US10655121B2
A system for accelerating and/or inhibiting the migration of cells by applying a time-varying magnetic field to induce eddy currents that promote electrotaxis (galvanotaxis) of cells without the need for chemokines or glucose. The present invention can also be used to study and quantify the metastatic potential of different cell lines.
US10655117B2
The present application relates to the field of enzyme engineering, especially relates to a pullulanase as well as preparation and use thereof. The pullulanase and coding gene thereof were obtained by random mutation by using the Error-prone PCR technique on the gene of wild-type pullulanase to obtain a mutant PLUM. The enzyme activity of the mutant PLUM was improved by 57.03% compared with the wild-type pullulanase PLUM.
US10655115B2
The invention relates to a polypeptide having hemicellulase activity which comprises the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 62, 67 or 72 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46, 51, 56, 61, 66 or 71, SEQ ID NO: 4, 9, 14, 19, 24, 29, 34, 39, 44, 49, 54, 59, 64, 69 or 74, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 75% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 62, 67 or 72 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 75% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2, 7, 12, 17, 22, 27, 32, 37, 42, 47, 52, 57, 62, 67 or 72. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional protein and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins.
US10655114B1
The present disclosure provides engineered RNA-guided enzymes for editing live cells.
US10655112B2
A polypeptide includes an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of: an amino acid sequence having at least 85% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; and an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 by substitution, deletion, and/or addition of one or more amino acid residues. A yeast host expressing the polypeptide in a secretory production system does not add an N-linked sugar chain to the polypeptide, and the polypeptide has endonuclease activity.
US10655111B2
The present disclosure features methods and compositions for modulating lipid metabolism to achieve improved production and quality of recombinant products, such as next generation biologics. Modulation of lipid metabolism as described herein includes, for example, introducing a lipid metabolism modulator described herein to a cell or a cell-free system. Also encompassed by the present disclosure are engineered cells with improved production capacity and improved product quality, methods for engineering such cells, and preparations and mixtures comprising the products from such cells.
US10655104B2
A method for in vivo, ex vivo and in vitro regeneration of cartilage and collagen. In vivo, ex vivo and in vitro regeneration and de novo formation of articular cartilage and collagen by intermittently applied hydrostatic pressure. The application of external interval loading consisting of repeated periods of applied hydrostatic pressure followed and interrupted by periods of recovery. The application of the intermittent hydrostatic pressure at physiological levels 5-10 MPA for an interval of 4 hours followed by a recovery period up to about 20 hours, said pressure applied to the cartilage cells in vitro, explants of cartilage ex vivo and in vivo to cartilage that remains intact within to joint space of diarthrotic joints. The interval loading results in the selective inhibition of matrix degrading enzymes, pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines that attract inflammatory cells into the joint cavity and in selective decrease of gene expression of growth factors that are inhibitory to type II collagen expression.
US10655100B2
The present invention relates to a method of inducing the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived embryoid bodies into ectoderm by CXCR2 stimulation, and more particularly, to a method of promoting the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived embryoid bodies into ectoderm by stimulating and activating the surface receptor CXCR2 of the embryoid bodies with the CXCR2-specific ligand GRO-α. The method of inducing the differentiation of human pluripotent stem cell-derived embryoid bodies into ectoderm by CXCR2 stimulation according to the present invention can increase the efficiency and utility of stem cells as a cell therapeutic agent, because it promotes the differentiation of stem cells into a specific germ layer serving as the origin of target cells, which is the first important step for inducing the differentiation of stem cells into specific cells.
US10655098B2
The embodiments of the invention described herein relate to systems and methods for culturing and/or maintaining intestinal cells, tissues and/or organoids in vitro. The cells, tissues and/or organoids cultured according to the methods and systems described herein can mimic or reproduce natural intestinal epithelial structures and behavior as well as support co-culture of intestinal microflora.
US10655097B2
A cell culture bag is provided, comprising a framed porous inner fluoropolymer bag that allows for growing and harvesting cells and an outer fluoropolymer bag that allows removal and replenishing feed media without loss of cells. In one embodiment, a bag comprising an outer bag and an inner bag is presented. The outer bag comprises a gas permeable porous film having a first port and a second port attached thereto and the inner bag comprises a gas permeable porous film having a third port attached thereto that passes through the outer bag to the inner bag. The inner bag has larger pore size than the outer bag to allow movement of media between the outer bag and the inner bag.
US10655091B2
This application relates to thiophene azo dyes for use as hueing agents, laundry care compositions comprising such thiophene azo dyes, processes for making such thiophene azo dyes, and laundry care compositions and methods of using the same. The thiophene azo dyes contain a formally charged moiety and are generally comprised of at least two components: at least one chromophore component and at least one polymeric component. Suitable chromophore components generally fluoresce blue, red, violet, or purple color when exposed to ultraviolet light, or they may absorb light to reflect these same shades. These thiophene azo dyes are advantageous in providing a hueing effect, for example, a whitening effect to fabrics, while not building up over time and causing undesirable blue discoloration to the treated fabrics. The thiophene azo dyes are also generally stable to bleaching agents used in laundry care compositions.
US10655082B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing ethyl esters of polyunsaturated fatty acids, comprising transesterifying triacylglycerols in extracted plant lipid.
US10655081B2
A defoaming agent including a polymer, the polymer including a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (1); and a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (3): wherein in the general formula (1), X1 is a repeating unit obtainable by polymerization of a first ethylenic unsaturated group; Y1 is a side chain including a linear or branched polysiloxane structure, the polysiloxane structure having a polymerization degree of 5 to 300; and Z1 is a linking group linking the repeating unit X1 and the side chain Y1; wherein in the general formula (3), X2 is a repeating unit obtainable by polymerization of a second ethylenic unsaturated group, Y2 is a C1-30 hydrocarbyl side chain; and Z2 is a linking group linking the repeating unit X2 and the side chain Y2.
US10655078B2
A composition contains a polyalkylene glycol and a fatty amine ethoxylate, the fatty amine ethoxylate having non-cyclic structure of structure (I). Where R is a linear, non-cyclic carbon-containing group with that is free of nitrogen, x and y are selected from a group consisting of zero and positive values provided that the sum of x and y are in a range of 8-20.
US10655069B2
A process for the synthesis of linear paraffinic hydrocarbons from a feed of carbon monoxide and dihydrogen in the presence of a catalyst of a mesoporous oxide matrix and a content by weight of the element cobalt of 0.5% to 60%, wherein the catalyst is prepared by a) mixing, in an aqueous or hydro-organic solvent, a molecular precursor containing cobalt and a molecular precursor of the mesoporous oxide matrix containing element X of silicon, aluminium, titanium, zirconium and or cerium; b) aerosol spray drying the mixture to form spherical liquid droplets; c) drying to obtain solid particles at a temperature of 10° C. to 300° C.; d) activation by a reduction treatment to form nanoparticles of cobalt with an oxidation state of 0.
US10655065B2
A liquid crystal compound comprising a specific compound having a positive dielectric anisotropy as the first component, and a specific compound having a low viscosity as a second component. Further, the liquid crystal compound may contain a specific compound having a positive dielectric anisotropy as the third component, a specific compound having a maximum temperature or a low viscosity as the fourth component, or a specific compound having a negative dielectric anisotropy as the fifth component.
US10655064B2
The present invention provides a novel liquid crystal material composition comprising one or more compound, in order to achieve the properties of low viscosity, high resistivity, good low-temperature mutual solubility, fast response, excellent transmission, and which can be used for a variety of fast response display modes. Since the working temperature of a LCD material is subjected to the temperature range of individual LC molecules, information can only be displayed in a specific temperature range of the specific liquid crystal macro-alignment phase. At low temperature, the viscosity of liquid crystal increases exponentially, which in turn substantially reduces the response speed and overall performances of the display system. The liquid crystal composition according to the present invention overcomes these problems with balanced chemical composition by achieving low viscosity, good low-temperature performance and excellent transmission in a wide range of LCD applications including TN, IPS or FFS displays, thus improving display performance.
US10655060B2
The present invention discloses a fluorescent compound having a sensing ability to aniline and o-toluidine, a preparation method thereof, a preparation method and application of a fluorescent sensing film. The compound contains a naphthalenediimide (NDI) unit, two alkynyl aniline conjugate fragments and two long alkyl chain fragments; compared with perylene anhydride (PDI), naphthalenediimide (NDI) has better solubility, rich photophysical property, good photochemical stability and strong π-π stacking effect; these building units make the prepared fluorescent compound have supramolecular characteristics and more abundant gelling behavior and assembly behavior. Therefore, the sensing film prepared with the fluorescent compound is controllable in the microstructure, good in stability, high in sensitivity, long in service life and able to be repeatedly used. The present invention achieves the sensitive detection of aniline, and more importantly, the detection is completely reversible, so as to lay the solid foundation for the realization of aniline fluorescence sensor.
US10655054B2
This invention relates to foam-forming surfactant compositions having at least two surfactants whereof at least one is a sulfosuccinamate, and at least one is a sulfosuccinate, and optionally including, a solvent. Methods of recovering oil or gas by generating a foam, feeding the foam into a subterranean oil- or gas-bearing geological formation, and collecting mineral oil or natural gas driven by the foam in a production well, wherein the foam is generated by intimate mixing of one or more foam-forming surfactant compositions described herein with a gas in a foam generator, or by introduction of at least one of water and gases, together or intermittently or in alternating sequence, slugs of a gas which may be in a supercritical or non-supercritical state, and of water, wherein the foam-forming surfactant composition(s) can be admixed to the water or to the gas if the gas is in a supercritical state or be introduced separately as solution into the geological formation, are also provided.
US10655052B2
Methods may include emplacing into a hydrocarbon production stream a composition containing an asphaltene inhibitor, wherein the asphaltene inhibitor includes the formula: wherein R1 is an alkyl chain having a carbon number in the range of greater than 40 to 200, R2 is a multiester group, R3 is hydrogen, an ion, or an alkyl chain having a carbon number in the range of 1 to 200, m is an integer selected from 0 to 4, and n is an integer selected from the range of 0 to 4, wherein the sum of m and n is 1 or greater.
US10655047B2
Methods and systems for plug-and-abandon applications are included. A method comprises providing an extended-life cement composition comprising calcium aluminate cement, water, and a cement set retarder. The method further comprises mixing the extended-life cement composition with a cement set activator to activate the extended-life cement composition, introducing the activated extended-life cement composition into a wellbore, and allowing the activated extended-life cement composition to set in the wellbore to form a plug in the wellbore. The plug has a permeability of less than 0.1 millidarcy.
US10655046B2
A wellbore cement composition that includes a cross-linked polyamide. The polyamide is formed by reacting a di-functional amine with an aromatic tri-functional carboxylic acid. The wellbore cement composition is created by blending cement and water with the polyamide and then allowed to cure. Increases in compressive strength, Young's Modulus, and Poisson's Ratio of the cement were realized by adding the polyamide to the cement composition.
US10655043B2
Aqueous fluids containing hydrophobic particles are effective media for cleaning water-base drilling fluids and drilling fluid solids from the interior surface of a casing string. Hydrophobic fibers may be added to a drilling fluid, a spacer fluid, a chemical wash, or combinations thereof. The disclosed fluids may be employed during primary cementing operations where it is not possible to use a bottom plug.
US10655019B2
A coating technique and a priming material are provided. In an exemplary embodiment, the coating technique includes receiving a substrate and applying a priming material to the substrate. The applying of the priming material may include rotating the substrate to disperse the priming material radially on the substrate. In the embodiment, the priming material includes a solvent with at least six carbon atoms per molecule. A film-forming material is applied to the substrate on the priming material, and the application includes rotating the substrate to disperse the film-forming material radially on the substrate. The priming material and the film-forming material are evaporated to leave a component of the film-forming material in a solid form. In various embodiments, the priming material is selected based on at least one of an evaporation rate, a viscosity, or an intermolecular force between the priming material and the film-forming material.
US10655015B2
A bitumen polymer additive comprises a base of tire rubber crumbs in the amount of about 70 to about 90 percent by weight of tire rubber crumbs sized about 14 mesh or smaller. Added to that base is about 0.5 to about 5 percent by weight of a benzothiazole-based devulcanizing agent, about 0.3 to about 3 percent by weight of a C14-C18 heavy metal soap such as a zinc stearate, about 0.1 to about 3 percent by weight of an antiozonant, and about 0.1 to about 20 percent of a plasticizer such as a heavy oil. The additive polymer is used for producing an asphalt of superior quality, including lower initial viscosity and improved wear resistance.
US10655011B2
The invention relates to compositions comprising A) 50% to 90% by weight of at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of aromatic polycarbonate, aromatic polyestercarbonate and aromatic polyester, B) 5% to 40% by weight of polymer containing B.1 at least one rubber-modified vinyl (co)polymer containing B.1.1 80% to 95% by weight, based on B.1, of at least one vinyl monomer and B.1.2 5% to 20% by weight, based on B.1, of one or more elastomeric polybutadiene-containing graft bases, where B.1 contains polybutadiene-containing rubber particles which have been grafted with the vinyl monomers B.1.1 and contain inclusions of vinyl (co)polymer consisting of the vinyl monomers B.1.1, and a vinyl (co)polymer matrix consisting of the vinyl monomers B.1.1 which is not bound to these rubber particles and is not included in rubber particles, and optionally B.2 further rubber particles grafted with vinyl monomers and composed of B.2.1 5% to 75% by weight, based on B.2, of at least one vinyl monomer and B.2.2 25% to 95% by weight, based on B.2, of one or more elastomeric graft bases, C) 3% to 25% by weight of a mixture comprising a) at least one polyether-based polymer or copolymer selected from the group consisting of polyether block polymers and polyether-based polyurethanes and b) at least one boron-containing salt, D) 0% to 2% by weight of at least one UV stabilizer selected from the group consisting of the substance classes of the benzotriazoles and triazines, E) 0% to 20% by weight of one or more further additives, wherein the compositions comprising components A) to E) have a polybutadiene content of 1% to 5% by weight, and to the use of the compositions for the production of moulded articles, and to the moulded articles themselves.
US10655008B2
This invention relates to a biodegradable polymer composition which is particularly suitable for use in the manufacture of articles having a high heat deflection temperature (HDT) by injection moulding and thermoforming.
US10655006B2
A liquid binder composition for binding fibrous materials in the fabrication of resin-infusible preform is disclosed. The binder composition is an aqueous dispersion containing (a) one or more multifunctional epoxy resins, (b) at least one thermoplastic polymer, (c) one or more surfactants selected from anionic surfactants, nonionic surfactants, and combinations thereof, (d) water, and is essentially free of organic solvents. Also disclosed is an emulsification process for producing the liquid binder composition.
US10655004B2
An electrochemical sensor system comprises an electrochemical sensor and a hydrogel composition. The electrochemical sensor has at least a counter electrode and a working electrode. The hydrogel composition contacts the working electrode. The hydrogel composition comprises a first monomer, a second monomer, a cross-linking agent, and a solvent. The first monomer has hydrophilic characteristics. The second monomer has hydrophobic characteristics. The ratio of the first monomer to the second monomer is from about 0.1:99.9 to about 99.9:0.1.
US10654997B2
Buffer tubes made from a composition comprising: (A) polypropylene, (B) high density polyethylene (HDPE), (C) propylene-ethylene copolymer (PE copolymer), (D) olefin block composite, and (E) optionally, one or more of a nucleating agent, filler and additive, exhibit reduced stress whitening as compared to buffer tubes made from conventional polypropylene compositions.
US10654988B2
A polyolefin composition comprises a polypropylene polymer, 1,3:2,4-bis-O-[(3,4-dichlorophenyl)methylene]-D-glucitol, and an ester composition or an amide compound.
US10654983B2
A porous film includes at least one porous polyimide film that includes a polyimide resin, an organic amine compound and a resin other than a polyimide resin, and that does not include a polar aprotic solvent, wherein a content of the organic amine compound is 0.001% by weight or higher with respect to a total weight of the porous polyimide film.
US10654980B2
There is provided a silicone rubber composition that has improved moldability, in particular, extrusion moldability, while ensuring that a cured product obtained therefrom has sufficient strength. The silicone rubber composition contains: (A) a 100 part by mass base polymer consisting of (A1) a polyorganosiloxane diol whose viscosity at 25° C. is 1 to 100 Pas and (A2) a polyorganosiloxane whose viscosity at 25° C. is 0.2 to 40000 Pas, with a ratio of (A1) being 20 to 100% by mass to the whole (A), the base polymer having a viscosity of 5 to 20000 Pas at 25° C. and having an alkenyl group content of 0.001 to 0.3 mmol/g; (B) a 10 to 50 part by mass silica powder whose specific surface area is 50 to 400 m2/g; (C) a 1 to 10 part by mass organosilazane; and (D) a catalytic amount of a curing agent.
US10654978B2
A tire including a tire frame that is formed of a resin material and has a circular form, the resin material including a thermoplastic elastomer having a hard segment and a soft segment, and a polymer compound that has the same structural unit as the structural unit of the soft segment and which is different from the thermoplastic elastomer, a content of the polymer compound in the tire frame being from 0.20 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the thermoplastic elastomer contained in the tire frame.
US10654976B2
A method for producing a cross-linked siloxane network comprises the steps of: (a) providing a first part comprising (i) a first siloxane compound comprising at least one cyclic siloxane moiety and (ii) a second siloxane compound comprising a plurality of siloxane moieties, (b) providing a second part, the second part comprising a hydroxide salt, (c) combining the first part and the second part to produce a reaction mixture, (d) heating the reaction mixture to a temperature sufficient for the hydroxide salt to open the ring of the cyclic siloxane moiety, and (e) maintaining the reaction mixture at an elevated temperature so that at least a portion of the opened cyclic siloxane moieties react to produce a cross-linked siloxane network.
US10654964B2
A composition comprising: (a) a hydrophilic polyurethane comprising polymerized units of: (i) a water-soluble polyol having hydroxyl functionality from two to four and a weight-average molecular weight from 800 to 16,000; and (ii) an aliphatic polyisocyanate having isocyanate functionality from two to six; wherein polymerized ethylene oxide units comprise at least 85 wt % of said hydrophilic polyurethane; and at least one of: (b) a saccharide having at least 5 hydroxyl groups and Mw from 300 to 4,000; (c) a dispersant polymer having Mw from 700 to 50,000 and from 10 to 55 wt % polymerized residues of C3-C6 carboxylic acid monomer and (d) a surfactant having HLB>11 and 12 to 100 polymerized units of ethylene oxide.
US10654963B2
Provided are a solid electrolyte composition including: an inorganic solid electrolyte having conductivity of an ion of metal belong to Group 1 or 2 in the periodic table; and a high polymer binder, in which the high polymer binder is formed of a polymer having a hard segment and a soft segment, a binder for all-solid-state secondary batteries, and an electrode sheet for batteries and an all-solid-state secondary battery each using the solid electrolyte composition.
US10654953B2
A method of preparing a catalyst support comprising contacting an acid-soluble titanium-containing compound with an acid to form a first mixture; contacting the first mixture with an alkali metal silicate to form a hydrogel which has a silica content of from about 18 wt. % to about 35 wt. % based on the total weight of the hydrogel; contacting the hydrogel with an alkaline solution to form an aged hydrogel; washing the aged hydrogel to form a washed hydrogel; and drying the washed hydrogel to produce a titanium-containing-silica support wherein the support has a pore volume equal to or greater than about 1.4 cm3/g.
US10654952B2
Disclosed are nitrogen titanium complexes having general formula (I) or (II). Catalytic systems that include the nitrogen titanium complexes and that can be used for the (co)polymerization of conjugated dienes are disclosed. Processes for (co)polymerization of conjugated dienes using the catalytic systems are also disclosed.
US10654938B1
An isolated monoclonal antibody that specifically binds human CD40. A nucleic acid molecule encoding the antibody, an expression vector, a host cell and a method for expressing the antibody are also provided. The present invention further provides an immunoconjugate, a bispecific molecule, a chimeric antigen receptor, an oncolytic virus and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the antibody, as well as a treatment method using an anti-CD40 antibody of the invention.
US10654934B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for compositions, methods, and kits for treating cancer using chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) modified cells. Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an isolated nucleic acid sequence encoding CAR. The CAR may include an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain. The antigen binding domain may bind to an antigen of a non-essential organ.
US10654928B2
The present invention provides immunoresponsive cells, including T cells, cytotoxic T cells, regulatory T cells, and Natural Killer (NK) cells, expressing at least one of an antigen recognizing receptor and one of a chimeric costimulatory receptor. Methods of using the immunoresponsive cell include those for the treatment of neoplasia and other pathologies where an increase in an antigen-specific immune response is desired.
US10654922B2
The present disclosure relates to chimeric molecules which are fusion proteins comprising two components: an Ang-2 binding peptide linked to either a VEGF antibody or a VEGF receptor-Fc fusion protein. The Ang2 peptide, VEGF antibody, and VEGF receptor-Fc fusion proteins are each defined below with reference to percent identity to a reference sequence. The chimeric molecule is a fusion protein, dual antagonist of Ang2 and VEGF for treatment of cancers, proliferative retinopathies, neovascular glaucoma, macular edema, AMD, and rheumatoid arthritis.
US10654919B2
Methods of diagnosis and methods of treatment and prevention for autism spectrum disorder are provided using decoy antigens to maternal brain-reactive antibodies.
US10654916B2
The present invention is directed to antibodies binding to aquaporin 4 (AQP4) and methods of using such antibodies to treat neuromyelitis optica (NMO) either as a monotherapy or in combination with standard NMO therapies such as immunosuppressives or plasmaphersis.
US10654915B2
Specific monoclonal antibodies and fragments including bispecific antibodies thereof that are crossreactive with multiple clades of influenza virus including both Group 1 and Group 2 representatives are disclosed. These antibodies are useful in controlling influenza epidemics and pandemics as well as in providing prophylactic or therapeutic protection against seasonal influenza.
US10654898B2
Recombinant paramyxoviruses including a viral genome encoding a heterologous gene are provided. In several embodiments, the recombinant paramyxovirus is a recombinant parainfluenza virus, such as a recombinant PIV3 including a viral genome encoding a heterologous respiratory syncytial virus F ectodomain linked to the transmembrane domain and the cytoplasmic tail of the F protein from the PIV3. Nucleic acid molecules including the genome of a recombinant paramyxoviruses are also provided. The recombinant viruses may advantageously be used in vaccine formulations, such as for vaccines against parainfluenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus.
US10654882B2
The present invention provides a nicotinamide mononucleotide derivative, or salt thereof, which is a compound represented by general formula (1), wherein R1 and R2 respectively and independently represent a hydrogen atom or acyl group having 3 to 30 carbon atoms, the hydrocarbon group bound to the carbonyl carbon of the acyl group is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group, and at least one of R1 and R2 is the acyl group.
US10654879B2
A compound having formula I that is useful for C═O reduction is provided: wherein: M is a transition metal; X1, X2 are each independently a counterion; and R1, R2, R3 are each independently H, C1-6 alkyl, C6-15 aryl, or C6-15 heteroaryl.
US10654871B2
The present invention relates to the preparation of a compound of formula VIII:
US10654870B2
The present invention relates to the preparation of compounds of formula IV: wherein R is alkyl, aryl or benzyl.
US10654869B2
The present invention provides compounds as bacterial topoisomerase inhibitors with antibacterial activity. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising at least one of the compounds and methods of using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions as antibacterial agents for treating infectious diseases.
US10654867B2
Described herein are heteroaryl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I, II, and III structures: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I, II, and III compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
US10654859B2
A methanesulfonate polymorph of a 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor. The structure of the 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor is as shown in formula A: The methanesulfonate polymorph of the 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor includes the following diffraction peaks measured at 2θ reflection angles in an X-ray powder diffraction pattern: 7.1750°±0.2°, 7.6299°±0.2°, 8.8588°±0.2°, 13.2310°±0.2°, 14.3754°±0.2°, 14.8440±0.2°, 15.2941°±0.2°, 17.1838°±0.2°, 20.0314°±0.2°, 20.8507°±0.2°, 21.2839°±0.2°, 21.7890°±0.2°, 22.2594°±0.2°, 23.0373±0.2°, 25.1243°±0.2°, 25.4244°±0.2°, 26.1530°±0.2°, 28.1210°±0.2°, 30.0135°±0.2°, 31.4809°±0.2°, 32.3619°±0.2°, 37.2410°±0.2°, 37.6388°±0.2° and 40.8286°±0.2°. The methanesulfonate of the 5-type phosphodiesterase inhibitor not only improves the activity of drugs, but also improves the water solubility and the bioavailability of the drugs, and makes up the blank of studies on drugs of the crystal form.
US10654851B2
A type of deuterated 3-(4,5-substituted aminopyrimidine)phenyl derivatives and use thereof. The derivatives are compounds of Formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. These compounds or salts thereof can be used for treatment or prevention of diseases or illnesses through certain mutant forms of epidermal growth factor receptors, inhibit the growth of various tumor cells effectively, and inhibit other proteases of EGFR and Her families, they can be used for preparing anti-tumor drugs.
US10654849B2
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, J, K, L, n and W are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating conditions requiring pro-apoptotic and/or anti-proliferative agents.
US10654847B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted 2-(4-heterocyclylbenzyl)isoindolin-1-one analogs compounds, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as positive allosteric modulators of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M1 (mAChR M1); synthesis methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with muscarinic acetylcholine receptor dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US10654835B2
Disclosed are compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods/uses of using the same, for example, for treating a JAK-related disorder, such as cancer, cancer cachexia or an immune disorder: wherein R1 is methyl or ethyl; R2 is selected from methyl, ethyl, methoxy and ethoxy; R3 is selected from hydrogen, chlorine, fluorine, bromine and methyl; R4 is selected from methyl, ethyl and —CH2OCH3; R5 and R6 are each individually methyl or hydrogen; and R7 is selected from methyl, ethyl, —(CH2)2OH and —(CH2)2OCH3, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10654834B2
The present invention relates to tricyclic compounds of formula (I) and formula (II), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The present tricyclic compounds are useful non-systemic TGR5 agonists that can be used to treat diabetic diseases in human. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition containing tricyclic compounds of formula (I) and formula (II) and a method of making as well as a method of using same in treating patients inflicted with metabolic disorders by administering same. The compounds of the present invention may be used in combination with additional anti-diabetic drugs.
US10654830B2
The present embodiments provide for substituted triazolylpyridine derivative compounds, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for modulating the activity of histone demethylase enzymes. Additionally, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer or other neoplastic diseases, or maladies associated with abnormal histone demethylase activity. Accordingly, the substituted triazolylpyridine derivative compounds described herein are useful in methods and medicaments for treating cancer.
US10654822B2
Disclosed is a composition including flocoumafen and an amount of a configurational stereoisomer of flocoumafen, named enantiomer E4, such that the ratio of this amount to the amount of flocoumafen in the composition is less than 10%, the enantiomer E4 being present with the exclusion of a racemic mixture, the enantiomer E4 having, by chromatographic analysis of flocoumafen, a retention time t4 having a value such that t1
US10654819B2
The present disclosure provides processes for the production of 2-5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and intermediates thereof by the chemocatalytic conversion of a furanic oxidation substrate. The present disclosure further provides processes for preparing derivatives of FDCA and FDCA-based polymers. In addition, the present disclosure provides crystalline preparations of FDCA, as well as processes for making the same.
US10654817B2
Novel 1-oxa-4-azonium cyclohexane salts are described. These compounds can be used as structure directing agents, and they overcome many of the typical problems associated with OSDA synthesis and subsequent zeolite synthesis. Methods for synthesis of the 1-oxa-4-azonium cyclohexane salts from a variety of starting materials are also described. A substituted hydrocarbon is added to water to form a mixture, and a 1-oxa-4-azacyclohexane derivative is then added. The reaction mixture stirred until a solution containing the 1-oxa-4-azonium cyclohexane salt is obtained.
US10654815B2
The present invention relates to a urea compound and a preparation method and an application thereof. The structure of the present compound is represented by formula (I), the definition of each variable in the formula being as described in the description. The compound can block interaction between the PD-1/PD-L1 signalling pathways. The compound of the present invention can be used for treating or preventing diseases related to the signalling pathways, such as cancer, autoimmune disease, chronic infectious disease, and other diseases.
US10654814B2
A compound of formula (Ia) or (Ib) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound is an inhibitor of a histone deacetylase, and as such is useful in therapy, e.g. in the treatment of autoimmune disorders, mental disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, and hyperproliferative disorders.
US10654812B2
Disclosed herein are compounds of the general Formula (I), and methods of synthesizing substituted bicyclo[1.1.1 jpentanes. The synthetic methods described herein use a [1.1.1]propellane, a Group VIII transition metal compound, a hydride source and a reagent that can contribute a substituent to form a substituted bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane, such as a compound of the general Formula (I).
US10654810B2
The present invention relates generally to compositions and methods for treating cancer and neoplastic disease. Provided herein are substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful for inhibition of lysine specific demethylase-1. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of cancer.
US10654807B2
Compounds described herein can be used for therapeutic purposes. The compounds can be TLR agonists, such as TLR8 agonists. The compounds can be included in pharmaceutical compositions and used for therapies were being a TLR8 agonist is useful. The pharmaceutical compositions can include any ingredients, such as carries, diluents, excipients, fillers or the like that are common in pharmaceutical compositions. The compounds can be those illustrated or described herein as well as derivative thereof, prodrug thereof, salt thereof, or stereoisomer thereof, or having any chirality at any chiral center, or tautomer, polymorph, solvate, or combinations thereof. As such, the compounds can be used as adjuvants in vaccines as well as for other therapeutic purposes described herein. The compounds can have any one of the formulae described herein or derivative thereof.
US10654802B2
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: where n, R1 and R2 are those defined herein. The present invention also relates to use of a compound of Formula 1 in treating a clinical condition associated with fibrotic disorder.
US10654800B1
Compounds for the treatment of hyperglycemia and/or diabetes are provided. The compounds, which inhibit the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP-4), are based on the structure where X may be present or absent an may be OH, Ar is an aryl group; and n ranges from 0 to 5.
US10654794B2
Disclosed are a fused tricyclic γ-amino acid derivative and a medical use thereof, in particular, the present invention relates to a fused cyclic γ-amino acid derivative as shown in general formula (I), or a stereoisomer, solvate, metabolite, prodrug, pharmaceutically acceptable salt or eutectic thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing same, and the use of a compound or the composition in the field of analgesia, wherein the definitions of each substituent in general formula (I) are the same as the definitions in the description.
US10654784B2
The invention relates to a process for hydroformylating short-chain olefins, especially C2 to C5 olefins, in which the catalyst system is in heterogenized form on a support of a porous ceramic material, and to plants for performing this process.
US10654781B2
This invention provides a method for catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to low-carbon diols using alloy catalysts. In the process, carbohydrates as the feedstock are subjected to one-step catalytic conversion to realize the highly efficient and selective production of ethylene glycol etc. under hydrothermal conditions, with an alloy catalyst composed of tin, and a transition metal such as iron, cobalt, nickel, rhodium, ruthenium, palladium, iridium, platinum and copper, or a mixture thereof. The reaction is carried out in water at a temperature range of 120-300° C., with a hydrogen pressure range of 1-13 MPa. Compared with the present petroleum based synthesis technology of ethylene glycol, the method in this invention possesses advantages of using renewable feedstock, high atom economy and environmental friendly. Besides, compared with other technologies using biomass as feedstock to produce ethylene glycol, the alloy catalyst in this invention possesses the advantages of few leaching amount, good hydrothermal stability and easy to recycle.
US10654780B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of halogenated nanohoop compounds and assemblies thereof that can be used to for a variety of biological and chemical applications. The halogenated nanohoop compounds described herein exhibit non-covalent interactions that promote their ability to stack and form column-like assemblies having uniform pore size and that do not exhibit structural defects typically associated with other column-like structures, such as carbon nanotubes. Assemblies described herein also are capable of non-covalent interactions with other assemblies and thus can be used to form networks of the assemblies described herein.
US10654772B2
The invention provides a method for generating alkenes, the method having the steps of contacting an alkane with catalyst clusters no greater than 10 nm for a time sufficient to convert the alkane to alkene.
US10654770B2
Disclosed herein are processes for producing neopentane. The processes generally relate to demethylating diisobutylene to produce neopentane. The diisobutylene may be provided by the dimerization of isobutylene.
US10654762B2
A combustible element includes regions of fuel material interspersed with regions of oxidizer material. The element may be made by additive manufacturing processes, such as three-dimensional printing, with the fuel material regions and the oxidizer material regions placed in appropriate locations in layer of the combustible element. For example, different extruders may be used to extrude and deposit portions of a fuel filament and an oxidizer filament at different locations in each layer of the combustible element. The combustible element may define a combustion chamber within the element, where combustion occurs when the combustible element is ignited. The fuel material and the oxidizer material may be selected, and their relative amounts may be controlled, such that desired relative amounts of fuel and oxidizer are present for combustion with desired characteristics, such as combustion rate.
US10654757B2
A process is described for preparing a storage-stable mixture including an MDT silicone resin containing hydroxyl groups and an organic compound that contains at least one epoxy group.
US10654745B2
The present disclosure relates to a bonding glass which has improved water resistance and has a coefficient of thermal expansion α(25-300) of from 14·10−6K−1 to 17·10−6K−1, comprising, in mol % on an oxide basis, 5-7 of B2O3, 10-14 of Al2O3, 36-43 of P2O5, 15-22 of Na2O, 12.5-20 of K2O, 2-6 of Bi2O3 and >0-6 of R oxide, where R oxide is an oxide selected from the group consisting of MnO2 and SiO2 and SnO2 and Ta2O5 and Nb2O5 and Fe2O3 and GeO2 and CaO. The bonding glass is free of PbO except for, at most, impurities. The bonding glass may have a glass transition temperature Tg of from 390° C. to 430° C. The present disclosure also relates to uses of this bonding glass.
US10654740B2
Submerged combustion burners having a burner body and a burner tip connected thereto. The burner body has an external conduit and first and second internal conduits substantially concentric therewith, forming first and second annuli for passing a cooling fluid therethrough. A burner tip body is connected to the burner body at ends of the external and second internal conduits. The burner tip includes a generally central flow passage for a combustible mixture, the flow passage defined by an inner wall of the burner tip. The burner tip further has an outer wall and a crown connecting the inner and outer walls. The inner and outer walls, and the crown are comprised of same or different materials having greater corrosion and/or fatigue resistance than at least the external burner conduit.
US10654734B2
Disclosed is a process for treating wastewaters including at least one step of aerobic biological treatment of the wastewaters in a biological reactor (3), as well as a step of ozonation during which ozone is injected into one or more circuits (1, 6) arranged to transport a respective fluid into the biological reactor (3). Also disclosed is a device relating thereto.
US10654727B2
A method and system for de-oiling a feed comprising oil and water. The feed has an input temperature above the boiling point of water and an input pressure sufficient to maintain the water in a liquid state. In at least one embodiment, the method comprises pumping the feed with a motive pump through a phase separator having a restriction to effect a phase separation of oil and water in the feed and produce an agitated mixture, supplying the agitated mixture from the phase separator into a pressure vessel operating at a pressure sufficient to maintain in a liquid state water that is at a temperature above the boiling point of water, removing an oil phase from the pressure vessel, and removing a water phase from the pressure vessel.
US10654720B2
Recovering bromine from solid waste containing bromine compounds, and applications thereof, such as for recovering bromine in a form suitable for reuse, or for manufacturing bromine salt (for example, calcium bromide). Bromine recovery method and system include: providing and mixing (i) solid waste containing bromine compounds and (ii) solid calcium hydroxide; heating the mixture in a chemical reducing (non-oxidizing) environment, thereby forming heated product consisting essentially of only solid calcium bromide (salt); and processing the heated product, to form bromine. Calcium bromide manufacturing method and system include: providing and mixing (i) solid waste containing bromine compounds and (ii) solid calcium hydroxide; heating the mixture in a chemical reducing (non-oxidizing) environment, thereby forming solid calcium bromide (salt). Applicable to processes of, or involving, manufacturing bromine-based flame (fire) retardant materials.
US10654718B2
The present disclosure provides scalable nanotube fabrics and methods for controlling or otherwise adjusting the nanotube length distribution of a nanotube application solution in order to realize scalable nanotube fabrics. In one aspect of the present disclosure, one or more filtering operations are used to remove relatively long nanotube elements from a nanotube solution until nanotube length distribution of the nanotube solution conforms to a preselected or desired nanotube length distribution profile. In another aspect of the present disclosure, a sono-chemical cutting process is used to break up relatively long nanotube elements within a nanotube application solution into relatively short nanotube elements to realize a pre-selected or desired nanotube length distribution profile.
US10654715B2
Provided are integrated analysis devices having features of macroscale and nanoscale dimensions, and devices that have reduced background signals and that reduce quenching of fluorophores disposed within the devices. Related methods of manufacturing these devices and of using these devices are also provided.
US10654711B2
A droplet control and detection device and an operating method thereof are provided. The droplet control and detection device includes: a light source; a first electrode; a second electrode; a droplet arranged on a light-exiting side of the light source, where the droplet is movable under the effect of an electric field formed between the first electrode and the second electrode; a photoelectric detection structure configured to detect light emitted by the light source and reflected by the droplet; and a processing circuit configured to obtain droplet information according to a detection result of the photoelectric detection structure and control an electrical signal applied on the first electrode and the second electrode according to the droplet information.
US10654710B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a first substrate having a first surface, a semiconductor device, a first flexible connecting member electrically connected to the semiconductor device, a first pad connected to the first flexible connecting member, and a second substrate including a bump and an interconnect. The second substrate is a low-temperature sintered ceramic substrate containing alkali metal ions. The first pad is connected to the interconnect via the bump. The first pad has at least a portion overlapping the semiconductor device in a plan view seen in a direction along a normal to the first surface. The semiconductor apparatus can thus be miniaturized.
US10654709B1
A shielded semiconductor device is assembled using a lead frame having a die receiving area, leads disposed around the die receiving area, and a bendable strip formed in the die receiving area. Each lead has an inner lead end that is spaced from but near to one of the sides of the die receiving area and an outer lead end that is distal to that side of the die receiving area. An IC die is attached to the die receiving area and electrically connected to the inner lead ends of the leads. An encapsulant is formed over the die and the electrical connections and forms a body. The strip is bent to extend vertically to a top side of the body. A lid is formed on the top side of the body and is in contact with a distal end of the vertical strip.
US10654707B2
The present disclosure, in some embodiments, relates to a method for manufacturing a MEMS apparatus. The method may be performed by forming an anti-stiction layer on one or more respective surfaces of a handle substrate and a MEMS substrate. The anti-stiction layer is patterned, therein defining a patterned anti-stiction layer that uncovers one or more predetermined locations associated with a bonding of the handle substrate to the MEMS substrate. The handle substrate is bonded to the MEMS substrate at the one or more predetermined locations.
US10654704B2
Provided is a mobile fluid pumping system which may include a reservoir and, a pump actuated by a reversible motor. In the first configuration, the reversible motor is operated in a first direction causing a fluid to flow in a first direction and operated in a second direction causing fluid to flow in a second direction thereby providing means to fill a reservoir and then transfer fluid from the reservoir to a vessel or tank. The fluid delivery device provides means to substantially evacuate fluid from any connectors in the system thereby avoiding problems otherwise associated with remaining fluid that may freeze. Further, the device is designed to provide a closed load and unload system meeting ISO 022241.
US10654694B2
A system and method for retaining a linear actuator on a crane component such as a mast is disclosed. In the system a retaining mechanism is mounted on either a body of the linear actuator or the crane component and a catch is mounted to the other of the body or the crane component. Retraction of a rod of the linear actuator causes a cap on the rod to contact the retaining mechanism, which causes the retaining mechanism to move into a latched configuration securing the linear actuator.
US10654687B2
A pulley wheel rack includes a first rack part and a second rack part; a pulley wheel space between the first rack part and the second rack part; a first frame arranged to the first rack part, and a second frame arranged to the second rack part; an axle configured to extend from the first frame to the second frame, and configured to be rotatable into different securable positions by a ball joint arranged into the first frame and the second frame; and a pulley wheel bearing-mounted on the axle by hub bearings, and including at least one traction surface for engaging an elevator rope. A method for aligning a pulley wheel in a pulley wheel rack is also disclosed.
US10654684B2
The present invention discloses a method and an elevator system, in which a passenger gives elevator calls with a personal terminal device. An elevator car is allocated to the passenger on the basis of an elevator call, the maximum time from the moment of giving the call to the moment the doors of the allocated elevator car will close on the call-giving floor is calculated. The aforementioned maximum time is sent to the terminal device of the passenger for being presented to the passenger on the terminal device.
US10654681B2
The present invention is an apparatus, system and method for use of an offshore hose loading station comprising multiple modular reel assemblies that may be selectively configured to a frame attached to a ship and or vessel wherein the reel assemblies may be powered by one motor and engaged for rotation by one shaft and provides a jumper shaft for when a module is taken out of line.
US10654677B2
An improved winding apparatus and system for winding strips of web materials.
US10654675B1
A sliding device for a material shaft includes a shaft body, sliding units, spacers. An outer periphery of the shaft body has axial accommodating grooves. The sliding units and the spacers are spaced and arranged in the accommodating grooves. A top surface of each roller extends out of the outer periphery of the shaft body. When a material roll is sleeved on the shaft body, the inner wall of the material roll is in contact with the outer periphery of the rollers. When the material roll is to be mounted on or dismounted from the shaft body, the material roll is pushed in a direction so that the inner wall of the material roll rubs against the rollers, thereby rotating the rollers. The friction between the material roll and the shaft body is reduced for the material roll to be mounted on or dismounted from the shaft body effortlessly.
US10654671B2
A sheet conveying apparatus includes a rotating member to covey a sheet and a drive transmission having a first, gear in a first engaging portion, a second gear in a second engaging portion, and an urging member. In a state where the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other and the first gear is rotating in a first direction, a first surface of the first engaging portion transmits a driving force of a driving source from the first gear to the second gear. The first surface is inclined so that either engaging portion can retract, in the direction against the urging force of the urging member, to disengage with the other engaging portion while the first engaging portion rotates. A direction of twist of helical teeth in the first gear is configured to generate an axial force with respect to the urging direction.
US10654669B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide method for receiving sheets for a sheet supplying apparatus. The method includes converting an up and down motion of a tray to a rotational motion of a rotary member by a movement conversion mechanism, converting the rotational motion of the rotary member around a rotational axis to a linear motion of a cylindrical member parallel to the rotational axis by the rotary member and a cam and slider mechanism, and elastically pressing an end portion of the cylindrical member of the cam and slider mechanism in the rotational axis direction to lift the tray by a compression spring.
US10654665B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media for automating the restocking of shelves process by sending a notification when a product on a shelf has reached, or will reach, an undesired level of emptiness. This is determined using imaging sensors, such as cameras, which can calculate how full or empty a respective shelf is and predict when the shelf will need to be restocked. When the restocking time arrives, the notification can be sent to automated systems, which automatically cause new products to be stocked on the shelf via a pneumatic pipe system.
US10654660B2
A hygienic magnetic tray and conveyor. The low-profile tray includes a forcer sandwiched between an article-supporting top and an opposite bottom. The top is made of hygienic material, and the bottom can be made of a low-friction material. The tray is propelled along a guide surface on an enclosure housing stator coils supported in a conveyor frame. The stator forms a linear motor with the forcer in the tray. Various disposal systems provide escape routes for removing fluids and debris from the guide surface of the stator enclosure.
US10654655B2
A stuck slide determination system is provided that determines if a slide (e.g., glass slide), positioned on a scanning stage at the start of the scanning process, gets stuck and does not move along with the scanning stage after the scanning process commences. In an embodiment, the system includes a sensor having a transmitter and receiver that are relatively positioned to detect the presence of the stage or a slide or the absence of the stage or a slide. When the scanning stage begins to move at the start of the scanning process, a processor monitors a signal from the sensor and determines if the slide is improperly positioned after the scanning process has commenced. If the slide is improperly positioned, the processor stops movement of the scanning stage in order to protect the slide from damage.
US10654645B2
In accordance with presently disclosed embodiments, systems and methods for handling bulk material in a manner that reduces dust, noise, and emissions are provided. The presently disclosed techniques use portable containers to transfer bulk material from a transportation unit to a blender inlet. The containers may be carried to the location on the transportation unit, where a hoisting mechanism is used to remove the container from the transportation unit and place it in a desired location. When bulk material is needed at the blender inlet, the hoisting mechanism may position the container of bulk material onto an elevated support structure. Once on the support structure, the container may be opened to release bulk material to a gravity feed outlet, which routes the bulk material from the container directly into the blender inlet. The disclosed containerized bulk material transfer system and method allows for reduced dust, noise, and emissions on location.
US10654636B2
A lid 20 is a paper lid capable of adhering to a flange portion of a container body and includes: a tab 25; back half-cut lines 35a, 36a extending from the tab 25 outward and away from each other at an acute angle with respect to a paper grain direction K; back half-cut lines 37a, 38a extending from the outer ends of the back half-cut lines 35a, 36a, respectively, along the paper grain direction K; front half-cut lines 35b, 36b located on the outer side of the back half-cut lines 35a, 36a with a width W between the front and back half-cut lines and extending along the back half-cut lines 35a, 36a at an acute angle with respect to the paper grain direction K; and front half-cut lines 37b, 38b located on the outer side of the back half-cut lines 37a, 38a with the width W between the front and back half-cut lines and extending along the back half-cut lines 37a, 38a and the paper grain direction K.
US10654635B2
A retail bag-in-box transparent package having a flovvable product contained in a bag which is contained in a polymeric box where the box has (i) a flat bottom panel, an opposing top panel, and a self-supporting, upstanding, at least partially transparent wail connecting the bottom and top panels, and (ii) an access port through the box adapted for providing communication means for removing product from the bag, which is a flexible thermoplastic bag (capacity ≤1 liter (1000 ml)) attached to an interior surface of the box proximate the access port, where at least a portion of the bag has a transparent wall overlapping the transparent box portion to provide visual access to the product.
US10654634B2
A container such as a Regular Slotted Carton (RSC) with side handles provides an improved alternative to other containers for packing, storing, stacking, displaying, handling and shipping a dense, free-flowing material such as granular clay. An integrated handle places the load of carrying the container over the full width of the hand and fingers. A cavity is created that allows the user's hand or fingers to be easily placed into the handle and prohibits the liner of the container from interfering with placement of the hand or fingers. A pour spout is also provided in the container that allows for access to the liner. The pour spout may be formed by tearing off a perforated portion of the container. A pinch closure may be provided so that the portion of the liner pulled through the spout can be secured.
US10654633B2
There is provided a pack (10) in the form of a stirrer for a hot or cold beverage. The stirrer comprises first and second films (13, 14) sealingly connected around a periphery to enclose a volume in which is disposed a liquid. The liquid is conveniently disposed in an elongate channel (15) formed in one of the films. Openable portions (17, 55) are provided at respective ends of the stirrer, one openable portion (17) allowing the liquid to flow out once opened and the other openable portion (55) acting as a vent. Each openable portion is opened by peeling apart the two films and has a stronger connection (52, 57) provided to limit the opening of the ends.
US10654630B2
The present disclosure discloses a lid, including a lid body with a hole; an elastic sleeve having a bore extending therethrough, a part of the elastic sleeve extending through the hole, the elastic sleeve elastically deformable between a torsional state and a non-torsional state; an elastic spout extending through the bore of the elastic sleeve, the elastic spout being open when the elastic sleeve is in the non-torsional state and being deformed to close when the elastic sleeve is in the torsional state; a rotating member configured for twisting the elastic sleeve to the torsional state; a locking member having a locking state for keeping the elastic sleeve in the torsional state, and a releasing state for allowing the elastic sleeve to return to the non-torsional state; and an elastic member interacting with the locking member for driving the locking member to remain in the locking state.
US10654627B2
The present disclosure provides a lid that has a design that is configured to enable drinking from any point along the perimeter of the lid while at the same time preventing liquid to escape from the lid when a user is not drinking (i.e., spill proof). The lid has a plurality of slits around at least a portion of the lid.
US10654616B2
Disclosed herein is a data connector assembly for a movable platform. The data connector assembly comprises a female data connector assembly having a recess with a data connector port at a center of the recess. A face plate is used to couple the female data connector assembly to the movable platform. A spring connector movable couples the housing of the female data connector assembly to the face plate.
US10654611B2
A shipping and display container having a plurality of panels defining a tray portion and a cover portion removably coupled to the tray portion. The container includes a separating line that bisects various panels of the container so that after the container is received at a retail point-of-sale location, the cover portion can be separated from the tray portion. After the cover portion is separated from the tray portion, the cover portion is discarded and the tray portion is utilized as a retail display tray.
US10654608B2
A labelling device for syringes for pharmaceutical products includes a carousel that holds and transports syringes, a syringe labelling station, a syringe handler, a camera for detecting the position of the marker scale of the syringes. The syringe labelling station includes an arm responsible for holding the label by a suction system and two articulated gates arranged such that when the syringe passes therethrough, the gates apply pressure over the body of the syringe in such a way that the label is affixed uniformly over the body.
US10654596B1
A system for manufacturing a space-based component while on orbit around the Earth. The system includes a spacecraft body and a solar collection device mounted thereto for collecting solar energy from the sun that is converted into heat. The system includes a manipulator device that moves a solar refinery to a position to collect space debris, where the manipulator then moves the solar refinery to location that uses the heat to melt constituent elements in the debris. The solar refinery also includes a collection element capable of separately collecting the heated elements. The system also includes a fabrication module that is operable to obtain solid, molten or vaporized elements from the collection element and fabricate the space-based component therefrom.
US10654591B2
A compact PAPI having a semiconductor light source and finely distribution of lights is herein proposed. The novel PAPI includes two artificial light sources each with a plurality of semiconductor emitters as well as two concave and two planar reflectors, one for each artificial light source. The concave reflectors collect light emitted by the plurality of semiconductor emitters of the first and second artificial light sources and gather the collected light to the planar reflectors as output of the PAPI.
US10654569B2
A tiltrotor aircraft may be provided and may include a mast assembly, in which the mast assembly may include a mast; a bearing system; a housing; and a housing cap secured to the housing, wherein the bearing system is between the mast and the housing. The bearing system may further include a first bearing assembly including a first inner race, a first outer race, and a plurality of first tapered roller bearings; a second bearing assembly including a second inner race, a second outer race, and a plurality of second tapered roller bearings; an inner spacer and an outer spacer in which the inner and outer spacers are between the first and second bearing assemblies; and a retaining device in which the retaining device and the housing cap provide, at least in part, pre-loading for the first and second bearing assemblies.
US10654563B2
A method for operating a landing gear. The method includes extending an actuator to apply a force to a crank link of a toggle lock mechanism causing a mechanical unlocking of a second lock link from a fully extended position, retracting the actuator to rotate the toggle lock mechanism about a toggle lock pivot axis of a first lock link, causing rotation of the second lock link that is rotatably coupled to the first lock link so that the second lock link folds relative to the first lock link in a second rotation direction, and a toggle link of the toggle lock mechanism rotates relative to the second lock link, in the first rotation direction opposite the second rotation direction, to rotate the second lock link to a fully retracted position of the second lock link relative to the first lock link.
US10654557B2
A skin for an aircraft is configured to be disposed on a first rigid member and on a second rigid member. The second rigid member is movable with respect to the first rigid member and a distance is defined between the first rigid member and the second rigid member. A morphing member of the skin extends between the first rigid member and the second rigid member. The morphing member comprises first segments forming a first portion attached to the first rigid member and second segments forming a second portion attached to the second rigid member. The first and second portions are separated along a substantially linear seam in the absence of change in the distance and an orientation between the first rigid member and the second rigid member.
US10654555B2
A window assembly for an aircraft includes a window frame being arranged bordering a window opening in a hull of the aircraft, a window seal being attached to the window frame, a window being supported by the window frame and sealed to the window frame by the window seal, a window retainer covering the window seal and the window frame from the inside of the aircraft, and a transparent vapor barrier being supported by the window retainer and covering the window from the inside of the aircraft such that an air gap is formed between the window and the transparent vapor barrier.
US10654549B2
An underwater vehicle includes a longitudinal body that defines a longitudinal axis and is rotatable about the longitudinal axis between a forward orientation and a sideways orientation, a wing attached to the longitudinal body that is moveable between a vertically extending wing orientation when the longitudinal body is in the forward orientation and a horizontally extending wing orientation when the longitudinal body is in the sideways orientation, a propulsion system having a front propulsion device and a rear propulsion device that is arranged rearwardly along the longitudinal axis relative to the front propulsion device, and an after-propulsion system arranged at a rear end of the longitudinal body that provides thrust along the longitudinal axis. The secondary propulsion system provides thrust in a perpendicular direction relative to the longitudinal axis.
US10654546B2
A sustainable floating community based on a mass-produced modular, pre-fabricated kit of parts referred to as floating modular units. The floating modular units are designed to allow for various needs while remaining simple to deliver and assemble by hand in remote destinations prone to volatile shifts in water levels and currents. The floating modular units are ready to assemble, can be erected for use on land and bodies of water, are easily collapsible for transport, thereby serving as highly adaptable transportable structures.
US10654523B2
A method for attaching a rear frame suspension module to an existing vehicle that will operate on the existing automotive engine, heating, and cooling system. The rear frame suspension module supports passengers sitting straddled in a front to back position to give an existing vehicle a motorcycle-like appearance. The rear suspension module can be attached and removed from an existing automobile front frame suspension module. The resulting wider front structure of the vehicle makes for safer riding compared to a two wheel motorcycle. Vehicle maintenance can be done at most automotive repair shops.
US10654521B2
The invention concerns an axle unit, in particular for use in utility vehicles with a hydraulic or compressed air system, comprising an axle tube and an actuation unit, wherein the axle tube has a receiving opening, wherein the actuation unit has a cylinder, a piston rod and a piston, wherein the piston divides a chamber of the actuation unit into a first chamber region and a second chamber region, wherein the piston rod is in engagement with the piston and is designed such that it can be brought into engagement with a leg of the axle unit in order to transmit a force to the leg, wherein the actuation unit is arranged in the receiving opening of the axle tube and is secured against moving transversely relative to a tube axis and at least in one direction parallel to the tube axis.
US10654519B2
In a steering assistance apparatus mounted in a vehicle, a steering input device and a turning device differentiate at a transmission ratio that is a ratio of an amount of change in the turning angle to an amount of change in the steering angle. A turning device actuator actuates the turning device. A controller executes an automatic steering mode, in which the controller determines the turning angle based on at least one of a travel condition and travel path information of the vehicle and controls the turning device actuator so as to achieve the determined turning angle. If detecting an input variation from the steering input device during execution of the automatic steering mode, the controller changes the transmission ratio to a value less than the transmission ratio in the automatic steering mode and prioritizes a manual steering mode over the automatic steering mode.
US10654510B2
An electric steering column apparatus includes a pressing mechanism for reducing the play between an outer jacket and an inner jacket. A pressing mechanism has a first pressing portion disposed on the outer jacket and pressing a lower surface of the inner jacket upward and a second pressing portion disposed on an axially front end side of the outer jacket and pressing an upper surface of the inner jacket downward. A tubular member housing a telescopic nut is disposed between the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion in an axial direction so as to face the second pressing portion in an up-down direction and fixed to the lower surface of the inner jacket.
US10654502B2
The disclosure relates to a railway vehicle component group for generating an electronic life history of a machine component. The railway vehicle component group includes a machine component having a storage unit arranged in or on the machine component, and at least one control unit suitable for bidirectional communication with the machine component, wherein operating data is configured to be generated in the control unit. The storage unit is suitable at least for bidirectional communication with the control unit, wherein a storage of the operating data generated via the control unit is provided during the operation of the machine component by at least the bidirectional communication in order to generate an electronic life history of the machine component. The storage unit also has an electronic type label of the machine component. The disclosure also relates to a method for generating a life history of a machine component, as well as a service method for maintenance.
US10654501B2
Tracking railroad cars during transit using computer implemented methods. Location information for railroad cars is obtained from sensors through a computer network and input into a computer system. Locations of trains are represented by train symbols on a graphical representation of a geographical region. In different embodiments, the location information is used to determine how the railroad cars are grouped into trains; when an operator selects one of the train symbols, one railcar symbol is displayed for each of the railroad cars that make up the train; or a bad ordered car is depicted. In various embodiments, GPS coordinates are used, shapes of locomotives or railcars are used, train symbols are shown at a shifted location when two of the trains are close together, a particular train is displayed in an ocean when location information is unavailable, or railcar symbols are displayed in a spiral pattern.
US10654498B2
A zipline trolley brake system comprising trolley rollers, brake rollers, and an arm for controlling the brake rollers, which are connected by a plurality of connectors. The trolley slows and brakes when the arm causes a squeezing motion on the cable by the joint rolling of the trolley rollers and the brake rollers on the cable. The trolley moves when the arm moves to cause the brake rollers not to touch the cable.
US10654493B2
Technologies are shown for intervehicle communication involving notification messages sent from one vehicle to another vehicle. Sensor event data from one vehicle can be sent in a wireless message to another vehicle and information from the wireless message displayed to a driver of the other vehicle providing the driver with information that may not be detectable by the sensors in the driver's vehicle. Inquiries or requests can also be sent from one vehicle to another vehicle. User interfaces can include graphical user interfaces, haptic devices and audio devices.
US10654491B2
Provided is a wrong-way-driving suppression device and the like for suppressing wrong-way-driving of a vehicle on a one-way road using existing map data and an onboard device or the like.The wrong-way-driving suppression device according to the present invention includes: a current position acquiring unit for acquiring a current position of a host vehicle; a traveling direction acquiring unit for acquiring a traveling direction of the host vehicle; a map data acquiring unit for acquiring surrounding map data of the current position; a traveling status determination area setting unit for setting a determination area where a traveling status of the host vehicle is to be determined from the current position and the surrounding map data; a correct traveling direction storing unit for storing, as a correct traveling direction, a traveling direction of the host vehicle at the time of passing a connection point of an entrance-side connection road with a main line in the determination area, the entrance-side connection road connecting the main line and an entrance side of a rest facility; and a notification instructing unit for instructing a notifier to perform predetermined notification when an angle formed by a traveling direction of the host vehicle and the correct traveling direction is larger than or equal to a first threshold value in the determination area.
US10654489B2
A method of operating a controller of a vehicle human machine interface (HMI) is disclosed, comprising: providing first output control signals configured to cause a vehicular head up display (HUD) to present first content to a vehicle operator; and providing second output control signals configured to cause a vehicular digital cluster display (DCD) to present second content to the vehicle operator, different to the first content. The method can further comprise the receiving input control signals from a touch sensitive steering wheel, for interacting with the information presented on the HUD and/or DUD. A related apparatus, vehicular HMI and computer software, are also disclosed.
US10654488B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing an acceleration boost. The acceleration boosting system provides or outputs a boosted acceleration. The acceleration boosting system includes a communication device, a navigation unit or a first sensor that is configured to obtain acceleration information. The acceleration boosting system includes a second sensor that is configured to detect or measure an applied force of an accelerator pedal. The applied force corresponds to a first amount of energy that is used to power or propel the vehicle. The acceleration boosting system includes an electronic control unit that is configured to determine that the acceleration information indicates that a driver should accelerate. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the accelerator pedal is depressed within a threshold time limit of the indication and cause a second amount of energy to be converted to move or propel multiple wheels.
US10654479B2
A lane deviation prevention control device for a vehicle includes a target steering torque calculator, a friction torque estimator, and a friction compensation rate variable controller. The target steering torque calculator calculates target steering torque to be applied to a steering system of an own vehicle in a lane deviation prevention control. The friction torque estimator estimates friction torque of the steering system. The friction compensation rate variable controller performs, on the basis of steering torque produced by a driver's steering operation and on the basis of a traveling state of the own vehicle, a variable control of an addition rate at which the friction torque is added to the target steering torque to compensate friction of the steering system.
US10654465B2
A method is provided for controlling a hydraulic hybrid vehicle, the hydraulic hybrid vehicle including: a first pair of wheels and a second pair of wheels; an internal combustion engine connected to the first pair of wheels for propelling the hydraulic hybrid vehicle; and a hydraulic propulsion system including a first hydraulic machine connected to the second pair of wheels, the method including the steps of; receiving a signal indicative of a driving condition, including vehicle speed, of the hydraulic hybrid vehicle; comparing the vehicle speed of the driving condition of the hydraulic hybrid vehicle with an upper predetermined threshold speed limit; determining if the vehicle speed of the driving condition is higher than the upper predetermined threshold speed limit; and when the vehicle speed is higher than the upper predetermined threshold speed determining, based on the driving condition, control parameters for operating the first hydraulic machine; and controlling the control parameters of the first hydraulic machine for operating the first hydraulic machine. The invention also relates to a control unit and a hydraulic hybrid vehicle.
US10654447B2
A system for authorizing temporary access and operation of a vehicle via a mobile computing device, the system includes a processor and a memory device. The system also includes a SRWC module configured to communicate with the mobile computing device; and a CNG module being in communication with the SRWC module, the CNG module includes a NAD, configured to communicate with one or more remote entities over a wireless carrier system; a GPS module, configured to generate vehicle position information and communicate that position data to the one or more remote entities; a CGM, configured to monitor and control incoming communications from the SRWC module, NAD, and GPS module. The CGM further configured to establish communications across a CAN; and a CMS, configured to encrypt the communications established by CGM as well as store the communications in the memory device.
US10654445B2
A vehicular system and method for sending a silent request for assistance when driving under duress is disclosed. The vehicular system includes of a data communication module, an identification detector and a decision unit. The decision unit determines a condition during ignition of an engine based on one or more biometric data inputs received through the identification detector. In particular, if the condition during ignition is determined as under normal circumstances, the decision unit commands or execute ignition of engine and user's preferred settings, if any. If the condition during ignition is determined as under duress, the decision unit commands or execute ignition of engine and user's preferred settings, and the data communication module to send a notification to an external party simultaneously.
US10654439B2
An airbag device for a passenger seat having an inflator and an airbag, wherein: the airbag includes a first structural portion that structures a left-right direction intermediate portion of the airbag and at which is formed a first surface, and second structural portions that are formed in continuation with both left and right sides of the first structural portion and at which are formed a pair of respective second surfaces that is to bulge further toward the front passenger seat side than the first surface and move apart from one another, and a connecting cloth, which connects regions that become bulging end portion sides of the pair of second surfaces in an inflated and deployed state of the airbag, and which is deployed to cover a range that is reached by the head portion and the chest portion of the passenger in the front passenger seat, is provided.
US10654438B2
A curtain airbag apparatus (100) is provided with an inflator (106), and a cushion (102) stored, in an elongated storage form, on an inner side of a headliner above a front side window (110), and receives the gas to inflate. The cushion (102) in the storage form has a bent-over portion (142) which is formed by bending over a rear end (136) of the cushion (102) towards a center side thereof from a state in which the cushion (102) is rolled upwards. The state of the cushion (102) when the bending over is performed i.e. the rolled state of the cushion (102), is achieved by rolling the cushion (102) from a state in which a prescribed area at the rear end (136) of the cushion (102) in a deployed state is folded over towards the center side in the vehicle front-rear direction.
US10654435B2
A sensor module for use in a low-cost weight-measurement and sensing system is provided. The sensor module may include a substrate configured to be mounted between a floor pan of a vehicle and a seat of the vehicle. The sensor module may further include a force sensing element disposed upon the substrate. The force sensing element may be configured to sense a force applied thereupon, and generate a reading representative of the force applied thereupon in response thereto to provide a sensor reading. The sensor module may also include a wiring harness connected to the force sensing element. The wiring harness may be configured to transmit the sensor reading to a control module. The substrate may define an aperture configured to surround a fastening element used to fasten the seat to the floor pan of the vehicle.
US10654431B2
An in-vehicle device fixing structure includes: a base member including a bottom wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall; a box-shaped in-vehicle device including a first side face opposed to the first side wall, a second side face opposed to the second side wall, a third side face provided on a side opposite to the first side face, and a fourth side face provided on a side opposite to the second side face; a holding member including a third-side-face holding portion opposed to the third side face, a fourth-side-face holding portion opposed to the fourth side face, and a fastening portion attached to the bottom wall via a fastener and having a plate shape; and an in-vehicle device locking portion provided in at least the base member and the holding member, and configured to restrain a movement of the in-vehicle device toward the vehicle upper side.
US10654429B2
A circuit body for a vehicle includes: a plurality of control boxes dispersedly arranged on the circuit body; a trunk harness connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and a branch harness connecting the control boxes to the electric component. The control boxes, the trunk harness and the branch harness are configured to ground a power circuit and a signal circuit through grounding routes different from each other. The power circuit supplies the electric power from a power source to the electric component through the control boxes. The signal circuit transmits a communication signal between the control boxes and the electric component and between one of the control boxes and another of the control boxes.
US10654404B2
A vehicle lighting device includes a plurality of circuit portions that have at least one light emitting element; and a control portion that is electrically connected to the plurality of circuit portions. The control portion detects an input voltage and connects the plurality of circuit portions in series when the detected input voltage exceeds a predetermined value and connects at least a part of the plurality of circuit portions in parallel when the detected input voltage is equal to or less than the predetermined value.
US10654403B2
A motorcycle (1) including: a motorcycle body (2,3,4) extending along a longitudinal axis (L-L) and having a front part (2), a tail part (4) and a central part (3) comprised between the front part (2) and the tail part (4); at least two wheels (5,6) constrained to the motorcycle body (2,3,4), including a front wheel (5) and a rear wheel (6); a traction engine (7) constrained to the motorcycle body (2, 3, 4) and operatively connected to at least one of the wheels (5, 6); at least one headlight (12) fixed to the front part (2); at least one rear light (14) fixed to the tail part (4). The motorcycle (1) further includes a first auxiliary lighting device (30) fixed to the motorcycle body (2,3,4) and adapted to be electrically controlled in order to be activated and deactivated, wherein the first auxiliary lighting device (30) is arranged and oriented so that, when activated, it lights a ground portion (G1) being on the side and/or under the central part (3) of the motorcycle body (2,3,4).
US10654400B2
A lighting device for vehicles includes a socket including a flange, and a mounting unit which is provided on one face of the flange; a light emitting unit which is provided at an end portion of the mounting unit on a side opposite to a side of the flange, and includes a light emitting element; and at least one support unit which protrudes from a face of the flange on which the mounting unit is provided.
US10654399B2
A cargo load restraint strip may have a base layer that comprises a stitchbond fabric. A separate reinforcement layer may comprise reinforcing strands or other type of material to increase tensile strength. An adhesive layer may be configured for attachment to a container wall and may include a release paper liner that may be peeled away prior to such attachment.
US10654396B2
A motorcycle carrier with retractable wheels. The present example provides a motorcycle carrier with retractable wheels (carrier) is a structure that allows a motorcycle to be parked on it and secured safely, typically during shipping or storage. The carrier may include wheels that may be extended to aid in moving a motorcycle stored on the carrier. The wheels may be retracted when the motorcycle is no longer being moved. When secured the carrier may also function as a work stand.
US10654391B2
A vehicle with a cargo bed comprises an adapter element arranged in a movable manner along the cargo bed. A support element for at least one functional element is detachably fixed on the adapter element. A guide system for the adapter element comprises at least two parallel guide rails. The adapter element comprises at least two guide elements which engage in the guide rails. At least one guide rail comprises a retaining bead laterally projecting into a guide groove of the guide rail. At least one guide element fixed to the adapter element engages behind the retaining bead, such that a lifting of the adapter element is prevented by the guide rail. The adapter element comprises at least one braking device, which can be brought into operative connection with the cargo bed in order to prevent a displacement of the adapter element on the cargo bed.
US10654386B2
A tethering assembly includes an elastomeric strap, a fleece material and a rigid structural component with a hooked end. The tethering assembly holds a trim fabric in place in relation to a vehicle component. Advantageously, the assembly minimizes free play and rattling and helps sliding and detachment in case of partial contact between the tethering assembly and the vehicle component.
US10654384B2
The present invention provides a seat which is unlikely to cause wrinkles or slack in a surface cover thereof, makes surface cover attachment and detachment simple, and is also capable of withstanding long-term use. To this end, a second fastening part 50 for attachably/detachably connecting a cushion material 2 and a surface cover 4 to one another is formed as a zipper in a seat 1.
US10654380B2
The present application describes a system and method for converting a natural language query to a standard query using a sequence-to-sequence neural network. As described herein, when a natural language query is receive, the natural language query is converted to a standard query using a sequence-to-sequence model. In some cases, the sequence-to-sequence model is associated with an attention layer. A search using the standard query is performed and various documents may be returned. The documents that result from the search are scored based, at least in part, on a determined conditional entropy of the document. The conditional entropy is determined using the natural language query and the document.
US10654379B2
A vehicle seat sliding device includes a lower rail, an upper rail, a lock lever, a spring, and an operation handle. A first through hole and a second through hole which are separated from each other in a longitudinal direction of the upper rail are formed in the upper rail. The lock lever further has a first engaging part which abuts on an inner wall surface of the first through hole and a second engaging part which abuts on an inner wall surface of the second through hole. At least while the lock lever is rotated by the operation handle, the first engaging part is engaged by the first through hole, and the second engaging part is engaged by the second through hole.
US10654364B2
An embodiment is a system including a first wireless charging pad coupled to a wireless charging system and an energy source, the first wireless charging pad being configured to transmit an energy by a magnetic field. The system further includes a second wireless charging pad coupled to a second system, the second wireless charging pad configured to receive at least a portion of the energy from the first wireless charging system for operating the second system. Further embodiments include a least one of an electronic compass configured to provide alignment data of the first and second wireless charging pads, and an interface configured to receive the alignment data and affect an alignment of the first and second wireless charging pads.
US10654360B2
A four-wheel drive vehicle includes a dog clutch that selectively interrupts transmission of a drive force to a propeller shaft, first and second multi-plate clutches that selectively interrupt transmission of the drive force from the propeller shaft to left and right rear wheels, first and second pistons that press the first and second multi-plate clutches, and a hydraulic circuit that supplies hydraulic oil to first and second cylinder chambers. During a transition to a four-wheel drive mode, torque transmitted through the first multi-plate clutch increases the speed of rotation of the propeller shaft so as to engage the dog clutch, and the second multi-plate clutch is kept from transmitting torque to the propeller shaft.
US10654359B2
A final transmission for agricultural and industrial motor vehicles. The transmission includes a differential unit having a support structure and a differential that transmits an input motion to an intermediate transmission shaft and a transfer unit with a final shaft that transmits the motion to the driving wheel. The final transmission also has a toothed output wheel integral to the intermediate transmission shaft which engages respectively with an internally toothed crown wheel and with an intermediate toothed wheel, and also at least one toothed support wheel which engages with the internally toothed crown wheel and with the intermediate toothed wheel.
US10654354B2
A hydraulic system for utility vehicles includes an auxiliary drive, a hydraulic pump and a first valve arrangement, wherein, in an operating mode, the auxiliary drive is supplied with hydraulic energy by the hydraulic pump via the first valve arrangement, wherein, in addition to the auxiliary drive, the hydraulic pump supplies at least one further hydraulically operated system with hydraulic energy, wherein the hydraulic pump is arranged on a tractor vehicle, and wherein the auxiliary drive is arranged on a trailer, which is able to be coupled to the tractor vehicle.
US10654345B2
Provided is an opening/closing apparatus for a vehicle capable of protecting a cable configured to open and close an opening/closing body even when a large external force is applied to the opening/closing body. A cross-sectional shape of a cable holding groove in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of a cable guide is an arc shape configured to be in surface contact with a closing-side cable and an opening-side cable. Accordingly, a pressing force applied to the closing-side cable and the opening-side cable can be dispersed in a wide range of the closing-side cable and the opening-side cable rather than only in one part.
US10654342B2
A shock absorbing vehicle window arrangement (300) for a vehicle cab is provided. The shock absorbing vehicle window arrangement comprises a transparent polymer windscreen (301) having a height (Hw) and a width (Ww) and a metal frame (302, 303) comprising an inner portion (303) at least partially extending on an inside of the transparent polymer windscreen and configured to receive screws for fixating the transparent polymer windscreen. The shock absorbing vehicle window arrangement further comprises an additional transparent polymer windscreen (332) placed on the outside of the transparent polymer windscreen.
US10654335B2
A thermal energy storage system for a vehicle. The system includes a tank that is external to the vehicle. The tank is configured to receive liquid from the vehicle, and store the liquid at or above a predetermined temperature prior to the liquid being returned to the vehicle.
US10654331B2
A vehicle height adjustment device includes front forks, a rear suspension, a weight estimation unit, and a front wheel-side target movement amount determination unit. The front fork includes a front wheel-side suspension spring and a front wheel-side support member, which supports one end of the front wheel-side suspension spring, and moves toward another end of the front wheel-side spring to change the front wheel-side suspension spring length. The rear suspension includes a rear wheel-side suspension spring and a rear wheel-side support member, which supports one end of the rear wheel-side suspension spring, and moves toward another one end of the rear wheel-side spring to change the rear wheel-side suspension spring length. The weight estimation unit estimates a weight applied to a vehicle. The front wheel-side target movement amount determination unit decreases, a movement amount of the front wheel-side support member as the estimated weight increases.
US10654328B2
The invention relates to a lockable tow hitch. The tow hitch comprises a housing having a generally hemispheral socket for receiving a tow ball, and a handle mountable on the housing. The handle has having a rod member slidably projecting into the housing and arranged for moving a locking element within the housing between an engaged position at which it holds the tow ball within the socket and a disengaged position where the tow ball is free to move into and out of the socket. The tow hitch further comprises a catch member movable between a holding position wherein it secures the handle against sliding and an open position where the handle is free to slide, and a lock arranged to lock the locking element in the engaged position when the lock is locked, and to free the locking element for moving to the disengaged position when the lock is unlocked.
US10654326B2
Tow coupling (100) having a tow coupling part (128) for fitment to a tow ball (104) of the vehicle, a load coupling (190) for coupling to a load to be towed, and a tow element (180) pivotally connecting to the tow coupling part (128) and to the load coupling part (190). Pivoting of the tow element (180) with respect to the tow coupling part (128) varies the vertical position of the load coupling part (190). Positioning structure (220), between the tow coupling part (128) and the tow element (180) permits setting that position. The positioning structure (220) is resiliently biased by a spring (260) so as to resiliently bias the tow element (180) such that the load coupling (190) assumes a selectable set position, from which the load coupling (190) is however upwardly displaceable under pivoting of the tow element (180) against that resilient bias.
US10654325B2
A forage compactor is provided having a frame that has cross bars supporting risers that in turn support a shaft. At least one asymmetric wheel is supported by the shaft. The wheels can be paired whereby journals are used to connect to the shaft between recesses of respective wheels. Each wheel has a first side and a second side, each with radiused portions that turn forage away from the wheel. The wheels have a band that is flush with the outer portion of the wheel sides to prevent lifting of the forage. A storage assembly is provided and is integrated into the framework. The storage assembly can be stored within the frame when the compactor is in use, and can be deployed to a locked position in order to store the compactor. A hitch framework is provided that can attach to multiple categories of three point hitches.
US10654316B2
The pneumatic tire characterized by comprising the tread and the crosslinked rubber composition, of the present invention, wherein the tread and the crosslinked rubber composition comprise two or more kinds of rubber components and a filler and have a volume of the low density region of 35% or more, a volume of the void portion of 7.5 or less and a filler distribution D represented by the following formula (I) of 2.0 or less are excellent in abrasion resistance. D=(A1/B1)/(A0/B0) (I) In the formula (I), A1 represents a volume fraction of a rubber component A in a filler gel, B1 represents a volume fraction of a rubber component B in a filler gel, A0 represents a volume fraction of a compounded rubber component A, B0 represents a volume fraction of a compounded rubber component B.
US10654315B1
The present invention relates to an adjustable height table base with a transport mechanism, and in particular to a transport mechanism selectably operable in a grounded position, a low transport position and a high transport position. The table has a base that is adjustable in length with a crank. A top is supported by a table frame, which allows the top to be locked in a horizontal or vertical position. Four legs can be provided each having a pad at a distal end. A transport mechanism is also provided. The transport mechanism has a caster assembly with four casters and has an extension assembly that is extendable along its longitudinal axis to move that table between the grounded position, low transport position and high transport position. The extension assembly is operable under force of gravity and used by lifting or tilting anywhere radially about the table at selected distances.
US10654311B2
An automobile wheel having a hub and a cap assembly configured to removably attach to the hub is provided herein. The cap assembly includes a base component, a lug hole cover, and a center cap. The base component is removably coupled to the hub, and includes a cylindrical portion with an outer threaded surface that extends outward from the hub when the base component is coupled to the hub. The lug hole cover removably fits over the cylindrical portion of the base component to cover the plurality of lug hole openings of the hub. Additionally, the center cap is removably coupled to the base component and retain the lug hole cover against the hub.
US10654310B2
The present invention relates to a synthetic clay composition which does not harden and thus can be repeatedly shaped without water while maintaining the shape for a long time and, particularly, to a novel synthetic clay composition and a method for preparing the same. The synthetic clay composition is soluble in water, and thus can be easily washed and is highly safe for the human body. Further, the synthetic clay composition is light and can be repeatedly newly shaped as desired. In addition, the synthetic clay composition has an excellent ability to maintain a shape, and thus can maintain the same shape in an agglomerated form for a long time, and can be used for play such as throwing.
US10654301B2
A liquid ejection head includes: a first head unit; a second head unit disposed adjacent to the first head unit in a first direction and located on a first side of the first head unit in a second direction; and a heat uniforming unit shared by the first head unit and the second head unit. Each of the first head unit and the second head unit includes: a unit body including an actuator; and a first driver integrated circuit disposed on the first side of the unit body in the second direction. The heat uniforming unit includes a first heat uniforming member disposed on the first side of the first head unit and the second head unit in the second direction. The first heat uniforming member includes a first protrusion located next to the second head unit in the first direction and protruding toward the first head unit.
US10654300B2
A liquid ejection apparatus includes a liquid ejection head which is provided with a pressure chamber having, in the inside thereof, an energy-generating element, a transfer body onto which a liquid is ejected through the liquid ejection head to form an image, and a pressing unit which presses a recording medium against the transfer body to transfer the image formed on the transfer body onto the recording medium, wherein the liquid ejection apparatus further includes a heating unit for heating the transfer body during a period from the ejection of the liquid through the liquid ejection head and until the pressing of the recording medium by means of the pressing unit, and the liquid in the pressure chamber in the liquid ejection head is circulated between the pressure chamber and the outside of the pressure chamber.
US10654286B2
Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present technique provide apparatus and methods to print an image using masking techniques that control the operation of a droplet deposition head having at least one faulty nozzle. More specifically, an image is analysed to determine a pixel colour density for each pixel of the image. A masking technique is provided which may distribute the droplets (or sub-droplets) that a faulty nozzle is assigned to print among one or more neighbouring, functioning nozzles.
US10654280B2
One example of a system includes a bulk ink assembly, a printhead assembly, a valve, and a controller. The bulk ink assembly receives a bulk ink supply. The printhead assembly includes nozzles to eject ink drops, a collapsible container to supply ink to the nozzles, and a sensor to provide a sensor signal indicating the amount of ink within the collapsible container. The valve supplies ink to the collapsible container from the bulk ink assembly in response to a control signal. The controller provides the control signal based on the sensor signal to regulate the amount of ink in the collapsible container and to provide an out of ink signal based on the sensor signal indicating the bulk ink supply is effectively empty.
US10654275B2
A fluid injection module may include a fluid ejection die, a die carrier, a bypass fluid passage in at least one pressure regulator. The fluid ejection die may include nozzle orifices on a front face of the die, first and second fluid passages extending through the die and a microchannel extending from the first fluid passage to the second fluid passage proximate the nozzle orifices to circulate fluid from the first fluid passage to the second fluid passage. Third and fourth fluid passages may extend through the die carrier. The bypass fluid passage may extend from the third fluid passage to the fourth fluid passage while being connected to the first fluid passage and the second fluid passage. The at least one pressure regulator is to induce pressure differential driven fluid flow across the microchannel and across the bypass fluid passage.
US10654272B2
Embodiments of the disclosed subject matter provide a micronozzle array formed from monolithic silicon. The micronozzle array may have a plurality of nozzles, where each nozzle of the plurality of nozzles including an integrated plug valve that allows flow from the nozzle to be attenuated separately from each other nozzle of the plurality of nozzles. Each of the plurality of nozzles may include a microchannel, formed from the monolithic silicon, having a first channel portion and a second channel portion, where the first channel portion is narrower than the second channel portion, and where the first channel portion forms an aperture of the nozzle that is configured to eject vapor from the microchannel. Each of the plurality of nozzles may include a stem, formed from the monolithic silicon that includes the integrated plug valve is suspended in the microchannel to attenuate the flow from the nozzle.
US10654271B2
There are provided a head chip, a liquid jet head, and a liquid jet recording device capable of improving the ejection stability. The head chip according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes an actuator plate having a plurality of ejection grooves each filled with liquid, a nozzle plate having a plurality of nozzle holes individually communicated with the plurality of ejection grooves, and a cover plate having a through hole through which the liquid flows into and/or from the ejection groove, and a wall part adapted to cover the ejection groove. A flow channel of the liquid in a part adapted to communicate the through hole and the ejection groove with each other includes a principal flow channel section, and an expanded flow channel section provided to the wall part, and adapted to increase a cross-sectional area of the flow channel.
US10654256B2
There is described a method of creating a transparent polymer window (W) with a field of lenses (L) in a security paper substrate (1), the method comprising the steps of (i) providing a security paper substrate (1), (ii) forming an opening (10) into the security paper substrate (1), (iii) laminating a transparent film (5; 5*) onto a first side (I) of the security paper substrate (1) in such a way as to close the opening (10) at one end, and (iv) filling the opening (10) with transparent polymer material (2). In one embodiment, the transparent film (5) comprises a field of lenses (L) and is laminated onto the first side (I) of the security paper substrate (1) in such a way as to form lenses (L) on the first side (I) of the security paper substrate (1) in register with the opening (10). In another embodiment, the field of lenses (L) is replicated into the transparent polymer material (2) applied in the opening (10) in such a way as to form lenses (L) on a second side (II) of the security paper substrate (1), opposite to the first side (I), in register with the opening (10). Also described is a device designed to fill the opening (10) formed into the security paper substrate (1) with the transparent polymer material (2) and a processing machine comprising the same.
US10654251B2
Barrier assemblies including ultrathin barrier laminates and methods of making the barrier assemblies are provided. A barrier assembly includes a thermoplastic polymer skin layer having opposite first and second major surfaces, and a barrier stack coated on the first major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer to form an integral protective layer having a thickness no greater than about 0.5 mil (about 12.7 microns). The removable carrier film has a major surface releasably attached to the second major surface of the thermoplastic polymer skin layer. In some cases, the removal of the carrier film results in ultrathin barrier laminates.
US10654250B2
There is provided an interlayer film for laminated glass which is high in heat shielding properties. The intermediate film for laminated glass according to the present invention is provided with an infrared ray reflection layer which reflects infrared rays, a first resin layer which is arranged on a first surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin, and a second resin layer which is arranged on a second surface side of the infrared ray reflection layer and contains a thermoplastic resin; and the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the first resin layer is higher than the infrared ray transmittance in the wavelength of 780 to 2100 nm of the second resin layer.
US10654241B2
Provided are a paper material for fibrous casing enabling a fibrous casing to deliver favorable performance, a production method thereof, and a fibrous casing employing the paper material for fibrous casing. The paper material for fibrous casing of the present invention is used as a food packaging material in heat processing of a foodstuff, and is formed from pulp as a principal component, with one face being a glossy face and another face being a matte face. The fibrous casing of the present invention comprises: a paper layer that is arranged as an innermost layer and formed from a paper material; and a synthetic resin layer that is overlaid on an outer face of the paper layer, the paper material being the paper material for fibrous casing. The matte face of the paper material is preferably directed inward. The glossy face of the paper material is also preferably directed inward.
US10654238B2
A device for forming a peripheral edge of a cup blank made of paper material, having at least one forming tool, wherein the forming tool is arranged on a tool carrier which is arranged so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis, wherein the rotation axis coincides with a longitudinal centre axis of the cup blank inserted into the device. The forming tool and the tool carrier are configured and arranged so as to travel along a profile, deviating from a circular shape, of the peripheral edge of the cup blank.
US10654231B2
A tire sealant composition is provided for sealing punctures in pneumatic tires, particularly in the extreme outer shoulder edge and sidewall, comprising a liquid carrier, latex in an amount between about 0.5 to about 6.0% by weight of the composition, a polysaccharide suspending agent and a particulate material with a particle size of less than 300 μm. The composition allows for passage through the tire valve without the need for removal of the valve core.
US10654229B2
A composite part, such as a stiffener is formed in place. A composite charge is placed on a tool spanning a mold cavity, with the centerline of the charge offset from the centerline of the mold cavity. Opposite sides of the charge are held against the tool as the charge is formed into the mold cavity. One side of the charge is held against movement on the tool while the other side of the charge is allowed to slip over the tool toward the mold cavity.
US10654219B2
A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional object includes steps of: a) providing a digital description of the object as a set of voxels; b) sequentially creating an actual set of voxels corresponding to the digital set of voxels; wherein at least one voxel comprises a composition comprising between about 35 and about 100 wt. % of a polymer selected from the group consisting of nonionic PEG homopolymers, PEG copolymers, and mixtures thereof; the polymer having an average molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 95,000 AMU; and between about 0 and about 65 wt. % of a filler, wherein the filler is a solid at a temperature of above about 75 C, wherein the composition has a Melt Flow Index of between about 0.1 and about 50 g/10 min when measured at 70 C under a 1.2 kg load using a half-die according to ASTM D1238-13.
US10654216B2
An imprint lithography system that pressurizes and depressurizes an air cavity behind a retained imprint template or substrate so as to deflect the template or substrate to aid in filling the template pattern with fluid resist and/or separating the template from the cured resist on the substrate. The system includes a controller, pressure sensors, and an impedance valve for modulating the air cavity pressure so as to reduce pressure wave oscillations within the cavity that otherwise negatively impact overlay accuracy control, fluid spread control and separation control.
US10654214B2
A method for manufacturing first and second trim parts of a vehicle, the first trim part having a first thickness and the second trim part having a second thickness different from the first thickness. The method includes introducing the first trim part and the second trim part between a front and a back tool of the forming mold, the front tool having a front fixed part and a front movable insert movable with respect to the front fixed part along a main direction, the back tool having a back fixed part and a back movable insert movable with respect to the back fixed part along the main direction; and adjusting settings of the forming mold to different values for the first and second trim parts.
US10654207B2
A specific mold status Ac is caused in advance in which the interval of an inner portion Xi in the parting plane direction of a parting gap C between a fixed mold 2c and a movable mold 2m during the injection filling is larger than the interval of an outer edge portion Xo and the interval of the outer edge portion Xo is equal to or lower than a predetermined size Ls including 0. A molding injection pressure Pi is set as an injection pressure at which a non-defective product can be molded and a molding mold clamping force Pc is set as a mold clamping force by which a non-defective product can be molded. During the production, a mold 2 is clamped by a molding mold clamping force Pc and the clamped mold 2 is filled with the injected resin R by a molding injection pressure Pi. After a predetermined cooling time Tc has passed, a molded piece G is removed.
US10654201B2
A composite resin molded body includes a base compound resin and a molten-kneaded mixture which contains an organic fibrous filler, and a dispersing agent. In the composite resin molded body, a content of the organic fibrous filler is at least 5 mass % and at most 70 mass %, and a proportion T of the organic fibrous filler carbonized in the composite resin molded body is equal to or less than 0.1.
US10654195B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing waste powder from generative production processes, by means of which three-dimensional objects are produced in layers from a powdery base material. The aim of the invention is to provide a method for the combined mechanical and material preparation of waste powder, wherein the waste powder is brought into such a structure that subsequently, by mixing with or even without new powder or mixtures of new and waste powders, a high-quality powdery material becomes available for generative production processes. This aim is achieved in that the waste powder is subjected to a mechanical treatment by reducing the waste powder to small pieces with a grinding mill.
US10654173B2
A force detection apparatus includes a first plate, a second plate, a first member projecting from the first plate toward the second plate, a second member projecting from the second plate toward the first plate, a third member projecting from the second plate toward the first plate, a first sensor device provided between the first member and the second member and having a piezoelectric element that outputs a signal according to an external force, and a second sensor device provided between the first member and the third member and having a piezoelectric element that outputs a signal according to an external force, wherein the first member has a first projection in contact with the first sensor device, a second projection in contact with the second sensor device, and a slit or a plurality of through holes between the first projection and the second projection.
US10654161B2
A work tool includes an elongate outer housing, an elongate inner housing, a motor, a spindle, and a transmitting mechanism. The inner housing includes a first end part, a second end part, an extending part and an elastic connection part. The motor, the spindle and the transmitting mechanism are disposed in the first end part of the inner housing. The first end part is connected to the outer housing via a first elastic member. The second end part includes a power-source-related device configured to enable power supply from a power source to the motor. The elastic connection part includes second elastic members connecting the extending part and the second end part. The second elastic members are spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction around the longitudinal direction.
US10654148B2
Systems and methods for conditioning blades are provided. A method may include, for example, obtaining a cutting device, measuring various characteristics of the cutting edge of the cutting device, creating a current edge profile based on the characteristics, creating a modified edge profile, and/or conditioning the blade. Conditioning may include grinding, buffing and/or polishing. One or more of the conditioning steps may be based on the modified edge profile.
US10654145B2
A method for varying a removal profile of a silicon wafer during polishing using a polishing apparatus is provided. The polishing apparatus includes a polishing pad, a polishing head assembly configured to hold the silicon wafer, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The method includes receiving, at the controller, thermal data of a portion of the polishing pad from the temperature sensor and determining, by the controller, the removal profile of the silicon wafer based at least in part on the thermal data. The method further includes operating, by the controller, the polishing head assembly to position the silicon wafer in contact with the polishing pad and to selectively vary the removal profile of the silicon wafer based at least in part on the thermal data.
US10654142B2
A device and method for monitoring and correcting the position and orientation of an operating device (2) with respect to a piece (P). A measuring device (5) including a plurality of sensors (505) connected to the operating device is used to measure through contactless technology the distances of the sensors from a surface (π) of the piece along respective directions (l, r, s) having given orientations. The sensor measurements are compared to predetermined desired values and the position of the operating device (2) is selectively changed to maintain a desired positional relationship between a main operative axis (X1) of the operative device and operation axis (X2) defined by the surface of the piece.
US10654127B2
An engraving system using a laser as a tool includes a laser cabinet with a three-point suspension system for mounting the cabinet on a surface such as a table. The three suspension points are arranged in a triangle with at least one of the suspension points being either in the front center or rear center of the field of translation of the engraving tool in the xy plane. While the other two suspension points are mounted in either the left and right front corners of the field or the left and right rear corners of the field or close to those locations. Using the three triangularly arranged suspension points, at least two of which are independently adjustable in elevation, the laser cabinet can be elevated and oriented so as to maintain the plane of the tool translation field parallel to the target surface of the workpiece during an engraving operation. Where the tool is a laser, the cabinet also carries a gas laser tube and an optical system for directing the output thereof to a nozzle aimed downwardly along the z axis and equipped for programmable translation in the xy axis field.
US10654121B2
An arc-welding method in welding by repeating a short circuit and an arc. When the sign of opening of the short circuit is detected, the welding current is reduced from a first current value at the detection of the sign to a second current value, which is lower than the first current value. When the opening of the short circuit is detected, a pulse current having a peak value higher than the first current value is supplied at a plurality of times in the arc period. This suppresses porosities and spatters when galvanized steel sheets are welded.
US10654115B2
A cutter performs milling on a crankshaft blank having a journal and a counterweight coupled to the journal. The cutter includes an annular main body part, a first chip, and a second chip. The annular main body part is centered on a predetermined axis center. The first chip is attached to a circumferential surface of the main body part and is used to cut an external circumferential surface of the journal. The second chip is attached to the circumferential surface of the main body part and is used to cut a groove on the external circumferential surface of the journal.
US10654113B2
A method for cutting an inner circumferential surface of a rotating hollow cylindrical workpiece includes: holding the workpiece with a chucking device such that a side surface of the workpiece on a first side in an axial direction of the workpiece is in contact with a contact surface of the chucking device; setting an intersection angle between a rotational center line of the workpiece and an imaginary straight line to an angle smaller than 45 degrees, the straight line being parallel to an axis line of a button tip and intersecting with the rotational center line; and setting a feed direction of the button tip to the inner circumferential surface to a direction from a second side in the axial direction of the workpiece toward the first side in the axial direction thereof, and cutting the inner circumferential surface by use of the button tip rotating about the axis line.
US10654112B1
A cutter holder has a holder, a collet, and a nut. The holder has a first threaded portion having an external thread, a first abutting surface, a second abutting surface, at least one recess, and at least one sealing member. The at least one recess is recessed in the second abutting surface. The at least one sealing member is mounted in the at least one recess and partially protrudes from the second abutting surface. The nut has a second threaded portion having an internal thread, a third abutting surface, and a fourth abutting surface. The internal thread and the external thread are corresponding internal and external trapezoidal threads, respectively. The third abutting surface and the first abutting surface have a corresponding diameter with a clearance therebetween being less than 0.015 millimeter. The fourth abutting surface and the at least one sealing member are in an interference fit.
US10654111B2
Disclosed is the shape of a curvature of two or more pathways for a device having moving parts that cause movement of an object along those pathways, such that the device can locate or hold the object. In the embodiment, an apparatus is described that centers and optionally locks an object at a desired location. The applications for such a device are varied and can range from chucking a workpiece of varying diameters in a lathe, to centering a drone on a landing zone, to medical and scientific devices to capture and center objects to study, to moving atomic level objects using an electromagnetic field. The scope of this disclosure is the mathematics that defines the mirrored curvatures of each curved pathway and the positioning of the curvatures relative to each other, and the relative movement of the mirrored curvatures to cause the desired effect.
US10654109B2
A coated cutting tool comprising a substrate and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, the coating layer including at least one predetermined layer, wherein: the predetermined layer is a layer containing a compound having a composition represented by a formula below: (AlxTiyM1-x-y)N [wherein M denotes an element of at least one kind selected from the group consisting of Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, W and Si, x denotes an atomic ratio of the Al element based on a total of the Al element, the Ti element and a metal element denoted by M, y denotes an atomic ratio of the Ti element based on a total of the Al element, the Ti element and the metal element denoted by M, x satisfies 0.60≤x≤0.85, y satisfies 0≤y≤0.40, and x+y satisfies 0.60≤x+y≤1.00]; an average thickness of the predetermined layer is from 1.4 μm or more to 15 μm or less; and the predetermined layer has an upper region and a lower region which satisfy conditions (1), (2) and (3) below: condition (1): the upper region has an average thickness of from 0.5 μm or more to 2.5 μm or less ranging from an interface which is close to a surface of the coated cutting tool toward the substrate, the average thickness being less than an average thickness of the predetermined layer, and the lower region has an average thickness of from 0.5 μm or more to 2.5 μm or less ranging from an interface which is close to the substrate toward the surface of the coated cutting tool, the average thickness being less than the average thickness of the predetermined layer; (2) an atomic ratio of the Al element contained in the upper region is higher, by from 3 atom % or higher to 10 atom % or lower, than an atomic ratio of the Al element contained in the lower region; and (3) an average particle size in the upper region is greater than an average particle size in the lower region.
US10654107B2
Disclosed herein is a method comprising disposing a container containing a metal and/or ferromagnetic solid and abrasive particles in a static magnetic field; where the container is surrounded by an induction coil; activating the induction coil with an electrical current, to heat up the metallic or ferromagnetic solid to form a fluid; generating sonic energy to produce acoustic cavitation and abrasion between the abrasive particles and the container; and producing nanoparticles that comprise elements from the container, the metal and/or the ferromagnetic solid and the abrasive particles. Disclosed herein too is a composition comprising first metal or a first ceramic; and particles comprising carbides and/or nitrides dispersed therein. Disclosed herein too is a composition comprising nanoparticles comprising chromium carbide, iron carbide, nickel carbide, γ-Fe and magnesium nickel.
US10654105B2
The present disclosure discloses flake metal lithium powder and a preparing method thereof; by ultrasonically pulverizing the metal lithium placed in a low-viscosity inert organic resolvent using a vacuum ultrasonic pulverization method, a micrometer scale flake metal lithium powder is prepared. The metal lithium powder may be used as an anode material for a lithium cell or lithium ion cell. The present method has advantages of high product purity, simple operation, low processing temperature, low cost, high efficiency, and less demanding on equipment, etc., and has a high prospect of being applied to mass production of metal lithium powder.
US10654099B2
A mold for reducing defects in low pressure casting of an aluminum alloy wheel includes a top mold, a side mold and a bottom mold, wherein the top mold is arranged above the bottom mold to mold a back cavity of a wheel, the bottom mold is arranged below the top mold to mold a front wheel disc of the wheel, the side mold is arranged on the side of the top mold and the bottom mold, and the top mold, the side mold and the bottom mold collectively surround a casting cavity of the aluminum alloy wheel, wherein the upper surface of the bottom mold includes a recessed portion configured to form a spoke and a boss portion configured to form a window and wherein the boss portion configured to form the window includes cooling ducts.
US10654098B2
A refractory core (12) for fabricating a hollow turbine engine airfoil (10) using the lost-wax casting technique, the core comprising a main body (14) and at least one shell (16) connected to the main body (14) and defining a cavity (18) between the main body and the shell, the shell (16) being configured to come into contact with the airfoil (10) during fabrication.
US10654095B2
An adjustment system for a fastener pulling head includes a swivel adapter, an adjustment member, and a retention member. The fastener pulling head includes a frame, a jaw, and a drawbolt body, the adjustment system. The swivel adapter is configured to engage with a proximal end portion of the drawbolt body. The swivel adapter defines an internal bore. The adjustment member is disposed within the internal bore and configured to engage the drawbolt body. The retention member is configured to engage and secure the swivel adapter at a location within the drawbolt body. When the retention member is disengaged from the swivel adapter, the pulling head can be rotated to cause the frame to move relative to the drawbolt body to adjust a gripping force of the jaw.
US10654092B2
A method and an apparatus for manufacturing a stepped member are provided. An intermediate portion of a shaft workpiece is radially enlarged while being compressed in an axial direction by applying alternating load to the intermediate portion in a direction intersecting the axial direction in a state in which pressure that compresses the shaft workpiece in the axial direction is applied to both ends of the shaft workpiece. The enlarged intermediate portion of the shaft workpiece is cat in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction so that the shaft workpiece is divided into two stepped members. Each of the stepped members has a shaft portion and a head portion provided at an axial end of the shaft portion, and the head portion has a larger diameter than the shaft portion.
US10654084B2
A rolling mill, in particular a rolling mill having more than one mill stand, includes at least two rolls which are mounted in a roll bearing in a mill stand to absorb rolling forces, movers for moving at least one roll relative to the mill stand as well as determining devices for determining the roll pass, the determining device having a pass reference and a spatial reference as well as a measuring device for measuring the relative position between the pass reference and the spatial reference. At least one of the pass reference and the spatial reference is arranged peripherally in relation to the power flow occurring between the roll and the mill stand.
US10654082B2
Disclosed is a method using an environmental-friendly and artificial freezing technique for sealing and displacement of a soil pollutant. The method for displacement of the soil pollutant comprises: performing an artificial freezing technique on an area and depth of a surveyed contaminated site to form a sealed frozen wall along the perimeter of the contaminated site, by using the excellent permeation resistance function of the frozen wall to seal the contaminated site and to prevent the pollutant from spreading further; selecting a freezing temperature of −10° C. to −30° C. according to characteristics of the freezing temperature and precipitation rate of the pollutant, by controlling the freezing rate to 1 cm/day to 10 cm/day, and performing freezing displacement of the soil pollutant from outside to inside using a principle of freezing purification, to concentrate the pollutant; and subjecting the remaining high concentration of contaminated soil to chemical treatment.
US10654076B2
An automatic fiber cleaning system comprises a first cleaning module, a second cleaning module, and a sprayer. Each of the first cleaning module and the second cleaning module has a cleaning belt, a driven belt wheel on which an unused portion of the cleaning belt is wound, a driving belt wheel on which a used portion of the cleaning belt is wound, and a pressing tool on which the cleaning belt is tightened. The sprayer sprays a cleaning agent onto the cleaning belts. The pressing tools press the cleaning belts on both sides of an optical fiber and clamp the optical fiber. The cleaning belts move relative to the optical fiber by the driving belt wheels to wipe the optical fiber.
US10654074B2
An LED Assisted Rapid Assembly system is disclosed wherein a plurality of rack locations are provided with an addressable LED light puck at each location, such that the puck may be illuminated to indicate to a worker the rack location for a specific garment by correlating the garment, the invoice/ticket and the location electronically and controlling the LED.
US10654070B2
The present application relates to a method for preparing a barrier film. The present application can provide a method for preparing a barrier film having excellent barrier characteristics and optical performances. The barrier film produced by the method of the present application can be effectively used not only for packaging materials of as foods or medicines, and the like, but also for various applications, such as members for FPDs (flat panel displays) such as LCDs (Liquid Crystal Displays) or solar cells, substrates for electronic papers or OLEDs (Organic Light Emitting Diodes), or sealing films.
US10654058B2
A dispensing head (1) for a trigger dispensing device includes a return spring (50) provided with a pair of main arms (52, 54), secondary arms (62, 64) which extend from the main arms (52, 54) and an abutment portion (70) that connects the secondary arms (62, 64). The abutment portion (70) and/or the secondary arms (62, 64) are applied to the frame (2) to create a constraint and give rise to a return action.
US10654054B2
A pressure washer includes a prime mover, a water pump, the water pump including a pump inlet for receiving fluid from a fluid source and a pump outlet for supplying a pressurized primary fluid, a jet pump including a primary fluid inlet fluidly coupled to the pump outlet, a secondary fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet, and a spray gun configured to be fluidly coupled to the fluid outlet of the jet pump, the spray gun including a spray gun outlet having a variable effective flow area. Wherein, in operation, in a high pressure operating mode, the pressurized primary fluid flows through the jet pump and exits through the fluid outlet of the jet pump, and in a high flow operating mode, the pressurized primary fluid flows through the jet pump and entrains a secondary fluid supplied through the secondary fluid inlet, resulting in a combined fluid flow.
US10654050B1
A separator includes a first piston and a second piston both mounted within a drum assembly volume. The first piston is moveable between a first piston open position and a first piston closed position. In the first piston open position drum ejection passages of the drum assembly are open to the drum assembly volume, while in the first piston closed position the first piston blocks the drum ejection passages so that they are closed to the drum assembly volume. A number of intermediate ejection paths are formed in the separator, each extending from an intermediate ejection path inlet at an intermediate region of the drum assembly volume to an intermediate ejection path outlet. The second piston is moveable to alternately open or close the intermediate ejection paths to the drum assembly volume.
US10654048B2
The present invention discloses mining collector compositions containing sodium metabisulfite and a thiocarbonate compound. Flotation processes for recovering molybdenum from a copper-molybdenum concentrate using the collector compositions also are disclosed.
US10654043B2
A wear-resistant element for partial insertion into a recess on the surface of a wear area of a comminuting device. The wear-resistant element includes particles made of a highly wear-resistant material which are embedded in a matrix material.
US10654038B2
A nucleic acid analysis apparatus with isothermal based amplification includes a chamber, a fluid delivery unit, a thermal unit, a rotational driven unit and at least one optical unit. The chamber includes a cartridge mounted therein. The fluid delivery unit is connected with the chamber and adapted to transport reagents within the cartridge for sample purification and/or nucleic acid extraction. The thermal unit is disposed in the chamber and adapted to provide a predefined temperature for nucleic acid amplification. The rotational driven unit is connected with the chamber and capable of rotating the cartridge with a predefined program. The at least one optical unit is disposed on the chamber and includes plural optical components for detection.
US10654037B2
Disclosed herein are fluid handling devices that include integrated card and pipette tip devices, for use with multichannel liquid dispensing devices.
US10654033B2
A separation vessel for separating an effluent stream that comprises a mixture of hydrocarbons and ionic liquid. The separation vessels may be vertically orientated. Ionic liquid is utilized to remove entrained ionic liquid droplets form rising hydrocarbons within the separation zone. The ionic liquid may be provided with a stream of the ionic liquid from the separation vessel. The ionic liquid may be provided as a layer or travel counter-current to the hydrocarbons rising in the separation vessel.
US10654028B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising manganese oxides wherein the manganese oxides comprise: MnO in an amount of 40-60 mole %, based on mole of Mn; Mn2O3 in an amount of 40-60 mole %, based on mole of Mn; and Mn3O4 in an amount of 1-10 mole %, based on mole of Mn. The present invention also relates to a method for preparing the catalysts and the use of the catalyst in an air purifier. The catalyst according to the present invention can effectively catalyze formaldehyde oxidation at ambient temperature so as to effectively remove indoor formaldehyde being present in relative low amounts.
US10654022B2
The present invention discloses high pressure flow reactor vessels and associated systems. Also disclosed are processes for producing thiol compounds and sulfide compounds utilizing these flow reactor vessels.
US10654016B2
There is provided an apparatus and a method for producing a play compound and the play compound itself which, in one embodiment is a compound which sufficiently fluid to be pliable and is typically cold and slimy to the touch. The apparatus and a method provide a powder and liquid to a user, which can be a non-skilled person and thereby allow the mixing of the powder and liquid together by that person to form the play compound outside of a factory environment whilst ensuring that the play compound which is formed has the desired characteristics. Most typically the user which performs the mixing can be the end user, such as a child, who will play with the compound and so the formation of the play compound forms a new part of the play experience.
US10654011B2
A hydrofoil impeller includes a central hub connected to a shaft, and being in the form of a flat plate and being perpendicular to the central axis. The central hub has first bolt holes arranged to form a pattern, the number of groups of first bolt holes corresponding to a number of blades attached to the central hub. At least three blades extend radially outwardly from the central hub, and have a group of second bolt holes arranged in a corresponding pattern to the first bolt holes so that the group of second bolt holes can be aligned with the group of first bolt holes and bolts can be placed through the first and second bolt holes to form bolted joints. The pattern in which the first holes and second holes are arranged in each of the respective groups of holes has a form of a closed curved shape.
US10654007B2
An aeration assembly for aerating liquids including wine and other alcoholic beverages includes an expansion chamber and an aerating device. The expansion chamber is configured to be in fluid communication with an inside of the uncorked and/or opened bottle when engaged by a bottom portion of the expansion chamber. The aerating device comprises a gas conduit having a proximal end in fluid communication with a distal end. The distal end is disposable below the bottom portion of the expansion chamber. A gas source is in fluid communication with the proximal end of the gas conduit. The expansion chamber is configured to temporarily contain an expansion of bubbles during an aeration process. The expansion chamber and aerating device are not permanently connected, wherein the aerating device can be fully removed from the expansion chamber before, during or after the aeration process.
US10654006B1
A device for infusing gas into a liquid comprises a housing and a tube having a width that is smaller than that of the housing and which is positioned within the housing such that the longitudinal axis of the tube is approximately parallel to that of the housing. The device further comprises potting compound interposed between an outside surface of the tube and an inside surface of the housing at both ends of the tube. Microporous hollow fibers extend from the potting compound at the first end of the tube and through the potting compound at the second end of the tube. Openings in the device allow for the introduction of gas and liquid into the device. Gas enters the device and into the microporous hollow fibers. Liquid enters the device and is exposed to the outer surfaces of the microporous hollow fibers. Gas passes from the microporous hollow fibers to the liquid and is dissolved into the liquid. Liquid infused with gas exits the device.
US10654005B2
The method for producing a gas separation composite membrane includes applying a mixed liquid containing compounds (a) and (b) below onto a porous support to form a coating film and curing the coating film to form a crosslinked polysiloxane compound layer: (a) a particular crosslinkable polysiloxane compound having a structural unit (a1), a structural unit (a2), and a structural unit (a3) or (a4), and (b) a particular crosslinkable polysiloxane compound having a structural unit (b1), a structural unit (b2), and a structural unit (b3) or (b4), where R1a to R1f and R2a to R2f represent a particular group and * represents a particular linking site.
US10653992B2
A coolant gas, multi-filter filtering unit, for use with servers and other electrical equipment that can be utilized as a retrofit device for existing servers or provided as OEM equipment with the server is described. A series of static centrifugal force filtering units are position upstream of a replaceable surface filter. The surface filter can be a HEPA filter, or alternatively include an absorbent layer or separate third filter of charcoal to remove VOCs.
US10653986B2
Fine fiber products including fiber webs, as well as related assemblies, systems and methods, are described. In some embodiments, fiber webs described herein may include fine fibers and relatively low amounts of degraded polymer formed during a fiber extrusion process. The fiber webs may be used for filter media applications.
US10653983B2
A frameless, modular connector pipe screen insert designed for installation within storm water infrastructure, including a catch basin, for the treatment of storm water by removing trash and debris from incoming water flow. The connector pipe screen is optimally designed with perforation sizes and void areas to remove trash and debris; thereby preventing further pollution of nearby water systems including rivers, lakes, and oceans.
US10653982B2
A vacuum belt filter including a belt with a plurality of vacuum boxes, filter means being arranged to the vacuum boxes, drive means for moving the belt, and a suction station for creating an underpressure to the vacuum boxes at the suction station. In order to enable liquid-solid separation at low energy costs and long service interval of the vacuum belt filter, the filter means is in the form of a capillary filter, each vacuum box being provided with such a filter and each vacuum box being provided with an outlet having a check valve enabling a fluid flow from the inside space of the vacuum box to the outside of the vacuum box for creating an underpressure in the vacuum box when the suction station is connected to the vacuum box.
US10653976B2
A water purification apparatus includes a bottomed cylindrical container tank, a lid member for fluid-tightly closing an upper opening of the container tank, an upper filter which forms an upper space between the lid member and itself, a lower filter which forms a lower space between a bottom plate of the container tank and itself, a water passage pipe which passes through the upper and lower filters and which establishes a communication between the upper and lower spaces, and an ion-exchange resin loaded in a space defined by the container tank, the upper and lower filters and the water passage pipe. The lid member has a water supply pipe for supplying water to the upper space, and an overflow pipe which connects to the water passage pipe. A water conveyance pipe for discharging the pure water in the container tank to outside is connected to the lower space.
US10653971B2
A first grounded portion is at least one of portions of an apparatus that are grounded, and vibrates in accordance with a vibration of at least a first vibration unit. A second grounded portion is at least one of the portions of the apparatus that are grounded, and vibrates in accordance with a vibration of at least a second vibration unit. Then, a first control signal for controlling the vibration of the first vibration unit and a second control signal for controlling the vibration of the second vibration unit are generated, whereby, in a state where the apparatus is on a certain surface, the apparatus moves on the certain surface by a vibration of the first grounded portion grounded on the certain surface and/or a vibration of the second grounded portion grounded on the certain surface.
US10653963B2
Methods and apparatus provide for: receiving inputs at a service provider server system from a controller over an internet connection; using the inputs in a processing system to produce data based thereon representing desired operations by a user of the controller; and transmitting the data from the service provider server system back over the internet connection.
US10653962B2
Disclosed are a system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program and a computer-implemented method for digital avatars. An interface module receives a request message to determine measurements of a user. A graphics engine sub-module accesses a first set of data that is indicative of locations in a first image of a user. The locations are points of the user's body in the first image. The graphics engine sub-module accesses a second set of data that is indicative of a first physical-space measurement of the user. A computational sub-module determines, based at least partly on the locations and the first physical-space measurement characteristic, an estimate of a second physical-space measurement of the user.
US10653958B2
A video game device calculates a difference vector extending from a predetermined reference position on the screen to an input position. Moreover, the video game device calculates movement parameter data used for moving, with respect to a fixed point in the virtual space uniquely determined based on a position of the controlled object, the point of sight to a position that is determined by a direction in the virtual space based on a direction of the difference vector and a distance in the virtual space based on a magnitude of the difference vector. The point of sight is moved based on the movement parameter data. The video game device produces an image based on a virtual camera, which has been moved according to the movement of the point of sight, and displays the image on the screen of a display device.
US10653956B2
A computer program product which may cause an information processing apparatus to execute steps of associating one group with each of a plurality of game media, arranging a plurality of game media on a field, starting a battle, arranging a first object associated with a plurality of parameters on the field according to a progress situation of the battle, executing a first change process of changing a parameter of the first object according to a control process of the game medium, stopping the executing of the first change process of the parameter if the parameter of the first object reaches the predetermined value, increasing points of the group corresponding to the parameter that has reached the predetermined value, and determining a result of the battle.
US10653955B2
To encourage viewer participation, games, contests and social interactions are able to be synchronized with programming such as television shows or commercials utilizing a second screen such as a cell phone, iPad® or laptop computer. The programming is able to be television programming, Internet programming (e.g. a video displayed on a webpage or mobile device) or any other programming. The gaming is able to be any game such as a game of skill or chance, for example, a scavenger hunt or a treasure hunt.
US10653954B2
The present invention is a server that causes a logged-in information processor to run a game among a plurality of information processors, comprising: executing to determine a present information of a content corresponding to a status information of the information processor of a transmission destination when receiving a present giving signal for giving a present to the information processor of the transmission destination identified by an ID information, and transmitting the present information to the information processor of the transmission destination, triggered by a predetermined action of the information processor of the transmission destination.
US10653952B2
In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method for wireless gaming with location determination are provided. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, the system includes a gaming server; a wireless network at least partially covering a property, the wireless network comprising a plurality of signal detection devices; and a gaming communication device operable to transmit and receive gaming information to and from the gaming server via the wireless network. A location of the gaming communication device on the property may be determined based upon a signal received by the plurality of signal detection devices from the gaming communication device. Based upon the location of the gaming communication device on the property, a predetermined functionality of the gaming communication device may be enabled.
US10653949B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for detecting a plurality of stimulus signals generated by a gaming accessory device, identifying a plurality of substitute gaming stimulations associated with the plurality of stimulus signals, substituting the plurality of stimulus signals with the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations, incorporating in each of the plurality of substitute gaming stimulations a first unique identifier to generate a plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations, transmitting the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations to a computing device executing a gaming application, and receiving from the computing device a plurality of game action results, where each of the plurality of gaming action results comprises the first unique identifier of a corresponding one of the plurality of updated substitute gaming stimulations. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US10653942B2
The invention proposes a wearable device. The wearable device includes an information capturing device and a processing device. The information capturing device is configured to dynamically capture a plurality of partial detected object information of a detected object in a sub-action of a dynamic event. The processing device is coupled to the information capturing device. The processing device is configured to perform an accumulation operation according to the plurality of partial detected object information, so as to obtain a plurality of location information corresponding to the sub-action of the dynamic event. The processing device compares the plurality of location information in the sub-action of the dynamic event with the plurality of location information in a previous sub-action, so as to obtain a sub-object distribution information corresponding to the sub-action of the dynamic event. In addition, a dynamic event recording system and a dynamic event recording method thereof are also provided.
US10653940B2
A play set has a toy ring stage including a raised platform with vertical posts, a ring mat, and a ring skirt partially attached to the platform. The play set includes a horizontal ring rope attached to the at least four posts to complete a wrestling or boxing ring stage. A turnbuckle is provided for attaching the rope to the post. In one embodiment, a sheath covers the turnbuckle. In one embodiment, a turnbuckle pad is used to cover the turnbuckle. The turnbuckle pad includes two dimples for contouring the pad to the rope.
US10653933B2
A method and a system are described for operating a bathing unit system to provide swim-in-place functionality to a swimmer. A communication link is established between the bathing unit system and an auxiliary device worn by or implanted in the body of the swimmer. A signal conveying information associated with the swimmer and originating from the auxiliary device is received. Control signals for controlling operational settings associated with a propulsion assembly of the bathing unit system are derived at least in part by processing the information conveyed by the signal originating from the auxiliary device. The control signals are then released to control the operational settings associated with the propulsion assembly. In another aspect, a graphic display is provided presenting the user with a customized set of selectable swim-in-place configurations derived at least in part by processing a signal originating from an auxiliary device worn by or implanted in the body of the swimmer.
US10653929B2
A head 2 includes: a face member fc1 having a hitting surface 4; and a body member bd1 having a hosel 6, a sole surface 8, and a toe-side surface 9. The face member fc1 further has a top-side flange FL1 including a top surface 5. The body member bd1 has a hosel-forming part 24 including the hosel 6, a sole-forming part 28 including the sole surface 8, and a toe-forming part 26 including the toe-side surface 9. The hosel-forming part 24 has a heel joint portion Jh joined to a heel-side end of the top-side flange FL1. The toe-forming part 26 has a toe joint portion Jt joined to a toe-side end of the top-side flange FL1. A body missing portion ms1 in which the body member bd1 is not present is provided between the toe joint portion Jt and the heel joint portion Jh.
US10653926B2
Disclosed golf club heads include a body defining an interior cavity, a face, a sole, a crown, and a hosel. Certain embodiments include a weight channel positioned in the sole and defining a path along the sole. Some embodiments include a weight member positioned in the weight channel that is configured to be adjusted to any of a range of selectable positions to adjust mass properties of the golf club head. A fastener may be configured to secure the weight member in any of the selectable positions, while the fastener itself, regardless of where the weight member is positioned along the path, may be secured to the body at a fixed location that is independent of the position of the weight member along the path. Additional discretionary mass elements may be added to the weight member, such as at its ends, to further adjust mass properties of the golf club head.
US10653925B2
A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, has a face with a striking surface configured for striking a ball and a channel extending across a portion of the sole. The channel may be recessed from adjacent surfaces of the sole and have a depth of recession from the adjacent surfaces of the sole, wherein the channel comprises a center portion extending across a center of the sole, a heel portion extending from a heel end of the center portion toward the heel, and a toe portion extending from a toe end of the center portion toward the toe, wherein the width and the depth of the center portion of the channel are substantially constant, and wherein the depth of the channel is greater at the heel and toe portions than at the center portion.
US10653912B2
An adjustable reformer for exercising is provided. The reformer includes a frame, a carriage slidably mounted to the horizontal frame, and at least one resistance element connected to the carriage. A cord connects the carriage to at least one lower guide and at least one upper guide. Pulling the cord causes movement of the carriage along the frame against resistance provided by the resistance element. The guides can be height adjustable. The reformer can include a cord retraction system. Related methods of exercise are also provided.
US10653910B2
A fire fighting composition according to the invention comprises a first surfactant selected from alkyl group-containing amphoteric surfactants, wherein the alkyl group contains at least 8 carbon atoms, and alkyl group-containing zwitterionic surfactants, wherein the alkyl group contains at least 8 carbon atoms, and mixtures thereof, and a second surfactant selected from alkyl group-containing anionic surfactants, wherein the alkyl group contains at least 8 carbon atoms, and wherein the weight ratio of the first surfactant to the second surfactant is in the range of from 3:1 to 1:1.5, wherein the fire fighting foaming composition is essential free of fluorine. Typically, the first surfactant is selected from alkyl amine oxides, betaines and N-alkyl pyrrolidones. Typically, the second surfactant is selected from alkyl sulphates, alkyl phosphates, dialkylsulphosuccinates, sodium alkyl ether sulphates and alkyl carboxylates. The compositions which are essentially-free of fluorine or fluorine-containing compounds give a good combination of fire fighting properties, such as burn back performance and extinguishing capability.
US10653909B2
A portable water storage system for draining and refilling building fire protection systems is provided. The system includes a tank for storing fire protection system water, a hose connecting the building fire protection system to the tank. A vacuum pump is configured to draw a low pressure on the fire protection system. A water pump is configured to return the water of the fire protection system from the tank to the system.
US10653907B1
A fire sprinkler emergency drain apparatus for conveying liquid from an open or leaking sprinkler head or leaking portion of a fire extinguishing system that includes a shallow mouth collection ring and drain line assembly having a collection ring of a size to surround a fire sprinkler head or a recessed opening in which a fire sprinkler head is positioned and a flexible drain line connected to the collection ring to convey liquid from the sprinkler head to a drain area, the drain line being mounted in a rolled configuration wherein the drain line is flattened in cross sectional configuration adjacent the collection ring and the shallow mouth collection ring and drain line assembly being supported by a handle adapted to be attached to a pole for use in elevating the shallow mouth collection ring and drain line assembly relative to a sprinkler head.
US10653897B2
A surgical instrument having a transmission assembly, a transducer, and a handle assembly is configured for coupling the transmission assembly to the handle assembly using a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism is operable to restrict the rotational movement of an actuator coupling member and the transducer relative to the handle assembly. The locking mechanism may also be operable to lock a trigger of the handle assembly in a first position. An inner tubular actuating member of the transmission assembly may be threadably attachable to the actuator coupling member or the actuator coupling member may include a latching mechanism to couple to a flared portion of the inner tubular actuating member. A waveguide of the transmission assembly may also be threadably attachable to the transducer. In one alternative, the trigger may be configured to operate the locking mechanism, either in the first position or when pivoted distally to a third position.
US10653896B2
A radiotherapy apparatus incorporating multi-source focusing therapy and conformal and intensity-modulated therapy is disclosed. The radiotherapy apparatus includes a base, a movable couch, a gantry, at least one therapeutic head, and a counterweight. The therapeutic head includes a shielding part, a source carrier received in the shielding part, provided with a focusing radioactive source for focused therapy and a conformal radioactive source for conformal and intensity-modulated radiotherapy, a switch part configured for controlling on/off the source, a shielding door configured for controllably shielding the radiation beams of the radioactive sources; and a collimator assembly. By using this apparatus, accurate multi-source focused therapy and conformal therapy can be implemented in a single current Gamma Knife device.
US10653894B2
Embodiments disclose methods and apparatus for managing the provision of radiotherapy treatment. The method includes storing a database of calibration settings for a plurality of components of a first radiotherapy system. The calibration settings may be used by the first radiotherapy system to translate treatment plans into instructions for the plurality of components to carry out. The method further includes deriving from the database allowable ranges of values for the calibration settings. The method also includes receiving from a second radiotherapy system calibration settings for the second radiotherapy system prior to implementation of a treatment plan, comparing the calibration settings for the second radiotherapy system with the derived allowable ranges of values, and generating an alert signal when a subset of the calibration settings for the second radiotherapy system falls outside the allowable range of values.
US10653893B2
A control circuit provides an opportunity via a user interface for a user to specify at least one custom DVH estimation model training feature. The control circuit then combines a predetermined set of DVH estimation model training features with a user-specified customer DVH estimation model training feature to provide a combined feature set. The control circuit uses the combined feature set to train a knowledge-based DVH estimation model which is then used to provide a DVH estimation for use when developing/optimizing a radiation treatment plan. That resultant radiation treatment plan then controls a radiation-administration platform to provide a therapeutic radiation dose to a patient.
US10653891B2
According to an embodiment, a particle beam treatment system has: a CT device that is a three-dimensional image acquisition part installed in a treatment room for acquisition of a three-dimensional internal image on a day of treatment; a dose distribution display part that displays a dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and a dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; a treatment management device that is a selection part to select whether or not to change the treatment plan data based on the dose distribution in the three-dimensional image acquired on the day of treatment and the dose distribution in treatment plan data designed in advance; and an irradiation part that irradiates an affected part with a particle beam according to the treatment plan data based on selection made by the treatment management device.
US10653890B2
Provided is a simple light irradiation apparatus capable of performing uniform irradiation even on to a treatment area having a curved surface and capable of suppressing excessive heating caused by light irradiation. The light irradiation apparatus (10) includes a polymer gel layer (3) that covers the treatment area (2) on skin (1), an LED protective layer (6) that closely adheres to the polymer gel layer (3), and a substrate (5) on which LEDs (4) closely adhered to the LED protective layer (6) are arranged thereon. A current control apparatus (8) which lights the LEDs (4) controls irradiation intensity and stops irradiation when reaching a demanded dose amount.
US10653889B2
Methods for providing and/or determining therapeutic treatment of at least a portion of a patient's brain are provided. The method includes applying light to at least a portion of a patient's brain and monitoring at least one physiological parameter of the patient. The method further includes receiving real-time feedback information regarding the at least one monitored physiological parameter and adjusting a treatment parameter of the applied light based on the real-time feedback information.
US10653887B2
An implantable medical device implements a special mode of operation, such as a mode of electrical stimulation therapy, during conditions where there may be an increased likelihood that a device reset will occur. The implantable medical device recovers from the device reset by copying values that specify the special mode and that are stored in a non-volatile memory to an operating memory. The special mode is implemented after the device reset has occurred by using the values copied to the operating memory. One version of the special mode is an MRI mode that allows the implantable medical device to safely operate during an MRI scan. The fields of the MRI scan may trigger a device reset, but the MRI mode values are copied from the non-volatile memory to the operating memory, and the MRI mode is implemented after the reset by using the values copied to the operating memory.
US10653886B2
A medical device and medical device system for delivering left ventricular pacing that includes a subcutaneous sensing device having a subcutaneous electrode to sense a subcutaneous cardiac signal and an emitting device to emit a trigger signal in response to the sensed cardiac signal, an intracardiac therapy delivery device to deliver the left ventricular pacing in response to the emitted trigger signal, and a processor configured to determine whether the medical device system is in one of a VVD pacing mode and a VVI pacing mode, determine whether the delivered left ventricular pacing captures the left ventricle, determine whether to adjust a pacing parameter in response to the determination of whether the device system is in one of a VVD pacing mode and a VVI pacing mode and the determination of whether the delivered left ventricular pacing captures the left ventricle, and deliver the left ventricular pacing in response to determining whether to adjust the pacing parameter.
US10653883B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus for treating a medical condition in a patient using an implantable medical device (IMD). The IMD is capable of generating a first electrical signal for treating a medical condition, for example epilepsy. The first electrical signal relates to a long term therapy during a first time period in which there is no indication that the patient's brain is in an stable state, the first electrical signal being a microburst stimulation signal. The implantable device is also capable of generating a second electrical signal for treating the medical condition. The second electrical signal relates to a short term therapy during a second time period, in response to an indication that the patient's brain is in an unstable state. The second electrical signal in one example, may be a conventional stimulation signal.
US10653882B2
Provided is an electrical stimulus device including a member to be wound around an arm of a user, multiple electrodes arranged on one surface of the member, and multiple optical distance sensors arranged on the one surface of the member. An electrical stimulus signal output from an electrical stimulus generation circuit is provided to the user from a specific electrode of the multiple electrodes to provide a stimulus to a muscle of the arm at a position facing the specific electrode, and the multiple optical distance sensors detect displacement of muscles of the arm. Some electrodes of the multiple electrodes are substantially rectangular electrodes inclined with respect to a circumferential direction of the arm of the user at a predetermined angle of lower than 90°.
US10653876B2
A medical device for treatment for overweight or obesity is presented. The medical device is attached or implanted in patient's target body organs, wherein in each one of the device attachments, or daily in the case of long continuous attachment, the device removes up to 100 grams of energy containing materials from the body. The medical device optionally contains needles or alternatively contains crawling worm-like arm. The energy containing materials may be fat cells, fatty acid molecules driven out from the fat cells or lipids or carbohydrates molecules such as glucose from the blood stream.
US10653872B2
The present invention relates to an energy delivery device for expanding a tubular organ, the energy delivering device delivering energy to a tubular organ by an optical fiber for treatment and expanding a tissue in the tubular organ, the device comprising a light diffusing optical fiber connected between a laser device and a fixing tip and delivering light; a contraction unit having one end connected to the fixing tip and arranged in a circumference of an end of the light diffusing optical fiber; a movement unit closely adhered to the other end of the contraction unit, in which the light diffusing optical fiber is inserted; and an expansion adjustment unit adjusting a moving distance of the movement unit and expanding the contraction unit in a radial direction while contracting the contraction unit.
US10653866B2
A medical system may comprise a catheter having a main lumen and a distal tip positioned in a working configuration at a working location. The medical system may also comprise a sensor system coupled to the catheter to generate measurement signals. The medical system may also comprise a control system. The control system may be configured to receive the measurement signals from the sensor system. The control system may be operable to identify from the received measurement signals the working configuration of the distal tip of the catheter. The control system may be configured to control at least one degree of freedom of the distal tip of the catheter to maintain the working configuration of the distal tip of the catheter based on a selected stiffness mode and the received measurement signals. The selected stiffness mode determines the at least one degree of freedom of the distal tip.
US10653863B1
A robotic catheter system including a first drive mechanism configured to interact with an elongated medical device to cause the elongated medical device to move along its longitudinal axis. A controller provides a signal to a motor to move the first wiping surface toward the longitudinal axis when the elongated device is being withdrawn from a patient.
US10653861B2
Elongate, steerable devices for insertion into a subject's body, including very narrow (small diameter) devices that may be configured as steerable catheters and guidewires for use in interventional cardiology and neuroradiology. Also described are methods of making and using these devices, and controllers for controlling these steerable devices. These steerable devices may have a bendable distal region, a plurality of tendons each attached to the distal bendable region and extending from the distal bendable region to a proximal handle region with a plurality of axial translation regions. The axial translation regions may be arranged along an outer surface of the proximal handle region and each axial translation region may be coupled to a tendon for bending the distal region. The axial translation regions may be elastically connected to each other, and configured to translate the tendon and thereby steer the distal bendable region.
US10653856B2
A sleep assistance device is provided-for, including a housing, a contactless biometric sensor, a processor, memory, and a speaker. The processor may detect a user's sleep state by reading signals from the contactless biometric sensor based on at least one of a detected change in heartrate, body movement, or respiration. The processor may also arrange a soundscape including individual sound records representing sounds associated with the selected soundscape based, at least in part, on the detected sleep state of a user.
US10653852B2
The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing, a power unit (24, 26, 28), said power unit comprising: an actuation element (52); which actuation element (52) is operably arranged to move inside said housing ( ) for expelling a dose of medicament; said medicament delivery device further comprising a monitoring unit (30); said monitoring unit (30) being detachably attached to said housing; at least one sensor (32, 54) arranged in said monitoring unit (30), said at least one sensor (32, 54) being operably arranged to monitor said power unit (24, 26, 28) for obtaining information regarding status of the medicament delivery device.
US10653847B2
A drug delivery device comprising: a housing; a cylindrical member rotatably supported within the housing; and a plurality of sensors; wherein: the outer surface of the cylindrical member is provided with a single track, the track forming an encoder and having a plurality of first track segments and a plurality of second track segments arranged along the length of the track which are respectively capable of inducing first and second responses in the sensors; and in each rotational position of the cylindrical member relative to the housing at least one different first track segment is capable of inducing a first response in at least one said sensor, thereby enabling the rotational position of the cylindrical member relative to the housing to be determined.
US10653837B2
The present disclosure relates to a syringe for retaining and/or mixing two substances which have been retained separately inside the syringe. In particular the present disclosure relates to a syringe for 1) retaining a dry composition in a vacuum, and 2) mixing the dry composition with an aqueous medium to form a flowable substance. One embodiment relates to a syringe for mixing first and second substances comprising a barrel comprising a vacuum chamber for holding a first substance, a plunger incorporating a reservoir chamber for holding a second substance and configured to be axially displaced in the vacuum chamber, and a valve for controlling and/or establishing a fluid connection between the vacuum chamber and the reservoir chamber.
US10653823B2
A composite wound dressing apparatus promotes healing of a wound via the use of a micropump system. The micropump system includes a micropump that applies a subatmospheric pressure to the wound to effectively draw wound fluid or exudate away from the wound bed, or deliver fluids to the wound bed, without the need for a cumbersome external pressure (e.g. vacuum) source. Hence, the wound dressing and micropump system is portable which allows the patient mobility that is unavailable when an external vacuum source is used.
US10653822B2
The disclosure provides drug delivery devices and methods of making and using the drug delivery devices. The devices include single and multi-layer polymer films made by a breath figure technique having therapeutic agents associated therewith. For example, the devices may be a dual layer polymer film wherein the first layer includes a therapeutic agent incorporated into it by spin coating the first agent with a polymer solution and the second agent is incorporated into the second layer by loading the agent into pores of the second layer after it is spin coated onto the first layer. In some cases one layer provides a burst release and the second layer provides a slow release drug delivery profile. The devices may take on the form of a surgical mesh with a slow release therapeutic drug.
US10653812B2
Provided is a method of preparing a superabsorbent polymer which exhibits more improved liquid permeability and absorption rate while maintaining excellent absorption performance. The method of preparing the superabsorbent polymer may include the steps of: performing crosslinking polymerization of water-soluble ethylene-based unsaturated monomers having acidic groups which are at least partially neutralized in the presence of an internal crosslinking agent to form a water-containing gel polymer including a crosslinked polymer; drying, pulverizing, and size-sorting the water-containing gel polymer to form a base polymer powder; performing surface-crosslinking of the base polymer powder using a surface-crosslinking solution including one or more surface-crosslinking agents in the presence of first alumina particles; and adding second alumina particles to the surface-crosslinked base polymer powder and then mixing them with each other.
US10653810B2
A method is for making a hemostat device. The method includes preparing a homogenous solution of gelatin and chitosan by adding gelatin to water to form a gelatin solution, adding an acid to the gelatin solution to provide an acidified gelatin solution, and adding chitosan to the acidified gelatin solution to form the homogenous solution of gelatin and chitosan. The method also may include air drying the homogenous solution of gelatin and chitosan to provide an air dried scaffold, processing the air dried scaffold to provide a porous sponge, loading the porous sponge with a clotting agent by exposing the porous sponge to the clotting agent in an aqueous solution, and drying the loaded porous sponge.
US10653804B2
Disclosed herein are complexes of gadolinium metal, ligand and meglumine that are substantially free of non-aqueous solvents. In particular, solvent-free complexes of 1) gadopentetate dimeglumine and 2) gadoterate meglumine are disclosed and methods of their preparation are disclosed. In addition, methods are disclosed for purifying reactants, monitoring and controlling pH, quantifying the free gadolinium content, quantifying the concentration of gadolinium-ligand complex in aqueous solution, and procedures for producing a drug product in one step. The one step process eliminates the need to dry the gadolinium-ligand complex, which is typically highly hygroscopic. The one step process includes purification steps that do not require the use of non-aqueous solvents.
US10653801B2
A compound includes at least one targeting peptide coupled to a detectable moiety. The targeting peptide binds to EDB-FN or EDA-FN and includes at least one of amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1-30.
US10653786B2
Provided herein relates to compositions and methods for lubrication of a surface. The surface amenable to the compositions and methods described herein can be a non-biological surface, a biological surface, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, the composition comprising a phospholipid-coated silk microsphere can be used for lubrication of a surface. In some embodiments, the composition comprising a phospholipid-coated silk microsphere can be used for joint lubrication, e.g., for treatment of joint disorders such as arthritis.
US10653773B2
The present application relates to compositions for oral immunotherapy of peanut allergies. Further, the present application relates to methods for the preparation of the compositions for immunotherapy, and their use in immunotherapy.
US10653763B2
The present disclosure provides an immersion vaccine for fish comprising at least one isolated antigen, specifically a recombinant antigen, such as is F. psychrophilum and/or infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV).
US10653758B2
Provided herein is a method for treating or preventing a pathological immune response comprising administering a supernatant obtainable from co-culture of phagocytes with apoptotic cells.
US10653755B2
Provided are compositions and methods for enzyme replacement therapy using modified human cystathionine beta synthase (CBS) in the treatment of homocystinuria and related diseases and disorders.
US10653754B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing a highly pure neurotoxic component of a botulinum toxin by cultivating Clostridium botulinum under conditions that allow production of a botulinum toxin, and isolating the neurotoxic component from the botulinum toxin. In addition, the present invention relates to a highly pure neurotoxic component of a botulinum toxin obtainable by the process of the present invention and uses thereof.
US10653751B2
Methods of treating subjects having a disease or disorder responsive to IL-10, including methods of administration and dosing regimens associated therewith, are provided.
US10653750B2
The present invention concerns compositions and methods for inhibition of abnormal uterine bleeding (AUB), such as that associated with use of long-acting progestin-only contraceptives (LAPCs). An aspect of the invention concerns compositions comprising chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2 (CCL2), or a biologically active fragment thereof, which may administered to subjects for inhibition of AUB. Another aspect of the invention concerns methods for inhibiting AUB, comprising administering an effective amount of CCL2, or a biologically active fragment thereof, to a subject in need thereof. Another aspect of the invention concerns a kit for inhibiting AUB.
US10653732B2
Provided are a composition for stimulating insulin secretion from cells, the composition including a Hypoxylon truncatum extract or an active ingredient thereof, and a method of stimulating insulin secretion from cells.
US10653726B2
The present invention comprises methods and compositions for the reduction of oxalate in humans, animals and plants. For example, the invention provides methods and compositions for the delivery of one ore more oxalate-reducing enzymes to the intestinal tracts of persons and animals. The methods and compositions can be used in treating and preventing oxalate-related conditions.
US10653717B2
Disclosed herein are antibiotic compositions, for example compositions that comprise a metal-containing agent and an organoselenium agent, and uses thereof.
US10653714B2
Compositions and methods are provided for enhancing the expression of human beta defensin 2 (HBD2) in human colon epithelium cells. The method comprises orally administering a composition comprising hyaluronan, where said hyaluronan has a molecular weight within the range of about 35 kDa.
US10653711B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to 6-6 bicyclic aromatic ring substituted nucleoside analogues, including, for example, the following compound: Embodiments of the present invention also relate to uses of the disclosed compounds for the inhibition of protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5).
US10653709B2
A graft copolymer having drug-containing side chains is described. The graft copolymer can be prepared, for example, by directly polymerizing a drug-containing monomer on multiple sites of a linear copolymer. When exposed to water, the graft copolymer can form uniform nanocarriers, e.g., nanomicelles, optionally encapsulating additional drugs, e.g., non-covalently in the interior of the nanocarriers, for coordinated drug delivery of a plurality of drugs. Also described herein is the use of the nanocarriers for delivery of therapeutic agents, particularly the dual delivery of chemotherapeutic agents to treat tumors.
US10653701B2
Chemical entities that are kinase inhibitors, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of cancer are described.
US10653697B2
Provided are formulations and dosage forms of cis-4-[2-{[(3S,4R)-3-fluorooxan-4-yl]amino}-8-(2,4,6-trichloroanilino)-9H-purin-9-yl]-1-methylcyclohexane-1-carboxamide, alternatively named (1s,4s)-4-(2-(((3S,4R)-3-fluorotetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)amino)-8-((2,4,6-trichlorophenyl)amino)-9H-purin-9-yl)-1-methylcyclohexane-1-carboxamide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, solvate, hydrate, co-crystal, clathrate, or polymorph thereof.
US10653696B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating a cancer comprising: a. administering a Btk inhibitor to a subject sufficient to result in an increase or appearance in the blood of a subpopulation of lymphocytes defined by immunophenotyping; b. determining the expression profile of one or more biomarkers from one or more subpopulation of lymphocytes; and c. administering a second agent based on the determined expression profile.
US10653695B2
Disclosed are oral pharmaceutical compositions of neflamapimod that exhibit suitable exposure for administration in humans and/or that maintain a desirable dissolution profile under standard storage conditions.
US10653686B2
The invention provides dosage forms and methods utilizing nicotine to treat symptoms of a neurologic disorder. In some embodiments, the invention provides compositions for treatment of gait and balance problems associated with Parkinson's Disease.
US10653685B2
A pharmaceutical composition including N,N,N′,N′-tetrakis-(2-pyridylmethyl)-ethylenediamine (TPEN) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an alginate compound, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The pharmaceutical composition is useful for the treatment of hypoxia-related diseases.
US10653684B2
This invention relates to methods of using aryl ureas to treat diseases mediated by the VEGF induced signal transduction pathway characterized by abnormal angiogenesis or hyperpermeability processes.
US10653680B2
The invention relates to the treatment of impulsivity-related disorders, such as a substance-related addiction, a behavioural addiction, relapse to a substance-related or behavioural addiction, a habit or impulsive disorder, an emotional unstable personality disorder, intentional self harm, an eating disorder, a dopamine agonist-induced impulse control disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by administering a compound of Formula I or a salt thereof to a subject; Formula (I) wherein: E is S or Se; R1 and R2 are optional substituents, and are at each occurrence independently selected from: (1) a halogen, which is preferably selected from F, CI and Br; (2) C1-C4 alkyl, such as C1-C2 alkyl or C1 alkyl, optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, each of which is preferably selected from F, CI and Br; and (3) C1-C4 alkoxy, such as C1-C2 alkoxy or C1 alkoxy; optionally substituted with one or more halogen atoms, each of which is preferably selected from F, CI and Br; m is an integer in the range of from 0 to 5; and n is an integer in the range of from 0 to 4. The compound can also be used to treat or control impulsivity control disorders in patients undergoing dopamine agonist treatment, for example in patients suffering from Parkinson's disease or ADFID.
US10653679B2
The present disclosure provides, among other things, compositions and methods useful for inhibiting bacteria, such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These compositions and methods find many uses in medicine and research, e.g., treating subjects afflicted with active or latent bacterial infections. The compositions described herein are also useful for decontaminating surfaces (e.g., surgical tools or implants).
US10653677B2
The present invention is directed to 1,2,5-oxadiazole derivatives, and compositions of the same, which are inhibitors of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and are useful in the treatment of cancer and other disorders, and to the processes and intermediates for making such 1,2,5-oxadiazole derivatives.
US10653671B2
A topical composition comprising about 5 wt % to about 12.5 wt % of metronidazole or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof in a non-aqueous vehicle. The composition may be used in the treatment of skin damage due to inflammatory skin conditions; thermal, chemical or electrical burns; infections or radiation treatment. One advantage of the composition is that topical administration of metronidazole results in a primarily local effect, and thus, side effects observed from systemic administration are avoided.
US10653661B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating allergic rhinitis in a subject (e.g., a human) in need thereof comprising nasally administering to the subject an effective amount of a fixed-dose pharmaceutical composition comprising mometasone or its salt and olopatadine or its salt.
US10653660B2
Methods of improving the pharmacokinetics of doxepin in a patient.
US10653657B2
The present invention provides methods for treating, controlling or mitigating hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), comprising administering a monoacetyldiacylglycerol compound to a patient in need thereof, as well as compositions useful therefor.
US10653653B2
The present disclosure provides new salts of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) and new salts of 5-ALA esters, their preparation, formulation and use as photosensitizing agents in photodynamic therapy, diagnosis and cosmetic cares.
US10653642B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating tauopathies such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). Also provided herein are methods of reducing or disrupting tau aggregation in a subject, and methods of reducing tau protein in a subject. The methods may include administering to the subject a therapeutic amount of hexachlorophene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Further provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions comprising hexachlorophene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for the treatment of a tauopathy in a subject.
US10653631B2
The present invention relates to a formulation for the controlled release of active ingredients after the passage of the ileo-cecal-valve, comprising one or more active ingredients or one or more active ingredient containing cores (W), enveloped by one or more envelopments (C), which are dissoluble or permeable above an individual defined pH value and are dissoluble or permeable below another individual defined pH value, again enveloped by an envelopment (E), which is dissoluble or permeable above still another individual defined pH value.
US10653629B2
The present invention is directed to oral neuro-attenuating ketamine (NAKET) tablet formulations, and methods of administration, which ensure the steady release of a therapeutically effective concentration of ketamine from an oral tablet without neurologically toxic spikes in ketamine concentration. In particular, the present invention provides single layer oral tablet formulation of NAKET. In a specific embodiment, the NAKET tablet formulation, and methods of administration provide steady administration of NAKET to a subject for 24 hours or greater, for example, up to 36 hours, after a single administration event.
US10653622B1
A solid dosage product having a tailored dissolution profile comprises a carrier block defining a plurality of compartments where each respective compartment is configured to receive one or more active pharmaceutical ingredient and the carrier block being digestible within an animal such that each respective active pharmaceutical ingredient is controllably released; and one or more coating layers applied to the carrier block. A method for manufacturing a solid dosage product having a tailored dissolution comprises manufacturing a digestible carrier block where the carrier block defines a plurality of compartments with each respective compartment configured to receive an active pharmaceutical ingredient; filling a respective compartment with a respective active pharmaceutical ingredient; and coating the carrier block with one or more coating layers.
US10653621B2
Biodegradable drug delivery systems, such as extruded implants, for the sustained delivery of a protein to an ocular region of the eye or intraarticular region in the body are described. The drug delivery systems may be used to treat a variety of ocular and medical conditions, including macular degeneration. Methods for using and making the drug delivery systems are also described. The drug delivery systems can be in the form of extruded filaments configured for placement in an ocular region such as the vitreous body or anterior chamber of the eye.
US10653615B2
The invention relates to cosmetic and topical compositions containing an effective amount of a photosynthetic cell extract comprising a functional thylakoid system. The cosmetic compositions have anti-wrinkle and anti-aging effects on a user's skin. In addition, the photosynthetic cell extract protects skin against ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet (UVB) damage.
US10653611B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition, especially a haircare composition for conditioning the hair, which comprises an amino silicone, a cationic surfactant, a fatty alcohol comprising 8 to 30 carbon atoms, and a hydrocarbon-based oil. The invention also relates to a treatment process for keratin substances, in particular for conditioning hair, implementing said cosmetic composition.
US10653608B2
The invention relates to a cosmetic product, comprising a) a cosmetic preparation, containing, in relation to its total weight, a1) about 45 to about 98 wt. % of at least one polar solvent; a2) about 0.5 to about 15 wt. % of at least one copolymer from the monomers i) n-tert-octylacrylamide, ii) acrylic acid, iii) tert-butylamino ethyl methacrylate, iv) and optionally other monomers; b) a device for flash evaporation of the cosmetic preparation a), and to a method using corresponding products and to the use of the cosmetic preparation a) as process material in a device for flash evaporation.
US10653601B2
Treated surfactant composition containing a water-soluble surfactant and exhibiting improved taste, said composition comprising: a water-soluble surfactant selected from alkyl phosphate surfactants, alkyl phosphate ethoxylated surfactants, betaine surfactants, betaine ethoxylated surfactants, amine oxide surfactants, and mixtures thereof and water; wherein the composition further comprises: less than about 4%, by weight of the water-soluble surfactant, of total undesirable non-polar materials; less than about 2.5%, by weight of the water-soluble surfactant, of alcohols having a carbon chain length of greater than 4; less than about 1%, by weight of the water-soluble surfactant, of amine and amide materials; and less than about 1%, by weight of the water-soluble surfactant, undesirable non-polar materials selected from aldehydes, esters, ketones, and organic acids. Such compositions wherein the compositions have been subjected to liquid-liquid extraction processes.
US10653595B2
The present invention provides an oral care system comprising (a) a first composition comprising: (i) a peroxide-containing whitening agent; and (ii) at least one silicone polymer, and (b) a second composition comprising a polymer selected from polysaccharides, acrylate polymers, acrylamide polymers, and a mixture of any two or more thereof; wherein the first composition and the second composition are maintained separately from one another. The present invention also provides a method of whitening teeth using the oral care system.
US10653586B2
To provide a cured product having high fracture energy, provided are a curable composition, including: organic-inorganic composite particles; (a polymerizable monomer; a polymerization initiator; and inorganic particles, in which a cured body formed by curing the curable composition includes: a matrix formed by curing all constituent components of the curable composition except for the organic-inorganic composite particles; and the organic-inorganic composite particles dispersed and contained in the cured body, and in which an elastic modulus M of the matrix is larger than an elastic modulus P of the organic-inorganic composite particles by 3.0 GPa or more, a curable composition for dental use, and an organic-inorganic composite particle for dental use.
US10653580B2
A beauty device includes a handle, an inner lid, a pair of support shafts, a pair of rotation bodies, a water stop portion, and an outer lid. The handle is formed with a housing portion. The inner lid is mounted to the handle to seal the housing portion. The pair of support shafts is extended from one end of the handle. The pair of rotation bodies is rotatably supported around the support shafts. The water stop portion is intervened between the housing portion and the inner lid to contact with a peripheral edge of an opening of the housing portion. The outer lid closes the opening while covering the inner lid such that the outer lid is fitted in the housing portion in a state where a part of an outer circumference surface of the outer lid facing an inner circumference surface of the opening is visible from an outside.
US10653574B2
A device for assisting a medical walker user in transitioning from a sitting position to a standing position as the medical walker user attempts to access the medical walker because the device incorporates a platform base which becomes stabilized by placing the weight of the medical walker user on the platform base which in turn stabilizes the medical walker via each automatic movement restrictor assembly (AMRA) attached to the platform base because each AMRA automatically engages/captures each of the medical walker's two front axles as the medical walker's two front wheels impact each of the two AMRAs additionally such that the device will automatically move from a position of engagement with the medical walker's two front axles to a position of disengagement with the medical walker's two front axles when the medical walker along with the medical walker's two front wheels leave/exit the device's AMRAs.
US10653566B2
A converting apparatus operates to control and transfer a folded absorbent article from a first carrier apparatus to a second carrier apparatus. The converting apparatus includes a transfer apparatus and a fluid supply member located adjacent to the transfer apparatus. The transfer apparatus includes a frame that is rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a transfer member that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation. The transfer member defines a receiving surface. The receiving surface includes a plurality of apertures that may operate in cooperation with the fluid supply member to remove any waist region folds in the absorbent article such that a substantially flat absorbent article may be transferred from the transfer apparatus to the second carrier apparatus.
US10653562B2
A porous conduit may be suitable for use in treating a tissue site, and may include a central lumen and a porous wall positioned substantially concentric about the central lumen. The porous wall may have an open porous structure that may define a plurality of interconnected pores in fluid communication with one another. As part of a system, the porous conduit may be used with a manifold adapted to be positioned at a tissue site, a sealing drape adapted to cover the manifold to provide a sealed space relative to the tissue site, and a therapy device including a reduced-pressure source. The porous conduit may be disposed in the sealed space and in fluid communication between the sealed space and the reduced-pressure source.
US10653553B2
A thermal control system for controlling a temperature of a fluid delivered to a patient is provided. The thermal control system includes a cavity that removably receives a cartridge housing the fluid. The thermal control system includes a heat exchanger in thermal contact with at least one of the opposing walls of the cavity. The cartridge includes opposing surfaces defining a chamber therebetween for housing the fluid, the cartridge adapted to be removably received within the cavity. A biasing element is incorporated into the cartridge and adapted to bias the opposing cartridge surfaces away from one another and into contact with the opposing cavity walls. Contact between the cartridge surfaces and the cavity walls facilitates the transfer of thermal energy between the heat exchanger and the fluid housed within the cartridge.
US10653549B2
A novel method of applying topical erectile dysfunction medicaments for controlled dispensing thereof through a condom or like prophylactic article is provided. Additionally, encompassed within this invention is the combination of an initial ingestion of a small dose of orally taken ED medicament for initial generation of nitric oxide followed by such a topical application. With such a method, the initial oral application metabolizes and runs its course while the topical application provides the needed dose of ED medicament. Once a sexual event is completed, the wearer may then remove the topical application article removing the topical delivery thereof in order to return to a flaccid state quickly and easily. Such an article and method thus reduces the propensity for potentially damaging excessive erection states and provides a more reliable dosing regimen for more effective and safe implementation of such an ED medicament program.
US10653545B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for fabricating, providing, and using an orogastric tube. The orogastric tube may have, among other things: a proximal end section; a distal end section opposite the proximal end section and having a flexible, resilient curved portion; at least one sump channel extending from the proximal end section along a pre-determined length of the orogastric tube into the distal end section; at least one suction channel extending from the proximal end section along a pre-determined length of the orogastric tube into the distal end section; and optionally at least one balloon channel extending from the proximal end section along a pre-determined length of the orogastric tube to the distal end section. The optional balloon channel is in communication with an expandable balloon in the distal end section; and a main channel encloses a pre-determined length of the sump channel, the suction channel, and, if present, the balloon channel.
US10653533B2
A system and method for improving assembly, preparation, and installation of a prosthesis. Devices include prosthesis installation tools, prosthesis assembly tools, site preparation systems, and improved power tools used in implant site preparation.
US10653524B2
The invention relates to a device for use in the transcatheter treatment of mitral valve regurgitation, specifically a coaptation assistance element for implantation across the valve; a system including the coaptation assistance element and anchors for implantation; a system including the coaptation assistance element and delivery catheter; and a method for transcatheter implantation of a coaptation element across a heart valve.
US10653522B1
The invention relates to a transcatheter heart valve replacement (A61F2/2412), and in particular Compression Capable Annular Frames for a side delivered transcatheter prosthetic heart valve having a annular support frame having compressible wire cells that facilitate rolling and folding the valve length-wise, or orthogonally to the central axis of the flow control component, allowing a very large diameter valve to be delivered and deployed to the tricuspid valve from the inferior vena cava or superior vena cava, or trans-atrially to the mitral valve, the valve having a height of about 5-60 mm and a diameter of about 25-80 mm, without requiring an oversized diameter catheter and without requiring delivery and deployment from a catheter at an acute angle of approach.
US10653512B2
A stent or other prosthesis may be formed by coating a single continuous wire scaffold with a polymer coating. The polymer coating may consist of layers of electrospun polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). Electrospun PTFE of certain porosities may permit endothelial cell growth within the prosthesis.
US10653510B2
An example medical device for treating a body lumen is disclosed. The medical device includes an expandable scaffold positionable within a body lumen wherein the body lumen has an inner surface. The medical device also includes a support member extending circumferentially around and attached to an outer surface of the expandable scaffold. The support member is configured to be positioned between the outer surface of the expandable scaffold and the inner surface of the body lumen and at least a portion of the support member is configured to shift relative to the inner surface of the body lumen. Further, shifting the support member shifts the scaffold longitudinally from a first position within the body lumen to a second position within the body lumen with the scaffold in an expanded state to accommodate peristalsis.
US10653492B2
A medical instrument according to the present disclosure includes: a contact portion configured to contact body tissue; a drive unit configured to generate drive force for causing the contact portion to contact the body tissue; and a limiter mechanism configured to impose restriction on transmission of the drive force to the contact portion, in accordance with contact force of the contact portion with respect to the body tissue. This configuration makes it possible to restrict force applied to body tissue during surgery, and to reduce failure risk, with a simple configuration.
US10653483B2
In one embodiment, a handheld laser treatment apparatus comprises: a handset including a treatment chamber, the treatment chamber having an open treatment aperture; a laser array arranged to project optical energy into the treatment chamber and coupled to a power source; at least one vacuum channel positioned within the treatment chamber and coupled to a vacuum source; a trigger sensor coupled to logic that controls activation of the laser array and the vacuum channel; an attachment sensor arranged to detect which of a plurality of attachments are inserted into the treatment chamber through the treatment aperture. The logic enables activation of the vacuum channel when the attachment sensor detects a first attachment of the plurality of attachments inserted into the treatment aperture. The logic disables activation of the vacuum channel when the attachment sensor detects a second attachment of the plurality of attachments inserted into the treatment aperture.
US10653482B2
A method for photoselective vaporization of prostate tissue includes delivering laser radiation to the treatment area on the tissue, via an optical fiber for example, wherein the laser radiation has a wavelength and irradiance in the treatment area on the surface of the tissue sufficient because vaporization of a substantially greater volume of tissue than a volume of residual coagulated tissue caused by the laser radiation. The laser radiation is generated using a neodymium doped solid-state laser, including optics producing a second or higher harmonic output with greater than 60 watts average output power. The delivered laser radiation has a wavelength for example in a range of about 200 nm to about 650 nm, and has an average irradiance in the treatment area greater than about 10 kilowatts/cm2, in a spot size of at least 0.05 mm2.
US10653479B2
A catheter for ablating tissue is provided. The catheter comprises an elongated generally-tubular catheter body having proximal and distal ends. An electrode assembly is provided at the distal end of the catheter body. The electrode assembly including a porous electrode arrangement that is generally transverse to the catheter body. The porous electrode arrangement comprises one or more electrodes electrically connected to a suitable energy source and a porous sleeve mounted in surrounding relation to the one or more electrodes and defining an open space between the porous sleeve and the one more electrodes. One or more irrigation openings fluidly connect the open space to a lumen extending through the catheter through which fluid can pass. In use, fluid passes through the lumen in the catheter, through the one or more irrigation openings, into the open space and through the porous sleeve.
US10653478B2
Devices, systems and methods for cutting and sealing of tissue such as bone and soft tissue. Devices, systems and methods include delivery of energy including bipolar radiofrequency energy for sealing tissue which may be concurrent with delivery of fluid to a targeted tissue site. Devices include debridement devices which may include a fluid source. Devices include inner and outer shafts coaxially maintained and having cutters for debridement of tissue. An inner shaft may include electrodes apart from the cutter to minimize trauma to tissue during sealing or hemostasis. Devices may include a single, thin liner or sheath for electrically isolating the inner and outer shafts.
US10653477B2
An improved surgical instrument having an end effector mounted on the end of an elongate shaft extending from a handle. The end-effector is capable of several different operations, including grasping, cutting, and sealing and/or coagulating tissue, and one of the operations is controlled by a trigger mechanism contained within the handle. In some embodiments, the end effector includes a blade assembly, the trigger mechanism being formed of a three pivot slider-crank mechanism arranged to drive the blade assembly longitudinally along a rotatable drive shaft contained within the elongate shaft. As such, the mechanism is configured so as to drive the blade assembly with enough force that the cutting blade is able to cut through tissue without the user needing to apply any additional force to the trigger, the me. Such an arrangement is particularly advantageous when the blade is being used to cut thick tissue.
US10653460B2
A tool set for implanting a rod in a human spine in conjunction with bone screws.
US10653456B2
An implantable spacer for placement between adjacent spinous processes in a spinal motion segment is provided. The spacer includes a body defining a longitudinal passageway. A first arm and a second arm are connected to the body. Each arm has a pair of extensions and a saddle defining a receiving portion configured for seating a spinous process of a scoliotic spine or a spine with misaligned spinous processes. Each arm has a proximal caming surface and is capable of rotation with respect to the body. An actuator assembly is disposed inside the longitudinal passageway and connected to the body. When advanced, a threaded shaft of the actuator assembly contacts the caming surfaces of arms to rotate them from an undeployed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the distracted adjacent spinous processes are seated in the superior and inferior arms of the spacer.
US10653453B2
Implementations described herein include a system that may include a deliver device, an annular anchor and an implant. The delivery device may include a distal end, a proximal and a lumen extending from the distal end to the proximal end. The annular anchor may be removably coupleable to the distal end of the delivery device. The annular anchor may be implantable at a target site in a patient via manipulation of the delivery device. The delivery device may be extendable outside the patient when the anchor is implanted at the target site. The implant may be deliverable through the delivery device to the target delivery site and implantable through the annular anchor. The delivery device may be coupled to the annular anchor to control a trajectory of the implant to the target site.
US10653452B2
Spinal fixation systems including a member, a first attachment portion, a second attachment portion, and an intermediate portion. The first attachment portion is attached at a superior end of the member and includes a first opening. The second attachment portion is attached at an inferior end of the member and includes a second opening. The intermediate portion connects the first and second attachment portions. The spinal fixation systems may also include a relief in at least one of the first opening and the second opening. The systems may also include a third attachment portion with a third opening and an intermediate portion with a first and a second elastic mechanism. The first elastic mechanism connects the first and third attachment portions and the second elastic mechanism connects the third and second attachment portions. Surgical methods for inserting the spinal fixation systems in a patient are also disclosed.
US10653451B2
An adjustable articulating spinal rod system including a first elongated element secured to a first bone, a second elongated element secured to the spine, and an articulating joint connecting the first and second elongated elements. The articulating joint including a first movable joint, a second movable joint, and at least one locking mechanism. The first movable joint is coupled to the first elongated element and the second movable joint which is also coupled the second elongate element. The first and second movable joints are configured to allow polyaxial movement and rotation of the first elongated element with respect to the second elongated element. The at least one locking mechanism immobilizes the first and second movable joints in the locked position to secure the first elongate element in a position relative to the second elongate element and allow movement and rotation in an unlocked position.
US10653428B2
An elongated endoscopic apparatus has an elongated catheter provided with a snare provision for performing a snaring procedure, a surgery clip, and a clip applier for clipping the wound left by the snaring procedure with the surgery clip. Preferably the elongated catheter is formed with an elongated inner tubular conduit that can accommodate a plurality of surgery clips, each having a C-shape characterized by a pair of elongated jaws mated together at a hinge end, wherein the jaws have tip ends forming the head end for the clip and hinge end forms the tail end for the clip when said plurality of clips are loaded into core of the inner tubular conduit in head to tail procession. The clip applier dispenses the clips a single at a time.
US10653426B2
Disclosed are coating compositions, processes, and designs for endowing vascular devices with thromboresistant and endothelializing properties. Also disclosed are designs of vascular devices used as aneurysm treating devices for assisting in the delivery, packing, and maintenance of embolization coils within an aneurysm, particularly a neurovascular aneurysm.
US10653421B2
The present disclosure relates to an insertion device including a shaft with a head supported on a distal end thereof. The shaft includes a proximal end with an engagement member that is configured to frictionally engage a distal end of a surgical fastening apparatus such that an interference fit is created therebetween to facilitate selective detachment of the insertion device from the surgical fastening apparatus. The head has an atraumatic configuration, and is dimensioned to be received in a body orifice.
US10653419B2
Embodiments of a surgical instrument and its methods of use are disclosed. The disclosed embodiments of a surgical instrument may include a handle and an elongated shaft assembly distally extending from the handle. The elongated shaft assembly may include an articulable portion. An articulation control may be associated with the elongated shaft assembly. The articulation control may be movable between a first position in which the elongated shaft assembly is arranged in a first articulation position and a second position in which the elongated shaft assembly is arranged in a second articulation position. The surgical instrument may include a fastener deployment system with a locking member. The articulation control may block movement of the locking member when the articulation control is located in the first position. The articulation control may also permit movement of the locking member when the articulation control is located in the second position.
US10653410B2
Filamentary fixation devices may be used in a variety of surgical procedures to secure soft tissue to bone. The present invention provides various devices, systems, kits and instrumentation for performing such surgical procedures including preparation of soft tissue and bone, preparation and manipulation of such filamentary fixation devices, and insertion and utilization of the fixation devices within a patient's anatomy. In one embodiment, a method for securing soft tissue to bone, the method includes accessing the soft tissue and the bone, passing a filament through the soft tissue, preparing a bore hole in the bone, loading the filament into a filamentary fixation device, implanting the filamentary fixation device, with the filament, into the bore hole, and tensioning the filament so that the filamentary fixation device and filament are secured within the bore hole.
US10653404B2
A die-cuttable retractor/stabilizer for repositioning and stabilizing excessive and/or redundant tissue comprises a top layer and a backing layer. An adhesive on the top layer is exposed when the backing layer is separated from the top layer to enable the top layer to be applied to a surface. The retractor/stabilizer comprises a body having a top edge, side edges and a bottom edge. A tab portion is associated with the removable panel, such that the backing layer remains with the tab portion and the tab portion can be used to remove at least a portion of the backing layer from the retractor/stabilizer body. The retractor/stabilizer additionally includes at least one protected grasping/holding area located at an edge or corner of said retractor/holding area as the backing layer is removed from the body to provide a protected holding area once the backing layer has been removed from the body.
US10653403B2
A device for occluding a vasculature of a patient including a micrograft having an absorbent polymeric structure with a lumen of transporting blood. The micrograft has a series of peaks and valleys formed by crimping. The occluding device is sufficiently small and flexible to be tracked on a guidewire and/or pushed through a microcatheter to a site within the vasculature of the patient. Delivery systems for delivering the micrografts are also disclosed.
US10653401B2
A medical device for repairing soft tissue is disclosed. The medical device includes a cannulated probe positionable a tear in the soft tissue and a stop. The cannulated probe has an inlet about a proximal end and at least one outlet about a distal end with a lumen therethrough. The inlet is operatively connectable to an adhesive source to receive the adhesive therein. The outlet(s) is/are positionable about the tear to emit the adhesive about the tear. The stop is disposable about a periphery of the probe a distance from the inlet, and is positionable adjacent a surface of the soft tissue to terminate advancement of the cannulated probe into the soft tissue whereby a delivery portion of the cannulated probe is positionable about the soft tissue to deliver the adhesive about the tear.
US10653397B2
Disclosed is a device useful for preserving tissue samples after extraction from human or animal patients. The device includes a circular blade for taking a tissue sample, the blade being coupled to a sealing cap which mates to one end of a container. A retrieval port is also disclosed for extracting fluids from the container. Methods are also disclosed by which tissue samples may be taken and prepared for storage, processing, culture, or other analysis.
US10653393B2
Methods and systems for acquiring a plurality of data vectors at a first frequency and a plurality of data vectors at a second frequency, where the first frequency is greater than the second frequency. The plurality of first frequency data vectors can be formed into a first set of data vectors and the plurality of second frequency data vectors can be formed into a second set of data vectors. A first filter can be applied to the first set of data vectors to form a first modified data set and a second filter can be applied to the second set of data vectors to form a second modified data set. Based on the first and second modified data sets, a frequency response of an item in the imaging view can be determined. Using the determined frequency response of the item, an image is created on a display.
US10653391B2
Among other things, there is disclosed structure and methods for registering images obtained through internal (e.g. intravascular) ultrasound devices. Embodiments of a device with a rotating ultrasound beam is provided, with a wall of the device being anisotropic in ultrasound passage. As examples, a cable opaque to ultrasound is attached along the wall of the device, so that the ultrasound beam at the location of the cable is blocked, reflected or scattered. As another example, a thin film of metallic material is placed on or in the wall to allow a portion of the beam to be blocked or attenuated. The imaging system recognizes the changes to the signals made by the anisotropic wall, and registers successive images according to those changes.
US10653388B2
The embodiments disclose an ultrasound system comprising: a probe configured to obtain ultrasound data relating to scanning region including at least part of a pleural interface of a lung; and a data analyzer, configured to automatically detect information for determining lung sliding and/or lung point using one or more cross correlation maps derived from the data. The embodiments also disclose a method thereof.
US10653387B2
Method for functional imaging of the brain, comprising the following steps: (a) a brain is imaged by ultrasound imaging in order to obtain a vascular image to be studied (IVO), (b) the vascular image to be studied (IVO) is compared automatically, by shape recognition, with a cerebral vascular atlas (AV), and the vascular image to be studied (IVO) is thus located in the cerebral vascular atlas (AV), (c) a cerebral functional atlas (AF) corresponding to said cerebral vascular atlas (AV) and comprising cerebral functional zones (1c) located in this cerebral vascular atlas (AV) is used in such a way as to identify cerebral functional zones (1e) on the vascular image to be studied (IVO).
US10653382B2
A control unit of a console performs a control process of displaying a plurality of images predetermined from at least one of a first radiographic image or a second radiographic image as a simple image, a bone part ES image which is a difference image between the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image and in which a bone tissue is highlighted, a soft part ES image which is a difference image between the first radiographic image and the second radiographic image and in which a soft tissue is highlighted, and a DXA image on a display unit while switching the images and a control process of displaying a derivation result of the bone density and a derivation region on the display unit.
US10653380B2
The radiographic system including a plurality of radiation detection apparatuses which detect radial rays and a combining processor which generates a long-size image by combining a plurality of radiation images obtained from the radiation detection apparatuses further includes an image correction unit which corrects the defective region in which the radiation detection apparatuses overlap with each other in the long-size image.
US10653379B2
The brain appears to have organized cardiac frequency angiographic phenomena with such coherence as to qualify as vascular pulse waves. Separate arterial and venous vascular pulse waves may be resolved. This disclosure states the method of extracting a spatiotemporal reconstruction of the cardiac frequency phenomena present in an angiogram obtained at faster than cardiac frequency. A wavelet transform is applied to each of the pixel-wise time signals of the angiogram. If there is motion alias then instead a high frequency resolution wavelet transform of the overall angiographic time intensity curve is cross-correlated to high temporal resolution wavelet transforms of the pixel-wise time signals. The result is filtered for cardiac wavelet scale then pixel-wise inverse wavelet transformed. This gives a complex-valued spatiotemporal grid of cardiac frequency angiographic phenomena. It may be rendered with a brightness-hue color model or subjected to further analysis.
US10653376B2
An x-ray imaging system includes an x-ray source, a beam-splitting grating having a plurality of structures arranged in a two-dimensional periodic array, a stage configured to hold an object to be imaged, and an x-ray detector having a two-dimensional array of x-ray detecting elements and positioned to detect x-rays diffracted by the beam-splitting grating and perturbed by the object to be imaged.
US10653375B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for displaying medical image data of a body part. It is described to provide (12) medical data of a body part, and subsets of medical image data from the medical data are determined (14). A plurality of measures of information content for the subsets of medical image data is determined (16), wherein a measure of information content is associated with a subset of medical image data. A plurality of weighting factors for the subsets of medical image data is determined (18), wherein a weighting factor is associated with a subset of medical image data and the weighting factor is determined as a function of the measure of information content for that subset of medical image data. Data representative of the subsets of medical image data is output (22) as a function of the plurality of weighting factors.
US10653368B1
Systems and methods are provided for evaluating an alarm condition for a monitored patient in a population of one or more patients. One or more physiological parameters pertaining to the patient, or physiological variables, are used to form a time series describing the patient status. A dimension parameter such as a time series roughness statistic or a fractal dimension is used to estimate a dimension decision statistic over time. The dimension decision statistic is used as a measure of physiological condition. The dimension decision statistic may be compared to a threshold to determine a region of operation for the dimension of the physiological variable. The dimension decision statistic is used in an embodiment in combination with the underlying raw physiological variable value to reduce the rate of false alarms, to increase the frequency of missed detections, and to aid diagnostic decision making and to aid the formation of a crisis action plan.
US10653349B2
A diagnostic patch apparatus has a sampling module that includes sampling means for sampling fluid from a patient's skin when the sampling module is placed against the patient's skin, and a sample chamber coupled in fluid communication with the sampling means. The apparatus also has an analysis module that includes a fluid conduit coupled in fluid communication with the sample chamber of the sampling module and a plurality of sensors coupled in fluid communication with the fluid conduit. The apparatus also may have a reader module that includes at least one optical sensor coupled in optical communication with the analysis module, a microcontroller coupled in electrical communication with the at least one sensor of the analysis module, and a wireless communication package coupled in electrical communication with the microcontroller.
US10653348B2
A method including placing a portion of a foot of a newborn in a device, the device including a light emitter and a corresponding receiver coupled on opposite sides of the device, the device further including a processor for processing data from the light emitter and receiver; and determining a presence of congenital heart disease. An apparatus including a body including a chamber of a size to accommodate a portion of a newborn's foot; at least one light emitter and a corresponding detector coupled on opposite sides of the body, the emitter configured to emit light of a prescribed wavelength into the chamber; and a processor coupled to the body and configured to receive a signal from the at least one detector.
US10653342B2
The invention provides systems for handling biofluids including the transport, capture, collection, storage, sensing, and/or evaluation of biofluids released by tissue. Systems of some aspects provide a versatile platform for characterization of a broad range of physical and/or chemical biofluid attributes in real time and over clinically relevant timeframes. Systems of some aspects provide for collection and/or analysis of biofluids from conformal, watertight tissue interfaces over time intervals allowing for quantitative temporal and/or volumetric characterization of biofluid release, such as release rates and release volumes.
US10653330B2
Systems and methods for processing neural signals are provided. A neural data analysis system may comprise a feature extraction module configured to extract a plurality of features from neural signal waveforms obtained by an implanted neural interface probe with a plurality of channels or electrodes, and transmit the extracted features as a plurality of discrete outputs. The neural data analysis system may also comprise a feature-event coalescence module configured to receive the plurality of discrete outputs from the feature extraction module, and construct a model-based inference of bioelectric activity based on feature event statistics, prior knowledge of bioelectric signals, and/or a behavioral model of the feature extraction module. The neural data analysis system may further comprise an approximator module configured to receive a plurality of coalesced events from the feature-event coalescence module, and apply a series of transformations to the coalesced event data to generate a higher entropy neural code.
US10653329B2
A neural probe structure, which is fixed to a nerve to acquire an electrical signal from the nerve or apply electrical stimulation to the nerve, includes a body which is bent to enclose at least a part of circumference of the nerve, and a probe which extends longitudinally from the body and passes through the nerve, wherein the probe has electrodes. A neural probe assembly includes the neural probe structure, wherein the probe passes through the nerve and the body encloses at least a part of circumference of the nerve, so that the neural probe structure is fixed to the nerve.
US10653325B2
The system and method for measuring arterial pressure by its effects consists of a six-stage procedure and three devices; the procedure to indirectly measure diastolic arterial pressure controls the tasks of a first device applying a measured gradual external contact force, a second sensor device of arterial that records arterial expression, and a third device which is a device to measure and detect the arterial cycle diastolic and systolic period in order to provide the diastolic arterial pressure value using an indirect method. Additionally, systolic arterial pressure is measured with no overpressure due to heartbeats produced after arterial occlusion.
US10653324B1
An apparatus including a band; and a first device configured to attach to a person's wrist using the band; wherein the first device includes a first carbon monoxide level detector; wherein the first device includes a housing and a second device configured to be moved with respect to the housing from a first state to a second state; wherein in the first state a person cannot blow into the second device and cause a carbon monoxide level of the person's breath to be detected by the first carbon monoxide level detector; and wherein in the second state the person can blow into the second device and cause a carbon monoxide level of the person's breath to be detected by the first carbon monoxide level detector. The first device may include a second carbon monoxide level detector which is configured to detect a carbon monoxide level in ambient air.
US10653321B2
Systems and methods for improving limited-view photoacoustic tomography using an acoustic reflector are described. In particular, an acoustic reflector and ultrasonic transducer array are integrated to provide a virtual array that enhances the field of view of the ultrasonic transducer array, thereby improving the quality of photoacoustic tomography images obtained using the systems and methods described herein.
US10653320B2
A volume mapping instrument (20), deployable within a partially or a completely enclosed anatomical volume, employs one or more medical tools (40) with each medical tool (40) being transitional between a deployable structural configuration to orderly position each medical tool (40) within the anatomical volume and a mapping structural configuration to anchor the medical tool (40) against the boundary of the anatomical volume. The volume mapping instrument (20) further employs an optical shape sensor (30) to generate one or more encoded optical signals indicative of a shape of the boundary of the anatomical volume in response to each medical tool (40) being transitioned from the deployable structural configuration to the mapping structural configuration within the anatomical volume. Based on the encoded optical signal(s), a volume mapping module (51) is utilized to map a portion or an entirety of the boundary of the anatomical volume.
US10653318B2
Provided are a localization system and method useful in the acquisition and analysis of cardiac information. The localization system and method can be used with systems that perform cardiac mapping, diagnosis and treatment of cardiac abnormalities, as examples, and in the retrieval, processing, and interpretation of such types of information. The localization system and method use high impedance inputs, improved isolation, and relatively high drive currents for pairs of electrodes used to establish a multi-axis coordinate system. The axes can be rotated and scaled to improve localization.
US10653314B2
Ophthalmic imaging systems and related methods provide pseudo feedback to aid a user in aligning the user's eye with an optical axis of the imaging system. An ophthalmic imaging system includes an ophthalmic imaging device having an optical axis, a display device, an eye camera, and a control unit. The display device displays a fixation target viewable by the user. The eye camera images the eye to generate eye image data. The control unit processes the eye image data to determine a position of the eye relative to the optical axis, processes the position of the eye relative to the optical axis to generate a pseudo position of the eye relative to the optical axis, and causes the display device to display an indication that provides feedback to the user that the eye is located at the pseudo position of the eye relative to the optical axis.
US10653311B1
An optical coherence tomography (OCT) system for imaging a retina applies a user specific focus correction to focus a sample arm light beam on the user's retina. An OCT image detector generates an OCT signal. A control unit monitors the OCT signal, controls a reference arm optical path length adjustment mechanism to identify a length of the reference arm optical path for which the OCT signal corresponds to an OCT image of the retina, and varies an operational parameter of the sample arm light beam focus mechanism over a range, while maintaining the length of the reference arm optical path for which the OCT signal corresponds to the OCT image of the retina, to identify a focus correction for the user, based on the OCT signal, for application to the sample arm light beam.
US10653304B2
An endoscope includes: an illuminator configured to guide illumination light from a light source capable of emitting the illumination light intermittently and apply the illumination light to an object; an imaging element including a light receiver where multiple pixels configured to receive light and perform photoelectric conversion to generate electric signals are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, and a reader configured to sequentially read the electric signals per horizontal line from each of the multiple pixels; a generator configured to, based on a first vertical synchronization signal that is input from an external processor and reference timing of exposure of the imaging element with the illumination light, generate a second vertical synchronization signal for controlling timing at which the reader reads the electric signal; and an imaging controller configured to cause the reader to read the electric signals sequentially according to the second vertical synchronization signal.
US10653298B2
The optical system is characterized by a rotationally symmetric front group that is located on a single axis of rotational symmetry passing through the center of an image plane, a rotationally symmetric back group, and an aperture, wherein the front group includes two internal reflecting surfaces and two transmitting surfaces, a light beam incident from at least one object plane on the front group forms an optical path along which the light beam enters a first transmitting surface, is reflected off a first reflecting surface and then off a second reflecting surface, and exits out of a second transmitting surface, and the light beam passes through the back group and aperture and is imaged in a position of the image plane away from the axis of rotational symmetry without being intermediately imaged within a section including the axis of rotational symmetry.
US10653295B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an image acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of endoscope images obtained by imaging an observation target at different times with an endoscope; a blood vessel extraction unit that extracts blood vessels from the plurality of endoscope images; a blood vessel index value calculation unit that calculates a blood vessel index value for each of the blood vessels extracted from the endoscope images; a temporal change calculation unit that calculates a temporal change of the blood vessel index value; a determination unit that determines a state of a mucous membrane of the observation target using the temporal change of the blood vessel index value; and a monitor that displays a determination result of the determination unit.
US10653287B2
The present disclosure relates to a rotary mop cleaner. The rotary mop cleaner includes: a ball joint provided at a lower end of a stick and having a pair of engagement projections extending outwards from both side ends thereof; a rotary plate drive unit configured to rotate a rotary plate; a body configured to accommodate a lower hemisphere of the ball joint and having guide grooves configured to allow a pair of engagement projections to be inserted therein in order to ensure the rotation of the ball joint; a ball cover configured to cover an upper hemisphere of the ball joint; and a rotary plate bolted to the rotary shaft of the rotary plate drive unit, which extends to the lower portion of the body, so as to be movable relative thereto with a clearance therebetween.
US10653280B2
A method of treating fecal waste according to an example of the present disclosure includes bringing a reactor containing fecal matter to a first temperature and a first pressure, exposing the reactor to an environment with a second temperature and a second pressure such that the water in the fecal waste undergoes flash evaporation, and pyrolizing the fecal waste. A fecal waste processing unit is also disclosed.
US10653275B2
The present invention may be used for pressing product and draining liquid from canned food such as tuna, drain liquids from canned food such as fruit and vegetables and press out a meat patty such as hamburger and sausage. A cap may have a press attached through a center top hole to the cap. The cap may have a width and height to fit most size canned food. The cap may have a top side drain hole. The press may have a top and a bottom piece that may attach together through center top hole of the cap.
US10653274B2
A cap for closing a container including a cap body for contacting an open end of the container and at least one connector mounted to an exterior of the cap body for coupling the cap body to the container. The at least one connector includes an engaging piece and a lever. An initial movement of the at least one connector causes the engaging piece to contact the container and a further movement of the at least one connector causes the engaging piece to affix the cap body to the container.
US10653264B2
A method and a device for controlling a heating temperature of an electric rice cooker and the electric rice cooker. The control method comprises: when determining that the electric rice cooker is in a boiling state, according to a temperature of a bottom temperature sensing bulb and a temperature of a top temperature sensing bulb, judging whether a bottom temperature of the electric rice cooker rises too fast (S110), when determining that the bottom temperature rises too fast, controlling a heating plate to temporally stop heating the bottom of the electric rice cooker (S120); and after the temperature of the bottom temperature sensing bulb falls to a first preset temperature, controlling the heating plate to reheat the bottom at a heating power in the boiling stage (S130).
US10653261B2
An improved package receptacle and theft deterrent device and system, in which a flexible receiving bag constructed of a rugged material includes security features to restrict access to its internal chamber and may be removably attached to a door or other structure through fully-removable or partially permanently attached means.
US10653259B2
An apparatus for hanging at least one article of clothing; the multiple pair pant hanger is mountable horizontally, having slots and rollers enabling the pant legs to slip into to hold the pants to dry. The pant hanger is either mounted to a wall or hung from a back of a door, which allows an individual to take multiple pairs of wet pants out of a washing machine, or damp from a dryer, and hang from the bottom of the legs of the pants to dry completely without shrinking the pants and without leaving hanger marks.
US10653258B1
A garment check system having a plurality of garment check hangers and a plurality of customer indicia components. Each of the plurality of garment check hangers include a hanger indicia component configured to display a unique identifier. Each of the plurality of customer indicia components are configured to display the unique identifier associated with a different one of the plurality of garment check hangers.
US10653254B2
A zoned bed sheet is provided that includes opposite first and second vertical sidewalls. The sheet includes opposite third and fourth vertical sidewalls that each extend between the first and second vertical sidewalls. A horizontal wall extends between the first and second vertical sidewalls and between the third and fourth vertical sidewalls. The horizontal wall includes a plurality of zones. The zones are spaced apart from one another by a first material. The zones each include a material that is different than the first material.
US10653252B2
A child's folding walker with caster wheels that is adjustable in height to permit a child to sit and touch the ground and move the walker. The walker includes four vertical legs, and upper platform that attaches to a suspended seat with leg holes configured to hold a sitting child in a suspended position above the floor. A folding support frame holds the four legs in a fixed position when used as a walker but collapses into a folding configuration for compact storage. In one embodiment, the walker includes four X-shaped leg assemblies that enable the walker to collapse into a compact vertical configuration. In another embodiment, the walker has two X-shaped leg assemblies that enable the walker to collapse into compact horizontal configuration. In a third embodiment, the walker has four vertical legs and two collapsible side frames that enabling the walker to collapse into a vertical configuration.
US10653236B2
A method (500) for calibrating a pressure sensor (28) of an oral cleaning device (10). The method comprises the steps of: providing an oral cleaning device comprising a body portion (12), an elongated member (14, 720) extending from the body portion and comprising a head (16, 770), a pressure sensor (28) configured to obtain a measurement of a force applied to the head by the user during a cleaning session, and a processor (32) configured to receive, from the pressure sensor, the measurement of force applied to the head; obtaining a non-zero load calibration parameter; and calibrating, by the processor using the non-zero load calibration parameter, the measurement of force received from the pressure sensor.
US10653233B2
A hairbrush for use by a hairstylist to brush and style a person's hair. The hairbrush has a brush head, with a cylindrically-shaped elongated head body, and an elongated handle that is attached to the head body so as to extend rearwardly therefrom. The head body has a plurality of bristles extending outward along its length and circumference. The handle has a first handle assembly and a spaced apart, parallel second handle assembly. Each handle assembly has an elongated rod member and an elongated sleeve disposed about its associated rod member. A first connector attaches the rod members to a base of the head body. A second connector joins the two handle assemblies together to stiffen the handle. In use, the hairstylist uses the palm area of the hand to rotate the two handle assemblies, which rotates the brush head, to reduce strain on the hairstylist's thumb, fingers and wrist.
US10653227B2
A cosmetic applicator includes a first body having a hollow, unpressurized interior, wherein the first body is made at least in part from a material that is resilient. In one aspect, the cosmetic applicator further includes a cover removably securable on the first body. A coating for a cosmetic applicator includes a first body made at least in part from a material that is resilient and has a hollow, unpressurized interior.
US10653220B2
Embodiments of a modular mobile device and related accessories can include a mobile device case. In a number of embodiments, the mobile device case can comprise a housing. In many embodiments, the housing can comprise a front configured to hold the mobile device and a back panel comprising a first slot and a second slot. In some embodiments, the first slot and the second slot can be configured to receive a portion of a bottom frame and the bottom frame can be configured to receive one or more modules. Other embodiments of related apparatuses, methods and systems are also provided.
US10653219B2
A tectonic origami device (100) is disclosed, which includes a flexible supporting substrate (102); and a plurality of substantially rigid planar members (104) arranged on the supporting substrate, the planar members configured in a non-overlapping cooperative arrangement to permit assembly of the device to form an enclosure. The device is configured to be transformable between a collapsed form where the supporting substrate and planar members are collectively in a planar arrangement and an assembled form where the supporting substrate and planar members are collectively assembled as the enclosure.
US10653214B1
The wrist or forearm brace with integral tape measure holder comprises a brace, a pouch, and a flap. The brace may be adapted to wrap around an extremity of a user. As non-limiting examples, the extremity may be a wrist or a forearm. A tape measure may be placed into the pouch. A blade of the tape measure may be accessible via a blade aperture and a lock button of the tape measure may be accessible via a button aperture without removing the tape measure from the pouch. The tape measure may be operated without removing the tape measure from the pouch.
US10653194B1
The half shoe accessory for a foot brace boot is configured for use with a controlled motion boot. The controlled motion boot is further defined with an upper, a sole, a vamp a quarter, and a toe guard. The toe guard is a perimeter structure that: 1) protects the interior of the vamp section of the half shoe accessory for a foot brace boot from impact injuries; and, 2) follows the perimeter of the sole. The half shoe accessory for a foot brace boot comprises a sleeve, an impact cushion, and a plurality of hook and loop fasteners. The sleeve is a covering placed over the toe guard. The impact cushion is a pad that attaches to the superior side of the sleeve. The plurality of hook and loop fasteners: 1) attach the sleeve to the toe guard; and, 2) attach the impact cushion to the sleeve.
US10653185B2
An aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion, a vaporizer, and a pump. The liquid storage portion may be configured to store a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The vaporizer may be configured to volatilize the liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The pump may be configured to pump air into the liquid storage portion so as to push out a volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion and to supply the volume of the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the vaporizer. A method for generating an aerosol may be performed with the system.
US10653178B1
An aerosol generation device includes an ergonomically correct unibody within which an aerosol generation device is enclosed. The unibody integrates components of the aerosol generation device into a sleek form factor designed for portability, whereby each component blends into the aesthetics defined by the unibody while providing reusable functionality. Airflow detection is used to activate aerosol generation and spacial orientation detection is used to activate status updates such as battery charge level and solution fill level. A user may define a rate of atomized solution that may be produced by the aerosol generation device through external control of the frequency of operation of the aerosol generation device. Use of medical-grade stainless steel and other hygienically correct components contribute to reusability and, therefore, the reduction of non-biodegradeable waste.
US10653175B2
A package of smokeless tobacco includes a flavor patch located in the package to provide flavor to smokeless tobacco. Also disclosed is a method of packaging smokeless tobacco by combining a package with a flavor patch disposed inside the package, the flavor patch comprising a flavor and an adsorbent, so that the flavor patch resides in an interior of the package; and adding smokeless tobacco to the package with the flavor patch.
US10653169B2
The disclosed invention provides a food and water thickener and a method for preparing the food and water thickener. The food thickener may comprise pretreated mineral water, xanthan, food preservative, and a chelating agent. The invention can be suitable for providing nutrition to patients with dysphagia.
US10653166B2
A complicated enzyme system and microorganisms are used for acting on straws and food industrial residues to convert the straws and the food industrial residues into glucose and part of oligosaccharide, amino acids, small peptides, inositol and nucleic acids and to supply mineral substances, trace elements and nutritional substances such as vitamins in the straws and the food industrial residues to monogastric animals for use. Through adding of Chinese herbal medicines, the digestion function of a monogastric animal may be enhanced, and the immune function of the monogastric animal may be enhanced, thereby reducing occurrence of diseases. In addition, the complicated enzyme system supplements exogenous enzymes in a digestive tract of the monogastric animal to reduce protein and phytic acid residues in excrements, reduce odor and improve the environment of a hog house, thereby obviously reducing drug and treatment costs.
US10653163B2
The invention relates to confectionery products and methods for producing them. Provided is a chewy candy comprising a starch-based gelling agent, wherein said gelling agent is a highly branched starch (HBS), preferably wherein said HBS has a molecular branching degree of at least 6%, more preferably at least 6.5%. In a specific aspect, the chewy candy is essentially free of gelatin or other animal-derived ingredient.
US10653160B2
A composition and method for supplementing food, nutrition, and diet systems with omega-6 to omega-3 balanced oils comprising a synergistic blend of at least two oils. The composition further comprises a synergistic blend of long chain omega-3 oil as a means to further increase the nutritional value. The composition provides an effective increase in therapeutic and pharmacological properties in nutrition and diet systems.
US10653157B2
A system for vacuum chilling poultry product includes: a vacuum chamber configured to be evacuated to chill poultry product in the vacuum chamber; at least one inclined or vertical conduit coupled to the vacuum chamber, with the at least one conduit configured to hold at least one water seal when the vacuum chamber is evacuated; and a conveying mechanism that is configured to continuously convey the poultry product upwardly through the at least one conduit, then into and through the vacuum chamber, and then downwardly through the at least one conduit.
US10653153B2
A scooped out bagel dough product, bagel mold halves, and an apparatus using the bagel mold halves for making a scooped out bagel product. The scooped out bagel product is a baked bagel product half having: a crunchy blistered outer shell with a substantially reduced amount of doughy inner chamber that provides its unique flavor. This scooped out bagel product utilizes a predesigned custom mold that creates stalactites, i.e., flavor spikes, and holes or flavor “pit” formations that each encapsulate the soft doughy inner contents within a boiled and baked blister shell and increases a surface area of dough on an inner surface thereof. The product is a “scooped out” half bagel crunchy on its outer surface but filled with the flavor spikes, and flavor pits in which substantially reduced amounts of dough are encased relative to a comparable sized whole bagel.
US10653152B2
A food processing attachment for a food processing device includes a rotational adapter configured to be selectively coupled with a drive system of the food processing device. A food holder is coupled to the rotational adapter and having a base, wherein the food holder is selectively rotated by the rotational adapter. A central spear extends perpendicularly from a center of the base. A plurality of radial flanges extend perpendicularly from the base, wherein each radial flange of the plurality of flanges is discontinuous with the other radial flanges, wherein the central spear and the plurality of radial flanges are adapted to secure a food item in a processing space and in communication with the rotational adapter. A blade is coupled to an operable carriage and is adapted to selectively engage the food item within the processing space to remove at least a portion of the food item.
US10653149B2
Antimicrobial compositions and methods for depositing or coating the antimicrobial or antibacterial compositions on a substrate to prevent microbial adhesion are provided. The antimicrobial composition may include a cationic polymer having a poly-allylamine backbone. A portion of the poly-allylamine backbone may be functionalized with at least one of a guanidine functional group and a biguanide functional group.
US10653143B2
The invention relates to substituted di-hydro-hydantoin derivatives of the formula (I) wherein X, A, R1, R2 and R3 are as defined in the specification. Furthermore, the present invention relates to processes and intermediates for making compounds of formula (I), to herbicidal compositions comprising these compounds and to methods of using these compounds to control or inhibit plant growth.
US10653142B2
Techniques regarding polymers with antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can regard a polymer, which can comprise a repeating ionene unit. The repeating ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a degradable backbone. The degradable backbone can comprise a terephthalamide structure. Further, the repeating ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality.
US10653140B2
One aspect of the present invention is directed to a composition. The composition includes a dispersion inducer comprising: H3C—(CH2)n—CHmCHmR, where is a single or double carbon-carbon bond, m is 1 or 2, n is 2 to 15, and R is a carboxylic acid, a salt, an ester, or an amide, where the ester or amide is an isostere or biostere of the carboxylic acid. The composition additionally contains an additive component selected from one or more of the group consisting of biocides, surfactants, antibiotics, antiseptics, detergents, chelating agents, virulence factor inhibitors, gels, polymers, pastes, edible products, and chewable products. The composition is formulated so that when it is contacted with a biofilm produced by a microorganism, where the biofilm comprises a matrix and microorganism on a surface, the dispersion inducer selectively acts on the microorganism and has a suitable biological response without a required direct effect on the matrix to disperse the biofilm. The present invention is also directed to methods of using this compound.
US10653138B2
The present invention provides compounds for attracting bed bugs, compositions thereof, devices comprising said compositions and their use in the detection, monitoring and control of bed bugs.
US10653128B2
A self-propelled agricultural sprayer can be configured with a spray boom, adjustable width wheels and rear wheel spray nozzles arranged over rear wheels of the adjustable width wheels, so that the rear wheel nozzles ensure proper coverage of an agricultural field behind the rear wheels according to location. A control system can determine front wheel nozzles disposed on the spray boom that are counterpart spray nozzles to the rear wheel nozzles based on a width of the wheels, and implement activation/deactivation states of the rear wheel nozzles based on the counterpart front spray nozzles. The activation/deactivation states of the spray nozzles can be determined by geographic location of the machine using a UPS location. The rear wheel nozzles can be arranged with respect to fenders of the rear wheels, so that the rear wheel nozzles move laterally with the rear wheels.
US10653118B2
An improved Coanda effect fish pump that allows for improved pump performance with enhanced and unsymmetrical-irregularities features in circumferential flow gaps and orifice flutes that improve water flow distribution and pump performance. Design features improve fish quality during pumping and can be designed to remove sea lice from salmon. The features reduce spinning in the pump, correct for unsymmetrical input water pressure distribution, and reshape water velocities to more effectively remove sea lice.
US10653117B2
A portable animal waterer includes a bulbous manifold formed from a manifold wall, a connector formed from an extension of the bulbous manifold, a first valve hole on the bulbous manifold in the manifold wall and a second valve hole on the bulbous manifold in the manifold wall, substantially opposite to the first valve hole. The first valve hole is configured to receive a first valve and the second valve hole is configured to receive a second valve.
US10653113B2
A restraint assembly for an animal having a front anchor member, a rear anchor member and a coupling assembly. The front anchor member is configured to be secured to an animal through an interaction with at least one of a neck, a first front leg, and second front leg thereof. The rear anchor member is configured to be secured to an animal through interaction with at least one of a tail, a first rear leg, and a second rear leg thereof. The coupling assembly coupling the front anchor member to the rear anchor member in releasable engagement, to limit articulation of a body of the animal, sufficient to substantially preclude a head of the animal to rotate and reach portions of behind the head with a mouth of the animal.
US10653092B1
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated KFX5302, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line KFX5302 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line KFX5302, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line KFX5302, and plants produced according to these methods.
US10653085B1
The present disclosure provides a new and distinct hemp cultivar designated ‘CW1AS1’. The present disclosure relates to seeds of the hemp plant ‘CW1AS1,’ to plants and parts of the hemp plant ‘CW1AS1,’ and to methods for producing a hemp plant by crossing the hemp plant ‘CW1AS1’ with itself or other cannabis plants. The disclosure further relates to the morphological and physiological characteristics of the new and distinct hemp cultivar and its uses.
US10653072B2
A wreath assembly apparatus for securing wreath materials to a wreath ring frame having a plurality of clips includes a base, a pair of jaws operably coupled to each other and the base, and a pair of gears, including a drive gear and an idler gear. The jaws and gears are operably connected such that rotation of lower ends of the jaws causes upper ends of the jaws to move toward each other to bend a clip. The lower ends of each jaw in the pair of jaws lie in a first plane, and the upper end of one of the jaws in the pair of jaws lies outside the first plane.
US10653068B2
An agricultural vehicle including a chassis and a threshing system supported by the chassis. The threshing system includes a rotor, a housing surrounding at least a portion of the rotor and including at least one concave, and a concave adjustment and suspension device connected to the housing and configured for adjusting a position of the concave frame and relieving an impact force acting on the at least one concave. The concave adjustment and suspension device includes a torsion bar, a drive operably coupled to the main section of the torsion bar and configured for rotating the torsion bar to adjust the position of the concave frame, and at least one pneumatic spring mounted to the torsion bar and configured for compressing to relieve the impact force acting on the at least one concave.
US10653063B2
A combine harvester including an aft portion, a spreader assembly, a monitoring system, and a processing unit. The monitoring system including sensors coupled to the aft portion. The sensors: receiving a plurality of response waves reflected from a portion of the crop residue that is discharged from the spreader assembly toward a discharge area before the portion of crop residue arrives at the discharge area; and sending a response signal representative of the plurality of response waves reflected from the portion of the crop residue, the reflected waves comprising a sequence of multiple reflections distributed over time. The processing unit receiving the response signal from the plurality of sensors; and processing the response signal to determine a reflected energy distribution from the portion of the crop residue representative of a distribution of the crop residue over the discharge area substantially perpendicular to a travel direction of the combine harvester.
US10653062B2
In one aspect, electric power equipment includes: a horizontally extending left rotary shaft operably connected with a cutter blade operation lever; a horizontally extending right rotary shaft operably connected with a travel operation lever; and a cutter blade on/off switch and a potentiometer for setting a travel speed arranged at a laterally central position substantially between the left and right rotary shafts, such that the cutter blade on/off switch is operated by the left rotary shaft and the potentiometer is operated by the right rotary shaft.
US10653056B2
A seed metering system includes a seed tank including a seed tank outlet, and a number of row units. Each and every row unit of the number of row units comprises a singulating meter in selective communication with the seed tank outlet, a bypass conduit in selective communication with the seed tank outlet, and an outlet. The seed metering system further includes a volumetric metering system positioned upstream of the number of row units and operable to volumetrically meter the plurality of seeds. The seed metering system is operable in a first mode of operation in which the seed tank outlet communicates with each singulating meter via the volumetric metering system to singulate the plurality of seeds. The seed metering system is operable in a second mode of operation in which the seed tank outlet communicates with each bypass conduit via the volumetric metering system and seeds are not singulated.
US10660231B2
Examples herein disclose a power system including a power distribution unit (PDU) rack and a power module. The PDU rack is positioned in vertically in a server rack to distribute power to the power module. The power module is positioned horizontally in a server rack and includes multiple connectors. The power module is coupled perpendicularly to the PDU rack and receives power cables for delivering power to multiple servers in the server rack.
US10660217B2
Provided herein is a method to printed electronics, and more particularly related to printed electronics on flexible, porous substrates. The method includes applying a coating compound comprising poly (4-vinylpyridine) (P4VP) and SU-8 dissolved in an organic alcohol solution to one or more surface of a flexible, porous substrate, curing the porous substrate at a temperature of at least 130° C. such that the porous substrate is coated with a layer of said coating compound, printing a jet of a transition metal salt catalyst solution onto one or more printing sides of the flexible, porous substrate to deposit a transition metal salt catalyst onto the one or more printing sides, and submerging the substrate in an electroless metal deposition solution to deposit the metal on the flexible, porous substrate, wherein the deposited metal induces the formation of one or more three-dimensional metal-fiber conductive structures within the flexible, porous substrate.
US10660214B2
Systems and methods for creating interlayer mechanical or electrical attachments or connections using filaments within a three-dimensional structure, structural component, or structural electronic, electromagnetic, or electromechanical component/device.
US10660209B2
A method includes affixing a capacitor sheet adjacent to core material of a device substrate, where the capacitor sheet covers a surface of the core material. The method also includes patterning first openings through both capacitor sheet and the core material, where the first openings are larger than a substrate pass through-hole. The method additionally includes filling the first openings with an electrically inert material. The method further includes patterning a second openings parallel to the first openings through the electrically inert material, where the second openings are at least as large as the substrate pass through-hole and having sidewalls enclosed within the electrically inert material.
US10660197B2
A differential pair group equalization system includes a board providing a differential trace pair group with a plurality of differential trace pairs, each of a transmitter device and a receiver device are coupled to the board and the differential trace pairs in the differential trace pair group. At least one of the transmitter device and the receiver device operates to identify a first differential trace pair in the differential trace pair group, and adjust second differential trace pair equalization parameters for a second differential trace pair in the differential trace pair group. If it is determined that first differential trace pair signal transmission capabilities for the first differential trace pair have improved in response to the adjustment of the second differential trace pair equalization parameters for the second differential trace pair the second differential trace pair equalization parameters are set for the second differential trace pair.
US10660192B2
Embodiments of a laser system having an extremely large number of small pulsed lasers for irradiating small targets in inertial confinement fusion experiments, high energy density physics experiments, and inertial fusion power plants is more flexible than existing laser systems. Embodiments facilitate finer control of critical features of laser pulses for inertial fusion, as well as significant reduction in development costs and expansion of the community involved in the research relative to existing laser systems. Embodiments produce smooth intensity profiles at the target, large bandwidth that is over two orders of magnitude greater than existing laser systems, and fine control over laser wavelengths, focal properties, temporal pulse shape, and illumination geometry. Properties of each of the small pulsed lasers are individually selectable.
US10660191B1
The subject matter described herein includes a method of generating a collimated electromagnetic emission. The method includes producing an excitation in a sample of multiple particles by vibrationally stimulating the sample thereby transitioning each particle of at least a quantity of the multiple particles from a lower first energy state to a higher second energy state. The method also includes generating a collimated electromagnetic emission by de-excitation of at least a portion of the quantity of the multiple particles. A related apparatus is also provided.
US10660190B2
According to one embodiment, an X-ray computed tomography apparatus includes an X-ray tube, a high voltage power supply, and focus size control circuitry. The X-ray tube includes a cathode, an anode, and a deflector configured to deflect the electrons from the cathode. The high voltage power supply generates a tube voltage to be applied between the cathode and the anode. The focus size control circuitry controls a focus size formed in the anode by applying to the deflector a deflecting voltage of a deflecting voltage value based on a tube voltage value of the tube voltage and a predetermined size, in order to form a focus of the predetermined size in the anode during the period where the tube voltage is applied by the high voltage power supply.
US10660182B2
To provide a display system such as a smartphone, a game console, a personal computer, or a liquid crystal television, including a light-emitting element that irradiates light having a specific wavelength toward a user. The above-described problem is solved by a display system (1) including a first light-emitting element (6) that emits light used for image display, a second light-emitting element (3) that irradiates light (7) within a wavelength range of 360 nm to 400 nm, inclusive, toward a user, and a control unit (10) that controls irradiation of the light (7) from the second light-emitting element (3).At this time, the second light-emitting element (3) may be a single light-emitting element integrated with the first light-emitting element (6) or a light-emitting element provided separately from the first light-emitting element (6). When separately provided from the first light-emitting element (6), the second light-emitting element (3) is preferably provided to a peripheral frame (4) of a display screen (2), in the display screen (2), or as an accessory (5).
US10660173B2
A system and method using a switch to realize light fixture dimming and state restoration. The system comprises a switch, a line voltage sampling module, a switching action judging module and a dimming control module. The switch connects to at least one light fixture. The line voltage sampling module samples a rectified line voltage output and outputs a corresponding voltage level signal. The switching action judging module identifies and determines a current switching action and outputs a corresponding control instruction to the dimming control module. The dimming control module regulates the lighting state of each light fixture or controls each light fixture to return to its initial lighting state. By identifying and judging switching actions to realize light fixture dimming and state restoration control, the invention can realize a regular dimming function, and can quickly restore the light to a preset initial lighting state.
US10660170B2
A lighting system includes a computer, and a grow light array operatively coupled to the computer, wherein the grow light array includes a plurality of grow lights. The computer determines a location parameter of each grow light of the grow light array, wherein the location parameter corresponds to the location of a corresponding grow light. The grow light array adjusts an intensity of light to drive a light intensity sense parameter to match a desired light intensity sense parameter.
US10660161B2
A transparent pane, having at least one heatable, electrically conductive coating connected to at least two collection electrodes, provided for electrically connecting to a supply voltage to generate a heating current that flows across a heating field formed between the at least two collection electrodes is described. The heating field includes at least one communication window free from the heatable, electrically conductive coating. The transparent pane further includes at least one heatable, electrically conductive coating. The additional electrode is connected to one of the two collection electrodes via a respective current supply line.
US10660156B2
An apparatus of a RAN node in which flexible feedback for user data transferred between RAN nodes is described. The DL PDCP PDUs to be delivered to a UE is transmitted over an Xn or X2 interface between RAN and NG-RAN nodes, respectively. Feedback received allows transmitting RAN node to control downlink user data flow. The feedback contains a DDDS frame that includes a highest transmitted and delivered PDCP SN indicator parameter that respectively indicates whether a highest transmitted and successfully delivered PDCP PDU is present in the DDDS message and a highest transmitted and successfully delivered PDCP SN PDU parameter that provides feedback respectively about a transmitted status of the PDU sequence and an in-sequence delivery status of the PDUs to the UE. Buffered PDUs reported by the DDDS message are removed from memory as transmitted or successfully delivered PDUs.
US10660154B2
A leveraged positioning system for installation of devices within campuses and buildings. A mobile device may have a position indicator associated with it. A campus or building information model may be available for reference relative to a location of the mobile device as noted by the position indicator. A location name may be derived from the model and used for an installed device since the mobile device is at the position of the installed device during placement of the installed device. A physical address may be assigned to the installed device. The physical address and the location name may be stored as a pair in memory for the device. Additional devices for installation may be treated similarly.
US10660150B2
A system and method is introduced for flexible user equipment (“UE”) identification. In one embodiment, the method includes providing a first message from a user equipment (110) to a radio access node (120) to resume a passive user equipment context. The message includes a UE identifier (400) having a flag (410) indicating if the user equipment (110) is resuming connectivity to the radio access node (120) and a first local UE identifier (420) for the radio access node (120).
US10660149B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores computer-readable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a communication terminal to receive identification information from one or more communication devices via a communication interface, each identification information being periodically updated by a corresponding communication device, store first identification information into a memory, the first identification information being received from a specified communication device, perform communication with the specified communication device via the communication interface by using the stored first identification information, after disconnection of the communication, determine whether to use the first identification information or second identification information to reestablish the communication, the second identification information being transmitted by the specified communication device after the disconnection of the communication, when determining to use the first identification information, reestablish the communication using the first identification information, and when determining to use the second identification information, reestablish the communication using the second identification information.
US10660143B2
A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) and TPMS sensor module are provide. The TPMS sensor module includes a pressure sensor configured to measure an internal air pressure of a tire and generate tire pressure information, a microcontroller unit electrically connected to the pressure sensor, and a transceiver electrically connected to the microcontroller unit, the transceiver configured to transmit a message including the pressure information. Where, on a condition that the transceiver receives an acknowledgement in response to the transmitted message, the microcontroller unit is configured to set the transceiver into a standby mode, and, where, on a condition that the transceiver does not receive any acknowledgement in response to the transmitted message within a waiting period, the microcontroller unit is configured to instruct the transceiver to retransmit the message, and the transceiver is configured to retransmit the message after the waiting period.
US10660125B2
A base station apparatus that performs a wireless communication with a plurality of wireless terminal apparatuses according to IEEE802.11, including a frame generator that generates one or more first frames, each first frame including information indicating that a TXOP period assigned for communication with one of the plurality of wireless terminal apparatuses has expired and an additionally added Beacon element including information associated with the base station apparatus, and a transmitter that transmits the generated one or more first frames to the plurality of wireless terminal apparatuses.
US10660124B2
Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to request system information in a wireless communication system and a device supporting the same. The method may include: transmitting a random access preamble for requesting system information to a base station (BS); receiving, from the BS, a random access response including only a random access preamble identifier (RAPID) corresponding to the transmitted random access preamble; and considering that a random access procedure is completed.
US10660122B2
To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method capable of efficiently performing retransmission control for small size data in grant-free multiple access where the base station apparatus accommodates a large number of terminal apparatuses. A base station apparatus for communicating with a terminal apparatus, the base station apparatus including: a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink grant indicating a resource for transmitting uplink data to the terminal apparatus; and a receiver configured to receive the uplink data transmitted from the terminal apparatus based on the uplink grant, and the uplink data transmitted from the terminal apparatus without being based on the uplink grant.
US10660105B2
Embodiments described herein provide a method for establishing multi-user operation with duplex medium access control in a wireless local area network. Specifically, a trigger frame is transmitted to one or more client stations in a wireless local area network. In response to transmitting the trigger frame, one or more uplink data packets are received from the one or more client stations. It is then determined whether the one or more client stations support duplex operation. A downlink data packet configured in a multi-user data format is transmitted to at least one destined client station that supports duplex operation while simultaneously receiving the one or more uplink data packets from the one or more client stations.
US10660101B2
Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for optimizing identification of a beam in a massive multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) system. The receiver device can select a beam to use for a transmission, and generate channel state information based on a selection of either a single stage beam selection process or a two stage beam selection process. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, the receiver can select which beam selection process to use based on the context of the receiver device. The receiver can select which beam selection process to use based on the long term signal to noise ratio, or the correlation metrics associated with the receiver and transmitter, or based on the path loss between the transmitter and receiver, or based on the location of the receiver relative to the transmitter.
US10660097B2
A mobile communications network includes one or more network elements providing a wireless access interface for communications devices. The wireless access interface provides plural communications resource elements across a host frequency bandwidth, and includes, within the host frequency bandwidth, first communications resource elements within a first frequency bandwidth for allocation preferably to reduced capability devices to receive signals representing the data transmitted by the transmitter unit within the first bandwidth forming a first virtual carrier, the reduced capability devices each having a receiver bandwidth which is greater than or equal to the first frequency bandwidth but less than the host frequency bandwidth. Communications devices of different capabilities can be allocated communications resources within different frequency ranges according to their capability, which can relieve congestion on a centre frequency of communications resources in which communications devices with a minimum bandwidth capability must receive communications resources for receiving down link signals.
US10660094B2
A terminal device uses a broad band to improve a throughput. A terminal device communicates with a base station apparatus, and includes a higher layer processing unit that receives an instruction from the base station apparatus to perform communication according to a first frame structure used in a prescribed carrier frequency band or to perform communication according to a second frame structure used in a carrier frequency band higher than the prescribed carrier frequency band, and a reception unit that receives a signal of the first frame structure in a case where it is instructed to perform the communication according to the first frame structure, and receives a signal of the second frame structure in a case where it is instructed to perform the communication according to the second frame structure.
US10660093B2
The invention relates to a base station, comprising: a transceiver for multi-carrier radio transmission within a radio frequency band, the transceiver being adapted to receive service quality requests of a plurality of users requesting service from the base station; and a radio resource controller being adapted to allocate subcarriers of the multi-carrier radio transmission to the users and configure the subcarriers in the radio frequency band according to the service quality requests of the users.
US10660090B2
The present application relates to slot format indicator signaling in wireless communication systems. For example, a network entity may configure a slot format to include one or more symbol partitions and a transmission assignment for each of the one or more symbol partitions, and communicate with to at least one UE according to the configured slot format. In another example, a UE may configure at least one slot format according to at least one of a semi-static configuration via a broadcast or unicast transmission, or a dynamic configuration via a group common physical downlink control channel (GC-PDCCH), and communicate with the network entity according to the slot format.
US10660087B2
An autonomously dispersed type wireless network is suitably formed with communication stations avoiding collision of beacons transmitted one to another. In the event that the range of reach of airwaves change and a receivable state is created and beacons collide, a communication station changes the beacon transmission position of itself in response to receiving a beacon from another station at a timing immediately prior to transmission to its own beacon. Also, in the event that beacon collision is exposed due to emergence of a new communication which can perform reception from two systems out of airwave range of each other, the newly-participating station requests one of the communication stations of which the beacons are colliding to change the beacon transmission timing.
US10660085B2
Communicating wireless devices collaborate and utilize waveforms to enable secure channel estimation. To protect against a repetitive replay attack, some embodiments include Single Carrier Physical Layer (SC-PHY) waveforms and/or interpolated OFDM waveforms that do not include a repeatable or predictable structure. The waveforms are transmitted in ranging packet structures that are compatible with legacy 802.11 technologies that do not utilize secure channel estimation. The ranging packets are received in combination with the information previously exchanged to enable the receiving wireless system to securely determine a channel estimate (e.g., determine a channel estimate without an interloper transmission that is not an authentic first arrival path in a multi-path channel between the wireless systems). Thus, one or both of the wireless systems can estimate the distance between them (or range). Devices utilizing legacy 802.11 technologies may receive the ranging packet structures and determine durations for deferring access to the channel.
US10660082B2
A radio access network node (e.g., Base Station Subsystem), a wireless device (e.g., a mobile station), and various methods are described herein for improving the allocation of radio resources in wireless communications. In one embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a fixed uplink allocation technique. In another embodiment, the radio access network node and wireless device implement a flexible downlink allocation technique.
US10660080B2
A method for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is discussed. The method is performed by a wireless device and includes receiving downlink control information (DCI), which is repeated on a plurality of downlink subframes, identifying a last subframe on which the repetition is completed, determining that the identified last subframe is not used for determining a start subframe to repeatedly transmit the PUSCH, substituting the last subframe with a first subframe usable for determining the start subframe to transmit the PUSCH after the identified last subframe, based on the determination that the identified last subframe is not used for determining the start subframe; determining the start subframe to transmit the PUSCH, based on the first subframe other than the last subframe, and transmitting the PUSCH repeated over a plurality of subframes starting from the determined start subframe.
US10660075B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a channel state information (CSI) sending method, a CSI receiving method, a terminal, and a base station. The terminal selects a target CSI process from N CSI processes. The terminal sets a CSI reporting mode corresponding to the target CSI process, and sends, based on the CSI reporting mode, a CSI corresponding to the CSI process. The terminal can set a CSI reporting mode corresponding to a CSI process, and send, based on the set CSI reporting mode, a CSI corresponding to the CSI process. However, in the prior art, only the base station configures a CSI reporting mode corresponding to each CSI process. Therefore, flexibility is increased.
US10660064B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a base station, a host node, and a communication method in order to address one or more of the above-described problems. A communication system according to the present invention is a communication system including: a base station (10) and a host node (40) that communicates with the base station (10). The base station (10) included in the communication system transmits to the host node (40) setting information indicating whether or not a paging message transmitted from the host node (40) can be transmitted to other base stations, and the host node (40) receives the setting information from the base station (10).
US10660063B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may send, to a core network entity (CNE), a message indicating a context release of a wireless device comprising paging assistance elements. The CNE may utilize one or more beam identifiers for paging the wireless device. The base station may remove the paging assistance information from memory. The CNE may send the paging assistance information back to the base station for paging the wireless device, thereby saving resources.
US10660043B2
A user equipment (UE) may apply transmit power control (TPC) commands and transmit uplink information based on received downlink control information (DCI). A UE may receive multiple DCI messages including multiple TPC commands for an uplink transmission. The power level for the uplink transmission may be adjusted based on the combination of TPC commands. For example, the TPC commands may be considered together (e.g., added, averaged, etc.), the latest TPC command may be used, etc. In some cases, a change in TPC command for an uplink transmission (e.g., from a previous TPC command for the uplink transmission indicated via other DCI) may indicate a change in one or more transmission attributes for the uplink transmission. In some cases, a UE may receive a grant for a prioritized transmission, resulting in discontinuous transmission (DTX) of a previous transmission, which may result in TPC modification by the UE.
US10660041B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first communication circuit, a second communication circuit, a processor configured to be electrically connected with the first communication circuit and the second communication circuit, and a memory configured to be electrically connected with the processor. The memory includes instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to obtain location information of the electronic device, transmit a first message for requesting to change a state of the electronic device to a network, receive a first response message to the transmitted first message from the network, transmit a second message for requesting a parameter for an operation cycle of the second communication circuit to the network, receive a second response message to the second message from the network, and change the operation cycle of the second communication circuit to a value corresponding to a current state of the electronic device.
US10660035B2
An improved method of dynamically scheduling clustering operations in a network includes determining if one or more conditions for reclustering are met before deciding to perform the next reclustering operation. Therefore, to achieve load balancing for a network, the method of dynamically scheduling clustering operations schedules reclustering operations only at required times. This may be based on various factors such as remaining node energy, node movements, the number of nodes in the clusters, and/or other conditions of the nodes in the network. Therefore, by, tuning the reclustering time dynamically, the method effectively controls the clustering overhead throughout the network lifetime and handles the mobility of nodes.
US10660027B2
A method and apparatus for automatically generating/changing Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access information are provided. The apparatus includes an access information management database for storing pre-registered WLAN access information of a plurality of WLAN Access Points (APs). The apparatus also includes an access information collector for collecting information for WLAN APs being accessible at a current position of the apparatus, and an access information analyzer for analyzing the collected information, and creating a list of the accessible WLAN APs. The apparatus further includes a comparator for comparing the list with the WLAN access information to determine if the WLAN APs match. The apparatus additionally includes an access information automatic changer for automatically changing current WLAN access information according to matched APs. The apparatus includes an access information generator for automatically generating new WLAN access information when no WLAN access information is matched with the APs.
US10660024B2
A wireless network access method and apparatus are provided. The method includes obtaining identification information and status information of one or more network access points, determining a target access point according to the status information, submitting the identification information of the target access point to a network access server via a mobile communications network, receiving access account information for the target access point from the network access server, and transmitting a wireless network access request including the received access account information, to the target access point.
US10660022B2
In a wireless communication system, a user equipment (relay UE) can request to connect to a network to transfer data to another user equipment (remote UE). Before requesting the connection, the relay UE can perform access control for determining whether an access attempt to the network is allowed. The relay UE can perform the access control by using an access class of the remote UE.
US10660018B2
There is provided an improved solution for performing beacon broadcasting in a device-to-device communication network. The solution comprises selecting, by a node capable of entering a device-to-device communication network, a channel for broadcasting wherein the selection is based on at least one of the following: the characteristics of the node and the state of the node; and causing a broadcast of information related to at least part of the properties of the node on the selected channel.
US10660012B2
A method for associating a terminal to a base station of an access network. When a base station receives a message from the terminal, the base station updates a local association table by storing an identifier of the terminal in the local association table. A predetermined mobility criterion of the terminal is evaluated by the access network. When the mobility criterion is verified, a neighbouring base station that has not received the message from the terminal updates the local association table of the neighbouring base station by storing the identifier of the terminal in the local association table of the neighbouring base station.
US10660010B2
A wireless terminal apparatus (2) is configured, before the wireless terminal apparatus (2) is requested by another wireless terminal (1) or a D2D controller (5) to start a relay operation between the other wireless terminal (1) and the cellular network (3, 4), to hold connection information necessary to allow the other wireless terminal (1) to communicate with the cellular network (3, 4) or with a node (7) in an external network (6) via the relay operation performed by the wireless terminal apparatus (2). It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to reducing latency from when a mobile relay is requested to start a relay operation until the relay operation can be started.
US10660009B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications and, more particularly, to linkage of packet transmissions for ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) in new radio (NR). A method for wireless communications that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method generally includes receiving a current transmission of a packet; determining, based on the current packet transmission, one or more previous transmissions of the packet occurred and at least one parameter associated with the one or more previous transmissions; and combining the current packet transmission with the previous transmissions based, at least in part, on the determination.
US10660008B2
The present invention discloses a data transmission system. The first device performs, at a cellular network PDCP layer of the first device, security processing on to-be-transmitted data based on a transmit end-based first policy, to generate a PDU, and sends the PDU to the relay UE, where the first policy is a security processing policy agreed on by the first device and the second device, and the to-be-transmitted data is data that the first device needs to transmit to the second device. The relay UE sends the PDU to the second device. The second device performs, at a cellular network PDCP layer of the second device, security processing on the PDU based on a receive end-based first policy, to obtain the to-be-transmitted data, where the cellular network PDCP layer of the first device is a peer to the cellular network PDCP layer of the second device.
US10660004B2
Provided are apparatus and methods for controlling a handover of a user equipment between base stations each belonging to a network different from the other. The method includes: i) determining whether the user equipment should be handed over to a target base station belonging to a heterogeneous network based on measurement information received from the user equipment, ii) transmitting a handover required message containing identification information of the target base station to a core network entity linked to the source base station, when it is determined that the user equipment should be handed over, iii) receiving a handover command message containing evolved packet system (EPS) bearer setup list information of the target base station from the core network entity, and iv) transmitting the handover command message to the user equipment.
US10660001B2
A first base station in a network initiates handover of a wireless device in connected mode to a second base station. The first base station initiates a handover employing a first criterion, if the wireless device is in an active call from a first call category with the first base station. The first base station initiates a handover using a second criterion, if the wireless device is not in an active call from a first call category with the first base station.
US10660000B2
The invention relates to the initiation of a service to a mobile terminal capable of communicating via at least a first and second access network. Further, the invention relates to a reduction of power consumption of mobile terminals supporting connectivity to at least two access networks. The invention also relates to mobile communication systems and in particular to mobile communications through heterogeneous access networks. In order to prove improved method for initiating services to mobile terminals and/or to reduce power consumption of mobile terminals, the invention introduces of a sleep state that can be entered by the terminal for an access system if same is not used. Upon requesting a service from/to the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal starts service initiation through a second access system and transits back to active state for the first access system for service provision.
US10659998B2
Systems and methods for managing connectivity in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide systems and methods for managing connectivity in a network in which at least a portion of the network access points are moving.
US10659996B2
A system for allocating resources in a communications network includes a plurality of access points and a central controller in communication with the plurality of access points. Each access point in the plurality of access points is in communication with one or more user devices. The central controller is configured to receive traffic information and channel information for access point—user device links in the communications network. The central controller is also configured to determine a joint resource allocation based at least in part on the received traffic and channel information and at least in part on an algorithm. The central controller is further configured to transmit the joint resource allocation to the plurality of access points, where the joint resource allocation comprises spectrum allocation, user association, and power allocation.
US10659994B2
The invention relates to a first network node and a second network node. The first network node being configured to communicate with a user device over at least two radio channels and comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a first sequence of data packets of a data flow addressed to the user device from a second network node; a processor configured to split the first sequence of data packets into at least one first sub-sequence of data packets and one second sub-sequence of data packets; wherein the transceiver further is configured to transmit the first sub-sequence of data packets in a first set of frequency resources over a first radio channel and the second sub-sequence of data packets in a second set of frequency resources over a second radio channel to the user device, wherein the first set of frequency resources and the second set of frequency resources are non-overlapping.
US10659989B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for controlling congestion in a mobile communication system. A method for controlling congestion of a network node according to the present disclosure comprises the steps of: receiving congestion-related information from at least one base station; transmitting a user equipment information request message for making a request for information on a piece of user equipment corresponding to the base station to a mobility management entity; receiving a user equipment information response message including the information on the user equipment corresponding to the base station from the mobility management entity; and transmitting the information on the piece of user equipment corresponding to the base station to another core network node.
US10659977B2
A wireless communication device includes a communication interface and a processor that operate to generate a first transmission stream by processing first information based on first parameter(s) and a second transmission stream by processing second information based on second parameter(s). In some examples, the second at least one parameter is relatively less robust than the first at least one parameter, and the second information augments the first information when combined with the first information. The wireless communication device then transmits the first transmission stream and the second transmission stream to at least one other wireless communication device. Examples of such parameters include forward error correction (FEC) code, error correction code (ECC), modulation coding set (MCS), modulation type including a mapping of constellation points arranged in a constellation, power (e.g., transmit (TX) power), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) configuration, and/or a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) configuration.
US10659955B2
An apparatus and method for safely providing a profile to a terminal in a communication system are provided. The apparatus and method include a communication technique that combines a fifth generation (5G) communication system for supporting a data rate that is higher than that of a beyond fourth generation (4G) system with Internet of technology (IoT) technology, and a system thereof. The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services.
US10659942B2
The present image forming apparatus selects an appropriate connection method in accordance with circumstances from a plurality of connection methods when communication with an information processing apparatus is established by short-range wireless communication, and notifies information necessary for performing communication by the selected connection method to the information processing apparatus via short-range wireless communication.
US10659938B2
The present disclosure provides a registration method and communication method for an Application Dedicated Node (ADN), and nodes, and relates to the field of Machine Type Communication (MTC). A Common Service Entity of a Middle Node (MN-CSE) creates an application dedicated resource for an Application Entity of the ADN (ADN-AE), and announces the application dedicated resource to a CSE of an Infrastructure Node (IN-CSE). The IN-CSE creates an announcement resource corresponding to the application dedicated resource. The IN-CSE determines the application dedicated resource corresponding to the announcement resource according to the ADN-AE which an IN-AE requests to operate, and establishes a connection with the MN-CSE. The MN-CSE establishes a connection with the ADN-AE through the application dedicated resource.
US10659925B2
A positioning method, a terminal and a server, and relates to the field of positioning and navigation, for performing accurate global positioning. The positioning method includes: a terminal sends a first global coordinate to a server, the server receives the first global coordinate from the terminal, the server searches for corresponding local map data and mapping parameters corresponding to the local map data according to the first global coordinate, the server sends the local map data and the mapping parameters to the terminal, and the terminal obtains a local coordinate of the current location according to the local map data and surrounding environment information of the current location, and obtains a second global coordinate of the current location according to the local coordinate of the current location and the mapping parameters. The embodiment of the present disclosure is applied to accurate positioning.
US10659924B2
The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for displaying mobile trails for mobile client devices. Specifically, a network device obtains a plurality of performance measurements and a corresponding plurality of physical locations for a client device over a period of time. Then the network device generates a plurality of visual representations for the client device over the period of time, each visual representation representing a respective performance measurement and a respective physical location at a respective time during the period of time. Moreover, the network device can display, store, and/or transmit a map of a physical environment with the plurality of visual representations.
US10659917B2
A tracking system is disclosed that enables the tracking of a beacon device and a credential device being held by the beacon device. The beacon device may communicate with readers of an access control system using a first communication protocol whereas the credential device being held by the beacon device may communicate with readers of the access control system using a second communication protocol. As the beacon device and the credential device being held by the beacon device may also communicate with readers at different times, a beacon device may be associated with a credential device being held thereby such that tracking of one device enables inferred tracking of the other device.
US10659910B2
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing access to media content associated with events, using a digital media content environment. A media application enables display of a memory event timeline, including a plurality of memory events, to provide an improved presentation of media consumption by a user that resembles a person's memory or recollection of such events. Recent events are generally presented with more specificity, with earlier time periods and events generally presented more broadly. An input action or request for a memory event can be performed to cause a media server to determine a corresponding historical media content for delivery, and to stream or buffer the historical media content related to that memory event, and/or to cause other systems or environments to provide additional content related to the memory event either via the media server, or directly delivered to the media device.
US10659905B1
A method and a system for correcting energy distributions of audio signal are proposed. The method is applicable to a head-mounted device having a motion sensor, a left speaker, and a right speaker and includes the following steps. A rotation angle of the head-mounted device is detected by the motion sensor. Dual-channel audio signals corresponding to the left and right speakers are obtained. The dual-channel audio signals are converted to multi-channel audio signals with the number of channels greater than or equal to 5. Four acoustic source positions of the left and right speakers are defined to convert the multi-channel audio signals to four-channel audio signals of the left and right speakers. Energy distributions of the four-channel audio signals of the left and right speakers are corrected according to the rotation angle and the four acoustic source positions to respectively generate a left output signal and a right output signal.
US10659902B2
A system and method of processing a sound signal. The method of processing a sound signal that includes the following steps: Synchronous reception of an input sound signal (Sinput) of N microphones, N being a natural number greater than or equal to three; Encoding of the input sound signal (Sinput) in a data format (D) of sound, the encoding including a sub-step of transforming the input signal into an ambisonic format of order R, R being a natural number greater than or equal to one, the sub-step of transformation into an ambisonic format is carried out by a Fast Fourier Transform, a matrix multiplication, an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform and by a band pass filter; and Return of an output sound signal (Soutput) by digital processing of the sound data (D).
US10659895B2
A failure detection apparatus includes: an output portion that outputs from an audio output device a confirmation signal having a frequency in a band other than the audible band; an input portion to which an input signal is inputted from an audio input device; and a failure detection portion that detects whether the audio output device and the audio input device are operating normally on the basis of the confirmation signal and the input signal.
US10659891B2
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a forward path for processing an electric signal representing sound including a) an input unit for receiving or providing an electric input signal representing sound, b) a signal processing unit, c) an output transducer for generating stimuli perceivable as sound to a user, d) a feedback detection unit configured to detect feedback or evaluate a risk of feedback via an acoustic or mechanical or electrical feedback path from said output transducer to said input unit and comprising d1) a magnitude and phase analysis unit for repeatedly determining magnitude, Mag, and phase, Phase, of said electric input signal and further parameters based thereon, and d2) a feedback conditions and detection unit configured to check criteria for magnitude and phase feedback condition, respectively, based on said values, and to provide a feedback detection signal indicative of feedback or a risk of feedback.
US10659886B2
An electronic device and sound output method thereof are provided. The electronic device may include: an input unit comprising input circuitry configured to sense an input from outside of the electronic device; a plurality of piezo drivers including a first piezo driver and a second piezo driver; and a processor functionally connected with the input unit. The processor may be configured to detect an input through the input unit, to use a first piezo driver set including the first piezo driver to output sounds when the detected input corresponds to a first input, and to use a second piezo driver set including the second piezo driver to output sounds when the detected input corresponds to a second input.
US10659882B2
The present disclosure discloses a diaphragm for radiating sound, including: a dome; a suspension surrounding the dome, including a first connecting portion adjacent to the dome and having a first surface and a second surface, a suspending portion extending from and surrounding the first connecting portion, and a second connecting portion extending from and surrounding the suspending portion. The suspending portion includes a convex part along a direction from the second surface to the first surface, an inner edge connecting to the first connecting portion, and an outer edge connecting to the second connecting portion. The diaphragm further includes a stiffening layer located on the first surface of the first connecting portion, extending from the inner edge toward the dome. The present disclosure further includes a speaker incorporating the diaphragm.
US10659879B2
A communication system includes a control terminal device and one or more communication devices. The control terminal device transmits a search message to entire network when the communication device is registered into the communication system. When the communication device is connected to the network, the communication device determines whether a connection position of the connected communication device on the network is the predetermined connection position. When the communication device is not positioned at the predetermined connection position, the communication device cancels the connection with the network and then connects to the predetermined connection position of the network and responds to the search message through the network after the communication device directly connects to the control terminal device and obtains information for connecting to the predetermined connection position of the network.
US10659875B1
One embodiment of the present application sets forth a computer-implemented method that includes receiving, from a first microphone, a first input acoustic signal, generating a first audio spectrum from at least the first input acoustic signal, wherein the first audio spectrum includes a set of time-frequency bins, and selecting a first time-frequency bin from the set based on a first local space-domain distance (LSDD) computed for the first time-frequency bin.
US10659871B2
Disclosed is a display apparatus including a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a rear surface structure configured to surround lateral and rear surfaces of the display panel, a vibration generating device connected with the rear surface structure and configured to vibrate the display panel, a rear sound emitting portion between the display panel and the rear surface structure, a rear sound guide between the display panel and the rear surface structure to surround the vibration generating device in a spiral shape and configured to connect with the rear sound emitting portion.
US10659870B2
An audio device includes a jack slot detachably connectable with an audio jack; a detection and monitor unit constantly supplying a first voltage and a second voltage to the jack slot and detecting whether a conductive material is attached to the jack slot depending on changes in the first and second voltages, in a first detection mode; and a determination unit determining whether the conductive material is the audio jack depending on a change in at least one of the first and second voltages in response to detecting attachment of the conductive material. In response to determination by the determination unit that the conductive material is not the audio jack, the detection and monitor unit in a second detection mode monitors a change in the at least one of the first and second voltages while periodically supplying the first and second voltages to the jack slot.
US10659869B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method may include an apparatus having a support structure of a wearable device and a transducer coupled to the support structure. The transducer may be configured to generate movements in response to an audio input signal. The apparatus may also have a movement-conducting element coupled to the transducer. The movement-conducting element may be configured to apply the generated movements to a top portion of a user's ear. The movement-conducting element may maintain contact with the top portion of the user's ear so that the generated movements are consistently conducted to the user's ear regardless of which portion of the movement-conducting element contacts the top portion of the user's ear. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10659864B2
An earbud charging storage case for storing and charging a pair of earbuds, includes an earbud holder, and a magnetic component bracket looped around the earbud holder. Each earbud has a magnetic element. The earbud holder has a base portion. Two sides of a bottom surface of the base portion protrude downward to form two accommodating portions. Two sides of a top surface of the base portion are recessed downward to form two lower receiving grooves. The two accommodating portions have two accommodating grooves. The two lower receiving grooves and the two accommodating grooves together define two storing grooves. The pair of the earbuds are accommodated in the two storing grooves. Several portions of a bottom surface of the magnetic component bracket are recessed upward to form a plurality of buckling grooves. Each of the plurality of the buckling grooves is equipped with a first magnetic component.
US10659863B2
Provided is a sound output device worn on an ear of a listener and used, and having listening characteristics of an ambient sound in a wearing state. A sound output device 100 includes a sound generating portion 110 that generates a sound, a sound guiding portion 120 that takes in the sound generated in the sound generating portion 110 from one end 121, and a holding portion 130 that holds the sound guiding portion 120 in the vicinity of the other end 122. The holding portion 130 is engaged with an intertragic notch, and supports the sound guiding portion 120 such that a sound output hole of the other end 122 of the sound guiding portion 120 to face a depth side of an ear canal. Even in a state where the listener wears the sound output device 100, the sound output device 100 does not block an ear cavity of the listener, and the listener can listen to the ambient sound.
US10659862B1
An in-ear device includes a molding shaped to hold the in-ear device in an ear, and an audio package configured to emit sound. The audio package is structured to removably attach to the molding. An electronics package is structured to removably couple to the audio package and removably attach to the molding. The electronics package includes a controller to control the sound output from the audio package.
US10659859B2
A portable case for storing and charging hearing assistance devices is described. The portable case includes at least one retention structure configured to retain at least part of a hearing assistance device, an energy storage device, a charging circuitry electrically coupled to the energy storage device. The at least one processor is configured to detect when the at least one retention structure retains the at least part of the hearing assistance device, and responsive to detecting the at least one retention structure retaining the at least part of the hearing assistance device, cause the charging circuitry to charge, via an electrical connection shared by the at least part of the hearing assistance device and the charging circuitry, a power source of the hearing assistance device.
US10659853B1
Novel tools and techniques for point-to-point network service provisioning and mesh network transitioning are provided. A system includes a fiber injection node, host mesh network radio, and a first node. The first node may comprise a remote wireless transceiver in communication with the host wireless transceiver, a first mesh network node transceiver configured to communicate with other mesh network node transceivers, a processor, and non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by the processor. The first node may be configured to establish a point-to-point wireless connection to the host wireless transceiver of the fiber injection node, and provision access to the service provider network to the first customer premises. The first node may further be configured to establish a mesh connection to a secondary mesh network node associated with a second customer premises, and provision access to the service provider network to the second customer premises.
US10659847B2
A frame dropping method for a video frame and a video sending apparatus are used to perform frame dropping processing on video frames in order to reduce a quantity of dropped frames, enhance video playing smoothness, and improve user experience. A specific solution includes obtaining a video frame sequence of a to-be-sent video, establishing a reference relationship between video frames in the video frame sequence according to a preset criterion, and detecting a data occupation length of buffered video frames in a video sending buffer during a process of sending the video frame sequence, dropping a current to-be-buffered video frame when the data occupation length is greater than a preset threshold, and dropping all video frames in the video frame sequence that reference the current to-be-buffered video frame according to the reference relationship.
US10659844B2
Interaction method and system based on recommended content are provided. The method includes: receiving a playback instruction for a multimedia file, and obtaining recommended content corresponding to the multimedia file; playing the recommended content at a designated playback time point of the multimedia file; displaying an interaction option of the recommended content in a playback interface of the recommended content in a process of playing the recommended content; and interacting with the recommended content based on the interaction option after detecting a selection operation on the interaction option. A user may trigger the selection operation on the interaction option to interact with the recommended content, rather than watching the recommended content passively, which provides the user with method and system for interacting with the recommended content, increases flexibility, enhances attractiveness of the recommended content to the user, increases user viscosity, and increases a conversion rate of the recommended content.
US10659838B2
A base station (BS) for sharing downlink (DL) demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) between the DL data and the DL control signals comprises a storage device for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage device. The instructions comprise transmitting a DL control signal on a first layer in a first time-frequency resource to the communication device; transmitting a DL data, associated with the DL control signal on a second layer in the first time-frequency resource and on the first layer and the second layer in a second time-frequency resource, to the communication device; and transmitting a set of DMRSs for the DL control signal and the DL data to the communication device.
US10659837B2
Content receivers may simultaneously record multiple instances of content for multiple programming channels based on content provider instructions. Systems and methods utilize the content receivers to record these multiple instances from at least a single transponder. In some instances, multiple transponders may have a common control word so that content carried on each such transponder may be simultaneously received, decoded and recorded. Further, a single demodulator may be associated with multiple tuners, so that the single demodulator processes all content received from transponders with common control words and/or other encryption mechanisms.
US10659836B2
Systems and methods are provided herein for indicating an amount of available storage space. To this end, the systems and methods monitor storage space associated with a media storage device to determine whether an amount of storage space available is less than a threshold. In response to determining the amount of storage space available is less than the threshold, the systems and methods enter a deletion mode. Systems and methods monitor user interactions between a user and a user device after entering the deletion mode. Systems and methods further generate for display a notification at an appropriate time, based on the monitored user interactions, to indicate the amount of storage space available to the user.
US10659831B2
A method that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, by a system comprising a processor, holographic video data and a descriptor file associated with the holographic video data, where the holographic video data comprises encoded holographic wave front images that are generated by reconstructing holographic interference patterns associated with a target object, determining, by the system, presentation characteristics from the received descriptor file, and presenting, by the system, holographic video content decoded from the holographic video data, at a portion of a display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10659828B2
A system for delivering content is provided that uses switched digital video (SDV), adaptive bit rate (ABR) streaming techniques and an ABR to Legacy Transport Stream (ALTS) converter for converting the ABR streams to a QAM-based transport stream, all under control of the SDV session manager. In operation, the SDV system can be used to select an ABR profile for a service that is destined for a QAM set top terminal based on the currently available bandwidth. Moreover, the ABR profile may be changed upward (i.e., a profile requiring a greater bandwidth) or downward (i.e., a profile requiring less bandwidth) on a dynamic basis as the number of requested services changes.
US10659824B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose a video playback method and apparatus, which relate to the field of video communication technologies. The method includes: receiving a data obtaining request for a video to be played back sent by a client; estimating a current data transmission speed according to historical data transmission speeds; selecting a target video frame discarding scheme from preset video frame discarding schemes, according to the current data transmission speed and a theoretical data transmission speed corresponding to a preset video frame discarding scheme, wherein the theoretical data transmission speed is determined according to the multiplied speed for video playback; and performing discard processing on video data of the video to be played back according to the target video frame discarding scheme, and sending to the client the video data that has been subjected to the discard processing, so that the client plays back the video to be played back. The solutions provided by the embodiments of the present application reduces the required network bandwidth for a video playback.
US10659817B2
A method of modified SAO (sample-adaptive offset) processing for a reconstructed picture in a video coding system to improve the performance is disclosed. In one example, a SAO-sign threshold is introduced to determine the sign of the difference between a current reconstructed pixel and a neighboring reconstructed pixel. A range of difference values greater than the negative SAO-sign threshold and smaller than the positive SAO-sign threshold is assigned to have a sign value of 0. In another example, the SAO-offset value is derived by multiplying the SAO-offset sign with a result from applying left shift by the SAO-bit-shift value to the absolute SAO-offset value. In yet another example, the absolute SAO-offset value is coded by truncated Rice (TR) codes and a maximum TR value is indicated by a syntax element.
US10659812B2
Provided is a video decoding method including obtaining, from a bitstream, information about a prediction mode of a current block; when the prediction mode of the current block is an intra mode, obtaining information about an intra prediction mode of the current block; obtaining a predicted sample value of the current block by using at least one sample that is from among samples included in an adjacent reference region of a plurality of lines and is located, from the current block, in an intra prediction direction indicated by an intra prediction mode. The adjacent reference region of the plurality of lines may include a plurality of lines that are in a vertical direction and located at a left side of the current block, or a plurality of lines that are in a horizontal direction and located at an upper side of the current block.
US10659811B2
According to the present invention, an image encoding apparatus comprises: a motion prediction unit which derives motion information on a current block in the form of the motion information including L0 motion information and L1 motion information; a motion compensation unit which performs a motion compensation for the current block on the basis of at least one of the L0 motion information and L1 motion information so as to generate a prediction block corresponding to the current block; and a restoration block generating unit which generates a restoration block corresponding to the current block based on the prediction block. According to the present invention, image encoding efficiency can be improved.
US10659806B2
Provided are a video encoding method and apparatus to which an interpolation filter is applied according to characteristics of an image for motion compensation, and a video decoding method and apparatus corresponding thereto. The video encoding method according to various embodiments includes determining a degree of change between neighboring samples of at least one integer pixel unit adjacent to a reference sample of an integer pixel unit of a current sample and the reference sample; determining an interpolation filter among interpolation filters having different frequency passbands and configured to produce reference samples of a sub-pixel unit to predict the current sample, based on the degree of change; determining a predicted sample value of the current sample by using a reference sample of a sub-pixel unit produced by applying the determined interpolation filter; and encoding a residual value between the predicted sample value and a sample value of the current sample.
US10659799B2
A method of operation of a video coding system includes: receiving a video bitstream; extracting a video syntax from the video bitstream; extracting a temporal layer from the video bitstream based on the video syntax; and forming a video stream based on the temporal layer for displaying on a device.
