US10767297B2
The present invention provides a substrate having a unidirectional water transport property, the substrate comprised of a fluid permeable structure and including: an inner side surface; and an outer side surface having a higher absorbent capacity than the inner side surface, wherein the inner side surface has a hydrophobic surface layer extending continuously over at least one section thereof, the hydrophobic surface layer having a predetermined thickness which, in use, produces a substantial hydrophobic property to contacting water, whilst allowing for water contacting the inner side surface of the substrate to wick through the hydrophobic surface layer into the substrate; and wherein the substrate is respectively comprised of hydrophobic channels and hydrophilic channels which respectively extend between the inner side surface and the outer side surface.
US10767295B2
A method of preparing a tufting process comprises the steps of: a) providing a pattern representation representative of a fabric to be tufted, b) providing at least one group of tufting aspect instruction layers, each group of tufting aspect instruction layers comprising at least one tufting aspect instruction layer, each tufting aspect instruction layer being associated with a tufting aspect instruction, each tufting aspect instruction referring to a tufting aspect, c) assigning at least one tufting aspect instruction to at least one tufting aspect instruction layer.
US10767290B2
The invention relates to a fibrous tape comprising fused polymeric fibers, said fibrous tape having a tape thickness and a tape width and being characterized by a coefficient of variation (CV) of the tape thickness across the tape width of at most 6%.
US10767288B2
The present disclosure concerns a preform for a curved composite stiffener for an axisymmetric part such as a shroud, including at least one web and at least one flange curved about an axis of revolution of the preform and defining a substantially “T” or an “I” shaped section. In one form, the preform includes a web and a flange, wherein the web includes a plurality of warp yarns circumferentially oriented relative to the axis of revolution of the preform, and a plurality of weft yarns oriented radially relative to said axis, and the flange includes a plurality of warp yarns circumferentially oriented relative to the axis of revolution of the preform, and a plurality of weft yarns substantially parallel to said axis.
US10767287B2
A method of manufacturing multi-ply separable textured yarn, the method comprising, passing a multi-ply separable interlaced filament yarn through a texturizing unit to form a multi-ply separable draw textured yarn, wherein the multi-ply separable interlaced filament yarn is separable in to at least two separable interlaced filament yarn, wherein the interlacing of the filaments within each separable interlaced filament yarn is retained during further processing of the yarn to fabric and in the fabric.
US10767277B2
A ScAlMgO4 single crystal substrate having less collapse of crystal orientation, and a method for producing the single crystal substrate. A ScAlMgO4 single crystal substrate is provided, wherein, when a center of the substrate is designated as coordinates (0,0) and a measurement beam width is set to 1 [mm]×7 [mm] to conduct analysis according to an X-ray diffraction method at respective coordinate positions of (x−m,0) to (xm,0) at an interval of 1 [mm] in an x-axis direction and (0,y−n) to (0,yn) at an interval of 1 mm in a y-axis direction, wherein m and n are each an integer falling within the range so that the measurement beam is not stuck out from the substrate, a worst value of a full width at half maximum of a rocking curve at each of the coordinate positions is less than 20 [sec.].
US10767273B2
An electrolytic method of loading hydrogen into a cathode includes placing the cathode and an anode in an electrochemical reaction vessel filled with a solvent, mixing a DC component and an AC component to produce an electrolytic current, and applying an electrolytic current to the cathode. The DC component includes cycling between: a first voltage applied to the cathode for a first period of time, a second voltage applied to the cathode for a second period of time, wherein the second voltage is higher than the first voltage, and wherein the second period of time is shorter than the first period of time. The AC component has a frequency between about 1 Hz and about 100 kHz. The peak sum of the voltages supplied by the DC component and AC component is higher than the dissociation voltage of the solvent.
US10767268B2
The present application relates to a method for enhancing metal corrosion resistance of a metal deposited on a substrate, the method comprises contacting the metal coated substrate with a treating composition comprising a film forming organic component which treating composition forms a hydrophobic film on the metal coated substrate with a thickness of less than 1 μm. Furthermore, the present application relates to a method for making a mirror comprising a substrate having a metal coated thereon, the method comprises contacting the metal coated substrate with a treating composition comprising a film forming organic component which treating composition forms a hydrophobic film on the metal coated substrate with a thickness of less than 1 μm. Preferably, the film forming organic component is selected from the group consisting of an aromatic triazole compound and a silicone resin. In addition the present application relates to the products obtainable by these methods.
US10767261B2
The invention relates to a device for vacuum coating substrates in a vacuum chamber, comprising an elongated evaporator array having a plurality of evaporator elements arranged along a longitudinal axis and a first substrate carrier unit which is associated with the evaporator array and has a first pylon that can be rotated about a first axis and contains retaining means for substrates, wherein an angular offset of less than 10° is present between the longitudinal axis and the first rotational axis. The device is characterised in that at least one second substrate carrier unit is provided, which is associated with the evaporator array and has a second pylon that can be rotated about a second axis and contains retaining means for substrates, wherein an angular offset of less than 10° is present between the longitudinal axis and the second rotational axis. At least one second substrate carrier unit (22, 122, 222) which is associated with the evaporator array (10, 110, 110a) and has a second pylon that can be rotated about a second rotational axis (42, 242) and contains retaining means for substrates is provided, wherein the axes of the pylons are designed to be fixed relative to the longitudinal axis (40) of the evaporator array, an angular offset of less than 10° is present between the longitudinal axis (40) and second rotational axis (42, 242), and a geometric configuration of the evaporator array (10, 110, 110a) and of the first (21, 121, 221) and the at least second substrate carrier units (22, 122, 222) is provided such that substrates of the first (21, 121, 221) and the at least second substrate carrier units (22, 122, 222) can be coated with the same quality by means of the evaporator array (10). The invention further relates to a method for vacuum coating by means of the device.
US10767248B2
Disclosed is a magnesium alloy that has high thermal conductivity and flame retardancy and facilitates plastic working, wherein magnesium is added with 0.5 to 5 wt % of zinc (Zn) and 0.3 to 2.0 wt % of at least one of yttrium (Y) and mischmetal, with, as necessary, 1.0 wt % or less of at least one selected from among calcium (Ca), silicon (Si), manganese (Mn) and tin (Sn), the total amount of alloy elements being 2.5 to 6 wt %. A method of manufacturing the same is also provided, including preparing a magnesium-zinc alloy melt in a melting furnace, adding high-melting-point elements in the form of a master alloy and melting them, and performing mechanical stirring during cooling of a cast material in a continuous casting mold containing the magnesium alloy melt, thus producing a magnesium alloy cast material having low segregation, after which a chill is removed from the cast material or diffusion annealing is performed, followed by molding through a tempering process such as rolling, extrusion or forging. This magnesium alloy is improved in ductility by the action of alloy elements for inhibiting the formation of lamella precipitates due to a low-melting-point eutectic phase in a magnesium matrix structure, can be extruded even at a pressure of 1,000 kgf/cm2 or less due to the increased plasticity thereof, and can exhibit thermal conductivity of 100 W/m·K or more and flame retardancy satisfying the requirements for aircraft materials and is thus suitable for use in fields requiring fire safety, thereby realizing wide application thereof as a heat sink or a structural material for portable appliances, vehicles and aircraft components and contributing to weight reduction.
US10767244B2
The disclosure relates to a titanium alloy, in particular to be used for biocompatible implants, which contains no aluminum (Al), vanadium (V), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni) and tin (Sn) and contains at least the following alloy components in wt % in addition to inevitable trace amounts of impurities contained in the alloy components or absorbed during the production: a) 0.2 to 1.5% oxygen (O), b) 0.1 to 1.5% iron (Fe), c) 0.01 to 2% carbon (C), d) the remainder being titanium (Ti).
US10767238B2
A ferrosilicon inoculant for gray cast iron containing between 0.1 to 10% by weight strontium, less than 0.35% by weight calcium, 1.5 to 10% by weight aluminum and 0.1 to 15% zirconium, The inoculant, method for producing the inoculant, method for inoculating the melt and a gray cast iron inoculated with the inoculant are covered.
US10767232B2
The present disclosure provides methods for predicting responsiveness of a subject having cancer to an OX40 agonist treatment by measuring the expression level of one or more biomarkers. Also provided are methods for monitoring pharmacodynamic activity of or responsiveness to an OX40 agonist treatment by measuring the expression level of one or more biomarkers. Further provided are methods related thereto for treating or delaying progression of cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of an OX40 agonist to a subject. Specific biomarkers for all such methods are described herein.
US10767224B2
A sensor device includes a sensor array and a flow cell in fluid communication with the sensor array. Bias circuitry apply bias arrangements to the sensor array to produce sensor data. Peripheral circuitry coupled to the bias circuitry produces streams of data from the sensor array, the peripheral circuitry having an active mode and an idle mode. Logic to switch the peripheral circuitry between the active mode and the idle mode to control power consumption is provided. A temperature sensor may be included, and the logic can operate with feedback to switch between the active mode and the idle mode to maintain the temperature within an operating range.
US10767220B2
Provided are methods of amplifying nucleic acids. The methods include combining a nucleic acid sample and one or more amplification primers adapted to amplify a region of one or more copy number stable genes in a reaction mixture under conditions sufficient to amplify the one or more copy number stable genes. Aspects of the present disclosure further include compositions and kits that find use in practicing embodiments of the methods.
US10767215B2
The present invention provides a composition and method for stabilizing ribonucleic acid (RNA) from biological samples such that the ribonucleic acid within the sample remains stable at room temperature. The composition comprises an anionic detergent and a buffering agent at a pH of about 5 to about 8.2 and is used in methods for extracting and storing ribonucleic acid from the biological sample.
US10767203B2
Described herein are variants of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT) as well as vectors and recombinant microbial host cells expressing AANATs and variant AANATs and their use in producing N-acetylserotonin, melatonin and related compounds. Preferred AANAT variants provide for an increased yield of N-acetylserotonin.
US10767198B2
A method for producing branched aldehydes is proposed, the method comprising the following steps: (a) providing a culture of one or more fungi of the genus Conidiobolus and producing biomass containing branched carboxylic acids in free and/or bound form; (b) extracting the biomass from step (a) to produce a first intermediate containing free and/or bound carboxylic acids; (c) optionally chemically, enzymatically or microbially hydrolyzing the bound carboxylic acids from the first intermediate; (d) treating the first intermediate with a reducing agent of a chemical nature to convert the free and/or bound carboxylic acids into the corresponding alcohols and optionally separating one or more alcohols from interfering by-products and producing the chemically produced second intermediate containing these alcohols as a mixture or in enriched form; (e) treating the first intermediate with a reducing agent of a biological nature to convert the free and/or bound carboxylic acids into the corresponding aldehydes having the same number of carbon atoms compared to the free and/or bound carboxylic acids or into the corresponding aldehydes having a reduced number of carbon atoms by one compared to the free and/or bound carboxylic acids and producing the biologically produced second intermediate containing these aldehydes; (f) treating the chemically produced second intermediate with an oxidizing agent of a chemical nature to convert the free and/or bound alcohols into the corresponding aldehydes; and optionally (g) removing interfering by-components from the fractions obtainable after step(s) (d) and/or (e) and/or (f).
US10767192B2
The invention relates to a recombinant baculoviral genome useful for the production of viral vectors for gene therapy, allowing said production from a single infection.
US10767190B2
The present invention relates to the identification of clubroot resistance genes from Brassica. Clubroot resistant Brassicaceae plants are provided, as well as clubroot resistance genes and methods and means to increase clubroot resistance in Brassicaceae.
US10767182B2
The present application relates to the field of cancer, particularly that of cancers with high MDM4 protein levels (such as melanoma, breast, colon or lung cancers, glioblastoma, retinoblastoma, etc.). It is shown herein that direct and selective inhibition of MDM4, e.g., by antisense RNA, leads to growth inhibition of cancer cells and sensitization to chemo or targeted therapies. Also provided are simple ways of determining which patients are most amenable for such treatment by comparing specific transcript levels.
US10767175B2
The present invention relates to guide RNAs having chemical modifications and their use in CRISPR-Cas systems. The chemically modified guide RNAs have enhanced specificity for target polynucleotide sequences. The present invention also relates to methods of using chemically modified guide RNAs for cleaving or nicking polynucleotides, and for high specificity genome editing.
US10767173B2
The invention provides a method of modifying a targeted site of gram-positive bacterium of a double stranded DNA. The method includes contacting the double-stranded DNA with a complex of a nucleic acid sequence-recognizing module that specifically binds to a target nucleotide sequence in a given double stranded DNA and a nucleic acid base converting enzyme to convert, delete, or insert one or more nucleotides in the targeted site without cleaving at least one strand of the double stranded DNA in the targeted site, by introducing the nucleic acid encoding the complex into the gram-positive bacterium. The invention also provide a nucleic acid-modifying enzyme complex of a nucleic acid sequence-recognizing module that specifically binds to a target nucleotide sequence in a double stranded DNA of a gram-positive bacterium and a nucleic acid base converting enzyme bonded to each other, which complex is used for the method.
US10767172B2
A hierarchical catalyst composition comprising a continuous or particulate macroporous scaffold in which is incorporated mesoporous aggregates of magnetic nanoparticles, wherein an enzyme is embedded in mesopores of the mesoporous aggregates of magnetic nanoparticles. Methods for synthesizing the hierarchical catalyst composition are also described. Also described are processes that use the recoverable hierarchical catalyst composition for depolymerizing lignin remediation of water contaminated with aromatic substances, polymerizing monomers by a free-radical mechanism, epoxidation of alkenes, halogenation of phenols, inhibiting growth and function of microorganisms in a solution, and carbon dioxide conversion to methanol. Further described are methods for increasing the space time yield and/or total turnover number of a liquid-phase chemical reaction that includes magnetic particles to facilitate the chemical reaction, the method comprising subjecting the chemical reaction to a plurality of magnetic fields of selected magnetic strength, relative position in the chemical reaction, and relative motion.
US10767171B2
This invention relates to, in part, compositions of beta-lactamases and methods of using these enzymes in, for example, gastrointestinal tract (GI tract) disorders such as C. difficile infection (CDI).
US10767167B2
This invention relates to the field of anticancer therapy, and to the identification of immunogenic peptides derived from the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding hTERT epitopes restricted to MHC class I molecule, analogues thereof and polyepitopes containing such epitopes and/or analogues. Are also included in the present invention, vector and cell comprising such polynucleotides. The present invention also concerns composition comprising hTERT polypeptides, corresponding polynucleotides, vectors and cells, for use in the treatment and/or prevention of cancer.
US10767160B2
The invention is in the field of cell culture. Particularly the invention relates to methods of culturing a host cell expressing a recombinant protein in a cell culture medium comprising an effective amount of a triazine dye or supplemented with an effective amount of a triazine dye, whereby production of said protein is increased relative to cells grown without said triazine dye or any other inducer.
US10767155B2
The present invention relates to a method of preparing a strain of sugar fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae with capability to ferment xylose, wherein said method comprises different procedural steps. The method comprises mating a first sporulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain with a second Saccharomyces cerevisiae haploid strain. Thereafter, screening for mated cells is performed, growing such mated cells, and verifying that mated cells exhibit basic morphology by microscopic inspection. Thereafter, creation of a mixture of the mated cells is performed, subjecting the mixture to continuous chemostat lignocellulose cultivation and obtaining the sugar fermenting Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells with capability to ferment xylose is performed. The invention also comprises strains obtained by said method.
US10767153B2
A mechanical bioreactor for transferring vibrations to cell cultures for the purpose of stimulating various biological processes across a relatively large (relative to the amplitude of the vibrations) sample receiving surface. This bioreactor allows multiple samples to receive identical stimulation, which may enable the process to be significantly scaled up. The invention may be particularly applicable to nanoscale vibration amplitudes, where it is non-trivial to design a device that performs this function, because many materials exhibit natural deformation on a scale that would mask or inhibit transfer of nanoscale vibration energy.
US10767152B2
The present disclosure relates to hollow fiber tangential flow filters, including hollow fiber tangential flow depth filters, for various applications, including bioprocessing and pharmaceutical applications, systems employing such filters, and methods of filtration using the same.
US10767151B2
A device for cell culture, in particular of neuronal cells, including: a substrate defining a first microfluidic chamber to be seeded with a first cell culture, and at least a second microfluidic chamber, a fluidic interconnection system connecting the first and second chambers and enabling cellular extensions, in particular axons, to extend from one chamber to the other, wherein the interconnection system of the device is made so as to promote the progression of at least one first type of cellular extension, the first and second types of extension being different either due to the microfluidic chamber from which they originate, or due to the type of cell of which they constitute an extension.
US10767144B2
A soap reforming assembly includes a housing and a soap collection unit that is coupled to the housing for collecting and transporting pieces of soap when the pieces of soap are dropped into the housing. A heating element is coupled to the housing and the heating element heats the soap collection unit to melt the soap pieces into a fluid soap. A forming unit is positioned within the housing for receiving the fluid soap from the soap collection unit when the heating element produces the fluid soap. The forming unit cools and forms the fluid soap into a bar for bathing. A drawer is slidably positioned in the housing and the drawer receives the bar of soap from the forming unit. The drawer is positionable in an open position having the drawer extending outwardly from the housing to dispense the bar of soap.
US10767138B1
An all natural multipurpose cleaner composition includes: distilled water; lauryl glucoside (AG-60); aloe vera; vitamin E; ethyl alcohol (food grade); a preservative; and citric acid. Further embodiments of the composition include: tea tree oil; oregano; and a scent. The scent may include any of the following: lemon grass; cinnamon; sweet orange; rosemary; lemon and lime; pine; citronella; peppermint; eucalyptus; lavender; tea tree oil; and eucalyptus citriodora.
US10767137B2
The present disclosure relates to cleaning compositions in general, and cleaning compositions that are well suited for use by individuals, who experience adverse health effects that may occur upon exposure to certain chemicals. This condition, characterized as multiple chemical sensitivities (MCS), makes it virtually impossible for certain individuals to use commercially available cleaning products without inducing immunological responses. The instant disclosure presents and describes protocols for the formulation and evaluation of a variety of cleaning products using a combination of 14C assay, head space analysis and screening of ingredients and products by highly sensitized individuals. The methods and compositions newly presented herein avoid causing adverse health responses in individuals and are suitable for use by any person, particularly individuals who experience MCS.
US10767131B2
Described are preferred compositions for a motor fuel. Such motor fuels may be particularly well suited for use in the motor of an aircraft. In particular, compositions of the present disclosure may comprise alicyclic alkanes, straight or branched chain alkanes, and aromatics. In a preferred embodiment, the fuel comprises cyclopentane, isooctane, and one or more aromatics selected from xylene, toluene, and trimethylbenzenes. The present disclosure describes a full spectrum of unleaded fuels with various motor octane (MON) values to address a wide range of aviation fuel needs in the global marketplace.
US10767117B2
Systems and methods for steam and catalytic cracking of a hydrocarbon inlet stream comprising hydrocarbons. Systems and methods can include a catalyst feed stream, where the catalyst feed stream comprises a fluid and a heterogeneous catalyst, the heterogeneous catalyst operable to catalyze cracking of the hydrocarbons on surfaces of the heterogeneous catalyst a steam feed stream, where the steam feed stream is operable to effect steam cracking of the hydrocarbons, and where the steam feed stream decreases coking of the heterogeneous catalyst; and a downflow reactor, where the downflow reactor is operable to accept and mix the hydrocarbon inlet stream, the catalyst feed stream, and the steam feed stream, where the downflow reactor is operable to produce light olefins by steam cracking and catalytic cracking, and where the downflow reactor is operable to allow the heterogeneous catalyst to flow downwardly by gravity.
US10767114B2
A system is described that includes a pyrolyzer and a primary condenser. The primary condenser is coupled to the pyrolyzer and configured to receive pyrolytic vapors from the pyrolyzer. The primary condenser is further configured to condense the pyrolytic vapors by contacting the pyrolytic vapors with a condensing liquid, to form a bio-oil component mixture having multiple separated phases. At least a portion of the condensing liquid includes a component that is extracted as a separated stable phase from a second bio-oil component mixture resulting from a prior pyrolysis cycle.
US10767111B2
A method is disclosed for forming a blended phosphor composition. The method includes the steps of firing precursor compositions that include europium and nitrides of at least calcium, strontium and aluminum, in a refractory metal crucible and in the presence of a gas that precludes the formation of nitride compositions between the nitride starting materials and the refractory metal that forms the crucible. The resulting compositions can include phosphors that convert frequencies in the blue portion of the visible spectrum into frequencies in the red portion of the visible spectrum.
US10767109B2
Provided is a method for manufacturing a carbonaceous luminescent material in which a polycarboxylic-acid-containing starting material, an acid catalyst, and a solvent are mixed together and heated.
US10767106B2
Disclosed belongs to the technical field of heavy oil extraction, and specifically relates to a viscosity reduction system for microwave extraction of heavy oil and a preparation method thereof. The viscosity reduction system is a magnetic graphene oxide. The viscosity reduction system added to heavy oil has a significant viscosity reduction effect after microwave treatment. The viscosity reduction system exhibits lipophilicity and can be adsorbed on oil droplets, so that the thermal effect of microwaves assisted by the viscosity reduction system mainly acts on a reservoir, which reduces heat loss during heat transfer. At the same time, the viscosity reduction system is magnetic, which helps directional regulation and separation under the action of a magnetic field.
US10767104B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for increasing recovery of hydrocarbon compounds from hydrocarbon-containing subterranean fractured rock formations. Novel emulsions and fracturing fluids are provided. The fracturing fluids convert oil-wet rocks to water-wet, yet exhibit a low tendency of composition components to sorb to the rock. The fracturing fluids do not cause formation of emulsions with hydrocarbon compounds within the subterranean fractured rock formations.
US10767103B2
Method of obtaining mineral oil, comprising the steps of: providing a fluid comprising surface-modified silica particles, introducing this fluid into a mineral oil deposit via a first well in contact with this mineral oil deposit, recycling a mixture comprising the fluid and mineral oil via the first well or a further well and separating the mineral oil from the mixture, wherein the fluid comprises surface-modified nanostructured silica particles in an aqueous phase, A) the surface modified silica particles a) being mixed aluminium-silicon oxide, where the mixed oxide component is also part of the particle surface, and b) the surface modification comprises a hydrocarbon radical which is interrupted by one or more heteroatoms and comprises a silicon atom is bonded to a carbon atom of the hydrocarbon radical, the surface modification being selected from the group consisting of Si—(CH2)n—Ym—R, where Si is the Si atom which is bonded via a C atom to a hydrocarbon radical, and n=1, 2 or 3 and m=0 or 1 R is a radical which does not impart hydrophobic properties, and if m=1, is —H, —CH3, —C2H5, —OH, —OCH3, —OC2H5, —C(═O)OCH3, —C(═O)OC2H5, —O—C(═O)CH3, —O—C(═O)CH3, —O—C(═O)CH═CH2, —O—C(═O)CH═CH(CH3), —C(═O)CH3, —CH(O)CH2 and hydrolysates of —CH(O)CH2, and, if m=0, the aforementioned R radicals without —H, —CH3, —C2H5, Y=—(OCH2CH2)o—, o=5-15 or a mixture of the aforementioned R and Y radicals. c) having c1) a ratio of the proportions by weight of Al2O3/SiO2 of 0.1:99.9-5:95 c2) an average particle diameter d50 of 40-200 nm and c3) a carbon content of 3%-25% by weight and B) the fluid having d) a content of 0.01%-5% by weight of the surface modified silica particles, and e) a pH of the aqueous phase being 7≤pH≤8.5.
US10767102B2
Methods and compositions for gravel packing a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation are described. The methods include providing a gravel packing fluid and contacting the subterranean formation with the gravel packing fluid so as to place a gravel pack in or near a portion of the subterranean formation. The gravel packing fluid includes a particulate agent and hydroxypropyl starch phosphate.
US10767099B2
Treating a subterranean formation with a composition including a maleic anhydride copolymer, an amine crosslinker, and a gelling agent. The maleic anhydride copolymer includes first repeat units I and II and at least one of second repeat units III and IV: where each R1 is independently-H, —O(C1-C5) alkyl, or —(C1-C5) alkyl; each R2 is independently-H, —O(C1-C5) alkyl, or —(C1-C5) alkyl; each R3 is independently —OH or —O−M1, each M1 is independently an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, an ammonium ion, or a quaternary ammonium ion; and each R4 is independently-NH2 or —OM1. The gelling agent includes at least one of: a calcium chelating agent, a calcium precipitating agent, a pH buffer, an agent reactive with hydroxide, and an acid generating agent, and promotes formation of a gel from the maleic anhydride copolymer and the amine crosslinker in contact with set cement.
US10767097B2
Provided here are various invert emulsion drilling fluid compositions. The invert emulsion fluid is a water in oil emulsion, which can include an invert emulsifier to stabilize the water in oil emulsion, a 16 to 18 carbon carboxylic acid, a 36 carbon fatty dimer diol, a polymeric filter control agent, and an inorganic mineral including one or more of lime, calcium chloride, and barite. The invert emulsion drilling fluids can be formulated to be substantially free of clay.
US10767094B2
A well treatment fluid is provided having an acidic nanosilica dispersion and an alkanolamine. The nanosilica dispersion and the alkanolamine may form a gelled solid after interaction over a period. Methods of reducing water production using the well treatment fluids are also provided.
US10767092B2
The present invention relates to compositions for use in refrigeration, air-conditioning, and heat pump systems wherein the composition comprises a tetrafluoropropene and at least one other component. The compositions of the present invention are useful in processes for producing cooling or heat, as heat transfer fluids, foam blowing agents, aerosol propellants, and fire suppression and fire extinguishing agents.
US10767088B2
When conventional photo-reactive compounds are to be liquefied with the application of light, liquefaction thereof is time-consuming due to poor sensitivity to ultraviolet light. In the case of conventional photo-reactive compounds, disadvantageously, light does not penetrate through layers to be adhered to each other when such layers are thick. Thus, peeling is not sufficiently performed. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome such drawbacks of conventional photo-reactive compounds and provide a photo-reactive adhesive agent exhibiting high sensitivity to light for fluidization and capable of easy peeling. This invention provides a photo-reactive pressure-sensitive adhesive agent comprising, as a main component, a polymeric compound with a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 800,000 represented by General Formula (1): wherein A represents a block polymer of monomers represented by Formula (2) below with a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000; and B represents a block polymer with a molecular weight of 1,000 to 400,000 having a glass transition point and a melting point of 20° C. or lower, which is liquid or plastically deformable at room temperature, provided that B does not absorb light of a wavelength range of 350 to 600 nm by itself: wherein R1 represents a group having an azobenzene structure represented by Formula (3) below; n is an integer of 2 to 18; m is an integer of 0 to 16; and R2 represents hydrogen or a methyl group.
US10767085B2
There is provided a semiconductor-bonding resin composition having excellent thermally conductive property and electrically conductive property and suitable for joining a power semiconductor element and an element support member. There are provided: a semiconductor-bonding resin composition containing (A) a bismaleimide resin including an aliphatic hydrocarbon group on a main chain, (B) a curing agent, (C) a filler containing electrically conductive particles having a specific gravity of 1.1 to 5.0, and (D) silver microparticles having an average particle size of 10 to 300 nm; a semiconductor-bonding sheet obtained using the semiconductor-bonding resin composition; and a semiconductor device including a semiconductor joined by the semiconductor-bonding sheet.
US10767082B2
Polymer compositions for UV curable primer formulations, as described herein. The primer formulations contain a modifier selected from the following: at least one modifier selected from a) through d) below: a) R1R2C═CR3-(CO)—Z (Formula A), as described herein, b) an acrylate-containing oligomer that has a Mn≤1500 g/mol, and an acid value from 50 to 500 mg KOH/g; c) a random terpolymer comprising, in polymerized form, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, and at least one of the following: a hydroxyl-containing alkyl acrylate, a hydroxyl-containing alkyl meth-acrylate, or a combination thereof or d) any combination of a) through c). Such primer formulations are useful for the binding of olefin-based polymer foams.
US10767076B2
The present description provides a water-reducible or water-dispersible coating system that can be used to form a durable, corrosion-resistant protective coating on a wide range of substrates. The coating system includes an alkyd resin prepared from a polyester feedstock that includes post-consumer recycled PET and a waste cooking oil feedstock. Methods for preparing the coating system and articles coated with the coating system are also described.
US10767071B2
Provided is a liquid material for forming a three-dimensional object used for forming a three-dimensional object made of a powder material for forming a three-dimensional object containing an organic material and a base material, wherein the liquid material contains a cross-linking agent cross-linkable with the organic material and a water-soluble resin having a weight average molecular weight of greater than or equal to 50,000.
US10767069B2
Aqueous ink compositions and methods for fabricating a resistive material for a printed circuit are provided. The aqueous ink composition may include an aqueous solvent, one or more carbon nanoparticles, and one or more cellulose nanocrystals. The one or more carbon nanoparticles may include carbon nanotubes, such as multi-walled nanotubes, and the one or more cellulose nanocrystals may include cellulose nanocrystals functionalized with carboxylate groups.
US10767065B2
An object is to provide a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition offering excellent wettability, fixing property, solid-fill property, anti-mottling property, as well as discharge stability, even when printed at high speed on a matter to be printed whose printing side is constituted by a polyvinyl chloride or ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer or other vinyl polymer, etc. As means for achieving the object, a non-aqueous inkjet ink composition containing an acrylic resin, a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and an organic solvent, is provided, wherein such non-aqueous inkjet ink composition is characterized by containing, as the organic solvent, a propylene carbonate and a diethylene glycol dialkyl ether, wherein the propylene carbonate is compounded by 5 to 25 percent by mass in the ink composition, while the diethylene glycol dialkyl ether is compounded in a manner providing a ratio of diethylene glycol dialkyl ether/propylene carbonate falls in a range of 3 to 8.
US10767056B2
A coating composition having excellent anti-static properties and suitable for use as anti-static hard coating films. The coating composition comprises a radical polymerizable binder and a salt based on an anion including a cage-shaped frame. The anti-static hard coating film formed using the coating composition has excellent anti-static properties, abrasion resistance and moist heat resistance. Such film may be used for an optical laminate a display device, and the like.
US10767049B2
A polymer composition that is capable of exhibiting a unique combination of ductility (e.g., tensile elongation at break), impact strength (e.g., Charpy notched impact strength), and dimensional stability is provided. For example, the polymer composition may contain a liquid crystalline polymer in combination with an epoxy-functionalized olefin copolymer and an inorganic particulate material.
US10767046B2
A polyamide resin molded body is formed by a resin composition having a (B) fluorine series resin within a range from 1 to 15 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of a (A) polyamide resin. In the resin composition, the number average particle diameter of the fluorine series resin dispersed in the polyamide resin is 0.8 μm or less. The resin composition includes particles of the (B) fluorine series resin having particle diameters of 0.8 μm or greater. The percentage of particles having particle diameters of 0.8 μm or greater which are secondary particles while maintaining the form of primary particles is 60% or greater, and/or the degree of crystallinity of the dispersed (B) fluorine series resin is 42 J/g or greater.
US10767030B2
The present invention relates to an optical article and an optical filter comprising the same. The optical filter comprises an optical article containing one or more near-infrared absorbing dyes and having two or more absorption peaks comprising a first absorption peak and a second absorption peak in a wavelength range of 380 nm to 1,200 nm whereby the optical filter has advantages in that transmissivity is high with respect to light having the wavelength of a visible light region and transmissivity is suppressed to 0.6% or less with respect to light having a wavelength in the range of 800 nm to 1,000 nm so that ghost image problems can be prevented, and a yield and productivity can be improved through the reduction of poor assembly caused by the bending of the optical filter in an image device assembling process.
US10767020B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst masterbatch for cross-linking a polyolefin having cross-linkable silicon-containing groups. The catalyst masterbatch includes both of a Brønsted acid and/or Brønsted acid anhydride (A); and a polyolefin (B) containing Brønsted acid and/or Brønsted acid anhydride groups. The invention also encompasses compositions of a polyolefin having cross-linkable silicon-containing groups that include the catalyst masterbatch, use of the catalyst masterbatch in a cross-linking reaction of silicon-containing polyolefins, and a cable layer that includes a polymer made using the catalyst masterbatch.
US10767013B2
Methods of forming nanoporous materials are described herein that include forming a polymer network with a chemically removable portion. The chemically removable portion may be polycarbonate polymer that is removable on application of heat or exposure to a base, or a polyhexahydrotriazine (PHT) or polyhemiaminal (PHA) polymer that is removable on exposure to an acid. The method generally includes forming a reaction mixture comprising a formaldehyde, a solvent, a primary aromatic diamine, and a diamine having a primary amino group and a secondary amino group, the secondary amino group having a base-reactive substituent, and heating the reaction mixture to a temperature of between about 50 deg C. and about 150 deg C. to form a polymer. Removing any portion of the polymer results in formation of nanoscopic pores as polymer chains are decomposed, leaving pores in the polymer matrix.
US10767011B2
A polyamide moulding composition with particularly good tensile strain at break consisting of the following constituents: (A) 50 to 100% by weight of at least one transparent polyamide composed of: (a1) 55 to 77 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic diamine having 5-10 carbon atoms; (a2) 23 to 45 mol % of cycloaliphatic diamine having 6-36 C atoms, where the proportions of (a1) and (a2) are based on the entirety of the diamines used; (a3) 40 to 80 mol % of aromatic dicarboxylic acid or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids; and (a4) 20 to 60 mol % of acyclic, aliphatic dicarboxylic acid having 8 to 16 carbon atoms, or a mixture of such dicarboxylic acids, where the proportions of (a3) and (a4) are based on the entirety of the dicarboxylic acids used; and (B) 0-50% by weight of additives; where the entirety of components (A) and (B) gives 100% by weight.
US10767010B2
Purification of a poly(phenylene ether) includes contacting a liquid feed solution with a hydrated acidic clay adsorbent under conditions effective to provide a liquid effluent solution. The liquid feed solution includes a poly(phenylene ether), an organic acid impurity, and an amine impurity. The weight average molecular weight of the poly(phenylene ether) of the liquid effluent solution is within 1 percent of the weight average molecular weight of the poly(phenylene ether) of the feed solution, and the concentration of the amine impurity and the organic acid impurity of the liquid effluent solution is reduced by at least 40 percent relative to the concentration of the each impurity in the feed solution. Compositions and articles comprising a purified poly(phenylene ether) are also described.
US10767008B2
This invention relates to polymer polyols which comprise one or more base polyols, at least one preformed stabilizer, one or more ethylenically unsaturated monomers, and, in the presence of at least one free radical polymerization catalyst, and optionally, one or more polymer control agents. The base polyol of these polymer polyols comprises one or more amine initiated polyols. The present invention also relates to processes for preparing these polymer polyols, to foams prepared from these polymer polyols, and to processes for producing foams from these polymer polyols.
US10767007B2
The present invention provides a polycarbonate resin having a high refractive index, low Abbe number, and high moist heat resistance. The above problem, according to one embodiment, can be solved by a polycarbonate resin including structural units represented by general formula (1).
US10767004B1
Compositions containing Tricyclodecane Dimethanol (TCCDM) and at least a second component, wherein the composition is characterized in a gas chromatography (GC) analysis, wherein the TCDDM is eluted at a retention time ranging from 12.4 minutes to 13 minutes, the second component is eluted at a retention time ranging from 11.8 minutes to 12.4 minutes, and the ratio of the area of elution peaks indicating the second component compared to the area of the elution peaks of the TCCDM is between 0.001:1 and 0.04:1. Useful products of the composition include polymers and optical materials.
US10766994B2
The present disclosure provides a method for reducing the aldehyde content in an amine catalyst by treating the amine catalyst with a treating agent selected from a non-cyclic amide substituted with an isocyanate reactive group, a guanidine substituted with an isocyanate reactive group, a polyether amine adducted with a urea compound or a guanidine compound, a free radical scavenger and a mixture thereof. The treated amine catalyst may then be used in the production of polyurethane materials which exhibit reduced aldehyde emissions.
US10766993B2
Provided is an ABA block copolymer that can offer a pigment dispersion composition having excellent dispersion stability when used as a pigment dispersant in an aqueous medium. An ABA block copolymer including: an A block containing a structural unit represented by a general formula (1) below and a structural unit derived from a vinyl monomer with an acid group; and a B block containing a structural unit derived from a vinyl monomer with an aromatic ring group or an alicyclic alkyl group, the ABA block copolymer having an acid value of 30 to 250 mgKOH/g. In the general formula (1), R1 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group and R2 is an alkyl group having 2 to 10 carbon atoms.
US10766987B2
A method for preparing a copolymer that involves polymerizing at least one branched alkene monomer and at least one olefin monomer having a pendant benzocyclobutene (BCB) group to form a copolymer comprising a random distribution of a plurality of constitutional units corresponding to the at least one branched alkene monomer and the at least one olefin monomer. The polymerizing includes a carbocationic polymerization reaction involving sequential addition of a plurality of mixtures without terminating the carbocationic polymerization reaction, wherein the plurality of mixtures includes a mixture that includes the at least one branched alkene monomer and does not include the at least one olefin monomer having a pendant BCB group and a mixture that includes both the at least one branched alkene monomer and the at least one olefin monomer having a pendant BCB group. The copolymer composition can undergo crosslinking at elevated temperatures (preferably above 180° C.).
US10766979B2
A bis-imine pyridine complex of lanthanides having general formula (I): Said bis-imine pyridine complex of lanthanides having general formula (I) can be advantageously used in a catalytic system for the (co)polymerization of conjugated dienes.
US10766978B2
A polyvinyl alcohol is produced in a method comprising: a polymerization step comprising polymerizing vinyl ester monomers by controlled radical polymerization in the presence of a radical initiator and an organic cobalt complex to obtain a polymer solution containing a polyvinyl ester; an extraction step comprising extracting a cobalt complex from the polymer solution by contacting an aqueous solution containing a water-soluble ligand with the polymer solution; and a saponification step comprising saponifying the polyvinyl ester after the extraction step to obtain a polyvinyl alcohol. A method for producing a polyvinyl alcohol is thus provided that has a narrow molecular weight distribution and a high number-average molecular weight with good hue and further good solubility in water.
US10766971B2
A system for making and using a ground product that includes one or more of: a reactor operated to react a guar split with a reagent at a reaction temperature in a range of 120° F. to 180° F. to form a guar derivative, and a treatment and transfer section for optionally treating the guar derivative and transferring the guar derivative to a co-grinder. The co-grinder is operably associated with a heated vacuum system and is operated to co-grind an acid with the guar derivative to form a ground product.
US10766969B2
The present invention relates to a binding molecule which is at least bispecific comprising a first and a second binding domain, wherein the first binding domain is capable of binding to epitope cluster3 of BCMA, and the second binding domain is capable of binding to the Tcell CD3 receptor complex. Moreover, the invention provides a nucleic acid sequence encoding the binding molecule, a vector comprising said nucleic acid sequence and a host cell transformed or transfected with said vector. Furthermore, the invention provides a process for the production of the binding molecule of the invention, a medical use of said binding molecule and a kit comprising said binding molecule.
US10766968B2
It is demonstrated herein that inhibitors of immune checkpoints and CHI3L1 are synergistic. Accordingly, described herein are methods and compositions relating to combinatorial therapies for cancer, e.g., comprising an inhibitor of CHI3L1; and an inhibitor of an immune checkpoint protein. In some embodiments, the CHI3L1 inhibitor can be an antibody or antibody reagent as described herein.
US10766957B2
The present invention relates to anti-TIGIT antibodies, as well as use of these antibodies in the treatment of diseases such as cancer and infectious disease.
US10766952B2
The present invention relates to methods for selecting a headache patient responsive to treatment with an anti-CGRP antibody and to methods for reducing headache frequency in the selected patient comprising administering an anti-CGRP antibody.
US10766943B2
The present invention relates to immune cell-based anti-cancer therapeutics and methods of using the therapeutics in the treatment of cancer.
US10766933B2
The present invention relates to a mutated immunoglobulin-binding protein having increased alkaline tolerance and, more specifically, to an immunoglobulin-binding protein in which, with respect to the A-domain of Staphylococcal protein A, or a functional variant thereof, an amino acid at a specific site is mutated and thereby exhibits an increased chemical stability at an alkaline pH value in comparison to a parental molecule. The present invention can provide an antibody-purifying immunoglobulin-binding protein ligand and matrix which have enhanced alkaline tolerance and accordingly enhanced stability in multiple times of alkaline cleaning.
US10766926B2
Provided are a polypeptide having the activity of inhibiting autophagy in a cell, a composition for inhibiting autophagy in a cell, and particularly in a tumor cell, containing the polypeptide as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide, and more specifically, a composition for inhibiting autophagy in a cell containing a polypeptide inhibiting the control mechanism of autophagy as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating a neoplastic disease or for inhibiting resistance to anticancer agents, containing the polypeptide.
US10766925B2
The present invention provides compounds that can modulate opioid receptors. Some compounds of the invention are modulators of μ- and/or δ-opioid receptors. Still other compounds of the invention are opioid receptor antagonists. Some compounds of the invention can modulate opioid receptors with a significantly less likelihood of developing addiction or abuse compared to conventional opioid ligands, such as morphine. In particular, compounds of the invention are of the formula: wherein Ar1 is H, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl; R1 is a heteroalkyl; R2 is alkyl; R3 is an oligopeptide or a moiety of the formula —R4—Y; R4 is alkylene; Y is optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted aryl or a moiety of the formula —C(═X2)—X3—R5; each of X1, X2 and X3 is independently O, NR6 or S; and each of R5 and R6 is independently H or alkyl.
US10766921B2
The invention relates to a process for preparing a compound of general formula (Ia): wherein R2, Y, R4 and R5 are as defined herein, wherein the epoxidation is conducted using an oxidant and methyltrioxorhenium as a catalyst (MeReO3). The invention also relates to certain compounds per se. The compounds are intermediates in the synthesis of synthetic bile acids.
US10766919B2
A class of polycyclic compounds of general formula (I), of general formula (I′), or of general formula (I″), wherein Base1, Base2, Y, Ya, Xa, Xa1, Xb, Xb1, Xc, Xc1, Xd, Xd1, R1, R1a, R2, R2a, R3, R4, R4a, R5, R6, R6a, R7, R7a, R8, and R8a are defined herein, that may be useful as inductors of type I interferon production, specifically as STING active agents, are provided. Also provided are processes for the synthesis and use of compounds.
US10766915B2
Compositions of the invention include metal-based coordination complexes, which are preferably tunable photodynamic compounds. The compositions and complexes are useful as therapeutic agents and as in vivo diagnostic agents for treating or preventing diseases including those that involve hyperproliferating cells in their etiology, such as cancer. Compositions and complexes of the invention are further capable of destroying microbial cells, such as bacteria, fungi, and protozoa, and destroying viruses. The compositions and complexes are also capable of modulating cell function in other ways.
US10766892B2
Disclosed herein are compounds and compositions useful in the treatment of GLS1 mediated diseases, such as cancer, having the structure of Formula I: Methods of inhibition GLS1 activity in a human or animal subject are also provided.
US10766882B2
Disclosed are a compound represented by Formula (1), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, prodrug, tautomer, enantiomer, or pharmaceutically acceptable diastereomer thereof, a method of preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition, which have effects for treatment or prevention of metabolic syndromes, comprising the same: wherein R1 to R6, X1 to X4, and n are the same as defined in claim 1.
US10766881B2
Provided herein are compounds of the general Formula I: and stereoisomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, in which X, R1, R2, R3, Ring A and z have the meanings given in the specification, which are inhibitors of FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3 and/or FGFR4 and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases which can be treated with an FGFR inhibitor, including diseases or disorders mediated by FGFR1, FGFR2, FGFR3 and/or FGFR4.
US10766877B2
Described herein are compounds that are melanocortin subtype-2 receptor (MC2R) modulators, methods of making such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments comprising such compounds, and methods of using such compounds in the treatment of conditions, diseases, or disorders that would benefit from modulation of MC2R activity.
US10766876B2
The present invention provides a cocrystal of (S)-3-(1-((1-acryloylpyrrolidin-3-yl)oxy)isoquinolin-3-yl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5(4H)-one and an organic acid capable of forming a cocrystal with the compound.
US10766868B2
The present application relates to methods of preparing Compound A: or a salt thereof, and a polymorph of Compound A dihydrochloride salt:
US10766863B2
The invention generally relates to the field of monocarboxylate transport modulators, e.g., monocarboxylate transport inhibitors, and more particularly to new substituted-quinolone compounds, the synthesis and use of these compounds and their pharmaceutical compositions, e.g., in treating, modulating, forestalling and/or reducing physiological conditions associated with monocarboxylate transport activity such as in treating cancer and other neoplastic disorders, inflammatory diseases, disorders of abnormal tissue growth and fibrosis including cardiomyopathy, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, tissue and organ transplant rejection, and malaria.
US10766862B2
Disclosed are a crystal form and a salt form of and a preparation method for a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
US10766859B2
The present invention relates to a novel catalytic hydrogenation of substituted 2-methyl cyanopyridyl derivatives, in particular 3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]acetonitrile [=Py-CN] to substituted 2-ethylaminopyridine derivatives, in particular 2-[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]ethanamine [=Py-ethanamine] or salts thereof in the presence of Raney catalysts, in particular Raney nickel or cobalt.
US10766844B2
Compounds [compounds (L)] comprising at least one monocyclic, polycyclic or polycondensed aromatic moiety [moiety (A*)], wherein: at least one carbon atom of moiety (A*) is substituted with a fluoropolyoxyalkene chain [chain (Rf)], said chain (Rf) comprising: a) a fluorocarbon segment having ether linkages in the main chain and b) at least one hydroxyl group and wherein: at least one other carbon atom of moiety (A*) is substituted with an electron-withdrawing group and mixtures thereof are herein disclosed. Disclosed are also a process for manufacturing compounds (L), a method for lubricating MRM comprising using compounds (L), a lubricant composition comprising one or more compounds (L) and a method for manufacturing a composition (C).
US10766842B2
The present invention relates to an anhydrosugar alcohol composition having enhanced storage stability, and an anhydrosugar alcohol storage method, and more specifically, to an anhydrosugar alcohol composition having enhanced storage stability by comprising anhydrosugar alcohol and an amine-based additive; and to a method by which anhydrosugar alcohol having excellent quality may be provided by having the storing of the anhydrosugar alcohol performed under the existence of the amine-based additive, thereby remarkably enhancing the storage stability of the anhydrosugar alcohol.
US10766836B2
Systems and methods for separating one or more olefins are provided. In one or more embodiments, the method for separating one or more olefins can include separating at least a portion of one or more C3 and heavier hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon containing C1 to C20 hydrocarbons to provide a first mixture that can include methane, ethane, ethylene, and/or acetylene. At least a portion of the first mixture can be hydrogenated to convert at least a portion of the acetylene to ethane and ethylene. At least a portion of the methane can be separated from the hydrogenated mixture to provide a second mixture that can include ethane and ethylene. At least a portion of the ethylene can be separated from the second mixture to provide a first product that can include at least 95 mol % ethylene and a second product that can include at least 95 mol % ethane.
US10766835B2
A separation system for separating a feed stream comprising propylene and propane and a method for separating such feed stream. The separation system includes a distillation column for producing a light stream comprising propylene and a heavy stream comprising propane; a reboiler for reboiling a part of the first heavy stream to produce a boiled heavy stream; a condenser for cooling the light stream to produce a condensed light stream; and an absorption refrigerator for receiving water and providing chilled water, for receiving hot water from a waste heat source and providing a cooled hot water and for receiving cooling water and providing a heated cooling water. The absorption refrigerator is arranged such that the cooling of the water and the hot water occurs by the cooling water. The condenser is arranged such that the cooling of the light stream occurs by the chilled water from the absorption refrigerator.
US10766833B2
A homogeneous catalytic reaction method and a catalyst for isomerization and hydroformylation of long-chain internal olefins are disclosed. A rhodium-ruthenium metal complex is used as a catalyst; and the ligands are tetradentate phosphine ligands. By means of the catalytic system, homogeneous internal olefin isomerization aid hydroformylation can be performed under a certain temperature and pressure to obtain aldehyde products having high normal to iso ratios. The present invention is applicable to not only long-chain internal olefins (≥C8) but also internal olefins having a carbon number less than 8.
US10766830B2
The present application generally relates to compositions with solid fuel loaded on graphene foams (GFs) for enhanced burn rates, and methods of making and using the compositions with solid fuel loaded on graphene foam.
US10766821B2
This disclosure relates to an inorganic-organic metal phosphate ceramic coating from the reaction of an inorganic phosphate of the formulas (i) Am(H2PO4)m.nH2O or (ii) AH3(PO4)2.nH2O; where A is ammonium or an m-valent metal element; m=1, 2, or 3; and n is 0 to 25; and at least one metal oxide or hydroxide represented by the formula B2mOm or B(OH)2m, where B is a 2m-valent metal; and m=1 or 1.5; thereof; and at least one polymer capable of reacting with at least the one metal oxide or hydroxide; or a first organic precursor combined with the inorganic phosphate and a second organic precursor combined with the at least one metal oxide or hydroxide, the second organic precursor configured to chemically react with the one or more first organic precursor.
US10766820B2
The durability of a ceramic sintered body is improved, and a reduction in its light emission intensity and the occurrence of a chromaticity variation are suppressed. The ceramic sintered body contains alumina and a compound represented by M13-XM2XM35O12. The volume percent of the compound in the ceramic sintered body is from 3% to 70% inclusive. The ratio of the intensity of XRD from a complex oxide of aluminum and M2 to the intensity of XRD from the compound in the ceramic sintered body is less than 0.05. The average grain diameter of the alumina contained in the ceramic sintered body is from 0.30 (μm) to 3.00 (μm) inclusive. M1 is at least one selected from Sc, Y, and lanthanoid elements, and M2 is at least one selected from lanthanoid elements except any lanthanoid element selected for M1. M3 is at least one of Al and Ga, and X is from 0.003 to 0.500 inclusive.
US10766816B2
The invention relates to the use of a building composition marker comprising at least one alpha-amino acid, alpha-amino acid salt or a mixture thereof in a building composition. The invention also relates to a building composition comprising such a building composition marker, and to a process for producing the building composition. The invention further relates to a building composition marker comprising at least one alpha-amino acid, alpha-amino acid salt or mixture thereof, and one or more components selected from:—vinyl ester homopolymers, vinyl ester copolymers comprising one or more vinyl ester units and one or more monomer units from the group selected from olefins, vinylaromatics, vinyl halides, acrylic esters, methacrylic esters, monoesters or diesters of fumaric and/or maleic acid, or silicon-functional monomers; —(meth)acrylic ester homopolymers, (meth)acrylic ester copolymers comprising one or more (meth)acrylic ester units and one or more monomer units from the group of vinylaromatics, vinyl halides, monoesters or diesters of fumaric and/or maleic acid, or silicon-functional monomers; —homopolymers or copolymers of dienes and also of olefins, diene copolymers comprising one or more diene units and one or more monomer units from the group selected from vinyl halides, (meth)acrylic esters, esters of fumaric or maleic acid, and vinylaromatics; —homopolymers of vinylaromatics; —homopolymers of vinyl halides; and—polysaccharides, polysaccharide ethers, and mixtures thereof.
US10766806B2
The present invention pertains to a glass for a data storage medium substrate which contains a specific amount of each of SiO2, Al2O3, MgO, CaO, SrO, BaO, Li2O, Na2O, and K2O, in molar percentage based on the oxides, and does not substantially contain B2O3 or ZrO2, wherein the sum of the Li2O, Na2O, and K2O contents (R2O), the molar ratio of the SiO2 content to the Al2O3 content (SiO2/Al2O3), and the molar ratio of the sum of the SiO2 and Al2O3 contents (SiO2+Al2O3) to R2O[(SiO2+Al2O3)/R2O] fall within their specific ranges, formula (1): 90<[SiO2]+2×[Al2O3]+0.8×[RO]−0.5×[R2O] [in formula (1), RO represents the sum of the MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO contents] is satisfied, and the glass transition point Tg, the alkali resistance, and the acid resistance fall within their specific ranges.
US10766805B2
A method includes projecting energy onto an annular edge of a glass substrate. The annular edge includes a first roughness. The first roughness is reduced to a second roughness with the energy. The energy reduces the first roughness without changing a roundness of the annular edge of the glass substrate.
US10766802B2
This invention relates to processes and systems of rapid prototyping and production. Its features includes flexible material deposition along tangential directions of surfaces of a part to be made, thereby eliminating stair-shape surface due to uniform horizontal layer deposition, increasing width of material deposition to increase build up rate, applying the principles of traditional forming/joining processes, such as casting, fusion welding, plastic extrusion and injection molding in the fabrication process so that various industrial materials can be processed, applying comparatively low cost heating sources, such as induction heating and arc-heating. Additional features include varying width and size of material deposition in accordance with geometry to be formed and applying a differential molding means for improved shape formation and surface finishing.
US10766793B2
A potable water producing system for disposition at a salt water body and methods of producing potable water are provided. The system includes a wave energy conversion system (AWECS) and a portable filtration system. The AWECS forms a floating articulated barge having an onboard desalination system including reverse osmosis membranes. The filtration system is a sand filter residing on a damping plate submerged in the salt water body and filters the adjacent salt water for providing filtered salt water to the onboard desalination system. Wave action on the articulated barge provides energy to pump and pressurize the filtered salt water from the sand filter to the reverse osmosis membranes to produce potable water. The wave action on the articulated barge effects shaking of the reverse osmosis membranes, thereby rendering them self-cleaning. The potable water can be used for various applications, e.g., bottling, replenishing aquifers, ground and/or aquifer remediation, irrigation, etc.
US10766789B2
A system for flue-gas hydrate-based desalination using LNG cold energy belongs to the field of hydrate technology application. The CO2 in the flue-gas is captured based on the hydrate formation. Two stage formation chambers are set to improve the hydrate formation. The two steps to purify the hydrates respectively are the gas separation and the liquid separation. The two methods of hydrate dissociation to realize the recycling of the waste heat of flue-gas and the CO2 are the heat-exchanged and the exhausted. The present invention realizes the integrated CO2 capture and seawater desalination with a proper structure and a subtle system and solves the cold energy source for hydrate-based desalination by means of using LNG cold energy. The two stage formation chambers solve the capture of CO2 in the flue-gas and guarantee the hydrate formation amounts. The two types of dissociation chambers decrease the heat emission by using the waste heat of flue-gas and realize the recycling and storage of CO2. The system will not be affected by the changes of seasons and environments and has a strong carrying capacity for the flue-gas source change. It is a system with great application value realistic.
US10766786B2
A Co2Z hexaferrite composition is provided containing molybdenum and one or both of barium and strontium, having the formula (Ba2Sr(3-Z)Co(2+X))MoxFe(y-2x)O41 where x=0.01 to 0.20; y=20 to 24; and z=0 to 3. The composition can exhibit high permeabilities and equal or substantially equal values of permeability and permittivity while retaining low magnetic and dielectric loss tangents and loss factors. The composition is suitable for high frequency applications such as ultrahigh frequency and microwave antennas and other devices.
US10766778B2
A polycrystalline material having low mechanical strain is provided. The polycrystalline material includes one or multiple layers of a first type and one or multiple layers of a second type. The layers of the first type and the layers of the second type each include at least one polycrystalline material component. The layers of the first type have a smaller average crystal grain size than the layers of the second type, a layer of the first type and a layer of the second type being situated, at least in part, one above the other in an alternating sequence, and it being the case for the transition between the layers of the first type and the layers of the second type to be abrupt or continuous.
US10766768B2
A semiconductor layer having an opening and a MEMS resonator formed in the opening is disposed between first and second substrates to encapsulate the MEMS resonator. An electrical contact that extends from the opening to an exterior of the MEMS device is formed at least in part within the semiconductor layer and at least in part within the first substrate.
US10766765B2
A method of forming a Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) includes forming a lower electrode on a first insulator layer within a cavity of the MEMS. The method further includes forming an upper electrode over another insulator material on top of the lower electrode which is at least partially in contact with the lower electrode. The forming of the lower electrode and the upper electrode includes adjusting a metal volume of the lower electrode and the upper electrode to modify beam bending.
US10766764B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) sensor includes a MEMS layer that includes fixed and movable electrodes. In response to an in-plane linear acceleration, the movable electrodes move with respect to the fixed electrodes, and acceleration is determined based on the resulting change in capacitance. A plurality of auxiliary electrodes are located on a substrate of the MEMS sensor and below the MEMS layer, such that a capacitance between the MEMS layer and the auxiliary loads changes in response to an out-of-plane movement of the MEMS layer or a portion thereof. The MEMS sensor compensates for the acceleration value based on the capacitance sensed by the auxiliary electrodes.
US10766758B2
In some embodiments, an electronic fuel management control and accounting system may include: a server having a management logic in a memory and executable by a processor; a client device having an interface logic in a memory and executable by a processor; and a dispenser control device communicatively coupled to a material providing system to control dispensing of a material from the material providing system. A dispensing logic may be stored in a memory of the dispenser control device and executable by a processor of the dispenser control device. The dispensing logic may communicate with the management logic of the server via the interface logic of the client device thereby allowing the management logic to control dispensing of the material from the material providing system. The system may enable any number of client devices, such as cell phones, to instantly provide access to the material providing system.
US10766757B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving customer satisfaction during a vehicle fuel tank refueling event. A customer refilling fuel in a fuel tank is provided a real-time update regarding the status of a fuel system, including a time remaining until the fuel tank is depressurized and ready to receive fuel. The update is provided visually by projecting the countdown on a ground surface via a puddle light, and acoustically via an external microphone or speaker of the vehicle.
US10766755B2
An apparatus for the automatic dispensing of beverages by the glass is provided with space-saving container adapted to be installed and implemented so as to allow an optimized occupation of the available spaces.
US10766734B2
The frame brake assembly includes a sleeve, a piston, a brake, and a retracting device. The piston translates within the sleeve between an upper first position and a lower second position. A brake is coupled to a lower portion of the piston beneath the sleeve. As the piston moves between positions, the brake moves in a corresponding manner. In the second position, the brake is lowered into contact with the ground. The retracting device is used to automatically return the piston and brake to the first position. When installed on the coiling machine, the frame brake assembly is coupled to the frame of the coiling machine and is in selective engagement with a pair of spool arms. Rotation of the spool arms induces translation from the first position to the second position in the frame brake assembly.
US10766733B2
An electric wire processing apparatus includes a gripping mechanism that grips a part of an electric wire, a driving mechanism that drives the gripping mechanism, an electric wire winding mechanism that winds the electric wire, and a rotating mechanism that rotates and drives the electric wire winding mechanism. The electric wire winding mechanism includes a winding drum, an electric wire clip provided on the winding drum to hold a leading end of the electric wire, and a holding member that holds an electric wire bundle. The driving mechanism moves the gripping mechanism toward the electric wire clip to hold the leading end on the electric wire clip, the rotating mechanism rotates the winding drum so that the electric wire is wound around the winding drum, and the holding member holds the electric wire bundle wound around the winding drum in the annular shape.
US10766727B2
A paper sheet handling device (a banknote handling device) includes a paper sheet detection device (a tracking sensor) configured to detect a paper sheet, and a handling unit performing handling related to the paper sheet based on the time when the paper sheet detection device detects an end of the paper sheet. The paper sheet detection device includes a pair of rolling bodies (rollers) facing each other, disposed on a transport path transporting the paper sheet, and configured so that the paper sheet passes therebetween, and a detection unit detecting displacement of the rolling bodies when the paper sheet passes between the pair of rolling bodies to detect the paper sheet.
US10766723B2
An image forming apparatus includes a belt conveyance device that corrects leaning of an endless belt member, the belt conveyance device being detachably attachable to an apparatus body of the image forming apparatus; a first guiding portion that supports a first guided portion provided in a frame member supporting rotatably a first roller on which the belt member is laid under tension and guides the belt conveyance device being attached to or detached from the apparatus body; and a second guiding portion that supports a second guided portion provided in a steering unit supporting rotatably a second roller on which the belt member is laid under tension, releases the second guided portion at an attachment position of the belt conveyance device to the apparatus body, and guides the belt conveyance device being attached to or detached from the apparatus body.
US10766713B2
This application provides a substrate carrier apparatus and a liquid crystal display (LCD) manufacturing device. The substrate carrier apparatus includes: a carrier platform, configured to carry a substrate; and a conductor, including a power receiving terminal and a ground terminal, where the power receiving terminal is electrically connected to the substrate, and the ground terminal is grounded.
US10766711B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for sorting a wide variety of packages, including, but not limited to, parcels, mail pieces, bundles, and other similar items. Embodiments of the invention specifically relate to interchangeable sorting modules with sort stations that may be used to quickly and accurately sort packages of varying shapes and sizes. Additional embodiments of the invention relate to a control architecture for operating the aforementioned interchangeable sorting modules. Such control architecture may comprise a programmable logic controller (PLC) for controlling each of the interchangeable sorting modules.
US10766707B2
A wheel roller for a chain conveyor of an automated carwash has a more robust configuration due to a direction connection of the wheels to the carrier link. The wheel roller contains a carrier link forging having a main body with a carrier link formed as an unitary component, pins secured to the main body in a fixed, non-pivotable manner, and wheels attached to the pins.
US10766701B2
A self-leveling bin assembly includes a docking station, a bin received in or on the docking station, a bottom member or parts tray movably received in the bin, and a lifting mechanism provided as part of the docking station. The lifting mechanism is configured to lift or raise the parts tray within the bin as associated material located on the parts tray is selectively removed.
US10766700B2
A modular order fullment system uses a number of inexpensive mobile apparatuses such as containers with horizontally accessible bins that are brought to a stationary frame that supports a pick-to-light system to direct a human or robotic operator to pick from or put to receptacles in the mobile apparatus.
US10766699B2
An order fulfillment system is disclosed including a storage structure and mobile robots capable of moving vertically and horizontally within the storage structure to transfer product totes to and from storage locations within the storage structure. The mobile robots may move along a track system including horizontal rails for horizontal travel of the mobile robot and vertical towers for vertical travel of the mobile robot. The vertical towers include two opposed pairs of tracks having U-shaped slots. The order fulfillment system may further comprise a mobile robot configured to travel vertically and horizontally along the track system to transfer product containers to and from the storage locations in the storage structure, and horizontally about a horizontal deck spanning the storage aisles. The mobile robot includes four wheel assemblies, each assembly including a pair of wheels mounted on ends of a climbing link. When positioned in a vertical tower, the climbing links rotate so that the drive wheels climb up or down the storage structure by engaging within the U-shaped slots of the track. The same wheels may be rotated to facilitate horizontal motion.
US10766692B2
A reusable container is provided for storage and transport of prepared meat in log format. The container has a base, a pair of upwardly extending side walls, and a pair of upwardly extending end walls connected with the side walls to form a generally rectangular box. The box has four interior edges and four interior corners where the side and end walls join the base. The box is integrally formed of molded polyethylene. Each of the four interior edges and four interior corners has a rounded interior profile to prevent accumulation of material and facilitate sanitation between uses. A reusable container system is also provided having a removable lid, and access panel.
US10766689B2
A packaging for timepiece appliques with a foot and body, including at least one tray provided for the reception, holding, storage and transport of appliques of the same height, including bores for receiving the feet at a constant pitch, adjacent to housings for housing the applique bodies resting on an upper tray surface as opposed to a lower tray surface, each tray including position indexing device, and at least one vertically extending mounting spacer, arranged to cooperate in abutment with a lower surface of another such tray, or a lower spacer surface of a spacer of the packaging, each mounting spacer extending, from the upper tray surface, over a height greater than that of the applique bodies.
US10766678B2
A cable tie includes a belt, a head connected to the belt and having a passageway for receiving the belt, and a lock disposed in the head. The lock is displaceable parallel to a plane of the passageway along a stroke and has a protrusion configured to lock the belt.
US10766673B2
A portable beverage container is provided. The portable beverage container may include a glass vessel having a neck; a metal outer shell configured to surround a first portion of the glass vessel; a cap configured to engage with the metal outer shell to surround a second portion of the glass vessel; and an amorphous thermoplastic spout having a neck configured to be inserted through an opening in the cap and into the neck of the glass vessel. The spout may be configured to securely engage with the cap. The cap may include a lid with an elastomeric sealing member having a knob configured to extend into a recess in the spout and a recess configured to wrap around and over a lip of the spout. The spout may be removable from the cap while the cap is engaged with the outer shell.
US10766662B2
A storage assembly comprises a sleeve and a container. The sleeve defines an interior void operable to receive a foodstuff. The container defines an interior cavity operable to receive the sleeve. The container includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A first flap is attached to the first sidewall and a second flap is attached to the second sidewall. The second flap includes at least one clip removably attached to the second sidewall. The clip comprises an aperture for receiving a portion of the sleeve therein.
US10766660B2
Disclosed is a box assembly including an exterior piece comprising a middle portion, and an upper portion joined to the middle portion; and an interior piece positioned within the exterior piece, the interior piece defining a cavity and comprising a side panel, the side panel comprising a top interior portion, the side panel and the middle portion of the exterior piece defining a space therebetween, the upper portion of the exterior piece covering the space and the top interior portion of the side panel, and a bottom panel joined to the side panel.
US10766654B2
An inspection device (1) includes a light source (10) projecting excitation light to an inner surface of a container (20); an imager (11) capturing a fluorescence image of fluorescence emitted from a foreign substance in response to the excitation light projected; and a detector (13) detecting the foreign substance adhering to the inner surface of the container from the fluorescence image captured by the imager. The foreign substance contains a material emitting fluorescence in response to the excitation light projected to the material. The detector includes a calculator (14) calculating an average brightness value in an inspection target region, and an adjuster (15) adjusting an image-capturing condition where the fluorescence image is captured such that the average brightness value falls within a preset range.
US10766652B2
A carrier element for use in a packaging device is provided wherein the carrier element is connectable with at least one transport device of the packaging device. The carrier element comprises at least one receiving surface for receiving at least one package. The receiving surface comprises at least one suction opening for fixing the package by suction. The carrier element further comprises at least one pressure reservoir connected to the suction opening. The carrier element further comprises at least one pressure sensor for measuring a pressure inside the pressure reservoir. A packaging device for packaging at least one product into at least one package is also disclosed. The packaging device comprises at least one carrier element and at least one transport device, wherein the carrier element is connected to the transport device.
US10766642B2
A food product gathering and dispensing system is disclosed. The food product is generally a flat disc shaped article dispensed onto a consumable strip of food product conveyer material. The food product is fed to single, or series related, spools that wind up the consumable conveyer material and food product into a removable roll. The roll is placed into a dispenser pack, optionally subject to further environmental treatment, and refrigeration. The pack is then installed within a refrigerated dispenser system where the food product and consumable material are collectively unwound and separated, as the food product is fed into a processing system, i.e., a cooking device. The consumable conveyer material is collected and separately discarded.
US10766637B2
An airfield light, components thereof, and associated methods. The airfield light can include a baffle including a baffle body and one or more baffle members secured to the baffle body. The baffle members are configured to cover portions of a baffle window. At least one light source is mounted in association with the baffle and emits light out of the baffle window. The baffle members cover portions of the baffle window for blocking light transmission therethrough. A method of assembling an airfield light includes arranging a baffle to shroud a light assembly and removing a baffle member to permit light from the light assembly to emit through a portion of a baffle window opened by removing the baffle member. A baffle for an airfield light is also disclosed.
US10766634B1
The ground proximity warning system is an instrument. The ground proximity warning system is configured for use with a private aviation aircraft. The private aviation aircraft further comprises landing gear and a cockpit. The ground proximity warning system measures the altitude of the private aviation aircraft from a landing strip when the private aviation aircraft is within 3 meters of the landing strip. The ground proximity warning system generates an audible series of clicks within the cockpit to indicate the altitude to a pilot. A higher click frequency indicates a lower altitude. The ground proximity warning system comprises a trigger circuit, a selection circuit, a pulse generator, a detector circuit, a dividing circuit, a buffer, and a cockpit speaker. The trigger circuit, the selection circuit, the pulse generator, the detector circuit, the dividing circuit, the buffer, and the cockpit speaker are electrically interconnected.
US10766629B2
An architecture of a propulsion system of a multi-engine helicopter is disclosed, comprising turboshaft engines that are connected to a power transmission gearbox. It comprises: a hybrid turboshaft engine that is capable of operating in at least one standby mode during a stable flight of the helicopter; a pack for quickly restarting said hybrid turboshaft engine in order to bring said engine out of said standby mode and to reach a nominal operating mode; an auxiliary power unit that is connected to said electrotechnical restart pack by means of a first AC/DC converter and is capable of providing said restart pack, on demand, with power required for bringing said hybrid turboshaft engine out of said standby mode.
US10766623B2
An ozone converter includes an outer housing having an inlet and an outlet and a core disposed within the outer housing, the core including a central passageway formed therein and passing thorough the core. The converter also includes an ozone control assembly that allows air to pass through the central passageway in an closed mode and prevents flow thorough the central passageway in an open mode, the assembly including cover flaps that cover a portion of the core in the closed mode and that do not cover the core in the open mode.
US10766615B1
A vertical takeoff and landing aircraft has a circular body with a cockpit at the center, and multiple vertical, horizontal, and other directional through tunnels inside the body. A propelling device such as ducted fan, jet turbine or rocket is provided inside each tunnel. Each propelling device is completely disposed within a tunnel with no exposed parts. The bottom surface of the aircraft has a circular lip forming the lowest part of the aircraft, and the portion of the bottom surface surrounded by the circular lip is concave, where the multiple vertical through tunnels open to the concave portion. A control system controls the thrust produced by each propelling device so as to precisely control the horizontal and vertical speed and the pitch, roll, and yaw angles of the aircraft. Communication and positioning equipment are provided onboard, as well as various sensors. The aircraft may be manned or unmanned.
US10766582B2
A support structure for supporting a vessel. The support structure includes a pair of support blocks mounted one on top of the other with a reconfigurable intermediate operating layer in between. The intermediate operating layer can be operable to adjust a separation between the support blocks, permit relative lateral movement between the support blocks and act as a load bearing structure.
US10766573B2
A snowmobile includes a tunnel having an inverted U-shape, having top, left side and right side portions which at least partly enclose a space. A drive track is disposed around a rear suspension assembly and at least in part in the space. A first heat exchanger has a heat exchanger liquid inlet and outlet. The heat exchanger liquid outlet fluidly communicates with the heat exchanger liquid inlet and with an engine liquid inlet. The first heat exchanger forms part of the top portion and is operable to dissipate heat toward the space from liquid passing therethrough. A second heat exchanger has a heat exchanger air inlet and outlet. The heat exchanger air outlet fluidly communicates with the heat exchanger air inlet and with the engine air inlet. The second heat exchanger forms part of the top portion and is operable to dissipate heat toward the space from air passing therethrough.
US10766569B2
A bicycle control system comprises a first electrical component and a second electrical component. The first electrical component comprises a first base member, a first movable member, a first actuator, and a first controller. The first movable member is movable relative to the first base member. The first actuator is configured to move the first movable member relative to the first base member. The first controller is configured to control the first actuator. The second electrical component comprises a second base member, a second movable member, a second actuator, and a second controller. The second movable member is movable relative to the second base member. The second actuator is configured to move the second movable member relative to the second base member. The second controller is configured to control the second actuator. The first controller and the second controller are configured to wirelessly communicate.
US10766567B2
The transmission comprises a chainring (12) rotatable around an axis of rotation (x), at least one sprocket (13) and a chain (14) for transmitting to said at least one sprocket (13) the rotary motion of the chainring (12) around the axis of rotation (x). The chainring (12) comprises a disc (16) and a plurality of meshing devices (22; 122) which are mounted in radially movable manner on the disc (16) and are arranged to enable engagement of the disc (16) with the chain (14) for transmitting motion from the chainring (12) to the at least one sprocket (13) by means of the chain (14). The transmission further comprises shifting means (18, 60) for varying the radial position of the meshing devices (22; 122) in order to change the transmission ratio with which the chainring (12) transmits motion to the at least one sprocket (13). Each meshing device (22; 122) comprises a support body (24; 124) and a tilting fork (28; 128) which is supported on the respective support body (24; 124) for tilting around a first tilting axis (x′) parallel to the axis of rotation (x) of the chainring (12), and comprises at least one tooth (28a; 128a) for engaging a link (14a) of the chain (14). Each meshing device (22; 122) further comprises braking means (32, 38, 40; 132, 138, 140, 178) for preventing the respective tilting fork (28; 128) from tilting around the first tilting axis (x′).
US10766564B2
A protection device (10, 10′, 10″) for disc brakes of velocipedes of the racing bike, mountain bike, city bike, electric pedal assisted cycle, and/or small motorcycle type, which comprises an interchangeable brake guard (12, 16, 18), secured to a wheel (20) of the velocipede, arrange coaxially to a disc (14) and featuring a basically “C”-like cross-sectional profile which comprises a front side (12′, 16′, 17) intended for covering a front surface of the disc (14), a rear side (12″, 16″, 17′) intended for partially covering a rear surface of the disc in correspondence with a brake track which pads of a brake caliper (28) act on, and an intermediate side (12′″, 16′″, 17″) intended for connecting the front side (12′, 16′, 17) and rear side (12″, 16″, 17′) to each other and for covering a peripheral circumferential edge of the disc (14).
US10766561B2
A bicycle operating device comprises a base member, a brake operating member, and a first operating member. The base member comprises a first end portion, a second end portion, and a grip portion. The brake operating member is movably coupled to the base member to operate a brake device. The first operating member is coupled to the base member movably between a rest position and an operated position to move a mechanical control cable relative to the base member. The first operating member is movable relative to the base member between the rest position and the operated position without mechanically positioning the mechanical control cable relative to the base member during a movement of the first operating member occurring between the rest position and the operated position.
US10766558B2
In a fuel tank in which an upper joint flange of an upper tank half body and a lower joint flange of a lower tank half body are sandwiched between and seam welded by a pair of roller electrodes, the lower tank half body includes a lower tank main body portion and expansion tank portions shallower than the lower tank main body portion and disposed on opposite sides of the lower tank main body portion. A side wall of at least one of the upper and lower tank half bodies is provided with roller escape recesses recessed inwardly, the roller escape recesses being formed at a position corresponding to a connection portion of a main body corresponding joint portion and expansion tank corresponding joint portions in a joint portion formed by seam welding, and avoiding a contact with at least one of the pair of roller electrodes.
US10766555B1
The present invention discloses a brake warning device mounted between a bicycle handle and a brake horn, the brake warning device includes a moving portion, a fixing portion, a sensory switch and a tip light, the moving portion of the brake warning device includes a first thimble fixing block, a second thimble fixing block, a first thimble, a thimble spring, a second thimble, and a protective outer spring, the first thimble fixing block and the second thimble fixing block are embedded to form one and connected to the brake horn, the fixing portion of the brake warning device includes a first fixing block and a second fixing block, the first fixing block and the second fixing block are assembled to form a loop structure, which can be mounted on the handle, the sensory switch is located on the first fixing block, the second thimble passes through the first fixing block and is in contact with the sensory switch. The display of multiple brake light signals changes from one point to a three-dimensional surface, which serves as a clear reminder and improves the safety of the rider.
US10766543B2
A joint member for coupling a chassis frame according to the present invention, which couples frames composing a chassis, includes a block-shaped main body and a first insertion groove into which one end portion of a first frame, which is a frame extending in a width direction of the chassis, is inserted and which is formed on one surface of the main body, and the plurality of first insertion grooves are formed in a longitudinal direction of the chassis so that a length of the chassis is changed according to a position at which the first frame is inserted.
US10766527B2
A steering angle controller which controls an actual value to a desired value, wherein the steering angle controller outputs, as an output signal, an actuating signal for power electronics to control an electric servo motor, wherein the actual value is a steering angle or a measurement variable corresponding to the steering angle and the desired value is a steering angle request or measurement variable request, wherein the steering angle controller is assigned at least one memory which stores at least two different control algorithms.
US10766526B2
A steering system and method is described for a vehicle having steerable front and rear wheels, and a steering input device for receiving manual steering input. Front and rear hydraulic steering devices may be coupled, respectively, to the front and rear wheels. Front and rear valve assemblies may be configured, respectively, to steer the front and rear wheels. In a manual steering mode, the front valve assembly may be disabled with respect to the front steering device, and the front hydraulic steering device may steer the front wheels based upon the manual steering input. In a rear steering assist mode, a rear steering command may be determined based upon the manual steering input, and the rear wheels steered based upon the rear steering command. In an automated steering mode, the front and rear wheels may be automatically steered based upon a target path of travel for the vehicle.
US10766522B2
Methods and apparatus for controlling steering nibble in position controlled steering systems are described. A controller is to determine actuator angle data based on steering wheel angle data associated with a steering wheel. The controller is also to determine nibble control angle data based on the steering wheel angle data. The controller is also to determine adjusted actuator angle data based on the actuator angle data and the nibble control angle data. The controller is also to generate a control signal based on the adjusted actuator angle data to apply a torque via an actuator of a position controlled steering system.
US10766507B2
A method for making a railcar having a span bolster is disclosed. The method involves fabricating and joining the components of the span bolster in a manner such that a camber is built into span bolster. A camber is cut into longitudinal supports that span the length of the bolster. A jig is used to shape top and bottom plates prior to attaching the plates to the longitudinal supports, thus forming the bolster. Truck assemblies are attached to the bolster and a railcar body mounted to the combined unit.
US10766504B2
A floor structure is provided with an underframe, which is part of a carriage body, is elongated along a longitudinal axis coinciding with the advancement axis of such carriage, and has a plurality of longitudinal attachment rails arranged on an area of the lower surface of the underframe; the attachment rails project downwards so as to define therebetween a plurality of compartments, which are engaged by panels having insulating material to form a fire protection system; such a system has, furthermore, a plurality of section bars, which are attached to the attachment rails and are shaped so as to retain the panels in fixed positions in the compartments and, at the same time, cover the attachment rails.
US10766481B2
A yielding action assistance system for assisting a vehicle driver to take an appropriate action in yielding to a passing emergency vehicle. The yielding action assistance system comprises: a detector that detects a proximity of the emergency vehicle; an information collector that collects a road information and information about the emergency vehicle and other vehicle; a target zone determiner that sets and updates a target zone to pull over the vehicle based on the information about the other vehicle and the road; and a notifier that informs a driver about the target zone.
US10766475B2
A device for preventing dilution of engine oil includes an oil pan in which oil for lubrication of the engine is recovered with fuel. An exhaust purifier is provided on a rear end of the engine and purifying exhaust gas. A gas passage can guide flow of exhaust gas passing through the exhaust purifier to the oil pan. A gas valve can control flow rate of the exhaust gas flowing in the gas passage. A controller controls an opening ratio of the gas valve depending on a temperature of oil inside the oil pan to maintain the temperature of the oil equal to or higher than a temperature at which the fuel in the oil pan is vaporized.
US10766474B2
A method and a system are disclosed for validating operation of a secondary braking system (SBS) of a vehicle having a plurality of brakes. The method may involve generating a predetermined braking pressure for at least one brake of the plurality of brakes and calculating, via an electronic control unit (ECU), an estimate of a pump output pressure based upon a counter electromagnetic force generated by a motor within the SBS. The method may further involve comparing an expected pump output pressure to the estimate, wherein the expected pump output pressure corresponds to the predetermined braking pressure and determining whether the SBS is operating properly based upon the comparison.
US10766463B2
A system includes a dome, a wiper assembly, a position sensor and a control device. The wiper assembly includes a wiper blade configured to rotate around the dome. The position sensor may be configured to send a signal to a control device when a wiper blade passes the position sensor. The control device may include one or more processors configured to receive the signal from the position sensor and determine a location of the wiper blade relative to the dome based on the received signal.
US10766462B2
A connector for a windshield wiper, and a wiper blade assembly including same, that accommodates multiple pin-type windshield wiper arms having varying pin lengths and locking mechanisms. The connector for connecting a windshield wiper assembly to a wiper arm may have a peripheral wall having at least two opposing peripheral side walls and a top surface extending from one of the two opposing peripheral side walls to the other. The opposing peripheral side walls may each have one or more retaining pin apertures aligned with one another and sized to be capable of slideably accepting a retaining pin of at least one pin-type and/or pin-plus-locking-arm windshield wiper arm.
US10766447B2
An airbag system for a vehicle table is provided. The system includes a table disposed in front of a passenger and an airbag cushion that is provided inside the table. The airbag cushion expands while being deployed in a state in which a first end portion of the airbag cushion is fixed to an internal portion of an edge of the table to allow a second end portion to protrude above the table and to cover an upper surface of the table. The airbag cushion also includes a bottom surface portion that faces the table, which is positioned at an interval from the upper surface of the table while the airbag cushion is deployed. An inflator supplies gas to the airbag cushion to deploy the airbag cushion.
US10766444B2
A bumper beam 100 includes a closing plate 2 and a hat member 1. The hat member 1 includes a top plate 1a, two flanges 1c, and two walls 1b. The hat member 1 includes a high-strength portion 10H and low-strength portions 10L. The high-strength portion 10H includes a longitudinally middle portion of each of the two walls 1a and extends a length of at least 250 mm. The high-strength portion 10H has a tensile strength not lower than 1.5 GPa. The low-strength portions 10L are located outward of the high-strength portion and extends a length not smaller than the height of the walls. The low-strength portions have a tensile strength lower than the tensile strength of the longitudinally middle portion of the two walls.
US10766438B2
To provide a technique for enabling a single exterior member to be easily used for both a region of a wire harness that is disposed in a flat state and a region thereof that is disposed in a bent state. The wire harness includes an exterior member formed in a sheet shape, and a wire disposed overlapping the exterior member in at least a partial region extending along an extension direction of the wire. At least a part of a portion where an insulating covering of the wire and the exterior member overlap is welded. A partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is in a flat state, and at least another partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is rolled up in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the wire.
US10766435B2
A clip includes a base that is elongated in a longitudinal direction, a post connected to the base at a proximal end of the post. The post extends away from the base and terminates at a distal end of the post. The clip further includes a first finger and a second finger both connected on opposite sides of the post and extending away from the post toward the base in the longitudinal direction. The clip also includes an elongated foot connected to the base on a side of the base opposite the post. The clip also includes an umbrella seal connected to the base that has a sealing lip around a periphery of the base that extends away from the base. The base, the elongated foot and the first finger and the second finger of the clip extend along the same longitudinal direction of the clip.
US10766434B2
A side cowl top cover includes a cover body and a hook formed so as to expand at an upper portion of the cover body in order to be engaged with the end flange. The cover body includes: a vertical wall that extends upwardly from a lower side of the windshield; and an extended portion extended from an upper end of the vertical wall toward the front fender. The hook includes: a holder placed at a predetermined gap relative to an end face of the extended portion and extended substantially in parallel with the end face of the extended portion; and a vertical rib extended in a direction intersecting with the direction in which the holder extends, and interconnecting a bottom surface of the extended portion and a bottom surface of the holder.
US10766433B2
A trim strip has upper and lower trim-strip-side mating portions. A glass run body has, at its exterior part, body-side mating portions and an upper contacting portion contacting an upper part of an exterior surface of the trim strip. The upper contacting portion has a portion contacting the trim strip, and the portion is provided with a coating. The coating is formed of an elastic material reducing the sliding resistance to the trim strip.
US10766424B2
A control system incorporated with a power running board assembly. In particular, incorporating a radio frequency control system for a retractable power running board assembly to move the assembly between a stowed or retracted position and a deployed or extended position. The present invention uses a transmit/acknowledge scheme of door transceivers and receivers to reduce transmissions necessary to monitor door status changes and operation of the retraction and deployment of the running board, which significantly reduces the number of transmissions and wear on the door transceivers battery to extend battery lifetime.
US10766413B1
A light guide for a light system of a vehicle and a method of forming the light guide are disclosed herein. The light system comprises the light guide, a light source proximate the guide, and a receiving feature coupled to the vehicle. The light guide comprises a core portion having a light transmissive body, a reflective portion, an absorptive portion, and an attachment feature. The reflective portion is disposed about the core portion along the length of the body. The absorptive portion is disposed about the reflective portion along the length of the reflective portion. The attachment feature extends outwardly from the absorptive portion and is configured to be engaged with the receiving feature coupled to the vehicle.
US10766404B2
A lighting device for vehicles having a housing in which is arranged a hologram light fixture that has a light source unit and has an optical unit with a hologram element for generating a predetermined lighting function. An auxiliary element is associated with the light source unit, by means of which light that is emitted by the light source unit can be deflected in the direction of the hologram element. In this design, the light source unit and/or the auxiliary element is arranged in the region of a side of the hologram element or in the region of a lateral extension of an edge of the hologram element extending in the direction of a central axis of the hologram element.
US10766403B1
A method includes generating a first beam pattern via a headlamp assembly arranged on a motor vehicle and detecting, via a camera, an object in the first light beam pattern. The method additionally includes receiving, via an electronic controller, a signal from the camera indicative of the object, identifying the object as another motor vehicle, and determining a distance between the headlamp assembly and the other vehicle. The method also includes determining a first amount of glare the first beam pattern generates to the other vehicle at the determined distance and identifying when the first amount of glare exceeds target glare. The method further includes identifying a second beam pattern corresponding to a second amount of glare that is below the target glare and switching the headlamp assembly from generating the first beam pattern to generating the second light beam pattern.
US10766390B2
An armrest box structure and a vehicle, the armrest box structure includes an armrest and an armrest box, the armrest is arranged on the armrest box, the armrest can slide backward relative to the armrest box, an armrest storage box is mounted at the backend of the upper surface of the armrest, and an armrest cover is set on the armrest storage box. When the armrest cover is open, an article area is confined on the armrest by the armrest storage box and the armrest cover, which is used for containing articles therein. By arranging the article area at the backend of the upper surface of the armrest, which is confined by the armrest storage box and the armrest cover, when the armrest cover is open, the article area can contain large-sized articles such as handbag, plastic bags etc.
US10766386B1
A foldable integrated child car seat apparatus for eliminating the need to install and remove a child car seat includes a main seat back coupled to a main seat base. A front side of a back cushion of the main seat back has a storage cavity. A child seat back is slidingly coupled to the storage cavity to slide between a forward position and an alternate stored position adjacent a back face of the storage cavity. A child seat bottom is pivotably coupled to the child seat back to move between an open position and an alternate folded position adjacent the child seat back. A cover plate is coupled to the child seat bottom and conforms to a profile of the storage cavity such that with the child seat back in the stored position and the child seat bottom in the folded position the cover plate covers the storage cavity.
US10766377B2
A charging device and method for controlling the same may include a charging connector connectable to a vehicle; a power connector connectable to a power source; a communication module configured to receive beacon signals from a plurality of beacons and send beacon information included in the received beacon signals to a charging management server; and a controller configured to, upon reception of a charging authorization signal from the charging management server, charge the vehicle connected to the charging connector and control the communication module to send information related to an amount of power used for charging the vehicle to the charging management server.
US10766371B1
A vehicle includes a traction battery comprising a plurality of cells. The vehicle also includes a plurality of power converters each electrically coupled between a corresponding group of cells and an electrical bus. A controller is programmed to allocate current demand to the power converters and operate the power converters to minimize energy consumption and losses.
US10766361B2
A multistage wheel drive includes primary and secondary planetary stages, in which the ring gear of the primary (i.e., input-side) planetary stage is formed from a single machined part which also includes the planet gear carrier of the secondary (i.e., output-side) planetary stage. This dual-function “combination” component includes a splined exterior surface which interfaces with a correspondingly splined interior surface on the spindle in order to rotationally fix the combination component to the spindle. This arrangement ensures concentricity between the primary and secondary planetary stages, while allowing a desired amount of radial tolerance between the spindle, the combination component, and the hub of the wheel drive. In addition, the present arrangement can be produced efficiently and inexpensively.
US10766354B2
A vehicle includes a motor configured to drive a vehicle wheel, a battery configured to supply electric power to the motor, and a radiator configured to exchange heat between a coolant for cooling the motor and outside air. The radiator is disposed below a floor surface of the vehicle and in a gap between the motor and the battery in a front-rear direction of the vehicle.
US10766352B2
A power transmission apparatus for a vehicle may include: first, second, and third input shafts disposed coaxially with each other and each selectively connected with a motor/generator; a torque mediating shaft disposed coaxially with the first input shaft; a first intermediate shaft in parallel with the first input shaft; a second intermediate shaft in parallel with the first input shaft, and selectively connected with a transmission housing; a first shifting section including five gear sets, selectively receiving torques through the first and third input shafts, and providing intermediate shift-stages; and a second shifting section including a planetary gear set, forming an output torque by combination of torques from the first shifting section and the second input shaft, and outputting the output torque to the output shaft through one gear set.
US10766346B2
A liquid-cooled electric drive system for a motor vehicle and a method of operating the drive system.
US10766341B2
A ventilating duct for a ventilation device of a motor vehicle includes a housing through which a flow can pass, with a main duct and at least one flow-directing element mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation in the housing. The housing has a first housing portion and a second housing portion, and the first housing portion is designed facing an air conditioning system of the ventilation device and is configured to be connectable to the latter such that the flow can pass through. The second housing portion faces a passenger cell of the motor vehicle and is configured to be arranged with the passenger cell such that the flow can pass through. The main duct is divided in the second housing portion into at least two sub-ducts with the aid of a partition which is arranged downstream of the flow-directing element.
US10766340B2
The present invention relates to an air conditioner system, in which an air-cooled condenser mounted on a refrigerant circulation line between a water-cooled condenser and an expansion valve and a blower fan for blowing air to the air-cooled condenser are arranged at one side of the water-cooled condenser in a state of being disposed in a row in the air flow direction and are arranged within the width of the one side of the water-cooled condenser, thereby enabling the enhancement of installability and assemblability inside an engine room by simplifying and reducing the package, reducing noise of the blower fan and securing adequate cooling performance because of the blower fan disposed between two air-cooled heat exchangers even when inflowing air is insufficient, such as in an idling condition.
US10766339B2
A vehicle body structure includes spaced roof rails and a structural air duct. The air duct has at least two bows connecting between the roof rails and defining first and second channels. An interconnecting member is connected between the bows and defines a third channel connecting the first and second channels in fluid communication with each other. At least one of the bows defines an outlet port configured to supply air to a cabin.
US10766336B2
An air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a seat air conditioning unit that blows out air from a front side of a seat and an interior air conditioning unit that blows out air whose temperature has been adjusted by a cooling heat exchanger and a heating heat exchanger toward the vehicle interior space. The air conditioning device for a vehicle includes a first duct member for guiding the air flowing between the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger in the interior air conditioning unit to the seat air conditioning unit. The air conditioning device for a vehicle further includes a second duct member for guiding the air higher in temperature than the air flowing between the cooling heat exchanger and the heating heat exchanger to the seat air conditioning unit.
US10766331B2
An air suspension for a vehicle includes a mounting bracket configured to couple to the vehicle. A pivot bracket includes a top and a bottom. The top is pivotably coupled to a frontward portion of the mounting bracket. An air shock absorber includes a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotably coupled to the bottom of the pivot bracket and the second end is pivotably coupled to a rearward portion of the mounting bracket. An axle arm includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the axle arm is fixedly coupled to the frontward portion of the mounting bracket. A spindle is fixedly coupled to the second portion of the axle arm and is configured to be coupled to a hub assembly of a wheel.
US10766330B2
In an air suspension system, starting of a compressor is facilitated in a condition in which there exists a pressure difference. There is provided an air suspension system in which air compressed by a compressor is supplied to a plurality of air chambers provided between a vehicle body side and a wheel side and configured to perform vehicle height adjustment in accordance with the supply and discharge of air. The compressor has a needle connected to a piston and extending in a moving direction of the piston, and an armature reciprocating the needle in the moving direction of the piston.
US10766329B2
A suspension module for supporting a vehicle chassis includes a module frame pivotably connected to an axle on the chassis and a wheelbox mounted to the wheel and slidingly coupled with the module frame by strut rods. The wheelbox and module frame pivot in unison with respect to the chassis, and the module frame is configured to move between a standard position and a high clearance position relative the wheelbox. The suspension module includes an adjustment actuator coupled with the module frame to shift the frame between the operating positions. The strut rods move from a first position in which bottom ends of the first and second strut rods are below the wheelbox when the module frame is in the standard position to a second position in which the bottom ends are in a higher position relative the first position when the module frame is in the high clearance position.
US10766309B2
A pneumatic tire includes main grooves disposed in shoulder regions of a tread portion and extending in a tire circumferential direction; a plurality of lug grooves extending outward in a tire width direction from the main grooves and reaching sidewall portions; and a plurality of blocks that is partitioned by the main grooves and the lug grooves. In such a pneumatic tire, a narrow-width bent portion, having a groove width that is less than a groove width of other portions of the lug groove and which is bent with respect to an extending direction of the lug groove, is provided at an end portion on an outer side in the tire width direction of at least a portion of lug grooves among the plurality of lug grooves.
US10766306B2
An iso-styrene:diene-terminated copolymer is described which includes (i) a polymeric block of styrene and/or substituted styrene consisting of a sequence of styrene and/or substituted styrene in isotactic configuration, and (ii) a terminal polymeric block consisting of a sequence of one or more dienic monomers.
US10766303B2
A method and apparatus for positioning a manufacturing tool. A wheel assembly comprises a wheel plate and rollers. The wheel plate has a perimeter and an axis of rotation that is tiltable about a tilt axis. The rollers are arranged near the perimeter of the wheel plate, each of the rollers having an axis of rotation parallel to the tilt axis. An apparatus comprises an upper frame, a lower frame associated with the upper frame, a wedge slideably located between the upper frame and the lower frame, and a force applicator associated with the wedge.
US10766300B2
An expandable and retractable wheel assembly in accordance with one or more embodiments includes a hub structure having a circular periphery and a rim expandable in circumference from a retracted circular position to one or more expanded circular positions. The rim engages and is supported by the circular periphery of the hub structure when in the retracted position. A plurality of linear actuators is attached to and supported by the hub structure. Each linear actuator includes a piston rod and a drive system for moving the piston rod from a retracted position to one or more extended positions, wherein a distal end of the piston rod engages and moves the rim when the piston rod is extended and also supports the rim in the one or more expanded rim positions.
US10766296B2
In a method for lacquering pencils by the push-through method, a respective pencil is guided through a lacquering chamber in order to apply a lacquer coat. After exiting the lacquering chamber, successive pencils butt against one another and are held against one another at their end sides such at a plurality of pencils form a stable strand which is guided, subsequent to the lacquering chamber, through a drying section, with the result that a respective pencil is held in a hovering manner on leaving the lacquering chamber. It is hereby in particular also made possible to use UV-curing lacquers, with the overall result that a very short total lacquering time for lacquering pencils, in particular cosmetic pencils, is achieved.
US10766295B2
A value document having a security element in the form of a strip with a first polymer layer which comprises at least one embossed diffraction structure, having at least one reflection layer which visually interacts with the diffraction structure in order to form a reflection hologram as the first visually recognisable security feature, and having at least one imprint which is luminescent under UV radiation and which forms a second security feature that is visually recognisable under UV light, wherein the reflection hologram comprises at least one see-through region on the second security feature. In order to increase the level of protection against forgery of the security element, the luminescent imprint comprises a halftone print image, and the see-through region is formed by at least one recess in the reflection layer and by the polymer layer which is free in this region of the recess from the diffraction structure at least above the halftone print image of the imprint.
US10766286B2
Provided is technology enabling efficient printing based on the type of printing device. A print control device that communicates with a management device, which manages a printing device, includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire from the management device printing device information indicating whether a printing device the management device manages is a first printing device, which processes first band data of bands that are long in a first direction of a print object, or a second printing device, which processes second band data of bands that are long in a second direction intersecting the first direction of the print object; a band data generator configured to determine the length direction of band data based on the acquired printing device information, and generate band data in the determined length direction from the print object; and a transmitter configured to send the band data to the management device.
US10766281B2
A printer that improves user convenience for rotating collation printing is provided. In a printer having a rotating collation function, multiple paper feed ports configured to feed paper, an acquisition unit configured to acquire a user request, and a setting unit configured to enable or disable the rotating collation function, the setting unit sets the rotating collation function to enabled when the acquisition unit acquires a user request to enable the rotating collation function, a first paper of a specified size that is fed in a landscape orientation and a second paper of the specified size that is fed in a portrait orientation are set in multiple paper feed ports, and paper feed port selection is set to automatic.
US10766276B2
An inkjet printing apparatus that performs printing by ejecting ink from an ink jet head onto a print medium includes a drying unit for drying a liquid which is contained in the print medium, a table on which the print medium is placed; and a gas flow generating unit for generating a gas flow in a space which is formed between the table and a surface of the print medium toward the side of the table.
US10766269B2
In a printer, an accommodating portion accommodates printing agent supplied from a first cartridge. A print execution device prints with the printing agent supplied from the accommodating portion. A processor acquires first information concerning a residual quantity of the printing agent remaining in the first cartridge. The processor acquires second information concerning a preparation of a second cartridge to be replaced with the first cartridge. If the residual quantity is below a reference quantity and if the second information is acquired, the processor allows the print execution device to perform printing under a cartridge removed state where the first cartridge is removed from the mount portion. If the residual quantity is larger than or equal to the reference quantity or if the second information is not acquired, the processor prohibits the print execution device from printing under the cartridge removed state.
US10766264B2
There is provided a tank including: a liquid storing chamber; a first wall which expands in a first direction parallel to a horizontal direction and via which a liquid stored in the liquid storing chamber is visible from outside of the liquid storing chamber; a second wall formed with a supply port located above the first wall; a third wall defining a bottom of the liquid storing chamber; and a fourth wall arranged in the liquid storing chamber. A first gap is formed between one of the first and second walls and at least a part of a first end in the first direction, of the fourth wall, located closely to the one of the first and second walls; and a second gap is formed between the third wall and at least a part of a second end in the first direction, of the fourth wall, located closely to the third wall.
US10766262B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head which ejects liquid from a nozzle that is disposed on a nozzle surface, a first wiping portion which is able to wipe away the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface, and a second wiping portion which is able to hold the liquid that is adhered to the nozzle surface by contacting the nozzle surface, wherein it is possible to perform a first maintenance operation in which the nozzle surface is wiped using the first wiping portion and a second maintenance operation in which the second wiping portion is caused to contact the nozzle surface due to the second wiping portion being biased by the first wiping portion.
US10766259B2
A controller of an inkjet printing apparatus is configured such that, in response to receipt of a preceding command, which notifies transmission of a recording command in advance, from an information processing device through the communication device, the controller executes a separating process to move from a covering position to a spaced position, a moving process to move a carriage, from which the cap is separated, from a first position to a second position, a flushing process to cause the inkjet head to eject the ink toward an ink receiver in response to receipt of a recording command instructing recording of an image on the sheet and upon completion of the moving process, and a recording process to cause a conveyer to convey the sheet and cause the inkjet head to eject the ink in accordance with the recording command, in response to completion of the flushing process.
US10766255B2
Provided is an element substrate with suppressed variations in resistance though having a high resistance. In an element substrate equipped with a heat generating resistor that generates thermal energy for ejecting a liquid, the heat generating resistor is a stacked structure having stacked a plurality of resistor layers including a first resistor layer and a second resistor layer containing a metal silicon nitride and the first resistor layer and the second resistor layer are different from each other in at least one of a silicon content in the metal silicon oxide and a metal element contained in the metal silicon nitride.
US10766252B2
A heater includes: a planar heat generator; a power supply circuit that controls supply of power to the planar heat generator; a plurality of temperature sensors that is provided on the planar heat generator and measures a temperature; and a hardware processor that detects abnormality of the temperature sensor in a case where a difference in temperature measured by each of two of the temperature sensors out of the plurality of temperature sensors exceeds an abnormality threshold value after a predetermined waiting time has elapsed since the supply of power to the planar heat generator is stopped.
US10766249B2
The negative pressure in the ink chamber of a nozzle of a print head is reduced in a printing interruption phase, in particular upon transport of the print head from a cleaning position into a printing position, relative to the negative pressure in a printing phase. The leaking of ink during the printing interruption phase may thus be reliably avoided, and the print quality may be increased.
US10766245B2
Methods and apparatuses for distributing slice area of objects more uniformly to optimize the build process of additive manufacturing techniques are disclosed. For example, a slice area distribution of a 3D design is calculated. Further, it is determined if the calculated slice area distribution and/or other aspects of the 3D design meets a criteria based on one or more quality metrics. If the calculated slice area distribution and/or other aspects of the 3D design do not meet the criteria, the 3D design is adjusted. The determination and adjustment may be performed iteratively until the calculated slice area distribution and/or other aspects of the 3D meet the criteria.
US10766239B2
A method for manufacturing a composite material, the method comprising: positioning a first fabric layer between a first Kraft paper layer and a second Kraft paper layer; impregnating the first fabric layer with a binding composition while maintaining the first Kraft paper layer and the second Kraft paper layer dry; assembling the impregnated first fabric layer, the first Kraft paper layer and the second Kraft paper layer together to form a first pre-impregnated multilayer assembly; applying pressure on the first pre-impregnated multilayer assembly to diffuse the binding composition from the first fabric layer to the first Kraft paper layer and the second Kraft paper layer; and curing the first pre-impregnated multilayer assembly.
US10766236B2
In order to improve the sealing properties and the sliding properties of a sealing film, surface structures are provided on a first side of the sealing film, the greatest thickness of the sealing film being at least 10% greater than the smallest thickness of the sealing film and the greatest lateral extension of the surface structures being less than 500 μm. A slip additive is added to the sealing film in a maximum quantity that results in an S-value of less than 10,000, preferably less than 5,000, in order to achieve a COF relative to steel of dynamically less than 0.3, preferably less than 0.27, and statically less than 0.35, preferably less than 0.3, with the side comprising the surface structures, irrespective of an addition of an antiblock additive to the sealing film.
US10766232B2
A method of manufacture of a composite aircraft article aerodynamic surface by forming the composite aircraft article aerodynamic surface on an aircraft article composite forming tool. The aircraft article composite forming tool includes a matrix laminate including an upper ply including a forming surface for forming the composite aircraft article aerodynamic surface. The upper ply of the aircraft article composite forming tool includes a nano filament structure embedded therein. A blank is conformed onto the aircraft article composite forming tool. The aircraft article is formed on the upper ply of the forming surface. The forming surface of the aircraft article composite forming tool is adapted to form an aerodynamic surface of the aircraft article. The blank is cured into the aircraft article. The composite aircraft article is finished.
US10766217B2
During building of tyres, at least one first forming drum is employed which has a deposition surface and includes sectors radially movable relative to a geometric rotation axis, and circumferentially distributed one after the other. A plurality of strip-like elements is deposited in circumferential side by side relationship on the deposition surface set in the first deposition configuration, to form at least one component of at least one first crown structure. Setting of the deposition surface includes the actions of radially moving the sectors to give the deposition surface a predetermined diameter and carry out a relative movement between a central portion and axially external end portions of each sector to shape the deposition surface according to a predetermined curvature outline.
US10766216B2
A device is used to vulcanize tire blanks and has at least one heatable mold for receiving the tire blank. Furthermore, the device has at least one controllable supply device for a heating medium, which is provided with at least one valve. The valve has a positioning device that is actuated by a liquid fluid.
US10766205B2
A system for applying a fastening material to a substrate is provided. The system may include a first material source including the substrate. The substrate may define a first length extending from a first edge to a second edge and the first material source may feed the substrate in a first direction transverse to the first length. The system may additionally include a second material source including the fastening material. The fastening material may define a second length extending from a third edge to a fourth edge, whereby the second length is substantially equal to the first length and the second material source feeds the fastening material in a second direction transverse to the second length. The system may also include an applicator system that secures the fastening material to the substrate.
US10766203B2
A thermal bonding assembly for sheets made of polymeric material includes at least one pair of jaws that can be moved mutually closer, at least one of which is provided with a heater at its surface for abutment against a corresponding complementary surface of the other jaw of the pair. The assembly includes a shaft that can rotate by virtue of the action of a respective motor. The rotatable shaft includes at least two eccentric rings which are arranged side by side so that the eccentric portion that protrudes the most with respect to the rotation axis is substantially mutually opposite. Each jaw of the pair includes a respective through hole for the accommodation of the shaft. The shaft is accommodated in the hole of a respective jaw with the interposition of a rotatable disk.
US10766200B2
A system to adjust and measure an additive manufacturing device via the CLAD method. The system includes a powder spray nozzle and a laser beam passing through the center of the nozzle, and a light source providing a light beam substantially perpendicular a lighting plane. The light source includes a support to position the light source with respect to a material surface. A profile camera is installed such that its optical axis is substantially parallel to the lighting plane. A projector to project a view seen by the center of the nozzle on an optical path and an optical axis of a centering camera is placed on the optical path. A low-power laser shot perforates a target. An acquisition and processing unit collects the images from the two cameras.
US10766198B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a detection unit that detects, from slice data of each page of slice data of plural pages obtained by slicing 3D data using plural respective planes, expected trouble that may occur when 3D modeling post-processing is performed on a recording medium on which a slice image has been formed based on the slice data of the page; and a warning unit that warns a user about the detection of the expected trouble.
US10766194B1
The present invention concerns a reservoir assembly for use in three-dimensional (3D) printing for building a 3D object, which includes a top frame that may be filled with liquid material, and a tensioned film being held underneath the top frame. The tensioned film may be air permeable and elastic at the same time, wherein surfaces of the tensioned film are micro textured so that the tensioned film becomes optically clear when it contacts with the liquid material. The tensioned film minimizes the creation of bubbles between the top and bottom surfaces. This also helps blurring the boundaries thereby enhancing the surface finish of the fabricated parts.
US10766180B2
A micro-voided film comprising high density polyethylene having a molecular weight of at least about 200,000, and low aspect ratio filler having a mean particle size from about 1 to about 25 microns. The film has a thickness of from about 10 to about 75 microns and a void fraction of from about 0.60 to about 0.75. The micro-voided film is made by a process comprising extruding the composition into a film having a thickness of from about 50 to about 300 microns, and orienting the extruded film using a high stalk, blown film process. The process produces a stabilized high stalk for increasing the production rate of blown, high molecular weight polyethylene, while increasing the film's physical and mechanical properties. The high stalk can be stabilized by application of high velocity, low volume flow rate of air over the interior and exterior surfaces of the extruded film.
US10766168B2
A device for manufacturing a composite product has a first folded layer with a first and second superposed portion extending from a respective first and second free end to a first bend connecting the first and second superposed portions, and a second folded layer with a third and fourth superposed portion extending from a respective third and fourth free end to a second bend connecting the third and fourth superposed portions, wherein the first and second folded layers are laid adjacent to each other in order that the second portion of the first folded layer is in contact with the third portion of the second folded layer, the first and second folded layers being oriented with respect to each other in order to extend from a first side including the first, second, third and fourth free ends to a second side including the first and second bend.
US10766166B2
A method for producing a skin-covered molded article including filling polypropylene-based resin expanded beads in a hollow space of a thermoplastic resin skin and feeding steam into the hollow space to fusion-bond the expanded beads together, the expanded beads showing specific DSC characteristics involving a specific high temperature peak(s) with specific heat of fusion.
US10766160B2
A glass panel unit manufacturing method includes a punching step and a pillar mounting step. In the punching step, a punch punches at least one of a plurality of portions from a base material of a sheet to form at least one pillar. Each of the plurality of portions is surrounded by a corresponding one of a plurality of loop-shaped grooves in the base material. In the pillar mounting step, the at least one pillar is mounted on a surface of a first substrate including a glass pane.
US10766152B2
A winder includes an attachment to an external portion of a glove port fitted on a closed vacuum chamber, to roll a glove or a bag carried by the glove port outside the chamber.
US10766149B2
Techniques for controlling a robotic picking arm using estimated seal quality metrics. A plurality of candidate contact points for holding an item using a suction device of the robotic picking arm, based on captured images of the item and an n-dimensional surface model of the item. An expected seal quality metric for a first one of the candidate contact points, by processing the n-dimensional surface model of the item and physical properties of the suction device of the robotic picking arm. Based on the expected seal quality metric, embodiments can determine whether to retrieve the item from the storage container by holding the item at the first candidate contact point using the suction device of the robotic picking arm.
US10766146B2
An active clamping device for holding a container in a container treatment device, for example for holding a beverage container by a neck section, includes two clamping arms and a pre-tensioning element. Each clamping arm has a holding section for holding the container that is to be held, and a control section for interacting with a control cam to actively displace each holding section. The pre-tensioning element pre-tensions the holding sections in a predetermined position. The clamping arms and the pre-tensioning element are formed as a single piece. A clamping arm and a container treatment device are also provided.
US10766141B1
The present disclosure relates to operation of a robotic system to transfer an object from a source to a destination. The robotic system may implement one or more motion plans or portions thereof to operate a picking robot to grip and lift the object and place a transfer tray under the lifted object. The robotic system may further implement the one or more motion plans or portions thereof to place the object on the transfer tray and laterally displace the transfer tray and the object thereon toward the destination. The robotic system may operate a placement mechanism to transfer the object from the transfer tray to the destination.
US10766139B2
A method for avoiding collisions between two robots providing first movement information related to a first robot movement; determining for a plurality of second robot movements whether they involve a risk for collision between the first and second robots; and executing one of the second robot movements. Information about a movement of one robot enables a robot controller of another robot with an overlapping work area to select among available robot movements an appropriate one that does not involve a risk for collision between the two robots.
US10766122B2
A pressure adjusting device of a quick fixture includes a main member, a fixed member fixed to the main member, a movable member movably connected to the main member, and an elastic member received in the main member and having opposite end connected to the fixed member and the movable member to urge the movable member. With the pressure adjusting device the quick fixture can fix various workpieces with different thicknesses.
US10766121B2
An improved system and method for clamping of carpenter levels is disclosed. Within the system, it is not necessary to re-size and re-adjust the clamps over and over again as they are re-located. As such, time-consuming repetitive steps are reduced. Additionally, the system can be applied to a variety of clamping surfaces, and can be swiveled to fit at unusual angles.
US10766120B2
A method for manufacturing a compressor scroll that appropriately impinges cavitation bubbles on target regions of a scroll. The method includes the step of water jet peening by jetting cavitation bubbles generated underwater by a water jet at a first side of an end plate (13A) of the scroll (13), with a center (P1, P2, P3) of the cavitation bubbles being offset from a center (O) of the spiral shape of a wall portion (13B) on the end plate (13A) and the step portion (13Aa) and the stepped portion (13Ba) positioned at an outer peripheral portion of the cavitation bubbles (C).
US10766110B2
A tool changer includes a holding member having a tool change arm disposed thereon, a rotation mechanism rotating the holding member at a first rotation speed in normal and reverse directions, a forward/backward movement mechanism moving the holding member forward and backward at a first forward/backward movement speed, and a controller comparing a first difference as a difference between a command value for the rotation and an output value of an encoder with a first threshold. When the first difference is equal to or greater than the first threshold, a rotational speed of the holding member is chained to a second rotation speed slower than the first rotation speed. Alternatively, when the first difference is less than the first threshold, the rotational speed of the holding member is maintained at the first rotation speed.
US10766104B2
Various welding accessory apparatus are disclosed herein. A welding accessory apparatus can include a welding lens and a vacuum assembly. The welding lens can be configured to filter at least one of ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light to a shade number of at least two. The vacuum assembly can have at least one intake aperture positioned proximate to the welding lens. A welding accessory apparatus can include a welding lens and a flexible curtain. The welding lens can be configured to filter at least one of ultraviolet, infrared, and visible light to a shade number of at least two. The flexible curtain can be positioned proximate to the welding lens and can be configured to provide protection from sparks and spatter generated during welding. A welding accessory apparatus can include a shielding strip and a fastening member. The shielding strip can be one of fabric and flexible film. The shielding strip can be configured to provide protection from sparks and spatter generated during welding. The fastening member can be affixed to the shielding strip.
US10766101B2
The invention relates to a device for producing an adhesive tape (2), comprising a supply unit (5) for supplying a strip-type textile carrier (3) of the adhesive tape (2), and a coating unit (6) for applying an at least lamellar adhesive coating (4) to at least one side of the carrier (3). The invention also relates to an ultrasound unit (9 and 10) and/or a laser unit for producing perforations and/or cut edges in the carrier (3).
US10766100B2
A hybrid electroslag cladding method includes the steps of: providing a workpiece (6) to be cladded; guiding a strip electrode (4) onto the surface of the workpiece (6); cladding the strip electrode (4) onto the surface of the workpiece (6) using electroslag cladding; guiding a metal cored hybrid electroslag cladding wire (7) into the weld puddle (9) of the strip electrode (4) for controlling the chemical composition of the cladding.
US10766093B2
A rotating coupler assembly for use in welding torches that operates between 0 and 800 amps. The rotating coupler assembly allows for 360 degrees of rotation while keeping rotational friction at a minimum. The breakaway torque for the rotating coupler assembly is insignificant and the rotating coupler assembly can be rotated with little effort by hand. While the rotating coupler assembly minimizes rotational friction the design allow for rotating coupler assembly to continue to operate after 1-5 mm of wear on the contact surfaces. An embodiment of the rotating coupler assembly can be quickly disconnected from the unicable.
US10766085B2
To provide a work processing apparatus equipped with a vaporizer that requires no carrier gas and can vaporize a vaporization target liquid having a relatively high flow rate, and a method for manufacturing a processed work. A vaporizer 1 includes a vaporization part 10 including a heat storage body 11 having a heat capacity higher than that of a vaporization target liquid Fq by a predetermined ratio, and a heat supplier 20 for supplying heat to the vaporization part 10. The predetermined ratio is a ratio of heat capacity at which a temperature drop of the heat storage body 11 by heat transfer from the heat storage body 11 to the liquid Fq flowing through a path 12 is within a predetermined range, wherein the amount of heat transferred from the heat storage body 11 to the liquid Fq is an amount of heat necessary to vaporize the liquid Fq at a planned proportion. A work processing apparatus 100 includes the vaporizer 1, a chamber 5, and a vacuum pump 6 for creating a negative pressure in the chamber 5. The method of manufacturing a processed work includes taking the work W into the chamber 5, supplying a processing gas Fg generated in the vaporizer 1 into the chamber 5, and performing predetermined processing on the work W under an atmosphere of the processing gas Fg in the chamber 5.
US10766083B2
A spiral flute tap includes a body having an axial forward end and an axial rearward end. The body has a cylindrical shank portion adjacent the axial rearward end, a threaded fluted portion adjacent the axial forward end, a non-threaded fluted portion between the cylindrical shank portion and the threaded fluted portion, and a central, longitudinal axis. The spiral flute tap further includes a plurality of helical flutes formed at a helix angle, HA, with respect to the central, longitudinal axis of the tap that continuously increases in magnitude in the threaded fluted portion. In other words, the lead of the plurality of helical flutes continuously decreases in magnitude in a rearward direction for a predetermined distance. In one example, the helix angle, HA, varies at a rate of between 0.5 degrees/mm to 4.0 degrees/mm. A method of making the spiral flute tap is also disclosed.
US10766069B2
There is disclosed a method for manufacturing an electrode by pressing and sintering a mixed powder of a solid solution powder of Cr and a heat-resistant element, which contains Cr and the heat-resistant element in a ratio such that Cr is greater than the heat-resistant element by weight, a Cu powder, and a low melting metal powder (Bi, Sn, Se, Pb, etc.). The low melting metal powder of 0.30 weight % to 0.50 weight % is added to a mixed powder of a solid solution powder of Cr and the heat-resistant element and the Cu powder, and then a mixed powder prepared by adding the low melting metal powder is sintered at a temperature of from 1010° C. to 1035° C. As the low melting metal powder, there is used a powder having a median size of from 5 μm to 20 μm.
US10766068B2
A die-casting sleeve comprising an outer cylinder made of a low-thermal-expansion metal material, and an inner cylinder shrink-fit into the outer cylinder; an outer peripheral surface of the outer cylinder being provided with a flange for fixing the die-casting sleeve to a stationary die block of a die-casting machine; the inner cylinder being constituted by a front member of a low-thermal-expansion metal material arranged on the injection opening side, and a rear member of silicon-nitride-based ceramics arranged in close contact with a rear end surface of the front member; the outer cylinder having an average thermal expansion coefficient αA of 1×10−6/° C. to 5×10−6/° C. between 20° C. and 200° C.; the front member having an average thermal expansion coefficient αB of 1×10−6/° C. to 5×10−6/° C. between 20° C. and 200° C.; the difference between αA and αB being −1×10−6/° C. to 1×10−6/° C.; and the axial length L1 (mm) and inner diameter Din (mm) of the front member, and the distance L2 (mm) from a tip end of the outer cylinder to a rear end of the flange meeting ⅓×Din≤L1≤L2+20.
US10766062B2
A servomotor control device in a processing machine that processes an object to be processed on a press supporting unit driven by a servomotor includes: a pressure detection unit configured to detect an actual pressure applied on the object to be processed; a pressure command generation unit configured to generate a pressure command that commands a pressure that the object to be processed preferably receives; a pressure control unit configured to generate a speed command for the servomotor on the basis of the pressure command generated by the pressure command generation unit and the actual pressure detected by the pressure detection unit; and a speed command limiting unit configured to limit the speed command generated by the pressure control unit using a predetermined value.
US10766055B2
A system and associated method is provided for sorting parts, which includes a conveyor system for receiving and circulating a plurality of randomly presented parts, a sorting buffer for accumulating selected parts from the plurality of randomly presented parts in an assigned buffer location, and a sequencing system for sequencing the accumulated selected parts.
US10766053B2
The present technology is a material dispensing system for controllably dispensing material from a packaging such as a chub pack. The system can include a housing capable of receiving the packaging, at least one nozzle tip including at least one piercing projection capable of piercing the packaging, a piston rod, a motor, and a transmission assembly for converting torque from the motor to a translation output of the piston rod. A ring gear can be operably associated with a planetary gear of the transmission, with a lock block slidingly engageable with the ring gear to prevent it from rotating or to allow the ring gear to rotate freely. A trigger is utilized to control the motor and to operate the lock block.
US10766047B2
A fluid dispenser, comprising: an actuator with a rotatable dial; a valve assembly connected to the actuator, the valve assembly being configured so as to cause fluid to be drawn from a reservoir and released from the dispenser during at least part of the time when the dial is rotated from a start position to one of a plurality of dosage positions and back to the start position, the plurality of dosage positions being at different respective angular positions of the dial; the actuator being configured to provide perceptible feedback at each of the plurality of dosage positions.
US10766046B2
A backpack sprayer system includes a mounting bracket having a battery receiving fixture. A first tank is mounted to the mounting bracket and holds a diluent. A second tank is mounted to the mounting bracket and holds a liquid concentrate. The second tank is selectively, individually removable from the mounting bracket. A mixing manifold is mounted to the mounting bracket and has a first inlet fitting to receive a fixed amount of diluent and a second inlet to receive an adjustable amount of liquid concentrate. The diluent and concentrate are combined to form a mixed solution with the mixing manifold including a mixed solution outlet. A positive displacement pump is mounted to the mounting bracket and has a suction port coupled to the mixed solution outlet and a pressure port coupled with a spray device. A control unit is mounted on the mounting bracket and receives power from the battery.
US10766044B2
A reductant impingement device includes a proximal end having an impingement pin with a convex surface; and a distal end having a body concentric with a longitudinal axis of the impingement pin. The distal end includes a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. A plurality of inner channels connects the first surface and the second surface, and a plurality of outer channels connects the first surface and the second surface, where the plurality of inner channels are disposed in a circular array at a first radial distance from a longitudinal axis of the impingement pin, and the plurality of outer channels are disposed in a circular array at a second distance from the longitudinal axis of the impingement pin.
US10766038B2
A cryogenic grinding apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a material charge, a low-temperature embrittling device for embrittling the charged ground material by supplying liquid low-temperature gas, a mill for grinding the low-temperature embrittled ground material in an atmosphere containing the low-temperature gas, and a separating device. The separating device has a wind classifier, a removal device to remove the ground material from the mill-output volumetric flow, and a directing device to feed the removed ground material into a classifier-input volumetric flow and to discharge excess mill-output gas of the mill-output volumetric flow. In addition, a cryogenic grinding process is provided in which the ground material is removed from the volumetric flow, excess grinding gas is discharged, removed ground material is feed into a classifier-input volumetric flow of a wind classifier and a classifier-input volumetric flow is classified for separating off a classifier-output volumetric flow containing the fine material.
US10766013B2
This present disclosure relates to apparatuses for methylation of aromatics in an aromatics complex for producing a xylene isomer product. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to apparatuses for producing para-xylene by the selective methylation of toluene and/or benzene in an aromatics complex using processed toluene instead of crude toluene.
US10766007B2
The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane module that can effectively resolve the accumulation of suspended solids within the membrane module, lower running costs, and also operate stably. The present invention relates to a hollow fiber membrane molecule provided with: a cylindrical case having a first end and a second end in the direction of height; a plurality of hollow fiber membranes accommodated within the cylindrical case; and a first potting part accommodated within the cylindrical case and attaching the plurality of hollow fiber membranes together such that the end parts of the plurality of hollow membrane fibers at a first end side of the cylindrical case are open. The hollow fiber membranes are porous hollow fiber membranes having a breaking strength of 23 MPa, and the hollow membrane module has a membrane area per unit volume of 800-3700 m2/m3. The filling fraction for the hollow fiber membranes in a cross-section orthogonal to the direction of height of the cylindrical case is 25-38%.
US10766003B2
A presterilizable filtration system is provided and is to be disposed of after a single use. The system has a recirculation tank and a filtration module that are connected to each other in a circuit via a hose system that can be regulated by at least one valve. The valve has a disposable separate valve part that can be integrated in the hose system and a reusable actuator.
US10765994B2
A carbon dioxide capture system includes a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat between an exhaust stream and a lean carbon dioxide effluent stream. The carbon dioxide capture system also includes a second heat exchanger in flow communication with the first heat exchanger. The second heat exchanger is configured to cool the exhaust stream such that a condensate is formed, and the second heat exchanger is configured to channel a condensate stream for injection into the lean carbon dioxide effluent stream. A first turboexpander including a first compressor is driven by a first turbine. The first compressor is coupled in flow communication with the first heat exchanger. The first turbine is coupled in flow communication with the first heat exchanger and configured to expand the lean carbon dioxide effluent stream. The carbon dioxide capture system further includes a carbon dioxide membrane unit coupled in flow communication with the first compressor.
US10765992B2
A process for producing nitrogen-rich air by feeding high temperature air at 150° C. or more to an air separation membrane module is described. After being placed at 175° C. for two hours, the air separation module exhibits a shape-retention ratio of 95% or more in one embodiment. The nitrogen-rich air can be fed to a fuel tank for an aircraft, for example.
US10765990B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for regenerating a sorbent material of a scrubber, configured for scrubbing a contaminant from indoor air from an enclosed space. Some embodiments include a sorbent material portion (SMP) including a sorbent material, which may be configured to be cycled between an adsorption phase for adsorbing a contaminant from indoor air, and a regeneration phase configured for releasing at least a portion of the contaminant adsorbed by the sorbent material during the adsorption phase thereof, via temperature swing adsorption, into a purging airflow.
US10765988B2
A gas conversion apparatus (100) for converting a process gas to one or more other gases comprises: means (105) for introducing process gas into a liquid medium in a column (125); and an ultrasonic energy generator (140) arranged to generate ultrasonic energy, the apparatus (100) being configured to launch ultrasonic energy generated by the generator (140) into the liquid medium such that process gas is exposed to ultrasonic energy, the apparatus (100) being arranged to allow collection of process gas that has been exposed to ultrasonic energy. The apparatus (100) also preferably comprises a microbubble generator (120) to generate microbubbles of the process gas for exposure to the ultrasonic energy. The ultrasonic energy generator (140) may be configured to generate ultrasonic energy as a consequence of a flow of a drive gas therethrough.
US10765986B2
The plugged honeycomb structure includes a plurality of honeycomb segments, a bonding layer, and plugging portions which plug open ends of cells of each honeycomb segment, and in the honeycomb segment, at least two types of cells having different sectional shapes are formed to constitute predetermined repeated arrangement patterns, and a ratio of a value R2s obtained by dividing an average sectional area S2in of inflow cells by an average sectional area S2out of outflow cells in a partial rim circumferential wall cell region is in a range of 1.7 times or more and 2.0 times or less to a value R1s obtained by dividing an average sectional area S1in of the inflow cells by an average sectional area S1out of the outflow cells in a whole rim partition wall cell region.
US10765979B2
A fibrous media suitable for an oil filter comprising a fibrous web formed from synthetic fibers; optionally at least one additive, and a thermoset binder present at a concentration of at least 15 wt.-% by weight of the fibrous web and/or at least one binder fiber, wherein the synthetic fibers comprise up to 30 wt.-%, preferably up to 20 wt.-%, glass fibers, based on the total weight of the fibers. The fibers are bonded with the thermoset binder and/or the at least one binder fiber to form a web; and the fibrous media is capable of forming a self-supporting, pleated oil filter media which is capable of retaining pleats upon contact with oil having a temperature in the range encountered in a combustion engine.
US10765977B2
A fuel filter insert for a fuel filter is provided with a prefilter element and a main filter element which are arranged one atop the other in an axial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the fuel filter insert. The main filter element has a water separating unit configured to separate water contained in a fuel to be filtered. The water separating unit has a water discharge channel for water separated from the fuel, wherein the water discharge channel is extending in the axial direction at least partially through the prefilter element. A fuel filter with such a fuel filter insert has a filter housing accommodating the fuel filter insert and the water discharge channel of the fuel filter insert is fluidically connected with a water collecting chamber of the filter housing.
US10765962B2
An attraction system includes a first level, a second level positioned vertically above or below the first level, and one or more controllers configured to present a game environment to one or more riders in a ride vehicle as the ride vehicle travels along a path on the first level. The attraction system also includes a lift configured to move the ride vehicle vertically from the first level to the second level based at least in part on a performance of the one or more riders in the game environment.
US10765958B2
A drive train for a wind tunnel having a nacelle housing with a fan and a fan hub assembly. The drive train comprises: a ratio gear box directly connected to the fan; and a motor disposed remote from the nacelle for powering the fan via a jackshaft and the ratio gearbox. In an embodiment, the wind tunnel has a single fan and single hub assembly. The jackshaft operatively connects the motor and gearbox.
US10765943B2
A gaming controller can include a housing; a plurality of input components; a processor; a wired or wireless interface communicatively couplable with a headset; a wired or wireless interface communicatively couplable with a gaming console, the gaming console communicatively couplable with an audiovisual system; an audio headset detection circuit that detects if a headset is coupled with the gaming controller; a transmitter that transmits an audio control signal causing the audio of the audiovisual system to be adjusted if the audio headset detection circuit detects (automatically or on command) that no audio headset is coupled with the gaming controller; and a transmitter that transmits an audio control signal causing the audio of the headset to be adjusted if the audio headset detection circuit detects (automatically or on command) that an audio headset is coupled with the gaming controller.
US10765941B2
A non-limiting example communication game system comprises at least two game apparatuses, and the two game apparatuses communicate with each other directly or via an internet according to instructions of a player. At this time, one of the two game apparatuses functions as a parent apparatus and the other of the two game apparatuses functions as a child apparatus. If both players instruct to exchange characters, character data are sent and received between the parent apparatus and the child apparatus. When a rarity of a character X that is to be sent on exchange is lower than a rarity of a character Y that is to be received by exchange, the parent apparatus receives a notification of writing start from the child apparatus, and performs save writing. On the other hand, when a rarity of a character X that is to be sent on exchange is higher than a rarity of a character Y that is to be received by exchange, the parent apparatus transmits a notification of writing start to the child apparatus, and performs save writing.
US10765939B2
An information processing system includes one or more server devices functioning as a first platform that provides a first game to a first user having a first account, and one or more terminal devices. The one or more terminal devices transmit, to the first platform, an authenticated ID of a second user having a second account of a second platform that provides a second game. The authenticated ID is authenticated by using information concerning the second account. The first platform generates a specific ID upon receiving the authenticated ID, stores the authenticated ID and the specific ID in association with each other, and provides the first game to the second user using the specific ID associated with the authenticated ID.
US10765921B2
An iron golf club head comprises; a head main body including a club face provided with score lines; a weight member having a specific gravity larger than that of the head main body; and a fixing member having a specific gravity larger than that of the head main body and less than that of the weight member, and fixed to the head main body by welding so as to cover the weight member. In a forward tilting state of the club head in which the score lines are horizontal and the club face is vertical, the distance D in the perpendicular direction to the club face from the backmost position of the club head to the center of gravity of the weight member is not more than 47.3% of the maximum thickness W of the club head which is the shortest distance from the backmost position of the club head to the club face.
US10765920B2
An iron-type golf club head includes a ball striking face and a rear weight member that are engaged through one or more resilient members with a connection structure that creates a mass-damping effect at impact with a golf ball.
US10765915B2
A stationary jumping and trick bike is disclosed. An example device includes a frame assembly having a handlebar on a forward portion of the frame assembly and a seat on the frame assembly. A leg member including a leaf spring is connected to the frame assembly by a bracket having a plurality of ports selectable for pivotably attaching the leg member to the frame assembly to adjust pitch and/or angle of attachment of the leg member. A plurality of tensioners are connected between the leg member and the frame assembly. A foot rest is provided on the frame assembly. A standing and/or seated user holding the handlebar on the frame assembly can practice jumps and tricks by lifting and landing a lower portion of the leg member on a solid surface.
US10765908B1
A wearable device and system has been developed to provide feedback to help users be able to engage specific muscle groups on cue, effectively exercise said muscle groups, and learn to engage said muscle groups before and through movements. Algorithms for identifying relaxed-to-engaged and engaged-to-relaxed transitions may be important for providing a positive user experience. The wearable device and system may be used for training effective use of the core and other muscles. A myokinesiometer is described to display target muscle engagement and body movement data simultaneously. The myokinesiometer facilitates specifying tests for protected and unprotected movement analyses.
US10765905B2
An exercise ball may provide two independent sections, a first separable section and a second separable section, that a user may utilize for weight training and mind-body exercises. The first separable section and the second separable section may be held by a user in opposite hands for weight training and other exercises. The exercise ball may be a Tai Chi ball that may include a plurality of polymagnets provided in an interior of the exercise ball that may keep the two separable sections together. The plurality of polymagnets may provide a push-release or twist-release attachment and detachment to attach and detach the sections.
US10765892B1
Systems and methods for predicting a phase correction of ultrasound waves transmitted from one or more transducer elements and traversing a patient's skull into a target region utilizing data of the patient's skull include predicting a first beam path of the ultrasound waves traversing the skull based at least in part on the target location; computationally determining structural characteristics of the skull along the first beam path based on the acquired imaging data; and predicting a second beam path of the ultrasound waves traversing the skull based at least in part on the determined structural characteristics, thereby accounting for refraction resulting from the skull.
US10765888B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for radiotherapy. Embodiments of the present disclosure may receive a plurality of training data and determine one or more predictive models based on the training data. The one or more predictive models may be determined based on at least one of a conditional probability density associated with a selected output characteristic given one or more selected input variables or a joint probability density. Embodiments of the present disclosure may also receive patient specific testing data. In addition, embodiments of the present disclosure may predict a probability density associated with a characteristic output based on the one or more predictive models and the patient specific testing data. Moreover, embodiments of the present disclosure may generate a new treatment plan based on the prediction and may use the new treatment plan to validate a previous treatment plan.
US10765885B2
A phototherapy device comprises a face mask having a rigid (or semi-rigid) shell contoured to the human face. A flexible array of LEDs is affixed to the inner surface of the mask. A flexible, quantum dot-containing film is situated over the flexible array of LEDs. The quantum dots in the QD-containing film are selected to photo-luminesce at one or more particular wavelengths in response to photoexcitation by the light emitted from the LEDs. The LEDs emit “primary light” and the quantum dots down-convert at least a portion of the primary light to “secondary light.” The flexible, quantum dot-containing film may be interchangeable such that the wavelength(s) of the secondary light may be tailored to various phototherapy treatment regimes.
US10765883B2
A system includes a laser source coupled to an optical waveguide which has a laser output portion, and a vaginal housing transparent to laser energy which is emitted by the laser source and which exits the laser output portion, wherein the optical waveguide is movable along a path inside the vaginal housing.
US10765878B2
The present invention provides methods and compositions for the remote control of cell function based on the use of a magnetic field to excite paramagnetic nanoparticles targeted to specific cell types. The cell type of interest expresses an ion channel wherein excitation of the paramagnetic nanoparticles results in a physical change that is transduced into a cellular response. Such cellular responses may include, for example, increases in gene expression resulting in production of one or more physiologically active proteins. The expression of such proteins can be used to treat a variety of different inherited or acquired diseases or disorders in a subject.
US10765867B2
Methods of stimulating a nerve may include inserting a lead structure into one or more blood vessels. The lead structure may include an insulating member, first electrodes and second electrodes supported on the insulating member, and at least one metal lead. The first electrodes and second electrodes may be positioned in one or more blood vessels. The methods of stimulating a nerve may further include the lead structures being applied to stimulate nerves such as the phrenic, vagus, trigeminal, obturator or other nerves.
US10765862B2
Methods and systems for treating sleep disordered breathing by stimulating nerves that innervate the palatoglossus and/or the palatopharyngeus muscle are provided. Such therapy can be used in conjunction with hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
US10765849B2
The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.
US10765836B1
A detector and a method of its use with a guidewire to reduce the incidence of guidewires accidently being left inside patients during the placement of central venous (and other) catheters. In particular, an electronic detector detects whether a catheter has been placed over a guidewire and whether the guidewire has been removed thereafter. In addition, the distance the guidewire has progressed out the patient side of the detector housing which will correspond to the length of guidewire actually inside the patient and any time may be provided.
US10765831B1
The present disclosure, in one embodiment, is a computer-implemented method for the detection of and intervention in traumatic nightmares. In one embodiment, a user wears a watch wirelessly connected to a phone. The watch may include an accelerometer, gyroscope, and heartrate monitor. The application may monitor these sensors and intervene with haptic feedback if the application detects a traumatic nightmare. In one embodiment, the application may include a monitoring module that collects data from the watch's accelerometer, gyroscope, and heartrate sensors. The application may then estimate and record stress levels based on these sensors. The application may also include an intervention module that responds to high stress levels with haptic feedback that increases in intensity of previous efforts to intervene were unsuccessful.
US10765830B2
A valve structure for treating a patient suffering from obstructive sleep apnea is provided. The valve structure is connected to an air flow generator and connected to a mask that covers at least the nostrils of a patient. The valve structure includes a housing with an inlet pressure port connected to the air flow generator, and an ambient pressure port. Within the housing is an expiratory membrane, an expiratory valve seat, an inspiratory membrane, an inlet pressure valve seat, an inspiratory valve seat, and an inspiratory membrane segmentation structure configured to segment the movement of the inspiratory membrane into at least a first portion and a second portion. An expiratory valve in fluid connection with the inlet pressure port is formed by the expiratory membrane and the expiratory valve seat. An inlet pressure valve is formed by the inlet pressure valve seat and the first portion of the inspiratory membrane. An inspiratory valve is formed by the inspiratory valve seat and the second portion of the inspiratory membrane.
US10765827B2
A patient interface device is for use in a pressure support system delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The patient interface device includes a sealing apparatus having a cushion structured to sealingly engage about the airway of the patient and defining a passage therethrough which is structured to receive the flow of breathing gas. A first magnetic material is coupled to the cushion, and a second magnetic material coupled to the cushion or another element of the sealing apparatus. The second magnetic material and the first magnetic material are configured such that there is a repulsive magnetic force therebetween. The coupling of the first magnetic material and the second magnetic material provides an adjustable coupling that provides selective adjustment of the magnitude of the repulsive magnetic force.
US10765826B2
A mask is disclosed that has a gas outlet which is quiet and provides for a diffused outlet flow of gases. The outlet is preferably a slot formed between a hollow body and cover over said hollow body. The mask also preferably extends and seals under a user's chin in use.
US10765823B2
Aspects of the subject technology relate to a control device for a medical ventilator. The control device has a user definable medical ventilator protocol and is configured to select a plurality of objects from a group of objects, wherein each of the objects are segments of the ventilator protocol, and each of the objects has at least one attribute. Further, the control device is configured to arrange the plurality of objects in a sequence, initiate the at least one attribute to define a property for each object in the plurality of objects, and execute the sequence. The medical control device gives the user flexibility to define and implement a medical ventilator protocol in a faster way than possible today and for different patients and/or ventilator situations.
US10765808B2
A computerized electro-mechanical drug delivery device configured to deliver at least one dose of two or more medicaments. The device comprises a control unit. An electro-mechanical drive unit is operably coupled to the control unit and a primary reservoir for a first medicament and a secondary reservoir for a fluid agent, e.g. a second medicament. An operator interface is in communication with the control unit. A single dispense assembly is configured for fluid communication with the primary and the secondary reservoir. Activation of the operator panel sets a first dose from the primary reservoir and based on the first dose and a therapeutic dose profile, the control unit is configured to determine a dose or range of the fluid agent. Alternatively, the control unit determines or calculates a dose or range of a third medicament. Further, a dispense interface for use with a drug delivery device is disclosed.
US10765803B2
A fluid delivery device comprises a fluid reservoir for containing medicament. The fluid reservoir is sealed proximate one end with a sliding seal piston. A delivery path is configured to fluidly couple the fluid reservoir and a patient wearing the fluid delivery device. A basal engine mechanism is configured to directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir at a controlled basal rate. A bolus mechanism configured to move the basal engine relative to the fluid reservoir and directly or indirectly move the sliding seal piston in the fluid reservoir a discrete bolus amount at a time.
US10765799B2
A fail-safe drug infusion system, including a user interface controller (UIC) and at least one pump motor controller (PMC), with protocols that enable the PMC to operate therapy delivery for a limited amount of time if the UIC fails or the communication link between the UIC and the PMC is interrupted. Includes synchronization methods to synchronize the delivery information back to the UIC after the UIC reboots or after the communication link is restored. The PMC may apply intelligent fail-safe drug infusion therapy by temporarily displaying therapy information, for example information normally displayed by the UIC, while taking control of alarm signaling and providing minimal user control of the therapy until the UIC restores itself, the infusion completes normally, or the user stops the infusion. If the PMC becomes inoperable, the UIC may wait for the PMC to reboot, or attempt to switch infusion channels to provide robust drug infusion.
US10765794B2
Apparatus for use in dialyzing a patient comprising a hemodialysis catheter comprising an elongated body having a proximal and a distal end, wherein the distal end terminates in a substantially planar distal end surface; first and second lumens extending from the proximal end to the distal end, wherein the lumens terminate on the distal end surface in first and second mouths, arranged in side-by-side configuration, and further wherein the lumens are separated by a septum; and first and second longitudinal slots formed in the distal end of the elongated body and communicating with the interiors of the lumens, the slots opening on the distal end surface; wherein the slots each have a length and a width, relative to the dimensions of the lumens and the rate of blood flow to be passed through the hemodialysis catheter, so as to minimize undesirable recirculation of dialyzed blood.
US10765788B2
An implantable blood pump includes an impeller rotatable about a rotational axis, having a body with a bottom surface at a downstream end and a central opening centered about the axis extending at least partially through the body from the bottom surface. A projecting element, e.g., a shaft, extends from below the bottom surface into or through the opening to support the impeller. The body can be configured to drive a primary downstream blood flow along an exterior of the body to beyond a peripheral edge of the bottom surface, and to provide a secondary downstream blood flow through the opening and along the bottom surface to beyond the peripheral edge, the secondary flow improving washing of a bearing surface.
US10765787B2
A sound suppression system for reducing or eliminating sound produced by the operation of a breast vacuum pump includes a sound suppressing muffler assembly having an air entry port adapted to communicate with an air outlet port of a vacuum pump or other air flow generating device. The sound suppressing muffler assembly also includes a muffler housing defining an internal space communicating with the air entry port, and an opening in the housing leading to atmosphere. The muffler housing has a tortuous air path in the muffler housing. In one embodiment, sound absorbing porous foam structure is disposed in the tortuous air path. The at least one sound absorbing porous structure absorbs sound energy from the air as the air moves through the at least one air path toward the opening in the muffler housing. In further embodiments, a tortuous air path is provided between an air entry port and an opening to atmosphere in the muffler assembly.
US10765786B2
A system and apparatus for treating a tissue site with reduced pressure and collecting fluids from the tissue site is disclosed. The system may include a reduced-pressure source, a pouch in fluid communication with the reduced pressure source, and a dressing in fluid communication with the pouch. The pouch may include a first wall, a second wall having a periphery coupled to the first wall to form an interior, and a third wall extending through the interior to form a first chamber in fluid communication with the dressing and a second chamber in fluid communication with the reduced pressure source. A plurality of filters are positioned in the third wall. The filters permit fluid communication between the first chamber and the second chamber.
US10765782B2
An anchorage device is provided that is configured to surround an implantable medical device. The anchorage device includes a substrate and a hemostatic agent. The substrate includes a first piece and a second piece that is joined with the first piece. The first piece includes the hemostatic agent and the second piece includes an active pharmaceutical ingredient. Kits, systems and methods are disclosed.
US10765771B2
A lamp includes a lamp body, an acoustics mounted in the lamp body, a light source device mounted in the lamp body, and a humidifying device mounted in the lamp body. The lamp body includes a base, a mounting seat mounted on the base, and a lampshade mounted on the mounting seat. The base has an interior provided with a water storage chamber. The acoustics is mounted in the base. The light source device is mounted on the mounting seat. The humidifying device is mounted on the mounting seat. The humidifying device includes a humidifier mounted on the mounting seat, and a water drawing stick extending through the mounting seat. The water drawing stick has a lower end extending into the water storage chamber, and an upper end connected to the humidifier.
US10765769B2
The present disclosure relates to a portable and foldable sanitization device for sanitization of a user's footwear. The device comprising a back panel housing and a front panel which are operatively coupled with each other through a coupling means. The back panel includes a dirt removal mat on which a user scrubs footwear to dislodge any solid particulate tagged with the footwear. Furthermore, the front panel includes a clear plastic UV transparent sheet and a UV transparent lattice type support structure along with ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitting sources. When the user places the footwear on the lattice type support structure, the presence of footwear is detected and UV radiation on the footwear, thereby sanitizing the footwear.
US10765760B2
Antisense oligomer conjugates complementary to a selected target site in the human dystrophin gene to induce exon 52 skipping are described.
US10765759B2
The present disclosure provides methods of treating an ocular disease or disorder. The methods involve direct administration into the eye of a conjugate comprising a biologically active polypeptide and a biocompatible polymer.
US10765748B2
In various aspects, embodiments of the present invention are directed to a series of multivalent dendrons containing a bioactive peptide domain and surface-binding catechol domains. In some embodiments, these multivalent dendrons were obtained through solid phase synthesis and have a strong binding affinity to metal oxide surfaces such as, TiO2, ZrO2, CeO2, and Fe3O4, SiO2, as well as other inorganic surfaces such as hydroxyapatite, silver, fluorapatite, calcium carbonate and gold. These catechol-bearing dendrons provide a fast and efficient method to functionalize a wide range of inorganic materials with bioactive peptides and have the potential to be used in coating orthopaedic implants and fixation devices.
US10765745B2
In one aspect, compositions comprising a population of core-shell nanoparticles are described herein. In some cases, the population of core-shell nanoparticles comprises a core component and a shell component encapsulating or surrounding the core component. Additionally, one or more radiosensitizers are disposed in or dispersed throughout the core component, or an interior region of the core component. Similarly, one or more chemotherapeutic agents are disposed in or dispersed throughout the shell component, or an interior region of the shell component. Moreover, in some cases, the core component is formed from one or more biodegradable polymers. Further, in some instances, the shell component is formed from one or more stimuli responsive polymers, such as a temperature-responsive polymer and/or pH-responsive polymer.
US10765743B2
The present invention relates to anti-AXL antibodies, immunoconjugates, compositions and method of treatment of cancer with such anti-AXL antibodies, immunoconjugates, or compositions.
US10765737B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for treating or preventing heart failure using a glucagon receptor blocking agent. In various embodiments, the present disclosure relates to methods for treating or preventing heart failure (e.g., post-myocardial infarction heart failure), diabetic cardiomyopathy heart failure), and lateral ventricular (LV) remodeling, using antigen binding and antagonizing proteins, e.g., fully human antibodies, that specifically bind to and antagonize the function of the human glucagon receptor.
US10765736B2
Compositions and methods, including vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing or enhancing an immune response are disclosed based on the discovery of useful immunological adjuvant properties in a synthetic, glucopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) that is provided in substantially homogeneous form. Chemically defined, synthetic GLA offers a consistent vaccine component from lot to lot without the fluctuations in contaminants or activity that compromise natural-product adjuvants. Also provided are vaccines and pharmaceutical compositions that include GLA and one or more of an antigen, a Toll-like receptor (TLR) agonist, a co-adjuvant and a carrier such as a pharmaceutical carrier.
US10765729B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a detection agent for specifically detecting a cancer stem cell; a tumor antigen peptide specifically presented by cancer stem cells; a medicinal composition useful in preventing and/or treating cancer, said medicinal composition comprising the aforementioned tumor antigen peptide as an active ingredient; a method for screening the tumor antigen peptide; etc. To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, provided are: peptides represented by YO-XO-ZO; a polyepitope peptide consisting of a plurality of epitope peptides connected together, said polyepitope peptide containing at least one of the above-mentioned peptides as one of the epitope peptides; a polynucleotide encoding the aforementioned peptides and/or polyepitope peptide; a medicinal composition comprising the same as an active ingredient; a prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for cancer characterized by inducing CTL; etc.
US10765722B2
The present invention relates, inter alia, to a method comprising administering to a subject having high output shock and undergoing treatment with a catecholamine at a dose equivalent to at least about 0.2 mcg/kg/min of norepinephrine a dose of angiotensin II which is effective to raise the blood pressure of the subject to a mean arterial pressure (MAP) of about 65 mm Hg or above, and which is effective to reduce the dose of the catecholamine required to maintain a MAP of about 65 mm Hg to the equivalent of about 0.05-0.2 mcg/kg/min norepinephrine or less, or to the equivalent of about 0.05 mcg/kg/min norepinephrine or less.
US10765721B2
The present invention provides methods for producing a lyophilized degarelix product which, upon reconstitution with water for injection in an amount of 20 mg/ml, shows a viscosity of up to 15 mPas. The present invention also provides a lyophilized degarelix drug substance which shows, upon dissolution in water in an amount of 20 mg/ml, a viscosity of up to 3.2 mPas, and processes for providing this lyophilized degarelix drug substance.
US10765715B2
Disclosed are uses of ginseng saponin, which contains at least 90% of a compound K, Rd, F2, and Rg3 as a main ingredient and has effects in extending the lifespan of the cell, promoting the cell differentiation, increasing the number of red blood cells, and reducing the triglycerides by extracting, heat-treating, and enzyme-converting the ginseng saponin to prepare active saponins Rd, F2, and Rg3 including a compound K.
US10765712B2
A method to lower cholesterol level in a mammal blood serum is provided. A composition to lower the cholesterol levels and a method to make the composition is also disclosed. Food products with elongated shelf life as well as beneficial effects on human health are disclosed.
US10765702B2
The invention provides methods for the treatment of vaginal laxity which include delivering a cell-containing composition to the vagina. The composition can include fat tissue to provide a bulking effect to reduce the size of the vaginal opening. The cells can provide healing and revascularization of the vaginal treatment area to sustain the bulking provided by the fat. The invention also provides systems and compositions useful for performing the method, and can include instruments and devices for removal of autologous adipose tissue from a patient (e.g., by liposuction), equipment for the enrichment of cells from adipose tissue, mechanical processing of adipose tissue, and the mixing of cells and processed adipose tissue. Devices for the delivery of the cell compositions to the vagina can also be included in the system.
US10765690B2
Disclosed is a TLR4 agonist alone or in combination with an anti-cancer agent and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, uses thereof, and methods of treatment comprising administering said composition or combination, including uses in cancer.
US10765687B2
A compound having an antiviral activity for inhibiting release of an enveloped virus from a cell is disclosed, including methods of inhibiting release of an enveloped virus from a cell. The antiviral activity of the compound includes inhibiting formation of an associative complex or disrupting formation of an associative complex. The associative complex comprises an L-domain motif of the enveloped virus and at least one cellular polypeptide, or fragment thereof, capable of binding the L-domain motif of the enveloped virus.
US10765686B2
The present invention relates to a stable fixed dose aqueous pharmaceutical composition (e.g., contained in a container) for nasal administration to a human, comprising mometasone or its salt, olopatadine or its salt. The composition may further include a hydrocolloid. The invention also relates to a process for preparing the pharmaceutical composition, and the use of the pharmaceutical composition in the treatment of rhinitis in a subject.
US10765682B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating melanoma with apilimod and related compositions and methods.
US10765680B2
Combination of a MCL-1 inhibitor and a taxane compound, uses and pharmaceutical compositions thereof
A combination comprising a MCL-1 inhibitor and a taxane compound, and compositions and uses thereof.
US10765673B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer treatment comprising compounds of Formulae I, II, and III. In some aspects, the invention relates to the treatment of B-cell Lymphoma or other hematopoietic cancers. In other aspects, the invention provides methods for treating particular types of hematopoietic cancers, such as, for example, B-cell lymphoma, using a combination of one or more compounds of Formulae I, II, and III. Combination therapy with, for example, 26S proteasome inhibitors, such as, for example, Bortezomib, are also included. In another aspect the present invention relates to autoimmune treatment with compounds of Formulae I, II, and III. In another aspect, this invention relates to methods for identifying compounds, for example, compounds of the BH3 mimic class, that have in vitro properties that predict in vivo efficacy against B-cell lymphoma tumors and other cancers as well as autoimmune disease.
US10765665B2
A formulation, especially one that is topically administered, comprising a combination of rapamcycin and metformin in a molar ratio of about 20:1, 10:1, 5:1, 4:1, 3:1, or 1:1. The topical formulation may be a gel, an ointment, a cream or a lotion. The topical formulation may be used to treat any disease associated with inflammation and/or any inflammatory skin disease.
US10765664B2
Disclosed herein are methods for treating or preventing a disease comprising administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically-effective amount of nitazoxanide to a subject having the disease, wherein the disease is causally linked to infection by one or more pathogens selected from the group consisting of members of the genus Ebolavirus, members of the genus Marburgvirus, members of the species dengue virus, human immunodeficiency viruses 1 and 2, and members of the species Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
US10765655B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing a monoacetyldiacylglycerol compound as an active ingredient for preventing or treating chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and a functional health food composition for treating or preventing chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases. The monoacetyldiacylglycerol compound of the present invention inhibits the IL-4 expression in EL-4 cells and inhibits the infiltration of inflammatory cells into the bronchial tube in an animal model. In addition, the compounds of the present invention have an excellent effect of inhibiting the expression of CXCL-1, TNF-α, or MIP-2, thereby overcoming side effects of the currently used therapeutic agents for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, having no toxicity, and exhibiting a superior therapeutic effect, and thus can be useful as a composition for preventing, treating, and alleviating chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases.
US10765648B2
Disclosed herein are α-galactosylceramide (α-GalCer) analogs and compositions thereof, methods of activating invariant Natural Killer T (iNKT) cells using said analogs, methods of treating diseases by activating iNKT cells using said analogs, and combination therapy of said analogs.
US10765644B2
The present invention relates to method of treatment of hepatitis C using hexestrol or a derivative thereof. The methods of the present invention can be used in patients with hepatitis C administering hexestrol or a derivative thereof in combination with one or more anti-hepatitis C drugs.
US10765636B2
A nanocarrier including a silica body having a surface and defining a plurality of pores that are suitable to receive molecules therein is described. The nanocarrier also includes a lipid bilayer coating the surface, and a cargo-trapping agent within the phospholipid bilayer. The phospholipid bilayer stably seals the plurality of pores. The cargo-trapping reagent can be selected to interact with a desired cargo, such as a drug.
US10765635B2
Various embodiments of modified-release multiparticulates (in bead or granule from) are described. The modified-release multiparticulates can comprise a core including a pharmaceutical and/or probiotic agent, optionally with additional excipients or binders to aid in creation of the core, one or more functional coatings disposed on the core and configured to provide a modified-release profile of the pharmaceutical and/or probiotic agent when given orally, and a coating of hypromellose acetate succinate (HPMCAS) disposed on the one or more functional coatings and configured to impart multiparticulate stability in aqueous acidic media. Suspensions including the modified-release multiparticulates are also described.
US10765634B2
The absence of regulatory T cells (Treg) may underlie disorders including but not limited to autoimmunity, dermatitis, periodontitis and even transplant rejection. Enhancing local numbers of Treg through in situ Treg expansion or induction is contemplated herein as a treatment option for these disorders. Current methods for in vivo Treg expansion are not Treg specific and are associated with many adverse side-effects. The data presented herein provides in vitro testing of a Treg-inducing microparticle providing a predictable controlled release for combinations of cytokines and drugs (e.g., IL-2, TGF-β, and/or rapamycin) resulting in targeted Treg migration. These controlled release microparticles are also capable of inducing FoxP3+ Treg in human cells in vitro suggesting that these compositions be developed into an in vivo Treg induction and expansion therapy.
US10765605B2
An intelligent pillbox with volume detection includes an open-close structure, a first structure, an air pressure sensing module and a processor. The first structure is movably configured on the open-close structure, and moves in and out of the containing space of the open-close structure to generate a constant volume difference. The air pressure sensing module is configured in the containing space for measuring the multiple air pressure values in the airtight space. The intelligent pillbox with volume detection calculates the medicine volume by the constant volume differences and the air pressure change when the patient takes out the medicine from the medicine box. It not only can avoid the patient taking wrong medicine, but also can detect the number of remaining medicine and remind the patient to replenish the medicine in the medicine box.
US10765597B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus to heat a body. A first conductive path and/or a second conductive path include a resistive heating element that produces heat from said current. The first conductive path is coupled to redirect the current to the second conductive path and set up complementapy magnetic fields between said first and second layers. A third layer substantially blocks an electric field produced from the resistive heating element included in the first layer and/or second layer.
US10765596B1
An oral stimulating device is inserted within a mouth of an individual and engages over the teeth. The oral stimulating device comprises a general U-shaped mouthpiece for engaging the teeth of the individual. A plurality of protruding knobs are coupled to the general U-shape mouthpiece. A vibrating device and an electric current source are within the general U-shaped mouthpiece for emitting vibration from the general U-shape mouthpiece. The plurality of protruding knobs and the emitting vibration provides oral stimulation.
US10765594B2
Therapeutic roller apparatus including at least two easily interchangeable elongated, semi-cylindrical component assemblies, each formed by a rigid substrate component having a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface, and a resilient pad component affixed to and covering the outer surface of the rigid substrate part. The side edges of the component assemblies are adapted to mate together to form a cylindrical roller body having a first outer diameter. The roller body ends are provided with first latch elements. A pair of cylindrical end caps, each having an outer diameter greater than the roller's first outer diameter, and an inner diameter adapted to mate with and capture an end of the assembled roller body. The end caps include second latch elements adapted to lockingly engage the first latch elements and secure the entire assembly together. In use, all user weight applied to the roller body is transferred to the end caps.
US10765591B2
A pulmonary expansion therapy (PXT) device may be a handheld device that covers specific lung fields and may generate negative pressure fields locally. The device also may provide vibratory/percussion therapy for airway clearance. The PXT may generate a localized negative pressure field non-invasively to the exterior of the chest wall, thereby increasing the functional residual capacity in underlying lung fields. As a result, increased ventilation and perfusion to the targeted internal lung field may be achieved by creating a decrease in the external barometric pressure relative to the more positive intrinsic airway pressures. The PXT device also may improve lung compliance by enabling a medical professional to grab and elevate the chest wall to compensate for the dysfunction of the respiratory musculature responsible for lifting the chest wall. In some embodiments, once a targeted functional residual capacity (FRC) has been established, vibration or percussion may be applied.
US10765588B2
There is provided a processing unit that includes a direction decision unit and a guide information generation unit. The direction decision unit determines a direction in which a person who behaves without a sense of sight walks. The guide information generation unit generates guide information for the person who behaves without the sense of sight to walk in the determined direction. The present technology is applicable, for example, to a smartphone or the like used by the person who behaves without the sense of sight.
US10765586B2
A walking aid device including a moving body, a message receiving element, a positioning element, and a processor is provided. The message receiving element, the positioning element, and the processor are respectively disposed at the moving body, and the message receiving element and the positioning element are respectively electrically coupled to the processor. The message receiving element is configured to receive a message from a target, and the positioning element is configured to locate a position of the moving body. When the message from a target is received by the message receiving element, the processor determines an orientation of the target according to the message, and the positioning element locates the position of the moving body. The processor produces a position data according to the orientation of the target and the position of the moving body, and controls the moving body to move to where the target is located.
US10765584B2
A foldable frame construction for mobility aids has a mounting frame, a pivotal arm, and an operating element. The mounting frame has a fixed end, a limiting end, a limiting hole formed through the mounting frame adjacent to the limiting end, and a through hole formed through the mounting frame between the fixed end and the limiting hole. The pivotal arm is rotatably connected to the mounting frame and has a positioning hole formed through the pivotal arm and selectively aligning with the through hole. The operating element is connected to the pivotal arm and the mounting frame to limit a position of the pivotal arm relative to the mounting frame, and has a fixing ring base securely connected to the pivotal arm around the positioning hole, an engaging bolt movably mounted in the fixing ring base, and a pull button connected to the engaging bolt.
US10765581B2
A spool assembly and method of use is disclosed having generally a first and a second mating portions which can mate along a longitudinal axis of the spool to retain a belt therein. The mating surfaces of the first and second mating portions can take a variety of geometries or splines which can efficiently retain the belt while maintaining a suitable transmission ratio. In an exemplary embodiment, the spool exit curve for the retained belt can be radially inward of a majority of the spool to reduce the overall diameter of the spool. In some exemplary embodiments, the spool can be mounted within a motor and rotated thereby to spool and unspool the belt.
US10765580B1
A patient securing overlay is provided that includes a sheet of fabric for supporting a patient's torso on a surgical table. The sheet of fabric has an upper surface configured to face the patient and a lower surface configured to face a surgical table mattress or underbody support. The sheet of fabric includes friction enhancing elements applied to at least a portion of the upper surface thereof. The sheet of fabric can include an extension at a foot end of the sheet of fabric that provides material to be tucked under a foot end of the surgical table mattress or underbody support for securing the foot end of the sheet of fabric to the surgical table mattress or underbody support. The extension can include one or more friction enhancing elements.
US10765578B2
An article (1; 100) for collecting urine (300) and stools (400) of a user, the article having a support surface (10A) for supporting the buttocks of the user; and a chamber (20) that communicates with an opening (10E) defined by the support surface (10A) and that presents a bottom portion (22); and a spacer (10) suitable for maintaining the bottom portion at a distance from the support surface. The article has an internal wall element (23; 123) that is situated at a position vertically intermediate between the support surface (10A) and the bottom portion (22) and that is suitable for adopting a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the internal wall element forms an obstacle for substantially preventing stools (400) from passing to the bottom while allowing communication for urine (300). In the second configuration, the obstacle is substantially eliminated so as to allow stools to pass to the bottom of the chamber (20).
US10765574B2
The invention is for a standing 3 wheeled wheelchair with a pivoted seat having link means, a dyad means, removable side handle actuator means, a lockable knee support with interlocking cam means, which enables the user to stand effortlessly and safely in the wheel chair.
US10765572B2
A method wherein a first unit (10) is provided having a field of grip elements (12), and a second unit (20) provided with retention elements (22) suitable for co-operating with the grip elements (12) of the first unit (10) in order to provide a self-gripping fastening. The first and second units are put into contact in such a manner that the grip elements (12) of the first unit and the retention elements (22) of the second unit provide a self-gripping fastening (F). A treatment zone of the self-gripping fastening is treated in order to deform the grip elements (12) of the first unit (10) and/or the retention elements (22) of the second unit (20), whereby the first and second units (10, 20) are permanently secured to each other, thereby forming an assembled structure.
US10765565B2
Methods for manufacturing topsheets for absorbent articles are disclosed. The methods may include: providing a cycling forming belt that includes an air-permeable substrate and an ordered arrangement of airflow blocking structures thereon; directing air flow with entrained fibers and/or filaments to a working location through which the belt cycles; drawing the air flow through airflow permeable regions of the belt as they cycle through the working location, and thereby drawing the fibers/filaments to the belt such that they accumulate thereon to form a batt having an arrangement of built-up regions and attenuated regions corresponding with the arrangement of blocking structures, wherein the structures are arranged in individualized single-topsheet configurations that repeat along the machine direction, each configuration being adapted to form a section of web material for a topsheet and to impart a desired formation thereto including channel portions, hinge portions and/or pattern(s) of discrete low bulk portions.
US10765563B2
Intra-operative system for identifying and tracking surgical sharp objects, instruments, and sponges
Intra-operative systems for identifying surgical sharp objects are provided. Aspects of the systems include an intra-operative imaging device for obtaining intra-operative surgical sharp object image data; and a surgical sharp object automated shape recognition module configured to identify a surgical sharp object from intra-operative surgical sharp object image data. Systems of the invention may further include additional components, such as surgical instrument and/or sponge identification and tracking devices. Systems of the invention find use in a variety of methods and applications, including tracking of surgical items during a surgical procedure.
US10765560B2
An instrument comprises a handpiece, a boss member, a cylindraceous cam body, a linearly movable member, a cam follower, and a braking member. The cam body is rotatably supported in the handpiece and includes an exterior cam feature. The cam follower couples the linearly movable member with the cam feature of the cam body. The cam feature and the cam follower cooperatively drive the linearly movable member linearly in response to rotation of the cam body within the handpiece. The braking member extends about at least a portion of the exterior of the cam body and is positioned to progressively engage the boss member as the cam body rotates within the handpiece. The braking member and the boss member thus cooperate to provide gradual braking of the cam body. The instrument is operable to deploy a pressure equalization tube in the tympanic membrane of a patient.
US10765549B2
A flexible foot abduction apparatus allowing movement in a horizontal and vertical plane with an elongated member made of a shape memory material. The elongated bar is shaped such that it has both vertical and horizontal aspects to allow a user to more easily manipulate the apparatus in one or both planes. The elongated member has an original shape which can be selectively forced into a second shape by a user and then return to the original shape.
US10765545B2
A stent delivery system includes an elongate shaft including a proximal portion, a distal portion, at least one lumen extending at least partially therethrough, and a stent receiving portion on the distal portion of the elongate shaft. A stent is positioned on the stent receiving portion of the elongate shaft, the stent having a first configuration and a second configuration. A proximal constraining arrangement is engaged with a proximal end of the stent. A distal constraining arrangement is engaged with a distal end of the stent. The stent delivery system includes a handle assembly comprising a first shuttle operably connected to the proximal constraining arrangement and a second shuttle operably connected to the distal constraining arrangement. A brake assembly positioned is within the handle assembly, the proximal constraining arrangement being coupled to a portion of the brake assembly.
US10765544B2
A system for delivery of a medical device includes a delivery member and a medical device, which is mounted to the delivery member and releasably retained in a delivery configuration for endoluminal delivery of the medical device toward a treatment site in a human vessel. The delivery member includes an elongated first portion configured to extend outside of the body from a first percutaneous access site and an elongated second portion configured to extend outside the body from a second percutaneous access site to allow positioning of the medical device at the treatment site by manipulation of the first portion and second portion from outside of the body.
US10765540B2
In one embodiment according to the present invention, a stent is described having a generally cylindrical body formed from a single woven nitinol wire. The distal and proximal ends of the stent include a plurality of loops, some of which include marker members used for visualizing the position of the stent. In another embodiment, the previously described stent includes an inner flow diverting layer.
US10765538B2
A biodegradable in vivo supporting device is disclosed. The in vivo supporting device comprises a biodegradable metal scaffold and a biodegradable polymer coating covering at least a portion of the biodegradable metal scaffold, wherein the biodegradable polymer coating has a degradation rate that is faster than the degradation rate of the biodegradable metal scaffold.
US10765530B2
A surgical implant device, comprising: a body portion; and one or more surfaces comprising a plurality of protruding structures; wherein the body portion and the one or more surfaces comprising the plurality of protruding structures are integrally formed. The one or more surfaces comprising the plurality of protruding structures are formed by an additive manufacturing process. The plurality of protruding structures comprise a plurality of needles. Optionally, the surgical implant device comprises one of an anterior lumbar interbody fusion cage, a posterior lumbar interbody fusion cage, a transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion cage, an oblique lumbar interbody fusion cage, a cervical cage, and a bone screw.
US10765527B2
A prosthetic disc can take the form of a sensing artificial disc that includes a resilient core and at least one sensor configured to sense one or more conditions within and/or experienced by the disc. The sensing artificial disc can serve as a replacement to a failed or injured disc between two vertebrae of a spine. The sensing artificial disc can include at least one element configured to change a condition or property of the resilient core in response to a condition sensed by the at least one sensor. A prosthetic disc can include therapeutic system configured to deliver medication to the body, which can include a reservoir of medication.
US10765522B2
The present invention relates to an articular joint replacement system. The system has first and second components. Each component has a tapered head piece for covering the end of a bone and for acting as an articular surface, an integrally formed screw stem having a length sufficient to extend into the medullary canal, and inwardly angled bone grips affixed to the underside of the head piece to allow solid fixation to the bone by compression press fit. The head piece of the first component is provided with a shaped exterior surface which complements the shaped exterior surface of the head piece of the second component and which allows motion in three planes.
US10765510B2
A virtual aperture integrated into an intraocular lens is disclosed. Optical rays which intersect the virtual aperture are widely scattered across the retina causing the light to be virtually prevented from reaching detectable levels on the retina. The use of the virtual aperture helps remove monochromatic and chromatic aberrations yielding high-definition retinal images. For a given definition of acceptable vision, the depth of field is increased over a larger diameter optical zone. In addition, thinner intraocular lenses can be produced since the optical zone can have a smaller diameter. This in turn allows smaller corneal incisions and easier implantation surgery.
US10765508B2
A mask is provided that is configured to increase the depth of focus of a patient. The mask can include an aperture configured to transmit along an optical axis substantially all visible incident light. The mask can further include a portion surrounding at least a portion of the aperture. The portion may be configured to be substantially opaque to visible electromagnetic radiation and be substantially transparent to electromagnetic radiation transmitted from an ocular examination device (e.g., substantially transparent to at least some non-visible electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength between about 750 nm and about 1500 nm).
US10765507B2
A mastopexy implant for maintaining the breast in an elevated and aesthetically pleasing position includes a lower pole support comprising end portions which may be affixed to the chest wall or to a previously installed upper suspension strut. The implant is loaded in an insertion device. The insertion device is inserted through a small incision and into a subcutaneous pocket created in an inferior half of the breast. The lower pole support may have various constructs and in one embodiment includes a unitary conformable mesh having a plurality of arm or band members which are attached across the breast parenchyma and to the chest wall.
US10765503B2
The invention is a device, system, and method for repairing heart valve function, which may include bisecting native valve leaflets for improved deployment of a prosthetic heart valve in the native valve annulus. The invention may include a catheter having a cutting element shaft with a cutting element configured to puncture a valve leaflet and/or make a controlled cut through the leaflet. The device may have an extendable foot configured to be positioned on an opposite side of the valve leaflet from the cutting element shaft. The device may include magnets to guide the cutting element and/or cutting element shaft in proper alignment with the extendable foot and to hold the elements in place during leaflet bisection.
US10765500B2
The present invention relates to medical prostheses and methods of manufacturing those devices. In particular, the prostheses are temporarily stiffened meshes with particular coatings to provide initial stiffness and thereby permit easier surgical handling for treatment or reconstruction of soft tissue defects. Preferred embodiments include surgical meshes coated with one or more biodegradable polymers that can act as a stiffening agent by coating the filaments or fibers of the mesh to temporarily immobilize the contact points of those filaments or fibers and/or by increasing the stiffness of the mesh by at least 1.1 times its original stiffness. The devices of the invention can also provide relief from various post-operative complications associated with their implantation, insertion or surgical use. By including biologically active agents and/or drugs in the coating, the devices provide prophylaxis for and can alleviate side effects or complications associated with the surgery or use of prostheses in general.
US10765484B2
A system for visualizing a surgical site is provided. The system includes a robotic mechanism for performing a procedure on a patient, an imaging device coupled to the robotic mechanism, the imaging device configured to provide image data of a site of interest, and a computing device coupled to the imaging device. The computing device includes one or more processors and at least one memory device configured to store executable instructions. The executable instructions, when executed by the processor, are configured to receive the image data of the site of interest, track motion patterns of the site of interest in the received image data, filter the received image data to remove line-of-sight restrictions therein and alter pixels therein based on the tracked motion patterns, and generate an output frame from the filtered image data. The system also includes a presentation interface device coupled to the computing device and configured to present the output frame for visualization of the site of interest.
US10765483B2
Disclosed is a localizer system. The localizer system may be incorporated into a navigation system for tracking a tracking device. Generally, the localizer may include a transmitting coil array and a field shaping assembly.
US10765479B2
A minimally invasive method for treating varices in especially sensitive areas, including pelvic varices in females, varicoceles, and also oesophageal varices is presented. The method comprises the steps of making a micro incision into the blood vessels of a patient, endoscopically inserting a catheter device into the blood vessel of a patient and advancing the distal end of the catheter to reach the varix or varices. Insertion can be made in the femoral vein and advanced using a catheter. A first localizer is placed on the distal end of said catheter to allow use of x-ray, angiography, or other imaging techniques to visualize and position the catheter. An optical fiber is then inserted into the catheter and the distal end is advanced to a predetermined point near the varix or varices. A second localizer is present on the distal end of said optical fiber to allow use of x-ray, angiography, or other imaging techniques to visualize and position the optical fiber as well. Optical fiber distal end is preferably a slim, radial 360 degree emitting fiber end. Laser energy of preferably 1470±30 nm is then transmitted to the varix to close the blood vessel. Other wavelengths with similar or greater absorption in blood/water than at 1470 nm are also effective. Imaging techniques such as angiographies may again be performed to confirm closure of the vein. The laser source linked to a radial emitting fiber allows for thermo occlusion of varicoceles using about 2-3 W of emitting power with little or no pain or discomfort for patient. The present invention is an out-patient procedure that requires no anesthesia and minimal recovery time, and does not require that any foreign objects be left in the body. This method has been shown to have a high success rate and minimum pain or side effects for the patient.
US10765454B2
An oocyte retrieval needle is provided. The needle comprises a first tubular region in fluid communication with a second tubular region. The first tubular region comprises a sharp point leading end configured for insertion into a subject. The second tubular region comprises an open trailing end. The leading and trailing ends form respective opposite ends of the needle. Internal passages of the first and second tubular regions form a continuous open passage extending from the leading end to the trailing end. The first tubular region has an outer diameter which is less than an outer diameter of the second tubular region and the internal passage of the first tubular region has an inner, luminal diameter which is less than an inner diameter of the internal passage of the second tubular region. The oocyte retrieval needle is a double lumen needle.
US10765447B2
The devices and method described herein allow for therapeutic damage to increase volume in these hyperdynamic hearts to allow improved physiology and ventricular filling and to reduce diastolic filling pressure by making the ventricle less stiff.
US10765445B2
An example thrombectomy device is disclosed. The example thrombectomy catheter includes a catheter tube including a proximal portion, a distal portion and a lumen extending therein. The thrombectomy catheter also includes a high pressure tube extending through the catheter lumen from the catheter proximal portion toward the catheter distal portion, the high pressure tube having at least one jet orifice for directing at least one fluid jet through the catheter lumen. The thrombectomy catheter also includes an outflow orifice, an inflow orifice and a fluid pulse generator coupled to the proximal portion of the catheter tube, wherein the fluid pulse generator is configured to inject fluid though the thrombectomy catheter at a first frequency.
US10765442B2
Surgical devices and methods are provided that utilize an end effector biased to a closed position when an actuator of the device is biased in an uncompressed configuration. End effectors according to the present disclosure can include first and second jaws that can be moved from the biased closed position to an open position by compressing the actuator from the uncompressed configuration and towards a compressed configuration. Various force assemblies and related components are provided that allow the device to achieve two end effector actuation profiles: (1) moving from a closed position and to an open position; and (2) moving from a closed position, to an open position, and back to the closed position. Various structures and methods for operating such devices during a surgical procedure are also provided.
US10765441B2
A medical device may include a handle having an actuator, and a shaft coupled to the handle. The shaft may include a working channel. The medical device also may include a pair of friction rollers configured to be actuated by the actuator. The pair of friction rollers may be configured to receive an elongate member between one another, wherein actuation of the actuator may cause the pair of friction rollers to rotate and urge the elongate member to translate.
US10765440B2
A system, device and method for removing occlusive material from a bodily lumen comprising a catheter with a distally mounted and fluid-fillable litho-cushion in operative connection with at least one forward-focusing reflector. The catheter comprises a lumen with an electrode pair housing disposed in watertight engagement with the lumen at or near the distal end of the lumen, the electrode pair housing comprising at least one electrode pair. The at least one electrode pair is in wired communication with a pulse generator, wherein the electrode pair is configured to generate an electrical arc between the electrodes of the electrode pair with subsequent generation of a shock wave. The shock wave is directed distally out of the catheter lumen and focused forward and distally away from the catheter lumen by the at least one reflector toward the targeted occlusive material.
US10765439B2
Provided is a treatment method of being able to improve the obstruction of a biological lumen caused by stenosis of the biological lumen and the stagnation of a secretion. The treatment method includes a disposition step of disposing a dilation portion that can be dilated and deflated, and a collection portion, which is capable of removing a secretion S secreted from a biological lumen from a living body, in a stenosed site occurring in the biological lumen; a dilation step of widening the stenosed site after the disposition step by dilating the dilation portion in the stenosed site after the disposition step; and a removal step of removing the secretion from the living body by a removal portion.
US10765433B2
Multiple endoscopic devices and methods for closing perforations and/or creating anastomoses in tissue are described. For example, this document provides devices and methods for performing esophagogastric anastomoses and for closing esophageal perforations in a minimally invasive fashion. The devices and methods provided herein can also be used for, without limitation, colorectal anastomoses, any bowel anastomosis, gastric bypass anastomoses, and broader vessel anastomoses.
US10765425B2
A surgical stapling system comprising a motorized system configured to generate a low torque rotary motion during a first operating mode and a high torque rotary motion during a second operating mode, a control system configured to switch between the first and second operating modes, an end effector, a drive member, and a rotatable member operably coupled with the motorized system and in operable engagement with the drive member is disclosed. The end effector comprises a first jaw and a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw between an open position and a clamped position. The high torque rotary motion from the motorized system moves the drive member to drive the second iaw toward the clamped position. An opposite rotary motion from the motorized system moves the drive member in an opposite direction to release the second jaw and allow the second jaw to move toward the open position.
US10765417B2
A medical retractor is capable of ensuring visibility in a field of operation and in the periphery of the field of operation while realizing the reduction of weight of the retractor compared to a conventional steel-made retractor. A medical retractor includes: a grip portion; and a resin functional portion made of a transparent resin and extending from the grip portion. The resin functional portion has: a trunk portion which has a proximal end thereof connected to the grip portion; and a hook-shaped portion extending in a hook shape from a distal end of the trunk portion. The resin functional portion is configured to allow the viewing of an affected part which opposedly faces a back surface of the resin functional portion from a front surface side in a see-through manner.
US10765410B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of endoscopy. In particular, the present disclosure relates to systems and methods for real-time visualization of a target tissue, and which allows the location/orientation of the biopsy needle to be determined prior to its first actuation.
US10765404B2
An internal probe device for insertion into the body of a patient, comprises an elongate body with a plurality of EAP actuators mounted at the surface of the body. The EAP actuators are made to vibrate so that their position becomes visible in a Doppler ultrasound image. The use of EAP actuators to provide vibrations enables individual locations to be identified. In particular, the movement of the EAP actuator may be largely isolated from the main body of the probe. Furthermore, EAP actuators can be thin, lightweight and have a small form factor suitable for application to or within the surface of a probe, such as a catheter, needle or endoscope.
US10765397B2
A radiographic imaging apparatus including a radiation detecting element that detects radiation with which a subject is irradiated and a casing that houses a battery, the casing being provided with a vent hole that circulates internal and external air, the radiographic imaging apparatus comprising: an air pressure measurer that measures an internal air pressure of the casing; a hardware processor that inspects, after the internal air pressure of the casing changes due to operation of pressure, waterproof performance of the radiographic imaging apparatus on a basis of a changing aspect of the internal air pressure due to termination of the operation of the pressure, and a flow rate regulator that reduces a flow rate of the air through the vent hole in a case where the battery is charged.
US10765395B2
One embodiment, a medical imaging diagnosis apparatus includes a gantry, a bed and a processing circuitry. The gantry acquires data. The bed supports a table top such that the table top is horizontally and vertically movable relative to a floor surface. The processing circuitry determines a lift route of the table top from an initial height to a target height to be either a first route or a second route. The first route is in which the table top is vertically lifted relative to the floor surface from the initial height to the target height. The second route is in which the table top is vertically lifted, while being horizontally moved, relative to the floor surface from the initial height to the target height.
US10765393B2
A method for generating a combined contrast medium and blood vessel representation of contrast-enhanced image data of breast tissue to be examined includes capturing first and second contrast-medium-influenced x-ray projection measurement data of the breast tissue with respective differing first and second x-ray energies. First and second image data sets are reconstructed based respectively on the first and second measurement data. A dual-energy image data set is ascertained based on the first and the second image data sets. A blood vessel image is ascertained based on at least one image data set. A blood vessel image is represented together with the dual-energy image data set in a combined contrast medium and blood vessel representation. An image data generating system is also provided.
US10765388B2
A radiation-irradiation device includes a leg unit, a radiation source unit, an arm unit, a body unit, and a raising/lowering mechanism. The arm unit includes a first arm connected to the radiation source unit, a second arm, a first rotational moving portion that connects the first arm to the second arm so as to allow the first arm and second arm to be rotationally movable relative to each other, and a second rotational moving portion that connects the second arm to the raising/lowering mechanism so as to allow the second arm to be rotationally movable relative to the raising/lowering mechanism. The rotation of the second arm from an initial rotational movement position is regulated by the body unit in a case in which the arm unit is positioned at a position other than a first position where the arm unit is raised or lowered by the raising/lowering mechanism.
US10765384B2
A system and method that acquire (i) at least a reference image including one of a preoperative image of a surgical site with skeletal and articulating bones and a contralateral image on an opposite side of the patient from the surgical site, and (ii) at least an intraoperative image of the site after an implant has been affixed to the articulating bone. The system generates at least one reference landmark point on at least one anatomical feature on the articulating bone in the reference image and at least one intraoperative landmark point on that anatomical feature in the intraoperative image. The reference and intraoperative images are compared, and differences between the orientation of the articulating bone in the two images are utilized to analyze at least one of offset and length differential.
US10765381B2
A radiation imaging apparatus performs pre-shot imaging while considering the imaging condition on the tomosynthesis imaging which can be performed right thereafter without repeating a positioning of the radiation irradiation unit on the tomosynthesis imaging. The protocol for the per-shot imaging is read out. Reading out the protocol is executed by that the operator of operation unit of the console and the console 1 reads out the protocol for the pre-shot imaging from the radiology department information system along with the patient information. Therefore, the imaging condition of the protocol for the continuously executed tomosynthesis imaging is read out while linking the protocol of the pre-shot imaging.
US10765375B2
Systems and methods are provided for operating a physiological monitoring system for determining a physiological parameter of a subject. The physiological system may comprise a pulse oximetry sensor for generating a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal and a gain controller for setting a light detection level. The system may also comprise a filter for filtering the PPG signal. The filter may comprise at least one of filter history and filter coefficients. The system may comprise a processor for determining the power level of light sources of the pulse oximetry sensor and the light detection gain level, and calculating a scaling factor based on the determined power level and the light detection gain level. The processor may also be used for scaling one or more of the filter history and filter coefficients based on the scaling factor, and determining at least one physiological parameter based on the filtered PPG signal.
US10765369B2
A simple, disposable sensing device for sensing an analyte is housed in a single case. The sensing device can transmit sensor data to monitoring device(s). The sensing device includes: a case having a lower major wall adapted to be mounted against a patient's skin, and an upper opposing major wall; a sensor extending from the case and having a distal end sensitive to the analyte to produce an electrical signal, and a proximal end within the case having electrical contacts; a printed circuit board assembly within the case supported by one of the major walls to receive the electrical signal via the electrical contacts; and an elastomeric pad disposed in the case and biased by the other major wall to urge the proximal end of the sensor into contact with the printed circuit board assembly and maintain an electrical connection between the electrical contacts and the printed circuit board assembly.
US10765339B2
An electrical impedance tomography device (1) includes an electrode array, including a plurality of electrodes (33) arranged spaced apart from one another, a signal feed unit (51) and a signal acquisition unit (50). A calculation and control unit (70) is configured to determine a current elliptical circumferential shape (20′) of the electrode array on a thorax (34) of a human being and to provide a control signal (79), which indicates the elliptical circumferential shape (20) of the electrode array. The calculation and control unit (70) may be configured as a central unit or an array of distributed units (cloud computing) in order to determine and to provide the current elliptical circumferential shape (20′).
US10765337B2
An ear plug for arrangement in an ear canal includes at least two electrodes for detecting an EEG signal from a skin surface when the ear plug is arranged in the ear canal. The ear plug further includes a housing having an outer wall made from a resilient material, and a signal acquisition circuit. The electrodes are provided with a skin contact part arranged on an outside surface of the housing and connected through the outer wall of the housing to a supporting member on the inner part of the housing. The skin contact part and the supporting member are arranged for clamping the outer wall.
US10765336B2
A method of planning a patient-specific cardiac procedure according to an embodiment of the current invention includes receiving three-dimensional imaging data of a patient's heart, simulating at least one of electrophysiological or electromechanical activity of at least a portion of the patient's heart using the three-dimensional imaging data, and planning the patient-specific cardiac procedure based on the simulating. The cardiac procedure is for providing a preselected alteration of at least one of electrophysiological or electromechanical behavior of the patient's heart.
US10765330B2
A pulse photometry probe includes a holding member that includes a contact face which is to be in contact with living tissue of a patient, an emitter that is placed in the holding member, a detector that is placed in the holding member and detects light emitted from the emitter, and, a spacer that is disposed between the contact face and the emitter and has an opening, wherein an air layer defined by the opening is disposed between an emitting face of the emitter and the contact face.
US10765325B2
A method for managing passenger comfort. A passenger mobile device is connected with a vehicle computer system in a vehicle using a near-field communications reader for a passenger seat. Passenger comfort preferences associated with the passenger seat are identified by the vehicle computer system based on changes made to an environment in the vehicle by a passenger. Passenger comfort preferences made to the environment by the passenger are sent from the vehicle computer system to the passenger mobile device, which are associated with different current states. New comfort preferences are received by the vehicle computer system from the passenger mobile device when the passenger mobile device detects a change in a current state of the passenger. Signals are sent by the vehicle computer system to a number of vehicle systems to change the environment using the new comfort preferences, enabling an increase in the passenger comfort in the vehicle.
US10765319B2
Aspects relate to a portable device that may be used to identify a critical intensity and an anaerobic work capacity of an individual. The device may utilize muscle oxygen sensor data, speed data, or power data. The device may utilize data from multiple exercise sessions, or may utilize data from a single exercise session. The device may additionally estimate a critical intensity from a previous race time input from a user.
US10765311B2
An eye patch includes a single layer substrate comprising a sheet of material having a first region and a second region. An outer edge extends around the substrate and a slit extends through the substrate so as to form a first flap and a second flap. A first adhesive portion is applied to the substrate near the first region such that the first and second flaps each receive part of the first adhesive portion. A second adhesive portion is applied to the substrate near the second region, and the second adhesive portion is discontinuous with the first adhesive portion. The first and second flaps are configured to be placed into an overlapping arrangement and adhered together by the first adhesive portion to give the eye patch a generally cupped shape. The first and second adhesive portions provide two locations for adhering the eye patch a patient's face.
US10765309B1
An otoscope speculum can include forceps, a curette, or other instruments to allow healthcare providers to treat a patient while observing thought the otoscope lens. According to some embodiments, a flexible hinge on an otoscope speculum orients forceps jaws and allows the healthcare provider to close the forceps jaws by applying a squeezing force. In other embodiments, a curette on an otoscope speculum allows the healthcare provider to perform scraping operations on a patient. Embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to examine and/or treat a variety of orifices of a patient, including the ear. The various specula instruments may allow the healthcare provider to view the treatment through the otoscope lens while the instrument is in use.
US10765307B2
An endoscopic imaging system includes a reusable control cabinet having a number of actuators that control the orientation of a lightweight endoscope that is connectable thereto. The endoscope is used with a single patient and is then disposed. The endoscope includes an illumination mechanism, an image sensor and an elongate shaft having one or more lumens located therein. A polymeric articulation joint at the distal end of the endoscope allows the distal end to be oriented by the control cabinet. The endoscope is coated with a hydrophilic coating that reduces its coefficient of friction and because it is lightweight, requires less force to advance it to a desired location within a patient.
US10765304B2
Example embodiments relate to devices, systems, and methods for performing a diagnostic and/or therapeutic action. The system may comprise an elongated main body having a first end. The system may further comprise an anchor assembly attached to the main body near the first end of the main body. The anchor assembly may comprise a first expandable member. The first expandable member may be configurable to expand radially away from the main body. The anchor assembly may further comprise a second expandable member provided between the first expandable member and the first end of the main body. The second expandable member may be configurable to expand radially away from the main body. The anchor assembly may be operable to secure the main body with respect to an interior wall forming the cavity of the patient.
US10765286B2
A surface maintenance machine comprising two front wheels, at least one rear wheel, a motive source for providing motive force to at least one front wheel to drive the machine on a surface. Embodiments also include an operator platform allowing an operator to stand thereon extending at least partly around the rear wheel, for supporting an operator in a standing position with the operator's feet on either side of the rear wheel.
US10765283B2
The disclosure relates to a bidirectional mobile cleaning device comprising a garbage collection box, a first rolling member disposed at one end of the garbage collection box, and a second rolling member disposed at the other end of the garbage collection box. The first rolling member rotates to collect and adsorb garbage and sewage on the ground and feed it into the garbage collection box. The second rolling member rotates in a direction opposite to the direction with which the first rolling member rotates to collect and absorb garbage and sewage on the ground and feed it into the garbage collection box. The bidirectional mobile cleaning device is driven to move based on a speed difference between the first and second rolling members.
US10765280B2
Disclosed is a vacuum cleaner including a flow path to guide air suctioned or discharged and a resonator connected to the flow path. The resonator is configured to change a resonance frequency to be canceled. Therefore, when the noise generated by changing operation modes of the vacuum cleaner is changed, the noise may be cancelled by changing the resonance frequency of the resonator.
US10765279B2
A surface cleaning apparatus includes a rotatably mounted brush associated with a dirty air inlet. A plurality of bristles extend outwardly from a radial outer surface of the rotatably mounted brush. A heating element that is positioned exterior to the brush core.
US10765278B2
A hand vacuum cleaner has an inlet conduit that is removably connectable to an accessory tool. An accessory power coupler extends in the same direction as the inlet conduit and is positioned laterally to one side of the inlet conduit The accessory power coupler has electrical connectors, wherein the electrical connectors of the accessory power coupler are inter-engaged with compatible electrical connectors provided on the accessory tool.
US10765271B2
A device may include a handle component that is configured to permit a user to grasp the handle component during a sanitation process of the user wherein the user sanitizes a distal appendage using the device. The device may include a shaft component that extends in a vertical direction and that is configured to connect the handle component and a connection component. The device may include the connection component that is configured to removably adhere to a surface to permit the device to remain substantially stationary during the sanitation process of the user. The device may include a brush component that is configured to permit the user to perform the sanitation process of the user and that is removably connected to the connection component.
US10765269B2
A fluid dispenser having a housing and a cover removably coupled to the housing with the cover having a right cover side wall and a left cover side wall secured together spaced laterally from each other and in which the cover side walls are resilient and deflectable laterally away from each other for disengagement of the cover from the housing.
US10765243B1
A reusable straw kit includes an elastic sheet and a fastener. The elastic sheet has a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a fifth side, and a sixth side. The second side is substantially parallel to the first side. The third side extends from a bottom of the first side, at a first predetermined angle to the first side. The fourth side extends from a bottom of the second side to join with and at a second predetermined angle to the third side. The fifth side extends from a top of the first side and substantially parallel to the fourth side. The sixth side extends from a top of the second side to join with and at a third predetermined angle to the fifth side. As such, s straw can be formed by rolling the elastic sheet in a direction perpendicular to the third side.
US10765239B2
An apparatus and method for manipulating a covering such as a bed sheet are provided. The apparatus, in one form, includes a proximal grip portion and a distal covering engaging portion including a plurality of spaced-apart protrusions for engaging with corresponding spaced-apart openings in the covering. The apparatus includes end stop portions adjacent to the protrusions for limiting how far the protrusions may extend through the openings in the covering. A tool receiving portion of the covering may take the form of a pocket or spaced-apart openings that are located in at least one corner portion of the cover. The installation tool engages with the openings in the covering to manipulate the cover and reduces the need to bend over or crouch down to reach around or underneath the mattress when placing the sheet about the mattress.
US10765237B2
The invention provides a lighting system (10) for generating a configurable spotlight effect adapted to direct the attention of an individual from an initial location (34) to a defined second location (36). In particular, the invention comprises a presence detector (14) for detecting motion of an individual (22) at a detection location (28) within a detection area, and for detecting in which direction the individual (22) is moving. A configurable light source (12) is controlled by a controller (18) to create a light effect (30, 32) from a first location (34) in front of the individual (22) based on the direction of the individual (22) toward a defined location (36) so as to thereby draw the attention of the user toward said defined location.
US10765235B1
A shelf cover configured to be placed onto a shelf of a shelving unit and having an integrated removable price tag holder located on its front edge.
US10765234B1
A shelf cover configured to be placed onto a shelf of a shelving unit, retained in place by one or more rear retention flanges, and having an integrated removable price tag holder located on its front edge.
US10765228B2
A body support cushion, e.g., mattress, has multiple foam layers, including a viscoelastic foam layer and a reticulated foam layer, and an outer cover. At least one of the foam layers and the outer cover each includes phase change material having latent heat properties that provide two intervals of dermal cooling.
US10765226B2
A mattress with a relief portion that is adjustable in both a longitudinal and vertical direction to enable support for a variety of body shapes, and in particular support for a variety of body shapes of expectant mothers.
US10765225B2
A method for detecting occupant position change on a support surface includes establishing a rate of change of pressure in a head end test zone and in a foot end test zone, comparing the head end rate to at least one head end rate limit, comparing the foot end rate to at least one foot end rate limit, and inferring, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred. An associated occupant support includes a frame and a mattress. The mattress includes head and foot zones each having at least one pressurizable bladder. The support also includes a controller adapted to compare a head end rate of pressure change to a head end rate limit, to compare a foot end rate of pressure change to a foot end rate limit, and to infer, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred.
US10765224B2
In one example, this disclosure describes an adjustable bed system that includes first and second adjustable foundations, at least one first motor to adjust the first adjustable foundation, at least one second motor to adjust the second adjustable foundation, a configurable device having a first state and a second state, and a central controller in communication with the device, the controller configured to receive an input representing one of the first state and the second state, the controller including a processor configured to control the at least one first motor and the at least one second motor based on the received input.
US10765212B2
A chair component assembly includes a support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user, and a cover including a plurality of sides that cooperate to form an interior space that receives the support component therein, the cover further including a support component receiving aperture and a flap movable between an open position where the support component may be moved from an exterior of the cover to the interior space of the cover, and a closed position where the flap covers the support component receiving aperture, and wherein the flap is secured to the support component by a quick-connect fastener.
US10765211B2
A furniture component has a central member, a pair of sides of each defined by a chord of a circle, a first element affixed to the top of the central member, and a second element affixed to the bottom of the central member. The pair of segments are respectively affixed to the sides of the central member. The central member, the pair of segments and the first and second elements are formed of a wooden material. The central member has a generally square configuration. The central member is entirely surrounded by the pair of segments and the first and second elements. Each of the pair of segments in each of the first and second elements having a planar side affixed to the central member and a curved surface opposite to the planar surface.
US10765207B2
A bracket device of a slide rail assembly comprises a supporting frame, a bracket, and a fastening member. The bracket comprises a longitudinal wall and a mounting member. The longitudinal wall is connected to the supporting frame. The mounting member is adjacent to the longitudinal wall. The fastening member is pivotally connected relative to the bracket. When the fastening member is rotated in a first direction from a predetermined state, a fastening section of the fastening member moves away from the mounting member. The bracket device further comprises two blocking features arranged on a rotation path of the fastening member in a second direction. When the fastening member is in the predetermined state, the two blocking features are disposed beside two parts of the fastening member, and the blocking features prevent the fastening member from being rotated in the second direction from the predetermined state.
US10765205B2
A shelving system (11) and a bracket (10) for a shelving system comprising, the bracket (10) comprising a first end portion (19), an intermediate portion (18) and second end portion (20). The intermediate portion (18) comprises a flexible wall portion being moveable from an open position, in which the flexile wall portion is planar, to a closed position, in which the flexible wall portion is arcuate. In the closed position, the flexible wall portion can wrap around a portion of a post (14) and the first and second end portions (19, 20) engage to form a connector (32) engageable with an end of a rail (16) for supporting drawers.
US10765204B2
An Assemblable wardrobe made of a plastic material, comprising a first and at least a second module positioned one above the other, where each module comprises two side panels, a rear panel, at least a shelf and a reinforcing structure, the reinforcing structure comprising an upper cross-member and respectively a lower cross-member arranged along upper and respectively lower sides of the rear panel and a connecting upright joining said cross-members, each module further comprising an L-shaped support having a vertical wing connected along the connecting upright and a horizontal wing for supporting the shelf, the L-shaped support has clamping means of the upper cross-member to the lower cross-member of the overlying module.
US10765202B2
A foldable locker assembly is configurable between a generally laid flat configuration and an assembled configuration in which the assembly generally forms a locker. The locker assembly includes a main panel configurable between a generally laid-flat configuration and a folded configuration. In the folded configuration the main panel forms a back wall and opposite side walls of the locker assembly. A shelf panel is configurable between a generally laid-flat configuration and a folded configuration. In the folded configuration the shelf panel at least in part forms a shelf of the locker assembly. A bench is configurable between a generally laid-flat configuration and a folded configuration. In the folded configuration the bench panel at least in part forms a bench of the locker assembly with the bench being in spaced relationship with the shelf panel.
US10765200B2
A barbeque chain brush includes a handle; a shaft; a brush head; including a brush head base, chain segments including connected chain links, and a brush skirt; such that the barbeque chain brush can be used to scrub a surface of a barbeque grill. The chain segments can be square or round, made from a non-corrosive metal, and can be configured as single or double chain segments, with particular width, length, and density ranges.
US10765199B2
A cleansing device for mammalian skin includes a cleansing head having a plurality of elastomeric cleansing features extending away from the first surface and having an aspect ratio of about 1:5 to 10:1. The cleansing head is attached to a handle adapted to apply oscillating movement to one or more cleansing head sections to provide a total displacement per oscillation of about 2 mm to 8 mm at a frequency of about 5 Hz to 30 Hz.
US10765198B2
The Hair Removal Device may be a wall mounted assembly of spines or tentacles projecting outward from the wall and disposed to form a plurality of finger rows therebetween. The tentacles being a flexible, resilient material adapted to urge hair on a user's finger to engage a tentacle and release from the finger whereby the hair follicle is captured and retained until cleaned for proper disposal.
US10765191B2
A diffuser includes an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair dryer, a grille having a plurality of air outlets for emitting a first part of the airflow from the diffuser, and a plurality of projections upstanding from the grille for contacting the hair of a user and for emitting a second part of the airflow. Each of the projections has a respective air outlet located in an end portion of the projection which is remote from the grille. The projections are divided into a first set of projections and a second set of projections arranged about the first set of projections. The air outlets of the first set of projections are arranged to emit air towards the second set of projections, and the air outlets of the second set of projections face are arranged to emit air towards the first set of projections.
US10765185B1
An umbrella mounting device includes a clamp assembly configured to be removably clamped to an elongated support member and an umbrella holder coupled to the clamp assembly so that the umbrella holder is rotatable about a longitudinal rotation axis that is generally perpendicular to the clamp assembly axis. A longitudinal rotation locking mechanism includes a threaded handwheel to secure the umbrella holder in the longitudinal rotation axis at an angular position that is selectable from a plurality of angular positions about the longitudinal rotation axis. The umbrella holder also is rotatable to one of a plurality of selectable positions about a transverse rotation axis. A transverse locking mechanism secures the umbrella holder into one of the plurality of selectable positions about the transverse rotation axis. The clamping assembly includes a quick locking and quick release lever.
US10765180B2
A strap tightener assembly has a base, a tightening device mounted on the base and movable relative thereto, and a strap assembly coupled to the tightening device. The tightening device provides incremental movement of the strap assembly relative to the base at a plurality of predefined settings. A cover extends over the strap assembly and connects to the base so that the base and the cover form a channel permitting movement of the strap assembly therethrough. The cover defines an elongate slot extending along a portion of a length of the cover, and the strap assembly has an indicator identifying the relative location of the strap assembly to the cover. A strap is securable to the strap assembly.
US10765176B2
A buckle assembly for selectively connecting first and second straps of a personal protective device. The buckle assembly includes a receiver member and a latch member configured for coupling to a respective one of the straps. The receiver member defines a slot and provides a release arm. The latch member includes a latch tab pivotally connected to a base. In a latched state in which the latch member is disposed within the slot and a latch face is engaged with a capture surface. The release arm disposed over a portion of the latch tab. The latch face can be disengaged from the capture surface in response to an actuation force applied to the release arm. In some embodiments, the receiver member and the latch member incorporate various, complimentary guide surfaces that promote easy insertion of the latch member into the receiver member.
US10765169B2
High foot mobility footwear, including a sole and an upper that define separated front seats to hold respectively toes or groups of toes, where the sole includes a plurality of portions resting on the ground, substantially contiguous to each other along the plantar surface.
US10765168B2
A shoe, comprising a sole and a shoe upper, wherein the sole comprises a sole part which has a base region from which at least one support part extends upwards during the intended use of the shoe, wherein the shoe upper comprises a sock-like section connected to the sole for receiving the foot of the wearer. To obtain improved contact of the shoe with the foot of the wearer, the at least one support part covers the sock-like section on the shoe outer side, wherein no firm connection exists between the support part and the sock-like section over at least a section of the support part and that both the at least one support part and the sock-like section are surrounded by a tensioning element which tensions at least some sections of both the support part and the sock-like section against the foot of the wearer of the shoe.
US10765167B2
A shoe includes a concave body defining sidewalls and a sole of the shoe, and including a first layer received within a second layer. The first layer includes a portion of the sole and upwardly-projecting tabs constituting an inner circumferential wall defining an opening disposed entirely above the sole. The second layer includes a plurality of spaced U-shaped elements each of which includes two walls, forming a portion of an outer circumferential wall, and a bottom, forming a sole-shaped part of the second layer, connecting therebetween. The tabs are characterized by an elasticity that enables them to be pushed outwardly thereby expanding the opening to facilitate receipt of a foot therethrough, and are inwardly-biased thereby being configured to bear upon the foot when received within the cavity, thereby facilitating gripping of the received foot by the shoe.
US10765160B2
A skin protecting garment includes a back panel, a lower front panel coupled to the back panel, and an upper front panel coupled to the back panel. An upward facing opening is formed by the back panel and the upper front panel. The upward facing opening is dimensioned, shaped and positioned to expose a top of a user's head. A forward facing slit is between the lower front panel and the upper front panel. The forward facing slit is dimensioned, shaped and positioned to expose the user's eyes. The back panel, the lower front panel and the upper front panel are each formed of a material configured to block ultraviolet (UV) light.
US10765157B2
A color splash effect is established by a darker backdrop color of an outer surface of a liquid proof and heat resistant glove in the event that a portion of the glove ruptures or fails. The color splash effect is accomplished by a lighter and brighter color being visible through the rupture in the glove. The lighter and brighter color may be formed on or as part of a protective member positioned beneath the outer layer. The protective member also protects the wearer against sharp objects contacting the outer layer of the glove and moving over the protective member. Some embodiments provide that the protective member is in a thumb crotch region of the glove.
US10765149B2
An aerosol-generating system may include a cartridge, a vaporiser section configured to receive the cartridge, and a power supply section configured to supply electrical power to the vaporiser section. The cartridge may include a cartridge housing containing a solid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a cartridge air inlet that extends through a wall portion of the cartridge housing. The vaporiser section may include a vaporiser housing containing an electric heater and a liquid aerosol-forming substrate and defining a vaporiser air outlet that extends through a wall portion of the vaporiser housing. The cartridge wall portion is configured to abut the vaporiser wall portion when the cartridge is received within the vaporiser section. The cartridge configured to be rotatable with respect to the vaporiser section to vary the amount of overlap between the cartridge air inlet and the vaporiser air outlet.
US10765143B2
An exemplary smoking article including a smoking rod filled with a combination including tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material. The tobacco filler material and cellulose filler material can be arranged such that the constituent material particles are generally distributed throughout the smoking rod, the tobacco filler material at least partially surrounds the cellulose filler material along a length of the smoking rod, and/or the cellulose filler material particles have a higher concentration along a central axis of the smoking rod than the tobacco filler material particles.
US10765142B2
A melt-blown fabric for pouching smokeless tobacco or a smokeless tobacco substitute can include melt-blown polymer fibers. The fabric can have a basis weight of less than 30 gsm and a tensile strength of at least 4 mJ in at least one predetermined direction. Method of making the fabric can include melt-blowing a polymeric material against a support surface and bonding the fibers or arranging them in a predetermined orientation. Pouched smokeless tobacco or tobacco substitute products including the fabrics provided herein can provide desirable flavor and tactile experience.
US10765141B2
The invention relates to a smokeable sheet material for inclusion in a smoking article (1), the sheet material comprising greater than 39.5% by weight acacia gum.
US10765138B2
A sheet-shaped food product is a sheet-shaped food product molded by containing a raw food material and a binding agent, in which the sheet-shaped food product is provided with a surface layer at both sides and an inner side layer, which is present between the surface layers and has lower density than each surface layer, and mass ratio (WA/WB) of dry mass of the raw food material (WA) to dry mass of the binding agent 3 (WB) is 4.9 to 7.3.
US10765136B2
This document provides dietary supplement compositions as well as methods for using dietary supplement compositions to control glucose levels. For example, a dietary supplement composition including chromium (e.g., Chromium Oligofructose Complex), a sweet potato extract, and one or more of a mulberry extract, a green tea extract, a cinnamon extract, or a ginseng extract (e.g., Korean Red Ginseng extract) are provided.
US10765135B2
The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for producing protein-polysaccharide conjugates in aqueous solutions. Also provided are methods for limiting the Maillard reaction to the very initial stage, the formation of the Schiff base. Provided are methods to obtain a simple product of Schiff base with white color, and compositions obtained using the methods of the present invention.
US10765128B2
A composition for prevention or treatment of metabolic syndrome or for antioxidation includes black soybean leaf extracts and flavonol glycoside compounds isolated thereof as active ingredients. It has been confirmed that the black soybean leaf extracts and the flavonol glycoside compounds isolated thereof effectively inhibit α-glucosidase activity; LDL oxidation and DDP-4; have excellent DPPH radical scavenging activity; inhibitory activity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation; effectively promote insulin secretion; regulate the expression of major genes; have an excellent ability to reduce a waist/hip circumference ratio; decrease the concentrations of plasma free fatty acid and plasma triglyceride; increase the concentration of plasma HDL-cholesterol; decrease an atherogenic index; increase erythrocyte catalase, SOD and GR activities; decrease erythrocyte lipid peroxide TBARS; decrease the concentrations of inflammatory cytokines MCP-1 and PAI-1, and resistin; and increase the concentration of plasma adiponectin.
US10765116B2
The invention relates to compounds of the formula (Ia) or (Ib), in which Aa, Ab, Ac, Ad, R1, R10 R11, R12, R13, R14, R15, R16, R17, Q, R4, R5, R6 and have the meanings indicated in the claims, and to agrochemical formulations containing the compounds according to formula (Ia) or (Ib) for use as acaricides and/or insecticides for combating animal pests, primarily arthropods and in particular insects and arachnids. 2-[3-(alkylsulfonyl)-2H-indazol-2-yl]-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine derivatives and similar compounds are particularly preferable.
US10765113B2
This invention provides for a time released weed treatment system for maintaining a weed free garden space. This system enables creation and easy maintenance of weed free garden areas to allow for stronger overall garden health as well as provide greater control and use of space in gardening. The time release-based weed treatment system uses an elongated planar strip impregnated with the time release weed control/treatment mechanism. A plurality of spaced-apart cross cuts is formed along longitudinal edges of the strip to allow bending of the strip into an arcuate or angular configuration. Anchoring pins are provided for securing the strip flat on the ground in the selected location.
US10765100B2
The present invention discloses attractants and bait stations comprising date-derived syrup products for attracting biting flies and methods therein. The methods including the steps of: providing a bait station including: a date-derived syrup product for attracting at least one type of biting fly selected from the group consisting of: mosquitoes, sand flies, stable flies, biting midges, and stomoxys; and a substrate material for supporting the date-derived syrup product; and locating the bait station in a designated geographic area in order to attract said at least one type of biting fly. Preferably, the date-derived syrup product is derived from at least one date material selected from the group consisting of: dates, date paste, date syrup obtained from pressed dates, and commercially-available date syrup.
US10765085B1
An adjustable livestock alley system includes an animal passageway formed by two opposing passageway sides, a width of the animal passageway adjustable by a first drill-operated top wind jack that actuates both passageway sides simultaneously inward and simultaneously outward symmetrically about a centerline of the animal passageway, and a no-backs rail including a plurality of no-backs, a height of the no-backs rail adjustable by a second drill-operated top wind jack that actuates the no-backs rail upwards and downwards.
US10765079B2
The present invention relates to a Diplotaxis tenuifolia seed designated 89-004 RZ, which exhibits a combination of traits including downy mildew resistance, medium green leaves, medium leaf division and a very short plant height at flowering stage. The present invention also relates to a Diplotaxis tenuifolia plant produced by growing the 89-004 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the wild rocket cultivar, represented by wild rocket variety 89-004 RZ.
US10765075B1
A novel maize variety designated PH47CA and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH47CA with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH47CA 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 PH47CA or a locus conversion of PH47CA with another maize variety.
US10765071B2
An enclosing plant sheath for encircling and protecting a plant stem or vine, which may be joined with other similar sheaths, to create a beneficial microenvironment for developing plants.
US10765068B2
A bale wrap mechanism for use with a roll of wrap material, the bale wrap mechanism including a frame including a wrap chute formed from one or more perimeter walls, where the wrap chute defines a wrap axis extending longitudinally therethrough, and where the one or more perimeter walls at least partially define a passageway, a wrap arm coupled to the frame, the wrap arm having a mounting point movable with respect to the frame, and a shaft coupled to the mounting point and configured to support the roll of wrap material thereon, where the shaft is configured to travel along a wrap path during a wrapping process, where the wrap path surrounds the passageway, and where the wrap path is non-circular in shape.
US10765066B2
A harvesting head has a middle section connected to a carrier device and at least one side section connected by an articulated connection to the middle section about which the side section pivots between a lower and an upper limit value. The carrier device has a height adjustment device whose adjusting movements are controlled by a control. The harvesting head has a sensor transmitting a sensor signal to the evaluation device at least upon pivoting of the side section when a limit value has been achieved during pivoting of the side section to the middle section. The evaluation device switches upon the presence of a corresponding sensor signal into a correction mode for height adjustment of the carrier device. The evaluation device outputs an adjusting signal in the correction mode to adjust the carrier device up or down by the evaluation device according to the sensor signal.
US10765057B2
A seed delivery apparatus and methods in which a seed conveyor delivers seed from a metering device to a trench in a controlled manner to maintain seed placement accuracy within the trench.
US10765056B2
An agricultural system includes an agricultural soil analyzer positioned forward of a ground engaging tool relative to a direction of travel of the agricultural system. The agricultural soil analyzer is configured to output a first signal indicative of a parameter of soil forward of the soil conditioner relative to the direction of travel. The agricultural system also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the agricultural soil analyzer. The controller is configured to receive the first signal from the agricultural soil analyzer. Furthermore, the controller is configured to determine a target parameter of the agricultural system based on the first signal and to output a second signal indicative of the target parameter.
US10765054B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for shifting weight between a tractor and toolbar and between sections of the toolbar, for controlling operative height of a toolbar and sections of a toolbar and for folding a toolbar between a work position and a transport position. A ground engaging wheel and an actuator are coupled to the toolbar. In one embodiment, a fluid control system is responsive to a command signal to modify the actuator pressure such that the actuator pressure corresponds to a desired pressure.
US10765053B1
One exemplary embodiment is a hitch assembly including forward and rearward lateral members, first and second longitudinal members and a lifting member which are coupled together to form a laterally-articulating pitch-adjustable quadrilateral. The forward lateral member is coupled with the first longitudinal member by a first joint and the second longitudinal member by a second joint. The rearward lateral member is coupled with the first longitudinal member by a third joint and the second longitudinal member by a fourth joint. The lifting member is coupled with the rearward lateral member by a first flexible rigging member and a second flexible rigging member. The quadrilateral can articulate between a left-leaning configuration, a rectangular configuration, and a right-leaning configuration. The lifting member can be adjusted to vary an amount of slack in one or both of the flexible rigging members and to raise and lower the rearward lateral member.
US10765052B2
A disc harrow implement has gang assemblies each having aligned disc gangs carried by a support bar. Each disc gang has disc blades spaced along an axis of the disc gang. The disc gangs of each gang assembly are coaxially aligned to create a line of substantially equally spaced disc blades. A plugging detection system alerts an operator if one or more of the disc gangs are rotating at a rotational speed that is slower than rotational speeds of the remaining disc gangs. The plugging detection system includes a gang rotation sensor for each of disc gangs. Each gang rotation sensor is configured to measure the rotational speed of the connected disc gang. A control module compares the rotational speed of each disc gang to the rotational speed of the disc gangs and generates an output that indicates when a disc gang is rotating more slowly that the other disc gangs.
US10772249B2
A method and a system for providing operator information in an Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system comprising an SMT information database, a SMT pick and place machine and an identity tag scanner, the method comprising: receiving a bin in said SMT pick and place machine, wherein said bin is adapted to comprise vertically oriented bin load units, wherein said bin load unit has an pallet identity tag attached to the bin load units upwards facing surface; starting SMT production on said SMT pick and place machine; scanning individual identity tags attached to bin load units comprising component tape reels to obtain bin load units IDs.
US10772245B2
Systems and methods for thermal management for high power density EMI shielded electronic devices. In one embodiment, an electronic module comprises: a circuit board; at least one integrated circuit mounted to the circuit board; at least one electro-magnetic interference (EMI) shield fence mounted to the circuit board, wherein the at least one integrated circuit is mounted within a perimeter defined by the EMI shield fence; a heatsink EMI shield lid secured onto the at least one EMI shield fence, wherein the heatsink EMI shield lid seals the at least one integrated circuit within the at least one EMI shield fence; wherein the heatsink EMI shield lid comprises a spring loaded thermal interface in conductive thermal contact with the at least one integrated circuit.
US10772242B2
Provided herein is an inverter module to power an electric vehicle. The inverter module can include a power module or multiple power modules. The power module can include a capacitor and a heat sink coupled with the capacitor. The power module can include a ceramic plate coupled with the heat sink. The power module can include a locator having a plurality of slots and a plurality of transistors disposed within the plurality of slots. The locator and the plurality of transistors can be disposed over a first surface of the ceramic plate. The power module can include a laminated bus bar disposed over a first surface of the locator. The power module can include a gate drive printed circuit board coupled with the laminated bus bar. The power module can include a dielectric gel tray disposed over a first surface of the gate drive printed circuit board.
US10772240B2
An air handling unit for a data centre, a data centre comprising such, a method of operating such, and a method of cooling IT equipment in a data centre using such, is disclosed. The unit comprises an external airflow path (102) arranged to be in fluid communication with outside air, a separate internal airflow path (103) arranged to be in fluid communication with inside air, and heat tube panels (106). Preferably, each heat tube panel (106) comprises a heat tube comprising a first section in the external airflow path (102) and a second section in the internal airflow path (103). Preferably, the plurality of heat tube panels (106) is in a row across the internal and external air flow paths (103, 102). Preferably, at least one of the heat tube panels (106) is removable and extends through an opening between the internal and external air flow paths (103, 102).
US10772237B2
A connector system with improved thermal management is provided. Various receptacles are provided that include features which may enhance air flow, and therefore cooling. Thermal channel features in the receptacle cage and/or housing allow air passing through the receptacle to directly remove thermal energy from components within and carry the thermal energy out of the cage.
US10772236B2
A heat dissipation device for an electronic device is provided. The heat dissipation device comprises a heat conducting cover configured to be disposed on an electronic device, the heat conducting cover forming a closed cavity; and a heat absorbing material filler located within the closed cavity as defined by the heat conducting cover. With a temperature increase of the electronic device, the heat absorbing material filler is configured to deform structurally, to absorb heat generated by the electronic device.
US10772232B2
A bracket device is configured to mount a slide rail to a post. The bracket device includes a bracket, a hook, a locking element and an extension element. The bracket has a first engagement part. The hook is connected to the bracket and located at a close position relative to the bracket. The locking element is operatively engaged with the first engagement part of the bracket for abutting against the hook to hold the hook at the close position. The extension element is connected to the locking element. Wherein, when the locking element is operatively disengaged from the bracket, the locking element no longer abuts against the hook, and the hook is no longer held at the close position relative to the bracket.
US10772225B2
An audio device, comprising a housing, a circuit board, a rotating shell, a contact switch, and a trigger; the circuit board is disposed in the housing; the housing is rotatably connected to the rotating shell; the contact switch is disposed on the circuit board, and the trigger is disposed on the rotating shell; during rotation of the rotating shell relative to the housing, the trigger triggers the contact switch.
US10772224B2
An electronic device includes a first body, a second body and at least one driving mechanism. The second body includes a casing and a flexible screen installed on the casing. The driving mechanism includes a shaft, a driving element and a linking assembly. The shaft has first and second connecting portions opposite to each other, the first connecting portion is fixed to the first body, and the second body is pivoted to the second connecting portion. The driving element is sleeved on the shaft and is located in the casing. The linking assembly is carried by the casing and covered by the flexible screen. When the second body is folded onto the first body, the flexible screen keeps flat. When the second body is unfolded with respect to the first body, the driving element is rotated and moved with respect to the shaft to drive the linking assembly to move, and the linking assembly drives the flexible screen to bend.
US10772213B2
An adhesive substrate is disclosed, which includes a base substrate and a heat-resistant elastomer layer formed on the base substrate, wherein the base substrate is flexible and has a thickness of 0.2 mm or more and 2 mm or less, wherein the adhesive substrate is used as part of a method for physically separating an object that has been held immovable in such a manner that the object has been adhered to by the heat-resistant elastomer layer and the object is anchored from the upper side, and wherein by starting to physically separate the end portion of the adhesive substrate downward the object is able to be separated.
US10772210B2
A solution property sensor is provided and has: a substrate, a temperature sensing element, an electrical conductivity sensing element, a pH value sensing element, and a reference electrode. The solution property sensor utilizes different sensing elements to sense various solution properties, and all of these sensing elements can be electrically connected and fixed to conductive patterns on the same substrate, thereby facilitating mass production in the industry or reducing production difficulty.
US10772208B2
A display device includes a display panel and a printed circuit board (PCB) connected to the display panel. The PCB includes an insulating base. A pressure sensor is disposed to overlap with the display panel. A fingerprint sensor is disposed to overlap with the display panel and is spaced apart, on a first side in a first direction, from the pressure sensor. A first distance from the pressure sensor to a first edge of the insulating base is greater than a second distance from the pressure sensor to a second edge of the insulating base opposite the fingerprint sensor.
US10772199B2
Surface-treated copper foils that exhibit a material volume (Vm) less than 1.90 μm3/μm2. Where the surface-treated copper foil is treated on the drum side and includes a treatment layer comprising a nodule layer. Such surface-treated copper foils can be used as a conductive material having low transmission loss, for example in circuit boards.
US10772189B2
An electricity storage unit includes: an electricity storage device; a circuit portion on which an electronic component is mounted; a heat dissipation member that dissipates heat from the circuit portion; and a holding member that holds the electricity storage device in a state where the electricity storage device, the circuit portion, and the heat dissipation member are stacked, wherein the holding member is provided with a supporting portion that supports the electricity storage device and abuts against the heat dissipation member.
US10772184B2
An ignition device ignites a mixture of air and fuel gas by plasma to generate an initial flame. The ignition device includes a spark plug having an inner conductor, a cylindrical outer conductor that holds the inner conductor inside, and a dielectric provided between the inner conductor and the outer conductor, and the spark plug configured to emit an electromagnetic wave to a plasma formation space between the inner conductor and the outer conductor to generate a plasma. The ignition device includes an electromagnetic wave power supply that generates the electromagnetic wave by inputting the electromagnetic wave power Ps to the spark plug and a power supply control unit that controls the electromagnetic wave power supply. The electromagnetic wave power supply is configured to generate high frequency power at a number of different frequencies. The power supply control unit outputs at least one of the plurality of high frequency powers generated by the electromagnetic wave power supply as the electromagnetic wave power.
US10772183B2
In some aspects, methods of disengaging a plasma control circuit within a plasma arc torch of a plasma processing system to place the torch into a safety-locked mode can include providing: a plasma control circuit configured to convey a current from the plasma cutting system through the plasma arc torch to one or more consumables disposed in the torch and an operator interface switch connected to the plasma control circuit and configured to initiate generation of a plasma arc from the plasma arc torch; and activating a switch, separate from the operator interface switch, disposed on the torch and connected to the plasma control circuit to disconnect the plasma control circuit to limit the current, including pilot current, from flowing to the one or more consumables.
US10772177B2
A lighting script—for use by a lighting controller to control at least one luminaire to render illumination effects, as the video content is outputted in a space illuminated by the at least one luminaire, synchronously with the outputting of the video content—is generated as follows. Frame image data of the video content is processed to determine at least one color palette of the frame image data. A sequence of illumination effects—to be rendered during the outputting of the video content and which is modifiable by a user—is displayed to the user. The displayed sequence conveys at least one illumination color derived from the determined color palette to be rendered in at least one of the illumination effects. The generated lighting script is for rendering the modified sequence of illumination effects.
US10772176B2
A method of searching an image database for images to be used in rendering lighting scene in an environment by at least one luminaire within the environment, the method comprising: receiving a search trigger comprising at least one indication of a user preference; identifying at least a position of the at least one luminaire within the environment; responsive to receiving said search trigger, searching the image database based on both the indicated user preference and the identified position to return at least one image for use in rendering the lighting scene by the at least one luminaire.
US10772175B1
A lighting apparatus, includes a first light source, a second light source, a current source, a PWM circuit and a switch circuit. The first light source and the second light source emit lights of different color temperatures. A current source is for generating a driving current. The PWM circuit is used for generating a PWM signal. The switch circuit is for guiding the driving current to either the first light source or the second light source by reference to the PWM signal.
US10772170B2
Provided are a TRIAC dimmer detection circuit, chip and method, and an LED driving chip and system. A bus voltage reflecting signal is received, and a TRIAC dimmer detection signal is generated according to the bus voltage reflecting signal, a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage, the dimmer detection signal being used to detect whether a dimmer exists and to determine the type of the dimmer. The TRIAC dimmer detection circuit, chip and method, and the LED driving chip and system consistent with the present invention can detect whether a TRIAC dimmer is contained in an LED illuminating system, so as to determine a working state of a bleeder, thereby reducing the power consumption of the entire LED illuminating system and improving the efficiency thereof.
US10772160B2
A RAN server, a wireless communications system, and a terminal attach method are provided. The RAN server configured to centrally manage base stations of a plurality of wireless communications standards is introduced, and the RAN server is used as a central node to implement a unified interface to a core network. A base station that is of any wireless communications standard and that is managed by the RAN server may independently provide a data transmission service to a terminal, so that the wireless communications system provided in this application basically does not cause an additional latency. In addition, a TAI unrelated to a wireless communications standard of a base station is carried in an attach request message, an attach accept message, and an attach complete message that are exchanged in a terminal attach process.
US10772155B2
A method, terminal and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for processing a radio link failure and a related product are provided. The method includes: triggering, by the terminal, a communication failure process according to a configuration of the Radio Link Control (RLC) layer entity, when the RLC layer entity reaches a maximum number of retransmission times.
US10772147B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to attempt to establish a connection with a wireless network are disclosed. An example method includes determining a location of a field device. A frequency at which retry attempts to establish a connection with a wireless network are to be made is determined based on the location of the field device. Establishing the connection with the wireless network is attempted. In response to a failure to establish the connection with the wireless network, an indication of the failure to establish the connection and the location of the field device is stored, and the field device waits an amount of time based on the frequency.
US10772143B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting information for D2D operation in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for transmitting information for device-to-device (D2D) operation in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) establishes a radio resource control (RRC) connection with a network. If the UE has interest to perform D2D operation, the UE transmits D2D information to the network. The D2D information may indicate various pieces of information.
US10772142B2
Techniques, systems, devices, and methods are disclosed for establishing a communication session with a peripheral device. In one example, a device includes a memory and processing circuitry configured to store and execute an operating system (OS) and an application for execution on the OS. The application receives an object handle for establishing a wireless connection to a peripheral device. The application determines, based on the object handle, an advertisement cadence for the peripheral device that comprises periods of time wherein the peripheral device is discoverable interleaved with periods of time wherein the peripheral device is non-discoverable. At a time determined based on the advertisement cadence, the application issues, using the object handle, a request that the OS establish the wireless connection to the peripheral device, such that the OS establishes the wireless connection to the peripheral device during one of the periods of time wherein the peripheral device is discoverable.
US10772114B2
A method for allocating resource blocks on a cellular network including transceiver stations to provide cell coverage for allowing user equipment within the cell to exchange data via uplink or downlink. The method includes, at a cell, reiterating operations at each or a group of transmission time intervals. The operations include listing user equipment requiring resource blocks in a priority list; b) for the user equipment listed in the priority list, executing operations b1) and b2) or b1) and b3): b1) selecting a set of resource blocks including at least one resource block; b2) if the selected set of resource blocks has not been assigned to other user equipment, assigning to the user equipment the selected set of resource blocks; b3) if the selected set of resource blocks has been assigned to other user equipment, replacing the user equipment from the priority list with user equipment in a collision list.
US10772113B2
Techniques for autonomous uplink (AUL) transmissions are provided that allow for efficient use of shared radio frequency spectrum band resources. A user equipment (UE) may determine a duration of an AUL transmission and modify an uplink waveform or provide an indication to a base station of one or more channel resources that may be available for base station transmissions, in order to more fully utilize shared radio frequency spectrum band resources within a maximum channel occupancy time (MCOT). A base station may activate or deactivate AUL transmissions through downlink control information (DCI) transmitted to the UE. A UE and base station may exchange various other control information to provide relatively efficient autonomous uplink transmissions and use of the shared radio frequency spectrum band resources.
US10772108B2
A User Equipment (UE) D2D device transmits a coverage transition indicator when the UE device leaves a service area of base station and is no longer in coverage. The coverage transition indicator at least indicates that the UE device has left the service area and is no longer in coverage. Based on the coverage transition indicator, a determination can be made as to whether the D2D group to which the UE device belongs has transitioned to an out of coverage scenario from a partial coverage scenario.
US10772106B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device for managing communication of the wireless device in a wireless communications network. The wireless device determines at least two waveform parameters based on a metric of the wireless device, for communicating data between the wireless device and a radio network node in the wireless communications network. The wireless device further transmits an indication indicating the at least two determined waveform parameters to the radio network node.
US10772091B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to devices for coordinating resource usage. A scheduled device receives a downlink control information (DCI) grant from a scheduling device, the DCI grant identifying scheduled resources for communicating data. The scheduled device decides whether the DCI grant is acceptable for communicating the data and sends an acknowledgement to the scheduling device based on the decision and information associated with the DCI grant. The scheduled device communicates the data via the scheduled resources when the DCI grant is decided to be acceptable. A scheduling device transmits the DCI grant to the scheduled device and receives the acknowledgement from the scheduled device based on the information associated with the DCI grant. The acknowledgement indicates whether the DCI grant is acceptable for communicating the data. The scheduling device communicates the data via scheduled resources identified in the DCI grant when the DCI grant is indicated to be acceptable.
US10772086B2
A communication system and method are disclosed for transmitting packets of information in at least one first format over a communications link that utilizes packets of information in a second format. In certain embodiments, the packets of information in a first format are converted to packets of information in the second format prior to transmission via the communications link by packing and fragmenting the information in the first format in a coordinated manner. Embodiments may also utilize packing subheaders and fragmentation control bits in the packing and fragmentation processes.
US10772085B2
A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes a processor and memory in electronic communication with the processor. Instructions stored in the memory are executable to determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource and a PUCCH format. The instructions are also executable to transmit uplink control information (UCI) on the PUCCH resource using the PUCCH format. If the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, 1-symbol PUCCH structure is used in each symbol, and if the UCI is up to 2 bits, the UCI is repeated in two symbols using repetition of a 1-symbol PUCCH. If the PUCCH format is a 2-symbol short PUCCH, and if the UCI is more than 2 bits, the UCI is jointly encoded, and the encoded UCI bits are distributed across two symbols.
US10772084B2
A method and apparatus provide for scheduling information for a downlink data channel. Scheduling information can be transmitted to a user equipment regarding a downlink data channel in a slot. The scheduling information can include information regarding at least a set of allocated subcarriers. The downlink data channel can require the user equipment to send an immediate hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement feedback within the slot. Downlink data can be transmitted using every x-th subcarrier among the allocated subcarriers in the last symbol of the downlink data channel.
US10772083B2
Disclosed is a method for allocating resource in a wireless communication system includes: allocating, by a base station (BS), an uplink resource region for transmission of uplink control information (UCI) of a user equipment (UE) to the UE, the UCI being information related to multiple downlink cells; and receiving the UCI from the UE through the allocated uplink resource region on at least one uplink cell.
US10772081B2
Airtime usage may be used as a factor in controlling network traffic flow to and from client devices via a wireless network interface. Received packets or other data are assigned to a quality of service profile. Additionally, a cost value for communicating the received data is determined at least in part based on an actual or estimated airtime usage for the received packet. The cost value is used to allocate wireless network airtime to data. The allocation of wireless network airtime may be varied dynamically based on operating conditions. The cost value may be based on factors including the airtime used to communicate data; whether the data is a retransmission; and wireless network overhead. The cost value of data may also be different depending on whether the data is being sent from a client device or to a client device.
US10772074B2
In one embodiment, described herein is a method comprising receiving, by a mobile device comprising a processor, instruction data representative of an instruction to select a provisional channel quality indicator from a network device of a wireless network based on aperiodic channel quality data associated with a sub-band, wherein the instruction data is based on a configured bandwidth part associated with a communication between the network device and the mobile device, and wherein a channel quality indicator comprises a full resolution associated with the sub-band. The method also comprises in response to the receiving, selecting by the mobile device, the provisional channel quality indicator based on the instruction data. Furthermore, in response to the selecting, the method can comprise facilitating, by the mobile device, sending the channel quality indicator to the network device in accordance with a full resolution instruction associated with the full resolution.
US10772068B1
A method, system, and apparatus for estimation of a number of mobile devices include receiving one or more probe data points including a location, a session identifier, and a timestamp, constructing a trajectory including the one or more probe data points having a same session identifier, calculating a trajectory duration for the trajectory based on the timestamps of the one or more probe data points, calculating a normalized trajectory from the trajectory duration and a predetermined observation duration, and estimating the number of mobile devices from at least the normalized trajectory. A path of the trajectory is based on the location of the one or more probe data points.
US10772058B2
The present invention provides a muting configuration for reference signal (RS) transmission as a pattern defined by at least the combination of a muting sequence and a reference point. Muting occasions for a given wireless communication network cell thus are differentiated from another cell by use of a different muting sequence, a different reference point, or both. Moreover, in one or more embodiments, the present invention provides for the use of a common muting sequence or reference point across cells, with muting occasions being differentiated between cells through use of different reference points (in the case of a common muting sequence), or through use of different muting sequences (in the case of a common reference point), or different sequences and different reference points. Such arrangements simplify the signaling needed to control or indicate the muting configuration in use in the cells of interest, provide an advantageous basis for propagating muting configurations among cells, eliminate the need for predefined muting configurations, and the need for blind detection of muting by wireless communication apparatuses, such as UEs.
US10772044B2
A power control method, a network-side device, and a user equipment (UE), where the power control method includes obtaining, by a network-side device, at least two target subframe sets, and configuring, by the network-side device, power control parameters respectively corresponding to different target subframe sets on a flexible time-frequency resource for UE such that the UE transmits data in subframes in the target subframe sets according to the power control parameters, where the flexible time-frequency resource includes a time domain resource or a frequency domain resource whose transmission direction is configurable.
US10772038B2
A method for a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the includes transmitting, by the UE which is outside of coverage, a first message for registration to a first cell on a selected first Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN), wherein the first PLMN which is not included in a list related to forbidden PLMNs; receiving, by the UE, a second message related to registration failure with the first PLMN; selecting, by the UE, a second PLMN; and transmitting, by the UE, a third message for registration to a second cell on the selected second PLMN, wherein zero or more PLMNs, which are included in the list related to forbidden PLMNs, are excluded in a selection of the second PLMN, and wherein the first PLMN with which the registration has failed is further excluded in the selection of the second PLMN, although the first PLMN is not included in the list related to forbidden PLMNs.
US10772031B2
The present invention defines an efficient measurement method for idle mode M2M/MTC device with low/no mobility in a mobile communication system. An example of the mobile communication system to which the present invention is application is 3GPP UMTS mobile communication system and 3GPP LTE/LTE-A mobile communication system as the next generation mobile communication system under discussion in 3GPP.
US10772030B2
A mobile device may be managed based on information about a geographic movement of the mobile device. The geographic movement may take into account a location, a speed, and an acceleration for the mobile device. A movement profile is determined based on the geographic movement. A settings profile is determined based on the movement profile and a profile mapping. Based on the settings profile, resource consumption for the mobile device may be managed by adjusting settings for the device accordingly.
US10772029B2
Convergence of a 5th-Generation communication system supporting higher data rates beyond 4th-Generation system(s) with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) may be applied to intelligent services. Operator specific services are permitted and provided by allowing an unauthorized terminal to search for and access the such services, and includes notifying a terminal of information corresponding to “operator specific services” by allowing a base station to broadcast predetermined information, displaying information acquired by a terminal, matching information acquired by the terminal with information broadcast from a base station to arrange services, requesting access and notifying a terminal performs an access for “operator specific services” upon accessing a network, providing a menu for determining whether neighboring base stations are capable of “operator specific services” to a user of a terminal, and allowing the terminal to determine whether there is the base station broadcasting the information.
US10772026B2
A wireless communication network controls wireless base stations that serve wireless relays that serve wireless User Equipment (UEs). In a relay control system, data transceivers receive configuration data that was transferred by the wireless relays and that indicates their individual wireless media services. Relay control circuitry allocates individual carrier aggregation Quality-of-Service (QoS) levels to the individual wireless relays based on the individual wireless media services. The relay transceivers transfer the individual carrier aggregation QoS levels for the individual wireless relays to the wireless base stations. The wireless base stations serve the wireless relays with the individual carrier aggregation QoS levels. The wireless relays serve the wireless UEs with the wireless media services.
US10772025B2
A communication method for a channel access in a wireless communication system and an apparatus therefor are provided. The communication method includes an evolved NodeB (eNB) that transmits data to a user equipment (UE) through a licensed band, and determines whether an unlicensed band channel is in an idle state during a first channel sensing duration. If the unlicensed band channel is in the idle state, the eNB transmits data to the UE through an unlicensed band during a first channel occupying duration, a second channel sensing duration, and a second channel occupying duration. In the method, a sum of the first channel occupying duration, the second channel sensing duration, and the second channel occupying duration is equal to or less than a certain time.
US10772022B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a processing circuit in an electronic apparatus and a method to switch the electronic apparatus during an inter-system handover (HO) process from a source network system to a target network system. The processing circuit can include an inter-system HO signal processing module and a mapping module. The inter-system HO signal processing module can be configured to obtain a mapping relationship between a set of source bearers associated with the source network system and a first set of target bearers associated with the target network system based on quality of service (QoS) characteristics associated with the set of source bearers and the first set of target bearers. The mapping module can be configured to obtain a second set of target bearers based on resources allocated to the first set of target bearers by the target network system and to obtain a third set of target bearers that is based on the first and second set of target bearers.
US10772016B2
A device can receive, from a network node device, call trace event data relating to characteristics of a wireless communication session between the network node device and a user equipment. The device can sequence and combine the call trace event data for a period of the wireless communication session. The device can analyze the call trace event data to determine a category of network communication traffic transmitted via a communication channel between the network node device and the user equipment. In response to a determination that the network communication traffic comprises streaming video packets, the device can facilitate directing of network resources to be allocated to support the wireless communication session.
US10772015B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for a link budget limited UE to improve communications performance with a cellular network. The UE may perform signal to interference noise ratio (SINR) measurements and use these measurements to adjust a received signal power value that is provided to the cellular network as a received signal power measurement. The UE may generate the received signal power value based at least in part on the SINR measurement in order to reduce the likelihood of handover when the UE has good SINR but poor received signal power. The UE may also provide preferred configuration information to the base station which enhances the performance of the UE when link budget limited. The configuration information may specify one or more parameter values designed to provide improved performance for a link budget limited device.
US10772013B2
A UE (100) receives a handover command from a source cell to perform a handover to a target cell in response to the handover command. The handover command includes a notification indicating omitting a random access procedure during the handover. The UE (100) omits, in response to the notification, the random access procedure during the handover.
US10772012B2
Provided are a method for a user equipment (UE) to perform early data transmission (EDT) in a wireless communication, and an apparatus supporting the same. The method may include: receiving system information including a threshold for the EDT; determining whether or not a condition for initiating the EDT is satisfied, by comparing the threshold for the EDT with a size of data for transmission; if the condition is satisfied, performing the EDT; and if the condition is not satisfied, performing a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment or resume procedure.
US10772006B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes: a receiver configured to receive a first frame which contains data; and a transmitter configured to transmit a second frame and a third frame by frequency multiplexing, the third frame containing the data and being addressed to a first relay station different from a sender device of the first frame. The second frame is a frame to instruct the sender device of the first frame to perform a frame transmission.
US10772005B2
A system described herein may provide a mechanism for accurately tracking data usage across multiple User Plane Function (“UPF”) devices in a telecommunications network. For example, different types of traffic may be handled by UPFs (e.g., may be dropped or forwarded), and the UPFs may be able to report the dropping of specific types of traffic, without needing to perform deep packet inspection (“DPI”). Header information may be passed from an upstream UPF to a downstream UPF with the traffic, where the header information indicates rules and/or policies that were applied by the upstream UPF. The downstream UPF may identify the rules and/or policies from the upstream UPF, and may use this information when reporting usage to a Session Management Function (“SMF”).
US10771990B2
According to aspects of the invention there is provided a remote unit comprising a processor and one or more terminal interfaces, the processor being connected to the one or more terminal interfaces, the terminal interfaces configured for coupling with a set of terminals, wherein the processor is configured to perform quality of service network testing using one or more of the set of terminals over one or more communication networks.
US10771977B2
The invention relates to a method, for a long range wide-area communication network comprising at least one electronic device and an application server, for the acknowledgement of a frame exchanged, the method being executed by the electronic device and comprising the steps of: sending a first frame to the application server, the first frame comprising data, determining a first integrity code according to the data in the first frame, receiving a second so-called acknowledgement frame from the application server, the acknowledgement frame comprising a second integrity code, if the first integrity code determined by the electronic device and the second integrity code are equal, then validating the acknowledgement by the application server of the first frame sent by the electronic device.
US10771975B2
A method includes receiving, by a server, a request to revoke the access rights of a user device to a lock; transmitting, by the server, a revocation command to the user device to remove an access credential from the user device; identifying, by the server, one or more trusted devices that have access rights to the lock in response to unsuccessfully transmitting the revocation command to the user device; transmitting, by the server, a key change command to the one or more trusted devices including an updated key to replace a key on the lock; transmitting, by a first one of the one or more trusted devices to encounter the lock, the key change command to the lock; and replacing, by the lock, the key with the updated key such that the user device is unable to access the lock using the access credential.
US10771967B2
A unique pre-shared key plug-in is installed on a Chromebook device. Identification data associated with the Chromebook device is received, from the unique pre-shared key plug-in through a Chromebook client management system API. A unique pre-shared key is assigned to the Chromebook device using the identification data. The unique pre-shared key is sent to the Chromebook device. The Chromebook device is configured to seamlessly authenticate for a wireless network using the unique pre-shared key.
US10771964B2
Systems and methods for providing encrypted storage within application sandbox are disclosed. Embodiments may secure data at rest on mobile device within application sandbox. The data may be stored in a manner that is resistant to attacks intended to reveal the data, and situations in which unintentional disclosures could occur. In embodiments, data may not be unintentionally lost, and it may be used with data that may be classified as Personally Identifiable Information.
US10771960B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a radio network node (12) for handling transmission of data from a wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network (1). The radio network node (12) determines a delay value for a transmission of data from the wireless device (10) based on a transmission type of data from the wireless device (10) or a capability of the wireless device (10). The capability is related to a processing time for processing received data from the radio network node (12), or for processing data for transmission to the radio network node. The radio network node further transmits an indication, to the wireless device (10), which indication indicates the determined delay value.
US10771958B2
Systems and methods for providing greater granularity and updatability to network profiles. The system can include a subscription management application program interface (SMA) to receive setup information, user preferences, software, hardware, and firmware updates from a user cell phone, computer, or smart device (collectively, end-point) regarding what features the user wishes to access. The SMA can access a profile lookup table to identify a profile with the requested attributes. A subscription management module (SMM) can receive this information from the SMA and retrieved the profile requested by the SMA from a repository of profiles. The SMM can then download or activate the profile with features that match, or most closely match, the requested features onto the end-point. The system can enable providers to ship phones with no network profiles. The system can also enable profiles to be updated based on changes in user preferences, updates, or other changes.
US10771941B2
A vehicle system device is provided. The vehicle system device is used in a vehicle system that enables an in-vehicle device used in a vehicle and a mobile device carried by a user to transmit and receive a signal via a wireless communication. The vehicle system device may measure a time from a time point at which a reception intensity of the signal exceeds a threshold to a time point at which the reception intensity falls below the threshold.
US10771934B2
A wireless communications device (WCD) includes an image processor operable to process information associated with digital images, a storage medium such as random access memory, flash memory, minidisk drive, etc. operable to store digital information associated with digital images. The WCD also includes a wireless communications module, such as a cellular modem, operable to wirelessly communicate with a network operable to communicate with wireless devices. For example, the wireless communications module may configure the information into a formate (i.e. CDMA, TDMA, GSM, etc.) such that the information may be wirelessly communicated to a network operable to receive image/information.
US10771924B2
A method of counting individuals reaching or leaving a transport hub includes defining at least two categories of individuals, each corresponding to a respective purpose to reach or leave the transport hub, and for each category, defining at least one respective category pattern associated with the category. Each category pattern is a sequence of events of interaction between a User Equipment and a communication station. The method also includes acquiring event records associated with User Equipment from the mobile telecommunication network, searching the event records associated with each User Equipment to identify sequences of events of interaction matching a category pattern, and upon finding a match, increasing a number of individuals belonging to the category associated with the category pattern.
US10771921B2
A pedestrian terminal device receives pedestrian information transmitted from another pedestrian terminal device which is present in the vicinity of the pedestrian terminal device. A location of the pedestrian terminal device is acquired, and it is determined whether or not a pedestrian who carries the pedestrian terminal device is located inside a pedestrian group based on the location of the pedestrian terminal device and a location of the other pedestrian terminal device included in the pedestrian information. When the pedestrian is located inside the pedestrian group, pedestrian-vehicle communication is stopped.
US10771918B1
Techniques are disclosed for managing a spontaneously created geofenced area among a plurality of communication devices communicable with a communication server. The communication server receives, from a location enabled first communication device, an instruction to create a geofence around a location enabled second communication device. Upon receiving location data from the first and second communication devices, the communication server compares the location data of the first and second communication devices to determine how close they are to one another. When the first and second communication devices are within a predetermined distance of one another, the communication server creates a geofence around the second communication device. The communication server will then notify the first communication device when the second communication device ventures beyond the boundary of the geofence.
US10771917B2
A system for data routing includes a set of beacons, an object, and a data routing system. A method for data routing can include: generating a routing table, determining a data routing path based on the routing table, and routing data to an endpoint based on the data routing path.
US10771905B2
A hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid, comprises a) an input unit comprising a1) at least one first input transducer for picking up said sound user and providing respective at least one first electric input signals, and a2) a second input transducer for picking up said sound and providing a second electric input signal, the second input transducer being located at or in an ear canal of the user; b) an output unit comprising an output transducer for converting a processed electric signal representing said sound to a stimulus perceivable by said user as sound; c) a near-field beamformer applied to said multitude of electric input signals and implementing a feedback suppression system for suppressing feedback from said output unit to said at least one first input transducer, and comprising an adaptation unit for modifying the second electric input signal in approximation of an acoustic transfer function, or an impulse response, from the second input transducer to the at least one first input transducer and providing a modified second electric input signal representative of an estimate of said feedback. This has the advantage of allowing an increased gain to be applied to the input sound signal without a risk of feedback. A method of operating a hearing device is furthermore provided.
US10771904B2
A microphone assembly is provided, comprising a transducer assembly including a first enclosure defining a first acoustic volume and a Micro-Electrical-Mechanical-System (“MEMS”) microphone transducer disposed within the first enclosure. The microphone assembly also includes a second enclosure disposed adjacent to the first enclosure and defining a second acoustic volume in acoustic communication with the first acoustic volume, the second enclosure including an acoustic resistance, wherein the first and second acoustic volumes, in cooperation with the acoustic resistance, create an acoustic delay for producing a directional polar pattern. Circuitry comprising a shelving filter configured to correct a portion of a frequency response of the MEMS microphone transducer is also provided. In some embodiments, the circuitry is embedded within the transducer assembly or at least included within the microphone assembly. In other embodiments, the circuitry is located on a cable that is electrically connected to a connection port of the microphone assembly.
US10771903B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus associated with an electrostatically driven graphene speaker. In one aspect, a device includes a graphene membrane, a first frame on a first side of the graphene membrane, and a second frame on a second side of the graphene membrane. The first frame and the second frame both include substantially circular open regions that define a substantially circular portion of the graphene membrane. A first electrode is proximate the first side of the circular portion of the graphene membrane. A second electrode proximate the second side of the circular portion of the graphene membrane.
US10771889B2
A package comprises: a transducer; a substrate comprising an acoustic port, with the transducer attached to a surface of the substrate and over or adjacent to the acoustic port; and a venting mechanism for venting air or sound pressure from a device comprising the package, with the venting mechanism being affixed to the substrate and partially surrounding the acoustic port, and with the venting mechanism being dimensioned to filter out audio frequencies.
US10771888B1
An ear-plug assembly presents audio content to an ear canal of a user. The audio content may be based in part on sound in a local area surrounding the user. The ear-plug assembly detects, via one or more acoustic sensors, sound in the area around the user. The sound waves travel through an aperture in a body of the ear-plug assembly and are propagated to a waveguide to the one or more acoustic sensors. The ear-plug assembly processes the detected sound data in a controller, which instructs a speaker assembly to present audio content based in part on the detected sound data. The detected sounds may be amplified, attenuated, filtered, and/or augmented when presented by the speaker assembly.
US10771885B2
A headphone device includes a head pad, a band, and a sleeve. The head pad has a curved shape with a first radius of curvature. The band extends from an edge of the head pad into a curved shape with a second radius of curvature different from the first radius of curvature, and supports a housing, via a hanger, housing a speaker unit. The sleeve has a curved shape with the first radius of curvature and is slidable along the head pad to cover the band so as to change the radius of curvature at a part of the band covered with the sleeve to approximate to the first radius of curvature.
US10771880B1
An apparatus for charging a portable wireless listening device including a housing having a socket to receive the portable wireless listening device; a battery; wireless circuitry that enables the apparatus to communicate wirelessly with a host device; power transmitting circuitry configured to provide power to the portable wireless listening device when the device is received in the socket to charge a battery within the portable wireless listening device; and a processor configured to configured to establish a wireless communication protocol between the portable wireless listening device and the host device.
US10771875B2
In at least one embodiment, a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphone assembly is provided. The assembly includes an enclosure, a MEMS transducer, and a plurality of substrate layers. The single MEMS transducer is positioned within the enclosure. The plurality of substrate layers support the single MEMS transducer. The plurality of substrate layers define a first transmission mechanism to enable a first side of the single MEMS transducer to receive an audio input signal and a second transmission mechanism to enable a second side of the single MEMS transducer to receive the audio input signal.
US10771873B2
An audio device with charging contacts on a printed circuit board (PCB) is described herein. In some implementations, the charging contacts are on a surface of the PCB that is a bottom external surface of the audio device, thereby eliminating the need for a custom connector block. Thus, cost and height savings can be realized. In some implementations, the charging contacts are designed to enable 360 degree docking ability with a charging dock. This can be achieved using one or more ring-shaped charging contacts that make physical contact with spring-loaded pins on the charging dock in any relative axial alignment. In some implementations, the audio device includes a mating feature configured to mate with a mating feature of the charging dock to help ensure a proper charging connection is made and to help physically center the audio device relative to the charging dock.
US10771872B2
One embodiment provides a system and method for managing traffic in a network that includes at least a passive optical network (PON). During operation, the system obtains traffic status associated with the PON, generates a traffic-shaping factor for the PON based on the traffic status, and applies traffic shaping for each optical network unit (ONU) within the PON using the generated traffic-shaping factor. The traffic-shaping factor determines a portion of a best-effort data rate to be provided to each ONU.
