US10745508B2
Surface-modified metal oxide particles, includes: a metal oxide particle having a refractive index of at least 1.9 to light having a wavelength of 589 nm; a first surface-modifying group having a group represented by formula (A1); and a second surface-modifying group having a group represented by formula (A2). R1 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 hydrocarbon group; n is an integer of from 1 to 20, m is an integer of at least 3 and at most (2n+1); a is an integer of from 0 to 2; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R4 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 hydrocarbon group; X is —O— or —NH—; b is an integer of from 2 to 10; and c is an integer of from 0 to 2. CnFmH2n+1-m—SiR1a(—*)3-a (A1) CH2═CR3C(O)—X—(CH2)b—SiR4c(—*)3-c (A2)
US10745503B2
Aspects of the present invention relate to polymers, and particularly to farnesene polymers functionalized with one or more oxirane groups and, optionally, one or more hydroxyl groups. According to one aspect of the invention, provided is an epoxidized and optionally hydroxyl-functionalized polyfarnesene. The epoxidized farnesene polymer has at least one of a side chain or a main backbone functionalized with at least one oxirane group and, optionally, at least one terminal end functionalized with a hydroxyl group. In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a method is provided for preparing an epoxidized and optionally hydroxyl-functionalized polyfarnesene. The method includes epoxidizing a farnesene polymer, which may optionally contain one or more terminal hydroxyl groups, to functionalize at least one of a side chain or a main backbone of the farnesene polymer with an oxirane group.
US10745499B2
The present invention relates to a process for the continuous preparation of polypropylene in a reactor from propylene and optionally ethylene and/or at least one other oolefin monomer, wherein the reactor comprises a fluidized bed, an expanded section located at or near the top of the reactor, a distribution plate located at the lower part of the reactor and an inlet for a recycle stream located under the distribution plate, wherein the process comprises—feeding a polymerization catalyst to the fluidized bed in the area above the distribution plate—feeding the propylene and the optional at least one other oolefin monomer to the reactor—withdrawing the polypropylene from the reactor—circulating fluids from the top of the reactor to the bottom of the reactor, wherein the circulating fluids are compressed using a compressor and cooled using a heat exchanger, resulting in a cooled recycle stream comprising liquid, and wherein the cooled recycle stream is introduced into the reactor using the inlet for the recycle stream wherein an alkane chosen from the group of iso-butane, n-butane, cyclopropane and mixtures thereof is added to the reactor and wherein the molar composition of the components in the recycle stream is chosen such that the dew temperature of the recycle stream at the reactor pressure is at least 0.10° C. below the temperature of the reactor.
US10745496B2
A process for preparing isobutene homo- or copolymer derivatives by (i) polymerizing isobutene or an isobutene-comprising monomer mixture in the presence of an iron halide-donor complex, an aluminum trihalide-donor complex, or an alkylaluminum halide-donor complex, (ii) reacting a resulting high-reactivity isobutene polymer with a compound which introduces a low molecular weight polar group or a substructure thereof, and (iii) in the case of reaction with a substructure, further reacting to complete the formation of the low molecular weight polar group. The homo- or copolymer derivatives include a radical of a hydrophobic polyisobutene polymer having a number-average molecular weight of 110 to 250 000 and low molecular weight polar groups including amino functions, nitro groups, hydroxyl groups, mercaptan groups, carboxylic acid or carboxylic acid derivative functions, sulfonic acid or sulfonic acid derivative functions, aldehyde functions and/or silyl groups.
US10745489B2
An antibody recognizing the O-acetylated-GD2 ganglioside for the treatment of Cancer Stem Cells (CSC) cancer, a pharmaceutical composition including the antibody for treating a CSC cancer and a method for treating a CSC cancer in a patient in need thereof, the method including administering the antibody to the patient. A method for diagnosing a CSC, the use of the O-acetylated-GD2 ganglioside as a biomarker of CSC cancer, and a method for predicting the response of a subject affected with CSC cancer to a treatment with the antibody or the composition are also described.
US10745487B2
The present invention relates generally to the field of cancer biology. Some embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein relate to administration of humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof that specifically bind to LRG5 to treat certain cancers.
US10745484B2
Provided herein are antibodies and antigen-binding antibody fragments that bind to human soluble Growth Stimulation-Expressed Gene 2 (ST2) protein, kits containing these antibodies and antibody fragments, and methods of using these antibodies and antibody fragments.
US10745483B2
The present disclosure provides, in part, compositions comprising peptides immuno specifically binds to defined binding partners, wherein the peptides comprise at least complementarity determining regions relating to the complementarity regions shown in Table 1.
US10745478B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a polypeptide with at least two domains, wherein the first domain is capable of binding CD3 and the second domain is capable of binding to a cancer cell. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating cancer in a subject, comprising: providing a composition comprising a polypeptide with at least two domains, wherein the first domain is capable of binding CD3 and the second domain is capable of binding to a cancer cell; and treating the cancer by administering a therapeutically effective dosage of the composition to the subject.
US10745476B2
Monoclonal antibodies that bind and inhibit activation of human Notch3 are disclosed. The antibodies can be used to treat cell proliferative diseases and disorders, including certain forms of cancer, associated with activation of Notch3.
US10745463B2
Means for improving the effector functions of current immunotherapeutic antibodies through targeted hyper-glycosylation of the antibody Fc region are disclosed, as well as antibody variants having hyper-glycosylated Fc regions. Fc receptor-mediated effector functions have been shown to be a critical contributor to the efficacies of numerous therapeutic antibodies currently in clinical use. Targeted hyper-glycosylation of antibodies has the potential to significantly improve current immunotherapies for cancer.
US10745462B2
In certain aspects, the present disclosure relates to polypeptides comprising a truncated, ligand-binding portion of the extracellular domain of TβRII polypeptide useful to selectively antagonize a TβRII ligand. The disclosure further provides compositions and methods for use in treating or preventing TGFβ associated disorders.
US10745454B2
The embodiments herein disclose a method for synthesizing antagonistic peptide VEGF and bFGF. The method comprises synthesizing the antagonistic peptide for VEGF and bFGF and analyzing the purity of peptides. The quality of antagonistic peptide for VEGF and bFGF is analyzed by HPLC chromatogram and Mass spectrometry analysis. The biochemical activity of the antagonistic peptide for VEGF and bFGF is analyzed by competitive binding assay, cell proliferation assay, Matrigel assay for anti-angiogenic activity analysis, histopathological staining and Western blot analysis. The competitive binding assay of antagonistic peptide for VEGF and bFGF illustrate that peptides binds with cell receptors at a concentration of 2000 ng/ml. The cell proliferation assay illustrates that cell growth is arrested when antagonistic peptide for VEGF and bFGF are at a concentration of 2000 ng/ml. The anti-angiogenic activity analysis illustrates that angiogenesis is arrested when the concentration of antagonistic peptide for VEGF and bFGF is 2000 ng/ml.
US10745450B2
The invention provides a series of peptide signals which, when linked to a polypeptide of interest (POI), ensure that said polypeptide is secreted in high yields by a host cell such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The invention also provides fusion proteins tagged with said peptide signals, the nucleic acid sequences coding for them, host cells comprising said tagged fusion proteins and a variety of uses of the fusion proteins and the host cells.
US10745449B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising Moraxella catarrhalis (M. catarrhalis) Ubiquitous surface protein A2 (UspA2). More particularly, the present application relates to UspA2 protein constructs and immunogenic compositions comprising the constructs, vaccines comprising such immunogenic compositions and therapeutic uses of the same. The invention further relates to compositions comprising UspA2 in combination with at least one antigen from Haemophilus influenzae, immunogenic compositions comprising the antigens, vaccines comprising such immunogenic compositions and therapeutic uses of the same.
US10745447B2
The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins comprising a modification in the amino acid sequence and virus vectors comprising the modified AAV capsid protein. The invention also provides methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids of the invention to a cell or to a subject in vivo.
US10745446B2
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid complex having a novel structure, which can introduce a bioactive nucleic acid into cells, a composition for treating and diagnosing disease, which comprises the same, and a method of regulating expression of a target gene using the same, and more particularly to a nucleic acid complex comprising a bioactive nucleic acid complementarily bound to a carrier peptide nucleic acid modified to be generally positively charged, a composition for treating and diagnosing disease, which comprises the same, and a method of regulating expression of a target gene using the same.
US10745440B2
The present invention pertains to peptides and peptide-containing complexes/nanoparticles that are useful for stabilizing and delivering cargo molecules such as nucleic acids.
US10745438B2
The present disclosure relates generally to methods of preparing glycoconjugates containing a saccharide conjugated to a carrier protein by use of stable nitroxyl radical related agent/oxidant as an oxidizing agent, to immunogenic compositions comprising such glycoconjugates, and to methods for the use of such glycoconjugates and immunogenic compositions.
US10745429B2
This disclosure provides compounds with Bcl inhibitory activity based on a new chemical scaffold, as shown in Formula (I). The phospholidine compounds can include a P-phenyl phospholidine moiety which is substituted with an N-aryl or N-heteroaryl group. The P-phenyl phospholidine moiety can be optionally substituted at phosphorus with thio (═S) instead of oxo (═O). A second heteroatom attached to phosphorus can be cyclically linked to the N-substituted nitrogen atom of the phospholidine that is attached to the phosphorus to provide, together with the phosphorus atom through which they are connected, a heterocyclic ring. By incorporating such a cyclic constraint between two phosphorus substituents of the core linking moiety a favorable binding conformation can be promoted in the compounds. Selected compounds promote apoptosis in senescent cells, and can be developed for treating senescent-related conditions, such as osteoarthritis, ophthalmic disease, pulmonary disease, and atherosclerosis. Selected compounds promote apoptosis in cancer cells, and can be developed as chemotherapeutic agents.
US10745424B2
Methods for preparing a variety of ladderane precursors, ladderane compounds and ladderane lipids are provided. Also provided are methods of preparing a liposome from the ladderane lipids disclosed herein, and compositions thereof. Aspects of the invention include encapsulated one or more cargo moieties in the liposome or compositions thereof and use of the subject liposome compositions as vehicles in drug delivery, imaging, diagnostics and other medical applications. Aspects of the methods disclosed herein include administering a liposomal composition comprising a pharmaceutical agent to a subject under conditions sufficient to deliver the composition to a site of interest in the subject, and release the pharmaceutical agent from the liposomal composition.
US10745420B2
The present invention relates to tetrahydropyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine based compounds and methods which may be useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase for the treatment or prevention of cancer.
US10745413B2
The present disclosure provides methods for synthesizing cantharidin and cantharidin derivatives.
US10745410B2
The present invention relates to novel substituted [5,6]cyclic-4(3H)-pyrimidinone compounds of formula (I) and their preparation methods. (I) In particular, the present invention relates to novel substituted [5,6]cyclic-4(3H)-pyrimidinone compounds useful as inhibitors of protein kinases, specifically CDC7 (cell division cycle 7) inhibitors.
US10745408B2
The present invention relates to a novel chemical compound for use in the treatment of cancer, to compositions containing said compound, methods of manufacture and combinations with other therapeutic agents.
US10745405B2
The invention relates to glucuronide prodrug compounds of Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors having formula I: where W1, R1 and A1 are as defined. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds to treat gastrointestinal inflammatory diseases; and processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
US10745404B2
The present invention provides processes and synthetic intermediate (Ia) for the synthesis of 4-substituted ((1S, 2S, 4R)-2-hydroxy-4-{7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-7-yl}cyclopentyl)methyl sulfamates. These sulfamate compounds are E1 activating enzyme inhibitors, and are useful for the treatment of disorders of cell proliferation, particularly cancer, and other disorders associated with E1 activity.
US10745400B2
Provided herein are substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines useful as inhibitors of BMP signaling. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions of the compounds of the invention. The invention also provides medical uses of substituted imidazo[1,2-a]pyridines.
US10745399B2
A compound of formula (IV) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof These imidazolonylquinoline compounds are useful in the inhibition, regulation and/or modulation of signal transduction by kinases, in particular ATM kinase, furthermore in pharmaceutical compositions, and in their use for the treatment of diseases which relate to ATM kinase, in particular cancer.
US10745387B2
The present disclosure provides a novel solid state form of pladienolide pyridine compounds having Formula I, compositions comprising at least one such solid state form, and methods of preparation and use and the same. The novel solid state form of pladienolide pyridine compounds may be useful in the treatment of cancer, such as, for example, cancers in which agents that target the spliceosome and mutations therein are known to be useful.
US10745380B2
A compound of formula (Ia), (Ib) or (Ic) wherein: n is 1 or 2; RN is H or Me; R1 is optionally one or more halo or methyl groups; R2a and R2b are independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) F; (ii) H; (iii) Me; and (iv) CH2OH; R2c and R2d (if present) are independently selected from the group consisting of: (i) F; (ii) H; (iii) Me; and (iv) CH2OH; R3a and R3b are independently selected from H and Me; R4a is selected from OH, —NH2, —C(═O)NH2, and —CH2OH; R4b is either H or Me; R5 is either H or Me; A is either (i), where R6a is ether; or (ii), where X is selected from CH2, NH and O, one of R7a and R7b is selected from CI and ethoxy and the other of R7a and R7b is H.
US10745379B2
Provided herein are small molecule inhibitors for the targeting or IRE1 protein family members. Binding may be direct or indirect. Further provided herein are methods of using IRE1 small molecule inhibitors for use in treating or ameliorating cancer in a subject. Moreover, IRE1 small molecule inhibitors described herein are for the treatment of cancer, where the cancer is a solid or hematologic cancer.
US10745375B2
New adipate-type compounds suitable as an intermediate in organic chemistry, a platform chemical for the production of other chemicals, and as a monomer and a co-monomer useful for the preparation of polymers and co-polymers. Also, a process of preparing the new adipate-type compounds from bio-based raw materials such as sugars.
US10745358B2
Compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof capable of binding to and modulating the activity of a stimulator of interferon genes (STING) protein are provided. Methods involving compounds of Formula I as effective modulators of STING are also provided.
US10745352B2
Dual function compounds are provided that may be inhibitors of histone deacetylase (HDAC) and activators of ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM). Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use are also provided that utilize such compounds.
US10745346B2
Some novel compounds are provided in this disclosure. These novel compounds have potential SHP-1 agonist activity for being used in treating cancer.
US10745345B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for preventing or reducing polymer formation and polymer deposition in equipment used in petrochemical processes. An antifoulant composition includes a combination of one or more antioxidants; one or more antipolymerants; one or more dispersants; and one or more solvents. A method of preventing or reducing fouling of process equipment used in an industrial process is also described. The method includes introducing into the process equipment an antifoulant composition, the antifoulant composition comprising a combination of one or more antioxidants; one or more antipolymerants; one or more dispersants; and one or more solvents.
US10745330B2
A method and catalyst for forming higher alcohols from lower alcohol feedstocks. In one application a highly selective and stable copper pseudo-single-atom supported on MgO—Al2O3 catalyst is provided which provides ethanol condensation to higher alcohols at ˜50% yields and ˜85% selectivity is demonstrated with stable catalyst lifetime over 500 hours in a continuous flow system. In some applications a Guerbet condensation process is further utilized to yield a higher alcohol at a selectivity of near ˜90%.
US10745314B2
A method of manufacturing an optical fiber of the invention includes: preparing a direction changer; drawing a bare optical fiber from an optical fiber preform, thereby forming the bare optical fiber; providing a coated layer made of a resin on a periphery of the bare optical fiber; obtaining an optical fiber by curing the coated layer; changing a direction of the bare optical fiber by use of the direction changer; measuring a drawing velocity of the optical fiber; and adjusting a length of the bare optical fiber from a drawing unit to a coating unit by controlling a position of the direction changer based on a measurement value of the drawing velocity, the drawing unit forming the bare optical fiber, the coating unit providing the coated layer on the periphery of the bare optical fiber.
US10745311B2
The invention relates to a method of fabricating a glass container, the method comprising a forming step of forming molten glass in order to obtain a semi-finished container (4) comprising a shell (5) presenting inside and outside faces (7, 8), a cooling step during which the semi-finished container is in a transient state in which the glass forming the outside face is sufficiently viscous for it not to deform under the effect of gravity, while the glass forming the inside face is sufficiently fluid to allow the inside face to deform under the effect of gravity, the method including a shaping operation while the semi-finished container is in the transient state, in which operation the semi-finished container is maintained for a predetermined time in a position that is inclined relative to its upright vertical position in order to modify the shape of the inside face under the effect of gravity.
US10745310B2
A dewatering system for removing solids from an influent includes a filtration assembly and a feed pipe upstream thereof. The dewatering system includes a solids receptacle downstream of the filtration assembly, and an effluent collector adjacent to the filtration assembly and in fluid communication with the filtration assembly. The dewatering system includes a sensor to sense a characteristic of an influent, an effluent and/or a solid. A control system is operatively connected to the sensor to receive a sensor signal therefrom and to generate an adjustment signal based on the sensor signal to improve the efficiency of the dewatering system.
US10745307B1
Geo-biological processes are designed to treat wastewater generated in animal feed lots when washing away feces, urine and other materials or in municipal wastewater systems. The present processes are focused on recovering a nutrient load in the wastewater for use as fertilizer and corresponding to separate mostly purified water for reuse. Alternate embodiments are algae and microbe based processes. The processes can be used individually or in various permutations.
US10745286B2
Anticaking agents for inhibiting or preventing caking of inorganic salt granules are provided. The anticaking agents comprise a coordination complex of iron and a salt anion of an organic acid, wherein the salt anion is selected from the group consisting of malate, polyacrylate, diphosphonate, and mixtures thereof. Free-flowing, solid salt compositions resistant to caking are also described herein, along with methods of melting ice and/or snow on a surface or inhibiting the accumulation or formation of ice and/or snow on a surface, and methods of preventing or inhibiting caking of solid inorganic salt granules.
US10745280B2
The invention relates to a compact thermal reactor for rapid growth of high quality carbon nanotubes (CNT2) produced by chemical process with low power consumption comprising: a processing chamber having a vacuum vessel, the vacuum vessel having a side cover formed of a first side wall and a second side wall, a top cover, a bottom cover connected to a support stand; feed through housing provided with a substrate; a heating system consisting of a heating element and back means; and at least one each inlet and outlet for gas injection into the process chamber for growing high quality carbon nanotubes over the substrate.
US10745270B2
Provided herein is a method including fusion bonding a handle wafer to a first side of a device wafer. A hardmask is deposited on a second side of the device wafer, wherein the second side is planar. The hardmask is etched to form a MEMS device pattern and a standoff pattern. Standoffs are formed on the device wafer, wherein the standoffs are defined by the standoff pattern. A eutectic bond metal is deposited on the standoffs, the device wafer, and the hardmask. A first photoresist is deposited and removed, such that the first photoresist covers the standoffs. The eutectic bond metal is etched using the first photoresist. The MEMS device pattern is etched into the device wafer. The first photoresist and the hardmask are removed.
US10745261B2
A lifting vehicle comprises a mobile chassis with a tiltable mast (3) and a lifting device (4,5). Alerting means (15,16) are provided for the purpose of monitoring a load on the lifting device as a result of a cargo being carried thereby. The alerting means comprise a first electronic sensor 11), which records a cargo weight, and a second electronic sensor (12) which records a cargo moment. The alerting means (15,16) are provided with automatic calibration means which, when an output signal below a predetermined threshold value is generated by the one sensor (11), sets to zero an output signal differing therefrom from the other sensor (12).
US10745258B2
An adjustable bladder assembly for use with a closed hydraulic power system is provided. The bladder assembly includes a rigid body and a bladder cover slidably engaged therein. The bladder cover divides an interior area of the bladder assembly into first and second portions. The first portion of the bladder assembly is configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir of the hydraulic power system, with internal pressure of the hydraulic power system acting on an inner surface of the bladder cover, thereby biasing the bladder assembly towards an inflated configuration. The second portion of the bladder assembly is open to the environment such that ambient air pressure acting on an outer surface of the bladder cover biases the bladder assembly towards a deflated configuration.
US10745248B2
A handrail belt tension device is provided for an escalator having a truss and an annular handrail belt rotatable relative to the truss. The handrail belt tension device includes: a base plate on which a roller for supporting the handrail belt is provided, and a guiding mechanism which is fixed to the truss. The base plate is connected to the guiding mechanism, and rotatable and translatable relative to the guiding mechanism so as to adjust the handrail belt by the base plate thereby the handrail belt can be in a well tensioned status. The handrail belt tension device ensures that the tension device is installed in a more accurate position, making it easier to adjust the tensioning force of the handrail belt, reducing the time for adjusting the handrail belt, and increasing the service life of the handrail belt.
US10745247B2
A guidance mechanism for an elevator car is constructed and arranged to move along a lane defined at least in-part between two opposing first and second lane structures of a stationary structure. The guidance mechanism includes a first support structure supported by the first lane structure. The first support structure includes a first retainer face disposed between the elevator car and the first lane structure that substantially faces the first lane structure, and is spaced from the first lane structure. A first retention device of the mechanism is disposed, at least in part, between the first retainer face and the first lane structure. The first retention device is supported by the elevator car and is constructed and arranged to contact the first retainer face for limiting lateral movement of the elevator car away from the first lane structure and toward the second lane structure.
US10745238B2
An elevator power distribution system includes an elevator car (114; 214; 314; 414; 514) configured to travel in a lane (113, 115, 117; 213; 313, 315, 317; 413, 415, 417; 513, 515, 517) of an elevator shaft (111) and a linear propulsion system configured to impart force to the elevator car. The linear propulsion system includes a first portion (216), mounted in the lane and a second portion (218) mounted to the elevator car configured to coact with the first portion (216) to impart movement to the elevator car. A plurality of electrical buses (371, 372, 373, 374; 471, 472, 473, 474; 571, 572, 573, 574) are disposed within the lane and configured to provide power to the first portion, a rectifier (361a, 362a, 363a, 364a, 361b, 362b, 363b, 364b, 361c, 362c, 363c, 364c; 461a, 462a, 463a, 464a, 461b, 462b, 463b, 464b, 461c, 462c, 463c, 464c; 561a, 562a, 563a, 564a, 561b, 562b, 563b, 564b, 561c, 562c, 563c, 564c) is electrically connected to each of the plurality of buses and configured to convert power provided between the respective bus and a grid (302; 402; 502), and a battery backup (381a, 382a, 383a, 384a, 381b, 382b, 383b, 384b, 381c, 382c, 383c, 384c; 481a, 482a, 483a, 484a, 481b, 482b, 483b, 484b, 481c, 482c, 483c, 484c; 585a, 585b, 585c) is electrically connected with the rectifier and configured to transfer power to or receive power from the rectifier.
US10745237B2
A vehicle-mounted reel lifting apparatus for rotating the reel to dispense or wind the reelable material. A driven wheel engages the rim of the reel at a plurality of reel lifting arm pivot positions, such as sliding alongside the lifting arm in an axis parallel with the lifting arm. The driven wheel is capable of engaging with the reel at any position of the lifting arm. A linear drive mechanism allows the driven wheel to travel up and down the lifting arm to accommodate various reel sizes. The lifting arm may incorporate an automatic locking slot having a spring-driven locking mechanism. The lifting arms may also be mounted with a mounting bracket having a pattern of slots to enable the lifting arms to be selectively mounted in a narrow configuration or a wide configuration.
US10745235B1
An inserter hopper device for handling a pile of inserts includes a framework, a belly plate that is connected to the framework, a carry-down cam assembly including a plurality of carry-down cams on a rotatable carry-down cam shaft having a fixed location relative to the framework and a carry-down roller assembly including a plurality of carry-down rollers on a rotatable carry-down roller shaft having a movable location relative to the framework. The carry-down rollers are opposed to and spaced from the carry-down cams, providing a nip having a nip distance therebetween. At least one biasing element biases the carry-down roller shaft toward the nip. The inserts are moved through the nip individually. A thickness tuning adjustment assembly moves the carry-down roller assembly to adjust the nip distance. A vacuum assembly is in communication with a movable sucker assembly that has sucker ports being movable toward and away from the nip.
US10745232B2
An image forming apparatus performs printing of a plurality of copies of a document in response to execution of a printing job. Each copy includes a plurality of sheets. The image forming apparatus includes a first ejection tray; a second ejection tray; and a first sensor; and circuitry. The circuitry is configured to: start sheet ejection to the first ejection tray; switch a sheet-ejection destination to the second ejection tray in response to detecting that the first ejection tray is at a full level during printing of a first copy; calculate an amount of vacant space of the second ejection tray in response to completion of the printing of the first copy; and perform printing of a second copy to the second ejection tray or to suspend the execution of the printing job, based on the amount of vacant space.
US10745229B2
A method of converting a plurality of coreless roll products includes providing a first support structure and winding a paper product around the first support structure. The method also includes cutting through the paper product and the first support structure to form a plurality of cut portions of the paper product each wound around a cut portion of the first support structure. The method further includes removing the cut portion of the first support structure from each of the cut portions of the paper product to form a plurality of coreless roll products each comprising a center aperture. A method of preparing a coreless roll product for storage or shipment includes providing a coreless roll product comprising a center aperture and inserting a temporary support device into the center aperture of the coreless roll product. The method also includes expanding the temporary support device to approximate dimensions of the center aperture, wherein the temporary support device is configured to reduce deformation of the center aperture during storage or shipment.
US10745225B2
A printing apparatus has a conveyance roller and a driven roller disposed upstream of a print head in the first direction, a platen facing the print head and supporting the print medium, a producing unit producing a holding force for holding the print medium at the platen. A conveyance operation includes a first conveyance operation in which the print medium is conveyed without any release from between the conveyance roller and the driven roller and a second conveyance operation in which the print medium is released from between the conveyance roller and the driven roller. A rotation amount of the conveyance roller during the second conveyance operation is increased than that during the first conveyance operation.
US10745222B2
A stacking device includes a stacking unit, a regulation member, an interlocking member, a pivoting member provided on the interlocking member, a sensor having an output, and a determination unit. The stacking unit stacks a sheet on the stacking unit. The regulation member moves in a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction and regulates a position of the sheet by abutting on an edge of the sheet stacked in the stacking unit. The interlocking member interlocks with the regulation member. The pivoting member rotates. The sensor output changes based on positions of the interlocking member and the pivoting member. The determination unit determines a size of the sheet based on the output of the sensor.
US10745220B2
A vehicle restraint system and a control system configured to manipulate an orientation of a vehicle restraint relative to a carriage that supports the restraint such that the hook is moveable between an engaged or extended position wherein the hook interferes with translation of vehicle relative to the vehicle restraint system and a disengaged or retracted position wherein the vehicle can be associated with or removed from interaction with the vehicle restraint system. The control system includes a single indicia whose output is manipulated such that a characteristic of the output of the indicia, rather that strictly operation thereof, indicates a secured or less than secured condition associated with operation of the restraint relative to a vehicle.
US10745211B2
The apparatus for diverting objects such as containers, bundles, packages, which are conveyed on a transport apparatus, comprises a first transport device, on which the objects are transported in a single row, a second transport device, which is arranged to the side of the first transport device, and a diverting device, which is provided on one side of the transport apparatus and by means of which an object to be diverted is diverted from the first transport device onto the second transport device. The apparatus furthermore comprises a rail, which is provided on a side of the transport apparatus situated opposite the diverting device, and a device for generating an air jet, wherein the device for generating the air jet is configured such that the air jet which is generated runs parallel to the rail.
US10745200B2
A method for collecting products listed in an order in a product collecting system having a plurality of modules, the method including: assigning the order to a module, allocating a product listed in the order to the order if the product is already available in the module, allocating a product to the order from another module if the product of the “slow-moving” type is not already available in the module whereas it is available in the other module, allocating a product to the order from a pallet warehouse if the product of the “slow-moving” type is not already available in the module nor in another module, and releasing the order and loading the products onto a collecting carrier when all the products listed in the order have been collected in the module.
US10745199B2
A material placement device is configured for placement of a plurality of materials from the preceding process, and includes a slide rail assembly configured to be disposed on one side of an aisle of a place, a plurality of storage units slidably disposed on the slide rail assembly and movable toward or away from each other, and a plurality of fixing units each of which detachably fixes two adjacent ones of the storage units. Each storage unit includes a storage portion defining a plurality of storage spaces for receiving and storing the materials.
US10745198B1
A formed support member that is structurally steady and easy to manufacture is disclosed herein. The formed support member comprises a downwardly facing U-shaped body, a first flat end, a first engaging end, a second flat end and a second engaging end. The formed support member may comprise at least one hole on the engaging ends which allows the formed support member to be universally fastened to different sized horizontal beams for different storage needs.
US10745179B2
A bottle includes a secure sealing mechanism. A slide switch plate or rotatable plate maintains the contents of the bottle. This is achieved by securing a dispensing mechanism in a closed, locked position and sealing an outlet so that any liquids are prevented from exiting the bottle.
US10745173B2
Disclosure is an assembled plastic tray. The plastic tray includes a mainboard and strakes fixed at two sides of the mainboard. The mainboard includes two rib frames and multiple strip-shaped pad feel uniformly distributed between the two rib frames. The steps for assembling the plastic tray includes: respectively inserting first mainboard steel tubes and second mainboard steel tubes into first mainboard steel tube holes and second mainboard steel tube holes of the rib frames on the mainboard, subsequently, mounting the two strakes on the two side surfaces of the mainboard through a boss and penetrating slots and fixing the boss and the penetrating slots through strake connection blocks, then inserting strake steel tubes into strake steel tube holes on the two strakes, and then, fixing the strake steel tubes and the first mainboard steel tubes through steel tube connection members and steel blocks.
US10745170B2
A shelf-ready shipper display system having a tray portion, a hood portion, and one or more zones of weakness that enable the hood portion to be separated from the tray portion so that the shipper display system can be converted from a shipping configuration to a display configuration. In certain embodiments, the shipper display system is made from a single blank. In some embodiments, the shipper display system includes a reinforcement panel that is also capable of being separated from the tray portion as the shipper display system is converted from the shipping configuration and to the display configuration.
US10745167B1
A cut-case with enhanced display of product information includes a product container having a front wall forming a surface area facing a viewing direction when on a store shelf. A lid at least partially receives the product container to close an open top to make the cut-case suitable and the products contained for shipment therein. A display panel is hingedly connected to the front wall for pivoting movements between a retracted position during shipment and storage substantially co-extensive with one of the product container walls and an extended position substantially co-planar with the front wall and extending below the bottom wall when placed on a store shelf to at least partially cover the shelf on which the product container is placed. The front wall retains products within the container and product information is provided on the display panel over a surface area greater than the surface area of the front wall.
US10745158B2
A strapping tensioning and sealing tool is disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the strapping tensioning and sealing tool includes a tensioning assembly, the tensioning assembly configured to apply tension to a piece of strapping; and a sealing assembly, the sealing assembly comprising at least one cam member, at least one crimping jaw member, and a motive power source, the at least one cam member operatively coupling the at least one crimping jaw member to the motive power source, and the at least one crimping jaw member of the sealing assembly configured to crimp a strapping sealing member so as to secure the piece of strapping around a package or bundle of items.
US10745156B2
A device for banding products includes a supply mechanism for supplying band material from a supply roll, a strap chute for forming a loop in an end portion of the band material around a space for accommodating products, and a cutter for cutting off the end portion and means for closing the loop. The supply mechanism includes conveyors for gripping the band material over part of its length and conveying the same in a guided manner, as well as a motor for driving the conveying means.
US10745152B2
A satellite that includes a housing, a circuit board containing circuitry and disposed in the housing, a battery disposed in the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board, one or more weights disposed in the housing, wherein the one or more weights are disposed away from a center of the housing, one or more solar panels on the housing and electrically connected to the circuit board, and an antenna electrically connected to the circuit board and including at least one segment that extends out of the housing. When multiple satellites are launched into orbit having different mass weights, they move away from each other at least partially because of the weight difference. In orbit, each satellite is subjected to aerodynamic drag torque and gravity gradient torque.
US10745149B2
A gimbal for carrying a load includes a first frame configured to be coupled with the load. The gimbal also includes a second frame rotatably coupled with the first frame. At least one of the first frame or the second frame includes a connecting segment and a movable segment movably coupled with the connecting segment, the movable segment being movable relative to the connecting segment to cause the at least one of the first frame or the second frame to extend or retract.
US10745137B2
An environmental control system of an aircraft includes a ram air circuit including a ram air shell having at least one heat exchanger positioned therein. A dehumidification system is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and at least one compressing device is arranged in fluid communication with the ram air circuit and the dehumidification system. The at least one compressing device includes a turbine and a compressor operably coupled via a shaft. A fan is operably coupled to the ram air circuit. At least one compressing device is arranged non-linearly with the ram air circuit such that an axis of rotation of the fan is offset from the axis of the shaft.
US10745126B2
An unmanned aerial system (UAS) that displays an image, video or other effect is described. The UAS may include a camera that captures the image for display. The UAS may be used in connection with a water display, and multiple UASs may operate together.
US10745124B2
A rotor system for an aircraft including a driving member; an externally driven rim configured to be rotated by the driving member; a hub having a hub axis, the hub including a rotatable housing and a non-rotatable housing; a plurality of rotor blade assemblies rotatably coupled to the rotatable housing of the hub and the externally driven rim such that rotation of the externally driven rim rotates the plurality of rotor blade assemblies about the hub axis, each rotor blade assembly having a rotor blade rotatable about a respective pitch change axis; and a pitch control mechanism operably associated with the hub and the plurality of rotor blade assemblies, wherein, actuation of the pitch control mechanism rotates each rotor blade assembly about the respective pitch change axis to collectively control the pitch of the rotor blade, thereby generating a variable thrust output. Also, a method of operating the rotor system.
US10745118B2
A rotary wing aircraft including a prime mover, a main rotor assembly having a first plurality of rotor blades operatively coupled to a main rotor shaft rotatable at a first speed ratio, a tail rotor assembly including a second plurality of rotor blades operatively coupled to a tail rotor shaft rotatable at a second speed ratio, and a variable ratio gearbox assembly mechanically connected to the tail rotor assembly. The variable ratio gearbox assembly operates to selectively vary the second speed ratio relative to the first speed ratio.
US10745114B2
An exposed main landing gear cavity in a bottom wall of an aircraft fuselage may include a main landing gear cavity outer ring recessed within the fuselage and having an inner surface encircling the main landing gear cavity, first baffle extending inward from the outer ring inner surface at an aft and inboard position on the inner surface, and a second baffle extending inward from the outer ring inner surface at an aft and outboard position on the outer ring inner surface. The main landing gear cavity may further include an aft fairing disposed proximate the outer ring bottom edge of the outer ring and connected to the fuselage at an aft side of the main landing gear cavity. An aft fairing top surface may have curvature causing the top surface to extend downward away from the outer ring as the top surface extends inward away from the outer ring.
US10745113B2
A method of assembling a wing tip device to a wing of a powered aircraft including: providing a wing tip, providing a wing tip device, pivotably attaching the wing tip device to the wing at a first position, pivoting the wing tip device about the first position, and attaching the wing tip device to the wing at a second position spaced from the first position.
US10745111B2
A propeller hydraulic actuation system, includes a double-acting dual chamber hydraulic pitch change actuator. The pitch change actuator includes a first pressure circuit having first fluid supply lines and a first hydraulic chamber and a second pressure circuit having second fluid supply lines and a second hydraulic chamber. A piston separates the first and second chambers. At least one pressure sensor is provided for obtaining pressure measurements from which a load differential (F) applied to the piston by the circuits can be calculated. A closed loop controller is arranged to control the fluid supplied to the first and second pressure circuits, wherein the closed loop controller includes an actuator position loop arranged to utilise feedback on the actuator position to control the actuator position.
US10745095B2
An electric inboard motor for a boat, includes a main body, a motor, a motor controller, a motor mounting base, a paddle, a paddle shall, a speed-adjusting handle assembly and a main body overturning locking mechanism. The speed-adjusting handle assembly further includes a speed-adjusting handle spindle, an axle sleeve, a handle sleeve, a button, a spring and at stop block; one end of a handle shell is fixedly connected with the stop block, and the handle sleeve abuts against a stepped face of the stop block, the speed-adjusting handle spindle is connected with the handle shell in a rotation manner, the speed-adjusting handle spindle is connected with the axle sleeve through a first pin, the axle sleeve is fixedly connected with the button, and the axle sleeve is connected with the stop block in a rotation manner and connected with the handle sleeve.
US10745089B2
The present disclosure provides hydraulic power sources for wakeboats are provided. The power sources can include: a wakeboat having a hull and an engine; a hydraulic pump mechanically driven by the engine; and a hydraulic motor powered by the hydraulic pump. The power sources may also include a load powered by the hydraulic motor. The present disclosure also provides methods for hydraulically powering a load from aboard a wakeboat are also provided. The methods can include: comprising: mechanically driving a hydraulic pump with an engine of the wakeboat; using the hydraulic pump to power a hydraulic motor; and using the hydraulic motor to drive a load.
US10745076B2
An insert (510) comprising a core (532) and one or more extensions (530) extending from the core. The insert is adapted to be inserted into a cavity of a hollow tube-shaped member (512). The hollow member can be a motorcycle handlebar or footrest. The insert can be made of metal or a polymer and can be an extrusion product.
US10745070B2
A track chain member comprises a shoe member defining a track chain traveling direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the track chain traveling direction, the shoe member further defining a first lateral end, a second lateral end, and a ground engaging surface spanning from the first lateral end to the second lateral end; wherein the shoe member further defines a main central void disposed on the ground engaging surface that is centered along the lateral direction of the shoe member with respect to the first and the second lateral ends.
US10745069B2
An undercarriage assembly of a work machine includes a drive wheel, front and rear idler wheels and a plurality of supporting mid-rollers. A belt disposed about the drive and idler wheels. A roller frame defines a main pivot axis located between front and rear ends. The front idler wheel is connected to the front end of the track roller frame. A major bogie having a forward bogie arm and a trailing bogie arm pivotably connects to the roller frame. The rear idler wheel connects to the trailing bogie arm. The major bogie pivot is offset from the main pivot along the roller frame such that the major bogie pivot is between the main pivot and the rear end of the roller frame. A minor bogie is connected to the major bogie at a minor bogie pivot defining a minor bogie pivot axis with the mid-rollers mounted on the minor bogie.
US10745064B2
A storage caddy comprising: (a) a frame assembly; (b) a mounting assembly connected to the frame assembly, the mounting assembly being configured to attach the storage caddy to one or more walls of a cargo box of a vehicle; (c) one or more anchors connected to the frame assembly; and (d) one or more tie-downs extending from the one or more anchors and being configured to connect to one of the one or more walls, a floor, or both of the cargo box.
US10745061B2
A vehicle rear structure includes a rocker outer panel, a wheel house outer panel, a rocker outer extension that forms a closed section together with the wheel house outer panel, and a bulk disposed between the wheel house outer panel and the rocker outer extension. The bulk includes a first plate portion, a flange portion provided in an inner end portion of the first plate portion in a vehicle width direction, and a flange portion provided in an outer end portion of the first plate portion in the vehicle width direction. The flange portion on the inner side in the vehicle width direction is joined to the wheel house outer panel, and the flange portion on the outer side in the vehicle width direction is joined to the rocker outer extension.
US10745059B2
In a side vehicle body structure for a vehicle, a reinforcing panel includes: a main reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of a side face portion along a first straight portion, a second straight portion, and a portion of a body panel which connects the first straight portion and the second straight portion; a first upper-end reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend upward toward the front of a vehicle body from an upper edge of the main reinforcing portion along a first curved portion; and a second upper-end reinforcing portion disposed so as to extend upward toward the rear of the vehicle body from the upper edge of the main reinforcing portion along a second curved portion.
US10745053B2
There is provided a vehicle body upper section structure including: a pair of roof side rails that are spaced apart in a vehicle width direction and that extend along a vehicle front-rear direction; a roof reinforcement that extends along the vehicle width direction between the pair of roof side rails; extensions that each join a vehicle vertical direction lower side of a respective one of the pair of roof side rails to a respective vehicle width direction inward side of the roof reinforcement; and a beaded section that is provided at each extension, the beaded section projecting toward a lower side in the vehicle vertical direction and extending in the vehicle width direction such that a projection depth of the beaded section toward the lower side becomes deeper on progression from an inner side toward an outer side in the vehicle width direction.
US10745049B2
An operating element can be operated by a driver for controlling at least the lateral guidance of the vehicle. A wheel angle adjuster is actuated by the operating element of the driver and/or by an electronic control unit that controls the automated lateral guidance of the vehicle so as to adjust a steering angle at the steerable wheels of the vehicle. In the process, a degree of coupling between at least one first part of the operating element and the wheel angle adjuster of the vehicle and/or between at least one first part of the operating element and a fixed position in the coordinate system of the vehicle can be modified depending on the degree of haptic contact between the driver of the vehicle and the aforementioned first part of the operating element.
US10745045B2
A power steering device includes a steering mechanism, an electric motor for applying a steering assist force to the steering mechanism, and a first motor rotational position sensor for sensing as an actual axis phase a rotational position of a rotor of the electric motor. A control device is configured to: receive input of a signal of first actual axis phase outputted from the first motor rotational position sensor; receive input of a signal of value of electric current flowing through the electric motor; estimate as a control phase a phase of an induced voltage occurring in the electric motor, based on the signal of value of electric current; and determine whether or not the first motor rotational position sensor is abnormal, based on a difference between the first actual axis phase and the control phase.
US10745039B1
Disclosed herein relates to a system, comprising: at least one load receiver mounted on a shopping cart or basket and configured to receive an item placed into the shopping cart or basket for a weighing operation; a plurality of sensors configured to detect a plurality of parameters relating to the weighing operation of the item including at least one of: a relative angle between a force sensing axis of the at least one load receiver and a direction of gravity, a motion of the shopping cart or basket, and an ambient temperature surrounding the shopping cart or basket and the at least one load receiver; and a processor configured to determine an actual weight of the item based on at least a portion of the plurality of parameters.
US10745035B2
A connecting member for connecting two longitudinal members of a bogie frame of a rail vehicle includes at least one fastening point for receiving add-on components, at least a first member element with a first member portion and a second member element with a second member portion, wherein the first and second member elements are connected to one another in a force-fitting manner by at least two connecting devices such that the member portions overlap one another at least in certain portions in order to damp vibrations that occur and to thus prevent oscillation of the system.
US10745030B2
The present subject matter relates to providing alerts to the driver based on comparison between the driver's driving behaviour and the general driving behavior. Driver presence is determined after which the driver is identified using identification attributes extracted. Further, data related to external environment to a vehicle is fetched. Based on the fetched external environment data an event is determined. Also, the driving behavior of the driver is compared with the general driving behavior for the vehicle. Based on the determined event and the deviations of driver's driving behavior from the general driving behavior, suggestive alert is generated for the driver of the vehicle. The intensity of the warning is varied based on severity of the event.
US10745028B2
Provided are a method, an apparatus and a device for obstacle in lane warning. The method includes receiving information of an obstacle in a front lane of a first vehicle, where the first vehicle is in front of a second vehicle; and performing an obstacle warning on the second vehicle according to the information of the obstacle. The second vehicle receives the information of the obstacle, and performs the obstacle warning on the second vehicle according to the information of the obstacle to prevent the second vehicle from failing to detect the obstacle in a blind area when the sight of the second vehicle is blocked by the first vehicle; the front vehicle notifies the subsequent vehicle of the obstacle in the lane immediately, which facilitates the driver to handle the situation in advance, improves the vehicle's ability to sense the obstacle and prevents the collision from occurring.
US10745027B2
A viewing system (100) for a vehicle (10, 10A, 10B, 10C) having at least one capture unit (20A, 20B) adapted to capture at least one first near area (1, 2, 3, 4) around the vehicle (10, 10A, 10B, 10C), at least one control unit (30) adapted to process the data captured by the capture unit (20A, 20B) and at least one reproduction unit (40A, 40B) adapted to show the near area (1, 2, 3, 4) visibly for a driver which steers the vehicle (10, 10A, 10B, 10C). During driving maneuvers conditioned by the situation, in addition, at least one collision area (K1, K2) which comprises an area at risk of collision around the vehicle (10, 10A, 10B, 10C) is shown on the reproduction unit (40A, 40B). The collision area (K1, K2) corresponds to an image section of a near area (1, 2, 3, 4) captured by the capture unit around the vehicle (10, 10A, 10B, 10C).
US10745013B1
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting engine idle-stop based on operation of an on-board generator. In one example, during operation of the generator to power an external load, a method may include inhibiting engine shut-down based on input from a user.
US10745010B2
Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for detecting anomalous vehicle behavior. It is determined whether a plurality of received car probes include one or more indicators of unusual behavior. An object agent corresponding to a vehicle having a car probe that includes an indicator of unusual behavior is selected. A search is performed to select one or more vehicles surrounding the vehicle having a car probe that includes an indicator of unusual behavior. An information entropy is determined from received car probes, for the vehicle having a car probe that includes an indicator of unusual behavior and for each of the selected surrounding vehicles. An anomalous point value is calculated for each vehicle, based on the determined information entropies. In response to determining that the anomalous point value for a car exceeds a pre-determined threshold, the vehicle is flagged as a vehicle exhibiting anomalous behavior.
US10744995B2
The present invention relates to a method for correcting a drag torque curve of at least one rotatable machine element of which the drag torque is dependent on the rotational speed of the machine element, wherein the drag torque curve has a plurality of rotational speed ranges which are different from one another, in which the drag torque curve in each rotational speed range is corrected between a measured rotational speed of the machine element and a calculated rotational speed of the machine element on the basis of a rotational speed deviation in the respective rotational speed range.
US10744983B2
A brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle includes a wheel speed acquisition device that acquires a wheel speed, an estimated vehicle body speed calculation device that calculates an estimated vehicle body speed on the basis of the wheel speed, and a bad road determination device that determines whether a road surface of travel is a bad road. The brake fluid pressure control device for a vehicle can provide hydraulic control of a brake fluid that is used in wheel brakes, and the bad road determination device determines whether the road surface of travel is a bad road on the basis of the deviation between the estimated vehicle body speed and the wheel speed. The present invention can detect phenomena particular to bad roads, and can more accurately perform bad road determination, and allows for the improvement of control such as ABS control.
US10744980B2
An electric vehicle with a cleaning device includes a electric motor, a cleaning device connected with a pipe installed in a vehicle cabin, a first clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with an axle of wheels of the vehicle, a second clutch that connects and disconnects the electric motor with the cleaning device, a control unit that controls one of the first clutch and the second clutch to selectively connect one of the cleaning device and the axle with the electric motor and activate the cleaning device.
US10744979B2
An apparatus includes a sensor window, a deflector fixedly positioned to deflect a first airflow travelling in an opposing direction to a direction of travel of the sensor window to one or more directions tangential to the sensor window, and a nozzle fixedly positioned to direct a second airflow through the nozzle to a space between the sensor window and the deflector.
US10744976B1
A seat-belt monitoring system can include a first self-driving vehicle having a first seat, a first seat belt, and a first seat belt sensor; and a second self-driving vehicle having a second seat, a second seat belt, and a second seat belt sensor. The first seat belt sensor may be configured to detect a buckled state of the first seat belt and an unbuckled state of the first seat belt. The second seat belt sensor may be configured to detect a buckled state of the second seat belt and an unbuckled state of the second seat belt.
US10744971B2
A roof airbag apparatus may include: a cushion having an inlet through which gas discharged from an inflator is introduced; a plurality of tethers connected to the cushion, and arranged along the edge of the cushion so as to be separated from each other; a plurality of steel tabs each having a connection hole formed therein; and a tether guide installed in a pillar shape through the connection holes, and supporting the cushion. The tethers may be connected to the cushion through the respective connection holes.
US10744970B2
A side airbag device-installed vehicle seat including a side frame, a side airbag, a front side cover, and a low extendibility member is provided. The side frame is disposed within a side section of a seatback. The side airbag is stowed within the side section, receives gas supplied from an inflator to inflate and deploy alongside a seated occupant, and includes an inner bag that inflates between the side frame and the seated occupant. The front side cover configures part of a cover of the seatback, and is interposed between the inner bag and the seated occupant when the inner bag is inflated. The low extendibility member is configured to stretch less readily than the front side cover, and is bound to a back face of the front side cover.
US10744967B2
A vehicle that operates in an autonomous driving mode and includes: an occupant sensing unit that is configured to sense an occupant inside the vehicle; and at least one processor configured to: determine, through the occupant sensing unit, whether the vehicle is occupied; and in a state in which the vehicle operates in the autonomous driving mode, control one or more in-vehicle devices based on a determination of whether the vehicle is occupied.
US10744966B2
A lower member device (420) and a method of constructing a lower member device includes arranging a metallic/composite (602) component in preparation for molding a plastic portion such that the metallic/composite component will extend along a width of the plastic portion. The lower member device and method further including configuring the metallic/composite component to attach to a front end module of a vehicle with attachment portions 606, molding the plastic portion over the metallic/composite component, and forming strengthening portions arranged adjacent the metallic/composite component in the plastic portion during molding.
US10744960B2
An interior trim assembly of a vehicle extends along width and height directions. The interior trim assembly includes a headliner having a substrate and a cover together defining a folded portion. A first cross-section of the folded portion along the width direction includes first and second cover portions and a first substrate portion of the substrate positioned between the first and second cover portions.
US10744957B2
A photographing apparatus for vehicle includes a photographing apparatus, heating means, an outside air temperature detector, and a control device. The photographing apparatus is disposed inside a vehicle so as to face a window of the vehicle and is configured to receive photographing light passing through the window. The heating means is disposed inside the vehicle so as to face the window and generates heat when receiving electricity. The outside air temperature detector detects outside air temperature which is air temperature outside of the vehicle. The control device calculates an amount corresponding to a target value of electric energy to be supplied to the heating means for a predetermined period of time based on the outside air temperature detected by the outside air temperature detector and temperature of the photographing apparatus, the control device supplying electric energy corresponding to the target value to the heating means.
US10744956B2
The vehicular display control device which controls an image that is projected on a windshield of a vehicle, includes: a detection section which detects an object near the vehicle; and a display control section which displays, when a first object is detected in front of the vehicle, a first image for attracting attention to the first object, at a predetermined position in a first region on the windshield, and displays, when a second object is detected on a lateral side relative to, or behind, the vehicle, a second image for attracting attention to the second object, at a predetermined position in the first region. When determining that a display position of the second image overlaps, in the first region, with a display position of the first image, the display control section moves the second image from the first region to a second region on the windshield.
US10744952B1
A sports bar storage compartment assembly including a storage compartment, wherein the storage compartment includes a storage compartment wall defining a first side, a second side, a top and a bottom. An opening is defined in the storage compartment wall at the first side of the compartment. In addition, the storage compartment is connected to a support shelf of a first attachment bracket, wherein the first attachment bracket is positioned near the first side of the storage compartment adjacent to the opening. A door is connected to the first attachment bracket and conceals the opening when in a closed position.
US10744951B2
A container has a floor and an elevationally spaced open top, a left side wall and a laterally spaced right side wall, and a rear wall and an open front. A plurality of spacer panels are vertically oriented and parallel with the left and right side walls to create a plurality of chambers between the plurality of spacer panels for removably receiving individual guns from a plurality of guns. The spacer panels each extend upwardly from the floor to a location closely spaced beneath the open top.
US10744948B2
A climbing device body (21) can assume by a rotation operation an erect, retracted position allowing a first end portion (21A) to be positioned above and a second end portion (21B) to be positioned below and a tilted, deployed position allowing the second end portion (21B) to be positioned sideways of the vehicular body outer than the first end portion (21A). A handrail (22) is engaged with the rotation operation to be capable of assuming a raised state allowing a gripping portion (22a) to assume a first position distant from the climbing device body (21) in a deployed position and a folded state allowing the gripping portion (22a) to assume a second position close to the climbing device body (21) in a retracted position.
US10744947B2
A head section for a rear view device for a motor vehicle includes a casing means including at least one housing section and a lid section arranged on a side of the housing section which faces away from a driving direction of the motor vehicle, at least one electronic unit arranged in a hollow area formed between the housing section and the lid section, a first rear view means for displaying an area of the motor vehicle, and a second rear view means for displaying a second area of the motor vehicle, where the second rear view means is arranged on the lid section, with the lid section and the second rear view means includes a combined, single-piece component, and where the lid section includes a polymeric substrate, which is coated with a chromium-based reflective coating.
US10744935B2
A cup holder includes first and second concave housing portions to house a cup, and a light source to illuminate a bottom portion of the first housing portion and a bottom portion of the second housing portion. The light source is placed between the first housing portion and the second housing portion and at a higher position than the bottom portion of the first housing portion and the bottom portion of the second housing portion. The cup holder is configured such that light emitted from the light source provides an illuminance of the bottom portion of the first housing portion that is more than an illuminance of the bottom portion of the second housing portion.
US10744927B2
A headlight assembly (126) for a mower (100) includes a cover member (302) defining an aperture (306). A first light source (308) is at least partially received within the aperture (306). The first light source (308) illuminates a first area (202) in front of the mower (100). A second light source (408) is coupled to the cover member (302). The second light source (408) illuminates a second area (204) extending at least partially around the mower (100).
US10744925B1
The present invention is an organizer to be installed in a truck bed of a vehicle. The organizer includes a rectangular base plate. The organizer also includes a first rear plate and a second rear plate hingedly coupled to a rear edge of the base plate. The first rear plate and the second rear plate are arranged side-by-side along a length of rear edge of the base plate. The organizer further includes one or more means for constraining the first rear plate and the second rear plate either relative to each other or to the truck bed for disposing the first rear plate and the second rear plate in open position and closed position independent of each other.
US10744924B2
A flat strap holding apparatus includes a chassis and a first and second rotating hub that rotate in the interior of the chassis. The interior of the chassis being bounded by two opposing side walls of the chassis and a plurality of cross bars adjoined to the side walls. The chassis has a first and second end, each end containing the first and second rotating hub. A gripping surface of each rotating hub is proximate to a first and second gripping area in the interior of the chassis residing on the plurality of chassis cross bars. The first and second grip areas are arranged approximately orthogonal to one another. The first and second rotating hubs are arranged to rotate towards and away from the first and second gripping areas.
US10744923B2
When vehicles become disabled on a road or race track, they may be towed away to be repaired or discarded. A disabled vehicle that is repairable but severely damaged may be susceptible to further damage caused by towing it away, which may prevent conventional tow trucks from quickly and easily towing the disabled vehicle away. The presently disclosed vehicle towing system incorporates a telescoping boom extending from a tow vehicle. The telescoping boom includes a first towed vehicle attachment mechanism extending from a distal end of the telescoping boom and a second towed vehicle attachment mechanism extending from a proximal end of the telescoping boom. The first and second vehicle attachment mechanism connect the boom to the disabled vehicle and the boom is used to lift and suspend the disabled vehicle behind the tow vehicle as the disabled vehicle is towed away.
US10744911B2
A lifter mechanism for an edge of a seat cushion includes a bracket pivotable about a transverse bar. The bracket includes a forward lever and a rearward portion. The forward lever is coupled to a channel within a flange of a seat suspension. The rearward portion is coupled to a linkage. The linkage is coupled to a seatback. The forward lever raises an edge of the seat suspension upon the seatback pivoting to a predetermined reclined position.
US10744909B2
The present disclosure relates to a height adjustment apparatus of a vehicle seat, whereby during a height adjustment of a seat cushion, a desired tilting angle of the seat cushion is obtained and heights of a front part and a rear part of the seat cushion are individually adjusted. Due to the height adjustment apparatus, the comfort of a seated occupant is improved by adjusting the angles of the seat cushion in response to various postures of the occupant. In addition, a link connection is structurally secured and thus its durability is also improved.
US10744907B2
A seat rail for a vehicle includes a stopper part of a locking mounting bracket and a towel bar for inhibiting a misoperation of a release lever due to the feet of a rear seat passenger by inhibiting interference of the feet of the passenger with the release lever and inhibiting deformation of the towel bar when the towel bar is pressed down.
US10744903B2
Provided is a method for controlling a fuel cell vehicle capable of informing a user outside of the vehicle of the possibility that the fuel cell stops power generation and external power-feeding stops, whereby problems due to unexpected stopping of power feeding can be avoided. In a method for controlling a fuel cell vehicle 100 including an external power-feeding device 50, when it is determined that a state of a fuel cell exceeds a limiting point where deterioration of the fuel cell 20 or a failure of a driving device to supply fuel to the fuel cell 20 occurs during external power feeding, warning is issued to outside of the vehicle 10 before the fuel cell 20 stops power generation.
US10744901B2
A vehicle traction battery cooling system is provided. The battery cooling system includes a blend door movable between at least an open and a closed position to select the location of incoming air for cooling a plurality of battery cells. A controller is configured to command the door to the open position in response to detecting gases vented by the battery cells.
US10744898B2
A motor driving and battery charging apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a motor having a plurality of coils, a rectifier circuit connected to the plurality of coils, and a high voltage battery. An inverter generates a driving current from an output voltage of the high voltage battery and supplies the driving current to the motor while the motor operates. While the high voltage battery is charged, the rectifier circuit rectifies an alternating current (AC) of an external power source, the motor and the inverter compensate for a power factor of the current rectified by the rectifier circuit, and the high voltage battery is charged with an output current of the motor and the inverter.
US10744891B2
A system comprises a high voltage (HV) battery system connected to an HV bus, a motor generator unit (MGU) connected to the HV bus, a main contactor disposed on the HV bus between the MGU and the HV battery system such that, when the main contactor is closed, the HV battery system stabilizes a voltage of the HV bus, a low voltage (LV) battery system connected to an LV bus and configured to stabilize a voltage of the LV bus when the main contactor is open or malfunctioning, a direct current to direct current (DC-DC) converter connected to the HV bus and the LV bus, and a controller configured to (i) when the main contactor is closed, control the DC-DC converter to stabilize the LV bus voltage, and (ii) when the main contactor is open or malfunctioning, control the DC-DC converter to stabilize the HV bus voltage.
US10744888B2
A through the road (TTR) hybridization strategy is proposed to facilitate introduction of hybrid electric vehicle technology in a significant portion of current and expected trucking fleets. In some cases, the technologies can be retrofitted onto an existing vehicle (e.g., a trailer, a tractor-trailer configuration, etc.). In some cases, the technologies can be built into new vehicles. In some cases, one vehicle may be built or retrofitted to operate in tandem with another and provide the hybridization benefits contemplated herein. By supplementing motive forces delivered through a primary drivetrain and fuel-fed engine with supplemental torque delivered at one or more electrically-powered drive axles, improvements in overall fuel efficiency and performance may be delivered, typically without significant redesign of existing components and systems that have been proven in the trucking industry.
US10744887B2
Transport apparatus having at least one levitation generator and at least one drive generator. The at least one levitation generator configured to generate a levitating magnetic flux, move within a corresponding at least one lifting member, and elevate above a rest position relative to the at least one lifting member in response to the levitating magnetic flux. The at least one drive generator configured to generate a driving magnetic flux, move within a corresponding at least one drive member, and laterally move relative to the at least one drive member in response to the driving magnetic flux. At least a portion of the at least one levitation generator is movable relative to the at least one drive generator.
US10744885B2
A vehicle includes a thermal system for a battery; and a controller for the thermal system. The controller may be configured to, during vehicle motion, cool the battery when a temperature of the battery exceeds a lower threshold and inhibit transfer of power with the battery when the temperature exceeds an upper threshold, and while coupled with a charge station, heat the battery to a temperature between the lower threshold and the upper threshold.
US10744876B2
A torque vectoring system may include a first planetary gear set that may include first, second, and third rotation elements, wherein the first rotation element is selectively connectable to one of the left-side output shaft and the right-side output shaft through a coupling element, the second rotation element is selectively connectable to the one output shaft through a coupling element, and the third rotation element is fixedly connected to a housing; and a second planetary gear set that may include fourth, fifth, and sixth rotation elements, and the fourth rotation element is fixedly connected to the first rotation element, the fifth rotation element is connected to the differential such that power may be transmitted thereto, and the sixth rotation element is fixedly connected to the second rotation element.
US10744867B2
A vehicle comprises a transaxle, a battery and a load carrying bed. The transaxle includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting an axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the axle via the drive train. The battery is provided for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The transaxle and the battery are disposed below the load carrying bed so as to overlap the load carrying bed when viewed in plan.
US10744859B2
A method of mitigating rear end contamination of a vehicle while driving using an active spoiler system includes providing an active rear spoiler to a square back vehicle. Next, determinations are if the vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined threshold, if the rear end of the vehicle is contaminated, and if the vehicle wipers are on. The method then moves to deploying the active rear spoiler when the vehicle speed is greater than a predetermined threshold, the rear end is contaminated, and the vehicle wipers are on.
US10744858B2
A vehicle body structure includes a wall and a removable panel. The wall has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The wall defines a vent opening with a peripheral edge extending between the first surface and the second surface. The wall includes an air vent structure open to the vent opening. The removable panel has a trim surface and an attachment surface with a plurality of air vent slots extending from the attachment surface to the trim surface. The attachment surface has a retaining structure configured to retain an air filter along the attachment surface and an attachment structure configured to attach to the wall covering the vent opening with the retaining structure extending at least partially within the air vent structure.
US10744856B2
Exchanger having a tube and fin bundle and comprising: a duct (4) through which a cryogenic fluid can flow between a fluid inlet (1) into the exchanger and a fluid outlet (2) from the exchanger; and a system of flat, continuous and parallel fins (3) through which said duct passes inside the exchanger, it being possible for air (12) to circulate within the exchanger by passing through channels delimited by the space between the duct and the parallel fins. The exchanger is characterized in that it comprises at least two independent ducts (10a, 10b) for the circulation of cryogenic fluid within the exchanger.
US10744850B2
The present invention relates to a heat pump system for a vehicle. The heat pump system includes a refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger for exchanging heat between refrigerant circulating through a refrigerant circulation line and coolant circulating through electronic units of the vehicle. The heat pump system can operate the heat pump mode even though outdoor air temperature is zero or lower or frosting is formed on the external heat exchanger because waste heat of the electronic units is retrieved through the refrigerant-coolant heat exchanger, thereby further enhancing heating performance and efficiency.
US10744847B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for a control system that improves defroster performance in a vehicle by reducing rear heater core heat rejection to increase heat availability to the defroster. The control system includes a rear heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) unit configured that moves air into the vehicle. The control system 100 includes a memory for storing multiple blower maps. The control system includes an electronic control unit connected to the rear HVAC unit and memory. The electronic control unit is configured to determine a mode for a front HVAC. The electronic control unit is configured to obtain from the memory a blower map for the rear HVAC unit from the multiple blower maps based on the mode. The electronic control unit is configured to determine an airflow rate for the air based on the obtained blower map and control an amount of air outputted.
US10744837B2
An end member assembly includes first and second end member sections. The first end member section includes a first securement feature integrally formed thereon. The second end member section includes a second securement feature integrally formed therein that is dimensioned to cooperatively engage the first securement feature. In an assembled condition, the first and second end member sections are operatively engaged to substantially inhibit axial displacement therebetween. A substantially fluid-tight joint can be formed between the first and second end member sections such that an end member chamber can be formed within the end member assembly. A third end member section can be included, and can be operatively connected to the second end member section. A gas spring assembly and a suspension system are also included.
US10744833B2
An independent wheel suspension includes a knuckle which is supported on a spring support connected to a vehicle body. The knuckle is connected to the spring support via a knuckle pin and is arranged so as to be mounted rotatably around a longitudinal axis A of the knuckle pin. The transverse control arms are mounted at the upper end and lower end, respectively, of the knuckle pin. The spring support is connected to the knuckle pin so as to be fixed with respect to rotation relative to it so that the knuckle pin connects the spring support, the knuckle and the upper transverse control arm and lower transverse control arm together. The independent wheel suspension has a further safety component which prevents the knuckle pin from rotating in an uncontrolled manner around its longitudinal axis A.
US10744824B2
This disclosure aims to provide a pneumatic tire having improved noise reduction performance exhibited by a resonator. The pneumatic tire according to this disclosure has at least two circumferential grooves extending continuously on a tread surface, and has a resonator disposed on a land portion partitioned by two circumferential grooves among the circumferential grooves, the resonator having an air chamber opening toward a land portion surface at a position spaced from the circumferential grooves, one a more one-side narrow necks connecting the air chamber to one circumferential groove of the two circumferential grooves, and one or more other-side narrow necks connecting the air chamber to the other circumferential groove, the one-side narrow neck and the other-side narrow neck having cross section areas approximately identical to each other, and an extending length of the one-side narrow neck and an extending length of the other-side narrow neck being different.
US10744821B2
Provided is a non-pneumatic tire including an attachment body attached to an axle, an outer tubular body (13) configured to surround the attachment body from the outside in a tire radial direction, and a connecting member (15) configured to connect the attachment body and the outer tubular body while allowing displacement therebetween, wherein the connecting member includes a first elastic connecting plate (21) in which a first end portion (21a) connected to the outer tubular body is disposed closer to a first side in a tire circumferential direction than a second end portion connected to the attachment body and an intermediate portion (21c) is disposed between the first end portion and the second end portion, and both of circumferential end surface (26a, 26b) directed in the tire circumferential direction among surfaces of the first end portion of the first elastic connecting plate extend in opposite directions in the tire circumferential direction to be separated from each other from the inside toward the outside in the tire radial direction.
US10744818B1
An apparatus providing auxiliary traction to a riding lawnmower or similarly light off-road vehicle having a drive wheel with a hub anchored to a drive axle. The apparatus generally includes at least one traction bar having a pair of traction ends equally spaced beyond the outer circumference of the wheel. The traction bar anchored to a carrier mounted to the hub of the drive wheel. A traction bar of variable length may be achieved by having two traction arms, one telescopically received within the other, with a length-locking means such as retainer pins inserted through aligned bores extending through the overlapping traction arms and the carrier mounted to the hub.
US10744817B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for a centerlock wheel assembly that is configured to improve driving dynamics and provide faster wheel changes. A centerlock adaptor is provided with a plurality of vehicle bolt pattern configurations disposed thereon. A first and threaded abutment are disposed on the centerlock adaptor. A hub adaptor is configured to threadingly engage with an exterior surface of the threaded abutment, thereby retaining a centerlock wheel, for example. Finally, a center cap is provided to threadingly engage with an inner surface of the threaded abutment. For each side of the vehicle, the centerlock assembly features particular threading arrangements so as to retain the centerlock wheel and counteract against various wheel dynamics. A centerlock wrench is provided to tighten and loosen the hub adaptor and center cap.
US10744801B2
A tensioner device for use with a printing device is described which is to hold an end of a print target holder sheet in a substantially planar configuration across a platen of a printing device. The tensioner device can be fixed to a frame attachable to a platen of a printing device. The tensioner device has a first surface, and the frame has a second surface corresponding to the first surface. The first surface is formed to slide along the second surface in a first direction having an oblique angle with respect to a plane of the print target holder sheet. A fixing mechanism is also described which allows the first surface to be fixed to the second surface at different positions along the first direction. An apparatus including the tensioner device and the frame is also described. A system including a printer, a platen, tensioner devices and frames is also described.
US10744789B2
A printing device, includes a printer that prints onto a printing medium that is conveyed along a reference direction by a conveyer; and a controller that controls the printer to print a print pattern onto the printing medium along the reference direction. The controller controls to forbid the printer to execute printing when a temperature of the printer is projected to become equal to or higher than a set temperature if the printer prints onto the printing medium using a printing length of the print pattern along the reference direction, the printing length being a length of at least a portion of the print pattern along the reference direction.
US10744783B2
An apparatus displays an S_Empty informing screen on a display when a count value N reaches a threshold Nth, reads a liquid amount Vc from an IC chip of a cartridge which is installed, calculates an outflow amount Qc of a liquid flowing out from the cartridge to a tank at a period Δt based on the read liquid amount Vc, and erases the S_Empty informing screen from the display when the calculated outflow amount Qc is equal to or larger than a threshold Qth1.
US10744780B2
A printer has a recording head, a relay container from which ink is supplied to the recording head, and to which the ink is supplied from a terminal container, a pressurizing pump and a depressurizing pump for supplying the ink from the terminal container to the relay container, and a control unit. The control unit calculates an estimated consumption amount of the relay container based on the amount of the ink supplied from the relay container to the recording head, and consumed and the amount of the ink supplied from the terminal container to the relay container, and calculates the amount of the ink supplied from the terminal container to the relay container using the minimum value of tolerance of a supply amount of the depressurizing pump.
US10744777B2
Embodiments provide a modular inkjet configuration modification system and method for use in modifying electronics, such as a PLC, on a remanufactured or refilled inkjet cartridge. The modular system can include a receiver and one or more interchangeable adapters. The interchangeable adapters can include structures and geometry which allow each of the interchangeable adapters to be used with the receiver and swapped by an operator on an as-needed basis.
US10744772B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a waste ink tray, an ink inflow section, an ink detecting section, and a controller. The recording head ejects ink. The waste ink tray recovers the ink. The ink inflow section is located on the waste ink tray. The ink flows into the ink inflow section. The ink detecting section outputs a detection signal indicating whether there is the ink or not. The ink inflow section has a first inflow opening and a second inflow opening. The second inflow opening is located at a position higher than a position of the first inflow opening. The ink detecting section detects whether or not the ink has flown into the second inflow opening. The controller, upon receiving the detection signal, detects that the first inflow opening is clogged.
US10744768B2
A bonded substrate includes a first substrate, a second substrate bonded to the first substrate with adhesive applied to the second substrate, and a checking structure disposed on the first substrate and facing the second substrate. The checking structure includes a bonding surface portion to be adhered to the second substrate with the adhesive and an insufficiency detection surface to detect insufficient adhesion, a height of the insufficiency detection surface being lower than a height of the bonding surface portion. The adhesive does not contact the insufficiency detection surface when an adhesion state of the bonding surface portion to the second substrate with the adhesive is insufficient, and the adhesive contacts the insufficiency detection surface when the adhesion state of the bonding surface portion to the second substrate with the adhesive is sufficient.
US10744767B2
A liquid ejection device is disclosed. One device includes a liquid supply member defining a liquid supply channel that is in communication with a common liquid chamber via an outlet of the liquid supply channel. The outlet and the common liquid chamber extend along a longitudinal direction respectively. The liquid supply member includes a plurality of ribs located within the liquid supply channel, the plurality of ribs are disposed side by side in the longitudinal direction. The plurality of ribs includes a first rib, a second rib and a third rib. A distance from the first rib to the third rib in the longitudinal direction is smaller than a distance from the first rib to the second rib in the longitudinal direction.
US10744766B2
There is provided a liquid discharge head including: a channel substrate including a pressure chamber; a support substrate having a through hole; a piezoelectric element disposed between the channel substrate and the support substrate in a thickness direction of the channel substrate; a drive section disposed on a surface of the support substrate on a side opposite to the piezoelectric element; a trace passing through the through hole of the support substrate, extending on the support substrate toward the drive section, and connected to the piezoelectric element and the drive section; and a reservoir member including a channel communicating with the pressure chamber, and joined to the surface of the support substrate with adhesive. A protrusion or a recess is provided on the surface of the support substrate on the side opposite to the piezoelectric element at a position between the trace and the channel.
US10744764B2
A circuit or a droplet deposition apparatus, the circuit configured to generate a drive waveform having a drive pulse, a first non-ejection pulse and a second non-ejection pulse, and wherein the first non-ejection pulse is inverted with respect to the second non-ejection pulse.
US10744762B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a drive circuit in which a first voltage signal is output from an output terminal, a piezoelectric element that includes a first electrode to which the first voltage signal is supplied and a second electrode to which a second voltage signal is supplied, and a first switch element that is electrically connected to the output terminal and the first electrode. The liquid ejecting apparatus has a first mode in which a voltage value of the second voltage signal is controlled to be a first voltage, and a second mode in which the voltage value of the second voltage signal is controlled to be a second voltage lower than the first voltage, a voltage value of the first voltage signal is controlled to approximate the voltage value of the second voltage signal, and the first switch element is controlled to be turned on.
US10744761B2
A first wiring supplies a first driving signal to one end of a first piezoelectric elements; a second wiring supplies a first voltage to the other end of the first piezoelectric element to allow the first voltage to maintain the other end of the first piezoelectric element to a common electric potential; a third wiring supplies a second driving signal to one end of a second piezoelectric elements; and a fourth wiring supplies a second signal to the other end of the second piezoelectric element to allow the second signal to maintain the other end of the second piezoelectric element to the common electric potential. The second wiring is arranged between the first wiring and the fourth wiring, the fourth wiring is arranged between the second wiring and the third wiring, and the second wiring and the fourth wiring are arranged between the first wiring and the third wiring.
US10744759B2
A number of methods may be utilized to correct for the first drop dissimilarity in drop-on-demand inkjet devices. Various collection processes, mass calculations and timing manipulation may be utilized to correct the first drop dissimilarity problem.
US10744755B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to application of a coating fluid. Examples include an apparatus including a first coating applicator to apply a coating fluid to a plurality of first rollers; a first transfer roller in contact with the plurality of first rollers to receive coating fluid; and a media path to apply coating fluid from the first transfer roller to a first side of a media, wherein the plurality of first rollers are shorter than the first transfer roller and are individually movable along its longitudinal axes such that they may positioned to apply a variable width of coating fluid onto the first transfer roller.
US10744751B2
A sign support includes a mounting bracket and a sign holder. The mounting bracket selectively engages an associated fixture. The sign holder has a mounting bracket engaging member and a sign holding member that engages and holds a sign. An adhesive fastens the mounting bracket engaging member to the mounting bracket. The adhesive is an upstream adhesive such that the user receives the mounting bracket already bonded to the sign holder.
US10744749B2
This disclosure provides new heat sealable, barrier laminate packaging structures used for beverage component pouches or cartridges, including new structures and chemical compositions of the pouch made to contain the beverage base, component, or component concentrate. These structures and compositions used for heat sealable, barrier laminate packaging balance good heat sealability with improved performance for flavor scalping, oxygen permeability, and/or undesirable moisture ingress or egress, which affect the stability and useful life of the pouch or cartridge and its contents.
US10744742B2
A thermal transfer sheet including a dye layer and a transfer layer on a substrate. The transfer layer has a protective layer and an adhesive layer containing two or more resin components. One of the resin components is a copolymer of a reactive ultraviolet absorbing agent and an acrylic monomer. In the copolymer, the copolymerization ratio of the reactive ultraviolet absorbing agent is in the range of 10% or more and 50% or less on a molar ratio basis and the copolymerization ratio of the acrylic monomers is in the range of 50% or more and 90% or less on a molar ratio basis. The content of the copolymer of the reactive ultraviolet absorbing agent and the acrylic monomer is specified in the range of 50% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less on the basis of the total mass of the adhesive layer.
US10744737B2
The present disclosure proposes a method for manufacturing an electronic apparatus and a corresponding electronic apparatus. The method comprises: removing a back film in a first region of a flexible substrate; and bending the flexible substrate in the first region to form an electronic apparatus having a bending portion. The electronic apparatus comprises: a flexible substrate having a bending portion in a first region thereof; and a back film bonded to a region of a back surface of the flexible substrate except for the first region.
US10744736B2
A composite article is provided for use as a heat spreader, a cooling element or as part of the heating system for a wide variety of items. The composite article can include at least one sheet of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite or graphitized polymer. A protective coating may be aligned or adhered with a surface of the sheet. The article may also include at least on of a fiber reinforced polymer, a fiber weave or fiber mat or combinations thereof, aligned with at least one of the first surface of the sheet or a second surface of the sheet. The composite article can include a plurality of strips of compressed particles of exfoliated graphite, of graphitized polymer or combinations thereof, which are woven together and/or it can include cut outs, slits or other perforations to provide flexibility, stretchability, and breathability.
US10744735B2
The invention is directed to composite material panels, comprising insulating layers comprising a solid open-cell foam panel, which may comprise at least one internal void therein, and wherein one or more surfaces of the panel are provided with an air-tight sealing coating.
US10744726B2
An alternating pressure melt impregnation device and a melt impregnation method, including having a resin melt squirted from each resin melt runner on an upper die and a lower die of a melt injection area, and thus the squirted resin melt is enable to be squirted directly on an upper surface and a lower surface of a continuous fiber bundle which is entering into an impregnation chamber. Impregnation and infiltration for both surfaces of the continuous fiber bundle are primarily completed by a squirted pressure. The resin melt inside the impregnation chamber flows to a decompression chambers at both sides of the impregnation chamber. When the resin melt flows to a throttle plate, a re-impregnation for the continuous fiber bundle is realized. Then the pressure is decreased and a section of the resin melt is enlarged and a radial flow is generated due to the Barus effect.
US10744715B2
The present disclosure relates to a bioprinter spray head assembly and a bioprinter, wherein the bioprinter spray head assembly comprises a spray head and an extension rod spaced from the spray head and disposed adjacent to an outlet of the spray head, wherein an elongated flow channel is provided in the extension rod to guide a fluid printing unit serving as a biological printing material in the flow channel to be orientedly sprayed. The bioprinter spray head assembly is configured such that a fluid print unit serving as a biological printing material is orientedly sprayed through the flow channel by providing an extension rod having an elongated flow channel adjacent to the outlet of the spray head. The elongated flow channel can perform an oriented sequence of the fluid printing unit, so as to reduce the possibility of clogging.
US10744713B2
The present disclosure generally relates to methods for additive manufacturing (AM) that utilize breakable structures in the process of building objects, as well as novel breakable support structures to be used within these AM processes. A support structure includes a weakened portion and the object includes an outlet. The method includes breaking the removable support structure at the weakened portion into at least two parts.
US10744703B2
An improved linear-motor-operated conveying system is distinguished, inter alia, by the following features: the conveyed web can be fixed to the nipper part, as a result of which a conveyed web plane is defined, said film plane being arranged at a height with respect to the motor working side of the single linear motor drive or of the more powerful linear motor drive in the case of two linear motor drives, and said height being less than or equal to the length of the secondary parts on the conveying parts; the conveying system comprises either a) only one linear motor drive provided beneath the conveying part, or b) only one linear motor drive provided above the conveying part, or c) one linear motor drive arranged beneath and one arranged above the conveying part, the upper linear motor drive and/or the associated control system being configured in such a manner that the upper linear motor drive can only be operated with a maximum power of 75% in relation to the maximum power of the lower linear motor drive.
US10744688B2
Disclosed herein is a novel approach to producing a lightweight component. The lightweight component is produced of a much lighter material than has been used before, produced by a process of mixing a compound containing uncured silicone and a volume of microspheres, and then dispensing this material into a mold. Such a mold may be a female mold having the negative three dimensional shape of the lightweight component to be produced. The lightweight component may then be pressurized and/or heated during the curing process either prior to removing the lightweight component from the mold or after removing the lightweight component from the mold.
US10744684B2
A method of preparing a patterned cured product, the method including: providing a composition including a sol-gel reactive silicon-containing monomer, a polymerizable (meth)acryl monomer, a photoinitiator, and a fluorinating agent on a substrate to form a first layer on the substrate; contacting the first layer with a master mold to form a second layer including a pattern transferred by the master mold; and obtaining the patterned cured product from the second layer, wherein obtaining of the patterned cured product from the second layer includes a sol-gel reaction, a photocuring reaction, and a separating of the master mold.
US10744676B2
A concrete mixing system includes a vehicle, a rotatable mixing drum coupled to the vehicle, an incline and/or slump sensor, and a controller. The controller is configured to effect a change of rotational speed of the rotatable mixing drum in response to a signal from at least one of the sensors indicating an increased likelihood of spillage of concrete from the rotatable mixing drum.
US10744671B2
An auger includes a body with a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a stem that extends from the first end to the second end and defines an axis of rotation, and a flute helically wrapped around the stem. The auger further includes a shank at the first end of the body configured to be received by a power tool and a cutting head at the second end of the body. The cutting head includes a cutting edge, a spur, and a feed screw with a thread. The thread has a pitch and a nonsymmetrical thread profile. The pitch of the thread is at least 2.5 mm.
US10744669B2
A nick breaking device includes: a conveyor forming a transfer path on which a plate-shaped element having nicks formed thereon is transferred; and one or more pressing rollers provided on the transfer path of the nicks of the plate-shaped element so as to press the plate-shaped element such that the plate-shaped element is transferred while having a continuous wave shape and to break the nicks formed on the plate-shaped element.
US10744662B2
A shaving head includes a housing, at least one retainer extending from the housing, and at least one component retained within the housing by the retainer. The retainer includes a body. The body of the retainer is bent such that at least a portion of the components is covered by a portion of the retainer.
US10744657B2
A longitudinal translatable seal includes a first inflatable compartment extending in a longitudinal direction; a second inflatable compartment extending in the longitudinal direction forming a sealing surface with the first inflatable compartment; and a carriage translatable longitudinally with respect to the sealing surface, and a port in the carriage to fluidly connect a first side of the seal with a second side of the seal.
US10744649B2
A drone payload device includes a remote drone arm and a control module. The remote drone are is coupleable to a drone. The remote drone arm includes a base, an arm, and a gripper. The base includes mounting hardware to couple to the drone. The arm extends from the base. The griper is coupled to the arm at an end of the arm distal from the base. The control module is coupleable to a drone controller. The control module is to provide a control signal to the remote drone arm to control a movement of at least one of the arm and the gripper.
US10744648B2
A carrier system and method carries a plate-like object to an object mounting member provided with an object mounting section. The system includes an adjustment device that changes a shape of the plate-like object into a predetermined shape before the plate-like object is mounted onto the object mounting section. The plate-like object whose shape is changed into the predetermined shape is mounted onto the object mounting section.
US10744638B2
A robot arm according to the present invention includes: a shoulder joint assembly which is connected to an upper arm portion, and includes a drive unit for generating driving power; an elbow joint assembly which is provided between the upper arm portion and a forearm portion, and operates by being supplied with driving power from the drive unit; and a wrist joint assembly which is provided between the forearm portion and a hand portion, and operates by being supplied with driving power from the drive unit.
US10744634B2
An impact tool is provided which has a driving mechanism, that drives a tool bit, a motor that drives the driving mechanism, an inner housing that houses the driving mechanism, an outer housing that has an internal space for housing the inner housing and the motor, an opening that leads from the outside to the internal space of the outer housing, and a covering member that covers the opening.
US10744631B2
The invention relates to a setting tool for fastening elements, comprising a driving piston that can be driven by a primary drive, and comprising a secondary drive. In order to create a lightweight, handy setting tool, the primary drive is combined with the secondary drive in a hybrid drive system for the driving piston in such a way that the driving piston can be driven by both the primary drive and the secondary drive.
US10744629B2
A fastener driving tool is provided which performs driving only when a trigger lever is turned ON following a push lever. The fastener driving tool includes a sleeve valve driving a driver blade, and in the sleeve valve, supply and exhaust of compressed air are controlled by a trigger valve. The trigger valve includes a valve piston movable between an air-supply position where the valve piston causes an opening part and a communication port to communicate with each other and blocks an exhaust port, and an exhaust position where the valve piston blocks the opening part and causes the exhaust port and the communication port to communicate with each other, and a plunger movable between a communication position where the plunger causes compressed air in a pressure accumulation chamber to be supplied to a pressure chamber and a shutoff position where the plunger shuts off communication between the pressure accumulation chamber and the pressure chamber and causes air in the pressure chamber to be exhausted. When a trigger and a push lever are in striking stop positions, the plunger is driven to a communication position by a trigger arm.
US10744622B2
Pliers having two pliers legs that cross at a pivot bolt, of which pliers leg is fixed and the other is movable with respect thereto, wherein the pivot bolt is optionally fixable in a longitudinal slot in the fixed pliers leg by toothing engagement in order to set a mouth opening width, by means of engagement teeth formed on the longitudinal slot and one or more mating teeth formed on the pivot bolt. The toothing engagement is releasable by the pivot bolt being pressed down in a first direction of movement and subsequently the pliers legs being moved together, or by the pivot bolt automatically passing over one or more engagement teeth, wherein the pivot bolt moves in a second direction of movement on passing over an engagement tooth. A movement block is provided at least partially on one pliers leg and are effective for some of the engagement teeth, and the movement block comes into effect during a displacement of the pliers legs together, being effective for the second direction of movement of the pivot bolt.
US10744597B1
Methods, systems, devices and apparatus for laser processing of transparent or partially transparent materials by focusing laser radiation on a surface of a material workpiece or inside the material workpiece and creating elongated processed regions with variable and controlled depth using focusing optical system with air-spaced optical components, forming three or more multiple focuses along the optical axis and compensating aberrations induced while light focusing inside the material workpiece. The focusing optical system can have an aplanatic design, with lenses made from birefringent materials combined with lenses from isotropic materials, or objectives, or zoom optical system, or waveplates. Material processing effects such as material disruption or modification of material properties are produced due to the interaction of focused laser radiation with material in elongated volume processed regions and are multiple repeated along the processing path by relative motion between the material workpiece and the focusing optical system being realized with a scanning device.
US10744590B2
The present invention relates to a powder composed of spherical noble-metal particles having a particle size distribution with a d10 value of ≥10.0 μm and a d90 value of ≤80.0 μm.
US10744585B2
A tangible medium having a machine-readable symbol printed thereon, such that the symbol encodes a specified digital value in a set of color elements having different, respective colors, to be identified in an image of the symbol as red, green, blue, cyan, magenta and yellow color elements, respectively. The symbol is produced by applying cyan, magenta and yellow pigments to a substrate so as to produce the color elements, such that the color elements exhibit certain red, green, and blue intensity characteristics when measured in an sRGB color space.
US10744580B2
A recip blade has a blade body including a cutting edge and a tang located at one end of the blade body. The tang defines an arcuate cross-sectional shape or is laminated to increase the overall thickness of the tang and, in turn, enhance the rigidity of the blade and/or reduce oscillation or whipping of the blade during cutting.
US10744564B2
The present disclosure provides an additive manufacturing method for manufacturing an object. The method comprises depositing successive layers of a granular metal construction material. The method comprises selectively binding a first region of each layer to form a bound shell of the construction material defining an exterior of the object by depositing a binder into the first region surrounding a second region that remains unbound. The method comprises separating the shell and the enclosed unbound construction material from the construction material remaining outside the shell. The present disclosure also provides apparatuses implementing the manufacturing method, and objects manufactured by the manufacturing method.
US10744561B2
Provided is a three-dimensional deposition device, including: a powder supply unit which supplies a powder material; a light irradiation unit which irradiates the powder material with a light beam so that the powder material irradiated with the light beam is sintered or melted and solidified to form a formed layer; a three-dimensional deposition chamber which is sealed from an outside and accommodates the powder supply unit, the light irradiation unit, and a base unit; a gas discharge unit which discharges a gas inside the three-dimensional deposition chamber; and a gas introduction unit which introduces a predetermined gas into the three-dimensional deposition chamber. When the gas discharge unit discharges a gas inside the three-dimensional deposition chamber and the gas introduction unit introduces a predetermined gas thereinto, a predetermined gas atmosphere is formed inside the three-dimensional deposition chamber.
US10744555B2
Systems and methods are provided for assembling a magazine for a swage tool. The method includes selecting a cartridge that comprises a first serpentine channel dimensioned for conveying collars, and further comprises an entrance and an exit of the first serpentine channel. The method also includes disposing the cartridge at a swage tool.
US10744550B2
A connection rod coupling assembly includes a settable shape mounting second component having a lateral, primary axis and a bearing assembly including a bearing assembly body. The bearing assembly body includes a substantially cylindrical outer surface and a center axis. The bearing assembly body is coupled to the settable shape mounting second component in a non-aligned configuration. That is, the bearing assembly body center axis is offset from the settable shape mounting second component primary axis. Thus, the position of the bearing assembly body center axis is adjustable by repositioning the settable shape mounting second component relative to a settable shape mounting first component on a swing lever. The adjustment of the bearing assembly body, in turn, adjusts the range of the ram assembly and the ram assembly body.
US10744544B2
A cleaning apparatus 1 includes: a pivot rotary shaft 8 attached with a nozzle 3; a first motor 14 for revolving and rotating the pivot rotary shaft 8 via an inner tube 7 and bevel gears 11 and 12; a second motor 16 for solely rotating an outer tube 15; and a control device 18 for controlling the operation of both the motors 14 and 16. The outer tube 15, and the pivot rotary shaft 8 and the nozzle 3 are operated together via the bevel gears 11 and 12. The first motor 14 is operated with the cleaning fluid W being sprayed from the nozzle 3.
US10744540B2
Disclosed are methods, devices and systems to cause differential evaporation of micro-droplets in a scalable fashion. In some embodiments, an attenuated laser is used to focus an attenuated laser power to the center of an aqueous solution droplet, producing a differential evaporative flux profile that is peaked at the droplet apex. The laser-induced differential evaporation described herein is a breakthrough in the enrichment and focused deposition of water-soluble molecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, inks, and other small molecules. Disclosed is a general solution to remove the “coffee-ring effect”, ubiquitous in the drying process of aqueous droplets that causes many adverse outcomes. The disclosed techniques enable new paradigms in liquid biopsy combinational analysis, microarray fabrication, and ink-jet printing.
US10744533B2
A device for sorting particulate material includes a main conveyor belt, a separation screen, a graded material conveyor, and an oversize material conveyor. The separation screen is configured to separate the material into a first portion and a second portion with a larger average particle diameter than the first portion. The graded material conveyor is positioned below the separation screen to receive the first portion of the material, and the oversize material conveyor is positioned at an end of the separation screen to receive the second portion of the material.
US10744532B1
An underwater acoustic transducer that is capable of radiating acoustic energy at low frequencies. A transducer which is a resonant low frequency bender-type transducer driven at its end supports by a piezoelectric stack of material operating with inner and outer parts driven in opposite directions creating a bending motion of a radiating beam, plate or disc. The small piezoelectric motions at the beam supports are magnified by the leveraged motion of the bending beam(s) creating significant output at low frequencies.
US10744530B2
The present invention provides a method for printing and coating a flexible substrate web so as to attain a specified coefficient of friction on both sides of the substrate web which employs the use of controlled set-off of coated and/or printed material from the front side to the back side side of the web. Furthermore the method provides a substrate web produced therefrom and the method is useful for packaging substrate webs and, in particular, foil substrate webs.
US10744520B1
A child resistant nasal sprayer assembly includes a cap body having a base portion and an upstanding wall extending axially in an upward direction. An actuator is rotationally and axially slideably assembled within an interior of the upstanding wall. A safety button extends through the actuator and into a receiving notch formed in the upstanding wall. The safety button restricts motion of the actuator when placed in a locked configuration and enables motion of the actuator when placed in an unlocked configuration. The safety button is integral with a ring portion. The ring portion provides a biasing force to the button to retain the button in the locked position until purposely unlocked. Once unlocked, the operator compresses a pair of winglets, which operates a pump that dispenses medicinal composition stored within the bottle through a nozzle.
US10744518B2
A method for monitoring a screw centrifuge, such as a solid-bowl or a screen-type screw centrifuge. The screw centrifuge processes a product so that solids conveyed out of the drum with the screw are removed from the product. A current angular speed and an average angular speed of the transmission input shaft for the screw over time are determined. The current and average angular speeds are evaluated and a warning signal and/or changing one or more operating parameters of the screw centrifuge is changed if dynamic changes in the angular speed are detected during the evaluation.
US10744517B2
Provided is a method of beneficiating an ore including contacting an ore with a compound represented by formula (1): where the structural variables are defined herein.
US10744516B2
An electrostatic precipitation module includes a plurality of conductive precipitation electrode plates and a plurality of non-precipitation electrode plates. The plurality of precipitation electrode plates are interlacedly distributed along the length of a first connecting rib; the precipitation electrode plates are made from conductive plastic material by injection molding, and a metal conductor is embedded inside the first connecting rib by in-mold injection molding, so that a precipitation electrode plate module is formed; a non-precipitation electrode plate module is formed with a similar structure. After the precipitation electrode plate module and the non-precipitation electrode plate module are assembled, the precipitation electrode plates and the non-precipitation electrode plates form an electrostatic precipitation module. Together they form an electrostatic air purifier using the electrostatic precipitation modules which can be assembled quickly, improves the uniformity of electric field distribution and has excellent electrostatic absorption performance.
US10744512B2
Disclosed is a raw material pre-treatment process system suitable for a kiln phosphoric acid process, comprising a carbonaceous reductant, a phosphate ore and a silica pre-treatment system which are independent from one another, outlets of the carbonaceous reductant, phosphate ore pre-treatment system and silica pre-treatment system are all connected to an inner pellet material mixing device via a first delivery device, and outlets of the carbonaceous reductant and the silica pre-treatment system are both additionally connected to a shell material mixing device via a second delivery device. Also disclosed is a raw material pre-treatment process suitable for a kiln phosphoric acid process, i.e. pre-treating carbonaceous reductant, phosphate ore and silica respectively, feeding the carbonaceous reductant powder, phosphate ore powder and silica powder into the inner ball material mixing device for pelletizing, and feeding the carbonaceous reductant and silica into the shell material mixing device for mixing.
US10744511B2
Apparatus for processing organic material is disclosed which breaks down the inedible components of fruit and vegetables (core, skin, pips, pithy material) into an edible substance with a cream-like consistency. The apparatus includes a piston in a barrel for pressurizing the material and forcing it through a passage having a number of end-to-end sections which are at right angles to one another. There is an impact surface at the end of each section on which the flowing material impacts. The sections can be between a sleeve having sections of different diameters and a bobbin the outer surface of which is stepped to match the inner surface of the sleeve.
US10744489B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a solid comprising a step of mixing a set of compounds comprising at least two Cu2(OH)2CO3 powders of different particle sizes and at least one binder and the use of the solid prepared by means of this method.
US10744478B2
A particle control method is provided which can prevent an extremely small quantity of particles descending on a stream of a laminar flow in a clean zone through which the laminar flow flows as in a RABS or isolator device from descending to a specific position or can guide it so as to descend to the specific position by controlling movement of the particles. A particle descent position is separated away from a board surface of the oscillation board by using an acoustic radiation pressure generated by prompting ultrasonic vibration of the oscillation board disposed with a board surface substantially in parallel with a flow direction of the laminar flow.
US10744474B2
A quenching system for a plant, operating a cracking furnace, works with liquid as well as gaseous starting materials. The quenching system includes a primary heat exchanger (PQE 10) and a secondary heat exchanger (SQE 11) and a tertiary heat exchanger. A TLX-D exchanger (TLX-D 26) is arranged and configured as the tertiary heat exchanger for dual operation. The TLX-D (26) is connected in series via a TLX-D gas feed line (24) to the SQE 11. The TLX-D (26) is connected to a steam drum (59), which is connected to a feed water line (49), via a TLX-D feed water drain line (34) and a TLX-D riser (46) and a TLX-D downcomer (38). The SQE 11 is connected to the steam drum (59), which is connected to the feed water line (49), via a TLX downcomer (52) and a TLX-riser (57).
US10744473B2
An ammonia oxidation catalyst basket design has two support grids. A first grid supports the primary catalyst and a separate, second grid supports the secondary catalyst. This dual grid design separates the two catalysts, and enables the catalysts to be independent of each other. Any interruption in the primary or the secondary catalyst does not impede or adversely impact on the structure or function of the other catalyst.
US10744471B2
A mixing apparatus for mixing particles in a liquid and its use are disclosed. The mixing apparatus comprises a tank having a bottom and a substantially vertical side wall, an agitation means comprising a rotation shaft located vertically and centrally in the tank, and an impeller arranged at a height above the bottom at the end of the rotation shaft and the impeller being a downward pumping axial or mixed flow impeller. The bottom is equipped with a corrugated formation comprising alternate consecutive ridges and valleys, the ridges and valleys extending radially in relation to a center of the bottom, whereby the valleys concentrate and channel the mixing power near to the bottom to direct the flow of the liquid and to increase the velocity of the flow near to the bottom.
US10744470B2
A cold brew coffee extraction device for adjusting the sonic vibration based on the sound signal includes: a current support extended in one direction and configured to apply an alternating current in a tangential direction of an outer peripheral portion; a magnetic vibrator accommodating one end of the current support therein, and configured to generate a magnetic field in a direction of crossing over the current support to be vibrated in a longitudinal direction of the current support due to a change in a polarity of the alternating current; a plate coupled to the magnetic vibrator to transmit the vibration to a fluid including a particulate matter; and a vibration adjustment circuit configured to, in a first mode, adjust the vibration only based on setting information inputted through a user interface, and in a second mode, to adjust the vibration based on the setting information and an external sound source.
US10744466B2
A method for clearing a wetted hydrophobic filter includes a first step in which the air permeability of the hydrophobic filter is monitored, and a second step in which the hydrophobic filter is cleared by means of a connected air pump, if it is detected that the hydrophobic filter is clogged. An apparatus for performing this method includes a pressure sensor and an air pump connected to an air separation chamber via a conduit, and a control and monitoring unit configured to actuate the air pump in order to clear the hydrophobic filter.
US10744464B2
A method for forming a ceramic membrane module system includes disposing at least one membrane within a housing, disposing at least one sealing pad adjacent to the membrane, and disposing at least one drive plate assembly adjacent to the at least one sealing pad. The method further includes coupling the at least one drive plate assembly with the housing, applying force to the sealing pad with the drive plate assembly, sealing the capillaries of a membrane end with the at least one sealing pad and forming a seal between the at least one sealing pad and the membrane, and disposing potting material into the housing without plugging more than 15% of the capillaries with the potting material.
US10744462B2
A separation membrane module comprises a hollow module container, and an element unit which is housed in the module container. The element unit comprises a plurality of connected separation membrane elements each of which includes: a separation membrane for separating components of a substance flowing to the inside of the module container; and membrane bundle securing materials for securing both ends of the separation membrane. In the element unit, a flow channel for discharging the components separated by the separation membranes to the outside of the element unit is formed. Passage members though which the components separated by the separation membranes can pass toward the flow channel for discharging are disposed at connections between the plurality of separation membrane elements such that both end surfaces of each of the passage membranes are respectively in contact with the membrane bundle securing materials of the separation membrane elements adjacent thereto.
US10744459B2
The present disclosure generally provides an emission treatment system for at least partial conversion of gaseous CO emissions. The exhaust gas treatment system includes various components such as a first catalyst component selected from a LNT or an oxidation catalyst for the abatement of HC and CO, which contains a catalyst composition such as a platinum group metal component impregnated into a refractory oxide material. Another component in the exhaust gas treatment system is an SCR catalyst for the abatement of NOx, which contains a catalyst composition such as a metal ion-exchanged molecular sieve and can be optionally absent when the first catalyst component is an LNT. A second oxidation catalyst for further abatement of CO is also part of the emission treatment system and includes a third catalyst composition selected from a platinum group metal component, a base metal oxide component, or combinations thereof disposed onto a carrier substrate.
US10744457B2
An electrochemical separator includes an electrochemical reactor that has an anode and a cathode. An aqueous working liquid circulates through the electrochemical reactor. The aqueous working liquid contains water and electrochemically active organic molecules dissolved in the water. The electrochemically active organic molecules are quinones functionalized with one or more ionic groups.
US10744455B2
Provided are a non-hydrocarbon gas separation device and the like capable of increasing a discharge pressure of a non-hydrocarbon gas to a downstream side while preventing an increase in size of equipment. In the non-hydrocarbon gas separation device, a first separation module (2a) and a second separation module (2b) connected to each other in series are each configured to separate a non-hydrocarbon from a natural gas through use of a separation membrane (20). The non-hydrocarbon gas having been separated from the natural gas is discharged to each of discharge lines (202) and (204). At this time, a pressure of the first separation module (2a) on a discharge line (202) side is higher than a pressure of the second separation module (2b) on a discharge line (204) or (202) side.
US10744444B2
A filter element has a filter medium body enclosing an inwardly positioned flow space and having a center axis. A support frame is arranged at an inner side of the filter medium body. At least one circumferentially extending sealing ring lip is arranged at the filter medium body and projects axially in an axial direction relative to the center axis past an end face of the filter medium body. The sealing ring lip is designed to seal relative to a housing component of a receiving filter housing. A support ring is arranged at the end face of the filter medium body at a radial distance to the sealing ring lip in a radial direction relative to the center axis. The support ring is supported in the radial direction at the support frame and is formed as one piece together with the support frame.
US10744440B2
An apparatus and method are provided for a flangeless air filter configured to be mounted onto a flat surface within an air intake system of an internal combustion engine. The flangeless air filter is comprised of a cone-shaped filter medium, retained between a base and a cap, that is fabricated to remove contaminants and particulate matter from an intake airstream. The base includes a pliable seal that forms an airtight connection between the flangeless air filter and the flat surface of the air intake system. A mounting bracket and fasteners may be used to attach the base to the flat surface, compressing the seal there between. In some embodiments, the mounting bracket may be incorporated into, and made a part of the base. A cap is disposed on a top of the flangeless air filter and configured to direct the intake airstream around the cap and toward the filter medium.
US10744423B2
Disclosed are a defoaming device and a method of defoaming. The defoaming device includes a container having a side wall, a liquid flowing platform that is placed inside the container wherein the liquid flowing platform has a substantial same shape of the side wall and the liquid flowing platform and the side wall has a gap in between, and a solution inflow part attached to the container wherein the solution inflow part is used for allowing a liquid solution to enter the container; and a lifting apparatus attached to the container, where the lifting apparatus attaches to the liquid flowing platform inside the container, and the lifting apparatus is capable of driving the liquid flowing platform to move along the side wall of the container for defoaming the liquid solution when the liquid solution passes through the gap between the liquid flowing platform and the side wall.
US10744418B2
The present invention provides a new system that allows a safer operation of a moving object. The present invention provides a moving object operation system (1) including: a moving object (11); a plurality of operation signal transmitters (12A, 12B) for the moving object; and a synchronization unit (13). The moving object (11) includes: a signal receipt unit (111) that receives operation signals from the operation signal transmitters (12A, 12B). The operation signal transmitters (12A, 12B) include signal transmission units (121A, 121B) that transmit the operation signals to the moving object (11), respectively. The synchronization unit (13) is a unit that synchronizes the operation signal transmitters (12A, 12B).
US10744417B2
A water or other amusement attraction that includes an inflatable portion or material. A cavity of the attraction is located underneath an upper surface, the upper surface configured to support a flow of water and at least one rider thereon. A volume of water is configured to be disposed within the cavity, the upper surface floating upon the volume of water while connected to at least one side wall, floor, and/or nozzle structure. A pump and nozzle assembly, positioned outside of the cavity, communicates with the water within the cavity for flowing a portion of the water over the upper surface. A drainage portion, adjacent to the upper surface, drains the flowing water back into the cavity for recirculation. Support components, such as a plurality of beams or an inflatable grid structure help maintain stability for the attraction.
US10744409B2
Method, apparatus, and storage medium for displaying data are provided. The method includes: obtaining game data of a game application running on a mobile terminal via a first application and displaying the game data in a desktop plug-in corresponding to the first application. The game data includes one or more of: a game event and an event time corresponding to the game event. The desktop plug-in is displayed on a desktop of the mobile terminal.
US10744404B2
Provided is an information processing system including a reflection member, a hand-held information processing apparatus including an imaging section, and an information processing apparatus communicable with the hand-held information processing apparatus. The reflection member is a retroreflecting material. The hand-held information processing apparatus includes the imaging section and a light emitting section. The hand-held information processing apparatus analyzes a captured image, calculates the position of an image of the retroreflecting material corresponding to reflected light from the retroreflecting material, and outputs positional information thereof. The information processing apparatus estimates the orientation or position of the hand-held information processing apparatus on the basis of the positional information, and generates an image based on the result of the estimation.
US10744402B2
An electronic tag game includes a system having magnetic field sensors that are to be worn by a player of the electronic tag game. The magnetic field sensors are configured to detect a change in the local magnetic field. The magnetic field sensors may be in operable communication with one another and are configured to send a signal reporting a change in the local magnetic field to a controller which may be communication with electronic device such as a smart phone or the like. The local magnetic field may be altered by one or more devices configured for creating a change in the local magnetic field. For example, a spherical projectile or hand-held object may be provided and include a magnet that is configured to alter the magnetic field around the magnetic field sensors when a player wearing the magnetic field sensor is struck with the projectile.
US10744393B2
A goaltender device features a cord; a wrist strap attached or attachable to a first end of the cord; and a clip attached or attachable to a second end of the cord for selective attachment of a goalie glove thereto. During use, the goaltender temporarily removes their goalie glove to expose the glove hand for use in a two-handed grip on a goal stick, during which the goalie glove hangs on the cord from said glove arm of the goaltender. The goaltender then uses a thrusting movement of the glove hand arm to pulling the glove back up to the glove hand via the cord.
US10744391B2
Wearable electronic devices that are designed to be worn on the head of a user while the user is swimming can determine swimming strokes and swimming performances of the user using motion sensors. Using a sound speaker, the wearable electronic device can play music and provide audio feedback to the swimmer. By comparing the swimming performance of the swimmer wearing the device with previously recorded swimming data, the wearable electronic device can provide audio comparison results to the swimmer while the swimmer is swimming in water. The wearable electronic device can also support similar functions for jumping actions.
US10744387B2
A football training device for teaching a user the proper throwing mechanics to obtain optimal football ball release timing, as well as the correct takeaway motion of a quarterback or any other person, wherein the present invention assists, and when necessary corrects, the user in taking a football from an unloaded football position to a loaded football position.
US10744383B2
A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon logic is disclosed. The logic is executable by one or more processors to perform operations including receiving information associated with a selection of a first training drill, responsive to receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill and based on the first training drill, causing a first light to be placed in an activated state, wherein the first light is coupled to a first goal apparatus, and responsive to a triggering event, causing the first light to be placed in a deactivated state and causing a second light to be placed in an activated state. The goal apparatus includes posts that form a goal plane, wherein a first sensor pair is coupled to the goal, and wherein the triggering event is a detection of an object passing through the posts and across the goal plane.
US10744371B2
Training at the proper level of effort is important for athletes whose objective is to achieve the best results in the least time. In running, for example, pace is often monitored. However, pace alone does not reveal specific issues with regard to running form, efficiency, or technique, much less inform how training should be modified to improve performance or fitness. A sensing system and wearable sensor platform described herein provide real-time feedback to a user/wearer of his power expenditure during an activity. In one example, the system includes an inertial measurement unit (IMU) for acquiring multi-axis motion data at a first sampling rate, and an orientation sensor to acquire orientation data at a second sampling rate that is varied based on the multi-axis motion data.
US10744356B2
A method of responding to a condition in an exhaust ventilation system that has an exhaust hood includes receiving, at a control module, an exhaust air temperature signal representing a temperature of the exhaust air in a vicinity of the exhaust hood, the exhaust air temperature signal being generated by a temperature sensor. The method also includes receiving a radiant temperature signal representing a temperature of a surface of a cooking appliance that generates the exhaust air, the radiant temperature signal being generated by a radiant temperature sensor. Further, the method includes receiving a pressure signal representing the pressure in the hood and determining a state of the cooking appliance based on the received exhaust air temperature signal, the received radiant temperature signal, and the received pressure signal. Finally, the method responds to the determined appliance state by outputting a control signal from the control module.
US10744349B2
A formulation for a nail polish composition which is curable with UV light is provided. The composition can be applied in a single coating and does not include solvents such as tolualene, dibutyl phthalate, or formaldehyde. The coating once cured provides multi-coating results using only a single coating and can be covered with an optional gloss or other decorative top coating.
US10744345B2
In order to provide a neutron therapy apparatus which give multi angles neutron beam irradiation, the neutron therapy apparatus includes: a beam shaping assembly including a moderator and a reflector surrounding the moderator, wherein the moderator moderates neutrons to a predetermined energy spectrum and the reflector guides deflected neutrons back to enhance the neutron intensity in the predetermined energy spectrum; a neutron generator embedded inside the beam shaping assembly, wherein the neutron generator generates neutrons after irradiated by an ion beam; and an irradiation room for receiving a irradiated object, a shielding assembly connected to the beam shaping assembly, wherein the shielding assembly moves together with the beam shaping assembly and shields the radioactive rays leaked from the beam shaping assembly all the time.
US10744337B2
Photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) can be applied to a tender area on a subject's body to treat fibromyalgia. A light source device can be contacted to a subject's skin proximal to a tender area on the subject's body. A light signal (with wavelengths from the red to infrared part of the spectrum) can be applied in at least one of a pulsed operating mode, a continuous operating mode, and a super-pulsed operating mode through the light source device to the tender area. The light signal is applied for a time sufficient to stimulate a phototherapeutic response in the tender area to treat fibromyalgia.
US10744328B2
Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue apply a stimulation waveform that is derived by a developed genetic algorithm (GA), which may be coupled to a computational model of extracellular stimulation of a mammalian myelinated axon. The waveform is optimized for energy efficiency.
US10744320B2
An implantable medical device (IMD) is described that automatically detects the presence of an external magnetic field, such as that generated by an MRI device. The IMD includes a torque sensor configured to generate an output signal that varies as a function of a torque imposed on the torque sensor by an external magnetic field and a control module configured to control operation of the implantable medical device based on the signal output of the torque sensor.
US10744319B2
Disclosed is a system including an electrode and a stylet configured to steer the electrode towards its intended position during implantation, and a method for such system's use. An electrode is provided having regions with varied flexibility. A stylet having bends that are indexed to specific regions of flexibility of the electrode may be inserted into the electrode, and upon minimal radial and/or longitudinal movement of the stylet within the electrode, will cause the magnitude of the angle to which the lead is bent to either increase or decrease so as to aid the operator in placement of the electrode.
US10744318B2
Disclosed herein are current output architectures for implantable stimulator devices. Current source and sink circuitry is divided into a plurality of stages, each of which is capable via an associated switch bank of sourcing or sinking an amount of current to or from any one of the electrodes of the device. The current source circuitry is distinct from the current sink circuitry, and the two share no common circuit nodes prior to connection to the electrodes. In other words, the current source circuitry and the current sink circuitry do not share a common node other than the electrodes. Each stage is preferably formed of a current mirror for receiving a reference current and outputting a scaled version of current to that stage's switch bank. The scalar at each stage can be set by wiring a desired number of output transistors in parallel.
US10744317B2
An enteral adapter coupling for connecting non-ENFit threaded enteral equipment with ISO 80369-3 compliant and compatible enteral equipment. The adapter coupling includes a first end substantially corresponding to an ISO 80369-3 coupling format, a second end substantially conforming to a threaded enteral feeding coupling format, and an internal lumen extending through the coupling allowing fluid communication between the first end and the second end.
US10744311B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a micro-needle unit and an injection device capable of being readily connected to a liquid supply source and capable of performing an effective injection via a simple configuration. The micro-needle unit is provided with a plurality of micro-needles disposed on the puncturing side and provided with a flow channel, and drug solution supply needles disposed on the side opposite from the puncturing side in a number less than that of the micro-needles and provided with a flow channel in communication with the aforementioned flow channel, the micro-needle unit thereby being capable of being readily connected to a liquid supply source and capable of performing an effective injection via a simple configuration.
US10744298B1
An implantable and programmable device for bladder fluid management. Several urological conditions hinder normal urinary evacuation. For instance, urinary retention impedes fluid drainage, which can lead to severe complications. On the other hand, urinary incontinence exposes the patients to frequent fluid leakage that can be difficult to manage. The treatment for these conditions are only partially effective and only address the symptoms but not the cause. The current system allows the user to bypass the nonfunctional portion of the urinary tract and urinate normally. The device is user-controlled and can be manually activated to release fluid at will. A notification system alerts the patient when fluid levels are elevated and require drainage. The current system provides patients with an effective solution to manage irregular bladder function.
US10744288B2
A tracheal intubation system including a laryngoscope is disclosed. An endotracheal tube exchange system is also disclosed. In some examples, the system includes a laryngoscope, a stylet, and an endotracheal tube. In some examples the stylet is an articulating stylet. An endotracheal tube with one or more depth-assessment bands is also disclosed. An articulating stylet with one or more depth-assessment bands and an orientation mark is also disclosed. A method of positioning an endotracheal tube in a patient is also disclosed. A method of positioning a stylet for placement of an endotracheal tube is also disclosed. A method of performing an endotracheal tube exchange procedure is also disclosed.
US10744286B2
Surgical devices and methods described herein reduce the risk of surgical fires for patients receiving supplemental oxygen. Airflow with elevated concentrations of oxygen is drawn away from a surgical field when the tubing is fluidly connected to a suction source. Tubing may be strategically positioned at locations presenting risk of oxygen gas buildup, such as the nasofacial sulcus or bucco-facial sulcus. Apertures are present in the turbine wall to draw airflow away from the surgical field and into the tubing. Various embodiments are contemplated in which the tubing is used with a surgical mask or a surgical drape, and a method of use is provided.
US10744276B2
A warming device, for warming infusion or transfusion fluids by an exothermic reaction of a reactive liquid. The device comprises a reaction chamber and a secondary chamber. The reaction chamber and the secondary chamber are aligned end on and are abutting. The reaction chamber contains a trigger and the secondary chamber contains the reactive liquid.
US10744265B2
A container is provided. The container includes a body, a first plug, and a second plug. The body has a first end, a second end, and a bypass with a length L disposed between the ends. The first and second plugs are slideably disposed in the body and define a first compartment. A second compartment is in the body between the second plug and the second end. The second plug has a first edge; a second edge; and a plurality of primary conduits, each primary conduit extending from first openings in the side wall to second openings in the bottom surface. The bottom surface does not define a plane oriented substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. A distance D extends longitudinally from the first edge to the second edge. A distance E extends longitudinally from the first edge to the first opening. D≥L and E
US10744260B2
Techniques for modeling therapy fields for therapy delivered by medical devices are described. Each therapy field model is based on a set of therapy parameters and represents where therapy will propagate from the therapy system delivering therapy according to the set of therapy parameters. Therapy field models may be useful in guiding the modification of therapy parameters. As one example, a processor compares an algorithmic model of a therapy field to a reference therapy field and adjusts at least one therapy parameter based on the comparison. As another example, a processor adjusts at least one therapy parameter to increase an operating efficiency of the therapy system while substantially maintaining the modeled therapy field.
US10744256B2
A method for determining at least one parameter of an extracorporeal blood circuit includes the steps of filling an extracorporeal blood circuit, e.g., encompassing a medical functional device, a treatment device and/or a blood tube set, by introducing a fluid, and detecting a volume of the introduced fluid which is required for filling the extracorporeal blood circuit by a detection device. A control device, a treatment apparatus, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program are also described.
US10744250B2
A method for operating a portable dialysis device, comprising the following steps: continuously and alternately filling and emptying a hydraulic chamber with hydraulic fluid by a pump, wherein upon filling the hydraulic chamber, an at least partially flexible delivery membrane is moved towards a blood chamber adjoining the hydraulic chamber, in which blood is received, and wherein the blood flows tangentially along an inner wall of the blood chamber through an inlet side, whereby the blood chamber is compressed to eject the blood, and enhancing a return flow of the blood from the blood chamber while avoiding dead points in the flow in the blood chamber, and wherein upon emptying the hydraulic chamber, the delivery membrane is moved away from the blood chamber so that the blood chamber expands to receive the blood, so that a continuous, alternate compression and expansion of the blood chamber by the delivery membrane occurs, such that a continuous uninterrupted exchange of the blood in the blood chamber is performed while avoiding the formation of thrombi.
US10744242B2
A wound therapy device is disclosed. The wound therapy device may include a housing for covering at least a portion of a wound and for sealing to a body surface of a patient. The housing may also include a liquid collector for retaining liquid therein and a vacuum connection for coupling to a vacuum source. The vacuum connection may be in gaseous communication with the liquid collector. The vacuum connection may be separated from the liquid collector by a liquid barrier.
US10744241B2
A reduced-pressure device for wound treatment includes a housing, an air pressure storage unit, a compression unit and a pressure indicating module. The air pressure storage unit is installed in the housing and comprises a pressure storage container, a piston assembly and a piston spring, and the compression unit is mounted on the piston assembly, and the pressure indicating module is engaged to the pressure storage container and the piston assembly. Therefore, the user can see the information shown on the pressure indicating module to be easily aware of how much capacity of negative pressure the reduced-pressure device can continuously be provided in order to determine when to operate the compression unit again for providing the desired negative pressure.
US10744225B2
A silicone foam is described that is produced in-situ at a wound site, e.g. in a wound cavity, through a multi-component system, based on a physical foaming process, wherein the gas required to form the foam structure is provided through a blowing agent independently of the curing reaction of polyorganosiloxane components of the multi-component system. Therefore, the blowing agent is provided as a distinct entity of the multi-component system that is, in particular, not the result of any chemical reaction taking place in the multi-component system. A device for producing the foam and the corresponding negative pressure wound therapy kit are also described.
US10744217B2
A device a method, and a computer program for use in a device (40) for washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing medical, dental, laboratory and/or pharmaceutical goods. The device comprises a chamber (41) for receiving the goods, a door (42) associated with the chamber (41) and a processing circuitry for creating and storing a track record of at least one parameter of the washing, disinfecting and/or sterilizing process performed by the device (40). The user interface (44, 45) is operable by the user to cause the process circuitry to electronically sign the track record, and wherein the signing of the track record is associated with at least one condition on the device (40). The device, method and computer program facilitates an easy and secure signing of a track record directly on the device.
US10744201B2
A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of interleukin-6 (IL-6) related diseases, comprising an interleukin-6 antagonist (IL-6 antagonist) and immunosuppressants. The IL-6 antagonist is preferably an antibody to an interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R).
US10744187B2
An insulin conjugate having improved in vivo duration and stability is provided. The conjugate is prepared by covalently linking insulin with an immunoglobulin Fc region via a non-peptidyl polymer, a long-acting formulation comprising the same, and a preparation method thereof. The insulin conjugate of the present invention maintains in vivo activity of the peptide at a relatively high level and remarkably increases the serum half-life thereof, thereby greatly improving drug compliance upon insulin treatment.
US10744185B2
Provided herein are variants of fibroblast growth factor 19 (FGF19) proteins and peptide sequences (and peptidomimetics) and fusions of FGF19 and/or fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21) proteins and peptide sequences (and peptidomimetics), and variants of fusions of FG-F19 and/or FGF21 proteins and peptide sequences (and peptidomimetics). In some embodiments, these variants and fusions modulate bile acid homeostasis, and are useful in treatment of bile acid related and associated disorders. In some embodiments, these variants and fusions have glucose lowering activity, and are useful in treatment of hyperglycemia and other disorders.
US10744181B2
The present invention relates to a compound of the following formula (I), as well as to a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of following formula (I) and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, for use in the treatment and/or prevention and/or attenuation of fibrosis diseases, in particular excessive scars such as keloids or hypertrophic scars.
US10744179B2
This invention relates to the use of an agent capable of inhibiting IL-36 proteolytic processing for the treatment and/or reduction of inflammation in a subject. Advantageously, the agent prevents the production of a biologically active IL-36 to prevent and/or reduce the pro-inflammatory effects of IL-36. The invention also relates to a method for treatment and/or reduction of inflammation and compositions for treating and/or reducing inflammation.
US10744169B2
A probiotic, useable as a feed additive, particularly for animals, that includes live, viable beneficial bacteria strains. Because the beneficial bacteria are alive, the probiotic has a capacity to kill and inhibit the growth of pathogens such as E. coli and Salmonella. In certain select combinations, the probiotic bacteria have shown a greater than 93% reduction in E. coli and a greater than 97% reduction in Salmonella. Among other realized beneficial effects of the probiotics such as improved feed efficiency, increased milk production and enhanced pregnancy rates, pathogen inhibition has been observed in beef cattle and dairy cattle, as well as their calves. Probiotic mixtures variously containing MB101 and/or MB102 Lactobacillus animalis have shown consistent E. coli and Salmonella inhibition rates approaching 100%.
US10744168B2
A GMP adapted to provide the PAL gene for the treatment of PKU when administered orally. The GMP of the present invention may include a probiotic, a PAL gene to be expressed using the probiotic, wherein the PAL gene is functionally attached to a promoter and a ribosome binding site, and may be codon-optimized for expression in a certain host organism. A method of treating the metabolic disease of PKU by oral administration and ingestion of a GMP is also provided.
US10744166B2
The invention provides compositions comprising bacterial strains for treating and preventing inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
US10744154B2
Methods and compositions for reducing fibrosis and cirrhosis are provided in which an effective dose of an admixture of a polysaccharide compound and, for example, a compound selected from the group consisting of antibodies specific to intracellular or cell-surface: (i) beta-PDGF receptors; (ii) synaptophysin; (iii) zvegf3; (iv) CCR1 receptors; (v) connective tissue growth factor; (vi) alpha 1-smooth muscle actin; (vii) matrix metalloproteinases MMP 2 and MMP9; (viii) matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors TIMP1 and TMP2; (ix) integrins; (x) TFG-β1; (xi) endothelin receptor antagonists; and (xii) collagen synthesis and degradation modulating compounds; (xiii) actin synthesis and degradation modulating compounds; and (xiv) tyrosine kinases is administered to an animal in order to treat fibrosis.
US10744141B2
A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof includes administering to the subject therapeutically effective amounts of a PP2A activator and a protein kinase inhibitor.
US10744139B2
Provided are an irreversible inhibitor of a fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) as indicated by formula I, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a stereoisomer, a pharmaceutical preparation, a pharmaceutical composition and an application thereof. R1, R2, R3, R4, ring A, Ar, ring B and warhead are as defined in the specification. The compound has high-efficiency and high-selectivity inhibition of a fibroblast growth factor receptor and can be applied to treatment of abnormal FGF/FGFR-mediated diseases, in particular the treatment of cancers.
US10744138B2
A hair growth formulation includes minoxidil and foeniculum vulgare, atriplex nummularia extract, or a combination of foeniculum vulgare and atriplex nummularia extract. A method for increasing hair growth includes applying a hair growth formulation to a subject.
US10744133B2
The invention includes compositions comprising NSC59984 or a derivative or analogue thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The invention further includes methods of treating or preventing cancer in a subject, comprising the step of administering to the subject the compositions contemplated within the invention.
US10744120B2
The present invention is directed to a combination comprising a glucocorticoid and a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: to a pharmaceutical composition and to a kit both comprising said combination, to the combination, composition or kit for use in the treatment of cancer, and to a method of treatment of cancer in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to said patient an effective amount of said combination, composition or kit.
US10744116B2
Methods of predicting or detecting sensitivity to therapeutic effects of anti-PD-1 therapy in a patient suffering from melanoma, as well as for selecting somatic mutanomes and transcriptomes of melanoma biopsies. A tumor sample obtained from the patient is assayed for a measure of anti-PD-1 therapy sensitivity via, for example, whole transcriptome sequencing, antibody based protein quantifications, mass spectrometry based protein quantification, targeted mRNA sequencing, real-time RT-PCR, Sanger sequencing, targeted sequencing and/or whole exome/genome sequencing. Samples are selected that exhibit a higher first enrichment similarity score and/or a lower second enrichment similarity score, and/or at least one measure of sensitivity. A patient whose sample was selected herein as a candidate for anti-PD-1 therapy is thereby identified. The method of the invention can further comprise treating the patient with anti-PD-1 therapy, optionally in conjunction with combinatorial therapy.
US10744104B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to compounds having the formula: where R1-R6, a, b, and Z are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. These compounds have neprilysin inhibition activity. In another aspect, the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds; methods of using such compounds; and processes and intermediates for preparing such compounds.
US10744101B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and/or reversing) tissue calcification in a subject in need thereof and, more particularly, the invention relates to methods of using menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and/or menaquinol-7 (MKH2-7) for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and/or reversing) tissue calcification in a subject with diabetes, chronic kidney disease, end stage renal failure, or a subject undergoing hemodialysis and/or receiving anticoagulant therapy. The invention further provides methods and compositions for reducing one or more symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), including using menaquinone-7 (MK-7) and/or menaquinol-7 (MKH2-7), for preventing or treating (e.g., slowing the progression of, arresting, and/or reversing) one or more symptoms of COPD.
US10744097B2
The present invention is directed to an immediate release and extended release capsule or capsule fill which mitigates the abuse of abuse-susceptible active pharmaceutical ingredients by direct intravenous injection. The fill comprises a parenteral abuse resistant liquid formulation which when mixed with water and heated, results in a turbid, viscous or bubbling mixture that is not injectable with a standard insulin syringe. The abuse-susceptible active pharmaceutical ingredient is selected from the group consisting of opiates, opioids, tranquillizers, stimulants and narcotics.
US10744093B2
Extended release pyridostigmine dosage forms, suitable for maintaining stable plasma concentrations with reduced or minimized initial burst release/dose dumping of pyridostigmine, are provided. The dosage forms include matrix tablets, gastroretentive tablets, and pellets, the latter being suitable for dosing in capsules, tablets, and sachets, as well as for sprinkling on foodstuffs. The disclosure also provides methods for improving patient compliance by administering once-a-day extended release pyridostigmine bromide dosage forms that provide a superior controlled drug release.
US10744086B2
There is provided a fast dissolving solid dosage form adapted for the release of a biologically active material in the oral cavity wherein the dosage form comprises at least one biologically active material, and at least one matrix forming agent, wherein the dosage form substantially dissolves in the oral cavity. A method of producing the same and a kit comprising the same are also provided.
US10744085B2
Described is an intra-mammary teat sealant and a corresponding method of forming a physical barrier in the teat canal of a non-human animal for prophylactic treatment of mammary disorders during the animal's dry period. The method includes the step of infusing a teat seal formulation including a metal salt in a glyceride-containing gel base into the teat canal of the animal. The method also prevents the formation of black spot defect in dairy products, especially cheddar cheese, made from the milk of animals so treated.
US10744083B2
Self-regulating, osmotic, floating gastroretentive compositions that provide extended release, delayed release, and/or delayed extended release of active pharmaceutical agents, as well as, optionally, immediate release of the same or a different active pharmaceutical agent, are provided here. The gastroretentive compositions of the disclosure comprise a swellable, extended release, multilayer core comprising a push layer and a pull layer; a water-insoluble permeable elastic membrane surrounding the multilayer core; and an orifice (e.g., a laser-drilled orifice, a manually drilled orifice) on the pull-layer side of the dosage form. The gastric retention of the composition is controlled by rapid floating of the composition and expansion of the membrane. The rapid swelling of the composition to a size greater than the size of the pyloric sphincter is due to the presence of an osmogen. adequate membrane permeability that provides for fast generation of CO2 from a gas-generating agent(s), and adequate membrane elasticity that provides for rapid expansion of the membrane. The hydrated core, especially the polyethylene oxide in the push layer, and the permeable elastic membrane with an orifice (1) provide extended release of the active pharmaceutical agent, and (2) maintain the dosage form at a size suitable for gastric retention. The self-regulating composition collapses, or breaks into pieces, after releasing at least about 80% of the drug from the composition.
US10744058B2
A method for providing information to a user, preferably including: determining environmental information; determining a set of features based on the information; determining output parameters based on the features; and controlling a sensory output system to generate outputs based on the output parameters. A sensory output device, preferably including a plurality of sensory output actuators. A system for providing information to a user, preferably including one or more: sensory output devices, sensors, and computing systems.
US10744056B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for treating inflammatory symptoms associated with plantar fasciitis in a foot. The apparatus comprises an inclined ramp surface, a flat surface adjacent to the inclined ramp surface, a dowel rollable along both the inclined ramp surface and the flat surface, and a pocket coupled to the flat surface, wherein the pocket is disposed radially outward from the flat surface and ascending the inclined ramp. The apparatus may further comprise a gel pack retained in the pocket, which may be configured for cooling at least one portion of a sole of the foot.
US10744050B2
An adjustment apparatus for a wheelchair back that can be used with various backs, that can be adjusted in a plurality of ways using a single adjustment point, and that can be adjusted without the use of tools. In another aspect, includes a support mechanism for mounting an adjustment apparatus for a wheelchair back that can be engaged using gravity, that provides at least one support point, and that can be utilized without the use of tools. Still another aspect of the wheelchair back assembly includes a mounting clamp that is simple in construction, that provides at least one support point, and that can be easily disassembled and adjusted to accommodate upright frame members of various diameters without the use of a tool.
US10744039B2
A method of preparing a crosslinked, collagen-based wound care dressing is provided, comprising: (a) immersing a sample of fibrous and/or non-fibrous collagen in a buffered acidic, aqueous solution comprising an alcohol; (b) contacting the collagen in solution with a catalytic component comprising 1-ethyl-3-[3-dimethylaminopropyl]carbodiimide hydrochloride for a time at least sufficient to effect reaction between amino and carboxyl groups present on the collagen and to yield crosslinked collagen that is resistant to pronase degradation; and (c) drying the crosslinked collagen to yield a porous, crosslinked collagen article wherein the porous, crosslinked collagen article demonstrates a pore size of 10-500 microns. Also provided are bioactive collagen medical scaffolds for hernia repair prosthetics and surgical incision closure members, prepared using the method above.
US10744030B2
A heating implement (1) for body of the present embodiment includes a first sheet (11) having air-permeability; a second sheet (12); a heating element (13), intermediately arranged between the first sheet (11) and the second sheet (12) and containing an oxidizeable metal and a carbon component; and a first adhesive layer (14) and a second adhesive layer (15) provided in one of external surfaces of the first sheet (11) which is applied to a wearer side, in which a region without adhesive layer, in which none of the first adhesive layer (14) and the second adhesive layer (15) is disposed, is provided in at least a part of an external circumference section of the first sheet (11), the following relations (a) and (b) are satisfied, and the heating implement is perfumed with a fragrance:(a) a mass ratio of a content of the fragrance to a content of the carbon component in the aforementioned heating implement (fragrance/carbon component) is equal to or higher than 0.2 and equal to or lower than 0.52; and(b) the content of the carbon component in the aforementioned heating implement is equal to or larger than 0.89 mg/cm2.
US10744027B2
Provided is a thumb-sucking deterrent device including: a finger insertion part and a coupling part disposed on an end of the finger insertion part. The finger insertion part includes an inner sheet, an outer sheet, and a waterproof sheet interposed between the inner sheet and the outer sheet.
US10744019B2
An orthopedic device is arranged as a lightweight ankle-foot orthosis providing dynamic support for drop foot or related disorders requiring dorsiflexion. The orthopedic device includes a main support adapted to secure about a lower leg, a strap assembly having a first portion coupling to the main support, and a second portion arranged to be drawn therefrom, and an anchor for receiving and attaching to the second portion of the strap assembly. The location of the anchor along a foot component enables increased medial-lateral control, and the arrangement of the strap assembly permits dorsiflexion during swing phase of a user's gait.
US10744012B2
A stent includes a first section and a second section. The second section is aligned with the first section along a longitudinal axis of the stent. Each section includes a plurality of expandable modules and a plurality of bridging modules. Each expandable module includes a plurality of strut elements that join together at a plurality of apices. Each bridging module includes bridging elements that connect an apex of a first module with an apex of a second module. The plurality of expandable modules or the plurality of bridging modules in the first section are more radially stiff than the plurality of expandable modules or the plurality of bridging modules in the second section such that at least a portion of the first section is configured to be placed in a region of a vein subjected to physiologic compression.
US10744007B2
A nonmodular endograft system for treating aortic aneurysms involving bilateral renal arteries can include a main fabric cover that is sealed, coupled, or integral, with first and second branch fabric covers. The system can be configured so that after the main cover is expanded in the aorta, and after the two branch covers are respectively expanded in the renal arteries such that (i) the first cover ostium is substantially aligned with the first renal ostium, and (ii) the second cover ostium is not substantially aligned with the second renal ostium, then aortic blood flows from the main cover into each of the branch covers.
US10743998B2
An implant device used to replace and restore the function of the knee meniscus in a human. The compliant, yet resilient device is comprised of a biocompatible, non-degradable three-dimensional body comprised of at least a central body, a second structure, a third structure, and a coating. The device is concentrically aligned wherein the second structure is adjoined to the central body wherein the third structure is adjoined on the central body opposite of the second structure. The third structure further features a first and a second pulling element which is coupled to the central body and forms the outer periphery and major circumference of the device. The device is comprised of multiple components which provide tensile strength, compressive resilience, and attachment mechanisms for replacing the meniscus. Each structure is comprised of multiple surfaces which are further reinforced, separated, and connected by an individual plurality of vertical elements. The implantable device further features a surface coating on the surface of the central body.
US10743989B2
A delivery system for percutaneously deploying a valve prosthesis. The system includes a catheter assembly including a delivery sheath capsule and a handle having an oscillating device. The capsule is configured to compressively retain the valve prosthesis during implantation. After the valve prosthesis is partially exposed during implantation, the oscillating device can create a vibratory motion to reduce the friction between the valve prosthesis and the delivery sheath capsule in order to recapture the valve prosthesis.
US10743978B2
Devices, systems, and methods for measuring the diameter of an airway in a human or animal subject are disclosed. The device comprises a flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end. Flexible sizing elements are disposed along and extend approximately orthogonally from the catheter body. The sizing elements have different heights from one another and are configured to fit through the working channel of a bronchoscope. Devices, systems, and methods for redirecting airflow through a lung airway are also disclosed. The method comprises introducing into the airway a catheter comprising a distal end, a proximal end and an elongated portion therebetween, wherein the distal end comprises an airway closing mechanism, and wherein the proximal end comprises an actuator to actuate the airway closing mechanism; and actuating the airway closing mechanism to at least partially close the airway.
US10743974B2
The invention refers to a needle for follicular aspiration, having a base with a through-hole, inside of which a needle cannula is coupled, the needle cannula having a front aspiration end which protrudes from a front end of the base, and a rear end which freely protrudes from the rear end of the base, the through-hole of the base having a frustro- conical segment tapering from the rear end towards the front end of the base, forming a gap between the inner surface of the base and the outer surface of the needle cannula for coupling a biological sample collecting line.
US10743962B2
An all-in-one cleaner is disclosed. An all-in-one cleaner, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a cleaner body; a soaking unit which is provided on one side of the cleaner body and carries out a soaking step on a subject to be cleaned; a washing unit which is provided near the soaking unit and carries out a washing step on the subject to be cleaned, for which the soaking step has been completed; and a rinsing unit which is provided near the washing unit and carries out a rinsing step on the subject to be cleaned, for which the washing step has been completed.
US10743950B2
An implant positioning device and a method of using the device are described. The positioning device includes an end effector configured to contact an implant component during a surgical procedure, the end effector connected to an actuator for imparting an impact force to the implant component during the surgical procedure, a motor mechanically connected to the actuator and configured to move the actuator to produce one or more impacts on the end effector, thereby imparting the impact force to the implant component, and a control circuit coupled to the motor. The control circuit is configured to generate at least one motor control signal, transfer the at least one motor control signal to the motor, and, as a result of the at least one motor control signal, cause the motor to move the actuator to produce one or more impacts on the end effector.
US10743948B2
Various exemplary surgical tool wrists are provided. In general, a surgical tool can include an elongate shaft and a wrist that couples an end effector to a distal end of the shaft. The surgical tool can include multiple elongate members configured to move, either individually or as a group of two or more of the elongate members, to cause movement of the end effector relative to the shaft. Each of the surgical tool's elongate members can be configured to extend along a helical path. Each of the elongate members can extend proximally from its associated helical path to a pulley at the wrist. The helical paths can be configured to guide the elongate members to approach and engage their respective pulleys at a substantially zero angle.
US10743943B2
A medical image processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry configured to: obtain a three-dimensional (3D) image that is representative of an anatomical region of a subject; acquire a stream of two-dimensional images that are representative of the anatomical region of the subject; set a first rendering direction by performing a 2D/3D registration procedure in respect of the 3D image and a 2D image of the stream of 2D images; generate a first rendered image from the 3D image based on the first rendering direction; and for each of a plurality of subsequent 2D images of the stream of 2D images, determine whether a condition is satisfied, the condition being dependent on at least one of a 2D misalignment and a time since last 2D/3D registration procedure; when the registration condition is satisfied, select one of the subsequent 2D images; reset the rendering direction to obtain a second rendering direction by performing a 2D/3D registration procedure in respect of the 3D image and the selected 2D image; and regenerate a second rendered image from the 3D image based on the second rendering direction.
US10743934B2
A microwave antenna assembly is disclosed. The antenna assembly includes a feedline having an inner conductor, an outer conductor and an inner insulator disposed therebetween. A radiating portion is also included having an unbalanced dipole antenna including a proximal portion and a distal portion that are of different lengths. The proximal portion includes at least a portion of the inner conductor and the inner insulator and the distal portion includes a conductive member.
US10743929B2
Low level laser energy may be delivered transmucosally to the vagina or other pelvic tissue. Such a device and its method of use may lead to healing of tissue, reduction of inflammation and pain, reduction in bladder problems such as urgency, frequency, and urinary incontinence, reshaping of tissue, and creation of a fertile environment for the potential implantation of stem cells. A probe may be moved in and out of the vagina in order to deliver the energy to the selected tissues. The probe may have a bulbous distal end that provides laser energy in a uniform 360 degree pattern or as close to 360 degrees of illumination as is structurally possible. Alternate embodiments may emit laser energy anywhere within the range from 0 degrees to 360 degrees. The scope of the present invention further includes the possibility of substituting alternate energy sources in place of laser energy.
US10743928B2
An energy treatment device includes a treatment portion that receives a supply of energy and treats a treatment target, a controller that controls the supply of energy with respect to the treatment portion, a converter that is configured to receive heat energy generated with the treatment of the treatment target, and to convert a temperature difference into an electric energy, and a receiver that receives the electric energy converted at the converter.
US10743927B1
An anchor bolt driver device for fixing and removing anchor bolts utilized in neurosurgery. The anchor bolt driver device has a handle portion and a shaft extending therefrom. A socket of a predetermined configuration is formed at the terminal end of the shaft and a pin structure having a predetermined configuration extends outward and axially through the socket. The socket and pin structure are constructed and arranged to receive an anchor bolt for the threading engagement with the skull of a patient.
US10743922B1
An embodiment includes a bone fixation system comprising: a bone anchor with a tapered head, the head being threaded; and a plate that includes a void, the void including one of a counterbore or a countersink; wherein: (a) no portion of the void is threaded; (b) the void includes an inner wall; (c) the inner wall includes reliefs along its perimeter. Other embodiments are described herein.
US10743914B2
A dilation introducer for orthopedic surgery is provided for minimally invasive access for insertion of an intervertebral implant. The dilation introducer may be used to provide an access position through Kambin's triangle from a posterolateral approach. A first dilator tube with a first longitudinal axis is provided. A second dilator tube may be introduced over the first, advanced along a second longitudinal axis parallel to but offset from the first. A third dilator tube may be introduced over the second, advanced along a third longitudinal axis parallel to but offset from both the first and the second. An access cannula may be introduced over the third dilator tube. With the first, second, and third dilator tubes removed, surgical instruments may pass through the access cannula to operate on an intervertebral disc and/or insert an intervertebral implant.
US10743911B2
A method of performing a transperineal biopsy procedure including sliding a displacement member of a biopsy guide relative to a guide member of the biopsy guide such that the displacement member is proximate the perineal access site of the patient. The guide member may be secured to the ultrasound probe, and the guide member may include a pair of guide rails each having a planar top surface. The displacement member may include a platform having a planar bottom surface and at least one needle receiving port for guiding a needle, wherein the planar bottom surface of the platform opposes the planar top surfaces of the pair of guide rails during the sliding of the displacement member relative to the guide member. The method may further include inserting a needle into the perineal access site of the patient.
US10743905B2
A medical device for removing an object within a living body lumen includes a rotatable tubular driven shaft having a leading-out hole opening in a proximal portion of the driven shaft, a cutting unit disposed on a distal side of the driven shaft, the cutting unit cutting an object while rotating together with the driven shaft, and a suction tubular body having a distal portion and a proximal portion, the distal portion of the suction tubular body being located within the driven shaft, the proximal portion of the suction tubular body being located outside the driven shaft and extending in a direction of separating from the driven shaft outward in a radial direction of the driven shaft.
US10743901B2
An ultrasonic instrument includes a shaft assembly and an end effector having an ultrasonic blade, a clamp arm, and a clamp pad. The clamp arm is pivotally coupled with the shaft assembly. The clamp pad is configured to removably couple with the clamp arm while the clamp arm is pivotally coupled to the shaft assembly. The clamp arm includes a mortise and a pair of support gussets. The clamp pad includes a tenon and a pair of resilient projections where the tenon engages the mortise of the clamp arm and the projections contact the support gussets of the clamp arm.
US10743899B2
Surgical instruments having articulating and rotating end effectors utilizing a flexible coaxial drive are described herein. In one embodiment, a surgical instrument is provided that includes a shaft and an end effector coupled to a distal end of the shaft by an articulation joint such that the end effector can articulate relative to a longitudinal axis of the shaft and can rotate about a longitudinal axis of the end effector. The instrument can further include an actuating cable coaxially disposed within a lumen of the shaft and extending through the articulation joint to the end effector. The actuating cable can be configured to bend and rotate through the articulation joint. Further, rotation of the actuating cable can be configured to control a first function of the end effector and translation of the actuating cable can be configured to control a second function of the end effector.
US10743894B2
A clot retrieval device (9501) for removing clot from a blood vessel comprises an inner elongate body (9503) and an outer elongate body (9504) at least partially overlying the inner elongate body (9503). The device also comprises an elongate member or shaft (9502) having a proximal end which extends exterior of a patient so that a user can retrieve the stent-basket device and captured clot by retracting the shaft (9502). The outer elongate body (9504) and the inner elongate body (9503) are connected to the distal end of the shaft (9502) and are expandable relative to the shaft (9502) from a collapsed delivery configuration to an expanded deployed configuration. The outer elongate body (9504) is expandable relative to the inner elongate body (9503) to a radial extent which is greater than the radial extent of the inner body (9503) in the deployed configuration.
US10743887B2
A reposable surgical clip applier includes a handle assembly, a shaft assembly releasably engagable with the handle assembly, and a clip cartridge assembly releasably engagable within the shaft assembly. The handle assembly includes a proximal drive member, a proximal pusher, and a proximal biasing member biased to move the proximal drive member proximally such that the proximal pusher bar is moved distally. When the reposable surgical clip applier is assembled, the proximal drive member is positioned proximally adjacent an inner drive assembly of the shaft assembly and the proximal pusher is positioned proximally adjacent a distal pusher of the clip cartridge assembly, such that, movement of handle(s) of the handle assembly towards an approximated position actuates a jaw assembly of the shaft assembly and movement of the handle(s) towards the spaced-apart position loads a distal-most surgical clip from the clip cartridge assembly into the jaw assembly.
US10743882B2
Vascular delivery systems configured to deliver an implant to a location within a vasculature can include one or more control wires controllable by a user to detach the implant from the delivery system. Control wires can cause a feature of the delivery system to mechanically engage a hub at a proximal end of an implant. Proximal or distal movement of the control wire can allow the feature to disengage from the hub, thereby allowing release of the implant.
US10743879B2
An electric surgical stapler including a handle and a working head. The handle has a handle body, a driving motor, and a control unit for controlling the driving motor to operate. The working head includes an anvil, a cartridge, a closing mechanism, a firing mechanism, a housing for accommodating the closing mechanism and the firing mechanism, a closing limit switch configured to transmit information of a closing stroke of the closing mechanism to the control unit, and a pressure sensor configured to transmit a pressure value applied to a squeezed tissue during closing to the control unit. The control unit is configured to transmit an instruction of controlling the driving motor to drive movement of the firing mechanism, when the closing limit switch is triggered and the pressure value transmitted by the pressure sensor meets a preset standard.
US10743878B2
An apparatus and its method of use in delivering surgical tissue connectors into an area of the body and removing the surgical tissue connectors from the body area. The tissue connectors are connected to a base which allows for easy adjustment of the tissue connectors along a cord. The base includes a locking mechanism which impinges a sliding knot in the cord, and, in alternate configurations of the locking mechanism and knot, impinges on the sliding knot to prevent sliding in a loosening direction but allow sliding in a tightening direction, or allows sliding in a loosening direction.
US10743876B2
The invention provides devices, systems and methods for tissue approximation and repair at treatment sites. The devices, systems and methods of the invention will find use in a variety of therapeutic procedures, including endovascular, minimally-invasive, and open surgical procedures, and can be used in various anatomical regions, including the abdomen, thorax, cardiovascular system, heart, intestinal tract, stomach, urinary tract, bladder, lung, and other organs, vessels, and tissues. The invention is particularly useful in those procedures requiring minimally-invasive or endovascular access to remote tissue locations, where the instruments utilized must negotiate long, narrow, and tortuous pathways to the treatment site. In addition, many of the devices and systems of the invention are adapted to be reversible and removable from the patient at any point without interference with or trauma to internal tissues.
US10743873B2
A shaft assembly for a surgical instrument that includes a movable drive member. In at least one form, the surgical instrument includes a spine assembly that is couplable to the surgical instrument and has a surgical end effector coupled thereto by an articulation joint. The shaft assembly in one form includes a proximal firing member and an intermediate firing member that is coupled to a distal firing member. The distal firing member is configured for selective travel through the surgical end effector. At least one articulation driver is coupled to the surgical end effector to apply articulation motions thereto. A clutch assembly interfaces with the primary and intermediate firing members and the articulation driver such that when in an articulation orientation, movement of the drive member results in movement of the articulation driver and when in a firing orientation, movement of the drive member results in movement of the intermediate and distal firing members. A separate articulation motor may be employed to actuate the articulation driver.
US10743872B2
Various systems and methods of controlling a surgical instrument are disclosed. The surgical instrument can include one or more sensors that are configured to detect or measure parameters associated with the use of the instrument and a display. A control circuit can be configured to detect whether the instrument is articulating, firing, clamping, and so on according to relationships between the detected parameters. The control circuit can further cause the display to display an image or sequences of images according to the particular operational state of the instrument. The images can provide alerts, instructions on how to use the instrument, or information detected by the one or more sensors, such as the position of the knife during transection.
US10743869B2
A stapling device for forming multiple tissue plications without needing to reload the device between plications is described. The device includes staple and anvil housings that move toward and away from a tissue-capture position. A cartridge holder in the staple housing supports a cartridge with multiple groups of offset staple slots, where the slots in each group are circularly arrayed about a cartridge center axis. A staple driver in the staple housing carries a plurality of arms for engaging and ejecting the staples in a first group of staples in the cartridge, when a tissue fold is captured between the cartridge assembly and anvil in the anvil housing. When the staple driver is retracted, after a tissue plication is formed, the cartridge assembly and tissue drive are indexed to eject the next-up group of staples.
US10743868B2
A surgical instrument comprising a shaft and a distal head extending from the shaft is disclosed. The distal head comprises a tissue drive configured to engage the tissue of a patient and move the distal head relative to the patient tissue. The tissue drive comprises, among other things, a tiltable or pivotable portion which adapts to changes in tissue thickness.
US10743866B2
An anvil introduction system is operable to provide smooth insertion of an anvil of a surgical stapling device through a bodily lumen such as the esophagus. The anvil introduction system is coupled to the anvil and includes a dilation feature. The dilation feature has a collapsed position and an expanded position. The dilation feature may cover staple pockets and an outer edge of the anvil with the dilation feature is in the expanded position. The anvil may be inserted through the bodily lumen with the dilation feature in the expanded position. The dilation feature may then be collapsed in order to complete an end-to-end anastomosis of the bodily lumen.
US10743865B1
An apparatus capable of and a corresponding method for subcuticular suturing of an incision in a single pass is provided. The apparatus includes a straight needle, a suture thread extending from a free end of the needle, and a grip couplable to or pre-attached to the needle. The grip is used for controlling, manipulating, and advancing the needle and its sharp end through the incision. The needle is generally long enough to pierce and bind both sides of the incision together without having to pull the entire needle and any slack in the suture thread through each piercing prior to proceeding to the next piercing. The needle holds the entire incision closed presets the entire path for the suture thread prior to pulling the suture thread through the incision to hold the incision closed.
US10743864B2
A suturing system is provided. In an embodiment, the suturing system includes a sheath having a proximal end and a distal end. A needle is disposed distal the sheath in a pre-deployed configuration with a needle tip of the needle being orientated proximally towards the sheath. A body is disposed within the sheath, the body comprising a guide reducing an outer cross-sectional dimension of the body at the guide and forming a space between the body and the sheath, the guide being configured to receive the needle and direct the needle proximally toward the proximal end of the sheath. A suture is attached to the needle.
US10743850B2
A surgical instrument includes a shaft assembly and an articulation control assembly. The shaft assembly includes an articulation section that is configured to deflect a distal end portion from the longitudinal axis. The articulation control assembly includes an articulation control member and a transmission assembly. The articulation control member is rotatably mounted relative to the shaft assembly. The transmission assembly is operatively connected between the articulation control member and the articulation section of the shaft assembly. The transmission assembly is configured to transmit selective manipulation of the articulation control member to the articulation section and selectively actuate the articulation section. The articulation control assembly is configured to lock without selective manipulation of the articulation control member to thereby inhibit actuation of the articulation section and unlock with selective manipulation of the articulation control member to thereby actuate the articulation section.
US10743840B2
An ultrasound transducer assembly (10) is disclosed comprising a plurality of transducer elements (32) for transmitting and receiving ultrasound waves (24) each having a substrate (40) and a flexible membrane (46) disposed in a distance from a substrate. An AC voltage control unit (56) is provided for controlling an AC voltage provided to each of the transducer elements, and a DC voltage control unit (60) for controlling a DC bias voltage provided to the transducer elements in order to bring the flexible membranes in a collapse mode into contact with the substrate. The DC voltage control unit is adapted to disconnect the DC bias voltage from the transducer elements temporarily during the operation of the ultrasound transducer assembly to limit the collapse mode.
US10743835B2
Provided are an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method of operating the same. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes: a data acquisition unit configured to acquire flow data in real-time from a region of interest (ROI) of an object; a parameter setting unit configured to analyze a change in blood flow based on the flow data acquired in real-time and set a parameter according to the analyzed change in blood flow; an image generator configured to generate a color flow image of the ROI by applying the set parameter to the flow data; and a display configured to display the color flow image.
US10743834B2
An X-ray image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a photon counting X-ray detector, calibration circuitry, and image generating circuitry. The photon counting X-ray detector includes a plurality of detection elements each of which is configured to detect X-rays and output a detection signal. The calibration circuitry calibrates a detection signal of each of the detection elements using a correction value calculated from a plurality of signals output from the detection elements and corresponding to a plurality of X-ray application conditions relating to continuous X-rays. The image generating circuitry generates an image using the calibrated detection signals of the detection elements.
US10743816B2
A blood pressure testing device for a finger is provided in the embodiments of the disclosure, including: a housing; at least one cover plate connected pivotably to the housing; at least one detecting element, each of which is configured to detect an electrocardiogram signal and a pulse signal, and arranged to be accommodated within and connected with the housing and provided opposite to a corresponding one of the at least one cover plate so as to cooperate to define collectively a testing hole therebetween; and at least one adjusting component, each of which is arranged to be connected with the corresponding one of the at least one cover plate, and configured to drive the corresponding one of the at least one cover plate to carry out one of operations comprising: lifting up to move away from a corresponding one of the at least one detecting element, and falling down to approach the corresponding one of the at least one detecting element.
US10743796B2
A foot sensor alarm for wheelchairs, detects if a wheelchair occupant's foot has fallen off of a wheelchair footrest. The sensor and alarm make a wheelchair occupant or care giver aware that a foot has fallen off of one or more of the footrests. Sensors may include contact closure sensors, with snap-action switches or magnetically actuated reed switches can be used. Battery-operated window alarms with piezoelectric sound emitters send out vibratory or audio sounds as alarms. An occupancy sensor seat pad is used to power up the alarm system. A flashing light emitting diode can be wired in parallel with each sound emitter to provide a visual alarm as well.
US10743794B2
A device for the non-invasive sensing of the length of an implantable medical device includes an implantable medical device having first and second portions moveable relative to one another and a layer of resistive material disposed on one of the first and second portions. A contact is disposed on the other of the first and second portions, the contact being in sliding contact with the layer of resistive material upon relative movement between the first and second portions. A circuit is configured to measure the electrical resistance along a path including a variable length region of the layer of resistive material and the contact. The electrical resistance can then be converted into a length.
US10743792B1
A ketone measurement and analysis system provides various features for enabling health program participants to interpret their ketone measurements, such as breath acetone measurements. One such feature breaks down ketone measurements into causal components. For example, the system may generate and display an estimate of how much of a participant's ketone measurement is attributable to stored fat metabolism versus consumption of a “confounding substance” such as dietary fat and/or exogenous ketones. The system may also estimate the contributions of specific confounding substances, and/or the contributions of other factors or events (such as exercise, interrupted sleep, a missed medication, etc.) that affect ketone levels. Another feature involves the generation and display of target ketone levels that are personalized for the participants. The system may generate the measurement breakdowns and target ketone levels by applying data mining algorithms to aggregated data of many program participants.
US10743790B2
A method and system for determining the subjective state of mind of a human subject presented with a test audible or visual stimulus. An an electroencephalogram (EEG) recording unit is connected to the human subject, recording the subject's EEG when presented with one or more test stimuli. The recorded EEG signal is then transformed to a 3-D map in order to visualize the brain areas that were active when presenting the test stimuli. The given 3-D map of the test stimuli is then compared with reference 3-D maps of neutral and subjectively significant stimuli.
US10743788B2
The present invention provides a bio-electrode composition including: a resin containing a urethane bond in a main chain and a siloxane bond in a side chain; and an electro-conductive material, wherein the electro-conductive material is a polymer compound having one or more repeating units selected from fluorosulfonic acid salts shown by the following formulae (1)-1 and (1)-2, sulfonimide salts shown by the following formula (1)-3, and sulfonamide salts shown by the following formula (1)-4. This can form a living body contact layer for a bio-electrode that is excellent in electric conductivity and biocompatibility, light in weight, manufacturable at low cost, and free from large lowering of the electric conductivity even when it is wetted with water or dried. The present invention also provides a bio-electrode in which the living body contact layer is formed from the bio-electrode composition, and a method for manufacturing the bio-electrode.
US10743786B2
The present disclosure provides a method of fabricating an implantable micro-component electrode. The method includes disposing an electrically non-conductive material directly onto a surface of an electrically conductive carbon fiber core to generate an electrically non-conductive coating on the electrically conductive carbon fiber core, and removing a portion of the electrically non-conductive coating to expose a region of the electrically conductive carbon fiber core. The micro-component electrode has at least one dimension of less than or equal to about 10 μm.
US10743785B2
A phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) system and method employing a Hybrid One- and Two-sided Flow Encoding Only (HOTFEO) acquisition scheme for accurate blood flow and velocity measurements of three-directional-velocity-encoding PC-MRI.
US10743776B2
A system for measuring the blood loss comprises a measuring device that determines a hemoglobin concentration of fluid within a container utilizing a light source and a light detector. The container receives blood and other fluids from a patient during a medical procedure. Light from the light source is passed through the blood and other fluids in the container and is detected by the light detector. Based upon a magnitude of light detected, a hemoglobin concentration of the fluid in the container can be determined. A volume-measuring device determines the volume of blood and fluid in the container. Knowing the hemoglobin concentration and volume of fluid in the container, the volume of patient blood loss in the container can be determined. The blood loss measuring device in combination with infusion systems maintains a real-blood volume status so that proper infusion of blood, crystalloid and/or colloid solutions occurs.
US10743773B2
A computing device includes a thermal map generator (142) that generates a thermal map for image data voxels or pixels representing a volume or region of interest of a subject based on thermometry image data, which includes voxels or pixels indicating a change in a temperature in the volume or region of interest, and a predetermined change in value to temperature lookup table (144) and a display (145) that visually presents the thermal map in connection with image data of the volume of interest. A method includes generating a thermal map for image data voxels or pixels representing a volume or region of interest of a subject based on thermometry image data, which includes voxels or pixels indicating a change in a temperature in the volume or region of interest, and a predetermined change in voxel or pixel value to temperature lookup table.
US10743770B2
A photoacoustic device comprises a light source configured to generate first and second lights; an irradiation unit configured to generate a first acoustic wave from an object including a contrast agent by irradiating the object with the first light, and then bleach the contrast agent by irradiating the object with the second light and generate a second acoustic wave from the object by irradiating the object with the first light after bleaching; a receiving unit configured to output a first signal upon receiving the first acoustic wave and output a second signal upon receiving the second acoustic wave; and an acquisition unit configured to acquire first information based on the first signal, and acquire second information based on the second signal.
US10743766B2
A parallel detecting optical coherence tomography (OCT) setup and method, in which the light paths of the illumination of the sample and of the detection of the backscattered light do not use the same apertures. The separation of illumination and detection apertures filters these disturbing reflexes from the backscattered light of the sample and significantly increases image quality.
US10743765B2
An optical imaging system for an ophthalmic laser beam delivery system, which includes a focusing objective including a plurality of lenses, a semi-transparent folding mirror disposed near an entrance of the focusing objective for reflecting a treatment laser beam into the focusing objective, a prism disposed adjacent a back surface of the folding mirror, the prism having a first, a second and a third surface, the second surface being disposed adjacent the back surface of the folding mirror, the prism being configured to reflect a light that has entered the second surface sequentially by the first surface and by the second surface toward the third surface to be output, a focusing lens module disposed adjacent the third surface of the prism to focus light output from the third surface of the prism, and an image sensor disposed to receive the light focused by the focusing lens module to form an image.
US10743761B2
A modular lens adapter system or kit is provided for mobile anterior and posterior segment ophthalmoscopy. Equipped with various lens adapter modules, respective lenses and a mobile imaging device, a user is provided with tools for various mobile ophthalmoscopy imaging applications. Eye care practitioners can use their existing lenses to customize the modular lens adapter system in a cost-effective way, which allows for mobile and remote capture, viewing, and utilization of clinical images. The various modules are also adaptable to nearly any type of phone or tablet regardless of its dimensions or presence of a protective case. The invention also addresses the need for fewer, smaller, less expensive, and easier to use ophthalmic imaging equipment, which is further important in enabling a broad base of users.
US10743760B2
An ophthalmological device according to the embodiments comprises an objective lens, an objective measurement optical system, an interference optical system, and an image forming unit. The objective measurement optical system irradiates light onto a subject's eye via the objective lens and detects returning light from the subject's eye. The interference optical system splits light from a light source into reference light and measurement light, projects the measurement light onto the subject's eye via the objective lens so as to overlap at least part of an area of the irradiated light at the subject's eye by the objective measurement optical system, generates interference light between returning light of the measurement light and the reference light, and detects the generated interference light. The image forming unit forms a tomographic image of the subject's eye based on a detection result of the interference light by the interference optical system.
US10743759B2
The present invention relates to an optical coherence tomography method, comprising: providing a beam of imaging radiation from a radiation source of an optical coherence tomography apparatus; directing, using directing optics, the beam of imaging radiation towards a fundus of a human or animal eye; and receiving a reflected portion of the imaging radiation by the optical coherence tomography apparatus; wherein the method further comprises: providing, by a tracking camera, a tracking image of an image area covering at least a part of said fundus; analyzing the tracking image for detecting a displacement of the fundus; and adapting, at least dependent on the detected displacement, a direction of the beam of imaging radiation by actuating an optical correction unit of said direction optics; and in addition to said adapting of the direction of the beam of imaging radiation, adapting a location of the image area on said fundus imaged by the tracking camera at least dependent on the detected displacement.
US10743754B2
A family of endoscopes includes a non-zero degree endoscope and a zero degree endoscope. The zero degree endoscope includes a first image capture unit mounted in a distal portion of the zero degree endoscope with a lengthwise axis of the first image capture unit substantially parallel to a lengthwise axis of that distal portion. The non-zero degree endoscope includes a second image capture unit mounted in a distal portion of the non-zero degree endoscope with a lengthwise axis of the second image capture unit intersecting a lengthwise axis of that distal portion at a non-zero angle. The first and second image capture units have substantially identical non-folded optical paths.
US10743749B2
A catheter system includes an electronic console; a catheter having a proximal end attachable to the console and a distal end configured to house therein an optical probe; an optical fiber configured to transmit from the console to the optical probe excitation radiation of a first wavelength, and configured to return to the console an optical response signal having a second wavelength longer than the first wavelength; a detector configured to detect intensity of the optical response signal; and a processor configured to determine, based on the detected intensity of the optical response signal, whether the catheter is properly connected to the console. The optical response signal is generated within the optical fiber itself in response to transmitting the excitation radiation therethrough. The optical response signal is an auto-fluorescence signal and/or Raman scattering signal generated from the optical fiber itself.
US10743747B2
An articulation joint manufacturing process comprises cutting an elongated tube to form a multiplicity of links wherein adjacent links are connected by a bridge. The method comprises forming a fracturable portion on each bridge and connecting a multiplicity of springs to adjacentts links to form a workpiece. The method further comprises applying a torsional force to the workpiece about its longitudinal axis to fracture each bridge to form an articulation joint comprising a series of links wherein adjacent links are connected by at least one spring. Certain steps are formed by a laser. In one method, the springs are positioned on a mandrel and the springs are welded to the workpiece. The fracturable portion on the bridges may be produced by forming an indentation which may be a score, a perforation, an elongated indentation or an oval shaped indentation.
US10743741B2
A dishwasher includes a tub. The dishwasher further includes a spray arm that includes a main arm and an auxiliary arm. The dishwasher further includes a fixed gear part that is connected to the tub, that is configured to rotatably support the main arm, and that includes teeth along an outer circumferential surface of the fixed gear part. The dishwasher further includes a rotating gear part that is connected to the main arm and that is configured to rotate and engage the teeth of the fixed gear part based on rotation of the main arm. The dishwasher further includes a link unit that is connected to the rotating gear part, the main arm, and the auxiliary arm, that is configured to move based on rotation of the rotating gear part, and that is configured to guide reciprocation of the auxiliary arm through the predetermined arc.
US10743724B2
A ligature-resistant toilet paper dispenser includes a cover portion with a paper recess for receiving a roll of toilet paper and a wall plate having a planar mounting area for securing the toilet paper dispenser to a wall. The cover locks to the rear portion, covers the roll and completes the shape of the toilet paper dispenser exterior. The wall plate has an upward projecting exterior that is curved or inclined downward from an apex to prevent attachment of a ligature and extends above the paper recess by a distance greater than or equal to half of a maximum forward projection of the wall plate to provide sufficient curvature or inclination of the exterior of the top projection.
US10743720B2
An accessory device for a wall-mounted dispenser is described. The accessory device may also be attached to the wall and may include a plate having an underside surface shaped to generally match the top edge of the dispenser and a portion of a left side edge and a portion of a right side edge of the dispended so that when the dispenser is mounted to the wall and in a closed position and the rear surface of the plate is generally parallel to and coupled to the wall, the dispenser is able to be opened and closed while tampering to the top edge and portions of the side edges of the dispenser is prevented.
US10743719B2
A fluid dispenser having a housing with a cover coupled to the housing for movement between a closed position and an open position and a lifting member coupled to the housing between the housing and the cover whereby movement of the lifting member as guided by the housing moves the cover between the open position and the closed position.
US10743714B2
A cooking appliance includes a housing and at least one upwardly facing cooking wall on which food product can directly sit for cooking, where the cooking wall is supported by the housing and has an associated drain path for residual cooking fluid and/or for cleaning fluid, where the drain path includes an outlet end. A mobile fluid receptacle located in an installed use position within the housing is positioned below the cooking wall. The mobile fluid receptacle is movable to a transport position fully disengaged from the housing. The mobile fluid receptacle may be configured to sit in a generally horizontal use orientation when in the installed use position, as well as an upright orientation when disengaged from the housing.
US10743697B2
The disclosed technology includes a universal tree stand for supporting trees with tree trunks of various sizes. The universal tree stand may include a clamping element to flexibly receive and secure tree trunks of different sizes. The universal tree stand may further include a fastening element that can tighten the grip of the clamping element around the tree trunk.
US10743695B1
A package receiving device mountable to an exterior wall of a home or business structure that is collapsible into a flat stored configuration and expandable into a lockable package receiving receptacle having a rectangular volume adapted to temporarily store packages therein. Pivotable and folding panels are adapted to allow the package receiving device to be moved between a stored configuration and expand into an in-use configuration.
US10743688B2
A beverage vessel includes: a beverage container in which a beverage may be stored said beverage container having an upper opening by which beverage may be poured in and poured out of the beverage container and a wall extending from the opening to the bottom of the beverage container; a closure element adapted to be positioned in the upper opening of the beverage container; a light distribution element arranged at the closure element; and a light emitter positioned such that the light emitted by the light emitter passes at least a part of the volume of the beverage container before entering the light distribution element; wherein said closure element comprises a locking mechanism, said locking mechanism comprising at least three locking arms extending in radial direction of the beverage vessel to the beverage container, wherein each arm of the locking element comprises an elastic portion being elastic in the radial direction of the beverage vessel; the beverage container comprises at least one concave portion in the wall, said concave portion extending in radial direction of the beverage vessel; and said arms releasably engage in the concave portion in the wall for releasably locking the closure element to the beverage container.
US10743684B2
An adjustable mechanical assembly system is disclosed. In some examples, the frame assembly system comprises a plurality of joining pieces having a plurality of openings in each joining piece, each of the plurality of openings having a first cross-sectional shape and framing pieces having a second cross-sectional shape, different from the first cross-sectional shape, wherein the first cross-sectional shape can be formed by an arrangement of two or more of the framing pieces, a first one of the two or more framing pieces positioned approximately perpendicular to at least a second one of the two or more framing pieces in the arrangement. In some examples, four joining pieces form four corners of a rectangular frame, and at least eight framing pieces form four sides of the rectangular frame. In some examples, the joining piece can further comprise a protruding member extending from the joining piece.
US10743680B1
A portable, aluminum advertising platform system for store front and street side promotions. This rugged, lightweight platform has multiple vertical mounts and substantially stretches both horizontally and vertically providing numerous configurations. Supported signs and products are attached only at the top which allows them to freely swing; wind resistant. The structure is made from 2 aluminum tubes that slide inside each other; telescopes. Fastening occurs using thumb screws attached to the outer tubes that when twisted, pinches the inside interconnecting tubes. Tubes come in 1 to 4 foot lengths and can couple together to form much larger members. The 2 side frames are tubes welded together. The 4 leg levelers telescope 3 feet both horizontally and vertically to level the cart on rough uneven terrain. Levelers also act as durable brakes when any wheels are lifted off the ground. Detachable large 8 inch wheels swivel for easy maneuvering.
US10743677B2
A seating structure includes a frame, a carrier, and a suspension material. The frame includes first and second side frame members spaced apart in a first direction and defining an opening therebetween. The first and second side frame members have an inner portion facing the opening and an outer portion facing away from the opening, the outer portion including a plurality of first attachment features facing away from the first and second side frame members in the first direction. The carrier includes first and second side carrier members. The first and second side carrier members include a plurality of second attachment features facing the first and second side frame members in the first direction, the plurality of second attachment features engaging the plurality of first attachment features to attach the carrier to the frame. The suspension material is attached to the carrier and extends over the opening in the frame.
US10743672B2
A buoyant pool lounge chair is disclosed. In one embodiment of the buoyant pool lounge chair, frame members collectively form an open chair frame with buoyant cushions forming a chair seat and a backrest as well as a left arm rest and a right arm rest. The left arm rest and the right arm rest are each intersected by a cup holder. A recess in the cup holder has a forward tilt relative to a horizontal axis having an angle between approximately 20 degrees and approximately 40 degrees toward the front end of the buoyant pool lounge chair. In operation, when the buoyant pool lounge chair is supporting a person while the buoyant pool chair is floating in water, the forward tilt of the cup holder provides a compensating-leveling mechanism that mitigates spilling of liquid in the cup when the cup is placed within the cup holder.
US10743657B2
A bracket device for a rack system includes a side wall, a mounting member and a fastening member. The mounting member is arranged adjacent to the side wall. The mounting member has a first vertex. The fastening member is moveable relative to the side wall. The fastening member includes a supporting part having a second vertex. When the fastening member is located at a locking position, the second vertex of the supporting part and the first vertex of the mounting member are substantially located at a same longitudinal position along a longitudinal direction.
US10743654B2
Some implementations of a table system can include a protective member that is positionable below a table to provide protection to both a table and chairs. The protective member can extend lateral beyond a peripheral edge of the table top, for example, to protect the table and accessory furniture while allowing the table top and the peripheral edge of the table top to remain exposed.
US10743650B2
An electric toothbrush includes a grip portion, a brush portion on which a replaceable toothbrush is mounted, and an illumination ring between the grip portion and the brush portion. The brush portion is inclined with respect to the grip portion. The illumination ring is provided around the toothbrush, so that a user can view the illumination ring no matter what angle he/she is holding the toothbrush.
US10743647B2
A monofilament bristle (211) including: a body portion (215); a tip portion (217) extending from the body portion (215) and comprising a multi-lobed transverse cross-section (221), the monofilament bristle (211) extending along a longitudinal axis (219); co-extruded first and second components, the first component being a first color and forming a first lobe (223a) of the multi-lobed transverse cross-section (221), the second component being a second color, which is different from the first color, and forming a second lobe (223b) of the multi-lobed transverse cross-section (221); and each of the first and second components forming a longitudinal section of the body portion (215), with an interface between the first and second components extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis (219).
US10743646B2
An oral care implement that includes a head having tooth cleaning elements including at least one conical tuft of bristles. The conical tuft of bristles defines a cavity that has a transverse cross-sectional area that increases with distance from the head. The tooth cleaning elements may also include one or more arcuate cleaning elements that at least partially surround the conical tuft. The tooth cleaning elements may also include multi-height bristle tufts along lateral sides of the head. Furthermore, the head may have two conical tufts such that one of the conical tufts is oriented at a smaller acute angle relative to the head than the other conical tuft and/or one of the conical tufts is taller than the other conical tuft.
US10743638B2
Provided is a beauty care pack including a release film and a beauty care sheet which is separably attached to the release film, wherein the beauty care sheet comprises: a support; a fiber layer which is laminated on the support and in which water-soluble polymers are formed in the form of a nanofiber web; a moisturizing layer which is laminated on the fiber layer and consists of the water-soluble polymers and moisturizing materials; and a beauty care layer which is laminated on the moisturizing layer and in which the water-soluble polymers and functional materials are formed in the form of a nanofiber web, such that active ingredients are absorbed into the skin while being dissolved by moisture.
US10743632B2
An extendable tow handle for a luggage article is provided. The tow handle may include at least one tube structure each including first and second tubes, a rotational mechanism, and a hand grip coupled to one of the first and second tubes for gripping the tow handle by a user. The first tube may be slidably received within the second tube and selectively rotatable thereto. The rotational mechanism may be operable to rotate the first tube relative to the second tube. Rotation of the first tube relative to the second tube may cause at least a portion of the first tube to couple with a portion of the second tube to selectively frictionally lock axial movement of the first tube relative to the second tube.
US10743631B1
A tangle free protective roll and jewelry organizer includes a piece of pliable decorative materials upon which an extended piece of pliable inner material is attached. The inner material has an attachment material with a high coefficient of friction material on the inner and outer surfaces. Whereupon rolling of the inner material with items thereon, secures these item to the attachment material. The items are secured in place with contact around the item with the attachment material, thereby preventing the items from rubbing against each other and causing scratches, tangling or other damage. The protective roll improves the packing process and simplifies it to a matter of laying the items on the attachment material of the inner material and simply rolling the inner material up. A traveler can safely pack their jewelry for example in a quick and convenient manner.
US10743625B2
A method for assembling a stone on a setting support, the stone being cut to exhibit a table, a crown, a girdle and a pavilion. A substrate with a recess for the stone, the recess forming, between the substrate and the stone, a peripheral free space in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, the peripheral free space including a bottom having a conductive surface. Electroplating, in the peripheral free space, a metal layer in the vicinity of the girdle and of the zones of the crown and of the pavilion contiguous to the girdle, so as to confine the girdle in the metal layer to form, around the girdle, the setting support. The stone and its setting support are released from the substrate.
US10743620B2
An article of footwear can include provisions for improving the operation and use of various systems associated with the article. An automated tensioning system can be configured to provide and perform a variety of functions associated with the fastening of the article of footwear. The automated tensioning system may tighten and loosen the article of footwear through the operation of a motor. The automated tensioning system may also be able to store and recall a preset tension level.
US10743612B2
A midsole structure for a shoe not only maintains stability at the time of impacting the ground and improves cushioning property but also eliminates discomfort to a foot sole and improves ride feeling during running. The midsole structure (1) comprises at least two midsoles provided at a heel region of the shoe and having a hardness difference. On opposite sides of the heel region, an upper midsole (2) of a greater hardness has a thickness greater than a thickness of a lower midsole (3) of a smaller hardness. In a central part of the heel region, the lower midsole (3) of a smaller hardness has a thickness greater than a thickness of the upper midsole (2) of a greater hardness. Boundary surfaces (2B, 3A) between the upper midsole (2) and the lower midsole (3) do not appear on a top surface of the midsole structure (1) (that is, a foot sole contact surface (2A) of the upper midsole (2)).
US10743610B2
An article of footwear includes an upper, a midsole connected to the upper, and an outsole connected to the midsole. The midsole includes a platform extending along a perimeter portion of the midsole and a lattice structure integrally formed with the platform, the lattice structure including a network of laths.
US10743606B2
A plate for an article of footwear includes a substrate, a first strand portion attached to the substrate via first stitching, and a second strand portion disposed on the first layer. The first strand portion includes first segments that each extend between two different locations along the substrate to form a first layer on the substrate. The second strand portion includes second segments that each extend between two different locations along the substrate to form a second layer on the first layer.
US10743577B2
A breadcrumb coating machine includes a breadcrumb coating unit for spreading and fixing breadcrumbs on the front and rear surfaces of pork. The breadcrumb coating unit has an octagonal frame formed in a regular octagon shape and disposed on an upper surface of a base; a turntable having breadcrumbs dispersed over the surface thereof and configured to rotate on the upper surface of the octagonal frame; first and second scattering units configured to draw the breadcrumbs dispersed on the surface of the turntable and to scatter the same over the upper surface of the pork; and a pressing plate disposed at an interval from the first and second scattering units in a clockwise direction to press the upper surface of the pork, while adjusting a pressure by using a cylinder.
US10743575B2
A device for extracting juice from fruit and/or vegetable items, in particular apples (10), wherein a pressing chamber (26) is arranged to be moved relative to said device in a repeating sequence to three different positions (31,32,33), said three positions being: a first position (31) wherein a pulp receiving opening of the pressing chamber (26) is located immediately adjacent a grater unit (16), such that in said position a grating step can take place wherein said pulp is received from the grater unit (16) directly in the pressing chamber (26); a second position (32) wherein the pulp receiving opening is located immediately adjacent a pressing plunger (34) and the pulp ejection opening is located immediately adjacent a pressing sieve (35), such that in said position a pressing step can take place wherein juice is pressed from the pulp through the sieve (35) and into juice collecting means (37); and a third position (33) wherein the pulp ejection opening is in open communication with pulp collecting means (6), such that in said position a pulp ejection step can take place wherein the pulp is removed from the pressing chamber (26) through the ejection opening.
US10743567B2
The invention provides methods for making steviol glycosides, including RebM and glycosylation products that are minor products in stevia leaves, and provides enzymes, encoding polynucleotides, and host cells for use in these methods. The invention provides engineered enzymes and engineered host cells for producing steviol glycosylation products, such as RebM, at high purity and/or yield. The invention further provides methods of making products containing steviol glycosides, such as RebM, including food products, beverages, oral care products, sweeteners, and flavoring products.
US10743564B2
The invention provides pseudo-loaf food compositions comprising meat analog chunks and gravy, the gravy comprising a thickener selected from the group consisting of a gum present in the gravy in an amount from about 0.5 to about 3.0% of the gravy by weight, a starch present in the gravy in an amount from about 2.0 to about 9.0% of the gravy by weight, and combinations thereof. The food composition has a moisture content from about 60% to about 74% of the composition by weight and has a loaf-type structure. In an embodiment, the moisture content of the pseudo-loaf food composition is from about 67% to about 74% of the composition by weight. In addition, the invention provides methods of making pseudo-loaf food compositions and also provides blended food compositions comprising one or more pseudo-loaf compositions and one or more comestible ingredients compatible with the pseudo-loaf food compositions.
US10743562B2
An ice-cream vending machine with an insulated and refrigerated bottom half housing containing stacks of pre-portioned ice-cream supported by a plurality of circular platforms and a top half housing containing radially deposed topping storage bins, a topping retrieval mechanism, a centrally located stacked cup storage tube and a centrally located cup holding platform. The topping retrieval mechanism with a topping receiving cup is attached to a horizontally disposed telescoping arm The telescoping arm engages a radially disposed drive mechanism that allows the topping receiving cup to access a selected bin and deliver the topping to a portion of ice-cream. The ice-cream portions are retrieved one at a time from the refrigerated bottom half housing and delivered via an ice-cream delivery mechanism to a centrally located ice-cream cup.
US10743560B2
A process for modifying starches comprises atomising an aqueous slurry of a non-pregelatmised, granular, high amylose starch into an internal chamber in a bi-fluid nozzle of a dryer and treating the atomized slurry, in the internal chamber, with medium pressure steam to produce a slurry of partially treated starch granules followed by discharging the slurry into a reactor where it is contacted with superheated steam to produce dry, particulate, cold water-swelling, intact, high amylose starch granules. The cold water-swelling, intact, high amylose starch granules have greater than 15% solubles. At a starch concentration of 1%, in UDMSO (9 volumes DMSO and 1 volume 6M urea) at 25° C., the ratio of apparent viscosity of said cold water-swelling, intact, high amylose starch granules to the apparent viscosity of the parent non-pregelatinised, granular, high amylose starch is lower than 1.00. The cold water-swelling, high amylose granular starch of the invention is useful in the manufacture of food products, especially confectionery products and convenience food products.
US10743557B2
A portable, unpowered, inexpensive, personal nut milk extraction device that maximizes the amount of milk that can be extracted from a nut such as an almond. It utilizes a collection vessel with a hanging filter bag that is twistably compressed by a series of polymer straps operatively engaged by a twistable cap on the vessel. An over-torque device prevents the filter bag and polymer straps from damage.
US10743546B2
The invention relates to methods for preparing a dry, flowable sabadilla extract and to methods of its use as a pesticide.
US10743543B2
The invention relates to the field of disinfectants, in particular to a botanical disinfection composition. The botanical disinfection composition comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 0.5-1.0 part of tea tree essential oil, 0.5-1.0 part of niaouli essential oil, 0.5-1.0 part of palmarosa essential oil, 0.5-1.0 part of lemon mint essential oil, and 0.3-0.8 part of lemon myrtle essential oil and/or litsea cubeba essential oil. The invention further provides a method for preparing the botanical disinfection composition, comprising uniformly mixing tea tree essential oil, niaouli essential oil, palmarosa essential oil, lemon mint essential oil, and lemon myrtle essential oil and/or litsea cubeba essential oil according to predetermined parts by weight. The botanical disinfection composition provided by the invention is low in usage amount of ethanol, small in toxic and side effects, good in sterilization effect and short in action time.
US10743537B2
Techniques regarding ionene compositions with antimicrobial functionality are provided. For example, one or more embodiments can comprise a monomer, which can comprise a single ionene unit. The single ionene unit can comprise a cation distributed along a molecular backbone. Also, a hydrophobic functional group can be covalently bonded to the molecular backbone, and the single ionene unit can have antimicrobial functionality.
US10743531B2
A single motion sensing assembly device will activate and transmit a signal when a rodent trap is triggered. The single sensor assembly provide a sensing rod attached to one side of a leaf of an open hinge and a magnet affixed to the same leaf on the opposite side. The magnet is positioned adjacent to a reed switch and transmitter which is attached to the opposite leaf of the open hinge. The sensing rod is moved up and down causing the reed switch to activate the transmitter.
US10743530B2
The invention Animal Alarm AA-100 was designed to meet a required need that is not currently on the market. The unit designates animals approaching through picture motion detection the danger of a roadway when a vehicle is present. It is designed to have a “silent” alarm to be sounded at a high pitch that the animal can hear it to deter the animal from crossing. The unit also through radar detection, noise and motion detection with a micro phone through computer identifies a vehicle approaching the unit. The alarm does not sound in times that no danger is present. The invention does not create a intolerance for those that are near it, but is designed to alleviate carnage from the death of animals hit by a vehicle.This invention the Animal Alarm AA-100 was designed with the idea of multi-tasking for research with data information, for accuracy of unit function, and to alleviate death by animal vehicle collision. Current products and applications do not cover this inventions support and authenticity of function. Computer programming and recording is also part of the product invention to upgrade if needed in the future.This statement and invention of the Animal Alarm AA-100 was and is my sole invention. Inventor is one individual with three names identifying the same individual. I Darlene C. Fields Trainor, I Darlene Caroline Fields Trainor and I Darlene C. Trainor have invented the Animal Alarm AA-100.
US10743529B2
The inventive subject matter provides a method for the incorporation of colored photoluminescent materials to be sprayed on to plants and soils. The incorporation of colored photoluminescent materials assists the spray operator through the use of black lights allowing for more precise low light or nighttime spray and seeding operations. More specifically, this invention relates to a colored photoluminescent adjuvant to be applied to targeted crops, plants and seeds to assist in the low light or nighttime application of bioactive agents, such as chemicals and pesticides. The colored photoluminescent adjuvant can be applied as a solution or a foam.
US10743526B2
The present invention relates to the method and use of reef coral fluorescent proteins in making transgenic red, green and yellow fluorescent zebrafish. Preferably, such fluorescent zebrafish are fertile and used to establish a population of transgenic zebrafish and to provide to the ornamental fish industry for the purpose of marketing. Thus, new varieties of ornamental fish of different fluorescence colors from a novel source are developed.
US10743525B2
This invention includes several variations of a machine for catching small creatures unharmed, particularly small fish and other aquatic creatures. Most embodiments include a hollow container, attached to a specially designed fishing rod via an insulated fishing line containing electrical wires. The user can lower the insulated fishing line into water and wait for a creature to swim into the hollow container, then the user can use electronic controls to remotely snap the hollow container shut, hopefully trapping the creature alive and unharmed within. The invention also makes a fun and interesting tool for children. Embodiments of the invention include the ability to monitor the temperature and other conditions inside the container, and also the ability to communicate remotely with the container, and monitor the conditions therein, through a program downloaded on the user's computer or phone.
US10743520B2
A transmitter sends a radio signal defining the boundary of an area, and at least one receiver worn on the animal includes stimulation applying means to apply stimulation to the animal. The receiver senses the radio signal sent from the transmitter and applies stimulation to the animal when the animal is determined to access the boundary of the particular area based on whether the radio signal is sensed or not. The transmitter and the receiver are configured to set a value of at least one of a stimulation intensity, a stimulation type, a stimulation applying mode to apply and an animal size, according to an animal wearing the receiver, via a direct interface between the transmitter and the receiver, not via the radio signal.
US10743516B2
Some embodiments of the present livestock structures comprise a floor, wherein the floor is configured to support livestock housing; a roof, wherein a majority of the roof is substantially parallel to the floor; and one or more supporting structures configured to support the roof; in some embodiments, the floor comprises a non-zero slope. Some embodiments of the present livestock structures comprise a passageway extending a majority of a distance between a first side and an opposing second side of the structure, wherein the passageway is positioned at an elevation that is below an elevation of the floor.
US10743510B2
The cotton variety FM 1888GL is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 1888GL with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 1888GL and to plants of FM 1888GL reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 1888GL.
US10743505B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH101678. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH101678, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH101678 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH101678.
US10743495B1
A novel maize variety designated PH474J and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH474J with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH474J 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 PH474J or a locus conversion of PH474J with another maize variety.
US10743494B1
A novel maize variety designated PH413D and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH413D with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH413D 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 PH413D or a locus conversion of PH413D with another maize variety.
US10743486B2
The present invention relates to methods for separating hybrid seed from a mixture of hybrid seed and inbred seed. In particular, said hybrid seed and said inbred seed have different phenotypes allowing separation of said hybrid seed with non-invasive methods based on the differences in said phenotypes.
US10743485B2
A grow box comprises a box body and a cover which are matched with each other; a planting unit arranged on the grow box for planting plants; a nutrient solution supply unit comprising a nutrient solution storage chamber and an atomizer, and the nutrient solution is supplied to the roots of the plants under the condition that the plants lack nutrient solution, wherein the nutrient solution storage chamber is constructed as a part of box body space which is separated from the box body by a partition plate. The present invention further discloses a plant grower using the same grow box with a supporting device. In addition, various sensors are arranged in the grow box and the plant grower to perform automatic induction without the need of manual operation, so that the pleasure and the simplicity of planting are enhanced.
US10743477B2
An irrigation method for hanging plants in a hanging plant carousel system that includes a frame and a measuring assembly. The frame is fixedly coupled to a substantially stationary structure, such as the building or a portion of a truss system supporting the carousel system. The measuring assembly includes a movable arm, a sensor and a controller. The movable arm has a contact surface with a measuring start and end point, which extends into the path of the basket hook coupled to the cable of the carousel system. The movable arm is displaceable by at least one of the basket hook or a plant pot structure coupled thereto. The sensor coupled to the movable arm and is configured to provide data from which the weight of a plant pot structure can be determined. The controller is configured to control a watering system to provide water to the plant pot structure.
US10743471B2
An agricultural harvesting machine, equipped with a movable unloading apparatus to transport crop material to a container driven in the vicinity, so that the container, seen from the harvester, has a near upper border and a remote upper border, and wherein a 3D camera is provided on the harvester for capturing images in which at least the near border can be seen, to direct the unloading apparatus based on these images. The camera is rotatable mounted around a substantially horizontal axis. The angle of rotation of the rotatable camera can be arranged such that the near border always remains in the field of view of the camera. The unloading apparatus can be controlled such that the processed crop material is deposited in the container at a predetermined distance from the near border.
US10743470B2
A shaker device including at least one motorized member that is intended to transmit by contact a shaking force to objects to be shaken. The member includes at least one structural insert that is covered by a wear jacket. The structural insert includes a reinforcement included in a matrix that is covered by the jacket. The matrix is based on a material which is different from that of the jacket in that it is adapted to adhere to the reinforcement and to the material of the jacket.
US10743468B2
An apparatus, system, and method of securing attachments to a utility vehicle, particularly to a stand-on, zero-turn mower. The disclosure further relates to a method and apparatus for raising and lowering a mower deck on the mower. A mounting apparatus is provided to selectively engage landscaping attachments to the mower. A deck hanging assembly secures the mower deck to the mower frame. The same connectors secure a part of the deck hanging assembly and a part of the mounting apparatus to the mower frame. An adjustment assembly is operable to move the deck hanging assembly and thereby to raise or lower the mower deck. A hydraulic cylinder is actuated to pivot the mounting apparatus in order to raise or lower the landscaping attachment. The mounting apparatus pivots relative to the mower frame about the same connectors that secure the deck hanging assembly to the frame.
US10743466B2
A harvesting header for a combine harvester comprises a central header section and two lateral header sections hinged to and arranged to rotate relative to the central section for assuming a working configuration, in which the three header sections are mutually horizontally aligned, and a transport configuration, in which the lateral header sections overlap the central section. The header sections are provided with a support frame and a cutting bar associated with the support frame by a hydraulic suspension and comprising a blade having substantially trapezoid-shaped knives capable of to-and-fro movement by a motor-driven control member. The header sections also include a pick-up reel supported on the support frame by means of swivel arms, a transport belt conveyor arranged downstream of the cutting bar and configured to feed the material cut by the cutting bar downstream of the harvesting header toward a rear part of the harvesting header.
US10743463B2
A spreader having a hopper for particulate material with discharge openings over two separate different areas along the hopper bottom, a pair of wheels upon separate drive shafts mounted for rotation to a lower frame which supports the hopper, and a rear frame extending from the hopper to provide a pair of handles. Two rotatable shafts with agitator elements are mounted over each of the different hopper areas. Each of the agitator shafts are coupled for rotation by different ones of the drive shafts. Two gates with openings are disposed below the hopper each along different ones of the areas dividing the hopper bottom. Each gate is movable to close and open the openings of the hopper in the area associated with the gate. A pair of controllers are provided each coupled to a different one of the two gates to independently move the gates between open and close positions.
US10743457B2
A hinge for an agricultural machine having a center section having a first aperture, a wheel supporting the center section, a wing section connected to the center section and having a second aperture, and a hinge positioned between the center section and the wing section to permit the wing section to pivot about the center section. The hinge includes a pin which extends through the first and second apertures to connect the wing section to the center section. A first fastener engages the center section or the wing section and is adjacent to the first end of the pin to thereby retain the pin in the first and second apertures. A second fastener engages the center section or the wing section and is adjacent to the second end of the pin to thereby retain the pin in the first and second apertures.
US10750640B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for mitigating temperature spikes and dissipating heat. The apparatus for mitigating temperature spikes and dissipating heat comprises one or more heatsinks, one or more sensors, one or more phase change materials and one or more processors coupled to the one or more sensors. The one or more processors may be configured to obtain one or more sensor measurements and may be configured to determine whether to store heat or dissipate heat based on the one or more sensor measurements. In response to a determination to dissipate heat, the one or more processors may be configured to dissipate heat from the one or more processors, the one or more phase change materials or both using the one or more heatsinks. Furthermore, in response to a determination to store heat, store heat from the one or more processors using the one or more phase change materials.
US10750628B2
An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.
US10750624B2
The disclosure discloses a display device and a frame member. A display device according to an aspect of the disclosure includes a bezel that forms a border of a display and a frame fixed to the bezel to hide a front surface of the bezel. The bezel includes at least one first member, the frame includes a plurality of frame pieces, and each of the plurality of frame pieces includes at least one second member and is fixed to the bezel by an attractive force between the first member and the second member.
US10750619B2
Graphene oxide is used as an insulation barrier layer for metal deposition. After patterning and modification, the chemical characteristics of graphene oxide are induced. It can be used as the catalyst for electroless plating in the metallization process, so that the metal is only deposited on the patterned area. It provides the advantages of improving reliability and yield. The metallization structure includes a substrate, a graphene oxide catalytic layer, and a metal layer. It may be widely applied to the metallization of the fine pitch metal of a semiconductor package as well as the fine pitch wires of a printed circuit board (PCB), touch panels, displays, fine electrodes of solar cells, and so on.
US10750616B2
A controlled-impedance printed circuit board (PCB) design program allows interactive movement of features from one of the vertically-stacked layers of the design to another layer in a graphical interface. The movement either moves a region of a layer of the PCB design, or moves an entire layer in a layer-swapping operation. The program computes modified widths of circuit traces of the first layer of the controlled-impedance printed circuit board design according to an impedance control value of the controlled-impedance printed circuit board design and according to a new position of the circuit traces caused by a movement of the features of the first layer to the second layer. The program also checks for violation of reference plane requirements for critical signals and warns the designer if such a violation is present.
US10750612B2
A flexible circuit board having enhanced bending durability and a method for preparing same are provided. The method comprises: forming a signal line and a first ground layer on a first dielectric body and forming a second ground layer on a bottom side of the first dielectric body; preparing a second dielectric body; preparing a first bonding sheet and a first protective sheet which is connected to one end of the first bonding sheet or of which one or more parts are overlapped on one end of the first bonding sheet; bonding the second dielectric body onto the first dielectric body by means of the first bonding sheet; forming a via hole such that the first ground layer and the second ground layer are conducted; and cutting in a width direction the second dielectric body placed on the first protective sheet.
US10750608B2
An apparatus includes a printed circuit board (PCB) having a top surface, where the top surface includes a mounting aperture, a chassis, and a fastener having a width and length extending at least from the top surface of the PCB to the chassis through the mounting aperture. The apparatus also may include a logic ring that includes a via to a logic circuit of the PCB and a washer including a substantially flat surface including a high yield strength material. The washer may include a through-hole to accommodate the width of the fastener. The washer may additionally include a plurality of contact fingers extending out from the through-hole. The plurality of contact fingers is configured to contact the logic ring. The washer may be made to be in electrical communication with the chassis when compressed in response to a downward force from the fastener.
US10750606B1
A microwave plasma equipment and a method of exciting plasma are disclosed. The microwave plasma equipment includes: a plasma reaction device having a cavity in which a base support and a plasma-forming area is provided; a conversion device having gradient electrodes, the gradient electrodes being disposed inside the cavity and configured to generate a gradient electric field in the plasma-forming area; a gas supply device configured to introduce gas into the cavity of the plasma reaction device; and a microwave generating device configured to generate and transmit microwave into the cavity of the plasma reaction device.
US10750601B1
An intelligent lighting system may be installed using pre-existing electrical wiring, such as in a construction or retrofit environment. An intelligent lighting controller and an intelligent lighting fixture may be connected via electrical wiring that is configured for transmitting AC power signals. A commissioning signal may be transmitted to the intelligent lighting fixtures via the electrical wiring. In some cases, the intelligent lighting controller modifies portions of the AC power signal to indicate the commissioning signal. The intelligent lighting fixtures may receive the commissioning signal via the electrical wiring. In some cases, each intelligent lighting fixture that is connected to the electrical wiring, such as each intelligent lighting fixture on a lighting circuit in a room, receives the commissioning signal.
US10750599B1
A wiring device and method that control an amount of power delivered to a load, which maintain function even if a line connection and a load connection are reverse wired. Designed circuitry comprising steering diodes in both a line and a load wire direct a power source to an AC/DC power supply. The wiring device comprises a housing, a line terminal nominally designated for receiving electrical power from a power source, a load terminal nominally designated to feed electricity to a load, a neutral terminal, a line wire electrically connected to the line terminal, a load wire electrically connected to the load terminal, and a means for controlling an amount of power delivered to the load. Embodiments of the present invention include automated universal lighting controls, dimers, timers, and wired lighting devices.
US10750598B2
Lighting systems and methods for lighting fixture location mapping, for example, using a combination of photosensing readings and/or other sensors to identify a correct mapping. These systems and methods may be used to resolve ambiguities that could not be resolved using other processes, such an auto-commissioning method that identifies more than one possible mapping of the lighting fixtures to spatial locations. Such ambiguities are typically found in floor plans that are symmetrical. The systems and methods of the present invention record and utilize environmental profiles, such as ambient lighting levels and occupancy patterns, to match lighting fixtures to their respective spatial locations and provide resolution to ambiguities in an auto-commissioning method that identifies more than one possible mapping of the lighting fixtures to spatial locations.
US10750597B2
A color temperature sensor assembly comprising a sensor body, a substantially dome shaped diffuser extending through an opening in the sensor body, a substantially flat diffuser disposed within the sensor body below the first diffuser, and a color temperature sensing module disposed below the flat diffuser and adapted to detect a color temperature of light collected by the dome shaped diffuser and the flat diffuser. The shape of the dome diffuser helps capture light from all angles to bring in more light to the sensor and provide more accurate readings. The secondary flat diffuser is adapted to further diffuse the light to reduce light concentration and prevent inaccurate readings. The color temperature readings from the color temperature sensor assembly may be used to control at least one lighting load.
US10750589B2
An exterior aircraft light unit includes at least two light sources. Each light source is provided with a variable current bypass component. Each variable current bypass component is configured to allow bypassing an adjustable electric current by the respective light source.
US10750584B2
A lighting wall controller having a capability to reject user inputs at a surface of the wall controller and/or proximity detection in accordance with sensing signals received at locations on and near the wall controller. Programming configures a processor for proximity detection to detect a presence of a conductive object within a predetermined distance to the wall controller. The processor further determines whether user inputs correspond to touches at locations on the wall controller or user gestures near the wall controller to perform one of a plurality of defined lighting functions for a lighting system. When user inputs do not correspond to defined lighting functions, a number of the non-defined inputs is counted to provide an indicator of activity on the surface of the wall controller to activate a locked mode for a duration of the non-defined inputs.
US10750581B2
An oven includes a cooking chamber configured to receive a food product and an RF heating system configured to provide RF energy into the cooking chamber using solid state electronic components. The solid state electronic components include power amplifier electronics configured to provide a signal into the cooking chamber via a launcher assembly operably coupled to the cooking chamber via a waveguide assembly. An isolation assembly is provided between the launcher assembly and the power amplifier electronics. The power amplifier electronics are controlled at least in part based on an efficiency parameter determined from a forward power value and a reflected power value that are each measured after the isolation assembly.
US10750579B2
An induction heating device includes: a rotor having a rotation shaft; a heating part disposed to be opposed to the rotor at a distance; a magnetic flux generating part provided at the rotor to generate magnetic flux for the heating part; a magnetic flux guide part provided on an opposed surface side of the heating part that is opposed to the magnetic flux generating part to guide the magnetic flux from the magnetic flux generating part to the heating part; and a flow passage provided in the heating part to allow a heating medium to circulate. The magnetic flux guide part includes magnetic substance parts. The magnetic flux guide part has a structure in which the magnetic substance parts and the insulator parts extend along a direction from the magnetic flux generating part to the heating part and are alternately layered along a circumferential direction of the heating part.
US10750576B2
The present subject matter describes a heating unit. The heating unit comprises a heating element and a controlling unit coupled to the heating element to determine a desired value of a direct current (DC) voltage based on heating element parameters. The desired value is a value of DC voltage desired for operation of the heating element. The controlling unit computes a value of a duty cycle parameter based on device input parameters and the desired value of the DC voltage. The heating unit further comprises a power factor correction (PFC) unit coupled to the controlling unit and the heating element to convert an input alternating current (AC) voltage, received by the PFC unit from an AC supply, to a direct current (DC) voltage of the desired value based on the duty cycle parameter. The PFC unit provides the DC voltage to the heating element.
US10750568B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for adjusting a Periodic-Tracking Area Update (P-TAU) timing performed by a user equipment in a wireless communication system may include transmitting P-TAU support information indicating that an adjustment of the P-TAU timing is available to a Mobility Management Entity (MME) through an Attach request message or a TAU request message; receiving a request accept message with respect to the Attach request message or the TAU request message; and adjusting the P-TAU timing in accordance with an eDRX application timing based on the P-TAU timing adjustment condition information when the request accept message includes the −TAU timing adjustment condition information.
US10750562B2
A wireless device receives a radio resource control message from a first base station. The radio resource control message comprises bandwidth part (BWP) configuration parameters of a plurality of BWPs of a first cell. The BWP configuration parameters comprise: an index of a BWP of the plurality of BWPs; and a field indicating a bandwidth of the BWP. The wireless device receives transport blocks via one or more of the plurality of BWPs based on the BWP configuration parameters. The wireless device detects, during a time that the BWP is active, a connection failure with the first base station. The wireless device transmits a radio link failure report indicating the connection failure. The radio link failure report comprises: a cell identifier of the first cell; and the index of the BWP.
US10750561B2
User equipment and method for initiating a radio link abandonment in advance of a radio link failure
The present invention provides a user equipment for use in a cellular network and a method for initiating a radio link abandonment in user equipment in advance of a radio link failure. The present invention includes establishing and maintaining a communication connection between the user equipment and a cellular network via a serving cell base station in support of a data flow via a radio link. The availability of other potential serving cell base stations including the availability of preferred potential serving cell base stations is then monitored. At least one of an uplink condition and a downlink condition of the data flow via the radio link are then monitored. Based upon the determined at least one of the uplink condition and the downlink condition, any impending degradation of the radio link is then predicted. When an impending degradation of the radio link is predicted, and a preferred potential serving cell base station is available, the radio link is abandoned prior to a radio link failure.
US10750556B2
A wireless communication device for a human-powered vehicle comprises a wireless communicator and a controller. The wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly receive a control signal from an operating wireless communicator of an operating device. The wireless communicator has a first mode and a second mode. The wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly transmit a connection demand signal in the second mode to establish wireless communication between the wireless communicator and an external wireless communicator of an external electric device different from the operating device. The wireless communicator is configured to wirelessly receive a connection signal which is wirelessly transmitted in response to the connection demand signal from the external wireless communicator of the external electric device. The controller is configured to set the wireless communicator with the first mode if the connection signal indicates that the external electric device is the paired device.
US10750549B2
A controller and a plurality of client apparatuses form a wireless home network. Predetermined setting information necessary for each client apparatus to communicate with the controller is input to each client apparatus, for example, through a path via a remote controller in a manner of communication different from a manner of communication of the wireless home network. Each client apparatus has the input setting information retained in an internal memory to automatically connect to the wireless home network later.
US10750547B2
There is provided mechanisms for beamforming. A method is performed by a network node. The network node is capable of communicating with served wireless devices using multiple beams generated by analog beamforming in an antenna array. The method comprises identifying, based on statistics of handovers of the served wireless devices between the beams, a need to combine at least two of the beams into a new beam. The method comprises determining beamforming weights to be applied at the analog antenna array for generating the new beam. The method comprises communicating with the served wireless devices using the new beam with the determined beamforming weights having been applied at the analog antenna array.
US10750546B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting, by a terminal, a sounding reference signal to a base station without a physical uplink shard channel in a licensed assisted access (LAA) system in which a base station or a terminal performs listen-before-talk (LBT)-based signal transmission, and an apparatus supporting the same.
US10750542B2
A radio terminal according to an embodiment includes a controller configured to control a random access procedure. The random access procedure includes first processing of transmitting a random access preamble to a base station, second processing of receiving a random access response from the base station, and third processing of performing uplink transmission to the base station based on the random access response. The controller is configured to notify, in the first processing or the third processing, the base station of an amount of uplink data in a transmission buffer of the radio terminal.
US10750532B2
A wireless device receives a message. The message comprises first configuration parameters of a first SPS, and second configuration parameters of a second SPS. The wireless device receives a first DCI indicating activation of the first SPS. The first SPS allocates resources in TTIs comprising a first TTI. The wireless device receives a second DCI indicating activation of the second SPS and transmits second TB(s) based on the second DCI and the second configuration parameters. The wireless device receives a negative acknowledgement for a scheduled retransmission of the second TB(s) in the first TTI. The wireless device selects TB(s) for transmission in the first TTI, one of: a scheduled transmission of first TB(s) corresponding to the first SPS, or the scheduled retransmission of the second TB(s). The selected TB(s) are transmitted in the first TTI.
US10750531B2
A method of transmitting an uplink (UL) signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, where the method includes: receiving, through a physical downlink control (PDCCH) signal, downlink control information (DCI) regarding a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); and periodically transmitting an SPS PUSCH signal based on the DCI. Periodically transmitting the SPS PUSCH signal based on the DCI includes: in a state in which (i) the SPS PUSCH signal is subslot-based, (ii) a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern field included in the DCI is set to a first value, and (iii) simultaneous transmission of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and the PUSCH is configured for the UE: transmitting uplink control information (UCI) through the SPS PUSCH signal, without simultaneously transmitting a PUCCH signal.
US10750526B2
A communication device for handling a scheduling request (SR) is configured to execute instructions of: receiving a configuration of a first logical channel (LC), a configuration of a second LC and a first SR configuration associated to the first LC, from a network; triggering the SR; transmitting the SR via at least one physical resource configured by the first SR configuration to the network, if the SR is triggered by first data of the first LC available for a first transmission; and transmitting a random access (RA) preamble for the SR in at least one RA resource to the network, if the SR is triggered by second data of the second LC available for a second transmission.
US10750524B2
A base station device includes: a processor circuitry configured to generate an indication signal; and a transmitter configured to transmit the indication signal to a terminal device. The indication signal indicates that there is no transmission of first data to be scheduled in a resource, and the resource may be assigned second data to be transmitted at low latency.
US10750519B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for determining a priority order based on an uplink transmission parameter. One apparatus includes a receiver that receives an uplink grant corresponding to an uplink transmission parameter. The apparatus includes a processor that determines a priority order of multiple logical channels based on an uplink transmission parameter priority corresponding to the uplink transmission parameter and a logical channel priority of the multiple logical channels. The processor assigns resources to logical channels of the multiple logical channels based on the priority order.
US10750516B2
A reception processor receives the cell detection reference signals, each of the cell detection reference signals being transmitted from corresponding one of a plurality of cells. An RRM report generator generates measurement information indicating a measurement result of reception quality measured using the cell detection reference signal. A transmission processor transmits the measurement information. The cell detection reference signals are mapped to any one of a plurality of candidate resources, which is a part of a plurality of resources set for other reference signals in a subframe to which the cell detection reference signals are mapped.
US10750513B2
Provided are a signal transmission method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: transmitting a second signal by using a second radio access technology (RAT); and transmitting a first signal by using a first RAT, wherein the first signal includes at least one of a sidelink synchronization signal (SLSS) and a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH) signal.
US10750512B2
Provided are a method for transreceiving a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) signal of a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal apparatus using the method. The method comprises: transreceiving a V2X control signal through a first carrier commonly configured to a first area and a second area; and transreceiving V2X data through a second carrier configured to the first area or a third carrier configured to the second area.
US10750511B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a beam identifier obtaining method and apparatus, a device, and a system. The method includes: determining, by a base station, a signal corresponding to a beam identifier; sending, by the base station, the signal by using a beam corresponding to the beam identifier, so that user equipment detecting the signal obtains the beam identifier according to the signal; and when receiving the beam identifier fed back by the user equipment, communicating, by the base station, with the user equipment by using the beam corresponding to the beam identifier.
US10750497B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for detecting downlink control information. The method includes: determine a parameter A(c), according to an index number c of a physical resource set; determine a search space associated with the physical resource set, according to the parameter A(c), wherein the parameter A(c)=39827 if the index number c is a first index number, the parameter A(c)=39829 if the index number c is a second index number; detecting in the search space, downlink control information from a base station.
US10750491B2
Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry and a second circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to process a first Downlink Control Information (DCI) format 0A transmission indicating a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation. The first circuitry may also be operable to process a second DCI format 0A transmission indicating an SPS release. The second circuitry may be operable to generate one or more Uplink (UL) transmissions for an unlicensed spectrum of the wireless network after the SPS activation and before the SPS release in accordance with a configured schedule.
US10750490B2
Provided are a base station, user equipment and wireless communication methods related to DCI design for blind detection. A base station comprises: circuitry operative to align, for each DCI of a first group of DCIs, one of the size of the DCI of the first group and the size of a selected DCI of a second group of DCIs with the other, if the size of the DCI of the first group is different from the size of each DCI of the second group of DCIs, wherein the selected DCI of the second group is a DCI whose size is closest to the size of the DCI of the first group among DCIs of the second group having sizes larger than the size of the DCI of the first group or a DCI whose size is closest to the size of the DCI of the first group among DCIs of the second group having sizes smaller than the size of the DCI of the first group; and a transmitter operative to transmit the first group of DCIs and the second group of DCIs after the size alignment by the circuitry to a user equipment, wherein the size alignment is based on a rule which is known by the base station and the user equipment beforehand.
US10750483B2
An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) may include a memory and one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory. The processors may process a scheduling trigger to provide channel state information (CSI) and beam information using extra-large physical uplink shared channel (xPUSCH). The processing device may also generate a reporting message comprising CSI and beam information. The processing device may then encode xPUSCH data to include the reporting message.
US10750482B2
Various solutions for uplink control channel design for high reliability transmission with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may receive a downlink signal from a network node. The apparatus may determine a first configuration to transmit an acknowledgement (ACK). The apparatus may determine a second configuration to transmit a negative acknowledgement (NACK). The apparatus may transmit the NACK to the network node in response to unsuccessful detection of the downlink signal. The second configuration may be different from the first configuration.
US10750470B2
Determining if a receiver is inside or outside a building or area. Particular systems and methods for determining if a receiver is inside or outside a building determine an estimate of a position of a receiver, and use the estimate of the position of the receiver and other data to determine if the position of the receiver is inside a first building. The other data may include locations of geo-fences inside buildings, heights of buildings, or other types of data.
US10750466B2
According to certain aspects of the present disclosure, indicating which neighbor cells are synchronous or asynchronous with a serving cell may allow a UE to determine whether it can derive neighbor cell RS timing based on the serving cell timing.
US10750464B2
A method and apparatus for performing cellular internet-of-things (CIoT) transmission in a wireless communication system is provided. A base station (BS) configures a frame in a CIoT carrier which is adjacent to a time division duplex (TDD) long-term evolution (LTE) carrier, and performs the CIoT transmission using the frame in the CIoT carrier. A downlink (DL) of the CIoT carrier may be adjacent to the TDD LTE carrier. Or, a DL and an uplink (UL) of the CIoT carrier may be adjacent to the TDD LTE carrier.
US10750460B2
This application discloses a communications method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, downlink synchronization signal block index information; receiving, by the terminal device, information used to indicate an association relationship between a random access resource RO and a synchronization signal block; and accessing, by the terminal device, a network device based on the information on an RO corresponding to the synchronization signal block index information. This application further discloses a corresponding apparatus. A time-frequency location of a random access resource associated with each downlink synchronization signal is indicated, so that the terminal device obtains, through downlink synchronization, a time-frequency location for sending an uplink random access signal, to avoid a blind attempt of the terminal device and a beam mismatch of the network device occurring when the network device receives a random access signal, thereby improving efficiency.
US10750459B2
A Bluetooth device with a host system and a controller is disclosed. The host system supports a host stack of a Bluetooth protocol, and the controller supports a controller stack of the Bluetooth protocol. The device includes an interface for receiving, at the controller, a piconet-synchronized signal. The device also includes an interface for providing, by the controller to the host system, a derivative of the piconet-synchronized signal. The device also includes a circuit for determining a latency of the providing. The device also includes a circuit for synchronizing, at the host system of the Bluetooth device, a host clock with a timing reference of a master device of the Bluetooth piconet using said latency and the derivative of the piconet-synchronized signal.
US10750456B2
Systems and methods for managing multiple network connections for user equipment (UE) are disclosed. The systems and methods can monitor power headroom (PHR) reports on one or more networks. When the PHR report for a UE approaches a first predetermined level on a first network, the system can evaluate the UE for a predetermined amount of time. If during the predetermined amount of time, the PHR on the first network increases to a second predetermined level—i.e., to a level where the transmission power used by the UE is closer to a maximum transmission power that the UE can provide—the UE can be instructed to disconnect from the network. This can enable the UE to disconnect in a controlled manner rather than simply letting the connection “drop” due to radio link failure.
US10750450B2
The present disclosure provides a method and a device in a User Equipment (UE) and a base station used for power saving. The UE first determines a first time-frequency resource set and K1 signature sequences, and then monitors the K1 signature sequences in the first time-frequency resource set; if any one of the K1 signature sequences is found in the first time-frequency resource set, the UE is woken up; the K1 signature sequences are used for generating K1 radio signals respectively; the first time-frequency resource set is one of K2 candidate time-frequency resource sets; and at least one of K1 and K2 is greater than 1. According to the present disclosure, the design of the K1 signature sequences effectively reduces the complexity of the UE detecting a wakeup signal, meanwhile, the number of UEs associated with one wakeup signal is flexibly configured.
US10750447B2
Embodiments of unscheduled peer power save systems, devices and methods are disclosed. For example, a method of saving power for nodes configured to communicate via a direct link is provided. In one embodiment, among others, the method comprises forming, at an access point node (AP node), a indication frame for a client node, when no service period has occurred for the client node for a period of time at least equal to an indication window; sending the formed indication frame from the AP node to the client node through an access point; receiving, at the client node, the peer traffic indication from the access point; and determining, at the client node, that the AP node has traffic to send to the client node based on the indication frame.
US10750446B2
A wireless device receives cross carrier scheduling parameter(s). A first control channel of a first cell carries downlink scheduling information for packets received via a downlink data channel of the first cell. A second control channel of a second cell carries uplink scheduling information for second packets transmitted via an uplink data channel of the first cell. A first DCI for uplink transmission is received via the first cell. A first deactivation timer of the first cell and a second deactivation timer of the second cell are started in response to the first DCI. A second DCI for downlink transmission is received via the first cell. The first deactivation timer and not the second deactivation timer is restarted in response to the second DCI. The first cell is deactivated in response to the first deactivation timer expiring. The second cell is deactivated in response to the second deactivation timer expiring.
US10750442B2
Power management for remote units in a distributed communication system. Power can be managed for a remote unit configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the remote unit. For example, the remote unit may be configured to include power-consuming remote unit modules to provide distributed antenna system-related services. As another example, the remote unit may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the remote unit to external power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the remote unit, the power-consuming remote unit modules and/or external power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the remote unit. In this instance, the power available at the remote unit can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the remote unit.
US10750439B2
Methods and systems for selective scanning of connection points are disclosed. In one aspect, a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprises instructions that configure hardware processing circuitry to perform operations. The operations include determining a location of a mobile terminal, storing network capability information associated with one or more connection points within a defined proximity of the location of the mobile terminal, comparing network capabilities of an existing network connection of the mobile terminal to the stored network capabilities associated with the one or more connection points, selectively scanning for the one or more connection points based on the comparison to determine whether the one or more connection points are available; and switching from the existing network connection to one of the one or more connection points based on the availability of the one or more connection points.
US10750437B1
A method and system for proactively managing a base station neighbor list. A base station or other network node tracks changes to the base station's neighbor list and identifies a recurring pattern of changes, in correspondence with a particular time of day for instance. The base station or other node then proactively changes the base station's neighbor list in anticipation of a recurrence of the identified pattern, such as in anticipation of recurrence of the time of day for instance. Advantageously, this method can help to reduce the extent to which the base station engages in an automatic neighbor relation process, and thus reduce the extent of signaling and other issues associated with engaging in that process.
US10750430B2
Disclosed is a control method for controlling data return and energy optimization in a passive sensor network. The passive sensor network comprises an aggregation node and sensor nodes. The control method comprises an energy calculating step, an energy broadcasting step, an energy collecting step, a clustering step and a data transmitting step. By means of the control method in the embodiments of the present disclosure, data return and energy optimization in a passive sensor network are controlled, so that insofar as all sensor nodes can return data to an aggregation node, the aggregation node consumes the least amount of energy, thereby achieving the optimal energy usage efficiency. Also disclosed is a control device.
US10750425B2
A controller 13 of a radio terminal 10 performs a first switching process of switching a standby target or a connection target from a mobile communication network to a wireless LAN. The controller 13 executes the first switching process in case that: a movement state of the radio terminal 10 is determined as a first state; and a condition for performing the first switching process is satisfied over a predetermined period. The controller 13 further executes the first switching process in case that: the movement state of the radio terminal 10 is determined as a second state; an access point 200 constituting the wireless LAN is a moving access point; and the condition for performing the first switching process is satisfied over the predetermined period.
US10750420B2
Provided are methods and systems of managing vertical handoffs in a wireless communication network. Embodiments include analyzing wireless device usage to determine usage patterns, which may include locations and times at which the wireless device is typically accessing the network. The network may recognize points in the usage patterns at which signal quality parameters are typically reduced. Such reductions in signal quality parameters may lead to inefficient vertical handoffs. The network may decrease adverse effects of inefficient vertical handoffs by reducing ping ponging, selecting links between wireless devices and network nodes, or indicating to a user of the wireless device that delays and/or data loss may occur.
US10750410B2
Methods and systems in which a UE can establish and maintain a data connection to a plurality of Radio Access Nodes for the creation of redundant data links is disclosed. Methods of implementing packet duplication as well as methods of determining when to activate or deactivate packet duplication are also disclosed.
US10750405B2
Provided are a data packet sending method, a data packet receiving method, a data packet sending device and a data packet receiving device. The data packet sending method includes: determining a first data packet to be sent to a server; when there are two or more first data packets, aggregating the two or more first data packets into one second data packet; and sending the second data packet to the server.
US10750402B2
The present specification relates to a communication method and a communication device, and a random access method of a user equipment (UE), according to one embodiment of the present specification, comprises the steps of: sensing a random access trigger in a connected state; determining the type of the random access trigger when the random access trigger is sensed; and performing congestion control if the type of the random access trigger is a preset type.
US10750393B2
Method performed by a wireless device (130) operating in a wireless communications network (100) wherein a plurality of beams (121) is transmitted by one or more network nodes (111, 113, 114) in the wireless communications network (100). The wireless device (130) generates (602) a log over a period of time. The log comprises: a) information about a first set of beams (122) in the plurality of beams (121) detected by the wireless device (130), and b) a time of detection. The log comprises the information and the time of detection for both of: i) a first set of time periods when the wireless device (130) was in a connected state in the wireless communications network (100), and ii) a second set of time periods when the wireless device (130) lacked a connection in the wireless communications network (100). The wireless device (130) sends (605) the generated log to a first network node (111).
US10750391B2
A wireless device selects a first unlicensed cell as an unlicensed pathloss reference. The wireless device may receive a plurality of downlink control information (DCIs) indicating a plurality of grants for transmission of uplink transport blocks on a second unlicensed cell. The wireless device may transmit the uplink transport blocks on the second unlicensed cell. A transmission power of the uplink transport blocks on the second unlicensed cell is calculated employing the received signal power of the first unlicensed cell.
US10750390B2
A method for configuring a Minimization of Drive Test (MDT) information reporting format and a time-stamp is provided that supports MDT in a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) system. The method defines a reporting format needed in a process where UE transmits MDT measurements to a serving base station, and sets the number of bits required to log time stamp and the unit of logging time.
US10750384B2
A technique for collecting and reporting measurements related to Random Access, RA, attempts from a user equipment, UE, towards an evolved node B, eNB, is disclosed. In a first method aspect, the method is performed in the UE and comprises the steps of collecting at least one measurement from each single one of a plurality of the RA attempts, and reporting the collected measurements to one of the eNB and a management entity. In a second method aspect, the method is performed in the eNB and comprises the steps of collecting at least one measurement from each single one of a plurality of the RA attempts, and reporting the collected measurements to the management entity.
US10750377B1
An apparatus comprises a plurality of transceiver circuits, a memory, and an interface circuit. The memory generally embodies a table associating a plurality of index values with corresponding gain and phase values for each channel of each of the transceiver circuits. In a first mode, the interface circuit may be configured to receive the corresponding gain and phase values associated with each of the plurality of index values and store the corresponding gain and phase values in the table. In a second mode, the interface circuit, in response to receiving one of the index values, configures each channel of each of the transceiver circuits with the corresponding gain and phase values from the table.
US10750369B2
A method, an apparatus, and a platform for sharing a wireless local area network, so as to resolve a problem of low system security that exists in a process of currently implementing wireless local area network sharing. In the embodiments of the present invention, a wireless local area network sharing platform receives a wireless local area network sharing message generated by a first terminal based on locally saved wireless local area network sharing information and generates, according to the sharing information, identifier information corresponding to a wireless local area network sharing page; a second terminal accesses a wireless local area network according to the identifier information.
US10750365B2
A subscriber identity element authenticates a communication device to a communication network. The subscriber identity element is assigned a subscriber identity identifier. The communication network comprises a subnetwork having a discovery server. The subscriber identity element comprises: a memory in which an initialization profile of the subscriber identity element is stored, wherein the initialization profile indicates a subnetwork identifier the subnetwork; and a communication interface, configured to establish a communication link to the discovery server using the subnetwork identifier and to transmit the subscriber identity identifier to the discovery server via the communication link.
US10750363B2
The embodiments herein relate to a mobile terminal and a method for accessing a wireless network in a roaming environment, the mobile terminal being pre-provided with credentials to access the wireless network, the mobile terminal further being provided with an application, said application includes a service part and an application part. The mobile terminal is configured to: send a request to a EAP server, the request including the credentials of the mobile terminal; connect the service part of the application to an access control server which adds/creates an EAP account for the mobile terminal for a predetermined time period; and to access the wireless network when the EAP server validly authenticates the credentials of the mobile terminal. The embodiments also relate to a method in the access control server and to the server.
US10750361B2
A basestation in a cellular communications network is operable to send a message to a Mobility Management Entity, relating to a suspension or resumption of a connection of a UE, wherein the message contains key renewal information. The Mobility Management Entity receives the message, and determines whether a key renewal condition is met. If the key renewal condition is met, the MME forwards a new NH, NCC pair to the base station. If a message received from the MME includes a NH, NCC pair, the basestation derives keying information using the NH, NCC pair for future use in deriving keys.
US10750355B2
Embodiments herein provide a method and system for managing session across multiple electronic devices in a network system. The method includes receiving by a target electronic device a first message from a source electronic device which includes a request to transfer context associated with at least one ongoing session on the source electronic device. Further, the method includes sending a response message to the source electronic device which includes a confirmation for the context transfer to. Further, the method includes receiving a Carry Your Own Context (CYOC) container associated with the at least one ongoing session from the source electronic device, wherein the CYOC container consists of cellular parameter information required for seamless session transfer from the source electronic device to the target electronic device. Furthermore, the method includes completing the at least one session transfer using the cellular parameter information received in the CYOC container.
US10750354B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform audio sensor selection in an audience metering device are disclosed. An example apparatus includes at least two audio sensors to receive audio at an audience metering device and a selection tester to identify a plurality of audio sensor configurations supported by the audience metering device, the plurality of audio sensor configurations identifying respective gain values to be applied to the plurality of audio sensors. The selection tester is further to select one of the first one of the audio sensor configurations or the second one of the audio sensor configurations based on a comparison of a first quality metric and a second quality metric. The example apparatus further includes a media identifier to identify audio received at the audience metering device using the selected one of the audio sensor configurations.
US10750341B2
Disclosed is a system for connecting a beacon device and a gateway device. The system includes beacon devices and the gateway device. The beacon device belonging to the beacon devices is adapted to provide a bi-directional connection to the GW device and the GW device is adapted to provide a bi-directional connection to an application system. The beacon devices form a multi-hop wireless mesh network, the GW device provides a bi-directional mesh connection to the wireless mesh network, and the wireless mesh network is used for communicating data between the beacon device and the GW device.
US10750333B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device that determines a movement of a first communication device toward a local device until a presence of the first communication device is within a vicinity of the local device. In response to the presence of the first communication device being within the vicinity of the local device, a textual transcription of a voice call between the first communication device and a second communication device is presented on a display device communicatively coupled to the local device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10750331B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a UE (201) and a method in an application server (205) for allowing a user of the UE (201) to control the type of service messages to receive and also control what type of content is of interest for the user. The method in the UE (201) comprises: establishing a session with the application server (205); transmitting a message to said application server (205), wherein the message includes user preferences relating to services or campaigns that the user of the UE (201) is interested in; and (107, 109) receiving at least one Application-to-Person, A2P, message including information on said services or campaigns that fulfil the requirements of the user in accordance with the user preferences.
US10750326B2
A method, device, and system for creating a communication group among a plurality of mobile communication devices. The method includes creating a first trigger condition, at a first mobile communication device, the first trigger condition including detection of a second mobile communication device in an area. A context data message that includes the first trigger condition and the area definition is sent by the first mobile communication device to a communication beacon having a range that includes the area. When the first trigger condition occurs and when the first mobile communication device is outside the area, receive a group call at the first mobile communication device from the second mobile communication device.
US10750320B2
A system includes a processor configured to detect a vehicle wireless signal at a first frequency-band. The processor is also configured to choose a second signal at a second frequency-band having a predefined relationship to a requested action. The processor is further configured to connect to the second signal and lower a signal data-transfer rate, responsive to the detection, and use the second signal to perform a time-of-flight based user-proximity detection, to determine if a user is within a vehicle proximity range associated with the requested action.
US10750315B2
A method for using location-based services for service management is discussed. The method includes receiving, at a server, a user request from a user device at a geographical location. The method includes accessing a store search to determine a store reference based on the user request and a user location corresponding to the geographical location, the store reference indicating tenant(s) accessible to the user via a user interface (UI) of the user device. The method includes accessing location data for the user device based on the store reference and a user account associated with the user, the location data indicating a service accessible via the UI and associated with a certain tenant. The method includes providing, to the user device and based on the location data, an user experience for accessing the service via the UI.
US10750313B2
Described herein is a method comprising (a) sending unmanned aircraft system (UAS) data providing a first UAS location indication on a map on a display of the computing device, wherein the first UAS location indication comprises an aggregate indication of a plurality of UASs located within a first area on the map, (b) receiving data comprising a request for additional information related to the first UAS location indication, (c) in response to receiving the request for additional information, sending additional location data related to the plurality of UASs, including a plurality of second UAS location indications at a plurality of locations within the first area on the map, wherein each second UAS indication corresponds to a subset of the plurality of UASs represented by the first UAS location indication, and (d) updating the display of the computing device to show the plurality of second UAS location indications.
US10750309B2
A system for exchanging GPS or other position data between wireless devices for purposes of group activities, child location monitoring, work group coordination, dispatching of employees etc. Cell phones and other wireless devices with GPS receivers have loaded therein a Buddy Watch application and a TalkControl application. The Buddy Watch application communicates with the GPS receiver and other wireless devices operated by buddies registered in the users phone as part of buddy groups or individually. GPS position data and historical GPS position data can be exchanged between cell phones of buddies and instant buddies such as tow truck drivers via a buddy watch server. Emergency monitoring services can be set up with notifications to programmable individuals in case an individual does not respond. Positions and tracks can be displayed. TalkControl simplifies and automates the process of joining talk groups for walkie talkie services such as that provided by Nextel.
US10750306B2
The present disclosure relates to reverberation generation for headphone virtualization. A method of generating one or more components of a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) for headphone virtualization is described. In the method, directionally-controlled reflections are generated, wherein directionally-controlled reflections impart a desired perceptual cue to an audio input signal corresponding to a sound source location. Then at least the generated reflections are combined to obtain the one or more components of the BRIR. Corresponding system and computer program products are described as well.
US10750305B2
A method for processing a virtual reality (VR) audio and a corresponding equipment are provided. The method includes acquiring, by a transmitting terminal of a VR audio, an ambisonics signal rotation angle, wherein the ambisonics signal rotation angle is determined according to a first equipment rotation angle corresponding to a receiving terminal of the VR audio, rotating an ambisonics signal according to the acquired ambisonics signal rotation angle, and/or, acquiring, by the transmitting terminal of the VR audio, an order of a mixed order ambisonics (MOA) signal determined according to related information of the VR audio, and extracting an MOA signal from the ambisonics signal according to the order of the MOA signal. Accordingly, an ambisonics signal rotation angle according to a rotation angle of an equipment is determined, the rotation occurs, and an MOA signal is extracted.
US10750292B2
Provided are a MEMS microphone chip and an MEMS microphone. The MEMS microphone chip comprises a substrate, a backplate and a vibration diaphragm, the backplate and the vibration diaphragm constituting two electrodes of a capacitor respectively, the backplate and the vibration diaphragm being suspended above the substrate, the backplate being located between the substrate and the vibration diaphragm, and the substrate being provided with a back chamber and a support column, the support column being connected to a side wall of the back chamber via a connection portion, a through hole or a notch being formed in the connection portion through its thickness direction, to allow spaces at opposite sides of the connection portion to communicate with each other; and the support column being configured to support the backplate.
US10750287B2
An acoustic module, such as a microphone or speaker module, includes an acoustic membrane that vibrates to produce acoustic waves and an acoustic cavity through which acoustic waves produced by the membrane travel. A liquid removal mechanism removes liquid from the acoustic cavity. Such a liquid removal mechanism may include the acoustic membrane, heating elements, hydrophobic and/or hydrophilic surfaces, and so on. In some cases, the liquid removal mechanism may remove liquid from the acoustic cavity upon connection of the acoustic module and/or an associated electronic device to an external power source.
US10750286B2
A speaker includes a frame, and a vibration system and a magnetic circuit system that are fixed on the frame. The vibration system includes a first vibration diaphragm fixed to the frame, a voice coil disposed on a side of the first vibration diaphragm and configured to drive the first vibration diaphragm to vibrate to produce sound, and an elastic support part for the elastic support coil. The elastic support part includes a flexible printed circuit board connecting the voice coil to an external circuit.
US10750283B2
Attenuation of output levels is suppressed while interference due to a plurality of vibrators is reduced.An acoustic control device 30 performs correction processing of correcting phase delay characteristics including transmission systems from exciters 21L and 21R which are first and second vibrators connected with a rigid body, on acoustic signals SR and SL. Thereafter, the acoustic control device 30 controls the exciters 21L and 21R on the basis of the corrected acoustic signals SL1 and SR1.
US10750277B2
A method of locating a microphone, a device of locating a microphone and a system of locating a microphone. The method includes: determining an initial position of the microphone located in front of a light outgoing surface of a display screen; determining a target position of the microphone; determining a first displacement of the microphone in a direction perpendicular to the light outgoing surface of the display screen based on the target position and the initial position; determining a second displacement of the microphone in a direction parallel with the light outgoing surface of the display screen based on the target position and the initial position; and controlling the microphone to move to the target position based on the first displacement and the second displacement.
US10750274B2
A speaker box is provided in the present disclosure. The speaker box comprises a shell, a speaker, a sound guiding channel, an auxiliary sound cavity, a baffle, a cover plate and a sound absorber. The diaphragm of the speaker separates the receiving space into a front sound cavity and a rear cavity, the sound guiding channel communicates the front sound cavity with the outside. The auxiliary sound cavity is provided with the first through hole communicating with the front cavity and the second through hole communicating with the outside, and the baffle completely covers the first through hole. The baffle is provided with a channel, and the auxiliary sound cavity communicates with the front cavity through the channel. The cover plate covers the second through hole. Compared with the related art, the high frequency acoustic performance of the speaker box of the present disclosure is excellent.
US10750269B2
Wireless headphones having a built-in flexible battery are provided. Wireless headphones having a built-in flexible battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention comprise: a band part having at least one fastening portion; a pair of headset parts, each of which includes a speaker unit for receiving a wirelessly transmitted audio signal and outputting the audio signal to the outside, and is connected to the band part; and a plate-shaped flexible battery which is embedded in the band part so as to supply power to the headset parts, and has a to-be-fastened portion corresponding to the fastening portion so as to be fixed in position when coupled to the band part.
US10750263B2
A speaker system is provided with a docking station, a removable housing mounted to the docking station, and a transducer supported by the removable housing. The speaker system is also provided with a processor supported by the removable housing and programmed to separate an audio signal into channels and provide at least one channel to the transducer based a location of the removable housing relative to the docking station.
US10750259B2
It is difficult to improve the usage efficiency of an optical communication network due to the passband narrowing effect in a wavelength selection process in an optical communication network using a wavelength division multiplexing system; therefore, an optical network management apparatus according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes wavelength selection information generating means for generating wavelength selection information on a wavelength selection process through which an optical path accommodating an information signal goes, with respect to each optical path; and wavelength selection information notifying means for notifying an optical node device through which the optical path goes of the wavelength selection information.
US10750255B2
Aspects of the disclosure involve a source node, having some predetermined knowledge of the optical network generating a list of nodes and/or optical links between nodes that form a route in the optical network from the source node to the destination node. The nodes in the optical network do not necessarily need to know the entire route from source node to destination node. Each node simply decodes the control information identifying the next hop in the route towards the destination node. By utilizing the decoded control information identifying the next hop, a switch in the node can be controlled to route the optical signal including the payload and some or all of the control information onto the next optical link toward the destination node.
US10750253B2
An apparatus and method for remotely monitoring water usage in real time utilizes a sensor attached to a water meter. The sensor monitors water flowing through the meter by analyzing the water meter's magnetic coupling and processes the data to correlate it to real time flow rates. Data is transmitted through a base unit to remote storage and consumers may access the data with application software installed on electronics such as smartphones and tablets. Four components are combined to allow the real time monitoring of water utilization.
US10750244B2
Suggestions for content are based on a habit of a user. As the user requests content, content selections are monitored for habitual selections according to channels, titles, or genres. A programming guide may then be customized based on the habitual selections.
US10750243B2
A distribution device includes a segment filing unit configured to make a video stream of each of areas obtained by imaging an imaging range divided into plural of the areas into a segment file, a distribution unit configured to supply the segment file of the video stream of each of the areas to a reception side by at least one of net distribution or broadcast distribution, and a notification unit configured to notify, in a case an ROI including one or more of the areas is set to the imaging range, the reception side of an ROI identifier for identifying the belonging ROI as attribute information related to the segment file corresponding to the area included in the ROI. The device can be applied to streaming distribution using DASH and enables signaling of an ROI identifier of a video distributed by at least one of broadcast distribution or net distribution.
US10750241B2
Roughly described, a system and method for delivering video content to a user's client device in a video-on-demand (VOD) system, which includes providing a collection of video segments, the segments having a predefined default sequence; establishing a streaming video session according to a session-oriented protocol; transmitting toward the client device a script executable by the client device, the script operable to transmit navigational codes toward the head-end equipment in response to and indicating user selection among navigational choices; beginning transmission of the video segments in the collection toward the client device in accordance with the default sequence of segments; and in response to receipt of one of the navigational codes, and without tearing down the streaming video session, altering the transmission sequence to jump to the segment that the user selected.
US10750239B2
Disclosed is a server apparatus. The server apparatus comprises: a communication unit for receiving, from an external server, multiple first viewing log data for each of a plurality of first users using a first broadcast receiving apparatus and multiple user information of each of the plurality of first users; and a processor for updating a predictive model for predicting, from the viewing log data, the number of users using the broadcast receiving apparatus and user information of each of the users, on the basis of the received multiple first viewing log data and the received multiple user information, wherein, when second viewing log data is received from a second broadcast receiving apparatus through the communication unit, the processor predicts, using the updated predictive model, the number of users using the second broadcast receiving apparatus and user information of each of the users.
US10750237B2
Systems and methods are operable to control operation of a portable media device based on machine readable information of a graphical artifact shown on a display concurrently with presentation of a video portion of a media content event. A portable media device, using a portable media device provisioned with an image capture device, captures at least one image that includes the display that is presenting the graphical artifact and the video portion of the media content event, identifies the graphical artifact in the captured at least one image, determines the machine readable data based on the identified graphical artifact, and operates the portable media device to perform at least one operation based on the determined machine readable data.
US10750233B2
The present technology relates to a recording apparatus, a recording method, and a program capable of avoiding a buffer overflow at the time of reproduction.Each packet is separated from a packet string, and information indicating an arrival timing of each packet is output. The packet is divided into divided packets having a size which does not cause a buffer overflow, and a packet arrival time of each divided packet is embedded in a header of the divided packet. The present technology is applied to the recording apparatus.
US10750223B2
The present disclosure provides a system, a method, and a device for displaying a content item. The system includes: a video playing terminal, configured to obtain a video and play the video; a content item displaying client, configured to send a content item obtaining request for requesting to obtain a content item related to the video being played by the video playing terminal; and a content item preparation platform, configured to determine a current playing moment of the video played by the video playing terminal, select, from one or more content items corresponding to the video, a content item with a marking moment nearest to the current playing moment, and push the selected content item to the content item displaying client, where the content item displaying client is further configured to display the received content item.
US10750214B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, wirelessly receiving adjustment information from a mobile communication device, wirelessly receiving a request for video content from the mobile communication device, generating multiple versions of the video content, wirelessly transmitting a second version to the mobile communication device for presentation on the display device according to the adjustment of the access plan, and transmitting a first version to the mobile communication device for presentation on the display device and ceasing transmitting the second version responsive to a determination of an undesired condition associated with the presentation of the second version on the display device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10750213B2
An exemplary virtual reality system provides an experience selection data structure to a media player device. The experience selection data structure comprises a plurality of entries each corresponding to a different virtual reality dataset, and each virtual reality dataset is customized to a different virtual reality experience associated with a different virtual viewpoint positioned at a different location with respect to a three-dimensional (3D) scene. The virtual reality system detects that the media player device selects an entry from the plurality of entries by way of the experience selection data structure. The selected entry corresponds to a particular virtual reality dataset customized to a particular virtual reality experience. Thus, in response to the detecting, the virtual reality system provides the particular virtual reality dataset to the media player device. Corresponding methods and systems, including details regarding corresponding media player devices, are also disclosed.
US10750212B2
Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate providing dynamic digital object placement in a video stream. An exchange network for engagements within video streaming content is maintained, and a number of engagement entities and content providers are connected to the exchange network. An engagement proposal is received from an engagement entity in the exchange network, containing media assets for an engagement and proposed engagement information. Content provider requirements are also received from a content provider in the exchange network, containing content provider requirements and one or more engagement surfaces associated with a video stream. The exchange network determines that the received engagement proposal matches the received content provider requirements. Once the exchange network matches the two entities, the media assets from the engagement entity are dynamically inserted into the video stream published by the content provider by mapping the media assets to the one or more engagement surfaces.
US10750211B2
Summarization segments of an encoded video can be efficiently identified, without the need to decode the encoded video to obtain image data, by analyzing encoded-buffer-size deltas, each indicating an encoded-buffer-size difference between a pair of intra-coded frames of an encoded video.
US10750208B2
The disclosure includes a method of generating and presenting digital streaming data to a viewer. The digital streaming data comprises streaming video data depicted from a live event and streaming audio data generated by a commentator, the streaming audio data related to the live event. In many embodiments, the method includes presenting the streaming video data to the commentator and the viewer and generating streaming audio data by the commentator related to the live event. Methods may also include transferring the streaming audio data via an Internet to the viewer and providing the viewer with synchronization means to synchronize the streaming video data with the streaming audio data.
US10750206B2
A method for encoding at least one image split into blocks. The method includes, for a current block to be encoded from the image, at least one modification of two data points in the block via an operation of linear combinations operating on the two data points, at the end of which a modified block is obtained, application of a separable transform operation to the data points in the modified block, and encoding the data points obtained after application of the separable transform operation.
US10750202B2
Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.
US10750200B2
Disclosed is an intraframe prediction method, wherein for an intraframe predicted block in an interframe predicted frame, when an interframe predicted blocks exists on the lower right of the intraframe predicted block, a coding and decoding sequence of intraframe and interframe blocks is adjusted, and intraframe prediction is performed in a lower right intraframe prediction approach, i.e., performing prediction using the lower right reconstructed pixel value as the reference pixel point for the intraframe predicted block; at the coding procedure, each coded unit is first coded, and upon completion of the coding, information of all interframe predicted blocks is written into a code stream; next, two-pass coding is performed to the intraframe predicted block; lower right intraframe coding is performed during the two-pass coding process; after completion of the two-pass coding, the information of the intraframe predicted block is written into the code stream; at the decoding procedure, decoding of all interframe predicted blocks is first completed; then, lower right intraframe decoding is performed to the intraframe predicted blocks. The present disclosure may improve the intraframe prediction accuracy and enhance the coding efficiency of the intraframe predicted block in the interframe predicted frame.
US10750197B2
An encoder/decoder is described using enhanced signaling mechanisms SAO parameters. The various parameters are signaled in various ways according to different embodiments of the invention. In a first embodiment (embodiment A), SAO on/off is decoupled form SAO type coding, with SAO on/off flags being jointly encoded for all color components. The second embodiment (embodiment B), is similar to embodiment A, but modified for application to JCTVC-J0268. In a third embodiment separate signaling is provided for SAO on/off, SAO types BO and EO, and for BO and EO side information (classes or band position). Each of these enhanced SAO signaling mechanisms provide enhanced coding efficiency.
US10750193B2
An image processing apparatus divides a base image corresponding to a plurality of first images captured from different viewpoints, and a plurality of second images each corresponding to one or more of the plurality of first images, into a plurality of sub-bands including a sub-band that includes high-frequency components and a sub-band that does not include high-frequency components. As for the plurality of second images, the image processing apparatus then encodes the sub-band that includes high-frequency components. As for the base image, the image processing apparatus encodes the sub-band that does not include high-frequency components.
US10750184B2
The image decoding method includes: determining a context for use in a current block to be processed, from among a plurality of contexts; and performing arithmetic decoding on a bit sequence corresponding to the current block, using the determined context, wherein in the determining: the context is determined under a condition that control parameters of neighboring blocks of the current block are used, when the signal type is a first type, the neighboring blocks being a left block and an upper block of the current block; and the context is determined under a condition that the control parameter of the upper block is not used, when the signal type is a second type, and the second type is “no_residual_data_flag”.
US10750179B2
Computer processor hardware receives a first set of adjustment values. The first set of adjustment values specify adjustments to be made to a predicted rendition of a signal generated at a first level of quality to reconstruct a rendition of the signal at the first level of quality. The computer processor hardware processes the first set of adjustment values and derives a second set of adjustment values based on the first set of adjustment values and a rendition of the signal at a second level of quality. The second level of quality is lower than the first level of quality.
US10750174B2
Provided are a method and a device for decoding a video signal to provide stereographic image content with high resolution. For decoding a video signal, an intra prediction mode of a current block is determined, and a prediction sample is obtained by performing intra prediction of the current block based on the intra prediction mode.
US10750173B2
To have a much better usable pragmatic manner of HDR video encoding and decoding, the inventor invented a high dynamic range video decoder (500) arranged to receive an encoding (Im_COD) of a high dynamic range video and to decode and output a set of temporally successive images (Im_RHDR) comprising: An input (502) to receive three weight values (kRY, kGY, kBY); A video decoder (501) arranged to decode the encoding (Im_COD) into an intermediate image (Im_RLDR) being in a Y′CbCr color representation; A brightness index calculation unit (503) arranged to calculate for each pixel of the intermediate image (Im_RLDR) a brightness index (J′) being defined as J′=Y′+MAX{kRY*(R′−Y′), kGY*(G′−Y′), kBY*(B′−Y′)}; A brightness mapper (505) arranged to receive a specification of at least one one-dimensional function F_ct, and to apply it with the brightness index (J′) as input, to obtain an output brightness index (J*); A multiplication factor calculation unit (506) arranged to calculate a multiplicative factor (g) being equal to the output brightness index (J*) divided by the brightness index (J′); Three multipliers (509, 510, 511) to multiply the respective color components (Y, Cr, Cb) of each pixel of the intermediate image (Im_RLDR) with the multiplicative factor (g), to obtain an output color (Y′H, Cb′H, Cr′H) for that pixel in the output dynamic range image (Im_RHDR) of the set of temporally successive images being currently decoded.
US10750160B2
Gaze is corrected by adjusting multi-view images of a head. Image patches containing the left and right eyes of the head are identified and a feature vector is derived from plural local image descriptors of the image patch in at least one image of the multi-view images. A displacement vector field representing a transformation of an image patch is derived, using the derived feature vector to look up reference data comprising reference displacement vector fields associated with possible values of the feature vector produced by machine learning. The multi-view images are adjusted by transforming the image patches containing the left and right eyes of the head in accordance with the derived displacement vector field.
US10750157B1
An example method for determining three-dimensional coordinates of an object from a plurality of two-dimensional images may include: acquiring two-dimensional input frames via a camera, the camera being associated with one or more calibration parameters; isolating a contour of at least one object contained within each input frame; calculating coordinates of one or more visual rays corresponding to each contour in a direction specified by at least one of the calibration parameters; estimating a spatial tangent vector of each contour using finite differences; estimating a tangent space of the visual rays at each visual ray; calculating epipolar numbers based on basis vectors of the tangent space, the one or more calibration parameters, and the tangent vector; forming a line-based epipolar matrix using the epipolar numbers and line coordinates; and de-homogenizing the column space of the matrix into object points.
US10750147B2
A method for generating a high dynamic range image (HDRI) includes acquiring a first illuminance diagram, generating a second illuminance diagram from the first illuminance diagram by modifying a dynamic range of at least a portion of the first illuminance diagram, and generating the HDRI based on the second illumination diagram. The first illuminance diagram is obtained based on a camera response function and an illuminance logarithm obtained based on a plurality of images having different exposure conditions.
US10750146B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for correcting color values. The technique includes downsampling first color space values to generate downsampled color space values and upsampling the downsampled color space values to generate second color space values. The technique further includes modifying at least one component value included in the downsampled color space values based on a first component value included in the first color space values, a second component value included in the second color space values, and an approximation of a nonlinear transfer function.
US10750143B2
An optical scanning device includes a light source component, a scanning component, an electrostatic driver, a controller, and a current sensor. The light source component emits light. The scanning component scans the light. The driver drives the scanning component. The controller controls emission of the light from the light source component. The current sensor senses current generated by a capacity change of the driver. The controller further controls the emission of the light from the light source component based on the sensed current sensed by the current sensor.
US10750137B2
A backlight for a display comprises a plurality of independently controllable light sources and inclined surfaces inclining in a radially outward direction from each light source for shaping the distribution of emitted light. The light sources may each comprise a group of differently-colored light emitters. The backlight may include light integrators configured to mix light of the differently-colored light emitters. Inclined surfaces for shaping the distribution of emitted light may be arranged around exits of the light integrators.
US10750135B2
A device (e.g., an image sensor, camera, etc.) may identify a camera lens and color filter array (CFA) sensor used to capture an image, and may determine filter parameters (e.g., a convolutional operator) based on the identified camera lens and CFA sensor. For example, a set of kernels (e.g., including a set of horizontal filters and a set of vertical filters) may be determined based on properties of a given lens and/or q-channel CFA sensor. Each kernel or filter may correspond to a row of a convolutional operator (e.g., of a restoration bit matrix) used by an image signal processor (ISP) of the device for non-linear filtering of the captured image. The corresponding outputs from the horizontal and vertical filters (e.g., two outputs of the horizontal and vertical filters corresponding to an input channel associated with the CFA sensor) may then be combined using a non-linear classification operation.
US10750130B2
A surveillance system including a fixed camera and one or more temporary cameras and a control means coupled to the fixed camera and the one or more temporary cameras is disclosed. The control means is configured to extend coverage of the fixed camera using the one or more temporary cameras coupled to the fixed camera. Each of the one or more temporary cameras includes one or more sensors and is configured to be deployed and adjusted based on sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors of the one or more temporary cameras and from one or more fixed camera sensors co-located with the fixed camera.
