carbon to adsorb the chemical which may later be released by heating. The carbide derived carbon may be a powder, a fiber, a solid foam, a mesh, or other solid form. The carbide derived carbon can adsorb a chemical in the gaseous, liquid, particulate, or aerosol phase.
US10549253B2
A reactor system for high throughput applications includes a plurality of reactor assemblies, each reactor assembly including: a fluid source, which fluid source is adapted to provide a pressurized fluid to the flow-through reactors, a flow splitter which flow splitter includes a planar microfluidic chip, which microfluidic chip has a chip inlet channel and a plurality of chip outlet channels, which microfluidic chip further includes a plurality of flow restrictor channels, where each flow restrictor channel extends from said chip inlet channel to an associated chip outlet channel, where the chip inlet channel and the chip outlet channels each have a diameter, where the diameter of the chip inlet channel is the same or less than the length of said chip inlet channel and where the diameter of each chip outlet channel is the same or less than the length of said chip outlet channel.
US10549246B2
A static mixer created using an additive process is disclosed. The static mixer is enabled to homogenously blend two fluids flowing in a pipe. The static mixer exhibits zero contact angle in relation to the two fluids being mixed within the pipe. The static mixer exhibits a first contact angle with the first fluid and a second contact angle with the second fluid. The first contact angle is either between 0 and 30 or greater than 85. The second contact angle is either between 0 and 30, or greater than 85.
US10549243B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for polystyrene-b-polyethylene oxide (PS-b-PEO) block copolymer nanoporous membranes, methods of making a PS-b-PEO block copolymer nanoporous membrane, methods of using PS-b-PEO block copolymer nanoporous membranes, and the like.
US10549235B2
The present invention provides a method for performing a decomposition treatment on a VOC and/or a gas-phase inorganic reducing compound in a gas through ozone oxidation, by which further enhancement of efficiency in oxidative decomposition reaction by ozone is achieved, a decomposition treatment can be performed efficiently on a high-flow rate exhaust gas containing substances such as a VOC and a malodorous substance in low concentrations, and the amount of ozone to be used can be reduced in a method for performing oxidative decomposition treatment with ozone on a VOC and the like using a high silica adsorbent. The present invention is a method for performing an oxidative decomposition treatment with ozone on a VOC and/or a gas-phase inorganic reducing compound in a gas, the method including adding/mixing an ozone gas into a gas containing a VOC and the like, and then bringing a resultant mixed gas into contact with a high silica adsorbent being a packed porous body to perform decomposition treatment on the VOC and the like through ozone oxidation, wherein a porous body including the high silica adsorbent as a base material, and a particulate powder of a transition metal-containing oxide having a BET specific surface area of 80 m2 or more, the particulate powder carried on the base material, is used as a packing material.
US10549228B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods involving filters and detection of operation thereof. As may be consistent with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a fixture having mechanical components that hold a filter. Gas flow componentry operates with the fixture to eject particles from the filter by subjecting the filter to gas flow. A flow metering circuit meters the gas flow, and a particulate counter detects the ejected particles.
US10549224B2
A device for filtering a stream of water in a channel (2), includes: a wall (6) adapted to be mounted in the channel and including a through-opening, a filter member (10) mounted on the wall opposite the through-opening and including a filter surface projecting relative to the wall, the filter surface having a larger area than would have a flat filter surface fitted in the through-opening, the filter member including retaining members face to face with the filter surface for retaining the bodies that do not pass through the surface, a suction device disposed facing the retaining members, and elements for driving the filter member and/or the suction device in a relative movement of one in relation to the other such that the suction device is successively brought face to face with each retaining member.
US10549216B2
A filtration device comprising a media basket, a baseplate, and a canister. The media basket is affixed to the baseplate. The canister has a cavity therein and is detachably coupled with the baseplate to enclose the media basket. The media basket contains a porous filtration material that efficiently removes contaminants from liquid. The device is configured to establish a first siphon to convey liquid from outside the device into the canister cavity through a canister pipe when a liquid level outside the filtration device is higher than the top of the weir in the canister pipe and configured to establish a second siphon to convey liquid from canister cavity through the top of a center riser pipe and out an outlet pipe when the first siphon has been established and the liquid level outside the filtration device is higher than the top of the center riser pipe.
US10549196B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for determining a movement trajectory of a mock object performed at a computing device. The computing device performs the following operations: determining, by the computing device, an action effect of an object instruction of a first mock object acting on a second mock object; obtaining, by the computing device from a preset trajectory template set, a trajectory template corresponding to the action effect; obtaining, by the computing device, information about a staging environment in which the second mock object is located; determining, by the computing device, a movement trajectory of the second mock object according to the information about the staging environment and the trajectory template; and dynamically rendering, by the computing device, the second mock object along the movement trajectory.
US10549187B2
Provided is a server device, etc., capable of enhancing flexibility of a reward winning game and maintaining a user's interest in the game. The server device manages rewards to be given to a user, and includes a storage unit for storing a package as a set of data concerning rewards to be given to the user and a modified package as a set of data concerning rewards used to update the package, a communication unit for communicating with a user device of the user, and a package updating unit for updating the package by modifying the data concerning the rewards included in the package by using the data concerning the rewards included in the modified package when a package update request is received from the user device.
US10549183B2
A controller for an electronic system includes a controller body having a head and a handle, and a tracking member that is fixed to the controller body. The head includes at least one thumb-operated control, and the handle has a tubular housing that is partially wrapped by an outer shell. The controller includes a hand retainer configured to physically bias the user's palm against the outer shell. A first plurality of tracking transducers is disposed in the tracking member, the first plurality of tracking sensors being coupled with the electronic system via electromagnetic radiation. An array of proximity sensors is spatially distributed on the outer shell, the array of proximity sensors being responsive to a proximity of the user's fingers to the outer shell.
US10549179B1
The subject disclosure provides for obtaining marker data representing marker movement with reduced displacement from game rig joint centers using a motion capture compression suit deployed and form-fitted onto target participants in order to reduce excess marker movement during a motion capture shooting cycle. The motion capture suit includes a first layer having a first type of material with seams defining one or more predetermined regions on the first layer. In some aspects, the first layer applies an amount of compression onto a surface of a subject when the motion capture suit is worn by the subject. The motion capture suit includes a second layer having a second type of material for non-permanent fastening of one or more marker elements on a surface of the second layer. In some aspects, the second layer is arranged on the first layer within the one or more predetermined regions of the first layer.
US10549178B2
A card shoe apparatus including a card housing unit for housing a plurality of cards; an opening in the card housing unit for manually withdrawing the cards one by one from the card housing unit in a card reading direction; a card reading unit that reads information on the cards as the cards are manually withdrawn from the card housing unit in the card reading direction; a control unit that stores rules of a card game and determines the results of the card game based on the information read by the card reading unit and the rules of the card game; an optical device that detects movements of the cards relative to the card reading direction; and a card entry/exit restriction unit provided in the opening. The card entry/exit restriction unit restricts the entry or exit of any of the cards when the cards are improperly withdrawn from the opening.
US10549165B2
A ball including a core, at least one layer of yarn surrounding the core, a cover assembly comprising panels joined by stitching and surrounding the at least one layer of yarn, a sensor to sense motion of the ball, a data output device carried by the ball and in communication with the sensor, and a light emitter coupled to the sensor.
US10549161B2
Embodiments of adjustable length golf clubs and methods of manufacturing adjustable length golf clubs are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10549159B2
A tennis ball comprises a hollow elastic circumferential core defining a primary outer surface pattern, and a textile outer layer extending over and about the core.
US10549144B2
A hand-foot composite motion exercise machine generally includes a supportive frame, a transmission unit, a crank means, and a pair of linkage units. The exercise machine allows a user to change the configuration of each linkage unit through a raising/lowering device and a displacing device, so as to adjust the motion path of a pedal provided at each linkage unit, and the force required for treading the pedal. In use, while a user steps on the pedals to exercise, each pedal can perform a substantially elliptical closed path, which is ergonomical so that the user can be protected from exercise injury.
US10549143B2
A large muscle exercise machine utilizes resistance to increase the effectiveness for a plurality of exercises performed by the user. The large muscle exercise machine includes a base frame, a support platform, a telescoping handlebar support, a handlebar, a first handle, a second handle, a first compression-adjustment mechanism, and a second compression-adjustment mechanism. The support platform is slideably engaged along the base frame to allow the user to position the support platform along the base frame. The telescoping handlebar support supports the handlebar. The first handle is rotatably mounted to the handlebar through the first compression-adjustment mechanism. Similarly, the second handle is rotatably mounted to the handlebar through the second compression-adjustment mechanism. The first compression-adjustment mechanism allows the user to adjust the resistance to rotation for the first handle. The second compression-adjustment mechanism allows the user to adjust the resistance to rotation for the second handle for the desired exercise.
US10549137B2
A pendulum jump rope for use in confined spaces is described; wherein this pendulum jump rope operates in back and forth pendulum motion such that a flexible elongate member of the pendulum jump rope never has to pass above a user's waist. In some embodiments, the pendulum jump rope may comprise a pair of principal elongate-members; and the flexible elongate-member; wherein the flexible elongate-member may join one of the principal elongate-members to the other principal elongate-member. Free ends of the pair of principal elongate-members may be grasped as handles by the user. Each of the principal elongate-members may also have a joint that is flexible but also resilient; wherein these joints may contribute to the pendulum motion of the flexible elongate member.
US10549131B2
Apparatuses, components, methods, and techniques for altering equipment operation are provided. An example tool control and breathable air delivery system includes equipment including a tool and a controller configured to control the tool. The example system also includes a wearable respirator and an air delivery device connected to the wearable respirator. The example system further includes an air evaluation monitor configured to generate a signal based upon a condition of air being delivered to the wearable respirator. An example electronic circuit is configured to adjust the tool based at least in part on the signal generated by the air evaluation monitor. An example method includes enabling the tool, providing air to a respirator, determining a condition of the air, and adjusting the tool based on the condition of the air.
US10549120B2
An interpolation of deliverable radiotherapy treatment plans is facilitated by restricting the movement of the multi-leaf collimator leaves between optimization steps.
US10549117B2
Radiation treatment planning includes determining a number of beams to be directed into a target, determining directions (e.g., gantry angles) for the beams, and determining an energy level for each of the beams. The number of beams, the directions of the beams, and the energy levels are determined such that the beams do not overlap outside the target and the prescribed dose will be delivered across the entire target.
US10549109B2
Methods for treating a patient using a time varying magnetic field are described. The treatment methods combine various approaches for aesthetic treatment. The methods are focused on enhancing a visual appearance of the patient. An exemplary method includes charging an energy storage device and discharging the energy storage device to a magnetic field generating device to generate the time-varying magnetic field. The time-varying magnetic field is applied to the patient.
US10549108B2
A method for extinguishing a cardiac arrhythmia utilizes destructive interference of the passing of the reentry wave tip of an anatomical reentry through a depolarized region created by a relatively low voltage electric field in such a way as to effectively unpin the anatomical reentry. Preferably, the relatively low voltage electric field is defined by at least one unpinning shock(s) that are lower than an expected lower limit of vulnerability as established, for example, by a defibrillation threshold test. By understanding the physics of the electric field distribution between cardiac cells, the method permits the delivery of an electric field sufficient to unpin the core of the anatomical reentry, whether the precise or estimated location of the reentry is known or unknown and without the risk of inducting ventricular fibrillation. A number of embodiments for performing the method are disclosed.
US10549106B2
Systems and methods for auditing an operation of an ambulatory medical device (AMD) are described. A system may include an auditor device and an analyzer circuit communicatively coupled to each other. The auditor device can sense from the patient, independently of and during the operation of the AMD, information about the operation of the AMD including sensed electrostimulation and a physiological signal in response to the electrostimulation. The analyzer unit may generate a device audit indicator indicating the functionality and performance of the AMD using the sensed physiological signal and the sensed AMD operation information. The system may output the device audit indicator to a user or a process, or to program device therapy for the AMD based on the device audit indicator.
US10549105B2
Described herein are apparatuses and methods that improve conductive communication between an external programmer and an implantable medical device (IMD) that is implanted within a patient. In an embodiment, an auxiliary apparatus of the present technology includes a first auxiliary skin electrode configured to attach to skin of a patient, a second auxiliary skin electrode configured to attach to skin of a patient, and an electrically conductive path extending between the first and second auxiliary skin electrodes and interrupted by a capacitor. The auxiliary apparatus is distinct from the external programmer and the IMD, and can beneficially be used to improve conductive communication therebetween without making any modifications to the external programmer, and without making any modifications to the IMD.
US10549103B2
An electric stimulator for heart (as in heart pacemakers), brain (as in DBS), organs and general cells, with a supporting structure where there exists a plurality of electrically isolated electrodes called passive electrodes or field-shaping electrodes that are located under the surface of the supporting structure. The passive electrodes are controlled by an appropriate electronics control unit and powered by some electric energy storage, as a battery. Passive or field-shaping electrodes are electrically insulated, being unable to inject current in the surrounding medium, but they are capable of shaping the electric field in the space surrounding the electrodes, which has consequence on the path of the stimulating currents injected by other devices or by the organism itself. The invention also discloses locating the passive electrodes on surfaces that surround the desired target volume.
US10549102B2
Sensors are applied to the heart and sensor data is supplied to a rules engine. The rules engine applies rules that reflect a CRM pharmaceutical regime of the patient to the sensor data to determine whether an electrical waveform should be applied to the heart. When electrical stimulation is warranted, the drug “awareness” rules are used by the rules engine to instruct a multi-phase cardiac stimulus generator to generate an electrical waveform that improves the performance of the drugs administered to the patient, allow the patient to be administered a lower dose of a particular drug, and/or reduce or eliminate side effects from the drugs.
US10549099B2
A technology is described for an electronic peripheral nerve stimulation system. The electronic nerve stimulation system can include a stimulation device and an electrode array. The stimulation device can be operable to generate a high-frequency alternating current. The electrode array can be operable to apply the high-frequency alternating current received from the stimulation device to selected subpopulations of peripheral nerve fibers within a peripheral nerve to block transmission of neural signals along the selected subpopulations of peripheral nerve fibers within the peripheral nerve.
US10549098B2
A method comprising detecting an epileptic event in a patient; applying an electrical therapy to a first target area in at least one of a brain region or a cranial nerve of said patient in response to said detecting; receiving a body signal responsive to the electrical therapy, wherein said body signal is selected from an autonomic signal, a neurologic signal, a metabolic signal, an endocrine signal, or a tissue stress marker signal; determining whether said body signal indicates that said electrical therapy has an efficacious effect; and terminating the application of said electrical therapy if the response indicates that the electrical therapy has an efficacious effect. An apparatus capable of performing the method. A non-transitive, computer-readable storage device for storing data that when executed by a processor, perform the method.
US10549095B2
According to an aspect, a binaural cochlear implant system is disclosed. The system includes an implantable stimulator; an ipsilateral cochlear implant electrode array connected to the stimulator and a lead connected to the stimulator at a first end of the lead and provided with a contralateral binaural cochlear implant electrode array at a second end of the lead, the lead being configured to be implanted beneath the skin above the skull of a hearing aid user, wherein the lead comprises at least one electrical wire connecting the contralateral binaural cochlear implant electrode array with the stimulator, and a reinforcement fiber running along length of the at least one electrical wire.
US10549093B2
A peripheral nerve stimulator can be used to stimulate a peripheral nerve to treat essential tremor, Parkinsonian tremor, and other forms of tremor. The stimulator can have electrodes that are placed circumferentially around the patient's wrist or arm. Specific nerves in the wrist or arm can be targeted by appropriate spacing of the electrodes. Positioning the electrodes on generally opposing sides of the target nerve can result in improved stimulation of the nerve. The stimulation pattern may alternate between the nerves. Improved stimulation algorithms can incorporate tremor feedback, external data, predictive adaptation, and long-term monitoring data.
US10549087B2
Methods and systems for improving nerve stimulation are disclosed and are termed enhanced transcutaneous electrical stimulation (eTENS). One embodiment can be used for enhancing the excitation properties of neural tissue. In one embodiment, systems and methods are provided to enable the selective modulation of specific (targeted) neural substrate, while minimizing the activation of adjacent (non-targeted) nervous tissue, or differentially providing different modulation signals to tissue targeted by different implants. In one embodiment, the system consists of an implant that is used to modify the extracellular potential (i.e. activating function) generated by an independent electrical stimulus generator. Certain aspects of this technology can be applied to any part of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Particular embodiments of this technology provide for therapy related to urological disorders.
US10549083B2
An enteral feeding connector, coupling or syringe tip configured for compatibility with blenderized feeding applications. The connector, coupling or syringe tip has a minimum internal bore dimension greater than the standard ENFit coupling specifications, to provide improved delivery of blenderized food.
US10549081B2
A device for delivering a drug depot into a patient via a cannula is provided. The device includes a housing with a coupling mechanism. A drug cartridge is positioned within the housing and includes a cartridge depot channel having an occluding device that includes a ramp and a plateau. The occluding device occludes the cartridge depot channel to prevent the drug depot from moving beyond the occluding device without force applied to the drug depot sufficient to deflect the occluding device an amount to allow the drug depot to move beyond the occluding device. The drug cartridge includes an alignment boss with an end channel coaxial with the cartridge depot channel. A push rod is slidably receivable in the housing and the drug cartridge to move the drug depot beyond the occluding device, into the cartridge depot channel, through the cannula and into the patient.
US10549078B2
An applicator assembly includes at least one ampoule formed of a frangible material and containing liquid to be applied, a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an interior portion defining a chamber adapted to receive the at least one ampoule, an application member attached to the distal end of the body, an actuator projecting from the body operable to fracture the at least one ampoule, a trench formed in a surface of the body, and a vent disposed through a surface of the trench.
US10549077B2
An angioplasty balloon having an elastic constraining structure that partially expands with the balloon so that, at maximum balloon inflation, the constraining structure forms a pattern of channels or “pillows” on the balloon.
US10549072B2
Catheter systems comprising independent fluid paths are disclosed. The catheter systems can include a catheter adapter that has a catheter hub with a chamber. A catheter extends from a distal end of the catheter hub and is in fluid communication with the chamber. A stabilization platform with a first wing and a soft push tab are also part of the catheter hub. The catheter system includes a needle hub with a needle that slidably fits within the catheter. In an insertion configuration, a proximal extension of the catheter hub is removably coupled within a distal opening of the needle hub. After the catheter is placed, the needle hub is retracted from the catheter adapter to slidably remove the needle from the catheter.
US10549070B2
A medical article, such as a catheter, is secured with respect to a patient with a securement device. The securement device may include a retainer and anchor pad. Certain devices may further include, for example, straps, flaps, dressings, slots, and recesses for securing the medical article to the patient. The retainer may include a recess and/or a channel. At least one surface of the retainer may be coated with an adhesive.
US10549069B2
A rapid exchange catheter comprises a guide wire lumen including a substantially sealed portion in which a lumen wall extends around an entire periphery thereof and a channel portion including a channel opening the lumen to an exterior of the catheter, wherein a width of the channel is less than a maximum width of the channel portion. A guide wire ramp extends into the channel portion, with the ramp extending further into the lumen of the channel portion as a distal end of the ramp is approached.
US10549067B2
The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to a system configured to detect slow waves based on adjusted slow wave detection criteria and time delivery of the sensory stimulation to correspond to slow waves detected based on the adjusted criteria. The system is configured to adjust slow wave detection criteria to enhance detection of slow waves in a subject. Slow wave detection using adjustable slow wave detection criteria produces more stimulation relative to prior art systems because more individual stimuli are provided if more slow waves are detected. In some embodiments, the system includes one or more of a sensory stimulator, a sensor, a processor, electronic storage, a user interface, and/or other components.
US10549066B2
[Problem to be Solved]To provide a device for rehabilitation capable of giving a patient who cannot express an intention to voluntarily move the body a kinesthetic illusion that the his/her own body is moving and thus achieving a high rehabilitation effect, a rehabilitation system including it, a program for rehabilitation, and a rehabilitation method.[Solution]The device for rehabilitation includes: a biological signal acquisition unit 71 that acquires biological signals from a patient imparted with illusory stimulation for inducing a kinesthetic illusion; a characteristic biological signal detection unit 72 that analyzes the biological signals and detects a characteristic biological signal indicating a state where the kinesthetic illusion is induced; and a control signal output unit 73 that outputs control signals for controlling body driving means 4 and/or brain simulating means 5, when the characteristic biological signal is detected.
US10549065B2
A patient support system includes a patient support apparatus having a base frame and a patient support surface. A network includes one or more of such patient support systems and an associated computer device. The patient support system includes: at least one sensor configured to detect at least one patient characteristic; at least one light emitting device capable of emitting light in at least a first range of visible wavelengths; and a controller configured to: receive the or each output from the at least one sensor; determine a stage of sleep of a patient on the patient support surface; receive a wake-up signal; and after receipt of the wake-up signal, activate the or each light emitting device to emit light substantially only in the first range of visible wavelengths when the controller next determines that the patient is in a light stage of sleep. The associated computer device is configured to carry out a patient wake-up process.
US10549054B2
An artificial airway including an airway tube having proximal and distal ends and a mask mounted at the distal end of the airway tube characterized in that the airway tube includes a curved portion adjacent to its distal end and a straight portion extending from the curved portion to the proximal end of the airway tube and the curved portion is more rigid than the straight portion.
US10549051B2
A portable insulin pump can utilize readings from a sensor incorporated into an infusion set used with the pump to deliver insulin to a patient to determine if the infusion set is or is likely to become dislodged from the patient. Readings from the sensor that are inconsistent with expected readings or a range of expected readings can indicate that the infusion set has become dislodged from the patient.
US10549047B2
A medical injector, including a body with a displaceable plunger, which has at least one set of ratchet teeth, each set having a plurality of spaced-apart ratchet teeth disposed along the length thereof. At least one indexer is formed to engage the plunger. The indexer is configured to allow the plunger to displace distally toward the distal end of the body but not proximally toward the proximal end of the body. An actuator has a rocker pivotally connected thereto, the rocker being of single-piece construction and having an engagement portion formed to engage the ratchet teeth. The indexer and the rocker engage the same set of ratchet teeth. The rocker is pivotally connected at a first portion thereof to the body to rotate about an axis disposed on the body and pivotally connected at a second portion thereof to a link to rotate about an axis disposed on the link.
US10549043B2
A syringe assembly may include a syringe having a distal end, a proximal end, and a sidewall extending between the distal end and the proximal end, and a syringe drip guard extending around at least a circumferential portion of the sidewall between the distal end and the proximal end of the syringe. The syringe drip guard may have an outer wall protruding radially outward relative to the sidewall. A channel may be defined between the outer wall of the syringe drip guard and the sidewall of the syringe. The channel may have a closed proximal end and an open distal end. The syringe drip guard may be configured to at least one of: collect, absorb, or adsorb fluid within the channel.
US10549031B2
Embodiments of the invention provide infusion systems for the intravenous or other delivery of drugs and other therapeutic agents to a patient including a human or mammal. The therapeutic agents may be dissolved in solution or comprise the solution itself. Embodiments of the systems can utilize a chemical reaction to predictably drive a flow of drug(s) through a catheter or other flow path and into the patient. More specifically, the reaction may include an acid-base reaction or any other reaction that produces a gaseous substance. The gas is produced and contained in an expandable drive balloon when the acid-base reactants are combined with a liquid. As the gas is produced, the drive balloon expands to exert pressure on a separately-contained drug reservoir which, in turn, pushes drug(s) from the reservoir into the flow path where the drug is ultimately delivered to the patient in a controlled and predetermined manner.
US10549029B2
A drive mechanism includes a housing, a piston adapted to impart movement to a plunger seal within a drug container, a plurality of biasing members disposed in parallel, and a retainer. The biasing members are disposed to release energy to cause movement of the piston from a retracted first position to the extended second position, the piston bearing against the plunger seal to dispense medicine. The retainer is disposed to maintain the biasing members in the energized position and to release the biasing members to permit the piston to dispense the medicine. The drive mechanism may also include an end-of-dose indicator to identify at least one of when the sleeve assembly is disposed subjacent a window in the housing the relative motion of the sleeve assembly with reference to the window or another reference component, the stoppage of such motion, and the rated or change of rate of motion.
US10549025B2
A medical device for separating a fluid, in particular for separating platelet-rich plasma from whole blood, includes three containers and at least one corresponding connection line having an intermediate bifurcation. Provided on the connection line are valve means for enabling or preventing a flow of fluid. At least one container includes a hollow container body and a plunger associated in a movable way to the container body. A modular structure has modules connected to enable separation thereof. A first module includes at least the first container and a corresponding portion of the first connection line, and a second module, which has at least one between the second and third containers with a corresponding portion of the first connection line. Provided at least at the interface between two modules of the modular structure are releasable connectors, in particular hydraulic connectors having at least two parts that can be coupled together, each of which belongs to a corresponding module.
US10549023B2
Methods, systems, and kits are provided for performing hemodialysis, hemodiafiltration, and peritoneal dialysis on a portable machine suitable for both clinical and home use. Peritoneal dialysate can be flowed into and out of the peritoneal cavity, and can also be regenerated within the system, without the need for introducing fresh dialysate. Common hardware and software can be utilized for both peritoneal dialysis and other forms of dialysis such as hemodialysis, hemofiltration, and hemodiafiltration, allowing for facile transition between different dialysis modes using the same dialysis machine.
US10549022B2
An extracorporeal gas exchange device includes a housing, a rigid shaft rotatable within the housing, a plurality of agitation mechanisms positioned on the rigid shaft, and a plurality of hollow gas permeable fibers adapted to permit diffusion of gas between fluid flowing within the housing and an interior of the plurality of hollow gas permeable fibers. The plurality of hollow gas permeable fibers are positioned radially outward from the plurality of agitation mechanisms. The rotational speed of the rigid shaft is adjustable independent of the flow rate of fluid through the housing.
US10549021B2
A pump having at least a fluid pump chamber (11) and a first driver chamber (12) separated from the fluid pump chamber (11) by an elastic wall (13, 13-1, 13-2) is described with the first driver chamber (12) expanding after a chemical reaction between fuel and oxidant and driving through deformation of the elastic wall fluid out of the fluid pump chamber (11), with the main parts of the pump being made of an elastic material to be used for example as a body implant.
US10549011B2
A collagen-bone composition may include bone collagen and bone particles. The collagen may be in the form of a collagen suspension and the bone particles may be demineralized bone particles retained in collagen suspension. The composition may be prepared from pressure and thermal treatment of dry demineralized bone particles contacted with an aqueous medium to produce a viscous gel-like fluid. The fluid may include the collagen extracted from the demineralized bone particles. Addition of particulate bone may be used to increase the consistency of the composition, which may convert it into a paste or putty. The paste or putty may be suitable for ejection from a syringe. The collagen-bone composition may be preserved by freeze-drying or preferably by hypothermic dehydration. On reconstitution with aqueous medium, the preserved material may resume its original shape and properties.
US10549009B2
The present invention relates to water soluble and completely absorbable and/or physiologically degradable hemostatic compositions having a wax or wax-like base effective for tamponade hemostasis of bone or cartilage.
US10549002B2
Method and system for guiding a user to intervene in an on-going process in a device for washing, disinfecting, drying and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods. The device includes a chamber for receiving the goods, a door, and a display. The device receives input from the user indicating an intention to intervene in the on-going process, optionally pauses the process, and displays a plurality of graphical interactive user-interface objects including a first object associated with aborting the process. If the process is considered resumable after a hypothetical opening of the door in the current process state, the objects include a second object associated with confirming holding the on-going process for subsequent resumption. Users may also cancel the intervention. Users are informed of consequences of intervening in the on-going process, and have control of how to proceed. The disclosure also relates to corresponding devices and computer programs.
US10549001B2
A system and apparatus for sanitizing person use items. The system is comprised essentially of a mechanism for emitting sanitizing electromagnetic radiation within an enclosed compartment. The apparatus may be light-tight such that the radiation is contained within the apparatus. It may be configured to emit a plurality of sanitizing wavelengths. The apparatus may include a series of reflective and/or refractive apparatuses to alter the reflection path of the emitted electromagnetic radiation, allowing the electromagnetic radiation to reflect in a plurality of directions. The enclosure may include a support member or personal item support that may be transparent to, or reflective of, the electromagnetic radiation.
US10548998B2
The present invention provides a fluorescent silica-based nanoparticle that allows for precise detection, characterization, monitoring and treatment of a disease such as cancer. The nanoparticle has a range of diameters including between about 0.1 nm and about 100 nm, between about 0.5 nm and about 50 nm, between about 1 nm and about 25 nm, between about 1 nm and about 15 nm, or between about 1 nm and about 8 nm. The nanoparticle has a fluorescent compound positioned within the nanoparticle, and has greater brightness and fluorescent quantum yield than the free fluorescent compound. The nanoparticle also exhibits high biostability and biocompatibility. To facilitate efficient urinary excretion of the nanoparticle, it may be coated with an organic polymer, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The small size of the nanoparticle, the silica base and the organic polymer coating minimizes the toxicity of the nanoparticle when administered in vivo. In order to target a specific cell type, the nanoparticle may further be conjugated to a ligand, which is capable of binding to a cellular component associated with the specific cell type, such as a tumor marker. In one embodiment, a therapeutic agent may be attached to the nanoparticle. To permit the nanoparticle to be detectable by not only optical fluorescence imaging, but also other imaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), computerized tomography (CT), bioluminescence imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radionuclides/radiometals or paramagnetic ions may be conjugated to the nanoparticle.
US10548997B2
The present invention provides a fluorescent silica-based nanoparticle that allows for precise detection, characterization, monitoring and treatment of a disease such as cancer. The nanoparticle has a range of diameters including between about 0.1 nm and about 100 nm, between about 0.5 nm and about 50 nm, between about 1 nm and about 25 nm, between about 1 nm and about 15 nm, or between about 1 nm and about 8 nm. The nanoparticle has a fluorescent compound positioned within the nanoparticle, and has greater brightness and fluorescent quantum yield than the free fluorescent compound. The nanoparticle also exhibits high biostability and biocompatibility. To facilitate efficient urinary excretion of the nanoparticle, it may be coated with an organic polymer, such as poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG). The small size of the nanoparticle, the silica base and the organic polymer coating minimizes the toxicity of the nanoparticle when administered in vivo. In order to target a specific cell type, the nanoparticle may further be conjugated to a ligand, which is capable of binding to a cellular component associated with the specific cell type, such as a tumor marker. In one embodiment, a therapeutic agent may be attached to the nanoparticle. To permit the nanoparticle to be detectable by not only optical fluorescence imaging, but also other imaging techniques, such as positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), computerized tomography (CT), bioluminescence imaging, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), radionuclides/radiometals or paramagnetic ions may be conjugated to the nanoparticle.
US10548995B2
The present invention relates to the field of radiopharmaceuticals for in vivo imaging, in particular to a method of labelling a biological targeting molecule with the radioisotope 18F. The invention provides a method of preparation of lyophilised compositions of aminooxy-functionalised biomolecules, as well as radiolabelling methods using the purified materials. Also provided are lyophilised compositions and cassettes comprising such purified compositions. The invention is particularly suitable for use with an automated synthesizer apparatus.
US10548988B2
Compounds for targeted immunotherapy, compositions comprising the compounds and use of the compounds in the treatment of diseases such as cancer are disclosed. The compounds having the structure of formula TM-Ln-AM, wherein TM is a targeting moiety, AM is an activating moiety that is capable of activating a human dendritic cell, NK cell, or tumor cell, or a combination thereof, Ln is a linker, and n is an integer selected from 0 and 1.
US10548962B2
Antigenic molecules and compositions described herein protect against infection by typhoidal and non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars. Methods of immunization comprise the use of the antigenic molecules.
US10548956B2
A method for stimulating the immune system in immunocompromised patients in order to treat opportunistic infection. The method involves the infusion of intentionally mismatched allogeneic cells. In order to prevent graft vs. host disease complications, the allogeneic cells can be irradiated prior to infusion.
US10548947B2
The present invention relates to a modified FXN gene providing for increased expression of the encoded protein frataxin that can be used for treatment of Friedreich ataxia.
US10548943B2
A method for treating a patient suffering from one of septic shock, acute kidney injury, severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, and refractory hypotension, but not from myocardial infarction, is provided. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dose of Angiotensin II, or Ang II, to the patient.
US10548942B2
The present invention provides a novel class of medicament based on CXCR antagonistic peptides. Among other things, the present invention provides peptides, compositions and methods for treating diseases, disorders and conditions in which a CXCR mediated pathway is implicated. Compositions and methods for effective treatment of inflammation, stroke, traumatic brain injury, pancreatic cancer, and others are provided.
US10548941B2
The present invention provides a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a polypeptide, peptide, or analog corresponding to one or more of SEQ ID NO(s) 1, 2, 3 or 4, and or more of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The polypeptide therapeutic of the present invention may be formulated for administration to a subject in need of treatment as an oral formulation, a parenteral formulation, a topical formulation, an aqueous formulation, a solid formulation, a lyophilized formulation, or a trans-dermal formulation. Also disclosed is a method for treating at least one of diabetes, and/or hyperglycemia, and/or hypercholesterolemia, and/or hypertension in a subject, comprising: administering to the subject a polypeptide of the invention or formulation of the invention.
US10548929B2
The present disclosure provides a oncolytic adenovirus with selectivity for cancer cells, wherein the adenovirus comprises a transgene under the control of a promoter endogenous to the virus, wherein the transgene comprises a DNA sequence encoding a membrane anchored anti-CD3 antibody or a binding fragment thereof, compositions comprising same, methods of generating the viruses, and use of the viruses and compositions in treatment, particularly in the treatment of cancer.
US10548925B2
A composition for use in treating penile defects, including erectile dysfunction and Peyronie's disease, is provided. The composition includes adipose tissue and stem cells. The stem cells may be derived from adipose tissue. In embodiments the composition includes additional additives such as growth factors, anti-inflammatories, antioxidants, compositions useful for wound healing, and collagenases. Also provided is a method of treating a penile defect in a patient. The method includes providing a composition containing adipose tissue and stem cells, and implanting that composition into a patient in need of treatment for a penile defect. In some embodiments the patient has Peyronie's disease. In other embodiments, the patient has erectile dysfunction.
US10548916B2
The present invention relates to a composition for prevention or treatment of sepsis or septic shock, in which the composition includes neoagarooligosaccharide as an active ingredient, and the neoagarooligosaccharide according to the present invention has an excellent effect in terms of immune enhancement by effectively suppressing inflammation, and also exhibits a good effect in preventing sepsis, and therefore can be effectively used in pharmaceuticals and functional foods for prevention or treatment of sepsis or septic shock and immune enhancement.
US10548914B2
The present application discloses a lentiviral transfer system which includes: (i) a self-inactivating transfer vector comprising: multiple gene units, wherein each gene unit includes a heterologous nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a regulatory nucleic acid sequence; and (ii) a helper construct which lacks a 5′ LTR, wherein the 5′ LTR has been replaced with a heterologous promoter, in which the helper construct further comprises: a lentiviral env nucleic acid sequence containing a deletion, wherein the deleted env nucleic acid sequence does not produce functional env protein; and a packaging signal contains a deletion, wherein the deleted packaging signal is nonfunctional.
US10548910B2
The present invention relates to Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivatives of Formula (I): (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein B, X, Y, R, R1, R2 and R10 are as defined herein. The present invention also relates to compositions comprising at least one Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivative, and methods of using the Amido-Substituted Pyridotriazine Derivatives for treating or preventing HIV infection in a subject.
US10548904B2
The present invention relates to monolithic intravaginal rings comprising progesterone, methods of making, and uses thereof. The intravaginal rings comprise progesterone, a polysiloxane elastomer, and a pharmaceutically acceptable hydrocarbon or glycerol esters of a fatty acid.
US10548897B2
This invention relates to antagonists of Kinase Suppressor of Ras (KSR). Pharmaceutical compositions comprising KSR inhibitors and methods of treating cancer are also provided.
US10548894B2
Reversing resistance to a B-Raf inhibitor for the treatment of a proliferative disease by obtaining a tumor sample from the patient and testing it for genetic alterations in a panel of genes comprising BRAF, CRAF, CCND1, CDK4, HER2, IGF-1R, cMET, FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3 EGFR, MAP2K1, MAP2K2, NRAS, KRAS HRAS, PTEN, PIK3CA, and P16 and administering a drug combination therapy comprising the B-Raf inhibitor and a second inhibitor which overcomes resistance to the B-Raf inhibitor, which second inhibitor is selected based on genetic alterations discovered in the tumor sample.
US10548893B2
The present disclosure provides a method of treating a subject that is resistant to one or more drugs by identifying a subject having one or more drug resistant cells; administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of an inhibitor compound, and contacting one or more drug resistant cells with the inhibitor compound to reduce the export of the inhibitor compound from the one or more drug resistant tumor cells and to block the transport of drug(s) from the one or more drug resistant cells.
US10548891B2
The present invention provides a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof having an inhibitory effect on the production of kynurenine, represented by formula (I): (wherein R6 and R7 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R8, R9, R10, and R11 may be the same or different and each represent a hydrogen atom or the like, R1 represents lower alkyl which may be substituted with cycloalkyl, or the like, and R3 represents optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group).
US10548890B2
There may be provided compositions of lipophilic pharmaceutical agents with improved solubility and stability. For example, there may be provided a non-aqueous composition that comprises a lipophilic pharmaceutical agent, and an amphiphilic polymeric solvent such as PEG400 but essentially free of organic solvents and non-solubilized particles. The composition may be further diluted with a desired aqueous diluent such as an infusion fluid for parenteral administration to a subject such as a human. The compositions may be useful for the treatment for diseases or conditions that are sensitive to lipophilic agents, such as infectious diseases, malignant or autoimmune diseases.
US10548885B2
The present invention relates to a method of treatment of movement disorders, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of befiradol, where in the administering step provides an average patient's maximum plasma concentration of befiradol below 15 ng/mL which occurs more than 4 hours post administration, said method minimizing side effects of dizziness and nausea. Sustained release pharmaceutical compositions that can be used according to this method are also described.
US10548884B2
This invention relates to compounds that are agonists of the muscarinic M4 receptor and/or M4 receptor and which are useful in the treatment of muscarinic M1/M4 receptor mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds and the therapeutic uses of the compounds. Compounds include those according to formula 1a or a salt thereof, wherein n, p, Q, R1, R2, R3, R9 and R4 are as defined herein.
US10548881B2
Conjugates of an active agent such as a therapeutic, prophylactic, or diagnostic agent attached to an HSP90 targeting moiety via a linker have been designed. Nanoparticles and microparticles comprising such conjugates can provide improved temporospatial delivery of the active agent and/or improved biodistribution. Methods of making the conjugates, the particles, and the formulations thereof are provided. Methods of administering the formulations to a subject in need thereof are provided, for example, to treat or prevent cancer or other diseases.
US10548878B2
The present disclosure features compounds such as those having the Formulae (I) and (II), which can increase cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) activity as measured in human bronchial epithelial (hBE) cells. The present disclosure also features methods of treating a condition associated with decreased CFTR activity or a condition associated with a dysfunction of proteostasis comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of a disclosed compound, such as a compound of Formula (I) or (II).
US10548874B2
The present invention relates to a phosphate adsorbent on the basis of maghemite or maghemite/magnetite comprising (i) an iron oxide core comprising a crystal structure of inverse spinel iron oxide, (ii) a coating selected from monomeric carbohydrates, in particular monosaccharides or disaccharides, alditols, or mixtures thereof, and/or (iii) a pharmaceutical excipient selected from polymeric carbohydrates, wherein the phosphate adsorbent has the form of nanoparticles with a particle size of the iron oxide core (i) of less than 20 nm. The present invention further relates to a method for the production of a phosphate adsorbent on the basis of maghemite or maghemite/magnetite, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the phosphate adsorbent, and to medical uses thereof, especially for the prevention and/or treatment of hyperphosphatemia.
US10548867B2
The invention relates to novel soothing compositions for animals, particularly for cats. It specifically relates to soothing compositions for non-human mammals, comprising between 1% and 50% w/w of at least one fatty acid comprising between 5 and 22 carbon atoms and between 0.01% and 5% w/w of nepetalactone, such that said at least one fatty acid and said nepetalactone are dissolved in a solvent. Said compositions are characterised in that they exhibit soothing properties for stressed animals and are stable for the entire period of use thereof.
US10548864B2
The invention features all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-related compounds capable of associating with Pin1 and methods of treating a proliferative disorder characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels, Pin1 degradation, and/or reduced Pin1 Ser71 phosphorylation in a subject by administering an ATRA-related compound. The invention also features methods of treating proliferative disorders, autoimmune diseases, and addiction conditions (e.g., diseases, disorders, and conditions characterized by elevated Pin1 marker levels) by administering an ATRA-related compound in combination with another therapeutic compound.
US10548863B2
This present invention relates to an improved process to prepare prostacyclin derivatives. One embodiment provides for an improved process to convert benzindene triol to treprostinil via salts of treprostinil and to purify treprostinil.
US10548861B2
Method of using ureidomustine (BO-1055), a water-soluble NDA cross-linking agent, in the treatment of a cancer, selected from the group consisting of various types of human leukemia [such as acute myeloid leukemia (ALL) and acute B Lymphoblastic leukemia (B-ALL)], lymphomas, small lung cell carcinoma (SCLC), sarcomas, and others.
US10548854B2
Transdermal patches and devices for delivery of therapeutic drug and/or cosmetic formulations through an intact or porated skin barrier are described. Active-infusion delivers controlled dosing over a period of time to provide long-term efficacy. Methods and devices for preparing active-infusion patches for controlled dose delivery by nonelectronic devices and methods of skin poration that is safe and painless are described.
US10548849B2
The present invention relates to dosage forms of gallium complexes suitable for oral delivery and methods of preparation thereof. Such dosage forms are useful for the treatment of diseases, including, but not limited to, cancer.
US10548848B2
The present invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutical industry and relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising an intragranulate phase and an extragranulate phase, wherein the pharmaceutically active ingredient (API) 2-({6-[(3R)-3-aminopiperidin-1-yl]-3-methyl-2,4-dioxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-1(2H)-yl}methyl)benzonitrile or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, is present in the intragranulate phase, wherein said intragranulate phase is free from microcrystalline cellulose. Further, the present invention relates to a process for preparing the same.
US10548841B2
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical formulations comprising an anti angiogenic compound such as a monoclonal antibody or fragment thereof selected from, for example, ranibizumab, which is a vascular endothelial growth factor binder which inhibits the action of VEGF, and a delivery agent selected from a pharmaceutically acceptable liposome. The formulations are useful in the treatment of a variety of angiogenic disorders and diseases in animals and people, and, preferably, in ophthalmic disorders selected from age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema and corneal neovascularization.
US10548836B2
The invention provides a pigment composition comprising anthocyanic vacuolar inclusions or “AVIs” from a plant, and an acceptable carrier. The invention also provides methods for colouring products with the pigment composition, and products comprising the pigment composition or AVIs.
US10548830B2
A transdermal formulation which can be applied to the skin, body, face using a combination of glutathione, in the presence of a wide range of active components while increasing permeation of active antioxidant agents. A therapeutically effective amount creates in the patient (i) regulation of sleep, (ii) increased energy during awake periods, (iii) improved concentration during awake periods, (iv) reduction of facial wrinkles, and (v) reduction of joint and muscular pain with increases by at least 10 percent of the ability of skin to retain moisture and totally absorb the glutathione without requiring injection or oral supplementation of the glutathione.
US10548824B2
An oxidative hair dying and conditioning composition and method for base breaking hair with an oxidative hair dye composition provides a hair dying and conditioning composition that consists of a nonionic surfactant having a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance (HLB) of 12 or less, at least one liquid oil agent, at least one alcohol defined by a carbon chain of at least 14 carbon atoms, at least one anion surfactant, at least one amphoteric surfactant, and at least one solvent. Further, a base breaking method helps remove the hair border line by reducing the contrast between a hair's natural base color and highlights through application of a first agent consisting of an oxidative dye and alkaline agent, and a second agent consisting of an oxidative agent that are applied to the hair in two phases separated by a duration of about ten minutes, and rinsing/drying the hair between applications.
US10548820B2
The present invention provides for a nail polish composition that is filled into a nail polish bottle, wherein the composition comprises a first nail polish layer comprising a first coloring material, which exhibits a first characteristic color, dissolved therein, and a second nail polish layer comprising a second coloring material, which exhibits a second characteristic color, dissolved therein. A first film layer formed over the first nail polish layer separates the first and second nail polish layers. Also, the first and second nail polish layers are disposed in the nail polish bottle at an angle relative to each other. In this manner, the first nail polish layer and the second nail polish layer are immiscible. Also, the first coloring material is insoluble in the second nail polish layer; and the second coloring material is insoluble in the first nail polish layer. Further, agitation of the nail polish composition causes the first and second nail polish layers to form an emulsion. The emulsion exhibits an apparent color that is different from the color of the first or second nail polish layers such that the apparent color is formed by combining the colors exhibited by the first and second coloring materials.
US10548804B2
A saddle for a crutch to assist a user in walking. The saddle comprises a frame having a support membrane disposed thereon, the frame and support membrane providing an inner lobe configured to rest against a torso of the user during use, an outer lobe configured to rest against an arm of the user during use, and a top portion connecting the inner lobe and the outer lobe and forming a U-shaped channel having an curved upper surface configured to fit within an armpit of the user with the U-shaped channel open along at least a portion of a downward facing side. A pivoting joint is attached. A spring mechanism having an upper portion is attached to the pivoting joint such that the joint is configured to allow the spring mechanism to move with respect to the frame along an arced path.
US10548799B2
An torque pattern adjustment apparatus including a display configured to display a first torque pattern corresponding to a gait cycle, and a generator configured to generate a second torque pattern by adjusting at least a portion of the first torque pattern in response to a reception of an input, and a torque pattern adjustment method using the same may be provided. The first torque pattern may be applied to a joint of a user.
US10548797B2
To wear and remove an assist instrument has been difficult because a user has to wear or remove the assist instrument on or from her/his body in a state that an elastic member is contracted. An assist instrument includes a wearing-removal member that is placed wearably and removably on a body of a user; an assist unit that is provided to the wearing-removal member, and assists muscular strength of the user by an action of at least one of extension and contraction by power supply; a control unit that controls an action of the assist unit; and something that adjusts constriction of the body by the wearing-removal member at a time of at least one of wearing and detachment of the wearing-removal member.
US10548786B2
A hospital bed contains: a body, a headboard, a footboard, a holding frame, at least one peripheral frame, and a drive unit. The headboard is disposed on one of two short peripheries of the body, and the footboard is mounted on the other of the two short peripheries of the body. The holding frame is fixed on the body and includes at least two tabs, and each of the at least one peripheral frame includes a coupling part and two connectors connected with two sides of the coupling part respectively, and each of the two connectors has a movable post, an accommodation stem, and a resilient element fitted on the movable post and moving between the movable post and the at least two tabs. The drive unit is mounted on the holding frame so as to control a rotation angle of the holding frame.
US10548777B2
In some illustrative examples, a bridge suitable for treating a tissue site may include a bridge sealing member and one or more bridge wicking layers. The bridge sealing member may extend along a length of the bridge, and may define an internal passageway in fluid communication between a receiving end of the bridge and a transmitting end of the bridge. The one or more bridge wicking layers may be disposed within the internal passageway of the bridge sealing member. Other apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10548772B2
A change in the response of the cornea to ultrasonic energy directed into the cornea is monitored during irradiation of the cornea to bring about corneal crosslinking. Because the change in ultrasonic response is correlated with the degree of crosslinking achieved, a desired degree of crosslinking can be achieved by terminating the irradiation when the change reaches a threshold. The change in ultrasonic response can be determined by taking a baseline measurement before irradiation and additional measurements during irradiation using the same ultrasonic transducer (47). The transducers may be carried on a device (30) resembling a contact lens which overlies the eye and which transmits the light used in the irradiation step to the eye.
US10548766B2
Generally, an intraocular implant and methods for treating an ocular condition. As to certain embodiments, an intraocular biocompatible biodegradable implant (11) which can provide a biocompatible biodegradable material in the form of a flexible membrane (12) containing an active agent (24) which implanted between an intraocular lens (8) and the surface of the posterior capsule (5) of the eye (1)(4) inhibits migration of residual lens epithelial cells after cataract surgery by providing structural or pharmaceutical barriers to reduce posterior capsule (5) opacification of the eye (1)(4).
US10548765B2
Introduced here are universal modular attachments that can be attached to medication containers. Because a single modular attachment is typically attachable to medication containers of different sizes, the modular attachment can be referred to as a “universal modular attachment.” For example, some universal modular attachments are attachable to any cylindrical eye drop container having a diameter ranging from 20 millimeters (mm) to 27 mm. A connector ring that substantially matches the diameter of the medication container secures the universal modular attachment to the medication container. The connector ring may be fixedly affixed to the medication container, while the universal modular attachment may be detachably connectable to the connector ring. Each universal modular attachment also includes sensor(s) that are configured to detect administrations of medication. For example, the universal modular attachment may include a motion sensor able to detect instances of movement that are indicative of administrations of medication.
US10548761B2
A system and method for reducing the likelihood of colorectal cancer in a human being includes the modification of an individual's gut microbes by employing a Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-CRISPR-associated system (CRISPR-Cas) or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats from Prevotella and Francisella 1 (CRISPR/Cpf1) system to modify only bacterial genes of bacteria that reside in the human gut that are non-homologous to those encompassed in the human genome, and in particular, to administer a therapeutically effective amount of a bacterial formulation comprising F. prausnitzii that has been modified to produce one of alliin or butyrate.
US10548752B2
The present invention relates to a reflux disease treatment apparatus comprising an implantable movement restriction device that maintains cardia in the correct position and an implantable stimulation device adapted to engage with the cardia sphincter of a patient. The invention further comprises a control device for controlling the stimulation device to stimulate the cardia sphincter. The invention can be combined with various methods for treating obesity, in particular methods that creates satiety by stretching the wall of the stomach or fills out a volume of the stomach.
US10548751B2
A stent placement assembly is disclosed. In disclosed example, the stent placement assembly comprises a stent placement assembly, comprising: a holding catheter comprising a longitudinal lumen for receiving a stent, and an output orifice at a distal end; a stopper member positioned within said lumen and moveable longitudinally relative thereto, the stopper member being configured to engage with the stent in order to restrict movement of the stent in a proximal direction; a first anchor member coupled to the holding catheter at a proximal end thereof; a second anchor member coupled to the stopper member at a proximal end thereof; and a displacement device comprising a first engagement member and a second engagement member, the first and second engagement members being configured to engage respectively with the first and second anchor members in such a way that displacement of the first engagement member relative to the second engagement member causes a corresponding displacement between the first and second anchor members, wherein: the displacement device further comprises: a handle rigidly connected to one of the first and second engagement members and a user actuatable displacement mechanism configured to be actuatable by a user while gripping the handle, the actuation being such as to cause displacement of the other one of the first and second engagement members relative to the handle thereby causing the holding catheter to withdraw in a proximal direction relative to the stopper member and thereby release the stent through the output orifice.
US10548745B2
A finger actuator, includes a plurality of fluidically interconnected inflatable chambers, wherein each chamber comprises outer walls having an embedded extensible layer selected to constrain radial expansion and freestanding inner walls; and an inextensible layer connected to the chambers at a base of the chambers, the inextensible layer comprising a flexible polymer and having an embedded inextensible layer that extends along the length of the finger actuator.
US10548734B2
A valve with a frame and valve leaflets that provide a sinus pocket. The valve provides for unidirectional flow of a liquid through the valve.
US10548733B2
Methods and devices for transvascular prosthetic chordae tendinea implantation are disclosed. A catheter is advanced into the left atrium. From an atrium side, the catheter can be anchored to a superior surface of a mitral valve leaflet and a leaflet anchor can be advanced into the mitral valve leaflet to secure the mitral valve leaflet to a leaflet suture. A ventricular anchor is anchored to the wall of the ventricle to secure the ventricular wall to a ventricle suture. The leaflet suture and the ventricle suture may be tensioned and connected by a suture lock to form an artificial chordae.
US10548729B2
An implant structure includes a contracting mechanism, including a rotatable structure for contracting the implant structure, and a locking mechanism. A rotation tool is configured to engage and rotate the rotatable structure. A longitudinal guide member is removably coupled to the contracting mechanism, configured to guide the rotation tool to the rotatable structure, and includes a distal force applicator. The rotation tool is axially moveable with respect to the guide member. The contracting mechanism is arranged such that the locking mechanism is (a) unlocked when the guide member is coupled to the contracting mechanism in a first state, thereby allowing the rotatable structure to rotate, and (b) locked when (i) the guide member is coupled to the contracting mechanism in a second state, thereby restricting the rotation of the rotatable structure, and (ii) the guide member is not coupled to the contracting mechanism, thereby restricting the rotation of the rotatable structure.
US10548727B2
The present invention relates to devices and methods for improving the function of a defective heart valve, and particularly for reducing regurgitation through an atrioventricular heart valve—i.e., the mitral valve and the tricuspid valve. For a tricuspid repair, the device includes an anchor deployed in the tissue of the right ventricle, in an orifice opening to the right atrium, or anchored to the tricuspid valve. A flexible anchor rail connects to the anchor and a coaptation element on a catheter rides over the anchor rail. The catheter attaches to the proximal end of the coaptation element, and a locking mechanism fixes the position of the coaptation element relative to the anchor rail. Finally, there is a proximal anchoring feature to fix the proximal end of the coaptation catheter subcutaneously adjacent the subclavian vein. The coaptation element includes an inert covering and helps reduce regurgitation through contact with the valve leaflets.
US10548720B2
An implant system for treating glottic insufficiency includes an implant, which includes a balloon with a port connector or a catheter and a band comprising a proximate end attached to a portion of the balloon that translates away from the port connector or the catheter when the balloon is inflated through the port connector or the catheter.
US10548713B2
An intraocular lens including a lens portion and a haptics portion, the haptics portion including a scleral engagement portion including an elongate scleratomy transversing portion and a scleral engagement fixation portion, located at an intermediate location along a length of the elongate scleratomy transversing portion, preventing disengagement of the scleratomy transversing portion from a sclera.
US10548711B2
A simplified placement system and method for a tissue graft anchor by which a surgeon may introduce one or more sutures into a socket in a boney tissue, apply a precise amount of tension to the sutures to advance a soft tissue graft to a desired location, and then advance the anchor into the socket, preferably while maintaining the requisite pre-determined suture tension and without introducing spin to the suture is disclosed. Alternate embodiments of the anchor placement system and method of the present invention may forego tensioned sutures in favor of direct engagement with the soft tissue graft, whereby an end or a portion of the graft is trapped between an outer surface of the anchor and the boney surface of the wall of the socket such that friction force between the inserted portions of graft and socket maintains the position of graft relative to socket and bone. In either case, particularly preferred embodiments allow for the one-handed operation. Particularly preferred embodiments allow relative axial movement between the inner tensioning device and outer driver device to be optionally physically constrained, for example by means of cooperating and/or compressive elements disposed in the respective hub and handle portions.
US10548710B2
A tubular first device segment has longitudinally spaced proximal and distal first segment ends. The first device segment includes a first segment lumen. A tubular second device segment has longitudinally spaced proximal and distal second segment ends and a second segment lumen. A tubular eversion structure is located longitudinally intermediate the first and second device segments. The eversion structure has longitudinally spaced proximal and distal eversion ends separated by a tubular eversion structure wall. One of the proximal and distal eversion ends is attached to the first device segment and the other of the proximal and distal eversion ends is attached to the second device segment. At least a portion of the eversion structure wall is configured for selective intussusception into at least one of the first segment lumen, the second segment lumen, and another portion of the eversion structure wall.
US10548709B2
The present invention provides an aortic arch intraoperative stent, wherein the aortic arch intraoperative stent comprising a main body (17) and one to three branches (5, 6, 7), The aortic arch intraoperative stent connects several circular waveform rings together via a cover membrane (25) to form the main body (17) and the branches (5, 6, 7), wherein each circular waveform ring comprises a circular elastic wire formed through head-to-tail connection. In addition, the present invention also provides a manufacturing method for the aortic arch intraoperative stent, comprising the following steps of: providing a cover membrane mandrel (40); making an inner membrane; assembling circular waveform rings; making an outer membrane; suturing a proximal fabric (12); and suturing a distal fabric (13). The aortic arch intraoperative stent can automatically adapt to the vascular structure near the aortic arch of different patients, and the main body (17) in the aortic arch intraoperative stent maintains a sufficient radial support for the branches, thereby ensuring that the branches on the aortic arch intraoperative stent may safely enter branch vessels during surgery, and preventing the branches from slipping out of the corresponding branch vessels during and after surgery at the same time.
US10548706B2
The present invention relates generally to devices and methods for retrieving or manipulating objects within a lumen. More specifically, embodiments of the invention relate to devices and methods for retrieving or manipulating medical devices from a body lumen. One embodiment of the present invention provides a novel and improved retrieval snare and method of fabricating and using the same. The snare includes a snare wire, having a distal end and a proximal end, for use in the human anatomy, such as but not limited to blood vessels, pulmonary airways, reproductive anatomy, gastrointestinal anatomy, and organs such as the kidneys or lungs. The device enables a user to capture a foreign object located within the human anatomy, grasp said object in a controlled manner, and retrieve and remove said object from the human anatomy.
US10548697B1
A refillable flosser dispenser including a housing and a cover. The housing can include a dispensing body, a door attached to the dispensing body, and a multi-state actuator structured to alternate between compressed and extended positions. The interior space created by the dispensing body and the door is structured and configured to house flossers in a stacked orientation. The cover can include an open bottom and can fit over and around the housing, the cover having an interior shape larger than an exterior shape of the housing. By pushing the cover down, the user activates the multi-state actuator, which causes a bottom portion of the housing to be exposed so that the user can remove a single flosser at a time. The top and bottom halves of the housing are mirror images of each other and allow the dispenser to dispense from either end, thereby making the dispenser ambidextrous.
US10548690B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for treating teeth to correct for malocclusions. This may be accomplished in one variation by receiving a scanned dental model of a subject's dentition, determining a treatment plan having a plurality of incremental movements for repositioning one or more teeth of the subject's dentition, and fabricating one or more aligners correlating to a first subset of the plurality of incremental movements.
US10548687B2
A flossing appliance with a body portion which includes a system for generating bursts of liquid and/or a liquid/gas mixture. A neck portion extends from the body portion through which the bursts are delivered to a nozzle, which is shaped and adapted to fit into the interproximal spaces of the user's teeth. A use reminder system which includes a reminder timer which begins to time following the activation cycle of the appliance. An indicator is responsive to the timer, providing an indication to the user that the timer has exceeded a predetermined time, such as 24 hours, without use.
US10548686B2
A system is disclosed for determining the location of fixed wireless assets (FWAs). The system includes at least one FWA having an asset tracking number, at least one mobile device wirelessly coupled to the FWA via a first communication link. The mobile device is assigned to one of these people. The system also includes a computer that is coupled to the FWA via a second communication link and to a database. The FWA is configured to forward the data received from the mobile device to the computer along with the FWA's asset tracking number. The computer is configured to determine the location of the FWA based at least in part on the data received from the FWA and the information retrieved from the database.
US10548685B2
A medical stand for use during anesthesia procedures, comprising a tray, a clamp to be connected to a fixed support, wherein upper and lower jaws of the clamp include circular and rectangular slots for grasping and securing the clamp to various types of stationary objects, and wherein jaws of the clamp pass by each other in a fully closed position, and flexible pole having a first end connected to a releasable connector on the bottom of the tray and a second end opposing the first end connected to the clamp.
US10548684B2
The present disclosure relates generally to dry inks for use in marking the eye prior to surgery and methods of applying the same to eye marking devices. Such inks can include various accepted inks for use on the eye that can be applied to a marking device using relatively fast-evaporating solvents. In this manner, the remaining ink composition can be precisely placed on the eye marking device, and desirably transfer to the marking surface of the eye without dissolving on the journey through the various membranes above the marking surface. Application methods may include use of charged ink particles that may be advantageously manipulated using magnetic fields to even more precisely place the dry ink on a marking device.
US10548682B2
An illumination system includes a surgical tool and an attachable cannula comprising a transparent or semi-transparent material capable of carrying light from the proximal end to the distal end of the cannula, thereby illuminating the surgical field through components that do not occupy space that may otherwise be used for optics of the tool. The illumination system further comprises one or more illumination sources disposed at the proximal end. The illumination source may be optically coupled with the cannula at the hub or other appropriate location. The cannula comprises a sterilizable polymer which functions as a waveguide. A waveguide is a material medium that confines and guides light. When in use, the light source connected to the hub provides light which may be guided to the distal end of the cannula or any other suitable location. Thus, the sheath provides structure-guided illumination resulting in the illumination of the surgical site.
US10548680B2
Disclosed is a mechanical telemanipulator handle to control surgical instruments with articulated end-effectors, such as dissectors, scissors or graspers, enhancing a surgeon's performance during various surgical procedures. These surgical instruments may be inserted into surgical incisions in a body of a patient and the articulated end-effector is mounted on the distal extremity of the instrument shaft, comprising a plurality of links interconnected by a plurality of joints, whose movements are remotely controlled at the telemanipulator's proximal handle. This remote actuation is accomplished through mechanical transmission, optimally along flexible elements, which are able to kinematically connect the end-effector with the handle such that the movements applied on the handle are reproduced by the end-effector at a predetermined scaled ratio. The articulated handle further comprises one or more movement-amplification systems that amplify the movements generated at the handle so that the gripping force at the instrument's end-effector can be increased and the surgeon's ergonomy improved.
US10548676B2
A surgical assembly includes a surgical instrument and a holder. The surgical instrument includes an elongate body and an end effector. The elongate body has a proximal portion and a distal portion that defines a longitudinal axis therealong. The proximal portion is movable relative to the distal portion between a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the proximal portion is parallel to the longitudinal axis. In the second condition, the proximal portion is non-parallel to the longitudinal axis. The holder is configured to be coupled to the elongate body to selectively retain the proximal portion of the elongate body in the first condition.
US10548675B2
A robotic surgery method includes tracking a position of a surgical tool as it is manually manipulated to perform a procedure. The tool is coupled to a handheld manipulator assembly, and the handheld manipulator assembly includes a handheld portion configured to be manually supported and moved by a user and a tool drive assembly supported by the handheld portion. The manipulator assembly further includes a plurality of elongate structural members coupled between the tool drive assembly and the handheld portion, at least one pivotal link arranged between the tool drive assembly and the plurality of elongate structural members, a plurality of lead screws and actuators supported by the handheld portion, and a controller in communication with the plurality of actuators. The method further includes selectively operating the actuators to move the tool drive assembly relative to the handheld portion based on the tracked position of the tool.
US10548671B2
A medical device for the diagnosis or treatment of tissue in a body and method for fabricating the same are provided. The device includes an elongate, tubular, deformable shaft comprising a proximal end and a distal end. The device also includes an electronic subassembly (54) disposed within the shaft and a conductor (76, 78) coupled to and extending from the electronic subassembly. The electronic subassembly includes a flexible substrate (72) and an electronic device (74). The flexible substrate comprises an interior side (84) and an exterior side (86) opposite the interior side. The flexible substrate also defines a first conductive area (92, 94). The electronic device is mounted on the interior side of the flexible substrate, is coupled to the first conductive area, and is at least partially enclosed within the flexible substrate.
US10548669B2
The invention relates to systems and methods enabling a personalized solution for allowing more efficient access to the carotid artery (or vertebral arteries) in patients needing endovascular/neurointervention procedures using catheter systems.
US10548668B2
A method of making a patient specific surgical orthopedic implant includes obtaining a virtual model of the orthopedic implant that is configured to fit over a particular tissue body, and virtually designing holes of the orthopedic implant.
US10548661B2
A retractable, multi-tined radiofrequency (RF) probe operable for applying RF energy to tissue for therapeutic purposes, the probe having a tubular elongate member defining an interior and having a proximal end and an opposite distal end; a handle element at the proximal end of the elongate member; and an electrode element at the distal end of the elongate member, the electrode element comprising a tip portion and a plurality of tines, each of the plurality of tines being positionable in a retracted configuration within the interior of the tip portion and/or the elongate member and in a deployed configuration that extends outward of the tip portion.
US10548653B2
An instrument and method for tissue thermotherapy including an inductive heating means to generate a vapor phase media that is used for interstitial, intraluminal, intracavity or topical tissue treatment. In one method, the vapor phase media is propagated from a probe outlet to provide a controlled vapor-to-liquid phase change in an interface with tissue to thereby apply ablative thermal energy delivery.
US10548650B2
A bone nail (1) for the heel includes: a front portion (2) determined for insertion into one or more bones (14, 15, 16) or bone fragments of the heel and having a tip (3), and an arc-shaped main portion (4) extending from the front portion (2) and having a rear end (5), wherein the main portion (4) includes a tapered shape such that a cross sectional diameter of the main portion (4) within at least one first section (20) increases towards the rear end (5). According to embodiments, a curvature of the arc-shaped main portion (4) includes a radius of curvature rc which amounts to at least 130 mm. According to other embodiments, the tapered shape is a conical shape.
US10548649B2
A bone plate including a main bone plate body having two opposing curved sections adapted for a clavicle; a bendable waist portion narrower than the main body of the bone plate; and a node at each end of the main body connected to the main body by a bridge portion which is narrower than the main body, wherein the bridge includes a cut-out relief portion on a bottom side of the bone plate.
US10548648B2
An intramedullary bone fixation device is provided with an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and an actuator to deploy at least one gripper to engage an inner surface of the intramedullary space to anchor the fixation device to the bone. Methods of repairing a fracture of a bone are also disclosed. One such method comprises inserting a fixation device into an intramedullary space of the bone to place at least a portion of the fixation device on one side of the fracture, providing rigidity across the fracture, and operating an actuator to deploy at least one gripper to engage an inner surface of the intramedullary space to anchor the fixation device to the bone. Various configurations allow a segmented device body to lock in the intramedullary space before and/or after fixation of the bone.
US10548639B2
A tethering screw system includes a bone screw, a fastening member, and a securing member. The bone screw includes a threaded shank and a head portion. The head portion includes inner walls defining a slot and a recess distal of the slot. The fastening member is received in the recess of the head portion of the bone screw. The securing member has an engaging portion and a set screw rotatably coupled with the engaging portion. The engaging portion is configured to secure the fastening member in the recess of the head portion. The set screw is configured to threadably engage the inner walls of the head portion of bone screw, wherein when the set screw threadably engages the inner walls of the head portion of the bone screw, the engaging portion advances relative to the fastening member to secure the fastening member in the recess of the head portion.
US10548635B2
A lightweight, handheld tool for performing cosmetic dermabrasion comprises a tool body, which is inserted into a disposable sleeve during use, which sleeve has an abrasive with an exposed grit adhered to at least a portion of the exterior, which abrasive contacts the surface being undergoing dermabrasion. The sleeve envelops the tool body, protecting the tool body from the transference of bacteria and particulates during dermabrasion, reducing the need for regular sterilization of the reusable tool body. After use, the disposable sleeve is readily discarded and can be replaced by a new sleeve for the next use.
US10548628B2
A steerable surgical needle (10) includes an elongated needle shaft (12), a beveled tip portion (14), and a flexural element (16) that connects the needle shaft (12) with the tip portion (14) and permits the tip portion to deflect relative to the needle shaft. A method for steering the surgical needle (10) through tissue includes the steps of advancing the needle in the body tissue to induce tip flexure which causes the needle to follow a curved trajectory, and rotating the needle about its longitudinal axis in place, without advancement, to remove the tip flexure.
US10548624B2
An endoscopic surgical device having a slotted clear cannula, a blade and a housing, wherein the cannula is attached to the housing, and wherein the blade is enclosed in the housing and is slidable into the cannula is disclosed. The blade is enclosed within the housing and cannula, and has a horizontally-oriented pushing component and a vertically-oriented cutting component that protrudes through the slot of the cannula. The device further has a device for locking a viewing device in place relative to other components of the device. A method for a performing an operative procedure on a target tissue in a subject using the endoscopic surgical device is also described.
US10548623B2
The invention relates to an endovascular cutting device for carrying out surgical or medical operations. According to the invention, such a device includes two cutting blades, a means for remotely actuating the two cutting blades, and at least two flexible guide rods, said cutting blades being slidably mounted onto said guide rods, and said remote actuation means including a flexible transmission means, wherein a channel, through which the flexible guide rods (50) are to be inserted, extends through said cutting blades (11, 12, 101, 102) over the entire outer length thereof.
US10548622B2
An instrument, a medical-endoscopic instrument or technoscope, includes a shank (2) and an instrument head (10), which is arranged at a distal shank end of the shank (2) and is bendable relative thereto via a joint. The instrument head (10) includes a tool with two jaw parts (20, 22) which are pivotable relative to one another and are coupled in each case to two pull cables (70, 72, 76), for the control of the jaw parts (20, 22). These pull cables (70, 72, 76), in the region of the joint, are guided around two deflecting rollers (78, 80, 82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92). Deflecting roller pairs are arranged on both sides of a middle axis (A) of the instrument. Deflecting rollers (82, 84, 90, 92) of a first deflecting roller pair have a smaller diameter than deflecting rollers (78, 80, 86, 88) of a second deflecting roller pair.
US10548604B2
An occlusion apparatus has a plastic ring with an opening at one point, encased in silicone, with a central opening of a first inside diameter, a silicone bladder in the circular, central opening, providing a hollow, semi-circular silicone ring, a mixture of sodium and potassium salts and polyacrylamide granules at a specific ration of materials enclosed in the silicone bladder, and two stirrups, one affixed on one side and the other opposite the first. The stirrups and the opening provide for spreading the apparatus by the stirrups to place the apparatus over a blood vessel, releasing the apparatus enclosing the blood vessel in the second inside diameter of the bladder, and wherein water passing through walls of the silicone bladder forms a hygroscopic gel that expands over time with further absorption of water, closing the second inside diameter of the silicone bladder, slowly occluding the blood vessel.
US10548595B2
The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including hand held electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the hand held electromechanical surgical devices.
US10548584B2
Mouth gags having a tongue blade that includes a spine and an engagement portion for engaging a tongue of a patient are disclosed herein. The spine has a front, a back, a first side and a second side. A plurality of ratchet notches are located on the first side and a plurality of ratchet notches located on the second side. The mouth gag also includes a ratchet mechanism. The ratchet mechanism has a plurality of ratchet teeth for engaging the ratchet notches and a plurality of release tabs for disengaging the ratchet teeth from the ratchet notches.
US10548580B2
A surgical instrument can be introduced to the abdominal cavity through a current trocar puncture to place a suture in the deep facia and peritoneum of the anterior abdominal wall. The instrument is lightweight and easy to use, and can be operated quickly and efficiently to close the trocar puncture wound in a simple and economical manner. The instrument is used to suture the deep facia and peritoneum of the anterior abdominal wall on opposite sides of the trocar puncture wound inside the abdomen to close the trocar puncture wound.
US10548577B2
A handling device for a medical instrument includes a main body with a coupling for releasable mechanical connection to a proximal end of an outer shaft, a first actuation device movable relative to the main body, a second actuation device movable relative to the main body, a first coupling device coupling the first actuation device to a first transfer device for transferring at least a force or a torque, and a second coupling device coupling the second actuation device to a second transfer device for transferring at least a force or a torque. The coupling devices each have a decoupling position, in which the associated actuation device is decoupled from the associated transfer device. The decoupling positions of both coupling devices can only be reached when the outer shaft is not connected to the coupling on the main body in the manner provided for use of the medical instrument.
US10548576B2
A powered surgical handpiece including a housing, a printed circuit board, a sensor, and an actuator assembly. The housing has a longitudinal axis extending from a first end to a second end of the housing. The printed circuit board has a first face and a second opposing face. The first and second faces extend perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The sensor is coupled to the first face of the printed circuit board. The sensor is centered along the longitudinal axis of the housing. The actuator assembly includes a lever and an actuator. The lever is pivotally coupled to the housing. The lever maintains a magnet slidably positionable along the lever. The magnet is positionable to be proximal to the sensors.
US10548572B2
An ultrasound processing device including an interleaver that obtains a combined wavefront frame sequence by interleaving a plurality of wavefront frame sequences; and a calculator that calculates shear wave speed and elastic modulus in a subject, by performing calculations using change amounts of propagation positions of a shear wave indicated by the combined wavefront frame sequence. The interleaving by the interleaver comprises frame interleaving and/or element array direction interleaving.
US10548570B2
A system and a method are provided for enabling a user to interactively navigate through a set of slice images, the set of slice images jointly representing an image volume showing an anatomical structure of a patient. A user may be enabled to switch from a static viewing mode to a navigation mode based on navigation commands received from a user input device operable by the user. A display processor may be configured for, in the static viewing mode, generating an output image comprising one slice image of the set of slice images. The display processor may be configured for, in the navigation mode, replacing the said one slice image in the output image by a volume rendering of a slab of the image volume, the slab comprising more than one slice image. The system and method thus selectively switch to volume rendering, namely during navigation, whereas in a static (i.e., non-navigation) viewing mode, a slice image is shown. Advantageously, the user may thus follow structures more accurately when navigate through a volume image, thereby more quickly and accurately identifying slice images of interest.
US10548568B2
An information providing method which is implementable by using an ultrasound apparatus includes obtaining ultrasound image data which relates to an object; displaying, on a first area of a screen, a gain setup window for setting a gain of the obtained ultrasound image data; receiving a gain which is set by a user on the gain setup window; and displaying, on a second area of the screen, an ultrasound image of the object to which the set gain is applied.
US10548551B2
The invention comprises a method or apparatus for tomographically imaging a sample, such as a tumor of a patient, using positively charged particles. Position, energy, and/or vectors of the positively charged particles are determined using a plurality of scintillators, such as layers of chemically distinct scintillators where each chemically distinct scintillator emits photons of differing wavelengths upon energy transfer from the positively charged particles. Knowledge of position of a given scintillator type and a color of the emitted photon from the scintillator type allows a determination of residual energy of the charged particle energy in a scintillator detector. Optionally, a two-dimensional detector array additionally yields x/y-plane information, coupled with the z-axis energy information, about state of the positively charged particles. State of the positively charged particles as a function of relative sample/particle beam rotation is used in tomographic reconstruction of an image of the sample or the tumor.
US10548540B2
A cone beam computed tomography imaging system uses a C-shaped structure to revolve a source and detector around an imaging axis. To balance the system a counterweight is attached to the C-shaped structure at one end adjacent to the detector. The source is attached to another end of the C-shaped structure opposite the detector.
US10548539B2
According to an X-ray CT apparatus and a scanning method of the present invention, in order to efficiently create an image used for diagnosis, an operator selects a desired part from a part selection GUI before main scanning by using an ROI object imitating a shape of each part, held in a storage device, and thus the ROI object can be disposed on a scanogram image, in which setting information corresponding to a part is set for the ROI object in advance, a region of interest associated with the part is set, main scanning is performed under conditions associated with the set region of interest, and an image is reconstructed on the basis of X-ray information obtained through the main scanning.
US10548523B2
A pressure sensing catheter system includes a urethral catheter and a sensor array formed on the urethral catheter. The sensor array includes a plurality of pressure sensors distributed along a length of the urethral catheter. The sensor array is configured to produce a dynamic pressure distribution profile along a urethra.
US10548519B2
Pulse oximeter devices include a first light emitting element that emits red light, a second light emitting element that emits green light or IR light; and a sensor element that detects red and green (or IR) light and that outputs signals representing detected red and green (or IR) light. The pulse oximeter device further includes a flexible substrate, wherein the first light emitting element, the second light emitting element and the sensor element are formed on the flexible substrate. The sensor element is configured to detect the emitted red and green light transmitted through tissue containing blood, and in certain aspects, the sensor element is configured to detect the emitted red and green (or IR) light reflected by tissue containing blood. A signal processing element (e.g., a processor) receives and processes the signals representing detected red and green (or IR) light output by the sensor element to produce signals representing blood oxygenation content.
US10548516B2
A device and method for the continuous monitoring of otoacoustic emissions (OAE) levels on an individual worker uses as a pair of earpieces each featuring an external microphone, an internal microphone and a pair of miniature receivers. An adaptive filtering noise rejection processing of the measured distortion product OAE (DPOAE) is used to further improve the Signal-to-Noise ratio in frequencies where passive isolation remains insufficient. The adaptive filtering noise rejection technique relies on a Normalized Least-Mean-Square (NLMS) algorithm that uses the ipsilateral external microphone and the contralateral internal microphone to reject the noise from the measured DPOAE signals for each in-ear OAE probe. A DPOAE signal extraction algorithm provides for an increase in results reliability on a greater dynamic range in DPOAE magnitudes than known methods of DPOAE signal extraction. The device and method is suitable for the continuous monitoring of workers' hearing capabilities in industrial noises up to 75 dB(A).
US10548511B2
A method of analyzing data obtained from sensors worn on the body of an athlete. The sensors provide both location and physiological data. The sensors provide data to a computer program that can analyze the movement of the athlete and compare it to prior movement or optimal movements. The computer program can determine better motions to optimize performance based on the motion data from the sensors. The program can also determine physiological changes for the athlete, such as for example increasing leg strength, to optimize the performance. The program can also analyze and predict the trajectory of the sports object based on the data obtained regarding the athlete's movements and capabilities.
US10548507B2
A biological brain age is calculated by measuring a brain cortex thickness of each region in a brain MRI image of a person to be examined, and comparing the measured brain cortex thickness with normal control group information. A device for calculating the biological brain includes an image information input unit to input an MRI brain image of a person to be examined, a brain age calculation control unit to control a biological brain age calculation operation of the person to be examined based on the MRI brain image, a brain thickness measuring unit to measure a brain cortex thickness of each region in the MRI brain image, and a brain age calculating unit to match the measured brain cortex thickness with a normal range of brain thickness of each age, and calculate a biological brain age of the person to be examined.
US10548504B2
A tissue compression sensor system is disclosed. The tissue compression system includes an RF electrode positioned on an end-effector; a first electrical contact positioned on one of an anvil or a channel frame of the end-effector; and a first filter communicatively coupled to the first electrical contact.
US10548486B2
An apparatus is described that includes a medical device including an output device, a memory, and a processor, electrodes configured to provide an electrical impedance signal to the processor, wherein the impedance signal corresponds to an impedance measured at a patient's chest, and sensors configured to provide a motion signal to the processor, wherein the motion signal is indicative of chest compressions performed during a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment of the patient, wherein the processor is configured to receive the impedance signal and the motion signal and to execute instructions to determine threshold values of a signal processing algorithm for the impedance signal, adaptively modify the threshold values in response to motion signal changes, apply the modified threshold values to the impedance signal to identify airflow activities represented in the signal, calculate characteristics of the airflow activities, and provide an output indicative of the characteristics of the airflow activities.
US10548478B2
An atherectomy catheter includes an elongate flexible catheter body, a cutter near the distal end of the catheter body, a drive shaft connected to the cutter and extending within the catheter body, an imaging element near the distal end of the catheter body and an imaging shaft connected to the imaging element and extending within the catheter body. The cutter and the imaging element are mechanically isolated, and the drive shaft is configured to be axially translated relative to the imaging shaft and the catheter body.
US10548476B2
A subject monitoring system operates to detect a current status of a subject in a subject arrangement area, such as on a bed, and predict an upcoming status of the subject. The system includes a subject status detection device that may use a radar signal. A radar signal is transmitted toward the subject and is used to detect a subject status, such as a subject position, a subject incontinence condition, and a physiological condition of the subject. One example of the radar signal includes a millimeter wave.
US10548467B2
A device having an optical element with a conductive coating. The device may include an optical element, a conductive material and at least one connector. The conductive material is disposed on at least a portion of the optical element. The optical element, for example, may be an object lens of an endoscope or an optical coupler. The connectors (acting as terminal(s)) are capable of providing energy (such as electrical energy) to the conductive material. In one aspect, the conductive material is an optically transparent material. Advantageously, the device may allow visualization of an object—such as body tissue or other matter—concurrent with the application of energy to the object via the conductive coating. This allows the user to observe the alteration of tissue and other matter in real time as the energy is delivered.
US10548465B2
A medical imaging apparatus includes: an imaging unit; a mode setting unit; and an imaging controller configured to drive the imaging unit in accordance with a driving mode set with the mode setting unit. The first driving mode sets exposure time of all pixels to an equal time, and outputs each of pixel signals as a pixel signal of one pixel. The second driving mode divides all the pixels into groups, setting at least one of all the pixels included in the group to have an exposure time different from an exposure time of the other pixels, and outputting, for each of the groups, an addition pixel signal as a pixel signal of one pixel. The third driving mode sets exposure time of all the pixels to an equal time, and outputs, for each of the groups, an addition pixel signal as a pixel signal of one pixel.
US10548463B2
The present invention provides an adaptor that is suitable for attachment to an endoscopic device for delivery of a secondary gas. The adaptor can comprise a substantially cylindrical body with a two, opposing closed ends, two fluid transport channels extending through the cylindrical body and opening at the closed ends, and an inlet port extending outward from the cylindrical body and being in fluid connection with one of the fluid transport channels. The adaptor may be used in endoscopy methods and is particularly useful for adding a secondary gas source in an endoscopy procedure.
US10548446B2
A floor cleaning machine having an intelligent system including a recovery tank sub-assembly, a vacuum fan sub-assembly, a solution tank sub-assembly, wherein the solution tank sub-assembly preferably includes a secondary electrochemical cell, a solution flow sub-assembly, a control console sub-assembly, a frame and wheel sub-assembly and/or a frame and transaxle sub-assembly, a scrub head sub-assembly, a scrub head lift sub-assembly, a squeegee sub-assembly, a solution flow sub-assembly, and an intelligent system associated with at least one of the above-identified sub-assemblies, wherein the intelligent system at least one of selectively gathers, obtains, monitors, stores, records, and analyzes data associated with components of the floor cleaning machine assembly, and at least one of controllably communicates and disseminates such data with at least one of another system and user.
US10548444B2
A robot cleaner includes: a base body forming a bottom part of a cleaner body; a first wheel module and a second wheel module installed to be spaced apart from each other, and configured to moveably support the base body; a suction motor module and a battery module provided between the first and second wheel modules; and a suction nozzle module provided at a front side of the suction motor module and the battery module, and configured to suck air of a region to be cleaned, wherein a plurality of module accommodation portions which are open towards a lower side of the robot cleaner are formed at the base body, and wherein the first wheel module, the second wheel module, the suction motor module, the battery module, and the suction nozzle module are inserted into the module accommodation portions, respectively, in parallel to each other.
US10548433B2
A toaster includes a first heating compartment, a first heating element associated with the first heating compartment, and a control unit in communication with the first heating element for executing an activation of the heating element by providing a current thereto and a deactivation of the heating element by disconnecting the current therefrom, the control unit further executing a main heating program comprising a succession of activations, separated by respective deactivations.
US10548431B2
A delivery unit (1) for an apparatus for making a beverage, in particular for making an espresso coffee. The delivery unit (1) includes a cup-shaped body (2) delimiting an inner chamber (20), the cup-shaped body (2) including a lateral wall (21) and a bottom wall (23). The delivery unit (1) also includes an infeed spout (3) for introducing beverage into the inner chamber (20) and an outfeed opening (45) through which the beverage can come out of the inner chamber (20), the outfeed opening (45) being positioned in a central portion of the bottom wall (23). In the inner chamber (20) the delivery unit (1) includes a partition wall (5) which surrounds the outfeed opening (45) and divides the inner chamber (20) into a peripheral region (26) and a central region (28) in which the outfeed opening (45) is located. The partition wall (5) includes a plurality of passage openings (55) for allowing the beverage to pass from the peripheral region (26) to the central region (28). The infeed spout (3) is designed to introduce the beverage into the peripheral region (26) of the inner chamber (20) with a direction substantially tangential to the lateral wall (21).
US10548422B2
A wine glass constructed from molded plastic includes an upper body defining an upwardly narrowed flume for concentrating the wine bouquet, in combination with a contoured lower base defining an annular moat surrounding a central punt for enhanced visual inspection of the wine. In addition, the upper body further includes a notched indent at an outboard side thereof forming a shelf for facilitated fingertip grasping and manipulation of the assembled glass. In one form, the upper body and lower base of the wine glass are provided as separate modules adapted for assembly to form the wine glass, and disassembly for respective compact stacking. In another form, the wine glass has a one-piece construction adapted for compact stacking by nested reception of the upwardly narrowed flume partially into the underside of the lower base of an overlying glass in the stack.
US10548420B2
Multi-layered pillowcases and methods of making and using the same are discussed herein. The multi-layered pillowcase generally includes an outer pillowcase and an inner pillowcase, wherein the inner pillowcase is smaller in total size than the outer pillowcase so as to allow the inner pillowcase to float inside the outer pillowcase and wherein the inner pillowcase is secured to the outer pillowcase.
US10548418B2
The present disclosure is generally directed to methods of tracking stocked inventory, such as products or other items stocked on a store shelf or other storage space. The disclosure is also directed to devices and systems that may be utilized to carry out such methods.
US10548411B2
A symmetrical zoned foam mattress includes an upper foam layer with a wavy lower side and a lower foam layer with a wavy upper side. The lower layer has top, middle and bottom lateral valleys. The wavy lower side of the upper layer is glued to the wavy upper side of the lower layer. The top lateral valley has a minimum located within eighteen inches of the top head end of the lower layer. The bottom lateral valley has a minimum located within eighteen inches of the bottom foot end of the lower layer. A center plane intersects the lower foam layer at a minimum of the middle lateral valley. The minimum of each of the top and bottom lateral valleys is about fifteen inches from the end of the mattress regardless of whether the consumer chooses to use the top or bottom end as the head of the mattress.
US10548409B2
An insert adapted to be inserted between a foundation of a bed and a mattress of the bed. The insert includes a frame having a first side rail and a second side rail spaced apart from the first side rail. A plurality of elongate upper slats extend between the first side rail and the second side rail of the frame at a first level with respect to the frame and are spaced apart from one another. A plurality of elongate lower slats extend between the first side rail and the second side rail of the frame at a second level located below the first level of the upper slats. Each lower slat is located below a gap formed between a pair of adjacent upper slats. A mounting member resiliently supports the ends of two adjacent upper slats and rigidly supports the end of a lower slat that is located below the gap formed between the two adjacent upper slats, whereby the firmness of a mattress overlying the insert can be selectively adjusted.
US10548401B2
A kit for assembling a piece of seating furniture includes a back assembly including a rear beam having a pair of opposing distal ends designed to be received by a pair of side assemblies. The back assembly includes a plurality of support beams defining a passage. The kit includes a front assembly including a front beam having a pair of opposing distal ends designed to be received by the pair of side assemblies. The front assembly is disposed within the passage.
US10548397B2
A set of panels including a first panel with a first main plane and a second panel with a second main plane. The first and the second panel are provided with a mechanical locking device for locking a first edge of the first panel to a second edge of the second panel at a junction plane, wherein the first main plane is essentially perpendicular to the second main plane and the junction plane is extending between the first main plane and the second main plane. The first edge includes an edge tongue that extends from the junction plane. The second edge includes an edge groove at the junction plane. The edge tongue is configured to cooperate with the edge groove for locking together the first and the second edges in a first direction which is perpendicular to the first main plane. The edge tongue includes a tongue groove.
US10548389B1
A backpack system or personal load bearing system uses a lightweight, SRC (semi-rigid core) and hanger suspension system, that compresses the center of the body between the xiphoid process and the lower back to a compressive force to transfer the load upward and forward while freeing up the shoulders. The SRC is provided that is made out of a semi-rigid plastic such as ABS plastic, carbon fiber composite or any other non-compressible material with similar structural characteristics. Left and right hooks pass over, forward and downward over the chest and are joined at a central coupling at a center of the human body, the “xiphoid process”, a small extension of the sternum. Right and left lower straps extend to left and right lower support sites to form a arched cage on the user. A belt wraps around the waist on top of the hip bones to limit lateral movement.
US10548384B1
A vacuumed container includes a container main body having an open end, a closed end and a receiving space receiving a piston. A connection member is disposed on the open end and has a first valve member. The piston and the connection member define a first chamber. The piston and the closed end define a second chamber. A pressurized cap is disposed at the open end and has a pressurized section and a second installation hole. An upper cap caps the pressurized cap and has a second installation sink and a second valve member and an abutment ring in contact with the pressurized section. A first end of a connection component abuts against the inner side of the second installation sink. A second end of the connection component is disposed in the second installation hole. A flow way communicates with the second installation sink and the second installation hole.
US10548364B2
An article of footwear includes an upper with a knitted component formed of unitary knit construction. The knitted component has a first edge and a second edge. The knitted component also includes a base portion configured to be disposed adjacent the sole structure and to be disposed under a foot. The knitted component further includes a heel portion, a forefoot portion, a medial portion, and a lateral portion. The knitted component additionally includes a collar with a rim. The second edge is joined to the first edge at a seam. The seam has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is located generally at the rim of the collar on one of the medial side and the lateral side of the upper. The second end is spaced from the first end.
US10548360B2
The present invention provides a protective glove which improves protection and wearability by integrating protective members using features of thermosetting material and thermoplastic material. The protective glove comprises: a body 10 into which a back of hand, a palm and fingers of a wearer are inserted; a first protective member 20 made from thermosetting material, which is formed to protect a predetermined portion of the wearer's hand and exposed to outside and which is integrally attached to an outer surface of the body 10; and a second protective member 30 made from thermoplastic material, which is formed to protect a predetermined portion of the wearer's hand and is integrated with the first protective member 20, and which is attached to the outer surface of the body 10.
US10548358B2
A suit wearable by a human user includes a torso section, two arm sections extending from an upper portion of the torso section, and two leg sections extending from a lower portion of the torso section. The suit further includes at least one seam that connects portions of the suit together and extends across a leg section, where the seam is asymmetrical in relation to a lengthwise dimension of the suit.
US10548346B2
A smoking pen device is disclosed. An example smoking pen device includes a stem having an inlet end and an outlet end. The example smoking pen device also includes a first end piece connecting to the inlet end of the stem, the first end piece configured to receive a coil heated by electric current to combust a smoking product in the first end piece. The example smoking pen device also includes a second end piece on the outlet end of the stem. A gas or vapor from combustion of the smoking product flows from the first end piece through the stem and out of the second end piece. In an example, the second end piece is a mouth piece. In another example, the second end piece is configured to fit into an inlet port on a water pipe.
US10548344B2
A modular apparatus is configured to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a first sequence of operations. The modular apparatus can be reconfigured so as to cause received rods of smokeable material to undergo a second sequence of operations, different to the first sequence of operations. The first and second sequences of operations respectively form at least part of first and second processes for assembling smoking articles, each smoking article comprising one of said rods of smokeable material, which is smoked in use. The modular apparatus comprises a first inserter configured to insert a first rod article (33) between two tobacco rods (32a, 32b), a first rod divider configured to divide the first rod article into at least two parts (33a, 33b), a separator configured to separate a first group (34a) comprising a rod of smokeable material and one of said parts from a second group (34b) comprising a rod of smokeable material and another of said parts and a second inserter configured to insert a second rod article (35) between the first and second groups.
US10548343B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing capsules comprising a composition comprising coffee oil. The invention also relates to capsules obtainable by such process. In addition the invention relates to compositions, food ingredients and food products comprising such capsules.
US10548340B2
An apparatus and method for cooking at least one egg with an eggshell. The apparatus comprises a housing provided with a device for providing microwave radiation in a confined space in the housing and a holder located in the confined space. The holder is provided with at least one cavity adapted to the shape of the egg with the eggshell. The holder comprises at least a first holder part and a second holder part being movable with respect to each other between a first position in which an egg with an eggshell can be positioned in the cavity to a second position wherein the holder parts enclose the cavity. The apparatus further comprises means to insert a liquid into the holder for filling the cavity with the liquid to at least partly surround the eggshell of the egg located in the cavity. The housing comprises at least a first housing part provided with the first holder part and a second housing part provided with the second holder part. The first housing part is located at least partly below the second housing part. The first housing part with the first holder part is movable between the first and second position with respect to the second housing part with the second holder part.
US10548336B2
A nozzle assembly and adapter provided for selectively interconnecting to a soft serve dispenser to allow filling of farinaceous products such as donuts with a soft serve product. One of the adapter and the nozzle assembly can include a cleansing port for receiving a cleaning solution to allow periodic cleaning of the nozzle assembly. The nozzle assembly is separable from the adapter to permit the adapter to remain operably connected to the soft serve dispenser through which soft serve product can be dispensed.
US10548330B2
Method and apparatus for deskinning a poultry leg or part of a poultry leg that may use a conveyor with conveyor elements from which the poultry leg or part of the poultry leg is suspendable, and substantially horizontal or slightly slanting cooperating bottom rollers below the conveyor that can be rotatable in opposite directions and provided with meshing teeth for stripping the skin from the poultry leg or part of the poultry leg, and wherein a set of top rollers can be provided above the bottom rollers and below the conveyor for contacting opposite sides of the poultry leg or part of the poultry leg.
US10548325B2
The present invention refers to the strain CECT8836 of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and mutants thereof, and the use of said strain as a pesticide in controlling plant diseases caused by fungi and bacteria. Further aspects of the invention relate to methods for preparing suspensions and extracts of the strain CECT8836 of B. amyloliquefaciens, pesticidal compositions comprising said strain and an extract of CECT8836 of B. amyloliquefaciens with antimicrobial activity. Finally the invention relates to a method for the biological control of various plant diseases caused by fungi and bacteria both in vegetable plants and in fruit trees, comprising treating these plants with the strain CECT8836 of B. amyloliquefaciens, a composition including it or a cell-free extract derived from CECT8836 of B. amyloliquefaciens.
US10548324B2
The present disclosure discloses a ceramic material having a positive slow release effect and a method for manufacturing the same. The ceramic material comprises a hierarchically meso-macroporous structure which composition at least includes silicon and oxygen, wherein the hierarchically meso-macroporous structure includes a plurality of macropores and a wall having a plurality of arranged mesopores, and the plurality of macropores are separated by the wall; and nano-scale metal particles confined in at least one of the plurality of arranged mesopores. The nano-scale metal particles have a positive slow release effect from the at least one of the plurality of arranged mesopores. The ceramic material has a property of inhibiting growth of microorganisms or killing the microorganisms in an environment or a system containing a hydrophilic medium.
US10548315B2
The present invention relates to the use of succinate dehydrogenase Inhibitors for extending shelf life and storage stability of fruits and vegetables, to a method for extending shelf life of fruits and vegetables by applying a succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor to the crops prior to the harvest of the fruits or vegetables and to a fruit or vegetable treated with a succinate dehydrogenase Inhibitor.
US10548314B2
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.
US10548313B2
Provided herein are compounds that exhibit activity as acetyl-CoA carboxylase modulators (e.g., inhibitors) and are useful, for example, in methods for the control of fungal pathogens in plants.
US10548312B2
The present invention relates to a composition for the stabilization of glucose, lactate and homocysteine in blood after collection, to a use of the provided compositions and a method for the stabilization of glucose, lactate and homocysteine in blood after collection, as well as optionally the in vitro determination of glucose, lactate and homocysteine in blood, and a blood collection device provided for said use and method.
US10548310B2
A decoy buoy for holding a plurality of waterfowl decoys that comprises a buoyant ring having mounting holes equally spaced about the outside periphery and/or the inner periphery. The mounting holes are further adapted for mounting a waterfowl decoy and/or an anchoring device to prevent the decoy buoy from floating away while in the water. The ring having a height that is generally less than or equal to the distance between the outside periphery and the inner periphery of the ring. The ring further being constructed from two buoy sections and joined with hinges that provide both a fold-flat configuration and an unfolded stable semi-rigid circular configuration adapted for placement upon or near the surface of water.
US10548298B2
A dog collar light with An LED housing, an electronics housing, left and right-side knobs, a front lens, LED lights, a battery and an elastic attachment band. The LED housing can pivot within arms extending from each side of the electronics housing. The electronic housing also includes a fur guard to help keep fur from blocking the LED lights. The side knobs are used for rotating the LED housing up or down and are made of transparent material so that light can shine out from either from the front lens of the LED housing or from the left and right knobs. The LED lights are powered by a battery located within the electronics housing. The elastic band attaches to the electronics housing and holds it to a dog collar so that the LED lights can shine light onto the ground in front of the dog.
US10548281B1
A soybean cultivar designated S170061 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S170061, to the plants of soybean cultivar S170061, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S170061, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S170061. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170061. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S170061, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S170061 with another soybean cultivar.
US10548278B1
A novel soybean variety, designated 5PGKR90 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PGKR90, cells from soybean variety 5PGKR90, plants of soybean 5PGKR90, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PGKR90. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PGKR90 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PGKR90, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PGKR90, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PGKR90. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PGKR90 are further provided.
US10548273B1
A soybean cultivar designated 87120510 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 87120510, to the plants of soybean cultivar 87120510, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 87120510, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 87120510. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87120510. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87120510, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 87120510 with another soybean cultivar.
US10548271B1
A soybean cultivar designated 65180532 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 65180532, to the plants of soybean cultivar 65180532, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 65180532, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 65180532. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 65180532. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 65180532, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 65180532 with another soybean cultivar.
US10548268B1
A soil moisture auto control system which can be used in subsurface irrigation, outer space agricultural farm irrigation, semi-arid and arid agricultural areas irrigation and nutrients addition, as well as auto watering and nutrients addition devices for flower and/or vegetable pots in indoor planting, by an external negative pressure design system responding to soil moisture needs by plants in the agricultural areas by bi-directional flows arrangements to automatically adjust moisture needs for plants.
US10548264B2
A method and apparatus for a horticultural light system for use in a greenhouse where aspects of ambient light in the greenhouse are measured and compared against a prescribed light recipe. A light controller commands a light fixture contained within the greenhouse to augment the ambient light in response to the comparison. Photosynthetic photon flux, light intensity, color temperature and color spectrum among other aspects of light generated by the light fixture are altered by the controller to fill in deficiencies of the ambient light as compared to the prescribed light recipe.
US10548263B2
An improved electromechanical Blade Clutch Actuator (BCA) that employs an electric gear motor system to provide more economical, convenient and reliable user control with an electric switch to engage/disengage the cutting blades. The user control may be a switch remotely mounted anywhere on the mower for greater design freedom due to the removal of the manual interface. The BCA also incorporates a novel slip clutch for overload protection.
US10548256B2
Precision agricultural-device control system and wireless agricultural-device communication protocol
The present invention provides a precision agricultural-device control system for controlling agricultural implements (such as seed feeders and fertilizer sprayers) or on a line planter. More particularly, a command and control module is provided that is in communication with an interface module and provides commands in accordance with a field prescription. The interface module wirelessly transmits command messages to the agricultural implements or and receives monitoring messages from the agricultural implements. In certain embodiments, a novel, low latency and high reliability wireless protocol or using repeats is used to communicate wirelessly with the agricultural implements.
US10548252B2
Described herein is a combination apparatus and methods of using the combination apparatus. The combination apparatus is operable as both an edger and a sod cutter. The combination apparatus includes an arm that oscillates when driven by a motor. Both a sod cutter blade and an edger blade are coupled to the arm.
US10555449B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for automatically supplying carrier tape, and more specifically, to an apparatus for automatically supplying a carrier tape and a method for automatically supplying carrier tape wherein carrier tape is enabled to be continuously and automatically supplied without stopping a process even if a structure or supply conditions of the carrier tape is changed. The apparatus for automatically supplying the carrier tape comprises an injection module comprising a height adjusting unit for enabling the continuous and automatic supply of one carrier tape in the middle of being supplied and one or more carrier tapes on standby, and a parts sensor for sensing parts of a carrier tape; and a pickup module for separating a cover tape form the carrier tape transferred from the injection module.
US10555448B2
The component mounting device determines suction deviation (posture change) of the component from after suction of the component until prior to mounting of the component based on an immediately post-suction image which is acquired by imaging the suction nozzle from the side immediately after suction of the component and an immediately pre-mounting image that is acquired by imaging the suction nozzle from the side immediately prior to mounting of the component.
US10555446B2
A feeder includes a first sprocket disposed downstream in a conveyance direction and including a first protrusion that engages with a carrier tape, a second sprocket disposed upstream in the conveyance direction, including a second protrusion that engages with the carrier tape, and that rotates in synchronization with the first sprocket, and a phase adjustment mechanism that adjusts a phase of the second sprocket around a rotation center of the second sprocket.
US10555445B2
Devices, methods and systems disclosed herein relate to the application of a protective film on a surface of an electronic device that instantly reduces air bubbles and eliminates the waiting time usually required when using a wet fluid solution. In one embodiment, a roller device may include a carriage or housing and one or more rollers coupled or integrated with the housing, configured to apply a protective material to a surface of the electronic device in a first orientation, and configured to function as a device stand in a second orientation. In addition or alternatively, a roller guide apparatus and/or a wedge may be utilized to assist the roller device in applying the protective material to the surface of the electronic device.
US10555443B2
The present disclosure relates to a display device including a circuit board, a heating element arranged on the circuit board, an insulating and heat conducting structure connected to the heating element, a heat radiating plate connected to the insulating and heat conducting structure, and a back cover provided with a recess, wherein the heat radiating plate is arranged in the recess and is in the direct contact with an exterior of the display device.
US10555428B2
The present disclosure provides a board unit including a circuit board, a connector portion mounted on the circuit board, and a case housing the circuit board. The case includes a lower case having an upper opening; an upper cover covers the upper opening, and an opening portion is formed in a side wall of the case, through which the connector portion extends inside and outside the side wall. The upper cover includes an inner circumferential surface that forms at least a portion of the opening portion and a predetermined gap with an outer circumferential surface of the connector portion. A groove portion is formed continuously along the inner circumferential surface, is open in the inner circumferential surface and is in communication with the gap. A size of the gap and a size of the groove portion are configured to form a water film by water droplets entering the case.
US10555422B2
Provided is a method for populating printed circuit boards, which includes the steps of acquiring jobs, in each case relating to populating printed circuit boards of a printed circuit board type on the pick-and-place line, and associated probabilities by a job is to be executed in each case, assigning printed circuit board types of the jobs to set-up families, determining for each set-up family the characteristic number which comprises the sum of probabilities of those jobs, the printed circuit board types of which are comprised by the set-up family, optimizing the assignment in such a way that the characteristic numbers of different set-up families are as different as possible, providing a set-up from one of the determined set-up families on the pick-and-place line, and populating printed circuit boards on the pick-and place line.
US10555420B1
A method of manufacturing a circuit board includes: a single-sided copper-clad base is provided; a plurality of grooves are defined in the base facing away from the copper-clad side for receiving electronic elements, a depth of each of the grooves is equal to a thickness of the corresponding electronic element; the electronic elements are fixed into their respective grooves; a plurality of holes are defined in the laminating member to expose the electrodes of the electronic elements; an electroplated layer is formed on the surface of the embedded body, the electroplated layer is electrically connected with the electrodes of the electronic elements. A circuit board made by the method is also provided.
US10555418B2
A component module includes a circuit board having a first base, a second base facing the first base, and a side section connected to the first and second bases. A wiring pattern is formed on at least one of a first facing surface of the first base that faces the second base, a second facing surface of the second base that faces the first base, and a side section facing surface of the side section that faces a direction in which the first and second bases extend. The component module further includes an electronic component that is in contact with at least one of the first facing surface, the second facing surface, and the side section facing surface. A sealing resin is formed in a region surrounded by the first facing surface, the second facing surface, and the side section facing surface so as to seal the electronic component.
US10555416B2
Disclosed in various examples of the present application is an electronic device comprising: first and second conductive patterns electrically connected to a communication circuit; a conductive material electrically connected between the first and second conductive patterns; a third conductive pattern spaced apart in a first direction from the first and/or second conductive patterns; and a fourth conductive pattern spaced apart in a second direction opposite to the first direction from the first and/or second conductive patterns, wherein each of the first and second conductive patterns comprises a first part of a first width and a second part of a second width wider than the first width, and the conductive material is arranged on at least a portion of the second part of the first conductive pattern and the second part of the second conductive pattern.
US10555409B2
A target supply apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a nozzle configured to output a target, a plurality of vibrators including a first vibrator configured to vibrate the nozzle, a detection unit configured to detect a change in state of the target having been output from the nozzle, a vibrator switching unit configured to perform switching of a vibrator that vibrates the nozzle from the first vibrator to the other vibrator that is included in the vibrators and is different from the first vibrator, and a control unit configured to control the switching of the vibrator that vibrates the nozzle, based on the change in state of the target having been output from the nozzle, detected by the detection unit.
US10555408B2
An extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) generation system is configured to improve conversion efficiency of energy of a laser system to EUV energy by improving the efficiency of plasma generation. The EUV generation system includes a target generation unit configured to output a target toward a plasma generation region in a chamber. The laser system is configured to generate a first pre-pulse laser beam, a second pre-pulse laser beam, and a main pulse laser beam so that the target is irradiated with the first pre-pulse laser beam, the second pre-pulse laser beam, and the main pulse laser beam in this order. In addition, the EUV generation system includes a controller configured to control the laser system so that a fluence of the second pre-pulse laser beam is equal to or higher than 1 J/cm2 and equal to or lower than a fluence of the main pulse laser beam.
US10555405B2
A lighting system includes lighting fixtures and a lighting controller that sends commands and data over an AC power line to power and control the lighting fixtures. Lighting themes are uniquely programmable color and intensity that are applied to a collection of lighting groups to achieve different lighting modes instantly, without the delay that programming each lighting fixture individually incurs. The groups of lighting modules receive theme lighting information over the power line and store the theme information in memory. The lighting controller sends a single command to the collections of the lighting groups to apply the theme. Each lighting module retrieves and applies the theme information.
US10555403B2
A method, system, apparatus, and program for scheduling and controlling light towers in the field and receiving detailed reports relating to the same. The system for light tower control includes a telematics platform, a telematics device, and a light tower. The telematics platform is configured to transmit and receive a UDP message over a cellular network, wherein a transmitted UDP message contains a control signal for turning ON or OFF a light tower. The telematics device is configured to receive the UDP message and configure a voltage output of the telematics device based on the control signal. If the control signal is ON the voltage output of the telematics device is changed from Low to High and if the control signal is OFF the voltage output of the telematics device is changed from High to Low. A relay controller of the light tower turns the light tower ON if the output voltage of the telematics device is High and turns the light tower OFF if the output voltage of the telematics device is Low.
US10555402B2
A lighting control system is disclosed that includes a device having a processor, a communication interface and a plurality of lighting control outputs connected to the processor, where the communication interface is configured to receive a control input via a web based control platform and the processor is configured to selectively operate the plurality of lighting control outputs based on the control input received by the communication interface.
US10555400B1
A lighting system has a twist-lock lighting controller that is electrically coupled to at least one light source. The twist-lock lighting controller has a translucent cover in which an optical sensor is positioned to sense ambient light for controlling the light source. A shade element having a canopy is positioned on the twist-lock lighting controller such that the canopy blocks direct sunlight from entering the twist-lock lighting controller through the translucent cover, thereby significantly reducing operating temperatures within the twist-lock lighting controller.
US10555398B2
A light emitting device display, its pixel circuit and its driving technique is provided. The pixel includes a light emitting device and a plurality of transistors. A bias current and programming voltage data are provided to the pixel circuit in accordance with a driving scheme so that the current through the driving transistor to the light emitting device is adjusted.
US10555395B1
Various embodiments include apparatuses enabling a single color-tuning device to select both a correlated color temperature (CCT) and a distance to the black body line (BBL) in a color-tuning application. In one embodiment, a color-tuning device includes a slider to divide an applied voltage to provide a signal related to at least one of CCT and Duv from the black body line. A finite-state machine is coupled to the color-tuning device to determine a subsequent action to take based on both a current position and a previous position of the slider. A lamp is coupled to the color-tuning device and has a desaturated red (R) LED, a desaturated green (G) LED; and a desaturated blue (B) LED; each of the at least one desaturated R LED, the desaturated G LED; and the desaturated B LED having coordinates on a chromaticity diagram that are in proximity to the black body line.
US10555393B1
An apparatus includes a camera and a processor. The camera may be configured to capture video data. The processor may be configured to (A) process the video data, (B) generate control signals used to initiate a stimulus and (C) execute computer readable instructions. The computer readable instructions may be executed by the processor to perform video analysis on video frames of the captured video data to (a) detect a person, (b) detect context information associated with the detected person and (c) determine facial recognition results of the detected person. If the facial recognition results cannot detect a face of the detected person, the processor selects the stimulus from a plurality of stimuli. The stimulus may be selected in response to the context information to increase a probability of detecting a frontal view of the face of the detected person.
US10555391B2
A light-emitting diode assembly having at least one light-emitting diode, a controller which is designed to dim the at least one light-emitting diode by means of pulse width modulation, wherein the pulse width modulation is characterized by a clock pulse and a pulse duration during a clock pulse. The controller is designed to actuate the at least one light-emitting diode with packets of at least two clock pulses. The controller being optionally designed to actuate the at least one light-emitting diode in a first operating mode and at least one second operating mode, wherein the at least one light-emitting diode is actuated in the first operating mode with the same pulse durations within the packet and is actuated in the second operating mode with at least one different pulse duration within the packet.
US10555388B2
The present invention relates to a load arrangement for use in an electrical power arrangement and for arrangement at a first external electrically conductive element (5). The load arrangement comprises a load (2), a first electrode (3) electrically connected to the load (2), a dielectric layer (4) and a carrier carrying the load (2), the first electrode (3) and the dielectric layer (4). The load (2), the first electrode (3) and the dielectric layer (4) form a structure, which is configured for being arranged at the first external electrically conductive element (5). The first electrode (3) and the dielectric layer (4) are arranged to form, in combination with a first external electrically conductive element (5) representing an outer surface of a marine structure, a capacitor (6) for capacitive transmission of electrical power between the first electrode (3) and the first external element (5). The carrier is configured for being arranged at the first external electrically conductive element (5). The load (2) is connected to a second electrode (7) electrically insulated from the first electrode (3) or is arranged for being electrically connected to a second external electrically conductive element (10, 11) electrically insulated from the first electrode (3).
US10555386B2
To provide a light-emitting device whose amount of light can be adjusted, or the like. The amount of light emitted from the light-emitting device can be adjusted by controlling the magnitude of the constant current pulse by a control signal. Specifically, the light-emitting device includes a constant current supply configured to be supplied with a control signal and a control pulse signal and configured to supply a constant current pulse; a control device configured to supply the control signal; a driver circuit configured to supply the control pulse signal; and a light-emitting panel configured to be supplied with the constant current pulse. The control signal is a signal for controlling the magnitude of the constant current pulse. The light-emitting panel includes a light-emitting element. The current density of the light-emitting element is greater than or equal to 10 mA/cm2 and less than or equal to 1000 mA/cm2.
US10555385B2
An LED lighting system having at least one LED circuit and at least two circuits or drivers capable of receiving an AC voltage at a first frequency and having an output capable of driving the at least one LED circuit, wherein the output of each circuit or driver capable of driving the at least one LED circuit is provided to the at least one LED circuit through a circuit or sensor capable of permitting only a single output from the at least two circuits or drivers be provided to the at least one LED circuit.
US10555382B2
The present invention relates to an induction cooking hob (10) including a number of induction coils (12). Said induction coils (12) are arranged on the induction cooking hob (10) according to a predetermined scheme. At least a portion of the induction cooking hob (10) is covered by the induction coils (12). At least one heating area is formed on the induction cooking hob (10) by activating a single induction coil (12) or a combination of adjacent induction coils (12). At least a portion of the induction hob (12) includes induction coils (12) shaped as triangular discs.
US10555374B2
The present invention generally relates to thawing a cryogenically frozen sample. The systems, devices, and methods may be used to heat a sample holder, the sample holder configured to receive a sample container holding the frozen sample. A sample thaw start time may be identified by measuring a temperature of the sample container and/or a temperature of the sample. A sample thaw end time may be calculated as a function of the sample thaw start time. In some embodiments, the same thaw start time may be identified by a significant change in a first derivative of a warming curve of recorded temperature measurements. The sample end time may be calculated by adding a constant to the sample thaw start time. The constant may be the average sample thaw time per the sample container.
US10555371B2
A portable electronic device comprises a first wireless interface and a second wireless interface. The first wireless interface is controlled to perform a control signaling with a further device over the first wireless interface. The second wireless interface is selectively activated to transmit data traffic to the further device and/or to receive the data traffic from the further device over the second wireless interface. The first wireless interface is maintained in an activated state to control the data traffic over the second wireless interface by the control signaling over the first wireless interface while the second wireless interface is activated.
US10555370B2
In an embodiment, a method includes: accessing, by a push to talk (PTT) server, a PTT session with a PTT client operating in a first network; detecting, by the PTT server, a transition by the PTT client from the first network to a second network, the second network having a lower throughput or a higher latency than the first network; and adapting, by the PTT server, one or more parameters of a plurality of communication protocols in response to detecting the transition by the PTT client from the first network to the second network, the communication protocols being host layer protocols used by the PTT server to communicate with the PTT client.
US10555369B2
A method and device are provided to monitor a wireless link state for an electric-powered vehicle, and comparing the wireless link state with a wireless-link trigger condition. When the wireless link state compares favorably with the wireless-link trigger condition, a thick-client application request may be transmitted based on the wireless-link trigger condition. A thick-client application load is received in response, and the thin-client application is transitioned to a thick-client application.
US10555367B2
A base station comprises a transmitter configured to transmit, to a user terminal, information indicating at least any one of a first DRX cycle, a second DRX cycle, and a third DRX cycle. The DRX cycle indicates a cycle during which a user terminal discontinuously monitors a downlink control channel transmitted from a base station. The second DRX cycle has a cycle longer than the first DRX cycle. The third DRX cycle has a cycle longer than the second DRX cycle.
US10555361B2
A radio terminal (3) can perform carrier aggregation using a first cell (10) of a first radio station (1) and a second cell (20) of a second radio station (2). The first radio station (1) performs, with the radio terminal (3), radio resource control for the first cell (10) and the second cell (20) in order to perform the carrier aggregation. At least one of the second radio station (2) and the radio terminal (3) is configured to transmit, to the first radio station (10), information about a problem occurring in a radio link in the second cell (20) between the second radio station (20) and the radio terminal (30) while the carrier aggregation of the first cell (10) and the second cell (20) is being performed.
US10555359B2
A method for operating a user equipment (UE) includes detecting a failure of a first link between the UE and an access node, and based thereon, detecting a second link between the UE and the access node, sending, to the access node, a beam failure recovery request (BFRQ) on one or more physical random access channel (PRACH) resources associated a third link conveying a reference signal, wherein the third link and the second link are quasi co-located (QCLed), wherein the BFRQ includes a group identifier associated with a UE group including the UE, and monitoring one or more PRACH response opportunities associated with the one or more PRACH resources for a beam failure recovery response (BFRP).
US10555349B2
A terminal device includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a scheduling request for an uplink (UL) resource; and a controller configured to stop a random access procedure when MAC PDU is transmitted using a UL grant other than a UL grant provided by random access response in the random access procedure.
US10555345B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to random access procedures and/or prioritization of broadcast transmissions in machine type communications (MTC) devices and enhanced MTC (eMTC). An example method generally includes determining a plurality of subframes in which the UE may transmit a bundled random access channel (RACH) message to a base station (BS), determining, within the subframes, at least one narrowband region for transmitting the bundled RACH message, determining a bundling size for the bundled RACH message, the bundling size indicating a number of the plurality of subframes in which the bundled RACH message is transmitted, and transmitting the bundled RACH message in the narrowband region of the plurality of subframes, based at least in part on the determined bundling size.
US10555340B2
A method for transmission and reception in parallel on dual channels includes, when detecting that a first channel is occupied by CSMA contention, determining, by an AP, first transmission duration of a first channel data packet. The method additionally includes determining, by means of CCA detection, that a second channel is idle, where the second channel is used to transmit a second channel data packet whose transmission direction is opposite to a transmission direction of the first channel. The method additionally includes determining, by using the first transmission duration, second transmission duration for transmitting the second channel data packet, and transmitting the second channel data packet according to the second transmission duration, where an end time of transmission of the second channel data is not later than an end time of transmission of the first channel data.
US10555332B2
A method for transmitting a data transmission based on the classification of an interfering signal is described. The method comprises transmitting a first data transmission within a frequency band and detecting an interfering signal within the frequency band. The method comprises classifying the interfering signal as one of a plurality of interfering signal types. The method comprises transmitting, based on the classification, a second data transmission within the frequency band.
US10555330B2
A terminal station device is a terminal station device of a communication system in which a high-order device, the terminal station device, an end-terminal device, and a low-order device are communicably connected in this order, the high-order device notifies the low-order device of resource information indicating a resource that is usable in communication, and thereby the resource is allocated to the low-order device. The terminal station device includes: a band allocation unit that allocates a band that is permitted to be used by the end-terminal device for transmission processing to the terminal station device, based on an interval at which the terminal station device has received the resource information.
US10555314B2
Signaling methods to support robust interference cancellation by obtaining information associated with interfering signals from the network side are provided. The target interference for cancellation is intra-cell interference from MU-MIMO or NOMA operation. A victim receiver receives both desired signal and intra-cell interfering signal. The network may assist the victim receiver by providing information related to the interfering signal. The computational complexity of the victim receiver in blindly detecting the interference signal characteristics is reduced, and the reliability of the signal detection is improved.
US10555313B2
Embodiments provide an information processing method, user equipment, and a base station, where the information processing method includes: obtaining, by user equipment, a coverage enhancement requirement; and communicating, by the user equipment, with a base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement. The user equipment obtains the coverage enhancement requirement and communicates with the base station according to the coverage enhancement requirement.
US10555306B2
Provided are a device-to-device (D2D) operation method performed by a terminal in a wireless communications system and a terminal using the same. The method comprises receiving a D2D setting from a cell, wherein the D2D setting comprises a frequency indicator indicating a frequency at which a terminal performs a D2D operation according to the D2D setting.
US10555302B2
A method includes determining a type of a first subframe, where the type of the first subframe is a first-type subframe, a second-type subframe, a third-type subframe, or a fourth-type subframe, where the second-type subframe includes an uplink control channel and a downlink channel, the uplink control channel is located after the downlink channel, and there is a guard period between the uplink control channel and the downlink channel. The fourth-type subframe includes an uplink channel and a downlink control channel, the uplink channel is located after the downlink control channel, and there is a guard period between the uplink channel and the downlink control channel. The method also includes transmitting data in the first subframe according to the type of the first subframe.
US10555298B2
A wireless communication system includes a terminal configured to perform wireless communication concurrently using a cell of a first type enabling connection without being associated with another cell and a cell of a second type enabling connection by being associated with the cell of the first type; and a base station configured to form a first cell and transmit broadcast information through the first cell, the broadcast information including identification information of a second cell of the first type different from the first cell and giving notification that the second cell is a cell of the first type. The terminal selects the second cell as the cell of the first type based on the broadcast information transmitted by the base station.
US10555285B2
A machine type communication (MTC) gateway device is operable to provide usage type information to a 3GPP network entity and an application out of the 3GPP network. The disclosed MTC gateway device and base station provide an enhanced monitoring response with an enhanced positioning granularity to a position monitoring request. Exposure of usage type and subscription information associated with a user equipment (UE) device is a first step to virtual network function and network slice related provisioning and dedicated core network related provisioning for the UE device. Providing UE usage type through a network exposure function to a third party application enables the third party application to adapt for the usage type.
US10555277B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a signal transmission apparatus, system, and method. A first network device detects, in a first resource group, a first signal sent by a second network device, and the first network device determines an mth resource in a second resource group according to an nth resource in the first resource group and a first correspondence.
US10555274B1
A device for monitoring an identification and positioning system may comprise a transceiver and a controller operatively coupled to a memory. The controller may be configured to receive a status signal from the transceiver indicative of an inspection of a component, obtain an identity of the component, a location of the component, and a signal strength of a signal produced by the component, access a record from the memory, determine whether the record includes an identity of the component or a location of the component that matches the obtained identity or location of the component, observe a difference in the obtained signal strength and a signal strength from the record, and send a notification of an issue concerning the component when the difference is outside a range.
US10555273B2
The disclosure relates to a mobile wireless communication device (101a-c) configured to communicate with a location management server (105) over a wireless communication network. The mobile wireless communication device (101a-c) is configured to be part of a cluster of mobile wireless communication devices managed on the basis of a clustering protocol, wherein the clustering protocol is configured to select one of the mobile wireless communication devices (101a-c) of the cluster of mobile wireless communication devices to be a cluster head for representing the cluster of mobile wireless communication devices. The mobile wireless communication devices (101a-c) of the cluster of mobile wireless communication devices are either in a network-connected mode or a network-idle mode relative to the wireless communication network.
US10555269B2
The present invention provides an amplifier circuit, wherein the amplifier circuit includes a DAC, an output stage and a detector. In the operations of the amplifier circuit, the DAC is arranged for performing a digital-to-analog converting operation upon a digital input signal to generate an analog signal, the output stage is arranged for receiving the analog signal to generate an output signal, and the detector is arranged for detecting a characteristic of the input signal, and referring to the characteristic of the input signal to generate at least one control signal to adjust the output stage at a zero-crossing point of the output signal.
US10555267B2
According to an aspect of the inventive concept, there is provided a headend apparatus, including: a spectrum analysis unit analyzing frequency spectrums of a plurality of base station signals to detect characteristic information of the plurality of base station signals; a control unit transmitting the characteristic information to a network management server connected to the headend apparatus and outputting power control information, generated based on the characteristic information, received from the network management server; and a plurality of RF units receiving at least one of the plurality of base station signals and controlling power of the plurality of base station signals based on the power control information and outputting the plurality of base station signals.
US10555255B2
Techniques are disclosed for selecting an access point for providing network access to a client device based on a historical network activity characteristic. An attribute associated with a current or future communication session corresponding to the client device is determined. A prior communication session, associated with the same attribute, is identified. A historical network activity characteristic, for the client device, corresponding to the prior communication session is selected. An access point is selected, from a group of access points, based on the historical network activity characteristic. The access point is selected for providing network access to the client device during the current or future communication session. Based on the selection, the client device associates with the selected access point.
US10555253B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in accordance with example embodiments in order to provide methods, apparatuses, and/or systems that reduce and/or eliminate network inefficiencies caused by the persistence of user-equipment-specific associations with network interfaces and elements, including but not limited to user-equipment-specific associations on at least N2. In some example implementations, an AMF may assign a temporary ID containing particularized identification information to a UE in a manner that allows for selection by a (R)AN of a AMF and that enables an AMF to process an N1/N2 transaction, such as may occur when a UE enters an idle mode and/or transitions from an idle mode to a connected mode.
US10555252B2
User equipment receives and stores configuration information for selection of an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG). The ePDG configuration information includes one or more parameters relating to identification and functions of ePDGs in an HPLMN and/or in one or more VPLMNs. When the UE performs ePDG selection, the UE accesses the ePDG configuration information and then selects an ePDG for access to a core packet network using the ePDG configuration information.
US10555248B2
Method of enabling a second network node to perform a radio operation task based on measurement data related to in-band full duplex communication and half duplex communication performed by the first network node and provided to the second network node, wherein the traffic measurement data comprises at least one of the number of active channels used for communication in the first cell and the physical channel usage or utilization of channels used for communication in the first cell.
US10555240B2
Disclosed are a system and method of regulating mobile device communications while operating a motor vehicle. One example method may include determining a speed event indicating that a speed of the motor vehicle has performed at least one of exceeded a first threshold above which mobile device usage restriction policies are invoked and fallen below a second threshold allowing the mobile device restriction policies to be removed. The first threshold may be equal to or greater than the second threshold. As a result of obtaining the speed event, the method may also provide transmitting the speed event to a remote edge gateway server located remotely from the motor vehicle, which stores the speed event for reference purposes when determining a policy for routing a particular mobile device call, text message and/or mobile data session.
US10555239B2
A shooting terminal configured to shoot in response to a shooting instruction transmitted from a shooting instruction terminal, includes a processor; and a communication device, at a first time when a specific broadcast transmission packet is received by the communication device, the processor starts a first mode in which a response to a broadcast transmission packet is not returned, controls the communication device to not to transmit packets at the data link level to the shooting instruction terminal in response to the broadcast transmission packets, starts a second mode in which a response to the broadcast transmission packet is returned at a second time after the first time, and controls the communication device to transmit a packet at the data link level to the shooting instruction terminal in response to the non-specific broadcast transmission packet.
US10555235B2
A device, computer-readable medium, and method for activating antennas based upon a location and a movement of a group of mobile endpoint devices are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processor of a cellular network detecting a group of mobile endpoint devices associated with a first location and activating a first antenna at a first cell site of the cellular network associated with the first location, in response to detecting the group of mobile endpoint devices. The processor may further detect a movement of the group of mobile endpoint devices toward a second location, and activate a second antenna at a second cell site of the cellular network associated with the second location and deactivate the first antenna, in response to detecting the movement of the group of mobile endpoint devices toward the second location.
US10555234B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for handing over of a high-speed mobile terminal or user equipment from a source network node to a target network node. Reliable methods for measuring the speed of a moving user equipment are disclosed. Parameters used in a handover procedure are also adjusted in accordance with the speed of the user equipment. For handing over a high-speed user equipment, the present application discloses that the source network node can coordinate with the target network node and other candidate network nodes in transmitting a handover command to prevent handover failures.
US10555228B2
A mobile station includes: a communication circuitry configured to communicate with a plurality of base stations utilizing radio resources provided by a first base station and a second base station connected via a network interface; and a controller configured to be capable to configure with a first signaling radio bearer between the mobile station and the first base station and a second signaling radio bearer between the mobile station and the second base station simultaneously.
US10555217B2
To provide a terminal device capable of preventing user-unintended communication from being made. A communication control means 91 controls a packet transfer means for transmitting a packet. An instruction information giving means 92 gives instruction information indicating an instruction for the communication control means 91 to the communication control means 91. The communication control means 91 sends a flow detection notification that it detected a new flow to the instruction information giving means 92 when detecting the new flow. The instruction information giving means 92 determines whether to permit the flow to be communicated when receiving the flow detection notification. When determining to permit communication, the instruction information giving means 92 then gives instruction information for instructing to transmit a packet of the flow in a path as an access network designated by the instruction information giving means 92 to the communication control means 91.
US10555204B2
A method for providing, by a service provider, a service in a vehicular network including a control channel for exchanging management frames among communicating entities and a plurality of service channels for exchanging application-specific information among the communicating entities, includes receiving, from a service user, a request for a requested service. The method further includes performing channel load estimation on one or more of the plurality of service channels, and performing, based on the results of the channel load estimation and a priority of the requested service, scheduling the requested service to one of the plurality of service channels.
US10555191B1
Systems and methods for computing a standardized composite gain metric value (e.g., weighted gain or offload index) for each solution that has been previously deployed to fix degradation issues at cell sites or other wireless nodes is disclosed. The method selects a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), each of which is highly correlated to customer experience. For example, the method selects the following KPIs: traffic, number of users, Physical Resource Block (PRB) utilization, Channel Quality Indicator (CQI), throughput, and so on. The method then assigns a weight to each KPI, such that the weight reflects each KPI's relative importance and ensures that the KPIs are not double counted. For each solution deployed at a cell site, the method computes values of the following composite gain metrics: weighted gain and offload index. The method then can rank the solutions based on the computed composite gain metric values so that an optimum solution can be selected.
US10555169B2
A method of authenticating a user. The method comprises the step of sending an authentication request to a remote authentication device and generating a first piece of authentication information. A mobile device receives the first piece of authentication information from either an access terminal or the remote authentication device. The mobile device of the user generating a second piece of authentication information which is at least partially based on the received first piece of authentication information. The second piece of authentication information is sent to the remote authentication devices and the second piece of authentication information validated. If the second piece of authentication information is successfully validated an authentication signal is generated.
US10555164B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages reuse of mobile subscriber identity information. The use of a same generic mobile subscriber identity information by multiple devices can be based on the mobility and/or device location. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10555156B2
A method applied into a controller of a wireless Bluetooth device includes: providing a first flag and a second flag; asserting the first flag when the controller successfully receives the particular packet transmitted from the audio gateway; asserting the second flag when the controller successfully receives an acknowledgement from a secondary device wherein a reception of the acknowledgement indicates that the secondary device successfully receives the particular packet; and transmitting an acknowledgement of a particular packet to an audio gateway when the first flag and the second flag are asserted.
US10555151B2
The present application is directed to a computer-implemented apparatus for negotiating service layer attributes. The apparatus includes a non-transitory memory including instructions stored thereon for a negotiation service layer for negotiating a service attributes. The apparatus also includes a processor, operably coupled to the non-transitory memory. The processor is configured to perform the instruction of reviewing a negotiable service layer attribute received from a negotiatee. The processor is also configured to perform the instruction of sending a negotiation request to the negotiatee based upon the reviewed attribute. The processor is also configured to perform the instruction of receiving an offered suggestion from the negotiatee. Another aspect of the application is directed to a networked system including a computer-implemented negotiatee and a computer-implemented negotiator for negotiating service layer attributes.
US10555147B2
Embodiments of the invention are concerned with facilitating service provision between software applications. In embodiments of the invention, a first user terminal includes an application which causes the first user terminal to delegate execution of a first service to a different application. In response to determining that the first service is to be executed on behalf of the first service, a request message is sent to a data store including an identifier of the first service. The data store comprising entries indicating applications held on one or more user terminals, and indicating one or more services that may be executed, on request, by a corresponding application. The first user terminal receives a response message from the data store identifying one or more applications to which execution of the first service may be delegated.
US10555145B1
Techniques are described for managing program execution capacity used to execute software programs, such as for a group of computing nodes in use executing one or more programs for a user. Dynamic modifications to the program execution capacity of the group may include adding or removing computing nodes, such as based on automated determinations that previously specified criteria are currently satisfied. The described techniques further include tracking information about changes that occur in one or more capacity utilization metrics of interest in response to dynamic modifications to the program execution capacity of the group, and then using such learned responses to determine a customized capacity modification policy that is configured for the actual operation of the software program(s) for the user. In some situations, the techniques are used in conjunction with a fee-based program execution service that executes multiple programs on behalf of multiple users of the service.
US10555144B2
Systems and methods for providing inter-application communication in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide configurable systems and methods for providing inter-application communication in a network of moving things, for example in which clients may register for participation, subscribe to topics, publish different types of messages, etc.
US10555137B2
According to one embodiment, a system includes a base station wirelessly connected to a first handset and a second handset, the base station including a first communication port configured to create a wireless connection to a first mobile telephone and a second mobile telephone via Bluetooth, where the first mobile telephone uses a first mobile telephone network and the second mobile telephone uses a second mobile telephone network.
US10555135B2
A terminal device includes at least one processor and a transceiver. The at least one processor is configured to execute computer readable instructions to generate a list of a plurality of other terminal devices located within a threshold range from the terminal device via short-range wireless communication. The transceiver is configured to transmit, in response to selection of a set of terminal devices from among the plurality of other terminal devices included in the list, a request to establish an association with users corresponding to terminal devices in the selected set of terminal devices.
US10555132B2
A method, apparatus, computer program or system includes obtaining fingerprints including a piece of position information and gathered in a venue; determining a first metric based on the fingerprints indicative of a quality value of the obtained fingerprints that indicates for each piece of position information of the fingerprints whether or not the quality and/or a quantity of the obtained fingerprints with respect to the piece of position information is sufficient; determining a second metric based on the obtained fingerprints indicative of a quality value of an infrastructure of the venue, the fingerprints are gathered from one or more radio nodes of the infrastructure, and the second metric indicates for each of the pieces of position information of each of the respective fingerprints whether or not the quality of the infrastructure is sufficient; determining a third metric indicative of an evaluation of the quality of the infrastructure of the venue based on the second metric; and outputting the first metric, the second metric and/or the third metric.
US10555130B1
A geolocating method to determine a traffic flow at a point-of-interest (POI). The method comprises clustering geolocation data associated with a plurality of mobile communication devices by an analysis application executing on a computer system based on different clustering algorithms associated with different travel modes identified by the geolocation data, for each of the plurality of mobile communication devices, determining travel routes traversed by the mobile communication device by the analysis application based on the clustering of the geolocation data and based on a map of travel routes, where each of the travel routes is one of a highway travel route, a light rail travel route, or a footpath travel route, and, for each of a plurality of POIs, determining by the analysis application a number of different mobile communication devices that intersect with the POI based on the travel routes traversed by the mobile communication devices.
US10555118B1
Aspects of the present invention disclose a method for managing audio on a mobile device based on environmental factors. The method includes one or more processors determining that an audio-related task initiates on a mobile device. The method further includes determining whether a location of the mobile device is within a threshold proximity to a paired smart speaker. In response to determining that the location of the mobile device is within the threshold proximity, the method further includes determining a first set of environmental factors associated with a physical environment of the paired smart speaker based on data associated with the mobile device, the paired smart speaker, and the corresponding operating environment. The method further includes determining whether to transfer the audio-related task from the mobile device to the paired smart speaker based on analyzing of the first set of environmental factors in comparison to user preferences.
US10555114B2
A method, a device and a communication system for processing a common search area are provided. The method includes: acquiring resource indication information about a first common search area of a control channel, or resource indication information about a first common search area and resource indication information about at least one second common search area; and determining, according to the resource indication information about the first common search area, or the resource indication information about the first common search area and the resource indication information about at least one second common search area, a location of the first common search area, or locations of the first common search area and at least one second common search area.
US10555112B2
Systems and methods for providing location-based security and/or privacy for restricting user access
Exemplary embodiments are disclosed of systems and methods for providing location-based security and/or privacy for restricting user access. In an exemplary embodiment, a system is configured to restrict and condition access to the system and/or data based on a user's selection of location-based data from a plurality of options presented by the system for selection by the user. The plurality of options include the location-based data and one or more other options that are selectable by the user.
US10555109B2
In some embodiments, virtualization methods for generating a binaural signal in response to channels of a multi-channel audio signal, which apply a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) to each channel including by using at least one feedback delay network (FDN) to apply a common late reverberation to a downmix of the channels. In some embodiments, input signal channels are processed in a first processing path to apply to each channel a direct response and early reflection portion of a single-channel BRIR for the channel, and the downmix of the channels is processed in a second processing path including at least one FDN which applies the common late reverberation. Typically, the common late reverberation emulates collective macro attributes of late reverberation portions of at least some of the single-channel BRIRs. Other aspects are headphone virtualizers configured to perform any embodiment of the method.
US10555105B2
The invention relates to a method for processing customized data representative of the directivity of an customized audio system, the method comprising the following steps: —obtaining (101), for each individual of an initial set of individuals, at least one customized suite of filters; —determining (103) N independent components common to the suites of filters obtained; —decomposing (104) each of the suites obtained into a first base constructed from the N independent components with a view to obtaining, for each suite of filters, a first suite of weighting coefficients; —decomposing (105) each first suite of weighting coefficients into a second base of P independent components, so as to obtain a second suite of weighting coefficients; —storing (106) each second suite of weighting coefficients obtained in association with an identifier of an individual from among the initial set of individuals.
US10555099B2
A hearing aid system includes a first unit producing first perception and second auditory unit producing second perception. The units are configured to provide a first and second auditory perceptions respectively. The system also includes a first processor comprised within the first auditory unit and/or a second processor comprised within the second auditory unit and/or a remote processor comprised within a remote control that is configured to communicative couple with at least one of the first auditory unit and/or the second auditory unit. The at least one of the first processor, second processor or remote processor is configured to access, for a scenario, a stored related parameter value for a parameter from a memory, and process the accessed related parameter value such that an aligned auditory perception between the first auditory perception and the second auditory perception is obtained.
US10555095B2
Presented herein are stand-alone hearing aid adapters configured to enable the use of the recipient's hearing aid to detect and process ambient sound signals and to convert output signals generated by the acoustic hearing aid into input signals useable by the implantable hearing prosthesis for generation and delivery of stimulation to a recipient.
US10555094B2
A hearing device for a binaural hearing system comprising the hearing device and a contralateral hearing device is disclosed. The hearing device comprises a transceiver module; microphones for provision of first and second microphone input signal; a first beamforming module for provision of a first beamform signal based on the first microphone input signal and the second microphone input signal; a filter bank for filtering the first beamform signal into a plurality of first sub-band beamform signals including a first bandpass beamform signal, and for filtering a contralateral beamform signal into a contralateral bandpass beamform signal; a second beamforming module comprising an adaptive bandpass beamformer for provision of a second bandpass beamform signal; an adder for provision of a beamformed input signal; a processor for providing an electrical output signal based on the beamformed input signal; and a receiver for converting the electrical output signal to an audio output signal.
US10555091B2
A method for manufacturing a filtering module comprising the steps of: forming a multilayer body comprising a filter layer of semiconductor material and having a thickness of less than 10 μm, a first structural layer coupled to a first side of the filter layer, and a second structural layer coupled to a second side, opposite to the first side, of the filter layer; forming a recess in the first structural layer, which extends throughout its thickness; removing selective portions, exposed through the recess, of the filter layer to form a plurality of openings, which extend throughout the thickness of the filter layer; and completely removing the second structural layer to connect fluidically the first and second sides of the filter layer, thus forming a filtering membrane designed to inhibit passage of contaminating particles.
US10555071B2
An eyeglass headphone with a frame that is constructed and arranged to be carried by the head of a wearer, the frame comprising a bridge that is adapted to be supported by the wearer's nose, and a left temple and a right temple that extend rearwardly from the bridge, toward the left and right ears of the wearer, respectively, and a dipole loudspeaker built into the frame, where the dipole loudspeaker comprises a driver that emits front-side acoustic radiation from its front side, and emits rear-side acoustic radiation from its rear side. The frame comprises at least first and second sound-emitting openings, wherein the first sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit front-side acoustic radiation and the second sound-emitting opening is constructed and arranged to emit rear-side acoustic radiation.
US10555067B2
Custom in-ear monitors (headsets, headphones, earbuds, hearing aids) having improved audio fidelity characteristics and improved manufacturability are constructed by designing a virtual three-dimensional model housing including sound and vent tubes, and equipment mounting receptacles and clips; and fabricating the housing substantially simultaneously or all-in-one-go using, e.g., a 3D printer. The sound and vent tubes comprise features such as inflection points and profile variations that are impossible to construct using traditional subtractive manufacturing processes.
US10555063B2
A microphone assembly includes a base that includes a first surface, a second surface and a third surface. The first surface is configured to connect the base to a mounting location in an external environment. The second surface is positioned parallel to the first surface with the third surface positioned therebetween. The third surface defines a curved shape to direct air flow that contacts the third surface in a direction away from the first surface. The microphone assembly also includes a cap disposed over and separated from the base by a gap. The cap includes a domed portion that has a convex shape that curves away from the second surface of the base. The microphone assembly also includes a microphone array that includes a plurality of microphones. The microphone array is disposed within the cap and is configured to receive acoustic signals from the external environment through the gap.
US10555061B2
A microphone and its manufacturing method, relating to semiconductor techniques. The microphone comprises a capacitor comprising of a back plate and a vibration film plate, with the vibration film plate comprising a plurality of holes. The holes in the vibration film plate provide a ventilation route for pressured air in the microphone, and thus reduce the pressure on the vibration film plate which otherwise is susceptible to damaged under high air pressure. This inventive concept improves a microphone's acoustic tolerance.
US10555060B2
An acoustic device that provides a stereophonic effect to a driver of a mobile object includes: a plurality of speakers (an L channel speaker and an R channel speaker) mounted on a steering wheel that controls a traveling direction of the mobile object; a steering angle detection unit configured to detect a steering angle of the steering wheel; and a signal output unit configured to output a plurality of output signals obtained by performing, on a sound signal, a process relating to the stereophonic effect and depending on the steering angle, respectively to the plurality of speakers.
US10555057B2
A wireless sensor system includes a sensor tag configured to include a radio frequency tag and a communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with one or more sensor tags. Each of the sensor tags is configured to receive a measurement signal from one or more sensor circuits and stores identification information capable of being distinguished from other sensor tags. The communication device includes a transmission means configured to transmit a command signal to the one or more sensor tags and the command signal includes designation information for designating a sensor target serving as an object. Each of the sensor tags generates measurement data on the basis of the measurement signal if the designation information included in the command signal received from the communication device matches its own stored identification information and starts transmission of a response signal including the generated measurement data when a predetermined response start condition is satisfied.
US10555056B2
A system, method and computer-readable medium for simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system are provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the simulated intelligent network triggers may be managed or coordinated by at least one of a carrier-gateway server and an Enterprise-gateway server. Call progressions implemented by simulated intelligent network triggers may be specified according to Enterprise member policies or general Enterprise behaviors. Advantageously, if a carrier network does not support a trigger infrastructure that has capabilities of originating triggers and terminating triggers, or if a roaming agreement is not in place that allows transfer of triggers between carriers, the use of an intelligent network Simulator provides an alternative mechanism for providing IN service functionality without network support for intelligent network triggers.
US10555054B2
In one embodiment, an autonomous carrier transports a fog computing module to an enclosure at a location determined to be in need of a particular fog computing resource, and aligns and anchors the fog computing module to the enclosure, where the aligning and anchoring is based on mating mechanical connectors on the fog computing module and enclosure. One or more electronic components of the fog computing module may then interface to the enclosure due to the anchoring, and the fog computing module activates at the location, accordingly. In one particular embodiment, the particular fog computing resource of the fog computing module is an additive resource to an existing fog computing resource module at the enclosure, and the existing fog computing resource module provides the mechanical connectors and interfaced electronic components of the enclosure.
US10555044B2
Systems and methods described provide ways to order channels surfed such that channels of likely greater interest to the user are presented to the user first, and channels of lesser interest are presented after. For examples, channels showing popular programs may be placed higher in a channel surfing lineup. The systems and methods may also take account of channels that are showing commercials during a time of channel surfing, and may skip over the same while surfing and/or may come back to the channel, or re-place or otherwise include the channel in the surfing lineup, at such time as the commercial has ended and regular programming has continued.
US10555043B2
A system and method are provided for content-based non-linear control of video data playback. A multimedia database having multimedia data including multimedia content data is searched based on a user query to determine a first set of multimedia data. The multimedia data includes indexes to and condensed representations of corresponding video data stored in a video database. A portion of the first set of multimedia data is displayed at a control device in response to the user query. A user of the control device selects an element of the first set of multimedia data for video playback and video data corresponding to the element delivered to a video device for playback. A user of the control device selects an element of the first set of multimedia data for additional information and a second set of multimedia data corresponding to the element delivered to the control device.
US10555036B2
There is disclosed an apparatus for generating a transfer viability measurement. The apparatus receives a digital audiovisual work and an associated textual script associated with the digital audiovisual work, analyzes the digital audiovisual work to generate dialogue text from audio dialogue in the digital audiovisual work, and compares the textual script with the dialogue text to generate a series of subdivisions of the digital audiovisual work. Then, the apparatus analyzes each of the series of subdivisions using a transfer viability algorithm to generate individual transfer viability scores for each of the subdivisions and an aggregate transfer viability score for the digital audiovisual work as a whole, the individual transfer viability scores and the aggregate transfer viability score indicative of a potential for accurately converting the subdivisions and the digital audiovisual work as a whole into three hundred sixty degree video.
US10555034B2
What is disclosed is a video system. The video system includes a digital video recorder comprising a first camera interface configured to receive video captured from a first plurality of cameras, a packet interface configured to receive in a packet format video captured by a second plurality of cameras, and a storage system configured to store the video captured by the first plurality of cameras and the video captured by the second plurality of cameras. The video system also includes a video encoder coupled to the digital video recorder by a packet link, where the video encoder includes a second camera interface configured to receive video captured from the second plurality of cameras and an output interface configured to transfer in the packet format the video captured by the second plurality of cameras for delivery to the digital video recorder over the packet link.
US10555032B2
A system for enabling a digital video recorder to serve as a content delivery server is disclosed. In particular, the system may include deploying a content delivery server at a cell site, which may be provided a content package from a satellite or fiber network. Additionally, the system may include deploying, at a customer premises, a digital video recorder that may serve as a content delivery server and may be equipped for wireless communication. The content package may be transmitted from the content delivery server of the cell site to the digital video recorder. Upon receiving a request for content from a user device, the digital video recorder may transmit the requested content to the user device if the digital video recorder is in range of the user device. Otherwise, the content delivery server at the cell site may transmit the requested content to the user device.
US10555030B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for reproducing multimedia data in a broadcasting and communication system. The apparatus for reproducing multimedia data according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a receiver for receiving multimedia data; a data processor for processing the received multimedia data and extracting a data unit and signaling information; a synchronization information processor for extracting synchronization information related to a broadcasting image provided by a current service from the signaling information; a service demultiplexer for extracting audio data or video data from the data unit; and a broadcasting image reproducer for decoding the audio data or video data, and reproducing the decoded audio data or decoded video data on the basis of the synchronization information.
US10555025B2
In a video network context, video sessions can be aggregated and delivered to users, and smart replay can be provided responsive to user commands. Various and different commands are received from users at different times. Video sessions (e.g., program streams) are identified and/or created based on the commands. Video sessions are multicasted to the users. Joining multiple users to a video session reduces a need to create multiple identical or similar individual sessions, thereby increasing session capacity. Delivering a video session to users likely to be seeking a particular moment of interest in a video, based on an increased tolerance of received user commands, increases the user experience by delivering the moment of interest directly, without requiring multiple commands from users attempting to navigate towards the moment of interest.
US10555018B2
A system for distributed content distribution is presented which enables and facilitates distributed content programming. According to the system, a list of content segments that make up an episode and episode metadata are distributed from server to client. The client uses the list of content segments and the episode metadata to present a streamlined viewing experience to the user, notwithstanding different locations, formats, encoding schemes, and packetization schemes of the content underlying the list of content segments.
US10555017B2
Methods for managing digital content include authenticating a user account identifier from a client device over a computer network, registering a telephone number for at least one wireless mobile device in a registry identified with the user account based on the authenticating, as a pre-authorized identifier for accessing digital content licensed for use with the client device. The methods include maintaining a library of digital content identified with the user account for access by the at least one wireless mobile device, and initiating streaming of the digital video content to the at least one wireless mobile device without requiring user authentication from the at least one wireless mobile device, based on the registering of the telephone number as the pre-authorized identifier. An apparatus for performing the method comprises a processor coupled to a memory, the memory holding instructions for performing steps of the method as summarized above.
US10555016B2
Methods, systems, and media for indicating viewership of a video are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: identifying a video; identifying a group of users connected to a first user of a user device; determining, for each user in the group of users, an affinity score, wherein the affinity score indicates an interaction of the user with the identified video; receiving a request to present, on the user device, a page that includes an indication of the video; in response to receiving the request, determining contextual information related to the request; identifying a subset of users in the group of users connected to the first user based on the affinity score associated with each user and the contextual information; and causing a group of indicators corresponding to the subset of users to be presented on the user device in connection with the indication of the video.
US10555010B2
A system disclosed within this document is capable of improving performance in virtual computing environments, e.g., by reducing latency associated with streaming video data between a client device and an associated server system over a network. As discussed in detail below, such performance improvements can be achieved using techniques that avoid, reduce and/or overlap operations that are executed by the server system in order to render, encode, and/or transmit video data to a client device over a network. Such techniques can be used to reduce propagation and/or processing delays imposed by, for example, the server system's CPU operations, input/output (I/O), infrastructure, NIC, OS processes, among other types of hardware and software-based overheads. In various implementations, the performance enhancements can be realized at the rendering, encoding, or transmission operations performed by the server system.
US10555003B2
A method and apparatus for decoding a video signal are disclosed. A method for decoding a video signal includes obtaining block type information of a current block, confirming a prediction mode of the current block based on the block type information, obtaining, if the prediction mode of the current block is an intra prediction mode according to the prediction mode, at least one correlation parameter information using at least one neighboring pixel of the current block, obtaining an intra prediction value of the current block using the correlation parameter information, and reconstructing the current block using the intra prediction value of the current block.
US10554998B2
In image predictive encoding according to an embodiment, one or more motion information sets are derived from plural pieces of motion information stored in a computer readable storage medium. Each of the one or more information sets includes two pieces of motion information between which any one of constituent elements differ in value. A predicted signal of a target region in a picture is generated by motion compensation, using two pieces of motion information in a motion information set selected from the one or more motion information sets. The two pieces of motion information in the selected motion information set are stored in the computer readable storage medium, and are used for generation of a predicted signal of another region.
US10554995B2
An image processing apparatus includes a division unit configured to divide an input image into a plurality of subblocks subjected to quantization control a subblock quantization parameter calculation unit configured to calculate a quantization parameter of each of the subblocks, a basic block quantization parameter calculation unit configured to set a basic block including at least two subblocks and to calculate a quantization parameter of the basic block, a difference value calculation unit configured to calculate a difference value between the quantization parameter of the basic block and the quantization parameter of each subblock included in the basic block, and a difference value coding unit configured to code the difference value.
US10554994B2
A logic device includes: a function block and a configuration block. The function block is configurable to perform operations associated with a plurality of operation modes. The configuration block is configured to configure the function block to perform an operation associated with any one of the plurality of operation modes. The logic device also includes a controller configured to control the configuration block so that the function block is configured to perform the operation.
US10554989B2
A method of encoding display output of a computer using a block-based video encoder, such as H.264 includes receiving display update information, the display update information specifying at least one changed display area. Pixel data associated with the at least one changed area is also received. For each image block of an output frame to be encoded, the encoder determines whether the image block intersects one or more of the changed areas. A block skip indication is encoded for each image block not intersecting at least one changed area, and pixel data is encoded for intersecting blocks. An encoded output frame is then generated including the block skip indications and encoded pixel data.
US10554987B2
Intra prediction is used in state-of-the-art video coding standards such as AVC. The intra prediction modes are coded into the bitstream. Luma and chroma components could potentially have different prediction modes. For chroma components, there are 7 different modes defined in AVC: vertical, horizontal, DC, diagonal directions, and “same as luma”. Statistics show that the “same as luma” mode is frequently used, but in AVC, this mode is encoded using more bits than other modes during entropy coding, therefore the coding efficiency is decreased. Accordingly, a modified binarization/codeword assignment for chroma intra mode signaling is able to be utilized for high efficiency video coding (HEVC), the next generation video coding standard.
US10554984B2
Systems and methods for improving computer technology related to the rendering and encoding of images are disclosed, preferably for use in a video-game environment. In certain embodiments, a codec is used to encode one or more reference images for a partial range of encoder settings and a renderer is used to generate one or more rendering quality-settings profiles, generate one or more reference images, calculate perceived qualities for each of the one or more reference images, re-render the one or more reference images for each of the one or more rendering quality-setting profiles, and calculate perceived qualities for each of the one or more re-rendered reference images. The renderer compares the perceived qualities of the reference images to the perceived qualities of the re-rendered images and matches them. Those matches result in an association of one or more encoder settings with their matching rendering quality-settings profiles into a look-up table. The lookup table is used to generate a rendered image at a substantially identical perceived quality to an encoded frame during gameplay.
US10554973B2
An image coding method for coding an input image per block to generate a coded image signal includes: predicting for each prediction unit which is an area obtained by partitioning a target block to generate a prediction image of the target block; comparing a transform unit which is an area obtained by partitioning the target block and is a processing unit for frequency transform with the prediction unit, to detect part of a boundary of the prediction unit, the boundary being located within the transform unit; performing boundary filtering on the detected part of the boundary in the generated prediction image; calculating a difference between a filtered prediction image and the input image to generate a difference image of the target block; and performing frequency transform on the difference image for each transform unit.
US10554972B2
Approaches for dynamic pre-filtering of digital video based on video complexity and output bit rate. An adaptive video preprocessor determines a current video complexity of the digital video and an output bit rate. Thereafter, the adaptive video preprocessor dynamically updates the strength of one or more preprocessing filters based on the current video complexity and the output bit rate for the digital video. The adaptive video preprocessor may update the strength of a preprocessing filter based, at least in part, upon selected values of a video quality preference category. A video quality preference category may be assigned natural language values which may each be translated into a particular strength value for at least one of the one or more preprocessing filters.
