US10730764B2
A fluid sterilization module includes an inner cylinder forming a processing flow path, a case portion in which the inner cylinder is accommodated, a member provided between an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder and an inner circumferential surface the case portion, a first chamber located in a region on a side of one end portion of the inner cylinder with respect to the member, in a gap between the inner cylinder and the case portion, a second chamber located in a region on a side of the other end portion of the inner cylinder with respect to the member, and a light emitting element provided in at least one of the one end portion and the other end portion of the inner cylinder, and configured to emit ultraviolet light to the object passing through the processing flow path.
US10730762B2
A system for processing a fluid by generating water vapor through forced compression and rotation in a vessel includes capturing sea water for use in desalination processing in the vessel. Any fluid processed in the vessel, including sea water, can be used to create water vapor that rises to an elevation under its own power. After condensing the water vapor to liquid again, the condensed liquid falls upon a hydro-electric generator to generate electricity that is stored for later use. Brine output from the system can be recycled for re-processing through the system to increase water vapor yield. The wet brine output may also be dried to produce dried brine for subsequent processing of salt and other minerals.
US10730760B2
A method of supplying water using a natural water pipeline includes withdrawing impaired water from an impaired water body connected to a waterway and treating the impaired water from the impaired water body to produce treated water. The method also includes discharging the treated water into the waterway and conveying the treated water via the waterway to one or more locations proximate to one or more remote operational facilities that withdraws water from the waterway at the one or more locations. The method further includes receiving a monetary value from one or more operational entities operating the one or more remote operational facilities and providing at least a portion of one or more water access rights to the one or more operational entities in exchange for the monetary value.
US10730758B2
The invention relates to a method for producing alkali metal cyanides as solids, comprising the steps: i) an absorption step in the form of the absorption of hydrogen cyanide from a syngas containing hydrogen cyanide in an aqueous alkali metal hydroxide solution; ii) a preparation step for the waste gases containing cyanide that have accumulated in step i); iii) a crystallization step in the form of the introduction of the alkali metal cyanide solution into an evaporative crystallizer; iv) a condensation step for the vapour containing cyanide that has accumulated in step iii) to obtain a vapour condensate containing cyanide; v) a recirculation step, in which the vapour condensate containing cyanide that has been obtained in step iv) is used as an aqueous liquid in step ii).
US10730747B2
The present application relates to MEMS transducer comprising a membrane electrode and a backplate electrode. The membrane electrode comprises primary and secondary openings.
US10730741B2
A MEMS sensor with improved overload resistance for metrological registering of a measured variable comprises a plurality of layers, especially silicon layers, arranged on one another. The layers include at least one inner layer, which is arranged between a first layer and a second layer, and in the inner layer there is provided extending perpendicularly to the plane of the inner layer through the inner layer at least one cavity, on which borders externally at least sectionally and forming a connecting element, a region of the inner layer, which is connected with the first layer and the second layer. A lateral surface of the connecting element externally at least sectionally bordering the cavity has in an end region facing the first layer a rounding decreasing the cross sectional area of the cavity in the direction of the first layer, and has in an end region facing the second layer a rounding decreasing the cross sectional area of the cavity in the direction of the second layer.
US10730736B1
A system for sensing empty soft drink syrup containers in a soda pop dispensing arrangement is provided that includes at least one soft drink syrup container; a mixing station for mixing water and CO2 with soft drink syrup to make a soda pop mixture; a pump for pumping soft drink syrup to the mixing station and beyond to be dispensed; a CO2 container providing CO2 gas; and a soda pop dispenser apparatus. The system also includes a first tubing transmission line extending between the soft drink syrup container and the pump for carrying soft drink syrup, a second tubing transmission line for carrying soft drink syrup between the pump and the mixing station, and a third tubing transmission line extending between the mixing station and the soda pop dispenser for carrying soda pop to be dispensed. An optic sensor is located and spliced in the first tubing transmission line for sensing when the first tubing transmission line is devoid of soft drink syrup, and a signal indicator electrically connected with the optic sensor provides a signal indicating when the first tubing transmission line is devoid of syrup.
US10730731B2
A forklift mast warning alarm including a horn bar configured to be movably attached to a contact bar. A plurality of pressure sensors vertically affixed along a lower surface of the horn bar, wherein the sensors keep the horn bar from contacting the contact bar until pressure is applied. At least one electrical contract movably disposed in the horn bar. A spring disposed around the electrical contacts for allowing the electrical contacts to move bias the horn bar away from the contact bar until pressure is added. A noise making device attached to the horn bar. Horn circuitry configured to activate the noise making device when the at least one electrical contact disposed on the underside of the horn bar comes in contact with the at least one electrical contact disposed along contact bar.
US10730719B2
A system includes a frame and a first pair of rollers coupled to a first side of the frame. The first pair of rollers is configured to support a first end of a pipe reel. The system also includes a first cradle disposed longitudinally between the first pair of rollers and a second pair of rollers coupled to a second side of the frame. The second pair of rollers is configured to support a second end of a pipe reel. The system also includes a second cradle disposed longitudinally between the second pair of rollers, a pipe guide coupled to a third side of the frame between the first and second sides, a pipe brake coupled to the frame, and a pipe re-spooler coupled to the frame.
US10730718B2
A retractor device includes a housing including a back plate, a faceplate spaced apart from the back plate, and a sidewall extending between the back plate and the faceplate. The retractor device also includes a rotatable reel inside the housing, a spring biasing rotation of the rotatable reel in one direction, a tether wound around the rotatable reel, and an end fitting coupled to an end of the tether. A retainer of the housing is in contact with the end fitting when the end fitting is in the retracted position. The retractor device also includes at least one bearing inside the housing proximate to the retainer, and first and second extension openings in the sidewall of the housing on opposite sides of the retainer. The tether is configured to engage the bearing when the tether is extended through one of the first and second extension openings.
US10730713B2
A sheet conveying device, which is included in an image forming apparatus, includes a sheet holding roller to move while holding a sheet, a detector to perform a primary detection to detect a sheet position before the sheet holding roller holds the sheet and a secondary detection to detect a sheet position downstream from the sheet position detected by the primary detection, and a controller configured to cause the sheet holding roller to perform a first drive to move the sheet holding roller in at least one direction of a width direction of the sheet and a rotation direction in a sheet conveying surface based on a result of the primary detection and a second drive to move the sheet holding roller opposite to the at least one direction of the first drive, based on a result of the secondary detection.
US10730710B2
In a paper cassette, a guide slides on a tray to place a sheet at a proper position. A lift mechanism uses a restoring force of an elastic member to push up the tray and make the sheet on the tray approach a pickup roller. When the paper cassette is pushed by a user from an opened position, which is out of the housing of a printer, to a closed position, which is in the housing, an adjuster mechanism mechanically converts a force of the user pushing the paper cassette to the restoring force of the elastic member from a time the guide reaches a specific point on a trajectory along which the guide travels together with the paper cassette, thus adjusting the strength of the restoring force continuously to a distance by which the guide overruns the specific point.
US10730696B2
An order picking system includes an automated guided trolley with at least two rolling wheels for taking objects of an order from at least one rack and two posts. The automated guided trolley includes climbing elements, which are adapted to cooperate with the posts so as to enable the trolley to rise along the post and prevent the tilting of the trolley, and which includes at least one counter-wheel intended to roll on one of the posts, mounted on a movable bracket.
US10730693B1
Bins for storing and/or dispensing a material, such as preferably a flowable material. In some embodiments, the bin may comprise a body comprising an inner storage chamber configured to receive and store a flowable material therein. A forklift base may be coupled to the body and may comprise one or more pairs of forklift slots configured to receive forks of a forklift to allow the storage bin to be lifted and transported. A dispensing gate may be slidably positioned adjacent to a dispensing opening in the body to allow for positioning between a closed configuration in which the flowable material is blocked from being dispensed from the inner storage chamber and an open configuration in which the dispensing gate is moved away from the dispensing opening to allow the flowable material to exit the inner storage chamber.
US10730690B2
The invention relates to a locking feature for an aerosol dispenser head having a locking feature incorporating a locking yoke that requires multiple motions to unlock, and a single motion to reengage the locking feature.
US10730689B2
A protective phone cover dispenser dispenses sleeves that isolate a phone from contaminants in the external environment. The dispenser has a container, a storage compartment, a set of protective covers, an access hole, and an external device coupler. the storage compartment is located within the container and acts as a holding chamber for the set of protective covers. Each of the protective covers is a sleeve that is used to envelop the phone. Thus, isolating the phone from contaminants in the external environment. The access hole traverses through the container into the interior compartment so that a user is able to retrieve the protective covers stored within the interior compartment. The external device coupler is mounted onto the exterior surface of the container and is positioned offset from the access hole. Thus, the dispenser can be mounted onto an external structure without hindering the user from retrieving protective covers.
US10730685B2
A system for holding multiple beverage containers may include a cooler or carrier with toting handles, closing tabs, and base. The base may be formed from a molded plastic, rubber or synthetic rubber material. The base may also include feet that hold the base a sufficient height from the ground. The base may have a generally conic tapering drain floor that makes up its top surface. The tapering drain floor may make draining the carrier easier by directing water toward a drain hole located in the base. Extending up from the base may be a multi-layer soft-sided wall where different layers perform different desired functions. For example, an inside layer closest to the internal cavity may be a waterproof layer, a middle layer may be an insulating layer, and an external layer may be a decorative layer.
US10730684B2
A soft-sided insulated container assembly has a generally box-shaped form. The lid of the box defines a work surface on which to place objects such as foodstuffs and beverages. The work surface may be formed in a substantially rigid molded stiffener member, and may be divided into sub-regions with raised retainers to discourage sliding of objects where not precisely level. It may have an upstanding peripheral retainer. The work surface may be sunken relative to the periphery of the lid assembly.
US10730682B2
A container system having at least two containers, preferably bottles, each of which has a removal opening, preferably closed off by a septum in each case, wherein the containers have, on a side remote from the respective removal opening, particularly on the bottom of the respective bottle, a connecting arrangements for providing a fluidic connection between the containers, and/or having at least one container which forms a removal opening. The container has, on a side remote from the removal opening, a removable, cap-shaped cover which forms a holding device, for a region of the container forming the removal opening, so that the cover can be used as a support foot for the container when it is held by the holding device in the region forming the removal opening.
US10730679B2
A standing-type air-filled packaging apparatus and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes an inflatable body and an inflation valve. The inflatable body includes multiple inflatable units that are formed by stacking together at least two layers of air chamber films and are connected with each other. The inflatable units are heat-sealed and bent to form an air-filled packaging apparatus provided with at least one accommodating chamber used for accommodating an item to be packaged. The inflation valve is mounted on the inflatable body to inflate the inflatable body. At least one distal side of the solid air-filled packaging apparatus forms an annular support part. When the air-filled packaging apparatus is inflated, the annular support part is suitable for standing on a surrounding surface, thus allowing the packaging apparatus to be in a firm standing state.
US10730678B2
A package and method of making a package are provided, where the package includes a removable flap portion built into one panel and a resealable flap portion built into the opposing panel. The package is constructed such that the removable flap portion overlies the resealable flap portion, and peeling away of the removable flap portion reveals a pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) of the resealable flap portion and also provides a tamper-evident feature. Once the removable flap portion is peeled away, the consumer can access the contents of the package. The resealable flap portion can be folded over the newly-cut edge of the opposing panel and applied to the outer surface of that panel so as to reclose the package and maintain the contents of the package therein for later consumption.
US10730674B2
A tie article has a substantially elongated configuration having opposed first and second longitudinal edges. The tie article includes a base layer, a cover layer, a closure device, an adhesive and an extension. The base layer includes a central segment and two arm segments, each of the arm segments extending from opposing sides of the central segment. The cover layer overlaps the base layer. The closure device is sandwiched between the base layer and the cover layer so that the base layer and cover layer are bonded together around the closure device. The adhesive is disposed on the central segment of the base layer. The extension is of either or both of the base layer and cover layer and extends beyond at least one of the first and second longitudinal edges. A method is described for attaching a second item to a first item with a tie article.
US10730666B1
A container including a rigid base and one or more rigid lateral walls, the lateral wall being perimetrically continuous, such that the lateral wall and the base define a cavity. The cavity allows for the storage and transportation of contents, such as sand, rocks, building materials, paints, and other liquids. The container includes a set of flanges on an exterior side of the one or more lateral walls, with the flanges providing attachment points for a set of handles. When the set of handles are secured to the flanges, a user can easily grip the handles to transport the container to a new location. In addition, the container includes a circumferential lip that extends below the base, such that a user can easily grasp the lip at different locations to maneuver the container, without forcing the user to grip a specific handle on the bottom of the container.
US10730661B2
A panel structure comprised of a plurality of extruded aluminum panel members. The aluminum panel members are joined together into a single structure by a friction stir welding process and at least one of the extruded aluminum panel members includes an extruded slot running along an entire length of the at least one of the extruded aluminum panel members. The extruded slots are used to attach hooks or other suitable retaining devices for securing objects to the panel structure or to directly attach structural elements or modules to the panel structure.
US10730658B2
A shipping carton displays two rows of packaged products stacked upon one another with package indicia facing a front opening. The carton (100) includes a top opening through which the packaged products are loaded in a vertical orientation. The top opening is closable by two opposing flaps (112) that adjoin along a top center line (114), and sealable with an adhesive strip (120) that extends along the top and onto opposing front and back surfaces of the container. The carton also includes a removable panel (160) defined by a line of weakness (162) spanning across the front surface and an adjacent side surface. The removable panel defines two protrusions (170) on opposing sides of the opening on the front surface. A portion of the adhesive strip (120) closing the top opening extends onto one of the protrusions (170).
US10730648B2
A device and a method for producing fascines in particular straw-fiber fascines, coconut-fiber fascines, wood-fiber fascines, and hemp-fiber fascines are provided. The device comprises a plurality of conveyor screws for conveying fibrous material such as straw fibers, coconut fibers, wood fibers, or hemp fibers, in a tubular element for filling the fibrous material into a tubular net. Moreover, the device comprises a distributor box. The distributor box has an interior space having an infeed opening for infeeding the fibrous material, and one or a plurality of base-side openings. The base-side openings herein serve for in-feeding fibrous material from the distributor box to the conveyor screws.
US10730636B2
An integrated aircraft cooling system comprising a turbine engine and a plurality of secondary cooling streams, wherein the turbine engine core exhaust stream drives the plurality of secondary cooling streams. A core exhaust stream outlet has a periphery and a composite secondary outlet positioned around the periphery of the core exhaust stream outlet, and the composite secondary outlet is segregated between the plurality of secondary streams. Each of the secondary flows are in fluid isolation from each other upstream of the composite secondary outlet.
US10730633B2
A hybrid electric aircraft propulsion system at least includes a motor with induction effect to drive a propeller or propulsion fan. The motor is directly supplied from the electrical output of a generator. The generator is driven by a variable speed engine and as such the generator has a output frequency proportional to the speed of the engine. A controller is operatively coupled to the motor, the generator and the engine. The controller is operable to control a speed of the engine and the excitation of the generator to provide an output at a target voltage and frequency to drive the motor at a desired torque and speed.
US10730627B2
The invention relates mainly to a seat module intended to be installed in an aircraft cabin comprising: a seat, a cushion positioned near the seat, and an armrest that can move between a lowered position, and a raised position, wherein the armrest comprises an upper wall and a lower wall, such that the upper wall extends in line with the cushion when the armrest is in the lowered position, and the lower wall extends in line with the cushion when the armrest is in the raised position.
US10730625B1
A system includes a payload ejector configured to contact a payload carried by a flight vehicle and to push the payload away from the flight vehicle. The payload ejector includes a piston configured to extend from the payload ejector and a shock attenuator coupled to the piston, where the shock attenuator is configured to push the payload away from the flight vehicle. The shock attenuator includes a shock attenuator housing and a plunger that is movable within the shock attenuator housing and that extends from the shock attenuator housing. The plunger is configured to be pushed at least partially into the shock attenuator housing in order to damp a shock pulse applied to the payload. The shock attenuator housing may have an interior space, and the shock attenuator may further include a spring, compliant material, or fluid within the interior space.
US10730622B2
In a first aspect, there is a personal air vehicle including a body having a forward portion, a central portion and an aft portion; a first ducted fan supported by the forward portion of the body; a second ducted fan supported by the aft portion of the body; and third and fourth ducted fans supported by the left and right sides of the body and pivotable relative to the body. An aspect provides a method of flying the personal air vehicle.
US10730618B2
A method for selecting an operation mode of a mobile platform includes detecting a height grade of the mobile platform and selecting an operation mode of the mobile platform according to a result of the detecting.
US10730617B1
A tethering system for a remote-controlled device including a tether line having a first end adapted to be connected to a ground support and a second end adapted to be connected to the remote-controlled device. The system further includes an anchor-point disposed between the first and second ends of the tether line, the anchor point having an eyelet for securing the tether line and allowing the tether line to slide through the eyelet during use. The anchor-point and eyelet enable the tether line to flex or bend and the remote-controlled device to maneuver one or more of over or around the target area without interfering with any nearby obstructions.
US10730610B2
An aircraft is provided. The aircraft includes fuselage, an aerodynamic element extending from the fuselage and including a main section and an adjustable section which is adjustable relative to the main section, a power distribution unit (PDU) configured to generate torque to drive an adjustment of the adjustable section, an actuator, torque tubes and elastomeric couplings. The PDU is disposed proximate to a fuselage-aerodynamic interface. The actuator is disposed along the aerodynamic element and is receptive of the torque for driving the adjustment of the adjustable section. The torque tubes transmit the torque from the PDU to the actuator and are arranged between the PDU and the actuator such that adjacent torque tubes define an obtuse angle. The elastomeric couplings are disposed at respective ends of each of the torque tubes to enable torque transmission between at least the adjacent torque tubes defining the obtuse angle.
US10730609B2
A method of retrofitting a mechanically controlled aircraft with a fly-by-wire system includes removing a mechanical links between mechanical pilot inputs and actuators operable to drive flight surfaces. Electromechanical actuators are coupled between a plurality of vehicle management computers and the actuators. Each of the electromechanical actuators is operable to receive commands from the vehicle management computers and output a mechanical force to an input linkage of one of the actuators. Electromechanical pilot input modules are coupled to the mechanical pilot inputs. Each of the electromechanical pilot input modules is operable to convert a pilot-driven input force of an instance of the mechanical pilot inputs into an electronic signal indicative of the pilot-driven input force. At least one high performance computer is coupled to at least one of the vehicle management computers. The high performance computer executes one or more high level intelligence algorithms to selectively operate the aircraft autonomously.
US10730605B2
An aircraft joint includes a first component having an outer aerodynamic surface and an inner surface, a second component having an outer aerodynamic surface and an inner surface, and a strap assembly bridging between the inner surfaces of the first and second components. The strap assembly has a first strap part attached to the inner surface of the first component, a second strap part attached to the inner surface of the second component, and a third strap part received in the first and second strap parts in a sliding manner. The third strap part when received in the first and second strap parts constrains movement of the first component relative to the second component in a direction normal to the outer aerodynamic surfaces of the first and second components in the vicinity of the strap assembly.
US10730604B2
The present disclosure relates to inserts for use with sandwich panels, such as composite panels, and related methods. Presently disclosed inserts may include a retention feature and/or an anti-rotation feature that may be configured to retain the insert in place within a bore formed in the sandwich panel. In this manner, presently disclosed inserts may be secured without the use of adhesive compounds, which may increase efficiency and/or reduce costs in manufacturing apparatus that include one or more sandwich panels having one or more inserts placed therein. Presently disclosed methods of installing an insert into a sandwich panel may include rotating the insert with respect to the sandwich panel as the insert is installed, such that a portion of the insert may be positioned under the skin of the sandwich panel (e.g., a portion of the insert may be positioned between the skin and the core of the sandwich panel).
US10730599B2
A power system for a marine vessel comprises an engine and a controllable pitch thruster drivably coupled to the engine. A speed of the controllable pitch thruster various with a speed of the engine. A control unit receives a thrust command value indicating a thrust required from controllable pitch thruster. The control unit determines a current speed of the controllable pitch thruster and calculates a pitch of the controllable pitch thruster that produces thrust in accordance with the thrust command value at the current speed of the controllable pitch thruster. The power system allows for operating the engine at variable speeds to allow for a reduction of the engine speed under partial load conditions.
US10730589B2
The invention relates to a vessel (1), especially a drillship or so-called drilling ship. The vessel comprises a hull (3) having a bottom surface (5) and a deck (7). Said vessel is provided with a moon pool (2), which extends from said bottom surface of the hull in an upward direction through the hull. Further, said vessel is provided with a cavity (10) located at a front side of the moon pool. Said cavity is at least partly open at a bottom side thereof in order to allow water to flow into said cavity. Moreover, said cavity is at least partly open at a rear side of said cavity in order to allow water to flow directly from said cavity into the moon pool, as a result of which moon pool sloshing can be diminished and the mean flow resistance of the vessel when sailing can be reduced.
US10730586B2
A centerless wheel assembly may include a centerless rim configured to rotate about a point. The centerless wheel assembly may also include a centerless flywheel that may be configured to indirectly couple with the centerless rim and to rotate about a point. The centerless wheel assembly may additionally include a device for rotating the centerless rim in a first direction and in a second direction. The centerless wheel assembly may also include a one-way bearing that may be disposed between the centerless rim and the centerless flywheel. The one-way bearing may be positioned such that as the centerless rim may rotate in the first direction, the centerless flywheel may be caused to rotate in the first direction and as the centerless rim may rotate in the second direction, the centerless flywheel may not be caused to rotate.
US10730572B1
An endless track for traction of an off-road vehicle, such as an agricultural vehicle, an industrial vehicle (e.g., a construction vehicle) or a military vehicle, is provided. The endless track comprises an elastomeric belt-shaped body comprising an inner surface for facing wheels of the vehicle and a ground-engaging outer surface for engaging the ground. The endless track also comprises a plurality of elastomeric lugs, such as drive/guide lugs projecting from the inner surface and/or traction lugs projecting from the ground-engaging outer surface. An elastomeric lug may have a material composition defining an arrangement of zones of different materials which comprises a plurality of zones of different elastomeric materials. The elastomeric lug may exhibit a desired variation of a material property (e.g., a modulus of elasticity) across the arrangement of zones of different materials. A zone of the elastomeric lug may have a dedicated function, such as a sacrificial zone or a wear indicator zone. An elastomeric drive lug may comprise an uneven drive surface, such as an angled or curved surface, for engaging a drive member of a drive wheel of the vehicle.
US10730571B2
A crawler includes a crawler main body (a rubber crawler main body (12)), a tensile body (70), guide protrusions (16), and flat surfaces (40). The tensile body (70) is provided with a flat portion (72) that is arranged along a width direction of the crawler main body and a slanting portion (74) that is slanted and arranged at a width direction outer side of the crawler main body relative to the flat portion (72). The guide protrusions (16) are formed at an inner peripheral face of the crawler main body at a width direction middle portion of the crawler main body. The flat surfaces (40) are formed at the width direction outer sides of the crawler main body relative to the guide protrusions (16). Turning wheels (a driving wheel (100), an idling wheel (102) and rolling wheels (104)) provided at a vehicle roll on the flat surfaces (40). In a linear region of the crawler main body as seen in a side view of the crawler main body, if a thickness from an imaginary plane projected from the flat portion (72) in the width direction of the crawler main body to an end edge at a crawler main body width direction outer side of the slanting portion (74) is represented by L, then a result of subtracting a turning direction length of the crawler main body at the flat portion (72) from a turning direction length of the crawler main body at the slanting portion (74) is less than 2πL.
US10730567B2
A recessed portion is formed at a frame member provided at a rear portion of a vehicle body and having a closed cross section extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction such that a part of a lower face of the frame member is recessed upwardly, where a damper of a rear suspension is inserted and fixed. Closed cross sections are formed at a position corresponding to the recessed portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the frame member. The closed cross sections are configured to branch off from the closed cross section inwardly and outwardly in the vehicle width direction relative to the damper. A ridgeline extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction is formed at least at a portion of the frame member which is positioned in front of the recessed portion.
US10730565B2
A fender assembly for an agricultural tractor including a carrier bracket which supports a wheel fender adjacent to a vehicle wheel. A steering mechanism is provided as part of the fender assembly, such that the wheel fender can be rotated relative to the carrier bracket. Accordingly, the rotation of the wheel fender can be controlled based on a steering signal generated by the vehicle steering system, to ensure that the wheel fender accurately follows the movement of the adjacent tractor wheel.
US10730564B2
A recessed portion is formed at a lower face of a frame member provided at a vehicle rear portion and having a closed cross section extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction, where a damper of a rear suspension is inserted into and fixed. A front portion of the frame member is joined to a side sill extending in the vehicle longitudinal direction at a position offset outwardly from the frame member. Branch-shaped closed cross sections branching off from the closed cross section inwardly and outwardly relative to the damper are formed at a recessed-portion corresponding position. A front portion of the frame member located in front of the recessed-portion corresponding position extends in an oblique direction forwardly and outwardly and a front end of the frame member is joined to a rear portion of the side sill.
US10730562B2
A pillar structure of a vehicle including a glass attachment surface configured to have a windshield of the vehicle or a rear window of the vehicle attached thereto, a side part outer surface configured to have an upper edge of the fender panel extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle connected thereto downwardly, a protruding corner portion configured to be provided to protrude to the fender panel along a pillar extending direction at a corner of a lower end on the side part outer surface on the glass attachment surface side such that an angle formed by a protruding direction and the upper edge of the fender panel is in a predetermined acute angle range in a side view, and a recess bead configured to be formed on the glass attachment surface along the protruding corner portion.
US10730561B2
A mounting structure for a curtain airbag device includes: a first pillar extending along a vehicle upper-lower direction; a second pillar disposed on a vehicle rear side at a predetermined interval with respect to the first pillar, and extending along the vehicle upper-lower direction; a transparent member interposed between the first pillar and the second pillar; a front pillar garnish covering the first pillar and the second pillar and having a lower end portion protruding along at least one of a vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle width direction; and a curtain airbag device configured to include a curtain airbag, configured to be inflation-deployed in a curtain shape in a vehicle cabin side portion, and having a front end portion fixed at a position in the first pillar or the second pillar corresponding to the lower end portion of the front pillar garnish.
US10730542B1
The utility cart of the present application comprises a frame, and a plurality of wheels supported by the frame. In at least one embodiment, the frame comprises at least one wall which defines a recessed upper cavity, and a front cavity. The utility cart further comprises a plurality of parts boxes removably disposed within the front cavity; and a handle disposed in proximity to a bottom of the upper cavity and further disposed in proximity to a top of the front cavity.
US10730537B2
An anomaly determination device includes a changeover force measurement unit that measures a changeover force output by a driving device, the driving device outputting a changeover force for switching a direction of a branch rail whose direction is variable, a voltage measurement unit that measures a voltage supplied to the driving device, a current measurement unit that measures a current flowing through the driving device, and an anomaly determination unit that determines whether or not there is an anomaly in the branch rail, there is an anomaly in the driving device, and there is an anomaly in power supplied to the driving device on the basis of the magnitude of the changeover force, the magnitude of the voltage, and the magnitude of the current.
US10730536B2
A system includes a location determining circuit configured to acquire position information of a vehicle system moving along a route. The system also includes a controller circuit having one or more processors. The controller circuit is configured to calculate curvatures of the route, based at least in part on the position information, to form a curvature waveform. The controller circuit is further configured to generate a route map based on the curvature waveform.
US10730528B2
A method for determining a safety-critical yawing motion of a vehicle includes comparing a specification signal representing an ascertained setpoint yaw rate of the vehicle for an anticipated trajectory of the vehicle to a measuring signal representing an instantaneous yaw rate of the vehicle measured based on an actual trajectory of the vehicle, thereby generating a comparison signal; checking whether an amplitude of the comparison signal exceeds a first threshold value and whether a frequency of the comparison signal exceeds a second threshold value; and, in response to the amplitude exceeding the first threshold and the frequency exceeding the second threshold, outputting a yawing-motion signal indicating presence of the safety-critical yawing motion of the vehicle.
US10730524B2
An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a sensory system and a control system. The sensor system is configured to generate signals indicative of at least one of a physiological characteristic of the occupant.
US10730523B2
A vehicle drive device includes a control portion that is allowed to execute a control mode that controls multiple hydraulic elements to cause a vehicle in a stop state of an engine to start moving. The control mode starts controlling part of the multiple hydraulic elements before the engine is started, by using oil pressure accumulated in an accumulator (S8). The control mode starts controlling the rest of the multiple hydraulic elements by using oil pressure that is provided after the engine is started (S16).
US10730522B2
A lane change support apparatus includes an electronic control unit configured to, when it is recognized that there is an abnormality in a driver of a host vehicle, determine whether or not lane change is possible. The electronic control unit is configured to determine that the lane change is possible when a vehicle speed of the host vehicle is lower than a predetermined upper limit speed, a following vehicle present closest to the host vehicle has stayed in a rear guard vehicle approval range for a predetermined time or longer, and a vehicle is not present in a lane change allowance gap.
US10730521B2
An autonomous drive system for a vehicle includes at least one environment perception sensor, a perception module, a location module, an intention prediction module, and a control module. The perception module is configured to receive signals from the at least one environment perception sensor and detect and track at least two remote vehicles in one or both of a current lane and a neighboring lane. The location module is configured to determine a location of the vehicle. The intention prediction module is configured to generate predicted trajectories for the at least two remote vehicles. The control module is configured to receive signals from the at least one environment perception sensor and receive the predicted trajectories from the intention prediction module. The control module determines a location and time for a lane change based on the predicted trajectories and controls the vehicle to change lanes at the determined location and time.
US10730520B2
A vehicle control apparatus includes an engine, a refrigerant compressor, a lock up clutch, a throttle valve, and first, second, and third deceleration controllers. The second deceleration controller controls the lock up clutch to a slip state and controls the throttle valve openwise on the condition that the refrigerant compressor is in the stopped state on decelerated travel of a vehicle in a second speed region in which a vehicle speed is lower than a first vehicle speed and higher than a second vehicle speed lower than the first vehicle speed. The second deceleration controller controls the lock up clutch to a disengaged state and controls the throttle valve closewise on the condition that the refrigerant compressor is in the operative state on the decelerated travel of the vehicle in the second speed region.
US10730519B2
A switchback control apparatus for an industrial vehicle, includes a forward and reverse operating part, a forward and reverse position detector detecting a position of the forward and reverse operating part, a vehicle speed detector; and a shift control section shifting the transmission forcibly to a first speed stage and then, releasing the first speed stage of the transmission that is set forcibly when the forward and reverse operating part is shifted from the forward position to the reverse position or from the reverse position to the forward position by the forward and reverse position detector and a vehicle speed detected by the vehicle speed detector greater is than or equal to a threshold value that is smaller than a shift-up vehicle speed for shifting the transmission from the first speed stage to a second speed stage.
US10730514B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a manner of extending the use of originally-equipped automotive vehicle sensors to other types of transportation. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring data from a vehicle-equipped detachable sensor about one or more object in an environment around a non-automotive entity when the vehicle-equipped detachable sensor is mounted to the non-automotive entity. The vehicle-equipped detachable sensor is capable of sensing a portion of an environment around an automotive vehicle and configured to communicate with a mobile device. The vehicle-equipped detachable sensor is also structured to be detached from the automotive vehicle and mounted to the non-automotive entity. The method includes determining, based on the acquired data, whether a detected object impinges upon a current travel trajectory of the non-automotive entity. The method also includes, in response to determining the detected object impinges upon the current travel trajectory of the non-automotive entity, outputting at least one notification signal to the mobile device.
US10730505B2
A hybrid electric vehicle includes an intelligent vehicle controller, an electric motor, a battery, an internal combustion engine (ICE), and an electrical generator coupled to the ICE configured to provide electricity to the battery and the electric motor. The intelligent vehicle controller receives ICE power level shifting data from the electrical generator, ICE, battery, and electric motor. The intelligent vehicle controller determines a desirable torque and/or a desirable revolutions per minute (RPM) for the ICE based on the received ICE power level shifting data by utilizing an efficiency map that includes fuel efficiency contours and noise, vibration, and/or harshness (NVH) level lines for the hybrid electric vehicle. The intelligent vehicle controller may have first and second vehicle operation modes, and may derive first and a second desirable power levels for the ICE in the first and second operation modes, based on the ICE power level shifting data.
US10730503B2
This invention provides a secure self-driving system or drive-assisting system. A drive control system of the present invention has an image recognition unit for detecting the peripheral environment of a vehicle and a drive control apparatus that controls driving of the vehicle, characterized by having a peripheral environment storage unit for storing the peripheral environment of the vehicle and by changing a mode of drive control performed by the drive control apparatus on the basis of a detection performance status of the image recognition unit obtained on the basis of information about the peripheral environment stored in the peripheral environment storage unit and information detected by the image recognition unit.
US10730501B2
A brake system for actuating a pair of front wheel brakes and a pair of second wheel brakes. The brake system includes a reservoir and a brake pedal unit having a housing with first and second pistons slidably disposed in the housing. The first and second pistons are operable during a manual push-through mode by actuation of a brake pedal connected to the brake pedal unit. The first and second pistons are movable to generate brake actuating pressure at first and second outputs for actuating the pair of front wheel brakes and the pair of rear wheel brakes. A first source of pressurized fluid actuates the pair of front wheel brakes and the pair of rear wheel brakes during a non-failure normal braking event. A first electronic control unit controls the first source of pressurized fluid. A second source of pressurized fluid is hydraulically connected to the brake pedal unit and actuates the brake pedal unit to cause movement of the first and second pistons for generating pressure at the first and second outputs. A second electronic control unit, separate from the first electronic control unit, controls the second source of pressurized fluid.
US10730498B2
The present disclosure relates to a system for building pressure within a secondary braking system (SBS) of a vehicle having a plurality of brakes. The system may comprise a reservoir and a primary braking system (PBS) including a master cylinder including a primary circuit portion, a plurality of valve subsystems, a primary path connecting the master cylinder to the plurality of valve subsystems, and at least one valve disposed along the primary path between the master cylinder and the plurality of valve subsystems. The PBS also includes a secondary path connecting the reservoir to at least one valve subsystem of the plurality of valve subsystems, and no valves are disposed within the secondary path. The SBS is connected to the at least one valve subsystem.
US10730492B2
A speed control system operable to control a motor vehicle to operate in accordance with a set-speed value, the control means being operable to allow a user to adjust the set-speed value by user actuation of a vehicle brake control or a vehicle accelerator control.
US10730490B2
A failure detection and correction function which is able to detect a failure of an automatic braking system, and provide a corrected action. The failure detection and correction function is independent of the automatic braking function. The failure detection and correction function uses object coordinates and the speed of the vehicle to determine the collision risk, and then calculates a desired deceleration if there is imminent collision. The function uses desired deceleration to compare to a deceleration request from automatic braking function to determine if there is a failure. The failure detection and correction function takes corrected action to avoid the collision if the automatic braking function has failed.
US10730485B2
A system includes a base defining an opening. The system includes a pair of gaskets supported by the base, the opening disposed between the gaskets. The system includes a pair of pads supported by the base, the gaskets disposed between the pads. The system includes a transparent shield supported by the base and movable between a first position and a second position, the shield abutting one of the pads in the first position and the other of the pads in the second position.
US10730481B2
A system and method for remote control of functionalities of a vehicle, for example a motor vehicle reserved for hire, is provided. The system and method include transmission and receipt of information between a mobile terminal, a remote vehicle management system and a control unit of a vehicle to remotely control, particularly to remotely initiate, particular functionalities of a vehicle which has been selected, particularly reserved, in advance using the vehicle management system. The mobile terminal is identified to the vehicle on the basis of an interchange of identifiers that the vehicle and the terminal have received in advance from the vehicle management system.
US10730474B2
A gas generator includes a plurality of gas discharge openings arranged in a circumferential wall portion along a circumferential direction as not overlapping with each other. The plurality of gas discharge openings consist of one group or two or more groups of first gas discharge openings, one group or two or more groups of second discharge openings, and one group or two or more groups of third gas discharge openings. The gas discharge openings included in each of the groups of first to third gas discharge openings are set to be opened at an identical opening pressure. The second gas discharge openings are higher in opening pressure than the first gas discharge openings and lower in opening pressure than the third gas discharge openings. The gas discharge openings included in each group of gas discharge openings are evenly arranged in rotation symmetry at an angle not greater than 120°.
US10730471B2
An airbag device includes: a gas generator which is extended along an axial line thereof and which includes: a generator body including a gas injection section at one end section; and an installing protrusion protruding from an outer face of the generator body; and an airbag which includes a bag body developed and inflated by an inflation gas supplied from the gas injection section. The gas generator and the airbag are installed on a vehicle by the installing protrusion. The bag body includes an insertion port having a size allowing the gas injection section to pass through and not allowing a portion of the gas generator provided with the installing protrusion to pass through. The gas injection section is disposed inside the bag body, and the installing protrusion is disposed outside the bag body.
US10730467B2
A vehicle input-operation assistance device includes: a traveling state detection section that detects a traveling state of a vehicle; an operation state detection section that detects an operation state of an operation member gripped by an occupant during operation; a support section that is capable of being stowed in an interior component of the vehicle, and that is capable of projecting from the interior component to a support position where the support section is capable of supporting an elbow of the occupant when the occupant is operating the operation member; and a controller that determines whether or not the elbow of the occupant operating the operation member needs to be supported based on information detected by the traveling state detection section and the operation state detection section and, in cases in which support is determined to be needed, controls the support section to project to the support position.
US10730457B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for providing a user notification operative for establishing a connection to a mobile device, receiving a notification from the mobile device, receiving an indication of a red-light state and a time remaining of the red-light state via a wireless communications, detecting a stationary vehicle condition from a vehicle controller, displaying the notification, the indication of the red-light state and the time remaining of the red-light state to a vehicle operator on a video display in response to the stationary vehicle condition, and discontinuing display of the notification in response to at least one of an indication of a vehicle movement from a vehicle controller and the time remaining of the red-light state being zero seconds.
US10730456B2
A method for operating an energy coupling device electrically coupling a high-voltage on-board electrical system designed for d.c. voltage to a low-voltage on-board electrical system designed for d.c. voltage, having a high-voltage energy converter connected to the high-voltage on-board electrical system and a low-voltage energy converter connected to the low-voltage on-board electrical system, which are electrically coupled by means of a d.c. voltage intermediate circuit. The energy converters are controlled by a control unit. The degrees of conversion efficiency of the energy converters are ascertained and an intermediate circuit d.c. voltage of the d.c. voltage intermediate circuit is set as a function of a total degree of efficiency produced by the sum of the degrees of conversion efficiency in order to maximize the total degree of efficiency.
US10730454B2
A vehicle NVH pad includes an outer pad, a support pad connected to the outer pad, and one or more inner pads pivotally connected to opposite sides of the support pad. The one or more inner pads may include a first inner pad pivotally connected to one side of the support pad through a first hinge connection and a second inner pad pivotally connected to an opposite side of the support pad through a second hinge connection.
US10730452B2
An automobile interior part includes a base, which has a surface and a back surface, and also includes a skin, which has a back surface integrally laminated on the surface of the base. The automobile interior part has a main body and a flange that is continued to the main body. The skin has a fold part that is formed between the main body and the flange. The base has a body base that constitutes the main body and also has a flange base that constitutes the flange and that is separated from the body base at the fold part. The back surface of the skin between the body base and the flange base is exposed along the fold part. The automobile interior part has a good appearance.
US10730450B2
A vehicle includes a camera capturing an image of a road sign associated with a road that the vehicle is traveling on. A first processing device is communicatively coupled to the camera and recognizes text characters in the captured image. A second processing device is communicatively coupled to the first processing device and converts the recognized text characters into an electronic speech signal. A loudspeaker is communicatively coupled to the second processing device and converts the electronic speech signal into audible speech that can be heard by the driver of the vehicle.
US10730446B2
An example truck bed on-board storage system includes a bed panel configured to fit into a floor of a truck bed of a truck between the wheel wells of the truck bed. Front wings are hinged to the front sides of the bed panel, the front wings pivoting on the hinge to lay flat in the truck bed in front of the wheel wells. Rear wings are hinged to the rear side of the bed panel, the rear wings pivoting on the hinge to lay flat in the truck bed behind the wheel wells. A plurality of braces apply pressure between the bed rail of the truck bed and the bed panel to secure the bed panel against the floor of the truck bed.
US10730444B2
A vehicle seating arrangement includes first and second seating assemblies that are each equipped with a seat and a seatback. A surface of the seat of the first seating assembly is vertically above a surface of the seat of the second seating assembly. A forward extreme of the first seating assembly is displaced rearward of a forward extreme of the second seating assembly.
US10730438B2
A vehicle door mirror includes a base member mounted on a side door while having plural mounting holes and plural insertion holes coaxially communicating with the mounting holes, and a mirror housing pivotably supported on a support shaft which has a plurality of bosses, each boss having a tubular portion and ribs extending along an axial direction of the tubular portion. Screw members are inserted through respective ones of the insertion holes and screwed into the tubular portions of the bosses respectively inserted into the mounting holes so that the ribs of each boss abut against an inner peripheral face of the corresponding mounting hole. The ribs are projectingly provided on the outer peripheral face, at least on a base part side, of the corresponding tubular portion. Such arrangement suppresses vibration of the mirror even when the support shaft is made of a synthetic resin.
US10730434B2
A vehicular display control device includes a rear video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear video data from a rear camera disposed to face rear portion of a vehicle to capture rear view of the vehicle, a rear side video data acquiring unit configured to acquire rear side video data from rear side cameras disposed on right-side and left-side of the vehicle to face rear portion of the vehicle to capture rear right-side view and rear left-side view of the vehicle, a state detecting unit configured to detect surrounding state of the vehicle, a video synthesizing unit configured to, according to the surrounding state of the vehicle, synthesize the rear side video data in upper portion on right-side and left-side of the rear video data, and a display controller configured to display the synthesized video data in a display for displaying the rear video data of the vehicle.
US10730432B1
A traffic emergency signaling device is fashioned as a triangular overall structure having a plurality of lights disposed upon a back plane and covered with a protective outer housing hingedly attached to the back plane. A handle is provided at the top to aid in carrying the device and to secure the outer housing to the back plane. A pair of swivel stands are secured beneath the bottom of the device. A power supply is integral with the device.
US10730431B2
The present disclosure is directed to an illuminated emblem assembly coupled to a steering wheel assembly and a method of assembling the same. The illuminated emblem assembly includes a conductive plate having a generally U-shape and formed from an electrically conductive material, a light source coupled to a PCB which is coupled to the conductive plate such that an electrical signal is provided to the light source from the vehicle control system via the PCB. The emblem assembly includes a base disposed on a top surface of the conductive plate also having a generally U-shape where the base includes an opening adjacent the light source for directing light emitted from the light source towards a U-shaped volume defined by a top surface of the base. Light is transmitted from the light source towards the user through an outer cap being disposed over the base.
US10730430B2
A sidemarker light assembly includes a support bracket, a light blade carried on the support bracket and a light source in communication with the first end of the light blade. Light from that light source is then transmitted through the light blade and emitted from a second end of the light blade to provide a sidemarker indication. A motor vehicle light assembly incorporating the sidemarker light assembly is also disclosed.
US10730414B2
Disclosed herein is a child car seat comprised of a shell and an adjustable assembly including a headrest member and a backrest member mounted for sliding movement relative to the shell.
US10730406B2
An electronic control system for vehicle seatbacks is provided. The electronic control system can detect an obstruction or a motor stall by comparing the energy consumed by a seatback motor with an obstruction threshold and a stall threshold, the threshold being selected based upon the position of the seatback. The electronic control system can additionally control the synchronous folding of two or more adjacent powered seatbacks. The electronic control system causes the motor for the lagging seatback to receive a maximum driving voltage and causes the motor for the leading seatback to receive a partial driving voltage. Once the seatbacks are in alignment, a normal driving voltage is provided to both motors.
US10730398B2
A battery control apparatus includes a processor configured to define each of output values of converters respectively corresponding to a plurality of batteries based on state information of each of the plurality of batteries, and a signal generator configured to generate control signals to control the converters to supply power corresponding to the output values to a load.
US10730378B2
A folding top compartment lid for closing an opening in a folding top compartment of a cabriolet consists at least of a bodyshell component and a self-supporting mounted part. The self-supporting mounted part adjoins the bodyshell component in such a way that the bodyshell component on its own closes a section of the opening in the folding top compartment and the mounted part on its own closes a section of the opening in the folding top compartment.
US10730363B2
An air conditioning system for an electric transport vehicle supplied by an electrical supply network includes at least one actuator for the production of heat or cold, and a regulator configured in order to generate at least one operating command applied to the at least one actuator as a function of values for parameters representing the climatic conditions, the actuator delivering an average power over a predetermined time period. The regulator are configured in order to generate at least one operating command applied to at least one actuator as a function moreover of the value for a parameter relating to at least one electric transport vehicle supplied by the electrical supply network, the value for the parameter indicating that electrical energy is consumed by the at least one electric transport vehicle or that electrical energy is produced by the at least one electric vehicle.
US10730360B2
A method for controlling a hydropneumatic suspension of a mobile crane having at least four wheels that are each allocated a spring cylinder, having at least four spring circuits in which at least one spring cylinder is incorporated in each case, each spring circuit being allocated a pressure measurement sensor and a path measurement sensor, in which signals of the pressure measurement sensors and of the path measurement sensors are processed by a control unit, and the spring cylinders are actuated. To optimize control of a hydropneumatic suspension for road travel operation of the mobile crane the mobile crane is levelled using preset suspension height set values of the spring circuits, then, in the control unit, on the basis of pressures detected by pressure sensors, pressure set values are calculated per spring circuit and pressures in the spring circuits are readjusted with the aid of pressure set values.
US10730357B2
A lift link assembly of a three-point hitch. The lift link assembly includes a yoke, a shaft, and a retractor. The yoke includes a main housing and first and second side arms that extend downwardly therefrom. The shaft includes a shank and a head positioned on a lower-end thereof, and the shank is positioned in the upper-end through hole. When the lift link assembly is in a retracted mode, the retractor is positioned above the head, the retractor is configured to apply a downward force to the head, and the retractor is configured to apply an upward force to the yoke.
US10730349B2
The disclosure addresses a series of interactions between wheels and a number of different replaceable tire segments to cover the wheels. The disclosure teaches more than one way to engage the one or more tire segments to wheels and to form seams between ends of the one or more tire segments. The tire segments may be removed and replaced so that the wheels and wheel bearing may be used longer than the useful life of the tire segments.
US10730343B2
In one embodiment, the present invention is a plasma disk assembly connectable to a vehicle's wheel assembly, the plasma disk assembly comprising a plasma disk assembly having a sealed plasma disk display encapsulating ionizable gas, at least one controllable power source for producing an output sufficient to ionize the gas in the plasma discharge tube and operably connected to the power supply for optionally adjusting the level of the energy to cause selective ionization of the gas in the plasma display to occur in differing amounts as a function of a changing stimulus connected to an input, at least one ball bearing system or mount, electrical connectors connecting the power source to the plasma disk, at least one pair of electrodes electrically coupling the electrical connectors to the ionizable gas in the plasma discharge tube, and at least one ballast system.
US10730337B2
A method of illuminating an item is disclosed. The method includes applying adhesive to the item, interspersing a taggant in the adhesive, illuminating the item with an excitation signal, sensing luminescence emitted by the taggant in response to illumination by the excitation signal, and determining the authenticity of the item based on the sensed emitted luminescence. The item can include any item benefited by authentication, and can include a postage stamp. A method of customizing an item is disclosed. This can include the steps of preparing a substrate, applying a security feature to the substrate, printing non-customized information on the substrate, receiving image information, and printing the image information on the substrate.
US10730335B2
A component system comprising a component and a first binding system coupled to the component and configured to be coupled to a first type of a binding mechanism. The system further includes a second binding system movably coupled to the component and configured to be coupled to a second type of binding mechanism that is different from the first type of binding mechanism.
US10730331B2
Inkjet receiving medium are prepared by disposing an aqueous composition onto at least one surface of a substrate to provide a topcoat layer. The aqueous composition has: (a) one or more water-soluble salts of a multivalent metal cation; and (b) composite particles having a Rockwell Hardness of less than or equal to R90 and each of the composite particles comprising domains of a (i) first organic polymer and domains of a (ii) second organic polymer. The domains of the (ii) second organic polymer are dispersed within the domains of the (i) first organic polymer. The melting point of the (i) first organic polymer is lower than the melting point of the (ii) second organic polymer. The weight ratio of the (i) first organic polymer to the (ii) second organic polymer is chosen such that the (b) composite particles have a density of 1.0-1.5 g/ml.
US10730327B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes: a tank having an ink chamber and formed with an inlet; a recording head; a display configured to display a screen; and a controller configured to control the recording head and the display. The recording head is configured to eject the ink stored in the ink chamber to record an image on a sheet. The controller is configured to: execute a first determination process to determine whether a user is near the inkjet recording apparatus; and execute, after determination in the first determination process that the user is near the inkjet recording apparatus, a notification process to control the display to display a notification screen when the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber is not less than a residual ink threshold. The notification screen prompts the user to check the quantity of ink stored in the ink chamber.
US10730326B2
A printhead assembly structured to be removably received into a printhead guide of a media processing device having a platen and a biasing assembly, the printhead assembly comprising a printhead and a support body. The support body is adapted to support the printhead. The support body is structured to slidably translate within the printhead guide between a disengaged position, where the printhead is removed from the platen, and an engaged position, wherein the printhead is positioned proximate the platen. The support body defines an interface member structured to removably engage the biasing assembly.
US10730324B2
An inkjet printer comprising: a carriage that carries an inkjet head and configured to scan a recording medium; a main circuit board with a controller that controls the carriage; a strap including a first cable that connects to a first circuit board disposed on the carriage and to the main circuit board, a second cable that connects to a second circuit board disposed on the carriage and to the main circuit board, and a clamp configured to bundle the first cable and the second cable; a support member configured to support the strap from vertically below; and an ink tube configured to connect to the inkjet head and to an ink tank located outside of the carriage; the ink tube disposed between the strap and the support member.
US10730323B2
A printing apparatus includes first and second supplying portions, a printer, and a winding unit. The first supplying portion can supply a recording medium on a conveyance route to the printer for first surface printing. The winding unit then rotates in a first direction to wind the printed recording medium. A wound recording medium edge is located at a specific location and then guided to a conveyance route opening portion if the wind direction is a second direction. After the edge is at the specific location, the recording medium is supplied through the opening portion to the printer for second surface printing. If the second supplying portion supplies the recording medium for first surface printing, then it supplies the medium for second surface printing. If a user sets a wound-in-advance recording medium to the second supplying portion, the second supplying portion supplies the set recording medium to the printer.
US10730321B2
A cutter of a printer including a rectangular housing in which a paper feeding roller and a fixed blade are integrally coupled to each other. The cutter includes a movable member corresponding to a plate-shape member having a slot at the center of a body provided at an upper side of the housing corresponding to the fixed blade such that a movable blade at one side is engaged with the fixed blade while being selectively reciprocally moved. The cutter includes a motor within the housing generating a forward or reverse driving force, a gear unit including a driving gear installed in a driving shaft of the motor, a reduction gear engaged with the driving gear and an idle gear engaged with a shaft gear. The cutter includes an eccentric plate coupled to an upper surface of the driven gear for applying external force for reciprocal motion to the movable member.
US10730318B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a technique that effects spot gloss or gloss control and/or variations on one image without requiring clear inks. This is preferably accomplished by use of a multilayer printing process in which an image is first printed using a first set of color print heads and then cured, and in which the image is again printed using a second set of color print head, but where the image remains uncured for a predetermined interval to allow the ink drops applied to the media to spread and thus introduce a gloss effect.
US10730312B2
A fluid ejection device includes a fluid slot, a first fluid ejection chamber communicated with the fluid slot and including a first drop ejecting element, a second fluid ejection chamber including a second drop ejecting element, and a fluid circulation path including a first portion communicated with the fluid slot and the second fluid ejection chamber, and a second portion communicated with the first fluid ejection chamber and the second fluid ejection chamber, with the fluid circulation path including a fluid circulating element within the first portion.
US10730311B2
A compliance for use in an inkjet printer. The compliance includes flexible bellows configured for dampening pressure fluctuations in a fluid, wherein the bellows comprise a plurality of concentric portions joined via concertinaed sidewalls.
US10730302B2
An aqueous ink jet ink composition contains a pigment dispersed with a dispersant resin, resin fine particles, water, and an organic solvent. The aqueous ink jet ink composition does not contain more than 5% by mass of an organic solvent having a normal boiling point of 280° C. or more. Further, a viscosity increase rate of the aqueous ink jet ink composition is within 200% at 20° C. when 20% by mass of the water evaporates, and a difference in the SP values between the dispersant resin and a resin of the resin fine particles is within 2.
US10730299B2
There is provided a method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head including a liquid discharge head substrate and a flow path forming member, the liquid discharge head substrate having a base, a pressure generation portion provided at a front surface of the base to generate pressure for discharging a liquid, and a supply port for supplying the liquid to the pressure generation portion, and the flow path forming member forming a flow path for feeding the liquid supplied from the supply port to the pressure generation portion. The method includes removing a sacrificial layer by etching the base from a back surface of the base, in a state in which an end covering portion of a cover layer for covering the sacrificial layer is covered with the resin layer. The method suppresses formation of a crack in the end covering portion that covers the end portion of the sacrificial layer.
US10730295B2
A bifurcation path and a flow path which communicates with the head main body through the bifurcation path are provided. The bifurcation path includes an upstream-side path and a downstream-side path. In a plan view of a flow-path forming surface including the bifurcation path and the flow path, the flow path is disposed in a state where an angle between a flowing direction in the flow path and a flowing direction in the downstream-side path is an acute angle. In addition, an angle between a first wall surface of the flow path, which is the wall surface located downstream from the upstream-side path, and a second wall surface of the upstream-side path, which is the wall surface connected to the first wall surface, is equal to or less than 90°. Furthermore, the second wall surface of the upstream-side path has an R shape.
US10730293B1
A system is disclosed. The system includes at least one physical memory device to store medium classification logic and one or more processors coupled with the at least one physical memory device to execute the medium classification logic to receive optical density (OD) measurement data corresponding to application of a halftone pattern using ink on a print medium in a printing system, receive ink deposition measurement data corresponding to application of the halftone pattern using the ink in a printing system, determine a set of distribution function parameters based on the OD measurement data and the ink deposition measurement data, apply the set of distribution function parameters to machine learning logic trained to classify the print medium and classify the print medium as a first of a plurality of print medium categories based on the machine learning logic.
US10730292B2
A liquid discharge head includes a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of individual liquid chambers, a common liquid chamber, a deformable damper, and a damper chamber. The plurality of nozzles is arrayed in a nozzle array direction, to discharge liquid. The plurality of individual liquid chambers is communicated with the plurality of nozzles. The common liquid chamber supplies liquid to the plurality of individual liquid chambers. The deformable damper constitutes part of a wall face of the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber is disposed along the nozzle array direction with the damper interposed between the damper chamber and the common liquid chamber. The damper chamber extends to an outer area in the nozzle array direction than an individual liquid chamber of the plurality of individual liquid chambers at each end in the nozzle array direction.
US10730291B2
A liquid ejection head including recording element substrates each including ejection opening rows in which ejection openings ejecting liquid are arranged, the plurality of ejection opening rows being juxtaposed in a relative movement direction with respect to the printed medium. In the relative movement direction of the printed medium when the printed medium is viewed from the liquid ejection head, and in the plurality of ejection opening rows provided in the recording element substrate, among the plurality of recording element substrates, positioned on an upstream side in the relative movement direction, arrangement intervals of ejection openings in an end area of an ejection opening row positioned on a most upstream side in the relative movement direction are smaller than arrangement intervals of ejection openings in an end area of an ejection opening row positioned on a most downstream side in the relative movement direction.
US10730285B2
On a conveyance path of a liquid absorbing member including a porous body, a liquid absorbing unit 2 that absorbs a first liquid from a first image, a recovery liquid applying unit 3 that applies a recovery liquid to the porous body absorbing the liquid and a liquid collecting unit 4 that collects a liquid component absorbed by the porous body are arranged in this order, and a cleaning unit 5 that brings a cleaning member into contact with the conveyance path of the porous body is disposed at least between the liquid absorbing unit and the recovery liquid applying unit or between the liquid collecting unit and the liquid absorbing unit.
US10730282B2
In an example, a method includes forming, at an additive manufacturing apparatus, a first layer of build material to be processed in the generation of an object. A print agent is selectively applied onto the first layer based on a first print instruction associated with the first layer. Energy is applied to the first layer to cause fusion in a region of the first layer. The method further comprises: measuring the temperature of the first layer at a plurality of locations to form a measured temperature distribution profile; comparing the measured temperature distribution profile against a predicted temperature distribution profile to generate a difference; and correcting a temperature distribution profile of a subsequent layer of the build material following fusion of the subsequent layer based on the difference by modifying a second print instruction associated with the subsequent layer.
US10730277B2
A composite sheet material includes a cover sheet, a substrate and an adhesion promoting layer. The cover sheet has a cover sheet material. The substrate has a substrate material. The adhesion promoting layer is disposed between the cover sheet and the substrate. A first side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the cover sheet has an affinity to bond with the cover sheet material. A second side of the adhesion promoting layer disposed towards the substrate has an affinity to bond with the substrate material.
US10730276B2
A vacuum system for film lamination, including a vacuum chamber module, a film-pressing module, a substrate susceptor module and a hot-plate heating module, is disclosed, wherein the film-pressing module includes a film-pressing platen, and the substrate susceptor module includes a substrate susceptor supported by a spring-loaded mechanism. During a film-lamination process, the film-pressing platen is actuated to move downwards to attach a laminating film onto a substrate, and the substrate susceptor is actuated to move downwards and finally rest on the hot-plate heating module. Therefore an adhesive glue disposed between the laminating film and the substrate can be thermally cured. After completing the film-lamination process, the film-pressing platen is actuated upwards so that the substrate susceptor also is actuated to move upwards to its initial position by a restoring force exerted by the spring-loaded mechanism. In such manner, the laminating film can be properly bonded to the substrate to avoid lamination defects such as air bubbles and to improve adhesion strength.
US10730272B2
There is provided a heat-ray shielding film including composite tungsten oxide particles; a thermoplastic resin; and a metal coupling agent, wherein the composite tungsten oxide particles are represented by a general formula MxWOy, where M is one or more elements selected from Cs, Rb, K, Tl, In, Ba, Li, Ca, Sr, Fe, Sn, Al, Cu, and Na, 0.1≤x≤0.5, and 2.2≤y≤3.0.
US10730262B2
The present invention provides a honeycomb structure formed from a thermoplastic resin composition comprising: aromatic polyamide (A) which includes diamine units containing at least 70 mol % of xylylenediamine units and dicarboxylic acid units containing at least 50 mol % of C4-20 α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid units; and aliphatic polyamide (B) which includes aliphatic groups as repetitive units and in which the total of 10 to 24 carbons form the aliphatic groups. The composition ratio of aromatic polyamide (A):aliphatic polyamide (B) is within a range of 100:25 to 400 by mass standard. Also provided is a sandwich structure obtained by disposing flat plates at the top surface and bottom surface of the honeycomb structure, and a honeycomb substrate obtained by molding the thermoplastic resin composition into a film or a sheet.
US10730258B2
An apparatus for building a tyre for a vehicle wheel includes a building drum having at least one first outer circumferential surface, and at least one pair of auxiliary support members removably in engagement with the building drum, each in axial side by side relationship with a respective end of the building drum and having second outer circumferential surfaces extending in the continuation of the first outer circumferential surface so as to support at least one component of the tyre. Each of the second outer circumferential surfaces has at least one non-stick circumferential portion and at least one sticking circumferential portion.
US10730252B2
A single-skinned composite lattice sandwich structure includes a face sheet, fiber stringers, and at least one fiber tow arranged in a lattice structure separating the face sheet and fiber stringers. The face sheet and at least the fiber tow(s) forming the lattice may be interfused with a matrix to form a contiguous composite structure. The fiber stringers may be formed of various materials for imparting different structural properties to the sandwich structure, including carbon fiber for tensile strength and lightness, metallic or other rigid material for imparting overall structural rigidity, shape-changing material or actuated material for providing actuated deformation of the structure, and may also include sensors.
US10730251B2
A mold for manufacturing a component for a wind turbine, in particular a rotor blade, is provided. The mold includes a flexible mold part configured for driving staples into the same, the staples being used to attach a fiber material to the mold. The mold may include a lower mold half and an upper mold half. The mold may be made of a polymer material, a plastic material, a metal alloy or a combination thereof.
US10730237B2
According to one example, there is provided a system for generating a three-dimensional object. The system comprises a carriage to move bi-directionally along a first axis relative to a support platform. The carriage is to receive, or have installed thereon, a plurality of modules each to perform an operation from a set of operations to generate a layer of a three-dimensional object. The system further comprises a controller to cause relative movement between the carriage and the support platform along the first axis, and to control, during the relative movement, operation of the modules to perform the set of operations in a predefined order.
US10730226B2
A method for preparing a pyroelectric polymer film based on a combined process of solution casting and uniaxial stretching is disclosed. The pyroelectric polymer film is firstly prepared by solution casting, afterwards, the casted film is subjected to uniaxial stretching when the film is in a semi-cured state (wet film). Thus a larger stretching ratio (>10) at a lower temperature (even at room temperature) is realized. Without undergoing a further poling process, the as-stretched film does have a fairly, good pyroelectric performance. Moreover, the surface of the stretched film is smoother and has fewer surface defects.
US10730222B2
The present disclosure provides a die assembly for producing a microcapillary film. The die assembly includes a first die plate, a second die plate, a plurality of multi-jackbolt tensioners connecting the first die plate to the second die plate, a manifold, and a plurality of nozzles. The manifold is located between the pair of die plates and defines a plurality of film channels therebetween. The plurality of film channels converge into an elongate outlet, wherein a thermoplastic material is extrudable through the plurality of film channels and the elongate outlet to form a microcapillary film. The plurality of nozzles are located between the plurality of film channels. The plurality of nozzles are operatively connected to a source of channel fluid for emitting the channel fluid between layers of the microcapillary film, whereby a plurality of microcapillary channels are formed in the microcapillary film.
US10730220B2
Three-dimensional polymeric strand netting, wherein a plurality of the polymeric strands are periodically joined together in a regular pattern at bond regions throughout the array, wherein a majority of the polymeric strands are periodically bonded to at least two (three, four, five, six, or more) adjacent polymeric strands, and wherein no polymeric strands are continuously bonded to a polymeric strand. Three-dimensional polymeric strand netting described herein have a variety of uses, including wound care, tapes, filtration, absorbent articles, pest control articles, geotextile applications, water/vapor management in clothing, reinforcement for nonwoven articles, self bulking articles, floor coverings, grip supports, athletic articles, and pattern coated adhesives.
US10730217B2
A numerical controller instructs a robot or an automated machine (external device), in relation to a main task for which a retrying operation thereof has occurred, to execute, instead of or in addition to the main task, a sorting task to distinguish an exception molded product, which was produced from a time when a determination result became successful, and until a physical quantity to be measured lies within a management range, or until a stand-by time elapses, from a normal molded product produced before the occurrence of the retrying operation.
US10730215B2
An insert molding apparatus includes a forming die in which a first part is arranged, and that molds resin such that a portion of the first part is exposed; and a first mounting part that is arranged at a portion where the first part is exposed, and that has a passage that passes through a space in the forming die into which the molten resin is supplied and a portion where the first part is arranged.
US10730206B2
Provided are methods for producing a thermoplastic vulcanizate and thermoplastic vulcanizates provided therein. The method includes introducing vulcanizable rubber, thermoplastic resin, a masterbatch of a propylene-based elastomer and a cure accelerator for a phenolic resin curative to the reactor, and phenolic resin curative to a reactor and dynamically vulcanizing the rubber with the phenolic resin curative in the presence of the cure accelerator and the thermoplastic resin.
US10730204B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods and resins for additive manufacturing. In one embodiment, a method for additive manufacturing of a ceramic structure includes providing a resin including a preceramic polymer and inorganic ceramic filler particles dispersed in the preceramic polymer. The preceramic polymer is configured to convert to a ceramic phase. The method includes functionalizing inorganic ceramic filler particles with a reactive group and applying an energy source to the resin to create at least one layer of the ceramic phase from the resin.
US10730201B2
A tool for machining chamfers includes a tool body defining a first reference and a second reference configured for proper positioning of the tool body on a workpiece. A router port is defined through the tool body to provide access to the workpiece for a router. A router attachment proximate the router port is configured to position a router mounted to the router attachment for machining a chamfer in the workpiece with reference to the first and second references.
US10730200B2
A bucking apparatus to be used in conjunction with a loader and topping saw that are mounted to a logging platform or trailer. The bucking apparatus is attached to the loader and includes a plurality of hatches. The hatches can be adjusted for different lengths so that different length logs can be cut when eliminating faults from the trees. The hatches of the bucking apparatus are measured to be particular distances from the topping saw and so, when a tree is pulled through the topping saw with the loader, the end being held can be aligned with one of the hatches, and then the saw can be engaged thus creating a log of the particular length.
US10730193B2
A cutter according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a blade body that includes a base body portion and a cutting edge portion disposed along an end portion of the base body portion and connected to the end portion. The base body portion contains a first metal. The cutting edge portion contains a second metal and a plurality of hard particles having hardness higher than that of the second metal. A cutter according to another embodiment of the present disclosure includes a blade body that includes a base body portion and a cutting edge portion disposed along an end portion of the base body portion and connected to the end portion. The base body portion contains a first metal as a primary component. The cutting edge portion contains, as a primary component, a second metal having hardness lower than that of the first metal.
US10730180B2
A teleoperated robotic system that utilizes a graphical user interface (GUI) to perform work on a workpiece(s) using a robot. A coordinate system of the GUI is correlated to the tool center point (TCP) of the robot and the TCP or workspace of a teleoperated member, such as a haptic joystick. Operable manipulation of the teleoperated member is correlated to a movement at a particular location in the robot station, such as movement of the TCP of the robot. The GUI can also provide digital representations of the workpiece, which is based on inputted and/or scanned information relating to a reference workpiece and/or the particular workpiece on which the robot is performing work. The GUI can further provide indications of the various stages of assembly of the workpiece, as well as an indication of work already, or to be, performed on the workpiece.
US10730179B2
A method is provided for constructing a robotic arm including a plurality of links and a rope assembly. The method includes providing the rope assembly having a rope with a plurality of rope bearings threaded thereon; and attaching the plurality of rope bearings of the rope assembly to the plurality of links of the robotic arm.
US10730178B2
An operator supervising a wearer of an exoskeleton is verified by performing a verification routine on the operator using the exoskeleton. If the verification routine is unsuccessful, the exoskeleton is caused to follow a pre-established response routine. If the verification routine is successful, movement of the exoskeleton is allowed.
US10730174B2
A drill apparatus including an inner tube, an outer tube slidably received within the outer tube, and a pole extension mechanism. The pole extension mechanism comprises a pole advance gear having pole advance gear teeth, and a drive gear having drive gear teeth, the drive gear being coaxial with and fixedly attached to the pole advance gear so that the two gears rotate together. The pole advance gear teeth are received in aligned spaced apart apertures in the outer tube. The pole extension mechanism further includes a lever arm having an end pivotally mounted on the support collar at a lever arm pivot point coaxial with the drive gear and the pole advance gear. The pole extension mechanism further includes a stop pawl pivotally mounted on the support collar for rotation between where the stop pawl engages the drive gear and prevents downward movement of the pole inner tube relative to the pole outer tube, and where the stop pawl does not engage the drive gear, and a drive pawl piece pivotally mounted on the lever arm near the lever arm end.
US10730171B2
A unitary base for a torque limiting device is disclosed. The base accepting a plurality of swappable torque limiting fixtures (STLF), whereby a single unitary disposable plastic base may be utilized to form a variety of different specific torque limiting devices and a method to construct and configure such a device.
US10730161B2
A method for conditioning a polishing pad, which is configured to polish a wafer and attached to a rotatable discoid turntable, by using a conditioning head, the method being characterized by: moving the conditioning head in a radial direction of the turntable to perform the conditioning while rotating the polishing pad attached to the turntable by rotation of the turntable; and controlling a rotational speed of the turntable and a moving speed of the conditioning head in the radial direction of the turntable in correspondence with a distance of the conditioning head from a center of the turntable. Consequently, the method for conditioning a polishing pad which enables appropriately conditioning an entire polishing surface of the polishing pad can be provided.
US10730158B2
Methods for measuring a resonance frequency of a tool set in ultrasonic vibration during the machining of a workpiece, involving radiating a working signal with a working frequency into a tool holder comprising a tool by a generator to produce the ultrasonic vibration of the tool; after the start of the machining of the workpiece, radiating a test signal with a test frequency varying by the working frequency and a lower power than the working signal power into the tool holder by the generator; generating a sensor signal from the ultrasonic vibration of the tool by a sensor apparatus arranged in the tool holder; reading out the sensor signal by a read-out apparatus; splitting the sensor signal into a frequency spectrum involving a main frequency and an auxiliary frequency by an analytical apparatus; determining the main frequency from the working frequency and the auxiliary frequency from the resonance frequency.
US10730156B2
A start device is for a chainsaw having a combustion engine. The start device includes an electric motor with a control device, which initiates operation of the electric motor and starts up the combustion engine. The chainsaw has a brake device for bringing the tool to a standstill, wherein the brake device can be operated via an actuation lever. For this purpose, the actuation lever can be moved from a first position (A) into at least one further position (B). The control device is connected to a signal transmitter, which is actuated, and emits a signal to the control device, when the actuation lever is moved from the first position (A) into the further position (B), wherein the signal forms a start signal for initiating operation of the electric motor and for starting up the combustion engine.
US10730152B2
There is provided a method of making a tool blade, in which a backing strip is provided, binding material in powder form is cascaded onto the backing strip, abrasive particles are provided and the binding material powder is heated by laser beam to form a binder layer which binds the abrasive particles to the backing strip. The laser beam is used to form discrete regions of binder layer as teeth. The binding material is typically braze material. A blade made according to the method is also provided.
US10730151B2
A method for assembling an airfoil includes pressing a blade body together with at least one of a blade sheath and a blade cover between a plunger and a die base to join the blade body to the blade sheath and/or the blade cover. The method can include transferring heat from the plunger and/or the die base to at least one of the blade body, the blade sheath and the blade cover to cure an adhesive.
US10730149B2
Brazing sheet having a core layer made of a first aluminium alloy, attached to one side of said core layer a sacrificial cladding made of a second aluminium alloy, and attached to the other side of said core layer a braze cladding made of a third aluminium alloy. The first aluminium alloy consists of: Si ≤0.6 wt %; Fe ≤0.7 wt %; Cu 0.4-0.9 wt %; Mn 1.0-1.6 wt %; Mg ≤0.2 wt %; Cr 0.05-0.15 wt %; Zr 0.05-0.15 wt %; Ti 0.05-0.15 wt %; other elements ≤0.05 wt % each and ≤0.2 wt % total; Al balance up to 100 wt %; the second aluminium alloy consists of: Si 0.65-1.0 wt %; Fe ≤0.4 wt %; Cu ≤0.05 wt %; Mn 1.4-1.8 wt %; Zn 1.5-4.0 wt %; Zr 0.05-0.20 wt %; other elements ≤0.05 wt % each and ≤0.2 wt % total; Al balance up to 100 wt %. The third aluminium alloy has a melting point lower than said first and second aluminium alloys.
US10730148B2
A laser processing device having a function for reducing intensity of a reflected laser beam, without stopping laser oscillation, in order to avoid a malfunction due to the reflected beam. A controller for controlling a laser oscillator has: a laser processing commanding part configured to output a laser processing command; a memory configured to store monitored intensity of the reflected beam and a laser output condition; a pre-processing commanding part configured to command a pre-processing prior to the laser processing command; a comparing part configured to compare the stored intensity of the reflected beam to a first judgment value and/or a second judgment value lower than the first judgment value; an output condition changing part configured to set or change the laser output command of the pre-processing command based on a comparison result; and a pre-processing terminating part configured to terminate the pre-processing based on a predetermined condition.
US10730142B2
Methods and systems for controlling gas atmospheres in three-dimensional laser printing and weld overlay consolidation operations using metallic powders are provided. In one or more embodiments, such systems and methods comprise a printing chamber or laser weld overlay system, a gas supply system, a feed powder system, and one or more sensors employed to control the printing or welding operation. The methods and systems of the invention employ one or more inert gases having a purity greater than or equal to 99.995%
US10730136B2
On an inner peripheral surface defining a through hole of a first rotator, provided is a positioning member for bringing the center axis of a contact tip, housed in the through hole, into alignment with a rotational axis, or making the former axis proximate to the latter axis, by coming into contact with an outer peripheral surface of the contact tip.
US10730127B2
A control device includes a speed setting unit configured to set a relative movement speed of a wire electrode with respect to a workpiece depending on the average of gap voltage per unit time, i.e., average gap voltage, and set the relative movement speed so as to move the wire electrode backward when the average gap voltage is less than a threshold, and a map compensation unit configured to change the threshold from a first threshold that is set when the amount of change in the average gap voltage is lower than a predetermined variation, to a second threshold that is greater than the first threshold, when the average gap voltage has changed in a decreasing direction and the amount of change in the average gap voltage becomes equal to or greater than the predetermined variation.
US10730126B2
A power supply device for wire electric discharge machining includes: a first DC power supply; first switching elements between the first DC power supply and a machining gap; a second DC power supply; a second switching element between the second DC power supply and the machining gap; and a pulse generator controlling the first and second switching elements. The pulse generator is configured so that, in order to generate an electric discharge in the machining gap, the second switching element is switched on and the voltage of the second DC power supply is applied to the machining gap; the first switching element is switched on intermittently at a predetermined frequency in response to an electric discharge generation detection signal, and a series of current pulses is fed to the machining gap. The feeding of the series of current pulses is discontinued when the current pulses don't reach a reference current.
US10730123B2
A method of grinding 3-face ground cutting blades for producing gears by a face hobbing cutting process wherein the correct initial blade spacing angle φ is achieved while providing the desired values for the effective cutting edge hook angle and the effective side rake angle as well as providing a complete cutting blade front face clean-up.
US10730118B2
A rotatable cutting tool, which extends along a tool axis defining an axial direction, includes a cutting formation in a first axial longitudinal end region, which is configured for material ablation on a workpiece, and includes a screw-connection formation in a second axial longitudinal end region opposing the first, which is configured for screw connection with a coupling unit. The cutting tool includes key-contact surface formations diametrically opposing each other with respect to the tool axis, which are configured for torque-transmitting abutting engagement with key surfaces of a key. Each of the key-contact-surface formations includes at least two key-contact surface regions provided with spacing from each other in the circumferential direction about the tool axis, which key-contact surface regions are inclined away from each other such that they form a vertex projecting away from the tool axis.
US10730114B2
The present application discloses a device for trimming the positioning end surface of a wheel blank comprises a wheel positioning clamping system, an axial positioning surface trimming system and a radial positioning surface trimming system. The wheel positioning clamping system completes the loading, clamping and low-speed rotation of the wheel; the axial positioning surface trimming system firstly completes the detection of the wheel axial hop, and then completes the trimming of the axially positioning surface; the radial positioning surface trimming system firstly completes the detection of the wheel radial hop, and then completes the trimming of the radial positioning surface. The axially positioning surface trimming system and the radial positioning surface trimming system are independent of each other and complementary to each other, and the two systems accomplish the trimming of the positioning end surface of the wheel blank jointly.
US10730108B2
A directional solidification cooling furnace for metal casting part comprises: a cylindrical internal enclosure having a vertical central axis and a mold support arranged in the internal enclosure; the internal enclosure comprising a casting zone and a cooling zone, the casting zone and the cooling zone being superposed one on the other; the casting and cooling zones being thermally insulated from each other when the mold support is arranged in the casting zone by means of a heat shield that is stationary and by means of a second heat shield that is carried by the mold support; the casting zone including at least a first heating device, and the cooling zone including a second heating device.
US10730107B2
A mold transfer assembly includes a transfer housing providing an interior defined by one or more sidewalls and a top. The transfer housing is sized to receive and encapsulate a mold as the mold is moved between a furnace and a thermal heat sink. An arm is coupled to the transfer housing to move the transfer housing and the mold encapsulated within the transfer housing between the furnace and a thermal heat sink. The transfer housing exhibits one or more thermal properties to control a thermal profile of the mold.
US10730098B2
A first step of setting a steel material heated to a temperature not lower than an A1 transformation point on a forming table and a second step of punching a ring-form member from the steel material and thereafter forming and quenching the ring-form member on the forming table are included. A press die is constructed to be dividable into an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder. In the second step, the ring-form member is punched from a coil material by pressing a tip end portion of the inner cylinder and a tip end portion of the outer cylinder against the coil material. The punched ring-form member is formed and quenched by further pressing a tip end of the inner cylinder against the ring-form member while the ring-form member is held between the outer cylinder and a forming die.
US10730095B2
A multiple tool for a punch device, in particular a turret punch press, comprising a punching tool magazine with a guide body and a plurality of punching tools guided in the guide body and a driving mechanism mounted rotatably in relation to the punching tool magazine, the driving mechanism comprising a tool head, which is displaceable relative to the guide body in the direction of a tool longitudinal axis, and a driving shaft, which is attached to the tool head for driving an active punching tool, the tool head having a ram engagement portion with a positive fit profile, which is non-rotationally symmetric to the tool longitudinal axis, to transmit a rotational movement from a ram of the punch device to the tool head.
US10730083B2
A method for efficiently decontaminating surfaces is provided comprising applying an indicator to a surface wherein the indicator provides an observable or machine readable response when a contamination is present on the surface, wherein the response is located relative to a location of the contamination; and decontaminating the location of the contamination, and optionally rechecking the location of the initial contamination post decontamination to ensure that the surface is free of contamination.
US10730080B1
A low-power system for cleaning an underwater object, comprising an autonomous vehicle configured to move along a surface of an underwater object to be cleaned, the autonomous vehicle including a cleaning device. The cleaning device is configured to remove biofouling from the surface of the underwater object. The autonomous vehicle further includes a variable buoyancy mechanism configured to control a buoyancy of the autonomous vehicle, such that the autonomous vehicle moves up and/or down an underwater object.
US10730077B2
A drop perception system is disclosed that includes an open housing structure having an internal volume, an open top and an open bottom, and a plurality of perception units positioned to capture perception data within the internal volume at a plurality of locations between the open top and the open bottom of the open housing.
US10730074B2
A piezoelectric transducer comprises a piezoelectric element operable to transduce mechanical movement of the piezoelectric element to an electrical signal and to transduce an electrical signal in the piezoelectric element to a mechanical movement thereof, wherein the piezoelectric transducer is operable to transduce above a temperature of 200° C.
US10730069B2
Provided is a replaceable tip for communicating caulking from a reservoir of caulking. The reservoir is defined by a body having an opening and an external surface. The replaceable tip comprises: a) a flange operable to abut the external surface of the body; b) a conduit have a first portion and a second portion, the conduit extending through the flange and operable to enter the reservoir of caulking and operable to communicate caulking from inside the reservoir of caulking to outside the reservoir of caulking; and c) reversible sealing means for reversibly sealing the flange with the external surface of the body. When the reversible sealing means reversibly seals the flange with the external surface of the body, i) the flange prevents the first portion of the conduit from entering the reservoir; and ii) the second portion of the conduit is within the reservoir and aligns the conduit with the opening in the body thereby affecting communication with the reservoir.
US10730059B2
A substrate processing method includes a first gas discharge step of discharging, from a first discharge port, a first gas containing a vapor of a low surface tension liquid having a lower surface tension than a processing liquid and spraying, to a liquid film of the processing liquid, the first gas from a direction intersecting the upper surface such that a liquid film removal region where the liquid film is removed from the liquid film of the processing liquid is formed, a second gas discharge step of discharging a second gas containing a vapor of a low surface tension liquid having a lower surface tension than the processing liquid from an annular second discharge port different from the first discharge port laterally and radially and a liquid film removal region enlargement step of enlarging the liquid film removal region.
US10730051B2
A bridge (30) comprises a first inlet port (31) at the end of a capillary, a narrower second inlet port (32) which is an end of a capillary, an outlet port (33) which is an end of a capillary, and a chamber (34) for silicone oil. The oil is density-matched with the reactor droplets such that a neutrally buoyant environment is created within the chamber (34). The oil within the chamber is continuously replenished by the oil separating the reactor droplets. This causes the droplets to assume a stable capillary-suspended spherical form upon entering the chamber (34). The spherical shape grows until large enough to span the gap between the ports, forming an axisymmetric liquid bridge. The introduction of a second droplet from the second inlet port (32) causes the formation of an unstable funicular bridge that quickly ruptures from the, finer, second inlet port (32), and the droplets combine at the liquid bridge (30). In another embodiment, a droplet (55) segments into smaller droplets which bridge the gap between the inlet and outlet ports.
US10730049B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a microfluidic chip including a first cells enrichment system and a second cells enrichment system is provided. Channel layouts of the first and the second cells enrichment systems are symmetric with respect to a reflection plane vertical to the microfluidic chip. Each of the first the second cells enrichment systems includes a first fluid channel, a second fluid channel, a sample channel, an inlet channel, and a filtration chamber. The sample channel of the first cells enrichment system has a first inner wall and a first outer wall. The sample channel of the second cells enrichment system has a second inner wall and a second outer wall. The first outer wall and the second outer wall are both far from the reflection plane. A distance between the first outer wall and the second outer wall is in the range from about 10 μm to about 1 cm.
US10730048B2
An electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device includes a first substrate assembly and a second substrate assembly spaced apart to define a channel between them; an input port in fluid communication with the channel, the input port defining an input well for receiving a fluid for inputting into the channel; and a control port in fluid communication with the channel, the control port defining a control well for receiving a fluid and having a seal that seals the control port in a sealed state in which fluid is restricted from entering the control well from the channel. When the seal is pierced, the control port is placed in an unsealed state permitting fluid to enter the control well from the channel. The electrowetting force may be manipulated to remove the dispensed droplets via an exit port. Multiple cycles of fluid input/droplet manipulation/fluid extraction may be repeated to perform complex reaction protocols.
US10730043B2
Provided is a sample collection and separation device comprising a sample collection unit having a sample collection portion that uses capillary action and an analyte storage unit having a housing into which the sample collection unit is inserted, whereby the sample collection unit containing the collected sample is integrated by means of insertion, so as to permit centrifugation and storage or transport of the sample, and the target sample can be recovered following centrifugation.
US10730041B2
Fluidic devices and related methods are generally provided. The fluidic devices described herein may be useful, for example, for diagnostic purposes (e.g., detection of the presence of one or more disease causing bacteria in a patient sample). Unlike certain existing fluidic devices for diagnostic purposes, the fluidic devices and methods described herein may be useful for detecting the presence of numerous disease causing bacteria in a patient sample substantially simultaneously (e.g., in parallel). In some embodiments, the fluidic devices and methods described herein provide highly sensitive detection of microbes in relatively large fluidic samples (e.g., between 0.5 mL and about 5 mL), as compared to certain existing fluidic detection (e.g., microfluidic) devices and methods. In an exemplary embodiment, increased detection sensitivity of microbial pathogens present in a patient sample (e.g., blood) is performed by selectively removing human nucleic acid prior to sensitive detection of microbial infection. In some embodiments, the fluidic device allows for the identification of microbial pathogens directly from unprocessed blood without having to conduct blood culturing processes.
US10730038B2
Disclosed herein is a catalyst compound represented by Formula (I) or Formula (II): M is a group 4 metal. Each of R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, and R9 is independently hydrogen, or a C1-C50 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl, halocarbyl, silylcarbyl, alkoxyl, siloxyl, or one or more of R1 and R2, R2 and R3, R3 and R4, R5 and R6, R6 and R7, and R7 and R8 are joined to form cyclic a saturated or unsaturated ring. Each X is independently a halide or C1-C50 substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbyl, hydride, amide, alkoxide, sulfide, phosphide, halide, or a combination thereof, or two Xs are joined together to form a metallocycle ring, or two Xs are joined to form a chelating ligand, a diene ligand, or an alkylidene. Also disclosed is a method for using the catalyst compound in a catalyst system to produce polyolefin polymers.
US10730036B2
A process for preparing an oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst or oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst precursor that includes mixing solutions of molybdenum and tellurium at a pH from about 3.3 to 7.5; adjusting the pH of the resulting solution back to about 5 and adding VOSO4 and adding a solution of Nb2O5 and oxalic acid and treating the resulting precursor slurry in a controlled pressure hydrothermal process to obtain the catalyst.
US10730035B2
A nanostructured material consisting essentially of boron. The material is in amorphous form and comprising aggregates of boron nanoparticles. A method of preparation thereof and the uses thereof.
US10730029B2
Concentric flow focusing encapsulation devices and methods for production of microencapsulated droplets of a first core material surrounded by a second shell material include assessment of non-dimensional fluid dynamic parameters that are related to the characteristics of produced droplets. The parameters are specifically related to characteristics such as homogenous or non-homogenous modes of concentric droplet breakup, density distribution of various droplet sizes, and qualities such as monodispersity of droplets produced. By identifying control parameters in specific regions, control variables may be selected to produce droplets or particles with desired qualities.
US10730028B2
An apparatus for producing water-absorbing resin particles for which surface cross-linking treatment is conducted by spraying a surface cross-linking agent to a water-absorbing resin particle precursor and heating the agent and the precursor, the apparatus includes a treatment container in which the surface cross-linking treatment is conducted, a stirring device including a stirring member disposed in the treatment container, a heating device that heats an inside of the treatment container; and a spray nozzle disposed in the treatment container, the spray nozzle spraying into the treatment container the surface cross-linking agent supplied from a surface cross-linking agent supply source in an exterior of the treatment container through a supply pipe. In a flow path in the spray nozzle spanning from an entrance of the spray nozzle to a spray exit, a point whose opening cross-section is smallest in a flow path through which a fluid passes is the spray exit.
US10730026B2
A blender assembly including a blender vessel and a blender hub. The blender hub having a plurality of first guide elements. The blender vessel having a rim, the blender vessel further having a plurality of second guide elements that each cooperate with a respective one of the first guide elements for forming a coupled and a sealed engagement to the blender hub. By releasing the coupling, the first and second guide elements cooperate to provide a two-stage release. A first stage of the release breaking the sealed engagement, and maintaining a loose coupled engagement, between the blender hub and the bender vessel. A second stage of the release, subsequent to the first stage of the release, releasing the coupled engagement between the blender hub and the blender vessel.
US10730023B2
In a method for infusing a gas from a gas source into a liquid beverage, liquid beverage is driven from a beverage container into a liquid inlet port of a venturi mixing device. Nitrogen is infused into the liquid beverage by driving nitrogen through a gas inlet port of the venturi mixing device, thereby delivering nitrogen-infused liquid beverage to a discharge port of the venturi mixing device. The nitrogen-infused liquid beverage is poured from the discharge port through a faucet.
US10730022B2
A membrane based process separates amines or organic acids from a solution containing at least one amine or at least one organic acid according to their hydrophobic properties. The more hydrophobic amine or organic acid passes the hydrophobic membrane into an acidic aqueous solution, thus selectively removing the amine or organic acid from the first solution. The process is particularly suitable to obtain chiral amines in high yield. A transaminase-catalyzed transamination of an amino donor and amino acceptor is combined with a hydrophobic membrane separation of the produced chiral amine. The selective removal of the chiral amine from the reaction mixture promotes the further transformation of the amino acceptor into the product chiral amine.
US10730020B2
A method for manufacturing a porous membrane includes: mixing silicon carbide powders and a coagulant to form a first mixture; adding a sintering aid to the first mixture to form a second mixture; compressing the second mixture; and sintering the compressed second mixture. More particularly, the coagulant is in an amount of 1% to 3% by weight of the silicon carbide powders and the sintering aid is in an amount of 10% by weight of the first mixture.
US10730017B2
The disclosed technology relates to a water filtration and delivery system for a dialysis unit. The water nitration and delivery system including: a laminarizer, the laminizer producing a laminarizer flow; an ultrafiltration unit, the ultrafiltration unit being placed downstream and connected to the laminarizer, the ultrafiltration unit receiving the laminar flow from the laminarizer; and at least one carbon filter, the at least one carbon filter being placed downstream from the ultrafiltration unit, the at least one carbon filter receiving the laminar flow, wherein the laminar flow causes less stress on internal components of the ultrafiltration unit and the at least one carbon filter.
US10730012B2
Various embodiments disclosed relate to extraction of target materials using a CZTS sorbent. A method of extracting a target material from a medium includes contacting a copper zinc tin sulfur (CZTS) sorbent with the target material in the medium including the target material to form a used CZTS sorbent that includes the target material. The method also includes separating the used CZTS sorbent from the medium.
US10730011B2
A multi-functional composition of matter that is useful for injection into a flue gas stream to rapidly and efficiently remove mercury from the flue gas stream. The multi-functional composition of matter may include a fixed carbon sorbent and minerals, halogens in the form of halide salts, as well as other physical and chemical properties to enhance (1) the oxidation reaction kinetics for the oxidation of mercury species and (2) the mass diffusion kinetics of the mercury species.
US10729993B2
A filtration filter comprises a porous film including a central film portion having a plurality of through holes and an outer edge portion adjacent to the central film portion. The porous film portion lies in a flat plane in the absence of a force being applied to the central portion of the central film portion. A frame holds the outer edge portion of the porous film in such a manner that when a force is applied to the central film portion in a first direction, the central film portion moves in the first direction relative to the flat plane and the outer edge portion moves in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, relative to the flat plane. In this way stresses applied to the porous film during a filtering operation are reduced.
US10729992B2
A centrifugal separator for separating gas and liquid from a gas-liquid mixture, the centrifugal separator comprising: a housing having a cavity and a gas-liquid mixture inlet leading tangentially into the cavity along an inlet path to form a vortex therein, a separated gas outlet and a separated liquid outlet; and a rotor rotatably mounted to the housing inside the cavity in a manner to be freely rotatable around a rotation axis, the rotor having a hub extending axially along said axis, the rotor having a plurality of vanes extending radially from the hub inside the cavity, the vanes being disposed in the inlet path in a manner so that the rotor is rotated by the gas-liquid mixture during use.
US10729985B2
A dynamic signal to noise ratio tracking system enables detection of people within the field of view of the tracking system. The tracking system may include an emitter configured to emit electromagnetic radiation within an area, a detector configured to detect electromagnetic radiation reflected back from people and/or objects within the area, and a control unit configured to evaluate signals from the detector and control various automated amusement park equipment as a result of this evaluation.
US10729981B1
Methods for matching online users in a networked interactive entertainment simulation are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a user request for a user for joining an online session of the simulation. The user request is associated with a set of criteria for matching the user with other online users. An available population of users and a moving average of elapsed time to match for other users are determined. The set of criteria is adjusted based on the available population and the moving average of elapsed time. Finding other online users matching the adjusted set of criteria is initiated. The online session is started based on found online users. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.
US10729978B2
An information processing device that carries out the processing of a fighting game in which a player-character is made to fight an opponent-character, the device including a first condition determination means that determines whether the player-character and the opponent-character, as a whole, have fulfilled a first condition during the fight; a second condition determination means that determines a character, among the player-character and the opponent-character, that has fulfilled a second condition during the fight; and a bonus awarding means that awards a bonus that can be used in the fight to a fulfilling character, among the player-character and the opponent-character, that fulfills the second condition after the fulfillment of the first condition. The first condition determination means sets a partial or a complete fulfillment of a given set of conditions as the first condition.
US10729973B2
Sensor parameters in a remote game peripheral are dynamically. The remote game peripheral may contain one or more sensors that measure the motion of the remote game peripheral via at least one sensor. This information is communicated to a game server. The game server then determines if the sensor sensitivity setting is appropriate for the expected motion of the remote game peripheral at that point in the game. The game server may, at any time during game play, transmit a sensor sensitivity adjustment to adjust the sensor sensitivity level setting to one that is likely to capture the motion of the game peripheral with minimal loss of data. The dynamic adjustment of the sensitivity level may also be used to provide corrective feedback to a game player.
US10729972B2
A front cabinet panel piece, a back panel cabinet piece, a first side cabinet panel piece, and second side cabinet panel piece, each having a plurality of pre-formed openings, are arranged relative to one another to form an amusement game cabinet. The plurality of pre-formed openings are used to accept a corresponding plurality of knock-down hardware pieces each including a fastener locking component and a fastener. The fastener locking components are held within respective first ones of the pre-formed openings and the fastener is inserted into second ones of the pre-formed openings that are aligned with the first ones of the plurality of pre-formed openings. Each fastener is mated to its corresponding fastener locking component to complete assembly of the amusement game cabinet. The assembled amusement game cabinet is used to support a playfield and the playfield, in turn, is used to provide additional structural support to the amusement game cabinet.
US10729971B1
A scratch board for lottery tickets and the like. The board includes a body having a planar portion, the planar portion having a flat front surface, and a curved portion extending from the lower end of the planar portion and forwardly of the planar portion, a clip coupled to the planar portion and adapted to securely maintain a flat object against the planar portion, a dowel removably affixed to the planar portion, and a receptacle sized to receive one or several coins. The board can also include a cylinder rotatably disposed within the curved portion, the cylinder including an outer wall, an internal cavity, and a slot defined through the outer wall.
US10729967B1
Systems, methods and devices for timing manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination competitions are provided. In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for timing cup stacking competitions. The present disclosure includes a timer for timing various competitions and wherein the timer comprises a plurality of trigger points or touch points to ergonomically require a user to perform certain actions to activate and operate the timer.
US10729961B2
A soccer ball kicking training device (1) having a support base (3) with a column member (5) extending substantially vertically upright therefrom along a first axis (7) and an arm (9) extending outwardly along a second axis (11) between first and second end portions (13,15). The first end portion (13) has a ball (17) attached to it and the second end portion (15) is attached to a hinge mechanism (21) mounted to an upper part (5′) of the upright column (5). The hinge mechanism (21) supports the arm (9) for pivotal movement about a horizontal third axis (23) relative to the upright column (5) and the first axis (7). The hinge mechanism (21) additionally includes an inclination angle adjustment mechanism to adjust the up and down angle range of the arm (9) about the horizontal third axis (23) and the device (1) also provides an anti-pinch arrangement for safety.
US10729960B2
A system and method for improving bowling shot performance based on bowling shot metrics calculated from the analysis of bowling shot sensor data from the user are disclosed. The system comprises a motion sensor/computer device integrated with a bowling glove, a microcomputer system, wireless data communications coupled to methods for data capture from the sensorized glove, and a mobile electronic device for accessing and displaying a bowler's current and historical performance data using the Internet. The performance metrics include ball revolutions rate at release, ball speed, force, backswing duration, front swing duration and shot tempo. Comparing the current and historical performance data allows the user to adjust his or her bowling swing accordingly.
US10729958B1
A device including a base sheet, a top sheet fixed to the base sheet, and a profile cut into the top sheet delineating a foldable shape from a flat shape in the top sheet, wherein the foldable shape moves between a lowered position and a raised position. The flat shape has a forwardly-directed edge, projecting above the base sheet to define a stop formed by both the base sheet and the top sheet, and against which a rearwardly-directed edge of the foldable shape rests when the foldable shape is in the raised position.
US10729957B2
A sporting implement, such as a blade for a hockey stick, may include an outer layer, a core, and a recovery gel positioned between the core and the outer layer. The recovery gel can form a film, and the recovery gel can be compressible, shape recoverable, and pressurized to a predetermined pressure. The recovery gel can be configured to provide an integrated agent for filling cracks that appear during use of the blade. The recovery gel can be configured to absorb energy impacts between the outer layer and the core. When a crack appears, the predetermined pressure can be relieved inside the crack and fills a cavity formed by the crack to provide cohesion between the outer layer and the core to recreate a new material in the place of the crack. The recovery gel can be configured to help prevent cracks from propagating and actively heals potential damages by reducing stiffness loss caused by cracks.
US10729951B2
A golf club head comprises a body and at least one self-extracting pressed weight assembly. The body comprises a face plate positioned at a forward portion of the golf club head, a sole positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, a crown positioned at a top portion of the golf club head and a skirt positioned around a periphery of the golf club head between the sole and the crown. The body defines an interior cavity. The weight assembly comprises at least three components and is configured for a press fit engagement with the golf club head. The assembly has a drive portion and a threaded portion.
US10729949B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion including a first material and having a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a sole portion, a back portion, a front portion having a face portion. The golf club head may also include a third mass portion including a second material and coupled to the body portion, and a plurality of mass portions coupled to the third mass portion. The density of the second material is greater than a density of the first material. The interior cavity may include an elastic polymer material. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10729940B2
In a golf ball having a two-layer core consisting of an inner core layer and an outer core layer and a cover of one or more layer, the inner core layer and outer core layer are each formed of a rubber composition made up primarily of a base rubber, the inner core layer has a diameter of not more than 30 mm; and the core has specific hardness ratios (JIS-C hardness/Shore D hardness) at specific points on the cross-section thereof. This golf ball has a reduced spin rate on full shots with a driver and middle irons, thus imparting to an excellent flight performance, and moreover has a good controllability in the short game on approach shots, making it ideal as a golf ball for professional golfers and mid- and high-level amateur golfers.
US10729938B2
Golf balls having covers made of thermoplastic polyurethane compositions are provided. Multi-piece golf balls can be made. In one embodiment, the outer cover layer is formed from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane and polydimethylsiloxane compound. Functionalized polydimethylsiloxane compounds also can be used to treat thermoplastic polyurethane golf ball covers. The cover composition and surface coatings can further include catalysts, ultraviolet (UV)-light stabilizers, and other additives. The coating methods have many benefits and the finished balls with thermoplastic polyurethane covers have good physical properties.
US10729937B2
The present invention provides a method for arranging dimples on a golf ball surface in which the dimples are arranged in a pattern derived from at least one irregular domain generated from a regular or non-regular polyhedron. The method includes choosing control points of a polyhedron, generating an irregular domain based on those control points, packing the irregular domain with dimples, and tessellating the irregular domain to cover the surface of the golf ball. The control points include the center of a polyhedral face, a vertex of the polyhedron, a midpoint or other point on an edge of the polyhedron and others. The method ensures that the symmetry of the underlying polyhedron is preserved while minimizing or eliminating great circles due to parting lines.
US10729935B2
A cervical spine and muscle strengthening apparatus is provided having a faceplate configured with an opening, a plurality of fastening devices, coupling devices and a resistance source. The plurality of fastening devices may be attached to the faceplate to provide an attachment point at one end of each coupling device. The plurality of coupling devices extends away from the faceplate and attach to the resistance source at the second end of each coupling device. The faceplate may be fabricated from wood, composite, plastic, metal, metal alloy or other suitable material. Additionally, the plurality of fastening devices and coupling devices may be fabricated from metal, metal alloy, composite, plastic, or other such material.
US10729932B2
An apparatus and associated methods for facilitating exercise and training includes an elongate board having a top surface, a bottom surface, a length direction and a width direction. The top surface of the board defines a complex curvature including an end convex portion adjacent each opposed end of the board, a center convex portion at a center of the board, and a medial concave portion disposed between the center convex portion and each of the end convex portions. The opposed ends of an elongate strap are threaded upwardly within a slot from the bottom surface to the top surface. At least one pad is provided on the top surface of the board. An opening through the board defines a handhold for gripping and lifting the board. The board may further include a plurality of omnidirectional rollers depending from the bottom surface for movement in any direction.
US10729927B2
An exercise apparatus is provided for use with a hip belt or short bar for respectively conducting squat or dead lift exercises, comprising at least one elevated platform secured to a rack, a weight holder, and a guide rod and/or other guide. The weight holder may be designed to hold free weights and to attach onto a hip belt or short bar. As the user performs the desired exercise supported by the platform, the guide rod and/or other guide; guides the weight holder as it is lowered into the hole, limiting movement of the weight holder in the horizontal direction.
US10729917B2
The invention relates to a treatment assessment device (37) for assessing a treatment of a subject, wherein a current treatment is tracked by a tracking unit (15, 30) and previous conformance values being indicative of previous degrees of conformance of previous treatments with previous treatment plans are provided. A visualization unit (34) generates a visualization being indicative of a current degree of conformance of the current treatment with the current treatment plan in relation to the previous degrees of conformance based on the tracking of the current treatment, the current treatment plan and the provided previous conformance values. The visualization can be shown on a display such that a physician can see how well the current treatment conforms to the treatment plan in comparison to the degree of conformance achieved in previous treatments, thereby providing an assessment of the quality of the current treatment in relation to previous treatments.
US10729916B2
Methods and apparatus for the inactivation of infectious agents in, on or around a catheter residing in a patient's body cavity. The method comprises a coupling adapter for facilitating the transmission of non-ultraviolet sterilizing electromagnetic radiation (EMR) substantially axially along an optical element into the catheter body. Through delivery of the sterilizing EMR to particular areas of highest infection, the present disclosure is able to inactivate the major sources of infection in catheters.
US10729908B2
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) electrodes are positioned within (or adjacent to) white matter fiber tracts in a brain of patient. The DBS electrodes may be positioned near one or more stimulation sites within the white matter fiber tracts. The stimulation sites may be selected based on the disorder of the patient. In some examples, the stimulation sites may be selected based on one or more symptoms of the patient. In some examples, additional electrodes may be positioned in another area to collect bioelectrical brain signals. The area in which the additional electrodes are placed is an area that is different from the stimulation site but is targeted by stimulation therapy provided at the stimulation site.
US10729903B2
Methods and systems for obtaining and analyzing electromyography responses of electrodes of an implanted neurostimulation lead for use neurostimulation programming are provided herein. System setups for neural localization and/or programming include a clinician programmer coupleable with a temporary or permanent lead implantable in a patient and at least one pair of EMG sensing electrodes minimally invasively positioned on a skin surface or within the patient. The clinician programmer is configured to determine a plurality of recommended electrode configurations based on thresholds and EMG responses of the plurality of electrodes and rank the electrode configuration according to pre-determined criteria. The clinician programmer further includes graphical user interface on which the plurality of recommended electrode configurations are displayed for modification and/or selection by a clinician in programming an IPG or EPG coupled with the lead to apply a neurostimulation treatment according to the selected electrode configuration.
US10729901B2
Biomaterials, such as hydrogels, can be mechanically secured to an electrode of an implantable device using a non-swellable shell. Hydrogel can be applied to an electrode surface and then mechanically constrained in place by a non-swellable shell. The non-swellable material can be secured to a substrate supporting an electrode or can otherwise surround an electrode and the hydrogel. The non-swellable shell can include openings or passthroughs that allow for electrical conduction across the non-swellable shell. The hydrogel can extend out of the openings to contact adjacent biological tissue. In some cases, an outer layer of hydrogel can surround the non-swellable shell and connected to the inner layer of hydrogel through the openings of the non-swellable shell.
US10729890B2
A catheter assembly comprises a catheter (18), a needle (12) having a sharp distal tip disposed within the catheter (18), a catheter hub (14) connected to the catheter (18) having the needle (12) passing therethrough, the catheter hub (14) including a valve (38) that selectively permits or blocks a flow of fluid through the catheter (18), a valve actuator (54) that moves between a first position and a second position, and a return member (56) that returns the valve actuator (54) from the second position to the first position, and a needle protection member (176) that encloses the sharp distal tip of the needle (12).
US10729885B2
A surgical clamp comprises a pair of opposing jaws moveable relative to each other between a closed position and first and second open positions. The opposing jaws remain substantially parallel to one another when moving between the closed position and the first open position. The opposing jaws remain non-parallel to one another when moving between the first open position and the second open position.
US10729880B2
An intravascular medical device is prepared for shipping by being sealed within a sterile volume of a package. Prior to closing the package, an intravenous liquid solution is pumped into and through the medical device to displace all air bubbles. The liquid is pumped at sterilization temperatures corresponding to when the liquid has a low viscosity, but the liquid is chosen to have a relatively high viscosity at room temperatures corresponding to when the package is opened for use. The liquid solution remains adsorbed to the interior surfaces of the medical device at room temperature against a force of gravity. The strategy reduces the risk of air embolism when a medical device is put into use.
US10729878B2
Apparatus, system, and method for creating a curvature on a medical device during a medical procedure, for example, selecting a curvature from a curve database, customizing the curvature for a specific patient anatomy, and applying the curvature to the medical device during the medical procedure.
US10729871B2
A vapor delivery system having: a) a base unit configured to generate a supply of vapor; and b) a vapor control system configured to allow a user to selectively: a) cause vapor generated by the base unit to be discharged primarily to a surrounding space within which the base unit resides to thereby increase vapor density in the surrounding space; and b) cause vapor generated by the base unit to be discharged primarily to a vapor guide structure configured to: i) be placed operatively with respect to a user's face; and ii) guide discharging vapor generated by the base unit into at least one of the user's nose and mouth with the vapor guide structure placed operatively with respect to the user's face.
US10729870B2
A mask assembly for delivering pressurized gas to a patient comprising a mask having an inspiratory port and an expiratory port located on generally opposite sides, wherein said ports are sized, oriented, positioned, and/or spaced apart a sufficient distance to allow a cross-flow of pressurized gas to flow through the mask assembly; an outlet limb connected to the expiratory port and having an aperture in pneumatic communication with the breathing chamber; the aperture size being variable between a first, open configuration and at least one second configuration that is different from the first. A ventilation system for delivering pressurized gas to a patient comprising a seal formed with the patient's airways and in pneumatic communication with a plenum chamber; an exchanger positioned at least partially within the plenum chamber, and in pneumatic communication with inspiratory and expiratory flow paths, to recover heat and/or moisture from gas exhaled by the patient.
US10729869B2
A mask system and an air delivery conduit for use in the treatment of respiratory disorders. The air delivery conduit may comprise a textile having an airtight arrangement. A support structure may be provided to the conduit to provide form.
US10729864B2
A method of providing pressure support to a patient that includes determining a measure associated with an inspiratory time of the patient during therapy, delivering a flow of breathing gas to the patient at an inspiratory positive airway pressure (IPAP) level during at least a portion of an inspiratory phase of the patient, delivering the flow of breathing gas to the patient at an expiratory positive airway pressure (EPAP) level that is less than the IPAP level during at least a portion of an expiratory phase of the patient, and automatically setting a rise time associated with a transition from the EPAP level to the IPAP level based on the measure associated with the inspiratory time of the patient. Also provided is a pressure support system adapted to perform the method.
US10729856B1
An apparatus includes a needle, a cutter, a medication fluid path, and a filter assembly. The needle defines a tissue receiving feature. The cutter is movable relative to the needle to sever tissue protruding into the tissue receiving feature. The medication fluid path includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is configured to couple with a source of medication fluid. The tissue receiving feature is in fluid communication with the medication fluid path such that the first portion is upstream of the tissue receiving feature. The filter assembly is located in the second portion of the medication fluid path. The filter assembly is configured to permit air to pass through the filter assembly. The filter assembly is further configured to prevent medication fluid from passing through the filter assembly.
US10729846B2
A needle assembly to prevent fluid/vapor escape so as to reduce or prevent fluid exposure to a clinician during use of the needle assembly. The needle assembly may include a handle portion with a needle extending therefrom, and a base portion releasably coupled to the handle portion. The base portion may include a safety assembly to shield a distal tip of the needle and prevent user contact therewith. The base portion may further include a self-sealing pad covering a bottom external surface thereof. The self-sealing pad may include an upper surface designed to mate with the base portion and a raised portion compressively positioned in the opening of the bottom external surface. The needle assembly may further include a fluid isolation component.
US10729836B2
An apparatus for premixing fluids to form dialysate for an extracorporeal blood treatment includes at least a first feed portion for supplying at least a first fluid from at least a first fluid reservoir, at least a second feed portion for supplying at least a second fluid from at least a second fluid reservoir, a premixing portion being configured to premix fluids supplied via the feed portions in counter flow to form a fluid mixture and at least one drain portion for draining the fluid mixture premixed in the premixing portion as dialysate. A method carries out appropriate steps. In a conductivity measurement along the drain portion the conductivity of the premixed fluid mixture is measured by means of a digital filter adapted to be parameterized based on at least two state variables of the premixing process at least in two phases with a first predictive phase and a second corrective phase.
US10729825B2
Apparatus and methods for clearing obstructions from a medical tube are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a spool drive system is disclosed for actuating a guide wire within a medical tube. The spool drive system can be a hand held, disposable device having a spool housing with a spool therein for alternately advancing and withdrawing a guide wire through an inlet of the spool housing. A track can be spaced from and extend about a perimeter of the spool to direct the guide wire onto or off of the spool as the spool is rotated. Other embodiments and devices for actuating the guide wire, and methods therefor, also are disclosed.
US10729823B2
Implantable drug delivery devices include a housing defining a reservoir, a first unit within the reservoir, and a second unit within the reservoir. The first unit contains a drug and the second unit contains a functional agent that facilitates release of the drug. Intravesical drug delivery devices include a housing portion containing a drug formulation and a housing portion containing an excipient, and are configured to release the drug according to a first release profile and the excipient according to a second release profile. Methods include inserting any of these devices into a patient and releasing drug from the device.
US10729822B2
Disclosed herein are compositions to use in biofouling-resistant coatings, biofouling-resistant coatings, methods of making biofouling-resistant coatings, biofouling-resistant devices, and methods of making biofouling-resistant devices.
US10729816B2
An engineered medical device for treatment of osteonecrosis is provided where the size, porosity and ceramic content of the device can be personalized based on an individual patient's anatomical and physiological condition. The device distinguishes different segments mimicking anatomically-relevant cortical and cancellous segments, in which the cortical segments of the device can sustain mechanical loading, and the cancellous segment of the device can promote bone ingrowth, osteogenesis and angiogenesis.
US10729811B2
Methods for inhibiting stenosis, obstruction and/or calcification of a heart valve following implantation in a vessel having a wall are disclosed. In one aspect the method includes providing a bioprosthetic heart valve mounted on an elastical stent; treating the bioprosthetic heart valve with a tissue fixative; coating the stent and the bioprosthetic valve with a coating composition including one or more therapeutic agents; implanting the bioprosthetic valve into the vessel in a diseased natural valve site; eluting the coating composition from the bioprosthetic valve; and inhibiting stenosis, obstruction and/or calcification of the bioprosthetic heart valve by preventing the attachment of stem cells to the bioprosthetic heart valve, the stem cells circulating external and proximate to the bioprosthetic heart valve by activating nitric oxide production (i) in the circulating stem cells, (ii) in an endothelial cell lining covering the bioprosthetic heart valve tissue, (iii) or both.
US10729802B2
The present technology relates to composites, apparatuses, systems, and methods that are based on a photocurable composite useful for stabilizing, supporting, or otherwise healing an injured limb. The photocurable composite includes a light-curable resin and a filler material, where the light-curable resin includes about 50 vol % to about 99 vol % (based on the volume of the light-curable resin) of an acrylate-functionalized oligomer, wherein the backbone of the oligomer comprises a polyurethane, a polyether, a polyester, or a combination of any two or more thereof; about 1 vol % to about 50 vol % of a radical-reactive diluent; about 0.001 vol % to about 2 vol % of a photoinitiator; and optionally about 0.05 to about 25 vol % of a surface cure protection agent.
US10729784B2
The present invention relates to expressing RNA in cells and, in particular, enhancing viability of cells in which RNA is to be expressed. Specifically, the present invention provides methods for expressing RNA in cells comprising the steps of preventing engagement of IFN receptor by extracellular IFN and inhibiting intracellular IFN signalling in the cells. Thus, preventing engagement of IFN receptor by extracellular IFN and inhibiting intracellular IFN signalling in the cells allows repetitive transfer of RNA into the cells.
US10729781B2
Isolated or recombinant anti-LGR4 monoclonal antibodies are provided. In some cases, antibodies of the embodiments can be used for the detection, diagnosis and/or therapeutic treatment of human diseases, such as cancer.
US10729779B2
The present invention provides a composition having an antifungal activity without depending on conventional compositions having anticandidal activity or combinations of such compositions. The composition comprises a complex of lysozyme bonded to chitosan. The composition according to the present invention is applicable to candidiasis of the skin and mucous membranes, in particular, oral candidiasis and vagina candidiasis affecting a large number of patients and can ameliorate the symptoms of these diseases, heal the same and prevent infection of the same. The composition comprises a complex of lysozyme, which has been widely used as a highly safe natural food additive, with a polysaccharide and, therefore, can reassure patients who use the same and ease their burden. The composition according to the present invention comprises a complex of lysozyme, which is a highly safe natural food additive, with a polysaccharide and, therefore, can be safely used by patients without considering any risk.
US10729774B1
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10729768B2
Highly effective combinations of a compound of formula A (a PI3Kδ selective inhibitor) and anti-CD20 antibodies are provided herein for the treatment and amelioration of PI3Kδ and/or CD20 mediated diseases and disorderes. In particular, the combination can be used to treat cancers and autoimmune diseases. More particularly, the invention provided for a combination of a compound of formula A, or stereoisomers thereof, and ublituximab for the treatment and/or amerioration of hematological malignancies such as leukemia and lymphoma.
US10729760B2
The present invention discloses and claims virus like particles (VLPs) that express and/or contains seasonal influenza virus proteins, avian influenza virus proteins and/or influenza virus proteins from viruses with pandemic potential. The invention includes vector constructs comprising said proteins, cells comprising said constructs, formulations and vaccines comprising VLPs of the inventions. The invention also includes methods of making and administrating VLPs to vertebrates, including methods of inducing substantial immunity to either seasonal and avian influenza, or at least one symptom thereof.
US10729749B2
The invention relates to novel peptides, compositions, therapies and methods for treating neurodegenerative disorders, for example Alzheimer's disease.
US10729746B2
The present invention provides, among other things, methods and compositions for treating muscular dystrophy, in particular, Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). In some embodiments, a method according to the present invention includes administering to an individual who is suffering from or susceptible to DMD an effective amount of a recombinant PLGF protein such that at least one symptom or feature of DMD is reduced in intensity, severity, or frequency, or has delayed onset. The present invention also provides exemplary recombinant PLGF proteins including monomeric, dimeric and single-chain PLGF proteins.
US10729745B2
The invention relates to a La-1-like peptide agent that increases sperm motility. It is non-toxic and it may be used to treat male infertility in humans, and also to increase fertility in animals. It may be used in artificial reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF), including intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). The La-1 like peptide agent may also be used in artificial insemination techniques such as intra-cytoplasmic uterine injection (IUI).
US10729739B2
The invention provides methods and dosing regimens for safely and effectively treating androgen-dependent prostate cancer with a gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonist without causing a testosterone spike and/or other side effect of GnRH agonist therapy such as a urinary tract infection, or an arthralgia-related or cardiovascular side effect.
US10729734B2
A process includes rupturing plant cells of cannabis by freeze-drying the cannabis at a temperature below 0° C. in order to expose or release one or more chemicals including at least cannabinoids in the plant cells of the cannabis, after rupturing the cannabis plant cells, extracting the one or more chemicals including at least cannabinoids from the cannabis by pressurizing the cannabis in a pressure vessel with along with a solvent, the solvent dissolving the one or more chemicals including at least cannabinoids, followed by depressurizing the cannabis in the pressure vessel, where the depressurizing precipitates the one or more chemicals including at least cannabinoids out of the solvent, and then isolating the one or more chemicals including at least cannabinoids that precipitated from the solvent.
US10729732B2
Methods and compositions are provided for treating weight related conditions and metabolic disorders by altering microbiota in a subject. One aspect provides methods and compositions to alter microbiota in a subject by administering to the subject a composition that includes a substantially purified microbiota from phyla such as Bacteroidetes, Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Verrucomicrobia or orders such as Bacteroidales, Verrucomicrobiales, Clostridiales and Enterobacteriales or genera such as Alistipes, Clostridium, Escherichia, and Akkermansia. Another aspect includes a pharmaceutical composition for altering microbiota that includes a therapeutically effective amount of substantially purified microbiota and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. Yet another aspect includes methods for treating a disorder, such as obesity, in a subject in need of such treatment by changing relative abundance of microbiota in a gastrointestinal tract of the subject without or in addition to a surgical procedure.
US10729724B2
Nanosecond pulsed electric field (nsPEF) treatments of a tumor are adjusted based on a size and type of the tumor to stimulate an immune response against the tumor and other tumors in the subject. Calreticulin expression on tumor cells can be detected to confirm treatment. An immune response biomarker can be measured, and further nsPEF treatments can be performed if needed to stimulate or further stimulate the immune response. Cancers that have metastasized may be treated by directly treating a tumor that is most accessible. The treatment can be combined with CD47-blocking antibodies, doxorubicin, CTLA-4-blocking antibodies, and/or PD-1-blocking antibodies. Electrical characteristics of nsPEF treatments can be based on the size, type, and/or strength of tumors and/or a quantity of tumors in the subject.
US10729717B2
A process for making nanoparticles of biocompatible materials is described, wherein an aqueous reaction mixture comprising cerous ion, citric acid and ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid in a predetermined ratio, an oxidant, and water is provided along with temperature conditions to directly form, without isolation, a stable dispersion of cerium oxide nanoparticles. These biocompatible cerium oxide nanoparticles may be used to prevent and/or treat oxidative stress related diseases, such as stroke, relapse/remitting multiple sclerosis, chronic-progressive multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and ischemic reperfusion injury.
US10729716B2
Methods and compositions for treating various indications by lessening oxidative stress in a patient are provided. A pharmaceutical composition comprises between about 0.001% to about 10.0%, or more specifically between about 0.015% to about 5%, sodium iodide or catalase by weight. The iodine ion or the catalase dissociates hydrogen peroxide into water and molecular oxygen to interrupt biological events that result in negative side effects. The pharmaceutical composition further comprises in some cases a reducing agent or various carrier materials. The pharmaceutical composition is in some cases formulated for a variety of delivery methods.
US10729713B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating hepatitis, liver fibrosis, and liver cancer, which comprises the following components in parts by weight: 0.15-10 parts of vinegar-baked bupleurum root polysaccharides or bupleurum root polysaccharides and 0.05-5 parts of a drug for treating hepatitis.
US10729707B2
A method of producing sialyloligosaccharides a sialyloligosaccharides-containing source that also contains carbohydrates and minerals. The process includes subjecting the source to a temperature of from about 67° C. and (i) filtration with a heat-resistant filter at a temperature of about 35 to about 95° C. to produce a first retentate and first permeate, or (ii) centrifugal separation to produce a light phase and a heavy phase and filtration of the light phase at a temperature of about 50 to about 70° C. to produce a first retentate and first permeate, (b) nanofiltration of the first permeate, or nanofiltration and diafiltration of the first permeate, to produce a second retentate and second permeate, and (c) concentration of the second retentate, to produce a sialyloligosaccharide-containing extract. Additionally, the invention relates to a sialyloligosaccharide-enriched composition comprising at least 3′-sialyllactose and 6′-sialyllactose and its use in, for example, nutritional and infant formulas, and for maintaining or improving cognitive function.
US10729703B2
The present invention provides gero-protective pharmaceutical compositions and methods, the compositions being adapted to enhance at least one of cell survival and cell metabolism in a mammalian subject, the pharmaceutical compositions include at least two of Withaferin a or its structural analogs, coumestrol, ginsenoside, quinidine, silymarin, licochalcone a, lipoic acid and apigenin, in a pharmaceutically effective amount.
US10729701B2
The invention relates to compounds of formula (I), to the pharmaceutical compositions comprising same, and to the use thereof in the treatment of bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic infections or in the treatment of cancer in humans or animals. In formula (I), R1 and R2 are as defined in claim 1.
US10729699B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to the treatment of subjects with prostate cancer, in particular those with castration resistant prostate cancer, with glucocorticoid receptor antagonists. The prostate cancer may be one that has become resistant to androgen deprivation therapy, for example, by increase in glucocorticoid receptor expression and/or activity.
US10729686B2
The invention provides transdermal patches comprising an adhesive and a composition comprising naltrexone and methyl oleate or isopropyl myristate, a kit comprising a plurality of such transdermal patches, a composition comprising naltrexone and methyl oleate, such a composition for use as a medicament, and compositions comprising naltrexone and methyl oleate or isopropyl myristate for use in the treatment of alcoholism or opiate addiction.
US10729670B2
Compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically effective salts thereof; wherein R1-R14, m, n, o, p, q and r are as defined herein, are provided for treatment of for increasing insulin sensitivity, reducing insulin resistance, preventing insulin resistance and treating insulin resistance disorders.
US10729665B2
This invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising or consisting essentially of the phytocannabinoids cannabidivarin (CBDV) and cannabidiol (CBD). The composition is particularly safe and efficacious for use in the treatment of neurological conditions, characterized by hyper-excitability of the central nervous system, convulsions or seizures such as occur in epilepsy. Preferably the CBDV and the CBD are present with at least one non-cannabinoid component of cannabis such as one or more terpenes or a terpene fraction. More particularly the composition further comprises one or more cannabichromene type compounds. Particularly cannabichromene propyl variant (CBCV) and/or cannabichromene (CBC). More particularly still the composition is absent or substantially absent of other cannabinoids, including in particular tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), which would normally be present in significant amounts in cannabis chemotypes bred to contain a significant amount of CBDV and/or CBD.
US10729656B2
An abuse resistant oral pharmaceutical composition, comprising: a barrier layer, comprising a first polymer; a diffusion layer, comprising a second polymer, substantially covering the barrier layer, wherein the diffusion layer is bonded to the barrier layer and comprises a drug that is substantially homogeneously distributed within the second polymer and diffuses from the diffusion layer within the gastrointestinal (GI) tract; and optionally an expansion layer comprising an expandable polymer, wherein the expansion layer is substantially covered by the barrier layer. Methods of making the same and methods of using the same are also provided.
US10729655B2
The present invention relates to rapidly disintegrating oral dosage forms, more particularly to rapidly disintegrating tablets containing (1S,2S,3R,5S)-3-[7-{[1R,2S)-2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)cyclopropyl]amino}-5-(propylthio)-3H-[1,2,3]-triazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidin-3-yl]-5 5-(2-hydroxyethoxy)cyclopentane-1,2-diol and a disintegrating excipient. Blister packs suitable for use with the rapidly disintegrating oral dosage form are also disclosed.
US10729651B2
Disclosed are formulations comprising multivesicular liposomes and one or more non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which minimize the side effects of unencapsulated non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs while maintaining or improving efficacy. Methods of making and administering the formulations comprising multivesicular liposomes and one or more non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and their use as medicaments are also provided.
US10729649B2
A cosmetic or dermatological composition in the form of an oil-in-water nanoemulsion, including: a lipophilic phase (a) including at least one hydrocarbonated oil comprising at least one isoparaffin, and at least one cycloalkane, an emulsifying system (b) including at least one non-ionic emulsifier, and an aqueous phase (c), where the ratio between the lipophilic phase (a) and the emulsifying system (b) is higher than, or equal to, 0.5 in terms of weight.
US10729648B2
An active mesh nebulizer is used to generate a distribution of liquid particles or droplets having a diameter ranging from about 0.5 to about 5 micrometers (μm). Delivery and ingestion, by inhalation, of ethyl alcohol solution particles leads to rapid uptake of the alcohol solution by brain tissue, and avoids damage to the liver, gastrointestinal tract, and/or peripheral nervous system consistent with drinking ethyl alcohol. A brain effect of ethyl alcohol absorbed through alveoli in the lung occurs within less than 60 seconds, and body effects of alcohol consumption are reduced or eliminated. Delivery of ethyl alcohol to a user by absorption through alveoli provides a user with a brain effect while allowing tissue damage from drinking alcohol to heal. A lock out barcoded capsule containing ethyl alcohol, tethered to a smartphone application, prevents unauthorized use by non-designated users, or abuse by a designated user.
US10729642B2
A nail care system containing (1) at least one composition containing at least one adhesive agent, at least one primary film former and at least one plasticizer; and (2) an applicator is provided.
US10729640B2
Provided is an aqueous gelling agent composition, including: compound (A) represented by the general formula (1); and compound (B) represented by the general formula (2), wherein a mass ratio of compound (A) to compound (B), (A): (B), is from 95:5 to 85:15: where R1, R2, R8, R9, R10, R11, R15, and R16 each independently represent a hydrocarbon group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, R3, R5, R7, R12, and R14 each independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, R4, R6, and R13 each independently represent a divalent hydrocarbon group having 3 to 16 carbon atoms, a, e, j, and m each independently represent a number of 10 to 100, d represents a number of 100 to 500, and g represents a number of 1 to 10.
US10729634B2
Sex hormone-binding globulin and/or any fragment thereof for use as a medicament, in particular for use in the treatment of obesity and hepatic steatosis. The invention also relates to the cosmetic use of the sex hormone-binding globulin and/or any fragment thereof for improving the bodily appearance of a mammal with subcutaneous fat herniated or accumulated within the fibrous connective tissue under the skin, in particular the cosmetic use is for cellulite.
US10729631B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide an oil-in-water emulsion composition exhibiting high UV-protective capabilities with which it is possible to uniformly and stably disperse a hydrophobized metal oxide into an inner phase (oil phase) without detracting from the inherent fresh sensation on use of an oil-in-water emulsion composition even when a high amount of the hydrophobized metal oxide is compounded therewith. In summary, the present invention is an oil-in-water emulsion composition characterized by including (A) 0.1-5 mass % of polyether-modified silicone having an HLB (Si) of 5-14, (B) one or more hydrophilic thickeners, (C) a metal oxide hydrophobized by an agent other than metal soap, and (D) nonvolatile oil other than silicone oil, the (C) hydrophobized metal oxide being present in the inner phase.
US10729625B2
Compositions comprising sun-care actives and self adapting polymers are disclosed. Self adapting polymers align themselves with the hydrophilic group pointing to the surface during application thus delivering an aesthetically pleasing surface to the consumers with a pleasant after feel. These polymers then rearrange upon contact with water so that the hydrophobic groups now point to the surface which then increases the water resistance of the formulation.
US10729623B2
A method for producing elliptical, needle-shaped, or rod-shaped polymer particles satisfying (1)-(3) below includes a step in which a synthesis solution including water, a mixed solvent of a hydrophilic organic solvent and a hydrophobic organic solvent, a polymeric stabilizer, a polymerization initiator, and an unsaturated monomer is heated, and, at least after the heating has started, the pH of the synthesis solution is adjusted to 5-9 inclusive to perform solution polymerization: (1) the average (LAV) length (L) in a two-dimensional projection diagram obtained by irradiating the particles with light from a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is 0.1-80 μm; (2) the average (DAV) breadth (D) in the two-dimensional projection diagram obtained by irradiating the particles with light from the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is 0.05-40 μm; and (3) the average (PAV) aspect ratio (L/D) calculated from the length (L) and the breadth (D) is 1.5-30.
US10729619B2
Present invention relates to a capsule sealing composition and the method of using said composition for sealing capsules. Said sealing composition contains an acidic or alkaline solute and a volatile solvent; said sealing method uses the characteristics of capillary action ad volatile solvents to dissolve and seal the junction of the capsule cover and capsule body and said capsule then becomes a sealed capsule and the drugs contained in the capsule will not leak easily.
US10729616B2
Apparatus and methods for lyophilizing and sealing a medicament within a medical delivery device having an opening. The apparatus may include a stopper for sealing the opening. The stopper may have one or more elongated members extending from a base, in a direction that is parallel to a central axis of the base. One or more of the members may be set radially away from the axis and define a coaxial central well. The member or members may define a void. The elongated member or members may engage a device inner wall and support the base away from the opening. The void may provide gas exchange between a device interior and a device exterior. The gas may be a lyophilization byproduct that escapes from the device interior between the inner wall, the base and the member or members. The stopper may be advanced into the device to seal the opening.
US10729611B2
A massage machine for providing massage which includes a seat portion on which a person to be treated sits; a backrest portion provided at a rear side of the seat portion; a backrest operation portion for changing an angle of the backrest portion in a range of a standing position to a reclining position which reclines back; and a kneading ball type, a vibration type and/or the roller type and air-bag style massage portions. The massage machine further includes either a stand-by mode for maintaining the reclining position of the backrest portion, or a restoring mode for automatically restoring the backrest portion from the reclining position to the standing position.
US10729608B2
An article for receiving a body of an animal and a method for containing fluid released from a body of an animal are disclosed. The article includes an absorbent layer having an inner side and an outer side opposite the inner side, wherein the absorbent layer is configured to be placed proximate to the body to absorb fluid released from the body; a liquid impermeable sheet attached to the outer side of the absorbent layer and configured to prevent the fluid released from the body from seeping through the liquid impermeable sheet; and an outer layer attached to the liquid impermeable sheet. At least the outer layer is configured to form an outer pouch to contain the body. The outer layer includes closure means configured to secure the body within the outer pouch.
US10729602B2
A modular approach to mounting medical equipment on evacuation litters employs litter engagement members of various configuration and a plurality of rail members all having the same sectional profile. The rail members can be mounted to a variety of connectors and auxiliary pieces such that equipment supporting structures can be built on a patient bearing litter without sacrificing access to the patient.
US10729594B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for increasing the number of articles processed. over a distance traveled in the machine direction of an assembly line. In particular, the orientation of the long dimension of the article is provided transverse to the machine direction, thus process rug the articles side-by-side instead of end-to-end.
US10729588B2
A fingerstall, in particular for treatment of defects of the distal phalanx of the finger with a closed distal end, an open proximal end, and an interior. Provision is made that a chamber is formed in the fingerstall at the distal end thereof and the chamber is in liquid communication with the interior of the fingerstall.
US10729585B2
A Computer program for determining a working profile for controlling a radiation system in refractive eye surgery, said program comprising:a user interface for input of data by a user; a data receiving interface for receiving measured data regarding the eye to be corrected; a working profile generator for generating a working profile on the basis of the input data and measured data; a generator for generating control data for controlling electromagnetic radiation; a simulator for simulating a treatment result on the basis of said control data for controlling the electromagnetic radiation and the effect of said radiation on eye tissue; a judgment stage for judging said treatment results by applying pre-given criteria; an iteration loop for generating iteratively, in case of a negative judgment, another amended profile on the basis of other data or for generating iteratively other control data for controlling the electromagnetic radiation; and a transfer means for transferring control data to a control of the radiation system in case of a positive judgment in the judgment stage.
US10729579B2
Described are devices and methods for delivering a sheet of tissue into the eye in such a way that damage to the tissue is minimized, damage to the eye during insertion and manipulation of the tissue is minimized, and the tissue is released and delivered in a precise and controlled fashion.
US10729578B2
A patient temperature control system and method are provided for automated temperature control according to a programmed protocol. In one aspect, at least one programmed protocol may be established for each of a plurality of patient thermal therapy phases. In turn, the temperature of a thermal exchange medium may be controlled, based at least in part, upon the programmed protocol, during each of the phases. In another aspect, a plurality of programmed protocols may be established, wherein a selected one of the protocols (e.g. selected by a user at a user interface) may be utilized for automated temperature control during patient thermal therapy. The protocol(s) may include a target patient temperature and/or a set duration for one or more of the phase of thermal therapy. Further, the protocol(s) may be user-definable and modifiable during therapy. In a multi-phase configuration, automatic termination and initiation of successive phases may be selectively established by a user, based on target patient temperature data and/or set duration data on a phase-specific basis.
US10729577B1
A hip spica cast application device for holding a patient's legs in a desired position while a spica cast is applied. The device includes an adjustable vertical post extending out of a base. Two extendable arms are pivotally attached to the top of the post. Each arm has a “U”-shaped leg holder at one end to receive and support a patient's thigh. A platform extends from a top of the vertical post for engagement with a table, such as a surgical table. During a hip spica casting procedure, the post length, arm length, and arm angles can be adjusted and locked in place to support and maintain the patient's legs at a desired position.
US10729571B1
A hand support device and method for somatosensory input to the palm comprises a support portion and an attachment portion. The support portion forms a rounded surface that supports a hand of a user. The attachment portion attaches to a structure. The device activates purposeful motor movement with accurate motor control for users with Dyspraxia when employed in conjunction with evidence-based developmental pedagogy in high stimulating tasks such as music education per the Rancer Method (Kupferstein & Walsh, 2015). In one example, the hand support device attaches to a piano and clamps to the keyslip allowing the user to rest their hand while playing the piano. In another example, the hand support device is adapted to attach to a surface of a laptop or desk with a base surface that is disposed above the laptop, allowing the user to rest their hand while typing on the keyboard.
US10729570B2
A medical lumen-expansion balloon may include a generally cylindrical central body between first and second body end portions, a low-profile unexpanded first state and a radially-expanded second state, wherein the first body end portion is constrained by fiber material such that it will not expand longitudinally and circumferentially beyond a predetermined size, and the central body is constrained by fiber material so as to be circumferentially substantially noncompliant, but is longitudinally compliant, such that it will elongate with increased volume but will not substantially radially expand.
US10729568B2
A vacuum suspension system includes a pump mechanism operatively connectable to a prosthetic socket. The pump mechanism has a first member and a second member. An inflatable bladder is disposed between the first and second members. A fluid chamber is located between the first and second members and fluidly separate from the inflatable bladder. Inflation of the inflatable bladder mechanically separates the first and second parts to create a vacuum pressure in the fluid chamber.
US10729558B2
Illustrative methods and systems for customizing a pre-manufactured acetabular shell to a specific patient are described herein. An illustrative method can include positioning a provisional shell at an acetabulum of the patient, the provisional shell having a plurality of selectable openings. The method further including marking, based on the assessing of the bone, a patient-matched hole location on a provisional liner that corresponds to one of the plurality of selectable openings in the provisional shell. With the provisional liner marked, the method can further include removing the provisional liner from the provisional shell and positioning the provisional liner in the pre-manufactured acetabular shell that is to be implanted in the patient. Using the provisional liner as a guide, the method can include forming a hole in the acetabular shell corresponding to the marked patient-matched hole location on the provisional liner.
US10729554B2
An expandable implant is made via a central strut having a pivotable arm on each end. The implant can be inserted into a disc space either horizontally or vertically with the arms in a closed position and then (if inserted horizontally) optionally rotated up into place. The arms are then pivoted out, thereby increasing the foot print of a horizontally inserted implant. The expanded implant can be locked in place through the use of an additional insert or ratchet that fits between the arms and locks the arms in place.
US10729552B2
An implant configured for fusing a first bone segment and a second bone segment during an operative procedure and constructed in accordance to one example of the present disclosure includes an implant body, a first bone interfacing portion and a second bone interfacing portion. The implant body can extend longitudinally between an insertion end and an opposite end. The first bone interfacing portion can be provided on the implant body and be configured to be implanted relative to the first bone segment. The second bone interfacing portion can be provided on the implant body and be configured to be implanted relative to the second bone segment. The first and second bone interfacing portions can be inserted dorsally into the first and second bone segments, respectively.
US10729545B2
A dynamic, adjustable annuloplasty ring sizer can include an adjustable ring replica, which can be adjusted through a range of sizes corresponding to available prosthetic annuloplasty repair ring sizes. Actuation of an adjustment trigger on a handle portion of the ring sizer can displace tension wires that extend through a malleable shaft and through a plurality of articulating segments that form the ring replica. Displacement of the tension wires causes flexion of the joints between adjacent articulating segments, thereby reducing the overall size of the ring replica. Releasing the tension wires can allow an elastic extension wire to act on the ring replica, enlarging the ring replica to its maximum, at-rest size. In this manner, the appropriate size of annuloplasty ring prosthesis can be determined with a single device, without requiring a plurality of static ring sizers that require individual insertion and placement for the conventional trial-and-error sizing methods.
US10729541B2
The present technology is a prosthetic heart valve device, and related systems and methods, for treating a native valve of a human heart having a native annulus and native leaflets. One embodiment comprises a valve support, a prosthetic valve assembly within the valve support, and an anchoring member having an upstream portion and a downstream portion. The device further includes an extension member coupled to the fixation frame and extending radially outward therefrom. The extension member includes a plurality of wires, at least a portion of which include an inner core surrounded by an outer material. The wires include a plurality of recesses extending through at least a portion of the thickness of the outer material, and a therapeutic agent in the recesses for delivery to the anatomy when the prosthetic heart valve device is positioned at a native annulus.
US10729537B2
The disclosure describes a breast implant device product that mimics the natural pectoral fat of the breast and is characterized by an incomplete pyramid with isosceles triangular base and wedge-shaped edges and sloping faces that meet at acute angles with variable degree located medially, laterally, and on the top and a footprint characterized by a semicircular lower portion and an oval paraboloid upper portion and a center of gravity located closer to the footprint than to the profile, the said footprint is advantageously converging and moving towards the underlying surface as the chest wall with a method of manufacturing and a method of use of the said implant including a breast pyramid sizing system.
US10729526B2
A catheter assembly comprises a catheter having a distal end and a longitudinal axis, a stent disposed about the distal end of the catheter, and a stent protector. The stent protector has a stent covering portion disposed about the stent and a catheter engagement portion that removably engages the stent protector to the catheter assembly. The stent covering portion is disposed about the stent without substantially engaging the stent.
US10729525B2
Devices, system and methods for deforming body channels are disclosed herein. At least some embodiments described may be used to deform a body channel so as to decrease or prevent the normal intrachannel flow of material within the body channel. Such deformation may be used to treat such maladies as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
US10729521B2
A dental tray impression system, including at least one of a top denture and a bottom denture, and methods of use thereof. A top denture may include (a) a top dental impression tray including an upper trough on a palatal side and configured such that the upper trough fits adjacent to a top alveolar ridge of a patient's mouth and (b) a top tooth portion configured to removably attach to a cavity side of an anterior end of the top dental impression tray. A bottom denture may include (a) a bottom dental impression tray comprising a lower trough on a mandibular side and configured such that the lower trough fits adjacent to a bottom alveolar ridge of the patient's mouth and (b) a bottom tooth portion configured to removably attach to the cavity side of the anterior end of the bottom dental impression tray.
US10729520B2
A dental protocol for creating an osteotomy for an implant is disclosed. A first drill is selected having a tip to create a pilot hole in the bone surface of a patient. The first drill includes a first boring section to create a bore hole for a second drill and a second boring section to create a coronal area on the hole near the bone surface. A first drill hole is created on the bone surface having a depth compatible with the length of the implant with the first drill and a coronal area. A second drill for creating a second hole having a width compatible with the body of the implant is selected. A second drill hole is created on the bone surface with the second drill.
US10729518B2
A method provides a modular dental implant. The modular dental implant has (a) an implant apex comprising an internal fastening surface; (b) a first hollow implant body segment; (c) an abutment having a screw access hole; and (d) a fastening screw. The method also entails fastening the external fastening surface of the first hollow implant body segment to the internal fastening surface of the implant apex; and screwing the fastening screw (i) through the abutment and the first hollow implant body segment, and (ii) into the implant apex, when the abutment, the first hollow implant body segment, and the implant apex are fastened together.
US10729516B2
A removable orthodontic correction device includes a first correction unit, a second correction unit, and several elastic members. The first correction unit is configured to be removably worn on the anterior teeth of the maxillary or mandibular dental arch of a patient and has several first connection parts formed thereon. The second correction unit is configured to be removably worn on the posterior teeth of the same maxillary or mandibular dental arch of the patient and has several second connection parts formed thereon. The elastic members couple the first connection parts to the second connection parts. Thus, the elastic force of the elastic members drives the first correction unit to retract toward the second correction unit, to achieve en masse retraction and intrusion of the anterior teeth during space closure in the treatment of dental protrusion.
US10729511B2
The illumination system described below comprises an arthroscope, endoscope or other suitable surgical tool and an attachable cannula comprising a transparent or semi-transparent material capable of carrying light from the proximal end of the cannula to the distal end of the cannula, thereby illuminating the surgical field. The surgical field is thus illuminated through components that do not occupy space that may otherwise be used for the optics of the arthroscope. The arthroscopic illumination system further comprises one or more illumination sources disposed at the proximal end of the cannula. The illumination source may be optically coupled with the cannula at the hub or other appropriate location. The cannula comprises a sterilizable polymer which functions as a waveguide. A waveguide is a material medium that confines and guides light. When in use, the light source connected to the hub provides light which may be guided to the distal end of the cannula or any other suitable location. Thus, the sheath provides structure-guided illumination resulting in the illumination of the surgical site.
US10729501B2
Various systems and methods of selecting a display language for a surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument includes a handle assembly and a module, such as a shaft assembly, that is interchangeably connectable to the handle assembly. The handle assembly includes a first memory configured to store a language parameter and a control circuit that is operably coupled to the memory. The module includes a second memory configured to store a textual phrase in a plurality of languages. When the module and the handle assembly are connected together, the control circuit is configured to retrieve, from the second memory, the textual phrase in a language corresponding to the language parameter.
US10729496B2
Dermatological systems and methods for providing a picosecond laser treatment a plurality of treatment wavelengths, at least one of which is provide by an optical parametric oscillator (OPO).
US10729483B2
A polyaxial bone anchoring device includes a receiving part configured to be pivotably connected to a head of an anchoring element, the receiving part having a channel for receiving a rod and an accommodation space having an opening for accommodating the head, and a sleeve-like insert piece having a sleeve axis and a spherical segment-shaped outer surface portion. The insert piece is configured to be positioned around a portion of the head in the receiving part and to pivot in the receiving part, and includes a first part and a separable second part configured to be connected with the first part by a connection structure configured to permit translational movement between the first part and the second part in a direction transverse to the sleeve axis, while preventing movement between the first part and the second part in a direction parallel to the sleeve axis.
US10729479B2
A femur plate is provided, the femur plate comprising a first end portion anatomically pre-formed to conform to a trochanter region of the femur and a second end portion anatomically pre-formed to conform to a condyle region of the femur, wherein the second end portion comprises at least one first opening configured to receive a bone fastener. The femur plate further comprises an elongate shaft extending from the first end portion to the second end portion, the elongate shaft comprising at least one second opening configured to receive a bone fastener. Furthermore, a periprosthetic implant system comprising the femur plate and a method of implanting the femur plate are provided.
US10729472B2
A medical device includes a spinal rod receiving channel disposed within the medical device and a rod retaining set screw, wherein the spinal rod receiving channel includes an upper arc having a first end and second end, a first middle arc connected to the first end of the upper arc, a second middle arc connected to the second end of the upper arc and disposed opposite the first middle arc, connecting slants connected to first and second middle arcs, and a lower arc connected to the connecting slants, and the rod retaining set screw configured to secure a spinal rod disposed in the spinal rod receiving channel into the medical device.
US10729463B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed toward apparatuses, methods, and systems comprising an introducer apparatus for facilitating subcutaneous implantation of a medical device. The introducer apparatus may include a housing and an inserter configured to disengage from the second portion.
US10729458B2
An ultrasonic surgical instrument is provided. The ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a housing having an elongated shaft extending therefrom. The shaft has a jaw member disposed at a distal end thereof. The jaw member is movable between an open configuration and a clamping configuration and includes a tissue contacting surface thereon. A cutting blade extends from a distal end of the shaft and operably couples to the housing and adjacent the jaw member to treat tissue. At least one sensor is configured to sense at least one operational parameter of the ultrasonic surgical instrument. At least one controller in operable communication with the at least one sensor is configured to terminate delivery of ultrasonic energy to the cutting blade when the at least one sensor senses the at least one operational parameter.
US10729457B2
A transseptal needle or punch is described wherein the distal end of the transseptal needle is able to articulate laterally out of the longitudinal axis of the steerable transseptal needle. The transseptal needle includes a blunted distal end configuration that is minimally traumatic. Under control by the user or a computer, the transseptal needle can be articulated to generate various curves with high bending force. The transseptal needle is configured for use with an introducer which can also include side windows.
US10729443B2
A surgical assembly for operably connecting an end effector to an electrosurgical instrument includes an adapter assembly and an extension assembly. The adapter assembly includes a drive coupling assembly, a drive transfer assembly operably received through the drive coupling assembly and including a first rotatable shaft, and a first pusher assembly operably connected to the first rotatable shaft for converting rotational motion from the first rotatable shaft to longitudinal movement to perform a first function. The first pusher assembly includes a first pusher member having an outer housing formed of a first material, and a threaded insert formed of a second material and disposed within the outer housing. The extension assembly is operably connected to a distal end of the adapter assembly, and includes a flexible band assembly operably connectable to the first pusher member of the first pusher assembly.
US10729440B2
An end effector includes a first jaw, a second jaw, and a cartridge. The first cartridge includes a sled and the second jaw includes an anvil. The first and second jaws are moveable relative to one another. The cartridge is disposed on the first jaw and has a plurality of staples. The sled is configured to engage each staple to the plurality of staples to eject the plurality of staples from the cartridge as the sled is longitudinally translated through the cartridge. A loading unit is also disclosed including an elongated body and an end effector that is articulable relative to the end effector. The end effector and the elongated body of the loading unit are configured to pass or fit through a 5 mm opening.
US10729436B2
A surgical stapling device that comprises an end effector that is configured to receive various control motions from a robotic system.
US10729434B2
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector that is operable to compress, staple, and cut tissue. The end effector includes and anvil and a cartridge. The anvil has a body and a modular releasable curved tip that connects with the body. The curved tip is elastically deformable in response to force exerted on the curved tip when tissue is clamped between the anvil and cartridge. The curved and deformable features of anvil provide for an end effector with improved visualization and maneuverability, in particular during procedures involving marching. The modular nature of the curved anvil tip provides for an end effector that allows anvil tip replacement due to wear or interchangeability based on a user preference or procedure.
US10729425B2
A suture device including: an elongated shaft member; a pair of gripping members; and a passing mechanism that transfers a suture needle between the gripping members, wherein the passing mechanism is provided with fitting holes provided in the individual gripping members and to which the suture needle is fitted, holding members that are inserted into recessed portions in outer circumferential surface of the suture needle by being pulled toward the proximal end sides thereof in directions that intersect axes of the individual fitting holes, a swing member that is provided so as to be swingable about an axis that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis, a pair of tensile-force transmitting members that transmit tensile forces that cause the swing member to be swung, axial-force transmitting members that transmit axial forces associated with swinging of the swing member, and hold-state maintaining mechanism that maintains the holding members in the recessed portions.
US10729424B2
A loading fixture for use with an endoscopic stitching device includes a needle and a loading portion configured to receive jaws of the endoscopic stitching device. The loading portion includes a shuttle configured to detachably support the needle thereon. The shuttle is transversely slidable such that the needle supported on the shuttle engages at least one of the jaws of the endoscopic stitching device. The loading portion further includes guides to position the jaws of the endoscopic stitching device therebetween and a biasing member configured to bias the shuttle toward one of the guides.
US10729423B2
Methods of attaching a soft tissue to an adjacent bone at a defect site are provided. An adjustable loop region of a flexible construct contained in a bore defined by a fastener is passed through a tissue. The adjustable loop is passed through the tissue. The fastener is passed back through the adjustable loop to fold the adjustable loop upon itself. The fastener is attached to the bone. An adjusting arm on the flexible construct is engaged to reduce the size of the adjustable loop and secure the soft tissue to the bone.
US10729420B2
Systems and apparatuses for soft tissue repair including a device for anchoring sutured tissue to a bone are disclosed. According to one example, the device can include an outer body and an inner member. The outer body can comprise a shell with an outer surface configured to engage the bone of a patient and an inner passage extending longitudinally from a proximal end portion toward a distal end portion. The inner member can be configured to be disposed within the outer body and can be moveable along the inner passage relative to the outer body between a first position and a second position. The inner member can be configured with an eyelet to receive and pass a suture through the member and at least one of the outer body and the inner member can have a first groove extending generally longitudinally along at least a portion thereof. The first groove can be configured to receive the suture therein.
US10729419B2
Methods and devices are provided for anchoring a ligament or tendon to bone. In one embodiment, a surgical implant is provided having a sheath and an expander that is received within the sheath. Various delivery tools, including a sheath inserter and a driver, are also provided. In use, the sheath inserter can be used to position a tendon within a prepared bone hole, and it can be used to deliver the sheath with a guidewire coupled thereto into the bone hole. The driver can be provided for delivering the expander into the sheath. A loader can optionally be used to load the driver and expander onto the guidewire coupled to the implanted sheath.
US10729414B2
A method for removing a tissue specimen from a patient includes introducing a bag at least partially into a cavity in the body of the patient, the bag comprising an open end and a port, positioning a tissue specimen to be removed from the patient into an interior of the bag by passing the tissue specimen through the open end of the bag, sealing the open end of the bag, removing gas from the interior of the bag through the port while the tissue specimen is contained in the interior of the bag, and entirely withdrawing the bag containing the tissue specimen from the cavity. The bag may include a closure device configured to hermetically seal the open end of the bag, and the port may include a one-way gas valve configured to prevent or retard gas from entering the interior of the bag through the port.
US10729396B2
Systems and methods for reviewing medical images. One system includes an electronic processor configured to create a data structure for tracking anatomical findings. The electronic processor is further configured to receive a first annotation marking a first anatomical finding within a first electronic medical image, wherein the first electronic medical image was captured during a first imaging procedure of an anatomical structure, and add data to the data structure representing a first parameter of the first anatomical finding. The electronic processor is also configured to receive a second annotation marking a second anatomical finding within a second electronic medical image, wherein the second electronic medical image was captured during a second imaging procedure of the anatomical structure, and add data to the data structure representing a second parameter of the second anatomical finding. The electronic processor is also configured to display at least a portion of the data structure.
US10729392B2
An X-ray detector according to one embodiment includes X-ray detector modules, and a frame. Each X-ray detector module has a detection surface on which detection elements configured to detect X-rays are arrayed, and a supporter configured to support the detection elements. The frame fixes positions of the X-ray detector modules in such a manner that the detection surfaces of the X-ray detector modules are aligned along a first direction. The frame is provided with a pin protruding toward the supporter, at a position to which the supporter is fixed. The supporter is provided with a hole through which and into which the pin is inserted and fitted, at a position facing the frame. A movement of the supporter in the first direction is restricted by fitting the pin provided to the frame into the hole provided to the supporter, when the supporter is attached to the frame.
US10729383B2
A disease prediction model construction apparatus is provided. The disease prediction model construction apparatus may include a spectral data acquisition unit that emits near-infrared rays toward a skin of a subject to acquire near-infrared spectral data and a prediction model construction unit that constructs a disease prediction model based on a time-blood glucose graph generated from the acquired near-infrared spectral data.
US10729379B2
A biosensor of the invention is a capacitive noncontact sensor with two sensor channels split into a plurality of physically interdigitated symmetrical electrodes and shield sections. Two capacitive plates are electrically connected to the two sensor channels. The capacitive noncontact sensor is sized and packaged to be worn by a person to place the capacitive plates close to the skin of the person and form first and second channel input capacitors with the skin. A signal reconstruction circuit obtains a bio signal from the first and second channel input capacitors through the electrodes by reconstructing differences in the two sensor channels. The circuit includes different parasitic input capacitance in the two channels to create channel-specific outputs that depend on input coupling capacitance.
US10729375B2
The invention provides a sensor for measuring both impedance and ECG waveforms that is configured to be worn around a patient's neck. The sensor features 1) an ECG system that includes an analog ECG circuit, in electrical contact with at least two ECG electrodes, that generates an analog ECG waveform; and 2) an impedance system that includes an analog impedance circuit, in electrical contact with at least two (and typically four) impedance electrodes, that generates an analog impedance waveform. Also included in the neck-worn system are a digital processing system featuring a microprocessor, and an analog-to-digital converter. During a measurement, the digital processing system receives and processes the analog ECG and impedance waveforms to measure physiological information from the patient. Finally, a cable that drapes around the patient's neck connects the ECG system, impedance system, and digital processing system.
US10729356B2
A method is disclosed for foot sensors to be used to determine at least two characteristics of a subject's activity by using a combination of sensors for force and foot orientation/motion/position. A wearable footwear ecosystem is comprised of the subject's footwear, sensor-enabled insoles or insertable devices, in- or on-footwear electronics that is hard wired to the sensors and may contain additional sensors such as accelerometers, a master device and means to communicate (typically wirelessly) among the various sensor platforms, and the master device including clock synchronization. Correlating the time stamps for data among various sensors, and the master device communicating wirelessly is critical to accurate determination of the desired characteristics. Multiple force-sensitive resistors on a common substrate are individually optimized for dynamic range. Pulse sensors using arrays of such force-sensitive resistors are implemented. The resultant system can profitably be used for gaming, biometric monitoring, and activity tracking.
US10729352B2
An implantable device includes one or more electrodes to sense an electrical signal from a brain and a waveform analyzer to identify a half wave in the electrical signal; determine an amplitude and a duration of the half wave; determine if the amplitude satisfies a half wave amplitude criterion defined by a set of amplitude parameters comprising a minimum half wave amplitude and a maximum half wave amplitude; determine if the duration satisfies a half wave duration criterion defined by a set of duration parameters comprising a minimum half wave duration and a maximum half wave duration; and identify the half wave as a qualified half wave when the half wave amplitude criterion and the half wave duration criterion is satisfied. A neurological event may be detected based on one or more qualified half waves and electrical stimulation therapy may be delivered to the brain in response to the detection.
US10729350B2
A patient monitoring system for monitoring cardiac arrhythmias includes an ECG monitor configured to monitor cardiac potentials during cardiac cycles and an arterial blood flow monitor configured to monitor arterial blood flow and generate pulse waveform. The system further includes an arrhythmia detection module that detects the presence of an arrhythmia based on the cardiac potentials and generates an arrhythmia indicator, and an arrhythmia analysis module that assesses the severity of the detected arrhythmia. The arrhythmia analysis module calculates average sinus pulse information based on the pulse waveform data for two or more cardiac cycles occurring when no arrhythmia is detected, and then calculates average arrhythmia pulse information based on pulse waveform data for two or more cardiac cycles occurring after detection of the arrhythmia. The average arrhythmia pulse information is then compared to the average sinus pulse information and an arrhythmia severity indicator is generated based on the comparison.
US10729346B2
A computer implemented method and system for confirming a device documented arrhythmia in cardiac activity are provided. The method is under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions. The method obtains a cardiac activity (CA) data set that includes CA signals for a series of cardiac events and includes device documented (DD) markers within the series of cardiac events. The device documented markers are indicative of atrial fibrillation (AF) detected by the ICM utilizing an on-board R-R interval irregularity (ORI) process to analyze the CA signals. The method applies a feature enhancement function to the CA signals to form modified CA signals with enhanced sinus features and analyzes the enhanced sinus features in the modified CA signals. The method utilized a confirmatory feature detection process to identify false AF detection by the ORI process. The method records a result of the analysis identifying false AF detection by the ORI process.
US10729341B1
A wearable system can include at least one cuff; nerve activity acquisition electrodes; nerve stimulation electrodes; circuitry operatively coupled to the nerve activity acquisition electrodes and to the nerve stimulation electrodes; and memory operatively coupled to the circuitry that stores nerve information.
US10729340B2
A medical system includes a medical instrument (102) configured for interventional deployment and a shape sensing system (104) mounted on or in the medical instrument and configured to measure a shape of the medical instrument during the interventional deployment. An imaging device (106) is mounted on or in the medical instrument and configured to image a lumen in which the imaging device is deployed. A registration module (140) is configured to register the shape of the medical instrument to an image of the lumen at a particular time to reconstruct a three-dimensional geometry of the lumen, accounting for motion.
US10729331B2
In a photoacoustic image generation apparatus for generating a photoacoustic image of a subject including an interventional instrument for each scanning plane, there are provided: means for generating a reflected acoustic wave image of the subject for each scanning plane; means for detecting a change in a photoacoustic image on an observation scanning plane, which is generated as an image, from a plurality of photoacoustic images regarding the observation scanning plane; means for detecting a change in a reflected acoustic wave image on the observation scanning plane from a plurality of reflected acoustic wave images regarding the observation scanning plane; determination means for determining whether or not a distal end of the interventional instrument is present on the observation scanning plane based on the change in the photoacoustic image and the change in the reflected acoustic wave image; and notification means for sending notification of a result of the determination.
US10729326B2
A system for imaging a body lumen includes a controller and a display. The controller is configured to connect to a proximal end of a catheter having an optical fiber extending along the length of an elongate catheter body. The controller is further configured to rotate a distal end of the optical fiber from a location near a proximal end of the elongate catheter body, acquire optical coherence tomography (OCT) images using the optical fiber as the distal end of the optical fiber rotates, and determine a rotational lag of the distal end of the optical fiber. The display is configured to display one or more OCT images corrected for the rotational lag.
US10729314B2
A holding mechanism includes a first guide portion which contacts and guides part of a guide member in a state where the guide member exposed from an insertion opening portion of the insertion device is bent, and a second guide portion which permits passage of the part of the guide member which has been guided by the first guide portion. The holding mechanism also includes a regulating/fixing portion which is arranged parallel to a flat face where an insertion opening portion is provided, which is continuous with the second guide portion, and which positions and fixes the part such that the guide member including the part having passed the second guide portion maintains a bent state with respect to the insertion opening portion.
US10729312B2
An endoscope light source device includes a light source to emit light, and a speckle reduction member to scatter the light. The reduction member has a surface including thickness variation to provide the light with an optical path difference. The device also includes a drive to move the reduction member, and a lens to condense the light passed through the reduction member onto a light guide of an endoscope. The surface of the reduction member has inclination of an average inclination angle. The average inclination angle is determined so that a light quantity loss rate of the entering light into the light guide by scattering of the reduction member and refraction of the lens has a positive value equal to or smaller than an effective allowable loss rate.
US10729308B2
An image processing device for an endoscope outputs a video signal to an image display part that displays an observation image based on the video signal. The image display part is configured such that a first side of a display screen that displays the observation image is shorter than a second side intersecting with the first side, and is configured to be set in both a first setting state in which the first side is along a vertical direction and a second setting state in which the second side is along the vertical direction. The image processing device includes: a setting state recognition part configured to recognize the setting state; and a video signal generation part configured to generate the video signal such that the subject image in the observation image has an orientation corresponding to the setting state of the image display part.
US10729304B2
A squeegee includes a foam blade assembly and a rubber blade secured in and/or to a main body. The foam blade assembly includes a plurality of posts which project through sets of coaxial openings in the main body and rubber blade and a plurality of fastening structures (e.g., nuts) engage the posts to secure the foam blade assembly and rubber blade to the main body.
US10729300B2
The present invention relates to a floor surfacing machine (1) comprising a frame (2) that is carried by a first wheel (3) and a second wheel (4). The floor surfacing machine (1) further comprises a first motor (6), a handle arrangement (7), at least one planetary head (15) that is rotatably mounted to the frame (2) and at least one satellite surfacing head (19, 20, 21) that is rotatably mounted to the planetary head (15), where the first motor (6) is arranged to propel the planetary head (15). The floor surfacing machine (1) comprises a first control unit (10), and a remote control panel (11) which in turn comprises a second control unit (12) that is arranged to communicate with the first control unit (10). The floor surfacing machine (1) also comprises a second motor (22) that is arranged to propel the satellite surfacing heads (19, 20, 21) such that the planetary head (15) and the satellite surfacing heads (19, 20, 21) are independently operable.
US10729294B2
A surface cleaning apparatus has a cyclone chamber provided in an air flow path. The cyclone chamber has a screen assembly with an outlet section, a longitudinally spaced apart distal section and a longitudinally extending porous section. The outlet section includes a non-porous member extending longitudinally inwardly an outlet section length from an outlet end of the outlet section to a longitudinally inwardly positioned inlet end of the outlet section. The outlet end of the outlet section overlies a cyclone air outlet. The porous section extends longitudinally inwardly from an outlet end of the porous section that is located at the inlet end of the outlet section. The distal section has a distal section length in the longitudinal direction that is greater than the cyclone outlet port length.
US10729285B2
A heating/stirring cooker includes a stirring body. The stirring body is detachably attached to the interior of a container, and stirs the food. The stirring body includes a blade, a permanent magnet, a magnetic metal plate, a storage, and a clutch. The blade stirs the food. When the stirring body is attached to the container, the permanent magnet is located opposite the inner bottom surface of the container and receives a rotating magnetic field. The magnetic metal plate is provided on the permanent magnet and inhibits magnetic flux leakage. The storage has a perimeter on which the blade is formed, and movably stores the permanent magnet. The clutch transmits the rotational force of the rotating magnetic field to the storage, only when a claw is in engagement with a notch. The stirring body generates high rotational force when attached and suppresses the impact of the magnetic field when detached.
US10729281B2
Provided is a process, including: engaging, with a first subset of end effectors of a robot, a first open-top vessel; engaging, while the first subset of end effectors are engaged with the first open-top vessel, with a second subset of end effectors of the robot, a second open-top vessel; concurrently transporting the first open-top vessel and the second open-top vessel with two or more actuators; disengaging the first open-top vessel at a first workstation of the robot, the first workstation being configured to dispense a first alimentary product into the first open-top vessel; and disengaging the second open-top vessel at a second workstation of the robot, the second workstation being configured to dispense a second alimentary product into the second open-top vessel.
US10729277B2
An apparatus and method for brewing coffee of higher quality and better taste than any apparatus and method currently available, while also enabling users to utilize less coffee grounds per brewing cycle, thereby achieving significant cost savings for users. A basket that houses a packet of coffee grounds is housed within a chamber that stores water. The basket is fabricated so that water may enter therein and exit therefrom, and the packet of coffee grounds enables water and natural coffee oils to penetrate the packet, but does not allow coffee grounds to escape the packet. The water chamber is filled with water that is gradually heated from at or around tap temperature to approximately boiling. While the water in the chamber is heated, the basket is agitated. This causes the gradually heating water to enter the basket and agitate the packet, thereby extracting natural coffee oil from the grounds stored within the packet, which creates brewed coffee. The entire brewing process may be controlled by electronic controlling means.
US10729270B2
A jug and lid for a juicer includes a cylindrical upper portion having an upper rim, with the upper rim having a first opening for receiving a discharge spout, the first opening having a pouring spout, and the lid having a cylindrical body that fits within the upper portion. The body includes a pouring channel and a second opening alienable with the first opening. The body further has an exterior surface that carries a stepped circumferential seal that seals an interior of the jug when the first and second openings are not aligned, and the openings are alignable in a filling orientation upon rotation of the lid.
US10729256B1
A three pivot point foldable frame has first and second lower front hubs, first and second upper front hubs, a lower rear hub, and an upper rear hub. Six support members interconnect the hubs. First and second support members pivotally engage each other at a first pivot. Third and fifth support members pivotally engage each other at a second pivot. Fourth and sixth support members pivotally engage each other at a third pivot. A child seat or lounger is engaged to the upper hubs. The frame folds out to an operating position and in to a compact position.
US10729254B2
A furniture accessory storage system includes an outer basket receptacle, an inner basket liner, and a support extension piece that is configured to selectably couple with the outer basket receptacle and provide adjustable support by holding the system in place adjacent to the interstitial space of a furniture item. The furniture accessory storage system is useful for storing and organizing commonly used household accessories near a bedside, living room couch, or other furniture item.
US10729249B2
The present invention offers a type of chair cushion and its supporting structure, and belongs to the technical field of chair manufacture. It solves the problem of unreasonable design in prior art. The chair cushion and its supporting structure comprise a pair of side boards and a bottom board. The undersides of the pair of side boards are provided at both sides of the bottom board to form a mounting cavity in which are provided several elastic supporting components. Each elastic supporting component includes several vertical springs of identical size and shape and a first flexible cladding. All springs in each elastic supporting components are arranged in at least one row and cladded in the first flexible cladding. The advantages of the chair cushion and its supporting structure lie in that the elastic supporting components formed by the first flexible cladding that clads at least one row of springs promote the strength for supporting person's hip weight on the seat. Due to the promoted buffer capacity, the protection role is enhanced to the person sitting in the seat.
US10729246B2
A person support apparatus includes a support surface for supporting a person thereon. The support surface includes at least a seat and a backrest coupled together by a pivot assembly. In some embodiments, the pivot assembly includes a backrest slide bar mounted to the backrest and a seat slide bar mounted to the seat. The backrest and seat slide along their respective slide bars when the backrest pivots. A seat link is coupled to the seat and backrest slide bar, and a backrest link is coupled to the backrest and seat slide bar. The slide bars are coupled at their ends to each other. The pivot assembly creates a virtual pivot axis that, as the backrest pivots from an upright position to a reclined position, moves backward and upwardly. Elongate openings may be defined in the slide bars to support the slide bars on the seat and backrest, respectively.
US10729238B2
An electric shelf includes at least one column to be installed on a wall, a slidable component arranged on the column to slide along the column vertically, at least one layer of shelf board component connected to the slidable component to move simultaneously with the slidable component, and a linear driving device connected to the slidable component and the column to actuate the slidable component to move relative to the column. Advantages of the present disclosure compared to prior arts include a simpler structure and less space occupied by the shelf board component.
US10729227B2
An apparatus comprises a signal cable and a coupler. The signal cable comprises: a first signal connector at a first end of the signal cable, and a second signal connector at a second end of the signal cable. The coupler is configured to be supported by the signal cable. The coupler comprises: a first fastener configured to constrain the first signal connector, a second fastener configured to constrain the second signal connector, and a third fastener configured to hold an article.
US10729219B2
A template for forming a contour on an eyebrow, having a hair-removing means, having a flat, flexible support, which has a support edge that follows the lower contour curve to be formed for the eyebrow and a hair-removing region adjoining this support edge, which is coated with a hair-removing means, and having an optical positioning aid provided on at least one lateral half of the template for positioning the template relative to the eyebrow. For a simple use of the template with reproducible results, it has a positioning aid on each of the two halves.
US10729218B2
A handheld device comprising a motor for generating an airflow through the device, the motor including: a frame for supporting a rotor assembly and a stator assembly, the frame including an inner wall and an outer wall and a plurality of diffuser vanes extending between the inner wall and outer wall; a rotor assembly including a shaft, a magnet, a bearing assembly and an impeller; and a stator assembly including a bobbin, a stator core and a winding wound around the bobbin; the frame being formed of zinc and the impeller being formed of aluminium.
US10729214B2
A hard case for housing and transporting objects includes a first shell and a second shell, hinges for connecting the shells and enabling the latter to be arranged in a closed configuration or in an open configuration, and a closing device to lock the shells in the closed configuration. The shells include respective main panels formed by thermoforming an interwoven polypropylene sheet including a plurality of superimposed layers, each layer having oriented polypropylene fibers therein, the layers being arranged to interweave the superimposed fibers, and respective side elements including respective interface edges intended to be coupled to each other in the closed configuration. The side elements are made of polypropylene by injection molding and are fixed to the main panels to carry out respective joining portions in which the injected polypropylene of the side elements and the interwoven polypropylene of the main panels are melted and joined to each other in order to form the shells in a single part and entirely made of polypropylene.
US10729212B2
A light emitting earring. The light emitting earring includes a light emitting unit comprising a base having a first side and second side, one or more LEDs disposed on the first side, and a pin disposed on the second side. The pin includes one or more electrical connections configured to extend through a first side of an ear and electrically connect to one or more electrical components that contacts a second side of the ear. A retainer is included, the retainer having a clip configured to secure the pin thereto. A hypoallergenic insulating material is disposed on the one or more electrical contacts. In one embodiment, a pattern generator operably connected to the light emitting unit includes an aperture configured to receive the pin therethrough. The pattern generator is configured to cause the one or more LEDs to flash in a desired pattern.
US10729206B2
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes disposing a first polymer sheet and a second polymer sheet in a mold assembly, and disposing a preformed unitary outsole in the mold assembly adjacent the second polymer sheet. The method includes closing the mold assembly to compress the first and second polymer sheets and the outsole, and thermally bonding the first and second polymer sheets to one another in the mold assembly to form a cushioning component with a chamber, a top wall, a bottom wall, a medial side wall, and a lateral side wall. A bottom portion of the outsole is thermally bonded to the bottom wall, a medial side portion of the outsole is thermally bonded to the medial side wall, and a lateral side portion of the outsole is thermally bonded to the lateral side wall.
US10729205B2
Provided is a device for insertion into a heeled shoe, having a rear region positioned to underlying a wearer's calcaneal tuberosity, the rear region being shaped to accommodate a planer surface of the wearer's calcaneal tuberosity, an upper surface of said rear region having a raised portion underlying an area of the wearer's calcaneus immediately forward of the wearer's calcaneus tuberosity; and a forward region positioned to underlie at least a portion of the shafts of the wearer's metatarsals, the second upper surface of said forward region having a raised portion which gradually rises to an apex position to underlie the shafts of the wearer's second and third metatarsals.
US10729203B2
A helmet with a mechanism for cooling comprises an inlet for allowing external air to flow into air pathways in the helmet, and a pad to hold moisture (liquid) to cool the air after the air has entered the helmet via the inlet. The helmet also contains a reservoir to hold the liquid, and a channel from the reservoir to the pad to transfer the liquid for providing moisture to the pad. Flowing air, cooled by the moistened pad, provides cooling to the wearer of the helmet.
US10729198B2
A seam ripper includes a metal blade member, a handle and a slider. The blade member is supported by the handle and made of a shaft and a blade part at an end of the shaft. The slider causes the blade member to move between a retracted position and an advanced position. The shaft is housed in the handle at the retracted position. The blade part and at least a portion of the shaft are outside the handle at the advanced position. The blade part includes a cutting blade flanked by a needle portion and a ball-shaped portion. When the blade member is at the retracted position, the entirety of the needle portion is housed in the handle, and a portion of the cutting blade is exposed to the outside of the handle.
US10729196B2
The present disclosure describes a garment, such as a shirt, having first and second sleeves, each of which comprises a sleeve retention mechanism that includes (a) a button affixed to an exterior surface of the sleeve and (b) a tab loop affixed to an interior surface of the sleeve. The shirt is configured so that, when the sleeve is rolled up, i.e. when the distal end of the sleeve is folded outward and toward the proximal end of the sleeve, a predetermined number of times, the tab loop is positioned substantially adjacent to the exterior button so that the tab loop may be secured to the button to retain the sleeve in the rolled-up position.
US10729189B2
A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The sleeves and legs are shorted and held in a donning configuration by releaseably affixing at least a portion of upper and lower segments of the interior surface of each limb. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
US10729185B2
An aerosol delivery device is provided that includes a user interface including a pushbutton and a display. A control component contained coupled to the user interface controls operation of at least one functional element of the aerosol delivery device. The control component controls the display to present a menu including a plurality of menu items selectable using only the pushbutton. Each menu item of the plurality of menu items is associated with a respective functional element of the aerosol delivery device, and the control component is configured to navigate the plurality of menu items, and select a currently-presented menu item of the plurality of menu items for control of the respective functional element, in response to respective first and second types of presses of the pushbutton, the first and second types of presses being of different durations.
US10729180B2
An electronic vaporizer including one or more air vents. The electronic vaporizer includes a triangular tubular body for housing a battery, a triangular-shaped atomizer coupled to a first end of the tubular body, the atomizer including a drip tip, a base plate, and an aperture positioned at each side of the atomizer, where each vent aperture permits air to flow into the atomizer, and a triangular-shaped base coupled to an opposing end of the tubular body. The atomizer further includes an air flow control ring for controlling the amount of air drawn into and vapor escaping the atomizer.
US10729179B2
Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.
US10729171B2
A smoking article filter (20) comprises a recess (25) to receive a filter insert unit (30). The filter insert unit (30) is secured to the filter (20) once inserted. The filter (20) and the filter insert unit (30) may comprise additives such as flavourants, colourants or sorbents.
US10729159B2
Disclosed is a method of feeding an animal as a part of its feed ration a composition having vitamin E and a polyphenol source. The animals can include an avian or porcine animal.
US10729156B2
Exosome purification methods involve use of a whey composition as an exosome source. Exosomes are isolated by subjecting the whey composition to a first ultrafiltration, which yields a first permeate and a first retentate. The first retentate may then be subjected to a second ultrafiltration, yielding a second permeate and a second retentate. During the second ultrafiltration, the first retentate may be treated with carbon dioxide. The second retentate may then be subjected to a third ultrafiltration, yielding a third permeate and a third retentate. The third permeate may then be optionally dried to yield an exosome powder.
US10729155B2
Ice particles are known to sinter over time. However the inventors have observed that ice particles coated with hydrophobic particles are storage stable. Thus a method of manufacturing a frozen confection comprising as ingredients: (a) 40 to 85, preferably 55 to 75 w/w water in liquid and frozen forms; (b) 0 to 30, preferably 0.2 to 20, more preferably 0.3 to 16% w/w first fat; (c) 5 to 45, preferably 10 to 40, more preferably 12 to 35% w/w freezing point depressant; (d) 0 to 7, preferably 0.3 to 6, more preferably 0.5 to 5% w/w aerating agent; and (e) 0.5 to 10, preferably 1 to 8, more preferably 2 to 5% w/w stabilising particles, wherein the frozen confection has an overrun of at least 10, preferably at least 15, most preferably at least 30% v/v when comprising aerating agent, wherein the surface of the stabilising particles is hydrophobic, the method comprising the steps of: (a) Providing ice and/or frozen fruit and/or frozen vegetable particles at least partially coated with the stabilising particles; (b) Providing one or more non-frozen concentrate components comprising any remaining ingredients, wherein one or more of the concentrate components is optionally aerated, wherein the temperature of the one or more concentrate components is independently no higher than 10, preferably 5 degrees centigrade; (c) Mixing the ice and/or frozen fruit and/or frozen vegetable particles provided in step (a) with the one or more of the non-frozen concentrate components provided in step (b); (d) Optionally hardening the mixture of step (c) by cooling it to a temperature of −15 to −25 degrees centigrade; thereby to form the frozen confection, wherein the ice and/or frozen fruit and/or frozen vegetable particles are selected from the group consisting of: (a) A size distribution of number average length 1-500, preferably 5-200, most preferably 0-100 microns; (b) A size distribution of number average length 100-3000, preferably 250-3000, most preferably 500-3000 microns; (c) A size distribution with a number average length of a first population 500-5000, preferably 750-5000, most preferably 1000-5000 microns, and (d) A size distribution of the combination of the distributions of (a) and (c).
US10729154B2
A process for mass production of round portions of frozen confection. The portions are characterized by an artisanal hand-scooped appearance and distinctiveness, and surface melting characteristics comparable to the manually scooped product. These units are manufactured by hardening in molds that introduce particular features of shape and texture. Furthermore the mold composition allows preservation of subtle differences that result from variations in each portion's internal pressure when the confection expands during freezing.
US10729150B2
The present invention pertains to a new type of high protein, fruit flavoured beverage comprising fruit flavouring agents and high protein denatured whey protein compositions, and to a method of producing the beverage. The invention particularly pertains to fruit flavoured beverages having a protein content of at least 4% (w/w). The invention furthermore relates to high protein fruit and/or vegetable preparations which e.g. are advantageous for the production of high protein, fruit- and/or vegetable-flavoured yoghurt. The invention also relates to food products containing the high protein fruit and/or vegetable preparations and to method for producing these.
US10729144B2
A multi-compartment oven providing steam assisted cooking employs active venting to provide improved humidity control and reduced humidity leakage between closely adjacent compartments.
US10729140B2
The invention relates to a microorganism from the species Lysobacter enzymogenes, having nematicidal activity and the ability to promote plant growth. The invention also provides methods for obtaining a biomass of said microorganism, as well as methods for biologically controlling nematodes, for treating and preventing plant infection caused by nematodes, and for promoting plant growth based on the use of said microorganism or of phytosanitary products obtained therefrom.
US10729138B2
The present invention discloses a method for controlling surface-inhabiting pests in an aquatic system, in particular cyanobacteria and harmful algal blooms (HABs), comprising spreading on the surface of the aquatic system a buoyant composition comprising a water disinfectant, preferably an oxidizing compound, and a floating agent. The invention further relates to compositions and methods for their preparation and use.
US10729132B2
A method for controlling xylophages (e.g., termites, Asian Beetle, Emerald Ash borer, Weevils, Deathwatch Caterpillars, cockroaches) by inhibiting methane production of methanogenic Archaea in the digestive tract thereof. The inhibiting of the critical biochemical pathways specific to the methanogenic Archaea is achieved by contacting the xylophage with one or more antimethanogenic reagent (AMR) compounds. The AMRs may include, for example, naturally-occurring statins (which may be found in red yeast rice) or derivatives thereof, linoleic acid or related compounds, essential oils, certain synthetic compounds or combinations thereof. As a result, the effectiveness of the methanogenic Archaea to produce methane is compromised. This subsequently results into the malfunctioning of the xylophages' digestive system and provides a safe, natural, green and sustainable means of controlling the xylophages.
US10729128B2
The present invention relates in general to a medical device consisting of a blocker made of a mixture of natural products such as African palm oil and the triglycerides thereof and natural waxes as active and emulsifying components, polymer and silver nanoparticles, acting as a blocker for latex protein and other skin irritants.
US10729117B2
The present invention relates to a pest monitoring method based on machine vision. The method includes the following steps: arranging a pest trap at a place where pests gather, and setting an image acquisition device in front of the pest trap to acquire an image; identifying a pest in the acquired image, and obtaining a number of pests; extracting multiple suspicious pest images from a region of each identified pest in the image, and determining identification accuracy of each suspicious pest image, if the number of pests is greater than or equal to a preset threshold for the number of pests; and calculating a predicted level of pest damage based on the number of pests and the identification accuracy of each suspicious pest image. The present invention acquires a pest image automatically through the image acquisition device in front of the pest trap.
US10729108B2
An animal relocation system and method comprising a perimeter net system a trapping net system, and a flushing device, wherein the flushing device channels the animal through the perimeter net system and into the trapping net.
US10729088B1
The invention provides seed and plants of corn hybrid SVSB6384 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn hybrid SVSB6384 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10729085B1
A novel maize variety designated PH47A5 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47A5 with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47A5 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH47A5 or a locus conversion of PH47A5 with another maize variety.
US10729072B2
A harvest vacuum assembly includes a vacuum motor coupled to a farming implement. The vacuum motor urges air inwardly through an intake and outwardly through an exhaust when the vacuum motor is turned on. A suction tube is removably coupled to the hydraulic lift on the front end of the farming implement. The suction tube has a suction aperture therein that is directed downwardly toward ground when the suction tube is coupled to the hydraulic lift. Moreover, the suction tube is in fluid communication with the vacuum motor such that the vacuum motor urges air inwardly through the suction aperture. Thus, the suction aperture sucks loose objects on the ground for collection. The exhaust on the vacuum is in fluid communication with a harvester is towed behind the farming implement to transfer the loose objects into the harvester for harvesting.
US10729070B2
A mulching apparatus for attachment to a lawnmower includes a cutting assembly separate from the mower blades, wherein the grass clippings are finely cut and then dispersed onto the ground surface. A spreader assembly receives the mulched grass clippings from the cutting assembly and disperses the mulched grass clippings onto a ground surface. Optionally, the mulching apparatus includes a feeder assembly to facilitate supplying grass clippings to the cutting assembly.
US10729067B2
A biomass impact sensor for sensing impacts of biomass material may include a pressure sensitive film having a first sensing face and a second opposite face, a first layer of a first material composition directly abutting the first sensing face having a first stiffness, and a second layer of a second material composition directly abutting the second opposite face. The first layer and the second layer may be joined along opposite edges of the pressure sensitive film to envelope the sensing material layer on the opposite edges.
US10729055B2
A control system of an agricultural work vehicle system includes a controller configured to receive a set of swath paths, and separate each swath path of the set of swath paths into a set of half swaths. Also, the controller is configured to determine multiple possible connecting paths, and each connecting path of the multiple possible connecting paths connects one half swath of a first half swath of the set of half swaths to a second half swath of the set of half swaths. Moreover, the controller is configured to determine a cost for each possible connecting path of the multiple possible connecting paths. Further, the controller is configured to select a chosen connecting path from the multiple possible connecting paths based on the cost, and output a signal indicative of a travel path for an agricultural work vehicle.
US10736251B2
A CPU of a controller of a mounting device determines an aperture and a light exposure time so that tip portion falls within the depth of field (DOF) of component camera based on information about the height of tip portion which is an imaging target portion in component and controls component camera so as to image the component with the determined aperture and light exposure time.
US10736249B2
A corona shielding paper for use in a corona shielding system for an electric machine, e.g. a high-voltage machine, may be produced by compacting partial discharge-resistant, planar, conductive particles but can include both reinforcement fibers and a woven fabric.
US10736246B2
An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding can be couplable to a circuit board. The EMI shielding can include a fence couplable to the circuit board, a lid couplable to the fence, and a shield arm extending from the lid and being configured to couple to the fence. The shield arm can be hingedly or rotatably coupled to the lid. The shield arm can be magnetically couplable to the lid. The shield arm and/or the fence can include a magnet to provide a magnetic attraction between the shield arm and the fence.
US10736243B2
A cooling module for a parallel type power module of an inverter may include parallel type power modules configured to be disposed in three or more columns and rows, wherein three parallel type power modules are disposed to correspond to U, V, and W phases of the inverter in the three or more rows in each of the three or more columns, a first cooling water passage having a passage through which cooling water flows and configured to be brought into contact with an upper surface and a lower surface of a power module disposed at a first row, and a second cooling water passage having a passage through which the cooling water flows and configured to be brought into contact with an upper surface and a lower surface of a power module disposed at a third row.
US10736242B2
A load controller includes a casing; a busbar module, the busbar module including a DC busbar and an AC busbar connected to a load; a capacitor connected to an external DC power supply, the capacitor being connected to the DC busbar; an IGBT power module, an input end of each IGBT being connected to the DC busbar, and an output end of each IGBT being connected to the AC busbar; a heat-dissipating module, the heat-dissipating module including multiple heat-dissipating fins, each IGBT in a same column of IGBTs being sandwiched between adjacent two heat-dissipating fins; a driving circuit board, the driving circuit board being electrically connected to each IGBT; and a control circuit board, the control circuit board being connected to the driving circuit board, where all of the busbar module, the IGBT power module, the heat-dissipating module, the driving circuit board and the control circuit board are disposed on the casing.
US10736228B2
A removeable drive-plane board may include (1) keyhole openings that are configured to interlock with keyhole fasteners of a retaining member of a storage-system chassis, (2) storage-drive connectors, (3) a storage-system module connector, and (4) electrical interconnects that electrically couple the storage-drive connectors to the storage-system module connector. In some examples, the keyhole fasteners of the retaining member may be oriented downward relative to the storage-system chassis. Various other removeable drive-plane apparatus, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10736227B1
The solution of the present disclosure connects the power in parallel distribution chains. A horizontal pizza box in the middle of the equipment stack represents the power box (PB), which houses the power modules (PMs), such as the power input modules (PIMs) or the power supply units (PSUs). The PMs in the PB are connected to the office power source(s), and the PB supplies power to the parallel distribution chains (A′ and B′). The parallel distribution chains are composed of jumper segments that are based on busbar-like technology, with each jumper segment being the length of the distance between coupled boxes. Any box can be removed without disrupting either distribution chain. Advantageously, the jumper segments are touch-proof, from a safety perspective. Thus, instead of a jumper created using a cable, PCB, etc., or a jumper composed of a custom molded back-to-back connector, the jumpers are based on busbar-like technology.
US10736218B1
Apparatuses, systems, and associated methods of manufacturing are described that provide a networking card arrangement with increased thermal performance. An example arrangement includes a primary network card that defines a first card-to-board connection and a networking chipset supported by the primary network card. The arrangement also includes an auxiliary network card that defines a second card-to-board connection and networking cable connectors supported by the auxiliary network card that receive networking cables therein. The arrangement further includes a card connection element that operably connects the primary network card and the auxiliary network card. In an operational configuration in which the primary network card and the auxiliary network card are received by a server board via the first card-to-board connection and the second card-to-board connection, the primary network card is spaced from the auxiliary network card such that air may pass therebetween.
US10736217B2
A surface mounting component module according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a multi-layer substrate; a side via formed by penetrating the multi-layer substrate, and electrically connecting the multi-layer substrate; a side via pad positioned on at least one layer of the multi-layer substrate, and formed in the vicinity of the side via; and an RF pattern connected to the side via pad by a signal line, wherein all of the RF pattern, the side via, and the side via pad are electrically connected.
US10736207B1
A wiring assembly includes a differential input port, a differential output port, and first and second pairs of electrical conductors. The differential input port is configured to receive a differential signal from a sensor at a first end of the wiring assembly. The differential output port is configured to output the differential signal at a second end of the wiring assembly. The first and second pairs of electrical conductors are laid out in a three-dimensional (3D) crossover configuration relative to one another and configured to conduct the differential signal from the first end to the second end, and to cancel pickup of a magnetic field by the wiring assembly. The electrical conductors of each pair are connected to one another at the first end and at the second end.
US10736204B2
A hand-held plasma power tool is provided, which includes a hand-held housing, a plasma delivery tip section at least partially disposed within the housing for delivering a plasma arc to a workpiece, an air compressor disposed within the housing for providing a gas to the plasma delivery tip section, and a power source disposed within the housing for providing a current to at least one of the air compressor or the plasma delivery tip section. The hand-held plasma power tool further comprises a handle section defined by at least a portion of the housing. The handle section is configured to enable an operator to manipulate the plasma power tool by hand while delivering the plasma arc to the workpiece.
US10736203B2
The invention relates to a system comprising a remote control (21), a pull-out box (8) comprising an emitting and receiving RF chip (16), a switch (14) controlling the electrical power supply of the energiser (4), and a first electronic circuit (15) for operating the switch (14), exchanging RF signals with the RF chip (16). The system comprises a remote control (20) for reading and emitting signals conducted by the fence wire (2), a galvanic connection (9, 10) to the electric fence, and in the pull-out box, a second electronic circuit (19) for operating the switch (14) in connection with the remote control (20), and means for transforming signals conducted by the wire (2) into RF signals emitted by the RF chip (16).
US10736186B2
The present disclosure provides a cooking appliance, comprising a base and an oven door articulated with the base, wherein the cooking appliance further comprises a cooking platform and a microwave shield, the cooking platform comprises a frame and a carrier plate mounted on the frame, the carrier plate is made of a non-microwave shielding material, the frame is detachably mounted on a top plate of the base, an abutting supporting surface is formed between the lower surface of the frame and the upper surface of the top plate, a magnetron is mounted at the bottom of the top plate, the magnetron is used for emitting microwaves from the inner side of the supporting surface to the carrier plate, and the microwave shield is mounted on the top plate, surrounds the outer side of the supporting surface and is used for shielding the microwaves leaked from the supporting surface.
US10736182B2
Substrate temperature control apparatus and electronic device manufacturing systems provide pixelated light-based heating to a substrate in a process chamber. A substrate holder in the process chamber may include a baseplate. The baseplate has a top surface that may have a plurality of cavities and a plurality of grooves connected to the cavities. Optical fibers may be received in the grooves such that each cavity has a respective optical fiber terminating therein to transfer light thereto. Some or all of the cavities may have an epoxy optical diffuser disposed therein to diffuse light provided by the optical fiber. A ceramic plate upon which a substrate may be placed may be bonded to the baseplate. A thermal spreader plate may optionally be provided between the baseplate and the ceramic plate. Methods of controlling temperature across a substrate holder in an electronic device manufacturing system are also provided, as are other aspects.
US10736181B2
A basking heater for an animal, such as a reptile, includes a housing, a heating element within the housing, and an opening in a bottom of the housing, so that the heating element may radiate heat through the opening, and an attachment arrangement. The attachment arrangement can be used to selectively attach the heater to a terrarium. The housing can be made of thermal plastic resin and can include vents for cooling the housing. The housing can have low profile shape. The heater may have multiple power settings.
US10736177B2
In some configurations, the method of operating a system with dynamic wireless network topology with reduced spectrum flooding involve scanning with a first device in mesh network for beacon packets from other devices in the mesh network during a random back off period. In response to the first device not receiving a beacon packet from the other devices during the random back off period, the first device initiates an election protocol by sending an election protocol packet with its unique election protocol identifier to the other devices. In response to receiving a beacon packet from a second device, the first device stores the unique node identifier, assigns the second device as a leader node device, retransmits the unique node identifier of the second device and leader node information in a protocol packet. A command packet is communicated through the mesh network by way of at least one leader node device.
US10736173B2
A method for setting up/releasing by a user equipment (UE) a radio resource control (RRC) connection with an evolved node B (eNB) in a communication system is provided. The method includes detecting that traffic occurs. The method also includes that after detecting that the traffic occurs, determining a traffic type of the traffic The method further includes adaptively adjusting a timing point at which the UE releases a RRC connection between the eNB and the UE based on the traffic type.
US10736168B2
A communication device for handling a User Plane Evolved Packet System (EPS) Optimization procedure comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions a RRC layer of the communication device receiving system information from a cell of a network; the RRC layer informing an EPS mobility management (EMM) layer of the communication device that a User Plane EPS Optimization functionality (e.g., a resume/suspend functionality) is allowed in the cell, when the system information indicates that the User Plane EPS Optimization functionality is allowed; and the RRC layer informing the EMM layer that the User Plane EPS Optimization functionality is not allowed in the cell, when the system information indicates that the User Plane EPS Optimization functionality is not allowed.
US10736163B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for a wireless device to perform substantially concurrent communications with a next generation network node and a legacy network node. The wireless device may be configured to establish a first wireless link with a first cell according to a RAT, where the first cell operates in a first system bandwidth and establish a second wireless link with a second cell according to a RAT, where the second cell operates in a second system bandwidth. Further, the wireless device may be configured to perform uplink activity for both the first RAT and the second RAT by TDM uplink data for the first RAT and uplink data for the second RAT if uplink activity is scheduled according to both the first RAT and the second RAT.
US10736157B2
Systems and methods for providing multitenancy gaming platform services are presented. In one embodiment a method for providing multitenancy gaming platform services comprises receiving, at a server computer, a request from one of a plurality of applications for an operation associated with a service, the request including a token, data related to an application, and a target user identifier. The method further comprises, decoding the token to determine an application identifier and a user identifier. The method further comprises, determining which service of a plurality of multitenancy gaming platform services is requested, and sending the data related to the application to a second server computer responsible for the service, wherein the operation is authorized by the second server computer based on the user identifier and target user identifier. The method further comprises receiving a response from the second server computer responsible for the service, indicating a status of the operation.
US10736154B2
Wireless systems and methods are disclosed for establishing a continuous real-time data link communicating flight data of a small UAV to a first smart device over a wireless network. An airborne wireless sensor system is adapted to be removably attached to the UAV. The airborne wireless sensor system has a sensor module for sensing UAV flight data, a communication module for establishing the wireless data-link network and transmitting the sensed UAV flight data the smart device. The smart device may have a software application which permits the user to define data formats for display which may them be communicated to the airborne sensor system to use in building the data pages transmitted to the smart device. Smart devices such as smart phones, smart watches, tablet computers and the like are contemplated to be used.
US10736147B2
A DL signal including a plurality of SS blocks can be received. At least one SS block can be detected from the plurality of SS blocks. A SS block can be selected from the detected at least one SS block. A SS block can be selected from at least one SS block detected from the plurality of SS blocks. A subset of RACH resources and a subset of RACH preambles associated with the selected SS block can be identified. A RACH resource can be selected from the subset of RACH resources and a RACH preamble can be selected from the subset of RACH preambles. The selected RACH preamble can be transmitted on the selected RACH resource. An RA-RNTI can be determined based on at least the selected RACH resource. At least a PDSCH including a RAR message can be received. The PDSCH can be based on the selected SS block and based on the determined RA-RNTI.
US10736141B2
An electronic device that dynamically adapts RTS-CTS protection is described. During operation, this electronic device may obtain communication parameters associated with communication in a WLAN, which includes the electronic device and a second electronic device. For example, the communication parameters may include a collision probability, a PPDU airtime, an RTS airtime, a SIFS airtime and/or a CTS airtime. Then, the electronic device may determine an RTS-CTS performance metric based at least in part on the communication parameters. For example, the RTS-CTS performance metric may be based at least in part on the collision probability, the RTS airtime, the SIFS airtime, and/or the CTS airtime. Next, the electronic device may compare the RTS-CTS performance metric and the PPDU airtime. Moreover, based at least in part on the comparison, the electronic device may selectively use RTS-CTS protection during communication of a PPDU with the second electronic device.
US10736137B2
A method includes triggering, by a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity of a User Equipment (UE), a first Scheduling Request (SR) procedure for a first logical channel, wherein the first logical channel is not configured with a valid Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource for the first SR procedure; and performing, by the MAC entity of the UE, a plurality of procedures in response to triggering the first SR procedure, wherein the procedures includes: initiating a Random Access (RA) procedure and canceling the first SR procedure.
US10736134B2
Techniques for a user equipment to perform uplink communication in a wireless communication system. The user equipment performs operations that include: receiving configuration information for a codebook set related with a modulation scheme; receiving a UL grant including a specific codeword index; selecting a codebook based on the specific codeword index included in the codebook set; and transmitting data based on the selected codebook, wherein the codebook set includes a plurality of codebooks predefined for non-orthogonal coded multiple access (NCMA) scheme based communication, and wherein the codebook set is configured based on a spreading factor or an overloading factor.
US10736133B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for burst-based transmission scheduling. One apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code, in various embodiments, determines multiple consecutive uplink subframes to be transmitted from a user equipment. In a further embodiment, the code forms an uplink grant message to schedule transmission of the multiple consecutive uplink subframes. The apparatus may include a transmitter that provides the uplink grant message to the user equipment.
US10736131B2
[Object] To provide a terminal device capable of efficiently performing communication in a communication system in which a base station device and the terminal device communicate with each other.[Solution] A terminal device that communicates with a base station device includes: a higher layer processing unit configured to perform SPDSCH setting through signaling of a higher layer from the base station device; a receiving unit configured to perform a reception process on all of one or more SPDSCH candidates set on a basis of the SPDSCH setting, and receive an SPDSCH; and a transmitting unit configured to use a resource set on the basis of the SPDSCH setting to report response information for the SPDSCH. In a case in which the SPDSCH is correctly received, the response information is reported, and in a case in which the SPDSCH is not correctly received, the response information is not reported.
US10736126B2
A method of processing a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) message in a V2X message transmitting entity may comprise obtaining, at the V2X message transmitting entity, status information of a transmission target entity; determining adaptively a security level for a V2X message to be transmitted to the transmission target entity based on the obtained status information; and generating the V2X message according to the determined security level, and transmitting the V2X message to the transmission target entity. Because security levels of V2X messages are adaptively determined, the V2X messages can be processed according to a processing capability of the transmission target entity and the type of the V2X message, thereby assuring the safety of the driver.
US10736117B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a wireless communication node that receives instructions in a control channel directing it to utilize a spectral segment at a first carrier frequency to communicate with a mobile communication device. Responsive to the instructions, the wireless communication node receives a modulated signal in the spectral segment at a second carrier frequency from the base station, the modulated signal including communications data provided by the base station. The wireless communication node down-shifts the modulated signal at the second carrier frequency to the first carrier frequency, and wirelessly transmits the modulated signal at the first carrier frequency to the mobile communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10736114B2
According to one configuration, an analyzer resource determines an ability of a wireless access point to wirelessly communicate over each of multiple available wireless communication channels in a wireless frequency band. The analyzer resource produces performance information (performance metrics or calibration information) based on the measured ability. The analyzer resource assigns the performance metrics to the wireless access point. When operating in the field (such as in a wireless network environment), to provide mobile communication devices access to a remote network, the wireless access point uses the assigned performance metrics as a basis to select amongst multiple available wireless communication channels to communicate with one or more mobile communication devices in the wireless network environment. These and other techniques are disclosed herein.
US10736113B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A user equipment (UE) and a base station may establish narrowband communications. The base station may configure positioning reference signal (PRS) resources based at least in part on wideband or narrowband transmissions, and a UE may receive the PRS transmissions over one or more narrowband regions. The UE, may determine PRS resources and receive portions of wideband PRS transmissions that are transmitted in one or more narrowband regions of the system bandwidth. The base station may configure PRS resources separately for narrowband devices, such as according to a bandwidth of the narrowband devices or with a single PRS tone per symbol compared to two PRS tones per symbol that may be used for wideband PRS transmissions. The base station may perform positioning measurements for a UE based at least in part on timing of uplink transmissions from the UE.
US10736111B2
Wireless communication devices are adapted to facilitate transmission and reception of non-orthogonal communications. In one example, wireless communication devices can encode an amount of data in accordance with information that at least some of the data will be transmitted as part of a non-orthogonal transmission. The wireless communication device may further transmit the encoded data, and the encoded data can be non-orthogonally combined as part of a non-orthogonal transmission. In another example, wireless communication devices can receive a wireless transmission including a plurality of data streams non-orthogonally combined together. The wireless communication device may decode at least one of the data streams. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US10736102B2
The present disclosure relates generally to wireless devices (e.g., Internet of Things (IoT) devices) and, more particularly, to improving the capacity of a logical channel such as the Random Access Channel (RACH) to cater to wireless traffic (e.g., IoT traffic). In one embodiment, a wireless device, when deciding to attempt a system access in accordance with the present disclosure, would first select a Training Sequence Code (TSC) based on the device's coverage class and then transmit one or more access request bursts (each including the selected TSC) on a logical channel to a wireless access node.
US10736101B2
A flexible radio frame structure for both FDD and TDD is proposed. Under the flexible frame structure, each radio frame consists of a plurality of slots, and each slot within a radio frame has a flexible slot type. As a basic scheduling unit, each slot can be configured by the base station via physical layer signaling. The slot type can be changed dynamically based on current system needs to support different DL/UL ratios and latency requirements. With the support of different slot types and asynchronous DL/UL HARQ operation, HARQ operation for DL/UL can share the same HARQ timing to simplify the system design and reduce implementation complexity.
US10736099B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit or otherwise indicate a semi-static slot format configuration and a dynamic slot format configuration to a user equipment (UE). The UE may determine a slot format configuration based on the received semi-static and dynamic slot format configurations. In some cases, the UE may replace certain resources of the semi-static slot format configuration with resources from the dynamic slot format configuration depending on a certain embodiment. Additionally or alternatively, the base station may transmit an anchor slot configuration to the UE, which may indicate which resources of the semi-static slot format configuration can be overridden or replaced by the dynamic slot format configuration.
US10736095B2
Method of scrambling signals, transmission point device, and user equipment using the method are provided. The method includes: sending an ID table to a user equipment through higher layer signaling, the ID table being a subset of the whole ID space and containing available IDs for the user equipment; notifying the user equipment an ID in the ID table to be used through physical layer signaling or UE specific higher layer signaling; generating a random seed based on the notified ID; initializing a scrambling sequence by the random seed; and scrambling the signals with the initialized scrambling sequence. The method of the disclosure, by combining physical layer signaling and higher layer signaling, may notify the used group ID and the blind detection space to a UE, wherein the blind detection for the UE is enabled and the signaling overhead is reduced.
US10736087B2
A wireless communication system is presented for future scheduling of secondary component carrier(s) (SCC) during carrier aggregation in LTE wireless communications. A primary component carrier in a first subframe can be used to indicate at what future subframe SCC data may exist for the mobile device (e.g., UE, etc.). The UE can then leave off all SCC receive circuitry until the future subframe, when it can turn on all needed SCC receive circuitry to receive the SCC data. After receiving the SCC data, the UE can again power off the SCC receive circuitry.
US10736086B2
Provided is a technique capable of reporting resource block allocation information with no waste when an allocated resource block is reported, because in the current LTE downlink, the waste of the amount of resource allocation information increases in some cases since a restriction is imposed such that 37-bit fixed scheduling information is transmitted. A resource block group consisting of at least one or more resource blocks continuous on the frequency axis is allocated to a terminal, and the number of controlling signals for reporting allocation information indicating the allocated resource blocks is determined.
US10736085B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an uplink control information sending method, an uplink control information receiving method, an apparatus, and a system. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal device, channel indication information from an access network device on a physical control channel; determining the channel resource set that is of N channel resource sets and that matches a type or a size of the UCI as a first channel resource set; determining a channel resource that is in the first channel resource set and that is indicated by the channel indication information; and sending uplink control information UCI to the access network device on the channel resource. A quantity of bits that need to be added to the channel indication information in the embodiments of the present invention is less than that in the prior art.
US10736076B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a methods and apparatus for wireless communication. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication comprises assigning, by an access point, an interval of time for transmission on an unlicensed communication spectrum to a LTE-U device, and broadcasting an anchor signal during the interval of time on the unlicensed communication spectrum, the anchor signal comprising a paging indication for the LTE-U device. In another aspect, a method of wireless communication comprises determining, by a LTE-U device, an interval of time for reception of a paging indication on an unlicensed communication spectrum and receiving an anchor signal during the interval of time on the unlicensed communication spectrum, the anchor signal comprising the paging indication.
US10736070B2
A method for Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) communication registration through a relay user equipment, the method including: receiving, at the relay user equipment from a remote user equipment, an association message, the association message containing a remote user equipment identifier; and responsive to the receiving, performing a registration from the relay user equipment with a network node, the registration including an association between the remote user equipment and the relay user equipment.
US10736066B2
A device-to-device (D2D) communication method and a D2D terminal device, where the method includes determining, by a first device, a time that the first device is out of coverage of a synchronization source after leaving the coverage of the synchronization source determining, by the first device, target timing based on the time, and performing, by the first device, D2D communication based on the target timing. Hence, the target timing can be selected more accurately for the first device.
US10736058B2
Various embodiments include methods for adjusting timing advance values on a mobile communication device that includes receiving, on the mobile communication device, a timing advance adjustment value from a base station and determining whether the timing advance adjustment value exceeds an adjustment threshold. The mobile communication device may ignore the timing advance adjustment value in response to determining that the timing advance adjustment value exceeds the adjustment threshold, and may adjust a timing advance value stored on the mobile communication device by the timing advance adjustment value in response to determining that the timing advance adjustment value does not exceed the adjustment threshold.
US10736049B2
The method of the terminal transmitting the SRS on the basis of the aperiodic SRS triggering according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information from the base station; receiving an aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator from the base station; selecting the specific aperiodic SRS configuration information among the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information on the basis of at least one among a sub-frame index for receiving the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator, a time relation between the aperiodic SRS transmission sub-frames, and an uplink channel state; and transmitting an aperiodic SRS for the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator on the basis of the selected aperiodic SRS configuration information, the plurality of aperiodic SRS configuration information including the information about a resource for transmitting the aperiodic SRS corresponding to the aperiodic SRS transmission triggering indicator. In addition, according to the present invention, the terminal can be used for receiving a power offset value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS from the base station and determining a transmission power value for transmitting the aperiodic SRS.
US10736041B2
Various aspects related to various apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable medium are described herein. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to protect downlink (DL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform DL communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to communicate regarding uplink (UL) communication(s). Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to an allocation vector. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform operation(s) related to random access. Some aspects may enable an apparatus to perform UL communication(s). The written description and appended drawings provide detailed descriptions regarding these and many other aspects.
US10736028B2
Techniques are described using network slice information to negotiate and select network services by determining a set of desired required network provided functionalities; identifying a set of network slices providing one or more of the functionalities in the set of required functionalities; and communicating, to a network, a slice identifier for each slice in the set of the identified network slices.
US10736027B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising a receiver configured to receive a first distribution factor relating to using a first access, at least one processing core configured to determine, using a probabilistic procedure, based at least in part on the first distribution factor, whether the apparatus is to use the first access, and wherein the at least one processing core is configured to, based on a result of the determination, select an access and to cause the apparatus to use to the selected access.
US10736022B2
In some embodiments, one or more wireless stations operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. Embodiments of the disclosure relate to a mechanism for peer NAN devices to assist one another in receiving communications from an access point common to the peer NAN devices. In some embodiments, a wireless station may establish a communication link with a Wi-Fi access point and establish a peer-to-peer communication link with one or more neighboring wireless stations. In addition, the wireless station may receive transmissions intended for at least one neighboring wireless station of the one or more neighboring wireless stations from the Wi-Fi access point and relay the transmissions to the at least one wireless station on behalf of the Wi-Fi access point.
US10736020B2
A mobile device may retrieve service information about a network prior to associating with the network. Utilizing an advertisement protocol to transmit service query messages, a mobile device may receive service query responses from a network that identify the services available prior to establishing network capability. In other words, the messaging is prior to the exchange of any authentication parameters between the device and the network as well prior to the establishment of a recognized session between the device and the network.
US10736017B2
A user equipment, a method for controlling the user equipment and a network side device are provided in the present disclosure. The method includes transmitting broadcast-type signals and channels to the user equipment through a dedicated resource unit so that the user equipment can access a network; wherein the dedicated resource unit is only configured to transmit the broadcast-type signals and channels, and is continuous in a frequency domain and a time domain. The present disclosure can control the user equipment to access the network.
US10736015B1
In one embodiment, a controller of a multi-hop wireless network may access an interference map indicating interference among network nodes, each network node comprising sectors that each comprise an array of beamforming antennae. The controller may identify desired links between network nodes, each desired link being associated with a transmitting (TX) beamforming weight variable and a receiving (RX) beamforming weight variable. The controller may generate a factor-graph representation of the multi-hop wireless network comprising a first and second set of vertices, wherein the first set of vertices are variable nodes representing pairs of beamforming weight variables associated with identified desired links, and the second set of vertices are function nodes representing capacity equations associated with identified desired links. The controller may determine adjustments for beamforming weights of the identified desired links to reduce interference among the network nodes by applying a belief-propagation algorithm to a portion of the factor-graph representation.
US10736003B2
A method may include determining that a user equipment (UE) device is a dual connectivity device capable of communicating via a Fifth Generation (5G) network and a non-5G network. The method may also include receiving, a radio resource control (RRC) connection request, establishing an RRC connection with the UE device and determining whether the first wireless station is a dual connectivity wireless station. The method may further include initiating, in response to determining that the first wireless station is not a dual connectivity wireless station, a handover of a wireless connection to the UE device from the first wireless station to a second wireless station that is a dual connectivity wireless station, or identifying, in response to determining that the first wireless station is a dual connectivity wireless station, a 5G wireless station in the 5G network to act as a serving cell for the UE device.
US10735982B2
A radio terminal according to one embodiment comprises a controller configured to monitor a PDCCH within an On duration occurring every DRX cycle, and a receiver configured to receive, from a base station, special downlink control information not including scheduling information via the PDCCH within the On duration. The controller continues the monitoring of the PDCCH across a DRX inactivity duration, in response to the reception of the special downlink control information.
US10735980B2
It is recognized herein that as the number of transmit antennas in cellular systems (e.g., NR or 5G systems) increase, the Channel State information (CSI) feedback overhead may increase to unacceptable levels, and the current CSI feedback might not support beamforming training for NR. Embodiments described herein provide an enhanced and more efficient design for Channel State Information feedback as compared to current approaches.
US10735979B2
A self-organizing backhaul radio (SOBR) and related arrangements are disclosed. A “primary” link between an first SOBR enabled radio and a second SOBR radio includes a secondary transmission link, referred to as a signature control channel (SCC), as a spread spectrum modulated signal embedded within and transmitted simultaneously with the primary link. The SCC transmissions from the first SOBR radio may be utilized by other SOBR enabled radios to determine an interference level to or from the first SOBR radio's primary link. The SCC transmission may be utilized to allow transmit beam forming between SOBR-enabled radios without damaging other friendly SOBR radios within the propagation distance of the transmitted signals based upon the detection of the SCC transmissions.
US10735971B2
The present disclosure provides a communication method and a communication device. The method includes: configuring at least one serving cell for each terminal, each of the at least one serving cell working on an unlicensed carrier; selecting at least one of the at least one serving cell as a primary cell or a primary secondary cell of the terminal, the selected serving cell forming a primary cell group or a primary secondary cell group of the terminal; and controlling the primary cell group or the primary secondary cell group to send a MIB to the terminal. The technical solution improves a transmission probability of the MIB of the primary cell group or the primary secondary cell group on an unlicensed frequency band, ensuring that a user receives the MIB in time to perform a time synchronization, the communication is normal, and delay and efficiency requirements of communication are met.
US10735968B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique and system for combining IoT technologies with 5G communication systems to support a higher data rate after 4G communication systems. The present disclosure can be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technologies and IoT-related technologies such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, healthcare, digital education, retail business, and security and safety. Provided are is a method and apparatus for supporting the licensed-assisted access (LAA) technology in a wireless communication system. The method for a user equipment (UE) may include: sending a first report message containing information on whether the LAA technology is supported to a base station (ENB) supporting a first communication technology; detecting usage of a second communication technology in a first band of the unlicensed spectrum; and sending, upon detecting usage of the second communication technology in the first band, a second report message containing information on usage of the second communication technology to the ENB.
US10735965B2
A system for controlling accesses to network enabled devices includes a network interface over which a hub communicates with network enabled devices, a processor, and a multilayer access control layer. The access control layer includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to detect, at the hub, a request representing an attempt by an application executing on a remote host device to access a network enabled device communicatively coupled to the hub, characterize the request according to a user of the remote host device, the application making the attempt, and the network enabled device, and determine whether to allow or deny the request based upon the characterization and a plurality of rules. The rules may include definitions of access rights, with respect to the network enabled device, for users, applications, commands or queries made by applications, remote host devices, and network domains.
US10735961B1
Methods and systems for multimedia messaging service (MMS) authentication over IP networks are disclosed. An access identifier records message corresponding to a user by a multimedia messaging service center (MMSC) forwarded by a server is received. Data from the access identifier records message including a mobile directory number, a framed IP address, access network information and a session ID is extracted and stored in a cache accessible to the MMSC. Network IP authentication is executed to determine that the user has a valid IP address. Client IP authentication of the user is executed to determine that the valid IP address is stored in the cache. A correspondence between the valid IP address and a mobile directory number of the user is determined. The user is authenticated for MMS over the IP network based on the correspondence.
US10735960B2
Methods and systems for authenticated wake-up radio frames are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes generating a wake-up radio (WUR) integrity group key (IGTK) for authentication of WUR frames when received by a wake-up radio (WURx). The WUR IGTK may be identified via a key identifier in the WUR frame. The key identifier may be updated when the WUR IGTK is updated, facilitating WUR IGTK key updating across multiple associated stations.
US10735957B2
An apparatus suitable for at least to: select a cell in a low activity state, and; in the case the selected cell is the same as a serving cell while carrying out a state change to the low activity state, transmit a radio connection resume request to the selected cell; or in the case the selected cell is another cell than the serving cell while carrying out a state change to the low activity state, transmit a radio resume request to the selected cell with information on the location of the user device provided the information on the location has not been transmitted in relation to a cell change carried out in the low activity state; receive, as a response to the radio connection resume request, a radio connection resume request response, and carry out a radio connection resume for the data transmission.
US10735956B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-generation (4G) system with a technology for internet of things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method of a terminal according to the present disclosure includes: transmitting connection request messages for network slices, which are networks constructed for each service, to a network; receiving response messages including identifiers of the network slices from a base station; and generating security contexts for each network slice based on at least one of the identifiers of the network slices and tokens generated during an authentication process with a third party.
US10735954B2
One method for allowing and controlling access to an open WLAN network is through the use of a secure website such as a Hotspot or Captive Portal landing page that the device must “log in” to in order to have access to the network. Credentials for a Captive Portal or Hotspot landing page (or other websites) are conventionally managed by a browser application and stored in a browser data storage space. According to some aspects of the disclosure, an electronic device obtains credentials for a website, such as a Captive Portal or Hotspot landing page. The credentials are stored in a network settings space on the electronic device. The credentials may be stored in a WLAN profile. The device may automatically log in to a webpage using the credentials, which may facilitate seamless connectivity.
US10735949B1
A system for updating a preferred nodes list for a wireless device in a wireless network includes a server in communication with a plurality of nodes each configured to deploy a radio air interface to provide wireless services to wireless devices. The server includes a processor configured to instruct, in response to a trigger, a first node to send a message to a wireless device connected to the first node. The message instructs the wireless device to contact the server for an updated preferred nodes list. The processor receives a request for the updated preferred nodes list from the wireless device, and provides the updated preferred nodes list to the wireless device. The updated preferred nodes list enables the wireless device to change from connecting to the first node included in the preferred nodes list to connecting to a second node included in the updated preferred nodes list.
US10735944B2
An eSIM management framework can serve as an abstraction layer between various partners, mobile network operators, mobile-virtual network operators, and/or enterprises and SIM or eSIM vendors. The eSIM management framework can facilitate real-time SIM and/or eSIM profile provisioning to reduce consumption of network resources. In some examples, an eSIM management framework can facilitate just-in-time client-side provisioning, which can include on-demand generation of an appropriate SIM or eSIM profile.
US10735939B2
This application provide example mobility management methods, access network control devices, and communications systems. One example method includes receiving, by an access network control device, a location area request message of user equipment (UE) through a first station, where the UE is located in a cell managed by the first station. The access network control device can configure at least one location area identity list for the UE based on the location area request message, where the location area identity list includes at least one location area identity, and the location area identity is used to identify a location area. The access network control device can then send the at least one location area identity list to the UE through the first station.
US10735936B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to transmission of emergency event notifications and reception of responses corresponding to the emergency event notifications. A computing platform may receive emergency event information. The computing device may identify, based on the emergency event information, a first target device. The computing device may transmit, a first notification to the first target device. Thereafter, the computing device may receive, from the first target device, a response corresponding to the first notification. The computing device may identify, based on the first response and the emergency event information, a second target device. Then, the computing device may transmit a second notification to the second target device. The second notification may comprise information that is different from information in the first notification.
US10735935B2
An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires first communication information for connecting with an apparatus via a first network and second communication information for connecting with the apparatus via a second network, a determination unit that determines whether communication between an information processing apparatus and the apparatus via the first network based on the first communication information is possible, a connection unit that connects the information processing apparatus with the apparatus via the second network based on the second communication information when the communication via the first network is impossible, and a request unit that transmits a processing request to the apparatus via the first network when the communication via the first network is possible, and transmits the processing request to the apparatus via the second network when the information processing apparatus is connected with the apparatus via the second network.
US10735926B2
Provided is a method for operating a transmission buffer in a wireless communication system. The method is performed by a user equipment (UE), and comprises detecting, in a switching layer, whether a transmission of data on a first transmission link is successful via the lower layer, determining whether to keep the transmission of the data on the first transmission link or to perform the transmission of the data on a second transmission link when the transmission of the data is not successful and performing the transmission of the data on the determined transmission link.
US10735921B2
A fireman positioning system includes: a first radio wave emitting device and a second radio wave emitting device, spaced with a predetermined distance and utilized for correspondingly emitting a first frequency modulated signal and a second frequency modulated signal; and a position receiving device, carried or worn by a fireman, and utilized for receiving the first frequency modulating signal and the second frequency modulating signal, and can demodulate the first frequency modulated signal via a first carrier signal so as to obtain a first output signal, and demodulate the second frequency modulated signal via a second carrier signal so as to obtain a second output signal, wherein a phase difference is formed between the first output signal and the second output signal, and the position receiving device can determine a direction angle of the fireman relative to the two radio wave emitting devices via the phase difference.
US10735911B2
A wireless communication device used in a vehicle is provided, includes a communicator that performs wireless communication with a service provider terminal, a vehicle condition acquirer that acquires a condition of the vehicle, a correspondence storage that stores a correspondence of what type of service is available under what condition of the vehicle, and an availability determiner that determines whether the service provided by the service provider terminal is available under the condition of the vehicle acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, based on service type information included received by the communicator, the condition of the vehicle acquired by the vehicle condition acquirer, and the correspondence stored in the correspondence storage. When the availability determiner determines that the service is unavailable, the communicator does not open a service channel designated by the service provider terminal.
US10735904B2
In one example embodiment, a computer-implemented method and system for providing job status information for an IoT device are disclosed. The method providing job status information for an IoT device includes receiving location information of the IoT device; receiving job assignment information for the IoT device; and evaluating the location information to determine the job status for the IoT device based on a specified condition. The system for providing job status information for an IoT devices includes at least one IoT device, a data processing system and a user interface, wherein the data processing system further comprises a storage database, wherein the storage database receives location information of the IoT device and job assignment information for the IoT device; an analytics engine, wherein the analytics engine evaluates the location information to determine the job status for the IoT device based on a specified condition.
US10735898B2
A device and method determine a location of a terminal by selecting one of a GPS signal and a beacon signal when a terminal moves indoors and outdoors. The device includes a measurement unit for measuring a signal strength of a GPS signal and a signal strength of a beacon signal, respectively; a selection unit for comparing the measured signal strengths and selecting one signal of the GPS signal and the beacon signal based on the comparison; and a determination unit for determining the location of the terminal using the selected signal. The selection unit compares the measured signal strengths based on at least one of a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) to select a signal having a comparatively stronger strength, and selects a signal whose strength is increasing when the measured signal strengths are substantially equal to each other.
US10735890B1
A visitation tracking system tracks user visitation to locations of interest to generate and report visualizations of the user visitation data. The visitation tracking system may be or include a group of one or more server machines configured to receive a user input specifying a location of interest, cause display of a presentation of a set of proximity borders within a region in response to the user input specifying the location of interest, wherein the region is based on the location of interest, receives a selection of a region to monitor (e.g., proximity borders, geo-fences), detects entries of client devices to a geo-fence represented by the region to monitor, and causes display of a notification in response to the detection of the entries.
US10735886B2
A method of generating binaural headphone playback signals given multiple audio source signals with an associated metadata and binaural room impulse response (BRIR) database, wherein the multiple audio source signals can be channel-based, object-based, or a mixture of both signals. The method includes grouping the multiple audio source signals according to positions of the audio sources in a hierarchical manner, and parameterizing BRIR to be used for rendering. The method also includes dividing each audio source signal to be rendered into a number of blocks and frames, averaging the parameterized BRIR sequences identified with a hierarchically grouping result, and downmixing the divided audio source signals identified with the hierarchically grouping result.
US10735880B2
Systems and methods of forming transducer diaphragms are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of producing a transducer diaphragm includes receiving a workpiece between a first forming tool and a second forming tool. The workpiece can have an inner boundary defining a central aperture. The workpiece with the aperture is compressed between the first and second forming tools to form the transducer diaphragm.
US10735874B2
Various methods and apparatus for processing audio signals are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device which can enhance and/or optimize received audio signals for vibrational conduction to the user. Received audio signals may be processed to cancel acoustic echo such that undesired sounds received by one or more intra-buccal and/or extra-buccal microphones are eliminated or mitigated. Additionally, a multiband actuation system may be used where two or more transducers each deliver sounds within certain frequencies. Also, the assembly may also utilize the sensation of directionality via the conducted vibrations to emulate directional perception of audio signals received by the user. Another feature may include the ability to vibrationally conduct ancillary audio signals to the user along with primary audio signals.
US10735873B2
A hearing aid apparatus contains a housing having a housing face. The housing face is directed outwardly when the hearing aid apparatus is being worn. The hearing aid apparatus further has an antenna and a transmitter and/or receiver for electromagnetic waves disposed in the housing. The transmitter and/or receiver is coupled to the antenna element. A grip element is disposed on the housing face of the housing, and the antenna is integrated at least in part in the grip element.
US10735865B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for microspeaker devices. In one aspect, a microspeaker element may include a deformable dielectric membrane that spans a speaker cavity. The deformable dielectric membrane can include a piezoactuator and a dielectric layer. Upon application of a driving signal to the piezoactuator, the dielectric layer can deflect, producing sound. In some implementations, an array of microspeaker elements can be encapsulated between a glass substrate and a cover glass. Sound generated by the microspeaker elements can be emitted through a speaker grill formed in the cover glass.
US10735858B2
A system includes an audio transducer. The audio output of the transducer may be directed at an operator. The directionality of the audio output may ensure privacy in audio delivery. Further, the directionality of the audio output may reduce the potential for other nearby individuals to be disturbed by the audio output. A directed audio system may control the content of the audio output. The content of the audio output may be configured for applications in individual operator workspaces, multiple-operator common spaces, shared-use spaces or a combination thereof. The directed audio system may customize the audio output in accord with a stored audio profile for the operator.
US10735847B2
An earphone includes an earphone body and an adjustment assembly. The earphone includes a shell and a speaker unit. The shell has a chamber, an audio hole and a ventilation hole. The audio hole and the ventilation hole are connected to the chamber. The speaker unit is located in the chamber and is corresponding to the audio hole. The adjustment assembly includes a baffle and a button. The baffle is located in the chamber and is located between the speaker unit and the ventilation hole. The button is connected to the baffle and is movably disposed on the shell so that the baffle is movable to connect the ventilation hole to the chamber or to disconnect the ventilation hole from the chamber by the button.
US10735844B2
Provided is a wearable device that is worn on a human ear and mainly outputs or inputs sound. The outer casing 110 is formed into an elongated shape so as to fit the cymba conchae 306 formed between the antihelix inferior crus 302b and the crus helicis 309. The sound generating unit 120 includes a vibration element 121 and a weight 122. The vibration element 121 has an elongated shape along the longitudinal direction of the outer casing 110, and has one end fixed to the inner wall of the outer casing 110, and the other end to which a weight 122 is attached, the other hand being an open end. By applying an alternating electric field to the vibration element 121, vibration corresponding to audio is generated.
US10735823B2
A method and device for providing live adaptive bitrate (ABR) video to a client device using a multicast-to-unicast-ABR proxy is disclosed. The method includes responsive to the client device tuning to a channel or requesting a change in profile for the channel, requesting from a distribution server a burst of video fragments for the channel using a selected profile, the burst of video fragments to be delivered via unicast; responsive to the burst being completed, requesting to join a multicast for the channel, the multicast using the selected profile; and providing video for the channel to the client device via unicast using the selected profile.
US10735798B2
A method and system for distributing video content across a distributed network is described. The system comprises a first device having video data provided thereon. A first application is operable on the first device and is configured for associating control data with the video data, wherein the control data contains information for creating auxiliary data which is to be presented with the video data subsequent to the video data being broadcast to one or more second devices across the network. A control centre is in communication with the first application for receiving the video data and the associated control data from the first device. The control centre is operable to broadcast the video data and the associated control data to one or more second devices. A media player is provided on the respective second devices which is operable in response to reading the control data to create the auxiliary data on the respective second device. The media player is operable to launch the auxiliary data while the media player is playing the video data.
US10735797B2
Multimedia content to participant client devices may be simultaneously presented using a moderator device. An interactive program with the multimedia content and an interactive component associated with the multimedia content may be generated. Participant client devices and the user of the moderator client device may interact with the interactive program to cause the multimedia content and the interactive component to be simultaneously displayed on the display of each of the participant client devices and the display of the moderator client device.
US10735796B2
A system finds and aggregates the most relevant and current information about the people and things that a user cares about. The information gathering is based on current context (e.g., where the user is, what the user is doing, what the user is saying/typing, etc.). The result of the context based information gathering is presented ubiquitously on user interfaces of any of the various physical devices operated by the user.
US10735794B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing device, an information processing method, and an information processing system capable of appropriately performing scaling of a distribution device which distributes an audio stream encoded by a lossless compression system. An original distribution server performs scaling of a premium server which distributes the audio stream to a premium client on the basis of bit rate information including an average value of a predetermined period of bit rates of the audio stream encoded by a lossless DSD system. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, the original distribution server or the like.
US10735785B1
An Internet Layer end-to-end security connection (an Internet protocol (IP) encrypted tunnel) is established between a television receiving device and each player device on a home local area network (LAN) as part of the initial pairing process between each player device and the television receiving device. Traffic between the television receiving device and the player device is communicated via IP on the LAN, such that data between the two devices is securely encrypted at the Internet Layer, thus reducing potential security issues related to managing security and encryption at the application layer. This results in a secure virtual private network (VPN) between each player device and the television receiving device.
US10735769B2
Techniques related to temporal noise reduction in captured video are discussed. Such techniques include performing motion estimation on a portion of a downsampled current frame performed during the downsampling of the current frame, replacing one or more of the resultant motion vectors based on confidence scores of the resultant motion vector, and blending the current frame and a temporally previous frame to generate a temporally filtered current frame. The temporally filtered current frame may be displayed to a user and/or encoded to generate a bitstream.
US10735766B2
A method for coding auxiliary information of 3D point cloud data is described herein. The coding method utilizes 3D surface patches to represent point clouds, and performs flexible mapping of 3D patch surface data into 2D canvas images. Auxiliary data is transmitted in order to correctly identify and reconstruct the 3D patches from 2D information. The auxiliary data is encoded using a video encoder.
US10735759B2
An apparatus for video decoding includes processing circuitry that decodes prediction information for a current block in a current coded picture. The prediction information indicates a prediction mode that uses a motion vector predictor candidate list for reconstructing the current block. The processing circuitry includes a new motion vector predictor into the motion vector predictor candidate list. The new motion vector predictor is one of a first motion vector predictor and a second motion vector predictor. The first motion vector predictor is a first average result of a pair of existing motion vector predictors in the motion vector predictor candidate list and a temporal motion vector predictor (TMVP). The second motion vector predictor is a second average result of a pair of history-based motion vector predictors (HMVPs) in an HMVP buffer. The processing circuitry reconstructs the current block based on the motion vector predictor candidate list.
US10735754B2
Techniques of compressing color images in the presence of chromatic aberrations involve performing, prior to compression, a chromatic aberration correction operation on a color image. Along these lines, the chromatic aberration of an imaging system may be represented as a vector displacement map between a red channel and a green channel of a color image, a blue channel and a green channel of the color image, or both. In some implementations, prior to adding the vector displacements to each of the images of the red channel and the blue channel, these displacements are weighted according to proximity from an edge of each of the respective red and blue images. In some further implementations, the vector displacement maps as well as the weights are blurred with a blurring kernel such as a gaussian. Once these vector displacements are added to each of the red and blue images, the resulting color images are linearly combined to produce a new brightness channel Y. This new brightness channel Y is compressed to form the compressed color image.
US10735751B2
Systems, methods and computer readable mediums are presented for encoding a stream of input video frames, in which the input video frames are down sampled and the down sampled frames are encoded in a first encoding pass to generate a set of first pass coded frames forming a single first pass I frame and a plurality of first pass P frames formed into first pass sub-groups of pictures (SUB-GOPs). First pass encoding statistics are generated for individual first pass SUB-GOPs, and the statistics are used to encode the input video frames in a second encoding pass to generate a set of second pass coded frames.
US10735747B2
Approaches to selection of motion vector (“MV”) precision during video encoding are presented. These approaches can facilitate compression that is effective in terms of rate-distortion performance and/or computational efficiency. For example, a video encoder determines an MV precision for a unit of video from among multiple MV precisions, which include one or more fractional-sample MV precisions and integer-sample MV precision. The video encoder can identify a set of MV values having a fractional-sample MV precision, then select the MV precision for the unit based at least in part on prevalence of MV values (within the set) having a fractional part of zero. Or, the video encoder can perform rate-distortion analysis, where the rate-distortion analysis is biased towards the integer-sample MV precision. Or, the video encoder can collect information about the video and select the MV precision for the unit based at least in part on the collected information.
US10735745B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for video encoding/decoding. Processing circuitry of the apparatus can decode first prediction information of a first coding block in a first key picture from a coded video bitstream. The first key picture is one of multiple key pictures in a video sequence and includes a first intra coded region and a first inter coded region. When the first prediction information indicates that the first coding block is in the first intra coded region, the processing circuitry reconstructs at least one sample of the first coding block based on the first intra coded region. When the first prediction information indicates that the first coding block is in the first inter coded region, the processing circuitry reconstructs the at least one sample of the first coding block based on a region different from the first inter coded region.
US10735743B2
A method for encoding a multi-view frame in a video encoder is provided that includes computing a depth quality sensitivity measure for a multi-view coding block in the multi-view frame, computing a depth-based perceptual quantization scale for a 2D coding block of the multi-view coding block, wherein the depth-based perceptual quantization scale is based on the depth quality sensitive measure and a base quantization scale for the 2D frame including the 2D coding block, and encoding the 2D coding block using the depth-based perceptual quantization scale.
US10735739B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses may encode a media content item based on metadata from previous encoding. The encoding may also generate encoding metadata, which may comprise a qualitative or quantitative characterization of the encoded media content item. A prediction engine may, based on this metadata, determine new encoding settings for the same or a different video resolution. The prediction engine may cause an encoded media content item to be stored and may cause encoding of the media content item using the new encoding settings.
US10735738B2
The refinement of a lower-pel resolution motion estimation vector is made more effective by preceding the actual refinement with a determination of a context out of a set of context candidates based on coding costs of a set of lower-pel resolution vectors within a neighborhood of the lower-pel resolution motion estimation vector, wherein each context candidate is associated with a ranking among a set of higher-pel resolution candidate vectors surrounding the lower-pel resolution motion estimation vector. The actual refinement of the lower-pel resolution motion estimation vector to obtain the higher-pel resolution motion estimation vector may thus use the ranking associated with the context determined: sequentially arranged accordingly, the set of higher-pel resolution candidate vectors may be tested sequentially.
US10735736B2
An apparatus for decoding transform coefficients using an alphabet of transform coefficient tokens includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to select a first probability distribution corresponding to a first context, select a second probability distribution corresponding to a second context, and, in response to determining that the second probability distribution includes a probability for a transform coefficient token, mix the first probability distribution and the second probability distribution to generate a mixed probability and entropy decode, from an encoded bitstream, the transform coefficient token using the mixed probability. The first probability distribution is defined for all tokens of the alphabet. The second probability distribution is defined over a non-trivial partition of the tokens.
US10735730B2
A method and apparatus for partitioning a block to permit the encoding or decoding of a video sequence includes partitioning the block using a split-to-square partition pattern, a horizontal binary tree partition pattern, or a horizontal ternary tree partition pattern to generate a set of sub-blocks, wherein a same priority is allocated to the split-to-square partition pattern, the horizontal binary tree partition pattern, and the horizontal ternary tree partition pattern such that the split-to-square partition pattern may be used before, after, or interleaved with the horizontal binary tree partition pattern and the horizontal ternary tree partition pattern. Encoding or decoding the video sequence is performed based on partitioning the block using the split-to-square partition pattern, the horizontal binary tree partition pattern, or the horizontal ternary tree partition pattern.
US10735728B2
Disclosed are a method for processing an image and an apparatus therefor. Specifically, a method for decoding an image comprises: a step of deriving an initial block size information indicating information in which a first block, which is a basic unit for dividing an image, is divided into one or more initial blocks; a step of deriving a division information indicating information in which the initial block is divided into a plurality of second blocks in the initial block unit divided from the first block based on the initial block size information; and a step of decoding in a second block unit recursively divided from the initial block based on the division information.
US10735721B2
An encoder includes circuitry and memory. Using the memory, the circuitry: generates a prediction image to be used to encode a current block to be processed; derives a luminance correction parameter by referring to an image region which is included in an image including the current block and is outside the current block; and corrects the prediction image to be used to encode the current block, using the luminance correction parameter. The luminance correction parameter is used in common between a plurality of blocks included in the image.
US10735716B2
A system, comprising a computer that includes a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate a first actuator movingly connected to the camera cover and the light to move the calibration pattern and the light to cover a lens window of a camera. The processor can further execute instructions to actuate a second actuator movingly connected to the calibration pattern and the light to move the calibration pattern and the light along an optical axis of the camera.
US10735712B2
A method and system are described. The method includes capturing a set of images from an array of cameras, each camera of the array of cameras having an overlapping field of view (FOV) with an adjacent camera of the array of cameras. The method further includes synchronously capturing a supplemental image from an additional camera, the additional camera having an at least partially overlapping FOV with every camera of the array of cameras. Supplemental information is extracted by comparing the supplemental image with the set of images. Portions of the set of images are stitched based in part on the supplemental information to produce a combined stitched image, the combined stitched image having a higher resolution than each image of the set of images.
US10735708B2
A method and apparatus are provided for transforming data provided in a spherical format. A spherical format is created of an image obtained by a camera, the spherical format comprising a notional sphere that has a centre corresponding to the position from which the image was obtained by the camera. A first surface represented in the image had a first orientation and was at a first distance from the camera when the image was obtained. A selected point in said spherical format is obtained, which is defined by spherical coordinates consisting of a yaw angle and a pitch angle defining a line from the centre of the sphere. A plane is identified that has the first orientation and is at the first distance from the centre. A location in a Cartesian coordinate system is calculated where the plane intersects with the line, wherein two of the axes of the Cartesian coordinate system are parallel to the first plane. Thereby, the position of the point on the first surface is identified. This location, and other locations corresponding to to other selected points, may be used to transform data in the spherical image for display.
US10735707B2
A method includes capturing, by a camera, two-dimensional imagery. The method also includes determining, by a positioning sensor, a viewing perspective of a viewer of the two-dimensional imagery. The method also includes generating at least a first imagery based at least on the captured two-dimensional imagery and the determined viewing perspective. The method also includes displaying a three-dimensional representation of the two-dimensional imagery to the viewer. The displaying the three-dimensional representation includes displaying dual imagery, and the dual imagery includes the first imagery.
US10735706B2
Disclosed is a method for compensating for motion blur when performing a 3D scanning of at least a part of an object by means of a 3D scanner, where the motion blur occurs because the scanner and the object are moved relative to each other while the scanning is performed, and where the motion blur compensation comprises: —determining whether there is a relative motion between the scanner and the object during the acquisition of the sequence of focus plane images; —if a relative motion is determined, performing a motion compensation based on the determined motion; and —generating a 3D surface from the sequence of focus plane images.
US10735703B2
An electronic device and an associated image processing method are disclosed. The method includes: receiving an image to be processed, and determining whether the image to be processed is a non-standard image; when the determination result is affirmative, automatically converting the image to be processed as a non-standard image into a standard image adapted to a signal output range of the electronic device; and outputting the standard image. With the above method, a non-standard image can be converted to a standard image and outputted without involving manual adjustment of a user, thereby improving image output effects of the electronic device and satisfying user utilization requirements.
US10735696B1
A backup communication system and method provides communicating between a video doorbell and a doorbell sound output device when communication between the video doorbell and a remote server us unavailable. When a front button of the video doorbell is pressed or motion is detected in front of the video doorbell, the video doorbell attempts to send a message to the remote server via a wireless local area network (WLAN). The video doorbell determines when the message is not received by the remote server, such as when the WLAN is not connected to the internet and/or the remote server does not acknowledge the message, and sends, via the WLAN, a broadcast message to the doorbell sound output device. The doorbell sound output device detects the broadcast message from the video doorbell and generates the audio tone.
US10735692B2
A high mast light pole inspection system includes a command center and a transport vehicle. The transport vehicle has a frame configured to be secured around a high mast light pole, and a plurality of sets of wheels. Each set of wheels has a spring mechanism that biases a respective set of wheels inward towards a center of the frame. The plurality of sets of wheels are wirelessly controlled from the command center. In addition, the transport vehicle includes a plurality of cameras mounted to the frame, a power supply coupled to each set of wheels and camera, and a RF digital video transmitter coupled to the plurality of cameras. The transmitter is configured to transmit a wireless multiplexed output of the cameras to the command center.
US10735685B2
A control method of presented information in a control device, having first and second sensor sections and that is connected to a network, is provided. The method includes acquiring information concerning a human activity detected by first and second sensor sections during first and second periods. The method also includes a first control operation of (i) determining content that is to be output by the first output section during the second period, based on the information concerning a human activity detected during the first period by the first and second sensor sections, and then (ii) causing the first output section to output the determined content in a case where it is determined that a human activity is performed during the second period in a space in which the first sensor section is disposed, based on the information concerning a human activity during the second period acquired from the first sensor section.
US10735679B2
HDR image generating processing is performed which generates one image from a plurality of images captured with different exposures within an image pickup device so that increases of power consumption and frame rate reduction can be improved.
US10735678B2
There is provided an image sensor comprising: a pixel unit having a plurality of pixels; an A/D converter which converts an image signal from the pixel into a digital image signal; a gradation converter which performs a gradation conversion to the digital image signal; and a selector which selects gradation converting characteristics of the gradation conversion to the digital image signal performed by the gradation converter.
US10735671B2
An automated electronic video surveillance system enables a high-resolution mega-pixel camera to capture high quality, detailed, magnified images at multiple locations, simultaneously with an overview of the whole scene. A preferred embodiment requiring no moving parts provides full 360-degree continuous viewing with up to 5× all-digital zoom capability. The system performs continuous surveillance and active resolution allocation in the form of a feedback control subsystem that dynamically allocates resources so that important details within a scene receive appropriate scrutiny, while uninteresting areas are imaged at a lower resolution.
US10735665B2
An information handling system operating a wearable headset IR emitter saturation correction system may comprise an infrared emitter emitting IR light, a camera capturing a calibration image and a first session image of the IR light reflected from a landmark, and a SLAM engine generating a first session SLAM frame. A processor may execute code instructions to compare the measured calibration pixel brightness value for each pixel associated with the landmark in a calibration image with a measured first session pixel brightness value for each pixel associated with the landmark in the first session image to determine whether the first session SLAM frame is over or under saturated, and determine an adjusted brightness if the first session SLAM frame is over or under saturated. The infrared emitter may emit light according to the adjusted brightness.
US10735663B2
An image sensing device includes an image sensor that converts incident light into a first image by operating the image sensor under a first exposure time and a second image by operating the image sensor under a second exposure time which is different from the first exposure time; a calculation circuit to receive the first image and generate a third image corresponding to the second image based on the first image and a exposure ratio between the first and the second exposure times; a combination circuit to combine the second image and the third image to generate a combination image; a conversion circuit to convert or maintain each code value of the combination image to have the same bit depth based on the combination image and the exposure ratio; and a memory circuit coupled to the conversion circuit to store image values outputted from the conversion circuit.
US10735662B2
A digital camera includes an imaging control unit that images a subject by performing driving based on a rolling shutter method on an imaging sensor, and a light emission control unit that emits auxiliary light a plurality of times from a light emission device while the imaging is performed. A difference Δt between start timings of exposure started by the driving in two adjacent pixel rows is a value other than 1/n (n is an integer greater than or equal to 1) of an exposure time in which the exposure is performed. The light emission control unit controls a light emission cycle of the auxiliary light to be a time that is m (m is an integer greater than or equal to 1) times the difference.
US10735655B2
An image processing circuit obtains filter information individually corresponding to two or more types of image stabilization processing used in shooting and performs predetermined computational processing based on the filter information individually corresponding to the two or more types of image stabilization processing to create a correction filter for use in correcting a captured image. Then, the image processing circuit performs correction processing using the created correction filter on the captured image captured using the two or more types of image stabilization processing.
US10735649B2
A virtual or augmented reality display system that controls power inputs to the display system as a function of image data. Image data itself is made of a plurality of image data frames, each with constituent color components of, and depth planes for displaying on, rendered content. Light sources or spatial light modulators to relay illumination from the light sources may receive signals from a display controlled to adjust a power setting to the light source or spatial light modulator based on control information embedded in an image data frame.
US10735641B2
An in-vehicle display control device includes a display video data generating unit 31 that obtains captured video data from a rear camera 2 used in capturing the rearward portion of a vehicle, and generates display video data to be displayed in a rearview monitor 3 meant for displaying rearward videos of the vehicle; a range setting unit 35 that sets a first-type range and a second type range with respect to the display video data, the second-type range being placed on either side of the first-type range and positioned in each side portion of the display video data; a video processing unit 36 that, with respect to the video data in the second-type range set by the range setting unit 35, performs an information volume reduction operation for reducing the volume of information to be provided to the driver; and a display control unit 40.
US10735638B2
A display system for a vehicle includes a first imager configured to capture image data in a field of view rearward of the vehicle. A second imager is also configured to capture image data in the field of view rearward of the vehicle. The display system additionally includes a first display device disposed in a passenger compartment of the vehicle and a second display device also disposed in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The display system also includes a controller in communication with the first and second imagers and the first and second display devices wherein the controller is operable to adjust at least one of an orientation and a scale of two desired views of the image data for display on the first and second display devices.
US10735616B2
A non-transitory computer-readable medium has control instructions to control a computer of an information processing device including a communication interface used to perform communications with an image processing apparatus, and the control instructions cause the computer to perform: determining whether updating of firmware of the image processing apparatus is necessary to execute specific processing in the image processing apparatus; and outputting information based on a result of the determining.
US10735595B2
Systems and methods for voice mail delivery may include receiving a voicemail by a device of a subscriber, determining if the subscriber is a member of a group of members, and, upon a determination that the subscriber is a member of the group, combining the voice mail message with a second voice mail message received by a member of the group other than the subscriber to generate a combined voice mail message.
US10735581B2
A method of obtaining and automatically providing secure authentication information includes registering a client device over a data line, storing information and a changeable value for authentication in subsequent telephone-only transactions. In the subsequent transactions, a telephone call placed from the client device to an interactive voice response server is intercepted and modified to include dialing of a delay and at least a passcode, the passcode being based on the unique information and the changeable value, where the changeable value is updated for every call session. The interactive voice response server forwards the passcode and a client device identifier to an authentication function, which compares the received passcode to plural passcodes generated based on information and iterations of a value stored in correspondence with the client device identifier. Authentication is confirmed when a generated passcode matches the passcode from the client device.
US10735572B2
An expandable spinning accessory for a portable media player. The accessory includes a platform for attaching the spinning accessory to the portable media player or a case for the portable media player. The accessory also includes a skin operably coupled to the platform, a button operably coupled to the skin opposite the platform, and a bearing assembly operably coupled to the skin and to the button. The bearing assembly is configured to facilitate rotation of the button relative to the skin.
US10735571B2
A display device includes: a display panel configured to display an image; a sound element on a rear side of the display panel; and a rear chassis configured to receive the display panel and protect the rear side of the display panel, and including a protruding portion protruding away from the rear side of the display panel and corresponding to the sound element. The sound element includes a pair of electrodes, and a vibration material layer between the electrodes.
US10735568B2
A device comprising a means to re-direct the line of sight of a camera function of a smartphone.
US10735559B2
A card device is adapted to accept a load packet for an applet and to process and apply to the load packet an INSTALL command in order to prompt an installation of an instance of the applet in the card device. The INSTALL command is adapted to set up in the card device an application identifier comprised in the loading package that relates to the instance of the applet to be installed. The INSTALL command is adapted to install the applet instance while considering the application identifier and to set up in the card device at least one further application identifier that relates to the same instance of the applet.
US10735551B2
A method and system for generating a digital profile defined by digital behavior expressed by a device includes receiving digital behavior data and identifying information defined by a device in communication with a content server, generating a device profile for the device, associating the device with at least one device population, and generating a population profile defined by the device population. The device profiles and population profiles may be made accessible to users of a social network. Related contents, including identifying information, device behavior analysis, comparative ratings, service and diagnostic information, messages and alerts may be associated with a device profile or population profile and published to the social network. A population profile may define normal digital behavior of the population, such that the population profile may be compared with the device profile of a device, to determine whether the device operation is abnormal with respect to the population profile.
US10735550B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to systems and methods for providing a smart cache. In embodiments, a variable time to live (TTL) may be calculated and associated with data as it is stored in a cache. The variable TTL may be calculated based upon reputation and/or category information related to the source of the data. The reputation and/or category information may include TTL modifiers for adjusting the TTL for data from a particular data source that is stored in the cache. In further embodiments, a feedback method may be employed to update reputation and/or category information for a particular data source.
US10735549B2
A network apparatus according to one embodiment is provided in a radio access network of a mobile communication system. The network apparatus comprises: a storage configured to store content data delivered from a server outside the radio access network; and a controller configured to recognize content data requested by a radio terminal, and to determine whether or not the requested content data is stored in the storage. The controller is configured to, when the requested content data is stored in the storage, deliver the requested content data to the radio terminal on behalf of the server.
US10735535B2
Embodiments for analyzing viewer engagement of online content by one or more processors are described. For each of a plurality of online channels having a piece of content posted thereon, viewer engagement associated with the piece of content and information associated with the posting of the piece of content on the respective online channel is received. The viewer engagement from each of the plurality of online channels is compared to the viewer engagement from the others of the plurality of the online channels. Based on the comparing of the viewer engagement and the information associated with the posting of the piece of content, a correlation between the viewer engagement from each of the plurality of online channels and the information associated with the posting of the piece of content on each of the plurality of online channels is determined. A signal representative of the determined correlation is generated.
US10735528B1
A Content Delivery Network (CDN) service provider is described that monitors historical data of a geographic distribution of requests and makes source relocation recommendations based on the historical data. Based on a selected recommendation, the CDN service provider can migrate the source of content from a first geographical region to a second geographical region closer to where the requests are generated. As a result, a round-trip time (RTT) for requests is reduced, even for first time requests.
US10735526B2
A communication apparatus capable of data communication includes a controller that temporarily permits data communication of an application. Upon the application transitioning to the background, the controller maintains temporary permission for data communication of the application when the application transitioned to the background as a result of an interrupt not intended by a user, and prohibits data communication of the application when the application transitioned to the background as a result of an interrupt other than an interrupt not intended by the user.
US10735519B2
In a system for providing computer network connectivity to transit cars that each include first and second mobile radios, and a memory and a processor in each car performing the steps of (a) causing the first and second mobile radios of the car to enter into a far-field mode of operation in communication with a wayside radio; (b) following step (a), the processor of a first car causing its second mobile radio to enter into a couple mode of operation with a first mobile radio of a proximate car; and (c) following step (a), the processor of a second car causing its first mobile radio to enter into a couple mode of operation with a second mobile radio of a proximate car. In the couple mode of operation, first and second mobile radios in proximate cars communicate only with each other.
US10735518B2
Communication network architectures, systems and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide autonomous vehicle network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable network of autonomous vehicles comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes.
US10735516B1
Systems and methods to facilitate cloud-based point-to-point data transfer via machine learning are described herein. A request for a transfer of data between a sending system and a receiving system may be obtained. Receiving system information for the receiving system may be obtained. Values of transfer parameters for performing the transfer may be determined through machine-learning. The transfer may be performed based on the determined values. Results of the transfer may be obtained and provided to the machine-learning algorithm to further train the algorithm.
US10735515B2
A two-layer erasure-coded fault-tolerant distributed storage system offering atomic access for read and write operations is described. In some embodiments, a class of erasure codes known as regenerating codes (e.g. minimum bandwidth regenerating codes) for storage of data in a backend layer is used to reduce a cost of backend bulk storage and helps in reducing communication cost of read operations, when a value needs to be recreated from persistent storage in the backend layer. By separating the functionality of edge layer servers and backend servers, a modular implementation for atomicity using storage-efficient erasure-codes is provided. Such a two-layer modular architecture permits protocols needed for consistency implementation to be substantially limited to the interaction between clients and an edge layer, while protocols needed to implement erasure code are substantially limited to interaction between edge and backend layers.
US10735510B2
A storage and application controller that is coupled to a plurality of storage and application execution clouds is maintained. The storage and application controller transmits, via a first communications protocol, an application to a first storage and application execution cloud. The storage and application controller transmits, via a second communications protocol, a copy of the application to a second storage and application execution cloud. In response to a compromise of the first communications protocol, execution of the application is stopped and replaced via execution of the copy of the application.
US10735508B2
Described are system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, or computer program product embodiments for controlling streaming of media content. An embodiment operates by halting a presentation of future content from a buffer upon determining that the buffer is exhausted of content to present. The embodiment includes receiving one or more packets over a network connection, the one or more packets including media information corresponding to a first portion of streaming media content, in which the first portion corresponds to a second portion of the streaming media content. The one or more packets in a buffer are stored as buffered content. Responsive to determining that the network connection is not experiencing a burst condition, the buffer is trimmed. Then, presentation of buffered content is resumed and the first portion is caused to be presented in sync with the second portion.
US10735507B2
A method of facilitating peer-to-peer connection involves transmitting, by a first peer device, an identification of the first peer device and information regarding its capabilities. The information regarding its capabilities including a list of transmission channels that the first peer device is capable of supporting, an indication of which transmission channels the first peer device is capable of supporting as a group owner, and/or an indication of which transmission channels the first peer device is capable of supporting as a client. The first peer device receives from a second peer device, an identification of the second peer device and information regarding its capabilities including a list of transmission channels that the second peer device is capable of supporting. The first peer device and the second peer device then negotiate which of the first and second peer devices should be the group owner and which should be the client.
US10735502B2
Provided is an interactive system in which program processing which is performed by a server apparatus in response to a request from a terminal apparatus can be preserved in a desired condition. An interactive system includes a terminal apparatus that is connected to a server apparatus via a network, requests the server apparatus to perform program processing, receives a processing result from the server apparatus, and displays the processing result, and the server apparatus that performs program processing in response to a request from the terminal apparatus, and transmits a processing result to the terminal apparatus, in which the terminal apparatus determines a predetermined condition in which execution of a display process of displaying the processing result from the server apparatus is suspended, and transmits a suspension signal to the server apparatus.
US10735490B2
Devices and systems for voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) for identifying network traffic are described herein. One or more embodiments include a VoIP device for identifying network traffic comprising a signal monitor to identify a signaling protocol from the network traffic and an artificial intelligence engine configured to receive signaling protocol sample data to train a signal artificial intelligence (AI) model and process the signaling protocol identified by the signal monitor in the signal AI model to identify the network traffic.
US10735472B2
The container deployment system of the present disclosure provides systems and processes to perform authorization of each unique container instance by the enterprise organization that published the container image and requested the container instance. A controller may be programmed or configured to apply one or more authorization policies to determine if a container instance should be executed or not. The authorization policies may include rules that restrict the number of containers running, cost consideration for executing a container, violations of time constraints for the execution of a container image, and violations of location constraints for execution of a container image, among other variations.
