US10279295B2
A device for filtering a gas stream, having a vessel partitioned into a first stage and a second stage, with an opening between stages. A filter element is positioned in the opening, with ends of the filter element extending into the first and second stages. The first member is removable from the second member while the filter element is positioned in the opening, to allow for replacement with a new clean member.
US10279292B2
A solid particulate capturing device comprises a first plate (2) having at least one inlet section (6) for an exhaust gas flow, a second plate (3), parallel to the first (2), having at least one outlet section (7) for the exhaust gas flow. The first (2) and the second plate (3) are axially spaced apart and form, with an annular lateral wall (4), interposed between the first (2) and the second plate (3), an entrapment chamber (5) for solid particulate conveyed in suspension in the exhaust gas flow produced by a battery. The outlet section (7) present on the second plate (3) is axially out of alignment with the inlet section (6) present on the first plate (2), in such a way that the inlet section (6) faces a solid portion (8) of the second plate (3) which acts as an obstructing surface for the solid particulate.
US10279289B2
A filter device may include a ring filter element arranged in a filter housing in an upright manner. The ring filter element may have an upper end disc, a lower end disc, a filter material arranged therebetween, and a dirt pot provided on the lower end disc. The dirt pot may have a water separator arranged therein and provided on the lower end disc, a protruding pin, and an opening on a base side of the dirt pot. The filter device may include a functional element having a channel configured to receive the protruding pin. A portion of the functional element may be configured to penetrate the opening of the dirt pot such that the ring filter element is sealed at the opening. The portion of the functional element may have at least one water discharge opening. The filter device may be operational when the pin engages into the channel.
US10279280B2
A process for the preparation of an alkylene glycol from an alkene is provided, along with an absorber apparatus. The process comprises: supplying a gas composition to an absorber comprising a column of vertically stacked trays, wherein each of the vertically stacked trays comprises: a perforated gas-liquid contacting member or members, a liquid inlet area, an outlet weir extending vertically above a surface of the tray at an opposite end of the tray from the liquid inlet area and having a height of at least 200 mm and at most 1500 mm, and a downcomer element which, in cooperation with an inner surface of a wall of the column, forms a downcomer for the passage of liquid downwardly to the liquid inlet area of an adjacent vertically stacked tray below, and allowing the gas composition to pass upwards through the alkylene oxide absorber.
US10279276B2
The system is a type of gliding device capable of gliding through different mediums, such as water. The body of the gliding device is comprised of buoyant material and is ideally chosen based on the best material to utilize the hydrographic printing process. The body encourages the system to rise in water and wings extend from the body and resist vertical motion providing little resistance to forward motion. A third wing may extend from the distal end of the body and have a rudder pivotably connected thereto, allowing a user to manipulate the flight path of the system through the water while the system slowly rises to the surface.
US10279273B2
A trading card includes a main portion having any character of a plurality of characters represented on at least one surface and an electronic component for contactless communication, which is contained in the main portion. The electronic component includes a storage portion which stores data related to the character represented on the main portion and a circuit which writes data received from an external apparatus through contactless communication into the storage portion.
US10279268B2
A video gaming system includes a motherboard with video display output, a USB and video switching board and a single board computer. The single board computer connects to the front panel power and reset switches, the switching board and the motherboard power switch input. Upon user input to the software program running on the single board computer, a limitations database is accessed. If time is allowed, the program powers the motherboard and switches the USB keyboard and video outputs to the motherboard. During the last minutes of allowed time, the program periodically flashes the display warning the user and, through power and reset switch presses, a time extension can be requested. If allowed, according to the database, use time is extended by the predefined setting. Otherwise time runs out normally and the motherboard is powered off and the USB and video circuits switched back to the single board computer.
US10279262B2
In a communication system including a server and a plurality of communication terminals capable of communication with the server, based on a variety of parameters indicating the status of a space formed within a game playable by the user of each communication terminal over the communication system, the server transmits advisory information, which suggests the next action for the space, to the communication terminal. The communication terminal displays a screen including the received advisory information.
US10279258B2
The disclosure relates to facilitating presentation of a combination of virtual units as a single entity during a battle in an online game. A user may be in control of and/or be associated with a first set of virtual units in the game space of the online game. Some of the virtual units of the user may be involved in a battle facilitated in the game space. A plurality of the virtual units controlled by and/or associated with the user may be combined as a single virtual entity, such that the plurality of virtual units is portrayed in the view of the game space of the online game as the single virtual entity. The attributes of the single virtual entity in the game space may be dictated by the collective set of attributes of the respective virtual units of the plurality of virtual units combined as the single virtual entity.
US10279255B2
Methods and systems for using a position of a mobile device with an integrated display as an input to a video game or other presentation are presented. Embodiments include rendering an avatar on a mobile device such that it appears to overlay a competing user in the real world. Using the mobile device's position, view direction, and the other user's mobile device position, an avatar (or vehicle, etc.) is depicted at an apparently inertially stabilized location of the other user's mobile device or body. Some embodiments may estimate the other user's head and body positions and angles and reflect them in the avatar's gestures.
US10279251B2
A system includes a host computer, a processor, and a haptic peripheral. The haptic peripheral includes a manipulandum movable in at least one degree of freedom, an inertial haptic output device, and a haptic output device. The inertial haptic output device is coupled to the manipulandum, and is configured to receive a control signal from the processor and output a transient haptic effect to the manipulandum in response to the control signal from the processor. The haptic output device is configured to receive a control signal from the processor and modify the stiffness of the manipulandum in response to the control signal from the processor.
US10279250B2
A game controller for controlling electronic games comprising: a controller chassis and an actuator system including: an actuator body; an actuator mechanism chassis; a detent chassis comprising at least one detent for arresting movement of the actuator body to create an end stop to limit the actuator movement; wherein the detent chassis is rotationally mounted within the actuator body such that the detent chassis can be rotated between at least a first position in which said at least one detent is in a stowed condition and at least a second position in which one of said at least one detent is in a deployed condition.
US10279243B2
A skateboard with hand brake comprises a skateboard, a handle and a hand brake. A skateboard can be an ordinary skateboard or an electric motor skateboard. The handlebar has an “L” shape. The end of the lower part of the handle is fitted to the hanger of the front truck of the skateboard. A hand brake comprises a brake lever, a brake cable and a brake module. A brake lever is fitted to the upper part of the handle and a brake cable connects the brake lever to the brake module that is fitted underneath the deck.
US10279235B2
A hockey stick or other sports implement for a player. The hockey stick or other sports implement comprises an elongated member to be held by the player and an end cap mounted to the elongated member. The end cap comprises an end portion comprising an end of the end cap that defines a longitudinal end of the elongated member, and a hanging portion comprising a hanger to hang the hockey stick or other sports implement. The hanger is adjustable.
US10279232B2
A golf swing guide tool is configured for use with a golf tee, and includes an elongated pointer body having a front end, a medial portion and a rear end, the pointer body having a longitudinal axis. The front end of the pointer body is tapered to a point at a tip portion thereof which is disposed on the longitudinal axis. The medial portion of the pointer body has a central hole formed therein which is aligned with the longitudinal axis, and which is configured to slidably receive a shaft portion of a golf tee therein to form a working configuration in which the tee is oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the pointer body. A method of using the golf swing guide tool is also described.
US10279216B2
An exercise training system is provided having a system controller and a plurality of stimulant target units connected via a wireless network to the system controller. Each stimulant target unit has a light source providing light to stimulate a user, a proximity sensor providing an output of a distance between the proximity sensor and an object external to the unit, and means for providing feedback to the user to signal that the unit has been actuated by the user. The system controller includes a program for activating the stimulant target units in a sequence. The reaction by the user to the illumination is registered when the user brings a body part or other object to within a selected distance of the proximity sensor, this distance being programmable by the user.
US10279195B2
The invention relates to a method for identifying the location at least one treatment channel from a group of a plurality of treatment channels as wells as a system for effecting radiation treatment on a pre-selected anatomical portion of an animal body.According to the invention the identifying method being characterized by the steps of A selecting at least one of said plurality of treatment channels; B reconstructing the actual location of said selected treatment channel relative to said animal body; and C comparing said reconstructed location said pre-planned plurality of locations. Furthermore the system according to the invention is characterized in that identifying means are present for identifying the location of at least one treatment channel from said group of said plurality of inserted treatment channels and comparing said identified location with one or more of said pre-planned locations present in said treatment plan.
US10279194B2
The invention relates to a HDR brachytherapy system comprising an ultrasound sensor for being arranged at the location of a brachytherapy catheter (12), wherein the ultrasound sensor is adapted to generate an ultrasound signal based on ultrasound radiation, which has been sent by an ultrasound imaging device preferentially comprising a TRUS probe (40) and which has been received by the ultrasound sensor. The position of the ultrasound sensor is determined based on the generated ultrasound signal, and based on this position of the ultrasound sensor the pose and shape of the brachytherapy catheter and/or the position of a HDR radiation source are determined. This allows for a very accurate determination of the pose and shape of the brachytherapy catheter and/or of the position of the HDR radiation source, which in turn can lead to an improved HDR brachytherapy.
US10279186B2
A system may include a processor configured to automatically obtain magnetic resonance imaging compatibility information relating to compatibility of an active implantable medical device implantable in a patient with an MRI modality from at least two information sources. The processor may also be configured to automatically determine compatibility of the active implantable medical device with the magnetic resonance imaging modality based on the magnetic resonance imaging compatibility information.
US10279185B2
A method for controlling a position of a patient's tongue includes attaching at least one electrode to the patient's Hypoglossal nerve and applying an electric signal through the electrode to at least one targeted motor efferent located within the Hypoglossal nerve to stimulate at least one muscle of the tongue. Methods may also include the use of more than one contact to target more than one motor efferent and stimulating more than one muscle. The stimulation load to maintain the position of the tongue may be shared by each muscle. The position of the patient's tongue may be controlled in order to prevent obstructive sleep apnea.
US10279179B2
Apparatus for transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation in a user, the apparatus comprising: a housing; stimulation means for electrically stimulating at least one nerve; an electrode releasably mounted to the housing and connectable to the stimulation means for electrical stimulation of the at least one nerve; monitoring means for monitoring the user's body orientation and movement; analysis means for analyzing said orientation and movement; and control means for controlling the output of the stimulation means in response to said analysis of said orientation and movement.
US10279167B2
The present disclosure provides a closed-loop system for real-time control of epidural and/or subdural electrical stimulation comprising electrodes for applying to a subject neuromodulation with adjustable stimulation parameters, the electrodes being operatively connected with a real-time monitoring component comprising sensors continuously acquiring feedback signals from said subject, said signals being neural signals and/or signals providing features of motion of said subject, said system being operatively connected with a signal processing device receiving said feedback signals and operating real-time automatic control algorithms, said signal processing device being operatively connected with the electrodes said and providing the electrodes with new stimulation parameters, with minimum delay. The system of the disclosure improves consistency of walking in a subject with a neuromotor impairment. A Real Time Automatic Control Algorithm is used, comprising a feedforward component employing a single input-single output model (SISO), a multiple input-single output (MISO) model, or a multiple input-multiple output (MIMO) model.
US10279156B2
Apparatus and methods to treat skin defects include a pump with reservoirs for a pressurization gas and a fluid. Upon activation, the pump generates a gas introduced into the gas reservoir, a movable wall of which displaces a movable wall of a fluid source, thus dispensing the fluid into the dressing to spread throughout irrespective of orientation of the dressing, maintaining a transport fluid (e.g. carrier) in the dressing and in contact with a skin defect being treated. The dressing may have a distribution network, and multiple members, dispensing the fluid into the dressing and in contact with a skin defect being treated.
US10279155B1
A system and method for delivering a bathing liquid via a nostril of a face-down user maintains the liquid in prolonged and predictable contact with the nasal and sinus mucosa. A head orientation unit attaches to the head and includes an angle monitoring unit to provide an indication of the angular orientation of the head as it turns to optimize delivery of the liquid to target head structures. A liquid supply delivers the liquid through the user's nostrils to the selected head structures as a function of the angular orientation indication and at a pressure and flow rate that maintains a constant volume of liquid in the nasal and sinus cavities. Indicia on the angle monitoring unit permit the user to orient his/her head to predetermined angular positions.
US10279150B2
The disclosed guidewire includes a wire main body possessing an elongated shape and a cylindrical body possessing a cylindrical shape. The distal portion of the wire main body is positioned in the cylindrical body. The guidewire has an inner coil disposed between the wire main body and the cylindrical body. The inner coil includes a wire rod wound in a spiral shape along the outer circumferential portion of the wire main body. There is an interval between the wire rods adjacent to each other in a longitudinal direction of the wire main body that is adjustable. The guidewire also has an operation member that changes the interval between the wire rods of the inner coil.
US10279145B2
A single-use, sterile, disposable catheter placement assist device to aid in the sterile placement of transurethral urinary catheters in female patients, and a method for catheter placement using the device. The catheter placement assist device includes a labia separator with flared wings having a curved profile. The wings meet at a valley. The catheter placement assist device also includes a posterior shield that covers the perineal tissues including the anus to prevent contamination of the sterile catheter with bacteria and may further include a spout that may be shallowly inserted into the vagina to position the catheter device to optimize labial separation, retraction of the posterior vaginal wall, perineal shielding, and visualization of the urethral meatus. The additional features of a light, a handle, a catheter tip holder, a swab storage location, and a stackable configuration may further be included with the catheter placement assist device.
US10279135B2
The present invention relates generally to medical devices, methods, and kits. More particularly, the present invention relates to improved endotracheal tubes or patient ventilation tubes which prevent the leakage of proximal secretions to the distal airways.
US10279131B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure can provide an injector including a trigger mechanism, an energy source, and a user-operable firing-initiation member. The trigger member can include a trigger member having a retainer portion, and a ram assembly having a ram configured to pressurize a medicament container for expelling a medicament therefrom and a trigger engagement member configured to engage the retainer portion of the trigger member in a pre-firing condition. The energy source can be associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament, and the user-operable firing-initiation member can be operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram.
US10279129B2
A method and a system are described for administrating an infusion liquid pulse. The system includes a tubing system having an inlet connected to an external reservoir adapted to contain infusion fluids and an outlet connected to a catheter. The tubing system includes a check valve proximate to the inlet and an anti-siphon valve proximate to the outlet. The system further includes an automatic pulse flow generation device. The automatic pulse flow generation device includes an internal reservoir and a bidirectional pump configured to pump infusion fluid from the external reservoir to the internal reservoir and further pump an infusion fluid pulse from the internal reservoir to be infused by a catheter, the infusion liquid pulse has a volume of at least 2 ml and a velocity of at least 5 ml/min.
US10279127B2
Described is a medicament delivery device having a case and a plurality of projections movable relative to the case between an extended position in which distal ends of the projections extends beyond a distal face of the case and a refracted position in which the distal ends of the projections are substantially co-planar with the distal face.
US10279120B2
A device for injecting a medicament includes a housing for a medicament container assembly, and an activation member axially movable relative to the housing between extended and retracted positions with a gripping member. A movement guide mechanism includes a first guide, a second guide that has a locking portion, and a guide follower that slides along the first guide when the activation member moves from the extended position to the retracted position and that slides along the second guide when the activation member moves from the retracted position to the extended position. The gripping member engages the container assembly when the activation member is in the retracted position. The locking portion interacts with the guide follower when the activation member moves from the retracted position to the extended position to restrict movement of the activation member. A method of assembling a delivery device is also disclosed.
US10279116B2
A method and system for priming a drug delivery device. The drug delivery device includes a dose dial sleeve and an internal housing portion. The dose dial sleeve is coupled to the internal housing. The dose dial sleeve rotates on a substantially circumferential rotational path during priming of the drug delivery device. Further, the dose dial sleeve rotates on a helical path during dose setting of the drug delivery device.
US10279115B2
A syringe includes a gasket, a barrel, and a plunger. The plunger includes a helical rib provided at a head portion, and the gasket includes a threaded engagement portion configured to threadedly engaged with the helical rib, a plunger-retaining annular rib, and an accommodation portion for accommodating a part of the plunger at which the helical rib is formed. The annular rib includes a rib absent portion for guiding, to the accommodation portion, the helical rib reaching the annular rib. The gasket further includes an intermediate annular rib provided at a part on a proximal side of the retaining annular rib and a part defined on a side of the distal end of the helical projection, between a distal side annular rib and a proximal side annular rib.
US10279113B2
The present disclosure relates to a needleless syringe and method for delivering therapeutic particles. A source of therapeutic particles is located between a gas source and a cannon having a side opening. Gas released from the gas source causes a propagation of the therapeutic particles through the cannon. The side opening causes a reduction of a pressure of the gas in the cannon.
US10279106B1
A user-wearable patch pump system for delivery of insulin or other medicament can include a pump and an attachment portion that attaches the pump to a user's body. The pump can include a drive unit and a disposable cartridge containing a medicament with the drive unit configured to cause the pump to deliver the medicament in the cartridge to the user. The attachment portion can include a retention frame configured to selectively retain the pump therein and an adhesive patch configured to be attached to the user's body. The pump can be selectively attached to the retention frame and used to deliver medicament through tubing to an infusion site displaced from the pump.
US10279105B2
Apparatuses and methods for delivery of medicaments such as insulin disclosed herein can increase the effectiveness of therapy by adjusting medicament delivery parameters to account for the loss of medicament absorption upon delivering medicament at a new insertion site. When a needle is inserted at a new site on a patient's body for delivery of medicament to that patient, a natural inflammatory response by the body to insertion of the needle causes the body to resist absorption of the delivered medicament. However, this medicament resistance decreases over time. Embodiments of the invention therefore adjust medicament delivery to deliver less medicament as time passes after an infusion set change causes medicament to be delivered at a new insertion site.
US10279100B2
A seal member and outer cylinder needle (OCN) tip part for blocking, in a fluid-tight state, both external peripheral space (EPS) end parts formed between the external-peripheral-surface of an inner needle (IN) and internal peripheral surface of an OCN, for slidably holding the IN in close contact; an opening part formed on the OCN external-peripheral-surface and for intravascular communication with the EPS; an OCN connection part for communicating between the EPS and blood circuit end; an IN connection part for communicating between the IN internal space and other blood circuit end. The movable IN positioned between the projecting position where the tip part protrudes from the OCN tip and the housed position housing the tip inside the OCN. The IN punctures the blood vessel interior while holding the projecting position, and moved to the housed position after puncture allowing blood to extracorporeally circulate via the OCN and IN connection part.
US10279093B2
A blood pump includes a hub having an axis of rotation and a generally cylindrical shape. The hub has an upstream end region, a central region, and a downstream end region, and the hub includes a magnetic material. Blades that are disposed on the downstream end region of the hub extend downstream of the hub.
US10279088B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are presented that facilitate the provision of reduced pressure to a tissue site by using a delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge, which separates liquids and gases and provides a flow path for reduced pressure. In one instance, a delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge includes a delivery manifold for delivering reduced pressure to a treatment manifold at the tissue site and an absorbent layer proximate the delivery manifold adapted to receive and absorb liquids. The delivery manifold and the absorbent layer are encapsulated in an encapsulating pouch. A first aperture is formed proximate a first longitudinal end of the delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge for fluidly communicating reduced pressure to the delivery manifold from a reduced-pressure source, and a second aperture is formed on a patient-facing side of the delivery-and-fluid-storage bridge. Reduced pressure is transferred to the tissue site via the second aperture. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are disclosed.
US10279083B2
Provided herein are methods for treating an individual having (suffering from) an acute myocardial infarction and drug eluting stents useful for treating such individuals. These methods include treating an individual by introducing, such as by surgically inserting, at a site of an acute coronary artery occlusion upstream of the site of acute myocardial infarction, a drug eluting stent (DES) that is capable of eluting from 25 pg to 950 pg of IGF-1 directly into the coronary circulation. The treatment is specifically directed to stimulation of repair or survival of damaged cardiac muscle or left ventricular remodeling.
US10279076B2
The present invention relates to a parenteral composition for maintaining the efficacy of a filler for a long time, containing a collagen hydrolysate as an active ingredient. The composition, according to the present invention, can maintain the efficacy of a hyaluronic acid filler for a longer time, thereby enabling the effect thereof to be maintained irrespective of a smaller frequency of filler operations, and thus there is an advantage of also reducing skin irritation. In addition, there is an advantage of enabling an immediate effect since an administration method is simple as a parenteral administration and enables direct penetration into the skin.
US10279075B2
Preparations containing hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) and hyaluronic acid (HA) and methods of making and using same. The HGF and HA preparations can be prepared together in solution as an injectable fluid without gelatinization, or impregnated within a porous hydrophilic matrix material with, or without, cross-linking of the HA with the matrix material. The preparations can be used as a dermal filler or to generate and promote healing of cartilage, vertebral discs, connective tissues such as tendons and ligaments and bone in vivo.
US10279074B2
An implantable structure, method for making the structure and method for using the structure, where the structure includes a combination of non-absorbable and absorbable components, and the implantable structure has a randomly uniform array of materials. The resulting implantable structure provides improved tissue ingrowth and flexibility after implantation and after absorption of the absorbable materials.
US10279069B2
A shape memory polymer article is disclosed. The article may include a surface having a microstructure and it may include a shape memory polymer. The shape memory polymer may include a copolymer network. The copolymer network may be formed from the reaction product of a free radically polymerizable siloxane having greater than one functional free radically polymerizable group and at least one (meth)acrylate monomer.
US10279064B2
In some embodiments, a sensor assembly for continuous measurement of at least one dose control parameter of an electron beam during a substantial part of the duration of a sterilizing process of package material includes an electron beam emitter adapted to emit electron beam (e−) from an electron exit window and a sensor device that includes: a sensor surface having an electron excitable material arranged to be radiated with at least a part of said electron beam (e−), so as to excite said electron excitable material so that said electron excitable material emits luminescence and a detector arranged and adapted to detect said luminescence. The electron beam emitter is adapted to emit a continuous electron beam (e−) during a predetermined time period so as to irradiate and sterilize package material.
US10279056B2
This invention provides a lamp device, a substrate cleaning apparatus and an operation method thereof, wherein the lamp device comprises a plurality of lamps and a plurality of connection structures, and every two adjacent lamps are provided with one connection structure therebetween, wherein each lamp is provided with a first recess and a second recess along a direction in which the plurality of lamps are arranged, one end of each connection structure is positioned into the first recess of one of two adjacent lamps and the other end of the connection structure is positioned into the second recess of the other one of the two adjacent lamps. With this configuration, the connection structures do not protrude from the surfaces of the far ultra-violet lamps, and thus the glass substrate is prevented from being scratched, and both the yield of the display panels and capacities of removing organic substances are increased.
US10279053B2
A method of forming a plurality of microbubbles, wherein the method disposes in a sealed container comprising a first volume at ambient pressure, a second volume of a mixture comprising one or more microbubble stabilizing materials. The first volume is greater than said second volume. The method further comprises sealing said container, introducing a gas into said sealed container, and shaking the container to form said plurality of microbubbles.
US10279045B2
Described herein are low protein concentration gelling compositions comprising keratin proteins.
US10279043B2
Objects of the present invention are to provide a preparation method which makes it possible to obtain porous microcarriers having unique properties and a unique particle size distribution and to provide porous gelatin microcarriers having excellent cell growth properties. According to the present invention, there are provided a method for preparing porous recombinant gelatin microcarriers that includes an emulsification step in which an emulsifier having a specific HLB value is used in a specific amount, and provided porous gelatin microcarriers having specific voids.
US10279040B1
The present disclosure relates to compounds (e.g., antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof) that bind to an epitope of CD137 and agonize CD137, and to use of the compounds in methods for treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of, cancer.
US10279039B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds (e.g., antibodies, or antigen-binding fragments thereof) that bind to an epitope of CD137 and agonize CD137, and to use of the compounds in methods for treating, or ameliorating one or more symptoms of, cancer.
US10279037B2
This document provides methods and materials involved in modulating a cell's ability to be resistant to apoptosis. For example, methods and materials for exposing cells to KLK6 polypeptides, or increased KLK6 polypeptide activity, to promote resistance to apoptosis are provided. In addition, methods and materials for reducing the ability of KLK6 polypeptides to promote resistance to apoptosis are provided.
US10279036B2
This invention relates to antibody-albumin nanoparticle complexes comprising albumin, bevacizumab, and paclitaxel, wherein the nanoparticle complex has been pre-formed in vitro such that the nanoparticle complex has antigen-binding specificity (e.g., VEGF binding specificity), for the purpose of providing cancer (e.g., VEGF-related cancer) treatments in a subject in need thereof.
US10279031B2
The majority of the mortality observed in young pigs occurs between three and five weeks post-weaning for S. suis infections and between four and six weeks post-weaning for H. parasuis and Actinobacillus suis infections. Clinical disease control associated with S. suis, A. suis and H. parasuis has been attempted using antibiotic treatment, by controlled exposure with live organisms, and by vaccination, using either inactivated commercial or autogenous bacterins administered parenterally. A similar lack of protection in very young pigs is observed with various viruses including swine influenza virus, porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea virus and rotavirus. Disclosed herein is an immunogenic composition comprising inactivated antigens and a mucosal adjuvant. The composition may be administered to subjects, such as animals, particularly piglets from pre-weaning through the nursery phase, such as from birth or from three to five days of age, to protect from these diseases.
US10279001B2
The present disclosure relates to compositions and related methods to reduce body weight, body fat, waist and hip size, plasma total cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides, blood glucose, leptin and C-reactive protein levels and increase in HDL and serotonin levels in an mammal. The LeptiCore® formulation disclosed, at both the low and high dosages, is helpful in the management of fat gain and its related complications. The higher dosage resulted in significantly greater reductions in body weight and triglyceride, blood glucose, and C-reactive protein levels, as well as increased serotonin levels.
US10278996B2
A bee ingestible composition comprising a bee food base and THC and/or CBD is provided. Also provided are methods of producing honey, honey obtainable by these methods and uses of same.
US10278995B1
Methods and compositions for treating and preventing osteoporosis are disclosed. Osteoporosis is prevented and treated by administering an effective amount of a composition to a patient. The composition may be prepared from New Zealand green-lipped mussel (Perna canaliculus) and may comprise one or more proteins, amino acids, minerals, sterol esters, sterols, polar lipids, triglycerides, fats, lipids, fatty acids, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) derived from the mussel. The active ingredients in the composition include one or more of an octadecatetraenoic acid (SDA), an eicosatetraenoic acid (ETA), an eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and a docosahexaenoic acid (DHA).
US10278980B2
Provided are nutritional supplements designed for enhancing the growth, particularly the linear growth, of pre-pubertal children with a stature measure short compared to the norm. The nutritional composition comprises an energy source, and a combination of micronutrients, and is adapted separately for the nutritional needs of male or female adolescents.
US10278972B2
Compounds of formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R12, X, A and n are as defined in the description. Medicinal products containing the same which are useful in treating pathologies involving a deficit in apoptosis, such as cancer, auto-immune diseases, and diseases of the immune system.
US10278971B2
The disclosed subject matter provides methods using and kits comprising a compound of formula (I) or a hydrate, a solvate, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The disclosed subject matter further provides a method of treating one or more symptoms of cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a compound of formula (I) and a process for preparing such.
US10278967B2
The present disclosure provides acetate salts of buprenorphine, and its anhydrates, solvates, hydrates, and crystalline forms thereof, where the acetate salts of buprenorphine are essentially free of impurities. The disclosure further provides method of preparing the acetate salts, buprenorphine free base prepared from the acetate salts, other salts prepared from the free base, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof essentially free of impurities.
US10278960B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for treating cancers and myeloproliferative disorders using sphingosine kinase-1 inhibitors, such as SK1-I, and selective sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor agonists, such as ozanimod.
US10278958B2
Provided is a method for reducing a potential for neurological damage of an animal at risk of head injury, by administering to the animal before exposure to the risk indole-3-propionic acid, indole lactic acid, or a salt, ester or protein complex or marginally bound preparation thereof, or a mixture thereof, in a suitable carrier.
US10278957B2
The invention is directed to opioid agonist peptides and their use.
US10278955B1
One embodiment is a method of treating cancer. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound to a patient. The compound is represented by Formula I:
US10278954B2
A method of treating a CNS disorder. The method comprises providing a water-soluble histone deacetylase inhibitor, and administering the water-soluble histone deactylase inhibitor directly into a brain via convection enhanced delivery.
US10278933B2
The invention relates to a lipid composition comprising fatty acids mainly in the form of triacylglycerols, in which composition at least 50% of the fatty acids are 14-methyl pentadecanoic acids, and at least 8% of the fatty acids are 12-methyl tetradecanoic acids, the percentages being expressed by weight with respect to the total fatty acids of the composition.
US10278932B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating disease with a combination of a RXR agonist and a thyroid hormone.
US10278931B2
The present invention relates to a compound for inhibiting thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) secretion from mast cells and use thereof. The compound of the present invention was confirmed to significantly inhibit TSLP secretion from mast cells and, accordingly, may be used as a candidate compound for treating and preventing atopic dermatitis, allergic dermatitis, and/or inflammatory bowel disease.
US10278930B2
A method for temporarily relieving sinus congestion and pressure comprising administering to a human a dose of a multi-particle pulsatile oral dosage form with an immediate release form and a plurality of delayed release particles. The immediate release form contains about 10 mg phenylephrine hydrochloride. The delayed release form contains a core with coatings including a phenylephrine coating containing about 10 mg phenylephrine hydrochloride and a pH sensitive coating.
US10278923B2
The present invention relates to improved uses of GLP-1 peptides in oral therapy.
US10278920B1
A drug delivery implant and a method of using the same are disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the method includes forming a pocket in the cornea of the eye to gain access to tissue surrounding the pocket; applying a photosensitizer inside the pocket so the photosensitizer permeates at least a portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket and facilitates cross-linking of the tissue surrounding the pocket; irradiating the cornea to activate cross-linkers in the portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket, and thereby stiffen a wall of the pocket and kill cells in the portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket; and before or after the portion of the tissue surrounding the pocket has been stiffened and is devoid of cellular elements by the activation of the cross-linkers, inserting a corneal drug delivery implant into the pocket configured to release one or more medications into the eye.
US10278917B2
Topical vaginal compositions are disclosed herein which include silica microspheres and an active ingredient in the amount of 0.001 to 15.0% w/w selected from estradiol, metronidazole, clindamycin, butoconazole, and combinations thereof. The topical compositions provide sustained release of the active ingredient so as to reduce skin irritation.
US10278913B2
An oil-based eyelash cosmetic including 22 to 50% by mass of a wax (A) containing a wax having a melting point of 50° C. to less than 70° C. (A-1) and a wax having a melting point of 70° C. to 110° C. (A-2), 0.1 to 10% by mass of a nonionic surfactant having an HLB value of 6 to 12 (B), 20 to 70% by mass of a volatile oil (C) and 0 to 5% by mass of water (E), and having the ratio by mass of the component (A-1) to the component (A-2) [(A-1)/(A-2)] of 1/0.2 to 1/5, is excellent in removability by warm water as well as volume effect, curling effect and long-lasting performance of cosmetic effect such as water resistance.
US10278905B1
The present invention provides a composition comprising a high load of metal oxides that is phase stable and sprayable. It comprises a branched hydrophobically modified ethoxylated urethane copolymer and a hydrophobically modified alkali swellable emulsion copolymer comprising of one or more acrylate monomers and an ethoxylated associative comonomer.
US10278901B2
Dental composition comprising(a) at least two di- or polyepoxides having 2 to 5 epoxide groups and having a molecular weight of from 200 to 700 Da, or a macromonomeric reaction product obtainable by reacting the diepoxide with a dicarboxylic acid in a molar ratio [diepoxide]/[dicarboxylic acid] of at least 2; (b) one or more primary monoamines and/or disecondary diamines; (c) optionally one or more aliphatic polyamines; (d) a particulate filler, wherein the molar ratio of epoxide groups in component (a) to the N—H bonds in component (b) and (c) [epoxide(a)]/[N—H(b),(c)] is in the range of from 0.9 to 1.1; wherein the di- or polyepoxide having 2 to 5 epoxide groups is a compound of the following formula (I): A(BZm)n (I) wherein A represents an n-valent organic moiety optionally having 1 to 10 heteroatoms selected from oxygen atoms and sulfur atoms; and B represents an m+1-valent organic moiety, Z is an epoxide group which may have a substituent, m which are independent from each other represent an integer of at least 1; and n is an integer of from 1 to 5; wherein the m are selected so that 2 to 5 epoxide groups are present; wherein the composition does not contain any 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propane, or 2,2-bis-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-methane.
US10278896B2
An ampoule for a medical liquid, comprising an ampoule body for receiving a medical liquid and a connection part for connecting a removal device to the ampoule. The ampoule body is produced as a plastic injection-molded part by means of a plastic injection molding process. In this manner an ampoule is provided which allows a simple and inexpensive production of the ampoule and can ensure a sterile storage of medical liquids.
US10278892B2
An infrared (IR) heating panel system comprising a thermally and electrically insulating substrate, a power buss, an at least one substrate supported IR heating element electrically coupled to the power buss, and a return element electrically coupled to the power buss and IR heating element. A printed shield substantially covers the IR heating element(s). The heating panel emits radiation when an electrical current is passed therethrough. The printed shielding layer is electrically coupled to a low impedance grounding matrix and configured to harness and shunt electrical field charges emitted by the IR heating element. Some embodiments include two or more IR heating panels coupled in an electrical parallel configuration supplied by one twisted and shielded power feed wire. Twisted two-wire shielded plus ground conductors are soldered to the corresponding IR heater solder points while simultaneously maintaining the twisted wire configuration for EMR cancellation and EF grounding shield conductivity.
US10278891B2
An automatic skin type detecting electronic device and a method for skin care are provided. The method includes controlling a skin parameter detector to detect skin parameters of skin of a user, and obtaining the skin parameters detected by the skin parameter detector. According to the obtained skin parameters, a skin type is determined. According to the determined skin type and a pre-stored relation list which defines a relationship between multiple skin types and multiple vibration modes for a vibration motor, a vibration mode is determined. The vibration motor is controlled to work in the determined vibration mode to vibrate on the skin of the user.
US10278889B2
A modular self-massaging apparatus includes a framework and a ball assembly mounted to the framework. The ball assembly is modular and can be disassembled and reassembled in a variety of configurations. The apparatus is modular because the ball assembly and other ball assemblies can be applied to and carried in the apparatus at a variety of locations across the apparatus.
US10278881B1
Embodiments of the invention are directed to devices for manipulating a hand of a user to provide pronation or supination assistance. Embodiments include an anchor; a hand engagement member operatively attached to the anchor and configured to receive and engage the hand of the user; a force applicator containing a member portion and an anchor portion opposite the member portion, the force applicator attached to the hand engagement member proximate its member portion and attached to the anchor proximate its anchor portion; and a force application mechanism attached to the anchor and configured to cause a force to be applied to the force applicator causing the hand engagement member to manipulate the hand of the user to provide pronation or supination assistance. In some embodiments, the force application mechanism includes a non-incremental rotary mechanism. In some embodiments, a flexible tethering member attaches the anchor to the hand engagement member.
US10278880B1
A head tremor reduction device includes a frame mountable on the head of a person. The frame has two frame arms, each mountable on top of the ear of the person. A mechanical flap pivotably mounted on each of the frame arms to apply a pressuring force on a head area about the rear side of the ear. A section of the frame arm has an arm channel to accommodate a control plate for movement. The control plate has a tapered end portion operatively connected to the mechanical flap to adjust the flap angle in order to change the pressuring force. A control rod slidably engaged in a slot in the frame channel is used for moving the control plate along the arm channel to adjust the flap angle. The frame arm may have a rack movably engaged with a pinion for moving the control plate along the arm channel.
US10278878B2
An apparatus for supporting an extremity during tissue irrigation and debridement and containing and capturing fluid and tissue debris resulting therefrom includes an extremity-supporting base and barrier shroud. The apparatus can be used to control drainage of fluid and tissue debris during irrigation and debridement. The apparatus supports and encloses a patient extremity, such as an arm or a leg. The base has a length, proximal end (i.e., nearest the patient's body), and distal end (i.e., farthest from the patient's body). The base may comprise an open-cell foam that is non-collapsible to provide a support surface with a fixed length. The shroud has a top portion, bottom portion, and shroud drainage opening. The shroud can be selectively moveable between a first position in which the support surface is unobstructed to facilitate placement of an extremity thereon and a second position in the shroud at least partially encloses the extremity.
US10278872B2
A holding region includes a first area bearing on at least part of one and at least part of the other of opposite skirt portions in a revolution direction of a holding pad, the first area extending along a first curve, when the holding pad is at a first revolution position. The holding region formed in the holding pad includes a second area bearing on at least part of one side portion and at least part of the other side portion in the revolution direction of the holding pad when the holding pad is at a second revolution position that extends along a second curve. The holding region includes a portion other than the first area and the second area that lies closer to a second rotational axis than the first curve and the second curve.
US10278870B2
A system for treating a tissue site includes a reduced-pressure source to apply reduced pressure, a manifold in fluid communication with the pressure source to provide reduced pressure to the tissue site, and a drape for adhering to the tissue site to cover the tissue site and the manifold. The drape includes an adhesive layer for sealing the drape to the tissue site to create a sealed space having the manifold therein, and a non-adhesive layer formed from a portion of the adhesive layer. A method for manufacturing a medical drape includes providing a sheet of adhesive material and treating a side of the sheet of adhesive material to form a non-adhesive layer and an adhesive layer. The method laminates a release liner adjacent the adhesive layer.
US10278859B2
Systems and methods are provided for image-guided delivery of therapeutics to an eye. An optical coherence tomography (OCT) imager is configured to produce at least one OCT image of the eye. A therapeutic delivery system is configured to deliver a therapeutic to the eye through a distal end of a delivery mechanism. A system control is configured to determine a position of the distal end of the delivery mechanism and control the therapeutic delivery system according to at least the determined position.
US10278850B2
A method of inserting a stent includes inserting a unitary, monolithic catheter assembly into a cardiac artery. The catheter assembly includes a body having a proximal end and a distal end, a distal balloon mounted on the distal end, and a proximal balloon mounted on the body, proximally of the distal balloon. A balloon expandable stent is mounted on the distal balloon. The method further includes the steps of advancing the catheter assembly to a blockage in the artery until the distal balloon and the stent both extend across the blockage; inflating the distal balloon and expanding the stent; deflating the distal balloon; advancing the catheter body distally until the proximal balloon extends within the stent; expanding the proximal balloon to post-dilate the stent; deflating the proximal balloon; and withdrawing the catheter body from the artery.
US10278849B2
A tissue manipulation system comprises a reconfigurable hood structure with a distal end. The hood structure has a membrane extending across the hood structure distal end. The membrane includes an aperture with an aperture diameter smaller than an outer lip diameter of the hood structure in the expanded deployed configuration. The system also includes a fluid lumen in communication with the open area and an inflatable balloon member translatable through the aperture in the membrane and distal to the open area. The system also comprises an expandable stent positioned upon the balloon member. The stent has an unexpanded configuration sized to pass through the aperture in the membrane.
US10278847B2
Systems and methods are provided for removing air from a medical device, such as a stent-graft and/or its delivery device. In an exemplary embodiment, the stent-graft or its delivery system or both are exposed to perfluorocarbon, by immersing the stent-graft or flushing the delivery device to remove air from the stent-graft. Optionally, the stent-graft and/or delivery system may be flushed multiple times, e.g., with perfluorocarbon before or after flushing with carbon dioxide, saline, a bio-inert gas, and the like. Thereafter, the stent-graft may be introduced into a patient's body and deployed at a target location, such as the site of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
US10278846B2
A handle for an implant deployment device converts rotational movement into longitudinal movement in order to provide controlled release of one or more trigger wires. The handle also allows the trigger wire to be withdrawn into the device so that it does not need to be separately removed. A preferred handle includes a rotatable portion (120) and a slideable portion (122). Releasable locks (88, 188) ensure that the handle is used to carry out implant deployment steps in a specific order.
US10278836B2
A hydraulic device includes a first plate that pivots in a first direction, a second plate that pivots in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a first hydraulic system comprising a first cylinder and piston, a second cylinder and piston and, channels connecting the first cylinder to the second cylinder, the first hydraulic system filled with hydraulic fluid, wherein the transfer of fluid between the first cylinder and second cylinder pivots the first plate, and a second hydraulic system comprising a third cylinder and piston, a fourth cylinder and piston and, channels connecting the third cylinder to the fourth cylinder, the second hydraulic system filled with hydraulic fluid, wherein the transfer of fluid between the third cylinder and fourth cylinder pivots the second plate.
US10278834B2
An implant assembly including a curved mesh cage and angled endplates. The implant assembly offers a safe and secure mesh cage while providing lordosis/kyphosis angling at the center of the construct instead of at the end of the cage only. One or more angled endplates may be included which allow the surgeon to make a construct unique to the patient's anatomy. The endplates press-fit into corresponding holes in the mesh cage for a secure fit.
US10278832B2
Interbody fusion devices, insertion tools, methods for assembling an interbody fusion device, and methods for inserting a medical device between two vertebral bodies are disclosed. The interbody fusion device includes a base member, a top member, and at least one movement mechanism. The base member includes at least one of a pivotal cylinder and a hinge channel. The top member includes at least one of a pivot cylinder and a hinge channel. The at least one pivot cylinder of the base member engages the at least one hinge channel of the top member and the at least one pivot cylinder of the top member engages the at least one hinge channel of the base member. The at least one movement mechanism engages the top member and the base member. Also disclosed are a vertebral spacer device and an interbody spacer system including an insertion tool and an interbody fusion device.
US10278826B2
Methods of selecting and implanting prosthetic devices for use as a replacement meniscus are disclosed. The selection methods include a pre-implantation selection method and a during-implantation selection method. The pre-implantation selection method includes a direct geometrical matching process, a correlation parameters-based matching process, and a finite element-based matching process. The implant identified by the pre-implantation selection method is then confirmed to be a suitable implant in the during-implantation selection method. Methods of implanting meniscus prosthetic devices are also disclosed.
US10278822B2
A penile prosthesis kit of parts includes an inflatable implant, a reservoir adapted to contain a volume of liquid, a pump, tubing and tubing connectors provided for attachment of the inflatable implant and the reservoir to the pump, and instructions for use provided for implantation and use of the pump. The pump has a rotary valve located in a first flow path entering into the pump and in a second flow path exiting from the pump. When implanted, the rotary valve is constrained to rotate in only one direction to move a portion of the volume of the liquid from the reservoir through the first flow path and through the second flow path into the inflatable implant.
US10278819B2
Disclosed herein are devices for improving coaption of the mitral valve leaflets to reduce or eliminate mitral valve regurgitation. The devices may be used to perform mitral valve annuloplasty, or to serve as a docking station for a transcatheter prosthetic heart valve. The various embodiments of devices are configured for percutaneous and, in some cases, transvascular delivery. Delivery systems useful for routing the devices to the mitral valve are also disclosed, including catheters, balloons and/or mechanical expansion systems. The devices themselves include at least one tissue penetrating member. Methods of delivery include partially embedding the devices in the mitral valve annulus via at least one tissue penetrating member. Tissue penetrating members may be embedded into the tissue in a simultaneous or a nearly simultaneous fashion. Upon embedding, the devices employ various expansion and/or contraction features to adjust the mitral valve diameter. Adjustments may continue until the leaflets fully coapt and the problem of mitral regurgitation is reduced or eliminated.
US10278815B2
An assembly includes a prosthetic heart valve and a delivery apparatus for implanting the prosthetic heart valve within the native aortic valve of a patient. The prosthetic heart valve has a radially compressible and expandable metallic stent and a flexible valvular structure mounted within the stent. The delivery apparatus has a handle, a first shaft having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, a second shaft extending co-axially through the first shaft and having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion, the proximal end portions of the first and second shafts extending distally from the handle, a valve cover coupled to the distal end portion of the first shaft, and a nose piece coupled to the distal end portion of the second shaft.
US10278808B2
This document discusses, among other things, a system for translocating a multilayer patch. The system includes a support structure having a contact surface for bonding to the patch. The support structure has a shape configured to support the patch following separation of the patch from a surrounding tissue.
US10278806B2
The present disclosure provides a ureteral stent, having an elongated tube configured to be inserted into a ureter; a first end having a retainer portion configured to be inserted into a kidney; and a second end configured to be inserted into a bladder, the second end having an anchor portion fluidicly coupled with the first end, the second end having a collapsible wall expandable to a cross-sectional size greater than the cross-sectional size of the ureter; a tube port fluidicly coupled with the first end; and a flapper valve having at least two valve ends coupled to the anchor portion over the port; and a flexible middle portion between the at least two valve ends configured to flex toward the port to cover the port with a predetermined amount of ambient pressure in the bladder and flex away from the port when ambient pressure is lower than the predetermined amount.
US10278805B2
Implant devices for filtering blood flowing through the ostium of an atrial appendage have component structures one or more of which are expandable. Devices with component structures in their unexpanded state have a compact size suitable for intra-cutaneous delivery to an atrial appendage situs. The expandable component structures are expanded in situ to deploy the devices. A device may have sufficiently short axial length so that most or almost all of the device length may fit within the ostium region.
US10278789B2
A bone foundation guide system has a bone foundation guide including a body that is contoured to reversibly affix to a bone segment of a dental implant surgical site. The body is further contoured to guide the cutting of a portion of the bone segment from a dental implant surgical site and alternatively support a dental implant surgical guide. The body is further contoured to support a bone foundation guide prosthesis as an alternative to the dental implant surgical guide. The bone foundation guide prosthesis combines with the body to accommodate the bone segment portion as placed through the body prior to the bone segment portion being removed from the dental implant site through the use of the body.
US10278780B2
A surgical instrument for use with a robotic system is disclosed. The robotic system comprises a drive assembly and a control unit. The drive assembly is configured to provide rotary output motions to a rotatable member supported by the drive assembly. The surgical instrument comprises an end effector, an elongate shaft assembly, an instrument mounting portion, and a closure system. The effector comprises a closable jaw. The elongate shaft assembly comprises a longitudinal axis, a distal end, and a proximal end comprising a gear segment. The instrument mounting portion comprises a transmission assembly including a rotational gear assembly. The closure system comprises a first portion engaged with the closable jaw to close the closable jaw at a first speed and a second portion engageable with the closable jaw to close the closable jaw at a slower speed than the first speed.
US10278771B2
An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical power and an electrosurgical device coupled to the electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical device includes a transformer and one or more active electrodes coupled thereto, wherein the transformer is adapted to step down the voltage of the power supplied by the electrosurgical generator.
US10278751B2
The present invention is concerned with a method of manufacturing a tissue-integration device, and a tissue-integration device so produced, the method comprising the steps of wrapping a porous sheet of material around a mandrel in order to create overlapping layers of the porous sheet material, the wrapped mandrel then being placed in a mould in order to apply pressure and heat to the overlapping layers in order to effect the lamination thereof such as to form a device having spaces defined by overlapping pores of the adjacent layers.
US10278746B2
The present invention provides a tensioning ancillary instrument (5) for tensioning an elongate element to fasten an implant on a portion of bone, by surrounding said portion of bone at least in part, said instrument (5) comprising a body (6) having proximal and distal ends (6a, 6b), the distal end (6a) being provided with a device for bearing against the implant, said body (6) extending along a longitudinal axis (L). The instrument (5) further comprising a carriage (7) that is movable along the longitudinal axis (L), and a fastener device (8) for fastening to the elongate element (2). The instrument (5) also includes a rotary shaft (9) rotatable about the longitudinal axis (L) of the body (6), the shaft (9) being configured to co-operate with the carriage (7) in such a manner that rotation of the shaft (9) drives movement of the carriage (7) in translation along the longitudinal axis (L) and correspondingly moves the carriage (7) away from the distal end (6b) of the body (6) and tensions the elongate element.
US10278743B2
A facet joint replacement system includes an inferior implant with an inferior articular surface, a superior implant with a superior articular surface, and an optional crossbar. The inferior implant and the superior implant are each polyaxially adjustably connected to fixation elements which anchor the implants to adjacent vertebrae. The optional crossbar may be polyaxially adjustably connected to bilateral implants. The system components may be provided in kits which provide components of various sizes and shapes. A set of surgical instruments may facilitate implantation of the facet joint replacement system by providing tools for bone preparation, trialing, implant insertion, implant alignment, and lock-out of modular interconnections.
US10278737B2
A pedicle screw comprises a head. A shaft is joined to the head. The shaft comprises a first threaded portion, a middle portion and a second threaded portion. The middle portion comprises a modified threaded portion being configured to mitigate damage to a patient's nerve root. A first marker is joinable to the shaft proximate the modified threaded portion. The first marker comprises a material being radiographically distinguishable from the shaft in which a placement of the modified threaded portion is observable.
US10278736B2
Method for performing spinal correction surgery. The method includes creating at least one access opening in a patient, and implanting a plurality of anchor devices through the at least one access opening onto a plurality of corresponding vertebral bodies. Each anchor device has a channel defined therein. The method further includes disposing a tether into the channel of each of the plurality of anchor devices. A first end portion of the tether is secured to a first of the plurality of anchor devices. Additionally, the method includes translating the vertebral body corresponding to the selected anchor device using a pusher tool. Furthermore, the method includes applying a tension to the tether using a tensioner.
US10278732B2
The present embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present embodiments provide sensor applicators and methods of use with activation that implant the sensor, withdraw the insertion needle, engage the transmitter with the housing, and disengage the applicator from the housing. Systems and methods according to present principles allow for such steps to occur without significant loss of spring force, and without deleterious effects such as seal slingshotting.
US10278729B2
A tube can include an elongated cannulated member that has an external wall. The tube can be navigated during a selected procedure. The tube can be shaped to selected configurations. The tube can include a liner bonded to an internal wall. The liner can be formed to inhibit debris from the cannulated member from exiting the cannulated member.
US10278726B2
A navigation aid for introducing an elongate medical penetration element into a patient. An X-ray image, containing a target region for the penetration element in a desired target position in a patient, is superimposed in alignment with video sequence images, containing at least in part the penetration element, to form a combination image sequence. The penetration element is captured in a start position and a desired penetration course of the penetration element at least to the target region of the penetration element in a desired target position, is visually displayed in the combination image sequence. A penetration element, such as a medical implant and/or instrument, in particular a K-wire (Kirschner wire), may carry a number of markers, such as additional bodies, coatings, elevations, and/or depressions, said markers altering a light reflection, are situated on and/or at and/or in the penetration element.
US10278712B2
A surgical device comprising: a handle assembly; a locking collar; and a set of replaceable bits that load into the handle assembly; wherein the locking collar is fully removable from the handle assembly, loads axially to a first position, and rotates between the first position and a second position; wherein, in the first position, the locking collar is free to be removed from the handle assembly and the replaceable bits are free to be loaded or unloaded from the handle assembly; wherein, in the second position, the locking collar is prevented from axial movement relative to the handle assembly and the replaceable bits are prevented from being received within, or removed from, the handle assembly; and the locking collar is guided to the first position and between the first position and the second position by a groove in the handle assembly mating with a member carried by the locking collar.
US10278711B2
A medical device for preparing an elongated bone, such as a proximal femoral bone, for receiving an implant includes a patient-specific femoral guide and an elongated alignment element. The femoral guide has a patient-specific three-dimensional bone-engaging surface configured according to a preoperative plan based on a three-dimensional image model of the femoral bone to mate complementarily with the surface of the proximal femoral bone extending between the greater trochanter, the femoral neck and the femoral shaft of the proximal femur. The femoral guide includes a first guide end forming a planar guide configured for guiding a neck resection. The alignment member can be removably attached to the femoral guide and defines a reference axis for guiding a cutting tool into the femoral bone through a resected surface of the femoral neck.
US10278706B2
A microcatheter system is disclosed which includes a microcatheter body and a microcatheter extension and/or a microcatheter hub. The microcatheter body includes a plurality of distal zones and a proximal zone. The outside diameter of each of the distal zones is progressively greater than an immediately adjacent and more distal zone. The outside diameter of the proximal zone has an outer diameter at a distal end thereof that is at least as great as the outer diameter of any zone of the plurality of distal zones and increases from the distal end to a proximal end of the distal zone. The inside diameter is constant throughout the microcatheter system. An internal connection assembly comprising a probe and a receptacle join adjacent parts of the microcatheter system.
US10278702B2
A stapling system is disclosed. The stapling system comprises an anvil, a channel, a firing bar, a replaceable staple cartridge, and a locking member. The anvil comprises an anvil ledge. The channel comprises a channel ledge. The firing bar comprises a first projection configured to engage the anvil ledge and a second projection configured to engage the channel ledge. The replaceable staple cartridge comprises staples, a vertical slot configured to receive the firing bar during a staple firing stroke, and a sled movable between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position. The locking member is movable vertically and spring-biased into a locked configuration which inhibits the firing bar from being advanced through the staple firing stroke. The sled comprises a proximally-extending portion configured to overcome the spring bias of the locking member if the sled is in its proximal unfired position.
US10278695B2
A surgical stapler includes a control handle having a forward-extending barrel and a stapling device at the distal end of the barrel, where the stapling device has a stapling head part, a stapler body part, and a hinge connection therebetween such that the stapling head part is pivotable relative to the barrel. The stapling head part has a holder region, opposite the hinge connection, configured for holding a surgical staple during positioning and implanting the staple. The proximal end portion of the stapling head part can be pivoted outwardly relative to the barrel to at least about 15° from an at rest position, juxtaposed with the stapler body part, to an active position for implantation of a staple into tissue in a generally proximal direction toward the control handle.
US10278693B2
A station for cutting a barb suture is provided. The barb cutting station includes a suture transport assembly for supporting a first suture, a first knife assembly for forming barbs on the first suture, and a first clamp and position assembly for approximating the at least first suture towards the at least first knife assembly. The barb cutting station may further include at least a first suture cutting mechanism configured for severing the at least first suture when a defect is detected. The station may also include at least a first visual inspection assembly configured for detecting defective barbs.
US10278692B2
A sling suspension system for supporting the thumb of a patient after basal joint arthroplasty, the sling suspension system comprising: an index metacarpal anchor, a thumb metacarpal anchor and a sling for securing the thumb metacarpal anchor to the index metacarpal anchor; the index metacarpal anchor comprising at least one bone-engaging element for engaging the index metacarpal and a sling-engaging element for capturing the sling to the index metacarpal anchor; the thumb metacarpal anchor comprising at least one bone-engaging element for engaging the thumb metacarpal and a sling-engaging element for capturing the sling to the thumb metacarpal anchor; and the sling comprising an elongated body having a first anchor-engaging element for securing the sling to the sling-engaging element of the index metacarpal anchor, and a second anchor-engaging element for securing the sling to the sling-engaging element of the thumb metacarpal anchor, wherein the second anchor-engaging element is adjustable.
US10278690B2
A suture passer comprising: a shaft having an axis; a first jaw mounted to the shaft in alignment with the axis, the first jaw being configured to releasably support a length of suture thereon; a second jaw movably mounted to the shaft; and a needle movably mounted to the shaft, the needle having a hook and being configured to reciprocate in alignment with the axis so that the hook can selectively pass by the second jaw and engage suture releasably supported on the first jaw; wherein the first jaw comprises a spring for selectively binding the suture to the first jaw.
US10278684B2
The present invention relates to a surgical apparatus including a magazine which is arranged to receive a plurality of medical interventions particularly for use in surgery. The surgical apparatus comprises a magazine including a plurality of chambers each adapted to store a medical intervention, the apparatus further comprising a probe adapted to interchangeably mate with the plurality of medical interventions wherein each chamber comprises an inlet access port to enable the probe to extend into the chamber and mate with a medical intervention therein and an outlet access port to enable passage of the probe including a medical intervention therefrom, the apparatus further comprising a first guide portion for guiding the probe to the magazine, a second guide portion aligned with the first guide portion for guiding the probe from the magazine and a positioning arrangement arranged to enable movement of the magazine relative to the first and second guide portions to enable selective alignment of the first and second guide portions with one of the plurality of chambers to enable passage of the probe therethrough.
US10278681B2
A handheld device includes an electronic instrument and a capacitive power supply for storing and delivering power to the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply includes at least one capacitor, and an electronic circuit operable to boost a voltage from the capacitor to a higher voltage for use by the electronic instrument. The capacitive power supply can be rapidly recharged. Some configurations include an accelerometer which permits the handheld device to detect movement and perform various operations responsive to detected movement. A dual charging station is also disclosed.
US10278674B2
Provided is an ultrasound diagnosis apparatus including: a display configured to display a two-dimensional (2D) ultrasound image of an object and a three-dimensional (3D) ultrasound image of a region of interest (ROI) set in the 2D ultrasound image; and a controller configured to control the display to display a region not rendered as the 3D ultrasound image from among regions in the 2D ultrasound image in such a manner that the region is distinguished from a region rendered as the 3D ultrasound image.
US10278673B2
A portable ultrasound system having dedicated power source devices is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a portable ultrasound system can include transducer electronics and a base unit having base-unit electronics configured to receive user input and to operate the transducer electronics to perform ultrasound scanning based on the user input. The portable ultrasound system further includes a first power source device configured to power the transducer electronics and a second power source device configured to power the base-unit electronics without powering the transducer electronics.
US10278670B2
In general, according to one embodiment, an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus is used to observe a position and puncture direction of a puncture needle in an object in a paracentesis, and comprises data acquisition unit, image generation unit and a display. The data acquisition unit acquires a plurality of first ultrasound data concerning an inside of the object, acquire a plurality of second ultrasound data concerning the inside of the object, and acquire a plurality of third ultrasound data concerning the inside of the object. The image generation unit generates a tissue image displaying a living body tissue by using the first ultrasound data, generate a puncture image displaying the puncture needle based on image processing using the second ultrasound data and the third ultrasound data, and generate a composite image visualizing the living body tissue and the puncture needle by using the tissue image and the puncture image.
US10278669B2
This nuclear medical diagnosis apparatus acquires a normalization factor based on reference data of a reference object to be measured, acquires a mutual calibration factor using at least a part of the reference data, and calculates radioactive concentration of the reference object to be measured.
US10278660B2
When at least one of a two-dimensional radiological image and a plurality of tomographic images of the same subject is displayed on a monitor, a depth map creation unit creates a depth map in which each position on the pseudo two-dimensional image is associated with depth information indicating the position of a tomographic plane corresponding to each position in a depth direction. A display control unit specifies the depth information of a predetermined position in the two-dimensional radiological image, with reference to the depth map, and displays the tomographic image of the tomographic plane indicated by the specified depth information on the monitor.
US10278655B2
According to one embodiment, a photographing device includes a plurality of detectors and a plurality of supporting members. The detectors detect electromagnetic waves. The supporting members support the detectors and are cylindrically arranged adjacent to each other. Each supporting member includes a first protrusion and two second protrusions. The first protrusion is provided on one side face of each supporting member in the circumferential direction of the cylindrical arrangement of the supporting members, and protrudes in the circumferential direction. The two second protrusions protrude in the circumferential direction from the other side face of each supporting member, are provided with a gap greater than the width of the first protrusion in an intersecting direction that intersects with the circumferential direction of the cylindrical arrangement, and overlap with the first protrusion of a neighboring supporting member in the intersecting direction.
US10278653B2
Systems, devices, and methods for managing alerts associated with a target physiological event such as a worsening heart failure event are described. A system may detect one or more alert onsets using an onset threshold, and one or more corresponding alert terminations using a reset threshold. Alerts may be issued corresponding to the detected alert onsets and alert terminations. The system may compare the alerts to a specified alert characteristic, and iteratively adjust the onset or reset threshold until the alerts corresponding to the adjusted onset or reset threshold satisfy the specified alert characteristic. The adjusted onset and reset thresholds may be presented to a user or a process for detecting the target physiological event.
US10278651B2
A medical device (10), medical method and graphical user interface (GUI) (18) displaying data regarding measurement of a physiological parameter. A window (22) for the physiological parameter is displayed using a display device (20). The window (22) includes an indicator (24) identifying a measured value of the physiological parameter. In response to automatic trigger of measurement of the physiological parameter, the window (22) is updated to further include a first indicator (34) indicating measurement of the physiological parameter is ongoing. In response to manual trigger of measurement of the physiological parameter, the window (22) is updated to replace the indicator (24) identifying the measured value with a second indicator (36) indicating measurement of the physiological parameter is ongoing. The second indicator (36) is prominent relative to the first indicator (34).
US10278645B2
The invention provides a body-worn vital sign monitor that measures a patient's vital signs (e.g. blood pressure, SpO2, heart rate, respiratory rate, and temperature) while simultaneously characterizing their activity state (e.g. resting, walking, convulsing, falling) and posture (upright, supine). The monitor processes this information to minimize corruption of the vital signs and associated alarms/alerts by motion-related artifacts. It also features a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a touchpanel display that facilitates a number of features to simplify and improve patient monitoring and safety in both the hospital and home.
US10278638B2
A sleep assist system to monitor and assist the user's sleep, comprising: a bedside device adapted to be positioned near the user's bed, the bedside device optionally comprising a loudspeaker, a light source, a microphone, a light sensor, a temperature sensor, a control unit, an air quality sensor, a display unit, a user interface. The system further comprises a first sensing unit positioned in the user's bed comprising one or more sensors adapted to sense at least pressure and changes in pressure exerted by the user lying in the bed; an additional sensor device to be in contact with the user's body, and to be coupled to the bedside device; the system is configured to correlate the data obtained from both the first sensing unit and the additional sensor device.
US10278630B2
Method and apparatus for providing calibration of analyte sensor including applying a control signal, detecting a measured response to the control signal, determining a variance in the detected measured response, and estimating a sensor sensitivity based on the variance in the detected measured response is provided.
US10278624B2
A method for providing a assistance for maintaining or improving an individual's wellness, comprising the steps of measuring a presence and/or concentration of one or more biomarkers in a sample from the individual; predicting a wellness need for maintaining or improving the individual's wellness based on the measured presence and/or concentration of the one or more biomarkers, wherein the one or more biomarkers are indicators of the wellness need; and altering the living environment of the individual, providing a wellness product or service to the individual or providing information, guidance or advice to the individual for addressing the wellness need of the individual. A system providing assistance for maintaining or improving an individual's wellness is also provided.
US10278623B2
Sleeves and cases for protecting medical devices against contamination, and methods for cleaning and disinfecting medical devices are provided. The various embodiments enable a single medical device to be used by more than one patient successively while reducing the risk of disease transmission from patient to patient.
US10278615B2
A method comprises generating a model of an anatomic region and receiving a true image from an endoscopic image capture probe positioned within the anatomic region. The method further comprises identifying a true fiducial region in the true image and identifying a plurality of virtual tissue structures in the model of the anatomic region. The method further comprises matching one of the plurality of the virtual tissue structures with the true fiducial region and determining a probe pose of the endoscopic image capture probe from the matched one of the plurality of virtual tissue structures.
US10278603B2
A system and method for secure physiological data acquisition and storage. An identifier of a physiological monitoring patch is obtained by a programming wand, the patch configured to store the identifier within a cryptographic circuit. A password for accessing physiological monitoring data collected using that patch is generated based on at least a portion of the identifier, the password is encrypted using a secret key, and the encrypted password is loaded into the cryptographic circuit. The key is loaded onto a monitor recorder that couples with the patch and obtains the physiological monitoring data using the patch, wherein the monitor recorder offloads the data together with the identifier and the decoded password. The identifier and the password are reported to a server that stores the offloaded physiological monitoring data using the identifier within a secure database and grants access to the data upon receipt of the decoded password.
US10278594B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example medical device may include a medical device for measuring blood pressure. The medical device may include an elongated shaft having a proximal region and a distal region. An optical fiber may extend along the proximal region. An optical pressure sensor may be coupled to the optical fiber. The medical device may also include a tubular member having a proximal end disposed adjacent to the optical pressure sensor and a distal portion extending along the distal region of the shaft.
US10278578B2
A therapeutic methodology for improving eye contact in children with ASD. A plurality of pairs of contact lenses is provided to an adult, typically a therapist or a parent of a child, where the contact lenses have an image of a subject of interest to the child imprinted on the contact lens. The plurality of the pairs of contact lenses provides a series of pairs of contact lenses where the image is gradually faded. An adult interacting with the child begins by wearing contact lenses having an image of greatest intensity. Through a series of therapy sessions with the therapist uses the contact lenses, as the child's duration and frequency of eye contact improves, the therapist will then use lenses with the image of the subject of interest to the child that are gradually faded. When therapeutic goal of the targeted duration and frequency of eye contact is reached, therapy using the contact lenses can be terminated.
US10278571B2
A laryngoscope has a blade pivoted to a handle, and a light emitter lamp on the blade powered from a battery power source. A block formation at the rear end of the blade, at which it is pivoted to the head of the handle, incorporates a power source housing for the battery. The power source housing has a cover flap which cannot be opened in the operating position of the blade, but can be opened for removal of the power source in the folded position, or with the blade detached. This facilitates disposal and recycling. Electrical connectors lead from the power source housing to the light emitter lamp, and the rear end block of the blade has an external switch actuator which engages the head of the handle when the blade is extended to turn on the lamp. The power source, electrical connectors and light emitter may be combined into a discrete lighting module casing incorporated in the blade.
US10278570B2
Provided herein are systems, methods, and designs of speculum tips for pneumatic otoscopy. A speculum tip is disclosed and generally comprises: a cylindrical configuration including a narrow distal tip region longitudinally extending from a larger proximal region.
US10278567B2
An endoscope includes: an insertion portion including a bending portion bendable at least in a vertical direction on a distal end portion side; an operation portion to which a proximal end portion of the insertion portion is connected; a traction wire including a first end and a second end, connected to the insertion portion at the first end, and configured to bend the bending portion by being pulled; a fixing member fixed to the second end of the traction wire; a holding member configured to hold the fixing member; and a pulley turnably provided inside the operation portion and including a disposing portion where the holding member is disposed.
US10278564B2
An endoscope auxiliary tool includes a first support section which is formed to extend along a longitudinal axis, a second support section which is formed substantially in parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first support section, a first protrusion section and a second protrusion section which are formed at distal end sections of the first support section and the second support section, respectively, and disposed more distal than the distal end section of the endoscope to sandwich an axis of a channel having an opening at the distal end section of the endoscope, and a positioning section which is configured to position the first protrusion section and the second protrusion section with respect to the distal end section of the endoscope such that the first support section and the second support section are inclined to the axis of the channel.
US10278553B2
A potty-training system includes a base, a mounting assembly for mounting the base onto a toilet, an arm extending from the base, a target mounted on the arm, a sensor, and multiple light emitters operatively connected to the sensor to cause the emitters to activate in chronologically ordered succession when the target is struck for a duration of time. The light emitters may be spaced along the arm between the target and the base. The multiple light emitters may be activated in chronologically ordered succession by which at least one of the multiple light emitters closest to the target is activated first. A control input device adjusts a rate at which the multiple light emitters are activated in chronologically ordered succession when the target is struck. A sound emitter may also activate when the target is struck.
US10278547B2
There is described a door assembly for a bathing enclosure, comprising: a frame; a rotatable panel rotatably securable to a wall; and a slidable panel slidably secured to the frame, wherein a sliding motion of the slidable panel triggers a rotation of the rotatable panel, wherein the door assembly is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein when the door assembly is in the closed position, the rotatable and slidable panels are adjacent to one another and are unparallel and wherein when the door assembly is in the open position, the rotatable and slidable panels overlap one another and are parallel together.
US10278542B2
A hand blender containing a blade arrangement for a domestic appliance for cutting and comminuting food containing a rotatable blade with a hub which lies at a center of rotation of the blade for receiving a shaft. The blade includes at least one cutter which extends radially and which has a cutting edge that lies on a front side in the rotational direction and defines a circular cutting zone when circulating. The blade also includes a milling rib which protrudes upwards from the blade in an axial direction and is oriented so as to produce a milling effect when circulating and defines a corresponding milling zone that extends from the hub to the cutting zone of the cutter.
US10278541B2
A food processing vat is provided with blade assemblies that extend from opposing sides of a rotating shaft. The blade assemblies may be curved or otherwise face different directions at different locations along their respective lengths. The vat may have a pair of rotating shafts and the rotation of the shafts may be timed so that the blade assemblies of the shafts simultaneously travel through a common swept volume. The blade assemblies may be positioned on the shafts so that they intermesh through each other while simultaneously moving through the common volume.
US10278538B2
A removable pan used to adapt a cooking grill to a meat smoker. The pan can be placed into a conventional backyard cooking grill to convert the grill into a meat smoker. The pan has a central section, a raised perimeter, and at least three tabs extending outwardly from a center of the pan. The tabs can be positioned on the horizontal surface that supports the cooking grate of the grill. The cooking grate is then positioned atop the pan. The pan functions as a heat sink and provides indirect heating. The pan can also optionally be filled with a liquid like water for additional temperature control and to affect the humidity within the grill. The presence of the liquid can impact the moisture and flavor profile of the meat being smoked.
US10278536B2
A steam show apparatus is provided with a water boiler; a heater for heating water in the water boiler to hot water and steam; a dispenser for dispensing hot water fed from the water boiler; an electromagnetic valve for brewing configured to open to allow hot water to enter a cup via the dispenser so as to make a beverage by mixing with material in the cup; at least one steam line each including an outlet; a steam controller co-activates with the electromagnetic valve for brewing so that in a beverage making process, steam in the steam line flows out of the outlet as a steam show; and a CPU for controlling an amount of the steam sprayed out of the outlet. It has an effect similar to dancing fountain.
US10278525B2
A drinking vessel has a drink container with a body that compensates for changes in the liquid level in the drink container. The compensating body includes an elastic component which, under the influence of weight forces of a liquid volume, enlarges its shape, i.e. the volume of the compensating body. When the acting weight forces cease, the compensating body returns to a smaller original shape. There is no need for a sliding-movement-based sealing action of the compensating body in relation to the inner walls of the drink container. Therefore, the user does not have to first put the drink container down in order for the liquid level to stabilize.
US10278518B2
A display apparatus comprises a locker, at least one display cabinet, and a PLC system. The PLC system controls a display product transmitted between the locker and the at least one display cabinet, and when the at least one display cabinet is destroyed, the PLC controls the display product transmitted to the locker from the locker.
US10278508B2
An apparatus for improving sitting posture has a pair of cushion members and a belt or strap connected to the cushion members for attaching the cushion members to a seat back at spaced locations thereon. The device is attached to a seat back so that the cushion members are positioned along or proximate respective vertical edges of the seat back, are spaced from one another and are located at substantially the same height or vertical distance from a horizontal buttocks support member attached to the seat back.
US10278504B2
Disclosed herein is a chair of the kind that is shipped to a user disassembled. The chair includes at least one chair function controller (i.e., a paddle) that is actuated to control a chair function operator (e.g., a gas cylinder located below and coupled to the chair seat). During assembly, a pair of cable sections are mechanically and serially connected to one another at a force responsive connector block that is located within and slidable through a cable connector housing at the bottom of the chair seat. By virtue of connecting the first and second cables together at the connector block, the chair function controller paddle is connected to the chair function operator so that an actuation of the controller causes a pulling force to be applied to the chair function operator to enable the seat or back of the chair to be displaced.
US10278495B2
A swing stool table kit has components to form a swing stool table. The swing stool table has a table top and pairs of swing stools on opposite sides of the table top. The swing stools swing out for a person to sit on and swing in for storage. The swing stools are made from light weight cast aluminum so that the overall weight of the kit is low. The table has footplates that extend out beyond the edge of the table but not beyond the swing stools when they are swung out so that the table will not tip over when heavier than average people all sit on one side of the table and no one sits on the other side of the table.
US10278487B2
An oral care implement having a body comprising a handle, a head having at least one oral care element extending therefrom, and at least one fluid outlet; a reservoir in the body and for storing an oral care fluid; and a pump in the body for pumping the oral care fluid from the reservoir towards the fluid outlet, wherein the pump is an umbrella check valve circumferentially surrounding a duckbill check valve. Alternatively, the invention is a method of manufacturing an oral care implement, including the steps of providing a body comprising a base having first and second holes extending therethrough; and fitting to the body a unitary component comprising first and second valves at a position at which the first valve blocks the first hole and the second valve blocks the second hole, wherein the first valve is an umbrella check valve that circumferentially surrounds the second valve.
US10278486B2
A fingernail brush that includes bristles that are angularly adjustable by a user of the brush. In one embodiment, the fingernail brush includes a housing and a bristle assembly having a bristle support and at least one row of bristles. The bristle assembly is rotatably coupled to the housing so that a user can rotate the bristles to a desired relative bristle angle. In some embodiments, the bristles are present in a bristle channel formed as a recess in a face of the housing. The angular adjustability of the bristles allows a user to set the bristles to a relative bristle angle appropriate for the way the user intends to orient their fingertips relative to the fingernail brush. In some embodiments, a fingernail brush of the present disclosure may include one or more vibration generators that cause bristles to vibrate at a sonic frequency, an ultrasonic frequency, or both, to enhance cleaning efficacy.
US10278483B2
A device for carrying a flexible tub having a first hoop handle and a second hoop handle, the device comprising an elongate member further comprising an upper surface, a lower surface, a first end, and an opposed second end. The first end comprises a first handle connector, and wherein the second end comprises a second handle connector. The first handle connector is adapted to receive the first hoop handle, when in use, and the second handle connector is adapted to receive the second hoop handle, when in use.
US10278480B2
Disclosed is an auricle retainer that is configured to conveniently retain an auricle of a wearer. The auricle retainer may include an earpiece and an arm connected to the earpiece. The arm may be configured to engage a helix of the auricle for retaining the auricle.
US10278473B2
A deodorant dispensing apparatus including a reusable product dispenser and a deodorant refill cartridge releasably coupled to the reusable product dispenser. The reusable product dispenser includes a cylindrical housing, a base, a telescope, and a spring. The base is rotatably coupled to the cylindrical housing and operably coupled to the telescope. The spring is operably coupled to a spring holster of the base and the telescope. The deodorant refill cartridge includes a refill barrel and refill plunger. The refill plunger is rotatably coupled to the refill barrel, which retains a deodorant product therein. The refill barrel includes a latching mechanism for releasably coupling the refill barrel to the reusable product dispenser.
US10278471B2
A hand held appliance comprises a body having an outer wall, a duct extending at least partially along the body within the outer wall, an interior passage extending about the duct for receiving a primary fluid flow, a primary fluid outlet for emitting the primary fluid flow from the body, wherein the primary fluid outlet is defined by the duct and an inner wall of the body. The inner wall may extend from the outer wall towards the duct and may extend radially around the duct. The inner wall may extend from the outer wall towards the primary fluid outlet. At least one spacer may be provided between the inner wall and the duct. The at least one spacer may be a supporting rib. The duct may be formed from two parts, a first part fixed to the inner wall and a second part connected to the first part.
US10278468B2
A universal arrangement for a suitcase comprising a slidable internal frame placed side by side inside the upper portion the suitcase, that may be smoothly pulled out by the user when opening the suitcase, allowing to comfortably hang garment hangers and smoothly push it back inside the suitcase.
US10278463B2
A bag includes a first sidewall, a second opposing sidewall, and a foldable base. The foldable base is coupled to the first sidewall and the second side wall. The foldable base includes a first rigid panel coupled to a second rigid panel such that the foldable base is configured to fold from a generally flat configuration to a folded configuration, thereby converting the bag from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration.
US10278462B2
A luggage shell or case made from a sheet formed by compacting and heating a mat made of either a mixture of randomly oriented first discontinuous non-woven plastic fibers (42) having a first melting temperature and randomly oriented second discontinuous reinforcing non-woven plastic fiber (46) having a second melting temperature higher than the first melting temperature, or a bicomponent fiber having a first plastic portion having a first melting temperature and a second plastic portion having a second melting temperature. The non-woven mat is heated at a temperature between the first melting temperature and the second melting temperature, as well as by forming the compacted non-woven sheet (64) into the luggage shell.
US10278461B2
Present disclosure is directed to inventive methods and systems for providing electrical power to one or more charms operatively connected to an electrically powered jewelry. Accordingly, various embodiments are directed to a bracelet having at least a first and a second powered rail, the first rail having an electric potential lower than the second the rail such that a potential difference exists between the rails. In an embodiment, the first and second rails exists form an open circuit that may be closed by attaching one or more charms.
US10278455B2
A traction element arrangement for a sole structure of an article of footwear is described. Traction elements of a first group are associated with a lateral side of the sole structure. Traction elements of a second group are associated with a medial side of the sole structure. Traction elements of the second group include multiple medial rotational traction elements that each have a plurality of individual traction elements arranged in a circular grouping. Each circular grouping is a different size to provide more or less rotational movement to the associated portion of the sole structure. In one embodiment, the shape of the traction elements corresponds to the shape of the circular grouping.
US10278454B2
An article of footwear may include one or more harnesses to restrain a wearer foot from transverse movement within an upper during a rapid sideways maneuver. One harness may be located in a lateral forefoot region. Another harness may be located in medial region and may include a midfoot and/or a hindfoot region.
US10278453B2
A shoe includes a shoe upper and a sole coupled to the shoe upper and that includes a lower surface comprising a first material. A heel insert is embedded in a heel portion of the sole and includes a second material having a coefficient of friction less than a coefficient of friction of the first material, such as less than half. The heel insert may include projections made of a low-friction material such as nylon or UHMW whereas the sole is made from rubber. The projections may be embedded in a frame that seats within an inverted U-shaped channel defined by the sole.
US10278450B2
Sole structures for articles of footwear include sipes that define discrete hexagonally-shaped sole elements at the ground-engaging or ground-facing surface. At least some of the arch-supporting hexagonally shaped sole elements may be elongated in one direction as compared to at least some of the corresponding hexagonally shaped sole elements in the heel and/or forefoot support areas. Additionally or alternatively, the sole structure may include a perimeter rim and/or side wall integrally formed with and extending upward from a foot-supporting surface at least at a rear heel area of the sole structure. This perimeter rim and/or side wall forms a rear heel pocket that engages at least a portion of the heel area of the upper (e.g., the rear heel area) with an interior surface of the perimeter rim and/or side wall.
US10278449B2
An adjustable multiple bladder system for an article of footwear is disclosed. The bladder system includes an outer bladder that may be inflated using an external pump. A valve member is disposed within the outer bladder and divides the outer bladder into two distinct inflation chambers. The inflation chambers may be inflated separately.
US10278442B2
A fan module and a hat with a fan module are disclosed. The fan module includes a case, a fan, and an air guide tube. The case includes a connecting portion, wherein the case is detachably engaged with a visor of a hat. The case has a receiving space and an air outlet, wherein the air outlet communicates with the receiving space. The fan is rotatably provided in the receiving space of the case. An airflow is generated when the fan rotates, wherein the airflow is exhausted out of the case through the air outlet. The air guide tube is connected to the case, and guides the airflow to a space between the head of a wearer and the main body. Whereby, the hat with the fan module could provide not only sunscreen protection, but also a cooling effect.
US10278435B2
One or more embodiments of a protective garment and a method of manufacturing such garments are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the protective garment can include an elastic lumbar panel attached to a rear portion of a body of the protective garment in a waist region, left and right shoulder elastic straps each including a first end attached to a front portion of the body and a second end attached to the rear portion, a left side elastic waist strap attached to the front portion and extending around a left side of the garment where it is attached to the rear portion, and a right side elastic waist strap attached to the front portion and extending around a right side of the garment where it is attached to the rear portion.
US10278429B2
The present invention relates to an temperature control system of an e-cigarette, which includes a power supply, a liquid guiding member, and a heating element, and further includes an operating voltage input unit separately connected to the power supply and the heating element, a temperature detection unit including a voltage detection module and a temperature processing module that are connected to each other, and an operating voltage adjusting unit separately connected to the temperature processing module and the heating element. According to the present invention, a temperature of the heating element is controlled by using the temperature control system. This avoids the following problems: When the e-cigarette operates, because the temperature of the heating element increases with a longer operating time, the liquid guiding member is burnt or e-liquid molecules are cracked to produce a burnt taste, thereby affecting human health as well as smoke taste and user experience.
US10278428B2
An electronic cigarette device having a disposable tank are described. The disposable tank may have a sealed liquid chamber, an atomizer element and a tank well.
US10278413B2
A method of preparing a food item includes the steps of placing a first food element in a package base, placing a second food element in the package base, adding a package top to create a package, and drawing the first food element around the second food element by vacuum sealing the package. The method also includes the step of forming a food item in which the first food element substantially envelops the second food element by cooking the first and second food elements in the sealed package. Each food element retains its identity after cooking.
US10278409B1
A rotational ice cream holder apparatus is provided. The rotational ice cream holder includes a dish that catches dripping ice cream. The dish has an opening or aperture for holding an ice cream cone. The dish can be rotated with respect to a handle such that a person using the rotational ice cream holder can enjoy different parts of the ice cream by simply using his hand to turn the dish.
US10278404B2
The present invention relates to a novel composition with milk of immunized camelid, particularly, (Camelus dromedarius) as the main component (i.e. active ingredient) and a method for the treatment or prevention of gastrointestinal infections, particularly, infections caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli), Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori), Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni), Salmonella enterica, Shigella dysenteriae, Clostridium perfringens, or Yersinia enterocolitica. Said composition is prepared in the form of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, or health food preparations. The present invention also discloses a process of preparing said composition.
US10278395B2
This invention is directed to the preparation and applications of internally and/or externally functionalized environmentally benign nanoparticles (EbNPs), which are produced by a three step procedure: (1) synthesis of native EbNPs, (2) functionalization with active agents, and (3) additional surface property customization via one or more modifier(s).
US10278389B2
This disclosure relates to a method for the control or repellency of biting arthropods. The method comprises bringing the biting arthropods into contact with a biting arthropod repellent formulation. The biting arthropod repellent formulation comprises an alkoxy nootkatol separate from, or in combination, or in synergistic combination, with skin or plant derived compounds and compounds structurally similar to them (e.g., ketones, cyclic ketones, esters, gamma or delta lactones, and branched and/or unsaturated carboxylic acids), and/or one or more repellents selected from the group consisting of DEET®, para-menthane-3,8-diol (PMD), Picaridin, ethyl 3-[acetyl(butyl)amino]propanoate (IR3535), and other nitrogen-containing repellents including amines, amides, and nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds. This disclosure also relates to a biting arthropod repellent formulation comprising an alkoxy nootkatol separate from, or in combination, or in synergistic combination, with the skin or plant derived compounds and compounds structurally similar to them, and/or the one or more repellents.
US10278385B2
The use of formulations comprising (A) one or more aminocarboxylates, selected from among methylglycine diacetate (MGDA) and its alkali metal salts, glutamic acid diacetate (GLDA) and its alkali metal salts, iminodisuccinate, hydroxyethylimine diacetate and ethyleneiminodisuccinate and the corresponding alkali metal salts, (B) at least one organic compound selected from among organic phosphates, organic phosphonates and organic phosphites and salts of the abovementioned organic compounds, and (C) optionally water, for application to plants or the ground.
US10278381B2
A mounting frame for bird spike strips is an apparatus that is used to support a set of bird spike strips upon a billboard, sign, stand, or other structure upon which various birds would otherwise rest. The apparatus includes a first mounting rail, a second mounting rail, a first support bracket, a second support bracket, a spike attachment mechanism, and an anchoring mechanism. The first mounting rail and the second mounting rail are utilized to provide a stable mounting surface for bird spike strips. The first support bracket and the second support bracket enable connection of the first mounting rail and the second mounting rail to a billboard, sign, stand, or other structure. The spike attachment mechanism ensures that the previous problem of the traditional adhesive on bird spike strips fading or providing insufficient connection to billboards, signs, stands, or other structures. The anchoring mechanism ensures the first support bracket and the second support bracket connect securely to the billboard, sign, stand, or other structure.
US10278380B2
An irrigation tube having outlets extending along the length of the tube in a spaced relationship and finely-divided silica or iron oxide particles dispersed in the tube thereby increasing a surface hardness of the tube to deter rodent, worm or insect damage, the silica particles further can include an odor repellant located within the particles.
US10278375B2
The present invention relates to an underwater harvesting system (1) for harvesting zooplankton or mesoplagic fishes, comprising an underwater vehicle (2) for being lowered into the sea and towed behind a surface vessel (3), comprising a housing (21) provided with an inlet (22) through which zooplankton-containing-fluid may flow; a hose (4) mounted on the underwater vehicle and in fluid communication with the inlet, the hose being adapted to secure and fluidly connect the underwater vehicle to the surface vessel; and pumping means for drawing in a zooplankton-containing-fluid through the inlet in the underwater vehicle and for pumping the zooplankton-containing-fluid through the hose to the surface vessel. The invention further relates to a method for harvesting zooplankton or other marine organisms.
US10278367B2
An interactive tracking, monitoring, and reporting platform of domesticated animal activity may be provided. The platform may enable the tracking of domesticated animals within an interactive tracking zone. The tracking activity may be controlled by a rule set defined by the owner and enabled by a tracking device embodied as, for example, a collar worn by the animal. Upon the tracking device's proximal location to detection devices within the interactive tracking zone, an action may be triggered. The trigger may cause an action to be taken by, for example, a device located within the interactive tracking zone. The trigger may cause information to be collected on the domesticated animal's activity by the platform. The platform may then provide a report on the domesticated animal's activity to the domesticated animal's owner. The report may be communicated via a mobile phone application and may comprise real-time data collected on the domesticated animal.
US10278362B2
A rotatable container includes a projection that protrudes into the container and is aligned with an opening at a first end of the container. The projection defines a concave surface with a ramp that guides treats through the opening when oriented vertically. The container may be cylindrical and sit on a base defining a cylindrical seat. A second end of the container engages a rotator on the base that is driven by a motor. A front wall of the container may define an opening that aligns with the opening of the container when the ramp is oriented vertically. A sensor may sense a position of the projection and invoke pausing of rotation by the motor.
US10278351B2
Novel lettuce, such as lettuce designated SSC3249 (a.k.a., ‘POWERHOUSE’) is disclosed. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the seeds of lettuce SSC3249 (a.k.a., ‘POWERHOUSE’) to the plants and plant parts of lettuce SSC3249 (a.k.a., ‘POWERHOUSE’) and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the lettuce SSC3249 (a.k.a., ‘POWERHOUSE’) with itself or another lettuce plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other lettuce plants derived from the lettuce SSC3249 (a.k.a., ‘POWERHOUSE’).
US10278346B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV742016. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV742016, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV742016 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV742016 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV742016.
US10278341B2
The present invention provides a method for rice cultivation via drip irrigation under a plastic film, comprising seed preparation, land preparation, sowing, seedling management, irrigation management, fertilization management, pest control and other steps, wherein seeding density of the sowing is 33300-36000 holes/mu, preferably 33300 holes/mu, or the seeding density is 30500-32600 holes/mu, preferably 30500 holes/mu. Previously, the conventional film with width of 105 cm or 145 cm is adopted for cotton culture stage in Xinjiang, but these films have following disadvantages: lower land utilization rate, resulting in relatively low seeding density, and difficulty in the process of adjusting row spacing and increasing seeding density, lower ground coverage rate, larger area of open ground, causing more weed relatively. Therefore, using wide film cultivation obtains relatively high yield if other planting conditions are the same.
US10278339B2
A device for protecting an area against terrestrial gastropods includes at least one barrier that includes a base for securing the barrier to the periphery of the area to be protected, a ceiling wall connected to the base, a grid extending along and spaced apart from the ceiling wall, a space between the ceiling wall and the grid, and at least one blocking means for preventing the gastropods, of the size category targeted by the barrier, from crawling in the said space. Barriers targeting small gastropods can be integrated into barriers targeting large gastropods.
US10278335B2
A growing trough is provided. The growing trough comprises a fabric bottom, a fabric outer wall, and a fabric partition. The fabric outer wall extends upward from the peripheral edge of the fabric bottom. The fabric partition is attached only at opposed edges thereof to the fabric outer wall preventing buckling of the fabric outer wall and equal load distribution when growing media is dumped into the growing trough. The fabric is a porous fabric that catches plant roots and directs the roots into the growing trough thereby preventing root circulation and inducing root branching within the growing trough.
US10278333B2
A pruning robot system, which comprises: a signal tag device (2) for detecting and storing information of trees and crops and positioning information, and assisting positioning; a robot (1) comprising a central processing device (10) for storing and analyzing data information of each part of the robot (1) and issuing action instructions to each part of the robot (1), and a positioning and navigating device (11) for positioning and navigating the robot (1), and for planning a path and providing obstacle-avoiding navigation for the robot (1) according to an electronic map; a cloud platform terminal (3), which is in connection and communication with the central processing device (10) of the robot (1) and is used for storing data of trees and crops as well as detection data of the robot (1), and for planning a path for the robot (1) through computing and experimenting according to the information data; a map building device (4) for building a three-dimensional electronic map corresponding to the plantation through field-detection by the robot (1). The pruning robot system realizes positioning in the plantation, robot (1) path planning, pruning information collection and automatic pruning.
US10278332B2
A chopping system for a crop harvester comprises a chopper-timing adjuster configured to adjust a timing of operation between a first chopper and a second chopper by use of a worm.
US10278331B2
An apparatus, system, and method of securing attachments to a utility vehicle, particularly a stand-on, zero-turn mower. The apparatus includes an A-shaped mounting assembly having a base with first and second ends and a tubular member extending outwardly from the first end. The tubular member defines a bore that receives a shaft extending from the attachment. The mounting assembly is positioned vertically above a mower deck on an opposite side of the frame of the mower relative thereto. The second end of the mounting assembly and part of the mower deck are secured to the frame using the same connectors. A hydraulic actuator engages a forwardmost end of the assembly and is actuatable to raise or lower the assembly relative to the frame, pivoting the assembly about the connectors. The attachment and mower deck are substantially simultaneously operable to perform separate landscaping tasks while the mower moves across a surface.
US10278324B2
An agricultural system can include an agricultural machine having an in-situ sampling of samples for analysis and determination of preferred courses of action based on characteristics of the samples. Options regarding the preferred courses of action can be communicated to a user for selection.
US10278322B2
A system of folding toolbars on an agricultural implement having a base toolbar, two articulating toolbars, multiple attachments to the toolbar, and a pair of hinges, with each toolbar connected to attachments. The base toolbar is located orthogonally to the direction of travel of the agricultural implement and connected to a hinge at each end, the hinges are each further connected to an articulating toolbar. Each of the toolbars is connected to a set of attachments. Each articulating toolbar rotates about the base on a pivot axis along the direction of travel of the agricultural implement and tilted relative to the ground plane, such that the center of gravity (CG) moves forward in the transport position and a normal force is applied to the articulating toolbars to resist vertical movement when in field position.
US10285319B2
There is provided a component mounting line management device that can determine whether an installation device detachably attached to a component mounting machine is used, when communication between a configuration management device and the component mounting machine is impossible. In the component mounting line management device (1) according to the present invention, each component mounting machine or each installation device includes an installation device information memory device (11). The installation device information memory device (11) stores installation device identification information of the installation device attached at an installation position, and location information on the installation position in correlation with each other. Each component mounting machine includes a communication-abnormal-time installation device determination section (12). When communication with the configuration management device (1H) is impossible, the communication-abnormal-time installation device determination section (12) compares installation device identification information of the installation device mounted at the installation position and the location information on the installation position, to installation device identification information of the installation device and location information correlated with the installation device identification information, which are stored in the installation device information memory device (11), so as to determine whether the installation device is used.
US10285315B2
A board work system provided with multiple mounters and arranged in a line, wherein each mounter includes supply device, the supply device being configured from at least one tape feeder that supplies electronic components, and tape feeder holding table on which at least one of the tape feeders is detachably loaded.
US10285314B2
A component mounter includes a component transfer device, a tool station, and a control device. The component transfer device is provided with a head main body, and a tool holding device configured to hold a nozzle tool and provided to be raisable and lowerable with respect to the head main body and rotatable around a rotation axis line. The tool station is configured to be able to store an exchange-use nozzle tool at multiple different storage angles. The control device of the component mounter includes an angle acquiring section that acquires the storage angle of the exchange-use nozzle tool in the tool station, and an exchange control section that, during the nozzle tool exchange processing, rotates the tool holding device based on the storage angle of the nozzle tool, and performs angle alignment of the nozzle tool with respect to the head main body.
US10285308B1
The instant disclosure provides a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) module including a housing, a circuit board and a fluorine engineered fluid. The housing includes an accommodating space and an opening on a side thereof. The circuit board has at least a DRAM chip disposed thereon. The circuit board is received in the accommodating space and one end of the circuit board has at least a circuit contact protruding from the opening to the exterior of the housing. The fluorine electronic engineering fluid is sealed in the accommodating space and is thermally connected to at least one of the DRAM chip.
US10285303B2
An exemplary electronic device with integrated passive and active cooling includes a main logic board, a heat sink, and a cooling fan. A first surface of the heat sink faces the main logic board and contacts a heat-generating component of the main logic board. A second surface of the heat sink faces away from the main logic board and has a recess formed thereon. The heat sink further includes a plurality of fins that surround the recess. The cooling fan is at least partially enclosed within the recess by a fan shroud. The cooling fan is operable to draw air into the recess via channels defined by a first subset of the plurality of fins, and expel air from the recess via channels defined by a second subset of the plurality of fins.
US10285287B2
An electronic component includes a main body and signal terminals projecting in a projection direction of a module control terminal, the signal terminals being arranged in an arrangement direction. Through-holes are formed in a control board, and the signal terminals are inserted into the through-holes. In a case, an opening that opens in the projection direction is formed, and ends of the signal terminals are positioned in the projection direction. At a position adjacent to a through-hole group including the through-holes in the arrangement direction, a communication space is formed which makes a first space, which is positioned at a side of electronic component in the projection direction, communicate with a second space opposite to the first space. When a length of the through-hole group is a, and a distance between the through-hole group and the communication space is b, a length of the communication space is longer than a+b.
US10285284B2
An outer case in an electronic circuit unit is injection molded by setting the circuit board in a die and injection molding of the outer case by filling molten resin into a cavity in the die, in pressing at least a part of a front surface side of the mold exclusion part facing a non-cavity space by press member toward a rear surface side.
US10285277B1
A method of manufacturing an electrical circuit from bulk materials includes the steps of machining a first bulk dielectric material, forming a conductive element, and placing the conductive element on a first side the first bulk dielectric material. The method further includes the step of machining a second bulk dielectric material and placing the second bulk dielectric material on the first side of the first bulk dielectric material and over the conductive element. The first bulk dielectric material and the second bulk dielectric material may be laminated together.
US10285274B2
A circuit structure is provided to which an electronic component can be easily mounted (electrical connection of terminals). A circuit structure that includes a substrate provided with a conductive pattern on one face thereof; a conductive member fixed to the other face of the substrate; an electronic component that has first terminals and of a plurality of terminals, that are electrically connected to the conductive member, and a second terminal of the plurality of terminals that is electrically connected to the conductive pattern provided on the substrate; and a relay member for electrically connecting the second terminal and the conductive pattern provided on the substrate, at least a portion of the relay member being fixed to the conductive member via an insulating material.
US10285271B2
A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer ceramic capacitor, first and second metal frames, and an insulating cover. The multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body having a plurality of dielectric layers stacked together and first and second internal electrodes alternately disposed between pairs of adjacent dielectric layers, and external electrodes disposed on two end surfaces of the ceramic body opposite each other in a length direction orthogonal to the stacking direction. The first and second metal frames are each disposed along a respective one of two end surfaces of the multilayer ceramic capacitor opposite each other in the length direction, and are each disposed along upper and lower surfaces of the multilayer ceramic capacitor. The insulating cover is disposed to enclose the multilayer ceramic capacitor and upper surfaces of the first and second metal frames. A board can have the multilayer ceramic electronic component mounted thereon.
US10285269B2
A multilayer substrate is manufactured by first manufacturing a first substrate by stacking and hot-pressing resin base materials of the first substrate and then adjacently stacking and hot-pressing the first substrate and resin base materials that constitute a second substrate at a position overlapping with each other in a stacking direction. The position in the stacking direction between the resin base materials in the first substrate is located at almost a middle position in the stacking direction of a resin base material of the second substrate, and is different from the position between the layers of the resin base materials of the second substrate.
US10285268B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) includes: a substrate; and a circuit pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the circuit pattern includes a first seed layer disposed on the substrate and including a nitride, and a metal layer disposed on the first seed layer.
US10285261B1
An electrical node including a first substrate film defining a cavity and a first material layer arranged to at least partly fill the cavity, and to embed or at least partly cover at least one electrical element arranged into the cavity, wherein the first material layer includes elastic material to reduce thermal expansion related stresses between elements adjacent thereto.
US10285257B2
A communication plug including a substrate having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing side surfaces and opposing end surfaces, a grounding plane in the substrate, a grounding strip on a side surface of the substrate in electrical communication with the grounding plane, where the grounding strip is electrically connected to the ground plane in the substrate.
US10285256B2
A dielectric resonator is excited at its natural resonant frequency to produce a highly uniform electric field for the generation of plasma. The plasma may be used as a desolvator, atomizer excitation source and ionization source in an optical spectrometer or a mass spectrometer.
US10285252B2
Provided is a dual-energy ray scanning system, which includes a ray source for alternately emitting a high energy ray and a low energy ray; a filter includes a low energy filtering element and a low energy transmitting element; a control device for synchronously controlling the ray source and the filter, and the low energy filtering element includes a plurality of filter sheets, the low energy transmitting element comprises a plurality of transmission sheets, the filter sheets and the transmission sheets are arranged alternately and surround the ray source to form a cavity, and the ray source is located on a central axis of the cavity.
US10285234B2
A method for the operation of a vehicle light unit is provided. The light unit includes at least one light source module having several light sources and a control unit coupled to the light source module. The light sources each include a predetermined number of brightness levels. A predetermined number of light sources are combined by the control unit to form at least one controllable light source unit. In order to set a light distribution, the light sources that form the at least one light source unit are activated together and a brightness level of each light source of the at least one activated light source unit is set individually.
US10285233B2
Described is an improved LED-based flashlight with discrete mechanical, electrical or electro-mechanical actuation to adjust operation of the flashlight. The control of power to the device is accomplished by switching brightness modes electronically through use of multiple drivers and/or dynamic microcontrollers. The system may apply to current regulators as well as voltage regulators. Efficiency may be optimized to minimize power losses by operating each driver chip within fixed bands, handing off regulation to other chips that function well at different input currents or voltages.
US10285226B2
The invention is related to a driving circuit that provides an operating current for at least one lighting means. The driving circuit comprises an isolated switched converter having a switch (4) controlled by a control circuit (10), wherein a primary side choke (3) is charged when the switch (4) is in its conducting state and the primary side choke (3) is discharged when the control circuit (10) controls the switch (4) in its non-conducting state. The circuit comprises first determining means (13) for monitoring the current through the primary side choke (3), and second determining means (11) for determining a switch-off time, wherein the second determining means (11) comprises an auxiliary winding (12) coupled to a secondary side choke (6) and the second determining means (11) is configured to monitor the voltage across the auxiliary winding (12) for determining a switch-off time.
US10285220B2
Various heaters and arrays of heaters that utilize nanostructures or carbon structures, such as nanotubes, nanotube meshes, or graphene sheets, are disclosed. In various arrangements, at least a pair of contacts are electrically coupled with a given nanostructure or carbon structure to pass a current for heating.
US10285218B1
A method of synthesis of graphene can include: depositing a carbon (C) layer on a substrate, for example a substrate comprising a silicon (Si) layer and an oxide (SiO2) layer on the Si layer; depositing a metal layer on the C layer; preparing the substrate including the C layer and the metal layer in a chamber; maintaining a pressure of the chamber under 1 atm, for example under 1 Torr; flowing an inert gas in the chamber; contacting a thermal probe tip on the metal layer; heating the thermal probe tip to a temperature of more than 250° C. such that graphene is formed on the substrate; and etching the substrate. The metal layer can be a tin layer.
US10285214B2
A communications method of a wearable device, a communications system, and a related device are disclosed, which are applied to a communications technology field. In the communications method of a wearable device, if a second Bluetooth connection between user equipment and the wearable device is disconnected, a first Bluetooth connection between a network connection device and the wearable device is established, so that the network connection device may send, to the wearable device through the first Bluetooth connection, first information sent by the user equipment through a third communication connection to the network connection device. In this way, indirect communication between the user equipment and the wearable device is implemented by using the network connection device, so that the user equipment and the wearable device are not limited by a communication range.
US10285211B2
There are provided a terminal device, a base station apparatus, a communication system, a communication control method, and an integrated circuit, in all of which efficient communication control is possible in communication that uses multiple cells. In communication that uses first RLC which corresponds to a first cell group which includes at least the primary cell, second RLC which corresponds to a second cell group which does not include the primary cell, and one PDCP which belongs to the first cell group which processes pieces of data on the first RLC and the second RLC, the terminal device releases the second RLC based on a list that includes identifiers of data radio bearers relating to the second RLC, which is received from the base station apparatus.
US10285196B2
A user equipment, base station, and method for conducting device-to-device communications. A wireless communication system includes the user equipment and another user equipment. The user equipment includes: a control unit; and a transmission unit controlled by the control unit and used for transmitting control information to another user equipment by an uplink channel, wherein the control information includes at least one of data transmission format information and power control information. With the user equipment, base station, and method, the efficiency of communication between devices conducting device-to-device communications can be increased, thereby improving data transmission performance.
US10285195B2
The present disclosure relates to random access in wireless communication systems, and in particular to a wireless device, a preamble receiver, and methods for processing random access preamble signals. A disclosed method in a wireless device comprises generating (S11) one or more identical short sequences having a same time duration as an OFDM symbol used for carrying data traffic in a radio access network of the wireless device. The method also comprises generating (S12) at least one offset indicator sequence different from each of the short sequences, and constructing (S13) the preamble sequence by concatenating the at least one offset indicator sequence and the one or more identical short sequences in time, such that each of the at least one offset indicator sequence has a respective pre-determined location in the preamble sequence.
US10285183B2
The present invention discloses a signal processing method, apparatus, and system. In M user equipments, an active set Ki and an interference set K′i of a user equipment i are determined according to power measurement values from the user equipment i to N sites; for the active set Ki of the user equipment i, superposition of sent signals of all other user equipments j of all active sites ki are cancelled out with each other, to obtain one constraint condition of a weight, and for the M user equipments, M constraint conditions are obtained, and a weight subspace T is determined; and one weight is determined in the weight subspace according to an interfering signal of another user equipment j for the user equipment i in the interference set K′i of the user equipment i and a wanted signal of the user equipment i in the active set Ki of the user equipment i.
US10285176B1
A wireless access point to optimize carrier aggregation using beamforming. The wireless access point wirelessly exchanges communication data with User Equipment (UE) over a plurality of frequency bands. The wireless access point identifies a UE using carrier aggregation and identifying a frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands having beamforming capabilities. The wireless access point then allocates the UE using carrier aggregation a Primary Component Carrier (PCC) on the frequency band having beamforming capabilities. In response to the PCC allocation, the wireless access point transfers an indication to the UE indicating the PCC allocation on the frequency band having beamforming capabilities and wirelessly exchanges additional communication data with the UE using carrier aggregation over the frequency band using beamforming.
US10285160B2
The present application discloses a method for transmitting, by a base station, a broadcast channel through a massive multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) antenna in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method comprises the steps of: selecting broadcast channel dedicated antenna elements from among all antenna elements of the massive MIMO antenna; and transmitting the broadcast channel by performing a beamforming using the broadcast channel dedicated antenna elements. In the present invention, the power applied to the broadcast channel dedicated antenna elements in greater than the voltage applied to the remaining antenna elements.
US10285157B2
A disclosed example apparatus receives a tag transmission signal from a tag at a receiver, wherein the tag transmission signal comprises a series of pulses; determines a coarse estimate of a time-of-arrival (TOA) of the tag transmission signal based on a detection of a pulse of the series of pulses in an adjustable coarse timing window, wherein the coarse estimate is based on a plurality of coarse timing windows; determines a fine estimate of the TOA based on a detection of the pulse in at least one of a parallel set of fine timing windows; and determines a sub-window resolution of the TOA based on at least one detection transition between consecutive fine receiver windows of at least one of a plurality of pulses and a weighted average of the TOA for each pulse of the series of pulses.
US10285149B2
Techniques are provided for phase tracking in wireless communications using frames with some portions that use relatively long symbol durations. One technique includes generating a frame having a plurality of orthogonal training field sequences. Each orthogonal training field sequence is assigned to a different spatial stream. The frame is output for transmission as a single user (SU) transmission, a downlink multi-user (MU) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission, or an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) transmission. After obtaining the frame, channel estimation and/or phase tracking may be performed based on the orthogonal training field sequences.
US10285147B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described that provide for synchronization signal (SS) blocks in which synchronization signals and broadcast channel transmissions may be transmitted. Broadcast channel transmissions may be demodulated using SS transmissions, reference signal transmissions, or combinations thereof. Broadcast channel transmissions may be transmitted in a subset of SS block time resources, and synchronization signals may be transmitted in another subset of SS block time resources. Reference signals may be transmitted using tones within the broadcast channel time resources, and may be transmitted at a higher density for portions of the broadcast channel transmission bandwidth that are outside of the SS transmission bandwidth. Waveforms for reference signal transmissions, and information provided by reference signal transmissions may be provided.
US10285146B2
A base station manages a first cell and a second cell and communicates with a user terminal by carrier aggregation which is applied to the first cell and the second cell, the first cell being allocated a licensed band requiring a license and a second cell being allocated an unlicensed band not requiring a license. The base station includes: a transmitter configured to transmit a synchronization signal used for synchronization between the second cell and the user terminal, by at least one carrier selected from the unlicensed band based on a result of carrier sensing in the second cell; and a controller configured to instruct the user terminal to perform a detection operation of the synchronization signal for all or part of the carrier through the first cell.
US10285133B2
Technologies related to task management across low-power wireless communications are generally described. In some examples, proximal devices in range of low-power wireless communications may cooperate to allow one or more of the proximal devices to suspend task operations, while one or more of the proximal devices manage the task operations. The task operations may be associated with an energy consumption that exceeds an energy consumption associated with the low-power wireless communications, allowing the proximal devices that suspend task operations to reduce their overall energy consumption.
US10285130B2
Methods and systems of signal generation for an electronic device are provided. First, a posture or a motion of an electronic device is detected by at least one sensor. It is determined whether the electronic device continuously moves in a predefined interval. When the electronic device does not continuously move in the predefined interval, a signal is generated. When the electronic device continuously moves in the predefined interval, a delay time is determined, and a signal is generated after the delay time.
US10285129B2
A computer device may include a memory storing instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to select a broadcast method for a wakeup signal for a wireless communication device; instruct a base station to broadcast the wakeup signal using the selected broadcast method; and provide information identifying the selected broadcast method to the wireless communication device. The processor may be further configured to receiving a wakeup request from a machine-type communication interworking function (MTC-IWF) device; map the received wakeup request to a wakeup signature beacon signal associated with the wireless communication device; and instruct the base station to transmit a wakeup signature beacon signal to the wireless communication device based on the received wakeup request.
US10285115B2
In one embodiment, a method of transmitting system information on a downlink shared channel structured as successive subframes includes transmitting system information in regularly occurring time windows, each time window spanning some number of successive subframes. The method further includes indicating to receiving user equipment which subframes within a given time window carry system information. The method and variations of it are applied, for example, to the transmission of dynamic system information on the downlink shared channel or other downlink channel in a 3GPP E-UTRA wireless communication network.
US10285112B2
Techniques are generally described related to a mobile ad-hoc network. One example method for transmitting data from a source node to a destination node in a mobile ad-hoc network may include receiving a route reply packet from a first node by a second node; identifying the route reply packet as an overheard route reply packet by the second node; adding a first routing entry in a routing table of the second node and the first routing entry being associated with the overheard route reply packet by the second node; broadcasting a routing entry added message associated with the first routing entry by the second node; receiving data transmitted from a third node and the data being transmitted by the third node responsive to the routing entry added message by the second node; and sending data received from the third node towards the destination node via an active route established based on the first routing entry in the routing table of the second node by the second node.
US10285107B2
This disclosure relates to techniques for dynamically changing coverage modes and/or communication bandwidth in a wireless communication system. According to some embodiments, a wireless device may attach to a serving cell associated with a cellular network. A volume of data for upcoming communication with the cellular network may be determined. An indication of a requested communication bandwidth may be provided to the serving cell. The wireless device may communicate data with the serving cell using the requested communication bandwidth. In some instances, a request for narrowband communication bandwidth may result in use of a coverage enhancement mode, while a request for wideband communication bandwidth may result in use of a normal coverage mode.
US10285102B2
In some embodiments, a non-transitory processor-readable medium includes code to cause a processor to receive at a tunnel server, a data unit addressed to a communication device, and define, a first instance of the data unit and a second instance of the data unit. The first instance of the data unit is sent to the communication device via a first tunnel defined between at least the tunnel server and a first base station associated with a first network. The second instance of the data unit is sent to the communication device via a second tunnel defined between at least the tunnel server and a second base station associated with a second network. The second instance of the data unit is dropped by the communication device when the first instance of the data unit is received before the second instance of the data unit.
US10285098B2
The present invention relates to a method for supporting handover in a first radio network node of a wireless network. The first radio network node serves wireless devices of a serving cell. The method comprises grouping a plurality of wireless devices in the serving cell into a group, and selecting one of the plurality of wireless devices as a coordinating wireless device for the group. The method also comprises requesting a measurement report from the coordinating wireless device for the group, wherein the measurement report is to support a joint handover decision for the plurality of wireless devices of the group.
US10285097B2
A method for cell reselection control is disclosed, comprising: sending an instruction from a radio network to a user equipment (UE) in an idle mode to adjust an existing cell reselection parameter at a UE to a high value; subsequently instructing the UE to return the cell reselection parameter to its previous value, after a first predetermined interval; and subsequently sending a second instruction to the UE in an idle mode to adjust the cell reselection parameter at the UE to the high value, after a second predetermined periodic interval, causing the UE to reselect to a cell with superior signal even when the UE may be under good coverage attached to an existing macro cell, thereby offloading the macro cell.
US10285092B2
A method of facilitating a user equipment (UE) communicating with a base station (BS) via a cell of a mobile communications system is disclosed. The UE selects a random access preamble (RAP) from a set of RAPs and transmits the RAP to the BS. The BS receives the RAP and estimates a time of arrival of the RAP. A pre-defined set is used in generating the set of RAPs via at least one Zadoff-Chu sequence. The pre-defined set includes all of the following values: 0, 13, 15, 18, 22, 26, 32, 38, 46, 59, 76, 93, 119, 167, 279, 419.
US10285086B2
Embodiments disclose a channel decoding method and apparatus, and a distributed decoder. A channel decoding apparatus includes: a decoding information acquiring unit, configured to acquire demodulation information of a channel; a channel decoding algorithm unit, configured to decode the demodulation information to obtain current decoding information, and perform a cyclic redundancy check CRC check on the current decoding information to obtain a current decoding CRC check result; and a lower level decoding determining unit, configured to: if the current decoding CRC check result is incorrect and a lower level channel decoding apparatus exists, determine that the lower level channel decoding apparatus continues to decode the demodulation information, where decoding performance of a channel decoding algorithm unit in the lower level channel decoding apparatus is superior to decoding performance of the channel decoding algorithm unit in the channel decoding apparatus.
US10285082B2
A testing device for testing a device under test emitting a number of beams with respect to its beamforming behavior. Said testing device comprises an antenna, an analyzing unit, and a number of reflectors. Furthermore, each of the number of reflectors is configured to reflect at least one of the number of beams of the device under test to the antenna of the testing device.
US10285078B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a network node (103), a network node (103), a method in a user equipment (105) and a user equipment for handling base sequences in a communications network (100). The network node (103) is configured to communicate with a first user equipment (105). The network node (103) comprises information about a default base sequence and an alternative base sequence. The network node (103) determines (405, 505, 901), for the first user equipment (105), that the alternative base sequence should replace the default base sequence. The network node (103) sends (406, 506, 902) information about the determined alternative base sequence to the first user equipment (105).
US10285076B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and device for controlling a Downlink Data Notification (DDN) message, which can reduce the DDN messages that occur while a user equipment transits from an active (ECM-active) state to an inactive (ECM-idle) state. During a bearer activation procedure according to a request from a user equipment, the DDN message control apparatus of the present disclosure sets a DDN flag value to a predetermined value when uplink data is received. When a DDN message is received from outside, the apparatus identifies the DDN flag value and stores the DDN message in case that the DDN flag value is identical with the predetermined value.
US10285074B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media, for facilitating control of network loads are provided. In embodiments of the present invention, network data associated with a plurality of base stations within a communications network are monitored. Upon identifying that a network load associated with a base station exceeds a network load threshold, an indication that a user device utilizing the base station that exceeds the network load threshold to communicate should transfer to another base station that fails to exceed the network load threshold is provided.
US10285072B1
Detection and mitigation of signal conflict, such as a primary synchronization signal conflict, between broadcast cells in a wireless communication network is provided. Multiple broadcast cells may be provided in the network to provide sectors of coverage. A mobile communication device may operate within the network and attempt to attach to one or more of the broadcast cells. A synchronization signal conflict between neighboring broadcast cells may be identified and mitigated using one or more adjustments to the broadcast cells or signals emitted therefrom, which may allow for improved network performance, among other benefits.
US10285068B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method, comprising: receiving an information regarding one or more uplink grants of an assigned component carrier to use to transmit data; determining a set of uplink component carriers of licensed-assisted uplink component carriers that are considered as conditional uplink component carriers to use to transmit data; determining whether the assigned component carrier is available to transmit the data; based on determining that the assigned component carrier is not available to transmit the data, identifying a component carrier of the at least one conditional uplink component carrier of the licensed-assisted uplink component carriers that is available to transmit the data; and transmitting the data on the identified available component carrier of the licensed-assisted uplink component carriers, is disclosed.
US10285067B2
Provided are a method for transmitting data in an unlicensed band and a device using the same. A transmission node generates a signal to be transmitted in the unlicensed band, and performs listen before talk (LBT) according to the type of the generated signal. If a wireless medium is idle as a result of the LBT, the transmission node transmits the generated node in the unlicensed band.
US10285065B2
Methods and apparatuses pertaining to long-range low-power integrated wireless transmission in channel gaps and guard spectrum are described. A method may involve facilitating wideband wireless communications in a plurality of wideband channels in a frequency spectrum with every two adjacent wideband channels of the plurality of wideband channels separated by a respective channel gap therebetween. The method may also involve facilitating narrowband wireless communications, while facilitating the wideband wireless communications, in a plurality of narrowband channels that are multiplexed in the channel gaps, guard bands at both ends of the frequency spectrum, or both.
US10285052B2
Systems and methods for the wireless pairing of a personal health device (PHD) (e.g., blood glucose monitor) with a computing device (e.g., smartphone) are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the PHD communicates a private key to the computing device via a first communication medium (e.g., light signal, audio signal, pattern). The PHD receives from the computing device via a second wireless communication medium (e.g., Bluetooth® or WiFi) pairing information including the private key. The PHD can then establish a secure communication channel with the computing device by pairing the PHD to the computing device.
US10285051B2
A system and method for securing communication across an in-vehicle bus, includes establishing a connection between a gateway in a vehicle and the in-vehicle bus; generating a session key at the gateway within the vehicle; transmitting a public key certificate and ephemeral key to the gateway and an electronic control unit of the vehicle; generating a shared secret at the gateway and the electronic control unit, respectively; encrypting the session key with the shared secret at the gateway; receiving the encrypted session key through the in-vehicle bus at the electronic control unit; and decrypting the encrypted session key based on the shared secret generated at the electronic control unit.
US10285047B2
Even if “UE category” is notified of only in an uplink (or a downlink), a radio base station eNB can suitably perform a communication control on a mobile station UE in the downlink (or the uplink) for which “UE category” is not notified of. In the mobile station UE according to the present invention, when the mobile station UE does not support “UE category for Release-12” in the uplink, a transmitting unit 12 does not notify of “UE category for Release-12” corresponding to the uplink, and when the mobile station UE does not support “UE category for Release-12” in the downlink, the transmitting unit 12 does not notify of “UE category for Release-12” corresponding to the downlink.
US10285039B2
A wearable device and a communication method using the wearable device may include recognizing a gesture of a user by sensing at least one of a motion and a biosignal that occur in or around a portion of the user to which the wearable device is attached. A wireless communication connection is established for the wearable device with at least one of an external device, an internal device, or another wearable device based on the recognized gesture. Wireless communication is performed with at least one of the external device and the internal device with which the wireless communication connection is established.
US10285038B2
A system and method for discovering user equipment in a network is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a discovery proxy periodically scans an access router that serves a target user equipment and collects an address assignment record of the target user equipment via the access router. The discovery proxy passes the address assignment record to a discovery server, and the discovery server identifies a location of the target user equipment based on the address assignment record of the target user equipment.
US10285032B2
A communication apparatus that performs wireless communication with an external apparatus includes a display control unit to control a display unit so as to display a help screen for providing an explanation of an operation of the external apparatus, and a detection unit to detect a wireless signal transmitted from the external apparatus while no network with the external apparatus is formed. When operation information corresponding to a user operation on the external apparatus is included in a wireless signal detected by the detection unit, the display control unit controls the display unit so as to display the help screen corresponding to the operation information while no network with the external apparatus is formed.
US10285023B2
A device may receive a message from a third party messaging server device. The message may be destined for one or more user devices. The message may include a parameter that includes information related to the message. The device may determine that the message is an application-to-person (“A2P”) message type based on the message being received from the third party messaging server device. The device may configure a value of the parameter based on determining that the message is the A2P message type. The device may provide the message to a user device, of the one or more user devices, or an inter-carrier server device after configuring the value of the parameter.
US10285022B2
In a method for signal transmission and reception of a home subscriber server (HSS) in a wireless communication system, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the method for signal transmission and reception of the HSS comprises the steps of: receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) from a mobility management entity (MME) which has received an attach request transmitted by a user equipment (UE); and determining whether it is appropriate for the MME to provide service to the UE on the basis of the URL, wherein the URL includes at least one piece of information on whether the MME belongs to a dedicated core network, or on the type of dedicated core network to which the MME belongs if the MME belongs to a dedicated core network.
US10285021B2
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for transmitting or receiving a Multimedia Broadcast Supplement for Public warning system (MBSP) message. One of the embodiments of the present invention, a method for receiving a multimedia broadcast supplement for public warning system (MBSP) message, the method performed by a user equipment (UE) and comprising: receiving a paging message including an MBSP indication field indicating an MBSP notification will be transmitted; receiving a system information block including the MBSP notification including an MBSP related information for allocating a resource for receiving the MBSP message; and receiving the MBSP message through the resource, wherein the MBSP message includes public safety multimedia information for warning a user of the UE.
US10285020B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for managing a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS). In one configuration, content of an MBMS may be received while operating in a coverage area of a base station. A transition to operate outside the coverage area of the base station may be sensed. A peer discovery signal to request a relay of the content of the MBMS may be transmitted. The peer discovery signal may include an identifier of the MBMS. In another configuration, a first peer discovery signal including an out-of-coverage status indicator for the mobile device or MBMS query and an identifier of an MBMS may be received from the mobile device. A determination may be made regarding whether to relay content of the MBMS. Upon determining to relay the content of the MBMS, a second peer discovery signal indicating a capability to relay the content of the MBMS may be transmitted.
US10285019B2
A server, an apparatus, and a method for providing a call availability information of a driver are disclosed. A call availability information providing server may include a driving route calculating unit configured to receive a starting position and destination information transmitted from a vehicle terminal connected through a wireless communication network and to calculate a driving route corresponding to the received starting position and destination information; a call availability information generating unit configured to calculate a driving mode and a passing time per unit interval within the calculated driving route and to generate call availability information based on the calculated driving mode and passing time per unit interval when it is determined that a vehicle installed with the vehicle terminal is driving; and a call availability information transmitting unit configured to transmit the generated call availability information to the vehicle terminal.
US10285014B2
Embodiments provide techniques, including systems and methods, for determining an estimated target pickup location for a corresponding transport request at a particular location, such as associated with a particular geohash. A requestor may send a request that is associated with a location that does not reflect the requestor's intent regarding where they would like to be met by the provider (i.e., “picked up”). GPS inaccuracies may cause the request location to inaccurately indicate where the requestor will be; for example, the request location may be inside a building while the requestor is waiting on a curb around a far side of the building. The target pickup location allows for a requestor and a provider to meet more efficiently, reducing delay for the provider and improving the efficiency of the system by preventing provider system resources from being taken from other service areas and decreasing provider downtime upon matching.
US10285001B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving, at a first computing device, a request from a user to activate a new media collection, sending the request to a server computer for activation of the new media collection, receiving confirmation that the new media collection was activated, receiving a plurality of content messages associated with the new media collection, receiving from the user, a selection of the plurality of content messages to be included in the new media collection, sending, to the server computer, an indication of the selection of the content messages to be included in the new media collection, wherein the server computer causes the selection of content messages to be included in the new media collection and displayed in response to a request from at least a second computing device to view the new media collection.
US10284999B2
A mobile device can send and receive signals in a dedicated frequency band and receive signals in a separate frequency band separate from the dedicated frequency band. The mobile device can send one or more frequency band compatibility combinations each including first and second frequency bands, the first frequency band being in the separate frequency band and the second frequency band being in the dedicated frequency. The mobile device can listen, based on a received neighbor list, for a first signal that has a frequency in the first frequency band and for a second signal that has a frequency in the second frequency band. The mobile device can determine, based on the first signal, ranging information indicative of a range from the mobile device to a source of the first signal, e.g., to obtain improved accuracy ranging information.
US10284995B2
There is provided a method and corresponding system for determining phase adjustment filters for an associated sound generating system including at least two audio reproduction channels C1 and C2 where each of the audio reproduction channels C1 and C2 has an input signal and at least one loudspeaker located in a listening environment. The method includes estimating, for each of the audio reproduction channels C1 and C2, an acoustic transfer function at each of M≥1 spatial positions in the listening environment, based on sound measurements at the spatial positions; and determining, based on the acoustic transfer functions, phase adjustment filters F1 and to be applied, respectively, to the audio reproduction channels C1 and C2, to reduce the inter-loudspeaker differential phase, IDP, between the audio reproduction channels C1 and C2 in p listener positions.
US10284985B1
Latency on different devices (e.g., devices of differing brand, model, vintage, etc.) can vary significantly and tens of milliseconds can affect human perception of lagging and leading components of a performance. As a result, use of a uniform latency estimate across a wide variety of devices is unlikely to provide good results, and hand-estimating round-trip latency across a wide variety of devices is costly and would constantly need to be updated for new devices. Instead, a system has been developed for crowdsourcing latency estimates.
US10284978B2
A programming equipment (1) for programming (fitting) of a programmable hearing aid (2) comprises means for receiving information on the state of operation of signal processing systems included in the hearing aid. This information is utilized to present a graphical representation of the state of operation of these systems to the person performing the programming. The invention further provides a hearing aid and a method of programming a hearing aid.
US10284973B2
Presented herein are non-surgical or superficial wearable bands for facilitating hearing. In one embodiment, a wearable band in accordance with embodiments presented herein comprises a frame that is shaped to be positioned around a head of a user. The wearable band further comprises at least one drive plate or adapter configured to be disposed around a section of the frame, wherein the adapter is configured to deliver vibration to the head of the user. A vibration isolation member is disposed between the frame and the adapter. The vibration isolation member is configured to isolate the frame from the vibration at the adapter.
US10284967B2
A hearing device, particularly a hearing aid, has a housing, a signal processing unit arranged in the housing, a first sound generator disposed in the housing, and a second sound generator. The first sound generator and the second sound generator are configured to convert an output signal from the signal processing unit into sound. The second sound generator is a thermo-acoustic transducer.
US10284962B2
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having a cavity, a back plate disposed over the substrate and having a plurality of acoustic holes, a diaphragm disposed over the substrate to cover the cavity, the diaphragm being disposed under the back plate to be spaced apart from the back plate, including venting holes communicating with the cavity, and sensing an acoustic pressure to create a displacement, a first insulation layer interposed between the substrate and the diaphragm to support the diaphragm, and the first insulation layer including an opening formed at a position corresponding to the cavity to expose the diaphragm, a second insulating layer formed over the substrate to cover an upper face of the back plate and an insulating interlayer formed between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and the insulation interlayer being located outside the diaphragm and supporting the second insulation layer to make the back plate be spaced from the diaphragm. Thus, a process of manufacturing the MEMS microphone may be simplified.
US10284960B2
Acoustic transducer with gap-controlling geometry and method of manufacturing an acoustic transducer
A transducer of the preferred embodiment including a transducer and a plurality of adjacent, tapered cantilevered beams. Each of the beams define a beam base, a beam tip, and a beam body disposed between the beam base and the beam tip. The beams are arranged such that each of the beam tips extends toward a common area. Each beam is joined to the substrate along the beam base and is free from the substrate along the beam body. A preferred method of manufacturing a transducer can include: depositing alternating layers of piezoelectric and electrode onto the substrate in block, processing the deposited layers to define cantilever geometry in block, depositing metal traces in block, and releasing the cantilevered beams from the substrate in block.
US10284949B2
An impedance matching method for an electret microphone is provided. In some embodiments, the impedance matching method includes collecting a bias voltage between a source and a drain of a field effect transistor built in the electret microphone; determining whether the bias voltage is within a preset bias voltage threshold range; and if it is detected that the bias voltage is not within the preset bias voltage threshold range, sending a corresponding control signal to adjust load bias impedance so that the bias voltage is within the preset voltage threshold. An impedance matching apparatus for an electret microphone and a communication device are also provided.
US10284935B2
An omnidirectional electroacoustic transducer capable of reproducing a sound with high acoustic quality and sufficient sound volume in a wide frequency band is provided with a small number of components. The electroacoustic transducer includes: two or more electroacoustic transduction units each including an electroacoustic transduction film and an elastic supporter, the electroacoustic transduction film having a polymer composite piezoelectric body in which piezoelectric body particles are dispersed in a viscoelastic matrix formed of a polymer material having viscoelasticity at a normal temperature, and two thin film electrodes laminated on both surfaces of the polymer composite piezoelectric body, and the elastic supporter being disposed to be closely attached to one principal surface of the electroacoustic transduction film so as to cause the electroacoustic transduction film to be bent, in which the two or more electroacoustic transduction units are disposed so that the electroacoustic transduction films face outward and form some or all of faces of a polyhedron.
US10284926B2
A remote sensor device, method and system may include a casing housing an electronic circuit mounted that may include at least one environmental data sensor that generates environmental data based on one or more environmental conditions of air surrounding the environmental data sensor. The electronic circuit may also include a processor, a power source, a wireless transceiver, and a programmable memory. The environmental data generated by the at least one environmental sensor may be transmitted the environmental data via the wireless transmitter to a receiving device. The remote sensor device may also have a sensor to measure movement and the remote sensor device and/or portions of the circuit may enter a deep sleep mode when the motion is below a threshold level of motion and exit the deep sleep mode when the motion of the sensor device is at or above a threshold level of motion.
US10284925B2
A utility meter device (1002) including a communications receiver (110) for receiving file fragments for the device, a processing means (150), eg microprocessor, microcontroller, and programmable non-volatile memory means (120), eg flash, EEPROM, for building and storing application and data files from the fragments, and executing a meter application of the device by processing at least one application file and associated data identified by configuration instructions in at least one of the fragments to provide data for reconfiguring a meter through a control interface (1016).
US10284921B2
An original advertisement is transformed at a first content viewing device into a transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement that itself includes as added encoded data elements a configured incentive, a configured incentive time period within which to obtain the configured incentive, and a reporting instruction that causes an alternative content viewing device to report advertisement viewing back to the first content viewing device. The transferrable incentivized deferred advertisement, that includes the added encoded data elements, is transferred to the alternative content viewing device.
US10284902B2
A method of operating an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying a multimedia content for a plurality of users, detecting non-viewing of the multimedia content displayed on a screen by a first user among the plurality of users, recording a first part of the displayed multimedia content according to the detection, detecting a start of viewing of multimedia content displayed on the screen by the first user, and displaying the multimedia content for the plurality of users and the first part of the multimedia content.
US10284887B2
A method for synchronizing content undergoing play out at first and second stations commences by comparing audio within content undergoing play out on the first station to the audio within content undergoing play out on the second station to determine if a latency exists between the first and second stations. If such a latency exists, then at least one of a pause or jump operations is performed in connection with content playing out by at least one of the first and second stations for an interval corresponding to an interval by which one station leads the other station to bring the two stations into substantial synchronism.
US10284884B2
A real-time content identification and tracking system enabling monitoring of television programming consumption specific to an individual television or other viewing device. Metrics collected may include data regarding viewing of specific broadcast media, commercial messages, interactive on-screen information or other programming, as well as locally cached, time-shifted programming. Information about media consumption by such specific television sets or other viewing means may be returned to a commercial client of the system through a trusted third-party intermediary service and, in certain embodiments, encoded tokens may be used to manage the display of certain events as well as to enable robust auditing of each involved party's contractual performance.
US10284880B2
A lossy compression method optimizes bandwidth and storage for a security surveillance network. An appliance on a local network attached to event capture terminals transforms image files into a key frame and at least one subsequent frame. Decompression combines a subsequent frame with its key frame to provide an image with graduated resolution/noise clutter. A camera records, and forwards a plurality of image files compatible with JPEG encoding. Key frames are selected from among the plurality of image files. A configurable low pass filter is reset for each train of a key frame and its subsequent frame or frames. Each low pass filter is selectively applied to each pixel block within a subsequent frame. The transformation operates on coefficients of frequency bins. Meta data enables decompression of a single subsequent frame by reversing some of the transformations to provide a JPEG compatible file having selectively reduced resolution or noise clutter.
US10284872B2
Various embodiments for calculating a motion vector predictor for a current block are provided. A fixed number of motion vector predictor candidates is obtained, with the fixed number being at least two. Each of the motion vector predictor candidates is a candidate for the motion vector predictor. An index for identifying the motion vector predictor from among the fixed number of the motion vector predictor candidates is coded according to the fixed number and added to a bitstream. The motion vector predictor to be used for coding the current block is selected from among the fixed number of the motion vector predictor candidates based on the index. The fixed number of the motion vector predictor candidates includes a plurality of candidates each having a motion vector of value 0, and at least one of one or more first candidates and one or more new candidates.
US10284867B2
A method and related apparatus, the method comprising receiving a bitstream comprising picture data units on one or more scalability layers; determining a first set of layers that are decoded from the bitstream; decoding, from or along the bitstream, a first indication indicative of an end of a coded picture, wherein the first indication is associated with a first layer identifier; decoding, from or along the bitstream, a second indication indicative of a second set of layers that are not present in an access unit; and determining an end of the access unit, when the first layer identifier is the greatest among the first set of layers, or all layers with a layer identifier greater than the first identifier among the first set of layers are included in the second set of layers.
US10284865B2
An encoding device includes a processor configured to execute a process. The process includes: first calculating, based on a first system rate for encoding data and transmitting the encoded data to a terminal and a second system rate representing a rate for reproducing the data at the terminal, a decoder storage time during which the encoded data received by the terminal is stored; and adding information of the decoder storage time to the encoded data and transmitting the encoded data added with the information to the terminal.
US10284860B1
A method and an apparatus for video coding are provided. The apparatus includes processing circuitry. Prediction information of a first block from a coded video bitstream is decoded by the processing circuitry. The first block is a non-square block and the prediction information of the first block is indicative of a first intra prediction direction mode in a first set of intra prediction direction modes that is associated with the non-square block. The first set of intra prediction direction modes has a first number of different intra prediction direction modes from a second set of intra prediction direction modes that is associated with a square block. The first number is a positive integer that is based on an aspect ratio of the first block. At least one sample of the first block is subsequently reconstructed by the processing circuitry according to the first intra prediction direction mode.
US10284858B2
A computing device may obtain, from a first bitstream that includes a coded representation of the video data, a Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) message that includes an indication of an extraction mode that was used to produce the first bitstream. If the extraction mode is the first extraction mode, the first bitstream includes one or more coded pictures not needed for correct decoding of the target output layer set. If the extraction mode is the second extraction mode, the first bitstream does not include the one or more coded pictures not needed for correct decoding of the target output layer set.
US10284846B2
An image predictive encoding device can efficiently encode an image, while suppressing an increase in prediction information and reducing the prediction error of a target block. In an image predictive encoding device, according to one embodiment, to produce a prediction signal of a partition in a target region, it is decided whether prediction information of a neighbouring region can be used. When prediction information of the neighbouring region can be used, a region width of the partition where the prediction information of the neighbouring region is used to produce the prediction signal is determined. The prediction signal of the target region is produced from a reconstructed signal based on at least one of the region width, the prediction information of the target region, and the prediction information of the neighbouring region. The prediction information, information identifying the region width, and a residual signal are encoded.
US10284840B2
Provided is an apparatus and method for reproducing a three-dimensional (3D) image. A 3D image reproduction apparatus may include an image selector configured to select a left-eye image and a right-eye image based on a broadcast standard of a broadcast stream, and an image outputter configured to output the 3D image by synthesizing and output the left-eye image and the right-eye image in a 3D image format.
US10284838B2
Methods and apparatuses for transmitting images captured by first and second image sensors are disclosed. In some embodiments, each image sensor generates a plurality of pixel values each represented by a plurality of data bits having a pixel bit length. In some embodiments, a method involves combining pixel values generated by each of the first and second image sensors into a single image data stream, transforming the single image data stream into a plurality of data words having a word bit length, and encoding the data by selection of one of a plurality of symbols having an encoded bit length that is at least one bit longer than the word bit length to reduce a running disparity. The method also involves serializing the symbols to generate and transmit a DC balanced serial bitstream. Methods for synchronizing a receiver for extracting image data from the serial bitstream are also disclosed.
US10284819B2
A method corrects a captured image and includes the steps of determining an effect of atmosphere and a distance from an image capture device which is spaced relatively far from an area of interest. The method utilizes a transmission and reception device to identify the effect on a transmitted and reflected signal due to the atmosphere and distance. An image of the area of interest is captured. The image is corrected based upon the effect of the distance and atmosphere on the transmitted and reflected signal. An apparatus programmed to perform the method is also disclosed. An apparatus for capturing an image from a distance is also disclosed.
US10284815B2
Embodiments are described for provision of video conferencing with, for example, a virtual whiteboard for displaying annotations and streaming of a physical whiteboard, indexing of physical whiteboard content, and compositing and projection of remote whiteboard content onto a local whiteboard.
US10284810B1
A device obtains a plurality of original high-resolution frames and a low-resolution frame. The device generates, based on the plurality of original high-resolution frames, a first additional high-resolution frame. The first additional high-resolution frame and the low-resolution frame correspond to a same output time. The device generates a down-sampled frame by down-sampling the first additional higher-resolution frame. Additionally, the device determines, based on comparisons of blocks of the low-resolution frame and blocks of the down-sampled frame, a plurality of weights. The device generates an up-sampled frame by up-sampling the low-resolution frame. The device generates a second additional high-resolution frame based on a weighted average of the up-sampled frame and the first additional high-resolution frame. The weighted average is based on the plurality of weights. The second additional high-resolution frame corresponds to the same output time as the first additional high-resolution frame and the low-resolution frame.
US10284801B2
A method for performing differential double sampling and a CMOS image sensing device for performing the same. In one example, the CMOS image sensing device includes a pixel array include a multitude of pixels with each pixel formed by a plurality of photodiodes, a floating diffusion point and a plurality of transistors electrically coupled the plurality of photodiodes. Moreover, a column readout circuit with four storage capacitors is selectively coupled to the pixel array by switches so that the storage capacitors can store sampled pixel values. A control circuit connected to the pixel array and the column readout circuit selectively activates the transistors to output to the column readout circuit sampled dark value and bright values of one photodiode and a sampled double bright value of the one photodiode and one additional photodiode.
US10284795B2
An image processing device is an image processing device including a control unit configured to control a scan frequency of a region of an imaging unit, and an analysis unit configured to analyze a captured image captured in the imaging unit, and the analysis unit is configured to analyze the captured image to detect an optical signal transmitted from a signal source, identify an attribute of the signal source on the basis of information included in the detected optical signal, and set a region including the signal source in the captured image in a region with a different scan frequency, and the control unit is configured to control a scan frequency of the imaging unit for each region that is set in the captured image.
US10284791B2
Provided is a display on which an operation is performed by an information processing apparatus that is connected to the display. The display includes a USB terminal, a first video input terminal, a second video input terminal, an input signal processing unit that transmits inherent information of the display to the information processing apparatus, and a video terminal/USB terminal associating processing unit that determines, on the basis of inherent information transmitted from the information processing apparatus, whether or not the information processing apparatus is connected to a video input terminal of the display, and specifies the video input terminal connected to the information processing apparatus.
US10284790B1
A method for encoding segment boundary information of a video for improved video processing is disclosed. The method includes identifying, by a processing device, boundary data corresponding to segments of a content item, encoding the boundary data as part of the content item, and transmitting the content item with the encoded boundary data to a server.
US10284786B2
Disclosed are method for improving image effect and apparatus thereof, comprising: when a system starts up, acquiring a screen parameter to determine whether an input signal source is an SDR film source or an HDR film source; if it is an SDR film source, performing first image processing to obtain an SDR image, starting up HDR conversion mode; reducing its backlight brightness to pre-set brightness, and displaying current peak brightness pixel or area according to a screen parameter after increasing backlight brightness; if it is HDR film source, performing second image processing to obtain HDR image, closing down HDR conversion mode, before displaying. Thus, a high-grayscale detail performance capacity is improved, achieving an SDR-to-HDR function, a higher brightness range, more picture details, an SDR film source can be played in an HDR television with the display effect of an HDR film source.
US10284764B2
A vehicular vision system includes a plurality of imaging sensors disposed at a vehicle and having respective exterior fields of view, each of the imaging sensors capturing respective image data. A control is disposed at the vehicle and includes a data processor. The imaging sensors are connected to the control via respective ones of a plurality of single core coaxial cables. Each single core coaxial cable commonly carries (i) image data from the respective imaging sensor to the control for processing at the data processor and (ii) power to the respective imaging sensor. The vehicular vision system utilizes at least one of (i) an ETHERNET communication protocol, (ii) a Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) protocol and (iii) a FPD-Link III protocol. Each of the single core coaxial cables provides bidirectional communication between the control and the respective imaging sensor.
US10284755B2
A monitoring device with a board case having an open end and a closed end partially defining a lower housing space; a lid connected to the board case at the closed end to define an upper housing space; a power supply within the first housing space; a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) within the lower housing space and electrically connected through the closed end of the board case to the power supply, the PCBA having a CPU module with computer readable memory; a bracket assembly within the lower housing space; a camera module mechanically fixed to the bracket assembly; and a lens cover at least partially surrounding the camera module. In a network with a plurality of such devices, each device may be configured to communicate directly with each of the other monitoring devices without the use of a centralized server.
US10284749B2
Provided are a printer, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and a scanner-profile creation method. In a printer including a print engine, a scanner and a color measurement device, or a printing system including a printer, a scanner and a color measurement device, a controller creates a scanner profile by using RGB values and color measurement values obtained by measuring a first color chart with the scanner and color measurement device, and determines a first color gamut and a second color gamut of the printer by using one or both of RGB values and color measurement values obtained by measuring the first color chart and a second color chart, respectively, where the second color chart includes at least color patches in specific colors representing a color gamut of the printer. The controller further corrects the scanner profile by comparing the first color gamut and the second color gamut.
US10284748B2
An image processing system includes: an image processor having an image print function; and a server part, wherein the image processing system is connectable to a display part that displays a screen, and the server part determines whether acquisition of request information to be requested for printing is necessary, on the basis of a print mode of a print job, and generates a first screen for receiving a user operation for inputting the request information as the screen when the acquisition is necessary and generates a second screen different from the first screen when the acquisition is unnecessary.
US10284746B2
An information processing apparatus includes plural communication units, a determination unit, and a controller. The plural communication units are configured to be capable of conducting a wireless communication. The determination unit is configured to determine a communication unit from among the plural communication units in accordance with whether a mobile communication terminal that is attempting to conduct a communication is approaching the information processing apparatus. The controller is configured to perform a control so as to start the communication using the communication unit determined by the determination unit.
US10284737B2
A sheet feeding device has a sheet feed tray, a metallic pressure plate configured to support the plurality of sheets, the sheet feed tray being rockable about a rocking fulcrum between a descending position and an ascending position, a sheet feed roller configured to convey sheets supported by the pressure plate in a sheet conveying direction one by one, and an elastic member made of metal and arranged on the sheet feed tray, the elastic member engaging with the pressure plate and being electrically connected to the pressure plate, the elastic member contacting metal arranged outside the sheet feed tray to ground the pressure plate. The pressure plate has an engaging part configured to engage with the elastic member, the engaging part displacing in a direction where a contact pressure with respect to the elastic member increases when the pressure plate displaced from the descending position to the ascending position.
US10284732B2
Methods and devices for masking latency may include detecting a pause in receiving an image stream from an imaging device and generating one or more virtual image frames, each including a status indicator to indicate a status of the imaging device when the pause in receiving the image stream is detected. The methods and devices may also include generating, at the operating system, a data stream with the one or more virtual image frames inserted after a last image frame of the received image stream. In addition, the methods and devices may include transmitting the data stream to an application.
US10284726B2
System and method for handling a transaction between a waiting party and queuing party include an independent communication system (ICS) managing calls between the waiting party and calling party for handling sensitive data as well as call-attached data. The ICS manages the transaction in different stages and with different levels of sensitivity. Either party is allowed to modify the call or call preferences during the transaction. The ICS works independently from the queuing party calling system.
US10284718B2
A networking system may comprise a web site serviced by a web server assembly. The web site may generally comprise a combination of the following components: a crediting system, a chat bidding system, a performance bidding system, a telephony switching system, a media interaction system, a display system, a photo management system, and a messaging system. An exemplary embodiment of the chat bidding system may comprise a plurality of common user accounts, a queue, and a featured user account. Common users of the common user accounts may pose tasks to the featured user, and may make a pledge for each task. The tasks may be stored in, and sorted by, the queue based on their pledges. A featured user of the featured user account may be presented with a highest ranked task in the queue, and may choose to respond to the task or to skip the task.
US10284700B2
A method for data communication in a vehicle between an in-vehicle device and a mobile device coupled with the vehicle includes transmitting, by the in-vehicle device, data via a data bus of the vehicle to an in-vehicle data communication device, a first data protocol being used for this purpose, in which an arbitration occurs. The data communication device converts the data, and the data communication device transmits the converted data via a data link to the mobile device. A second data protocol is used in the data transmission from the in-vehicle data communication device to the mobile device, in which no arbitration occurs. A data communication device by which the method of the invention may be implemented is also described.
US10284699B2
A method for contact list prioritization according to predicted reachability includes loading a contact list of contacts and retrieving a reachability value for each corresponding contact in the contact list that has been computed for each corresponding contact according to usage data of each corresponding contact for an associated mobile telephone. Thereafter, contacts in the contact list that are determined to be most reachable according to a corresponding reachability value are displayed first. In one aspect, the usage data for the associated mobile telephone is based upon accelerometer data of the associated mobile telephone. In another aspect, the usage data is based upon recency or frequency of use of the mobile telephone to place telephone calls. In yet another aspect, the usage data is based upon recency or frequency of use of a messaging application executing in the associated mobile telephone. Finally, in even yet another aspect, the usage data is based upon recency or frequency of posting content to a social network through the associated mobile telephone.
US10284698B1
The invention relates, inter alia, to a speech station (10) for an intercom network (11), comprising an in particular parallepipedal housing (12), with a housing front (13) and a rear housing side (14), wherein a plurality of programmable operator controls (15a, 15b, 15c, 15d) and multiple displays (16a, 16b, 16c, 16d) are tightly packed on the housing front (13), wherein the operator controls comprise a plurality of selector keys (17a, 17b, 17c, 17d), wherein the speech station as a result of a selector key being actuated by an operator provides a direct listen and/or talk connection to a selected other speech station (18a, 18b) of the intercom network via a switching station (19), wherein a plurality of connectors (20a, 20b, 20c, 20d), such as power-supply connector, data cable connector, BNC connector, are mounted on the rear housing side (14), wherein at least one loudspeaker (24a, 24b) is fixed on the speech station, wherein the loudspeaker is accommodated in a seat (25) between the housing front (13) and rear housing side (14), offset to the rear (26) relative to the housing front (13), and wherein the loudspeaker (24a, 24b) has a sound exit surface (27) from which the sound is propagated to an opening (28) in the housing front (13), wherein the opening has an opening cross-section (29) that amounts to only a fraction of the sound exit surface (27).
US10284694B2
Portable communication devices and related methods for use in supporting voice and/or data communication are provided. One example portable communication device includes a housing, an interface connector disposed at the housing. The interface connector is configured to couple to an accessory module configured to provide at least one accessory function. The example portable communication device also includes a processor disposed at least partially within the housing. The processor is coupled to the interface connector and is configured to determine whether a coupled accessory module is an approved module for use with the portable communication device, based on an identity of the accessory module, and if the accessory module is an approved module, enable power at the interface connector such that communication between the portable communication device and the accessory module is permitted.
US10284689B2
An approach is described for registering a plurality of gateway devices to a sensor platform operated by a service provider, detecting at the gateway devices, one or more sensors from a personal area network of a subscriber, determining corresponding identifiers of the sensors, collecting data from the sensors over one or more coordinated personal area networks, and designating each of a plurality of agents to process the collected data for local analysis and acting on this analysis, wherein the agents are configured to communicate with other agents.
US10284685B2
Tools are provided to assist users of cloud computing systems to create, monitor, and debug the resource instances they need. Specifically, resource instances are created in a cloud computing system based on a blueprint that is provided to a blueprint processor. The blueprint declaratively defines the resources that the user needs to have created in the cloud. Based on the information contained in blueprint, the blueprint processor causes the cloud to orchestrate the creation of resource instances, doing so in parallel when possible, and to configure those resource instances as specified in blueprint. Techniques are described for generating a timeline to convey status during the deployment process, and for performing debugging operations.
US10284679B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and computer-storage media for maintaining privacy while delivering advertisements based on encrypted user profile identifiers. In embodiments, a Public key Encryption with Keyword Search (PEKS) is used to generate a public key and a private key. In embodiments, a public key and a private key are used to encrypt user profile identifiers and generate trapdoors associated with defined profile identifiers, respectively. A portion of the encrypted user profile identifiers are compared to a portion of the trapdoors. If a match is present between at least one encrypted user profile identifier and an associated trapdoor, a delivery engine is provided with an identification of content to be delivered to the user. The provided description is then used to determine an advertisement to present to a user. The advertisement is then presented to the user.
US10284675B2
Systems and methods are provided for browser-based games. For example, a data-loading request is received for acquiring resource data and user data related to operations of a next phase of a browser-based game; a present networking state is detected; in response to the present networking state corresponding to an online state, first resource data and first user data are requested from the network-side server; the browser-based game is loaded based on at least information associated with the first resource data and the first user data received from the network-side server; and the first resource data and the first user data are stored in a cache.
US10284672B2
A low-latency network interface and complementary data management protocols are disclosed in this specification. The data management protocols reduce dedicated control exchanges between the network interface and a corresponding host computing system by consolidating control data with network data. The network interface may also facilitate port forwarding and data logging without an external network switch.
US10284667B2
Examples to determine media impressions using distributed demographic information are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a communication interface to receive a network communication at an impression monitor system based on a login event at a client device, the login event associated with an Internet-based service of a first Internet domain different from a second Internet domain of the impression monitor system. The example communication interface also sends a response to the client device, the response to cause the client device to include first and second cookie identifiers in a login reporting message and to send the login reporting message to a computer of a database proprietor that provides the Internet-based service, the first cookie identifier associated with the first Internet domain of the Internet-based service, and the second cookie identifier associated with the second Internet domain of the impression monitor system.
US10284661B2
Systems and methods for efficient prioritized restoration of services implemented in a node in a network utilizing a control plane include releasing higher priority services affected by a fault on a link adjacent to the node immediately via control plane signaling such that the higher priority services mesh restore; tracking mesh restoration of the released higher priority services; and releasing lower priority services based on the tracking, subsequent to the mesh restoration of the higher priority services, wherein the higher priority services and the lower priority services comprise one or more of Optical Transport Network (OTN) connections, Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) connections, and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) connections.
US10284654B2
Various techniques for collection and processing of motor vehicle telematics data and establishing control over access to the telematics data are disclosed herein. In an example, a communication device (e.g., a computing device) operated by an owner or operator of a motor vehicle operates to receive telematics data from a telematics system, generate and transmit a derived indication of the telematics data (e.g., using a hash of the data), receive and process a request for information from the telematics data, and generate and transmit an answer and proof of the answer validity in response to the request for information. In an example, the proof of the answer validity may be provided as a zero knowledge proof. The proof may be verified using the derived indication of the telematics data, such as from an indication that is stored in a public distributed blockchain that is auditable and unalterable.
US10284647B2
Provided are a computer program product, method, and system for providing information on published configuration patterns of storage resources to client systems in a network computing environment. Published configuration patterns of storage resources and storage performance models for the published configuration patterns are received from the client systems and stored in a catalog. The published storage performance models are based on storage performance and workloads realized at the configuration patterns of the storage resources. A determination is made from the catalog of at least one published configuration pattern that is similar to a requested configuration pattern requested by a client system according to at least one storage attribute. A result set is generated indicating the determined at least one published configuration pattern and the storage performance model and sent to the requesting client system.
US10284646B2
Operating an online transaction processing system to perform an application including a first module call by performing the following steps (not necessarily in the following order): (i) assigning a dedicated search path to the application, where the search path specifies an ordered set of location(s) for searching for module code, the set of location(s) includes at least a first dynamic module library and the first dynamic module library is ahead of any other locations which may be included in the dedicated search path; (ii) running the application through the transaction processing system; (iii) receiving the first module call, from the running of the application, specifying a requested module using a requested module name; and (iv) in response to the module call, locating the requested module based on the requested module name and the dedicated search path.
US10284642B2
A pre-configured hyper-converged computing device for supporting a virtualization infrastructure includes one or more independent server nodes each comprising a CPU, memory, and storage. The device also includes a peer-to-peer communication agent, that when executed, provides peer-to-peer communication between pre-configured hyper-converged computing devices in a wide area network, and enables a federated single sign-on to the wide area network.
US10284639B2
Systems and methods for synchronizing information between devices are provided. An exemplary method receives, at first computing device, electronic content and data identifying one or more peer computing devices and establishes respective connections between the first device and each of the peer devices. The method sends, from the master device, to each of the peer devices, the content. When the content is received by the peer devices, at least a portion of the content is simultaneously displayed by the master device and the peer computing devices. In an embodiment, each of a group of devices at a location is configured to execute a player application within a browser in order to simultaneously display website content in a synchronized manner. One of the devices is referred to as a master device. The master device obtains current website content from a content repository and propagates the website content to the peer devices.
US10284633B1
Systems and methods are provided for a computer-implemented method of implementing an on-demand computing network environment. A network specification is received from a user. Resources from one or more resource providers are provisioned. The on-demand computing network is configured, where configuring comprises assigning a first provisioned resource as a hub device and assigning one or more second provisioned resources as rim devices, where a particular rim device comprises a bridge device, where the bridge device repackages data received from the on-demand computing network prior to forwarding that data such that the data received from the on-demand computing network appears to terminate at the bridge device to an observer viewing the data between the hub device and the bridge device.
US10284629B2
A service provider apparatus is provided with a first application for executing a process related to a Web page or Web contents, and a service providing part for providing services. The first application sends a request to a second application included in another apparatus. The service providing part receives a service providing request related to the request from the second application, and provides a service depending on the service providing request, so as to expand functions of the services provided by the service provider apparatus.
US10284627B2
A method and system for managing an application with multiple modes are described. A device manager that manages a mobile device may monitor the mobile device. The device manager may detect that a first type of application that runs in a managed mode (or in multiple managed modes) and an unmanaged mode is installed on the mobile device. When the application is executed on the device, the application executes in accordance with the selected application mode, e.g., based on location, user, role, industry presence, or other predefined context.
US10284626B2
The embodiments described herein generally relate to a protocol for implementing data operations, e.g., a version of SMB, atop RDMA transports. In embodiments, systems and methods use the protocol definition, which specifies new messages for negotiating an RDMA connection and for transferring SMB2 data using the negotiated communication. A new protocol message may include new header information to determine message size, number of messages, and other information for sending the SMB2 data over RDMA. The header information is used to accommodate differences in message size requirements between RDMA and SMB2. The SMB Direct protocol allows SMB2 data to be fragmented into multiple individual RDMA messages that a receiver may then logically concatenate into a single SMB2 request or SMB2 response. The SMB Direct protocol also may allow SMB2 to transfer application data via efficient RDMA direct placement and to signal the application data's availability when the transfer is complete.
US10284624B2
Systems and methods for providing registration at a remote site that may include, for example, a monitoring module that may communicate with a remote site. A registration protocol may be used by the monitoring module and the remote site in generating the messages communicated during the registration process. The monitoring module may gather and generate various identification information to be included in the registration protocol messages. The registration information provided by the monitoring module maybe stored at the remote site in a database server having a database. A confirmation message may be communicated from the remote site to the monitoring module that may either acknowledge successful registration or report that an error occurred during the registration process.
US10284622B2
This disclosure is directed to monitoring events generated by a social networking service and determining whether the generated events signify a company milestone for an organizational member. The events may be generated by members of the social networking service or by external websites being monitored by the social networking service. The social networking service further conducts various types of processing on content associated with one or more of the events to determine the quality, tone, and relevancy of the monitored events. This processing may depend on whether the event was generated by a member of the social networking service or by an external website. The social networking service then correlates the various monitored events with organizational members of the social networking service. After a predetermined time period or a predetermined number of events, the social networking service then attempts to identify a company milestone that best matches the events.
US10284606B2
A method and apparatus are provided for setting up a communications session between an instance of a web application installed in a terminal and a called entity. The method includes sending a first request for setting up a communications session between the application instance and the called entity, the first request being formulated in a first protocol; receiving a response indicating that it is not possible to route the first request, and sending a second request for setting up the communications session formulated in a second protocol.
US10284605B2
A method and an apparatus for providing a mission critical service are provided. The method includes transmitting, by the first terminal, a first discovery announcement message to plurality of terminals performing device to device (D2D) communication according to the mission critical service, wherein the discovery announcement message includes at least one of a category of the first terminal, video performance of a camera provided in the first terminal, and information about a status of the first terminal; receiving a second discovery announcement message from a second terminal included among the plurality of terminals performing the D2D communication; and acquiring information about a presence and a capability of the second terminal based on the second discovery announcement message.
US10284600B2
A managed container may be configured to manage enterprise applications, manage enterprise information stored on a device, manage a protected storage area used by the managed container to store and reference the enterprise applications during execution, and manage a database storing enterprise rules related to management of the enterprise applications and the enterprise information. The managed container may communicate with an application gateway server to control download and update of the enterprise applications, the enterprise information, and the enterprise rules. The application gateway server may be coupled to a backend enterprise application. At least one of the enterprise applications may be configured to execute in conjunction with the backend enterprise application according to at least one of the enterprise rules, and is configured to, according to another one of the enterprise rules, manage the enterprise information associated with the backend enterprise application.
US10284594B2
A method for processing network traffic data includes receiving a packet, and determining whether the packet is a previously dropped packet that is being retransmitted. A method for processing network traffic content includes receiving a plurality of headers, the plurality of headers having respective first field values, and determining whether the first field values of the respective headers form a first prescribed pattern. A method for processing network traffic content includes receiving a plurality of packets, and determining an existence of a flooding attack without tracking each of the plurality of packets with a SYN bit.
US10284591B2
In non-limiting examples, anti-exploit systems and methods described herein monitor a memory space of a process for execution of functions. Stack walk processing is executed upon invocation of one of the functions in the monitored memory space. During execution of the stack walk processing, at least one memory check is performed to detect suspicious behavior. An alert of suspicious behavior is triggered when the performing of the memory check detects at least one of: code execution attempted from non-executable memory, identification of an invalid base pointer, identification of an invalid stack return address, attempted execution of a return-oriented programming technique, the base pointer is outside a current thread stack, and a return address is detected as being inside a virtual memory area. If an alert of suspicious behavior is triggered, execution of a payload is prevented for the invoked function.
US10284589B2
Systems and methods for determining priority levels to process vulnerabilities associated with a networked computer system can include a data collection engine receiving a plurality of specification profiles, each defining one or more specification variables of the networked computer system or a respective asset. The data collection engine can receive, from a vulnerability scanner, vulnerability data indicative of a vulnerability associated with the networked computer system. A profiling engine can interrogate a computing device of the networked computer system, and receive one or more respective profiling parameters from that computing device. A ranking engine can compute a priority ranking value of the computing device based on the profile specification variables, the vulnerability data and the profiling parameters. The priority ranking value associated with the computing device can be indicative of a priority level, compared to other computing devices of the computer network, for patching a vulnerability affecting that computing device.
US10284580B2
Methods and systems for detecting and defeating a low and slow application DDoS attack, comprising: computing the Entropy of a plurality of detectors, at least in part selected from a group Geo detector, a group response size detector, a group preference detector, and an individual client behavior detector, wherein the plurality of detectors each describe a feature of traffic affected by the DDoS attack; composing the plurality of detectors on one or more of a Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve basis and a correlation basis; and implementing a countermeasure to mitigate the DDoS attack.
US10284576B2
Adware and viruses are examples of objects that may be embedded in a web page or linked to a web page. When such an object is detected to be associated with a web page loading on a browser, an analysis may be performed to determine a trust level for the object. The object is suppressed based on the trust level. A prompt is displayed to advise a user that the object has been suppressed, and to provide an opportunity to interactively accept or decline activation of an action for the object.
US10284571B2
A graphical user interface for constructing rules to run on an intrusion detection system is described. The user interface includes a field that specifies a first set of nodes on a network by Host-Group, a field that specifies a second set of nodes on a network by Host-Group and a field which determines whether to interpret the first and second host-group fields as Client, server, source, destination or any of these.
US10284563B2
A method for providing a transparent asynchronous network flow exchange is provided. The method may include receiving a query request from a requester, whereby the received query request is associated with a network packet. The method may also include determining if the network packet contains a plurality of defined signatures. The method may further include in response to determining that the network packet contains a plurality of defined signatures, authenticating a plurality of information associated with the network packet. The method may additionally include determining a plurality of flow related security information associated with the network packet based on the authentication of the plurality of information. The method may include sending the determined plurality of flow related security information to the requester.
US10284554B2
Systems and methods herein can provide device-specific access to an e-mail server, including an EWS-based e-mail server. In an example, a management server controlled by a system administrator provides device identification information to a user device and to a tunnel server. The management server also provides a custom request identifier to the tunnel server, and provides instructions to the e-mail server to allow access for requests including that custom request identifier. The tunnel server receives a request from the user device, rewrites the request to include the custom request identifier, and passes the request to the e-mail server.
US10284546B2
A client device for the secured activation of functions of a client, a server device for providing a password for the client device, and corresponding methods. The client device has a storage unit for storing a plurality of service keys, each service key defining at least one function of the client and being allocated to a password, a receiving unit for receiving a password from a server, and a processing unit for comparing the plurality of service keys with the received password, for selecting the service key to which the received password is allocated, and for activating at least one function of the client which is contained in the selected service key.
US10284532B2
Methods and systems for managing access to a resource by one of a plurality of applications. The method comprises: storing, in a first storage area associated with a first application, a first credential for use in accessing the resource; receiving, at a second application, a message comprising data for determining that the first application stores a validated credential for accessing the resource; sending a request for the validated credential from the second application to the first application; receiving the first credential at the second application from the first application in response to the request sent; and storing the first credential in a second storage area associated with the second application; wherein the message received at the second application is received from a server system, remote from the plurality of applications, which maintains data indicating a subset of the plurality of applications which store respective validated credentials for accessing the resource.
US10284528B2
A system and method for remote monitoring and management of an instant issuance system is provided. The embodiments provide secure communication between different entities within the instant issuance system. Security can be established via mutual authentication between the communicating entities of the instant issuance system prior and/or concurrent with a communication taking place.
US10284525B2
A device for secure transmission of vehicle data over vehicle datalinks that may be shared with passenger devices and are connected to a publicly shared network is provided. The device comprises a processor embedded within a portion of an Ethernet cable for a vehicle. A plurality of applications resides in the processor and comprises a VPN application, and a VPN address and certificate update application. A first Ethernet transceiver communicates with the processor through the VPN application and also communicates with onboard electronic equipment. A second Ethernet transceiver communicates with the processor through the VPN application and also communicates with an external datalink. The VPN application automatically establishes a VPN when the datalink is available, provides an authentication certificate to verify that the device is a correct and legitimate node, and verifies a VPN hosting certification to determine whether the device is communicating with a correct and legitimate external facility.
US10284518B2
A network system based on a SDN with a seamless handover mechanism, an operation method and a control apparatus thereof are provided. The network system includes network devices, host devices and a control apparatus. The network devices are connected together. A part of the network devices are equipped with wireless access networks of the same SSID, and each of the host devices is connected to one of the network devices. The control apparatus is connected to the network devices. When a first host device of the host devices is changed to connect with a second network device from a first network device, the control apparatus controls the network devices to return an address resolution response packet to the first host device in response to an address resolution request packet transmitted from the first host device, so as to maintain an IP address of the first host device.
US10284515B2
Messages are processed in a distributed messaging system by a message processing engine. Message targets operates according to a first standard or a second legacy standard. In response to receiving a database commit indication, a message envelope is generated for each message target to be notified operating according to the first standard and at least one messages within each message envelope. Message envelope dependencies between generated message envelopes for a same message target are computed. Message dependencies between the messages within each message envelope are computed based at least on the standard of the messages of the respective message envelope and functions of the messages. The messages are sent to the respective message target in a sequence based on the message envelope dependencies and the message dependencies.
US10284510B2
For message delivery in a communication network, message processing is monitored, including processing of a first message by subscribers of a network application that provides messaging services via the communication network. A group activity level is determined for processing of the first message by ones of the subscribers who belong to a first group of persons. The determined group activity level is compared to a threshold activity level for the group. Responsive to the determined group activity level exceeding the threshold activity level, a notification about the message is sent via the communication network for a subscriber who belongs to the first group and has not processed the first message.
US10284507B1
Systems and methods for remotely operating a data protection server are described. The data protection server is configured to perform predefined data protection operations for computing assets of an enterprise network. An email agent is installed on the data protection system to receive a specially-coded email message from an authorized user, where the specially-coded message includes an instruction for performing a predefined data protection operation. Upon receiving the email message and parsing it to extract the instruction, the data protection system initiates execution of the instruction.
US10284503B2
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal enabling data transmission and reception and a control method thereof. A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes: a display unit for outputting an image including a specific object and outputting a data input window on the basis of a predetermined user input to the specific object; a wireless communication unit for transmitting the input data to an external terminal corresponding to the specific object on the basis of data inputted to the data input window; and a controller for outputting the input data on the image and for outputting the received data on the image on the basis of data received from the external terminal.
US10284501B2
Technologies for multi-core wireless data transmission include a computing device having a processor with multiple cores and a wireless network interface controller (NIC). The computing device establishes multiple transmission queues that are each associated with a processor core. A driver receives a packet for transmission from an application in the execution context of the application, determines a current processor core of the execution context, adds metadata to the packet indicative of the current core, and enqueues the packet in the transmission queue associated with the current core. The wireless NIC merges the packet with packet data from the other transmission queues, adds a sequence number to each packet, and transmits each packet. The wireless NIC may determine the current processor core based on the metadata of the packet and raise an interrupt to the current processor core in response to transmitting the packet. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10284495B2
A slice management system and a slice management method that can dynamically adjust the amount of resources when the amount of resources is insufficient to create a slice. A storing unit of a NFVO stores slice utilization status information. In a BSS/OSS, an allocation determination unit determines to create a new slice or extend an existing slice, and when resources for creation of a new slice or extension of an existing slice are insufficient, a resource change determination unit determines a slice for reduction based on the slice utilization status information. A resource request unit of the NFVO reduces resources of the determined slice.
US10284494B2
A device controlling method, a client, a server and an intermediate device are provided. The device controlling method includes acquiring information on an intermediate device and information on a controlled device associated with the intermediate device; sending a resource downloading command carrying the information on the intermediate device which is to obtain a resource to a server so as to enable the intermediate device to obtain the resource via the server; and sending an operation instruction to the controlled device associated with the intermediate device so as to enable the controlled device to obtain the resource from the intermediate device to perform an operation according to the operation instruction.
US10284487B2
A load balancer receives a sequence of requests for computing service and distributes the requests for computing service to a computing node in an ordered list of computing nodes until the computing node reaches its maximum allowable compute capability. Responsive to an indication that the computing node has reached its maximum allowable compute capability, the load balancer distributes subsequent requests for computing service to another computing node in the ordered list. If the computing node is the last computing node in the ordered list, the load balancer distributes a subsequent request for computing service to a computing node other than one of the computing nodes in the ordered list of computing nodes. If the computing node is not the last computing node in the ordered list, the load balancer distributes a subsequent request for computing service to another computing node in the ordered list of computing nodes.
US10284484B1
In one embodiment, a device in a network sends a first set of one or more packets at a first rate to a destination in the network. The device determines a queuing delay reporting time. The queuing delay reporting time represents an amount of time before an indication of a queuing delay associated with the sent first set of one or more packets is reported back to the device. The device determines a second rate based on the determined queuing delay reporting time and on a maximum allowable delay. The device sends a second set of packets at the second rate to the destination.
US10284480B2
During a Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”) session, a sending endpoint computer monitors amounts of data sent and patterns of data loss as data is sent to a receiving endpoint computer. The sending endpoint computer periodically determines whether data is being sent below, at or above path capacity, based on the monitored amounts of data sent and patterns of data loss observed. The sending endpoint computer periodically dynamically adjusts the rate at which data is sent to the receiving endpoint computer, in response to the determinations whether data is being sent below, at or above path capacity.
US10284471B2
A method for maintaining packet's source network identification information while aggregating packets from a plurality of networks is provided. An ingress packet is processed to extract a plurality of packet header fields and port identifier. A first hash index is generated by hashing information associated with the plurality of packet header fields. The extracted port identifier is stored in a hash table using the generated first hash index. The ingress packet is forwarded to one or more inline tool devices. An egress packet received from the one or more inline tools is processed to extract the plurality of packet header fields. A second hash index is generated by hashing information associated with the plurality of packet header fields. The port identifier is retrieved from the hash table based on the generated second hash index. The egress packet is transmitted to a switching device based on the retrieved port identifier.
US10284467B2
Method and apparatus for controlling packet transmission and network functions virtualization system
A method and an apparatus for controlling packet transmission and a network functions virtualization (NFV) system, where the method includes determining, by a control device, at least two target service processing units and at least one associated service processing unit, where packets of a target service need to be transmitted to the at least two target service processing units through the at least one associated service processing unit, a first target service processing unit in the at least two target service processing units is configured to perform, on packets of the target service, service processing corresponding to a first software version, and a second target service processing unit in the at least two target service processing units is configured to perform, on packets of the target service, service processing corresponding to a second software version; and sending first control information according to a preset first threshold.
US10284446B2
A system and method for monitoring the performance associated with fulfilling resource requests and determining optimizations for improving such performance are provided. A processing device obtains and processes performance metric information associated with processing a request for an original resource and any embedded resource. The processing device uses the processed performance metric information to determine a CDN service provider for alternatively hosting at least a portion of the original resource and/or any embedded resources. In some embodiments, in making such a determination, the processing device assesses performance metric information collected and associated with subsequent resource requests for the original resource and any embedded resources using each of a variety of alternative CDN service providers. Aspects of systems and methods for generating recommendations associated with monitoring the operation and performance of CDN service providers with respect to specific resource requests are also provided.
US10284436B2
Cloud based Wake-on-LAN (WoL) for thin clients can be performed to allow a cloud based management server to wake up a thin client prior to an update command (or other communication) being transmitted to the thin client to ensure that the thin client will receive the update command. Cloud based WoL can therefore facilitate the deployment of updates to thin clients by providing a way for the administrator to wake up the thin clients from the cloud.
US10284433B2
Managing data in a cloud computing environment, including data transfers. File level and block level similarities are identified, including for archive and nested archive files, residing on datacenters and regional repositories. A replication plan is generated based on receiving a replication instruction, and further based on similarity clusters by transferring unique data blocks and files from best available sources including regional repositories.
US10284425B2
A device may determine that a user device is to receive an update. The device may determine that the user device is not registered to a network associated with receiving the update. The device may provide a registration notification request based on determining that the user device is not registered to the network. The registration notification request may include information identifying the user device. The device may receive a response to the registration notification request. The response may indicate that the user device is registered to the network. The device may provide, based on receiving the response, an update message associated with the update. The update message may be destined for the user device and may include information indicating that the user device is to receive the update. The device may provide the update to the user device after providing the update message.
US10284423B2
A method for maintaining configuration synchronization via an on-line reconfiguration (OLR) of system configuration parameters in a communication system having at least a first communication entity and a second communication entity that employ a reference configuration of system parameters, the method comprising the procedures of monitoring changes to at least one channel characteristic in at least one communication channel that links the first communication entity and the second communication entity; determining by the first communication entity an updated configuration that is constructed based on at least one modification relative to the reference configuration according to changes to the at least one channel characteristic; transmitting an OLR request from the first communication entity to the second communication entity via the at least one communication channel; receiving the OLR request by the second communication entity; and employing the updated configuration by the first communication entity and by the second communication entity.
US10284422B2
Resource limited devices may be provided with a communications module enabling the resource limited device to communicate with a more powerful user computing system using a personal area networking protocol. The communications with the user computing system may be used to configure the resource limited device and/or its communications module to communicate with a remote computing system using a local or wide area networking protocol. This technology may shift processing functions that cannot be performed by resource-limited processors of the electronic device to more powerful computing systems, including, but not limited to cloud based systems. Bridges may also coordinate communications between multiple resource limited devices and the more powerful computing systems. Shifting these processing functions to more powerful computing systems may avoid the need for device manufacturers to include more expensive processors and may reduce device manufacturing costs. Devices and methods are provided.
US10284417B2
A method for processing state information updates. The method includes receiving, by a coordination point, a plurality of state information from a plurality of network elements; processing at least one of the plurality of state information to generate a result; and applying the result to at least one of the plurality of network elements in order to modify an operation of the at least one of the plurality of network elements.
US10284413B2
According to some embodiments, an apparatus for generating multiple variable frequency and phase locked clock signals comprises complex tuners, digital up-samplers, image isolation filters, quadrature modulators, a combiner, a DAC, a local oscillator, and an analog filter. The complex tuners tune multiple digital baseband signals. The up-samplers interpolate the complex tuned digital signals such that one of the up-sampled images of each of the complex tuned digital signals corresponds to a desired frequency. The image isolation filters isolate images corresponding to the desired frequencies. The quadrature modulators convert the isolated images of the complex tuned digital signals into real digital signals. The combiner combines the real digital signals into a combined real digital signal. The DAC, driven by the local oscillator, converts the combined real digital signal into an analog clock signal. The analog filter then filters the analog clock signal to select images located at the desired frequencies.
US10284401B2
Systems and methods for transpositional modulation and demodulation are provided. One such method for generating a signal includes the steps of providing a look-up table having a plurality of quarter-cycle waveforms, each of said quarter-cycle waveforms associated with a respective input level; receiving an input signal; and outputting quarter-cycle waveforms associated with levels of the received input signal. Systems for transpositional modulation are also provided. One such system for generating a signal includes a look-up table having a plurality of quarter-cycle waveforms. Each of the quarter-cycle waveforms are associated with a respective input level, and the look-up table is configured to receive an input signal, and output quarter-cycle waveforms associated with levels of the received input signal.
US10284399B2
Systems, methods and devices for transmitting and receiving and demodulating transpositional modulated signals, for increasing information bandwidth of defined communication channels, and for time-delay shifting an input signal in accordance to an input control signal are provided. One such method of increasing the information bandwidth of a defined communication channel includes receiving a first modulated signal having a first carrier signal frequency; receiving a second modulated signal having a second carrier signal frequency, the second modulated signal being modulated with information independent of information modulating the first carrier signal, the second carrier signal frequency being harmonically or sub-harmonically related to the first carrier signal frequency; and combining the first and second signals.
US10284392B2
Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to virtual private network (“VPN”) resiliency over multiple transports. According to one aspect, a customer premises equipment can select, from a transport preference database, a transport from a plurality of transports available to support a VPN tunnel. The transport selected is associated with a highest priority value of the plurality of transports in the transport preference database. The customer premises equipment can initiate setup of the VPN tunnel through the transport and can determine whether setup of the VPN tunnel was successful. If setup was not successful, the customer premises equipment can select a further transport from the plurality of transports available to support the VPN tunnel. Additional details are disclosed herein.
US10284386B2
Systems and methods systems and methods for efficiently and securely forming a communication network. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods, for example utilizing a plurality of different security modes, for forming a premises-based network (e.g., a MoCA network).
US10284383B2
A switch in a data network is configured to mediate data exchanges among network elements. The apparatus further includes a processor, which organizes the network elements into a hierarchical tree having a root node network element, vertex node network elements, and child node network elements that include leaf node network elements. The leaf node network elements are originate aggregation data and transmit the aggregation data to respective parent vertex node network elements. The vertex node network elements combine the aggregation data from at least a portion of the child node network elements, and transmit the combined aggregation data from the vertex node network elements to parent vertex node network elements. The root node network element is operative for initiating a reduction operation on the aggregation data.
US10284381B1
A master node may be configured with helper nodes in a one-to-many structure in a multicast tree for data streaming. A master node may receive network requests from the helper nodes in order to construct a pingback response. A master node may establish a network latency, for each of the helper nodes according to the pingback responses, to form a broadcast timing index. A master node may create routing tables from the broadcast timing index for local multicast routing at helper nodes within the multicast tree. A master node may send the routing tables from the master node to each of the helper nodes to arrange helper nodes in proximity to one another and create helper tiers within the multi-cast tree. A master node may stream data from the master node to the helper nodes according to a center-to-edge order of the multicast tree based on the routing table.
US10284378B2
An apparatus for use in a digital messaging system includes a storage device and a processor coupled to the storage device. The storage device storing software instructions for controlling the processor that when executed by the processor configured the processor to: generate a master private and public key pair; associate the master private and public key pair with a first certificate; and derive at least one domain-specific key from the one of the master private and public key pair. The first certificate is registered to a group comprising a plurality of domains. The domain-specific key is associated with one of the plurality of domains.
US10284354B2
There is provided alleviation to erroneous activation and de-activation of secondary cells carrying a physical uplink control channel. User equipment in a mobile communications network is defined serving cells comprising a primary cell and secondary cells. At least one physical uplink control channel is associated with a secondary cell. A secondary cell defined for transmission of the physical uplink control channel is de-activated. A secondary cell is activated, when at least one secondary cell defined for transmission of physical uplink control channel is active.
US10284351B2
A method for a wireless device to which a plurality of serving cells are assigned transmitting uplink control information (UCI) in a wireless communication system is provided. The wireless device transmits uplink data in a subframe to a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and transmits UCI including a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) ACK/NACK and periodic channel state information (CSI) in the subframe to a physical uplink shared channel (PUCCH). The PUCCH and the PUSCH have the same demodulation reference signal (DMRS) location within the subframe.
US10284340B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field, and provide a multicast sending apparatus, a multicast receiving apparatus, and a multicast transmission determining method. The method includes: sending at least one multicast frame to multiple stations in a multicast manner; generating a multicast indication request frame, where the multicast request indication frame includes an identifier of the at least one multicast frame, the multicast indication request frame is used to instruct the multiple stations to send an indication frame within a specified timeslot in a unicast and contention-based manner, and the indication frame includes an identifier of a to-be-retransmitted multicast frame; and sending the multicast indication request frame to the multiple stations in a multicast manner.
US10284338B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for optimizing broadcast messaging for a node. The node receives data for a message from the network. While the data for the message is being received and upon completion of an initial portion of the message, the node determines identification information for the message specified in the initial portion. When (i) the identification information specifies that the message is a broadcast message and (ii) an identifier in the message matches a stored identifier of a previously received broadcast message, the node terminates receiving the data for the remainder of the message. Alternatively, when (i) the identification information specifies that the message is a broadcast message and (ii) the identifier in the message does not match any stored identifier of a previously received broadcast message, the node continues receiving data for the subsequent portion of the message and stores the identifier for the broadcast message.
US10284331B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a channel decoding method, apparatus, and system. The channel decoding apparatus includes a memory storing instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory to execute the instructions to: obtain decoding information of first channel decoding of a data block; determine whether the first channel decoding fails; in response to determining that the first channel decoding fails, obtain a reference sequence number of the data block; obtain at least one matching historical demodulated soft value; combine the demodulated soft value of the data block and the at least one matching historical demodulated soft value to obtain a combined demodulated soft value of the data block; and perform second channel decoding on the combined demodulated soft value of the data block.
US10284330B2
A data transmission method, device, and system to resolve a problem that encoding cannot be performed based on an incomplete subframe because a length of the incomplete subframe is unknown. A first device generates a first subframe and a second subframe according to first data, determines a redundancy version (RV) of the first subframe according to an RV of the second subframe, and sends M of N orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the first subframe and N OFDM symbols of the second subframe to a second device.
US10284324B2
A method in a node of a telecommunication network comprises receiving a digital communication signal from a first signal source, source, wherein the digital communication signal comprises a wherein the digital communication signal comprises a plurality of low amplitude windows, step 101, and receiving one or more analog subcarrier signals from a second signal source, step 103. The method further comprises multiplexing the one or more analog subcarrier signals into one or more of the plurality of low amplitude windows of the digital communication signal, step 105.
US10284321B2
There is provided a method for cell search in a communications network. The method is performed by a wireless terminal. The method comprises detecting a level of energy received in a frequency interval to be higher than a threshold value. The method comprises acquiring auxiliary information regarding available cells in the frequency interval based on frequency location and width of the frequency interval. The method comprises performing a cell search in at least a sub-band of the frequency interval using the auxiliary information. There is also presented a wireless terminal configured to perform such a method, a computer program, and a computer program product for such a method.
US10284308B1
Disclosed herein is a system including analog receive paths and analog transmit paths and signal processing equipment onboard a satellite, and methods for use therewith. For each of a plurality of the analog receive paths, a calibration signal is injected therein below a noise floor thereof, while the path is actively used to receive and condition an RF signal, and the calibration signal is extracted from the analog receive path after the signal has traveled through at least a portion of the path. The extracted calibration signal is compared to the injected calibration signal to determine gain and phase deviations caused by the path. Gain and phase characteristics of the analog receive paths are adjusted to compensate for different gain and phase deviations being caused by different paths. Similar techniques are used to compensate for different gain and phase deviations being caused by different analog transmit paths.
US10284307B2
A radio frequency interconnect (RFI) includes a transmitter side connected to a first end of a channel, a receiver side connected to a second end of the channel opposite the first end and a calibration system. The receiver side includes at least one of the following configurations: (a) at least one gain control amplifier (GCA) or at least one analog to digital converter (ADC). The calibration system is configured to transmit a predetermined data set through the channel, receive an output from the at least one ADC or the at least one GCA, and calibrate the at least one ADC or the at least one GCA based on a measured data set. The output includes the measured data set based on the predetermined data set transmitted through channel.
US10284304B2
A SDH receiver which comprises a first polarization beam splitter 11, a second polarization beam splitter 13, a first separator 15, a second separator 17, a third separator 19, a fourth separator 21, a first 90-degree polarization rotor 23, a second 90-degree polarization rotor 25, a first hybrid detector 31, a second hybrid detector 33, a third hybrid detector 35, a fourth hybrid detector 37, and a signal processor 39.
US10284303B2
An apparatus includes an electronic digital signal processor having electrical inputs for receiving a first sequence of measurements of values of a transmitted modulated optical carrier received in a coherent optical receiver and having electrical outputs for a stream of determined transmitted data values demodulated therein from the first sequence. The electronic digital signal processor has first circuitry to determine phase offsets of received pilot values from the first sequence. Additionally, the electronic digital signal processor has second circuitry to correct phase offsets of received ones of the data values from the determined phases of pilot values and data values being temporally interleaved in the transmitted modulated optical carrier. A system and a method are also included.
US10284300B2
Disclosed are structures and methods for a monolithic silicon (Si) coherent transceiver with integrated laser and gain elements wherein an InP chip is bonded to the Si chip in a recess formed in that Si chip.
US10284296B2
A method for operating a DAS includes providing a set of digital remote units (remotes) operable to send and receive wireless radio signals. Each of the set of remotes is associated with a geographic area. The method also includes providing a digital access unit (host) operable to communicate with the set of remotes, receiving uplink signals at one or more of the set of remotes, and monitoring train activity in the geographic areas. The method further includes increasing a gain coefficient associated with one of the set of remotes in response to determining an increase in monitored train activity, decreasing a gain coefficient associated with another of the set of remotes in response to determining a decrease in monitored train activity, and transmitting, to the host, scaled uplink signals associated with the one of the set of remotes and the another of the set of remotes.
US10284282B2
A wireless aircraft network includes a plurality of aircrafts having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication, a plurality of ground-based network stations having transceiver devices for transceiving wireless communication, and a network operator station configured to store location data regarding the current geographical location of the plurality of aircrafts in a location data table of the network operator station and to determine a most efficient network path for each of the plurality of aircrafts to one of a plurality of ground-based network stations depending on the current geographical location of the plurality of aircrafts and the geographical location of the plurality of ground-based network stations.
US10284280B2
A system, method and device to overcome the effects of mobility in OFDM wireless cellular networks. Individual beams are isolated and Doppler impairments are compensated so the constituent beams can reach the users in DL with ideally no Doppler impairments. Similarly in UL the signals corresponding to the different spatial beams are detected and their Doppler impairments compensated.
US10284274B2
A Channel Status Information (CSI) transmission method and apparatus of a terminal are provided for use in a wireless communication system. In the wireless communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the terminal transmits the CSIs of component carriers without conflict of their transmission time points, resulting in an improvement of system performance. In a case where the transmission time points are determined to overlap unavoidably, the terminal transmits the CSI as compressed.
US10284265B2
A method and apparatus for efficient precoding matrix verification in a multiple-input multiple-output MIMO wireless communication system are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit WTRU sends a precoding matrix index PMI to an eNodeB. The eNodeB sends a verification message including a PMI indicator indicating whether or not the PMI of the WTRU and a PMI of the eNodeB are identical. If the PMI of the WTRU and of the eNodeB are identical, the eNodeB sends just a PMI indicator otherwise the eNodeB sends to the WTRU a PMI indicator and the PMI of the eNodeB. A plurality of PMIs may be sent simultaneously, and the PMIs may be partitioned into a plurality of groups. The PMI indicator may be either attached to or inserted into control signaling. PMI validation messages can be signaled to WTRU by control signaling or use of a dedicated reference signal.
US10284257B2
Non-disruptive sweep measurements using low power coherent signals overcome the limitations of prior art frequency response systems for cable networks. Modulated or unmodulated, e.g. continuous wave (CW), test signals are transmitted into the network at a first or input point (input point is in the head end for forward sweep; input point is in the field for reverse sweep). The test signals are transmitted continuously at multiple frequencies, so as a composite they form a wideband, OFDM-like (orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing) waveform. A receiver at a second or output point generates power reading measurements, from which the frequency response of the network is produced.
US10284250B2
A holder for a housing of an electronic device includes an extruded metal portion adapted to receive the housing and a securement element that is either mounted to the extruded metal portion or integral with the extruded metal portion. The securement element is adapted to secure the housing in the extruded metal portion.
US10284248B2
An RF front-end circuit of an RF transceiver is described herein. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, the fronted circuit includes a local oscillator (LO) configured to generate an RF transmit signal, an RF output port coupled to the local oscillator, wherein the RF transmit signal is output at the RF output port, and a monitoring circuit receiving an input signal and configured to determine the phase of the input signal or the power of the input signal or both. A directional coupler is coupled to the RF output port and configured to direct a reflected signal incoming at the RF output port as input signal to the monitoring circuit, and a controller is configured to detect, based on the determined phase or power or both, a defect in a signal path operably connected to the RF output port.
US10284242B2
A system may be configured to scan audio content providers, using at least one receiver, to identify metadata of audio content instances currently being broadcast by the audio content providers, capture audio content instances from the audio content providers, using the at least one receiver, when the metadata of the audio content instances matches desired content information, and add the captured audio content instances to a customized content queue of desired audio content. The system may also be configured to provide, to a content categorization server, user content preferences indicative of properties of audio content instances preferred by a user, receive, from the content categorization server, desired content information indicative of metadata of audio content instances preferred for experiencing by a user based on the user content preferences, and identify audio content instances broadcast from audio content providers as preferred based on the desired content information.
US10284239B2
Disclosed is an antenna device including element antennas for receiving signals, phase control units for controlling the phases of the signals received by the element antennas, a phase value series acquiring unit for acquiring phase value series in which phase values differing among the element antennas and changing with time are provided, a phase value setting unit for setting the phase values to the phase control units in accordance with the phase value series, a combining unit for combining the signals whose phases are controlled into a composite signal, an ADC for digitizing the composite signal, a frequency calculating unit for calculating frequency shift amounts from the phase value series, DDCs for performing frequency conversion on the digitized signal by using the frequency shift amounts, LPFs each for performing low-pass filtering on the signal on which the frequency conversion is performed, and a beam forming unit for forming one or more beam signals by using the signals on each of which the low-pass filtering is performed.
US10284236B1
A radio frequency (RF) device includes a plurality of mixers, each of the plurality of mixers having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal; and a self-test circuit. The self-test circuit includes a buffer having an input terminal and an output terminal, the buffer configured to buffer a reference signal from a local oscillator (LO) to produce a first RF signal at a first frequency; and a plurality of delay elements having different respective transmission delays, the delay elements each having a first end coupled to the output terminal of the buffer and a second end configured to provide a respective delayed signal based on the first RF signal, where the self-test circuit is configured to, in a test mode, couple the second ends of the delay elements to respective first input terminals of the plurality of mixers to provide each mixer with the respective delayed signal, and where the second input terminals of the mixer are configured to receive a second RF signal having the first frequency.
US10284233B2
A device includes a memory, an error correction code (ECC) decoder, and an ECC input adjuster. The ECC decoder is configured to perform a first decode operation to decode a first portion of a representation of data read from the memory based on one or more decode parameters and to perform a second decode operation to decode a second portion of the representation of data based on one or more adjusted decode parameters. The ECC input adjuster is configured to adjust one or more decode parameters to set the one or more adjusted decode parameters based on a count of bits of the first portion that are erroneous.
US10284226B1
A computing system includes a network interface, a processor, and a decompression circuit. In response to a compression request from the processor the decompression circuit compresses data to produce compressed data and transmits the compressed data through the network interface. In response to a decompression request from the processor for compressed data the decompression circuit retrieves the requested compressed data, speculatively detects codewords in each of a plurality of overlapping bit windows within the compressed data, selects valid codewords from some, but not all of the overlapping bit windows, decodes the selected valid codewords to generate decompressed data, and provides the decompressed data to the processor.
US10284225B2
The transmission of broadcast data, such as financial data and news feeds, is accelerated over a communication channel using data compression and decompression to provide secure transmission and transparent multiplication of communication bandwidth, as well as reduce the latency. Broadcast data may include packets having fields. Encoders associated with particular fields may be selected to compress those particular fields.
US10284220B1
The present application relates to an EQ circuit, a method of operating it and a system comprising the EQ circuit and an ADC. The EQ circuit has a configurable load section, which is provided for selectively exposing one of a plurality of distinct loads to a reference source connected to a reference voltage signal input of the equalization circuit, and a logic section, which is arranged to accept a state signal from the ADC and to selectively connect one distinct load out of the plurality of distinct loads in response to the state signal. The state signal is indicative of an actual operation state of the ADC.
US10284219B2
A comparator includes a first input stage coupled to a first signal input and a first reference input, wherein the first input stage is coupled between a first node and a second node. A second input stage is coupled to a second signal input and a second reference input, wherein the second input stage is coupled between a third node and the second node. An output stage generates at least one output signal in response to the first and second input signals. First switching circuitry is coupled between the first node and the output stage. The first switching circuitry is for coupling the first node to a fourth node in response to a reset signal. Second switching circuitry is coupled between the third node and the output stage. The second switching circuitry is for coupling the third node to a fifth node in response to the reset signal.
US10284214B2
The invention relates to a filter circuit (200) comprising at least a first filter line (210). The first filter line (210) has a first input circuit (10), a first integration circuit (20) and a first output circuit (30). The first input circuit (10) is configured in such a way that, as a function of the value of the input signal, it converts an input signal into at least two distinguishable, first first-stage output signals and relays the first-stage output signals to the first integration circuit (20, 240) during a prescribed period of time. The first integration circuit (20) is configured to integrate the first first-stage output signals of the first input circuit (10) over the prescribed period of time and to generate a first integration signal (25). The first output circuit (25) is configured to compare the first integration signal (25) to a first output reference value and to generate a first second-stage output signal (35). The invention also relates to an appertaining filtering method.
US10284213B2
Some or all of a comparator circuit of an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) circuit can be efficiently repurposed or reused for residue amplification for efficient noise-shaping, e.g., in a noise-shaping feedback configuration. A preamplifier portion of a comparator circuit in an oversampling ADC can be re-purposed to provide an amplifier to amplify or otherwise modify a residue left after the bit trials of a conversion cycle. The amplified or modified residue can then be used elsewhere, for example, for noise-shaping by applying a noise transfer function (NTF), a result of which can then be fed back (e.g., summed with the next sampled input at an input of the comparator circuit for use in the N bit trials of the next ADC cycle).
US10284208B2
An apparatus and method for frequency tuning/tracking between an electrical subsystem and a mechanical transducer subsystem is presented. An electromechanical transducer generates acoustic pulses as it is driven by a transmit signal from an electrical subsystem. As the transmit signal goes inactive, the settling behavior of the transducer is registered from which the difference in frequency between the resonance of the electromechanical transducer and the transmit signal frequency is determined and utilized for locking the electrical subsystem to the mechanical transducer subsystem by either tuning operating frequency of the electrical subsystem, or the mechanical transducer, to keep them matched (locked).
US10284202B1
A system for generating analog output from a field programmable gate array. The field programmable gate array has a plurality of digital transceivers, each including a transmitter with an output drive circuit having a programmable output voltage swing. Two or more of the transmitters are programmed to have output voltage swings differing from each other by about a factor of two. A circuit that operates as a digital to analog converter is formed by combining the outputs of the transmitters, using a power combiner.
US10284199B2
Apparatuses and methods associated with voltage tolerant termination presence detection for universal serial bus type-C connectors are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus to enable voltage tolerant termination presence detection may include sensor circuitry to determine whether a device coupled to the sensor circuitry is to operate in host mode or device mode based on a signal on a configuration channel between the device and the sensor circuitry. In embodiments, the apparatus may further include termination circuitry to bias the configuration channel in accordance with the host mode or the device mode based on the determination of whether the device is to operate in the host mode or the device mode. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10284194B2
A differential pair gain stage is disclosed. In one embodiment, the gain stage includes a differential pair of depletion-mode transistors, including a first and a second n-type transistor. In certain embodiments of the invention, the depletion mode transistor may be GaN (gallium nitride) field effect transistors. The gain stage includes an active load including one or more depletion mode transistors electrically coupled to at least one of the drains of depletion mode transistors of the differential pair. The active load may include a source follower for maintaining the AC voltages at the drains of the differential pair at a constant value and may further include a casocde stage for setting a fixed drain source voltage across the output transistors to increase the output impedance and gain of the stage.
US10284189B1
A redundant isolating switch control circuit comprises a working power supply, a power input end, a power output end, at least one field-effect transistor, a first transistor, and a second transistor. The field-effect transistor comprises a gate electrode, a source electrode connected to the power input end and a drain electrode connected to the power output end. The first transistor and the second transistor together with the associated circuits form a current mirror circuit. The redundant isolating switch control circuit further comprises a first electronic unit comprising a first connecting end connected to the first base electrode of the first transistor and a second connecting end connected to the second emitter electrode of the second transistor, and a second electronic unit comprising a third connecting end connected to the first collector of the first transistor and a fourth connecting end connected to the gate electrode.
US10284188B1
A comparator includes a pair of back-to-back negative-AND (NAND) gates and a delay circuit coupled to the pair of back-to-back NAND gates. The delay circuit is configured to modulate a triggering clock signal by an input voltage to generate a delayed clock signal with a delay that is based on the input voltage. Each of the pair of back-to-back NAND gates is configured to receive the delayed clock signal and generate a comparator output signal based on the delayed clock signal.
US10284166B2
An apparatus for a network matching switch is provided. The apparatus includes a primary winding, a first secondary winding, a second secondary winding and a plurality of matching network paths. The primary winding is configured to generate a magnetic field based on an analog input signal. The first secondary winding is configured is inductively coupled to the primary winding. The second secondary winding is inductively coupled to the primary winding. The plurality of matching network paths are coupled to the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding. An active path is selected from the plurality of matching network paths and provides power to an active load.
US10284164B2
A circuit substrate includes a first electrode connecting a capacitance element, a first inductance element including a first interconnect that extends from one end connected to the first electrode to another end across a region at which the capacitance element is to be mounted, a second inductance element including a second interconnect that extends from one end connected to the first electrode to another end across the region at which the capacitance element is to be mounted from a side opposite to the first interconnect, an input terminal connected to the another end of the second interconnect, an output terminal connected to the another end of the first interconnect, and a second electrode that provides a capacitance between the output terminal and the second electrode, wherein the capacitance provided by the output terminal and the second electrode is equal to or larger than a capacitance of the capacitance element.
US10284154B1
A system for generating a radio frequency (RF) signal at a drive frequency and a high voltage. The system includes a RF amplifier to amplify the voltage of a drive signal having a selected RF frequency. The amplified drive signal is used to drive a resonator to generate the RF signal such that the resonant frequency is the same or substantially the same as the drive frequency. A resonance tuning controller compares the drive frequency and the resonant frequency. If the resonant frequency and drive frequency are different, a temperature changing element is controlled to either increase heat or decrease heat radiating toward a tuning component with a resonance parameter that varies with temperature. For example, the heat may change the capacitance of the tuning capacitor causing a change in the resonant frequency of the resonator.
US10284153B2
Peak voltage limiting circuits and method for power amplifiers. A power amplifier and/or a voltage limiting circuit includes a diode circuit coupled to an output of an amplification stage, the diode circuit configured to provide a conductive path from the output when an output voltage exceeds a selected value. The power amplifier and/or voltage limiting circuit also includes a sink circuit coupled to the diode circuit and a bias circuit, the sink circuit configured to reduce a bias voltage provided by the bias circuit when the output voltage exceeds the selected value to thereby limit the output voltage.
US10284148B2
An RF amplifier is described including an input, an output, a parallel arrangement of a first branch and at least one further branch, each branch comprising a bipolar transistor in a degenerative emitter configuration having a base coupled to the input, a collector coupled to a common collector node, and an emitter degeneration impedance arranged between the emitter and a common rail. The common collector node is coupled to the output, the base of the first branch bipolar transistor is biased at a first bias voltage and the base of the at least one further branch bipolar transistor is biased at a bias voltage offset from the first bias voltage. In operation of the RF amplifier a IM3 distortion current output by the first branch bipolar transistor is in antiphase to a IM3 distortion current output by the at least one further branch bipolar transistor.
US10284145B2
A variable gain amplifier utilizing positive feedback and time-domain calibration includes an integration phase and a regeneration phase. A current source provides a bias current that increases linearity in the integration phase and reduces common-mode voltage dependence. The circuit includes a timing control loop, wherein a variable gain of a residue amplifier is proportional to a first time that a timing control loop signal is kept high, as determined by an on or off status of respectively paired inverter assemblies each having an input voltage determined by an amplifier output voltage during the regeneration phase. A strong-arm latch structure acts as a positive feedback latch until the first time is de-asserted.
US10284143B2
In a quartz crystal unit, the unit comprising a quartz crystal tuning fork resonator having a quartz crystal tuning fork base, and first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines, each of the first and second quartz crystal tuning fork tines having a first vibrational portion including a first width and a second vibrational portion including a second width greater than the first width, at least one groove being formed in at least one of opposite main surfaces of the first vibrational portion of each quartz crystal tuning fork tine, the first width of the first vibrational portion of each quartz crystal tuning fork tine being greater than 0.03 mm and less than 0.075 mm and the second width of the second vibrational portion of each quartz crystal tuning fork tine being greater than 0.04 mm and less than 0.23 mm.
US10284142B2
A microelectromechanical device structure comprises a supporting structure wafer. A cavity electrode is formed within a cavity in the supporting structure wafer. The cavity electrode forms a protruding structure from a base of the cavity towards the functional layer, and the cavity electrode is connected to a defined electrical potential. The cavity electrode comprises a silicon column within the cavity in the supporting structure wafer, which is partially or entirely surrounded by a cavity. One or more cavity electrodes may be utilized for adjusting a frequency of an oscillation occurring within the functional layer.
US10284134B2
A method for controlling a fan module mounted in a region of a server rack. The method is implemented by a controller unit including a RMC and a region controller that corresponds to the region, and includes: receiving by the region controller temperature data from the server; determining by the region controller whether the RMC operates in a normal state; when the determination is affirmative, transmitting by the region controller the temperature data to the RMC, and controlling by the RMC a fan speed of the fan module according to the temperature data; and when the determination is negative, controlling by the region controller the fan speed according to the temperature data received from the server.
US10284132B2
A drive includes: an inverter power circuit that applies power to an electric motor of a compressor from a direct current (DC) voltage bus; and a power factor correction (PFC) circuit that outputs power to the DC voltage bus based on input alternating current (AC) power. The PFC circuit includes: (i) a switch; (ii) a driver that connects a control terminal of the switch to a first reference potential when a control signal is in a first state and that connects the control terminal of the switch to a second reference potential when the control signal is in a second state; and (iii) an inductor that charges and discharges based on switching of the switch. The drive also includes a control module that generates the control signal based on a measured current through the inductor and a predetermined current through the inductor.
US10284128B2
A motor includes a stator comprising windings configured to be energized, and a rotor electromagnetically coupled to the stator and configured to turn relative thereto when the stator is energized. The motor also includes a motor controller configured to measure a speed at which the rotor turns, and energize said stator to generate a first torque output at the rotor when the measured speed is below a first threshold. The motor controller is also configured to energize the stator to generate a second torque output at the rotor when the measured speed is at least the first threshold, wherein the second torque output is greater than the first torque output.
US10284126B2
A method of generating electricity by an alternator and a generator is disclosed. The method includes: connecting in series stator coils of two multi-pole permanent-magnet generators that can generate equiamplitude alternating currents of different frequencies to generate equiamplitude alternating currents of different frequencies that are superimposed to generate an amplitude-modulation alternating current with envelope lines having an amplitude that changes with a voltage difference between two equiamplitude alternating currents; rectifying the amplitude-modulation alternating current positively and negatively through a controllable rectifying circuit; and filtering to output an alternating current having frequency of the envelope lines. An alternator according to the present disclosure has not only all the advantages of the existing inverting generator, but also a manufacturing cost consumedly lower than the existing inverting generator, even lower than a general universal generator, without the high-frequency electromagnetic wave, thus meeting the existing European EMC certification requirements.
US10284124B2
A motor driving circuit for receiving a control signal to output at least one output current for driving a motor is provided. The motor driving circuit includes an input module, a gain module, an output module, a first slew rate limiting module, and a second slew rate limiting module. The first slew rate limiting module has a first limiting parameter. The second slew rate includes a second limiting parameter. An output current is outputted by the output terminal. When a rising slew rate of the output current is less than a first slew rate value, the first slew rate limiting module does not operate. When the rising slew rate of the output current is greater than the first slew rate value, the motor driving circuit limits the rising slew rate of the output current based on the first limiting parameter of the first slew rate limiting module.
US10284123B2
A motor unit includes a motor; a driving circuit that supplies a driving current to the motor; a shunt resistor; a rotation command input terminal; a pulse output terminal; a current detection unit detects a driving current measured by the shunt resistor; a driving control unit that controls supplying of the driving current; a storage unit that previously stores allowable range information; a current value determination unit that determines whether or not the current value of the driving current is included in the allowable range, and the allowable range information stored in the storage unit; and a signal generation unit that generates the pulse signal by setting a duty ratio of the pulse signal as a first duty ratio, and setting the duty ratio of the pulse signal as a second duty ratio different from the first duty ratio.
US10284121B2
An IPM motor in which the absolute position of the rotor may be determined is disclosed. The IPM motor includes asymmetries in both the rotor and the stator. The rotor includes an asymmetrical pole configuration for one of the pole pairs in the rotor, and the stator includes a different number of turns for each winding of one phase of the motor. The different number of turns on each winding causes a different magnitude of flux to be generated with each winding. The flux interacts with the asymmetrical pole pair to identify to which winding the asymmetrical pole is proximate. A position sensing routine identifies an angular position with respect to each winding. The position sensing routine, in combination with the flux interaction between the windings and the asymmetrical pole provide an absolute position of the rotor within the IPM motor.
US10284120B2
A transmitting device for wireless transmission of measured parameters, which comprises a microcontroller controlling pulse generating means so that said pulse generating means generate at least one pulse position modulation (PPM) signal comprising information corresponding to at least one measured parameter value, wherein said pulse generating means comprise an oscillator and a power amplifier connected to said oscillator in order to amplify the pulses output from said oscillator and to output said PPM signal, and wherein said microcontroller is configured, for each pulse of said PPM signal to be generated, to activate only said oscillator for a first period of time and then to activate also said power amplifier only for a second period of time following said first period of time, said microcontroller being also configured to maintain deactivated said oscillator and said power amplifier outside the time interval defined by said first and second periods of time.
US10284119B2
There is provided a power generating element which is capable of converting vibration energy in various directions into electric energy without waste and less likely to be damaged even upon application of excessive vibration. Made available is a main generating structure (MGS) in which a first layer (100), a second layer (200) and a third layer (300) are laminated. The second layer (200) has a plate-like bridge portion (210), a central plate-like portion (220), a left-hand side plate-like portion (230) and a right-hand side plate-like portion (240), each of which is flexible, and the third layer (300), that is a weight body, formed in the “U” letter shape is joined with the lower surface thereof. The plate-like bridge portion (210) is protected by the weight body (300) circumference thereof. The first layer (100) is structured so that a piezoelectric material layer (105) is laminated on an upper surface of a lower layer electrode (E0), and four localized upper layer electrodes (E1 to E4) are laminated on the upper surface thereof. The base end of the plate-like bridge portion (210) is fixed to a pedestal (400). Vibration of the weight body (300) is efficiently transmitted to the plate-like bridge portion (210) and the bridge portion piezoelectric layer (110), and a power generating circuit (500) outputs electric power on the basis of charge generated at the lower layer electrode (E0) and the upper layer electrodes (E1 to E4).
US10284118B2
A two-axis angular pointing device includes a pivot bearing configured to support a payload. A first actuator is positioned to contact the payload at a first drive point. A second actuator is positioned to contact the payload at a second drive point. The first actuator is configured to generate a first movement of the payload in a direction substantially orthogonal to a plane defined by a center of the pivot bearing, the first drive point, and the second drive point to cause the payload to rotate around a first rotation axis. The second actuator is configured to generate a second movement of the payload at the second drive point in the direction substantially orthogonal to the plane to cause the payload to rotate around a second rotation axis. A method of making a two-axis angular pointing device is also disclosed.
US10284116B2
When an actuator using a conventional piezoelectric element is used as a general-purpose mechanical component, such as a linear actuator and an electric cylinder, the absence or weak constraint of a guide in the moving direction causes the problem that the moving direction of a moving member is changed or the moving member is rotated due to a change in the posture of the moving member by an external force. A restraint member presses a rectangular parallelepiped-shaped output shaft, which has high stiffness, thermal conductivity, and lubricity and to which a piezoelectric element is attached at one end, against a guide member so as to limit the degree of freedom to one degree, in order to realize a linear actuator, an electric cylinder, and a force generation device that can be used for general purposes and have a high straight movement property. Also, an output member having a mass that is commensurate with the mass of the piezoelectric element is attached to the other end of the output shaft to improve a generated force, stiffness, and usability.
US10284113B2
This power conversion device performs DC/AC power conversion via an intermediate bus, and includes: a first DC/DC converter provided between a DC power supply and the intermediate bus; a second DC/DC converter provided between a DC-side capacitor and the intermediate bus; an intermediate capacitor connected to the intermediate bus; a DC/AC converter provided between the intermediate bus and an AC grid; and a control unit configured to control the first DC/DC converter, the second DC/DC converter, and the DC/AC converter, the control unit making such current command value setting that mainly the second DC/DC converter supplies a reactive current flowing through the intermediate bus.
US10284112B2
A circuit arrangement for use in a power conversion stage and a method of controlling a power conversion stage includes at least two electronic devices connected in series, the at least two electronic devices including at least one active power electronic device operable in a plurality of operation states including an active linearly operated state; wherein the at least one active power electronic device is arranged to be controlled and to operate in the plurality of operation states in each of a plurality conversion cycles, such that a generation of electric harmonics in the power conversion stage is suppressed during an operation of the power conversion stage.
US10284108B2
The invention relates to a three-phase boost rectifier circuit and a control, method thereof, and an uninterrupted power supply which contains at least first battery packs BAT+, second battery packs BAT−, and a boost rectifier module; the boost rectifier module comprises a first bidirectional thyristor SCR1, a second bidirectional thyristor SCR2, a third bidirectional thyristor SCR3, a fourth bidirectional thyristor SCR6, a first unidirectional thyristor SCR4, a second unidirectional thyristor SCR5, a first inductor L1, a second inductor L2, a third inductor L3, a three-phase fully controlled rectifier bridge, a first capacitor C1 and a second capacitor C2. The invention can ensure the balance of positive and negative bus's voltage without the balancing device under battery operated boost mode, while improving the efficiency and reliability of the battery operated boost mode.
US10284102B2
A power conversion apparatus including a transformer, a synchronous rectification (SR) transistor and an SR control circuit is provided. A first terminal of a primary side of the transformer receives an input voltage, and a first terminal of a secondary side outputs a DC voltage. A drain terminal of the SR transistor is coupled to a second terminal of the secondary side of the transformer. A source terminal of the SR transistor is coupled to a ground terminal. The SR control circuit receives a signal of the drain terminal of the SR transistor to serve it as a detection signal and generate a duty cycle signal. The SR control circuit converts the duty signal into a charging current and a discharging current so as to charge and discharge an energy-storage device and generate a first voltage. The SR control circuit turns off the SR transistor according to the first voltage.
US10284101B2
A switching power supply apparatus includes a PFM control circuit that outputs a clock signal Set such that a switching frequency of a switching element varies in accordance with a load state. The clock signal Set determines a turn-on timing of the switching element. A reference value of a current flowing through the switching element determines a turn-off timing of the switching element. A modulation signal is applied to the turn-off timing of the switching element to modulate one of a peak value of a drain current flowing through the switching element and an on-time of the switching element. Input control is performed separately on the clock signal Set and the modulation signal. Accordingly, even when the clock signal Set and the modulation signal contribute to each other to offset each other, modulation effects are not cancelled.
US10284094B2
A circuit configured to, for each of values of output currents output from power conversion devices connected in parallel to one another and driven based on common ON signals applied to the power conversion devices, output a difference between the output current value and a reference value when a polarity of the output current value is positive, and output a difference between an absolute value of the output current value and an absolute value of the reference value when the polarity of the output current value is negative; and a circuit configured to output adjustment time signals each of which indicates an amount of a delay time of a rising timing or a falling timing of the ON signal, according to an output value of the output current difference calculation circuit.
US10284080B2
A transformation system capable of efficiently transforming electrical power from one dc voltage to one or more other dc voltages or of regulating power flow within a network of constant nominal voltage; in each case without intermediate magnetic transformation. The transformation system is based on periodic and resonant delivery of charge from the first of two dc nodes to a system of capacitors, electrical reconfiguration of those capacitors, then delivery of power to one or more other dc nodes.
US10284076B2
A converter module for power converter stations includes a first terminal for input/output of an electrical current to the converter module via a first connection line, a second terminal for output/input of the current from the converter module via a second connection line, and a by-pass switch connected between the first terminal and the second terminal. The converter module further includes a first switching module and a second switching module connected in series via a first node connected to either one of the first terminal and the second terminal and at least two capacitor units. The first switching module includes two switching devices and the second switching module is connected between the first node and a second node. In the converter module, a first capacitor unit is connected from the second node to a first switching device of the first switching module and a second capacitor unit is connected from the second node to a second switching device of the first switching module to form two separate current paths between the first node and the second node. Accordingly, a reduction of the energy discharge is obtained upon failure of one or more of the switching devices or modules.
US10284074B2
A load switch includes a switch element and first and second control circuits. The switch element has an input terminal for receiving an input voltage, an output terminal for providing an output voltage, and a control terminal for receiving a switch signal, which turns the switch element on and off. The first control circuit is connected to the control terminal of the switch element and turns off the switch element in response to a first control signal. The second control circuit also is connected to the control terminal of the switch element and keeps the switch element turned off, after the first control circuit has turned off the switch element.
US10284073B2
A disclosed system includes a switching power supply including a switching circuit and one or more monitoring circuits configured to monitor one or more power characteristics of the switching power supply, and a processing circuit configured to control the one or more monitoring circuits to perform a built-in test (BIT) of the one or more monitoring circuits.
US10284072B2
A voltage regulator includes a high-side device, a low-side device, and a controller. The high-side device includes first and second transistors each coupled between an input terminal and an intermediate terminal, where the first transistor has a higher breakdown voltage than the second transistor. The low-side device is coupled between the intermediate terminal and a ground terminal. The controller is configured to drive the high-side and low-side devices to (a) alternately couple the intermediate terminal to the input terminal and the ground terminal and (b) cause the first transistor to control a voltage across the second transistor during switching transitions of the second transistor.
US10284059B2
The method for manufacturing a stator of an electric machine includes providing a lamination element extending over an annular sector, horizontally moving the lamination element towards a fitting zone, then angularly regulating the lamination element position, and connecting the lamination element to other lamination elements to define the stator.
US10284058B2
At the time of manufacturing both a laminated rotor core 13 and a laminated stator core 14 by punching out a plurality of iron core pieces 11 and 12 from a same strip material 10 and laminating the punched out iron core pieces 11 and 12, respectively, a plurality of kinds of laminated rotor cores 13 and 13a are manufactured by further punching out a plurality of iron core pieces 11a from the strip material 10 and laminating the punched out iron core pieces 11a. Here, the plurality of kinds of the laminated rotor cores 13 and 13a can be used for different electric motors.
US10284053B2
An electric motor includes a stator having an outer peripheral surface including a plurality of projections and a housing having an inner peripheral surface including a plurality of recesses and holding the stator in a state of respective fits of the projections with the recesses. The housing is internally formed with a cooling channel, which includes a plurality of main channels each formed in an inter-recess region defined between circumferentially adjacent recesses and a connection channel axially shifted from a recess and extending across the recess to connect main channels adjacent across the recess. The electric motor is capable of effectively cooling a stator without upsizing.
US10284052B2
A motor drive device is fixed to a wall part of a housing and comprises a duct having an inflow port and an outflow port of air. A main body part of the duct functions as a heat-sink unit which releases heat into the duct. The duct is arranged inside the housing. The inflow port and the outflow port are formed so that outside air can flow through openings formed in the wall part.
US10284048B2
An electric motor is provided with an annular member supported by a cylindrical member of a front housing. The annular member includes an opposite part spaced from a surface of a ring member in a rotary shaft, which extends in the circumferential direction. The annular member includes first cover part opposed to first surface of the ring member, and second cover part opposed to second surface of the ring member. The first cover part and the second cover part are spaced from the ring member so that a pressure in a space sandwiched by the first cover part and the first surface is equalized with a pressure in a space sandwiched by the second cover part and the second surface.
US10284045B2
An electric motor has stator with a core of magnetic material, a winding frame covering the core and windings wound around the winding frame. The core has an annular yoke and a plurality of teeth that extend radially outwardly from the yoke. The winding frame is an overmolded structure and has an insulation part that covers the core, a supporting part disposed inward of the insulation part and a plurality of ribs that connect the insulation part and the supporting part. A reinforcing ring is embedded in the supporting part. The strength of the reinforcing ring is higher than the strength of the winding frame. Thus material utilization is improved and the weight of the stator is reduced while ensuring the strength of the supporting part.
US10284044B1
Methods and apparatus for generating electrical power on aircraft rotor heads are disclosed. The apparatus includes a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The rotor assembly is rigidly coupled to a rotor head of an aircraft. The rotor assembly is to rotate at a first rate as the rotor head rotates at the first rate. The stator assembly is rotatably coupled to the rotor assembly. The stator assembly includes a stabilizer to aerodynamically resist rotation of the stator assembly. The stabilizer is to cause the stator assembly to rotate at a second rate less than the first rate.
US10284042B2
By using an electrically conductive PTFE fabric, high-voltage insulation systems are simplified and can be made thinner, also improving the thermal conductivity. The insulation material is in two layers, each with a hydrophobic and a hydrophobic region, and the hydrophobic regions of the layers are opposed.
US10284039B2
In order to improve cooling performance of a rotor of a rotary electric machine, attention is paid to the relation between the secondary flow of a cooling gas generated inside ventilation holes for the cooling gas provided in a rotor winding formed by stacking a conductor and an interlayer insulating layer and the main flow of the cooling gas during the rotary motion of the rotor, and the secondary flow of the cooling gas is suppressed by changing the shape of bulges appearing in a linear shape in the stacked direction on an inner wall surface of each rotor winding ventilation hole on a negative pressure side.
US10284025B2
Techniques are described herein for collecting and utilizing diagnostic information for advanced monitoring of wireless power delivery systems. Wireless power transmission systems and/or cloud processing systems accumulate significant volumes of data related to wireless devices, usage patterns, power delivery efficiency and system components. This data can be utilized to generate efficient and sophisticated power transmission schedules. Additionally, as discussed herein, the diagnostic information can be leveraged for advanced system diagnostics and health monitoring. Among other features, the diagnostic and health monitoring system can detect patterns and correlate events that lead to system errors or failures. In some embodiments, the diagnostic and health monitoring system can also provide error notification and/or automatic error correction.
US10284023B2
A receiver for a wireless charging system, capable of receiving power energy using non-contact type magnetic induction, includes a coil capable of receiving the power energy and a part for generating a predetermined output power from the power energy received by the coil, a portable terminal, an NFC coil further provided outside of the coil, and a ferrite sheet further provided at the coil and the NFC coil.
US10284022B2
A wireless power transmission method and a wireless power transmitter are provided that may selectively transmit wireless power to a plurality of target devices. According to an aspect, a wireless power transmitter may include: a detecting unit configured to detect a plurality of target devices; a controller configured to determine a plurality of resonance frequencies between a source resonator and the plurality of detected target devices and to control the plurality of resonance frequencies to transmit the power to the plurality of detected target devices; and a source resonance unit configured to transmit the power to the plurality of detected target devices.
US10284000B2
The present application provides an electromagnetic coupling interface and a method for managing an electromagnetic coupling capability relative to a particular charge location with an electromagnetic coupling interface. The electromagnetic coupling interface includes a carrier substrate including two or more moveably coupled segments, the carrier substrate having at least two use positions, where in each use position the two or more moveably coupled segments have a different spatial arrangement. The electromagnetic coupling further includes two or more sets of conductors, where each set of conductors is associated with a respective one of the two or more moveably coupled segments of the carrier substrate and is associated with one or more coils in each of the at least two use positions.
US10283988B2
An electronic apparatus includes a power receiving unit that receives power from an external apparatus connected to an interface unit, a first generating unit that generates a first control signal, a second generating unit that generates a second control signal, a third generating unit that generates a third control signal, a fourth generating unit that generates a fourth control signal using the first to third control signals, a charge control unit that charges a battery with power received from the external apparatus when the fourth control signal is in a low state, and that stops charging the battery when the fourth control signal is in a high state, and a power supply unit that starts supplying power from the battery to the second generating unit when the fourth control signal is changed into a high state.
US10283985B2
In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a battery accessible to the processor and that powers the processor, and storage accessible to the processor. The storage bears instructions executable by the processor to predict a discharge amount of the battery that is to occur within a predefined time and, based on the prediction, determine a frequency at which the battery is to be charged.
US10283981B2
A protection IC includes a bias output terminal connected to a back gate of a MOS transistor, a load side terminal connected to a power supply path between a load and the MOS transistor, a load side switch inserted in an electric current path connecting the bias output terminal and the load side terminal, and a control circuit configured to control the load side switch based on a state of a secondary battery and thereby cause a back gate control signal for controlling a voltage of the back gate to be output from the bias output terminal. The load side switch is formed on an N-type silicon substrate and includes at least two NMOS transistors whose drains are connected to each other, and the control circuit is configured to simultaneously turn on or turn off the two NMOS transistors based on the state of the secondary battery.
US10283979B1
A sex toy storage, charging, and sanitization device having a base with an internal electrical compartment; at least one phallus support rack extending upwardly from the base forming a plurality of phallus storage compartments; at least one electrical outlet embedded in the base adjacent each of the phallus storage compartments; at least one USB port embedded in the base adjacent each of the at least one phallus storage compartments; a string of ultraviolet ‘C’ frequency lights attached to the underside of the cover for sanitization; a supercharger for storing electrical power for recharging sex toys; an electric bar for recharging sex toys connected to the electrical outlet; a USB component for recharging sex toys connected to the USB port; an electrical cord for electrical connection to an external power source; three hooks for hanging sex toys from the rack; and a cover.
US10283975B1
A modular recharging system includes an electronic device that performs diagnostics on a removable battery pack that the electronic device can use to boost the power of its internal battery. Typically, the battery pack will have a larger battery than the internal battery of the device. The electronic device determines whether the battery pack will take a charge before determining whether the battery pack is authorized to assure that an authorization failure is not due to other issues such as a dead battery, an underpowered battery, or a broken connection between devices.
US10283972B2
A control circuit of a battery branch in a battery system is provided. The control circuit includes a relay unit, a switch unit and a control unit. The relay unit is coupled to the battery branch. The switch unit is coupled in parallel with the relay unit. The control unit is coupled to the relay unit and the switch unit, and is arranged for controlling switching of the relay unit and the switch unit in order to selectively conduct a branch current flowing through the battery branch. A control method of a battery branch in a battery system is provided. The control method includes the following steps: coupling a relay unit to the battery branch, and coupling a switch unit in parallel with the relay unit; and controlling switching of the relay unit and the switch unit in order to selectively conduct a branch current flowing through the battery branch.
US10283957B2
Devices and methods are provided relating to supplying a load having an inrush-current behavior, e.g. charging of a capacitance e.g. at power up of a circuit. A first load path and a second load path are provided which are used in an alternating manner.
US10283949B2
A floor box for accommodating and protecting an electrical device such as a receptacle includes a housing and a cover. The floor box can be placed within a floor or ground. Rain water or other liquids that enter the floor box are isolated from the electrical device within the box and are removed from the interior of the box by a drain.
US10283947B2
A reduced or low-profile mechanical clip is described. This mechanical clip may include a trench that constrains the mechanical degrees of freedom of wires, such as those between an interface circuit and an antenna in an electronic device. Moreover, the mechanical clip may have a low height (such as less than 3 mm) so it can fit in a confined space between components in the interior of the electronic device. The mechanical clip may be mountable on a surface in the interior of the electronic device, such as on a printed circuit board or on an inner surface of a chassis or external housing of the electronic device.
US10283935B1
A vertical cavity surface emitting laser device includes a substrate, a first-type doped distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) disposed on the substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, an active layer disposed on the first-type doped DBR, a second-type DBR disposed on the active layer, and a second electrode disposed on the second-type DBR. The second-type DBR defines a first doping concentration region, and a second doping concentration region disposed between the first doping concentration region and the active layer and that has a doping concentration less than that of the first doping concentration region. The second-type doped DBR has a confinement member formed in the first doping concentration region, and defining an aperture.
US10283927B2
The line narrowed laser apparatus configured to perform a plurality of burst oscillations including a first burst oscillation and a second burst oscillation next to the first burst oscillation to output a pulse laser beam. The line narrowed laser apparatus comprises a laser resonator, a chamber provided in the laser resonator, a pair of electrodes provided in the chamber, an electric power source configured to apply a pulsed voltage to the pair of electrodes, a wavelength-selecting element provided in the laser resonator, a spectral width varying unit provided in the laser resonator, a wavelength variable unit configured to change a selected wavelength selected by the wavelength-selecting element, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the wavelength variable unit based on an amount of control of the spectral width varying unit in a period from a time of ending the first burst oscillation to a time of starting the second burst oscillation.
US10283925B2
A method for forming an electrical connection in a pipe for transporting a fluid. The pipe comprises an internal hollow tube and a heating layer comprising first fibers made of carbon. There are performed a groove-formation step in which a groove is formed in the heating layer, an interface-preparation step in which a junction layer is placed on the heating layer of the groove, and a placement step in which a connection strip comprising second fibers formed of a second electrically conducting material is wound on the junction layer.
US10283921B1
Generally described, embodiments are directed to an adapter for use with one or more connectors for coupling to an electronic device. The adapter receives the one or more separate connectors to form a connector assembly that is configured to be inserted into one or more sockets of an electronic device, such as an energy logger device. In at least one embodiment, the adapter includes one or more sealing rings that improve the sealing between the respective one or more connectors and one or more sockets to improve the integrity of the electrical coupling therebetween.
US10283917B1
An electrical unit includes a first housing member, a second housing member, and a fuse assembly connected to the first housing member. The first housing member and the second housing member may provide a chamber to receive at least one electrical connector such that the fuse assembly is disposed at least partially between the first housing member and the at least one electrical connector. The first housing member may be configured to retain said at least one electrical connector. The fuse assembly may include a plurality of fuses having current capacities of at least 80 amps. The fuse assembly may include a bus bar and a plurality of fuses fixed to the bus bar. Each of said at least one electrical connector may include a plurality apertures or recesses disposed in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns.
US10283910B1
An electrical connector includes a first terminal group, an insulation body, a conductive glue, and an insulation casing. The first terminal group includes grounding terminals and signal terminals. Each of the terminals in the first terminal group has a main portion. The insulation body is fixed to the main portion of each terminal of the first terminal group. The insulation body has openings exposing corresponding grounding terminals. The conductive glue fills the openings of the insulation body, and the conductive glue electrically connects the grounding terminals. The insulation casing includes a first side wall which includes first terminal slots. The first terminal group is disposed in the first terminal slots of the first side wall, and the conductive glue is sandwiched between the first side wall and the insulation body.
US10283898B2
An enclosure for an AC to DC adapter has a continuous and apparently monolithic exterior appearance. The enclosure includes a housing and a cap that are joined together by one or more weld joints. The weld joints create flash on the exterior surface of the enclosure and the flash is removed by forming a chamfer along the weld joint such that it removes a portion of the housing and the cap.
US10283895B1
An electrical terminal assembly includes a contact member with a contact base. A plurality of contact arms extend from the contact base in an arm direction. The contact arms are arranged on opposed sides of a terminal plane. The electrical terminal assembly includes a spring member supported on the contact member. The spring member includes a spring base. A plurality of spring arms extend from the spring base on opposed sides of the terminal plane in the arm direction. The spring arms engage the plurality of contact arms and bias the contact arms toward the terminal plane. The spring member also includes a shroud. The shroud extends in the arm direction around and beyond the contact arms. The shroud includes a terminal pass that the terminal plane is located in.
US10283887B2
The present disclosure relates to a high capacity medical device connector utilizing flexible circuits. The use of flexible circuits allows for increased channel capacity for use with future designs and capabilities of medical devices. The assembly may include pre-mounted electrical components. The connector may be designed to connect two flexible circuits. The connector may also be designed to connect a flexible circuit with existing technology, such as a pin-to-socket connector.
US10283880B2
A connection terminal for connecting an electrical conductor includes: an insulating housing having at least one conductor terminal device which in each case can be operated by an actuation element mounted in the insulating housing so as to be pivotable about a pin. The at least one conductor terminal device includes a clamping point for the electrical conductor that is formed by a contact element arranged in a stationary manner in the insulating housing and a clamping spring that is arranged in the insulating housing so as to be movable, by the actuation element, between an open position and a clamping position by a free leg of the clamping spring being articulated to the actuation element by a connecting element such that the clamping spring can be moved into the open position by a pivot movement of the actuation element in a first direction.
US10283873B2
The invention provides a composite laminate comprising an outer, an intermediate and an inner section comprising, respectively, first layers of composite material and one or more functional layers having a printed circuit for absorbing the electromagnetic radiation incident on the composite laminate; second layers of composite material; a conducting layer contiguous to the intermediate section and third layers of composite material. The values of the resistivity of the functional layer and the thickness of the intermediate section are comprised in predefined ranges for the attenuation of the reflection of electromagnetic radiation of the composite laminate in the S or X bands up to a peak of −20 dB. The invention also refers to manufacturing methods of the composite laminate (11) and to wind turbine blades including the composite laminate.
US10283869B2
A MIMO antenna is provided that includes a ground plane, and a plurality of dipole antenna elements that are arranged in the vicinity of the ground plane. Each of the plurality of dipole antenna elements includes a radiating element including a conductor portion extending along an outer edge portion of the ground plane, and a feeding portion that feeds the radiating element.
US10283865B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first surface, a second surface facing the first surface, and side surfaces surrounding a space between the first surface and the second surface, a first conductive member and a second conductive member forming at least part of the side surfaces, being parallel to the first surface, and extending parallel to each other, a first nonconductive member disposed between the first conductive member and the second conductive member to electrically isolate the first conductive member and the second conductive member from each other, and a communication circuit that performs wireless communication by using the first conductive member and the second conductive member as radiators.
US10283860B2
An antenna device (100) according to the present invention includes a primary radiation means (10) for guiding and emitting radio waves at transmission, and guiding radio waves at reception, an antenna member (20) for reflecting radio waves emitted by the primary radiation means (10) and forming a transmission beam at transmission, and reflecting received waves on the primary radiation means (10) at reception, an angle adjustment means (40) for changing a relative angle between the primary radiation means (10) and the antenna member (20), an angle calculation means (81) for calculating the relative angle to be formed between the primary radiation means (10) and the antenna member (20) for displacement of an azimuth occurring in the primary radiation means (10), and a control means (82) for controlling the angle adjustment means based on the calculated relative angle.
US10283853B2
The invention relates to an antenna system (1) having a housing (2), in which a printed circuit board is provided, and at least one antenna element (8), the at least one antenna element (8) being arranged inside a cover. A motherboard (11) without an antenna element (8) is preferably arranged inside the housing (2), an antenna circuit board (12) is provided at a distance from the motherboard (11), outside the housing (2), and the at least one antenna element (8) is arranged on the antenna circuit board (12).
US10283847B2
An antenna device includes a metal mechanism element, a ground plane, a feeding element, a grounding extension element, and a dielectric substrate. The metal mechanism element has a slot. The feeding element has a feeding point coupled to a signal source. The feeding element extends across the slot. The grounding extension element is coupled to the ground plane. A vertical projection of the grounding extension element at least partially overlaps the slot. An antenna structure is formed by the feeding element, the grounding extension element, and the slot of the metal mechanism element. The antenna structure is capable of covering a low-frequency band and a high-frequency band. The distance between the feeding point and one end of the slot is less than or equal to 0.1 wavelength of a central frequency of the low-frequency band.
US10283844B2
An electronic device may include a metal housing and a distributed loop antenna. The antenna may include a dielectric carrier. The antenna may include a distributed loop antenna resonating element that extends around the carrier and a loop antenna feed element on the carrier. Portions of the feed element and loop antenna resonating element may be formed from the housing. The feed element may be directly fed and may indirectly feed the distributed loop antenna resonating element via near field electromagnetic coupling. The loop antenna resonating element may include a conductive sheet on the carrier. The conductive sheet and the housing may form a conductive loop path of the loop antenna resonating element. A capacitance may be interposed in the conductive loop path and may be formed by a gap between the conductive sheet and the housing. A speaker driver may be placed within a cavity in the carrier.
US10283842B2
A node in a wireless communication network, where the node comprises at least one antenna arrangement. Each antenna arrangement in turn comprises at least four antenna devices with corresponding pairs of antenna ports which in turn comprise corresponding first antenna ports and second antenna ports. Each antenna device comprises at least one corresponding dual polarized antenna element arranged for transmitting and/or receiving signals at a first polarization via the corresponding first antenna port and for transmitting and/or receiving signals at a second polarization via the corresponding second antenna port, where the polarizations are mutually orthogonal. Each antenna arrangement further comprises at least a first transformation matrix arrangement which in turn comprises at least four corresponding virtual antenna ports. The antenna ports are at least indirectly connected to each transformation matrix arrangement. Each transformation matrix arrangement is arranged to set a certain polarization state for each corresponding virtual antenna port.
US10283841B2
An antenna for supporting a wireless system, which can in one example, be operable in two industrial, scientific and medical (“ISM”) bands, may include a first radiator and a second radiator, and a single feed transmission section coupled to the first radiator and the second radiator. The antenna can, for example, be formed of a unitary planar structure. The antenna may be configured to fit within a chassis, which in one example, can be a chassis for a wireless receiver in a microphone.
US10283830B2
An apparatus includes a filter. The filter includes a metal structure forming a cavity and includes a ceramic block, which is suspended in the cavity. The ceramic block has two removed portions, the removed portions removed from two opposing sides of the ceramic block. The ceramic block further has one or more slots that that span a region of ceramic between the two removed portions and connects chambers formed by the two regions with chambers formed by the one or more slots, wherein a combined structure of the ceramic block, cavity, and metal structure supports multiple fundamental TM modes and one fundamental TE mode. The filter comprises multiple coupling structures to couple radio frequency signals into and out of the filter. The apparatus may include multi-cavity filters including one and typically multiple ones of the filters.
US10283827B2
An electrochemical cell includes: a positive current collector in which an injection part, an ejection part and a passage are defined, where air including an oxygen is injected through the injection part, an exhaust gas is ejected though the ejection part ejecting, and the passage defines a single path which connects the injection part and the ejection part; and a unit cell disposed to be adjacent to the positive current collector. The unit cell includes a positive electrode layer, an active material of which is the oxygen gas, a negative electrode metal layer disposed on an opposite to the positive current collector with respect to the positive electrode layer, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode metal layer.
US10283825B2
A refuelable electrochemical battery is provided that features three phases of operation that repeat cyclically. In an intake phase a mixture of electrochemically active particles or pellets (e.g., aluminum pellets) and a suitable electrolyte (e.g., sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide) are fed into a cavity or chamber. In a power phase the resulting electrochemical reaction produces electrical energy. The particles are mechanically combined or collected to form one electrode, while a gas-diffusion membrane permeable by oxygen is another electrode. During the exhaust phase, a piston forces the residue of the reaction from the cavity in order to prepare for the next cycle of operation.
US10283822B2
A battery module assembly according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: a heat pipe having a battery module in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked in one direction, a coupling part which is in contact with and coupled to the side surface part of the battery module, and a cooling part which extends from the coupling part so as to project away from the battery module; and a cooling plate, one surface of which is in contact with and coupled to the cooling part of the heat pipe. A cooling passage may be formed on the other surface of the cooling plate. According to the present invention, heat generated from the battery module including the battery cell can be cooled effectively.
US10283821B2
The invention relates to a battery comprising a battery housing and at least one battery cell and at least one fiber optic sensor which has at least one waveguide with a core and a material surrounding said core. At least one fiber Bragg grating is introduced in the core and is mechanically coupled to the battery housing and/or to the battery cell in order to detect a change in size of the battery housing and/or of the battery cell. At least a second fiber Bragg grating is introduced in the core and is mechanically decoupled from the battery housing and the battery cell. The invention further relates to a method for the open loop or closed loop control of the charging and/or discharging of a battery, measurement values being acquired by at least one fiber optic sensor.
US10283818B2
There is provided an electronic device that can heat an auxiliary battery as a standby power supply and check a function of the auxiliary battery with a simpler configuration. The device is provided with a heater resistor for heating an auxiliary battery incorporated in an in-vehicle emergency notification device as a standby power supply for a main battery, and is also provided with first and second power supply switches for forming first and second power supply paths for supplying power from the main battery and the auxiliary battery to the heater resistor, respectively. A control circuit controls the first and second power supply switches to form the power supply paths so as to conduct a current to the heater resistor.
US10283812B2
A rechargeable sulfide solid-state cell. The sulfide solid-state cell may include: a cathode active material layer containing at least one kind of cathode active material selected from LiCoPO4 and LiFePO4; an anode active material layer; a sulfide-based solid electrolyte layer containing a sulfide-based solid electrolyte and being disposed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; and a blocking layer containing at least one kind of phosphoric acid compound with a NASICON structure, covering at least a part of the surface of the cathode active material and/or the surface of the sulfide-based solid electrolyte, being disposed between the cathode active material layer and the sulfide-based solid electrolyte layer, and being configured to prevent the cathode active material layer from contact with the sulfide-based solid electrolyte layer, the phosphoric acid compound being selected from LATP and LAGP.
US10283811B2
The disclosure relates to ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes and processes for forming them. The ceramic lithium electrolyte membrane may comprise at least one ablative edge. Exemplary processes for forming the ceramic lithium ion electrolyte membranes comprise fabricating a lithium ion electrolyte sheet and cutting at least one edge of the fabricated electrolyte sheet with an ablative laser.
US10283808B2
A binder layer formation step of forming a binder layer of which an initial sticking strength of a surface is 1 or more on a current collector; a sticking step of sticking a powder having an angle of repose of 45° or less onto the surface of the binder layer by bringing the powder into contact with the surface; and a compression step of compressing the powder stuck in the sticking step into a predetermined density are included.
US10283804B2
A flange assembly for use with a SOFC system includes a first flange, a second flange, and a dielectric element coupled between the first flange and the second flange. The dielectric element includes an outer cylindrical surface and an inner cylindrical surface. The inner cylindrical surface defines a cylindrical region having a circumference. The inner cylindrical surface also defines a channel that extends radially about the circumference of the cylindrical region.
US10283799B2
A membrane electrode assembly structure of a fuel cell and a method of making the same are disclosed. The materials to be used include NiO, 8YSZ and 3YSZ that mixed into a slurry, formed into anodes by tape casting, sintered to form an anode substrate, and followed by forming a thin film of electrolyte layer on the surface of the anode substrate, forming a cathode layer on the outer surface of the electrolyte layer to obtain the membrane electrode assembly, which utilizes the 3YSZ having a tetragonal crystal phase to improve the toughness and mechanical strength of the material of NiO-8YSZ through calcination, thus the thickness of the anode substrate can be reduced, and the fuel gas diffusion path and resistance can be appropriately reduced to enhance the conductivity of the anode substrate.
US10283794B2
A porous solid oxide fuel cell (PSOFC) system for electricity and syngas co-generation. The system has a porous layer, a porous electrolyte layer with catalyst, a porous anode layer, and a porous catalyst layer. A fuel air/O2 mixture is introduced from through the porous cathode layer so that it next passes through the porous electrolyte layer with catalyst, then the porous anode layer, and finally the porous catalyst layer. Syngas exits the porous catalyst layer with electricity being produced across the anode and cathode layers.
US10283791B2
A fuel cell system includes a control unit configured to perform air-conditioning-system preparation control, wherein, under the air-conditioning-system preparation control, when an air conditioning system is not requested to heat air, it is determined whether or not a coolant within a coolant circulation passage is capable of being supplied to an air conditioning circuit, when the coolant within the coolant circulation passage is not capable of being supplied to the air conditioning circuit, the heater is operated to maintain a first predetermined temperature or higher of the coolant within the air conditioning circuit, and when the coolant within the coolant circulation passage is capable of being supplied to the air conditioning circuit, the air-conditioning water pump is operated to draw the coolant from the coolant circulation passage into the air conditioning circuit and to maintain the first predetermined temperature or higher of the coolant within the air conditioning circuit.
US10283789B2
A fuel cell stack includes a stack body, a stack casing, and an exhaust duct. The stack body includes a first end, a second end, a bottom, a top, a side, and a downwardly inclined portion. The top has a substantially flat portion with an end point. The side extends between the top and the bottom and between the first end and the second end. The downwardly inclined portion connects the end point of the substantially flat portion and the side. The stack casing accommodates the stack body. The stack casing includes an upper wall and a side wall. The side wall is opposite to the side of the stack body. The exhaust duct is connected to the upper wall of the stack casing. The exhaust duct has an opening on the upper wall. The opening is arranged between the end point and the side wall.
US10283765B2
Provided are an energy storage device including an electrode in which lithium is introduced into a silicon layer and a method for manufacturing the energy storage device. A silicon layer is formed over a current collector, a solution including lithium is applied on the silicon layer, and heat treatment is performed thereon; thus, at least lithium can be introduced into the silicon layer. By using the solution including lithium, even when the silicon layer includes a plurality of silicon microparticles, the solution including lithium can enter a space between the microparticles and lithium can be introduced into the silicon microparticles which are in contact with the solution including lithium. Moreover, even when the silicon layer is a thin silicon film or includes a plurality of whiskers or whisker groups, the solution can be uniformly applied; accordingly, lithium can be included in silicon easily.
US10283762B2
Provided are an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, a method of preparing the same and a lithium secondary battery comprising the same. The anode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbonaceous material core; and a shell formed outside of the carbonaceous material core. The shell includes a plurality of spinel-type lithium titanium oxide particles, and a plurality of metal oxide particles, wherein the metal belongs to group 4 or 13 of the periodic table, the metal oxide particles filling voids formed by the carbonaceous material and the plurality of spinel-type lithium titanium oxide particles. The anode active material for a lithium secondary battery has the metal oxide shell, and thus has the improved conductivity, a high output density, and consequently excellent electrical characteristics. The lithium secondary battery manufactured using the anode active material ensures safety sufficiently.
US10283755B2
A battery module includes a cell assembly comprising a plurality of cells; a module housing including an upper housing having a closed inner space accommodating the cell assembly and a lower housing air-tightly attached to a lower end of the upper housing; and an air vent member air-tightly disposed at one side of the module housing to discharge inner gas of the module housing to the outside, the air vent member being configured to block external gas from entering into the module housing.
US10283744B2
Disclosed herein are a battery module and a battery pack. The battery module, having a plurality of battery cells, includes a unit module stack configured to have a structure in which a plurality of unit modules, each of which has a structure in which the battery cells are mounted to a cartridge, are stacked in a vertical direction on the basis of a ground, an upper end plate and a lower end plate for supporting an upper end and a lower end of the unit module stack, respectively, the upper end plate being provided with first fastening holes, the lower end plate being provided with second fastening holes, and a module housing provided with third fastening holes communicating with the second fastening holes, wherein first fastening members and second fastening members are inserted and fastened into the first fastening holes, the second fastening holes, and the third fastening holes.
US10283743B2
A battery module provided in a vehicle, includes a holder plate. The holder plate includes openings, a first end surface, a second end surface, support portions and a vulnerable portion. The openings are configured such that cells are inserted in the openings respectively. The first end surface is configured to receive a collision load of a collision object to collide from a third direction. The second end surface is placed on an opposite side to the first end surface in the third direction of the holder plate. The holder plate is supported by the support portions so as to define a space between the second end surface and an adjacent member in the third direction. The vulnerable portion is configured to break the holder plate along a boundary between a first battery group and a second battery group when the vulnerable portion receives the collision load.
US10283732B2
The present invention provides an OLED packaging method and an OLED package structure. The OLED packaging method according to the present invention is such that a first outer bound confinement layer is first formed and then, a first organic layer is formed on the first inorganic layer in an area enclosed by the first outer bound confinement layer so that facilities for forming the first organic layer can be diversified and an organic material used to form the first organic layer is not subjected to constraint in respect of viscosity thereof, whereby using an organic material with a reduced viscosity allows for better homogeneity of the first organic layer, the thickness reduced, and thus helping reduce a curving radius of the OLED package structure to realize rollable displaying with a reduced curving radius. Further, the first outer bound confinement layer helps block external moisture and oxygen from corroding the first organic layer in a sideway direction so that the OLED package structure so manufactured exhibits better capability for blocking moisture and oxygen and extended service life. The OLED package structure according to the present invention allows for realization of rollable displaying with a reduced curving radius and also exhibits better capability for blocking moisture and oxygen and extended service life.
US10283707B2
According to one embodiment, a superlattice memory comprises substrate, a first electrode provided on the substrate, a second electrode arranged in opposition to the first electrode, and a superlattice structure part provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, which includes first chalcogen compound layers, second chalcogen compound layers the composition of which is different from the first chalcogen compound, and contains Ge, and third chalcogen compound layers in which one of N, B, C, O, and F is added to the first chalcogen compound, stacked one on another.
US10283705B2
Memory cells are disclosed, which cells include a cell material and an ion-source material over the cell material. A discontinuous interfacial material is included between the cell material and the ion-source material. Also disclosed are fabrication methods and semiconductor devices including the disclosed memory cells.
US10283704B2
The invention is notably directed to a resistive memory device comprising a control unit for controlling the resistive memory device and a plurality of memory cells. The plurality of memory cells includes a first terminal, a second terminal and a phase change segment comprising a phase-change material for storing information in a plurality of resistance states. The phase change segment is arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal. The phase change material consists of antimony. Furthermore, at least one of the dimensions of the phase change segment is smaller than 15 nanometers. Additional implementations of the resistive memory device include a related method, a related control unit, a related memory cell and a related computer program product.
US10283702B2
Methods for a resistive random access memory (RRAM) device are disclosed. A bottom electrode is formed over a substrate. A top electrode is formed over the bottom electrode. A resistive switching layer is formed interposed between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The resistive switching is made of a composite of a metal, Si, and O, formed by oxidation of a metal silicide of a metal, co-deposition of the metal and silicon in oxygen ambiance, co-deposition of a metal oxide of the metal and silicon, or co-deposition of a metal oxide of the metal and silicon oxide. There may be an additional tunnel barrier layer between the top electrode and the bottom electrode. The top electrode and the bottom electrode may comprise multiple sub-layers.
US10283690B2
A method of manufacturing a thermoelectric material comprising: ball-milling a compound comprising a plurality of components, the first component M comprising at least one of a rare earth metal, an actinide, an alkaline-earth metal, and an alkali metal, the second component T comprising a metal of subgroup VIII, and the third component X comprises a pnictogen atom. The compound may be ball-milled for up to 5 hours, and then thermo-mechanically processed by, for example, hot pressing the compound for less than two hours. Subsequent to the thermo-mechanical processing, the compound comprises a single filled skutterudite phase with a dimensionless figure of merit (ZT) above 1.0 and the compound has a composition following a formula of MT4X12.
US10283679B2
A light emitting device, has: a light emitting element; a substrate having a first main surface on which the light emitting element is mounted, and recesses on side surfaces adjacent to the first main surface, a cap covering the light emitting element, and having a light-transmissive member and a metal frame that supports the light-transmissive member and has side pieces extending toward the substrate from above the first main surface of the substrate, and tabs that is bended and extend from the side pieces and housed a part thereof in the recesses of the substrate.
US10283676B2
A light-emitting diode chip includes a semiconductor layer sequence based on InGaAlAsP and generates visible light or near-infrared radiation, a current spreading layer located directly on the semiconductor layer sequence and based on AlGaAs, an encapsulation layer applied directly to at least one of the current spreading layer and the semiconductor layer sequence and has an average thickness of 10 nm to 200 nm and a defect density of at most 10/mm2, at least one cover layer applied directly to the encapsulation layer at least in places, at least one non-metallic reflection layer located in places on a side of the current spreading layer facing away from the semiconductor layer sequence and covered in places by the encapsulation layer, and at least one of a mirror layer and an adhesion-promoting layer arranged in places on a side of the reflection layer facing away from the current spreading layers.
US10283675B2
A light emitting diode including a semiconductor stack including a lower semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an upper semiconductor layer; an upper electrode connected to the upper semiconductor layer and including an electrode pad and extensions extending from the electrode pad; and a lower electrode connected to the lower semiconductor layer. The electrode pad includes a first electrode pad having an elongated shape, disposed along a first side of the upper semiconductor layer, and covering the upper semiconductor layer near the first side of the upper semiconductor layer, and the extensions include an edge extension extending along an edge of the upper semiconductor layer in the electrode pad and surrounding a luminous region and middle extensions extending from the edge extension or the electrode pad and dividing the luminous region into a plurality of luminous regions.
