US10197075B2
The invention relates to a turn drive for a wind turbine. The turn drive comprises a shaft, a hydraulic motor for driving the shaft, and a drive line for supplying a pressurized hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic motor. According to the invention, the drive line is provided with a settable pressure-limiting valve. The invention additionally relates to an associated method for rotating the rotor shaft of the wind turbine. By means of the method according to the invention and the turn drive, the rotor blades can be mounted individually on the hub of the rotor, without the gearbox of the wind turbine becoming overloaded.
US10197069B2
An airseal for sealing between a rotating component and a stationary component of a turbine engine includes a sealing surface defining a spacing between the airseal and a rotating component of the turbine engine and a mounting flange to secure the airseal to a stationary component of the turbine engine. An airseal body extends between the sealing surface and the mounting flange. The airseal body includes a cavity configured to absorb thermal energy transferred into the airseal from a flowpath of the turbine engine. A gas turbine engine includes a rotating component and a stationary component located radially outboard of the rotating component. An airseal is located therebetween and includes a sealing surface and a mounting flange to secure the airseal to the stationary component. An airseal body extends between the sealing surface and the mounting flange and includes a cavity to absorb thermal energy transferred into the airseal.
US10197052B2
An apparatus may include an enclosure and a variable frequency drive (VFD) assembly disposed within the enclosure, and comprising at least one VFD. The apparatus may also include a heat sink thermally coupled to the VFD assembly, and a fan system disposed adjacent the VFD assembly and including at least one fan arranged to direct air flow to the heat sink and at least one fan to direct air flow from the heat sink.
US10197049B2
The present invention provides a bicycle tool storage device mountable in a bicycle headset assembly and/or a bicycle pump. A top cap for loading a headset assembly and mounting the device is also provided. The top cap includes an annular body and a device receiving aperture extending through the body. The top cap includes a flange extending radially outwardly from a first end of the body and a ridge defined in an inner surface of the body adjacent to the flange. The ridge is concentrically aligned with the aperture for retaining the device. Further still, a bicycle pump for mounting the device is provided. The pump includes a pump body, a handle, a pump head, and a flange. The pump body houses a plunger and a piston. The plunger and handle define a cavity for receiving the device. The handle further defines a flange for retaining the device.
US10197038B2
The invention disclosed herein comprises a system focusing water current into a relatively smaller diameter lumen, imparting vortical movement to the current, and directing the water vortex through an even smaller diameter lumen en route to turbine blades having long curved blades rotatable along an axis parallel with the lumen. Rotation of the turbine blades turns gearing interfacing with the circumference of the turbine assembly, to rotate a drive shaft connected to a generator.
US10197031B2
A fuel rail assembly for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. It comprises a plurality of fuel delivery lines branching off from a fuel rail, each fuel delivery line hydraulically coupling one fuel injector to an outlet port of the fuel rail. Each fuel delivery line has a one-piece pipe which extends from an outlet port of the fuel rail to the respective fuel injector. The pipe has a cylindrical connection section adjoining the respective outlet port and a cylindrical injector cup section in which a fuel inlet portion of the respective fuel injector is received. The connection section and the injector cup section have different hydraulic diameters.
US10197023B2
Methods and systems are provided for a fuel tank mounted to a vehicle. Specifically, a saddle fuel tank comprising of a primary and secondary fuel compartment, each compartment having a module for mounting a fuel pump, fuel sensor and other accessories is disclosed. A first and second crimped opening formed on a top external wall and bottom internal wall, respectively of the saddle fuel tank may provide means for securely mounting a main and sub-side module to the fuel tank.
US10197019B2
An ethanol engine system stabilizes components of reformed gas generated by a reformer and a calorific value of fuel supplied to an engine. The ethanol engine system includes a reservoir tank for an aqueous ethanol solution, a first supply device that supplies the aqueous ethanol solution to the reformer, a separator that cools mixed gas fed from the reformer, including the reformed gas, condenses water vapor included in the mixed gas and separates into gas and liquid, a reformed gas supply device that supplies the reformed gas separated by the separator to the engine, a recovery tank that collects a recovery solution separated by the separator, and a first recovery solution supply device that supplies the recovery solution in the recovery tank to the reformer or a second recovery solution supply device that supplies the recovery solution in the recovery tank to a combustion chamber of the engine.
US10197002B2
An engine includes a fuel injector. The fuel injector includes a valve body and an electromagnetic part that moves by energizing the valve body from a valve-closed position to a valve-open position. The fuel injector injects fuel when the valve body is moved to the valve-open position. In fuel injection, an ECU feeds a pre-charge current smaller than a current for operating the valve body, to the electromagnetic part in a pre-charge period at the beginning of a start of energization, and subsequently feeds a drive current for operating the valve body, to the electromagnetic part. Further, the ECU acquires a current change parameter as a parameter correlated with a speed of a rising change in drive current, and controls the feed of the pre-charge current to the electromagnetic part of the fuel injector, based on the acquired current change parameter.
US10196997B2
An automotive internal combustion engine combusts an air/fuel mixture to generate a drive torque. An engine control unit (ECU) determines a torque request to output a fuel request signal indicative of an amount of the fuel to inject into a cylinder of the engine. The ECU includes neural network controller installed with a neural network to generate a fuel setpoint signal based on the torque request and to define a combustion model of the engine. The neural network generates a start of injection (SOI) signal indicating a start time at which to inject the fuel based a crankshaft angle. The ECU further outputs the fuel request signal based on the fuel setpoint and the SOI. A fuel injector injects the fuel into the cylinder based on the fuel request signal to generate the drive torque indicated by the torque request.
US10196995B2
Methods, devices, estimators, controllers and algorithms are described for estimating the torque profile of an engine and/or for controlling torque applied to a powertrain by one or more devices other than the engine itself to manage the net torque applied by the engine and other device(s) in manners that reduce undesirable NVH. The described approaches are particularly well suitable for use in hybrid vehicles in which the engine is operated in a skip fire or other dynamic firing level modulation manner—however they may be used in a variety of other circumstances as well. In some embodiments, the hybrid vehicle includes a motor/generator that applies the smoothing torque.
US10196992B2
An engine control device configured to control an engine includes: a turbocharger having a turbine that is configured to be driven by exhaust gas of the engine; and a compressor coupled to the turbine and configured to compress fresh air; an air-bypass passage that communicates between an upstream and a downstream of the compressor; an air-bypass valve configured to open/close the passage; a canister configured to store evaporated fuel gas generated in a fuel tank; an ejector configured to suction the evaporated fuel gas from the canister by using differential pressure between the upstream and the downstream of the compressor and introduce the evaporated fuel gas to the upstream; a purge valve configured to open/close a purge passage through which the evaporated fuel gas is to delivered from the canister to the ejector; and a purge valve diagnosis unit configured to detect stuck open malfunction of the purge valve.
US10196979B2
In a method for processing an acoustic panel (22), the panel comprises: a sheet (42) having a first face (44), a second face (46), and apertures (48) open to the first face and second face; and a mesh (60) along the first face. The method comprises forcing the mesh into a plurality of the apertures.
US10196978B2
A power generation system having a gas turbine engine that utilizes sunlight, includes a compressor configured to compress an air which is a working medium, a solar heater configured to heat the air compressed by the compressor, utilizing sunlight as a heat source, a hydrogen combustor configured to burn the air compressed by the compressor utilizing hydrogen as a fuel, a turbine configured to output a motive power from a high-temperature gas heated by at least one of the solar heater and the hydrogen combustor, a power generator configured to be driven by the turbine, and at least one hydrogen-generating unit configured to generate hydrogen by utilizing an output of the turbine or exhaust heat from the turbine to decompose a water, and supply the hydrogen so generated to the hydrogen combustor.
US10196977B2
Experimental and numerical investigations on an atmospheric diffusion oxy-combustion flame in a gas turbine model combustor are conducted. The combustor is fuelled with CH4CH4 and a mixture of CO2 and O2 as oxidizer. The stability of the oxy-combustion flame is affected when the operating percentage of oxygen in the oxidizer mixture is reduced below 25%. A new 3D reactor design is introduced for the substitution of ITM reactors into a gas turbine combustor. A new oxygen permeation equation model has been developed by fitting the experimental data available in the literature for a LSCF ion transport membrane. The monolith structure design ITM reactor is capable of delivering power ranging from 5 to 8 MWe based on cycle first law efficiency.
US10196971B2
A compound cycle engine having a rotary internal combustion engine, a first turbine, and a second turbine is discussed. The exhaust port of the internal combustion engine is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first turbine upstream of its rotor. The rotors of the first turbine and of each rotary unit drive a common load. The inlet of the second turbine is in fluid communication with the flowpath of the first turbine downstream of its rotor. The first turbine is configured as a velocity turbine and the first turbine has a pressure ratio smaller than that of the second turbine. A method of compounding a rotary engine is also discussed.
US10196957B2
A mixing device of an exhaust gas purification system of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The mixing device includes swirl tube, a mixing tube arranged in the swirl tube, and an exhaust gas supply tube leading into the swirl tube such that exhaust gas can enter the swirl tube tangentially from the exhaust gas supply tube through a cut-out opening in the lateral surface of the swirl tube and forms a flow rotating around the mixing tube. The exhaust gas completely enters the mixing tube and leaves the interior of the swirl tube completely through the mixing tube. A metering device can spray urea solution into the swirl tube such that the urea solution enters the mixing tube and is entrained by the rotating flow of the exhaust gas and is discharged from the swirl tube through the mixing tube together with the exhaust gas.
US10196954B2
A fuel reforming system includes: an engine combusting reformed gas to generate mechanical power; an intake line connected to the engine to supply the reformed gas and air to the engine; an exhaust line connected to the engine to circulate the exhaust gas discharged from the engine; a fuel reformer provided at an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) line diverging from the exhaust line; and a catalyst disposed at the exhaust line and purifying nitrogen oxide included in the exhaust gas at a front end of the fuel reformer. In particular, the fuel reformer mixes the fuel with the EGR gas which is a part of the exhaust gas and passes through the EGR line, and reforms the fuel mixed in the EGR gas.
US10196949B2
Method and system for the removal of particulate matter from engine exhaust gas or process equipment
Method and system for removal of particles such as soot, ash and heavy metals, and optionally additionally NOX and SOX being present in exhaust gas from an engine or process equipment.
US10196935B2
A spoolie for sealing a tube passing through an air gap or other interruption within a high temperature operating environment. The apparatus and method allow for a sealing service pathway between areas of differential temperature while allowing for relative movement consistent with thermal expansion and contraction.
US10196934B2
A rotor support system for a gas turbine engine may generally include a bearing assembly and a load reduction member configured to be coupled between the bearing assembly and a support frame of the engine. The load reduction member may include a fuse portion configured to fail when a load transmitted through the load reduction member exceeds a predetermined load threshold. The system may also include a load recoupling member provided between the bearing assembly and the support frame. The load recoupling member may be formed from a super-elastic shape memory alloy that allows the load recoupling member to undergo recoverable deformation without failing when the fuse portion fails such that the load recoupling member maintains a mechanical connection between the bearing assembly and the support frame.
US10196929B2
A system and methods for applying a ceramic coating to a component that includes first applying a coating material to a first portion of a component. A removal agent is then applied to a second portion of the component that has an overspray byproduct thereon, and then the ceramic coating material is applied to at least the second portion of the component.
US10196928B2
A pipe fault detection system is provided for a gas turbine engine having a compressor and a turbine. The pipe fault detection system includes a cooling manifold configured to direct cooling air from the compressor to the turbine. The cooling manifold includes at least two cooling pipes, a sensor configured to detect an operating condition indicative of a pipe break, and a controller configured to control the amount of cooling air through the cooling manifold in response to the operating condition detected by the sensor.
US10196923B2
Aircraft engines and methods for operating such aircraft engines during transient conditions are described. An exemplary method comprises identifying a transient condition of the aircraft engine and at least partially absorbing the transient condition using an electrical system of the aircraft. When the transient condition requires acceleration of the engine, absorbing the transient condition may comprise transferring power from the electrical system to the high-pressure spool of the engine. When the transient condition requires deceleration of the engine, absorbing the transient condition may comprise transferring power from the high-pressure spool to the electrical system.
US10196922B2
A method for locating probes within a gas turbine engine may generally include positioning a plurality of location transmitters relative to the engine and inserting a probe through an access port of the engine, wherein the probe includes a probe tip and a location signal receiver configured to receive location-related signals transmitted from the location transmitters. The method may also include determining a current location of the probe tip within the engine based at least in part on the location-related signals and identifying a virtual location of the probe tip within a three-dimensional model of the engine corresponding to the current location of the probe tip within the engine. Moreover, the method may include providing for display the three-dimensional model of the engine, wherein the virtual location of the probe tip is displayed as a visual indicator within the three-dimensional model.
US10196921B2
An modular apparatus for generating electrical power in a borehole penetrating the earth includes a body comprising first and second mechanical connectors at opposing ends and first and second electrical connectors at the opposing ends, the mechanical connectors and the electrical connectors being configured to connect with the same type of corresponding connectors on another modular apparatus when the modular apparatus and the another modular apparatus are stacked together. The modular apparatus further includes: an electrical generator having a rotor and stator in mechanical communication with the first and second mechanical connectors and in electrical communication with the first and second electrical connectors; and a turbine wheel coupled to or integrated with the rotor and comprising one or more turbine blades that are configured to interact with fluid flowing through the borehole causing the turbine wheel to rotate and the rotor to rotate in order to generate the electrical power.
US10196918B2
A blade outer air seal (BOAS) segment has a transversely concave inner diameter (ID) surface along a main body portion and extending from a first circumferential end to a second circumferential end. A first mounting ear extends outward from the main body portion and cooperates with a first end portion of the main body portion to define a first circumferentially outwardly open mounting recess. A second mounting ear extends outward from the main body portion and cooperates with a second end portion of the main body portion to define a second circumferentially outwardly open mounting recess. An outwardly open well is between the first mounting ear and the second mounting ear; a plurality of layers are formed of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material and include: a first plurality extending along the first circumferentially outwardly open mounting recess; a second plurality extending along the second circumferentially outwardly open mounting recess; and a third plurality extending along from the first mounting ear to the second mounting ear. One or more first wedges are between layers along the first mounting ear to circumferentially flare the layers along the first mounting ear. One or more second wedges are between layers along the second mounting ear to circumferentially flare the layers along the second mounting ear.
US10196908B2
Various embodiments of the invention include turbine buckets and systems employing such buckets. Various particular embodiments include a turbine bucket having: an airfoil having: a suction side; a pressure side opposing the suction side; a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; and a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side; a pair of part-span connectors extending from the airfoil at the suction side and the pressure side, respectively, wherein each of the pair of part-span connectors is located between approximately 40 percent and approximately 70 percent of a radial span measured from the base to a radial tip of the airfoil; and a base connected with a first end of the airfoil along the suction side, pressure side, trailing edge and the leading edge.
US10196890B2
The invention relates to the use of distributed optical fibre sensors for distributed acoustic sensing, and in particular, modal analysis of distributed acoustic data obtained in-well to monitoring well integrity. By determining one or more acoustic modes corresponding to distributed speed of sound measurements within the wellbore, and analysing variations in the distributed speed of sound measurement it is possible to derive information relating to a formation and/or fluid in the wellbore.
US10196884B2
A method for enhancing oil recovery in huff-puff oil production of tight oil from a fractured horizontal well by an optimized reservoir pressure, washing the horizontal well by sand flushing, injecting water into the reservoir to increase the stratum pressure around the horizontal well, and stopping the water injection when the pressure retention level is 100% at end stage of the water injection period. The method for enhancing oil recovery in huff-puff oil production of tight oil from a fractured horizontal well enables the crude oil in the pores of the matrix in the tight reservoir rock developed by the natural fracture to be further recovered. Comprehensive utilization of stratum energy boost, and imbibition replacement between the injected water and the reservoir crude oil improves the single-well production to enhance the oil recovery of a tight oil reservoir.
US10196867B2
A system and method for positioning oilfield tubulars on a drilling floor (2), having an automated tubular handling system, to permit alignment and automated make up and break out of threading operations between a stationary tubular (8) and a moving tubular (34), utilizing image information from radially offset cameras (54, 56), processing the image information to recognize the tubulars within the image and develop position information for said tubulars, combining the position information from the two camera systems to develop three dimensional information for each of the tubulars, developing instructions for the automated tubular handling system to bring the stationary and moving tubulars into vertical alignment and lowering the moving tubular into threaded contact, and engaging an automated hydraulic torque wrench to make up the threaded connection.
US10196864B2
An apparatus for protecting sensitive electronics in a downhole tool from mechanical shock and vibration. The apparatus includes a frustum-shaped sleeve configured to be disposed between the downhole tool and another downhole component through which a mechanical shock may travel to the downhole tool. The mechanical shocks may result in axial, radial, and/or rotations stress on the downhole tool. The frustum-shaped sleeve is disposed on one part of an interconnection pair made of a mating plug and a mating receptacle.
US10196863B2
A connection structure between an aluminum alloy drill pipe body and a steel joint of an aluminum alloy drill pipe includes a first joint at an end of the aluminum alloy pipe body and a steel second joint; wherein the first joint includes a first external threaded section and a second external threaded section provided from outside to inside thereof, and a major diameter of the first external threaded section is smaller than that of the second external threaded section; and wherein the second joint includes a first internal threaded section which is able to be fitted with the first external threaded section and a second internal threaded section which is able to be fitted with the second external threaded section, and a pitch diameter of the second external threaded section is larger than that of the second internal threaded section.
US10196859B2
An earth-boring tool may include a body and at least one rotatable cutting structure assembly. The rotatable cutting structure assembly may include a leg, a rotatable cutting structure rotatably coupled to the leg, and a resistance actuator configured to impose rotational resistance on the rotatable cutting structure relative to the leg. An earth-boring to may include a plurality of rotatable cutting structure assemblies coupled to the bit body and a plurality of blades coupled to the body. A method of drilling a borehole may include rotating an earth-boring tool within the borehole, causing rotational resistance to be imposed on at least one rotatable cutting structure of the earth-boring tool, causing a blade of the earth-boring tool to be pushed into a sidewall of the borehole, and side cutting the sidewall of the borehole with the blade.
US10196857B2
A ladder knee rest comprising a padded frame with top and bottom lateral arms separated by a central support column. The frame can be hung in front of a ladder with a positioning strap, and the length of the positioning strap can be adjusted to move the frame vertically up or down the ladder. Securing straps extending from the lateral arms can be connected behind the ladder and tightened to prevent side-to-side movement. A user's knees can be placed between the padded top and bottom lateral arms to reduce pain and/or discomfort in the user's legs while the user works on the ladder.
US10196853B2
A door includes a single panel folded to form a latch face and first and second main faces of the door. The door preferably further includes edge tabs folded to form upper, lower and hinge faces of the door. The panel is preferably a composite panel including an inner metal sheet, an outer metal sheet, and a plastics core material between the metal sheets.
US10196852B2
A substrate is coated on one face with a thin-film multilayer including at least one functional metal film based on silver or made of silver having a thickness e of between 7 nm and 20 nm inclusive of these values, and two antireflection coatings each including at least one antireflection film. The functional film is placed between the two antireflection coatings. The multilayer includes a lower discontinuous metal film having a thickness e′ of between 0.5 nm and 5 nm inclusive of these values. The lower discontinuous metal film is located between the face and the only or first functional metal film as counted starting from the face.
US10196851B2
The insulated glass unit (IGU) of the present disclosure includes two or more glass panels that are spaced apart in a parallel arrangement. The panes define an interior space that is filled with air or other suitable gas, a fluid or liquid, or a vacuum. The IGU is encapsulated to provide a water-tight seal to prevent or minimize water or particles from migrating into the interior space, or to prevent or minimize heat loss. A spacer with a desiccant can be in the interior space. To preserve the structural integrity of the glass panels during encapsulation, a second spacer is placed between the glass panes. The second spacer can be T-shaped so that a narrowed body portion fits between the glass panes. The second spacer can also have a groove therein for storing adhesive and/or desiccant.
US10196842B2
A door handle assembly includes a bracket mountable to the door and an insertion member received in and retained in the bracket via a retaining mechanism. The retaining mechanism includes a biasing member and a movable locking member that retains the insertion member in the bracket. The movable locking member is biased into a securing position by the biasing member when the insertion member is fully received in the bracket to retain the insertion member in the bracket. The movable locking member is selectively displaceable from the securing position against a force of the biasing member either to permit insertion of the insertion member in the bracket during assembly or to accommodate disassembly by permitting the insertion member to be removed from the bracket.
US10196832B2
The subject invention provides materials and methods for repairing and/or improving the performance of concrete structures. In preferred embodiments, the methods comprise attaching a thin shell of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) over the area of interest, the shape of the shell substantially conforming to that of the area itself, and subsequently filling a cavity defined by the shell with UHPC.
US10196827B2
Disclosed is a supporting system for tiles to obtain floorings raised with respect to a reference ground. The supporting system includes a grid having at least three sides defining the perimeter of the grid and a supporting surface on which the tile can rest. At least one first seat is formed within the perimeter of the grid and at least one second seat is formed along the perimeter of the grid in correspondence of an arched recess. The supporting system includes at least one sustaining element resting on the ground and including at least one protruding body inserted in the first or second seat.
US10196826B1
An elevated flooring system includes floor modules each having first and second module surfaces and module ribs. First module surfaces may be solid or include holes for drainage. Module ribs provide structural support and define at least one module receiving space accessible from the second module surface. Block(s) include extensions protruding from a first block surface and are dimensioned to fit within a corresponding module receiving space. Each block includes block ribs providing support and defining at least one block receiving space accessible from a second block surface. Interfacing member(s) include a body correspondingly dimensioned to fit within a block receiving space and leg(s) extending from the body and dimensioned to fit within a hole on a first module surface. Floor modules may be joined adjacently and interfacing members, blocks and floor modules are stackable to provide a modular and customizable flooring system of different and varying heights.
US10196825B2
A modular floor system including webbing formed by a plurality of interconnected web sections. The web sections include attachment portions that are aligned in the grid layout. The support members are attachable to attachment sections of the web sections so that attached support members are properly aligned and positioned with respect to one another along the grid layout. The modular floor system includes tiles positioned upon and secured to the support members to be supported above the ground surface by the support members. A utility space is defined by and disposed between the ground surface and the supported tiles. Utility cables can be routed through the utility space.
US10196791B1
A compacting machine includes a frame supporting a compacting member and a monitoring system. The monitoring system includes a sensor, a computer-readable medium bearing a compacting member monitoring program, a controller, and an interface device in communication with the controller. The sensor is arranged with the compacting member to sense a parameter of its ground-engaging surface and to generate a surface parameter signal indicative of the parameter. The controller is in communication with the sensor to receive the surface parameter signal therefrom and is configured to execute the compacting member monitoring program. The compacting member monitoring program is configured to determine whether a piece of the material being compacted becomes adhered to the ground-engaging surface based upon the surface parameter signal satisfying a condition and to produce, through the interface device, an indicator alerting the operator once the surface parameter signal satisfies the condition.
US10196789B1
A plow may include a main plow body, a plurality of trip edges hinged to the main plow body, at least one spring sharer hinged to the main plow body, and a plurality of springs each of which is configured to resist rotation of one of the plurality of trip edges and/or the at least one spring sharer. The at least one spring sharer may be configured for engagement with at least two of the plurality of trip edges, and at least one of the plurality of springs may be configured to resist rotation of at least two of the plurality of trip edges via engagement with the at least one spring sharer.
US10196786B2
In accordance with one aspect, a lawn sweeper for being towed by a lawn tractor including a body, a rotatable brush mounted to the body, and a motor for rotating the brush independently of the rotation of at least one wheel of the lawn sweeper. The lawn sweeper further includes a remote control for being operated by a user of the lawn tractor to control the motor. In another aspect, a lawn sweeper having a pair of wheels rotatable about a wheel axis, a body shiftable between raised and lowered positions relative to the wheels, and brush mounted to the body and rotatable about a brush axis. The brush axis is substantially vertically aligned with the wheel axis when the body is in the raised position and the lowered position.
US10196784B2
In an automotive milling machine, comprising a machine frame, comprising a controller for the travelling and milling operation, comprising a working drum, comprising a transport conveyor, where the transport conveyor is slewable, relative to the machine frame, about a first axis extending essentially horizontally under an elevation angle, and sideways about a second axis extending orthogonally to the first axis under a slewing angle, where the transport conveyor discharges the milled material onto a loading surface of a transport vehicle at a specified conveying speed, and where the controller continuously controls positioning of the milled material automatically via, as a minimum, the slewing angle of the transport conveyor, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: the controller specifies and monitors limit values for a maximum permissible slewing angle range for slewing the transport conveyor variable in accordance with the current operating situation.
US10196779B2
Paper strength systems including polyamine-polyamidoamine-epihalohydrin (PPAE) resin are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of forming a paper including applying a strength system comprising PPAE to cellulosic fiber, as well as the resultant paper.
US10196768B2
A washing machine may include a cabinet, a tub in the cabinet, a drum inside the tub, a driving module at the tub for rotating the drum, a water supply module for supplying the wash water to the tub, a drainage module for discharging the wash water from the tub, and a drying module at the cabinet for supplying heated air into the tub from an upper side of the tub to dry the laundry.
US10196764B2
Provided are a textured spun yarn (A0) obtained by twisting a starched and dried single spun yarn in the opposite direction to the twisting direction of the single spun yarn by the number of twists which is 1.3 to 3 times the number of twists of the single spun yarn, a textured spun yarn (A1) obtained by removing a starch agent in water from the textured spun yarn, a woven or knitted fabric obtained by dissolving and removing the starch agent in water from a woven or knitted fabric manufactured using the textured spun yarn (A0), and a woven or knitted fabric manufactured using the textured spun yarn (A1), and methods of manufacturing them.
US10196763B2
The present invention relates to air rich yarn and fabric with pores throughout the cross-section. Air rich yarn and fabric have high wettability, easy dryability, quick absorbency and increased thickness. When air rich yarn is used to make terry fabric it makes thicker fabric with increased capacity to absorb water and also release moisture faster while drying.
US10196762B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of forming yarns and preparing surgical devices therefrom. The yarns include at least one first filament possessing a polymer core and first reactive members known to have click reactivity on a surface thereof and at least one second filament possessing a polymer core and second reactive members known to have click reactivity on a surface thereof. The first and second reactive members are complementary such that they interact to covalently bond the filaments together.
US10196757B1
The invention provides a system for producing nanotubes, nanofibers and nanorods, the system comprising a wire array shaped as a cylinder such that the cylinder defines a void; a first furnace positioned within the void; a second furnace positioned opposite the first furnace to define a channel adapted to receive a portion of the cylinder as the cylinder rotates about its axis; a device for depositing spun fiber onto the wire array as the cylinder rotates; and a device for removing the deposited fiber from the array after the deposited fiber is heated within the channel. The invention also provides a method for producing nanotubes, the method comprising: supplying a cylindrical wire array, wherein the array defines an internal void; positioning a first furnace within the void; positioning a second furnace opposite the first furnace so as to define a channel between the first furnace and second furnace, the channel adapted to receive a portion of the cylindrical array as the array rotates about its axis; depositing spun fiber onto the array as the array rotates; heating the deposited fiber as it enters the channel; and removing the deposited fiber as it exits the channel.
US10196748B2
According to one embodiment, a reduction catalyst includes a charge collector having a metal layer on a surface; and a modified organic molecule bound to a surface of the metal layer and containing a quaternary nitrogen cation.
US10196738B2
Provided are a deposition process monitoring system capable of detecting an internal state of a chamber in a deposition process, and a method of controlling the deposition process and a method of fabricating a semiconductor device using the system. The deposition process monitoring system includes a facility cover configured to define a space for a deposition process, a chamber located in the facility cover, covered with a translucent cover dome, and having a support on which a deposition target is placed, a plurality of lamps disposed in the facility cover, the lamps respectively disposed above and below the chamber, the lamps configured to supply radiant heat energy into the chamber during the deposition process, and a laser sensor disposed outside the chamber, the laser sensor configured to irradiate the cover dome with a laser beam and detect an intensity of the laser beam transmitted through the cover dome, wherein a state of by-products with which the cover dome is coated is determined based on the detected intensity of the laser beam.
US10196735B2
A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and at least one high refractive index layer of or including titanium oxide and at least one additional metal. A doped titanium oxide layer(s) is designed and deposited in a manner so as to be amorphous or substantially amorphous (as opposed to crystalline) in the low-E coating, so as to better withstand optional heat treatment (HT) such as thermal tempering and reduce haze. The high index layer may be a transparent dielectric high index layer in preferred embodiments, which may be provided for antireflection purposes and/or color adjustment purposes, in addition to having thermal stability.
US10196718B2
The present invention provides a steel strip for cutlery, which has a composition containing, in mass %, 0.45 to 0.55% of C, 0.2 to 1.0% of Si, 0.2 to 1.0% of Mn, and 12 to 14% of Cr, and further contains Mo, with the balance made up of Fe and unavoidable impurities, in which Mo is contained in an amount of 2.1 to 2.8%, and the amount of formed M3C deposited by tempering is decreased to improve bending workability.
US10196716B2
An iron-based powder for powder metallurgy includes an iron-based powder and a composite oxide powder, and the composite oxide contains, by mass, from 15% to 30% Si, from 9% to 18% Al, from 3% to 6% B, from 0.5% to 3% Mg, from 2% to 6% Ca, from 0.01% to 1% Sr, and from 45% to 55% O.
US10196710B1
The method for recovering scandium pertaining to the present invention has: a first neutralization step for passing a solution containing scandium over an ion exchange resin, adding a neutralizing agent to the eluent eluted from the ion exchange resin and performing a neutralization treatment, and obtaining a primary neutralized sediment and a primary neutralized filtrate by solid-liquid separation; a second neutralization step for further adding a neutralizing agent to the primary neutralized filtrate and performing a neutralization treatment, and obtaining a secondary neutralized sediment and a secondary neutralized filtrate by solid-liquid separation; a hydroxide dissolution step for adding acid to the secondary neutralized sediment and obtaining a hydroxide solution; a solvent extraction step for subjecting the hydroxide solution to solvent extraction; and a scandium recovery step for recovering scandium oxide from a raffinate separated in the solvent extraction step.
US10196709B2
Methods and systems for recovering or extracting rare earth elements under mild conditions include subjecting a material including rare earth element to a rare earth element crystallization medium under solvothermal conditions sufficient to form rare earth element crystals capable of gravity separation and purification.
US10196707B2
A process and reactor for arsenic fixation in which a first gas stream comprises oxygen and an iron-containing particulate material. The oxygen and particulate material may be fed to reactor through respective first and second inlets. A second gas stream containing one or more volatile arsenic compounds is fed through a third inlet and mixed with the first gas stream and the particulate material to produce a combined gas stream containing the volatile arsenic compounds and the particulate material. The arsenic compounds are reacted with iron in the particulate material as the combined gas stream flows through the reactor to produce solid iron arsenates which are then recovered. The portion of the reactor including the first, second and third inlets is vertically oriented, and the reactor may include a venturi arrangement having a throat at which the second inlet is located.
US10196705B2
A cold rolled and annealed martensitic steel sheet is provided. The steel sheet includes by weight percent, 0.30≤C≤0.5%, 0.2≤Mn≤1.5%, 0.5≤Si≤3.0%, 0.02≤Ti≤0.05%, 0.001≤N≤0.008%, 0.0010≤B≤0.0030%, 0.01≤Nb≤0.1%, 0.2≤Cr≤2.0%, P≤0.02%, S≤0.005%, Al≤1%, Mo≤1% and Ni≤0.5%. The remainder of the composition includes iron and unavoidable impurities resulting from melting. The microstructure is 100% martensitic and a prior austenite grain size is lower than 20 μm. The steel sheet has a delayed fracture resistance of at least 24 hours during an acid immersion U-bend test. A method, part, structural member and vehicle are also provided.
US10196702B2
An electric resistance welded steel pipe for an oil well includes in terms of mass %: 0.02 to 0.14% of C, 0.05 to 0.50% of Si, 1.0 to 2.1% of Mn, 0.020% or less of P, 0.010% or less of S, 0.010 to 0.100% of Nb, 0.010 to 0.050% of Ti, 0.010 to 0.100% of Al, and 0.0100% or less of N. Contents of Cu, Ni, Cr, Mo, V, and B are 0 to 0.50%, 0 to 1.00%, 0 to 0.50%, 0 to 0.30%, 0 to 0.10%, and 0 to 0.0030%, respectively. Remainder consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities. In a case that a full thickness specimen is subjected to a pipe axis direction tensile test, a tensile strength is 780 MPa or more, 0.2% proof stress/tensile strength is 0.80 or more, and 2% flow stress/tensile strength is from 0.85 to 0.98.
US10196697B2
A method is provided for characterizing and/or prognosing prostate cancer in a subject comprising determining the expression level of at least one of CREM, ERRFI1, SRSF5, PDK4, HJURP, PDRG1, TRPM3, PDE4D, FI2, ADAMTS1, ADAMTS9, B3GNT5, CD38, CEBPD, CENPF, DKK1, EMP1, F3, IL1R1, IL8, JUNB, KLFIO, KLF4, LDLR, LGALS3, LPARI, MALAT1, MTUS1, MYBPC1, NFIL3, NR4A3, OAT, PI15, PTGS2, RHOBTB3, RIN2, RNFT2, SELE, SLC15A2, SOCS2, SOCS3, SSTR1, ST6GAL1, TSC22D1, XBP1 and ZFP36 in a sample from the subject. The method may be used to predict the likelihood of metastasis. Also disclosed are methods for diagnosing and selecting treatment for prostate cancer, together with corresponding methods of treatment. Systems, kits and computer programs for performing the methods are also provided.
US10196679B2
The present invention provides a cocaine aptamer represented by at least one selected from the group consisting of the following chemical formula (CI) and the following chemical formula (CII), 5′-R-DNA-L-Fc-3′ (CI) 5′-Fc-L-DNA-R-3′ (CII) where R is selected from the group consisting of a hydrocarbon group and the derivative thereof; DNA consists of a gene sequence capable of binding to cocaine; L is absent or an optional linker; and Fc represents a ferrocene group. The above-identified cocaine aptamer is used to detect cocaine with high sensitivity.
US10196665B2
This invention relates to a novel cell culture medium and methods to enhance recombinant antibody purity using the cell culture medium disclosed herein. The novel cell culture medium is a self-made feeding medium, which comprises from about 90 nM to about 500 mM cysteine, from about 50 mM to about 500 mM tyrosine, and from about 50 mM to about 300 tryptophan. This invention also relates to a method of growing cell culture using the cell culture medium disclosed herein By controlling the concentration of cysteine in the self-made feed medium as well as the amount and time of adding this feed medium into the cell culture, the purity of antibodies is significantly improved while glycosylation profile and antibody expression level are consistently maintained to guarantee the efficacy of antibodies.
US10196663B2
Provided are methods and yeast cultures for producing glycolipids and glycolipid compositions.
US10196662B2
This invention generally relates to a composition and its production method useful for developing drugs and/or therapies for enhancing wound healing, in particular scarless wound healing. Particularly, the present invention teaches the essential processes necessary for producing and purifying embryonic stem cell (ESC)-specific RNA compositions, such as messenger RNAs (mRNA), microRNA precursors (pre-miRNA), and small hairpin RNAs (shRNA), which are useful for treating human diseases and lesions.
US10196660B2
The present invention belongs to microbial technology field and relates to a strain producing toluene o-xylene monooxygenase (Arthrobacter woluwensis) HW-1 and its application in preparation of 5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxylic acid by microbial fermentation. The present invention providing a new strain HW-1 which could produce toluene o-xylene monooxygenase, and the strain is identified as Arthrobacter woluwensis. The strain is firstly found to convert 2, 5-dimethylpyrazine by bio-fermentation to obtain the medicine intermediate 5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxylic acid. The concentration of accumulated product could reach 34.19 g/L and the yield rate is 81.4% by shake flask fermentation. Compared with 20.41 g/L reported in the literature, this method has a greater advantage and could be industrialized. The conditions to prepare 5-methylpyrazine-2-carboxylic acid provided in the present invention is mild, the reaction process is controllable and has good performance in environmental protection and energy saving. So this invention has great value in industry.
US10196659B2
The invention relates to a method for producing lactones from a strain of Aureobasidium pullulans that are produced from a pre-culture of the Aureobasidium pullulans strain CBS 771.97, obtained from CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Center, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, Netherlands, or related strains; from an inoculum obtained from the pre-culture; a culture is produced by fermentation at a temperature between 20° C. and 40° C. over a period of at least 3 days so as to produce metabolites, in a sterilized aqueous production medium containing: a carbon source; a nitrogen source; a mineral salt solution; and a calcium source, at a concentration between 2 and 100 mM; and following the fermentation period, converting the metabolites produced into a lactone mixture comprising (R)-5,6-dihydro-6-pentyl-2H-pyran-2-one (or (R)-(−)-massoia lactone) and/or (4R,6R)-4-hydroxy-6-pentyl-tetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one.
US10196657B2
This document describes biochemical pathways for producing pimelic acid, 7-aminoheptanoic acid, 7-hydroxyheptanoic acid, heptamethylenediamine or 1,7-heptanediol by forming two terminal functional groups, comprised of carboxyl, amine or hydroxyl group, in a C7 aliphatic backbone substrate. These pathways, metabolic engineering and cultivation strategies described herein rely on enzymes or homologs accepting methyl ester shielded dicarboxylic acid substrates.
US10196654B2
The present invention is related to recycling of fermentable and metabolizable biomass materials for sequentially performing a cultivation of fungal cells and for producing biogas by anaerobic fermentation of said biomass materials.
US10196652B2
Methods and compositions comprising a CRISPR/Cas nuclease that cleaves a T cell receptor (TCR) gene and/or human leukocyte (HLA) gene, the nuclease comprising a cleavage domain and a single guide RNA that binds to a target site in the TCR and/or HLA gene.
US10196647B1
Genes associated with nitrogen utilization efficiency (NUE) in plants are provided. The gene VRN1N was identified as TaNUE1 in chromosome 5A of the wheat cultivar Jagger and is encompassed by quantitative trait locus Qnue.osu-5A. VRN1N is regulated by nitrogen is associated with enhanced NUE by plants which contain the gene. In addition, the gene ANR1 from wheat cultivar Jagger has also been identified as involved in nitrogen metabolism. Methods for genetically engineering plants to contain and express one or both of VRN1N and ANR1 are also provided, as are genetically modified plants that have been transformed with one or both of the genes, and plants that have been bred conventionally and selected for the presence of one or both genes.
US10196645B2
An expression vector including two separately inducible converging promoters P1 and P2, and expression system including such an expression vector and an additional regulator vector, a method of protein expression using such an expression system, and a method of investigating (meta)genome libraries using such an expression system.
US10196641B2
Compounds comprising an oligonucleotide moiety covalently linked to a lipid moiety are disclosed. The oligonucleotide moiety comprises a sequence that is complementary to the RNA component of human telomerase. The compounds inhibit telomerase activity in cells with a high potency and have superior cellular uptake characteristics.
US10196632B2
Nucleic acid amplification tests have been widely used in clinical laboratories. Nucleic acid extraction from biological materials is challenging because different unfavorable substances may co-extract and inhibit downstream applications. The present invention relates to a composition of and a method for treating the sample prior, during or post extraction of nucleic acid. More specifically, the claimed invention relates to a composition of and a method for using low concentrations of common organic solvents to remove inhibitors of nucleic acid amplification. The present invention can be used for extracting nucleic acids (DNA/RNA) from bacteria, viruses, parasites, and other biological materials or matrices, including but not limit to, stool samples, body fluids, plants and cultures. The method is rapid, low-cost, and easy to use in a laboratory setting. The nucleic acid extracted in accordance with the invention can be used for nucleic acid amplification reactions.
US10196629B2
Provided are compositions comprising newly identified protein fragments of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, polynucleotides that encode them and complements thereof, related agents, and methods of use thereof in diagnostic, drug discovery, research, and therapeutic applications.
US10196627B2
The present invention relates to a novel carbon dioxide fixation cycle synthesizing a carbohydrate product from carbon dioxide in vitro. In addition, the present invention relates to a unit or a composition carrying out carbon dioxide fixation in cyclic manner. Additionally, the present invention relates to a method to fix carbon dioxide or a method to produce glyoxylate from the carbon dioxide fixation cycle. The present carbon dioxide fixation cycle is not found in natural world, and we found that, when the novel carbon dioxide fixation cycle is used, only three ATP molecules are consumed to fix one carbon dioxide molecule, and thus novel carbon dioxide fixation cycle has an energy conversion efficiency approximately 2.5 times higher than that of the Calvin cycle.
US10196626B2
A hexuronate C4-epimerase with improved conversion activity and a method for producing D-tagatose using the hexuronate C4-epimerase. The hexuronate C4-epimerase includes an amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, in which serine (S) at position 125, serine (S) at position 185, valine (V) at position 267, serine (S) at position 268, threonine (T) at position 272, tryptophan (W) at position 306, arginine (R) at position 386 and tyrosine (Y) at position 403 from an N-terminal of hexunorate C4-epimerase are mutated.
US10196615B2
Disclosed herein is provided a virus purification and formulation process for purifying a flavivirus represented by one of a a Yellow Fever Virus, Japanese Encephalitis virus, Dengue virus, and West Nile virus. The highly purified flavivirus virus product is characterized as having a low level of sucrose without significant virus loss such as that which is typically encountered by prior art virus purification processes. The disclosed process captures and purifies the virus, separating it from the host cell proteins and DNA, and leaving the host cell proteins and DNA behind. The process also can be used to inactivate and/or concentrate the virus sufficiently for use in formulations.
US10196612B1
A method of reprogramming omental adipose cells to a subcutaneous-like lineage is presented herein. The method comprises exposing omental adipose cells to a small molecule such as Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor (bFGF); TRC105; long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) MALAT1, GAS5, linc-VLDLR; transcription factors Sox15, Oct4, KLF4, Nanog, Sal4, BMI1; or combinations thereof.
US10196610B2
The invention provides an animal cell culture kit to be used favorably for culturing animal cells, a method for culturing animal cells, a method for culturing selectively animal cells, and a method for differentiating a cell. An animal cell culture kit according to the invention includes an incubator containing one or more types of functional groups selected from the group consisting of hydrophilic functional groups and hydrophobic functional groups at predetermined contents on a surface, and a serum-free culture medium. Since the animal cell culture kit includes an incubator having a functional group suitable for adhesion and proliferation of specific animal cells, proliferation of animal cells can be promoted even with a serum-free culture medium.
US10196605B2
There is provided a method of inducing differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells to neural cells or skeletal muscle cells by introduction of a Notch gene. Specifically, the invention provides a method of inducing differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells to neural cells or skeletal muscle cells in vitro, which method comprises introducing a Notch gene and/or a Notch signaling related gene into the cells, wherein the finally obtained differentiated cells are the result of cell division of the bone marrow stromal cells into which the Notch gene and/or Notch signaling related gene have been introduced. The invention also provides a method of inducing further differentiation of the differentiation-induced neural cells to dopaminergic neurons or acetylcholinergic neurons. The invention yet further provides a treatment method for neurodegenerative and skeletal muscle degenerative diseases which employs neural precursor cells, neural cells or skeletal muscle cells produced by the method of the invention.
US10196600B2
The disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an active substance for inducing self-lysis in microalga cells, including: inoculating a bacterial strain belonging to Bacillus into a culturing medium to obtain a bacterial suspension; culturing the bacterial strain belonging to Bacillus at least to a stationary phase to a condition in which the bacterial strain belonging to Bacillus aggregates in the bacterial suspension and the bacterial suspension becomes pellucid; and after the bacterial strain belonging to Bacillus aggregates in the bacterial suspension and the bacterial suspension becomes pellucid, performing a vacuum distillation procedure on the bacterial suspension to obtain an active solution, wherein the active solution contains an active substance for inducing self-lysis in microalga cells.
US10196598B2
A system for heating or cooling a sample is disclosed, which includes an insulated chamber; at least one of a heater or a cooling pad disposed within the chamber; and at least one compliant, fluid filled pillow. The at least one compliant, fluid-filled pillow is disposed in the chamber and adjacent to the at least one thermal device while being heated or cooled to a desired temperature by the heater or the cooling pad, and upon reaching the desired temperature, the at least one compliant, fluid filled pillow substantially conforms to a container containing the sample.
US10196597B2
A compressible biomass carrier for use in fluid treatment systems is disclosed. The biomass carrier includes an extruded circumferential mesh-like structure and elongated elements positioned in a space confined by the circumferential mesh-like structure and at least some of the elongated elements are joined to an inner portion of the mesh-like structure.
US10196595B2
Devices and methods are described that enable controlled, repeatable and accelerated aging and infusion of alcohol containing beverages. The devices include newly reaction canisters in a computer controlled environment of valves, pumps, interconnecting plumbing, sensors and mixing and dispersing manifolds. Embodiments include devices and infusing materials. The infusing materials include traditional aging/infusing materials such as oaks traditionally used to make barrels for aging and infusion as well as other woods and a variety of non-wood infusion materials such as citrus, beans and seeds. The combination of controls, sensor and computer interface allows for repeatable preparation of aged/infused drinks and for development of new aged/infused drinks.
US10196593B2
A composition including: a plurality of first particles including: (i) about 30% to about 95% by weight of the first particles a water soluble first carrier, wherein the first particles have a first particles onset of melt from about 25° C. to about 120° C.; and perfume; and (ii) a plurality of second particles including: about 30% to about 95% by weight of the second particles a water soluble second carrier, wherein the second particles have a second particles onset of melt from about 25° C. to about 120° C.; and silicone; wherein the first particles and the second particles are in a package.
US10196587B2
The present invention provides a cleansing composition for skin or hair which can provide a good durability of foam and rinse feel, give good combability and softness from during rinsing to after drying while imparting manageability to hair when the cleansing composition is applied to hair, and give good moist feeling to skin when the cleansing composition is applied to skin.The cleansing composition for skin or hair is a cleansing composition comprising an internal olefin sulfonate (A) having 12 or more and 24 or less carbon atoms.
US10196583B1
Disclosed is a process for producing cholesterol from fish oil, including the following steps: (a) distilling fish oil in a vacuum distillation column to obtain a first residue and a first distillate, (b) distilling the first distillate in a vacuum distillation column to obtain a second distillate and a second residue, (c) contacting the second residue with an alkali to produce a saponified mixture, (d) contacting the saponified mixture with a non-polar organic solvent or a mixture of non-polar organic solvents to produce an organic phase and an aqueous phase, (e) separating the organic phase from the aqueous phase, (f) cooling the organic phase to form a solid phase and a liquid phase, and (g) separating the solid phase from the organic phase, wherein the separated solid phase includes cholesterol.
US10196582B1
A method and system for extracting fluids from plant parts is provided. Plant parts are placed into a filter bag that is placed within a fluid impermeable holder, which is generally a non-stick holder such as wax paper or parchment. The fluid impermeable holder is placed into a press that is operable at an elevated temperature. The press applies pressure at a predetermined temperature for a predetermined time to the fluid impermeable holder and filter bag to compress the plant parts and squeeze or extrude the fluid from the plant parts. After a predetermined time, the press is opened and the fluid impermeable holder is removed. The filter bag, with residual plant parts, is removed from the fluid impermeable holder. The fluid impermeable holder is manipulated to collect the fluids, which manipulation may include freezing the fluids and peeling the fluids from the inner surface of the bag.
US10196573B2
A system and a method for converting Natural Gas (NG) to high energy transportable liquid (such as gasoline) are disclosed. A semiconductor UV-source is used for initiate a photo lytic reaction between methane molecules and photons having energy equal or bigger than the energy of dissociation of the C—H bond in methane. The formed radicals are further react to produce higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, while hydrogen gas is separates from the reaction mixture in order to avoid reverse reactions.
US10196572B2
A process and plant for conversion of a feed hydrocarbon stream to liquid hydrocarbon products in a small scale GTL plant, comprising the use of a cryogenic air separation unit (ASU), optionally together with vacuum pressure swing adsorption (VPSA), an autothermal reformer (ATR) or catalytic partial oxidation (CPO), and pressure swing adsorption (PSA) unit to produce a synthesis gas for downstream Fischer-Tropsch (FT) synthesis for production of liquid hydrocarbons.
US10196569B2
The present invention discloses a method and a system of treating biomass wastes by biochemistry-thermochemistry multi-point interconnection. The present invention applies solid, gas and liquid products of the thermochemical treatment subsystem to the biochemical treatment subsystem and applies heat produced by the biochemical treatment subsystem to the thermochemical treatment subsystem, forming multi-point and two-way interconnection between the biochemical treatment subsystem and the thermochemical treatment subsystem, thereby increasing the yield and stability of energy gas of the biochemical treatment subsystem and reducing pollution and energy consumption of the thermochemical treatment subsystem respectively. The present invention is suitable for treating biomass wastes with high and low water contents at the same time, producing soil amendment, liquid fuel and biogas, having properties of low secondary pollution and significant reduction of greenhouse gas emission and so on. The bio-stability, humus content and nitrogen content of the solid product are as high as soil amendment, making it easy to store and transport.
US10196563B2
There is provided a phosphor powder which includes a wavelength converting material and a silica-based inorganic substance surrounding the wavelength converting material and represented by the following Formula 1, wherein a content of a hydrosilyl group (Si—H) is greater than or equal to 10 ppm by weight, based on the total weight of the silica-based inorganic substance: wherein X represents oxygen (O) or an amine group (NH), Y represents hydrogen (H), a hydroxyl group (OH), an amino group (NH2), or an alkyl group containing heteroelements, and the heteroelements include at least one selected from the group consisting of phosphorus (P), nitrogen (N), sulfur (S), oxygen (O), and a halogen element.
US10196557B2
Methods and compositions for stimulating the production of hydrocarbons from subterranean formations
Methods for treating an oil well having a wellbore. The methods involve injecting a microemulsion into the wellbore to increase formation crude oil production by the well. The microemulsion comprises water, a first type of solvent and a first type of surfactant. The microemulsion includes a continuous water phase.
US10196554B2
Corrosion and/or calcium scale deposition on a surface in contact with corrosion forming components and/or scale forming components within a subterranean formation may be decreased, prevented, and/or inhibited by contacting the surface with at least one protein. The protein(s) may be or include, but is not limited to, at least one aspein protein, at least one aspolin protein, at least one dentine protein, at least one DRICH-1 protein, at least one nacrein protein, at least one SMDT-1 protein, derivatives thereof, fragments thereof, mimetics thereof, and combinations thereof. The surface may be or include, but is not limited to a metal surface, a plastic surface, a ceramic surface, a painted surface, a coated surface, and combinations thereof.
US10196550B2
The present application relates to a liquid crystal element and a use of the liquid crystal element. The exemplary liquid crystal element of the present application is, for example, an element capable of realizing a normally transparent mode, having a high contrast ratio, and being driven with a low driving voltage. Such a liquid crystal element may be applied in a variety of light modulators including a smart window, a window protective film, a flexible display element, an active retarder for displaying a 3D image and a viewing angle controlling film.
US10196535B2
Surface pretreating additive compositions, surface pretreating compositions therefrom, surface adhesion promoting compositions, and paint compositions therefrom including an adhesion promoter system, a surfactant system, a solvent system, a solid system, a drying agent system, a crosslinking agent system, a biocide system, a UV stabilizer system, an abrasion resistance system, a wetting system, a defoaming system, and/or a paint additive system and to methods for making and using the compositions.
US10196529B2
A metal surface coating composition including a high-consistency material containing a lubricant base oil and an amide compound, and a composition of a phosphorus compound containing one or more compounds represented by the below formulae and a metal, wherein the ratio (a/b) of the number of amide groups (a) and the number of acidic groups (b) is within a range of 1.1 to 6.0: where X1 to X7 represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R11 to R13 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and R14 to R16 represent a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms wherein at least one of them is a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms.
US10196526B2
A transparent conductive film including metal nanowires and a colored compound adsorbed by the metal nanowires is provided. The metal nanowires are a material which absorbs light in the visible light region, and also each has a functional group which is bound to a metal constituting the metal nanowire.
US10196525B2
A method produces a basic zinc cyanurate powder, the amount of a portion thereof which remains in a sieve having a mesh size of 1,000 μm being less than 1 mass %. The method includes heating, at 30 to 300° C., a powder-form mixture which is composed of zinc oxide, cyanuric acid, and water, which has a ratio by mole of zinc oxide to cyanuric acid of 2 to 3, and which has a water content of 9 to 18 mass %, in a closed or unclosed state.
US10196522B2
A method of separating oil-soluble pigment and water-soluble pigment from natural material using aerogels characterized in comprising the steps of: (A) immersing a natural material in a leaching solvent to extract a pigment; (B) mixing the leaching solution from which pigment is extracted in step (A) with aerogel to adsorb oil-soluble pigment to aerogels; (C) separating oil-soluble pigment adsorbed on the surface of aerogel in step (B); (D) drying and concentrating the pigment separated in step (C), enhancing a method of separating from natural material the initial substance for pharmaceuticals, food, cosmetics, etc. facilitating a safer and more efficient production process compared to the conventional separation method.
US10196514B2
The present invention provides a thermoplastic polyester elastomer composition which is flexible and exhibits excellent thermal aging resistance and water resistance. According to the present invention, there is provided a thermoplastic polyester elastomer composition wherein, to 100 parts by mass in total of a thermoplastic polyester elastomer (A) and a modified hydrogenated styrene-type elastomer (B), 0.1 to 10 part (s) by mass of a carbodiimide compound (C), 0.01 to 5 part (s) by mass of an antioxidant of a hindered phenol type (D) and 0.01 to 5 part (s) by mass of an antioxidant of a sulfur type (E) are contained, wherein the thermoplastic polyester elastomer (A) comprises a hard segment comprising a polyester constituted from an aromatic dicarboxylic acid and an aliphatic diol or an alicyclic diol and a soft segment comprising an aliphatic polyether as main constituent ingredients, wherein a content of the soft segment is 3 to 40% by mass, wherein a rate by mass of the above (A) to the above (B) ((A)/(B)) is from 95/5 to 40/60.
US10196511B2
The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition and a molded article including the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin composition including 100 parts by weight of a base resin that includes an acrylic graft copolymer and an acrylic non-graft copolymer; and greater than 0.3 parts by weight and less than 1.2 parts by weight of a zinc-based antimicrobial agent, and a molded article including the same, wherein the zinc-based antimicrobial agent has an average particle diameter of greater than 3 μm to 30 μm. In accordance with the present invention, a thermoplastic resin composition providing superior transparency and excellent initial antimicrobial activity and persistent antimicrobial activity while providing the same mechanical properties as existing resin compositions, and a molded article including the same are provided.
US10196504B2
This invention relates to a tire with a tread for promoting all season performance, a combination of winter service at low temperatures and for promoting wet traction, while also providing good rolling resistance and resistance to treadwear performance. The tread rubber contains a combination of a high Tg styrene/butadiene elastomer, cis 1,4-polybutadiene rubber, reinforcing filler comprised of chemically pretreated precipitated silica, rubber processing oil and polyethylene glycol.
US10196495B2
A functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane, material, textile, composite, laminate, or the like, and/or a method of making or using such functionalized membranes. The functionalized porous membrane may be a functionalized microporous, mesoporous, or nanoporous membrane that has a functional molecule attached, such as a functional polymer, to the surface and/or internal fibrillar structure of the membrane.
US10196494B2
In one embodiment, a polymeric sheet, comprising: a foamed layer comprising a polymeric material, wherein the polymeric material has a Tg of greater than or equal to 100° C.; and wherein the sheet has a weight reduction of 10% to 60%, as compared to a solid sheet of the same geometry and size formed from the same polymeric material. The sheet, at the thickness of 1.0 mm, has a smoke density of less than or equal to 200 particles after four minutes of burning according to ASTM E662-06. The sheet is thermoformable.
US10196493B2
The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyurethanes where (a) polyisocyanate, (b) polymeric compounds having groups reactive toward isocyanates, (c) catalysts, (d) a CH-acidic compound of the general formula R1—CH2—R2, where R1 and R2 independently of one another are an electron-withdrawing moiety of the general formula —C(O)—R3 or —CN, where the moiety R3 is selected from the group consisting of —NH2, —NH—R4—NR5R6, OR7 or R8, where R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 are independently selected from the group consisting of aliphatic, araliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbons, which may have substitution, and optionally (e) blowing agent, (f) chain extender and/or crosslinking agent, and (g) auxiliaries and/or additives are mixed to give a reaction mixture, and the reaction mixture is allowed to complete a reaction to give the polyurethane. The present invention further relates to polyurethanes produced by this process and to the use of these polyurethanes in the interior of means of transport.
US10196485B2
A thermoplastic composition comprises, based on the total weight of the thermoplastic composition, 3 to 20 wt. % of an impact modifier composition comprising a first impact modifier and a second impact modifier; 15 to 50 wt. % of a poly(etherimide); 5 to 60 wt. % of a polycarbonate; 5 to 20 wt. % of compatibilizer component comprising a poly(carbonate-arylate ester); up to 15 wt. % of an ultraviolet light absorbing additive; 0 to 20 wt. % of TiO2; and 0.01 to 0.5 wt. %, of an organophosphite; wherein a sample of the composition has a notched Izod impact energy of at least 200 J/m at 23° C. measured in accordance to ASTM D256.
US10196477B2
Energetic nitrogen-rich monomers represented by the general Formula I: wherein each of X1 and X2 is independently NR or a covalent bond. R is H or C1-4 alkyl, each of T1 and T2 is independently a moiety selected from the group consisting of a triazole moiety, a tetrazole moiety and a guanidine moiety, at least one of T1 and T2 being substituted by at least one polymerizable group, are disclosed herein, as well as polymers based thereon, and uses of such polymers.
US10196476B2
Catalyst compositions useful in the production of insulating polyurethane or polyisocyanurate foam are disclosed. The catalyst compositions impart increased stability of a mixture of the catalyst, a halogen-containing blowing agent, and a polyol. These catalyst compositions comprise of at least 10% of a tetraalkylguanidine and at least 10% of a tertiary amine catalyst with an isocyanate reactive group. These improved catalysts can be used with any halogenated blowing agent, and provide substantial stability benefits with the use of hydrofluoroolefins and hydrofluorochloroolefins. In an exemplary embodiment, a process includes providing a pre-mix comprising a hydrohaloolefin blowing agent, at least one polyol, water, and a catalyst comprising 10-50% tetramethylguanidine and 10-90% of one or more of an amine catalyst containing an isocyanate reactive group.
US10196472B2
A molding material for light-reflecting bodies contains unsaturated polyester, cross-linking agent, and filler. The unsaturated polyester contains at least one of first unsaturated polyester having a fumaric acid residue and a 1,6-hexanediol residue, and second unsaturated polyester having a fumaric acid residue, a 1,4-butanediol residue, and a trimethylolpropane residue.
US10196460B2
The present invention relates to a graphene-containing viscose fiber and a preparation method thereof, wherein the graphene is a non-oxidized graphene of no more than 10 layers. The preparation method comprises introducing a graphene into a viscose prior to spinning. The viscose fiber obtained according to the present invention possesses significant far-infrared and antibacterial properties.
US10196456B2
The present invention relates to antibodies binding to human HER3 (anti-HER3 antibody), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US10196450B2
Human antibodies, preferably recombinant human antibodies, both humanized and chimeric, which specifically bind to human OX40 are disclosed. Preferred antibodies have high affinity for OX40 receptor and activate the receptor in vitro and in vivo. The antibody can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. The antibodies, or antibody portions, are useful for modulating receptor activity, e.g., in a human subject suffering from a disorder in which OX40 activity is detrimental. Nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expressing the recombinant human antibodies are provided, and methods of synthesizing the recombinant human antibodies, are also provided.
US10196449B2
There is disclosed an assay method for selectively detecting 1,25-dihydroxy-vitamin D in a biological fluid sample. According to the method of the invention, the pH of the test sample is adjusted to 6-9 and a receptor protein comprising the Ligand Binding Domain of Vitamin D Receptor (VDR-LBD) is added to the test sample, thereby obtaining the formation of a VDR-LBD/1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D complex in which the VDR-LBD portion is conformationally changed with respect to unbound VDR-LBD. The VDR-LBD/1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D complex is then detected by means of a capture moiety which is capable of specifically binding to VDR-LBD bound to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D. Also disclosed are an assay kit and an antibody for carrying out the method of the invention. The assay of the invention is preferably a sandwich immunoassay.
US10196437B2
Provided are: an antibody binding specifically to a surface antigen, pre-S1, of a hepatitis B virus (HBV); a polynucleotide coating the antibody; an expression vector comprising the polynucleotide; a transformation agent comprising the expression vector; and use of the antibody in treating or preventing HBV infection and in detecting an HBV.
US10196430B2
To provide effective use from a yeast extract residue, an excess of which is produced as a byproduct of yeast extract, or reduction in amount of the yeast extract residue. Also to obtain various useful substances. A cell wall lytic enzyme having no protease is allowed to act on a yeast extract residue, after which a heat treatment is performed at 70 to 80° C. for 10 to 20 minutes, thereby enabling separation into a fraction of primarily cell walls and a fraction of primarily protein. A yeast protein having a protein content of 60% or more is obtained from the fraction of primarily protein and, by subjecting the yeast protein to enzymatic degradation, a seasoning having a high amount of total nitrogen is obtained.
US10196428B2
The present invention provides modified cupredoxin derived peptides with pharmacologic activity that have improved pharmacokinetic properties, and methods to use them to treat mammals suffering from various conditions related to the pharmacologic activities. Modifications of the cupredoxin derived peptides include amino acid sequence variants and structural derivations that increase the plasma half-life of the peptide, increase the specific activity of the pharmacologic activity, decrease immunogenicity, and decrease the biotransformation of the peptides. The modified cupredoxin derived peptides can be used in methods to treat mammals for cancer, conditions related to inappropriate angiogenesis, viral and bacterial infections, and specifically HIV and malaria, conditions related to ephrin signaling, and to deliver cargo compounds, including diagnostic compounds to cancer cell.
US10196409B2
A cyclic organosilicon compound having a (meth)acrylic group and a urea structure on a silicon atom cures into a product having improved flexibility, surface hardness, and evaporation amenability.
US10196404B2
Disclosed is a compound which is 17-chloro-5,13,14,22-tetramethyl-28-oxa-2,9-dithia-5,6,12,13,22-pentaazaheptacyclo[27.7.1.14,7.011,15.016,21.020,24.030,35]octatriaconta-1(37),4(38),6,11,14,16,18,20,23,29,31,33,35-tridecaene-23-carboxylic acid (Formula I) and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions of 17-chloro-5,13,14,22-tetramethyl-28-oxa-2,9-dithia-5,6,12,13,22-pentaazaheptacyclo[27.7.1.14,7.011,15.016,21.020,24.030,35]octatriaconta-1(37),4(38),6,11,14,16,18,20,23,29,31,33,35-tridecaene-23-carboxylic acid, and enantiomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and methods of treating cancer with such compounds and compositions.
US10196394B2
Disclosed are hydrochloride and tosylate crystalline salt forms of (5S,8S)-8-[{(1R)-1-(3,5-Bis-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-ethoxy}-methyl]-8-phenyl-1,7-diazaspiro[4.5]decan-2-one, represented by Formula I and methods of preparing the same.
US10196388B2
The invention relates to novel benzothiophene-, benzofuran-, and indole ureas and to the use thereof for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and for improving perception, concentration, learning, and/or memory.
US10196387B2
The present invention is directed to carbazole compounds, pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising compounds of the invention and methods of using said compositions in the treatment of various disorders.
US10196386B2
Compounds of formula I defined herein act both as muscarinic receptor antagonists and beta2 adrenergic receptor agonists and are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of broncho-obstructive or inflammatory diseases.
US10196379B2
A display device comprises a light-transmittance-variable panel including a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other; a first transparent electrode on the first substrate; a second transparent electrode on the second substrate; and an electrochromic layer between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode and containing a viologen compound; and a display panel on one side of the light-transmittance-variable panel and including a plurality of display units and a plurality of transparent units.
US10196363B2
A compound of Formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein each symbol is defined as in the specification.
US10196351B2
The present invention includes a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing HBV infection in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of at least one compound of the invention.
US10196324B2
Disclosed herein are energetic compositions and methods of making thereof. A composition includes perchlorate or nitrate containing oxidizer particles, a polymeric binder, and a borylated ferrocene derivative bonding agent bonded to a surface of at least a portion the perchlorate or nitrate containing oxidizer particles to form a Lewis complex.
US10196323B2
The invention relates generally to burn rate modifiers and propellants comprising a burn rate modifier. The invention also relates to methods of producing a propellant comprising a burn rate modifier as well as an ammunition cartridge comprising the propellant. The burn rate modifier comprises a compound of formula 1 and the propellant comprises a compound of formula 1 and an energetic material.
US10196316B2
Provided is a method for easily reinforcing a three-dimensional shaped object. The method for reinforcing a three-dimensional shaped object comprises reinforcing the three-dimensional shaped object using an impregnating composition containing a 2-cyanoacrylic acid ester having a specific structure, said impregnating composition having a viscosity at 25° C. in a range of from 1 to 1000 mPa·s, and said impregnating composition having a Shore hardness D in a range of from 20 to 75 when being hardened. Preferably, the three-dimensional shaped object is formed of an inorganic powder.
US10196313B2
Provided is a zirconia powder that has excellent moldability and a high sintered density, and that can produce a zirconia sintered product in a simple manner; also provided is a method for producing the zirconia powder. The zirconia powder according to the present invention comprises 2 to 6 mol % of yttria, has a volume of pores with a pore diameter of 200 nm or less of 0.14 to 0.28 mL/g, and has a relative molding density of 44 to 55% when the zirconia powder is molded at a molding pressure of 1 t/cm2, wherein the relative molding density is represented by the following formula (1): relative molding density (%)=(molding density/theoretical sintered density)×100 (1).
US10196312B2
A colored ceramic powder is produced from a mixture of coloring solutions consisting of metallic salts that are introduced to a ceramic slurry and subsequently dried. The coloring solution may comprise for example of chosen metallic salts, a solvent, an organic solvent such as derivatives of propylene oxides, an acid and a possible binder. Once all the constituents are thoroughly mixed to a homogeneous state, the slip is dried to a powder form, which spray drying equipment can be used. The dried powder can then be subjected to an isostatic or biaxial press manufacturing process to create a green state ceramic body. Once pressed, the ceramic body can be subjected to a sintering process. After final sinter, the resulting ceramic body possesses an innate color that is homogenous throughout its composition. The method is especially useful for coloring zirconia dental restorations.
US10196310B2
A cold fusion concrete formulation including a mixture of water, silicon based mineral aggregates acting as a filler material; sodium or potassium metasilicate/pentahydrate acting as an activator; waste from steel production including Granulated Ground Blast Slag acting as a cementitious ingredient; high calcium or low calcium waste from coal combustion (fly ash or bottom ash) acting as a cementitious ingredient; sodium tetraborate, sodium citrate dihydrate, citric acid, or boric acid acting as set-time retarders; strengthening agents including calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, or aluminium hydroxides; attapulgite, kaolin, red, or other fine grained, high alumino silicate containing clay, for increasing the silicon and alumino-silicate concentration and associated strength; a protein or synthetic protein material to form a weak covalent bond with the hydroxides and silicates, for the purpose of maintaining a consistent volume during the curing process; and a pollinated fern oil to reduce water content of the mixture and decrease viscosity.
US10196308B2
A cementing method includes positioning a bottom plug at a casing shoe, rupturing the bottom plug, signaling when a top plug reaches a target position, and releasing a chemical into a cement slurry below the top plug in response to the signaling. The signal may comprise a mechanical trigger changing its position due to movement of the top plug past the target position.
US10196300B2
Examples of the present invention provide a frit material, a photoelectric packaged device and a packaging method thereof, and a display apparatus. They relates to the field of display technology, and may reduce the bubbles generated during the sintering of the frit material at high temperature, improve the flatness of the surface of the frit material, and increase the proportion of the packaged area after the frit material is adhered to the device substrate, to increase the mechanical strength of the packaged OLED panel, while the viscosity of the frit material is not affected. The frit material comprises frit-powders and an organic material comprising an organic thickener, wherein the frit material further comprises an inorganic thickener consisting of a clay mineral material. Examples of the present invention are used for production of the frit material, the photoelectric packaged device comprising the frit material, and the display apparatus.
US10196288B2
A device for purifying first-stage drainage effluents from dry croplands, the device including: a) a plastic corrugated pipe including an upright segment and a horizontal segment, the upright segment comprising plastic mesh openings; b) a steel wire mesh box filled with stuffing pellets including biological carriers; and an inspection cover. The plastic mesh openings are disposed at one end of the upright segment, the other end of the upright segment is connected to one end of the horizontal segment, and the other end of the horizontal segment is connected to the steel wire mesh box. The upper surface of the upright segment of the plastic corrugated pipe is lower than the upper surface of the field ditch, and the lower edge of the plastic mesh openings is higher than the bottom surface of the field ditch.
US10196286B2
A method may be provided for removing fluorinated organic compounds from contaminated fluids by means of a kit that comprises a first and a second adsorbent component, or only by means of the first adsorbent component alone. The second adsorbent component is a solid adsorbent; the first adsorbent component is a chemical compound that contains a lipophilic group and a hydrophilic group, or contains such a compound in dissolved form, wherein the hydrophilic group contains at least one cationic group and wherein the lipophilic group is selected from alkyl groups that comprise at least one octylene unit, from aryl groups, and from aralkyl groups. The contaminated fluid may be brought in contact with the first adsorbent component, and optionally the fluid is also brought in contact with the second adsorbent component. The adsorbent component(s) may be removed from the fluid together with the adsorbed fluorinated organic compounds.
US10196284B2
A method for controlling water output of a water purifier is provided. The method includes: determining whether a container is placed in a water collecting region of the water purifier; determining whether there is a content in the container when the container is placed in the water collecting region; acquiring recognition information of the container when there is no content in the container, and determining category information of the container based on the recognition information; determining water output type information corresponding to the container as reference water output type information based on the category information of the container; acquiring content information of the container when there is content in the container, and determining category information of the content based on the content information; and determining water output type information corresponding to the content as reference water output type information based on the category information of the content.
US10196280B2
The invention relates to electrodes comprising doped nickelate-containing compositions comprising a first component-type comprising one or more components with an 03 structure of the general formula: AaM1V M2W M3X M4y M5Z O2 wherein A comprises one or more alkali metal selected from sodium, lithium and potassium; M1 is nickel in oxidation state 2+, M2 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 4+, M3 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 2+, M4 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 4+, and M5 comprises one or more metals in oxidation state 3+ wherein 0.85≤a≤1; 0
US10196277B2
A method for producing ammonia may be provided. The method may include supplying ammonia synthesis gas to a synthesis gas screw compressor and compressing the synthesis gas. The compressed synthesis gas may be joined with a flow of recycle gas compressed in a recycle gas screw compressor. The compressed combined flow may then be introduced to an ammonia reactor. The ammonia reactor may discharge ammonia, purge gas, and unconverted gas, which may be the recycle gas.
US10196265B2
The disclosure discloses a reformer of a system for preparing hydrogen with an aqueous solution of methanol, a system for preparing hydrogen with an aqueous solution of methanol and a hydrogen production method. An end of a reformer of a system for preparing hydrogen with an aqueous solution of methanol has an initiation device, the initiation device includes a holder, the holder has a material input tube, a heating vaporization tube, an ignition device and a temperature detection device; the material input tube and the heating vaporization tube are communicated, the material enters the heating vaporization tube through the material input tube and is exported from an end of the heating vaporization tube; a position of the ignition device is corresponding to the end of the heating vaporization tube, the ignition device is applied to ignite the material exported from the heating vaporization tube.
US10196258B2
A system includes one or more mobile fuel distribution stations that have a mobile trailer, a pump, a manifold, a plurality of hoses, detachably connectable fuel caps connected or connectable with the hoses, valves, and fuel level sensors. The mobile fuel distribution station is configured to operate the pump responsive to a low fuel threshold to provide fuel to the manifold, from the manifold to the valves, and from the valves through the hoses. One or more servers are operable to communicate with the mobile fuel distribution station. The server is configured to receive fuel operating parameter data from the mobile fuel distribution station, determine whether the fuel operating parameter data is within a preset limit, and send a control action in response to the operating parameter data being outside the preset limit.
US10196248B2
A jack for lifting segments of a structure includes a pair of masts, a mast base, a mast cap, a hydraulic ram, a bottom bracket and a shuttle. The masts are identical and upright with a plurality of evenly spaced holes. The mast base supports the mast and the mast cap receives the upper ends of the masts and maintains the masts in a parallel, relationship. The hydraulic ram moves between a retracted position and an extended position with a stroke distance which is significantly less than the mast height. The bottom bracket is removably pinned to the masts and receives and supports the lower end of the hydraulic ram. The shuttle receives the upper end of the hydraulic ram. The bottom bracket and shuttle, when not pinned to the masts, can slide vertically up the masts. The shuttle includes features for connecting to a segment of a structure.
US10196243B1
Embodiments of a heavy compressor valve removal tool to remove and lift heavy compressor valves and associated methods are provided. An embodiment of a heavy-compressor valve removal tool can include one or more valve interfacing surfaces to position along, interface with, and abuttingly contact a plurality of outer surfaces when positioned around a perimeter of a compressor valve. The tool also can include one or more reinforcing arms connected to the one or more valve interfacing surfaces to reinforce the one or more valve interfacing surfaces when lifting the heavy compressor valve and one or more tool lifting arms connected to the one or more reinforcing arms to lift the heavy compressor valve from a designated position when the tool is positioned around a perimeter of the heavy compressor valve.
US10196237B2
A method for performing an emergency stop with an elevator and a safety arrangement of an elevator. In the method, when an emergency stop criterion is fulfilled, the elevator car is driven with the electric motor of the hoisting machine to a stop with a given deceleration profile.
US10196233B2
A ropeless elevator system may include a plurality of elevator cars, a first hoistway, a second hoistway, an upper transfer station, and a lower transfer station. Movement of each of the plurality of elevator cars may be controlled according to a predetermined assignment in which: a plurality of floors is divided into a plurality of floor groups, each of the plurality of elevator cars is assigned to at least one of the plurality of floor groups, and each of the plurality of elevator cars is dispatched only to floors within the at least one floor group assigned thereto.
US10196229B2
A wire unroller apparatus having a base configured to be removably mounted to a vehicle and at least one first spindle and a second spindle mounted to the base and configured to receive one or more spools of wire. The base has a base surface, left and right arms extending away from the base surface and terminating at ends, and a cross bar removably connected to the ends of the left and right arms. The first spindle is oriented in a first direction and is connected between the base surface and the cross bar. The second spindle is oriented in a second direction and is mounted between the left and right arms. The spools of wire on the first spindle and the second spindle may be unrolled at the same time.
US10196221B2
A sheet conveyer, including a tray, a pickup roller, a separator roller, a separator pad, a driving source, a roller holder with an arm, an engagement member engageable with the arm, a load applier lever, and a first urging member coupled with the load applier lever, is provided. The load applier lever is movable between a first position, wherein the load applier lever supports the first end of the first urging member at a position where the first urging member causes the engagement member to be urged against the arm and to apply a load that acts in a direction to cause the pickup roller to be pressed against the sheets to the arm; and a second position, wherein the load applier lever supports the first end of the first urging member at a position where the first urging member is in the natural length thereof.
US10196208B1
In one embodiment, an inventory storage module has first to fourth conveyor segments that define a closed conveying loop in a horizontal plane. The storage module can translate inventory carriers around the closed loop until a desired one of the inventory carriers is presented at one end of the module. The first conveyor segment translates inventory carriers along a first longitudinal direction. The second conveyor segment is offset from the first segment along a first lateral direction and translates inventory carriers along a second longitudinal direction, opposite the first longitudinal direction. The third conveyor segment translates inventory carriers from the first conveyor to the second segment along a first lateral direction at a second end of the module. The fourth conveyor segment translates inventory carriers from the second segment to the first segment along a second lateral direction, opposite the first lateral direction, at a first end of the module.
US10196206B2
An automatic control system for a refuse vehicle includes a mode select switch disposed within the vehicle that generates a mode select signal based on input from an operator of the vehicle, a control mechanism disposed within the vehicle that operates in response to the mode select signal, and a plurality of sensors adapted to sense a plurality of characteristics of the vehicle and adapted to communicate the plurality of sensed characteristics. The system further includes a control module that receives control instructions from the control mechanism and selectively controls at least one component of a plurality of components of the vehicle based on the mode select signal, at least one of the plurality of sensed characteristics, and the control instructions.
US10196202B1
The garbage bag retainer for an automobile is a sack holder. The garbage bag retainer for an automobile is configured for use with an automobile. The garbage bag retainer is attached to a side window of the automobile such that the garbage bag retainer for an automobile hangs on the exterior side of the automobile. The garbage bag retainer for an automobile is configured to hold the disposable trash bag for loading. The garbage bag retainer for an automobile comprises a mesh bag, an access structure, and one or more hooks. The one or more hooks and the mesh bag attach to the access structure. The disposable trash bag is held within the mesh bag. The access structure is a tool that is used to control access to the interior of the disposable trash bag. The one or more hooks attach the invention to the side window.
US10196201B2
A capsule for preparation of a beverage from a brewing device, and a system including the capsule and brewing device. The capsule includes a lateral wall, a water inlet wall and an outlet wall forming a hollow body where a brewing product is contained. The hollow body has a central axis passing through the inlet and outlet walls. At least one portion of the inlet wall extends along an ellipse curve as defined by a circumference, having a diameter substantially equal to the maximum diameter of the lateral wall of the capsule lying on a plane inclined at an angle with respect to a first plane perpendicular with respect to the central axis of the capsule, the planes intersecting at an axis, the circumference being projected on a plane perpendicular to the first plane containing an axis selected from the intersection axis or an axis parallel to the intersection axis.
US10196200B2
A holder for a single-serving condiment packet that allows an opened packet to maintain an upright position without spilling its inner contents and also without having the opening of the open packet touch any part of the holder. The single-serving condiment packet holder has a thin three-dimensional cavity which is defined by one or more internal sidewalls. The holder may also have sidewalls, a base side, and a top side that is any geometric shape. A clip may be used to suspend the holder.
US10196198B1
A lid for use with a container including stacked articles configured to facilitate the removal of an uppermost article from the stacked articles. The lid includes a grabbing apparatus configured to adhere to the uppermost article of the stacked articles and a grabbing apparatus platform configured to support the grabbing apparatus that is extendible allowing extension of the grabbing apparatus from the lid.
US10196193B2
An insulation element includes a roll, or a panel, of insulating material, such as glass wool or rock wool, the insulation element further including at least one label including, on the one hand, an outer film having a top printed face and, on the other hand, a layer of adhesive material situated under the outer film, the label being applied against a surface of the insulation element and adhering to this surface by the layer of adhesive material, the label having a handle to manually grasp the insulation element, wherein the label includes at least two longitudinal incisions which both pass through the outer film and the layer of adhesive material over all of their respective thicknesses and a portion of support film which is situated on the one hand at least partly between the two longitudinal incisions and on the other hand under the layer of adhesive material.
US10196190B2
A lid for a cup is described where the lid acts to hold a can upside down inside the cup. The lid including a rim attachment mechanism allowing the lid to be attached to the cup and a dome connected to the rim attachment mechanism and having an aperture therein. The lid also includes a can receptacle extending from the top into the interior of the dome through the aperture in the dome, wherein the can receptacle is formed to accept a can and to hold the can in a fixed position relative to the lid, and a bottle receptacle extending from a bottom of the can receptacle, wherein the bottle receptacle is formed to accept a neck of the bottle and to hold the bottle in a fixed position relative to the lid.
US10196188B2
An electronic cigarette sealing piece, a liquid container and an electronic cigarette are provided. The electronic cigarette sealing piece includes a silicone substrate and a Teflon coating layer coated on a surface of the silicone substrate. The liquid container includes a liquid container main body provided with a liquid adding opening thereon, the liquid adding opening is provided with the electronic cigarette sealing piece for adding liquid by injection, the liquid container main body seals the liquid adding opening with the electronic cigarette sealing piece for adding liquid by injection, and the Teflon coating layer of the electronic cigarette sealing piece for adding liquid by injection is provided at an inner side of the liquid adding opening. The electronic cigarette includes an electronic cigarette main body having the liquid container.
US10196182B2
A container includes a body defining an inner cavity, where the body has a top opening and a bottom opening, and a removable bottom cap that mates with the body such that the bottom cap covers the bottom opening. The bottom cap may include a seal member disposed on the bottom cap for fluidly sealing the bottom opening. The seal member may include a gasket or any other suitable seal.
US10196180B2
The receptacle including stacking lugs to help reduce vacuum and friction when de-nesting the receptacles. The receptacle including a lid that helps when storing certain types of goods and/or serves as a seat. A septum or receptacle molded into the lid to allow for injection of inert gases or flushing headspace.
US10196162B2
An apparatus for wrapping batches of products for insertion into a carton includes a lifter for lifting a batch from a first height to a second height at which a pusher pushes the batch into a tunnel toward a loading zone along a direction of movement, a station for feeding wrapping film to a folder that supports and guides the film around the tunnel; a longitudinal sealer configured to join two longitudinal flaps of the film to form a tubular shape; a transverse sealer positioned close to a rear end of the tunnel for joining the top and bottom flaps of the tubular film; and a pair of panels for containing/retaining the batch coming out from the tunnel; the panels being slideable along respective side walls of the tunnel to modify the operating length of the tunnel.
US10196157B2
A bottom of a coupling module as an interface between a passenger bridge or stairs and the fuselage of an aircraft, the coupling module featuring an exit opening, the floor comprising a floor head part, the floor head part being horizontally slidable, under the control of at least one sensor arrangement, in the direction of the exit opening of the coupling module, while forming a front side distance between the floor head part and the aircraft fuselage.
US10196155B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle delivery system utilizes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to deliver packages between an initiation point and multiple delivery points at a raised elevation. The UAV flies between points in an organized manner, using logistical, maintenance and safety software, commands from a delivery organization, and guidance tools to coordinate deliveries. One advantage of the system is that the UAV engages the delivery points at a raised elevation, rather than the ground level. The UAV docks through an elevated structure at the delivery point for delivering the package and replenishing a power source. The package is conveyed from a docking end and through a central shaft of the elevated structure by means of an elevator. The package then travels to a lower structure, such as a house or office, for pickup. After completion of the delivery, the UAV replenishes its power source and/or continues on the delivery route.
US10196152B2
A sensor system and method includes first and second sensing elements, digital sensors, a host computer and a digital bus. The first sensing element is configured to collect first sensor data and the second sensing element is configured to collect second sensor data. The digital sensor includes a controller that is configured to receive the first and second sensor data and process the first sensor data together with the second sensor data to generate processed data. The host computer is configured to receive the processed data from the digital sensor over the digital bus.
US10196149B2
A second stage turbine nozzle includes a second stage disk portion having a central axis, and a plurality of second stage vanes positioned radially around and attached to the second stage disk portion. Each second stage vane extends a vane height H away from the second stage disk portion and each second stage vane has a first end positioned at a diameter D away from the central axis. The second stage turbine nozzle also includes a plurality of second stage throats defined between radially adjacent second stage vanes. Each second stage throat has a throat width W between radially adjacent second stage vanes. The second stage turbine nozzle also includes a coating on a sidewall of each second stage vane, wherein a surface roughness of the sidewall is between 125 microinches Ra and 200 microinches Ra.
US10196146B2
A cargo management system may include an air cushion cargo shuttle, an air cushion cargo shuttle, an air blower configured to blow air beneath the air cushion cargo shuttle and a shuttle drive unit that interacts with a linear guide rail and configured to cause linear motion, wherein the shuttle drive unit is configured for self-propulsion.
US10196134B2
A drive system for rotating a wheel of an aircraft landing gear is disclosed including a motor operable to rotate a drive pinion via a drive path; and a driven gear adapted to be attached to the wheel so as to be capable of rotating the wheel. The drive system has a drive configuration in which the drive pinion is capable of meshing with the driven gear to permit the motor to drive the driven gear via the drive path. The drive path includes a first compensating gear mounted on a common drive shaft with the drive pinion so as to be capable of rotating in tandem with the drive pinion, and a second compensating gear which is meshed with the first compensating gear. One of the drive pinion and the driven gear includes a roller gear having a series of rollers arranged to form a ring, each roller being rotatable about a roller axis, and the other of the dive pinion and the driven gear comprises a sprocket.
US10196129B2
Two element aerofoils are provided, having an aerofoil chord, a primary element having a first leading edge and a first trailing edge, a secondary element having a second leading edge and a second trailing edge, a gap between the primary element and the secondary element, and an axial overlap between the first trailing edge and the second leading edge. The secondary element is deflectable with respect to the primary element about a fixed hinge point by a flap deflection angle. The secondary element is configured to operate in airbrake mode when deflected by a respective the flap deflection angle corresponding to a design airbrake deflection angle wherein to generate an airbrake drag. In at least some examples, the axial overlap is numerically greater than −0.5% of the aerofoil chord, at least for the design airbrake deflection angle. Also disclosed are methods for operating air vehicles, and methods for designing two-element aerofoils.
US10196122B1
A method of operating a steer-by-wire steering system on a marine vessel includes receiving an initial component position of a steerable component and receiving an initial wheel position of a manually rotatable steering wheel with respect to a zero position. An initial normalized steering value is then calculated based on the initial component position, and the initial normalized steering value is correlated to the initial wheel position. The correlation between a subsequently received wheel position and a subsequently calculated normalized steering value is then adjusted by a recovery gain until the steering wheel reaches an aligned position with the steerable component.
US10196117B2
Autonomous underwater vehicles are described that are stackable with other like autonomous underwater vehicles on a suitable launch platform, such as within a vertical missile launch tube of a submarine, waiting to be deployed into the water. The underwater vehicles can be deployed or launched individually, in groups, or all together into the water. While stacked together, the stacked autonomous underwater vehicles can connect to one another or to external structure of the launch platform. In addition, the underwater vehicles can be positively buoyant or can be made to have controllable buoyancy to allow the underwater vehicles to float up and out of the launch platform during deployment without an external deployment force.
US10196116B2
A connection system, in particular for a pressure reducer of a diving regulator, the system comprising a connector (1) having a first end (2) adapted to be fastened to a pressure reducer and a second end (2′) adapted to be fastened to a valve of a compressed air cylinder, said connector (1) having an internal passage (4) extending substantially axially between said first and second ends, said internal passage (4) including a filter (5), preferably made of sintered stainless steel, and a retaining member (6a; 6b; 6c; 6c′; 6d; 6e) fastened to said second end (2′) and supporting firstly said filter (5) and secondly a main O-ring (7; 9e), said retaining member (6a; 6b; 6c; 6c′; 6d; 6e) forming an inlet opening, said system including a shutter device comprising a shutter member (9a; 9b; 9c: 9c′; 9d; 9e) that is deformable and/or movable between a shut position in which it shuts said inlet opening, and an open position in which it does not shut said inlet opening, said shutter member (9a; 9b; 9c: 9c′; 9d; 9e) being urged resiliently towards its shut position and being deformed and/or shifted towards its open position by compressed air coming from said compressed air cylinder, said shutter member (9a; 9b; 9c: 9c′; 9d; 9e) being deformed and/or shifted towards its open position in a direction extending substantially transversely relative to the flow direction of the compressed air stream.
US10196113B2
A multi-position user-support device for a stand-up paddle board includes a base configured to mount on a stand-up paddle board, and a support post with a pad connected thereto to support a user's weight while leaning or sitting thereon. The support post is rotatably mounted to the base, with a spring component configured to maintain a return force on the support post when rotated toward a rear of the stand-up paddle board in a stored position. A spring-activated latch retains the post in the stored position until released by the paddler. The post may include a telescopic portion to adjust its length. The device may also include a seat attachment.
US10196101B2
A paving machine for spreading, leveling and finishing concrete having a main frame, center module, bolsters laterally movably, and a crawler track associated with respective aft and forward ends of the bolsters. A bolster swing leg for each crawler track supports an upright jacking column. A worm gear drive permits rotational movements of the crawler track and the jacking column. A hinge bracket is interposed between each swing leg and a surface of the bolsters to enable pivotal movements of the swing leg. A length-adjustable holder engages the pivot pin on the hinge bracket and pivotally engages the swing leg. The holder permits pivotal motions of the swing leg in its length-adjustable configuration and prevents substantially any motion of the swing leg in its fixed-length configuration. A feedback loop cooperates with transducers keeping the crawler tracks position. The paving machine can be reconfigured into a narrowed transport configuration.
US10196100B2
Cab extender systems and methods are provided for reducing the aerodynamic drag on a pickup truck. A cab extender system includes a cab with a roof panel and a rear wall. The cab extends upward on the vehicle to the roof panel and the rear wall extends downward from the roof panel. A tailgate is disposed at a rear of the vehicle and a utility box extends between the rear wall and the tailgate. An extender extends in a rearward direction from the roof panel a length of between ten and twenty centimeters from the rear wall.
US10196096B2
A vehicle-body structure of a vehicle includes a first frame forming a closed cross-section portion, a reinforcing member disposed in the closed cross-section portion and connected to the first frame, and another vehicle-body member connected to an outer surface of the first frame. A connection portion of the first frame and the reinforcing member includes a rigid joint portion where the first frame and the reinforcing member are joined, and a flexible joint portion where the first frame and the reinforcing member are joined, with a damper member being disposed therebetween. The other vehicle-body member is connected to the first frame in a manner such that at least a part of the other vehicle-body member overlaps the flexible joint portion in a thickness direction of the first frame, and has a high rigidity portion that enhances rigidity at the part that overlaps the flexible joint portion.
US10196093B2
A vehicle front portion structure includes a cowl having an outside air introduction duct and a cowl louver. The cowl louver includes an outer plate portion and an inner plate portion disposed below the outer plate portion and covering the outside air introduction duct from the upper side of the vehicle. An outside rib protruding from the outer plate portion toward the inner plate portion and an inside rib protruding from the inner plate portion toward the outer plate portion are disposed in an intake space. A virtual straight line passing through an end portion of the intake space on a front side of the vehicle and an end portion of the intake space on a rear side of the vehicle intersects with at least one of the outside rib and the inside rib.
US10196090B2
Provided is a press-molded product capable of improving the bonding strength between a vehicle body reinforcing member and the other member or the rigidity of a vehicle body by enlarging a cross-section of a member to a fullest extent of a design cross-section without forming a notch for preventing a press-molding failure in a ridge-portion flange.A press-molded product is formed by a steel plate having a tensile strength of 340 MPa or more, and includes an inward continuous flange in at least one end portion in a predetermined direction, the inward continuous flange being obtained by continuously forming a ridge-portion flange formed inward in the end portion of the ridge portion, a first flange formed inward in at least a part of an area of the end portion of a first surface portion, and a second flange formed inward in at least a part of an area of the end portion of a second surface portion.
US10196089B2
A method of controlling a backing system for a vehicle and trailer assembly comprises initiating a backing system mode with an electronic control unit (ECU) for the backing system when a start system input is received from a control device. At least one input is received by the ECU from the control device which includes information about a desired vehicle action. The ECU interprets from the at least one input the desired vehicle action and calculates a required vehicle response to achieve the desired vehicle action. The ECU then sends a request to at least one vehicle system to perform the calculated vehicle response.
US10196085B2
In an electric power steering device assisted by a brushless motor, an induced voltage from a brushless motor is detected when a main power supply is off. The motor is determined to be in a high rpm state when the induced voltage is in a first transient state from a voltage≤a high rpm detection threshold Th1 to a voltage≥Th1, thereby setting an intermittent excitation cycle of a revolution angle sensor connected to the motor to a short cycle. The motor is determined to be in a low rpm state when the induced voltage becomes a voltage≥a high rpm detection threshold Th2 after a wait period corresponding to an electrical angle between peaks or valleys of an output voltage has elapsed in a second transient state from a voltage≥Th1 to a voltage≤Th2, thereby setting the cycle to a long cycle.
US10196073B2
A linear transport system comprises at least one carriage which has at least one permanent magnet and at least one roller, an energizable stator device which has multiple coils, and a guide rail which is arranged on the stator device and which serves for guiding the carriage. The guide rail comprises a running surface for the rolling of the roller of the carriage, such that the roller can roll on the running surface during a displacement, guided by way of the guide rail, of the carriage, wherein at least one electrical contacting device is provided which is formed separately from the roller and which is designed to form an electrical connection between the carriage and the guide rail during the displacement, guided by way of the guide rail, of the carriage.
US10196071B1
A method and apparatus for automatically monitoring driving behavior of a driver of a vehicle, are described. Information pertaining to one or more loads to be transported by vehicles is received. One or more first driving behavior parameter thresholds are determined based at least in part on a first fragility indicator of a load to be transported by the vehicle during a first portion of a route. The first fragility indicator is determined at least in part based on the information pertaining to the one or more loads. The driving behavior of the driver of the vehicle is caused to be monitored during the first portion of the route based on the one or more first driving behavior parameter thresholds.
US10196066B2
A system includes an engine, a transmission driven by the engine, and a controller. The controller is configured to receive a speed input, receive feedback indicative of a load of the engine at a current engine speed, compare the load to a predetermined load threshold at the current engine speed, determine an expected engine speed based at least on the current engine speed, a current gear ratio, and an expected gear ratio, determine an estimated engine power at the expected engine speed and a current engine power at the current engine speed, and command a gear downshift when the load is greater than or equal to the predetermined load threshold and when the estimated engine power is greater than the current engine power.
US10196065B2
A vehicle control system is provided to promptly execute an ignition retard of the engine during shifting a gear stage in such a manner as to prevent an engine misfire, while switching air/fuel ratio from lean-burn ratio to stoichiometric ratio. An air/fuel ratio is switched between a stoichiometric ratio and a lean-burn ratio based on an operating point of an engine determined based on an engine speed and an engine torque. If a shifting operation of gear stage and a switching operation of the air/fuel ratio from the lean-burn ratio to the stoichiometric ratio are expected to be executed simultaneously, a controller delays the shifting operation of gear stage until completion of the switching operation of the air/fuel ratio.
US10196061B2
A control system of a vehicle includes an engine, a continuously variable transmission, drive wheels, a clutch, and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to release the clutch and stop the engine when a predetermined execution condition is satisfied during traveling, such that the vehicle performs coasting. The electronic control unit is configured to keep the continuously variable transmission at a speed ratio established at start of the coasting, during the coasting of the vehicle. The electronic control unit is configured to restart the engine that has been stopped and perform downshift of the continuously variable transmission, when a predetermined return condition is satisfied during the coasting. The electronic control unit is configured to engage the clutch after the downshift is started, such that the vehicle returns from the coasting.
US10196058B2
One variation of a method for influencing entities proximal a road surface includes, at an autonomous vehicle: over a first period of time, detecting a pedestrian proximal a road surface; predicting an initial path of the pedestrian an initial confidence score for the initial path of the pedestrian based on and motion of the pedestrian during the first period of time; in response to the initial confidence score falling below a threshold confidence, replaying an audio track audible to the pedestrian and calculating a revised path of the pedestrian and a revised confidence score for the revised path based on motion of the pedestrian following replay of the audio track; and autonomously navigating across the road surface according to a planned route in response to the revised path of the pedestrian falling outside of the planned route and the revised confidence score exceeding the threshold confidence.
US10196055B2
A power control device of a vehicle disallows generation of additional power of rotating electrical machines when power of an internal combustion engine is transmitted to a transmission via a clutch and an amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is lower than an operation threshold value. The power control device allows generation of additional power of the rotating electrical machines when power of the internal combustion engine is transmitted to the transmission via the clutch and the amount of operation of an accelerator pedal is higher than the operation threshold value.
US10196052B2
An apparatus is described that receives a brake control signal from the brake controller of a tow vehicle, and displays characteristics of that brake control signal including commanded brake force. The apparatus includes a data processor, brake simulation circuitry, brake integration circuitry, and display circuitry. The brake simulation circuitry sequentially applies several parallel resistors to the brake control signal in response to commands received from the data processor. These parallel resistors cause the load current on the brake controller to ramp up, mimicking the electrical signature of electric trailer brakes. At the same time, the brake integration circuitry integrates the brake control signal. Lastly, the display circuitry displays an indication of a value of the integrated brake control signal.
US10196051B2
A brake control unit includes a primary piston and a secondary piston that respectively define a primary chamber and a secondary chamber. The primary piston carries an intermediate piston that slides in the secondary piston. A primary insulating seal is disposed between the pistons such that the primary insulating section of the primary insulating seal only depends on the equivalent section connecting the force applied at the inlet and the secondary pressure. The ratio of the hydraulic sections is configured to be modified without having to intervene on the primary and secondary pressure seals for the main piston and the secondary seal by way of modifying the section of the plunger piston and that of the seal thereof.
US10196048B2
A caster capable of removing a foreign substance includes a flange mounted to a carrier or a plate on which cargo is loaded so as to be spaced apart from a lower surface of the carrier or the plate, the flange having a plurality of coupling holes formed therein, a rotator rotatably mounted to a lower surface of the flange, lower support members mounted respectively to opposite sides of the rotator, each lower support member having a rotating shaft coupling hole formed in a lower portion thereof, a wheel located between the lower support members and supported by a rotating shaft, which penetrates the rotating shaft coupling hole, and a foreign substance removal device fixed to and supported by the rotating shaft, the foreign substance removal device serving to remove and collect the foreign substance attached to a surface of the wheel that is being rotated.
US10196043B2
A wiper system according to the present invention includes wiper blades (2a, 2b) that perform a reciprocating wiping operation on a windshield (3), and a raindrop sensor (9) that detects the current amount of rainfall based on water droplets adhering to the windshield (3). If rainfall more than or equal to a predetermined amount is detected by the raindrop sensor (9), a heavy rain mode in which a wiping range of the wiper blades (2a, 2b) is made narrower than in a normal wiping operation is carried out. In the heavy rain mode, the wiper blade (2a) arranged on the driver's side is activated at high speed (Hi) within a heavy rain time wiping area X set near the forward field of view of the driver to ensure the field of view of the driver.
US10196041B2
An imaging system mounted on a vehicle is proposed. The imaging system includes: an imager configured to capture an image of the outside of a vehicle through a glass of the vehicle; a heater configured to heat at least an imaging region of a windshield included in an imaging range of the imager; an image processer configured to detect a fogging level of an image captured by the imager; and a controller configured to adjust the output of the heater based on a detected fogging level and allow the heater to heat the imaging region of the windshield.
US10196038B2
A control system includes a vehicular device equipped to a vehicle and a portable device carried by a user. The vehicular device transmits, at a first transmission time interval, an RF signal in synchronization with an RF clock signal after a transmission of an LF signal. The portable device counts a reception time interval of the RF signal and determines, based on the reception time interval, a second transmission time interval of a response signal, and transmits the response signal at the second transmission time interval. The vehicular device further determines whether a duration time from transmission of the LF signal or the RF signal to reception of the response signal is within an appropriate range set based on the RF clock signal, and permits a predetermined manipulation to the vehicle when the duration time is within the appropriate range.
US10196035B2
The present disclosure provides a safe driving method, a safe driving device and a safe driving system, for a vehicle. The safe driving device includes an information processor, and a brake controller connected to the information processor. The information processor is configured to acquire vehicle information and information about a driving license of a driver, and determine, in accordance with the vehicle information and the information about the driving license of the driver, whether or not the driver meets a requirement for driving the vehicle. The information processor is further configured to, in the case that the driver does not meet the requirement for driving the vehicle, control the brake controller to brake the vehicle.
US10196034B2
A switching mechanism (100) in a force limiter mechanism of a seat belt retractor including: a locking mechanism including a locking element (68) that locks a torque tube (64) with respect to a spindle (61) so that the torque tube (64) rotates together with the spindle (61) and a spindle ring (70); a switch ring (120) rotatable to unlock the locking mechanism; and a switch housing (101) that stores the switch ring (120), a switch piston (115) adapted to activate the switch ring (120). A switching gas generator (116) generates gas for pushing out the switch piston (115) upon activation of the switching mechanism. The switch housing (101) of the switching mechanism (100) has a protrusion (110) that protrudes in an incoming direction of an operated part (122) at an abutment part hit by the switch ring (120) rotated by the switch piston (115) to control movement of the switch ring.
US10196031B2
An image processing device includes an onboard camera, an image recognition processor, an object recognition processor and an image-mode switching unit. The onboard camera captures an image ahead of a vehicle. The image recognition processor generates a distance image within an image recognition area on the basis of the captured image. The object recognition processor recognizes an object within the image recognition area and a distance to the object on the basis of the two kinds of images. The image-mode switching unit switches the image recognition area to be recognized by the object recognition processor. The image-mode switching unit checks whether a collision with a pedestrian is detected and an activation command signal is output to a pedestrian protection mechanism. When an output of the activation command signal is detected, the image-mode switching unit switches to a mode where an image area having no pedestrian protection mechanism is set as the image recognition area.
US10196019B2
An apparatus is provided for providing a supply voltage for operating an electrical device in a vehicle having a battery for producing the supply voltage. The battery is connected to a supply-voltage terminal for providing the supply voltage. A contacting apparatus contacts a replaceable battery for providing a charging voltage for charging the battery. In dependence on a state of charge of the battery, the replaceable battery can be electrically coupled to the main battery or disconnected from the main battery by way of the coupling apparatus.
US10196018B2
Electronic circuitry for mounting on articles, such as vehicles, is concealed by embedding the circuitry using at least an overlying polymeric material within a concealed embedded circuitry structure. The concealed embedded circuitry is capable of ready and effective application to an article and is capable of being retrofitted to articles after their fabrication.
US10196014B2
A seal mold divided structure for combination cable is characterized in that it comprises the following structures: a first cable and a second cable separated from the combination cable; a connector provided at the end of said first cable; a division molding portion that molds the division part between said first cable and second cable and keeps said first cable and second cable separated from each other; a connector molding portion that molds the connection part between said connector and said first cable; a protection tube that protects said first cable, with its ends respectively fixed to said division molding portion and said connector molding portion; and isolation portions, which are respectively inserted from the inner sides of both ends of said protection tube and wrap the exterior of said first cable, capable of preventing inflow of a molding compound.
US10196004B2
A display device for a saddle-type vehicle includes a display-form change operation input device, a preset switching operation input device, and a vehicle-information display device. The display-form change operation input device receives an operation for changing a display form. The preset switching operation input device receives an operation for switching a display form to a preset screen set in advance. The vehicle-information display device displays information about a saddle-type vehicle to enable a driver to recognize the information. This display device sets a display form of the vehicle-information display device in accordance with an operation for changing a display form received via the display-form change operation input device, and switches the display form of the vehicle-information display device to the preset screen if an operation for switching a display form to the preset screen is received via the preset switching operation input device.
US10196003B2
A work basket includes a frame having a work platform mounted thereon to permit people to move about the work basket to position supplies on a highway surface from the vehicle on which the work basket is mounted. The work basket has an adjustable hitch mechanism to permit vertical positioning of the hitch for engagement with the hitch receiver on the support vehicle. A pair of outrigger arms mounted on the frame of the work basket on opposing sides of the hitch member is horizontally and vertically adjustable to position a foot member on the distal end of the outrigger arm into engagement with flat surfaces on opposing sides of the support vehicle to stabilize the work basket. Vertical adjustment of the outrigger arm is accomplished by manipulation of an adjustment screw positioned at the support bracket and by the vertical positioning of the outrigger within the frame member.
US10195994B2
Methods and systems are provided for automation of a side mirror of a vehicle. In one example, a side mirror is disposed on a side of the vehicle, and a camera is mounted on the side mirror. A processor is configured to at least facilitate determining whether a condition has been satisfied with respect to a vehicle having a side mirror, and providing instructions for automatic movement of the side mirror from a first position to a second position, when it is determined that the condition has been satisfied. An actuator is coupled to the processor, and is configured to move the side mirror from the first position to the second position based on the instructions provided by the processor when it is determined that the condition has been satisfied.
US10195992B2
Example obstacle detection systems and methods are described. In one implementation, a method receives data from at least one sensor mounted to a vehicle and creates a probabilistic grid-based map associated with an area near the vehicle. The method also determines a confidence associated with each probability in the grid-based map and determines a likelihood that an obstacle exists in the area near the vehicle based on the probabilistic grid-based map.
US10195985B2
A vehicle is provided herein. The vehicle includes a headliner including a cover. A first luminescent structure is disposed on the cover and is configured to luminesce in response to excitation by a light assembly. The light assembly is disposed below the headliner. A controller is configured to activate the light assembly. The light assembly independently illuminates various portions of the luminescent structure.
US10195973B2
A vehicle structure body includes: a vehicle interior member; an exterior member; and a fastening portion in which a first fastening seat of the vehicle interior member and a second fastening seat of the exterior member are fastened and fixed to each other in a state of being disposed to face each other. A first fastening part to which a first fastener is attached with a shaft portion of the first fastener, and a second fastening part to which a second fastener is attached with a shaft portion of the second fastener are provided adjacent to each other. An input direction of a shear load that is applied to the shaft portion of the first fastener in an orthogonal direction and an input direction of a shear load that is applied to the shaft portion of the second fastener in an orthogonal direction differ from each other.
US10195969B2
A vehicle seat back includes a seat back frame. An impact pad is supported on the seat back frame. The impact pad includes a pad body that is located on a rear side of the seat back frame. The impact pad includes a frame contact surface that matches a contour of the seat back frame. The vehicle seat back also includes one of more spaces located between the pad body and the seat back frame.
US10195968B2
A seating system for use with a vehicle. The seating system includes: a seat device arranged proximal to a rear edge of the vehicle, arranged to be deployed at least partially beyond the rear edge; and a platform arranged to be moveable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. In the deployed configuration, the platform is arranged to be positioned for use as a footrest by a user seated on the seat device.
US10195959B2
A vehicle includes a system main relay, a first voltage converter, a second voltage converter, a first diode disposed in a third power line and configured to prevent a reverse flow of a current from the first auxiliary machine to the auxiliary machine battery, and a second diode disposed in a second power line and configured to prevent a reverse flow of a current from the first auxiliary machine to the second voltage converter. Therefore, according to the vehicle, even when the auxiliary machine battery is short-circuited, the first diode can prevent a reverse flow of a current and the second voltage converter can continuously supply electric power to the first auxiliary machine.
US10195958B2
In a method for cooling a component of a motor vehicle, which component is coupled thermally to a cooling volume filled with a liquid coolant, at least one cooling parameter is measured by a control device and, in dependence on the cooling parameter, the component is either cooled in a first cooling mode, in which the cooling volume is connected via a first and second coupling device to a cooling circuit which includes at least one circulating device by means of which the coolant is circulated, or is cooled in a second cooling mode, in which the cooling volume is separated from the cooling circuit by the first and second coupling device, wherein the component is cooled by evaporation of coolant in the cooling volume.
US10195956B2
The method of location-based charging for electric vehicles provides for secure charging of electric vehicles by applying various charging mechanisms depending on users' and suppliers' specific attributes. When an operator of an electric vehicle connects the electric vehicle to electric vehicle supply equipment, a message is securely received by the electric vehicle supply equipment, which includes a set of operator-specific parameters. Based on the set of operator-specific parameters, a secure notification is transmitted to an owner of the electric vehicle supply equipment requesting authorization for the operator to charge the electric vehicle. The applicable charging mechanism of the electric vehicle is applied based on the owner's authorization message transmitted to the electric vehicle supply equipment and the set of operator-specific parameters.
US10195954B2
Method for operating a charging station for electric vehicles in which a charging power is negotiated between a charge control device of the electric vehicle and the charging station, the charge control device controls a charging current which is transmitted from the charging station to the electric vehicle in accordance with the charging power negotiated, wherein a continuous power rating and a maximum power of the charging station which is greater than the continuous power rating are determined. In order to optimize the charging power and to accelerate a charging operation, it is proposed that a charging power which is above the continuous power rating and which at most corresponds to the maximum power is first negotiated, that the temperature in the charging station be monitored, and that, when a limit temperature is exceeded, a new charging power which at most corresponds to the continuous power be negotiated.
US10195952B2
A base station for automated battery pack or payload exchange and methods for using the same. The base station provides a landing surface for receiving a mobile platform and includes a manipulator controlled by a manipulator compartment for accessing resource storage. The base station is operable to ascertain a location of the platform on the landing surface and move the manipulator to the mobile platform. Thereby, the base station system advantageously accommodates low-accuracy landing of the mobile platform and further enables extended and autonomous operation of the mobile platform without the need for user intervention for exchanging battery packs and payloads.
US10195935B2
A filler pipe includes a nozzle guide that is mounted on an inlet part of the filler pipe and holds a nozzle end part of a fueling gun. The nozzle guide includes a nozzle guide mounting part, which is mounted on the inlet part of the filler pipe, a nozzle guide holding part, which is positioned in a distal end of the nozzle guide, and holds the nozzle end part of the fueling gun, and a nozzle guide connecting part that connects the nozzle guide mounting part and the nozzle guide holding part with each other. The nozzle guide holding part has a plurality of projecting parts that are able to abut on an outer surface of a nozzle of the fueling gun. The nozzle guide is mounted on the inlet part of the filler pipe, at the nozzle guide mounting part, by swaging or spot welding.
US10195934B2
A fuel filler device for filling fuel into a vehicle tank, includes a filler pipe for receiving a fuel filler nozzle, which filler pipe can be connected with the vehicle tank. At least one pivotably mounted closing flap is arranged in the filler pipe. A spring element is provided, which biases the at least one closing flap into a closing position closing a passage through the filler pipe. The at least one closing flap is pivotable from the closing position into an opening position opening a passage through the filler pipe as a result of the fuel filler nozzle inserted into the filler pipe. At least one valve element forms at least one bypass to the at least one closing flap, and from a limit pressure difference, allows a passage of gas out of the filler pipe and/or into the filler pipe.
US10195932B2
A transmission for a motor vehicle has an input shaft, output shaft, first and second minus planetary gear sets, and first electric machine with a rotationally fixed stator and a rotatable rotor connectable to the input shaft. The first planetary gear set is stepped and has planet gears of a larger and a smaller effective diameter. In the first planetary gear set, first sun gear engages the larger planet gears and is connected or connectable to the rotor; second sun gear engages the smaller planet gears and is connected to a sun gear of the second planetary gear set and connectable to the input shaft; a carrier is connected to a ring gear of the second planetary gear set; and a ring gear is rotationally fixable. In the second planetary gear set, the carrier is connectable to the input shaft and the ring gear is connected to the output shaft.
US10195929B2
An electrically-driven vehicle includes a high-capacity battery unit and a high-output battery unit, both of which supply electric power to rotating electric machines, and a charging inlet serving as a charging port of an external power supply. The high-capacity battery unit receives more charge power from the charging inlet than the high-output battery unit and is positioned nearer to the charging inlet than the high-output battery unit is to the charging inlet. In this way, an electric power loss increase caused by a wiring resistance during an external charge can be suppressed in a plug-in type electrically-driven vehicle, which is chargeable by an external power supply.
US10195925B2
A vehicle door assembly according to the present disclosure includes a door inner structure and a storage bin. The door inner structure includes an outer side panel and an armrest. The armrest projects laterally inward from the outer side panel. The storage bin is disposed below the armrest, attached to the door inner structure, and translatable relative to the door inner structure between a rearward position and a forward position.
US10195924B2
An air vent comprising a housing, an air inlet opening, which is located in the axial direction of the housing, and an air outlet opening, which is disposed opposite the air inlet opening, a first air guide surface, which has a first bulge and is disposed in the housing, and a second air guide surface, which has a second bulge and is disposed in the housing, wherein the first bulge points in a first direction and the second bulge points in a second direction, wherein the first direction and the second direction oppose one another and extend perpendicularly to the axial direction, wherein the first air guide surface and the second air guide surface are disposed at a distance from the housing, wherein a first air duct is formed by the housing and the first air guide surface, and wherein a second air duct is formed by the housing and the second air guide surface, wherein the first air duct is designed to convey a first volumetric flow of air—which can flow into the housing through the air inlet opening—to the air outlet opening, wherein the second air duct is designed to convey a second volumetric flow of air—which can flow into the housing through the air inlet opening—to the air outlet opening, comprising a first vane and a second vane, wherein the first vane is movably disposed at the end of the first air guide surface facing the air inlet opening, and wherein the second vane is disposed at the end of the second air guide surface facing the air inlet opening, wherein the movability of the first vane and the second vane is designed such that the ratio of the first volumetric flow to the second volumetric flow can be adjusted by means of the position of the first vane and the second vane.
US10195915B2
A middle hoop system for a vehicle joint arranged between a vehicle front part and a vehicle rear part of a vehicle and forms a passage between the vehicle front part and the vehicle rear part. The middle hoop surrounds the passage. The middle hoop system comprises a cable strand which extends between the vehicle front part and the vehicle rear part, wherein the cable strand is arranged above the passage. The middle hoop system comprises a pivot lever between the middle hoop and the cable strand. A first pivot joint is formed between the pivot lever and the middle hoop. In a preferred embodiment, the pivot lever guides the cable strand at a distance from the first pivot joint. The middle hoop system is cost-effective and provides reliable guidance for the cable strand.
US10195909B2
Provided is a pneumatic tire where a main groove extending in a tire circumferential direction and a projection projecting toward the inside of the main groove from a groove side wall of the main groove are formed on a tread portion, wherein a projecting amount of the projection from the groove side wall is decreased as the projection extends to a groove bottom of the main groove, the projection terminates at a position outside the groove bottom in a tire radial direction, and a length of the projection along the tire circumferential direction is shortened as the projection extends to a distal end side of the projection in a projecting direction.
US10195902B1
A real-time engine sound reproduction method includes determining, with a signal processing controller, a drive condition of a vehicle based on a vibration value measured through a sensor for measuring vibration of an engine, and reproducing, with an output device, a controlled engine sound based on an order component indicated by the engine vibration characteristic outputted in real time.
US10195897B2
Bearing for at least one supporting roller of a carriage, which supporting roller is supported on at least one bearing surface, comprising at least one axle device which can be rotated about at least one rotational axis, at least one rocker which is connected to the axle device such that it is reliably driven, wherein, at an end which lies opposite the axle device, the rocker has at least one first connecting device for connecting the rocker to the supporting roller, at least one spring device which is arranged mechanically between the axle device and/or the rocker on one side and at least one holding device on the other side, wherein a force which forces the supporting roller onto the bearing surface can be built up on the axle device and the rocker by means of the spring device, and at least one damping device, by means of which a rotational movement of the axle device about the rotational axis can be damped, characterized in that the spring device and the damping device are configured in one piece at least in regions by way of at least one torsion spring element which is of rubber-elastic configuration at least in regions.
US10195886B2
A thermal transfer recording sheet set includes an image-receiving sheet that includes an image-receiving layer containing a compound represented by general formula (1) or (2) and an ink sheet that includes a yellow coloring material layer containing a particular dye and a cyan coloring material layer containing a particular dye.
US10195876B2
There is provided an ink-jet recording apparatus including: a transporting roller; a driven roller provided opposite the transporting roller to sandwich the recording medium between the driven roller and the transporting roller, while moving in an approaching-departing direction based on a thickness of the recording medium; a first biasing member biasing the driven roller to the transporting roller; a platen; a recording portion configured to jet ink droplets from nozzles; and a cooperative portion moving along with the movement of the driven roller in the approaching-departing direction to move the platen.
US10195870B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a printed image on a substrate comprising the steps of selecting eight or fewer process colors from a known process ink color set; providing two or more spot colors, forming a color set comprising the process colors and the spot colors; and optionally printing the image using the formed color set. The ratio of the number of spot colors to the number of process colors is at least 0.5:1.
US10195867B2
An example device in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure includes a first reservoir for a printable composition, a pump fluidically coupled to the first reservoir and a second reservoir, and a valve to prevent backflow from the second reservoir to the pump. The valve is to selectively isolate the second reservoir from the pump based on a threshold pump pressure under which the valve is to close.
US10195864B2
An inkjet printer for the labeling of goods has a housing having outlet openings for ink droplets on a front face, a printing mechanism, and two hydraulic couplings that are accessible on the outside of the housing. Each hydraulic coupling has a mechanical connection part and an automatically closing first valve. Each automatically closing first valve has a first valve body and a first pusher connected to the first valve body. A filter has a filter housing in which the filter medium is accommodated and on which two hydraulic mating couplings are disposed that are accessible from the outside of the filter housing. In a joined state of the two hydraulic couplings and the hydraulic mating couplings, the pushers are each in contact with each other and respectively keep the valve bodies connected to them in an opened state.
US10195862B2
An off-axis printhead assembly includes a printhead body that has an engagement element removably attachable to an attachment mechanism of a carriage of a printing system, the attachment mechanism of the carriage removably attachable to an on-axis printhead assembly. A fluid conduit interconnect is removably attached to the printhead body, the fluid conduit interconnect to connect to a fluid conduit to communicate printing fluid from at least one off-axis printing fluid supply through the fluid conduit interconnect to the printhead body.
US10195849B2
Channel grooves for a discharge channel and a non-discharge channel are formed in the surface of an actuator plate by cutting. The discharge channel includes an extension portion and a raise-and-cut portion, and the non-discharge channel also includes an extension portion and a raise-and-cut portion. In an embodiment, an electrode clearance groove is formed in advance by cutting with a dicing blade or the like. After the electrode clearance groove is formed, an electrode is formed by plating. Since plating is performed after the electrode clearance groove is formed, a clearance groove electrode is integrally formed with an AP-side common pad in the electrode clearance groove, and thus the clearance groove electrode and the AP-side common pad are short-circuited. Thus, an electrode separation portion is formed by cutting a short-circuited portion of the clearance groove electrode and the AP-side common pad through cutting or irradiation with laser.
US10195847B2
A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a head including nozzles and driving elements arranged to correspond to the nozzles; a power source connected to the driving elements; and a control circuit connected to the power source. The control circuit determines whether an output voltage value of the power source is changed from a first voltage value to a second voltage value. When the control circuit has determined that the output voltage value is changed from the first voltage value to the second voltage value, the control circuit calculates an absolute value of a difference between the first voltage value and the second voltage value and compares the absolute value of the difference and a threshold value. When the absolute value of the difference is equal to or more than the threshold value, the control circuit determines a calculation voltage value smaller than the absolute value of the difference.
US10195842B2
The present invention relates to using soft secondary plates and specialty inks in a printing process. More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus and methods of using soft secondary plates made of a rubber comprising a saturated chain of polymethylene or a photopolymer material to decorate an exterior surface of cylindrical metallic containers with high definition graphics and other indicia.
US10195820B2
An article includes a substrate including a bonding surface area, a first adhesive disposed on the bonding surface area in a first discrete pattern, the first adhesive comprising a hot melt adhesive, and a second adhesive disposed on the bonding surface area in a second discrete pattern that is complementary to the first discrete pattern, wherein the first discrete pattern comprises about 1% to about 25% of the bonding surface area and the second discrete pattern comprises a balance of the bonding surface area.
US10195817B2
Composite skin-stringer structures which reduce or eliminate the risk of delamination at the skin-stringer interface. This can be accomplished by arranging ply directions (i.e., the angles of the fiber paths of the ply) in a layup in a way such that for the dominant loading, the skin and stringer will each deform in a way that reduces relative opening (fracture Mode I) and/or sliding (fracture Mode II) and/or scissoring (fracture Mode III) at the skin-stringer interface. This is possible when coupling between specific deformations modes is purposefully activated instead of being suppressed. The ply directions in the stringer are adjusted so that the stringer deforms in a controlled fashion to suppress or “close” cracks that are about to form—before the undesirable modes of failure form—as load is applied.
US10195816B2
A metal/polymer composite material is disclosed, wherein the metal/polymer composite material comprises a polymer base and a metal heat-dissipation layer. The heat-dissipation layer comprises a roughed surface with an isotropic surface roughness. The metal heat-dissipation conformally blankets over the roughed surface.
US10195811B2
A device for compacting a contoured elongate composite layup includes flexible first and second fiber reinforced resin flexible sections flexible along their lengths. The first section is flexible within a first plane and the second section is flexible within the first plane as well as within a second plane. The second section includes flexible joints reinforced by a spine.
US10195798B2
A portable compressor for a tire repair kit comprises an adaptor mobile or removable from a force transmitting use position, the adaptor having an upper edge projecting with respect to an outer side wall of the compressor and defining a seat for a container of sealing fluid, the upper edge being spaced in use from a surface on which the compressor rests; and being configured to define a side support by means of a force transmission to the compressor to oppose an excessive inclination of the container of sealing fluid during the injection of sealing fluid by means of pressurized air.
US10195795B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for bonding a release film for separating an artificial stone from a rubber mold and, more particularly, to an apparatus for bonding a release film for separating an artificial stone from a rubber mold that allows for easy separation of a mold for manufacturing an artificial stone and an artificial stone manufactured in the mold without applying a release agent.
US10195789B2
This structure is provided with a first composite material 11, a second composite material 12 joined to the first composite material 11 by a film adhesive 21 provided between the first composite material 11 and the second composite material 12, and a corner fillet part 13 provided on a corner part 15 formed by the first composite material 11 and the second composite material 12. The shape of the corner fillet part 13 is a design shape P designed in advance, and the corner fillet part 13 is formed by curing the film adhesive 21 after arranging the film adhesive 21 on the corner part 15 so as to fit into the design shape P.
US10195788B2
In some examples, an agent distributor may be to selectively deliver agent through nozzles of the agent distributor to portions of layers of build material in patterns derived from agent delivery control data representing slices of a three-dimensional object such that the portions are to solidify to form the slices in accordance with the patterns. While generating the three-dimensional object, the agent distributor may be primed such that a particle of the build material is removed from the agent distributor through at least one of the nozzles.
US10195787B2
Layers of build and support material on an intermediate transfer surface are moved past a transfuse station and a platen moves relative to the intermediate transfer surface to contact the platen to one of the layers on the intermediate transfer surface. The intermediate transfer surface transfers a layer of the build material and the support material to the platen each time the platen contacts the layers on the intermediate transfer surface at the transfuse station to successively form a freestanding stack of the layers of build and support material on the platen. The build material has a higher melting temperature than the support material. A support material removal station heats the stack to a temperature above the melting temperature of the support material, but below the melting temperature of the build material, to melt the support material, but leave a 3-D structure made of only the build material.
US10195781B2
Provided is a container that includes a top having an opening configured to receive a product. The container also includes a bottom adjoining a sidewall that extends to the top of the container and a flexible panel disposed on the bottom and having a plurality of surfaces that each extend radially around a longitudinal axis of the container. One of the plurality of surfaces comprises a downward ramp that extends away from the top of the container when moving radially inward along the downward ramp and another of the surfaces comprises an upward ramp that extends toward the top of the container when moving radially inward along the upward ramp. The surfaces may include dimples protruding inward from the outer surface of the container that have an interlocking pattern.
US10195780B2
A one-piece mold bottom (7) for a mold (1) for manufacturing containers, includes a molding wall (8) having a raised molding surface (9) bearing the imprint of at least one portion of a container bottom. The mold bottom (7) includes a cavity (27) integrally formed with the mold bottom (7), defined by a surface casing (29) defined entirely by the mold bottom (7) and including an inner surface (31) of the molding wall (8), opposite the molding surface (9) and matching the raised pattern thereof, and a rear surface (32, 33) opposite the inner surface (31). The mold bottom (7) is provided with at least one pair of openings (35; 37) leading into the cavity (27) for circulating a heat-transfer fluid inside the cavity.
US10195773B2
A method for manufacturing an optical component having an optical surface includes: injecting a molten resin into a cavity; curing the molten resin to form the optical component; and taking the optical component out from the movable mold by moving the movable mold away from the fixed mold, and piercing a part of the optical surface (first incident surface) of the optical component attached to the movable mold by the protruding pin, and then wherein a tip end face of the protruding pin includes: a first surface; and a second surface having an area smaller than an area of the first surface, and extending continuously from the first surface in a curved form, the second surface being located on at least a part of an outer circumferential edge portion of the tip end face, that is, a tip end in the first direction.
US10195764B2
Disclosed is a method of forming a set cement shape. The method comprises providing a set-delayed cement composition comprising water, pumice, hydrated lime, and a set retarder; forming the set-delayed cement composition into a shape; and allowing the shaped set-delayed cement composition to set.
US10195762B2
This document describes systems and processes for forming synthetic molded slabs, which may be suitable for use in living or working spaces (e.g., along a countertop, table, floor, or the like).
US10195761B2
A method for making a fibrous strip configured for making a ribbon with a thickness ranging between 0.1 mm and 1 mm and a width ranging between 2 mm and 10 mm. The ligneous logs or cans are cut into square-edged plank with a predefined length. The strip is separated from a surface of the square-edged plank by an orthogonal cutting process. The depth of cut is equal to the thickness of the strip. The cutting speed direction is parallel to the fibers of the square-edged plank. Also, a fibrous reinforcement is obtained using the method and a device for implements the method.
US10195759B2
Embodiments herein describe a tie strap with a hardened integrated rivet for a saw chain. The tie strap has a body with an integrated rivet extending therefrom and having a shoulder extending from the body and configured to engage a rivet hole of a connector link and a hub extending from the shoulder and configured to engage a rivet hole of an opposing tie strap. The shoulder has a high wear region and a low wear region disposed opposite from the high wear region, wherein the low wear region has a first hardness that is less than a second hardness of the high wear region. Generally, the high wear region extends circumferentially around the shoulder and is between about 90 degrees counter clockwise to about 90 degrees clockwise measured from a center point on the shoulder facing inward toward a center part of the body.
US10195757B2
The device, which serves for processing, particularly for cutting and diffusing at least one product, particularly a food product, includes at least one blade that is connectable via at least one coupling member and an energy converter to an ultrasound source and that is fastened to a blade holder, which is connected to a drive device that is held by a framework. According to the invention the drive device includes a plurality of actuators, which are connected each on one side via a first rotary joint to the blade holder and on another side via a second rotary joint in such a way to the framework that the blade holder is held by the actuators alone and is displaceable and optionally turnable within a volume of operation.
US10195750B2
A robot includes: a base which is provided on a first surface; and a robot arm which is provided on the base, in which the robot arm includes an n-th arm and an (n+1)th arm, in which the n-th arm rotates around an n-th rotating axis, in which the (n+1)th arm is provided to rotate around an (n+1)th rotating axis which is an axial direction different from an axial direction of the n-th rotating axis, in the n-th arm, in which the length of the n-th arm is longer than the length of the (n+1)th arm, and, when viewed from the axial direction of the (n+1)th rotating axis, the n-th arm and the (n+1)th arm overlap each other, and in which a connection part between the base and the robot arm is positioned above the first surface in a vertical direction.
US10195740B2
Methods, apparatus, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for generating a spatio-temporal object inventory based on object observations from mobile robots and determining, based on the spatio-temporal object inventory, monitoring parameters for the mobile robots for one or more future time periods. Some implementations relate to using the spatio-temporal object inventory to determine a quantity of movements of objects that occur in one or more areas of the environment when one or more particular criteria are satisfied—and using that determination to determine monitoring parameters that can be utilized to provide commands to one or more of the mobile robots that influence one or more aspects of movements of the mobile robots at future time periods when the one or more particular criteria are also satisfied.
US10195728B2
A nail driving machine capable of reducing vibrations is provided. A nail driving machine that strikes a nail to be driven into a workpiece W includes a driver blade that is provided to be capable of moving along an axis and moves in a first direction to strike the nail, a weight that when the driver blade strikes the nail, moves in a second direction reverse to the first direction, and a coil spring that is compressed along the axis to generate a repulsive force before the driver blade strikes the nail and causes the driver blade to move in the first direction to strike the nail due to the repulsive force and causes the weight to move in the second direction due to the repulsive force.
US10195725B2
This invention discloses a rotary clamping mechanism comprising a cylinder, a rotary member, and a clamping member, wherein the rotary member and the clamping member have shapes that gradually change; the rotary member comprises a first board, a second board, a first connection member, and a second connection member; a wall groove is arranged at the lower side of the inner wall of the cylinder; the rotary member and the clamping member can rotate in the cylinder to contract and compress.
US10195712B2
A polishing method and a polishing apparatus which can increase a polishing rate and can control a polishing profile of a substrate being polished by adjusting a surface temperature of a polishing pad are disclosed. The polishing method for polishing a substrate by pressing the substrate against a polishing pad on a polishing table includes a pad temperature adjustment step of adjusting a surface temperature of the polishing pad, and a polishing step of polishing the substrate by pressing the substrate against the polishing pad having the adjusted surface temperature. In the pad temperature adjustment step, the surface temperature of a part of an area of the polishing pad, the area being to be brought in contact with the substrate, is adjusted during the polishing step so that the rate of temperature change of a temperature profile in a radial direction of the surface of the polishing pad becomes constant in the radial direction of the polishing pad.
US10195710B2
Disclosed is a method that includes a step of applying glue including carrying out with a pad printing machine a sequence of steps in which is driven a transfer pad from a glue taking position to an applying position in which the distal surface of the transfer pad is in contact with one surface of one component of the tool; and then carrying out again at least once the sequence of steps, whereby the glue is applied at least twice onto the one surface of one component.
US10195709B2
A motorized blade rest apparatus for a grinding system includes a carriage, a ram assembly, a work rest assembly, a motor, and a computer processor. The carriage moves a regulating wheel along a first axis towards and away from a work wheel. The ram assembly, which moves along a second axis parallel to the first axis, supports the carriage and the work rest assembly. The work rest assembly includes first and second slide portions and a work rest blade. The first slide portion is mounted on the ram assembly. The second slide portion, which is movable relative to the first slide portion, moves along a third axis perpendicular to the first axis. The work rest blade is mounted on the second slide portion. The motor is coupled to the second slide portion, and the computer processor controls the motor to move the second slide portion along the third axis.
US10195708B2
A system and method for cutting at least one of a plurality of features in a workpiece with at least one of a plurality of cutting tools controlled by at least one of a plurality of cutting tool machines is disclosed. The method receives process information describing cutting parameters from cutting tool machines, retrieves predicted cutting tool wear information relating a predicted cutting tool wear value to the cutting parameters, retrieves cutting tool information that include measured cutting tool wear information for the one of the plurality of cutting tools, computes a predicted cutting tool wear value for the one of the plurality of cutting tools from the measured cutting tool wear information, and cuts the at least one feature according to the computed predicted cutter wear value.
US10195705B2
An electric power tool includes an output shaft, drivable by an associated drive motor, and a brake apparatus for braking the output shaft rotating in the unpowered state of the associated drive motor. The output shaft is mounted in a rotatable manner in an associated housing and the brake apparatus has a magnetic-field brake unit with at least one first and one second brake element. The first brake element is arranged radially with respect to the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner in the associated housing and includes at least one first and one second magnetic pole configured to generate a magnetic field that alternates in the circumferential direction of the output shaft. The second brake element is magnetically conductive and rotationally connected to the output shaft via an activatable coupling device.
US10195704B2
Lift pins and devices having lift pins are provided. According to an aspect, a lift pin may have a tapered distal portion. According to another aspect, a lift pin may have two portions threadedly engaged with each other. According to yet another aspect, a lift pin may be mounted to a lifting plate with slackness.
US10195701B2
A device (100) for placing a seal (J) on a mounting (S) including a vibration generator (10), that includes: a main body (11); a distal portion (12), movable relative to the main body, onto which a cap (13) having a contact surface (13a) for engaging with the seal is attached; and drive elements (14), configured to drive the distal portion in reciprocal translation relative to the main body, such as to place the seal on the mounting when the contact surface (13a) of the cap (13) engages with the seal (J) that is placed on the mounting (S). The device includes: a grasping handle (20), connected to the main body; and resilient connection elements (30a, 30b) that are located between the main body and the grasping handle and are configured such as to limit the propagation, in the grasping handle, of the vibrations generated by the reciprocal translation movement.
US10195699B2
The disclosure relates to the treatment of rods made of metal, particularly to the method of reclamation of used standard length rods, such as pump rods already used in the mechanical deep-pumping extraction of oil, as well as to the product made with the help of the mentioned method. The method of remanufacturing of standard length rods includes the reheating of the rod body to a temperature favorable for the plastic treatment of the rod such as plastic deformation of the rod body under pressure. Such methods allow for the reclamation of rods of the desired geometric form and enhancement of the mechanical properties of the remanufactured rod. The technical outcome of the claimed invention consists in the reclamation of rods of the desired geometric form and enhancement of the mechanical properties of the remanufactured rod.
US10195691B2
A process is provided for influencing the surface condition of a laser weld seam, wherein at least one laser beam is guided over a joint of a component. The process parameters being selected such that a weld seam and an iron-oxide-containing layer adhering to the weld seam are formed at the joint.
US10195684B2
A method of connecting two components (1, 6) is disclosed, wherein a first component (1) is connected to a second component (6) at a connecting point (4) of the first component (1), and wherein a surrounding region (3), which surrounds the connecting point (4), is heated by electrical resistance heating prior to the two components (1, 6) being connected, so that the ductility of the first component (1) in the surrounding region (3) is increased and the strength is substantially reduced.
US10195673B2
A cutting insert includes a body made of a ceramic material. The body has a first surface, a second surface and at least one flank surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The first surface includes a chip forming feature extending in a radially outwardly direction to a cutting edge and extending in a radially inwardly direction to an inner edge. The chip forming feature includes a front wall that slopes downward from the cutting edge radially inward toward a rounded bottom surface and a back wall that slopes upward from the rounded bottom surface radially inward to the inner edge. The chip forming feature can include an optional land surface between the cutting edge and the front wall.
US10195666B1
A three dimensional manufacturing apparatus is provided with a construction tool configured to construct an item from a plurality of layers. The apparatus is also provided with a finishing tool configured to perform a finishing operation on at least one of the layers of the plurality of layers during construction of the item. The finishing operation may be performed on an exposed side edge of a layer.
US10195642B2
A tire has a coating with a quadlayer or multiple quadlayers, and a method produces the same. In an embodiment, the method for coating a rubber substrate includes exposing the rubber substrate to a first cationic solution to produce a first cationic layer on the rubber substrate. The method also includes exposing the first cationic layer to a first anionic solution to produce a first anionic layer on the first cationic layer. In addition, the method includes exposing the first anionic layer to a second cationic solution to produce a second cationic layer on the first anionic layer. The method further includes exposing the second cationic layer to a second anionic solution to produce a second anionic layer on the second cationic layer. A quadlayer includes the first cationic layer, the first anionic layer, the second cationic layer, and the second anionic layer. The coating includes the quadlayer.
US10195632B1
An improved apparatus and methods are presented for a new and improved ultrasonic aerosol generation apparatus and air/gas and deployed aerosol movement system, which is able to increase and improve the reliability and quality of coverage and treatment of the various targeted surfaces within an enclosed space, with the generated and deployed disinfecting aerosol, by providing an improved system to detect one or more of any layers and stratifications of gas(s) and deployed aerosols within the atmosphere of the treated area(s) at any time, and a means to remove and effectively disrupt, the said layers, so the deployed aerosol can effectively treat the targeted area(s), as well as additional enhancements to the systems used for processing the atmosphere in the targeted area(s) after the treatment cycle has completed deploying the aerosol, such as improving the cleaning of the dehumidification device, and the effective operation of the dehumidification and filter components.
US10195630B2
A bottle containing a solution, said bottle has a transparent or at least translucent body which is surmounted by a ring (3) provided with an opening to which a dispensing member (4) for the solution is joined. The dispensing member has a dispensing member body (6) and a dip tube (7) which communicate with one another, the tube being immersed in the solution (1) in order to allow the dispensing member to be supplied with solution to be dispensed. The dip tube has a silicone such that the difference between the refractive index of the tube and the refractive index of the solution is less than or equal to 0.04.
US10195612B2
Milling methods that use grinding media particles formed of a ceramic material having an interlamellar spacing of less than 1250 nm.
US10195601B2
The invention provides a process for limiting self heating of activated particle catalysts wherein the catalyst particles are placed in motion inside a hot gas flow that passes through them and a liquid composition containing one or several film forming polymer(s) is pulverized onto the particles in motion until a protective layer is obtained on the surface of said particles containing said film forming polymer and having an average thickness of less than or equal to 20 μm. The invention also provides the use of this process to reduce the quantities of toxic gases that may be emitted by the activated catalysts, as well as an activated catalyst for the hydroconversion of hydrocarbons covered with a continuous protective layer that are obtained by this process.
US10195586B2
The following description related to a reduced titanium dioxide, which is formed by reducing rutile titanium dioxide and includes a disordered surface, a preparing method the same, and a photocatalyst including the reduced titanium dioxide.
US10195585B2
The present disclosure relates to a process for the conversion of biomass to crude bio-oil. Phycocyanin is extracted from the biomass to form phycocyanin extracted biomass (PEB) and subjecting the PEB to HTL conversion to obtain crude bio-oil. PEB results in improved yield of crude bio-oil as compared to the crude bio-oil yield from biomass without first extracting the phycocyanin from the biomass.
US10195583B2
The present application is generally directed to gas storage materials such as activated carbon comprising enhanced gas adsorption properties. The gas storage materials find utility in any number of gas storage applications. Methods for making the gas storage materials are also disclosed.
US10195580B2
A method of creating a mask on a surface of a substrate is disclosed. The substrate comprises a plurality of spaced heating elements on or proximal to the surface. The method comprises applying a layer of masking material to the surface and employing the heating elements to apply energy to a phase change in the masking material at the selected sites such that it adheres to the surface or can be displaced from the surface to mask or unmask the selected sites respectively. A method of synthesising an array of molecules, an apparatus for selectively masking one or more sites on a surface and a semi-conductor chip that uses micro-heaters to modulate a masking layer on areas of the chip surface.
US10195579B2
A method for holding samples for analysis and an apparatus thereof includes a testing plate with a pair of opposing surfaces and a plurality of holes. Each of the holes extends from one of the opposing surfaces to the other one of the opposing surfaces. The holes are arranged in groups, where each group has at least two rows and two columns of holes. The groups are arranged in sets, where each set has at least two rows and two columns of groups. To analyze samples, at least one of the opposing surfaces of the testing plate is immersed in a solution to be analyzed. A portion of the solution enters openings for each of the holes in the immersed opposing surface. Once the holes are filled with solution, the testing plate is removed and is held above a supporting surface. Surface tension holds the solution in each of the holes. The solution in one or more of the holes is then analyzed and the solution in one of these holes is identified for further study. The location of the identified solution is marked based upon its location within a particular set and group of holes.
US10195576B2
The present invention relates to a rotor for a pyrolysis centrifuge reactor, said rotor comprising a rotor body having a longitudinal center axis, and at least one pivotally mounted blade being adapted to pivot around a pivot axis under rotation of the rotor body around the longitudinal center axis. Moreover, the present invention relates to a pyrolysis centrifuge reactor applying such a rotor.
US10195572B2
A mixing chamber for mixing a variety of dry ingredients with a liquid is disclosed. The mixing chamber has an accumulation chamber that evenly distributes ingredients as they pass a liquid spray nozzle, resulting in uniform hydration. The liquid may be sprayed at a variety of pressures to achieve varying levels of granule hydration to permit the manufacture of dough, batter, or other compositions. Even dry ingredients which are generally slow to absorb moisture may be rapidly and evenly hydrated without an excess of liquid. Process parameters, such as volume flow rate of the dry ingredients, can also be varied.
US10195553B2
An oil filter adapter device may be used to enable an engine or other machine that was manufactured for using cartridge oil filters to use spin-on oil filters. In some examples, the oil filter adapter may have a docking collar for coupling with an engine, a cylindrical base for coupling with an oil filter housing, and an attachment piece for coupling with a spin-on oil filter. The oil filter adapter may also have a spring disposed between the docking collar and the cylindrical base such that the docking collar is compressible relative to the cylindrical base to allow the oil filter adapter is able to couple to a variety of oil filter housings ranging in size and shape.
US10195548B2
A filter cartridge has first and second housing sections joined at a peripheral shoulder to define an interior space. The first housing section includes radially spaced inner and outer side walls connected by a first transition portion to define an annular space. A lock ring is secured to the housing within the annular space. The lock ring includes at least one engagement structure within the annular space.
US10195544B2
Redundant filtration system that includes at least one barrier filter as a process filter, the barrier filter having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic paths, allowing both fluid and gas permeability. The need for vents is eliminated, as is an intermediate drain filter. The device also can be dried in series. The filtration system includes a network of conduits and receptacles, the network receiving liquid raw and/or starting material at one end, conducting it through the process stream defined thereby, and producing the desired liquid product at another end. The network is provided with one or more inputs for introducing liquid raw material into the fluid process stream, and one or more output ports for discharging fluid out of the fluid process stream. The network is preferably an essentially closed network, and also, preferably sterile and/or aseptic.
US10195538B2
Interactive blocks with sensors for collecting information about how tactile objects are interacted with and with one or more communication interface for sending the interaction data to one or more other device or platform for analyzing the interactivity, providing feedback to a user, and assessing manual ability and dexterousness, cognitive ability, memory and retention, providing challenges based on past performance, learning curve, etc.
US10195531B2
A method for assisting game play. The method includes monitoring game play of the user playing a gaming application, wherein the user has a defined task to accomplish, wherein the task is associated with a task type. The method includes determining a task type proficiency rule for the task type based on results of a plurality of players taking on a plurality of tasks having the task type. The method includes determining a player proficiency score for accomplishing the task based on the task type proficiency rule. The method includes determining a user predictive rate of success in accomplishing the task based on the player proficiency score, the task type proficiency rule, and the task. The method includes determining a recommendation for the user based on the user predictive rate of success.
US10195520B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for selectively, dynamically, and quickly altering software without the need for a complete software update. The disclosed system allows for selectively, dynamically, and quickly altering software by using a plurality of script files that can alter any aspect of the software. More specifically, the software relates to videogames and the system provides event scripts that selectively, dynamically, and quickly change the players gaming experience and particularly related to multiplayer gaming. The event scripts can initiate group events during a multiplayer game session to increase player involvement, interest, and excitement.
US10195518B2
A projectile for launching through the air comprises a body and one or more projecting members integral therewith extending outwardly a distance from the body, which can be hollow or solid. The projectile is formed from an elastomeric material capable of being stretched to energize the projectile for launching. The projecting members are positioned a distance apart from one another and include openings disposed therethrough at distal ends for engaging sections of a launching device. The launching device includes a handle with the sections extending outwardly therefrom to accommodate placement of the projectile openings thereagainst for retaining the projectile before and during launch. The projectile is launched from the device by pulling the body away from the launching device to energize the projectile, and then releasing the energized projectile, causing it to be propelled from the launching device into the air and towards a desired target.
US10195514B2
A hockey skate includes a fiber-reinforced, composite frame, or an injected plastic frame, including a boot form and integral pedestals that serve as a blade-holder. The pedestals are integral with the bottom of the boot sole and are optionally spaced relatively far apart to provide a long span between them. An optional bridge assembly may be used to connect the blade to the pedestals. The bridge assembly may provide increased stiffness and vibration damping, as well as customized fit options.
US10195512B2
A compliant shin guard includes an outer shell composed of an impact absorbing material and an inner padding mounted to the inner surface of the outer shell. A plurality of vents extend through the outer shell and the inner padding, the plurality of vents being distributed across the outer surface of the outer shell. A raised channel extends at least partially along the length of the outer shell to provide rigidity to the outer shell.
US10195508B2
A sports goal practice backstop for removable attachment to a sports goal, sans any kind of tools, including a backstop net mechanism with a multiplicity of sections, a right and left bracket assembly including a corner bracket mechanism with a clamp knob and a pivot hinge member, a right and left support structures that are removably attached to the pivot hinge members and a counterweight mechanism which counterbalances the weight of the backstop net mechanism.
US10195501B2
Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a first interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, a front portion having a face portion, and a second interior cavity portion having an elastic polymer material. The body portion may include a plurality of ports located on the bottom portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10195492B2
A ball includes a bladder and multi-layer cover. The multi-layer cover includes an outer layer and an intermediate layer between the outer layer and the bladder. The intermediate layer is formed of a plurality of perforated panels. In at least one embodiment, the plurality of perforated panels are foam panels defining an array of apertures. In at least some embodiments, the array of apertures in the intermediate layer are detectable by one or more human senses via the outer layer.
US10195488B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball resin composition having a high resilience, flexibility and high fluidity. The present invention provides a golf ball resin composition having a bending stiffness (M21-30) ranging from 600 kgf/cm2 to 5,000 kgf/cm2 within a bending angle from 21° to 30°, a rebound resilience (R) of 50% or more, a slab hardness (Shore D) ranging from 40 to 65, a melt flow rate (190° C., 2.16 kgf) of 1.0 g/10 min or more, and a resilience index value ((M21-30)0.5×(R/100)3) of 8.5 or more.
US10195477B2
An adjustable dumbbell system having a weight sensor is provided. The adjustable dumbbell system may include a handle assembly, a plurality of weights selectively fixedly connectable to the handle assembly, a sleeve rotatably coupled to the handle assembly, an indexing wheel rotatably coupled to the handle assembly and arranged to rotate with the sleeve, at least one sensor configured to detect the rotational position of the indexing wheel, and a computing device in communication with the at least one sensor. The rotational position of the sleeve may correspond to a different combination of the plurality of weights fixedly connected to the handle assembly. The computing device may be configured to determine the different combination of the plurality of weights fixedly connected to the handle assembly based on the rotational position of the indexing wheel detected by the at least one sensor.
US10195456B2
Devices and methods for cosmetic skin treatment using a magnetic field are provided. A device can include a case, a stimulation head coupled with the case and including at least one coil of conductive wire for generating a magnetic field, and an electronic circuit housed in the case for driving the coils to generate the magnetic field.
US10195448B2
Implantable medical devices include connector enclosure assemblies that utilize conductors that are electrically coupled to feedthrough pins and that extend into a can where electrical circuitry is housed. The conductors may be coupled to the feedthrough pins and to capacitor plates within a filter capacitor by an electrically conductive bonding material and as a single bonding event during manufacturing. The base plate of the connector enclosure assembly may also include a ground pin. Ground capacitor plates may be present at a ground aperture of the filter capacitor where the ground pin passes through so that the ground pin, a ground conductor, and the ground capacitor plate may be coupled. A protective cover may be provided for the connector enclosure assembly to enclose the conductors intended to extend into the can prior to the assembly being joined to the can. Conductors may be attached to a common tab that is subsequently removed.
US10195443B2
Approaches to rank potential left ventricular (LV) pacing vectors are described. Early elimination tests are performed to determine the viability of LV cathode electrodes. Some LV cathodes are eliminated from further testing based on the early elimination tests. LV cathodes identified as viable cathodes are tested further. Viable LV cathode electrodes are tested for hemodynamic efficacy. Cardiac capture and phrenic nerve activation thresholds are then measured for potential LV pacing vectors comprising a viable LV cathode electrode and an anode electrode. The potential LV pacing vectors are ranked based on one or more of the hemodynamic efficacy of the LV cathodes, the cardiac capture thresholds, and the phrenic nerve activation thresholds.
US10195429B1
A method for positioning an intravascular catheter may include inserting the intravascular catheter into a venous system of a patient, wherein the catheter includes a plurality of electrodes, and multiple electrodes of the plurality of electrodes are configured to emit electrical signals; positioning a distal portion of the catheter in a first position; using one or more electrodes of the plurality of electrodes to acquire an ECG signal; based on the acquired ECG signal, adjusting the distal portion of the catheter to a second position different from the first position; identifying at least one first electrode of the plurality of electrodes to stimulate a first nerve; identifying at least one second electrode of the plurality of electrodes to stimulate a second nerve; and stimulating at least one of the first and second nerves to cause a contraction of a respiratory muscle.
US10195427B2
An oral appliance is disclosed that provides electrical stimulation to a patient's tongue in a manner that prevents collapse of the tongue and/or soft palate during sleep. More specifically, the appliance may induce a reversible current or currents in a lateral direction across the tongue in a manner that shortens the patient's Palatoglossus muscle, which in turn pulls the patient's soft palate downward towards a base of the tongue and/or decreases a volume of the tongue.
US10195423B2
A multichannel clip device and methods of use that facilitate connection of multiple electrical components of a first device and a second device for testing and/or verification are provided herein. Such multichannel clip devices can include a spring-loaded clip having multiple electrical contacts for coupling with a contact portion of a first device and which are connected to a proximal connector through a flexible stimulation cable. The contacts can be included within a neurostimulation lead connector and the proximal connector adapted to couple with standard connectors on a clinician programmer, each contact being coupled to a corresponding contact of the proximal connector to define multiple separate channels. Such clip devices allow clinicians to test and/or verify multiple neurostimulation lead electrodes with a clinician programmers without requiring separate connection of each electrodes to a probe or test device and further allows for repeated sequencing or multi-plexing of neurostimulation leads during testing.
US10195422B2
A delivery device for installing a medical device in a patient comprising a body portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end having a chisel shaped tip, a receptacle disposed in the distal end of the body portion for receiving a medical device for implanting in the patient, a handle disposed at the proximal end of the body portion for facilitating advancement of the proximal end of the body portion into the patient.
US10195420B2
A method and system for the diagnosis of anomalies in a lead attached to an implantable medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), including an insulation breach resulting in a short circuit of the high-voltage shock pulse. Determination that the defibrillation pathway is shorted may be made by initial analysis of a Reference EGM and Diagnostic EGM and subsequent analysis of Differential Diagnostic EGMs. Upon determining if a specific defibrillation pathway is shorted, the nonessential defibrillation electrode of that pathway may be excluded from the defibrillation circuit, delivering defibrillation current only between functioning defibrillation electrodes. Alternatively, the ICD system can confirm the presence of a lead anomaly with one or more alternative diagnostic approaches. Patient and remote-monitoring alerts may be initiated.
US10195419B2
An apparatus for neuromuscular electrical stimulation is provided. The apparatus may be a stimulation lead having an elongated member made up of at least one conductor and an insulative sheath surrounding at least a portion of the conductor. A distal portion of the elongated member may include one or more electrodes and at least one fixation element to secure the one or more electrodes in or adjacent to a desired anatomical site for providing stimulation thereto. The stimulation lead has a strain relief portion on the proximal side of the one or more electrodes, configured to reduce axial forces on the distal region of the elongated member, and the effects thereof, to reduce the risk of, or even prevent, displacement of the one or more electrodes and to accommodate localized flexural motion. The apparatus also may include at least one fixation element sized and configured to be deployed between muscle layers to maintain the electrode position at the stimulation site.
US10195415B2
Described is a priming device to prime a gas from a fluid delivery system by receiving the gas and a fluid used to push the gas into a chamber, the priming device including a cover body having a lid, and a housing having a chamber, an inlet port and an opening to release gas received into the chamber. The device has a priming-ready configuration where the medical connector and the housing are coupled with the cover body, and the fluid path of the medical connector and the passage of the housing remain sealed, a priming configuration where the medical connector is advanced in the cover body to fluidly couple with the housing, and a post-priming configuration where the housing is decoupled from the cover body and the lid closed to prevent contamination of the medical connector.
US10195412B2
A capping device that includes a cap, a first member, a second member, and a living hinge is provided. The cap is for covering the top of a medical access connector. The first member is connected with the cap. The living hinge is located between the first member and the second member. Capping and uncapping the medical access connector with the cap is transparent to a user that is manipulating the medical access connector.
US10195411B2
A tubing set includes a rigid medical fluid chamber, medical fluid tubing, and a cuff. The rigid medical fluid chamber includes a housing and a tubular fitting extending from the housing. The medical fluid tubing is connected to the tubular fitting such that the medical fluid tubing is in fluid communication with the medical fluid chamber. The cuff is positioned over a length of the medical fluid tubing to inhibit denting of a wall of a length of the medical fluid tubing connected to the tubular fitting and extending beyond the tubular fitting. The cuff inhibits denting when the medical fluid tubing is coiled.
US10195407B2
A ventricular catheter assembly including a proximal catheter and a cooperating cranial cover. The cranial cover includes a base plate having an opening aligned with a burr hole in the skull of a person. A guide extends upwardly from the base plate and receives the proximal catheter.
US10195405B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for the treatment of edema. In one aspect a method for implanting an indwelling catheter within a vein of a patient is provided. The catheter can extend from a position upstream of at least one outflow port of a duct of the lymph system to a terminal position downstream of the at least one outflow port. In use, a first restriction can be created within the vein proximal to a distal region of the catheter. The first restriction can define a localized low pressure zone distal of the restriction and within a portion of the vein housing the catheter. The low pressure zone can be adjacent to the at least one outflow port to enable fluid to pass from the at least one lymph duct outflow port into the vein.
US10195397B2
A medical device includes an elongate body having a proximal end and a deflectable distal region, a handle coupled to the proximal end, an actuator movable relative to the handle, and a resistance assembly adjacent the actuator. The resistance assembly exerts a force on the actuator that varies according to a direction in which the actuator is moving relative to the handle. For example, the resistance assembly can exert a lower (or zero) force when the actuator is moving relative to the handle in a direction that effects deflection of the distal region of the elongate body from neutral and higher when the actuator is moving relative to the handle in a direction that effects return of the distal region of the elongate body towards neutral. The resistance assembly can also include materials that exhibit anisotropic frictional properties and/or have surface finishes or treatments that yield directionally-dependent frictional forces.
US10195389B2
A tub is configured to contain a supply of water and is configured to be inserted into a chamber of a humidifier. The tub includes a tub base configured to contain the supply of water. The tub also includes a tub lid and a flow plate provided between the tub base and the tub lid. The flow plate includes a water level indicator configured to indicate a level of the supply of water in the tub base. In addition, the water level indicator includes a generally rectangular portion and a generally triangular portion.
US10195383B2
Various embodiments of a tracheostomy tube having neck flanges with filleted ends are provided. In certain embodiments, the neck flange may include a fillet extending from a bottom surface of the neck flange to a tip of the neck flange. In addition, the filleted end may also be tapered from a top surface of the neck flange to the tip of the neck flange. The neck flange may also include several curved edges, such as curved edges from the tip of the neck flange to side surfaces of the neck flange, and a curved bottom surface from side surface to side surface of the neck flange.
US10195381B2
A patient interface assembly includes a housing that defines an inlet port and an outlet port. A jet pump receives pressurized gas flow from the inlet port and delivers the gas flow to the outlet port. A nebulizer is fluidly coupled to the outlet port and positioned to introduce medication into the gas flow and deliver medicated gas flow to a patient.
US10195380B2
Systems and methods for compensating long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors used in systems for delivering therapeutic nitric oxide (NO) gas to a patient by compensating for drift that may be specific to the sensors. In at least some instances, the long term sensitivity drift of catalytic type electrochemical gas sensors can be addressed using calibration schedules, which can factor in the absolute change in set dose of NO being delivered to the patient that can drive one or more baseline calibrations. The calibration schedules can reduce the amount of times the sensor goes offline. Systems and methods may factor in actions occurring at the delivery system and/or aspects of the surrounding environment, prior to performing a baseline calibration, and may postpone the calibration and/or rejected using the sensor's output for the calibration.
US10195378B2
A ventilator that is small, lightweight, and portable, yet capable of being quickly adapted to operate in a plurality of different modes and configurations to deliver a variety of therapies to a patent. A porting system having a plurality of sensors structured to monitor a number of parameters with respect to the flow of gas, and a number of porting blocks is used to reconfigure the ventilator so that it operates as a single-limb or dual limb ventilator. In the single-limb configuration, an active or passive exhaust assembly can be provided proximate to the patient. The ventilator is capable of operate in a volume or pressure support mode, even in a single-limb configuration. In addition, a power control mechanism controls the supply of power to the ventilator from an AC power source, a lead acid battery, an internal rechargeable battery pack, and a detachable battery pack.
US10195375B2
An airflow adaptor for a breath-actuated dry powder inhaler. The airflow adaptor includes a conduit having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end allows fluid communication from a deagglomerator outlet port to the distal end of the conduit, and wherein the airflow adaptor further includes provisions for allowing air to flow from a proximal end of the adaptor to a distal end of the adaptor independently of the airflow in the conduit when a breath induced low pressure is applied to the distal end of the airflow adaptor.
US10195359B2
The invention relates to a torsion spring driven injection device having a dial-down mechanism for dialling down a selected dose size. The torsion spring (2) is strained when setting a dose by rotating a proximally located dose setting button(30) relatively to the housing in a first direction and unstained when rotating the same dose setting button (30) in a second direction opposite the first direction. In order to secure the torsion spring (2) in its strained position a one-way ratchet mechanism is provided. This one-way ratchet mechanism comprises a fixation element (1) coupled to the housing and having a toothing (6) and a ratchet element (20) having at least one ratchet arm (22) engaging the fixation element (1) and which ratchet element (20) is operational coupled to the dose setting button (30). The dose setting button (30) directly engages the at least one ratchet arm (22) when the dose setting button (30) is rotated in the second direction which releases the at least one ratchet arm (22) from the toothing (6) of the fixation element (1) and allows the ratchet element (20) to rotate relatively to the fixation element (1) in the second direction under influence of the torsion spring (2).
US10195358B2
The piston rod arrangement is in an assembled state before use and comprises a piston rod, a bung, which is intended to be driven by the piston rod, a body member, and a drive member. The piston rod is threadedly engaged with the body member, and the drive member is threadedly engaged with the piston rod and movable relative to the body member. A mechanism is provided defining unit steps of movement of the drive member and corresponding unit steps of movement of the piston rod. The piston rod is arranged in contact with the bung or at a distance from the bung that is less than a distance of one corresponding unit step of movement. When the piston rod, the bung and the drive member are assembled in the body member, the piston rod is advanced with respect to the body member towards the bung, until the piston rod is stopped by the bung. The drive member is rotated until the piston rod begins to advance again and the drive member is then stopped, and the piston rod is fixed at or near the position obtained.
US10195356B2
A drug delivery device for selecting and dispensing a number of user variable doses of a medicament includes a dose limiter for preventing the setting of a dose, which exceeds the amount of liquid left in a cartridge of the drug delivery device. The device includes a cartridge containing liquid, a dosing element, which rotates during dose selecting, a last dose nut coupled to the dosing element during dose selecting such that rotation of the dosing element causes an axial movement of the last dose nut, and a stop element, which is provided on the dosing element and which blocks further movement of the last dose nut, if a dose is selected corresponding to the amount of liquid left in the cartridge. The device further includes a last dose sleeve rotationally coupled to the dosing element during dose selecting and rotationally decoupled from the dosing element during dose dispensing.
US10195347B1
The auto-illuminating syringe is configured for use with a syringe. The auto-illuminating syringe is configured for use in delivering an electrolytic media. Wherein the electrolytic media is delivered into a body through the syringe. The auto-illuminating syringe increases the contrast between the electrolytic media and the background such that the electrolytic media may be more readily seen when a dose is being drawn into the syringe. The auto-illuminating syringe comprises a plunger and an illumination circuit. The illumination circuit is contained within the plunger. The plunger is configured for use in pumping fluids out of the syringe. The illumination circuit generates a distinctive light that illuminates the electrolytic media in manner that allows the electrolytic media to be readily seen. The illumination circuit is activated by the presence of the electrolytic media.
US10195344B2
A valve (10) for permitting mixing of at least two components within a barrel (12) is provided including a stopper (20) configured for slidable liquid-tight engagement with an inner surface (13) of the barrel. The stopper is moveable between a first position and a second position and includes a proximal end (22), a distal end (24), and a channel (26) extending therebetween. The valve further includes a stationary body (30) comprising a base (32) and a stem (34), the stem being disposed within the channel of the stopper when the stopper is in the second position. When the stopper is in the first position, there is a liquid-tight seal in the channel, such that fluid flow through the channel is prevented. Movement of the stopper to the second position terminates the liquid-tight seal, thereby establishing fluid communication through the channel. A drug containing device and assembly for delivering a reconstituted drug are also provided herein.
US10195337B2
The invention provides a flushing system (1) configured to flush the pericardial cavity (PC) of a patient, wherein the system comprises: an infusion liquid outlet (4) to connect a first tube(20) having an infusion liquid lumen to guide a flow of infusion liquid from the system to the pericardial cavity, and an effusion liquid inlet (6) to connect to a second tube (21) having an effusion liquid lumen to guide the effusion liquid flow from the pericardial cavity to the system, a flow rate control system to control the flow rate of the infusion liquid flow at the infusion liquid outlet (4) on the basis of multiple sensor signals, wherein the flow rate control system comprises: a control unit (5) to provide a control signal on the basis of the sensor signals, and a pump device (3) to pump infusion liquid to the infusion liquid outlet (4) at an infusion liquid flow rate, wherein the infusion liquid flow rate is adjustable by the control signal of the control unit (5) and wherein the sensor signals registered by the control unit (5) comprise: an infusion liquid signal representative for the infusion liquid flow to the pericardial cavity, an effusion liquid signal representative for the effusion liquid flow rate from the pericardial cavity, a blood volume signal generated by a hematocrit sensor (12) representative for a blood loss flow rate in the effusion liquid from the pericardial cavity, and a pressure control signal representative for the pressure in the pericardial cavity generated by a pressure sensor positioned inside or in connection with the first tube (20), the second tube (21) or the pericardial cavity. The invention also provides a method of monitoring the blood loss volume or flow rate from the pericardium based on multiple sensor signals as well as, a method of treatment of postoperative cardiac patients in order to reduce the risk of cardiac tamponade, reduce post-operative blood loss and reduce the accumulation of blood and clots in the pericardial cavity, wherein the pericardial cavity of the patient is flushed with a flushing system according to the invention.
US10195333B2
A system for perfusing a localized site within a body includes a catheter assembly having a venous access line that is adapted to deliver perfusate to the localized site, a venous or arterial drainage line adapted to drain perfusate from the localized site, and an occlusion device adapted to prevent some or substantially all physiological blood flow between the localized site and the systemic circulation of the body during and in the course of perfusing and draining perfusate to and from the localized site. The system may include a blood circuit associated with the catheter assembly to facilitate blood conditioning for use as the perfusate, in the course of a controlled perfusion and/or drainage of untreated, treated, or inactivated treated blood to and from the localized site. A delivery machine may control the blood circuit and catheter assembly in order to both deliver perfusate to, and drain some or all perfusate from, the localized site in a manner that provides perfusate to substantially only the localized site.
US10195331B2
High flow rate catheters, and related methods, are useful in dialysis and other procedures. A catheter according to the invention comprises a hub and a generally elongated conduit. The conduit has a substantially continuous and smooth wall. The conduit also defines at least one lumen and has a length extending from a proximal end to a distal end of the conduit. The proximal end is coupled to a hub and the distal end has an opening in communication with the lumen. The conduit has a conical shape which tapers along the length.
US10195320B2
An apparatus including a hollow body, an inlet fluidly coupled to the hollow body, a piston slidably engaged within the hollow body, and a filter module arranged within the hollow body between the inlet and piston. The piston and hollow body cooperatively generate a negative pressure, relative to ambient, within the hollow body during distal piston translation from a first position to a second position, thereby drawing a fluid, such as blood, through the filter module into the hollow body. The piston and hollow body cooperatively generate a positive pressure, relative to ambient, within the hollow body during piston translation from the second position to the first position to egress the filtered fluid from the hollow body. The filter module may include a filter housing, a filter medium disposed within the housing, and a body valve configured to seal an open distal face of the filter housing.
US10195318B2
A dressing for treating a tissue site may include a base layer, a sealing member, a first and a second wicking layer, and an absorbent layer. The base layer may have a plurality of apertures and may be adapted to cover the tissue site. The sealing member and the base layer may define an enclosure. The first and the second wicking layer may each be disposed in the enclosure with the absorbent layer positioned between the first and the second wicking layer. A conduit comprised of an absorbent material that is vapor permeable and liquid impermeable may be in fluid communication with the dressing for providing reduced pressure to the dressing. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10195317B2
A system, method and apparatus for notifying a surgeon of an occlusion in an ocular surgical apparatus are disclosed herein. Through operation of a handpiece of the surgical apparatus, the handpiece may become blocked or occluded. An occlusion detector is configured to sense the occlusion in the handpiece, and an occlusion signal is generated. A control module is provided to send an occlusion warning signal to a foot pedal of the surgical apparatus, where a tactile notification is provided to a user of the apparatus that an occlusion has occurred.
US10195315B2
Systems, method, and devices are disclosed that involve reconfiguring lumens or unblocking lumens relative to a blockage to maintain flow of reduced pressure to a subcutaneous tissue site. In one instance, a multi-lumen applicator includes an applicator body having a distal end and a proximal end and formed with a plurality of apertures for receiving fluid from the tissue site and for delivering reduced pressure, a first lumen fluidly coupled to the plurality of apertures, a first activation member having at least a closed position and a open position, and a second lumen fluidly coupled to the plurality of apertures but for the first activation member being in closed position. The configuration is such that when the first activation member is moved to the open position, the second lumen is fluidly coupled to the plurality of apertures. Other systems, methods, and devices are disclosed.
US10195304B2
Ultra-low crosslinked microgels made of an ultra-low crosslinked polymer are provided. The microgels, also referred to as Platelet-like Particles (PLPs), preferably have <0.5% crosslinking densities. One or more of the polymers are conjugated with a fibrin-binding element or moiety, preferably H6, in an amount effective to confer to the microgel selective binding to fibrin under physiological conditions. The PLPs can recapitulate multiple key functions of platelets including binding, stabilizing and enhancing fibrin clot formation, responsiveness to injury cues, and induction of clot contraction. In a preferred embodiment, the microgel or PLP has little or no binding to soluble fibrinogen under physiological conditions compared to its binding to fibrin. The microgels or PLPs are prepared using crosslinker-free synthesis conditions, and can promote or induce clotting and clot contraction.
US10195295B2
A process for purifying a compound of formula 1, includes the following steps: a) adding an acid to an aqueous solution of the compound of formula 1, including salts and hydrates thereof so as to obtain a slurry having a pH≤3; and b) filtering the slurry and at least one time washing the obtained precipitate with a liquid comprising water; and c) dissolving the precipitate obtained in step b) in water to obtain an aqueous solution; and d) filtering of the solution obtained in step c) over a nanofiltration membrane having a Molecular Weight Cut Off in the range from 150 to 500 and wherein optionally, between step c) and step d) the pH of the aqueous solution is adjusted to a pH value in the pH range as specified by the manufacturer of the nanofiltration membrane. A process for preparing a gadolinium complex of the purified compound of formula 1 is also disclosed. This gadolinium complex can be used for making a pharmaceutical composition as a contrast agent for magnetic resonance imaging.
US10195283B2
The present disclosure provides conjugate structures and hydrazinyl-substituted heteroaryl compounds used to produce these conjugates. The disclosure also encompasses methods of production of such conjugates and compounds, as well as methods of using the same.
US10195278B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of conditions such as pain.
US10195275B2
The invention provides aqueous pharmaceutical adalimumab compositions suitable for long-term storage of adalimumab, methods of manufacture of these compositions, methods of administration, and kits containing same.
US10195274B2
Methods of modulating immune responses in subjects having oncology- and immune-related diseases, disorders and conditions by the administration of an IL-10 agent, including pegylated IL-10.
US10195268B2
Provided herein are nucleic acid sequences that encode novel consensus amino acid sequences of HBV core protein, as well as genetic constructs/vectors and vaccines that express said protein sequences. Also provided herein are methods for generating an immune response against HBV using the nucleic acid sequences that are provided.
US10195259B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising substantially non-viable Gram-negative bacterial organisms that have a substantial reduction in endotoxin activity and/or pyrogenicity and methods for treating a cancer using the same. Also provided are methods for treating cancer provided herein, comprising administering to a mammal diagnosed with cancer, substantially non-viable Gram-negative bacteria having a substantial reduction in endotoxin activity and/or pyrogenicity, in an amount sufficient to inhibit growth or metastasis of the cancer. An additional method is provided comprising administering viable or non-viable Gram-negative bacterial organisms that have a genetic defect that results in a substantial loss of lipopolysaccharide within the outer membrane of the bacteria. Further provided are methods for reducing endotoxin activity and/or pyrogenicity in Gram-negative bacteria comprising treatment with polymyxin and glutaraldehyde.
US10195254B2
A pharmaceutical compound for the treatment of obesity related disorder that is a conjugate of myristic acid and a leptin-related peptide. Preferably, the leptin-related peptide is OB3 that has been D-substituted at Leu-4. The resulting conjugate significantly improved the pharmacokinetic profile of the leptin-related peptide by extending its half-life from less than one hour to as long as twenty-eight hours, depending on the route of delivery, increasing uptake, reducing the rate of plasma clearance, and enabling the minimal effective dose to be reduced several fold.
US10195251B2
The present invention provides methods of treating a retinal disorder comprising administering an effective amount of a neurotrophic factor to a subject having the retinal disorder. The neurotrophic factors useful in the invention include mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor (MANF) and conserved dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF). The present invention further comprises pharmaceutical compositions and kits containing MANF and CDNF.
US10195250B2
Methods of treating individuals with a glucose metabolism disorder and/or a body weight disorder, and compositions associated therewith, are provided.
US10195245B2
Tetrapeptides consisting of (I or V)-X1-K-X2, where X1 can be selected from E, Q or K, and X2 can be selected from M, F, I, W, or V, exhibit diverse bioactivities. They are multi-functional effector molecules to stimulate keratinocytes migration; neutralize the proinflammatory effect of bacterial cell wall components such as lipoteichoic acids of the Gram-positive S. aureus; and induce angiogenesis in cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cells. The downregulation of pro-inflammatory condition was also demonstrated using SOR-300-FT psoriasis skin model for representative peptide. The bioactivity was also supported by gene profiling study upon treatment of normal skin tissues using EPIDERM™ skin substitutes. The inventive peptides with diverse bioactivities are useful for treating various skin conditions including, but not limited to, acute or chronic wounds, striae distensae, aging skin, hair control, inflammatory skins such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis and rosacea and for unwanted hair removal or for conditions such as removal of skin tags.
US10195243B2
A food composition for human consumption comprising a plurality of grape ingredients, wherein the plurality of grape ingredients comprise ground flesh, seed, stem, and skin from grapes, and wherein the plurality of grape ingredients further comprise a wine comprising one or more KH Wine proteins.Also, a food composition for human consumption comprising a plurality of pomace ingredients, wherein the plurality of pomace ingredients comprise ground flesh, seed, stem, and skin from pomace in grapes, and wherein the plurality of pomace ingredients further comprise one or more KH Pomace proteins.Further, a food composition for human consumption comprising a plurality of grape ingredients, wherein the plurality of grape ingredients comprise ground flesh, seed, stem, and skin from grapes, and wherein the plurality of grape ingredients further comprise one or more KH Grape proteins.
US10195241B2
This disclosure relates to extracts from chestnut plants and compositions comprising compounds contained therein. In certain embodiments, the extracts are derived from the leaves of a Castanea plant. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to methods of treating or preventing bacterial infections, acne, and other related uses.
US10195239B2
Disclosed herein is an extract obtainable from Trigonella foenum-graecum. In particular, the extract is obtainable by a process comprising the steps of preparing a mixture of a plant material obtained from Trigonella foenum-graecum and liquid, incubating said mixture for at least 3 hours, heating of said mixture, and recovering a liquid extract from mixture. The extract is useful in the manufacture of various types of compositions, such as pharmaceutical compositions, disinfectant or preservation agents. The pharmaceutical may be used for the treatment or prevention of an inflammatory disease or an infectious condition.
US10195226B2
A method of promoting recovery of cell viability of a damaged respiratory cell. The method includes a step of administering to the cell at least one pharmaceutically acceptable compound, which accelerates sialyglycoconjugate biosynthesis to restore sialylglycoconjugates on the surface of the respiratory cell. Also disclosed are a method and a pharmaceutical composition, both for treating a respiratory condition.
US10195225B2
Polymeric compositions are provided that include a poly(ethylene glycol), a viscoelastic polymer, and an antioxidant, where, in polymerized form, the compositions have a refractive index of about 1.30 to about 1.40. Methods of synthesizing the compositions are also provided and include the steps of heating an amount of water; adding a buffering agent to the water to form a buffer solution; mixing a poly(ethylene glycol) and a viscoelastic polymer into the buffer solution to form a reactive mixture; adding a plurality of antioxidant particles to the reactive mixture; and removing suspended gas bubbles from the reactive mixture. Methods of preventing oxidative damage to an eye lens of a subject are further provided and include administering the foregoing polymeric compositions to the eye lens of the subject.
US10195223B2
Oral dosage forms of osteoclast inhibitors, such as zoledronic acid, in an acid or a salt form, can be used to treat or alleviate pain or related conditions.
US10195217B2
The present discovery pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present discovery pertains to certain di-isopropyl-phosphinoyl-alkanes as described herein, DIPA-1-5, DIPA-1-6, DIPA-1-7, DIPA-1-8, and DIPA-1-9, collectively referred to herein as “DIPA compounds”, that are useful, for example, in the treatment of disorders (e.g., diseases) including: sensory discomfort (e.g., caused by irritation, itch, or pain); a skin dysesthesia; dermatitis; ocular pain and discomfort; heat discomfort; heat stress; flushing and/or night sweats (vasomotor symptoms); post-operative hypothermia; post-anaesthetic shivering; fatigue; tiredness; depression; cognitive dysfunction; and to enhance cognitive function. The applicant has found that localized delivery of DIPA compounds to the upper eyelid and/or facial skin has an alerting and enhancement effect on behavior and can be used to give a cosmetic refreshing look, to mental alertness, to reduce fatigue, and to improve work output. The present discovery also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, for example, in therapy, in diagnosis of neuropathic pain, and in study of TRPM8 function.
US10195205B2
This invention relates to new use of dual NK-1/NK-3 receptor antagonists or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in the treatment of sex-hormone dependent diseases.
US10195204B2
Methods of alleviating the symptoms of hemoglobinopathies, including, but not limited to, sickle cell disease, β-thalassemia, and hemoglobin H disease are provided. In some embodiments, the methods comprise administering an inhibitor selected from an ERK inhibitor, a MEK inhibitor, and, a Raf inhibitor. Methods of inhibiting adhesion of sickle red blood cells to endothelial cells are also provided.
US10195200B2
The disclosure includes compounds of Formula (I) wherein R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, and L are defined herein. Also disclosed is a method for treating a neoplastic disease, autoimmune disease, and inflammatory disorder with these compounds.
US10195177B2
Uses of acyl-homoserine lactone compounds are described. In particular, uses of acyl-homoserine lactone compounds as anti-thrombotic agents, to inhibit platelets from becoming hypersensitive, and/or to prevent thrombosis, are described.
US10195175B2
The present invention relates to combination therapy with ADCs against a tumor-associated antigen, such as Trop-2, and drugs, such as microtubule inhibitors and/or PARP inhibitors. Where ADCs are used, they preferably incorporate SN-38 or another drug that induces DNA strand breaks. Preferably, the combination of ADC and PARPi or microtubule inhibitor exhibits synergistic effects against the cancer. The combination therapy can reduce solid tumors in size, reduce or eliminate metastases and is effective to treat cancers resistant to standard therapies, such as radiation therapy, chemotherapy or immunotherapy.
US10195170B2
Methods and compositions for inhibiting expression of ASC, expression of NLRP3, and/or formation of NLRP3 inflammasome complex by using diacerein or its analogs are provided. Also provided are methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prevention of a disorder mediated by ASC and/or NLRP3, and/or by formation of NLRP3 inflammasome complex by using diacerein or its analogs.
US10195159B2
Processes for preparing extracts of natural products such as plant material, and for preparing purified extracts from crude extracts of natural products, by extraction with hot gas. Apparatus suitable for use in preparing extracts of natural products are also described.
US10195156B2
The disclosure features amino lipids and compositions involving the same. Nanoparticle compositions include an amino lipid as well as additional lipids such as phospholipids, structural lipids, PEG lipids, or a combination thereof. Nanoparticle compositions further including therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents such as RNA are useful in the delivery of therapeutic and/or prophylactic agents to mammalian cells or organs to, for example, regulate polypeptide, protein, or gene expression.
US10195153B2
The present disclosure relates to an oral, immediate release, abuse deterrent pill containing at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient susceptible to abuse which is homogenously spread throughout a carrier matrix used to deter abuse. The pill is prepared using hot melt extrusion and a forming unit through a continuous process. The formed pill is abuse deterrent to parenteral administration due at least to particle size, viscosity, or purity limitations.
US10195145B2
What is described is a method for treating a fibrotic disease by administering a pharmaceutical composition comprising a drug carrier, which comprises a lipid and a retinoid, and a double-stranded nucleic acid molecule, which comprises an antisense sequence to mRNA encoding human hsp47.
US10195133B2
The present invention relates to a photocurable composition for coating a nail or an artificial nail, including: a component (A): an acrylate oligomer; a component (B): a methacrylate monomer; and a component (C): a photopolymerization initiator. The present invention provides a photocurable composition for coating a nail or an artificial nail, which has a small amount of heat generation during curing by light irradiation.
US10195126B2
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibres, in particular keratin fibres such as the hair, comprising: a) at least one oxidation base 3-(2,5-diaminophenyl)-1-propanol acid salts thereof or solvates thereof such as hydrates; b) at least one heterocyclic oxidation base; c) at least one coupler; d) optionally at least one fatty substance; e) optionally at least one basifying agent; and f) optionally at least one chemical oxidizing agent. The invention also relates to a process for dyeing keratin fibres such as the hair using the composition of the invention, and to a multi-compartment device for using the composition of the invention.
US10195124B2
The present invention relates to an oral care composition with a high water content which has improved robustness towards microbial challenge. The oral care composition includes compositions comprising from 0.125 wt % to 0.75 wt % of a water soluble source of stannous ions, wherein the composition comprises at least 50 wt % water and wherein the source of stannous ions is selected from the group consisting of stannous chloride, stannous pyrophosphate, stannous formate, stannous acetate, stannous gluconate, stannous lactate, stannous tartrate, stannous oxalate, stannous malonate, stannous citrate, stannous ethylene glyoxide, and mixtures thereof.
US10195123B2
Emulsifiers are provided that are able to stabilize water-in-oil emulsions. The emulsifiers are homogenous and have a relatively low melting point (e.g., soft pastes, gels or liquids at room temperature), enabling their use in cold-process methods/formulations which reduce energy consumption, manufacturing costs, as well as allow the use thermolabile active ingredients. The water-in-oil emulsifiers may comprise: (a) polyglycerol fatty acid esters consisting of saturated and unsaturated fatty acid esters of polyglycerol; (b) polyhydroxystearic acid copolymers consisting of copolymers of hydroxystearic acid with saturated and unsaturated fatty acids; and (c) hydroxystearic acid. Methods and uses relating to the emulsifiers are also described, for example in cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions.
US10195103B2
In a method of treating erectile dysfunction in a patient, a predetermined course of external counter-pulsation treatment is applied to a lower body portion of the patient. After the predetermined course of external counter-pulsation treatment is applied, a predetermined course of low intensity shockwave treatment is applied to a penile area of the patient. After the course of low intensity shockwave treatment, a predetermined course of carboxy therapy is applied to a corpora cavernosa of the patient.
US10195094B2
The invention relates to slit absorbent articles and the use of slits in absorbent materials to provide improved liquid intake rate, flexibility and softness compared to the unmodified material. The absorbent material, including superabsorbent materials, are particularly useful as absorbent cores in disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, incontinent products, sanitary napkins and the like.
US10195093B2
An absorbent article with a three-dimensional film transfer layer having an open lattice structure formed from a single film for improved user properties.
US10195086B2
An instrument comprises a shaft assembly, a handpiece body, and a drive assembly. The shaft assembly comprises a plurality of coaxially arranged shafts and a tympanostomy tube. The shaft assembly further includes a flexible section. The shaft assembly extends distally from the handpiece body. The drive assembly is operable to drive the shafts of the shaft assembly in a predetermined sequence to deploy the tympanostomy tube. One or more of the shafts are configured to translate along the flexible section of the shaft assembly as a part of the predetermined sequence to deploy the tympanostomy tube.
US10195078B2
Methods and devices for adjusting or configuring the flow rate of an intraocular shunt are provided whereby hypotony can be avoided by increasing the flow rate through the device. In some embodiments, the device is a shunt that can have a first flow that can be modified to a second flow by modifying the shunt, such as by cutting the shunt. Additionally, one or more dissolvable portions can be present to provide an initial flow restriction and subsequent increase in flow over time.
US10195075B2
Methods and apparatuses for temperature modification of a patient, or selected regions thereof, including an induced state of hypothermia. The temperature modification is accomplished using an in-dwelling heat exchange catheter within which a fluid heat exchange medium circulates. A heat exchange cassette is attached to the circulatory conduits of the catheter, the heat exchange cassette being sized to engage a cavity within a control unit. The control unit includes a heater/cooler device for providing heated or cooled fluid to a heat exchanger in thermal communication with the fluid heat exchange medium circulating to the heat exchange catheter, a user input device, and a processor connected to receive input from various sensors around the body and the system. A temperature control scheme for ramping the body temperature up or down without overshoot is provided.
US10195072B2
A pneumatic cooling device including a housing having a first end and a second end. A handle extends from an outer surface of the housing. An inlet is positioned at substantially the first end of the housing and is configured to receive a supply of medical grade air into the housing. An outlet is positioned at substantially the second end of the housing and is configured to deliver the supply of medical grade air outside of the housing. A pathway extends through the housing between the inlet and the outlet and is configured to passively move the supply of medical grade air between the inlet and the outlet.
US10195063B2
The present disclosure is directed to a branched endoprosthesis comprising a graft component and at least one support component. In various embodiments, the branched endoprosthesis comprises a body portion and a plurality of leg portions, wherein the legs are in an aligned configuration for ease of cannulation. In various embodiments, at least one leg is in an open configuration for ease of cannulation. Cannulation methods are also taught.
US10195061B2
A stent covering includes a polymeric tube having a first end, a second end and a length extending therebetween, the polymeric tube including an inner surface defining a lumen and an outer surface. A plurality of tissue ingrowth features are formed on the outer surface of the polymeric tube, at least some of the plurality of tissue ingrowth features including polymeric loops that extend above the outer surface such that, once implanted, tissue can grow between the outer surface and the polymeric loops. A stent may include such a stent covering.
US10195053B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for near-simultaneous and integrated delivery of bone graft material during the placement of surgical cages or other medical implants in a patient's spine. The integrated fusion cage and graft delivery device according to various embodiments delivers and disperses biologic material through a fusion cage to a disc space and, without withdrawal from the surgical site, may selectably detach the fusion cage for deposit to the same disc space. The integrated fusion cage and graft delivery device is formed such that a hollow tube and plunger selectively and controllably place bone graft material and a fusion cage in or adjacent to the bone graft receiving area. In one embodiment, the integrated fusion cage is an expandable integrated fusion cage.
US10195030B2
Apparatus, comprising: (i) a catheter (64); (ii) an implant (100), comprising a flexible longitudinal member (102), and a linking member (104) that extends from a first linking site (106a) of the longitudinal member to a second linking site (106b) of the longitudinal member, the implant having: (a) a delivery state in which the longitudinal member is coaxial with the catheter, and at least a portion of the linking member is disposed alongside the longitudinal member, and (b) an implanted state in which a first distance between the first linking site and the second linking site, measured along the longitudinal member, is greater than a second distance between the first linking site and the second linking site, measured along the linking member; and (iii) a plurality of tissue anchors (46), slidable through the catheter and with respect to the longitudinal member. Other embodiments are also described.
US10195029B2
A device for improving the function of a heart valve comprises: a support member formed from a shape memory material, and a restraining member providing a restraining action on a course of the support member. The support member may abut one side of the valve conforming to the shape of the valve annulus upon said shape memory material assuming an activated shape while the restraining member restrains the course of the support member. The restraining action is removable for allowing the support member to assume a desired, altered course. The restraining member may be biodegradable to be degraded within a patient or may be detachable from the support member to be withdrawn. The support member according to another embodiment presents a shape change in that an increased cross-section is associated with a shortened length of the support member. The support member according to yet another embodiment has a first and a second activated shape.
US10195028B2
Disclosed herein are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems used to deliver a prosthetic heart valve to a deficient valve. In one embodiment, for instance, a support member is positioned to at least partially surround the native chordae tendineae and/or leaflets of a valve. The support member can comprise a flexible, distensible material to reduce abrasion and other mechanical damage to surrounding structures. A locking member may be used to couple both ends of the support member, forming a support ring. The support member may have two magnetic end portions which can be magnetically coupled to form a support ring. An expandable prosthetic heart valve can be delivered into the native heart valve and expanded within the support band, thereby causing one or more of the native chordae tendineae and/or leaflets of the native heart valve to be frictionally secured between the support ring and the expanded prosthetic heart valve.
US10195025B2
Embodiments of a radially collapsible and expandable prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The prosthetic valve can comprise an annular frame, leaflets, an inner skirt, and an outer skirt. The outer skirt can be secured to the outside of the inflow end portion of the frame, the outer skirt having longitudinal slack that buckles outward radially when the valve is in the expanded configuration and which lies flat when the valve is in the collapsed configuration. In some embodiments, the outer skirt is stiffer in the axial direction of the valve than in the circumferential direction of the valve. In additional embodiments, the outer skirt comprises a self-expandable fabric comprising fibers made of a shape memory material having a shape memory set to enhance the radially outward buckling of the outer skirt. Methods of crimping such valves to a collapsed or partially collapsed configuration are also disclosed.
US10195012B2
The present disclosure provides a wound closure device that includes (a) a biocompatible material configured to be brought into abutment with a tissue surface, and (b) a plurality of fixation components connected to and extending through the biocompatible material, where at least one of the plurality of fixation components is configured to allow a suture to be connected to and extend through the at least one fixation component.
US10195004B2
A multi-layer coating of alternating titanium nitride (TiN) and titanium carbo nitride (TiCN) layers is applied to at least part of a dental device for use in attaching crowns, overdentures, and the like in a patient's jaw, where the outermost layer is TiCN with a predetermined percentage of carbon to produce a pink color. The pink outermost layer is of sufficient thickness to conceal the color of the underlying layers, and is very hard and resistant to wear and damage in use. At the same time, the outermost TiCN layer is of a color consistent with the gingival anatomy, and is very hard and resistant to wear and damage in use.
US10194990B2
One variation of a method for augmenting a surgical field with virtual guidance content includes: accessing a scan representing a tissue of a patient; combining the scan with a generic virtual anatomical model to define a custom virtual anatomical model of the tissue; defining a cut trajectory along an intersection between a virtual model of a surgical implant and the custom virtual anatomical model of the tissue; aligning a virtual cut surface to the cut trajectory to locate the virtual model of the surgical guide relative to the custom virtual anatomical model; accessing an image of a surgical field; detecting the tissue in the image; aligning the custom virtual anatomical model to the tissue detected in the image; defining a target real location for a real surgical guide in the surgical field; and generating a frame depicting the target real location of the surgical guide in the surgical field.
US10194987B2
The present invention relates to a laser irradiation apparatus and a laser irradiation method. The laser irradiation apparatus, according to the present invention, comprises: an optical fiber which transmits a laser and has a light emitting surface; a protecting member for covering an end portion of the optical fiber including the light emitting surface; and an indication member which is identified by an X-ray and indicates the position and/or direction of the light emitting surface.
US10194984B2
This optical cosmetic device for bodily hair is provided with optical systems for illumination with cosmetic light for bodily hair. The value of the integral of the intensity of the cosmetic light for bodily hair in the 800 nm-1200 nm wavelength range is greater than that in the 400 nm-800 nm wavelength range. The value of the integral of the intensity of the cosmetic light for bodily hair in the 400 nm-850 nm wavelength range is less than that in the 850 nm-1200 nm wavelength range.
US10194983B2
Methods for therapeutic renal denervation are disclosed herein. One aspect of the present application, for example, is directed to methods that block, reduce and/or inhibit renal sympathetic nerve activity to achieve a reduction in central sympathetic tone. Renal sympathetic nerve activity may be altered or modulated along the afferent and/or efferent pathway. The achieved reduction in central sympathetic tone may carry several therapeutic benefits across many disease states.
US10194977B2
An electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator and an electrosurgical instrument with opposing first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between open and closed positions. The first and second jaw member include, respectively, a cutting electrode and at least a first sealing electrode separated therefrom by an insulating member, and at least a second sealing electrode. The generator includes an energy source for producing at least a cutting RF waveform, first, second and third output connections connected to the cutting electrode, first sealing electrode and second sealing electrode, respectively, and a switching circuit rapidly alternating between a first condition to direct the cutting RF waveform between the first and second output connections and hence the cutting and first sealing electrodes, and a second condition to direct the cutting RF waveform between the first and third output connections, and hence the cutting and second sealing electrodes.
US10194976B2
A surgical instrument is disclosed. The surgical instrument has a handle assembly. The handle assembly has a trigger operatively coupled to a firing plate, an energy button configured to deliver energy to at least one electrode, a lockout element operatively coupled to the energy button, the lockout element configured to prevent operation of the firing plate, and a lockout disabling mechanism configured to disable the lockout element, the lockout disabling mechanism operable between a first position and a second position. When the lockout disabling mechanism is located in the first position, the lockout element is enabled and can be unlocked by the energy button, and wherein when the lockout disabling mechanism is in the second position, the lockout element is disabled.
US10194974B2
An electrosurgical instrument, in particular for argon plasma coagulation, includes a handpiece 10, an electrode (11) connected to the handpiece (10), a shaft (12) which surrounds the electrode (11) and is held in the handpiece (10), and an operating mechanism (13), which comprises at least one rotary knob (14) arranged on the handpiece (10). The shaft (12) is axially movable relative to the electrode (11) and a shear force can be applied to it by operating the rotary knob (14). The handpiece (10) has a brake device which exerts a braking force on the shaft (12), and the operating mechanism (13) forms a transmission gear (15) which is connected to the shaft (12) for transferring the shear force.
US10194966B2
Systems and methods for bone cement removal using real-time acoustic feedback, such as during a drilling process in a revision arthroplasty, are discussed. A system for bone cement removal may include a processor to perform operation comprising receiving digital frequency data from the microphone, comparing at least a portion of the digital frequency data to a plurality of frequency signatures, and determining, based at least in part on the comparing, whether the portion of the digital frequency data is representative of a cut bone frequency or a cut bone cement frequency.
US10194962B2
Implants for the fusion or fixation of two bone segments are described. For example, the implants can be used for the fusion or fixation of the sacroiliac joint. The implants can have a matrix structure, have a rectilinear cross-sectional area, and have a curvature.
US10194959B2
A multi-stage minimally invasive surgical procedure and associated instruments are disclosed. First, the surgical site is prepared. After preparation, the bone screws or anchors are attached to the bone. Subsequent to insertion of the screws, a rod or connecting member is positioned within the yoke portion of the bone screw. Caps are then placed in a pre-lock position within the yokes. The bone screws may be compressed together or distracted along the rod or connecting member, thereby setting the final spacing of the bones or bone segments. Finally the caps are moved to a final lock position to fix the screws to the rod or connecting member to maintain the bones in position relative to each other.
US10194952B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an implant having a protrusion. The protrusion aids in the insertion and placement of the implant as well as the spinal fixation element. In certain embodiments the protrusion may be configured as a guide for the insertion of the spinal fixation element as well as closure mechanisms for connecting the spinal fixation element to the implant.
US10194945B2
An electrical insulator is applied to a bone anchor, for instance of a bone implant, such as an external fixation frame, so as to prevent undesirable temperature increases in the bone anchor and surrounding anatomical tissue when subjected magnetic resonance imaging.
US10194942B2
A callus removal apparatus includes a main body having opposite first and second end portions and an elongated configuration for ease of gripping by one hand, a callus scraping device fitted on the main body first end portion, and a callus sanding device fitted on and detachable from the main body second end portion. The callus scraping device has a head with an array of spaced-apart punched-through projections that extend upwardly from the head and have a plurality of jagged edges at a distal end thereof. The exposed projections are capable of removing pieces of a callus by moving the head across and in contact with the callus. The callus sanding device has a panel and a plurality of sanding particles attached on the panel and exposed at the exterior thereof and thus capable of removing pieces of a callus moving the panel across and in contact with the callus.
US10194938B2
Single use inserter system comprising a housing part and a lid part, the inserter system comprising a carrier part in an initial position in the housing and a drive unit comprising a first drive part attached to the housing, the drive unit comprising at least one spring element supported by the first drive part, wherein the drive unit is configured for moving the carrier part from a first position to a second position in relation to the housing in an insertion direction along a first axis. The inserter system comprises a transcutaneous device having a proximal surface and a distal surface, wherein the transcutaneous device is detachably attached to the carrier part, the inserter system comprising at least one transport protection element preventing movement of the carrier part in a direction along the first axis thereby supporting the carrier part in the initial position.
US10194933B2
An ultrasonic surgical instrument is disclosed, and includes a handle assembly, an elongate tubular member, and an end effector. The elongate tubular member extends from the handle assembly and defines a channel therethrough. The end effector is coupled with a distal end of the elongate tubular member and includes a first jaw member pivotably attached to the tubular member, and a second jaw member longitudinally movable within the channel of the elongate tubular member. One of the first jaw member and the second jaw member includes at least one ultrasonic transducer.
US10194929B2
Catheter-delivered endovascular medical devices are described. The devices may include a pull wire detachably connected to a distal body. The distal body may be formed of a distal body outer body comprising a basket comprised of a plurality of cells defined by a plurality of basket strips and a distal body inner body located in the interior of the distal body outer body and comprising a plurality of distal braided mesh openings formed by a plurality of woven linear strands. The distal braided mesh openings may be smaller than the cells when the device is in the relaxed state. Methods of using and making the devices are also described.
US10194923B2
A tool for scrubbing, removing tissue from the medullary cavity or joint cavity of a bone or removing cartilage and/or cortical bone from a joint cavity has a proximal end, a distal end, and a cannula extending therethrough. The distal end includes at least one scraping surface and/or cutting surface to soften marrow in the medullary cavity or joint cavity as the scraping and/or cutting surface(s) are rotated or otherwise moved relative to the medullary cavity or joint cavity. When used, the tool may be attached to a drill and the cannula receives a K-wire previously inserted into the medullary or joint cavity. The drill rotates the tool around the K-wire and pushes the tool over the K-wire into the medullary cavity or joint cavity.
US10194920B2
The present invention provides a circular bone tunneling device, comprising: a hollow elongate body comprising a hollow elongate body head, said hollow elongate body head defining a rigid circular arc, comprising a surgical needle; an extendable and retractable support element, reconfigurable from an extended configuration to a retracted configuration; said support element, in said extended configuration, adapted to be located along said path formed by said rigid circular arc; said support element and said hollow elongate body head are adapted to grasp said bone from at least two points along the circumference of said bone; a stabilizing element.
US10194908B2
A surgical instrument having an elongated shaft having a shaft distal end and a shaft proximal end. An end effector is coupled to the shaft distal end and includes opposed jaws. A housing is included in one of the jaws, the housing having a housing proximal end, a housing distal end, an upper surface, a distal garage having lateral surfaces that extend above the upper surface, and a plurality of staple openings extending through the upper surface. A knife member is supported within the housing for movement distally. The knife member is moveable into a predetermined parked position such that a first portion of the cutting blade displaces below the upper surface and a second portion remains displaced above the upper surface. There is enough lateral clearance in the predetermined parked position between the lateral faces and the second portion to accommodate a dislodged staple.
US10194905B2
Devices, systems, and methods for implanting expandable prostheses in the body lumens rely on stapling or anchoring the prostheses with separately introduced fasteners. The prostheses may be self-expanding or balloon expandable, and may include a single lumen or more than one lumen. After initial placement, a stapling system is introduced within the expanded prosthesis to deploy a plurality of fasteners to at least one prosthesis end. The stapling system may apply a force to the prosthesis to modify the shape of the prosthesis to conform to the shape of the vessel wall. The stapling system can be deflected in one or more distinct steerable segments. A lumen extension or lumens may be coupled to the prosthesis to extend the reach of the prosthesis within the implantation site. Fasteners may also be applied to the lumen extensions.
US10194903B2
A needle removal device is provided for removing needles from suturing devices and/or systems. In an embodiment, the needle removal device may be intended for use with a suturing device having one or more needle lumens. The needle removal device may include a first member having a first plurality of needle receptacles extending therethrough. The first needle receptacles may be configured and positioned to correspond to one or more of the one or more needle lumens of the suturing device. The needle removal device may also include a second member having a second plurality of needle receptacles extending therethrough. At least one of the first member or the second member may be moveable between a first position, wherein the first needle receptacles and the second needle receptacles are substantially aligned, and a second position, wherein the first needle receptacles and the second needle receptacles substantially unaligned.
US10194901B2
Systems and methods are provided for suturing tissue. An elongated deployment shaft carries a needle deployment assembly with needles carrying suture material and a stabilizer that is reconfigurable between an unexpanded insertion profile and an expanded profile. A catcher tube over the shaft having a catcher at a distal end may retain at least a portion of the needles carrying the suture material when the needles are passed through the tissue to be sutured into engagement with the catcher. A sheath over the catcher tube may sandwich tissue to be sutured against the stabilizer when expanded under control of first actuator. A second actuator may control the needles.
US10194894B2
A specimen retrieval device includes an applicator. A specimen retrieval pouch is operably disposed within the applicator and deployable therefrom. The specimen retrieval pouch defines a longitudinal axis therethrough and includes a closed bottom portion and an open upper portion. The closed bottom portion includes a plurality of spikes configured to grasp a specimen positioned within the confines closed bottom portion. The upper closed portion includes one or more axial folds that are movable from a folded configuration to an unfolded configuration when a predetermined force is applied to a portion of the specimen retrieval pouch.
US10194889B2
Methods for determining a mechanical parameter for a sample having a target region include generating a tissue displacement in the target region; transmitting tracking pulses in the target region; receiving corresponding echo signals for the tracking pulses in the target region at a plurality of positions; analyzing the echo signals at one or more multi-resolution pairs of the positions and/or acquisition times; and determining at least one mechanical parameter of the target region based on the echo signals at the one or more multi-resolution pairs of positions and/or acquisition times.
US10194888B2
An entire volume is scanned. A sub-volume is separately scanned with different settings for beamforming parameters, allowing greater image quality for the sub-volume while providing context from the volume. The anatomy of interest is periodically detected, and the sub-volume shifted in position to cover the anatomy of interest, allowing for relatively continuous volume imaging with enhanced quality imaging of the sub-volume. Interleaving by volume and sub-volume slices may allow for optimization of relative frame rate and image quality. Different combinations between volume and sub-volume data for anatomy detection and display may provide for desired imaging while allowing the regular detection of the anatomy.
US10194887B2
A display device for ultrasound energy includes a focused ultrasound emitting and receiving device, a processing device and a display. The processing device generates a first electrical signal and transmits it to the focused ultrasound emitting and receiving device to control the focused ultrasound emitting and receiving device to emit at least one first ultrasound signal to a target position of an organism. The target position reflects the first ultrasound signal to form at least one second ultrasound signal. After generating the first electrical signal, the processing device drives the focused ultrasound emitting and receiving device to start to receive the second ultrasound signal only during a preset period after the estimation period. The processing device uses the display to display an image of the target position according to the second ultrasound signal, and brightness of the image is directly proportional to energy intensity of the first ultrasound signal.
US10194884B2
A method for reducing image artifacts caused, for example, by beam hardening includes acquiring at least two projections of a transirradiated object are acquired from different perspectives by an X-ray emitter and an X-ray detector defining a projection plane. A correction model that is linear in parameters and is valid for the at least two projections is determined. At least two epipolar lines corresponding to a common epipolar plane are identified in the projection planes of the at least two projections. The parameters of the correction model are determined by optimization, taking account of data terms that are independent of the parameters. The data terms quantify a consistency condition of the at least two projections that applies to the epipolar lines. Artifact-reduced image data is determined based on the determined parameters.
US10194883B2
Disclosed are a radiographic imaging device and a radiographic imaging method which appropriately set an irradiation condition of radiation according to the presence or absence of an implant in a breast. An implant information acquisition unit 80 acquires implant information representing whether or not an implant is included in a breast M as a subject. An irradiation condition setting unit 82 sets, based on the implant information, a first irradiation condition C1 for irradiating the breast M with radiation when an implant is present and a second irradiation condition C2 for irradiating the breast M with radiation when an implant is absent. A radiation source drive control unit 70 drives an X-ray source 50 under the irradiation condition set by the irradiation condition setting unit 82 to irradiate the breast M with radiation.
US10194880B2
Disclosed are a body motion display device and a body motion display method which efficiently performs operation for confirming the presence or absence of body motion included in a radiographic image. An index value calculation unit calculates an index value representing body motion based on the ratio between contrast of a high-frequency component and contrast of a low-frequency component in a radiographic image at an analysis point set by an analysis point setting unit. A display control unit selectively displays, on a display unit, at least one of a plurality of kinds of body motion information based on index values at a plurality of analysis points.
US10194879B2
To reduce variability in a result of correction by beam-hardening correction in a radiation tomographic image: There is provided an image processing apparatus comprising: a first-index obtaining component configured to obtain, for each individual subregion in a beam-hardening correction-processed image representing a body region including a bone part and a soft part, a first index indicating how much beam hardening due to the bone part affects the subregion based on pixel values at a plurality of positions surrounding the subregion and a distance from the subregion; a determining component configured to determine an amount of correction on a pixel value for the subregion using the first index for the subregion; and a pixel-value correcting component configured to correct the pixel value of the subregion according to the amount of correction on the subregion.
US10194877B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating X-ray pulses during X-ray imaging. A high voltage of an X-ray tube is automatically switched off. The tube voltage decays and upon reaching a predefined threshold value of the tube voltage or a predefined waiting time after switching off the high voltage, a grating voltage of a grating arranged between an emitter and an anode of the X-ray tube is automatically switched on. No electrons reach the anode from the emitter, and the tube current drops to the value zero.
US10194868B2
Methods and apparatuses for determining an analyte value are disclosed.
US10194862B2
A wearable device comprising a display dial configured to display various health parameters, a wristband assisting the device to wear on wrist, an eject-able tray comprising a micro-chip, a first spring coupled to the eject-able tray, at least one latch provided with a second spring to hold the eject-able tray within the device by compressing the first spring, and a health monitoring unit provided with multiple sensors to determine various health parameters, wherein compression of the second spring results in the latch to release the eject-able tray which in turn relaxes the compressed first spring to eject the micro-chip outside the device for collecting blood samples. The microchip comprises at least one micro-needle and an enzyme test strip for collecting and analyzing the blood samples. The health monitoring unit comprises at least three conductive sense pads which are collectively operable to provide electrocardiograph (ECG) information.
US10194855B2
Apparatuses and methods for measurement of flow rate of cerebrospinal fluid in a conduit are provided. The apparatus comprises a heating element mounted on the conduit, the heating element arranged for heating the CSF flowing through the conduit for generating bubbles. The apparatus further comprises two optical sensing devices mounted sequentially on the conduit and downstream from the heating element. The first optical sensing device and the second optical sensing device are separated by a predetermined device interval. Both the first and the second optical sensing devices comprise an optical emitter and an optical detector. The apparatus further comprises a processing device coupled to the optical sensing devices, wherein the signals from the optical sensing devices are transmitted to the processing device for detection of bubbles, resulting in the detection of the flow velocity. The bubble size can be optimized by applying ultrasonic waves or thermal energy.
US10194852B2
A catheter and associated method for taking a plurality of samples from within a length of a blood vessel. The catheter includes an elongate central body arranged to be inserted into and positioned along a central region of a blood vessel. A plurality of collection areas are defined along the elongate central body for collecting samples at the central region of the blood vessel. A plurality of mixers are provided radially outwardly of the elongate central body and arranged to create a flow of blood from a boundary layer at a wall of the blood vessel to the elongate central body. This enables the collection areas to collect samples from the boundary layer.
US10194843B2
An inserter assembly for continuous glucose monitoring with medication delivery capability where the assembly has a deployment button containing a needle deployment mechanism having a sharp held in a pre-release position, a housing body in which the deployment button is movably received within a top end of the housing body, the housing body having a sensor deployment assembly containing a lumen and a sensor disposed within the lumen and extending out of the lumen to a circuit board that is part of the sensor deployment assembly, the sensor deployment assembly matingly connected to the sharp where the sharp extends beyond the sensor deployment assembly and contains the sensor not fixedly attached to the sharp, and a sensor housing releasably received within a lower end of the housing body, the sharp extending into a sensor deployment assembly recess within the sensor housing and directly above a sensor opening in a bottom of the sensor housing.
US10194838B2
A lancing device comprises a lancet drive to cause a lancet to effect a puncturing movement, a housing that encloses the lancet drive, and a touching element with an opening for applying a part of a body in which a prick wound is to be produced, the touching element being movable relative to the lancet drive for the purpose of adjusting the puncturing depth in a puncturing direction. The touching element is connected rotatably by means of a screw thread to an intermediate piece and is movable in the puncturing direction, while the intermediate piece is rotatable and movable relative to the housing. A guide prevents rotation of the touching element relative to the housing, and the touching element is enclosed by the intermediate piece at least over part of its length.
US10194831B2
An apparatus, system and method for determining a position includes a transducer device (102) configured to receive signals from a console (104) and generate images based upon reflected waves. A flexible cable (108) is coupled to the transducer device to provide excitation energy to the transducer device from the console. An optical fiber (110) has a shape and position corresponding to a shape and position of the cable during operation. A plurality of sensors (122) is in optical communication with the optical fiber. The sensors are configured to measure deflections and bending in the optical fiber such that the deflections and bending in the optical fiber are employed to determine positional information about the transducer device.
US10194830B2
A method of monitoring a position of a catheter tip relative to a target tissue. The method includes steps of identifying a wall structure in the target tissue; guiding a catheter towards the wall structure; monitoring a location of the catheter; directing a navigator beam towards the wall structure; aligning the navigator beam with the location of the catheter; monitoring a position of the wall structure using the navigator beam; and determining the position of the wall structure relative to the location of the catheter.
US10194824B1
A method for using electrical stimulation for cerebral network analysis. A first source localization procedure is performed, including a first source measurement procedure which produces first source measurement data, using the first source measurement data to find a solution to a first ill-posed problem which provides a first estimated location of the source. The body is electrically stimulated by targeting the first estimated location, and a second, fast source measurement procedure producing second source measurement data is performed thereafter while measurable effects of the step of stimulating, on the source, still remain. The second source measurement data are compared with the first source measurement data for assessing an extent to which the first estimated location is correct.
US10194792B2
The invention relates to an optical device, sheath and endotracheal intubation system relating to an articulated and reusable optical device, as well as a rigid sheath in which said device is introduced to form the endotracheal intubation system.
US10194790B2
An endoscope reprocessor includes: a connector to which an endoscope is connected; a fluid supplying section that supplies fluid to the connector; an electromagnet arranged at the connector and including a magnetic material and a coil wound around the magnetic material; a current supplying section; a magnetic force switching portion configured to switch a strength of a magnetic force to at least one of a first strength and a second strength weaker than the first strength; and a control section configured to switch the strength of the magnetic force by controlling the magnetic force switching portion while driving the fluid supplying section.
US10194769B2
A beverage making device comprising a brewing chamber configured to brew a beverage, the device comprising: a valve assembly comprising: a housing including an inlet for receiving pressurized water into the housing, a two way passage coupling the housing to the brewing chamber, an outlet configured to remove the brewed beverage from the housing, and a pressure release valve configured to close the outlet to send the pressurized water out of the two way passage to the brewing chamber when the pressurized water is supplied to the inlet, and close the inlet to receive a brewed beverage from the brewing through the two way passage when the pressurized water is not provided to the inlet.
US10194766B2
A system consisting of a pot and a series of strainers, the series of strainers configured to allow liquids and gasses to move freely within the pot while containing foodstuffs. The strainers are disposed such that they disrupt the formation of bubbles that leads to boilover while minimizing the loss of volume within the pot. The system of strainers may look like an inverted dome coupled with a dome, allowing foods and liquids to expand within the pot without allowing bubbles to pile up and boilover. The system of strainers may be a single piece permanently coupled or may be one or more strainers removably coupled by a user. At least one of the strainers may include at least one grip. The system of strainers may include means by which they can be specifically positioned within the pot. The system may include at least one lid.
US10194762B2
A cornerlock is used with a frame assembly which includes first and second frame members each having a plurality of walls extending between first and second ends. Each of the first and second frame members define an interior with the cornerlock extending into the interiors. An article is coupled to the first and second frame members. The cornerlock includes a first body member configured to mate with the interior of the first frame member and a second body member configured to mate with the interior of the second frame member. Each of the body members has a hinge end and are rotatably coupled together at the hinge ends. A collar defines a hole with at least one of the first and second body members extending through the hole such that the collar is disposed substantially at the hinge end for engaging each of the first and second frame members.
US10194760B2
A picture hanging device includes a longitudinal member having a longitudinal track extending along at least a portion of a length of the longitudinal member and at least one level located within the longitudinal member. At least two alignment members are moveable along the longitudinal track, each of the at least two alignment members having a securing device configured to detachably secure the alignment members in place at a location along the longitudinal track. The at least two alignment members each have a hollow internal portion configured to receive a punch device. A method of making a picture hanging device is also disclosed.
US10194758B2
A storage device for insertion within a cavity in a mannequin component, the storage device including a body having a receptacle for receiving items associated with said mannequin component, and a lid for closing the receptacle to enclose the items within the storage device.
US10194755B1
The present playyard includes an endless frame, an endless sidewall within the frame, and a floor within the sidewall. The sidewall and floor form the shape of a receptacle having an open top and a closed bottom defined by the floor. Each of the frame, sidewall and floor takes the shape of a hexagon. The frame is a scissoring frame. The frame includes upper and lower junctions. The upper junction engages the sidewall. A strap engages the lower junction to a periphery of the floor, an inner portion of the floor, and the sidewall.
US10194753B2
A method may include presenting a user interface on a display of a remote control to label a first air chamber of a plurality of air chambers; receiving a label from a user for the first air chamber; presenting a prompt to the user on the display to enter a pressure setting for the first air chamber, the prompt including the label received from the user; receiving a pressure setting for the first air chamber from the user; and transmitting a control signal to instruct the first air chamber to adjust pressure to the pressure setting.
US10194752B2
An air distribution pad comprises an upper layer, a lower layer, and a spacer material located between the upper layer and the lower layer, the spacer material configured to allow air to pass therethrough. An air distributor is configured to distribute air to the spacer material, wherein the air distributor comprises a port configured to receive an air hose, wherein the port is directed laterally sideways from the air distributor. At least one joining structure is coupled to the upper layer and the lower layer, the at least one joining structure providing one or more channels formed through the spacer material in fluid communication with the air distributor. The one or more channels are configured to direct generally laterally flowing air from the port of the air distributor to a generally longitudinal direction along the at least one channel.
US10194749B1
A portable chair may include a first front leg and a second front leg connected by a front sled and a first back leg and a second back leg connected by a back sled. The front sled may include a first front foot and a second front foot and the back sled may include a first back foot and a second back foot. Each of the feet attached to the front and back sleds may include retention feature holes configured to allow water to drain from the sled/foot interface. The portable chair may further include a seat including a seat frame border including a plurality of protrusions. The seat frame border may be rigidly attached to the seat via an injection molding process. The portable chair may also include a seat frame to which the plurality of protrusions of the seat frame border is configured to be removably attached.
US10194747B2
A salon treatment assembly (10) for use by a user during a salon treatment, comprises a foot bath (16), a salon chair (14), and an adjuster assembly (20). The salon chair (14) supports the user during the salon treatment and is coupled to the foot bath (16). The salon chair (14) can have a chair body (31) including a seat support (28), and an arm rest (32A) that is movably coupled to the seat support (28). The adjuster assembly (20) selectively moves the arm rest (32A) relative to the seat support (28) such that the salon chair (14) is alternatively positioned in a closed configuration, wherein the arm rest (32A) is positioned directly adjacent to a forward portion (28A) of the seat support (28), and an open configuration, wherein the arm rest (32A) is not positioned directly adjacent to the forward portion (28A) of the seat support (28).
US10194738B2
A lice brush includes a body that supports a plurality of bristles. The body also includes a handle. One or more of the plurality of bristles is configured for use in brushing a user's hair for lice. In particular, one or more of the bristles includes recesses, grooves, indentations, notches, pits or similar inwardly-extending spaces configured to facilitate removal of lice as the bristles pass through the hair. Multiple bristles can be provided in a bristle unit and multiple bristle units can be employed in a bristle assembly of the brush.
US10194735B2
A toothbrush includes a handle and a head mounted to the handle. In one aspect, the head may extend from a proximal end to a distal end along a longitudinal axis, the head having a base portion formed of a rigid plastic material and a flexible portion formed of an elastomeric material, a first longitudinal section of the flexible portion spaced apart from the base portion by a gap. The flexible portion of the head may have an upper surface and an opposing lower surface such that within the first longitudinal section of the flexible portion the upper surface and the lower surface are substantially planar and parallel to one another. Furthermore, tooth cleaning elements may be secured to the flexible portion of the head by in-molded technology to extend from the upper surface of the flexible portion.
US10194730B2
An antiperspirant composition and a dispenser therefor, the composition being a gel, cream or soft solid of viscosity from 3000 mPa·s to 5200 mPa·s at a shear rate of 16/s comprising a non-pore blocking inhibitor of perspiration and the dispenser comprising a dome-shaped applicator surface of radius of curvature decreasing from a maximum of from 25 to 60 mm at its top/center to a value of from 75 to 95% of its maximum value at a distance of 1 cm from its top/center.
US10194728B2
An attachment for a hand held appliance, the attachment having a first wall, and a bung housed within the first wall wherein each of the first wall and the bung are molded as a single unit which are subsequently joined together. One of the first wall and the bung may include a locating rib and the other of the first wall and the bung may include a locating recess and the locating rib and locating recess are adapted to cooperate together to position the bung with respect to the first wall. In addition to the locating rib and locating recess, the first wall and the bung may be secured using one or more of gluing, welding and screwing the parts together.
US10194722B2
A luggage article having offset support members is provided. The luggage article may include a luggage case including first and second shells pivotably connected together at a split line by a hinge member. The luggage article may include a plurality of support members connected to the luggage case, each of the first and second shells including at least one of the plurality of support members. Each of the support members may be offset relative to a corresponding support member positioned on an opposite shell portion. The support members may be offset laterally in a direction parallel to the split line and/or the hinge member.
US10194718B2
A snap fastener, of the type comprising a female part (2) including a spring (11, 11a, 11b) and a male part (4) including a stem (5) for engagement with the spring, wherein a chamber (10, 10a, 10b) is provided for housing the spring and including shoulders (12, 12a, 12b) on a buttoning side, the shoulders having a length (L1) longer than a length (L2) of shoulders (13, 13a, 13b) arranged on the opposite side. Thus, a differentiated effort buttoning and unbuttoning mechanism between the stem (5) and the spring (11) is achieved. With respect to prior snap fasteners, the inventive snap fastener provides the advantage of requiring very small buttoning efforts, much smaller than those necessary for unbuttoning the snap fastener, thereby facilitating the snap fastener closing operation while providing a tightness closure upon having buttoned the snap fastener male and female parts.
US10194711B2
A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes providing a yarn that is at least partially package dyed. The method also includes flat knitting a knitted component at least partially from the yarn. The knitted component has an area with a density of at least twenty-eight courses per inch (28 CPI). Moreover, the method includes forming at least a portion of an upper of the article of footwear with the knitted component.
US10194710B2
The present invention relates to a headband including an adjustment band which is worn on a wearer's head and has the length adjusted; a support band which is connected to the adjustment band and is supported on the upper part of the wearer's head; and a length adjustment lever for adjusting the length of the adjustment band, wherein a cushion case of a flexible resilient material is integrally formed on the length adjustment lever.
US10194709B1
A generally rectangular shade flap has a lower edge, an upper edge, a left side edge, and a right side edge. A generally circular opening extends through the shade flap and is spaced from the upper edge by a front distance thereby creating a forward section. A generally cylindrical headband has an upper end and a lower end separated by a height. The lower end of the headband is coupled to the shade flap adjacent to the circular opening.
US10194680B2
A method and device to treat liquid to reduce the amount of microorganisms in the liquid to a preselected level and/or to mitigate the growth of microorganisms are disclosed. Utilizing the method or device, liquid product is sprayed into a cavity of a reactor using a nozzle that produces a flat spray to provide means for efficient heating and treatment of the liquid.
US10194678B2
A dispensing apparatus has: a freezing cylinder; a water flowpath; a first controllable valve along the water flowpath; a syrup flowpath; and a second controllable valve along the syrup flowpath. The flowpaths merge as a water/syrup flowpath to the freezing cylinder. The first controllable valve and the second controllable valve each have: a valve body having a cartridge compartment, an inlet to the cartridge compartment, and an outlet from the cartridge compartment; and a valve cartridge. The valve cartridge has: a cartridge body mounted in the cartridge compartment; a valve element carried by the cartridge body; and a solenoid carried by the cartridge body and coupled to the valve element to drive movement of the valve element. The valve element is shiftable between a first condition permitting communication between the inlet and the outlet and a second condition blocking communication between the inlet and the outlet.
US10194672B2
A method of treating a product or surface with a reactive gas, comprises producing the reactive gas by forming a high-voltage cold plasma (HVCP) from a working gas; transporting the reactive gas at least 5 cm away from the HVCP; followed by contacting the product or surface with the reactive gas. The HVCP does not contact the product or surface.
US10194654B2
A waterfowl decoy comprises a body having a head portion and a body portion. A motor is coupled to a bottom of the body portion. An elongate rigid member has a first end coupled to the shaft of the motor and a second end coupled to a mass. The elongate member is movable by the shaft of the motor between a first position and a second position. The mass is sufficient to counterbalance the buoyancy of the body to cause the armature to remain substantially vertical in a body of water when the shaft of the motor is rotated causing the head portion of the body to be submerged in the body of water when the mass is pivoted toward the head portion and causing the head portion to raise out of the water when the mass is pivoted away from the head portion.
US10194650B2
A turkey sensor that is used to scout an area without the hunter being present. The device locates wildlife by recording their vocals primarily turkey and duck roosts in the first 30 minutes of daylight in the early morning.
US10194629B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH700140. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH700140, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH700140 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH700140.
US10194627B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH577323. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH577323, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH577323 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH577323.
US10194622B1
The invention provides seed and plants of corn hybrid SVSK1899 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of corn hybrid SVSK1899 and the parent lines thereof and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10194615B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01063576. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01063576. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01063576 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01063576 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10194614B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064567. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064567. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064567 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064567 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10194612B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01068093. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01068093. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01068093 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01068093 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10194608B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH637137. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH637137, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH637137 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH637137.
US10194604B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI-199-CALM. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI-199-CALM and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10194594B2
An agricultural baler includes a plunger reciprocally movable within a main bale chamber during a compression stroke and a return stroke, a flywheel associated with the plunger, and a driveline associated with the flywheel and couplable with a power take-off (PTO) of a traction unit. The baler further includes an APS coupled with the driveline and configured for receiving power from the driveline and storing the power. A PTO indicator provides an output signal indicative of an engagement of the PTO. An electrical processing circuit is coupled with the APS and the PTO indicator, and controls operation of the APS, dependent on the output signal from the PTO indicator.
US10194593B2
A bale forming apparatus and a bale forming method form cylindrical bales. A bale forming chamber is surrounded by a bale forming mechanism. A bale is formed in this bale forming chamber. This bale is pushed onto a bale supporting construction. This bale supporting construction buffers the bale. A further bale is created in the bale forming chamber. One pushing member pushes the old bale from the bale forming chamber onto the bale supporting construction. This pushing member is connected with a holding device and performs a movement on a circular path for pushing the bale. The drive rotates the holding device around a rotating axis. A pivotal guiding member is pivoted into a guiding position and contributes to provide a bale forming chamber for the new bale.
US10194591B2
An agricultural baler includes a main bale chamber, a plunger reciprocally movable within the main bale chamber, and a stuffer unit including a tine arm defining an axis of rotation and a plurality of tines coupled with and extending from the tine arm. The tines are rotatable around the axis of rotation of the tine arm between a first position associated with a stuffing cycle and a second position associated with a loading cycle.
US10194589B2
A feed section for a multi-row sugarcane harvester comprises a first feed train configured to advance a first mat of sugarcane received from a first row of sugarcane, a second feed train configured to advance a second mat of sugarcane received from a second row of sugarcane, and a third feed train. The first and second feed trains merge into the third feed train. Each of the first feed train and the second feed train comprises a first feed roller and a second feed roller, each of which has an axis of rotation. With respect to the first feed train, the axes of rotation of the first and second feed rollers are positioned at different acute angles relative to a fore-aft axis of the feed section.
US10194587B2
A forage harvester gathers crop by a crop receiving assembly and delivers the crop via infeed units to aggregates for comminuting and conveyance. The crop is then conveyed to a transport vehicle via a discharge chute provided on a discharge tower. A device for adjusting the tilt angle of the discharge chute is provided for guiding the crop mass flow onto the transport vehicle. A method for measuring a crop mass flow on the forage harvester is based on sensing a force proportional to the crop mass flow, which acts upon the device for adjusting the tilt angle of the discharge chute, and calculating the crop mass flow in a computing unit based on the sensed force.
US10194583B2
A hitch swing cylinder mounting point repositioning mechanism for use on an agricultural mower that enables the draft tongue to be pivoted through a swing range during mower operation when the mounting point is in a first position. Repositioning the mounting point to a second position enables the swing cylinder to pivot the draft tongue to a position generally perpendicular to the normal operating direction of travel thereby enabling lateral transport of the mower.
US10194579B2
In one embodiment, a method includes metering agricultural product to a first header of an agricultural implement via a first meter module of a metering subassembly, receiving, at a processor, a first signal indicative of a first amount of agricultural material at the first header, and determining, via the processor, a first time relative to activation of the first meter module when the first amount reaches a target amount of agricultural product based at least in part on the first signal.
US10194578B2
A pneumatic distribution system for use with agricultural equipment, such as air drills and air carts, includes hoses which may be held at a manifold connection having articulated control. The manifold connection may hold multiple couplers for hoses, and each of the couplers may be configured to allow substantial rotation in a first plane perpendicular to the ground. In addition, the manifold connection may be configured to allow substantial rotation in a second plane parallel to the ground. As a result, the manifold connection may be held proximal to a mechanical hitching point between agricultural equipment. This, in turn, may allow elimination of excess hose lengths and greater ease of handling when the agricultural equipment is separated and the hoses are disconnected.
US10194574B2
An agricultural tillage implement and method for adjusting the angle of smoothing tools of a harrow according to a present geographic location are disclosed. The agricultural tillage implement includes a main implement frame and a soil finish system having the harrow support in a trailing position with respect to the main implement frame for smoothing the soil tilled by ground-engaging tillage tools. A control system is configured to actuate a hydraulic system to define the angle of a first set of ground-engaging tillage tools in response to the percentage of plant residue at the present geographic location according to a stored electronic map.
US10201113B2
The invention concerns a piece of electronic equipment comprising a card (2) provided with an electronic component (3), a radiator (5) having a bottom (6) topped by fins (7), the bottom of the radiator resting on the electronic component, and a cover (8) extending above the radiator providing an air flow around the fins of the radiator, the cover comprising a plurality of flexible blades (11), each applied to an upper edge of at least one of the fins to keep the radiator applied against the component, and the flexible blades (11) have a first end integral with the cover and a second free end applied against the upper edge of the fins. A cooling device with a radiator and a cover for holding the radiator in place.
US10201108B2
The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle, and the electronic control apparatus of the present disclosure includes: an electronic control element which includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and electronic components installed on a surface of the PCB; a cover and a base which accommodate the electronic control element; and a connector which is coupled to the electronic control element, wherein a front end portion having a protrusion is formed at an edge of the cover so that the PCB is inserted and mounted between the protrusion of the cover and an edge of the base, a projection portion is formed at a rear end portion of the edge of the base where the cover and the base come into contact with each other, and the cover and the projection portion of the base come into contact with each other so as to form a predetermined space between the front end portion and the rear end portion so that a sealing member is inserted into the predetermined space.
US10201103B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a housing, a plurality of rollers positioned inside the housing, a display unit including a display panel and a module cover having at least one apron, of which at least a portion is connected to each other, and a driver including a motor assembly, an upper bar coupled to an upper part of the display unit, and at least one support portion having one side coupled to both ends of the upper bar and the other side coupled to the motor assembly and moving up and down the upper bar. The display panel and the module cover are in a first state in which they are wound around the roller or a second state in which they are unwound from the roller, contact each other, and are exposed to the outside of the housing.
US10201102B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a support member including at least a portion formed of a conductive material, an enclosure member configured to receive the support member and including at least a portion of which is formed of a conductive material. The conductive material portion of the enclosure member and the conductive material portion of the support member are insulated from each other.
US10201093B2
Provided is a master printed circuit board (PCB). The master PCB includes panels defined by grooves cut in the master PCB, the grooves separating one panel from another. A final PCB is formable via use of one or more jumpers, wherein the jumpers are configured to extend across at least one of the grooves to electrically connect one panel to another panel. The electrically connected panels form the final PCB.
US10201089B2
A dynamically flexible article or device, such as a wristband, an armband, a rollable e-reader, or a belt, includes a flexible electronic component (e.g., a flexible display) and a support structure coupled to the flexible electronic component. The support structure is configured to limit bending of the flexible electronic component to a range within a bending tolerance of the flexible electronic component.
US10201079B2
A flexible electronic device including a substrate and a line layer disposed on the substrate. The line layer includes a first conductive layer disposed on the substrate, a plurality of polymer walls disposed on the first conductive layer and spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction parallel to the substrate, and a second conductive layer including first portions disposed between the polymer walls and a second portion disposed on the polymer walls. A portion of the first conductive layer contacts the first portions.
US10201075B2
In an image processing apparatus, a print board includes a layered board, frequency signal lines, and a cylindrical magnetic body. The frequency signal lines are formed on an intermediate layer of the layered board. The cylindrical magnetic body includes a lower portion, an upper portion, and a pair of side portions, wherein the lower portion and the upper portion are respectively formed on layers of the layered board that are, in a thickness direction of the print board, located under and on the intermediate layer on which the frequency signal lines are formed, and the pair of side portions connect the lower portion and the upper portion at opposite sides of the frequency signal lines. The cylindrical magnetic body is formed in a shape of a cylinder in such a way as to extend along the frequency signal lines and surround a circumference of the frequency signal lines.
US10201060B2
A communication address setting method for setting, in an operation terminal, communication addresses of a plurality of lighting devices. The communication address setting method includes: displaying a plurality of icons in a set order, on a screen of the operation terminal, the plurality of icons corresponding to a positional relationship of the plurality of lighting devices; and obtaining a communication address from each of the plurality of lighting devices, associating the plurality of icons in the set order with the communication addresses in an order of the obtaining, and displaying a state of the associating on the screen.
US10201057B2
A lighting device includes one or more LED modules, each of which includes a group of LED sets positioned on a substrate. Each LED set includes two or more sections, optionally under a single lens. The sections are individually controlled by a controller of the lighting device or an external controller. The beam spread, beam shape, or both of the light emitted by the device may be controlled by selectively activating the sections of each LED set.
US10201056B1
Methods and systems for illuminating areas or objects in areas by manipulating the spectral power distributions (SPDs) of light sources. In one aspect, light of a given desired correlated color temperature (CCT), white in one example, is adjusted by a metamer to a different SPD designed to produce improved perceived brightness by observers. This retains the desired CCT but can allow for such things as reduced number of light fixtures or light sources, less energy, and/or longer effective light source lives for the same perceived brightness of conventional lightings. In another aspect, composite SPD regardless of CCT can be manipulated for other benefits such as highlighting portions of or objects in the area, or improving lighting performance for such things as weather conditions (e.g. snow or fog) or ambient conditions (e.g. twilight).
US10201054B2
The invention relates to a light emitting device comprising a light source array which comprises a plurality of separately electrically controllable electric light sources which are arranged in a matrix structure or any other defined geometrical arrangement. Advantageously, the pixel pitch of the light source array is less than (500) nanometer. The invention further relates to an optical detection device comprising a light detection device, which is arranged for producing an electrical signal in response to light reaching a light detection side of the light detection device, and to a method for operating such an optical detection device. The invention further relates to a computer program with program coding means arranged for performing such a method.
US10201047B2
A flushmounted box includes a wall switch cover, a transparent conductor plate having a first electric line, and an electroluminescence substance plate is attached on a rear surface of the transparent conductor plate, and a first opaque conductor plate is attached on a rear surface the electroluminescence substance plate and a dielectric plate is attached on a rear surface of the first opaque conductor plate and a second opaque conductor plate is a rear surface of the dielectric plate and a second electric line which is connected the second opaque conductor.
US10201046B2
An illumination apparatus includes light sources differing from one another in terms of light-emission color and voltage drop when identical current flows therein, switches in one-to-one correspondence with the light sources, a DC power supply circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit performs a first control of the switches through a time division control method such that an on-period of each switch is not overlapped with that of any other switch. The control circuit also performs a second control to individually control at least one of a target current magnitude, flowing through each switch in the switched-on state, and a target on-period length of each switch, and to adjust a ratio of the plurality of light sources in terms of a product of the target current magnitude and the target on-period length.
US10201044B2
A master lighting fixture and a satellite lighting fixture can each include an LED board including multiple LEDs that can emit visible light. A power supply and a LED regulator can be connected to the LED board in the master lighting fixture to provide power to operate the LED board. The LED board in the master lighting fixture can be connected to the LED board in the satellite lighting fixture to form a circuit to allow the power provided by the LED driver to be transmitted to the LED board in the satellite lighting fixture. A defect in the LED board in the master lighting fixture or the satellite lighting fixture can open the circuit, which can prevent power from being transmitted through the LED boards to enhance the performance of LEDs in the LED boards or reduce a risk of damage that can be caused by the LED boards.
US10201043B2
The method for adjusting the impedance of one or more phases of a secondary circuit of an electric furnace, in order to limit the unbalance between the phases themselves comprises the transformer (31), a variable impedance secondary circuit for one or more phases (F1, F2, F3), the rigid and fixed interconnection (32) for each phase (F1, F2, F3) connected to the transformer, the flexible cables (33) connected by means of the proximal end to the fixed interconnection (32), the electrode holding arms (34) connected to the distal end of the flexible cables (33), the conductive electrodes (35) fixed to the respective electrode holding arms (34). The rigid and fixed interconnection (32) of a phase (F1, F2, F3) comprises at least one turn (11), wherein the impedance is either continuously or discreetly variable in order to obtain the desired impedance value.
US10201039B2
A heater comprising: (a) a non-woven heating layer having: a forward surface, a rearward surface, and a plurality of edges around a periphery of the heating layer; (b) two or more connections to a power source; wherein the heating layer is made up of a plurality of individual fibers that are randomly oriented; and wherein substantially all of the non-woven heating layer produces heat when power is to the non-woven heating layer.
US10201029B2
A method including transmitting from, a node a request for a packet data network (PDN) connection; and indicating by the node that the PDN connection request is for a multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) use. A method including receiving a request by a node for a second packet data network (PDN) connection, where the node has a first packet data network (PDN) connection; and accepting the request for the second packet data network (PDN) connection based, at least partially, upon the node indicating that the second PDN connection request is for a multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) use. A method including selecting a second gateway for the second packet data network (PDN) connection based, at least partially, upon a determination that the request is for the multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) use, where the selecting of the second gateway avoids selection of the first gateway as the second gateway.
US10201027B2
An apparatus for reporting connection setup request, includes a request transmitting unit configured to transmit a connection setup request for device-to-device communication to a network side when it is determined according to pre-obtained configuration information that the connection setup request for device-to-device communication can be transmitted to the network side.
US10201005B2
The present invention relates to a method for receiving a control channel in a wireless communication system and a device therefor, the method comprising the step of detecting a first-type control channel in a control region of a specific subframe, wherein: when second-type control channel based scheduling transmitted through a data region of a subframe is configured for a terminal and the first-type control channel is detected from a resource region in which a first search space and a second search space overlap, it is determined that the first-type control channel is connected with the first search space; and the first search space is a search space commonly configured for a plurality of terminals, and the second search space is a search space specifically configured for the terminal.
US10200999B2
A method and an apparatus. The method includes receiving a signal including a serving signal and an interference signal; applying a Gaussian approximation (GA) on the serving signal and the interference signal; determining, jointly, a maximum likelihood (ML) solution of rank, traffic to pilot ratio (TPR), and precoding matrix index on the GA-applied serving signal and the GA-applied interference signal. The apparatus includes an antenna for receiving a signal including a serving signal and an interference signal; a processor configured to apply a GA on the serving signal and the interference signal, and determine, jointly, an ML solution of rank, TPR, and precoding matrix index on the GA-applied serving signal and the GA-applied interference signal.
US10200996B2
The invention relates to an integrated antenna node for use in wireless communication in a communication system, the wireless communication involving uplink and downlink physical-layer processing. The integrated antenna node is adapted to perform, for at least one set of corresponding uplink and downlink physical-layer processing functions, only the uplink physical-layer processing functions or the corresponding downlink physical-layer processing functions. The invention further relates to a main node, a radio base station, computer programs and computer program products.
US10200995B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting and receiving data in a wireless communication system. Resource allocation information is received and hopping-related information is identified. A resource for transmitting data is determined based on the resource allocation information and hopping-related information, and data is transmitted on the determined resource. A sub-band is determined from a plurality of sub-bands based on the first hopping parameter and a resource in the determined sub-band is determined based on the second hopping parameter.
US10200992B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell. The wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) for the LAA cell. The DCI may comprise a first field and a second field. The first field indicates uplink resources for an uplink subframe of the LAA cell. The second field indicates a first starting position in a plurality of starting positions in the uplink subframe. The first starting position in the uplink subframe is determined, at least, based on a sum of twenty-five micro-seconds plus a timing advance value. The wireless device constructs one or more transport blocks employing the DCI. The wireless device transmits the one or more transport blocks in the uplink resources starting from the first starting position of the uplink subframe.
US10200991B2
A wireless device receives one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for a logical channel in a plurality of logical channels. The configuration parameters indicate a mapping restriction of the logical channel to one or more radio resource types in a plurality of radio resource types. The wireless device triggers a first scheduling request (SR) process for uplink transmissions requiring uplink resources of at least one first radio resource type. The wireless device receives an uplink grant indicating uplink radio resources. The wireless device cancels the first SR process if the uplink radio resources are of one of the at least one first radio resource type. Otherwise the wireless device maintains the first SR process pending. The wireless device transmits one or more transport blocks via the uplink radio resources.
US10200989B2
Methods, computer readable media, and wireless apparatuses are disclosed for setting network allocation vectors (NAV) for multi-user (MU) operation. An apparatus of a wireless device is disclosed. The apparatus comprising processing circuitry configured to: decode a preamble portion of a frame, and if the preamble portion of the frame comprises a high-efficiency (HE) signal (SIG) A field (HE-SIG-A) comprising a transmission opportunity (TXOP) duration field and a media access control (MAC) portion of the frame is not decoded, set one or more NAVs based on the TXOP duration field. The processing circuitry may be further configured to: decode a MAC portion of the frame, and if the MAC portion of the frame comprises a MAC duration field, set the one or more NAVs based on the MAC duration field.
US10200981B2
Provided is a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in wireless communication system. When a PUCCH resource used for transmitting only periodic CSI from a subframe, the resource is a first resource, and a resource indicated by ARI is a second resource, when a setting allows transmitting together ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI through a PUCCH from the same subframe, the first resource and the second resource are mutually exclusive, and the second resource that is used for transmitting together the ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI uses the resource indicated by the ARI from resources determined by an RRC.
US10200978B2
A system and method for transmitting high speed data on fixed rate and for variable rate channels. The system and method provides the flexibility of adjusting the data rate, the coding rate, and the nature of individual retransmissions. Further, the system and method supports partial soft combining of retransmitted data with previously transmitted data, supports parity bit selection for successive retransmissions, and supports various combinations of data rate variations, coding rate variations, and partial data transmissions.
US10200972B2
A method of communicating data between a base station and a plurality of terminal devices in a wireless telecommunications system. The method comprises transmitting data from the base station to the plurality of terminal devices in a multicast transmission and transmitting response signals from the terminal devices to the base station to indicate whether the respective terminal devices have successfully received the multicast transmission. The use of a multicast transmission provides an efficient mechanism for communicating the same data to a plurality of terminal device, for example as might be desired in a machine-type communication network. In combination with this, the use of individual response signals, such as ACK/NACK signalling, from the terminal devices allows the base station, or other entity, such as a machine-type communications server, to track which terminal devices have indicated successful receipt of the multicast transmission, and to instigate an appropriate re-transmission protocol accordingly.
US10200966B2
The disclosure relates to a mobile wireless communication device (101a-c) configured to communicate with a location management server (105) over a wireless communication network. The mobile wireless communication device (101a-c) is configured to be part of a cluster of mobile wireless communication devices managed on the basis of a clustering protocol, wherein the clustering protocol is configured to select one of the mobile wireless communication devices (101a-c) of the cluster of mobile wireless communication devices to be a cluster head for representing the cluster of mobile wireless communication devices. The mobile wireless communication devices (101a-c) of the cluster of mobile wireless communication devices are either in a network-connected mode or a network-idle mode relative to the wireless communication network.
US10200961B2
A method and system for facilitating operational adjustment of a User Equipment (UE) to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cell serviced by an evolved NodeB (eNB). The eNB transmits a burst of multiple signals, each indicative of a Primary Synchronization Signal (PSS), and transmitted within a predetermined time frame. The UE, receives at least one signal of the burst, decodes the PSS based on the received at least one signal, and performs the operational adjustment based on the decoded PSS. The operational adjustment can include performing synchronization of the UE to the LTE cell and/or acquiring symbol timing of the LTE cell.
US10200958B2
In order to solve a problem in which when a terminal is converted from an active state of transmitting data to an inactive state, the transmission power of the terminal rapidly increases, a base station can control the transmission power by predicting and reflecting, in a target SIR, a decrease in SIR which results from an increase in interference amount due to data transmission of another terminal. The present invention can ensure the quality of an uplink control channel by controlling power in consideration of the effect of interference, even when the terminal is in an inactive state.
US10200957B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for estimating baseband power consumption and using the baseband power consumption estimation to select baseband operation features. According to some embodiments, one or more baseband power consumption modifiers occurring during an estimation window may be identified. Baseband power consumption of the wireless device during the estimation window may be estimated based on the identified baseband power consumption modifiers occurring during the estimation window. Baseband data throughput of the wireless device during the estimation window may also be estimated. One or more baseband operation characteristics may be selected based at least in part on the estimated baseband power consumption during the estimation window, possibly in conjunction with the estimated baseband data throughput during the estimation window, current wireless medium conditions, and/or other considerations.
US10200949B2
A technique is described herein for saving power (e.g., battery power) at a receiving device (e.g., wireless device) by having a transmitting device (e.g., wireless access node) add an indicator to repeated radio blocks, where the indicator can be used by the receiving device (e.g., wireless device) to stop monitoring one or more of the repeated radio blocks.
US10200940B2
A wireless base station transmits first information indicating an allocation policy that determines system performance and second information regarding an allocated bandwidth that is allocated to a wireless terminal in a case where the allocation policy is applied, receives, from each of a plurality of wireless terminals, third information regarding a serving base station candidate and throughput that is achieved in a case where the wireless terminal is connected to the serving base station candidate, and controls, on the basis of the third information, a connection to a wireless terminal having the greatest throughput.
US10200939B2
One disclosure of the present specification provides a method for identifying a secondary cell on the basis of discovery signals. The method may comprise the step of receiving information on a discovery signal measurement timing configuration (DMTC) and a measurement cycle from a serving cell. The DMTC may include a DMTC periodicity. The measurement cycle may indicate the measurement cycle of an inactivated secondary cell (Scell) by subframe unit. The method may comprise the step of identifying the secondary cell. If DRX is used, the secondary cell is considered an intra-frequency cell, and the secondary cell is a small cell and identified based on discovery signals, the identification of the small cell can be performed in two hours.
US10200937B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a message broadcast method, a base station, and user equipment. The message broadcast method includes: determining, by a base station, a piece of system subgroup information of system information of a first cell, where each piece of system subgroup information includes system information content that is applied to a user equipment group that corresponds to the system subgroup information. The method also includes broadcasting, to the user equipment group, the system subgroup information that corresponds to the user equipment group. In such a manner, system information that is generated due to a requirement of a new technology can be effectively reduced, and user equipment can be prevented from receiving information unrelated to the user equipment and triggering unnecessary behavior.
US10200936B2
Determining a permission for a user equipment to connect to an access point based on the public/private status of the access point device is disclosed. The permission can be based on a historic user equipment density for an area comprising the location of the access point device. The permission can be further based on analysis of an access point device identifier. Analysis of the access point device identifier can be based on comparing a portion of the access point device identifier to a term associated with either a public status or a private status of the access point device. In an embodiment, the access point device identifier can be an SSID, such as for a Wi-Fi network, whereby the SSID can be parsed into keywords that can be compared to the term. Ranking and/or white/blacklisting can be performed based on the analysis of the access point device identifier.
US10200935B2
Disclosed are an system and method of regulating mobile device communications while operating a motor vehicle. One example method may include determining a speed event indicating that a speed of the motor vehicle has performed at least one of exceeded a first threshold above which mobile device usage restriction policies are invoked and fallen below a second threshold allowing the mobile device restriction policies to be removed. The first threshold may be equal to or greater than the second threshold. As a result of obtaining the speed event, the method may also provide transmitting the speed event to a remote edge gateway server located remotely from the motor vehicle, which stores the speed event for reference purposes when determining a policy for routing a particular mobile device call, text message and/or mobile data session.
US10200931B2
The invention relates to an improved handover procedure for a mobile terminal. Under control of the target base station, the mobile terminal is to perform a handoff to a target base station, wherein it is to be configured for communication with the target base station via a target radio cell comprising a downlink carrier and an uplink carrier. The mobile terminal receives a handoff command message for the handoff to the target base station including a handoff execution condition as trigger for executing handoff to the target base station. Then, the mobile terminal determines, based on the received handoff execution condition, whether or not the mobile terminal is to trigger execution of the handoff to the target base station. In case the mobile terminal determines that it is to trigger execution of the handoff to the target base station, the mobile terminal executes the handoff to the target base station.
US10200930B2
Provided are a method by which a terminal reselects a cell having the same priority in a wireless communication system, and a device for supporting the method. The terminal receives a cell-specific priority and a threshold value from a network, selects N number of cells of which the cell quality is the threshold value or more among cells having the same cell-specific priority, and can reselect a certain cell among the selected N number of cells.
US10200929B2
Traffic associated with user equipment that are coupled to a first radio access network is steered to a second radio access network based on an adaptable signal strength criterion. The signal strength criterion is related to real-time network load conditions of the first radio access network and can be broadcasted from a serving access point to the user equipment. Moreover, the signal strength criterion facilitates steering, to the second radio network, traffic associated with user equipment that are located closer to a cell edge of the first radio access network before steering traffic associated with user equipment are located further away from the cell edge. In addition, based on the network congestion within the first radio access network, the signal strength criterion is modified to adjust the number of user equipment that are steered to the second radio network.
US10200919B2
Embodiments of the invention generally relate to neighbor cell measurement in a communication network. A method implemented by a first base station of a first operator, the first base station having a first cell identity, comprises: sending, to a first neighbor base station of the first operator, a request for a neighbor cell identity of the first neighbor base station, the first neighbor base station being adjacent to the first base station; receiving, from the first neighbor base station, a second cell identity of a second base station of a second operator, the second operator being different from the first operator, and the second base station being adjacent to the first neighbor base station; and determining the first cell identity at least in part based on the received second cell identity. In this way, an effective and efficient way is provided for a BS of an operator to obtain a cell identity of a further BS of a different operator.
US10200918B2
The present disclosure provides a mechanism that may allow a UE to determine whether PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell without performing a hypothesis test. For example, the apparatus may receive a handover message from a serving cell. In an aspect, the handover message may be associated with a handover procedure to a target cell. In addition, the apparatus may determine whether to perform a hypothesis test to determine if a PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell based on the handover message. In one example, the apparatus may determine not to perform the hypothesis test when the handover message includes information that indicates if the PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell. In another example, the apparatus may determine to perform the hypothesis test when the handover message does not include information that indicates if the PBCH repetition is enabled in the target cell.
